Events Happening This Week

The following is a list of events occurring this week as part of the events scheduled for the “Forever Free” Exhibit at the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library.  All events are free and open to the public.

For more information, call Mona K. Vance at 662-329-5304.

 

·        February 11, 2009 (Wednesday)

10:00-11:00am

Look at Lincoln

Christian Home Educators in Lowndes County

(CHELC)

 

A series of skits about Abraham Lincoln presented by children from the Christian Home Educators in Lowndes County organization.  Children dress in costumes created by the students themselves. The purpose of CHELC is to provide information and support to Christian home school families who meet in the Lowndes County area. The performances are free and open to the public.

 

To find out more about CHELC go to

http://www.homeschool-life.com/ms/chelc.

 

·         2:00-3:00pm

Friends of the Library Book Talk

(open to the public)

A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom

By: David W. Blight

Talk by: Mona K. Vance 

 

A discussion on the book A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom led by Archivist Mona K. Vance on behalf of the Friends of the Library. The book focuses on two unpublished manuscripts by former slaves Wallace Turnage (1846–1916) and John Washington (1838–1918), and offers an illuminating analysis by award-winning historian David W. Blight. It is a coming of age story, offering a unique window on life (learning to read, falling in love, finding religious faith) in a slave society. Blight provides an accessible historical and literary context for the manuscripts and explores the men’s lives not covered in their manuscripts. These powerful memoirs reveal poignant, heroic, painful and inspiring lives.

 

 

·        February 12, 2009 (Thursday)
 

6:00-7:00pm

Mr. Lincoln and Emancipation

Chris Small as Abraham Lincoln

 

In Mr. Lincoln and Emancipation, Chris Small portrays Abraham Lincoln and discusses his emerging views on slavery and emancipation.

 

(BIO) Chris Small, President and CLE of The Lincoln Project^SM, gave his first presentation as Abraham Lincoln in 1997. He officially founded The Lincoln Project^SM in 2003. Chris has a graduate degree in Communication, with a specialty in Interpretation & Performance Studies, and has directed Playback Theatre, Bibliodrama, and Boal-based Sociodrama. Additionally, Chris is a sought-after speaker with Small Associates^sm; is a member of the National Communication Association, the Abraham Lincoln Association, the Association of Lincoln Presenters, the Andrew Johnson Heritage Association; and may be found on the National Registry of Living Historians. He is featured in two films about Abraham Lincoln to be released in 2009.

 

Find out more about Chris Small, the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial, and the resources available through The Lincoln Project^SM at www.thelincolnproject.com.