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2007 Events

10/29/07, Monday, Storytelling Performance/Workshop with Faye Gibbons, Councill Community Learning Center , Dadeville.

10/27/07, Saturday, 10:30 a.m.: "William Bartram" lecture by John C. Hall, 2007 Bartam Trail Conference, Spanish Fort, Draughon Seminars in State and Local History.

10/26/07, Friday, 2:00 p.m.: "This Goodly Land : Alabama 's New Online Literary Map," project presentation by Midge Coates, Alabama Reading Association, Huntsville .

10/26/07, Friday, 10:30 a.m.: "Developed for the Service of Alabama": The Centennial History of the Alabama Power Company, 1906-2006, lecture by CAH Director Emerita Leah Rawls Atkins, Public Library of Anniston-Calhoun County. Click here for more information on this series.

10/23/07, Tuesday, 4:00 p.m.: " Alabama : One Big Front Porch," book talk and signing with Kathryn Tucker Windham, Old Alabama Town , Montgomery .

10/19/07, Friday, 10:30 a.m.: "Developed for the Service of Alabama": The Centennial History of the Alabama Power Company, 1906-2006, lecture by CAH Director Emerita Leah Rawls Atkins, Houston-Love Memorial Library, Dothan . Click here for more information on this series.

10/18/07, Thursday, 6:30 p.m.: "Women's Leadership in Alabama ," College of Liberal Arts Speakers Bureau program by Paula Bobrowski, Judson College , Marion .

10/18/07, Thursday, 6:30 p.m.: "Developed for the Service of Alabama": The Centennial History of the Alabama Power Company, 1906-2006, lecture by CAH Director Emerita Leah Rawls Atkins, Eufaula Carnegie Library. Click here for more information on this series.

10/16/07, Tuesday, 10:00 a.m.: Deliberative Forum: "Meeting the Economic Future: What Should Communities Do?" Anniston-Calhoun County Public Library, Anniston .

10/11/07, Thursday, 5:00 p.m.: "Glimpses of the Wonderful: Biographer Ann Thwaite on Philip Henry Gosse." Jule Collins Smith Musuem of Fine Art, Auburn University .

10/7-9/07: "The Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project: Bringing the University Inside," conference presentation, 2007 Outreach Scholarship Conference, Madison , Wisconsin .

10/4/07, Thursday, 3:00 p.m.: "Philip Henry Gosse: A Naturalist's View of Dallas County, Alabama in 1838," lecture by Gary Mullen, Special Collections and Archives, Ralph Brown Draughon Library. Discover Auburn Lecture Series.

10/3-6/07: Conference presentations, Arts in Criminal Justice conference, Philadelphia . 

9/29/07, Saturday, "Pavilion of the States," National Book Festival, Washington D.C. Click here for more information on the festival.

9/27-29/07: "Complicated Notions of Home: Southern Women Writing in Prison," conference presentation, 7th Biennial Southern Women Writer's Conference, Berry College .

9/27-28/07: "Pursuing the State's Potential: Arts & Humanities for the Public Good," conference presentation at To Whom Much is Given: Statewide Conference on Service-Learning in Higher Education, University of Alabama , Tuscaloosa . Click here for more information on the conference.

9/25/07, Tuesday, " Alabama During the Great Depression," lecture by Charles Israel, Talladega .

9/20/07, Thursday, Storytelling Performance/Workshop with Charles Ghigna, Bay Minette.

9/20/07, Thursday, 12:00 p.m.: "Developed for the Service of Alabama": The Centennial History of the Alabama Power Company, 1906-2006, lecture by CAH Director Emerita Leah Rawls Atkins, Selma-Dallas County Public Library. Click here for more information on this series.

9/17/07, Monday, 4:00 p.m.: “Framing the New Nation: Responding to the International Challenge, 1775 to 1815,” Constitution Day Lecture by British historian Jeremy Black, Special Collections and Archives, Ralph Brown Draughon Library.

9/13/07, Thursday, 10:00 a.m.: "Developed for the Service of Alabama": The Centennial History of the Alabama Power Company, 1906-2006, lecture by CAH Director Emerita Leah Rawls Atkins, Demopolis Public Library. Click here for more information on this series.

9/12/07, Wednesday, 12:00 p.m.: "Developed for the Service of Alabama": The Centennial History of the Alabama Power Company, 1906-2006, lecture by CAH Director Emerita Leah Rawls Atkins, Greenville-Butler County Public Library. Click here for more information on this series.

9/5/2007, Wednesday, 3:00 p.m.: "Ivorybill Hunters: The Search for Proof in the Florida Panhandle," lecture by Geoff Hill, Special Collections and Archives, Ralph Brown Draughon Library. Discover Auburn Lecture Series.

8/30/07, Thursday, 12:00 p.m.: "Developed for the Service of Alabama": The Centennial History of the Alabama Power Company, 1906-2006, lecture by CAH Director Emerita Leah Rawls Atkins, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Click here for more information on this series.

