Films on Friday: Lassie Come Home (1943)

SRP Auditorium at the Morris Museum

The first in a series of seven MGM films starring Lassie that spawned a long-running television show, this film stars eleven-year-old Elizabeth Taylor in support of fourteen-year-old Roddy McDowall in a story about the profound bond between a boy and his collie. FREE. 

An Evening of Traditional Irish Music with John Doyle and Mick McAuley

SRP Auditorium at the Morris Museum

Hear John Doyle and Mick McAuley play traditional music and songs of Ireland as well as their own compositions in a concert presented by Lillie Morris. Doyle and McAuley, internationally acclaimed singers, musicians, and composers, have been performing and touring together for more than twenty years and have appeared on numerous programs, including Public Radio International’s A Prairie Home Companion…

Films on Friday: Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

SRP Auditorium at the Morris Museum

A romantic comedy to celebrate the holidays! It features Barbara Stanwyck as an unmarried magazine writer who pretends to be a New England farm wife and mother who falls in love with a returning war hero played by Dennis Morgan. FREE. 

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.

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. Sponsored by Nelson A. Danish.