Summer Chautauqua - Southern Writers: Zora Neale Hurston

322 Academy Street Northeast,Gainesville GA 30501

12 July, 2022

Description

A portrayal of author Zora Neale Hurston by professional living history interpreter Chiara Richardson. Professional living history interpreter Chiara Richardson will portray author Zora Neale Hurston during our second Summer Chautauqua performance on Tuesday, July 12th at 7:00 PM at the History Center. Well known as a fiction writer, 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 the African-American folklore of Eatonville and the South during her anthropological research. This event is free for Members. Non-Member tickets are $5 each cash or card at the door.