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Page B4 Lake Oconee News Friday, March 31, 2017 LAKE COUNTRY Contributed Super Raffle Rotarian Denis Pepin presents a check to winner Rick Hanks. Rick Hanks wins Rotary Super Raffle for Week 11 The Rotary Club of Greene and Putnam Coun ties is excited to announce that Rick Hanks is this week’s winner of the 2017 Super Raffle drawing. Hanks will receive a $300 gift certificate to da Corrado Ristorante. Corrado and April Cor- rias are the owners of da Corrado Ristorante. They opened it together in 2010, hoping to share their passion for simple, delicious meals accompanied by impecca ble service. Their shared love for cuisine began when they met in Rome, Italy, in 1997- Da Corrado Ris torante was born from the recipes of Corrado’s mother, Giovanna. He is originally from Sardinia but has lived for extensive periods of time in London and Rome. It is the hope of Corrado and April that their guests have an Italian experience, not just a quick forgettable meal. Da Corrado Risto rante is meant to be a warm and inviting place, where you come in as a friend, but leave as family. Each week during the year 2017, the Greene and Put nam counties Rotary Club will draw and announce a new winner of 52 weekly prizes—each valued at $300 or more. Again this year are “Super Weeks” where the winner will receive two prizes that week, each with a minimum value of $300! Winning raffle stubs will be added back into the raffle pot of 1,000 tickets, allow ing ticket holders the oppor tunity to win multiple times throughout the year! The Rotary Club of Greene and Putnam Coun ties is a local service orga nization, belonging to the massive Rotary Interna tional organization. The Greene and Putnam Club funds both local and inter national charities, provid ing leadership and volun teers for charitable efforts. Funds raised by the Super Raffle provide the club with exceptional opportunities to impact both local and inter national service projects. To learn more about the Greene and Putnam Club, comprised of local busi ness leaders, please LIKE us on Facebook and visit our web site at: www.Gree- nePutnamRotary.org. The Rotary Club meets weekly on Thursdays at noon at Lakeside Church. ATHENS/OCONEE Rebecca Davenport selected for the 2017 Southworks Exhibition The narrative paintings of Beaufort, South Carolina, based artist Rebecca Dav enport will be featured in STILL LIVES, the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation’s (OCAF’s) Director’s Choice Exhibition, which is a facet of the Southworks National Juried Art Exhibition. The exhibit will be open April 7 - May 5 in OCAF’s Mem bers Gallery. Davenport’s paintings communicate the human condition as she sees it with the ambiguous mixture of good and evil, its fair possibilities and wrinkle limitations, its humble and extravagant hopes and the capacity to endure beyond vanities. She does an exam ination of herself exploring the ironic combination of the sensual and the spir itual and an assertion of understanding combined with an incomplete defeat. “I have always been drawn to the narrative tra dition, the tale of a flawed face, a crumbling wall, an empty room or an aban doned amusement park,” says Davenport. “I see beauty in these things as they have the patina of life, the past confronting the present, marked by ironies, tragedies, joy, laughter, frightening and fulfilling; echoing the possibilities of what is wished for.” Davenport’s works are held in public and private collections including the Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., National Museum of Contributed Blue Ball, oil on canvas by Rebecca Davenport Woman in the Arts, Wash ington, D.C. and State Art Museum, Columbia, South Carolina. In conjunction with the Director’s Choice Exhi bition, the Southworks National Juried Art Exhi bition will be presented in OCAF’s Main Gallery. This annual juried exhibit brings in several hundred applications from talented artists across the nation. The exhibit will feature 71 works of art from 62 local and national artists. All artwork was selected by juror Nandini Makrandi, chief curator at the Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Southworks is essen tial in providing the local community and artists a chance to see what the cur rent trend is in the contem porary art world. Because today’s international art world is more intercon nected, complex and varied than at any time in history, the selection of 71 pieces of artwork for this exhibit is marked by a great diversity in materials, techniques and styles. The Southworks National Juried Art Exhibition will open with a reception on Friday, April 7, from 6 to 9 p.m. and continue April 8 through May 5. Reception and exhibits are free and open to the public. OCAF is located at 34 School Street in Watkins- ville. