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Nature Photography Workshop at Sams Lake Saturday Nov 7th10/30/09 You can learn from an expert the special techniques you need to capture the beauty of nature with your camera. Join Donna Rosser, an award-winning local photographer, at Sams Lake Sanctuary on Saturday, November 7th at 7 a.m... More From Ed Sullivan to Abbey Road… RAIN Makes its Debut at the Fabulous Fox Oct 6 - 1110/1/09 “We are thrilled to present one of the hottest performance events of the year, RAIN - A Tribute to the Beatles,” states Christopher B. Manos, Producer of Theater of the Stars. “Take a joyful trip down memory lane and ‘Get Back’ to ‘Yesterday’ with a show that the Washington Post calls ‘An adoring Valentine to The Beatles!’... More Children's Letters to God at the Legacy Theater Oct 9 - 25
Book by Stuart Hample This high-energy musical follows the lives of five young friends as they voice beliefs, desires, questions and doubts common to all people but most disarmingly expressed by children. "A wonderful show for all ages!...A smile-making musical!" raves the Wall Street Journal. October 9th - 25th. Fridays-Saturdays 8pm/ Saturdays-Sundays 3pm; Adults $25, Seniors 60+/ Students 13+ $22/ Children 12 and under $15 Southern Crescent Chorale's Annual Gala A Night in Old Vienna Oct 109/29/09 Each Southern Crescent Chorale concert season begins with an exciting Gala and Concert event. This year's Gala, A Night in Old Vienna, will be held on Saturday, October 10, at the Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center in Peachtree City at 7:00 p.m... More Atlanta Braves' Tim Hudson to Host Benefit Weekend for Hudson Family Foundation9/15/09 Atlanta Braves Pitcher Tim Hudson and his wife Kim have announced that their Foundation will host their Inaugural Hudson's Honky Tonk Benefit Weekend on November 20 and 21 in Peachtree City, Georgia. The highlight of the weekend is a Country Music Spectacular featuring country music superstar Blake Shelton and American Idol finalist Josh Gracin performing live at the Fredrick Brown, Jr. Amphitheater in Peachtree City... More Broadway Leading Lady Rachel York to Star as Cruella De Vil in “The 101 Dalmatians Musical”9/14/09 Oct 28 - Nov 1 / Drama Desk Award Winner Rachel York has joined the cast of the highly anticipated national stage production of The 101 Dalmatians Musical, based on the 1956 classic story written by Dodie Smith. Announced today by Magic Arts & Entertainment/Tix Productions, Troika General Management and international producer Luis Alvarez, York joins an impressive creative team in the starring role as the sinister Cruella de Vil... More Broadway Across America- Atlanta and Atlanta Broadway Series Unveil Mini-Packages9/13/09 With the highly-anticipated 2009-2010 seasons fast approaching, Broadway Across America – Atlanta and Atlanta Broadway Series are pleased to present even more options to Atlanta theatre fans with a trio of mini-season packages. Selections include Family Fun and Broadway Fans an offer something for everyone—from seasoned Broadway enthusiasts to first-time show attendees... More “The Fred” to Host Popular Open Mic Night9/4/09 Back by popular demand, the second Open Mic Night at the Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater in Peachtree City is scheduled for Saturday, September 12. The gates will open at 6:30 pm with the program beginning at 7 pm... More The Spirit of Place - Plein Air Landscape Painting8/30/09 Showcasing national Plein Air artists Perry Austin, Gavin Brooks, Roger Dale Brown, Gene Costanza, Larry Moore and Milie Gosch. Sept 8 - 30 with opening reception Sept. 13th 3 p.m. - 5 .m. The Center for Performing and Visual Arts, 1523 Lower Fayetteville Road, Newnan, GA. Artists will be present at reception and works will be available for sale. Starr's Mill Choral Program Selected for Prestigious Performances
