Coastal Georgia Historical Society
Newcastle Street Looking North
A 1964 with the Bijou Theatre’s marquee visible on the left.
The 2025 Brunswick Lecture Series features an exciting slate of four speakers, expanding beyond the Brunswick city limits and across several centuries of our area’s fascinating history. The series will be held at the College of Coastal Georgia’s Stembler Theatre, located within the Campus Center, on Tuesdays, October 7, 14, 21, and 28 from 4 – 5:30 p.m.
The cost for the series is $40, and registration is required. Individual program tickets are available for purchase at $20 per lecture. To register, please visit coastalgeorgiahistory.org. A map of the College of Coastal Georgia Campus and directions to the Stembler Theatre are available on the registration page.
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Oct 28, 2025 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Allison Dupuis - Story of Stories: The Brunswick Advocate and Life of a City
College of Coastal Georgia Brunswick Campus
The series concludes with a presentation by Allison Dupuis, CGHS’s Historian. In “Story of Stories: The Brunswick Advocate and the Life of a City, 1837 -1839,” she will explore 1830s Brunswick through the lens of this vital but short-lived newspaper.
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Oct 7, 2025 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Buddy Sullivan - History of Butler Island and Life of Frances Anne Kemble
College of Coastal Georgia Brunswick Campus
Buddy Sullivan, the Coastal Georgia Historical Society’s Consulting Historian, will deliver a program that focuses on the history of Butler Island and the life of Frances Anne Kemble, wife of Pierce M. Butler.
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Oct 14, 2025 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Hector Montford - Brunswicks New Deal
College of Coastal Georgia Brunswick Campus
Dr. Hector Montford will present “Brunswick’s New Deal,” which will explore the array of New Deal projects and programs in Brunswick during the Great Depression. The presentation will also highlight the people involved with New Deal programs locally.
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Oct 21, 2025 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Josh Dukes - Why Was the Oglethorpe Hotel Torn Down
College of Coastal Georgia Brunswick Campus
Josh Dukes, a member of the Brunswick Historic Preservation Board and co-author of the recent book Brunswick: Past & Present, will present “Why Was the Oglethorpe Hotel Torn Down?”
