Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries

Street Address: 300 S. Hull Street Athens, GA 30602

Phone: 706.542.7123

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Student Spotlight Reception

Join the UGA Special Collections Libraries for an opening reception to celebrate a series of new case exhibitions curated by UGA    undergraduate students! Enjoy food and drink in the exhibition hallway and meet student curators inside the galleries to learn more about their displays.

This event is free and open to the public. If you have any questions, please contact Jan Hebbard (jhebbard@uga.edu). 

How to Make a Musical: A Concert of Golden Age Show Tunes

Join us for a concert celebrating the Golden Age of Broadway on Monday, March 24 at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium (Room 271) of the UGA Special Collections Building. The event will showcase the talents of UGA student performers with tunes from familiar titles like Brigadoon, Cabaret, Hair, and Kiss Me Kate. It will also highlight songs from lesser-known shows such as Dear World, It’s a Bird It’s a Plane It’s Superman, Lost in the Stars, and No Strings

An Evening with Former U.S. Senator Doug Jones

As part of its annual Congress Week celebration, the Richard B. Russell Library will be hosting former U.S. Senator Doug Jones for a discussion moderated by Joe Watson, the University of Georgia's inaugural Carolyn Caudell Tieger Professor of Public Affairs Communications. The event will take place on Tuesday, April 15th at 5:30pm. A light reception will follow.  

Parking can be found in the Hull Street Deck directly across from the Special Collections Libraries building.  

"Como Vivimos" Film Screening & Panel Discussion

In California’s Central Valley, tucked between the county jail and the shooting range, 100 Mexican-American farmworking families live, love and strive at the Artesi II Migrant Family Housing Center. Until every December, that is, when they’re asked to leave. Join documentarian Aggie Ebrahimi Bazaz for a screening of "Como Vivimos (How We Live" on Thursday, April 3rd at 7:00PM EST/4:00PM PST. Following the screening, Aggie will be in conversation with virtual panelists Jessica Romero, Jose Modesto, and Maya Gonzales.

 

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Curator Talk with Sara Idacavage

Join the Hargrett Library on Thursday, March 20th at 6:00pm for a talk with Sara Idacavage, curator of our newest exhibition From Farms to Fast Fashion: Unraveling the Need for Sustainable Style. Her presentation will detail the history of fashion production, as well as consumption, in the United States, dating back to the 1800s. 

This event is free and open to the public; a light reception will follow.