Music at the Morris: Matthew Dickerson

SRP Auditorium at the Morris Museum

Hear exciting selections played by one of the region’s best-known hammer dulcimer players, Matthew Dickerson. FREE. Funded by the Cleon W. Mauldin Foundation. 

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.

Films on Friday: The Southerner (1945)

SRP Auditorium at the Morris Museum

Regarded as French director Jean Renoir’s “Hollywood masterpiece,” this film stars Zachary Scott and Betty Field and portrays the hardships of a poor family struggling to establish a cotton farm in Texas in the early 1940s. FREE.

Art at Lunch: Art Collectors of Augusta

SRP Auditorium at the Morris Museum

Join us for a panel discussion with museum director Kevin Grogan and art collectors Judith Ruffin and Nelson Danish. They’ll discuss acquiring art, the art market, and stories about pieces in their collections. Members, $20; nonmembers, $25; lecture only, $15. Catered lunch included. Paid reservations due November 3. Place reservations online Here or call 706-828-3867.

Music at the Morris: JaVonne Jones.

SRP Auditorium at the Morris Museum

Violinist JaVonne Jones performs pop, soft rock, gospel, R&B, and country in her electrifying style. FREE.Funded by the Cleon W. Mauldin Foundation.