
11/04/2023
Join us next Saturday for a community bazaar on the lawn from 10 am - 2pm.
Funky Forte food truck will be serving brunch and Village Green Records will be spinning for us too!
The only Museum dedicated to F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald
Info: http://www.thefit 2020 - Trip Advisor Traveller’s Choice
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Join us next Saturday for a community bazaar on the lawn from 10 am - 2pm.
Funky Forte food truck will be serving brunch and Village Green Records will be spinning for us too!
Thanks to Warren for visiting from Kentucky! Warren is cousin to Scottie Fitzgerald on Zelda’s side. His great grandmother and Minnie were sisters.
This week’s Fitz Tale “A Short Trip Home” is available and just in time for Halloween. Enjoy one of FITZGERALD’S darker stories with hints of Edgar Allen Poe. Available on iTunes, Spotify, etc. Link in bio.
Danny Klecko, St. Paul based baker and award winning poet, joins Fitz Director Alaina Doten for the discussion. Is it a ghost story or something else?
“A Short Trip Home” is a FitzMuse Production produced in conjunction with Cloverdale Playhouse and made possible by grants from Alabama Humanities Alliance and Alabama State Council on the Arts
Listen here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fitzmuse-podcast/id1587091221
We are so grateful for how far we’ve gotten! Thanks to YOU, we now have the unique opportunity to strive for our STRETCH GOALS (see deets below!). www.scottzeldamovie.com for more details!
Fitz Tales continues with "Our Own Movie Queen" Zelda's short story published in the Chicago Sunday Tribune under Scott's name. Both the story and discussion are now available on iTunes, Spotify, etc.
Fitz Tales has been made possible by grants from Alabama Humanities Alliance and Alabama State Council on the Arts
Thanks to the St. James AP Language Arts class for visiting The Fitz!
Want to stay in either the Scott or Zelda suites over Thanksgiving or Christmas? If so, please contact us here:
https://www.thefitzgeraldmuseum.org/new-page
Visit Friends of the Fitz at Hilltop.
For the last 6 weeks of the year, Hilltop Public House will instead be the holiday themed pop-up bar Miracle at Hilltop.
The Fitz is hosting a community bazaar on the lawn Sat. Nov. 11 from 10 am to 2 pm.
Community and vendor booths are available.
One 10’x10’ booth at the Fitzgerald Community Bazaar - Nov 11 from 10 am to 2 pm. If you want a larger booth, please reserve more than one space. (Tents, tables and chairs are not provided. All booths must be family friendly.)
The Fitz gift shop carries County Hwy Newspaper. Stop in and get your copy!
Look for spirits, dine with the dead, and go on a murder mystery adventure. It's happening Friday and Saturday, so get tickets while they last
A few tickets remain for the Friday Night Ghost Hunt! Get yours today!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/halloween-ghost-hunt-dining-with-the-dead-at-the-fitz-montgomery-al-tickets-732072607877
Friends of the Fitz John Martello’s Classic Film class continues tomorrow evening at The Capri with Singing in the Rain.
☔ Classic\Film\Class: Singin' In the Rain ☔
Tomorrow at 6:30
One of the greatest musicals of all time on the big screen once again!
🎟️: https://buff.ly/44YI0L5
This week Fitz Tales will feature a different essay by Zelda. Today, “Friend Husband’s Latest” Zelda’s review of The Beautiful and Damned.
Friend Husband’s Latest contains the line “I recognize a portion of an old diary of mine …plagiarized begins at home.”
Do you think Scott “plagiarized” Zelda?
FitzTales are a FitzMuse Production made possible by grants from Alabama Humanities Alliance and Alabama State Council on the Arts
Available on ITunes or Spotify.
iTunes:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fitzmuse-podcast/id1587091221
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/2xj9pASimW8mYADZPFHQ0B
“The Iceberg” discussion is now available along with a discussion on this year’s writing contests.
Submissions are also open for the 2023-2024 Fitzgerald Literary Contest (International submissions) and Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald Young Writers Award (Alabama students only). This year’s theme and submission guidelines are on the Fitzgerald Museum website.
https://www.thefitzgeraldmuseum.org/
Available on ITunes or Spotify.
You can listen via iTunes, Spotify, etc.
iTunes:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fitzmuse-podcast/id1587091221
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/2xj9pASimW8mYADZPFHQ0B
Fitz Tales continues with Zelda”s short story “The Iceberg”. Written in 1918, Zelda won a writing contest while a Senior at Lanier High School.
