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SUMMARY:Bare Essentials Play Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Bare Essentials Play Reading Series  \nThe Bare Essentials Play Reading Series\, presented by Essential Theatre\, Inc.\, presents previously unproduced plays by Georgia playwrights in public readings by professional actors in front of a live audience. Readings are followed by a curated conversation that includes the audience\, cast\, director\, and playwright. The first play of the Bare Essentials Play Reading Series is Day of Saturn\, written by Leviticus Jelks III\, and directed by Najah Ali. The Bare Essentials Play Reading Series is curated by Essential Theatre\, Inc. Founding Artistic Director Peter Hardy. \nThis series is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.
URL:https://www.georgiahumanities.org/event/bare-essentials-play-reading-series/
LOCATION:West End Performing Arts Center\, 945 Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard\, Atlanta\, Georgia\, 30310
CATEGORIES:Reading/Performance/Showing
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SUMMARY:Bare Essentials Play Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Bare Essentials Play Reading Series  \nThe Bare Essentials Play Reading Series\, presented by Essential Theatre\, Inc.\, presents previously unproduced plays by Georgia playwrights in public readings by professional actors in front of a live audience. Readings are followed by a curated conversation that includes the audience\, cast\, director\, and playwright. The second play of the Bare Essentials Play Reading Series is Henry Darger Takes a Walk\, written by Rosalind Sullivan-Lovett\, and directed by Natalie Fox. The Bare Essentials Play Reading Series is curated by Essential Theatre\, Inc. Founding Artistic Director Peter Hardy. \nThis series is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.
URL:https://www.georgiahumanities.org/event/bare-essentials-play-reading-series-2/
LOCATION:West End Performing Arts Center\, 945 Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard\, Atlanta\, Georgia\, 30310
CATEGORIES:Reading/Performance/Showing
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SUMMARY:Bare Essentials Play Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Bare Essentials Play Reading Series  \nThe Bare Essentials Play Reading Series\, presented by Essential Theatre\, Inc.\, presents previously unproduced plays by Georgia playwrights in public readings by professional actors in front of a live audience. Readings are followed by a curated conversation that includes the audience\, cast\, director\, and playwright. The third play of the Bare Essentials Play Reading Series is Waiting for Big Stuff\, written by Allan Dodson\, and directed by Kati Grace Brown. The Bare Essentials Play Reading Series is curated by Essential Theatre\, Inc. Founding Artistic Director Peter Hardy. \nThis series is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.
URL:https://www.georgiahumanities.org/event/bare-essentials-play-reading-series-2-2/
LOCATION:West End Performing Arts Center\, 945 Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard\, Atlanta\, Georgia\, 30310
CATEGORIES:Reading/Performance/Showing
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190815T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190815T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T185535
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SUMMARY:Capitol History Highlights: What a Rush!
DESCRIPTION:Capitol History Highlights: What a Rush! \nCapitol History Highlights: What a Rush! is the latest installment of the Capitol History Highlights educational programming series focusing on the many historical sites\, artifacts\, and portraits throughout the Georgia State Capitol\, presented by the Georgia Capitol Museum. In Capitol History Highlights’ newest program\, attendees will learn about the American gold rushes\, with the assistance of a few science activities\, and will also explore the process of gilding a building. \nAttendees should check in at the Tour Desk within the Georgia State Capitol upon arrival. Visitors are required to present photo ID. \nThis educational programming series is sponsored by a grant from Georgia Humanities. \nImage courtesy of the Georgia Capitol Museum.
URL:https://www.georgiahumanities.org/event/capitol-history-highlights-what-a-rush/
LOCATION:Georgia State Capitol\, 206 Washington Street\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30334
CATEGORIES:Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190815T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190815T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T185535
CREATED:20190503T192429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190503T192429Z
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SUMMARY:Cool History: Summer Lecture Series
DESCRIPTION:Cool History: Summer Lecture Series \nThe Cool History: Summer Lecture Series brings regional historians with expertise in the Civil War to Columbus\, GA\, at the National Civil War Naval Museum for a presentation and question-and-answer session with the audience. All lectures in this speaker series are free and open to the public. \nThe lecturer for this event is Michael Jordan\, a historian and documentary filmmaker\, who will discuss his latest production on the CSS Georgia\, the ironclad gunboat built for the Confederacy in Savannah in 1862\, including the CSS Georgia’s ongoing recovery from the Savannah River. \nThe Cool History: Summer Lecture Series is sponsored by a grant from Georgia Humanities. \n \nImage: National Civil War Naval Museum
URL:https://www.georgiahumanities.org/event/cool-history-summer-lecture-series-4/
LOCATION:National Civil War Naval Museum\, 1002 Victory Drive\, Columbus\, GA\, 31901
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190821T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190821T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T185535
CREATED:20190628T201629Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190628T201629Z
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SUMMARY:Bare Essentials Play Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Bare Essentials Play Reading Series  \nThe Bare Essentials Play Reading Series\, presented by Essential Theatre\, Inc.\, presents previously unproduced plays by Georgia playwrights in public readings by professional actors in front of a live audience. Readings are followed by a curated conversation that includes the audience\, cast\, director\, and playwright. The final play of the Bare Essentials Play Reading Series is The Odds Against Death\, written by Ted Westby\, and directed by Bill Murphey. The Bare Essentials Play Reading Series is curated by Essential Theatre\, Inc. Founding Artistic Director Peter Hardy. \nThis series is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.
