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Many cookbooks and recipes still exist from Georgia’s early years, yet most have been forgotten. They sit quietly in archives, waiting to be rediscovered. These sources not only preserve traces of delicious foods that are new again to current generations, but also hold many clues about what home life was like for Georgians in the past. In this presentation, archivist and writer Valerie J. Frey, author of Georgia’s Historical Recipes: Seeking Our State’s Oldest Written Foodways and the Stories Behind Them (UGA Press, 2025), will lead an exploration of recipes from 1733 through 1945 with a historian’s eye. Learn about yesteryear’s cooks and taste of the history of Georgia, the South, and the U.S. through historic foodways. Athens area foodways will also be covered. (Please note that the speaker welcomes program participants to bring knitting or other quiet handiwork to do as they listen.)
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Fee: $14.00
Capacity Remaining: 29
Dates: 4/23/2026 - 4/23/2026
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Sessions: 1
Days: Th
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Instructor: Valerie Frey
Building: River's Crossing (opens in new tab)
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Many cookbooks and recipes still exist from Georgia’s early years, yet most have been forgotten. They sit quietly in archives, waiting to be rediscovered. These sources not only preserve traces of delicious foods that are new again to current generations, but also hold many clues about what home life was like for Georgians in the past. In this presentation, archivist and writer Valerie J. Frey, author of Georgia’s Historical Recipes: Seeking Our State’s Oldest Written Foodways and the Stories Behind Them (UGA Press, 2025), will lead an exploration of recipes from 1733 through 1945 with a historian’s eye. Learn about yesteryear’s cooks and taste of the history of Georgia, the South, and the U.S. through historic foodways. Athens area foodways will also be covered. (Please note that the speaker welcomes program participants to bring knitting or other quiet handiwork to do as they listen.)
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Fee: $14.00
Capacity Remaining: 99
Dates: 4/23/2026 - 4/23/2026
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Sessions: 1
Days: Th
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Instructor: Valerie Frey
Building: Online via Zoom
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Just a couple of hours away by air, the ancient and present home of the Maya of Central America presents a fascinating world of history, architecture and art. This course explores the Maya through a serial visit to the standing remains of ancient Mayan cities and sacred centers, from the jungles of Guatemala and Chiapas to the northern landscape of the Yucatec Maya. The focus is on the art and architecture, along with discussion of the history and features of the great civilization responsible for their creation. The course is designed as a two-day series, and the presentations will feature the speaker's personal photography from numerous forays into the region.
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Fee: $23.00
Capacity Remaining: 13
Dates: 5/21/2026 - 5/28/2026
Times: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Sessions: 2
Days: Th
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Instructor: John Stephenson
Building: River's Crossing (opens in new tab)
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You may know Button Gwinnett, but do you know Dionysius Crandell Oliver or Tugalo Harvie Risner? This presentation covers politicians from across Georgia history who have very unusual names.
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Fee: $14.00
Capacity Remaining: 36
Dates: 5/8/2026 - 5/8/2026
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Sessions: 1
Days: F
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Instructor: Andrew Bramlett
Building: River's Crossing (opens in new tab)
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This session will explore Historic Athens’ broad impact—from preserving historic buildings and protecting cultural landmarks to engaging the public through events, education, and advocacy. Attendees will learn about programs such as our monthly History Hours, seasonal walking tours, the Historic Athens Welcome Center, Porchfest, youth development efforts, and more.
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Fee: $14.00
Capacity Remaining: 27
Dates: 5/4/2026 - 5/4/2026
Times: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Sessions: 1
Days: M
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Instructor: Denise Sunta
Building: River's Crossing (opens in new tab)
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This class will cover the fascinating journey of the Koh-i-Noor diamond—from its discovery in the alluvial plains of Southern India to its prized position as the “Jewel in the Crown” of the British monarchy. The resulting history is one of greed, murder, torture and colonialism that cuts through a swathe of British, Indian and central Asian history.
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Fee: $14.00
Capacity Remaining: 30
Dates: 5/4/2026 - 5/4/2026
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Sessions: 1
Days: M
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Instructor: Manoj Saxena
Building: River's Crossing (opens in new tab)
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In the decades following the Civil War, New York City built more monuments to the Union cause than any other city in the nation outside of Washington, DC. Ranging from simple standing soldiers to grand triumphal arches and temples, these monuments shaped commemorative aesthetics and iconography at the local and national levels. Unlike Confederate monuments, which were mostly initiated by private organizations, New York’s soldiers’ monuments were largely supported through city and state funding. These civic projects attracted the interest of competing groups—artists, politicians, veterans, and the public—who all sought to influence the growing commemorative landscape. Learn about the works and their creation in a fractious political landscape defined as much by municipal maneuvering as by artistic principle.
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Fee: $14.00
Capacity Remaining: 38
Dates: 4/29/2026 - 4/29/2026
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Sessions: 1
Days: W
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Instructor: Akela Reason
Building: River's Crossing (opens in new tab)
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Historical narratives are simplifications but necessary ones. Otherwise, as one 19th century English scholar put it, “History becomes just one damn fact after another.” This course will focus on two of the grandest of all historical narratives. First, in the history of ideas, is the long and tortured road from the essentialist thinking of the ancient Greeks to modern existentialism. Second, is the development in recent decades of so-called Big History, which sees ALL history—natural as well as human, and from the Big Bang to current events—as a product of a common evolutionary process. Hold on to your hats!
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Fee: $23.00
Capacity Remaining: -5
Dates: 5/11/2026 - 5/13/2026
Times: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sessions: 2
Days: M W
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Instructor: Tom Keene
Building: River's Crossing (opens in new tab)
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