Author Robert Antoni to speak at Athens State University

For Further Information

Guy McClure

256-233-8296

Guy.McClure@athens.edu

For immediate release
November 1, 2013
www.athens.edu

Author Robert Antoni to speak at Athens State University

    ATHENS, Ala. - Acclaimed author Robert Antoni will speak at Athens State University on November 12 at 7:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Founders Hall.  The free event is sponsored by Athens State’s chapter of Sigma Tau Delta and the Livingston Concert Lecture Series.  It is open to the public.

    New Yorker Antoni is the author of five books:  Divina Trace, Blessed is the Fruit, My

Author Robert Antoni

Grandmother’s Erotic Folktales, Carnival, and As Flies to Whatless Boys.  His fictional world is the British West Indies—the region’s characters, atmosphere, history, folklore, and above all its vernacular languages; it is informed by a pan-Caribbean consciousness of race, gender, religion, and class. 

    Antoni’s books have been widely translated, and have been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, Commonwealth Writers Prize, and an NEA grant. His short fiction was selected as an Editor’s Choice, included in The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories, and chosen for the Aga Kahn Prize by the Paris      Review. Antoni recently received the NALIS Lifetime Literary Award from the Trinidad and Tobago National Library.

    Antoni holds an MA from the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University, and a PhD from the Writers Workshop at the University of Iowa. He lives in Manhattan and teaches in the graduate writing program at The New School University.
     For more information call 256-233-8296.

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MOORESVILLE CHRISTMAS 2013

MOORESVILLE CHRISTMAS 2013

As featured in the November/December 2012 issue of SOUTHERN LADY magazine (and in the December 2009 SOUTHERN LIVING magazine), Historic Mooresville puts on its holiday finery every December to celebrate the season. Bright fresh greenery and red bows decorate our street signs, Della Robbia wreaths with colorful fresh fruit and natural materials hang on the doors of our historic public buildings, and our homes are decorated in the tradition of Christmas past.

Holiday Home Tour and Progressive Dinner

Saturday, December 14,  3 to 9 PM

$60 per person for Home Tour and Meal - $30 for Home Tour only

Check-in begins at 3:00 PM at the 1821 Stagecoach Tavern where you will receive a map and begin your walk through our beautifully decorated village. In order to visit all the homes and shops before they close at 7:00 and to allow time for your dinner reservation, we encourage you to check in as soon after 3:00 as possible.

Decorated houses and shops will be open, 3:00 to 7:00.

Entrée and salad at Limestone Bay Trading Co:  2 seating times: 5:45, and 7:00

Coffee Bar and dessert at the Peebles’ Barn, 5:00 to 9:00

Music in the 1839 Brick Church

For your Christmas shopping, the following will be open:

1818 Farms – hand-made bath products and gifts  www.1818farms.com

Hen House Art – artwork

JaVa.Mooresville – coffee and art

Limestone Bay General Store – canned goods  www.limestonebaytradingco.com

Lyla’s Little House – homemade candy and cheese straws

Mooresville Mercantile – traditional gifts and home furnishings  www.mooresvillemercantile.com

Post Office – support our 1840 Post Office - buy your holiday stamps

$60 per person for Tour & Dinner - $30 for Tour only. Tickets are limited, so make your reservations early through PayPal on Mooresville’s web site.  Payment required with reservation. www.mooresvilleal.com  Click on “Holiday Dinner.”

Or, mail a check with your seating time to PO Box 20, Mooresville, AL 35649.

Questions? Call 256-355-2683 or 256-350-7049.

Proceeds support the preservation of Historic Mooresville.

Dress: Warm business casual and comfortable shoes. Streets closed.  Walking required.  Open buildings are not wheelchair accessible.

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Athens State Names Religious Studies Center for Curtis Coleman

For Further Information

Guy McClure

256-233-8296

Guy.McClure@athens.edu

For immediate release

October 30, 2013

www.athens.edu

Athens State Names Religious Studies Center for Curtis Coleman

                ATHENS, Ala.  - Athens State University’s Center for Religious Studies and Ethics has been renamed the Curtis Coleman Center for Religious Studies and Ethics.  The name bestowed honors Dr. Curtis Coleman who died in 2010. 

                “This is truly a fitting and justifiable honor to rename the Center for someone who worked so hard in championing religious education in Athens,” state Dr. Robby White, Chairman of Religious Studies and Ethics.  “Dr. Coleman’s legacy and good work should be remembered in perpetuity. This will do just that.”

                Coleman was an ordained United Methodist minister before joining the faculty and staff of Athens College (now Athens State University) in 1966. He was Emeritus Dean and Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Athens State University.

                Coleman’s book, “Stop, Look, and Listen,” is a compilation of many of the articles he wrote for area newspapers.  He generously donated the profits from the book to the Religion Department.

                Coleman was a past president of the Athens Rotary Club and a Paul Harris Fellow. He also was a past president of the Athens-Limestone Chamber of Commerce and was chosen as the Citizen of the Year in 1998. Coleman received the Outstanding Teaching Award from the Athens State Alumni Association. Athens State University also honored him by dedicating its new entrance sign in his honor in 2004.

                A reception is planned to formally introduce the name change.   Family, colleagues and friends of Coleman will gather on November 5 at 5:00 p.m. at the Center for Lifelong Learning to celebrate his legacy.  The Center for Lifelong Learning is located at 121 S. Marion Street on the eastside of the Limestone County Courthouse Square.

                The reception is free and open to the public.  For more information on the Curtis Coleman Center for Religious Studies and Ethics visit www.athens.edu/religion or call 256-233-8296.

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