SlowExposures 2017, Unplugged

R.F. Strickland Building 144 Main St., Concord, GA, United States

SlowExposures 2017, Unplugged: A Juried Exhibition Celebrating Photography of the Rural South Since 2003, SlowExposures has celebrated photography of the rural South. This nationally-recognized photography exhibition was honored with a Governor's Award for the Arts and Humanities in 2015. This year the exhibition will celebrate Inspired Georgia, edited by Judson Mitcham, Michael David Murphy, and Karen L. […]

5th Annual Columbus Children’s Book Festival

Columbus Public Library 3000 Macon Road, Columbus, GA, United States

5th Annual Columbus Children's Book Festival Now in its fifth year, the Columbus Children's Book Festival is a celebration of children's literature showcasing a variety of award-winning authors and illustrators. Free to the public, the festival includes author presentations, art demonstrations, storytelling, puppetry, musical performances, early literacy activities, and autograph sessions. Confirmed headliners include such […]

26th Edition of the Book Festival of the MJCCA

Marcus Jewish Community Center 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody, GA, United States

26th Edition of the Book Festival of the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta For more than 25 years, the Book Festival of the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta has offered a two-week literary extravaganza featuring an exciting lineup of the year's most exceptional authors. Each year, thousands of book lovers come together to […]

Atlanta Jewish Film Festival

Various Atlanta, GA, United States

Atlanta Jewish Film Festival 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. This event is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Revival: Lost Southern Voices

Georgia State University Dunwoody 2101 Womack Rd. , Dunwoody, GA, United States

Revival: Lost Southern Voices The South has produced great literature for generations, but times change and works are forgotten. This project celebrates forgotten and underappreciated works and their authors—lost southern voices. Over two days, Georgia State University Dunwoody Campus will host a "revival" festival for all to get reacquainted with some of the best “lost” […]

Dahlonega Literary Festival

Dahlonega Literary Festival Featuring local and regional authors, the annual Dahlonega Literary Festival takes place in historic downtown Dahlonega. Featured authors for 2018 include Sonny Seals and George Hart, authors of Historic Rural Churches of Georgia (a copublication of Georgia Humanities and University of Georgia Press), and Valerie Boyd, author of Wrapped in Rainbows: The […]

True South: No Single Story

True South: No Single Story The 17th Annual Wesleyan Storytelling Festival takes place on the campus of Wesleyan College in Macon on Saturday, April 21. Featured performers include storyteller and humorist Andy Offutt Irwin and singer/songwriter Caroline Herring. The event is free and open to the public. This is a community event.  

ATC Short Docs Festival: Water Stories

Avondale Towne Cinema Short Docs Festival: Water Stories At Water Stories, seven short documentary films will be shown, including films about water monitoring of the Chattahoochee; memories of the Creek people who once lived in the region; a Gulf of Mexico sailboat adventure; springs in Florida; and the frog-harming pesticide Atrazine. A talk-back will take […]

AJC Decatur Book Festival

Decatur, GA, United States

Join us at the AJC Decatur Book Festival, the largest independent book festival in the country, for the Humanities track, sponsored by Georgia Humanities, and more. On Friday evening, Broadway actor/director and Tony Award-winner Kenny Leon will deliver the keynote, kicking off this year's festival. On Saturday and Sunday, authors will discuss their books at […]

Avondale Towne Cinema Short Docs Screening

Avondale Towne Cinema Short Docs Screening Eight indie documentaries and trailers will be shown, along with a filmmakers' q&a. Short films include Graven Image, about the racist history of Stone Mountain, More Than Good Coffee, about the Refuge Coffee Company in Clarkston, and Sriracha, about the hot sauce with a cult following. This is a […]

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