Modern cultivators of rice from Darlington, South Carolina, discuss their relationship to this southern staple. Hear how a twenty-acre family farm, started in 1997, is restoring traditions in the low country. Members, $12; nonmembers, $16. Catered lunch included. Paid reservations due May 13.
Distinguished professor emeritus at the University of South Carolina Aiken, author Tom Mack, PhD, talks about his latest book, 100 Things to Do in Augusta, Georgia Before You Die. Catered lunch included. Members, $15; nonmembers, $25. Paid registration due by September 3.
Meet Augusta University’s newest William S. Morris Eminent Scholar in Art, Anila Agha. Her immersive, light-filled, lantern-like installations have been exhibited internationally to much acclaim, including being awarded both the Public Vote Grand Prize and Jurors’ Grand Prize at the 2014 ArtPrize competition in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Catered lunch included. Members, $15; nonmembers, $25. Paid registration due by October 20.
Michael Fowler discusses his book Calling the Fleeting Breath: Glimpses of Abraham Lincoln’s Personae through Art and Material Culture. Catered lunch included. Members, $15; nonmembers, $25. Paid registration due by November 5.
Photographer Peter Stitt discusses the stories and pictures behind his new book, A Southern Verse. Members, $15; nonmembers, $20. Catered lunch included. Paid reservations due January 14.