Read by Greta Lambert. Directed by Greg Thornton. Fitz Tales have been made possible by grants from Alabama Humanities Alliance and Alabama State Council on the Arts
Submissions are also open for the 2023-2024 Fitzgerald Literary Contest and Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald Young Writers Award (Alabama students only). This year’s theme and submission guidelines are on the Fitzgerald Museum website.
https://www.thefitzgeraldmuseum.org/
Available on ITunes or Spotify.
You can listen via iTunes, Spotify, etc.
iTunes:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fitzmuse-podcast/id1587091221
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/2xj9pASimW8mYADZPFHQ0B
Come visit us today for Octoberfest on Vaughn Rd!
Join us for one or two nights of spook-tacular fun at the Fitz!
Friday Night Halloween Ghost Hunt - Oct. 20
(Casual dress - food and drinks included)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/halloween-ghost-hunt-dining-with-the-dead-at-the-fitz-montgomery-al-tickets-732072607877
Saturday 20s Murder Mystery - Oct. 21
(20s attire - food and drinks included)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/halloween-roaring-20s-murder-mystery-event-at-the-fitz-montgomery-al-tickets-638790980017
Francis has returned!
Fitz Tales have returned!
We begin this season with "The Popular Girl". Read by Wanda Battle and directed by Maire Martello. Fitz Tales are made possible by grants by Alabama Humanities Alliance and Alabama State Council on the Arts
You can listen via iTunes, Spotify, etc.
iTunes:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fitzmuse-podcast/id1587091221
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/2xj9pASimW8mYADZPFHQ0B
The Court Square Fountain and statue have been newly restored and are back on display.
Thanks to WAKA CBS 8 News, Alabama News Network for their coverage of this year's Fitz Prize celebrating Ta-Nehisi Coates and to DK Harris Public Relations LLC for servicing video footage of the event.
This is the eighth year the prize has been awarded to a person whose work continues the legacy of American storytelling personified by writer F. Scott Fitzgerald.
F. Scott Fitzgerald was born on this day in 1896.
He published four novels, four story collections, and 164 short stories during his lifetime.
You can listen to a selection of his short stories Fitz Tales on the museum’s iTunes or Spotify channels.
Wonderful way to start the week with inspiring press on Friday's annual awarding of the Fitzgerald Museum's Literary Prize. This year, we have partnered with Alabama State University to host the large event honoring Mr. Coates, and in particular to be able to connect more into our Montgomery community of students and educators.
Tickets are available on our website or Eventbrite.
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He's being honored with the 2023 Fitzgerald Prize for Literary Excellence, which will be celebrated Sept. 22 at Alabama State University
He recorded hit songs like “Hey, Good Looking,” “Your Cheating Heart" and many more.
If you’re coming to celebrate a 100 years of Hank Williams, swing by and celebrate the Fitzs too!
Join us for an Evening with Ta-Nehisi Coates Celebrating American Storytelling and the awarding of the 2023 Fitzgerald Prize for Literary Excellence on Sept. 22 at Alabama State University's Ralph Abernathy Hall.
Tickets available on Eventbrite:
https://aneveningwithtanehisicoates.eventbrite.com
2023 Fitzgerald Prize - An Evening with Ta-Nehisi Coates Celebrating American Storytelling
Thanks to Jeanie Thompson from the Alabama Writers' Forum, for addressing the Press and Authors Club at The Fitz!
The first U.S. edition of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" and a letter written by...
Come have a romantic getaway or stay with us this football season!
Book here: www.airbnb.com/h/fscottfitzgerald
Join us on Sept. 22 for an Evening with Ta-Nehisi Coates Celebrating American Storytelling telling.
Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-ta-nehisi-coates-celebrating-american-storytelling-tickets-634907424197
The only Museum dedicated to F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald
Info: http://www.thefitzgeraldmuseum.org/
15% off everything in our online shop.
Use promo code LABORDAY.
Shop here: https://www.thefitzgeraldmuseum.org/online-store
Tickets available here: https://aneveningwithtanehisicoates.eventbrite.com/
Come stay with us at the Fitz!
Book here: www.airbnb.com/h/zeldafitzgerald
Happy Birthday to Zelda!
New Gatsby magnets in the online store.
Get yours here: https://www.thefitzgeraldmuseum.org/online-store
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It was a beautiful day for the Zelda Fountain rededication. Thanks to Karen Benton for leading the restoration campaign. Special thanks to the Mayor of Old Cloverdale, Rob Hessee for presiding over the rededication ceremony. Also thanks to Taimoor Arshad for beginning the project as his Eagle Scout project and thanks to @theclaymac , our city counsel man, for attending. Finally, thanks to the incomparable Greta Lambert for reading Scottie Fitzgerald Smith’s words from the original dedication.
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