Ava Gardner Blog /ava-gardner/blog/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:57:53 +0000 My Weekend with Ava /ava-gardner/blog/post/my-weekend-with-ava/ /ava-gardner/blog/post/my-weekend-with-ava/#comments /ava-gardner/blog/post/my-weekend-with-ava/ Fri, 24 Jul 2020 08:00:00 -0400

Every once in a while, everything lines up in your life just right. That was the case for me in 2017. I had recently been promoted to Director of the Ava Gardner Museum, and I had spent the last

]]> Ava’s North Carolina During the “Roaring Twenties” /ava-gardner/blog/post/avas-north-carolina-during-the-roaring-twenties/ /ava-gardner/blog/post/avas-north-carolina-during-the-roaring-twenties/#comments /ava-gardner/blog/post/avas-north-carolina-during-the-roaring-twenties/ Tue, 14 Jan 2020 15:00:00 -0500

The “Roaring Twenties,” also known as the Jazz Age is known for economic prosperity, social progressiveness, parties, flappers, and excess. Prohibition and “The Great Gatsby” come to many people’s

]]> The Birthday Girl in Her Own Words /ava-gardner/blog/post/the-birthday-girl-in-her-own-words/ /ava-gardner/blog/post/the-birthday-girl-in-her-own-words/#comments /ava-gardner/blog/post/the-birthday-girl-in-her-own-words/ Thu, 19 Dec 2019 10:00:00 -0500

Ava Gardner’s thoughts on her hometown, childhood birthdays, sharing a birthday with Howard Hughes and being born a night owl. Quotes from Ava’s autobiography, , with historical context

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