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The Science of Superheroes Exhibit Date Sat, 09 Mar, 2019 - 01:00 PM Exhibit Date Sat, 03/09/2019 - 13:00 Panel Discussion and Activities/ 1:00pm - 3:00pm Carter Presidential Library and Museum Lobby & TheaterFree and Open to the Public Ever wonder if you’ll have A.I. that can transition to physical form? What are the chances that aliens will look human? Will soldiers have computerized weapons systems in an armored exoskeleton suit? Moderated by Dr. Lisa Yaszek, Professor of Science Fiction Studies at …
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Nathaniel Rich - "Losing Earth: A Recent History" Exhibit Date Thu, 18 Apr, 2019 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Thu, 04/18/2019 - 19:00 Conversation/Booksigning Carter Presidential Library & Museum TheaterFree and Open to the Public The New York Times Magazine devoted an entire issue to Nathaniel Rich’s investigation of the 10-year period from 1979 to 1989 when humankind first understood climate change and came close to solving it. Now a full-length book, “ Losing Earth: A Recent History” is poised to become an …
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"Albatross" Exhibit Date Mon, 22 Apr, 2019 - 06:30 PM Exhibit Date Mon, 04/22/2019 - 18:30 Film Screening Carter Presidential Library & Museum TheaterFree and Open to the Public This film tells the story we learned of a stunning environmental tragedy place on a tiny atoll in the center of the vast North Pacific Ocean. Thousands of young albatrosses lay dead on the ground, their stomachs filled with plastic. The experience is devastating, not only for what it meant for the suffering of the birds, but also …
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"Citizen Jane" Exhibit Date Fri, 03 May, 2019 - 06:30 PM Exhibit Date Fri, 05/03/2019 - 18:30 Film Screening Carter Presidential Library & Museum TheaterFree and Open to the PublicIn 1960 Jane Jacobs’s book The Death and Life of Great American Cities sent shockwaves through the architecture and planning worlds, with its exploration of the consequences of modern planners’ and architects’ reconfiguration of cities. Jacobs was also an activist, who was involved in many fights in mid-century New York, to stop …
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"Ghadi" Exhibit Date Sat, 27 Apr, 2019 - 06:00 PM Exhibit Date Sat, 04/27/2019 - 18:00 Film Screening Carter Presidential Library & Museum TheaterFree and Open to the PublicThe Carter Library and the American Friends of Sesobel present a free screening of the film Ghadi .The clueless residents of a tiny Lebanese village begin to suspect there’s an angel in their midst in “Ghadi” , a gently barbed, sentimentally played social satire whose familiar tale of overcoming bigotry, pettiness and greed could work …
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Shani Robinson and Anna Simonton - "None of the Above" Exhibit Date Sun, 05 May, 2019 - 03:00 PM Exhibit Date Sun, 05/05/2019 - 15:00 Lecture/Booksigning Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater Free and Open to the Public 3:00 pm - 5:00 pmThe Baton Foundation, Inc. and the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum will host a lecture and book signing about the Atlanta Public schools cheating scandal. The authors show how Atlanta Public Schools employees were collateral damage in a crisis caused by …
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Dr. Sandro Galea - "Well: What We Need to Talk About When We Talk About Health" Exhibit Date Wed, 08 May, 2019 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Wed, 05/08/2019 - 19:00 Lecture/Booksigning Carter Presidential Library & Museum TheaterFree and Open to the PublicAmericans spend more money on health than people anywhere else in the world. And what do they get for it? Statistically, not much. Americans today live shorter, less healthy lives than citizens of other rich countries, and these trends show no signs of letting …
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George Packer - "Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century" Exhibit Date Wed, 15 May, 2019 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Wed, 05/15/2019 - 19:00 Lecture/Booksigning Carter Presidential Library & Museum TheaterFree and Open to the PublicRichard Holbrooke was brilliant, utterly self-absorbed, and possessed of almost inhuman energy and appetites. Admired and detested, he was the force behind the Dayton Accords that ended the Balkan wars, America’s greatest diplomatic achievement in the …
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Tony Horwitz - "Spying on the South: An Odyssey Across the American Divide" Exhibit Date Mon, 20 May, 2019 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Mon, 05/20/2019 - 19:00 Lecture/Booksigning Carter Presidential Library & Museum TheaterFree and Open to the PublicIn the 1850s, the young Frederick Law Olmsted was adrift, a restless farmer and dreamer in search of a mission. He found it during an extraordinary journey, as an undercover correspondent in the South for the up-and-coming New York Times. In “Spying on the South” , …
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Scott Pelley – “Truth Worth Telling" Exhibit Date Thu, 23 May, 2019 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Thu, 05/23/2019 - 19:00 Lecture/Booksigning Carter Center’s Cecil B. Day Chapel(More Details Coming Soon) A 60 Minutes correspondent and former anchor of the CBS Evening News, Scott Pelley writes as a witness to events that changed our world. In moving, detailed prose, he stands with firefighters at the collapsing World Trade Center on 9/11, advances with American troops in combat in Afghanistan and …
