Previous Events
Oct
29
Swap Shop Mending Workshop
Come meet new people and learn sewing and mending skills! This week's theme is:
Halloween costumes!
Oct
29
Becoming a Savvy AI User: What Everyone Should Know
Artificial intelligence is becoming part of everyday work, education, and communication—but using AI effectively requires more than knowing how to write a prompt. This interactive workshop introduces the foundations of AI literacy, including how generative AI works, ethical and intellectual property considerations, privacy risks, and strategies for identifying AI-generated content.
Oct
28
Zotero Basics
Learn the ins and outs of downloading and using Zotero Desktop Client with Zotero web.
Oct
27
Scrap & Yap: A Scrapbooking Event
Join us for an evening of scrapbooking, crafting, and yapping on October 27 from 6-8:00PM! Paper and scrapbooking supplies will be provided, but please feel free to bring photos, journals, and other personal materials. This will be a low-stress environment, so come meet new folks and enjoy a night of scrapbooking and music!
Oct
23
In Search of Phillis Wheatley Peters: A Short Historical Documentary
UGA hosts a screening and discussion of In Search of Phillis Wheatley Peters, a new, thirty-five minute documentary about America’s first published Black poet. Produced by Askew Pictures, the film illuminates a largely overlooked chapter of Wheatley Peters’ story: her marriage to John Peters and the radical choices she made in pursuit of autonomy, dignity, and love.
Oct
23
Halloween Costume Making
Come and bring your Halloween costume ideas to life! Sewing machines, paper materials, and various other craft supplies available.
Oct
23
A Reading with Julia Elliott and Joshua Garcia
The Georgia Review and the Athenaeum present a reading with Julia Elliott and Joshua Garcia at the Athenaeum. The reading will be followed by a book sale and signing. Free and open to the public. The event is supported by the UGA English Department, the UGA Special Collections Library, and the UGA Institute for Women’s and Gender Studies.
Oct
22
Outdoor Film Screening: House on Haunted Hill (1958)
Brown Media Archives invites you to a night of fear and fun with an outdoor screening of "House on Haunted Hill" (1958)! Join us on the dead center of the Special Collections front lawn to witness such trepidation and terror. Ghostly archival clips from the BMA collection may have, somehow, someway, creeped their way into the main fright....we mean feature!
Free door prizes and popcorn! Picnic blankets and lawn chairs encouraged. Doors open at 6:30pm, trickery starts at 7pm!
Oct
22
Newspaper Research Workshop
Learn about resources provided by the UGA Libraries and the Digital Library of Georgia for accessing newspapers and news resources — including current and historical, U.S. and international, and both general news sources along with specialized publications such as African-American newspapers — through online databases, digital archives, and microfilm collections.