Posted on August 30th, 2010 by sperryahf
“If exposure is essential, still more so is the reflection.”
Eudora Welty, from Foreword, One Time, One Place
With the exhibition “Eudora Welty: Exposures and Reflections” opening September 2 at the Museum of Mobile, I am reflecting on my memory of Eudora Welty’s visit to Agnes Scott College in 1977. She seemed elderly as she walked up [...]
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Posted on August 23rd, 2010 by Jennifer Dome
Bettina Byrd-Giles gets you thinking. She gets you thinking about the origin of your family’s name, about your heritage and about the variety of backgrounds represented in Alabama yesterday and today. In her Road Scholars Speakers Bureau presentation “The Cultural Evolution of Alabama,” Mrs. Byrd-Giles shows us that the 22nd state is not monocultural.
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Posted on August 16th, 2010 by Jennifer Dome
Thanks to Jake Reiss and his staff at Alabama Booksmith for helping raise more than $4,300 for AHF! Jake raffled and auctioned off two signed copies of To Kill a Mockingbird at his Homewood store on August 11. Customers donated $5 for every raffle ticket, totaling about $2,000, and the lucky auction winner took home [...]
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Posted on August 13th, 2010 by rstewartahf
NEH Chairman Jim Leach was a big hit in Birmingham on July 29, delivering a talk on civility and American politics at Samford University and participating in a series of meetings and tours around the city. This was his first visit to Birmingham or Alabama since he was a young child, and he was extremely [...]
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Posted on July 6th, 2010 by Jennifer Dome
A former AHF board member and chair is continuing to help educate the youth of Alabama, and earning students national recognition for their efforts.
Nancy Anderson, an English professor at Auburn University Montgomery, surprised elementary school students this week with a letter from President Barack Obama.
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Posted on May 17th, 2010 by rstewartahf
In one of his most memorable lines in To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch tells his daughter, Scout, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view–until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” The line has sometimes been misquoted as walking in someone else’s shoes. [...]
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Posted on May 11th, 2010 by kcrawfordahf
The Montgomery Advertiser is asking the public to share personal stories about how To Kill a Mockingbird, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, has touched lives. Read the full story here.
Pieces should be no more than 150 words in length. Please include your full name, the city in which you live and daytime phone. E-mail [...]
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Posted on April 16th, 2010 by kcrawfordahf
The fifth-annual Alabama Book Festival will be held in historic downtown Montgomery at Old Alabama Town on April 17, 2010, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The free public event is the state’s premier book festival—with more than 4,000 people from around the state converging in the capital to meet with and hear from their [...]
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Posted on April 7th, 2010 by kcrawfordahf
Happy 50th anniversary, To Kill a Mockingbird! Check out our online art catalog, featuring works of art inspired by the novel and its themes. Opening show and silent auction this Friday in Birmingham at the Civil Rights Institute, 6 to 9 p.m., with a panel discussion on the novel and its themes at Sixteenth Street [...]
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Posted on March 26th, 2010 by bwhetstoneahf
She has the plot and the main players in mind and now she needs a special name for a character unlike any other. She invents a surname and with the aid of her attorney sister, searches local courthouse records to be sure the choice will not offend area residents. Satisfied her selection is unique, she [...]
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