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Wanderer Memorial Dedication Ceremony

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On Jekyll Island there is a memorial dedication ceremony in remembrance of the survivors of The Wanderer which landed on Jekyll Island 150 years ago. The Wanderer was the last known slave ship to reach Georgia and the last successful slaving expedition known to have reached the United States. The 150th anniversary of the landing will be commemorated by the installation of a permanent exhibit dedicated to the survivors of that voyage.

The event takes place on November 25, 2008, 4:30 p.m. at St. Andrews Picnic Area, Jekyll Island, GA
This is an Exhibit & Commemorative Program by the Jekyll Island Museum
Speakers and performers at the memorial dedication ceremony will include:

The Darien Shouters

Erik Calonius, author of The Wanderer

Jamal Touré, Living Historian

Denise Fields, From Africa to Eternity

Please join us in recognition of this significant event in our nation’s history. For more information please call 1-877-4-JEKYLL or visit www.jekyllisland.com

City and the times III Pavel Moraguez exhibit – Jacksonville, FL

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Over 60 New Paintings and meet the artist on Tuesday, November 12 & Wednesday, November 13 each evening 6-8pm. Brought to the United States during a very brief four day Cuban/U.S. Government exchange program, we are hosting Pavel and his collectors as they discuss art and his personal and homeland struggles being an artist under the Cuban government’s regime. Please see his edgy yet classical, fascinating new body of original figure, landscape and still life paintings. The grassroots collecting opportunities here are endless – meet and support Pavel and take advantage of high art for low price points. Admission to the gallery is free.

For more information visit our website at http://www.rrobertsgallery.com/

14th Annual Telfair Art Fair – Savannah, GA

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A juried and sale art show held in Savannah’s Historic District on Telfair Square, featuring amazing art, jewelry, ceramics, children’s activities and live music by the Savannah Country Day Jazz Band and the Savannah Arts Academy Skyelite Jazz Band. Free and open to the public.
Telfair Square
November 8-9, Saturday, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.; Sunday, Noon- 4 p.m.
912.790.8800 or www.telfair.org

Revolutionary War Lecture – Charleston, SC

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Charleston Museum presents Revolutionary War Lecture – “Why they Fought.” To commemorate the 225th anniversary of the Treaty of Paris (1783), which ended the Revolutionary War, The Charleston Museum will present a three part lecture series on the effects of the war on Charleston and South Carolina. The lectures will be presented by Assistant Director and Revolutionary War historian Carl Borick. The final installment, “Why they fought,” appropriately on Veterans Day looks at the common soldiers of the Revolutionary War, their lives and experiences, and why they served in the American forces. This even twill take place on November 11th at 7 p.m. at the Charleston Museum. Admission is free.

For more info, call (843) 722-2996 and visit www.charlestonmuseum.org

MOSH Celebrates Halloween – Jacksonville, Florida

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MOSH celebrates the holidays starting with Halloween. The museum is transformed into a haunted one with scientific experiments, ghoulish games and ghost tours of temporarily haunted exhibits. Costume and scream contests will also be part of the action at this annual frighteningly fun fall festival
Oct. 31 and Nov. 1.

Beginning in November, visitors must check out the annual holiday exhibit Trains where MOSH visitors will be taken on a train-filled journey as they learn about Jacksonville’s rich railroad history.

This fall the Museum of Science & History (MOSH) will showcase some of the world’s most beloved masterpieces in miniature form. Richard McMahan’s Mini Museum exhibit features recreations of paintings, like da Vinci’s Last Supper, van Gogh’s Starry Night and Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus. The details are astonishing!
www.themosh.org