Previous Events

Apr 29
Deliberating the Future of Housing: A Panel Discussion

Inspired by the exhibition entitled Unequal by Design: Housing in Georgia and America on display in the R. Harold Harrison Gallery, the Russell Library will host an event focusing on the future of housing in Athens. This event is free and open to the public. Free parking for off-campus visitors is available at the Hull Street Deck. 

Moderator: 

1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries
Apr 27
Blood, Sweat, and Tears FDSA Fashion Show

Join the Fashion Design Student Association for a night of gothic-inspired fashion at its Spring 2023 fashion show, Blood, Sweat, & Tears.

6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries , Exhibit Hallway
Apr 20
Stillpoint National Poetry Month Reading

Stillpoint Literary Magazine will host an outdoor reading on Thursday, April 20th at 2 p.m. in front of the Main Library. This reading will celebrate National Poetry Month.  Anyone featured in recent issues of Stillpoint will be invited to read.

This event is sponsored by the Ruppersburg Stillpoint Literary Endowment, the Georgia Review, and UGA Libraries.


Main Library , Main Steps
Apr 17
Beginning Arduino workshop for undergraduates

Arduino microcontrollers are simple computers used to build circuits with sensors that interface with a variety of components and output devices. Artists, environmental researchers collecting data like temperature and humidity, and robotics engineers all utilize Arduino. 

10:30 am to 12:00 pm
Science Library , Makerspace, room 381
Apr 15
Family Day: Object Lessons with GMOA

“Object Lessons in American Art: Selections from the Princeton University Art Museum” pairs works together in fresh ways that start new conversations about American history and culture. Explore the exhibition, play Art Cart games in the galleries and create a work of art to take home in the Michael and Mary Erlanger Studio Classroom. Staff from UGA’s Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library will also share objects from their collection that tell stories about Athens.

10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Georgia Museum of Art
Apr 11
Film Screening, The Living Record of Our Memory

Why preserve film in a world where audiovisual materials seem so readily available online? That is the key question posed in Film, the Living Record of Our Memory, which features interviews with film archivists, curators, technicians, and filmmakers including Costa-Gavras, Jonas Mekas, Patricio Guzmán, Ken Loach, Bill Morrison, Fernando Trueba, Wim Wenders, and appearances by Martin Scorsese, Barbara Rubin, Idrissa Ouédraogo, Ridley Scott, and Ousmane Sembene.

7:15 pm
Ciné
Apr 11
Congress Week: Congress and the Decline of Democracy in the United States

As part of its annual Congress Week celebration, the Russell Library and SPIA are hosting Loch K Johnson, Regents Professor Emeritus of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia,

5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries , Auditorium (271)
Apr 03
Beginning Arduino workshop for undergraduates

Arduino microcontrollers are simple computers used to build circuits with sensors that interface with a variety of components and output devices. Artists, environmental researchers collecting data like temperature and humidity, and robotics engineers all utilize Arduino. 

10:30 am to 12:00 pm
Science Library , Makerspace, room 381
Mar 30
Beginning Arduino workshop for undergraduates

Arduino microcontrollers are simple computers used to build circuits with sensors that interface with a variety of components and output devices. Artists, environmental researchers collecting data like temperature and humidity, and robotics engineers all utilize Arduino. 

1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
Science Library , Makerspace, room 381
Mar 28
Escape the Gallery Game Night

Join the Hargrett Library for an interactive escape room experience in our very own galleries! Explore Hargrett's newest exhibit, "Freemasonry in Georgia: Ideals, Imagery, and Impact," and unearth the secret clues secured within by Escape the Space, Athens' local escape room company. Do you have what it takes to be a #PuzzleMaster and decode the hidden message? 

RSVP to Jess Grant (jess.grant@uga.edu) by March 27th. 

5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries , Hargrett Gallery