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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS-SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 1992
February brings Virgil Adams nearby
DAHLONEGA - Even a mid
winter - and maybe especially
now - a gardener turns to
thoughts of spring planting.
North Georgia College and the
Lumpkin County Cooperative Ex
tension Service will respond to
those thoughts in a Saturday, Feb.
1, seminar that will cover organic,
herb and vegetable gardening.
Virgil Adams, retired Exten
sion specialist and columnist for
The Atlanta Journal-Constitu
tion, will speak on organic gar
dening at the program.
Cost of the three-hour program
is sl6. Interested persons may
call the Continuing Education
Center at North Georgia at 864-
1918 for more information.
“We’ve had a lot of new interest
in the gardening programs that
we’ve done in the past couple of
years,” says Lumpkin County
Agent Kenneth Beasley. “It seems
more people are becoming envi
ronmentally aware and more
health conscious.”
Beasley and the Continuing
Education Center at North Geor
gia have combined efforts to pro
vide current, useful information
to area home gardeners about
their increasingly popular past
time.
Arms collectors
gather Friday
The fourteenth annual South
eastern Antique Arms Collectors
Association show will be held on
Jan. 31; Feb. 1-2, at the Castlegate
Hotel and Conference Center lo
cated at Interstate 75 and Howell
Mill Road in Atlanta.
This fascinating and education
al show will feature thousands of
historically important longarms,
handguns and edged weapons as
well as armor, leather goods,
equipment, uniforms, documents,
etc. from the early 1700 s through
the late 1800 s, much of which is
for sale or trade.
The show will include dozens of
educational displays of weapons
and equipment assembled and
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Georgie (Patricia Kalember) is
the caregiver of the family. She is
the shoulder that everyone leans
on; the one everyone brings their
troubles to. But far be it from
Georgie to divulge her troubles to
anyone else, even though she is
the one with a son who has
leukemia.
Alex (Swoosie Kurtz) married
money and now that she and her
husband are separated, she’s dis
covering an entirely new lifestyle
with a devil-may-care plumber
kinda guy who borders on
hooliganism.
Teddy (Sela Ward) is the family
cynic/melodramatic. She inherit
ed her mother’s alcoholism and
even though she’s recovered, she
presented by advanced collector/
historians, many of who are pub
lished authors and who are recog
nized experts in their respective
fields of interest
The 1991 SAAC show featured
numerous fascinating displays
that included Colt single action
revolvers and Winchester rifles of
the type that saw extensive use on
the western frontier; Jenks car
bines; cartridge derringers and
firearms oddities; and 1851 Colt
Navy percussion revolvers of the
type that was extensive use dur
ing the U.S. Civil War.
Other displays at last year’s
show included a fascinating col
lection of almost forty Georgia
manufactured longarms pro
duced prior to 1860; early
Japanese edged weapons; beauti
ful cased duelling pistols of the
early 1800 s; Confederate pikes,
handguns and edged weapons;
rare alarm and trap guns; and
many others.
The 1992 SAAC show is open to
the public. Admission is $4 and
accompanied children receive
free admission. Show hours are 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1,
and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday,
Feb. 2. Hundreds of the nation’s
foremost dealers and collectors of
antique arms and militaria will
be in attendance at the show and
will be pleased to answer ques
tions of interest to those in
attendance.
‘Ulysses’ is
entertaining
An adaptation by local play
wrights, Tamara Hill and Scott
DePoy, Ulysses takes us on an ad
venture with the mythical hero as
he battles with the gods in his
quest to return home. Along the
way, students and patrons of the
atre and literature, alike, will be
treated to encounters with the Lo
tus Eaters, Cyclops, and Aeolus,
King of the Winds ... which are
only a few of the worthy oppo
nents in this contest of
determination.
still carries a chip on her shoul
der and an attitude in her back
pocket
And Frankie, (Julianne Phil
lips) the baby, is the yuppy of the
family. She’s determined to prove
herself in the corporate world de
spite her skirts and perky
disposition.
Recognize anyone you may
know in any of those characters?
What I enjoy most about the
show, ‘Sisters’ is the way they
handle “flashbacks” or “memory
sequences.” Most of the time, a
flashback is handled by dissolv
ing, fading, or split screen meth
od. However, ‘Sisters’ utilizes
child actresses to re-enact the
memories of the characters as
This ingenuous production is
directed by Brenda Porter and
Jonathan Dew. Set design is by
Atlanta architect and Board
Trustee, Raymond Young, with
costumes created in-house by cos
tumer and Marketing Director,
Steven Joslin.
Ulysses will be presented
Wednesdays through Saturdays
at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m.,
Jan. 22-Feb. 23.
Ticket prices sll-sl6. Group
and senior discounts available by
calling The Outfit at 872-0665. Ad
vance tickets available through
our box office and at all Ticket-
Master locations including Tur
tles, Sound Warehouse, Coconuts,
and Tower Records, or call Tick
et Master at 249-6400.
Theatrical Outfit is located on
the corner of 10 and Peachtree
Adjacent parking available.
MARTA access by bus and rail.
Emory events
are announced
Emory University has released
a list of events that are coming up
and they are as follows:
Learning Opportunities:
•Ongoing. Permanent collec
tion of the Michael C. Carlos Mu
seum on Emory’s main quadran
gle near the entrance to campus.
