Georgia Humanities

GSU Department of Africana Studies: The World(s) She Made Workshop Series
2023-02-11 13:30 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Auburn Avenue Research Library, 101 Auburn Avenue, N.E., Atlanta, GA, 30303, United States
The Georgia State University Department of Aricana Studies presents The World(s) She Made: Composing the Radical Lives of Kathleen Neal Cleaver workshop series. Presented by John Stephens, this workshop will explore the role of photography in the world of activism.
This event is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Savannah Book Festival
2023-02-16 08:00 - 2023-02-19 17:00 | Downtown Savannah
The Savannah Book Festival presents four days of in-person literary events in downtown Savannah, including keynote presentations, panel discussions, readings, and more. This year’s festival features more than 40 local and national authors.
This program is sponsored by Georgia Humanities.

Atlanta Workshop Players: Art with a Purpose
2023-02-25 - 2023-02-26 | Atlanta Workshop Players, 1701 Brandon Hall Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30350, United States
Atlanta youth are invited to come together during this two-day workshop to reflect, connect, and use their voices to highlight the most important issues in their lives. Students will then transform these concerns into “art with a purpose,” creating and sharing new original work that can positively influence their communities.
This workshop is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Bethlehem Baptist Church: Breathing and Buried in Bethlehem
2023-02-25 11:00 - 13:00 | Bethlehem Baptist Church, 475 Dividend Dr., Peachtree City, GA, 30269, United States
Join Bethlehem Baptist Church in Peachtree City to learn more about one of Fayette County’s oldest churches. Dr. Ann McCleary, Professor of History and Director of the Center for Public History at the University of West Georgia, will share stories about the legacy of the church and the community of ancestors interred in the cemetery. A cemetery walk will follow the presentation.
This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

GSU Department of Africana Studies: The World(s) She Made Workshop Series
2023-02-25 13:30 - 14:30 | Auburn Avenue Research Library, 101 Auburn Avenue, N.E., Atlanta, GA, 30303, United States
The Georgia State University Department of Africana Studies presents The World(s) She Made: Composing the Radical Lives of Kathleen Neal Cleaver workshop series. Presented by Sierra King, this workshop will explore how to build a personal archive, one photo at a time.
This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Upson Historical Society: Lecture on Oral Histories
2023-02-27 19:00 - 20:00 | Georgia
Jonathan Coulis, oral history program coordinator at the Stewart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Books Library at Emory University, will lecture about the process of conducting oral history interviews, why they matter, and how they can be used. Sponsored by the Upson Historical Society, this program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Andrew College: Author Reading with Ryan Wilson
2023-02-28 18:30 - 20:00 | Georgia
The Lela B. Phillips Arts and Lecture Series at Andrew College presents Coffeehouse Poetry with Ryan Wilson, award-winning poet and author of The Stranger World.
This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

PRIME TIME Fort Gaines
2023-03-02 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-03-09 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-03-23 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-03-30 18:00 - 19:30 | Clay County Library, 208 South Hancock Street, Fort Gaines, GA, 39851, United States
PRIME TIME® Family Reading Time is a family literacy program that helps families bond around the act of reading and talking about books. The program demonstrates a humanities-based model of reading and discussion and includes a shared meal, interactive storytelling, and group discussion in one 90-minute session per week for six weeks.

PRIME TIME Carrollton
2023-03-02 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-03-09 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-03-16 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-03-23 18:00 - 19:30 | Neva Lomason Memorial Library, 710 Rome Street, Carrollton, GA, 30117, United States

Dahlonega Literary Festival
2023-03-04 09:00 - 17:00 | Dahlonega Baptist Church, 234 Hawkins St, Dahlonega, GA, 30533, United States
The Dahlonega Literary Festival is an annual celebration of readers, writers, and books featuring workshops, readings, and panel presentations by more than 20 nationally-recognized authors.
This program is sponsored by Georgia Humanities.

