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larger-than-life bronze sculp
tures of some of golf’s greatest
masters such as Arnold
Palmer, Byron Nelson, Ben
Hogan, Raymond Floyd and
Jack Nicklaus. Located along
the Riverwalk, the Augusta
Golf and Gardens is avail
able to rent for a variety of
functions including wed
dings, receptions, photo ses
sions, business lunches,
cocktail parties and much
more. An Arbor Day semi
nar will be held on Feb. 21,
from 11:30 am. to 1 p.m.
Bring a brown bag lunch.
Admission for the event is
sl. Take a picnic, schedule
an outdoor art class or gar
dening class, or spend medi
tation times at any of several
waterfalls on the grounds.
Every Sunday is SUPER
Sunday with a Buy One Get
One Free Super Sunday
coupon, open from 1 to 5
p:m. The AGG is beginning
a new Artists Gallery. Each
month, a new artist’s paint
ings and photos will be fea
tured in the ticket/reception
area, with their art works
exhibited online on the virtu
al gallery at www.gghforg.
For more info or to have a
Super Sunday coupon mailed
to you, please call (706) 724-
4443/(888) 874-4443 or visit
the web site at www.gghf.org.
- Historic Driving Tours
will be given every Saturday
starting from the Cotton
Exchange Welcome Center
and Museum. Tours are
10:30 a.m. to 12 noon. $lO
per adult, $5 per student age
12 and under. Reservations
are needed by the Friday
before the tour. To make
reservations or ask for more
details, please call (706) 724-
4067.
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The Senior Citizens
Council offers a variety of
classes including low impact
aerobics, Tai Chi, Spanish,
quilting, painting, Thera-
Bands exercise, bowling,
poolbilliards, and more. All
weekday classes. There will
also be a free blood pressure
screening, free eye screening,
and two sessions of “Hair
Styles by Henry” per month
where you can schedule hair
cuts, hair wash and set, roller
set or wet set, thermal curling,
scalp massage, perms and
styling, and relaxing and
styling. There will also be
AARP Tax Help to taxpayers
with middle to low income,
with special attention to those
age 60 and older. For informa
tion regarding cost, length of
classes and other details about
the activities and services,
please call The Senior Center
Department at 821-4480, ext.
361.
Underground Atlanta
will host the APEX Muse
um’s Edutainment center
with two exhibits: “Going
Against the Wind” and
“Breaking Barriers: African
Americans in the Space Pro
gram” through Mar. 15 at
the Upper Exchange. There
will be storytelling, arts &
crafts and Black history
games. An APEX Museum
Gift Shop/Museum will be
open to the public as well.
All proceeds brought about
from this venture will go
directly to APEX to assist
with the museum’s fundrais
ing efforts. Operating hours:
Tues.-Thurs., 10 am. to 4
p.m.; Fri,, 11 am. to 6 p.m,;
Saturday, 1 to 8 p.m.; Sun
day, 3 to 7 p.m.; and closed
on Mondays. For more info,
check the web sites of
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www.underatl.com and
www.apexmuseum.org.
The Shrine of the Black
Madonna #9 Cultural
Center & Bookstore, 946
R.D. Abernathy Blvd. SW, is
hosting “The Black Holo
caust Exhibit: The Horrors
and Effects of the American
Slave Trade.” This museum
quality exhibit displays actu
al mounted documentation
and newspaper clippings
ranging from Augusta to
London on slaves. There are
also photos, drawings, slave
holder whips, baskets, an old
plow, model of a slave ship,
African artifacts and a life
size model of a tortured,
mutilated and hung slave.
The exhibit is a powerful,
visually graphic 3-D depic
tion of slavery. Also visit the
web site of www.shrinebook
store.com.
Hammonds House Gal
leries, 503 Peeples St., will
present Leslie Jackson
recent paintings in
“Muliebrity” through Apr. 9.
For ~more info, call
404.752.8730 or visit the web
site at wwwhammond
shouse.org. v
Fernbank Museum of
Natural History, 767
Clifton Rd. NE, opened two
new exhibitions: “The Tini
est Giants: Discovering
Dinosaur Eggs” and
“Ancient Microworlds,” the
latter a photo exhibit explor
ing the beauty of the natural
world. The museum also
hosts two IMAX films.
