National History Day regional competition: Troup County Historical Society/LaGrange College National History Day students will gather at LaGrange College for the regional contest. National History Day in Georgia is a program of Georgia Humanities and LaGrange College in partnership with Mercer University. Regional competition sponsors are Augusta University, Clayton State University and the National […]
National History Day regional competition: Fort Valley State University National History Day students will gather at Fort Valley State University for the regional contest. National History Day in Georgia is a program of Georgia Humanities and LaGrange College in partnership with Mercer University. Regional competition sponsors are Augusta University, Clayton State University and the […]
Georgia Reads Athens Kick-off The Georgia Reads book club will kick-off in Athens with a discussion featuring Rodger Lyle Brown, author of Party Out of Bounds: The B-52's, R.E.M., and the Kids Who Rocked Athens, Georgia, and a panel of local musicians (including Vanessa Briscoe Hay of Pylon), who will be interviewed by David Barbe, producer/engineer, […]
Chancel Choir Spring Concert: Music and Poetry of Sidney Lanier Glenn Memorial Church's chancel choir will present a one-hour concert featuring the music and poetry of 19th century Georgia poet Sidney Lanier. This is the 175th anniversary year of his birth. One of America’s greatest poets, Lanier is especially beloved in Georgia for his “Song of […]
Atlanta Studies @ Emory The Emory Center for Digital Scholarship, in collaboration with the Emory Center for Faculty Development and Excellence and the Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry will host a discussion of the research platforms, projects, and publications about Atlanta that are currently facilitated by the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship. […]
Southern Writers Onstage: Women Black and White series This series of readings/performances tells the story of the Southern American woman – black and white – through the writings of Southern American women. Atlanta actress Carolyn Cook presents Flannery O'Connor's short story "Everything That Rises Must Converge," about two generations of white southerners, a mother and son, […]
"Choices and Their Consequences: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain) and The Giver (Lois Lowry)" lecture Dr. Pearl McHaney presents part four 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 […]
Resilient Atlanta: New Perspectives on the Civil War and Its Aftermath symposium Atlanta suffered a steep descent during the Civil War, and ended it in a worse state than any other American city. Yet Atlanta emerged like a phoenix from the ashes of war largely due to the people who lived there. Rich and poor, […]
Free State of Jones screening and commentary The Gordon State College History Club will present a screening of Free State of Jones with commentary by historian Sarah. E. Gardner. Screening takes place in the Nursing and Allied Health Sciences Building, Room 114. This is a community event.
Georgia Mountain Storytelling Festival: "Of Mules and Men — Zora Neale Hurston Speaks" The Georgia Mountain Storytelling Festival, hosted by Young Harris College, will welcome storyteller Sheila Arnold Jones, who will perform as folklorist and author Zora Neale Hurston. Ms. Jones will perform on March 31, from 9:30 a.m.- 10:20 a.m., in the Rollins Campus Center's Hatcher […]
