6:00 p.m. Demopolis natives, writers and educators Bert Hitchcock and Cecelia Arrington discuss "Writing from a Time of Separation," examining the days of racial segregation that still influence our culture and Southern writers. We hope that preliminary programs and/or workshops can be conducted by our guest speakers at local high schools during the day before […]

6:00 p.m. To celebrate Jewish History Month, the program "Working for Goldwyn: Demopolis Descends on Hollywood" chiefly examines the life of Arthur Mayer (born in Demopolis in 1886) with a screening of the Oscar nominated film about his life: "Arthur and Lillie." Mayer and Hellman were two descendants of Demopolis's Jewish community who worked for […]