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. For more information, call (706) 769-4565, email info@ocaf.com or visit the website www.ocaf.com Contributed Lady in Pink Hat, oil on canvas by Rebecca Davenport Lake Country arts scene blooms in April Spring is blossoming all through our beautiful Lake Country, and it’s a great time of the year to be out, about and enjoying this wonderful season. Greensboro will be a hive of activity this month, beginning with “The Fairy Tale Festival” on April 8 at Festival Hall. Children are invited to dress as their favorite fairytale charac ter and perhaps meet that character at the festival. There will be royal carriage rides, makeovers, a petting zoo, bounce house and music to keep the young ones busy from 2 until 6 p.m. Admission is $20 for children and $5 for adults.. Call 706-817-8013 for more information. Plan to come to Greens boro again on April 15 from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. for the Judy Stultz Lake Country Art Beat annual “Southland Jubilee,” a daylong heritage arts festival. This event features plenty of outdoor events and activities for the whole family. However, one of this year’s more anticipat ed events will take place indoors at Festival Hall as it hosts nationally renowned puppeteer David Stephens for two shows (11 a.m. and 1 p.m) that are free to attend. Stephens has worked on “Sesame Street,” as well as various Muppets produc tions on stage and screen and also performed at At lanta’s legendary Center for Puppetry Arts. The outdoor main stage will feature daylong live entertainment while you enjoy browsing the arts and crafts booths and check out the classic car display and feasting of festival goodies. April 29 brings “If These Walls Could Talk,” a Tour of Historic Greens boro featuring Goodwin Manor, the Higdon House, Pecan Corners, the Oldest House in Greensboro and the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, the Oldest Church in Greensboro, as well as three other historic churches in Greensboro IXiBA J/Vama/i’.ae/ fivee/te Come GROW with us! Nathanael Greene Academy 4731 GA 15 • Siloam GA 30665 • 706.467.2147 www.nathanaelgreeneacademy.com Now Enrolling 2017-18 Our enrollment is increasing, and our children are growing in a nurturing Christian environment. • Small Classes with Individual Instruction • Opportunities to Grow in Christ through Chapels, Service Opportunities & Bible Classes • We Continually Promote Academic Excellence • Full Array of Varsity & JV Athletics • Award-Winning Literary & Fine Arts Program Nathanael Greene Academy admits students of any race, color and national or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color or national or ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, athletic and other school-administered programs. and Mimi Vickers home in Union Point. Advance tour tickets are $25 and with box lunch from Greens boro’s own Yesterday Cafe they are $35. Tickets day of the tour $30. For more information or tickets call 404- 626-4595. The Easter Bunny will be in Eatonton for the “Com munity Easter Egg Hunt” on April 8! There will be games and arts and crafts for the kids with plenty of photo opportunities. The age related hunts (ages three up to age 10) begin at 11 a.m. Be at the recre ation department ball field located at 140 Recreation Road from 10 a.m until noon to join in the fun. In case of rain, events will be held inside. Call 706-749- 9150. As part of the annual “Madison Chamber Music Festival,” Valentina Lisita has been brought back by popular demand and will be on stage at the Madison Morgan Cultural Center April 9 at 4 p.m. Lisita attended the Lysenko music school for gifted children and later at the Kiev Con servatory. She currently lives in the United States and performs in many prestigious concert venues worldwide. A reception will follow the concert. Tickets are $45 for adults and $35 students. Call 706-342- 3743. A really special treat if you’re a movie buff like me is the film festival in Milled- geville this month! It’s the fourth annual, and I can’t believe I didn’t hear of it until this year. It’s five days of films, panels and parties April 26-30 and takes place in various places around the Georgia College campus as well as a few key locations in Milledgeville. Filmmak ers coming from all over the world cross borders and oceans to attend this event, bringing with them more than 100 films this year. Comedy, horror, romance and sci-fi will grace the screens of Milledgeville during this festival which attracts moviegoers from all over as well. The biggest event during these wild five-day’s is the Gala which invites filmmakers, guests and donors to gather and receive awards for the movies screened during the festival. The spookiest tradition of this festival is the horror film screening out on the Central State Hospital campus. It will be an amazing week of events for Lake Country residents to ponder. Tickets for General admission: $7-99 | Students, Seniors or Military: FREE, Film Festival | All Access Pass $75/ $100, | Senior or Military $50/ $75, Film Festival | Awards & Mas querade Ball Pass- Public $35/ $50, Student, Senior or Military $25/ $40. See www.milledgevillefilmfest. com for more information. Hope to see you there! Wishing y’all a happy Easter and a happy spring! Eatonton • Putnam County Souvenir Coins Now Available 00 each Proceeds bene lit the Eatonton-Putnam Tourism Arts Herritage Partnership, Inc. (F.PTAIIP) • The Peoples Bank • Fanners and Merchants Bank • This & That • • Uncle Remus Museum • The Eatonton Messenger • Lake Oconee News • • Chamber of Commerce •
