Friends of the UNCG Libraries

Monday, January 25 : “The Impact of World War II on Segregation,” a lecture by Peter Golden, author of Wherever There is Light , which explores the rescue German–Jewish professors from the Nazis by traditionally African-American colleges and the birth of the modern civil rights movement. 4 p.m.  Hodges Reading Room, Second Floor Jackson Library. FREE. Tuesday, February 9 :  “Michelle Obama: First Lady, American Rhetor” presentation by UNCG faculty authors Jody Natalle and Jenni Simon.  4 p.m. Hodges Reading Room, Jackson Library 2nd floor, UNCG.  FREE. Monday, February 22 : Friends of the UNCG Libraries Book Discussion - Behind the Scenes, or Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House by Elizabeth Keckley, led by Karen Weyler of the English Department. 7 p.m. Hodges Reading Room, Jackson Library 2nd floor, UNCG.  FREE. Monday, March 14 : Friends of the UNCG Libraries Book Discussion - Black Dogs by Ian McEwan, led by Keith Gorman of the Uni...

Friday, September 6 at UNCG & Saturday, September 7 at BOOKMARKS— A Visit with Historian James McPherson 9/6 Jackson Library Reading Room. UNCG, 1st Floor. 4 pm. 9/7 BOOKMARKS Festival, Winston-Salem  Times TBA Saturday, September 7 at BOOKMARKS & Monday, September 9 at UNCG—Storyteller, Author and Musical Artist Bill Harley 9/7 - BOOKMARKS Festival, Winston-Salem. 12:30 and 4 pm. 9/9- Elliott University Center Auditorium UNCG, 7 pm. Monday, October 21 —”Loving Jane” a public discussion led by Dr. Hephzibah Roskelly about Jane Austen and why she is so popular 200 years after Pride and Prejudice was first published (part of a series still being developed to celebrate Austen).  Virginia Dare Room, Alumni House, 7 pm. Tuesday, October 29 —Author Jill McCorkle reading from her new book Life After Life and signing copies of her books, Virginia Dare Room, Alumni House, 4 pm.  Saturday, November 9—Women Veterans Historical Project Luncheon and Panel Discu...

Monday, January 28 — Book Discussion of When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God by T. M. Luhrmann, led by Dr. Ben Ramsey, Religious Studies. Hodges Reading Room, Jackson Library, 4 p.m. FREE   Wednesday, February 13 — UNCG alum Wiley Cash, author of A Land More Kind Than Home . Hodges Reading Room, Jackson Library, 7 p.m. FREE   Monday, February 25 — Book Discussion of Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence., led by Dr. Keith Cushman, English. Hodges Reading Room, Jackson Library, 7 p.m. FREE   Wednesday, March 6 — Christopher Hodgkins and Robert Whalen Present "The Digital Temple of George Herbert." Hodges Reading Room, Jackson Library, 4 p.m. FREE.   Monday, March 18 — Book Discussion of In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror & an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson, led Dr. Karl Schleunes, History. Hodges Reading Room, Jackson Library, 7 p.m. FREE   Wednesday, March 20 — Joseph ...

Here's a list of our public events this fall semester.  If you don’t see a link to a blog entry, we will provide more information on this blog nearer to each event, but suggest you save the dates and times on your calendar for those you are interested in.  Friends of the UNCG Libraries Book discussions   Fall discussions are September 17, October 29, and December 3. See http://www.uncgfol.blogspot.com/2012/07/20122013-fol-book-discussion-schedule.html .   Friday, September 7.   Author Tony Horwitz, Jackson Library Reading Room, 4-5 p.m. http://www.uncgfol.blogspot.com/2012/07/author-tony-horwitz-to-visit-uncg.html . Monday, September 10 .  Author, storyteller and musical artist John McCutcheon, Elliott University Center Auditorium.  7 p.m.  See http://www.uncgfol.blogspot.com/2012/05/john-mccutcheon-to-appear-in-greensboro.html Wednesday, September 12 .  Author Doc Hendley , whose book Wine to Water: A Bartender's Quest to...