8/20/07, Monday, Caroline Marshall Draughon Center Director Emerita Dr. Leah Rawls Atkins will be inducted into the Alabama Academy of Honor. A ceremony will be held in the old House chambers of the Alabama Capitol. Click here for more information.

5/30/07, Wednesday: 12:00 p.m. "Developed for the Service of Alabama": The Centennial History of the Alabama Power Company, 1906-2006, lecture by CAH Director Emerita Leah Rawls Atkins, Birmingham Public Library, Central Library. Click here for more information on this series.

5/22/07, Tuesday: 4:00 p.m. Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities naming celebration. For more info click here.

5/3/07, Thursday: 2:00 p.m. Irish Folk Music workshop with musician Randall Bays at Eufaula High School, followed by concert by Randall Bays and Daithi Sproule at the Eufaula-Carnegie Library at 6:30 p.m.

5/3/07, Thursday: 1:00 p.m. "Developed for the Service of Alabama": The Centennial History of the Alabama Power Company, 1906-2006, lecture by CAH Director Emerita Leah Rawls Atkins, Mobile Public Library, Moorer/Spring Hill Branch. Click here for more information on this series.

4/21/07, Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Alabama Book Festival, Old Alabama Town , Montgomery . Share in the literary culture of Alabama and meet writers, storytellers, musicians, paper-making artists, puppeteers, more. Click here for more information.

4/19/07, Thursday: 7:00 p.m. "Developed for the Service of Alabama": The Centennial History of the Alabama Power Company, 1906-2006, lecture by CAH Director Emerita Leah Rawls Atkins, Marion Female Seminary. Click here for more information on this series.

4/15/07, Sunday: 2:00 p.m. "Developed for the Service of Alabama": The Centennial History of the Alabama Power Company, 1906-2006, lecture by CAH Director Emerita Leah Rawls Atkins, Horseshoe Bend National Military Park . Click here for more information on this series.

3/22/07, Thursday: 6:30 p.m. “Alabama Printmakers: Images of Alabama and Beyond,” lecture by Lynn Barstis Williams ( Auburn University ), Eufaula-Carnegie Library, Eufaula. New Perspectives: Looking at 20th-Century Alabama Art lecture series.

3/20/07, Tuesday: 3:00 p.m. Lecture by Ruth Crocker on “Parlor Politics: Upstairs in the Women's Movement, 1890-1918,” in the Special Collections Department of the Ralph B. Draughon Library.

3/13/07, Tuesday: 4:00 p.m. “Alabama Printmakers: Images of Alabama and Beyond,” lecture by Lynn Barstis Williams ( Auburn University ), at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University . New Perspectives: Looking at 20th-Century Alabama Art lecture series.

3/13/07, Tuesday: 4:00 p.m. Book Talk by Howard Bahr on his book, The JudasField, at Bevill State Community College , Jasper.

3/8/07, Thursday: 3:00 p.m. "Developed for the Service of Alabama": The Centennial History of the Alabama Power Company, 1906-2006, lecture by CAH Director Emerita Leah Rawls Atkins, Haleyville Public Library. Click here for more information on this series.

3/6/07, Tuesday: 4:00 p.m. “Approaching the Terrortory: William Christenberry's Klan Tableau,” lecture by Allen Tullos ( Emory University ), at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University . New Perspectives: Looking at 20th-Century Alabama Art lecture series.

3/5/07, Monday: 12:00 p.m. “Views from the South: Alabama 's New Deal Post Office Murals,” lecture by Karen Henricks ( Jacksonville State University ), B. B. Comer Memorial Library, Sylacauga. New Perspectives: Looking at 20th-Century Alabama Art lecture series.

3/5/07, Monday: 7:00 p.m. “Approaching the Terrortory: William Christenberry's Klan Tableau,” lecture by Allen Tullos ( Emory University ), Dothan . New Perspectives: Looking at 20th-Century Alabama Art lecture series.

2/28/07, Wednesday: 1:00 p.m. “Lois Wilson: Fayette Artist,” lecture by Laquita Thomson (Freed-Hardeman University), Fayette Civic Center, Fayette. New Perspectives: Looking at 20th-Century Alabama Art lecture series.

2/28/07, Wednesday: 3:00 p.m. Lecture by Rosephanye Dunn-Powell on “The African-American Spiritual: Song Creating Community,” in the Special Collections Department of the Ralph B. Draughon Library.

2/27/07, Tuesday: 4:00 p.m. “Lois Wilson: Fayette Artist,” lecture by Laquita Thomson ( Freed-Hardeman University ), at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University . New Perspectives: Looking at 20th-Century Alabama Art lecture series.

2/27/07, Tuesday: 4:00 p.m. Book Talk by Jennifer Paddock on her book, Point Clear: A Novel, and Sidney Thompson on his book, Sideshow: Stories, at Bevill State Community College , Jasper.

2/26/07, Monday: 12:00 p.m. "Revelations Revisited: The Cultural Roots of Self Taught Art in Alabama ," lecture by Margaret Lynne Ausfeld (Montgomery Museum of Art), B. B. Comer Memorial Library, Sylacauga. New Perspectives: Looking at 20th-Century Alabama Art lecture series.

