The Wren's Nest
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Atlanta’s oldest house museum • Historic West End home of Joel Chandler Harris • Preserving African + Indigenous storytelling traditions
Atlanta, GA
Joined January 2009
Thank you to Chetter Galloway @chetterg for enchanting us with your storytelling and skills with the Djembe Drum!. We're grateful for your captivating performances and can't wait for more!.🙌🏿 🪘#Storytelling #Gratitude.
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Do you love The Wren's Nest? Join our newest supporter group: Nest Friends!.Nest Friends are monthly donors who provide continuous support to the house, Your support helps sustain Atlanta's oldest house museum for 110 more years.
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NEW EXHIBIT: "Unframed Images: Photography from the Collection of P.H. Polk" opens 5/21 and will remain on display through 7/30. This exhibit is presented in partnership with @TuskegeeUniv, @msu_libraries, and the Southern Literary Trail. Details >>
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Due to unforeseen circumstances, our program with Drag Queen Story Hour Atlanta is postponed and will be rescheduled to a later date in 2022. The Wren's Nest will remain open tomorrow for historic house tours and storytelling by Gwendolyn J. Napier.
As the school year ends and summer break begins, we want to keep reading top of mind and invite the community to join us for a special #storytime hosted by Drag Queen Story Hour Atlanta's very own Miss Terra Cotta Sugarbaker. Join us on May 14 at 2PM! >>
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We're looking forward to a great month at the Nest! Check out our May newsletter to learn more about two special programs coming to the house soon: Drag Queen Story Hour on May 14, and a new exhibit opening May 21 >>
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As the school year ends and summer break begins, we want to keep reading top of mind and invite the community to join us for a special #storytime hosted by Drag Queen Story Hour Atlanta's very own Miss Terra Cotta Sugarbaker. Join us on May 14 at 2PM! >>
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Part of our mission is to celebrate self-expression, and tomorrow we'll do that via the art of #poetry! Join us at 1PM for a special performance by two local talents:
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Celebrate National Poetry Month with a special performance by poets Akbar Imhotep and Amaya A. McGee.
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On Saturday, April 23 at 1PM, celebrate #NationalPoetryMonth at The Wren's Nest with a special performance by local poets Akbar Imhotep and Amaya A. McGee! Full details and tickets >>
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PLEASE NOTE: On Saturday, April 2, the Wren's Nest will operate on a limited schedule from 12:00-3:00 p.m. Storytelling by Chetter M Galloway will still take place at 1:00 p.m. Tickets >> .
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Saturdays at The Wren's Nest • Historic house tours from 11 am–3 pm • Live storytelling performance at 1 pm
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What a great event! Lucky us that we could host @ArchiveAtlanta and board member @IamKingWilliams for a Living Room Conversation about Atlanta's past, present, and future, presented in partnership with board member @AnnHillBond.
@ArchiveAtlanta and I are going on tour to a neighborhood near you lol j/k!. But seriously, thanks to everyone who came out to Atlanta history/Atlanta futures @TheWrensNest
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Tickets for Sunday's conversation are still available! >>
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Join King Williams and Victoria Lemos for the first in a series of Living Room Conversations about Atlanta's past, present, and future.
Me & my buddy Victoria (@archiveatlanta) are having a talk on history this Sunday at @TheWrensNest . From 2-3pm with the proceeds benefiting the preservation of The Wrens Nest!
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This SUNDAY, 3/20: join journalist @IamKingWilliams & @ArchiveAtlanta host Victoria Lemos for a Living Room Conversation about Atlanta's past, present, & future, hosted in partnership with @AnnHillBond. For tickets, visit:
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We are proud to once again participate in @PreserveAtl's #PhoenixFlies program by offering free house tours on Saturdays in March! Learn more + RSVP here:
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RT @PreserveAtl: PHOENIX FLIES RETURNS THIS MARCH! 🎉. What is Phoenix Flies? A 3-week celebration of Atlanta's historic & cultural spaces.….
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Please join us for African and Indigenous Storytelling this Saturday at 1:00 featuring the fabulous Gwen Napier!
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Happy New Year from The Wren's Nest! This past year has been full of changes and one of our favorites has been Tokie Rome-Taylor taking over the house and making new connections to our past. We will be closed for New Years Day and Saturday Storytelling will resume in 2022.
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Happy Christmas Day from The Wren's Nest. We are closed today. We hope everyone can plan to join us once again for Saturday Storytelling in 2022!
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