Cost: Free Gertrude Sanford Legendre – SC Heiress, Explorer, Socialite, Spy Gertrude Sanford Legendre (March 29, 1902 – March 8, 2000.) Gertrude Sanford Legendre is the most amazing South Carolina woman you’ve never heard of. Among other things, she was an heiress, a flapper, a hunter, a leader of scientific...
Cost: Free The Long Shadow: Understanding White Supremacy & White Privilege (An engaging discussion about this thought-provoking film) This Virtual Zoom discussion is about the pivotal “The Long Shadow” film and is sponsored by the Athens Chautauqua Society in partnership with Together is Better Alliance (TiBA) in Chicago and the...
Cost: Free How Do We Tell Reality From Fiction? Our ability to tell apart reality from fiction is one that we take for granted in our day-to-day lives. Through novels, movies and other mediums, we are able delve into fictional worlds and experience a wide range of multiple alternate realities....
View Map | Cost: Free Black Hawk’s View of American History, Presented by Brian “Fox” Ellis Imagine sitting around a campfire with Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kiuk-kiuk, Black Hawk, listening to the stories of creation and the legends of his grandfathers. Storyteller and historian Brian “Fox” Ellis begins the program with his family’s connection...
Cost: Free Rosa Parks@2155*: The Significance of Her Legacy Riché Richardson is a scholar and artist who has drawn on the icon, Rosa Parks, in her writings and research. In this talk, she reflects on the life, activism and continuing significance In Dr. Richardson’s presentation, she illustrates how Parks’s iconic...
Cost: Free Boston 1770: John Adams and the Massacre When there is a talk about the events leading to the 13 British North American colonies separating from the British Empire, the Boston Massacre is always part of the discussion. There is a general knowledge about it. But what about the...
Cost: Free Hamilton: How the Musical Remixes American History America has Hamilton-mania! With Disney+ now streaming the show, everyone’s talking about Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning musical. Its crafty lyrics, hip-hop tunes, and big, bold story have even rejuvenated interest in the real lives and true histories that Hamilton: the Musical puts...
Cost: Free U.S. Historical Novels – A “Novel” Way to Learn History What can we learn about history from historical novels? Blaine Davies describes U.S. historical novels and explains how they help us better experience the dramatic events that shaped our nation first hand. History is a lot more interesting...
Cost: Free From 1770 to 2020: Race, Revolt and Resistance, presented by Sonny Kelly, Ph.D. Like today, the 1770s saw its fair share of protests in the name of freedom. On March 5, 1770, an event to be remembered as the Boston Massacre, men in uniform shot and killed an...
Cost: Free Ann Lowe – from Jim Crow South to high society fashion designer For any designer, designing the wedding dress to be worn by Jacqueline Bouvier, future First Lady of the United States, for her marriage to John F. Kennedy would be a lifetime achievement. For Ann Lowe, it...