2/24/07, Saturday: 6:30 p.m. Auburn Arts Association Fourth Annual "Stars Fell on Alabama" banquet with mystery writer Carolyn Haines, East Alabama Medical Center Health Resource Center, Opelika.

2/23/07, Friday: 9:00 a.m. "Philip Henry Gosse: A Young British Naturalist in Alabama , 1838," lecture by Gary Mullen, National Association of Interpretation regional meeting, Gallant.

2/19/07, Monday: 12:00 p.m. “Picturing the Unvictorious: The Southern Scene in Alabama, 1930-1946," lecture by William U. Eiland (Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia), B. B. Comer Memorial Library, Sylacauga. New Perspectives: Looking at 20th-Century Alabama Art lecture series.

2/18/07, Sunday: 2:00 p.m. “Picturing the Unvictorious: The Southern Scene in Alabama , 1930-1946," lecture by William U. Eiland ( Georgia Museum of Art , University of Georgia ), Demopolis. New Perspectives: Looking at 20th-Century Alabama Art lecture series.

2/15/07, Thursday: 6:00 p.m. "Developed for the Service of Alabama": The Centennial History of the Alabama Power Company, 1906-2006, lecture by CAH Director Emerita Leah Rawls Atkins, Gadsden Public Library. Click here for more information on this series.

2/14/07, Wednesday: 1:00 p.m. Southern Growth Policies Board Forum on Building the Next Workforce, Alabama State Council on the Arts Boardroom, Montgomery .

2/13/07, Tuesday: 4:00 p.m. Book Talk by Chantel Acevedo on her book, Love and Ghost Letters, at Bevill State Community College, Jasper.

2/6/07, Tuesday: 4:00 p.m. "Revelations Revisited: The Cultural Roots of Self Taught Art in Alabama ," lecture by Margaret Lynne Ausfeld (Montgomery Museum of Art), at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University . New Perspectives: Looking at 20th-Century Alabama Art lecture series.

1/31/07, Wednesday: 4:00 p.m. "Developed for the Service of Alabama": The Centennial History of the Alabama Power Company, 1906-2006, lecture by CAH Director Emerita Leah Rawls Atkins, Special Collections and Archives, Ralph Brown Draughon Library, Auburn Unviersity.

1/30/07, Tuesday: 4:00 p.m. Book Talk by James Hansen on his book, First Man: The Life of Neil Armstrong, at Bevill State Community College , Jasper.

1/30/07, Tuesday: 4:00 p.m. “Picturing the Unvictorious: The Southern Scene in Alabama , 1930-1946," lecture by William U. Eiland ( Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia ), at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University . New Perspectives: Looking at 20th-Century Alabama Art lecture series.

1/28/07, Sunday: 2:30 p.m. "Developed for the Service of Alabama": The Centennial History of the Alabama Power Company, 1906-2006, lecture by CAH Director Emerita Leah Rawls Atkins, United Methodist Church , Grove Hill. Click here for more information on this series.

1/24/07, Wednesday: 1:00 p.m. Southern Growth Policies Board Forum on Building the Next Workforce, City Meeting Center , Anniston .

1/23/07, Tuesday: 4:00 p.m. “Views from the South: Alabama 's New Deal Post Office Murals,” lecture by Karen Henricks ( Jacksonville State University ), at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University . New Perspectives: Looking at 20th-Century Alabama Art lecture series.

1/18/07, Thursday: 3:00 p.m. Lecture by Jack Simms on “ Auburn University : A Photographic History,” in the Special Collections Department of the Ralph B. Draughon Library.

1/16/07, Tuesday: 4:00 p.m. "Developed for the Service of Alabama": The Centennial History of the Alabama Power Company, 1906-2006, lecture by CAH Director Emerita Leah Rawls Atkins, Bevill Hall Auditorium, Bevill State Community College , Walker College Campus-Jasper. Click here for more information on this series.

2006 Events

12/17/06, Sunday: 3:00 p.m. Poetry reading by Natasha Tretheway and Rodney Jones at the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama Voices series.

12/7/06, Thursday: 4:00 p.m. Lecture by Nell Richardson on "The President's Home and Auburn's First Ladies," in the Special Collections room of the Ralph B. Draughon Library at Auburn University as part of the "Auburn Through the Years" series commemorating the university's sesquicentennial.

11/9/06, Thursday: 4:00 p.m. Lecture by J. Wayne Flynt on "Auburn University Serving the Community" in the Special Collections room of the Ralph B. Draughon Library at Auburn University as part of the "Auburn Through the Years" series commemorating the university's sesquicentennial.

11/9/06, Thursday: 6:30 p.m. Draughon Seminar with Gary Mullen on "PhilipHenry Gosse: An Alabama Year," at the Eufaula-Carnegie Library.

11/6/06, Monday: 3:00 p.m. Screening and public discusson of the film Company K with award-winning director Robert Clem at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art. For more information call, call 334-844-4948.

