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Certified Electronics Technician Exam Boot Camp

Saturday, Jun 22 9:00a

Georgia Tech (Campus Recreation Center), Atlanta

This prep course is for individuals who have some electronic work experience, close to completing, or completed an associates degree in electronics or electrical technology degree...

My Father's Name: A Black Virginia Family after the Civil War

Sunday, Jun 30 3:00p

Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, Atlanta

In collaboration with the Atlanta History Center, the Auburn Avenue Research Library will host Dr...

Lecture with Earl Hess, Kennesaw Mountain: Sherman, Johnston, and the Atlanta Campaign

Saturday, Aug 17 2:00p

Atlanta History Center, Atlanta

While fighting his way toward Atlanta, William T. Sherman encountered his greatest obstacle at Kennesaw Mountain, where Joseph E. Johnston's Army of Tennessee held a heavily fortified position...

Douglas Kennedy: Lecture & Book signing

Monday, Jul 1 7:00p

Alliance Française d'Atlanta, Atlanta

Douglas Kennedy is an internationally renowned and bestselling novelist...

“You Should be Kissed - and Often”: Panel Discussion

Thursday, Jul 18 7:00p

Margaret Mitchell House, Atlanta

Gone With the Wind is one of the most popular books of all time and the love story between its main characters, Rhett and Scarlett, is one of the most enduring love stories...

Glennon Melton Book Signing

Tuesday, Jun 25 7:00p

Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum, Atlanta

New York Times Bestselling author of CARRY ON, WARRIOR,Glennon Melton shares new stories and the best-loved material from Momastery.com...

Livingston Lecture: A. Scott Berg, Wilson

Monday, Sep 30 8:00p

Atlanta History Center, Atlanta

Woodrow Wilson stands as one of the most influential and enigmatic figures of the twentieth century. Pulitzer Prize-winning author A...

Lecture with Edwidge Danticat, Claire of the Sea Light

Thursday, Dec 5 7:00p

Margaret Mitchell House, Atlanta

From best-selling author of Breath, Eyes, Memory and Krik? Krak!, a work about the intertwined lives of a small town where a little girl, Claire, has gone missing...

Thomas Pheasant: Inspired

Thursday, Jun 20 10:30a

Adac Presentation Room, Atlanta

Join Veranda's Contributing Interiors Editor Leslie Newsom Rascoe and acclaimed designer Thomas Pheasant for an in-depth look at the inspirations behind Thomas' creative process - how his education...

Free Workshop – The Transformative Secrets of Conflict with Darshana Patel

Saturday, Jun 22 4:00p

Center for Love and Light, Atlanta

Join Darshana Patel as she opens up the transformative world of conflict, the Unscripted Way™...

Lecture with Mary Louise Kelly, Anonymous Sources

Wednesday, Jul 10 7:00p

Margaret Mitchell House, Atlanta

An evening lecture with Mary Louis Kelly for her book Anonymous Sources...

Aiken Lecture: James McBride, The Good Lord Bird

Wednesday, Aug 21 8:00p

Atlanta History Center, Atlanta

From the bestselling author of The Color of Water and Song Yet Sung comes the story of a young boy born a slave who joins John Brown’s antislavery crusade, and who must pass as a girl to survive...

Black Art Unchained: Beyond Contemporary Colonialism and the European Gaze

Saturday, Jun 29 3:00p

Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, Atlanta

In collaboration with the Smoke School of Art an Atlanta based non-profit art collective; the Auburn Avenue Research Library will host conceptual artist and educator Christopher Hutchinson who will...