2023 -24 Fitzgerald Literary Contest Winners
May
15
to Jul 15

2023 -24 Fitzgerald Literary Contest Winners

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Congratulations to this year's winners and honorable mentions in the F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum’s sixth annual Literary Contest!

Grades 9 – 10:
Chelsea Zhu, “Custom Postcard, Undelivered”

Grades 9 – 10 Honorable Mention:
Claire Guo, “For the Moon”

Grades 11 – 12:
Ziyi Yan, “Becoming a Magician”

Grades 11 – 12 Honorable Mention:
Bella Rotker, “Elegy for the fish my brother buried at the top of Slayter Hill”

Undergraduate:
Grace Yu, “Immigration”

Undergraduate Honorable Mention:
Gracelyn Mitchell, “Reveries of Dried Ink”

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An Evening with Ta-Nehisi Coates Celebrating American Storytelling
Sep
22
6:30 PM18:30

An Evening with Ta-Nehisi Coates Celebrating American Storytelling

An Evening with Ta-Nehisi Coates will be held at Ralph Abernathy Hall at Alabama State University in Montgomery, Alabama on Friday, Sept. 22 from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. The evening will include the awarding of the 2023 F. Scott Fitzgerald Prize for Literary Excellence by the Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum followed by a discussion between Mr. Coates and Dr. Derryn Moten, professor of History at Alabama State University.

 

Tickets are $28 and are available at Eventbrite:

https://aneveningwithtanehisicoates.eventbrite.com 

 

The Ralph Abernathy Hall at Alabama State University is located at 1625 Harris Way, Montgomery, AL 36106.

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Exhibition of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald's "Lost" "White Roses"
May
31
to Jul 29

Exhibition of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald's "Lost" "White Roses"

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The Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald Museum is proud to announce the discovery and exhibition of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald’s “White Roses.” The painting has been considered for decades as one of her “lost” oil paintings and is one of her few known extant oil paintings from the 1930s.

The painting will be on display at the Fitzgerald Museum from April 12 through July 2023.

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Southern Ghost Girls - Murder Mystery and Ghost Hunt
Oct
21
to Oct 22
Clint Emerson, Ret. Navy SEAL and Best Selling Author, named 2022 Fitzgerald Prize Recipient
May
10
to Jun 1

Clint Emerson, Ret. Navy SEAL and Best Selling Author, named 2022 Fitzgerald Prize Recipient

The Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum is thrilled to announce its seventh annual winner of the Fitzgerald Prize for Literary Excellence – retired Navy SEAL and bestselling author Clint Emerson!

An Evening with Clint Emerson will be held on Sat. Sept 24 at the Davis Theater in Montgomery, Alabama.

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Zelda and Scott: A LIfe Affair
Apr
30
5:00 PM17:00

Zelda and Scott: A LIfe Affair

ZELDA & SCOTT: A Life Affair, a new play by Mark Edward Lang will be read at the museum on Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 5pm. Featuring Alison J. Murphy as Zelda and Mark E. Lang as Scott, this play, based on Zelda and Scott’s letters over the course of their lives, captures the love and the trauma of the relationship and brings to life their complex history that made them both symbols of an age - The Jazz Age. Admission is free.

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The Fitz Spring Gala
Apr
23
6:00 PM18:00

The Fitz Spring Gala

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In celebration of the 100 year anniversary of the publication of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s second novel, The Beautiful and Damned, The Fitz Spring Gala will be a ‘20s styled Hollywood party.

Tickets include food, 2 alcoholic beverages, music and dance floor, silent auction, and professional photo booth.

*If you had tickets to the New Year’s Eve Party, they will be automatically rolled over to the Gala on April 23.

CLICK HERE FOR FAQs.

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Christmas Open House
Dec
11
10:00 AM10:00

Christmas Open House

Join us for our annual Christmas Open House. Free and Open to the Public from 10 am to 3pm on Dec. 11, 2021. Author Maire Martello will be signing copies of her new guide book Stepping Out with Scott and Zelda.

Come visit and celebrate the Christmas spirit with us.

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Southern Ghost Girls Murder Mystery and Ghost Hunt at the Fitz!
Oct
15
to Oct 16

Southern Ghost Girls Murder Mystery and Ghost Hunt at the Fitz!

Southern Ghost Girl’s Murder Mystery at the Fitz! Join us on either Friday, October 15 or Saturday, October 16 for a Murder Mystery and/or Ghost Hunt, with Lesley Hyde!

TICKETS GO ON SALE ON AUGUST 1!

Murder Mystery and Ghost Hunt tickets are sold separately. If you want to attend both please purchase separately.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15

Murder Mystery (6pm to 9), For tickets CLICK HERE

Ghost Hunt (9:30 to Midnight), For tickets CLICK HERE

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16

Murder Mystery (6pm to 9pm) For Tickets: CLICK HERE

Ghost Hunt (9:30 to Midnight) For tickets CLICK HERE

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