8/28/09 Where can you find the unified voices of football players, musicians, soccer players, honors students, lacrosse players, writers, swimmers, artists, runners, cheerleaders, debaters and actors? In the Starr's Mill High School Choral Program, of course. More than 150 Starr's Mill High School students have chorus in common this year, setting the stage for an exciting choral calendar in 2009-10... More ETreasures Publishing for Sale8/19/09 ETreasures Publishing, a five-year-old established print-on-demand book publishing company, is currently for sale, due to the failing health of the owner and founder, Vickie Kennedy. Kennedy is looking for someone trustworthy to purchase the company and website, which will include all contracted books. The new owner would have to establish new accounts with re-sellers, which she will also help obtain. The asking price for the contracted books and website is $3,000. Training will be extra and is negotiable. Anyone interested, please contact Vickie Kennedy at 770-683-9745 or by e-mail at v.kennedy@numail.org NCTC Announces Auditions for "Zombie Prom"8/18/09 This Halloween season, a 1950s Rock and Roll musical will hit the main stage at the Newnan Community Theatre Company. “Zombie Prom” will be held on October 29, 30, and 31. The play is being directed by Jennifer... More Georgia Youth Ballet Holding Nutcracker Auditions
8/14/09 Public auditions for Georgia Youth Ballet’s 14th annual performance of The Nutcracker will be held at The Studio in Fayetteville on Saturday, August 22nd... More Jerry Springer Set to Razzle Dazzle in "Chicago" at the Fox Theatre Sept 8 - 138/5/09 “Stop the presses! I’ve always wanted to say that,”
enthuses Christopher B. Manos, Producer of Theater of the Stars.
“I know you might be reading this on your Blackberry, but this
is exciting news. Cultural icon and ringmaster extraordinaire
Jerry Springer will star as the flamboyant lawyer and master
showman ‘Billy Flynn’ in the smash hit musical Fayette Senior
Services Apples & ArtFest Exhibitor and Sponsor Opportunities
Available
8/3/09 Plans for the first annual Apples & ArtFest are
underway and Fayette Senior Services is seeking exhibitors and
sponsors for the event, which takes place Saturday, October 17,
2009, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Fayette Senior Services Life
Enrichment Center located at 4 Center Drive in Fayetteville. Food, Glorious Food from Lionel Bart's "Oliver!"
The Twilight Theatre has done it again! It's a daunting task to take on intricate, professional shows such as Les Miserables, Annie get your Gun and Oliver!, but the Twilight Theatre group has once again proven they're up to... More Gwen Brown to Teach Home School Youth Art7/28/09 Gwen Brown, a professional oil portrait painter, will start a new session teaching home school youth art at 'Artworks on the Square' on Wed. August 5th from 1:30-3:00 pm. For more info. email her at hi_itsgwen@bellsouth.net or call 770-461-5787. You can also call ArtWorks on the Square at 678-545-0275 or drop by 107 Stonewall Ave., Fayetteville.
