Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
We are hosting our second Chautauqua program this summer with a historic portrayal of author and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston on Tuesday, July 12th at 7:00 PM. Hurston will be portrayed by professional living history interpreter and spoken word artist Chiara Richardson.
Well known for her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston was also an anthropologist whose research greatly influenced her literary style and themes. Many of her stories are inspired by her childhood in the small town of Eatonville, Florida in the early 1900s. Hurston would later collect African-American folklore of Eatonville and the South during her anthropological research. Her fiction writings were often criticized by writers of the “New Negro” movement who sought to defy stereotypes of rural African-Americans, but Hurston maintained that her characters and stories reflected the lived experiences of people she knew both personally and through her research.
This event is free for Members of the History Center and $5 at the door for Non-Members.
Location: 322 Academy Street NE Gainesville, GA 30501
negahc.org
We are hosting our second Chautauqua program this summer with a historic portrayal of author and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston on Tuesday, July 12th at 7:00 PM. Hurston will be portrayed by professional living history interpreter and spoken word artist Chiara Richardson.
Well known for her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston was also an anthropologist whose research greatly influenced her literary style and themes. Many of her stories are inspired by her childhood in the small town of Eatonville, Florida in the early 1900s. Hurston would later collect African-American folklore of Eatonville and the South during her anthropological research. Her fiction writings were often criticized by writers of the “New Negro” movement who sought to defy stereotypes of rural African-Americans, but Hurston maintained that her characters and stories reflected the lived experiences of people she knew both personally and through her research.
This event is free for Members of the History Center and $5 at the door for Non-Members.
Location: 322 Academy Street NE Gainesville, GA 30501
negahc.org
