Morris Museum Auditorium
July 2019
Art at Lunch: The Art of Collecting Antiques
Amanda Everard of Everard Auctions & Appraisals in Savannah, discusses collecting trends in antiques. Members, $12; nonmembers, $16. Catered lunch included. Paid reservations due July 17.
Music at the Morris: Harmony River Chorus
Enjoy nostalgic pop selections from this beloved women’s a cappella group.FREE. Made possible by the Cleon W. Mauldin Foundation.
Films on Friday Special Screening: Porgy and Bess (1959)
In conjunction with the exhibition The Charleston Renaissance, the Morris will host a special screening of a rarely-seen film version of Porgy and Bess, the “folk opera” by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, and DuBose Heyward. The original production opened on stage in 1935 and was based on DuBose Heyward’s 1925 novel Porgy and the 1927 nonmusical stage adaptation that Heyward (the major literary…
August 2019
Films on Friday: Summer Heat (1987)
Based on the novel Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail, by Augusta author Louise Shivers, this film stars Lori Singer, perhaps best known as the female lead in Footloose, and Anthony Edwards, a veteran of many films who is probably best known for the eight seasons he spent on television’s ER. The story concerns a young mother who lives on a…
Music at the Morris: Eryn Eubanks and the Family Fold
Eryn Eubanks & the Family Fold of Augusta perform bluegrass, gospel, classic country, Celtic, folk, old-time, and other genres of music. FREE. Made possible by the Cleon W. Mauldin Foundation.
Art Now Artist Talk: Frank Hamrick
An associate professor at Louisiana Tech University, Frank Hamrick is an artist whose work mixes photography, storytelling, handmade books, and found objects. NPR has featured his artists’ books, and Oxford American magazine listed Frank as one of the New Superstars of Southern Art. His work is in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, and…
Art at Lunch: Charleston Renaissance
Sara Arnold, director of curatorial affairs at the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, provides context for some of the art created during the Charleston Renaissance.Members, $12; nonmembers, $16. Catered lunch included. Paid reservations due August 21.