Sixteen Year-Old
Guest Conductor Ilyich Rivas to Lead ASO
7/22/09 Sixteen-year-old rising star Ilyich Rivas will lead the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park in his U.S. professional debut on Saturday, August 15, 2009, at 8:00 p.m. Mr. Rivas will lead the orchestra in Verdi’s Vespri Overture, Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4, and Mendelssohn’s Violin... More Southside Theatre Guild Presents "Snoopy! The Musical"7/19/09 Southside Theatre Guild in downtown Fairburn will present “Snoopy! The Musical” for three weekends, July 26 through August 1... More Annie Get Your Gun Auditions Announced7/11/09 The
Twilight Theatre announced auditions for the musical play Annie
Get Your Gun July 13 and 14 at 6 pm at
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Southern Nights Chorale Presents 5th Annual Fayette Festival of Carols Dec 1310/28/09 The Southern Nights Chorale® is proud to announce its 5th Annual Fayette Festival of Carols® on Sunday, December 13th at 4:00 PM presented by PEI Logistics, Inc. This 90-minute multi-media concert will take place at Heritage Christian Church, 2130 Redwine Road at So. Peachtree Parkway, Fayetteville... More Southern Crescent Symphony Concert at Fayetteville First UMCThe Southern Crescent Symphony will present a free concert on Sunday, October 25th at 3:00 p.m. at the Fayetteville First United Methodist Church. This program of American Music will feature works by Copland (A Lincoln Portrait), Gershwin (Porgy and Bess), Sousa (The Stars and Stripes Forever) and other famous American composers. The orchestra, conducted by Richard Bell, Ed Davis and Carl Rieke, begins its 19th season with this concert. For more information about the orchestra and the rest of the orchestra's season please visit the orchestra's website at www.scsymphony.net. A Walk On The Wildside10/9/09 Photography Exhibit Featuring works by Gary Gruby. Personal and Professional favorites from his 30 year career. Opening Reception Saturday, October 17th, 6:30 to 9:30, Dogwood Gallery & Framer, 1175 Senoia Road Tyrone. 770-774-3524 www.dogwoodgallery.net Show runs through Nov 7th. Last Chance to See The Twilight Theatre's Annie Get Your Gun
9/29/09 The Twilight Theatre is proud to be able to offer your one final chance to see, Annie Get Your Gun, the show everybody has been raving about... More The Colorful Arts Society to Host its Tenth Annual Fundraiser Gala and Scholarship Awards Program Oct 189/20/09 The Colorful Arts Society, Inc. (CAS) ColorfulArtsSociety.org, a nonprofit arts organization supporting the metro-Atlanta area, will host its Tenth Annual Fundraiser Gala Concert and Scholarship Awards Program on... More Main Street Newnan's Fall Art Walk This Friday9/14/09 Artists from Newnan and the surrounding area will have their collectable, quality artwork on display in many downtown stores. Many artists will also be available to answer questions and discuss the artwork. Flint Gallery of Panoply, 16 Greenville Street, is the starting point of the Art Walk. Maps, refreshments and the entertainment will be available all over the... More Call for Art for Artists with Disabilities9/2/09 Georgia Artists with Disabilities (GAD) is holding an exhibition in the Georgia Power Building located at 241 Ralph McGill Boulevard Sept. 14-26th. GAD was founded by the Pilot Clubs of Metropolitan Atlanta in 1985. These clubs are members of Pilot International, a global organization of business leaders dedicated to improving the quality of life in their local communities and throughout the world. Applications are available at ArtWorks on the Square, 107 Stonewall Ave., Fayetteville. The deadline for hand delivered work is Sept 12th, 9:00 am until 1:00 pm. Kathaleen Brewer, director of Artworks, was chosen as one of their panel judges. Georgia Dance Theatre Holding Nutcracker Ballet Auditions8/29/09 Georgia Dance Theatre holds open auditions to every dancer in the community ages 6 & up for their upcoming production of the classic family favorite, The Nutcracker Ballet... More Legacy Theatre's Kids Program, Broadway Workshop8/19/09 The Broadway Workshop is an on going class held in 8 week sessions. Students learn all aspects of musical theatre: audition technique, improv games, stage directions, vocal technique and much more... More “Read a Book / Create Some Art” Deadline Extended to August 318/13/09 Calling all artists who love to read … The deadline for entries in the “Read A Book / Create Some Art” juried visual arts competition has been extended to Monday, August 31. “Read A Book / Create Some Art” is part of the second annual “Fayette on the Page” project... More 39th Powers Crossroads Festival On Labor Day Weekend8/5/09 One of Coweta County's oldest continuing traditions is the Powers Crossroads Country Fair and Art Festival held annually over the Labor Day Weekend. As usual the focus in this year's festival (held on September 5 - 7, 2009) will be on arts