Save Your Spaces Festival
2023-03-04 09:00 - 23:00 | Create ATL, 900 Murphy Ave SW, Atlanta, GA, 30310, United States
The Save Your Spaces Festival celebrates Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), LGBTQAI+, womxn, immigrant, and working-class community members working in historic preservation. The festival will feature workshops, discussions, performances, and more designed to inspire and activate engagement in local cultural heritage.

This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Night of Ideas
2023-03-04 19:00 - 2023-03-05 00:00 | National Center for Civil and Human Rights, 100 Ivan Allen Jr Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA, 30313, United States
Georgia Humanities President Laura McCarty will be in conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Douglas Blackmon at this year’s Night of Ideas, presented by Villa Albertine, the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, and the City of Atlanta – Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. The annual event will feature over 40 speakers in 20 unique talks, panels, performances, and more.
This program is sponsored by Georgia Humanities.

The Highlands Writers Conference
2023-03-11 09:00 - 17:00 | Georgia Highlands College, 5441 GA-20, Cartersville, GA, 30121, United States
Hosted by Georgia Highlands College, the annual Highlands Writers Conference provides opportunities for writers of all levels to meet with published authors and hone the craft of writing. This year’s event will feature a film-screening and keynote presentation by Choctaw poet, novelist, and film producer LeAnne Howe.
This program is sponsored by Georgia Humanities.

PRIME TIME Atlanta
2023-03-13 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-03-20 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-03-27 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-04-03 18:00 - 19:30 | Southeast Atlanta Library, 1463 Pryor Rd SW, Atlanta, GA, 30315, United States

PRIME TIME Augusta
2023-03-16 17:30 - 18:30 | Augusta-Richmond County Library, 823 Telfair St, Augusta, GA, United States
PRIME TIME® Family Reading Time is a family literacy program that helps families bond around the act of reading and talking about books. The program demonstrates a model of reading and discussion designed to encourage thinking beyond the standard who, what, where, and when of the story, and includes a shared meal, interactive storytelling, and group discussion in one 90-minute session per week for six weeks.

Revival: Lost Southern Voices
2023-03-22 08:00 - 2023-03-25 17:00 | Georgia Center for the Book, 215 Sycamore Street, Decatur, GA, 30030, United States
Presented by Georgia State University – Perimeter College in partnership with Georgia Center for the Book, “Revival: Lost Southern Voices” is an annual festival that celebrates historically excluded, erased, or marginalized Southern voices.
This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

PRIME TIME Augusta
2023-03-23 17:30 - 18:30, 2023-03-30 17:30 - 18:30 | Augusta-Richmond County Library, 823 Telfair St, Augusta, GA, United States

Episodes in Excellence: Georgia's Influential Women
2023-03-29 15:00 - 16:00 | The Learning Center of Senior Citizens, Inc., 3025 Bull Street, Savannah, GA, 31405, United States
The Learning Center of Senior Citizens Inc., in partnership with Georgia Women of Achievement, kicks off an eight-week lecture series on influential women in Georgia history. The series will include sessions on Mary Musgrove, Susie King Taylor, and Juliette Gordon Low, among others.
This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

"Reclaiming the Native South" Panel Discussion
2023-03-29 16:30 - 17:30 | MGA Arts Complex Theater, 100 University Pkwy, Macon, GA, 31206, United States
This humanities discussion panel — part of Middle Georgia State University’s “Reclaiming the Native South” Arts Festival — brings together three highly regarded scholars of the Native South to consider the ways Indigenous people have remained connected to their ancestral homelands.

This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Episodes in Excellence: Georgia's Influential Women
2023-04-06 15:00 - 17:00 | The Learning Center of Senior Citizens, Inc., 3025 Bull Street, Savannah, GA, 31405, United States
The Learning Center of Senior Citizens Inc., in partnership with Georgia Women of Achievement, presents an eight-week lecture series on influential women in Georgia history. This session will feature Hal Jacobs discussing the documentary Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence (2019).
This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.
