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SEPTEMBER 18, 2003
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Downtown Lunch Date
will continue at the Augusta
Common on Thursdays, from
12 to 2:30 pm. Brown bag
series hosted by Riverwalk
Special Events continues with
new restaurants and artists
highlighted each week. Bring
your own lunch or have lunch
with the featured restaurant
while listening to the sounds of
Augusta’s finest local musi
cians. For more info, call 821-
1754. ’
Borders Books & Music,
257 Robert C. Daniel Jr. Pkwy
at the Augusta Exchange shop
ping center, will host the fol
lowing musical entertainment:
Billy S. with rock on Fri., Sept.
19, and Bryan Warlick with
acoustic rock on Sept. 20, both
at 8-10 p.m. For more info, call
the store at 737-6962.
The Augusta Symphony
will open its Masterworks
Series on Sat., Sept. 20, at the
Augusta State University
(ASU) Grover C. Maxwell Per
forming Arts Theatre (PAT).
Preview speaker Rosalyn
Floyd will begin at 7 p.m., with
the concert starting after
wards. Pianist Marina Lama
zov will be the guest performer.
For ticket purchases or more
info, call the symphony at
706.826.4705 or visit the web
site at www.augustasympho
ny.org.
The Augusta Music Festi
val will be held at the Civic
Center on Sun., Sept. 28, at 6
p.m. Maze featuring Frankie
Beverly & The O’Jays will be
performing along with special
guest Keith Sweat and KC &
Jo Jo. For ticket purchases or
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more info, call 722-2400.
QuietSTORM is a local duo
that has been writing and
recording original music along
with playing at local restau
rants night spots. This popu
lar duo is available for office
parties, wedding rehearsal din
ners, receptions and just about
any gathering imaginable
requiring entertainment rang
ing from a small intimate duo
to a high energy dance band.
They can also provide audio
and production assistance for
events. For more info or book
ing data, check the web site of
www.quietstormonline.com or
call (706) 240-3373 (Ga.) or
(803) 642-7148 (S.C) Quiet-
STORM will be performing at
a benefit concert for Pamela
Kearse at Augusta Golf & Gar
dens on Fri., Oct. 3, from 7:30-
9 p.m. Admission: $5 per per
son. For more info, call 724-
4443.
IDRUMZ2U, the Not Gaddy
drumming studio, will host a
community healing, medita
tion drumming circle every
third Monday, from 7 to 9 p.m.,
at the G.L. Jackson Confer
ence Center, 1714 North Leg
Court. Next date: Oct. 20.
Donations of canned goods for
the Golden Harvest Food Bank
or $5 or both are accepted.
Bring your drum and a friend.
Some drums will be available
for rent. All are welcome. For
more info, call the Not Gaddy
drumming studio at 228-3200.
~ The Mary Pauline
Gallery, 982 Broad St. Cur
rent exhibition: Jackson
Cheatham and Haywood
AUGUSTA FOCUS
Nichols will hold their show
through Oct. 11. For more
info, call (706) 724-9542 or
visit the web site at www.mary
paulinegallery.com.
Studio ArtGro will be on
the move to a new location on
Broad Street. Stay tuned for
grand opening special! Studio
ArtGro is a fine art gallery that
also offers lessons in art, voice
and poetry. The studio is offer
ing art instruction by Xavier
Jones. Alvin Franklin is
accepting students for begin
ning, intermediate and
advance vocal training. Bar
bara Ware-Franklin will be
teaching poetry. Photography
and drama will also be added
to the curriculum. For class
registration or more info, call
722-3594.
Morris Museum of Art,
One 10th St. Current exhibi
tion: “A Century of Progress”
Twentieth Century Painting in
Tennessee” will run through
Nov. 9. It features the works of
more than 60 artists who lived
or painted in Tenn. during the
past 100 years. The Tune
smiths will perform traditional
Appalachian music on guitar,
banjo, fiddle and voice on Sun.,
Sept. 28, at 2 pm. Museum
hours will be Tues.-Sat., 10
am. to 5 pm., and closed on
Mondays and major holidays.
Admission on Sundays is free.
For more info, contact the
museum at 724-7501 or visit
the web site of www.themor
ris.org.
Gertrude Herbert Insti
tute of Art, 506 Telfair St.