and crafts vendors and... More An Evening of Improv in Newnan8/3/09 During improvisational comedy skits are created on-the-fly, based on a simple idea, premise, or game. Each skit is different and you never know what's going to happen. Improvisation has become more popular... More Southside Theatre Guild Announces Auditions for "The Music Man"7/28/09 Southside Theatre Guild in downtown Fairburn announces open auditions for The Music Man on Sunday afternoon, August 9 at 2:00 pm and Monday & Tuesday evenings, August 10 & 11 at 7:00 pm... More "Oliver" is Twice as Good! L to R: Alexa Echevarria and Avery Grillo 7/21/09 When The Twilight Theatre decided to present Oliver! the musical they knew that choosing a show about a young boy would present big challenges for the young actor chosen to play the lead character Oliver... More Students Learn Music and Leadership at All Girls Summer Camp
7/17/09 Young musicians from five of Fayette’s middle and high schools were a part of history in the making this summer as they attended the first ever music leadership camp just for girls... More Army Ground Forces Band: Back by Popular Demand at ‘The Fred’ Aug 207/20/09 The Army Ground Forces Band will return to the Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater in Peachtree City to perform a free “To the Colors: Tribute to the Stars & Stripes” concert on Thursday, Aug. 20, 7 p.m... More European Camp-cation Art Day Camp7/17/09 Get out your passports! The Fayette County Parks & Recreation Department is offering a European Camp-cation next week. Learn each country's customs, food, and more through arts & crafts and games. Advance registration is required by Thursday, July 23, or until full. Day: Monday - Friday
All Saints Anglican Sets Music Camp
7/9/09 All Saints Anglican Church in Peachtree City has scheduled its annual free Music Camp for July 20-24... More ASO in Concert July 11th at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park7/9/09 ASO Assistant Conductor and League of American Orchestras Fellow Mei-Ann Chen will lead the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra on a rocketing musical tour of the cosmos on the stage of Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park on Saturday, July 11, 2009, at 8:00 p.m... More Bank of America Customers Visit High Museum of Art Free7/9/09 The Silhouette Painting with Pamela Green at Dogwood Gallery7/8/09 Thursday, July 23rd from 6:30 to 9:00; Another fun Ladies Night Out at Dogwood Gallery. The cost is $40 and includes all supplies and refreshments. Paint an acrylic painting on canvas. Ladies Night Out is all about being creative and having some fun. 1175 Senoia Road N Tyrone. 770-774-3524. Photography Workshop with Donna Rosser at Dogwood GallerySaturday, July 25th from 10:00 to 4:00; The Barefoot Photographer will present a Macro Photography class at Dogwood Gallery. The cost of the class is $85 per person. Space is limited. Bring your camera, fresh batteries, and camera manual. This class will teach you how to take amazing macro shots using a variety of techniques and accessories including the the Lensbaby selective focus lens. Donna will instruct you, you will take photos on site, and photos will be reviewed during the class.If you are interested and/or have questions please email Donna. 1175 Senoia Road N Tyrone. Call to reserve your spot: 770-774-3524. Nature Photography Exhibition Moves to Fayette Library Sponsored by Local Land Trust
6/17/09 Twelve prize-winning photographs from Southern Conservation Trust’s nature photography exhibition will be featured at the Fayette County Library in Fayetteville through the month of June. Nature, Undisturbed 2009 took place in early May 2009 at the Dogwood Gallery in Tyrone. Fifty stunning images, selected from more than 180 entries, showcased the area’s natural beauty and highlighted the importance of conservation. Southern Conservation Trust is a non-profit conservation organization based in Fayette County. The Trust protects more than 1300 acres of farmland, forest and environmentally sensitive land in South Metro Atlanta. Framed art and prints of the photographs may be purchased on the Trust’s website www.sctlandtrust.org. For more information, contact the Trust at info@sctlandtrust.org. |
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Twilight Theatre Presents Oliver at the Fred6/16/09 Oliver is a British musical, with music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is loosely based upon the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Directed by Alison Chambers; Musical Director is Barbara Zellner; Chelsea Rhoades is the Assistant Director. Show dates: July 24, 25, 31, and August 1st at 8:00 PM at the Frederick Brown, Jr. Amphitheater in Peachtree City. Ticket prices are $15 for general admission, $13 for students, senior, military personnel and tables of 6 are available for $125.00.
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