Athens-Clarke County Library
Appleton Auditorium/Quiet Gallery
2025 Baxter Street
Athens, Georgia
706 613 3650
Artist Talk/Reception Saturday, March 12 • 3:00 pm
Exhibition March 12 - May 8, 2022
Athens-Clarke County Library is proud to exhibit the work of artist Anthony Salzman in the Quiet Galley. The exhibition will run from March 12 through May 8, 2022, and Salzman will give a slide talk in the Appleton Auditorium on Sunday, March 12 at 3 pm.
Fr. Salzman: “Icons are the images that are 'Windows to Heaven'. They give us a peek at life transformed by the Light and Love of God. In icons there is the presence of the Holy Spirit that transcends the mere physical world, or should we say, leads us beyond just the material stuff. The source of light is from within, the expression is ‘in the world but not of the world’, the perspective is reverse – coming out to wrap the viewer in a new dimension of existence which is the holiness of God.
“Whimages are whimsical images that happen in the early hours before the day begins. Bursting from the artistic energy of Fr. Anthony and his zest for life, Whimages reflect to us what we know and what we feel. They can make us laugh and cry, blush and confess, ponder and consider, but most of all rejoice in God’s creation. Whimages try to capture the moment of truth where what is Divine and what is human brush up against each other.”
Fr. Anthony Salzman is a painter, a printmaker, a graphic designer, and a priest. He has studied Modern Expressionist Art at the University of Minnesota and Byzantine Iconography in Thessaloniki, Greece. He stands at the Altar of St. Philothea Greek Orthodox Church in Watkinsville, and he rejoices with his wife Christine, their sons and their families.
The artist talk and exhibition are free and open to the public. For further information, visit www.athenslibrary.org/
Exemplar (The life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá)
Athens-Clarke County Library
Appleton Auditorium
2025 Baxter Street
Athens, Georgia
706 613 3650
Sunday, March 27, 2022 • 4:00 pm
Please join us for Exemplar, a film sponsored by the Bahá’ís of Athens/Clarke County and Athens-Clarke County Library on Sunday, March 27 at 4:00 pm in the Appleton Auditorium.
Exemplar follows the life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and the profound effect He had on people both past and present. A sense of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s unique function as a shelter, a shield, a stronghold for all humanity is captured in vignettes of some of the souls whose lives were transformed for the betterment of society through their association with Him. The film reflects a few of the universal principles embodied, both in word and deed, by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá—principles that animate a global movement of individuals, communities and institutions striving to emulate His example in service to humanity.
For more information, visit www.athenslibrary.org/athens or call the Athens-Clarke County Library at (706) 613-3650. The Athens-Clarke County Library is located at 2025 Baxter Street, Athens. Masks are required in the library.
Thursday, February 24, 2022 • 7:00 pm
Athens-Clarke County Library
Appleton Auditorium
2025 Baxter Street
Athens, Georgia
706 613 3650
Please join us at Athens-Clarke County Library on February 24 at 7:00 pm for a talk by author Walt Mussell.
Mussell discusses Catholic missionary efforts in Japan during the mid-16th through mid-17th centuries, better known as Japan's Christian Century. The Path to Silence: Japan's Christian Century and Beyond focuses primarily on 1549-1650, a time when Japan rose in just over 60 years to have over 300 thousand Christian converts, only to see the religion driven underground about 30 years later under penalty of death. The title refers to Silence, a fictionalized account of an apostatic priest who helped the government persecute Christians. The book, written by Japanese author Shūsaku Endō, on 17th century persecution was released as a Scorsese movie in 2017.
Walt Mussell is an award-winning author who primarily writes historical fiction with a focus on medieval Japan, an interest he gained in the four years he lived there. He often refers to his work as “Like Shogun, but the heroine survives.” When he was unpublished, his works won the inspirational fiction categories in the Maggie, Lone Star, and Great Expectations writing contests. He finally became a published author when his first novel, The Samurai’s Heart, won a publishing contract through Amazon’s Kindle Scout program. He has since self-published The Samurai’s Honor, a prequel to The Samurai’s Heart. His newest work, A Second Chance, was released in August 2021. He lives in the Atlanta area, with his wife and two sons, working for a well-known corporation and writing in his spare time.
Preceding the talk, a related film will be screened in the Appleton Auditorium at 2:00 pm.
Both programs are free and open to the public. Masks are required in the library. For further information, visit www.athenslibrary.org/
Athens-Clarke County Library presents virtual program for Black History Month, February 22
ATHENS, Ga. – In celebration of Black History Month, the Athens-Clarke County Library will host a virtual program about the life of Vivian Harsh, Chicago’s first black professional librarian on Tuesday, Feb. 22 at 2:00 p.m.
In her tenure as director of the George Cleveland Hall Library branch, Harsh recognized the need for library services on Chicago’s south side, the heart of the city’s African American community. Under her leadership, the library drew literary and cultural icons of the period including Richard Wright, Langston Hughes, Zora Neal Huston, and Gwendolyn Brooks
An avid collector of African-American history, she travelled and collected books and resources for her “special collection”. The resources first accumulated by Harsh have grown into what is today known as the Vivian G Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature, the largest of its kind in the Midwest and currently located at the city’s Carter G Woodson Regional Library.
Athens-Clarke County librarian Martha Kapelewski will introduce the program, a video presentation of a conference talk given at the ACRL/NY 2020 Symposium: Democracy and Libraries, with a brief character sketch of Harsh and her place in history.
This virtual event is free and is presented by the library and Reflecting, Sharing, Learning. Free registration is required at athenslibrary.org/events. Call (706) 613-3650, or visit www.athenslibrary.org/athens for more information. The Athens-Clarke County Library is located at 2025 Baxter Street, Athens.
Thursday, February 24, 2022, 2:00 pm
Athens-Clarke County Library
Appleton Auditorium
2025 Baxter Street
Athens, Georgia
706 613 3650
Please join us at Athens-Clarke County Library on February 24 at 2:00 pm for a screening of the Scorsese film Silence in the Appleton Auditorium. The film stars Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver and Liam Neeson. In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.
Intent on investigating the truth behind Father Cristovão Ferreira's abrupt end of correspondence, the devout Portuguese Catholic priests, Sebastião Rodrigues and Francisco Garupe, set off to Japan in 1633. In great disbelief, as the rumors of Ferreira's apostasy still echo in their minds, the zealous Jesuit missionaries try to locate their mentor, amid the bloodshed of the violent anti-Christian purges. Under those circumstances, the two men and the Japanese guide, Kichijiro, arrive in Japan, only to witness firsthand the unbearable burden of those who have a different belief in a land founded on tradition. Now—as the powerful Grand Inquisitor, Inoue, performs hideous tortures on the brave Japanese Christians—Father Rodrigues will soon have to put his faith to the ultimate test: renounce it in exchange for the prisoners' lives.
The screening is free and open to the public. Masks are required in the library. For further information, call 706 613 3650. The Athens-Clarke County Library is located at 2025 Baxter Street, Athens.
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