The institute will host its
annual juried fine art exhibi-
tion in conjunction with the
Arts in the Heart of Augusta
festival. “A Sense of Place:
Continuity and Change in the
New South” was open to all
artists in the Southeast ages 18
and older. Arts works of 57
pieces by 44 artists will be on
exhibit through Oct. 24.
Gallery talk, reception and
awards will be held Fri., Sept.
19, from 6-8 p.m. Classes and
workshops available for adults
and children in a wide variety
of media including drawing,
painting, ceramics, photogra
phy, sculpture and fiber arts.
Registration is required. For
more info, call the GHIA at
722-5495 or visit the web site
at www.ghia.org.
The Art Factory of Craw
ford Ave. Art classes are being
offered in dance, visual art,
drama, writing and music.
Classes and workshops are
open to people of all ages, from
18 months old to senior citi
zens. New classes will include
Mommy and Me dance, adult
ballet, puppetry, drumming,
jewelry design, poetry, story
telling, mixed media and a
variety of ceramics classes. For
more info, call 731-0008 or e
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artfactoryinc@comcast.net.
The Lucy Craft Laney
Museum of Black History,
1116 Phillips St. September
art exhibit features the works
of Ethan Brock, Rhian Swain-
Giboney and Gene Threats.
Special guest, renowned artist
Willie Tarver. Regular muse
um hours: Mon. - Fri,, 9a.m. to
5 p.m,; Sat., 10 am. to 4 p.m;
Sun., 2 to 5 p.m.; and closed on
Mondays. Admission is $3 per
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adult, $1 per child. For more
info, call (706) 724-3576, e
mail lclmuseum@4tscomput
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www.lucycraftlaneymuseum.c
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The Augusta Museum of
History, 560 Reynolds St.
The Sept. film is Ken Burns’
Baseball: Inning 5 — Shadow
Ball, 60 mins. Special exhibi
tion “The National Pastime in
Black and White: The Negro
Baseball Leagues, 1867-1955,”
will be held through Oct. 19. A
three-part film series will play
movies abouts the Negro
Leagues for Sept. 21, Sept. 28
and Oct. 5, all dates at 2 p.m.
Permanent exhibits include
“Augusta’s Story,” the muse
um’s award-winning exhibit of
12,000 years of local history
ranging from the early Indians
to Susan Still’'s 1997 space
shuttle missions. Also explore
the Susan L. Still Children’s
Discovery Gallery. Be sure to
look in the museum shop for
new unique gift items. Muse
um hours are Tuesday - Satur
day, 10 am. to 5 p.m., and Sun
day 1 -5 p.m. Free admission
on Sundays. For more infor
mation, call (706) 722-8454 or
visit the web site at
www.augustamuseum.org.
The U.S. Army Signal
Corps Museum, Conrad Hall,
Building 29807 off Chamber
lain Ave. of Ft. Gordon, is open
8 am. to 4 p.m., Tuesdays
through Fridays, 10 am. to 4
p.m. on Saturdays, and closed
Sundays, Mondays and federal
holidays. The museum
includes the Ist Sgt. Percy D.
Ricks Jr. Room honoring the
first African-American non
commissioned officer to pre
side over an integrated Army
unit. It houses a collection of
community material include
Civil War devices and the 10th
Armored Division equipment;
signal flag exhibit featuring
the flag at Appomattox; carrier
pigeon exhibit; combat photos
of Cpl. Hugh F McHugh; two
exhibits pertaining to Pearl
Harbor. Admission is free. For
more info, call 791-3856 or
791-2818. '
The National Science
Center’s Fort Discovery,
One Seventh St. The Kokoro
robotic dinosaur exhibit,
“Return of the Dinosaurs,” is
presently showing through
Sept. 21. The exhibit of 12
animated dinosaurs will also
include workshops, Dino
birthday parties and
overnight camp-ins featuring
special programs on these
and other prehistoric giants
which will give aspiring pale
ontologists of all ages a
chance to “bone up” on pre
historic facts. In addition,
visitors can immerse them
selves in the wonders of sci
ence, math and technology
with over 250 hands-on,
interactive exhibits, Power-
Station science demonstra
tions, Star Lab Planetarium,
Kid Scape for young scien
tists, Martian Towers climb
ing structure, exhibits in the
Knox Gallery and a variety of
hi-definition presentations in
the Paul S. Simon Discovery
Theatre. For further info,
call (706) 821-0200 or 1-800-
325-5445 or visit the web.site
at www.NationalScienceCen
ter.org.
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