On the Georgia author’s 100th birthday, we look at how Flannery O’Connor discovered the Monastery, and how some of her famous peacocks wound up there. March 25th this year marks...
Learn more about Conyers’ incredible Monastery of the Holy Spirit. Tour participants will revel in the profound beauty and history of one of the most magnificent places in Georgia during...
Anderson is the last living member of the Bruce Street School graduating class of 1950 and her grandmother Frances Branham was a third-grade teacher at the school. At 90, Mae...
A revered landscape architect who designed the children’s garden in the White House, Alexander was also a passionate preservationist who convinced others to protect local green spaces Anyone...
Visitors to the Monastery of the Holy Spirit (MoHS) may not know the name Moses Green, but his work abounds throughout the Monastery grounds. If you see brick on brick,...
This Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend, help uncover some local history. Staff from the Arabia Alliance are looking for rare, vintage and historic images, and WE NEED YOUR HELP!...
Dust off the old family albums! Staff from the Arabia Alliance and the DeKalb History Center are looking for rare, vintage and historic images this Black History Month, and WE...
Arabia Reads is thrilled to welcome local author and artist Hannah S. Palmer to Black Dot Cultural Center on Saturday, January 11! Don’t miss Palmer reading from her latest book,...
Join Birds Georgia and Arabia Alliance staff for a volunteer workday at Panola Mountain State Park, where we are restoring 50 acres of grassland and woodland habitat. Connect with Birds...
The National Heritage Area contains some fascinating Civil War history from skirmishes at Flat Rock during the Battle of Atlanta to experiencing the destruction of William Sherman’s March to...
Cistercian monks at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit used an old firetruck not just as a way to put out wildfires but also to warm up to the community....
Birds Georgia is restoring approximately 20 acres of grassland for birds and other wildlife at the Historic Wilburn Farm in the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area.Our main goal for the workday...