Art at Lunch: Lincoln through Images

SRP Auditorium at the Morris Museum

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.

Films on Friday: The Godfather (1972)

SRP Auditorium at the Morris Museum

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola and written by Coppola and Mario Puzo, the author of the novel on which it’s based, The Godfather was blessed with a perfect cast—Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton, and many others. It is not to be missed. FREE.

Films on Friday: The Cotton Club (1984)

SRP Auditorium at the Morris Museum

Screened in conjunction with the 24th Annual Evelyn G. Etheridge Conference on the Harlem Renaissance at Paine College, The Cotton Club stars Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, and Lonette McKee. The film was inspired by the pictorial history of the same name by James Haskins, who produced more than one hundred books, many of which highlight the achievements of…

Music at the Morris: Pianist Andy Reid

SRP Auditorium at the Morris Museum

Augusta pianist Andy Reid performs with featured guests including Fabio Mann. FREE. Funded by the Cleon W. Mauldin Foundation.

Art at Lunch: Anila Quayyum Agha

SRP Auditorium at the Morris Museum

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.