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Eudora Welty at Home: William R. Ferris, Kate Medley, & Michael Pickard

October 12, 5:00–6:30 PMCenter for the Study of the American South410 E. Franklin Street, Chapel HillFree & open to the public A conversation about Welty’s life and legacy, with Michael Pickard and Durham photojournalist Kate Medley, co-authors of the Welty photo essay in Southern Cultures, and William Ferris, folklorist, emeritus professor of history, and friend of Welty’s. Refreshments »

Eudora Welty Book Club (Sold Out)

October 12, 3:00–5:00 PMCenter for the Study of the American South410 E. Franklin Street, Chapel HillFree & open to the public This two-part program will start with a book discussion of One Writer’s Beginnings with Michael Pickard, the Eudora Welty Chair of Southern Literature at Millsaps College. Those who register for this event will receive a copy »

Art @ the Center: Emily Rena Williams

October 1, Exhibit Opening: 5:30–7:00 PM6:00 PM: Conversation with Emily Rena Williams, Dr. Marcie Cohen Ferris (Center director), and Dr. Shari Rabin (SC guest editor) Center for the Study of the American South410 E. Franklin Street, Chapel HillFree & open to the public Celebrating Southern Cultures’s Religion issue with featured photographer and UNC doctoral student »

Snapshot: Climate Traveling Exhibit

Our fall Snapshot: Climate issue features more than 60 photographs and accompanying short reflections from artists, activists, photojournalists, and scientists to provide a “snapshot” look at climate impacts across the (global, Atlantic, gulf) South. With support from the Mellon Foundation and Carolina Public Humanities, 25 photographs from Snapshot: Climate will travel to galleries across the South over the next year. All »