Oglethorpe University’s own Professor Jessica Handler has won the 2020 Southern Book Prize for Fiction for her first novel, The Magnetic Girl. Designed to honor great Southern voices, the Southern Book Prize is awarded by the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) to books published in the previous year that are Southern in nature – either […]
Emily Rodriguez ’20, an Art History and English & Comparative Literature double major, is one step closer to living her dream of becoming an art museum curator. This semester, she is the Collections Intern at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA), located just a few miles from campus down Peachtree Road. In her […]
Black History Month is an annual celebration of the achievements of African Americans throughout U.S. history. Observed annually in February, the country recognizes and pays tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society. The Oglethorpe community will celebrate Black History Month with a variety of […]
The Oglethorpe University Museum of Art hosts three exhibitions this spring: Jane Robbins Kerr: Bits and Pieces from Mississippi (Jan. 10 – Mar. 1), Georgia Watercolor Society’s 41st National Exhibition (Mar. 14 – Apr. 26), and the Southeastern Pastel Society 19th International Juried Exhibition (May 8 – June 21). The spring Skylight Gallery Concert series […]
Rehearsal Room C’s production of “The Normal Heart”, a 1985 play by Larry Kramer, begins November 21. Directed by student Kevin Dew, “The Normal Heart” offers an intimate perspective on the AIDS epidemic in America through the eyes of those who lived it and worked to heal the community. Rehearsal Room C, a student-led theatre […]
For the third consecutive year, Brookhaven Mayor John Ernst invited the Oglethorpe community to a City Council meeting for the formal reading of a proclamation declaring October as Arts and Humanities Month in the city. “Literature, theatre, dance, art and music capture our history, build bridges amongst us, provoke dialogue and often raise important questions; and […]
Oglethorpe’s jazz ensemble, the Jazzy Petrels, gave a pop-up performance in the Turner Lynch Campus Center in the early evening of Oct. 10. Directed by Dr. Brent Runnels, the Jazzy Petrels will give their first concert of the year on Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Lupton Auditorium.
Performances of Oglethorpe Theatre’s fall show Spring Awakening, directed by Richard Garner, begin October 18th! Spring Awakening is a groundbreaking rock musical about adolescent love, the trials of puberty, and the friendships that young people build in the face of an uncomprehending world. Inspired by Frank Wedekind’s once-banned and still provocative German play from 1891, […]
Atlanta History Center’s Swan Coach House Gallery will present “White Balance”, an exhibition of photography by Christina Price Washington, lecturer in art and photography at Oglethorpe. Held in conjunction with Atlanta Celebrates Photography, the show opens today and runs through November 7, 2019. This exhibition presents finely printed photographs and photo-based print media that play […]
Founded in 2016, mOUthing Off is a student-led improv troupe, with about 15 members. Some are practicing their Theatre major or minor, and others simply enjoy improvisation. The group hosts comedy shows on campus, and is active off-campus, performing at Atlanta area events and volunteering with kids. “On campus we do a lot, but it’s […]