Joyce Cauthen at Birmingham Historical Society
2026-10-04 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Birmingham Historical Society, 2827 Highland Avenue, Birmingham, AL, United States
Joyce will talk about Tom Freeman and the politicians he fiddled for.

Charles Ghigna talk and reading from The Lost Book of Life
2026-10-06 17:30 - 19:00 | The NewSouth Bookstore, 105 S. Court St, Montgomery, 36104, United States
We have wanted to host the wonderful poet Charles Ghigna for so very long. Situation remedied! Ghigna joins us at The NewSouth Bookstore on Tuesday, October 6 at 5:30pm with his newly released collection, The Lost Book of Life: New and Selected Poems. Ghigna is the poet with the mostest, author of dozens of books of verse for adults and children. He writes with imagination, insight, wit and wisdom, beguiling us with even the slightest work. Come discover his gifts!

Kevin Morris talk on An American Problem
2026-10-13 17:30 - 19:00 | Rosa Parks Musuem at Troy University, 252 Montgomery St, Montgomery, AL, 36104, United States
Kevin T. Morris is senior research fellow and voting policy scholar at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law. On Tuesday, October 13 at 5:30pm, he’ll be our special guest for a talk about An American Problem: How the Country Built — and the Supreme Court Broke — the Voting Rights Act. His new book, coauthored with Michael G. Miller, is a tour-de-force of investigative reporting and storytelling. Importantly, the book traces the rise and fall of the Voting Rights Act, from the triumph of its passage in 1965 to its evisceration by the Supreme Court in their 2013 decision in Shelby County v. Holder. Morris will be in conversation with the Legal Director of the ACLU of Alabama, Alison Mollman. Don’t miss his talk which will offer insights and answers to your questions about where we go from here. Make note: We are offsite for this program at the Rosa Parks Museum Children’s Wing 2nd floor. See you there!

A Celebration of Art & Creative Writing with A. Van Jordan
2026-10-15 17:30 - 19:00 | Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University, 901 S. College St., Auburn, AL, 36849, United States
Featuring readings by and conversation with poet-in-residence A. Van Jordan and recipients of The Jule Museum Award for Creative Writing and the Auburn Witness Poetry Prize Honoring Jake Adam York

Celebrate Arts & Humanities Month through an evening of poetry, storytelling and creative discovery. A. Van Jordan, The Jule’s poet-in-residence, will read alongside the recipient of the Auburn Witness Poetry Prize honoring Jake Adam York and the inaugural recipient of The Jule Museum Award for Creative Writing. This new student award recognizes an undergraduate whose original work responds to an object in the museum’s collection.

Jordan is the author of five acclaimed poetry collections and the recipient of numerous honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Writers’ Award, a Pushcart Prize, an Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, and the 2024 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Poetry. His work explores history, memory, race, film, music and popular culture, demonstrating poetry’s unique ability to connect personal stories with larger cultural conversations. He currently serves as a professor of English at Stanford University.

Bringing together these voices in conversation highlights how poetry and visual art inspire new ways of seeing and understanding the world. Join The Jule to experience how the arts and humanities foster curiosity, empathy and meaningful dialogue across generations and disciplines.

Support for The Jule Museum Award for Creative Writing is provided by Michael and Pat Williams and John and Michelle Mason.

The NewSouth Bookstore Harvest Festival
2026-10-17 15:00 - 18:00 | The NewSouth Bookstore, 105 S. Court St, Montgomery, 36104, United States
We join again this year with the City of Montgomery, participating in its downtown day of Halloween activities with our own bookstore Harvest Festival. This will be great fun for families, with our store decorated to the max and ghouls on the premises. Come for the trick-or-treat candy, the games, the books, and more. Saturday, October 17 at The NewSouth Bookstore from 3 to 6pm.

Data Centers: Understanding the Issues: A Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) Presentation
2026-10-20 17:30 - 19:00 | The NewSouth Bookstore, 105 S. Court St, Montgomery, 36104, United States
You are invited to a special program hosted by The NewSouth Bookstore in cooperation with the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC). SELC, the largest environmental advocacy and legal organization in the Southeast, will address the complex issues represented by the presence of data centers in our communities and their explosive growth. You’ll learn more about data center issues including transparency concerns, rising power bills, extraordinary water use, air pollution, and other environmental, health and safety impacts. SELC will unpack the issues in a panel discussion at The NewSouth Bookstore on Tuesday, October 20 at 5:30pm. Don’t miss it. They’re a matter for us all.

