Attendees can enjoy coffee, dessert and a gallery tour prior to the performance by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. To include Jittery Joe’s coffee and Cecilia Villaveces’ cakes.

Contact: Hillary Brown 706-542-4662

For more information, visit: georgiamuseum.org

The University Philharmonia helps close out the spring semester with a thrilling performance. One of the UGA Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s two large orchestral ensembles, the University Philharmonia offers a musical outlet for UGA’s student musicians, whether they are a music major, music minor or neither.

Contact: Clarke Schwabe 706-542-4752

For more information, visit: music.uga.edu

The 2016 Charter Lecture, "Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe in an Age of Terrorism: A Conversation with Bill Perry and Sam Nunn," will feature Senator Sam Nunn, CEO of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, and William Perry, former U.S. Secretary of Defense. Perry will join the conversation via videoconference. Reception to follow.

The UGA Wind Symphony, directed by Dr. Jaclyn Hartenberger, closes out its spring season with an exciting program sure to impress.

Contact: Clarke Schwabe 706-542-4752

For more information, visit: music.uga.edu

Event attendees will learn more about refugees, their challenges and how the community can best respond. Desiree Seponski, the keynote speaker, does research on creating culturally responsive educational materials for refugees to help their transition to the U.S. Lunch will be catered by Maana Weenta, a local Ethiopian restaurant.

To include a question-and-answer session, and participants will be encouraged to submit anonymous questions when they arrive. After the keynote, attendees will participate in a simulation of the immigration process into the U.S.  

The museum’s thrice-annual late-night art party features a live DJ, free refreshments and galleries open until midnight. Food provided by Chick-fil-A Beechwood, Heirloom Cafe, Ike & Jane and Insomnia Cookies.

For more information, visit: georgiamuseum.org

The UGA Symphony Orchestra, Hodgson Singers, University Chorus and Glee Clubs will put the finishing touch on the season with Ralph Vaughan Williams’ "Sea Symphony."

$10; $5 with a UGACard

For more information, visit: http://music.uga.edu/

This widely-published and award-winning group of writers and scholars will include LeAnne Howe, Reginald McKnight, Ed Pavlić, Jed Rasula, Andrew Zawacki and Magdalena Zurawski.

Faculty members will read from current or past creative projects, representing diverse genres and aesthetics.

Contact: Christine Lasek-White 706-542-2659

The Georgia Review's 2016 Earth Day program will include a guided tour of the State Botanical Garden and a Robinson Jeffers–inspired poetry workshop, followed by a keynote address "Coming Home to Earth" by internationally regarded environmental writer Alison Hawthorne Deming. A reception will follow with music from Hawk Proof Rooster and home.made. 

Cora Keber will begin with a tour of the International Garden. The group will move inside for UGA professor and poet Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor to use the writing of Robinson Jeffers to spark some deep thinking about nature and poetry through guided writing exercises.