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“African American Young Men in Jails and Wars”

DeKalb County Public Library, Decatur Branch 215 Sycamore Street, Decatur, GA, United States

"African American Young Men in Jails and Wars: Walter Dean Myers’s 'Monster,' 'Fallen Angels,' and 'Sunrise over Fallujah'" Dr. Pearl McHaney presents part two 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 […]

“The Illness Experience in Carson McCullers’s Life and Work”

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

"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.

“Gangs, Bullies, and Difference”

DeKalb County Public Library, Decatur Branch 215 Sycamore Street, Decatur, GA, United States

"Gangs, Bullies, and Difference: The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton), Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian (Sherman Alexie), and Wonder (R.J. Palacio)" lecture Dr. Pearl McHaney presents part three 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 […]

An Evening With Hilton Als

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

An Evening With Hilton Als The New Yorker’s Hilton Als, a leading literary and cultural critic, will discuss Carson McCullers’s role in creating the prototypical “outsider” view of American society at the time of World War II. This lecture is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Carson McCullers’s Columbus Scavenger Hunt

Columbus Museum 1251 Wynnton Road, Columbus, United States

Young Arts Patrons' Carson McCullers's Columbus Scavenger Hunt Participants will meet at the museum to receive scavenger hunt clues that will introduce them to Carson McCullers's Columbus through significant landmarks. They will meet back at the museum for coffee and music from McCullers's era. This event is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.  

Music and Poetry of Sidney Lanier

Glenn Memorial Church 1660 North Decatur Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA, United States

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 […]

“Choices and Their Consequences”

DeKalb County Public Library, Decatur Branch 215 Sycamore Street, Decatur, GA, United States

"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 […]

Georgia Mountain Storytelling Festival

Rollins Campus Center, Young Harris College 1 College St., Young Harris, GA, United States

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 […]

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