11/3/06, Friday: 5:00-7:00 p.m. Opening of "Art on the Inside: A Collection of Work from the Alabama Prison Arts & Education Project" at Space One Eleven in Birmingham. For more information, call 334-844-8946.

10/27/06, Friday: 9:00 - 4:30 p.m. William Bartram: An Interdisciplinary Symposium in the Special Collections room of the Ralph B. Draughon Library at Auburn University . For more information, call 334-844-4948.

10/24/06, Tuesday: 4:00 p.m. Lecture by Jack Simms on "Auburn University: A Photographic History" in the Special Collections room of the Ralph B. Draughon Library at Auburn University as part of the "Auburn Through the Years" series commemorating the university's sesquicentennial.

10/19/06, Thursday: 4:00 p.m. Book discussion with authors of History and Hope in the Heart of Dixie: Scholarship, Activism, and Wayne Flynt in the Modern South in the Special Collections room of the Ralph B. Draughon Library at Auburn University. For more information, call 334-844-4948.

10/19/06, Thursday: 7:00 p.m. Draughon Seminar with Gary Mullen on "Philip Henry Gosse: An Alabama Year," at the University of West Alabama in Livingston. Co-sponsored by the Black Belt Museum.

10/12/06, Thursday: 4:00 p.m. Lecture by David Housel on "Intercollegiate Athletics at Auburn University" in the Special Collections room of the Ralph B. Draughon Library at Auburn University as part of the "Auburn Through the Years" series commemorating the university's sesquicentennial.

9/30/06, Saturday: 10:00 a.m. National Book Festival held by the Library of Congress on the National Mall, Washington, D.C.

9/26/06, Tuesday: 5:00 p.m. Draughon Seminar with Gary Mullen on "Philip Henry Gosse: An Alabama Year," at Judson College in Marion. Co-sponsored by Judson College.

9/26/06, Tuesday: 4:00 p.m. Book Talk and discussion with Chantel Acevedo on her novel "Love and Ghost Letters" at 4:00 p.m. in the Special Collections Room of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library at Auburn University.

9/23/06, Saturday: 2:00 p.m. Draughon Seminar with Gary Mullen on "Philip Henry Gosse: An Alabama Year," at the Baldwin County Library Cooperative in Robertsdale. Co-sponsored by the Baldwin County Library Cooperative.

9/21/06, Thursday: 6:00 p.m. Draughon Seminar with Gary Mullen on "Philip Henry Gosse: An Alabama Year," at the Brewton Public Library. Co-sponsored by the Brewton Public Library.

9/18/06, Monday: 4:00 p.m. Constitution Day lecture with John Kaminski on "George Washington: A Great and Good Man," in 2231 Haley Center, Auburn University.

9/14/06, Thursday: 5:30 p.m. Draughon Seminar with Gary Mullen on "Philip Henry Gosse: An Alabama Year," at the Monroe County Historical Museum in Monroeville.

9/12/06, Tuesday: 4:00 p.m. Lecture by Marty Olliff and Harold A. Franklin on "Auburn University Desegregates" in the Special Collections room of the Ralph B. Draughon Library at Auburn University as part of the "Auburn Through the Years" series commemorating the university's sesquicentennial.

9/6/06, Wednesday: 4:00 p.m. Book talk and discussion by J. Wes Yoder on his novel Carry My Bones, at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University.

8/29/06, Tuesday: 6:30 p.m. Draughon Seminar with Gary Mullen on "Philip Henry Gosse: An Alabama Year," at Old Cahawba near Selma. Co-sponsored by the Selma-Dallas County Historic Preservation Society and Alabama Historical Commission.

8/11/06, Friday: 10:00 a.m. Book talk by Steve Suitts on his Hugo Black of Alabama: How his Roots and Early Career Shaped the Great Champion of the Constitution in the courtoom of the Clay County Courthouse in Ashland.

7/30/06, Sunday: 2:30 p.m. Draughon Seminar with Gary Mullen on "Philip Henry Gosse: An Alabama Year," at Grove Hill Town Hall. Co-sponsored by the Clarke County Historical Association.

7/16/06, Sunday: 2:30 p.m. Draughon Seminar with Gary Mullen on "Philip Henry Gosse: An Alabama Year," at Pintlala Baptist Church, Hope Hull. Co-sponsored by the Pintlala Historical Assocation.

5/4/06, Thursday: time & location TBA. Performance by Bobby Horton in Eufaula.

5/4/06, Thursday: time & location TBA. Program by author Rick Bass at the Alabama Writers' Symposium.

5/4/06, Thursday: 4:00 p.m. Lecture by David Alsobrook on "The WWII Era at AU" in the Special Collections room of the Ralph B. Draughon Library at Auburn University as part of the "Auburn Through the Years" series commemorating the university's sesquicentennial.

5/1/06-5/2/06, Monday-Tuesday. Center for the Book Idea Exchange in Washington, DC.

4/22/06, Saturday: 10:00 a.m-4:00 p.m. Alabama Book Festival at Old Alabama Town in Montgomery. More information.

