Friday, February 21
4 events
Lectures & Lit
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UGA Dean Rusk Hall
Red Clay Conference
(Larry Walker Room) Explore topics such as coal ash disposal, brownfield redevelopment in Georgia and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water. The Peter Appel Lecture will be delivered by Lois Gibbs.
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Normal Books
Reading Between the Wines
Discuss what you've been reading while enjoying wine and cheese. Conversation tends to slant towards fantasy, fiction and YA.
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Miller Learning Center
Women's Studies Friday Speaker Series
(Room 150) Chris Cuomo (Women's Studies and Philosophy) and Jenna Jambeck (Engineering) present "Women at the Forefront of Global Solutions: Plastic, Recycling, and Haiti."
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Bogart Library
World at War Book Club
This week's book is The Perfect Horse by Elizabeth Letts.
Monday, February 24
1 event
Lectures & Lit
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ACC Library
Last Monday Book Club
Held the last Monday of every month.
Tuesday, February 25
2 events
Lectures & Lit
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Georgia Center for Continuing Education
Mary Frances Early Lecture
Marion Ross Fedrick, President of Albany State University, will deliver the 20th annual lecture. This ceremony marks the naming of the College of Education in Mary Frances Early's honor.
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ACC Library
Café au Libris: Suki Janssen
The Friends of Athens-Clarke County Library host an evening Suki Janssen, director of the ACC Solid Waste Department, as she shares her new children’s book, There Goes the Neighborhood.
Wednesday, February 26
1 event
Lectures & Lit
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Normal Bar
Poetry and Literature Open Mic
Participants get five to seven minutes to present a piece of their choice. Poet, author and UGA alumni Paul Cunningham will be featured.
Thursday, February 27
5 events
Lectures & Lit
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UGA Chapel
Ferdinand Phinizy Lecture
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright delivers a lecture on "The Future of Terrorism."
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Madison County Library, Danielsville
Inclusive Book Club
This facilitated book club serves adults of all abilities and will be reading out loud and discussing book of the month Cat Stories by James Herriot.
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Barnes & Noble
Meet the Author
Author Mark Warren will discuss the final installment of his Wyatt Earp, An American Odyssey series, Promised Land, as well as his Secrets of the Forest series.
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The Rook and Pawn
Bookend Millennials Book Club
This month's theme is "Suburbia and the American Dream" with discussions on Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates, American Pastoral by Philip Roth and The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides. Attendees are invited to stay after the discussion for a themed game.
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Georgia Museum of Art
Jessica Harland-Jacobs
Jessica Harland-Jacobs, associate professor of history at the University of Florida, explores the fraternal and religious networks that formed in colonial Georgia and contributed to the province’s rapid development from the 1750s.
Saturday, February 29
1 event
Lectures & Lit
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Avid Bookshop
Digging Deeper than American Dirt
(Historic Athens, 489 Prince Ave.) A panel of Athens community members and activists will discuss the issues surrounding the novel American Dirt. This event will benefit the Athens Immigrant Rights Coalition through a call for donations and sales from a curated selection of books exploring the Latinx and migrant experience. Pupusas will also be for sale.
Monday, March 2
1 event
Lectures & Lit
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Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries
Symposium on the Book: Making Paper Windows to the Past
Dr. Julie Park presents a talk titled "Making Paper Windows to the Past: Eighteenth-Century Extra-Illustration and the Art of Writing," taken from her third book project, Writing's Maker.
Wednesday, March 4
3 events
Lectures & Lit
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Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries
Women's History Month Keynote Address
(Room 271) Dr. Lisa Tetrault presents "Women and the Right to Vote: A History Unfinished."
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The Globe
Word of Mouth Open Poetry
Open mic poetry readings. This month’s featured reader is Annabel McSpadden.
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Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries
Getzen Lecture on Government Accountability
Dr. Shelley Metzenbaum, founding president of the Volcker Alliance, leads a lecture.
Friday, March 13
1 event
Lectures & Lit
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Normal Books
Meet the Author
Authors Lillah Lawson (Monarchs Under the Sassafrass Tree) and Mandy-Suzanne Wong (Drafts of a Suicide Note) will read excerpts and discuss their works.
Friday, March 20
1 event
Lectures & Lit
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Madison Morgan Cultural Center
Do Tell! Storytelling Festival
This year's storytellers include Barbara McBride-Smith, Antonio Rocha, Dolores Hydock, Carol Cain and Andy Offut Irwin.
Saturday, March 21
4 events
Lectures & Lit
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Madison Morgan Cultural Center
Do Tell! Storytelling Festival
This year's storytellers include Barbara McBride-Smith, Antonio Rocha, Dolores Hydock, Carol Cain and Andy Offut Irwin.
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Madison Morgan Cultural Center
Do Tell! Storytelling Festival
This year's storytellers include Barbara McBride-Smith, Antonio Rocha, Dolores Hydock, Carol Cain and Andy Offut Irwin.
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Madison Morgan Cultural Center
Do Tell! Storytelling Festival
This year's storytellers include Barbara McBride-Smith, Antonio Rocha, Dolores Hydock, Carol Cain and Andy Offut Irwin.
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ACC Library
Athens Haiku
Attendees can enjoy haiku books and journals, discussions on related forms, sharing of work and gentle suggestions on how to sharpen their poems. Every third Saturday. Ages 14 and up.