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.
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'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.
"Searching for Beulah Buchanan: The 20-Year Search for What Happened to a Little Girl on Thanksgiving Day, 1917," lunch and learn lecture Dan Roper, the publisher and editor of Georgia Backroads, discusses the unsolved mystery of Buchanan's death. This lecture is a community event.
"Carson McCullers and the Southern Gothic" lecture Did Carson McCullers "invent" Southern Gothic? Southern literature expert and former McCullers Center director Dr. Courtney George will place McCullers in the context of her contemporaries and examine how modern authors continue to draw inspiration from her work. This lecture is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.
"The Illness Experience in Carson McCullers's Life and Work" lecture Dr. Casey Kayser, president of the Carson McCullers Society, will provide a forward-looking interpretation of the influence of the maladies that afflicted Carson McCullers from a young age. This lecture is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.
Historic Jewish Atlanta Civil Rights Tour The history of race relations in Atlanta is often examined only from white and African American perspectives. Jewish testimony provides an important third perspective on the topic. This tour will visit sites around Atlanta pertinent to Jewish civil rights history, including The Temple, Rich's Department Store building, Peachtree Manor […]
Historic Jewish Atlanta Civil Rights Tour The history of race relations in Atlanta is often examined only from white and African American perspectives. Jewish testimony provides an important third perspective on the topic. This tour will visit sites around Atlanta pertinent to Jewish civil rights history, including The Temple, Rich's Department Store building, Peachtree Manor […]
"Racism in the Era of Jackie Robinson" lecture University of West Georgia history professor Larry Rivers will deliver a lecture in conjunction with the Jackie Robinson: Baseball and Civil Rights Pioneer exhibition. *Special parking available in the Townsend Center gated lot beginning at 10:00 a.m.
Georgia Reads Atlanta Kick-off The Georgia Reads book club will kick-off in Atlanta 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 special guests, who will be interviewed by Paste editor-in-chief Josh Jackson. Copies of the book will be […]