4/20/06, Thursday: time TBA. Earth Day Celebration at Foy Union at Auburn University. More information.

4/19/05, Wednesday: 4:00 p.m. Lecture by Anthony Donaldson titled "AU vs. UA: The Political Rivalry" in the Special Collections room of the Ralph B. Draughon Library at Auburn University as part of the "Auburn Through the Years" series commemorating the university's sesquicentennial.

4/17/06-4/21/06, Monday-Friday. Programs by author Faye Gibbons in Baldwin County Schools in Baldwin County.

4/6/06, Thursday: 5:00 p.m. Faculty panel discussion on "Self-Censorship: When Is It Necessary? What Are Its Dangers?" by Larry Gerber , Lisa Channer , Mark Miller Graham , and Dale Harrison , at the Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center Auditorium as part of the College of Liberal Arts' series on censorship.

4/6/06, Thursday: 4:00 p.m. Lecture by Orville Schell titled "Is the Media Censored? Politics, Profits, and Propaganda" at the Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center Auditorium as part of the College of Liberal Arts' series on censorship.

3/20/06, Monday: time TBA. Program by author Faye Gibbons at Thomasville Middle School in Thomasville.

3/17/06, Friday: time & location TBA. Book talk by Karni Perez on her Fishing for Gold: A History of the Catfish Industry in Alabama.

3/17/06, Friday: time TBA. Opening of Art on the Inside: A Collection of Work from the Alabama Prison Arts & Education Project at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University as part of the College of Liberal Arts' series on censorship.

3/16/06, Thursday: 7:00 p.m. Screening of the film I Vitelloni at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University as part of the College of Liberal Arts' series on censorship.

3/15/06, Wednesday: time & location TBA. Southern Growth Policies Board Public Forum on Technology and Innovation in Montgomery.

3/14/06, Tuesday: 4:00 p.m. Lecture by Leah Rawls Atkins on "Women at AU" in the Special Collections room of the Ralph B. Draughon Library at Auburn University as part of the "Auburn Through the Years" series commemorating the university's sesquicentennial.

3/10/06, Friday: 6:00 p.m. Opening of the AU Department of Art Faculty Exhibition featuring a lecture by Jerry Cullum on art and censorship at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University as part of the College of Liberal Arts' series on censorship.

3/9/06, Thursday: 3:00 p.m. Lecture by author Janisse Ray titled "Community, Language, and a Life Waiting to Be Imagined" in the Gordon Bond Auditorium at 2370 Haley Center at Auburn University.

3/8/06, Wednesday: 4:00 p.m. Book talk by author Rafe Blaufarb on his Bonapartists in the Borderlands : French Exiles and Refugees on the Gulf Coast, 1815-1835 in the Special Colletions room of the Ralph B. Draughon Library at Auburn University.

3/3/06, Friday: time TBA. Program by jazz musician Rich Curtis at Camden School of Arts & Technology in Camden.

3/2/06, Thursday: 4:00 p.m. Lecture by Wayne Flynt titled "A Land Grant College Comes to Auburn" in the Special Collections room of the Ralph B. Draughon Library at Auburn University as part of the "Auburn Through the Years" series commemorating the university's sesquicentennial.

3/1/06, Wednesday, time TBA. Children's program by author Aileen Kilgore Henderson at Sulligent County Elementary School in Sulligent.

3/1/06, Wednesday. Deadline for submissions to Poetry Fights Hunger Contest . For more information call 334-844-4946.

2/28/06, Tuesday: 4:00 p.m. Lecture by Mary Watt titled "Carnivale: A Public Celebration of Violation and Alteration Before Private Deprivation and Purification" at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University as part of the College of Liberal Arts' series on censorship.

2/23/06, Thursday: 4:00 p.m. Lecture by Ralph Draughon, Jr. titled "Auburn During the Civil War Era: 1853-1871" in the Special Collections room of the Ralph B. Draughon Library at Auburn University as part of the "Auburn Through the Years" series commemorating the university's sesquicentennial.

2/16/06, Thursday, 7:00 p.m. Screening of the film Cinema Paradiso at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University as part of the College of Liberal Arts' series on censorship.

2/16/06, Thursday, 4:00 p.m. Program by Dell Upton and Natasha Tretheway on "An Interdisciplinary Look at Censorship and Historical Monuments" at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University as part of the College of Liberal Arts' series on censorship. Dr. Upton will give a lecture on "Memorials to the Second Civil War." Ms. Tretheway will give a poetry reading from her book Native Guard.

2/15/06, Wednesday. Deadline for submissions to River of Words Environmental Art & Poetry Contest. More information.

2/4/06, Saturday: 2:00 p.m. AU Birthday Bash and City Block Party at Samford Hall lawn and downtown Auburn.

2/1/06, Wednesday: 11:00 a.m. Auburn University Founders' Day Ceremony on the steps of Samford Hall.

1/26/06, Thursday: 4:00 p.m. Lectures by Taylor Littleton titled "The Life of our Design: Advancing American Art" and by Michael Krenn titled "This is Bad Art: Censorship, Diplomacy, and American Modern Art in the Cold War" at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University as part of the College of Liberal Arts' series on censorship.

