Spotlight on the Arts features UGA Poetry Festival and more
The 2025 Spotlight on the Arts festival spans the month of November with a rich calendar of events celebrating the literary, visual and performing arts. The Willson Center’s contributions include the first UGA Poetry Festival; a performance and conversation with Grammy-nominated tenor Victor Ryan Robertson (above); a Cinema Roundtable on the Lumière Brothers’ films of the 1890s; an Arts Trivia Night for the public; and many more public events and programs.
Highlights from the festival schedule include:
Nov. 4 • UGA Poetry Festival Keynote: Edward Hirsch and Robin Coste Lewis
Nov. 5 • UGA Poetry Festival: Michael Collier, Vievee Francis, and Garrett Hongo
Nov. 6 • Alice Lovejoy – Eastman Kodak, Tennessee Eastman, and Film’s Militant Chemistry in the New South
Nov. 7 • Willson Center Cinema Roundtable: “Watching the First Lumière Films, 130 Years Later”
Nov. 10 • Artist Talk – Joe Peragine: Hell on Wheels Redux
Nov. 12 • Performance and Conversation: Victor Ryan Robertson
Nov. 13 • Lecture and Conversation – Mark Harman on Kafka and Translation
Nov. 14 • Arts Collaborative Conversation: Arts Funding Trends
Nov. 19 • Spotlight on the Arts Trivia Night