upcoming salons

Over the years, Historic Macon has hosted a series of lectures and talks known as Sidney’s Salons in honor of the famed poet Sidney Lanier. 

Our Fall Salons are supported by Georgia Humanities, in partnership with the Georgia Department of Economic Development, through appropriations made by the Georgia General Assembly. As always, our Salons are free, but registration is encouraged. You can find registration links for all our Fall salons here: https://linktr.ee/historicmacon.
August 22, 2024
Tony Barnhart
The 19 of Greene: Football, Friendship, and Change in the Fall of 1970
September 12, 2024
Paul M. Pressly
A Southern Underground Railroad Black Georgians
and the Promise of Spanish Florida and Indian Country
October 3, 2024
Neesha Powell-Ingabire
Come By Here: A Memoir in Essays from Georgia’s Geechee Coast

PAST SALONS

The Bottom Line: The Lasting Impact of Redlining in Macon w/ Margaret Peth
May 23, 2024

Coming Full Circle: From Jim Crow to Journalism w/ author Wanda S. Lloyd
April 18, 2024

Dear Regina: Flannery O’Connor’s Letters from Iowa w/ author Dr. Monica Miller
March 14, 2024

Seven Islands of the Ocmulgee: River Stories w/ author Dr. Gordon Johnston
November 30, 2023

Civil War Ghosts of Georgia w/ author Courtney McInvale
October 19, 2023

“Enslaved People Project” w/ Dr. Chester Fontenot, Erica L. Woodford, Stephanie Woods-Miller, and Julie Grimm
September 28, 2023

Driven to the Field: Sharecropping and Southern Literature
w/ author Dr. David A. Davis
August 24, 2023

“Macon Turns 100 and Things Get Weird: Native History in Centennial Celebrations” w/ Dr. Matt Jennings
May 15, 2023

Georgia BBQ Trails w/ Dr. Craig Pascoe and Dr. Trae Welborn
April 27, 2023

Mid-Century Macon 1945-1969 w/ authors Jim Barfield and Walter Elliott
May 26, 2022