SHR @ Pebble Hill

SHR @ Pebble Hill, a set on Flickr.

The Southern Humanities Review hosted a reading by Molly Antopol, Peter Kline, and Brittany Perham at Pebble Hill on Saturday, February 15 as part of Discovering SHR. Food, drinks, and poetry were enjoyed by all!

Join us for a reading by M.P. Jones IV

The public is invited to a book talk by M.P. Jones IV, author of Live at Lethe: A Poetry Collection on Friday, February 7 at 4:00 p.m.

Brimming with darkness and forgetting, Live at Lethe is an epic collection composed of short lyric reflections, steeped in the waters of oblivion. This tapestry of loss is woven with the dark silk of Southern ecological destruction and the passing of the poet’s grandfather--post-Fugitive Agrarian novelist Madison Jones--whose work reflected a fear that the South had lost its “redemptive memory.” The elegiac songs of Live at Lethe reach wildly for meaning in a world increasingly filled with disappearance and shadow.

The event is free, open to the public, and will be followed by refreshments. 

Pebble Hill is located at 101 S. Debardeleben Street and is home to the Caroline Marshall Center for the Arts & Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts.  The Center exists to bring together scholars and the public to share information, learn from each other, and explore the issues that matter most.

For more information on the program, call 334-844-4903 or visit www.auburn.edu/cah 

Join us for a screening of HERMAN'S HOUSE

On Thursday, February 6, 6:00 p.m., the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for Arts & Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University will screen Point Of View’s Herman’s House (90 minutes) at the Auburn Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (450 East Thach Avenue). The screening is free and open to the public.

Herman Wallace may be the longest-serving prisoner in solitary confinement in the United States—he's spent more than 40 years in a 6-by-9-foot cell in Louisiana. Imprisoned in 1967 for a robbery he admits, he was subsequently sentenced to life for a killing he vehemently denies. Herman's House is a moving account of the remarkable expression his struggle found in an unusual project proposed by artist Jackie Sumell. Imagining Wallace's "dream home" began as a game and became an interrogation of justice and punishment in America. The film takes us inside the duo's unlikely 12-year friendship, revealing the transformative power of art. 

PBS’s POV is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. The screening is sponsored by the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for Arts & Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University and the Auburn Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.

Poetry Out Loud at Pebble Hill

Students from Poetry Out Loud's Alabama Region 2 came to Pebble Hill today for a pre-state practice workshop with Lindsay Doukopoulos, instructor in the Department of English. Students from across the state will compete on February 17--the winner will head to Washington D.C. to compete in the 2014 Poetry Out Loud National Finals.

Poetry Out Loud is a contest that encourages the nation's youth to learn about great poetry through memorization and recitation. This program helps students master public speaking skills, build self-confidence, and learn about their literary heritage. Alabama Poetry Out Loud is supported by the Alabama State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation.

For more information about the local Poetry Out Loud competition, visit the Region 2 Facebook page.

Join us for a screening of LISTENING IS AN ACT OF LOVE

On Thursday, January 16, 6:00 p.m., the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for Arts & Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University will screen Point Of View’s Listening is an Act of Love: A StoryCorpsSpecial (30 minutes) at the Auburn Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (450 East Thach Avenue). The screening is free and open to the public.

The first-ever animated special from StoryCorps celebrates the transformative power of listening. Listening Is an Act of Love features six stories from 10 years of the innovative oral history project. Each story reflects StoryCorps founder Dave Isay's fundamental belief: "We can learn so much about the people all around us — even about the people we already know — just by taking the time to have a conversation." Framing these intimate conversations from across the country is an interview between Isay and his 9-year-old nephew, Benji. As always, the selections provoke both tears and laughter — and highlight the simple joy found in sitting together and asking life's important questions.

Margaret Fitch-Hauser, associate professor in the School of Communication & Journalism will lead a discussion after the film. Refreshments will be served.

PBS’s POV is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. The screening is sponsored by the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for Arts & Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University and the Auburn Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.

Environmental, Literature, and Culture Students Present at Pebble Hill

Students from Breeden Scholar Tom Hallock's "Environment, Literature, and Culture" class presented excerpts from their work at Pebble Hill yesterday. Throughout the semester, the students visited the Special Collections & Archives Department of the RBD Library, the Donald E. Davis Arboretum, and the John D. Freeman Herbarium. Hallock's students wrote botanical essays reuniting art and science, inspired by the writings of John James Audubon, William Bartram, and Mark Catesby.

We have been fortunate to have Dr. Hallock with us this semester as our 2013 Breeden Scholar!

Getting Ready for Grants

Faculty are invited to attend a “Getting Ready for Grants” webinar hosted by the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities  and the American Association for State and Local History on Wednesday, November 20 from 2 to 3:15 p.m. in 310 Tichenor Hall.

The webinar will discuss the characteristics of a grant-ready institution and a grant-ready project, and then review the important components of the proposal-writing team and a successful proposal. No need to have a project or grant deadline yet, just an interest in getting ready to get grants.

The American Association for State and Local History is a non-profit association for state and local history, with a primary focus on museums and historical societies.

For more information, contact Maiben Beard at 844-4903.