Based on the slightly scandalous (at least here in Augusta) 1932 novel of the same name by Erskine Caldwell and the hugely successful 1933 Broadway adaptation by Jack Kirkland, this film tells the story of a poor family in rural Georgia that struggles to make ends meet as the clan’s patriarch stubbornly refuses help at every turn. FREE.
Mezzo-soprano Janet Hopkins, and Armen Shaomian, pianist, perform folk songs in Romanian, Swedish, and several other languages. FREE. Funded by the Cleon W. Mauldin Foundation.
Enjoy lunch, conversation, and a presentation by artist Arless Day, who will discuss his work currently on view in the exhibition The Spirit of Collage Paintings: Works by Arless Day. Members, $12; nonmembers, $16. Catered lunch included. Paid reservations due August 17. RSVP online https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=j33jNp OR call 706-828-3867.
Too funny for words and blessed with a plot impossible to encapsulate in a brief description, this film stars Cary Grant, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair, and Priscilla Lane. FREE.
Enjoy a look at the artistic communities cultivated in Savannah, Georgia, during the period depicted in the exhibition Savannah’s Women Artists, 1915–1945, with a presentation by Tania June Sammons, writer, curator, and public historian. Members, $12; nonmembers, $16. Catered lunch included. Paid reservations due July 20. RSVP online https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=j33jNp OR call 706-828-3867.
