ALABAMA TRUST EVENTS
Winter 2012 Preservation Lyceum Weekend, Mobile – Friday, January 20 – Saturday, January 21, 2012
Explore the Bay City’s African-American heritage. Overnight accommodations at a group rate at the Historic Battle House Renaissance Hotel. For reservations, call for 251-338-2000 and register under the ATHP block of rooms. Deadline for ATHP rate: December 21, 2011.
2012 Alabama Preservation Conference, Birmingham – Thursday, May 10 – Saturday, May 12, 2012
A conference hotel rate is available at the Historic Tutwiler Hotel (circa 1914). For conference rate reservations, call 205-322-2100 and register under the ATHP block of rooms. Deadline for conference rate: April 13, 2012.
NATIONAL TRUST EVENTS
National Rosenwald School Conference: 100 Years of Pride, Progress and Preservation, Tuskegee – Thursday, June 14 – Saturday, June 16, 2012
Sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation with assistance from the Alabama Historic Commission, Alabama Trust for Historic Preservation, Black Heritage Council of Alabama, Rosenwald School Initiative and Tuskegee University, the conference will be held in Tuskegee. For more information, visitwww.preservationnation.org/rosenwald.
STATEWIDE EVENTS
ANNISTON
Saturday, November 5, 1:00 p.m. – “The Great Depression in Alabama Photographs
Lecture and presentation by Huntsville curator and Alabama Humanities Foundation Roads Scholar, Frances Robb. Location: Public Library of Anniston and Calhoun County, 108 E 10th Street. Sponsored by the Alabama Benton Genealogical Society. For more information, call 256-326-8319.
BESSEMER
Saturday, November 5, 1:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. – In Harmony: The Gospel Quartet Music Tradition of Jefferson County
The “In Harmony” event will include a lecture by author and musical historian Doug Seroff; a documentary screening of The Jefferson County Sound: Alabama’s Black Gospel Quartets from Alabama-native and award-winning producer Robert Clem; and concert by award-winning gospel groups, “The Birmingham Sunlights” and “The Pillars.” Admission: Free. Location: Discovering Alabama Event Center, Watermark Place, 4500 Alabama Adventure Highway. Sponsored by the Alabama Folklife Association and the Alabama State Council on the Arts. For more information, visit www.alabamafolklife.org.
BIRMINGHAM
Tuesday, November 1 – Friday, February 17, 2012 - Mapping Birmingham Exhibition
Chart the aspirations and growth of Birmingham from its founding to present day. The exhibition’s artifacts and maps of the city offer glimpses into Birmingham’s past and its vision for the future. See Frederick Law Olmsted’s vision of a unified park system for Birmingham and glimpses of yet-to-be-realized plans for Birmingham’s system of parks and revitalized historic districts. Location: Vulcan Park and Museum, 1701 Valley View Drive. Admission: Adults $6; Seniors $5; Youth $4; free under 4 yrs. For more information, call 205-933-1776 or email info@visitvulcan.com.
Friday, November 4 – 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. - Fred L. Shuttlesworth Human Rights Awards
Reception, dinner and awards ceremony honoring the 2011 Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award recipient, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, author, Civil Rights icon and journalist. Location: Ballroom, Birmingham Sheraton Hotel. Sponsored by the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and BB&T. For more information and/or tickets, call 205-328-9646, extension 236 or visit www.bcri.org.
MARION
Tuesday, November 1 – Thursday, November 10 - Museum on Main Street Exhibition: Journey Stories
The traveling exhibit examines the crossroads between the historic modes of travel and America’s desire to travel using images, audio and artifacts to tell a collection of individual stories. Location: Perry County Chamber of Commerce, 1200 Washington Street. Sponsored by the Alabama Humanities Foundation and Smithsonian Institute. For more information, call 334-683-9622. For exhibition schedule of future locations and dates in Alabama, visit www.ahf.net/journeystories/index.html.
MOBILE
Thursday, November 22, 5:45 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. – An Evening with Winston Groom
Refreshments at 5:45 p.m. followed by lecture at 6:00 p.m. Page and Palette bookstore will have Groom’s newest book available for sale. Admission: Free to Historic Mobile Preservation Society (HMPS) members; Guests and Non-Members: $10. Location: Historic Oakleigh Mansion, 300 Oakleigh Place. Sponsored by the Historic Mobile Preservation Society. For more information or to make reservations, call 251-432-6161.
Thursday, October 20, 5:45 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. – An Evening in History Lecture Series
Amy Beach of the Mobile Public Library’s History Department for our October edition of An Evening In History. Beach will present Mobile’s Legends and discuss some of our city’s most talked about legends and characters, just in time for Halloween. Admission: Free to Historic Mobile Preservation Society (HMPS) members; Guests and Non-Members: $10. Location: Historic Oakleigh Mansion, 300 Oakleigh Place. Sponsored by the Historic Mobile Preservation Society. For more information or to make reservations, call 251-432-6161.
MONTGOMERY
Thursday, November 3, Noon – 1:00 p.m. – Film Screening, Jefferson County Sound: Alabama’s Black Gospel Quartets
Screening and remarks by award-winning producer and Alabama native, Robert Clem. Clem’s previous Alabama-centric documentaries include, among others, Big Jim Folsom: The Two Faces of Populism (1997); William Marsh: Company K (2004); and In the Wake of Assassins (2007). Admission: Free. Location: Alabama Power Auditorium, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue. Sponsored by the Alabama Dept. of Archives and History and Friends of the Alabama Archives. For more information, call 334-353-4726.
Thursday, November 17, Noon – 1:00 p.m. – ArchiTreats Lecture, “The Civil Rights World in Alabama, 1961-1962”
Lecture by legendary Alabama attorney, Fred Gray. Gray’s career spans more than 55 years, which includes, among others, historic Civil Rights landmark cases: City of Montgomery v. Rosa Parks; State of Alabama v. Martin Luther King, Jr.; and Gomillion v. Lightfoot. Admission: Free. Location: Alabama Power Auditorium, Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue. Sponsored by the Alabama Dept. of Archives and History and Friends of the Alabama Archives. For more information, call 334-353-4726.
WETUMPKA
Wednesday, November 2 – Sunday, November 6 – Alabama Frontier Days
Experience life on the Alabama frontier during the early years of European and American exploration, from 1717 through 1820. Events include trades and crafts, presentations in period costume, strolling balladeers and itinerant entertainers. Admission: Adults $7; Children/Students $6; Free to children 5 years or younger. Location: Fort Toulouse/Fort Jackson, 2521 West Toulouse Road. Sponsored by the Alabama Historical Commission. For more information, call 334-567-3002 or visit www.fttoulousejackon.org/.
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