Agnes Scott College
Call:
(404) 471-6000
or visit
www.agnesscott.edu
Small women's college on a beautiful campus on the south side of the tracks from Decatur. Ranked one of the top 10 liberal arts colleges in the South by U.S. News & World Report. Among the public sites: the Bradley Observatory and the Dalton Gallery (see galleries).
Atlanta Hungarian Festival
Friday April 22, 2016 08:00 pm EDT
Celebrate all-day at Presser Quad, Agnes Scott College. There will be food, drink (palinka & wine), folk music, dancing, crafts, games, a raffle, and more for the entire family!
Cost: Free Admission, Charges for Drinks & Food
Q&A with Richard Blanco, Dani Shapiro, and Charleen McClure '10
Wednesday April 6, 2016 08:00 pm EDT
Three distinguished authors will be on campus for Agnes Scott College’s 45th Annual Writers’ Festival. Attend a Q&A session with poet and memoirist Richard Blanco, novelist and memoirist Dani Shapiro, and alumna poet Charleen McClure ’10. This event is open to the public.
Cost: Free
Kirk Concert & Master Class Presents Singer-Songwriter Ani Cordero
Thursday March 3, 2016 07:00 pm EST
Ani Cordero is a staple of the global music scene, appearing as drummer/back-up vocalist with the legendary Os Mutantes, as a founding member/drummer of Pistolera and as the front-woman for her bilingual art rock band, Cordero. The event is in Maclean Auditorium, Presser Hall.
Cost: Free
You Grow Girl: Blooming into Leadership
Thursday March 26, 2015 08:00 pm EDT
Join us for an inspiring dance performance celebrating the young women of Moving in the Spirit’s Junior Company and their growth as compassionate leaders. Through collaboration with the Junior Company, parents, and the Moving in the Spirit Community, we have discovered a name that accurately repre...
Cost: Free
Red Room Show: ASC Probo and WERC Crew
Wednesday February 11, 2015 07:00 pm EST
WERC Crew and ASC Probo present: RED ROOM SHOW: Featuring a performance by Micah Freeman and DJS Xavier BLK and Jeremy Avalon! The Hub @Agnes Scott College
Cost: Free!
Cultural Narratives: The Photography of Sheila Pree Bright
Tuesday November 18, 2014 07:00 pm EST
Agnes Scott College presents a Leader Story and First-Year Seminar meet-together with photographer and activist, Sheila Pree Bright. Bright is an Atlanta-based and nationally recognized photographer, whose photographic series, including Suburbia, Plastic Bodies, Young Americans, and 1960sWho?, provo...
Cost: Free
Kirk Concert & Master Class Series: moira smiley & VOCO
Monday October 6, 2014 08:00 pm EDT
Moira Smiley's award-winning original music and spellbinding American and East European folk songs light up the stage with rompin’ stompin' body percussion and warm wit. Named #1 a cappella group in the U.S. in 2007, moira Smiley & VOCO is the energy of street singing and the elegance of a string ...
Cost: Free
2nd Atlanta Hungarian Festival
Saturday October 4, 2014 08:00 pm EDT
The second annual Atlanta Hungarian Festival will take place on Oct. 5, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., at Agnes Scott College, and will feature music, dancing, and food from across Central and Eastern Europe. There is going to be palacsinta (Hungarian crepes), lángos, chimney cake, Hungarian wine, Polish pierogis...
Cost: Free
American Lecture in the History of Religions: The Smell of Spirit: What Caused the Great Awakening and Was There One Anyway?
Sunday April 6, 2014 08:00 pm EDT
Catherine L. Albanese, J. F. Rowny Professor Emerita and Research Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, presents the first lecture in the 2014 American Lecture in the History of Religions series, sponsored by the American Academy of Religion. The theme of the series is In an Amer...
Cost: free
Day of Mourning Vigil
Friday February 28, 2014 07:00 pm EST
The Disabled Student Association and the Autistic Self Advocacy Network invite community members to attend Atlanta's first Day of Mourning vigil for members of the disability community killed by their caregivers. Please RSVP.
Cost: Free
The Atlanta Hungarian Festival
Saturday September 21, 2013 08:00 pm EDT
Stop by Agnes Scott College and enjoy the Eletfa Hungarian Folk Band, Hungarian food & wine, crafts & games, folk singers and dancers, a rubik’s cube contest and folk art and costume displays.
Cost: Free
Rachel Swarns
Monday February 11, 2013 07:00 pm EST
Rachel Swarns, the New York Times correspondent who wrote American Tapestry: The Story of Black, White & Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama, will speak and sign books at Agnes Scott College in Letitia Pate Evans Hall, Terrace Level. The event is free and open to the public.
Cost: Free
David Maraniss
Monday June 25, 2012 08:00 pm EDT
Pulitzer prize winning reporter and editor for The Washington Post and biographer of Bill Clinton, Vince Lombardi, Roberto Clemente, David Maraniss has written a new biography Barack Obama, The Story. Maraniss searches for the self-identity and relationships that make for a better understanding of t...
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Devising Civic Theatre, a Lecture by Michael Rohd
Sunday April 8, 2012 08:00 pm EDT
Award-winning theatre artist Michael Rohd of Sojourn Theatre in Portland, Oregon will present a public lecture titled, Devising Civic Theatre
Cost: Free
Agnes Scott Writers' Festival - Joy Harjo
Wednesday March 28, 2012 08:00 pm EDT
Acclaimed Native-American poet Joy Harjo will speak at Agnes Scott College March 29 at 8 p.m. in Gaines Chapel, Presser Hall for Agnes Scott’s 41st Annual Writers’ Festival, the oldest continuous literary event in Georgia.The event is free and open to the public but tickets are required. For tickets...
Cost: Free
Agnes Scott Writers' Festival - Benjamin Percy
Wednesday March 28, 2012 08:00 pm EDT
Author Benjamin Percy will speak at Agnes Scott College on March 29 at 4 p.m. in the Winter Theatre, Dana Fine Arts Building for the 41st Annual Writers’ Festival.The event is free and open to the public. There will be a book signing following the event.
Cost: Free
The Lovely Drifters
Wednesday March 7, 2012 07:00 pm EST
The Lovely Drifters, classical musicians with a folky, bluesy, timeless sound.The Lovely Drifters headline this concert in honor of International Women's Day, and in support of the Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence.Please come out to hear some fine music, while supporting a fine organ...
Cost: suggested donation of $5
The Lovely Drifters
Wednesday March 7, 2012 07:00 pm EST
The Lovely Drifters, classical musicians with a folky, bluesy, timeless sound.The Lovely Drifters headline this concert in honor of International Women's Day, and in support of the Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence.Please come out to hear some fine music, while supporting a fine organ...
Cost: suggested donation of $5
Norton Juster, Leonard Marcus
Thursday December 8, 2011 07:00 pm EST
The original author of The Phantom Tollbooth is joined by the author who annotated the work for re-release.
Cost:
DBA Holiday Meeting
Monday December 5, 2011 07:00 pm EST
The Decatur Business Association will salute Decatur's 2011 hometown heroes, share proceeds from the recent Decatur Craft Beer Festival and elect 2012's DBA officers. There will be a networking reception at 5:15pm with the regular program to follow at 6pm. All events will take place in the Agnes Sco...
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ASC Spring Music Events
Monday April 18, 2011 12:00 am EDT
Concerts occur almost every night between April - May, 2011. All concerts are free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.agnesscott.edu or call 404-471-5314.
Cost: Free