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Africa Film Series “Sara’s Notebook”

Stetson Hall, Room 251 GA

Do films have the power to break barriers, open minds, and transform lives? Discover the answer at the Africa Film Series, hosted by Dr. Obidoa and sponsored by the Africana…

Winter Artist Market

McEachern Art Center 332 2nd Street, Macon

This is the second annual community artist market held at the MAC, opening the gallery up to vendors in Macon and surrounding local cities to both fine artists and crafters…

Third Thursday Fiction Reading by Sanjena Sathian

Connell Student Center, Conference Room 1 1501 Mercer University Dr, Macon

Novelist Sanjena Sathian, Mercer's 2025 Ferrol A. Sams Distinguished Chair of English, will read from her fiction on January 23. Sathian is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Gold Diggers, which was named a Top 10 Best Book of 2021 by the Washington Post and longlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize.…

2025 Byington Lecture

Presidents Dining Room 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon

The 2025 Laurie Byington Lecture Series speaker John Blake will give his lecture, "The Power of a Hopeless Cause," on Thursday, Jan. 23 at 6 p.m. in the Presidents Dining Room. Blake is an award-winning author and senior writer at CNN.com. His memoir is "More Than I Imagined: What a Black Man Discovered About the…

Opening Reception, Freedom Seekers Exhibit at the Tubman Museum

Tubman Museum 310 Cherry St., Macon

Join us for the reception to celebrate the opening of the Mercer student-curated exhibit at Macon's Tubman Museum. Freedom Seekers: Runaway Slave Advertisements in the Macon Telegraph, 1826-1865 Between 1826 and 1865, nearly every issue of the Macon Telegraph included advertisements for enslaved people: runaways, auctions, and detainees. This exhibition, researched and interpreted by Mercer…

$5
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“Freedom Seekers” Exhibit

Tubman Museum 310 Cherry St., Macon

When: The exhibit runs through March 22. Museum hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. Where: Tubman African American Museum, 310 Cherry St., Macon Details: In collaboration with the museum, Mercer Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies Dr. Matt Harper and students in his African American history course researched and curated an exhibit that features advertisements for runaway…

Free – $5
Recurring

“Freedom Seekers” Exhibit

Tubman Museum 310 Cherry St., Macon

When: The exhibit runs through March 22. Museum hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. Where: Tubman African American Museum, 310 Cherry St., Macon Details: In collaboration with the museum, Mercer Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies Dr. Matt Harper and students in his African American history course researched and curated an exhibit that features advertisements for runaway…

Free – $5
Recurring

2025 College Town Film Series

The College Town Film Series is an annual collaboration of Middle Georgia State University, Wesleyan College, and Mercer University, which brings students, faculty, and the public together to view and…

Free – $5
Recurring

“Freedom Seekers” Exhibit

Tubman Museum 310 Cherry St., Macon

When: The exhibit runs through March 22. Museum hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. Where: Tubman African American Museum, 310 Cherry St., Macon Details: In collaboration with the museum, Mercer Associate Professor of…

Free – $5