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Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use” with Dr. Ian Afflerbach
Sunday March 21, 2021 02:00 PM EDT
Categories: Guest Lecture; Culture; Celebrating Women’s History
Alice Walker remains best known for her novel, The Color Purple (1982), which won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize. In her short story “Everyday Use,” written a few years before, we can Walker see exploring many of the same co...
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Storytelling through Quilts: The Daughters of Harriet Powers
Saturday March 20, 2021 01:00 PM EDT
Categories: Guest Lecture; Culture; Celebrating Women’s History
Storytelling through quilting has been a rich tradition in women’s history for centuries. StoryQuilter Kianga Jinaki will take us on a journey through the history of this folk art form, starting with the mother of the movement, Harriet ...
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Legacy of the Gullah Geechee
Saturday February 20, 2021 02:00 PM EST
Categories: Guest Lecture; Culture; Celebrating African American Heritage
Discover more about the culture, lifestyle, and history of the Gullah Geechee in this presentation by Dr. Eric Crawford, the Director of The Charles Joyner Institute for Gullah and African Diaspora Studies. Participants will h...
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Ghost Hunting 101: Virtual Version By the Southeastern Institute of Paranormal Research
Saturday October 24, 2020 07:00 PM EDT
Our annual Ghost Hunting 101 will be hosted virtually this year! The Southeastern Institute of Paranormal Research will present educational (and maybe a little spooky) information on ghost hunting techniques, including the methods and devices used during paranormal investigations, while conducting a...
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Forsyth Writes Together: Writing Picture Books
Saturday April 25, 2020 10:30 AM EDT
Categories: Author Visit; Writing;
There’s no other art form quite like a picture book. Learn the craft of writing picture books for children in today’s market. Join published authors Bonnie Clark, Kim MacPherson, and Jaclyn Paris for an epic conversation!
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The Man Who Punched Jefferson Davis with author Ben Wynne
Thursday March 5, 2020 06:30 PM EST
Categories: Guest Lecture; Education; History
Sometimes we forget that not all Southerners were pro-secession during the Civil War era. One of the most vocal pro-Unionists was Henry Foote, who served as both a U.S. Senator and a Confederate Congressman and was one of Jefferson Davis’s most outspoken...
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The Life and Writings of Phillis Wheatley
Sunday February 23, 2020 02:00 PM EST
Categories: Guest Lecture;
elebrate African American History Month with the next event in our ongoing “Race and American Culture” series led by Dr. Ian Afflerbach.
Dr. Afflerbach will examine the life and writings of Phillis Wheatley. In 1773, Wheatley published her first book of poetry--the first o... [click here for more]
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Documentary Screening of ‘Ali, mbomayé’
Monday February 10, 2020 07:00 PM EST
Categories: Guest Lecture;
In 1974, there was one boxing match that was the “Rumble in the Jungle,” making the news worldwide. Held in Kinshasa, Zaire, it featured Mohammed Ali and George Foreman.
Enjoy a screening of the documentary film Ali, mbomayé, presented by the filmmaker himself, Dr. Gnimbin... [click here for more]
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Stories Behind Georgia Place Names
Monday November 4, 2019 06:30 PM EST
Categories: Library Events
Ever wonder how Rough and Ready got its name? Or what Stonesthrow is a stone’s throw from? And surely the story behind Climax can’t be…that thrilling, can it? The curious Georgian can’t help pondering the seemingly endless supply of head-scratching place names that dot thi...
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Confessions of a KidLit Critique Group
Saturday October 5, 2019 10:30 AM EDT
Learn from the experiences of a panel of seven children’s book writers and illustrators from the Trail Mix critique group.
The panel will speak candidly about what makes success, what keeps them writing, how to critique a friend’s writing, and how a successful critique group comes together. Find o...
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Hours
Monday: 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Tuesday: 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Thursday: 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Friday: 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Sunday: 1:30 – 5:30 PM