1/19/06, Thursday: 7:00 p.m. Screening of the film Hidden Hands: A Different History of Modernism at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University as part of the College of Liberal Arts' series on censorship.

1/12/06, Thursday: 4:00 p.m. Lecture by Rachel Clarke on "Internet Art and Censorship" at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University as part of the College of Liberal Arts' series on censorship.

2005 Events

12/9/05-1/8/06. Art on the Inside: A Collection of Work from the Alabama Prison Arts & Education Project on display at the Gulf ArtSpace gallery in Fairhope.

11/11/05-11/13/05. Friday-Sunday: time TBA. Native American Festival at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University.

11/5/05, Saturday: time TBA. Quilt Sharing Day at the Jan Dempsey Arts Center in Auburn.

11/4/05, Friday: time TBA. Auburn Quilt Weekend and lecture by quilt expert Mary Elizabeth Johnson and quilt sharing at the Jan Dempsey Arts Center in Auburn.

10/19/05-11/23/05. Art on the Inside: A Collection of Work from the Alabama Prison Arts & Education Project on display at the Alabama State Council on the Arts gallery at the RSA Tower in Montgomery.

10/4/05, Tuesday: 12:00 p.m. Book talk and lecture by Jean O'Connor on David Mathews's Why Public Schools? Whose Public Schools? at White Smith Memorial Library in Jackson, Alabama, as part of Connections: Communities, Schools, and the People Who Made Them.

10/1/05, Saturday: 2 hours before kick-off. College of Liberal Arts Tailgate in the parking lot of Telfair Peet Theatre on the corner of Samford Avenue and Duncan Drive on the Auburn campus.

9/29/05, Thursday: 4:00 p.m. Screening of "Play" from the PBS series Art:21 followed by a lecture by
Barbara Bondy at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University.

9/27/05, Tuesday: 4:00 p.m. Lecture titled "From the African Loom to the American Quilt" by Dr. Gladys Marie Frye at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University.

9/24/05, Saturday: 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. EST. National Book Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

9/21/05, Wednesday: 10:00 a.m. Launch party for Alabama Gets Caught Reading featuing Alabama's First Lady Patsy Riley at Ogletree Elementary School in Auburn.

9/15/05, Thursday: 7:00 p.m. Ballet performance of an homage to The Quilts of Gee's Bend by dancer Thaddeus Davis at the Grand Gallery of the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University.

9/12/05, Monday: 3:00 p.m. Meet the women of Gee's Bend. For the first time on the plains, the women of Gee's Bend will be sharing their life and work with the people of the Auburn community. In conjunction with the JCSM exhibit The Quilts of Gee's Bend the women will be honored at a book signing and reception in the Foy Student Union. Read more...

8/18/05, Thursday: 7:00-9:00 p.m. Free Music and Fine Art at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University featuring local jazz guitarist Robert Orr. Co-sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs as part of Welcome Week 2005.

7/21/05, Thursday: 6:00 p.m. The AU Summer Choir at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art in Auburn as part of the Chautauquan Echoes series. With selections ranging from the lively to the lyrical, the AU Summer Choir is composed of both students and community members. The ensemble is under the direction of Dr. Tom Smith.

7/7/05, Thursday: 6:00 p.m. The AU Summer Band at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art in Auburn as part of the Chautauquan Echoes series. The AU Summer Band features a unique blend of community members and university students from all curricula. Under the direction of Dr. Johnnie Vinson, the band’s music consists of traditional concert ensemble arrangements.

6/23/05, Thursday: 6:00 p.m. The Comp-Time Racers at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art in Auburn as part of the Chautauquan Echoes series. Straight out of the Loachapoka Pickin’ Parlor is the Comp-Time Racers with a variety of live music and regional flair.

6/9/05, Thursday: 6:00 p.m. A Walk-About Puppet Show with Robert Parsons at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art in Auburn as part of the Chautauquan Echoes series. The Australia native will amuse children and adults alike with a performance of original puppetry.

5/26/05, Thursday: 6:00 p.m. Open mic night at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art in Auburn as part of the Chautauquan Echoes series. Bring your voice, your dancing shoes, or your favorite book of poems for an evening of eclectic local entertainment.

5/12/05, Thursday: 6:00 p.m. An Evening of Storytelling with Kathryn Tucker Windham at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art in Auburn as part of the Chautauquan Echoes series. The nationally respected storyteller will start the series off right with tales of her ghost pal Jeffery. Additional pictures from An Evening of Storytelling.

4/21/05, Thursday: 6:30 p.m. Lecture by Frye Gaillard on his book Cradle of Freedom: Alabama and the Movement that Changed America (The University of Alabama Press, 2004) at the Guntersville Public Library.

4/10/05, Sunday, 12:00-4:00 p.m. Domingo de Arte y Familia Latin American festival featuring Latino music, dancing, children's activities, and food at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art. Admission is free.

