Keeping the Light: Stories from St. Simons Lighthouse.

Tyler E. Bagwell kicks off the Chautauqua Lecture series with “Keeping the Light:  Stories from St. Simons Lighthouse.” His focus will be our local keepers and life on St. Simons before construction of the Causeway. Bagwell is an assistant professor of communication at the College of Coastal Georgia and has spent nearly twenty years researching and writing about the history of the Golden Isles. He has authored two books, The Jekyll Island Club and Jekyll Island:  A State Park, and numerous magazine articles about the region.

The 2015 Chautauqua Lecture Series is sponsored by Wells Fargo Advisors. Lectures will take place on Thursday evenings at 6 p.m. at the A.W. Jones Heritage Center as part of the Coastal Georgia Historical Society’s educational programming. The cost for the series is $30 for members and $75 for non-members. Registration is required for all attendees. To register, call 912-634-7099, or visit saintsimonslighthouse.org.