Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc. Presents a Medley of Black History Month Programming, beginning February 5th
AGAR and seven partner organizations have been funded by The National Endowment for the Arts, Virginia Humanities and the Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation to conduct a community read and discussions of
Author Yaa Gyasi's prize-winning novel “HOMEGOING" as well as related Arts and Humanities programs relating to Black History in Greater Lynchburg and Amherst County.
AGAR PARTNERS ARE:
Sweet Briar College
Amherst County Museum and Historical Society
Amherst Woman’s Club
Kuumba Dance Ensemble
NAACP - Amherst County Branch
Second Stage Amherst
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Lynchburg Chapter
TONIGHT, February 5, 7-8:30pm
Amherst Glebe Arts Response (AGAR) and the Sweet Briar College Writers Series present Yaa Gyasi, author of the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read novel Homegoing, on Feb. 5 for a live virtual presentation, discussion, and Q&A facilitated by Sweet Briar Associate Professor of History Dr. Dwana Waugh and NAACP Past President and Political Action Chair Gloria Witt. Join us in Pannell Gallery or, if you are unable to attend in person, virtually for this special event.
Register Virtually Here
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Saturday, Feb 8, 4 pm Kuumba Dance Ensemble will be performing at Second Stage Amherst an afternoon premiere of Ghanaian Dances. Choreographed by Sheron White Simpson, Kuumba Director. $10 adults, $5 for students, Free for families with a WIC Card
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On February 9, 2025 at 2:30 pm at
Amherst County Museum and Historical Society’s Hamble Center at 154 South Main Street Amherst, Dr. Waugh will be speaking with Digital Community Historian Dr. Lynn Rainville on the theme “Where We’re From: Where We Live”. Also speaking will be community researchers and oral historians Crystal Rosson and Rev. Jasper Fletcher.
THEMES: Amherst County Black History and Families.
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Saturday, Feb. 15, 11am at Alan B Pearson Cancer Center
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority will present well-known Virginia Genealogist Renate Yarborough Sanders speaking about “ how families of Color can trace their history.
Free and open to public.
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Two exciting participatory workshops that are free and open to the public:
On February 12 and 19th – John Gregory Brown will teach creative writing workshops at Mary Helen Cochron Library at Sweet Briar College, free and open to the public.
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On Feb. 20 at 2 pm Book Discussion led by Brooke Vsndervelde, PhD. at Second Stage Amherst on February 20th. Open to public.
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On February 22 and 24 the Amherst County Museum will conduct workshops from 10am to 12:30pm on how participants can utilize their Library and the Amherst County Courthouse to research the history of their own family. (Repeated on March 1 and 10)
Book Discussion led by Marcia Robertson, PhD. at Amherst County Museum, 154 S. Main Street, Amherst at 2 pm.
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On April 5 at 1 pm – Lynn Rainville, PhD leads a walking cemetery tour of the Christian Aid Cemetery 5 S. Main Amherst for anyone interested – Free an open to the public. Black Cemetery with graves from shortly after the end of slavery to the present day.
AMHERSTGLEBEARTSRESPONSE.ORG HAS MORE INFORMATION OR
CALL AGAR AT 434-989-3215
To learn more about Amherst Glebe Arts Response and upcoming programming, watch this interview on The Mike Show, recorded February 4, 2025.