4/8/05, Friday, time TBA. Concert by Afro-Cuban percussionist Luis Benetti. Location TBA.

3/21/05, Monday, 3:00 p.m. Lecture titled "African American Churches and the Changing Nature of Church-State Relations" by Dr. R. Drew Smith of Morehouse College at the Ralph Brown Draughon Library Auditorium.

3/20/05, Sunday, 2:00 p.m. Personal and scholarly tribute to the life and work of author Madison Jones on the occasion of his 80th birthday, with special guests Jan Nordby Gretlund, Judy Troy, and Jewel Spears Brooker at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art.

3/17/05, Thursday, 4:00 p.m. Lecture by Wayne Flynt on his book Alabama in the Twentieth Century (The University of Alabama Press, 2004) at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art.

3/5/05, Saturday, 7:00 p.m. Presentation of the Auburn Alumni Association's Lifetime Achievement Award honoring Leah Atkins, found of the Center for the Arts & Humanities at the Hotel at Auburn University & Dixon Conference Center.

2/24/05, Thursday, 6:30 p.m. Lecture by Frye Gaillard on his book Cradle of Freedom: Alabama and the Movement that Changed America (The University of Alabama Press, 2004) at the Rosa Parks Library in Montgomery.

2/22/05, Tuesday: 4:00 p.m. Lecture by Frye Gaillard on his book Cradle of Freedom: Alabama and the Movement that Changed America (The University of Alabama Press, 2004) at Auburn University Foy Union.

2/19/05, Saturday: 6:30 p.m. Lecture by Frye Gaillard on his book Cradle of Freedom: Alabama and the Movement that Changed America (The University of Alabama Press, 2004) at the Anniston Public Library.

2/17/05, Thursday: 6:30 p.m. Lecture by Frye Gaillard on his book Cradle of Freedom: Alabama and the Movement that Changed America (The University of Alabama Press, 2004) at the Huntsville/Madison Public Library.

2/10/05, Thursday: 6:30 p.m. Lecture by Frye Gaillard on his book Cradle of Freedom: Alabama and the Movement that Changed America (The University of Alabama Press, 2004) at the Vestavia Hills Public Library.

1/22/05, Saturday: 2:00 p.m. Lecture by Frye Gaillard on his book Cradle of Freedom: Alabama and the Movement that Changed America (The University of Alabama Press, 2004) at the Enterprise Public Library.

2004 Events

12/17/04, Friday: Deadline for River of Words.River of Words is an annual international art and poetry contest sponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress and its affiliates. Alabama entries participate in the international contest and state winners are announced at an Earth Day ceremony held at Auburn University.For information, visit Alabama River of Words.

11/19/04, Friday: Deadline for Letters About Literature. Annual national writing contest hosted by Target Stores and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.

Click here for guidelines.Click here for an entry form.

11/18/04, Thursday: 6:30 p.m. Draughon Seminar by Frye Gaillard on his book Cradle of Freedom: Alabama and the Movement that Changed America (The University of Alabama Press, 2004) at the Auburn Public Library.

11/2/04, Tuesday: 7:30 p.m. Concert by Afro-Caribbean percussionist Luis Benetti at Telfair Peet Theatre. Also featuring the AU Percussion Ensemble, Steel Drum Band, and Jazz Band. Admissions is free of charge.

10/29/04, Friday: 5:00 p.m. Lee Marmon Gallery Talk and Exhibit at the Telfair Peet Theatre Gallery.Center for the Arts and Humanities in partnership with the Center for Cultural Diversity and Race Relations brings Lee Marmon, Southwester photographer, to Auburn for his first exhibit ever in the Southeast.

10/15/04, Friday: 5:00 p.m. Auburn University Pause for World Hunger at Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum. Auburn University will be launching a grassroots student campaign to conquer world hunger and malnutrition.

10/9/04, Saturday: National Book Festival on The Mall at Capital Hill, Washington DC.

9/25/04, Saturday: 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Telling Alabama's Stories: A MYSTERIOUS Storytelling Festival at the Kiwanis Park at Old Alabama Town, Montgomery. $2.00 admission/ $5.00 family and booking signing by featured authors Carolyn Haines, Ace Atkins, and Tim Dorsey from 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

9/24/04, Friday: 7:00 p.m. An Evening of Mystery at Troy University Montgomery. ACFTB annual author dinner honoring mystery writers Carolyn Haines, Ace Atkins, and Tim Dorsey. Tickets are available through ACFTB.

9/24/04, Friday: 12:00-2:00 p.m. BBQ and Blues Luncheon at Pebble Hill. Alabama Center for the Book (ACFTB) and the College of Liberal Arts honors Auburn Alumni Ace Atkins and Tim Dorsey.

7/29/04, Thursday: 6:00 p.m. Concert by the AU Summer Band.

7/15/04, Thursday: 6:00 p.m. Concert by the AU Summer Choir.

7/1/04, Thursday: 6:00 p.m. An Evening of Storytelling with Eve Kneeland and Joseph Trimble.

6/24/04, Thursday: 6:00 p.m. Chautauquan Echoes Kick-Off Celebration with DC Cellars, LLC.