Whales will show the myste
rious migration and amazing
grace of the huge ocean crea
tures. Film narrated by
Patrick Stewart and features
the music of Yanni. Films
will rotate hourly from 10
am. to 6 pm. For prices,
- 6 yr. 75,000
Roadside
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show times and other info,
call (404) 370-1822 or check
the web site at www.fern
bank.edu. To reserve tickets
by phone, call (404) 929-
6400.
Arts for All Gallery,
Healey Building, 57 Forsyth
St., Suite R-1, is the only
gallery in Georgia to feature
the works of artists with dis
abilities. The gallery dis
plays six exhibits each year
featuring artists of merit
who may be disabled, eco
nomically disadvantaged or
institutionalized. Admission
to the Gallery is free and
open to the public during
business hours, Monday
through Friday. Braille and
large print materials are pro
vided, as well as audio
descriptions of selected
works, for visitors with visu
al impairments. For more
info, ‘ e-mail
vsaartsga@mindspring.com
or call (404) 221-1270.
Morris Museum of Art presents
“Pieces of Art: An Evening of Chair-ity”
The public is invited to attend “Pieces of
Art: An Evening of Chair-ity” at the Mor
ris Museum of Art on Thursday, February
27 at 6 p.m. Butler Comprehensive High
School art teacher Lorenzo Williams and
his students will present 30 painted mas
terpieces on wooden stools in a
silent auction to raise funds for class
room supplies and equipment. The Butler
High School Jazz Band and Chorus per
form for the evening. Refreshments are
provided courtesy of the Butler Lifeskills
Department.
“Mr. Williams and his students have
taken the wooden stools and used them as
blank canvases for their imagination. The
stools’ painted designs range from tradi
tional African symbols to patriotic themes.
The South Carolina
State Museum, 301 Gervais
St. of Columbia, S.C., is host
ing a talk by Dr. Burnett
Gallman on “The African
Origins of Civilization” on
Sun., Feb. 23, at 2:30 p.m. in
the museum’s Vista Room.
This program is offered in
conjunction with the exhibit
“Tutankhamun: ‘Wonderful
Things’ From the Pharaoh’s
Tomb” and is part of the
museum’s celebration of
African-American History
Month. For more informa
tion about these and other
exhibits, call (803) 898-4921
or visit the web site at
www.museum.state.sc.us.
Gibbes Museum of Art
will feature “Reality and
Imagery: Selections from the
Photography Collections”
from now through Aug. 24,
2003. Selected from the per
manent collection at the
- Thomson
706 843-9696
706 650-9131
Gibbes, this exhibition exam
ines the differences between
documentary photographers,
who capture spontaneous yet
decisive moments in time,
and the artistically staged
images of studio photogra
phers, who create scenes to
evoke. a particular idea or
sentiment. Museum hours
are Tues.-Sat., 10 am. to 5
p.m., and Sun., 1 to 5 p.m.
The Gibbes Museum is locat
ed at 135 Meeting St. of
Charleston, S.C. For more
info, call (843) 722-2706 or
visit www.gibbes.com.
Riverbanks Zoo of
Columbia, S.C. offers expe
riences as diverse as a diving
expedition on a Pacific coral
reef to a safari through the
plains of Africa to an early
morning cow milking at the
farm. More than 2,000 ani
mals thrive in re-created
natural habitats with no
bars or cages. For more info,
visit the web site of
www.riverbanks.org.
Everyone attending the event will want to
take home one of their beautiful cre
ations,” states Patricia Moore Shaffer,
curator of Education and deputy director
of the Morris Museum of Art.
A small selection of stools may be pre
viewed in the Morris Museum of Art lobby
on February 26 and 27 during regular
museum hours.
For more information, call 706-724-
7501.
The Morris is open to the public from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday,
and from noon until 5 p.m. on Sunday. The
museum is located on the Riverwalk in
downtown Augusta, Georgia, at 1 Tenth
Street. Free parking adjoins the building.
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