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Edward J. Cashin Memorial Woodrow Wilson Lecture Series: Author Kathryn Smith

SRP Auditorium at the Morris Museum

Learn about the South’s unique role in bootlegging during Prohibition (1920–1933) when Kathryn Smith discusses her new book, Baptists & Bootleggers: A Prohibition Expedition through the South . . . with Cocktail Recipes. Lecture, 6:00 p.m.; reception and book signing, 7:00 p.m. Presented by the Center for the Study of Georgia History, Historic Augusta, the Augusta Museum of History, the…

Harlem Renaissance Lecture: Danté Stewart

SRP Auditorium at the Morris Museum

In conjunction with Paine College’s Evelyn G. Etheridge Conference on the Harlem Renaissance, the Morris presents an evening with Danté Stewart, speaker, theologian, writer, and author of Shoutin’ in the Fire: An American Epistle. Stewart’s work has appeared in the Atlantic, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and other publications. FREE.

Local Children’s Author Book Signings

Morris Museum of Art 1 Tenth Street, Augusta, GA, United States

Meet five local children’s book authors—John Doriot, Cathy Goldberg Fishman, Angela Maskey, Christina E. Petrides, and Jai C. West—and have them sign their books. FREE to attend. Book prices vary. 

Pen to Paper: Local Author Book Signings

Morris Museum of Art 1 Tenth Street, Augusta, GA, United States

Meet seven local authors—Charles Bowen, Olivia Gaines, Rebecca Lang, Dr. Jerry Miller, Maria Novajosky, Danté Stewart, and Bob Young—and have them sign their books. FREE to attend. Book prices vary. 

Lecture and Book Signing: Mark McDonald

SRP Auditorium at the Morris Museum

The Morris Museum and Historic Augusta present an evening with Mark McDonald. Mark served as the president and CEO of the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation for fifteen years, and his career in historic preservation spans thirty-seven years. Mark will discuss Architecture of the Last Colony: Georgia’s Historic Places, 1733–2000. Edited by Mark, this book surveys the most important extant…

The Southern Way of Life: Charles Reagan Wilson

SRP Auditorium at the Morris Museum

Celebrated historian Charles Reagan Wilson will speak about his latest book, The Southern Way of Life: Meanings of Culture and Civilization in the American South, which takes readers on a journey from the colonial era to the present and asks the question: How do we begin to understand the southern way of life? FREE.