CENTRAL LIBRARY

Celebrating Women in History

Author Event

4:00 P.M. Monday, February 27th, 2023

An Author Chat with Piper Huguley and Janis Robinson Daly

Piper Huguley seeks to make new inroads in the publication of historical fiction by featuring African American Christian characters. Her latest release, By Her Own Design, tells the incredible untold story of how Ann Lowe, a Black woman and granddaughter of slaves, rose above personal struggles and racial prejudice to design and create one of America’s most famous wedding

About Piper Huguley

dresses of all time for Jackie Kennedy. Piper has also written Amazon best sellers, including her Home to Milford College series and Migrations of the Heart series, which follows the loves and lives of African American sisters during America’s greatest internal migration in the first part of the twentieth century. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband and son.

About Janis Robinson Daly

Janis Daly’s debut novel, The Unlocked Path presents a new woman of the early 20th century: educated, careerminded, independent Eliza Pearson Edwards. In 1897 Philadelphia, after witnessing her aunt’s suicide, Eliza rejects her mother’s wishes for a society debut, and enters medical college. With the support of a circle of women

READ ACROSS AMERICA CELEBRATION

11:00 A.M. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2023

Come celebrate reading dressed as your favorite storybook character and determined to conquer curriculum demands, battle sexism, and overcome doubts, Eliza charts a new life course by attending the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania. Janis lives in New England with her husband and rescue pup.

DROP EVERYTHING AND READ STORYTIME

11:00 A.M. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 2023

D.E.A.R. stands for “Drop Everything and Read,” a national celebration of reading!

NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK CELEBRATION

10:00 A.M.-2:00 P.M

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 2023

Celebrate National Library Week at the Central Library with storytelling, facepainting, music on the plaza!

Artist Reginald and his artwork, “My heARTbeat” (Acrylic on canvas) 48 x 48

The Midday Nonprofit Nexus @ Central Library

12:00 P.M. Tuesday, March 21th, 2023

Registration Required

Join us for a whole new way to network... @ Central Library! Let’s come together to make new connections as we collaborate about how the world of philanthropy can impact your life and work. In an effort to assist and encourage Atlanta’s nonprofits to network, identify potential collaborators, and help them utilize their strengths to centralize their resources, come learn and discuss different ways to gain exposure to products from Georgia’s funders, meet upcoming nonprofit organizations and connect with the city’s promising emerging nonprofit professionals hosted by an Atlanta native and 15+ year social sector professional.

February 6, 2023 – March 4, 2023

Reception – February 11th

“Life and Love” is the title of my exhibit, and it is an installation of one hundred, 12” x 12” individually titled paintings documenting the complexities of life and the impact of love. My DNA series is a colorful labyrinth that visually captures the unanticipated twists and turns we encounter each day. My simple observations are colorfully complex in abstract voice. Love is one of the components that makes life worth living and it factors into everything we do. These “life and love” moments inhabit my mind, stir my soul, and they are documented in vibrant colors and energetic organic shapes on canvas. Neither life nor love is guaranteed, but every time we are allowed to open our eyes, we are the beneficiaries of both.

1:00 P.M. Saturday, February 25, 2023 // Ages 8-14

Black History Storytelling for Youth

10:30 A.M. Tuesday, February 10, 2023

Black History Storytelling for Seniors

10:30 A.M. Thursday, February 23, 2023