2003 Events

5/23/03, "Helping Schools Through the Arts and Humanities" with Anne Bailey, Comer Elementary School, Eufaula, Alabama.

5/15/03, Tuscaloosa Middle School Awards Ceremony, "Letters About Literature."

5/14/03, Wednesday: "Helping Schools Through the Arts and Humanities" with Anne Bailey, Louisville Elementary School.

5/13/03, Tuesday: "Helping Schools Through the Arts and Humanities" with Faye Gibbons, Greensboro West Elementary.

5/12/03, Monday: "Helping Schools Through the Arts and Humanities" with Faye Gibbons, Aliceville Elementary School and Aliceville Middle School.

5/07/03, Wednesday: "Helping Schools Through the Arts and Humanities" with Anne Bailey, Evergreen Elementary.

5/05/03, Monday: "Helping Schools Through the Arts and Humanities" with Charles Tortorici, South Highland Middle School, Union Springs, Alabama.

5/03/03, Saturday: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.: "Images of Alabama," with Nashville-based singer-songwriter Kate Campbell, co-sponsored with the Rosa Parks Museum, TSUM.

4/30/03, Tuscaloosa Academy Awards Ceremony, "Letters About Literature."

4/24/03, Thursday: "Alabama Voices" with Cassandra King, Eufaula Carnegie Library.

4/24/03, Thursday: "Helping Schools Through the Arts and Humanities" with Anne Bailey, Merritt Elementary School, Midway, Alabama.

4/22/03, Tuesday: "Helping Schools Through the Arts and Humanities" with Dr. Sonnie Hereford, Camden School of Arts and Technology.

4/21/03, Monday: "Helping Schools Through the Arts & Humanities," Charles Tortorici, Fort Deposit Elementary School.

4/21/03, Monday: "Alabama Voices" with Marlin "Bart" Barton, Pell City Public Library, evening.

4/17/03, Thursday: "Alabama Voices" with Jefferson State featuring Natasha Tretheway reading from her new book, Belloq's Ophelia.

4/15/03, Tuesday: "Helping Schools Through the Arts & Humanities," author Billy Moore will spend the day reading for and talking with students at Robert L. Austin in Georgiana.

4/14/03, Monday: "Helping Schools Through the Arts & Humanities," author Billy Moore will spend the day reading for and talking with students at Lowndes County Middle School in Fort Deposit.

4/12/03, Saturday, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: "Images of Alabama," with Jacksonville State Historian Dr. Harvey H. Jackson III, co-sponsored with the Rosa Parks Museum, TSUM.

4/8/03, Tuesday, 4:30 p.m.: Alice Merriweather Bowsher gives a Draughon Seminar lecture on Alabama architecture in the Architecture Auditorium, Dudley Hall.

4/7/03, Monday, noon: AU grad and former Plainsmen editor Tim Dorsey reads from his newnovel at the Ralph Draughon Brown Library Auditorium.

4/6/03 - 4/12/03, weekdays: National Library Week

4/5/03 - 5/2/03, weekdays: Pebble Hill Series, "Happy Hour: Bring Your Own Bob" exhibit of works by and in memory of artist Bob Hagerty at Pebble Hill. The exhibit will open with a reception on April 5 at 4:00 p.m. and remain open from 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., and by appointment.

3/6/03, Thursday: Frye Gaillard and Dr. Sonnie Hereford will participate in "Conversations about Alabama's Civil Rights Heritage;" Leeds Public Library in Leeds, Alabama.

3/4/03 - 3/25/03, weekdays: Pebble Hill Series, An exhibition of quilts by Tracy Olenick entitled "Traditional Quilt Explorations: Treasuring Old Techniques in New Works" will open with a reception Tuesday, March 4 at 4:00 p.m. The exhibit will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., and by appointment.

2/19/03, Wednesday, 4:00 p.m.: Pebble Hill Series, Author and Auburn graduate Paul Hemphill will read from his latest book, Nobody's Hero, in the Ralph Brown Draughon Library. A reception will follow the reading. Program co-sponsored with Draughon Library, the AU Alumni Association, the Journalism Program, Ellis-Harper Management, and Ellis-Harper Advertising.

2/11/03, Tuesday, 4:00 p.m.: Pebble Hill Series, Author Kenneth Noe will read from his latest book, Perryville: This Grand Havoc of Battle. Noe is a professor of Southern History at Auburn University. A reception will follow the reading.

2/6/03 - 2/27/03, weekdays: Pebble Hill Series, The exhibit of local artist Natalyn Havenick Rose will open with a reception on February 6 at 2:00 p.m. The exhibit will be open from 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., and by appointment.

1/23/03, Thursday, 4:00 p.m.: Pebble Hill Series, Poet Hank Lazer will read from his latest work. Lazer is a Professor of English at the University of Alabama. A reception will follow the reading.

1/19/03, Sunday: Draughon Seminar with Alice Bowsher in Dadeville; co-sponsored with the Tallapoosa County Historical Society.