JCSM to host free night

AUBURN, Ala.-- The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art welcomes everyone to enjoy of our Free Night every third Thursday of each month. This free event features a special program, followed by a reception, admittance to the museum galleries and a free wine tasting.

The next Free Night is Oct. 16, 2008 starting at 5pm. The featured program is a lecture by Auburn history professor Kathryn H. Braund. Braund will be presenting “Leading Men: The 1826 Treaty Delegates,” in conjunction with JCSM’s current exhibition The Indian Gallery of Henry Inman. Braund’s research focuses on the ethnohistory of the Creek and Seminole Indians during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. She has written several books on the subject and is currently authoring a book about the Creek War of 1813-1814.

Following the lecture, there will be a reception and free wine tasting provided by Gus’ Fine Wine and Beer. For more information on this event, please contact the museum at 34.844.1484.

IMPORTANT DATES

Free Night: October 16, 2008 5pm: “Leading Men: The 1826 Treaty Delegates,” Lecture by Kathryn H. Braund

Followed by a reception and wine tasting

Free Night: November 20, 2008 5pm: “Victory Auburn Style,” Lecture by David Housel
Followed by a reception and wine tasting

CONTACT: Colleen Bourdeau
(334) 844-7075
cbourdeau@auburn.edu