Georgia Humanities

"Carson's Columbus"
2017-02-09 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | Columbus Public Library, 3000 Macon Road, Columbus, Georgia, 31906
“Carson’s Columbus” lecture
Historian and author Dr. Virginia Causey discusses the childhood world of writer Carson McCullers in a look at Columbus, Georgia, in the 1920s-40s.
This lecture is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Titles@Twilight: A President in Our Midst: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
2017-02-07 18:30 - 19:30 | Williams-Payne House, 6075 Sandy Springs Circle, Sandy Springs, GA, 30328, United States
Titles@Twilight: A President in Our Midst: Franklin Delano Roosevelt lecture
Heritage Sandy Springs hosts Kaye Minchew, author of A President in Our Midst: Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Minchew will discuss Franklin Roosevelt‘s time in Georgia and the impact he and the state had on each other.
This event is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

"Carson and Columbus: It's Complicated"
2017-02-07 12:00 - 14:00 | Columbus Museum, 1251 Wynnton Road, Columbus, 31906, United States
Dr. Nick Norwood, director of the Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians, will discuss the complicated relationship between Carson McCullers and the people of her hometown, Columbus, Georgia.
This lecture is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

"Still Raising Hell": Camille Billops and James V. Hatch Exhibition
2017-02-06, 2017-02-01 | Schatten Gallery, Woodruff Library, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
Still Raising Hell: The Art, Activism, and Archives of Camille Billops and James V. Hatch exhibition
This exhibition explores Billops and Hatch’s commitment to speaking truth to power and exploring the meaning and purpose of African American art, and is on display November 14, 2016, through May 14, 2017.

Hometown Teams in Jefferson
2017-02-06, 2017-02-01 | Jefferson High School Arena, Jefferson, GA, United States
Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America exhibition
This Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibition explores what sports and “hometown teams” mean to Americans, Georgians, and local communities. Hometown Teams is on view in Jefferson from January 14, 2017, through February 25, 2017.

In Plain View: African American Women Entrepreneurs of Morgan County
2017-02-05 14:00 - 16:00 | Morgan County African American Museum, 156 Academy Street, Madison, GA, 30650, United States
In Plain View: African American Women Entrepreneurs of Morgan County exhibition, February 5 – April 30, 2017
Through complicated histories and narratives, documentary photographs, memorabilia, and dialogue, the exhibition In Plain View: African American Women Entrepreneurs of Morgan County, Georgia examines entrepreneurial women of the Plainview community: landowners Anna Charleston, Jessie Andrews, and Katie Lowe. This project is a collaborative effort between documentary photographer and mixed media artist Lynn Linnemeier, volunteer photographers, descendants of Anna Charleston, the Morgan County African American Museum staff, and the Morgan County African American community.
An opening reception and artist talk takes place February 5, 2:00-4:00pm at the Morgan County African American Museum.
In Plain View is on display February 5-April 30, 2017.
This exhibition is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

"African American Young Men in Jails and Wars"
2017-02-01 19:15 - 21:00 | DeKalb County Public Library, Decatur Branch, 215 Sycamore Street, Decatur, GA, 30030, United States
“African American Young Men in Jails and Wars: Walter Dean Myers’s ‘Monster,’ ‘Fallen Angels,’ and ‘Sunrise over Fallujah'”
Dr. Pearl McHaney presents part two of the “Connecting Lines: Building Empathy Through Literature” lecture series, sponsored by the Georgia Center for the Book. To hear an interview with McHaney by “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes, click here.
This is a community event.

Atlanta Jewish Film Festival
2017-01-24 08:00 - 2017-02-15 17:00 | Various, Atlanta, GA, United States
The largest film festival in Atlanta and the largest Jewish Film Festival in the world, the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival presents outstanding international and independent cinema that fosters intergroup understanding among Atlanta’s diverse cultural, ethnic, and religious populations.

Talking Service veterans’ reading and discussion program
2016-12-21 18:30 - 19:30 | Atlanta Bread Company, Mall of Georgia, Buford, GA, 30515, United States
This month, the group will read “Veterans,” by Bryan Humphreys.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Georgia
2016-12-09 12:00 - 13:00 | Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA, 30260, United States
“Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Georgia,” by Kaye Lanning Minchew
Minchew, author of A President in Our Midst: Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Georgia, will deliver a Lunch and Learn lecture about Roosevelt and his Georgia holiday traditions.

Hometown Heroes
2016-12-07 08:30 - 15:00 | Carrollton Cultural Arts Center, Carrollton, GA, United States
Hometown Heroes: Sports and the 8th Grade Economics Standards
Georgia Council on Economic Education presents a day-long teacher workshop focusing on the intersection of Georgia’s multi-billion dollar sports industry and economic concepts addressed in the Georgia Performance Standards. Register by December 1.

Grand Opening Festivities for Hometown Teams
2016-11-19 09:30 - 11:30 | Downtown Amphitheater, Carrollton, GA, United States
Grand Opening Festivities for Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America exhibition
Pep rally begins at the downtown amphitheater at 9:30 a.m., followed by an old-fashioned parade through downtown Carrollton. The opening ceremony begins at 11:00 a.m. on Carrollton’s Main Street.

Hometown Teams
2016-11-19 08:00 - 2016-12-24 17:00 | Carrollton Cultural Arts Center, Carrollton, GA, United States
Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America exhibition
This Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibition explores what sports and “hometown teams” mean to Americans, Georgians, and local communities.

First Folio!
2016-11-05 08:00 - 2016-12-11 17:00 | Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Cir NE, Atlanta, GA, 30322, United States
First Folio! The book that gave us Shakespeare exhibition
This exhibition features Shakespeare’s First Folio, on loan from the Folger Shakespeare Library for the first time, on display with his Second, Third, and Fourth Folios in honor of the 400th anniversary of his death.