Miriam Horn with Homesick for a World Unknown: The Life of George B. Schaller
2026-10-22 17:30 - 19:00 | The NewSouth Bookstore, 105 S. Court St, Montgomery, 36104, United States
In this riveting portrait of George B. Schaller, renowned scientist/field biologist and conservationist, Miriam Horn captures the seventy years he spent living among wild animals in the world’s remotest regions, forever altering how we see—and save—the natural world. Join us for a talk with the author about her magnificent new biography and the remarkable individual who inspired it. At The newSouth Bookstore on Thursday, October 22 at 5:30pm.

Alabama State Poetry Society Online Open Mic
2026-10-26 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-11-23 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-12-28 18:30 - 19:30, 2027-01-25 18:30 - 19:30, 2027-02-22 18:30 - 19:30, 2027-03-22 18:30 - 19:30, 2027-04-26 18:30 - 19:30, 2027-05-24 18:30 - 19:30 and 11 more dates | Zoom
Join us for online poetry open mics the 4th Monday of each month!
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85693609367
Meeting ID: 856 9360 9367

A Call to Court: An ACOTAR Experience
2026-10-30 19:00 - 22:00 | The Haunted Book Shop, 9 S JOACHIM ST, MOBILE, AL, 36602-2707, United States
We’ve waited ten long years for book six of A Court of Thrones and Roses by Sarah J Maas. Now, we celebrate!
Join the haints of The Haunted Book Shop in Mobile, AL, on October 30, 2026, for A CALL TO COURT: AN ACOTAR EXPERIENCE. From 7pm to 10pm, our block of South Joachim Street will become the Night Court with all the flair and romantasy of Prythian! This event will feature costumed attendees, dancing, themed cocktail menus at both Alchemy Tavern and Penton’s Bistro King Bleu Corner Bar, a Prythian Market Square of local artisans and vendors, photo opportunities galore, and more!
Tickets are required for this event and must be purchased in advance. Two ticket tiers are available:
Tier 1: ACOTAR 6 book & experience ticket, $65
Tier 2: ACOTAR experience only (no book), $30
Included in both tickets are:
Festive, ACOTAR-themed decor
Dancing with onsite DJ and group dance instruction
Catering by Penton’s Bistro featuring finger foods and sweet treats
Photo opportunities with book cover backdrop
Rhinestone face & body art application
“Win the Reign!” ongoing contest (Guests will have the opportunity to win time on the High Court throne.)
For those who choose to attend in costume, and we highly recommend the costumed experience, you will have the opportunity to present your costume to the High Lady of the Night Court as their subjects will be called to parade before the throne. But who is the High Lady of the Night Court? That might be you! All costumed ticket holders will be eligible to enter the drawing for the throne.
Looking for additional photo settings to capture your original persona? Guests will be granted special, exclusive access to the Mobile Arts Council Gallery and the Ben Kaiser and Vanessa Quintana October 2026 exhibition “Cottage Core,” a whimsical look into the little worlds around us. Glitter, hyper-realism, and specially created installations will offer guests an immersive setting to strike that perfect pose.
Space for this unique, one-night-only experience is limited, so don’t hesitate to buy your ticket. We’ve waited long enough for ACOTAR 6, so we don’t want to wait another minute to celebrate with YOU!

Winter Showcase Lecture Series Featuring Author Joe Cuhaj
2027-01-11 10:30 - 11:30 | Gulf State Park Learning Center, 20249A State Park Rd., Gulf Shores, AL, 35642, United States
Author Joe Cuhaj will be doing a unique presentation and book signing at Gulf State Park in Gulf Shores, Alabama on January 11, 2027. Joe will be combining three of his books – Hidden History of Mobile, Alabama Curiosities, and A History Lovers Guide to Mobile and the Alabama Gulf Coast – for a fun trip to quirky and unusual historical sites in the area and introduce you to some of our, shall we say, unusual characters from the past.

Opelika Book Festival
2027-02-18 - 2027-02-20 | Opelika Public Library, 1100 Glenn Street, Opelika, AL, 36801, United States

Historic Oakleigh Mansion Lecture Series: Hidden History of Mobile
2027-02-21 15:00 - 16:30 | Historic Oakleigh Mansion-Cox Deasy House, 350 Oakleigh Place, Mobile, AL, 36602, United States
Join the Historic Mobile Preservation Society on Sunday, February 21, 2027, for an engaging historic presentation on Mobile’s Secret History by Joe Cuhaj, former radio personality turned author. Joe will bring some fun and fascinating forgotten tales of Mobile history to life, with tales from the earliest days of baseball in Mobile dating back to the 1860s, legends and history that seem too unbelievable to be true, and more.