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Clay Risen - "The Crowded Hour" Exhibit Date Thu, 06 Jun, 2019 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Thu, 06/06/2019 - 19:00 Lecture/Booksigning Carter Presidential Library & Museum TheaterFree and Open to the Public “The Crowded Hour” is the dramatic story of the most famous regiment in American history: the Rough Riders, a motley group of soldiers led by Theodore Roosevelt, whose daring exploits marked the beginning of American imperialism in the 20th century. In this brilliant, enlightening narrative, the Rough …
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Joe Menn - "Cult of the Dead Cow" Exhibit Date Mon, 10 Jun, 2019 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Mon, 06/10/2019 - 19:00 Lecture/Booksigning Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater Free and Open to the Public “Cult of the Dead Cow” is the tale of the oldest, most respected, and most famous American hacking group of all time. Though until now it has remained mostly anonymous, its members invented the concept of hacktivism, released the top tool for testing password security, and created what was for years the …
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Jenna Brayton - "Yes She Can" Exhibit Date Sat, 15 Jun, 2019 - 01:00 PM Exhibit Date Sat, 06/15/2019 - 13:00 Lecture/Booksigning Carter Presidential Library & Museum TheaterFree and Open to the PublicThey were teens when Barack Obama announced he was running for president. They came of age in the Obama Era. And then they joined his White House. Smart, motivated, ambitious–and ready to change the world. Here are ten inspiring, never-before-told stories from diverse young women who got stuff done. They …
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EXHIBIT- "Georgia on My Screen: Jimmy Carter and the Rise of the Film Industry" Exhibit Date Fri, 03 May, 2019 - 09:00 AM Exhibit Date Fri, 05/03/2019 - 09:00 NEW EXHIBIT Carter Presidential Library & MuseumAge 16 and under FREE17 and over - Museum ticket purchase requiredThe Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum presents an exciting new exhibition, Georgia on My Screen: Jimmy Carter and the Rise of the Film Industry. Beginning with then-Governor Jimmy Carter’s creation of the first state film …
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EXHIBIT- "Panamanian Submerged Timber Series: Vessels Created by the Moulthrop Family" Exhibit Date Thu, 11 Apr, 2019 - 06:16 AM Exhibit Date Thu, 04/11/2019 - 06:16 NEW EXHIBIT Carter Presidential Library & MuseumThe seven vessels on display were created by the Georgia-based artists Matt and Philip Moulthrop through a unique collaboration with the Embassy of Panama. The works are part of a series of twenty-five turned-wood vessels made from wood submerged during the construction of the Bayano Dam in 1976. …
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Jim Auchmutey - "Smokelore: A Short History of Barbecue in America" Exhibit Date Tue, 25 Jun, 2019 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Tue, 06/25/2019 - 19:00 Lecture/Booksigning Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater Free and Open to the PublicThe story of barbecue touches almost every aspect of our history. It involves indigenous culture, the colonial era, slavery, the Civil War, the settling of the West, the coming of immigrants, the Great Migration, the rise of the automobile, the expansion of suburbia, the …
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Josh Douglas - "Vote for US: How to Take Back Our Elections and Change the Future of Voting" Exhibit Date Thu, 25 Jul, 2019 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Thu, 07/25/2019 - 19:00 Lecture/Booksigning Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater Free and Open to the PublicIn contrast to the anxiety surrounding our voting system, with stories about voter suppression and manipulation, there are actually quite a few positive initiatives toward voting rights reform. Professor Joshua A. Douglas, an expert on our …
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"National Free Comic Book Day" Exhibit Date Sat, 04 May, 2019 - 10:00 AM Exhibit Date Sat, 05/04/2019 - 10:00 The Carter Library is celebrating National Free Comic Book Day and the opening of “Georgia on My Screen: Jimmy Carter and the Rise of the Film Industry” with a packed day of events. ● 10:00am-2:00pm: Kid’s Craft Corner- make a mask or a stick puppet of your favorite hero● 10:00am-12:00pm: With special thanks to our friends at Galactic Quest Comics, we have 1000 comics to give away! (2 books per …
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Georgia Film Academy Panel Series - "Script Supervision" Exhibit Date Tue, 07 May, 2019 - 07:00 PM Exhibit Date Tue, 05/07/2019 - 19:00 Discussion with Script Supervisor D.J. Barton Carter Presidential Library & Museum TheaterFree and Open to the PublicDo you want to know more about the people behind Georgia’s meteoric rise in the film industry? Are you a film student looking to learn more from a professional in the field? Or maybe you’re ready to start making contacts to secure your own legacy in the #1 …
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Women in Film Panel Series - "Women Rising: Taking Charge in the Georgia Film Industry" Exhibit Date Sat, 18 May, 2019 - 03:00 PM Exhibit Date Sat, 05/18/2019 - 15:00 Panel Discussion Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater Free and Open to the PublicTraditionally men have held the highest positions of influence in the film industry, but women in Georgia have something to say about that! Please join us for the first in a series of four panels celebrating and recognizing women in the Georgia Film …