O'Connor Institute

Outdoor screening of the Coen Brothers' film "Oh Brother Where Art Thou?" Introduction by English Professor Matt Bryant Cheney, with discussion afterwards. Outside on the lawn. Bring chairs, blankets and picnics. Free popcorn and beverages for the first 40 people. Co-sponsored by the Flannery O'Connor Institute for the Humanities and Andalusia Farm.The screening will take place at Andalusia on the Interpretative Center lawn April 22, from 8 to 10:30 p.m.

Our monthly book club will discuss the first five chapters of O'Connor's second novel "The Violent Bear It Away." Hosted by Professor Emeritus Dr. Bruce Gentry. 2 p.m., in-person meeting in Eatonton at the Georgia Writer's Museum, 109 S. Jefferson, Eatonton, Georgia 310247 p.m. online. Email oconnorinstitute@gcsu.edu for the link. 

Join Professor Emeritus Bruce Gentry on for a book club discussion of one of O'Connor's only short stories about the civil rights movement. The event will be held on Thursday, March 26, in person at 2 p.m. in Eatonton at the Georgia Writer's Museum on the square. Or join us for the evening online discussion at 7 p.m. Email oconnorinstitute@gcsu.edu for the link. 

Join us March 25 from 7:30 until 10 p.m. in celebrating Flannery O'Connor's 101st birthday outside on the lawn at Andalusia Farm Interpretative Center. John Huston adapted O'Connor's 1953 novel in 1979, and filmed it partly in Baldwin County and mostly in Macon, Georgia. Starring Brad Dourif, Ned Beatty, Harry Dean Stanton, Dan Shor, Amy Wright and Mary Nell Santacrosce with a cameo by John Huston. Introduction by Professor Emeritus Bruce Gentry, with discussion afterwards. Birthday...

Karen M. Gravel is principal and director of Historic Preservation at Lord Aeck Sargent Architecture and Design Firm. She has worked on many historic restorations at Georgia College & State University's Andalusia Farm Property and Terrell Hall. She will present her assessment of the recently donated Cline-Florencourt mansion on Greene Street. Historically important for many reasons, this house was also Flannery O'Connor's home during her time in high school and college. Gravel will...