Saturday, April 22- 10 am until 4 pm
Bring your family and friends and prepare to take off on books at the first Alabama Book Festival. The festival will take place on Saturday, April 22 from 10 am until 4 pm at Old Alabama Town. The festival will feature authors who write in a variety of genres including fiction, non-fiction, history, mystery, poetry, romance, fantasy, cooking, children’s and young adult.  This free event for all generations offers book lovers the chance to hear and meet nationally known regional and local authors, see lively stage presentations, get books signed, listen to award winning storytellers and purchase new books.

The Alabama Book Festival had grown out of two events hosted by the Alabama Center for the Book (ACFTB) over the past three years. These events enjoyed a steady growth in scale, reputation and media coverage, creating an ever-increasing network of educators and artists. It is this network of talented individuals that has enabled the ACFTB to expand to an event of this size and caliber. The festival features four areas of authors reading, as well as a Publisher’s Row, a Presentation Gallery, a Book Arts exhibit and hands-on children’s activities. The children’s area will include book arts, storytelling and puppeteers, workshops on creative writing, and storytelling and panel discussions. Featured authors include Dori Sanders, Rick Bragg, Wayne Greenhaw, Jim Hansen, Clyde Bolton, Pat Cunningham Devoto and many more fine writers in a variety of genres.

The Alabama Book Festival is being held on the grounds of the South Block of Old Alabama Town. Admission is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be available for purchase. The Alabama Book Festival is an eclectic mix of authors, storytellers, artists and singer-songwriters from across the country. The festival hopes to develop into a major showcase for all things book related. For more information on the festival, including details on all authors and presentations, visit www.alabamabookcenter.org or call (334) 844-4948.

>>Read the article on the Auburn website here

Download festival materials:
Bookfest page 1 and 2
Bookfest page 3 and 4
Bookfest page 5 and 6
Bookfest tri-fold brochure
2006 Co-sponsers
2006 ABF Participant List

Saturdays in April
Saturday, April 1st 1 - 4 pm
Old Alabama Town Revealed! Visitors will get to see behind closed doors of Old Alabama Town. We will be opening buildings to the public that they have only viewed from the street! Scheduled open buildings include: Martin-Barnes House, Thompson Mansion, Young House, Davis-Cook House and many others. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children ages 4-12 (under 4 are free). Tickets available in the Reception Center or Lucas Tavern on the day of the event. Call 240-4500 for more info.

Excerpt taken from Saturdays in april…
"Old Alabama Town is a collection of authentically restored 19th and 20th century structures. It stretches along six blocks in the heart of historic downtown Montgomery. This tour features the old Ordeman Townhouse and the Lucas Tavern (circa 1818) where travelers stopped to get a bite to eat before continuing their wearisome journey."

For more info on Saturdays in April events visit www.saturdaysinapril.com

“Paint the Town” Spring Fundraiser
Friday, March 31 at 6:30 pm
Get ready to “Paint the Town!” Join us in the South Block of Old Alabama Town behind Lucas Tavern. Local artists David Braly, George Taylor, Cam Armstrong, Mark Dauber, Jeannie McRae, Barrett Bailey and M. Bagwell Art Gallery have donated pieces that guests will have chances to win. The cost is $50 per person, a portion of which is tax deductible. Dinner and drinks will be provided and the bluegrass band, “Home Remedy” will be performing live. Please make reservations by March 20th. Proceeds go to Old Alabama Town’s education programs. For more information and to make reservations call 240-4500.

"Fictional Southern Women" Discussion
Sunday, March 19th - starting at 2 :00 p.m.
The Alabama Humanities Foundation presents “Fictional Southern Women: History or Folklore, Reality or Stereotype?” The event will take place in Old Alabama Town’s Reception Center and admission is free. Nancy Grisham Anderson, Associate Professor of English at AUM will be the speaker. We routinely use the terms “Southern belle,” “Southern woman,” “Mammy,” and “Steel Magnolia.” But do we really know what these terms actually mean and where they come from? During the discussion these labels will be explored through women in history, and through selected characters in Southern Fiction of the 19th and 20th centuries. For more information call 240-4500.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OLD ALABAMA TOWN BLACK HISTORY CELEBRATION

Join Old Alabama Town as we celebrate Black History Month with a special musical program on Sunday, February 26th, at 2:00 pm. The program will feature the Floyd Elementary School Chorus and the E.I. Marlowe Singers, a local gospel chorus. Also included in the program will be Montgomery author and historian Dr. Richard Bailey, who will speak on the role of music in Black history. The program will take place at the Loeb Reception Center, located at 301 Columbus Street. Admission is free.

WHAT: Old Alabama Town Black History Celebration
WHEN: Sunday, February 26th
TIME: 2:00 pm
WHERE: Loeb Reception Center, 301 Columbus Street
PARKING: OAT parking area (corner of Columbus & N. McDonough St.)
ADMISSION: Free
For more information call 334-240-4500 or 1-888-240-1850.

Gracious Necessities: Chamber Sets from the Permanent Collection
An exhibit featuring 19th century bath sets, from utilitarian to highly decorative, from the permanent decorative arts collection of Old Alabama Town.

Exhibit runs until February 20th at the Reception Center.
Monday-Saturday, 9:00 until 3:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
LANDMARKS FOUNDATION PRESENTS ALABAMA FRONTIER: CULTURAL CROSSROADS V

Landmarks Foundation of Montgomery, in cooperation with the Alabama Humanities Foundation and the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, sponsors ALABAMA FRONTIER: CULTURAL CROSSROADS V, the last in the series of symposiums focusing on the historic Creek Indians of Alabama.  Historians and archaeologists will turn their attention to the 1830s Removal of the Creeks from the state in this program that will be at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts on Saturday, January 28, 2006, from 8:30-4:00.

The Creek Indians inhabited much of what is now the state of Alabama and large portions of Georgia when Europeans began their explorations and competitions for control of the North American continent. A highly civilized composite of clans, towns and personalities, the Creek Confederacy dealt with these foreign intrusions and, following the Revolution, with the Americans. By the 19th century, however, Native Americans, African Americans and Euro Americans made up a population that was struggling for control of the rich lands, a combat that resulted in the removal of the Creeks across the Mississippi River to the western territories. Speakers for the day will include:

Dr. Kathryn Braund, Dr. Craig Shelton, Dr. John Cottier, Chief Alfred Berryhill (Oklahoma), Dr. John Hall, Dr. Craig Mann, Chris Haveman, M.A., and Mary Ann Neeley

A collection of McKenney and Hall Indian Prints, on loan from Jacob Lowrey of Greenville, S.C., will be on exhibit during the day.

WHAT:  History Symposium
WHERE:  Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Auditorium
WHEN:  January 28, 2006
TIME:  Registration - 8:30 am; Program 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
ADMISSION:  General public - $35.00; Landmarks members - $30.00; Faculty & Students - $20.00
* Fee includes light breakfast, lunch and refreshments.

For further information please call Landmarks Foundation / Old Alabama Town at 334-240-4500 or 1-888-240-1850.
Downloadable applications are available here

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