URL:https://www.georgiahumanities.org/event/bare-essentials-play-reading-series-2-2-2/
LOCATION:West End Performing Arts Center\, 945 Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard\, Atlanta\, Georgia\, 30310
CATEGORIES:Reading/Performance/Showing
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190824T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190824T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T185535
CREATED:20190813T190128Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190820T172227Z
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SUMMARY:Crossroads: Change in Rural America Grand Opening
DESCRIPTION:Crossroads: Change in Rural America Grand Opening \n \nCrossroads: Change in Rural America is the latest Museum on Main Street exhibition to travel across Georgia through a partnership with the Smithsonian Institution’s Traveling Exhibition Service and state humanities councils nationwide. The partnership provides small and rural communities access to Smithsonian traveling exhibitions and local communities host the exhibitions and organize accompanying programs. \nCrossroads: Change in Rural America kicks off its Georgia tour in Thomaston on August 24th. \nThe community ribbon cutting will begin at 10:00am on the steps of the Upson County Courthouse in downtown Thomaston. Attendees will hear remarks from local elected officials and from G. Wayne Clough\, the Honorary Chair of the Crossroads Georgia tour\, who is secretary emeritus of the Smithsonian Institution and president emeritus of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Attendees will also hear from Myriam Springuel\, the director of the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and Smithsonian Affiliations. \nBill Verner\, Georgia Humanities Board Member and Senior Vice President of External Affairs at Georgia EMC\, will also welcome attendees to the launch of the Georgia tour of Crossroads. \nIn addition to the exhibition\, the grand opening will also feature musical performances\, a farmer’s market\, vendor booths\, and a vintage car and tractor show around the downtown square. \nThe Crossroads grand opening is free and open to the public to attend\, and the exhibition will be on display in Thomaston through October 4\, 2019. \nLearn more about Crossroads in Georgia.
URL:https://www.georgiahumanities.org/event/crossroads-change-in-rural-america-grand-opening/
LOCATION:Thomaston Exhibition\, 104 North Center Street\, Thomaston\, GA\, 30286
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190830
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190902
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SUMMARY:AJC Decatur Book Festival
DESCRIPTION:The AJC Decatur Book Festival \nJoin us at the AJC Decatur Book Festival\, the largest independent book festival in the country\, throughout Labor Day Weekend. The AJC Decatur Book Festival begins with the keynote panel discussion Friday evening featuring Richard Blanco\, Rigoberto González\, and Gabriela Ventura Baeza\, moderated by Mariela Romero. The panel will discuss Latinx writing and the topic of immigration. Throughout the weekend-long book festival\, authors will discuss their books at venues across downtown Decatur. \nBe sure to catch the authors on the Humanities Track: Jim Auchmutey\, Smokelore: A Short History of Barbecue in America; Wayne Clough\, Things New and Strange: A Southerner’s Journey through the Smithsonian Collections; Jessica Handler\, The Magnetic Girl; and Gary Hauk\, Emory as Place: Meaning in a University Landscape. \nThis is a community event. 
URL:https://www.georgiahumanities.org/event/ajc-decatur-book-festival-2-2/
LOCATION:Decatur\, GA\, GA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190830T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190830T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T185535
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LAST-MODIFIED:20190827T175153Z
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SUMMARY:Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence
DESCRIPTION:Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence \nLillian Smith: Breaking the Silence is a 50-minute documentary about the life and work of Georgia writer and activist Lillian Smith (1887 – 1966). This screening will be held at the Decatur Library Auditorium as part of the AJC Decatur Book Festival. The documentary\, created by Hal and Henry Jacobs\, explores Smith’s life as one of the first prominent white southerners openly denouncing racial segregation and actively working against Jim Crow.  In this screening\, attendees will view the final version of the documentary\, revised from feedback from audience screenings held at the Decatur Library earlier this year. \nWhile this screening free to attend\, seating is limited and tickets do require reservation. \nThe production of Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence was supported by Georgia Humanities. \n 
URL:https://www.georgiahumanities.org/event/lillian-smith-breaking-the-silence-3-2/
LOCATION:DeKalb County Public Library\, Auditorium\, 215 Sycamore Street\, Decatur\, GA\, 30030
CATEGORIES:Festival,Reading/Performance/Showing
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190831T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190831T210000
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SUMMARY:Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence
DESCRIPTION:Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence \nLillian Smith: Breaking the Silence is a 50-minute documentary about the life and work of Georgia writer and activist Lillian Smith (1887 – 1966). This screening will be held at the Atlanta Friends Meeting House during the AJC Decatur Book Festival. The documentary\, created by Hal and Henry Jacobs\, explores Smith’s life as one of the first prominent white southerners openly denouncing racial segregation and actively working against Jim Crow.  In this screening\, attendees will view the final version of the documentary\, revised from feedback from audience screenings held at the Decatur Library earlier this year. \nWhile this screening free to attend\, seating is limited and tickets do require reservation. \nThe production of Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence was supported by Georgia Humanities. \n 
URL:https://www.georgiahumanities.org/event/lillian-smith-breaking-the-silence-3-2-2/
LOCATION:Atlanta Friends Meeting\, 701 West Howard Avenue\, Decatur\, GA\, 30030
CATEGORIES:Festival,Reading/Performance/Showing
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