Hours: 10a.m.430p.m.,Tuesday-
Saturday, and noon-5 p.m. Sun
day. Displays of ancient art and
archaeology from the Mediterra
nean and Near East, the Ameri
cas and Asia. Parking is available
in Peavine Parking Deck, Frater
nity Row. Call 7274282.
•Exhibition In Schatten Gal
lery of The Robert W. Woodruff
Library
Through Feb. 29: “Maps and Co
lumbian Encounter” on the en
trance level features a vivid per
spective on the Columbia
Encounter and commemorates
the 500th anniversary of the first
voyage to America. Sponsored by
the Georgia Humanities Council
and the American Geographic So
ciety. Hours: 8 a.m.-10 p.m., Mon
they enter the adult characters’
minds.
The most poignant use of this
technique was during the
Thanksgiving episode. Due to the
pressure of not being able to find
out the results of her son’s tests
regarding his leukemia, Georgie
returns to the home in which she
and her sisters grew up. There
she meets up with her childhood
counterpart, or rather, she faces
her memories ofthe past a.id they
prove to be rather eye-opening.
In a recent episode, Frankie
and husband Mitch were having
marital difficulties due to Fran
kie’s giving so much time and at
tention to her work. Frankie
would come in late and Mitch
day-Thursday; 8 am.-6 p.m. Fri
day; 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday; 1-10
p.m. Sunday. Free Call 727-6861.
Dobb Gallery
•Dobbs University Center Art
Gallery, Feb. 10-March 6, Exhi
bition of student artwork.
Hours: 8 a.m. to midnight, Mon
day-Friday; 10 a.m. to midnight;
Saturday and Sunday. Call 727-
2787.
Lectures:
•Feb. 11: Part five of Conversa
tions at The Carter Center: “Pa
pers of the Presidents: Windows
of the Past” Donald Schewe, di
rector of the Jimmy Carter Li
brary and Museum, will deliver a
behind-the-scenes view of the
Oval Office by examining presi
dential papers, memorabilia, and
gifts of state, and will share the
unique view of history ofthe exec
utive branch captured in presi
dential libraries at 7 p.m. at the
Jimmy Carter Auditorium, One
Copenhill Ave. Tickets are $5.
Call 331-2942.
•Feb. 11: The Rhodes Lecture
ship will present Thomas Eisner
of Cornell University addressing
“Chemical Prospecting: Biodi
versity Conservation and the
Search for New Medicines” at 8
p.m. in Room 230 of the Dental
Building. Free. Call 727-0071 for
more information.
•Worship: Feb. 11, Whiteside
Lecture in Preaching will present
John Stone, M.D., Emory School
of Medicine speaking at 11 a.m. in
Cannon Chapel on “Bearings:
Meditations on Love.” Free. Call
7274449.
Performances
•Concerts: Feb. 11, Pianist Gary
Hammond will present a free re
cital at 8:15 p.m. in Glenn Memo
rial Auditorium. Call 727-6445 or
727-6666 for more information.
Feb. 14, The Flora Glenn Can
dler Concert Series presents vio
linist Pamela Frank in a recital at
8:15 p.m. in Glenn Memorial Au
ditorium. Tickets are $5 general
admission; $4 Emory faculty and
staff with ID/senior citizens; $3
would pout and sulk because she
missed dinner. How many times
has that scenario been reversed?
With the wife pouting because the
husband was spending too much
time with his work. This time, the
shoe is on the other foot.
Now I’m sure that when this
idea was pitched to the Network
Executives that make the deci
sions about what shows will go on
and which ones won’t, they proba
bly sat there, scratching their
bald heads, eyebrows furrowed
and saying repeatedly, “A show
about sisters?”
But it works. It clicks. The sib
lings are brassy and sassy. The
memories are made more realis
Emory students with ID. For
more information, call 727-6187.
Feb. 16, “For the Young at
Heart: Children’s Music for Or
gan,” presenting organist Timo
thy Albrecht in recital at 3 and 4
p.m. in the Little Chapel of Gleen
Memorial Auditorium. The pro
ceeds will benefit Egleston Chil
dren’s Hospital at Emory. Adults
must be accompanied by chil
dren. Seating is limited. Tickets
are $5 general admission; $4
Emory faculty and staff with ID/
senior citizens; $3 Emory stu
dents with ID. Call 727-6187.
Feb. 16, The Atlanta Virtuosi
Festival of Music and Arts, under
the artistic direction of Juan Ra
mirez, will present “The 3rd His
panic Festival of Music and the
Arts” at 8:15 p.m. in Cannon Cha
pel. Tickets are $lO general ad
mission; $6 Emory faculty/staff,
students and senior citizens. Call
938-8611 or 7274449.
Charity event
is sporting one
Have fun with the famous will
be the theme for Atlanta’s most
popular sports related charity
event, the Atlanta Sports Carni
val, where once again, the Omni
will be transformed into an old
fashioned carnival midway com
plete with games, prizes and some
of Atlanta’s most “famous” peo
ple. This rapidly growing event
will expand to the Georgia Dome
when it is completed, and will cel
ebrate the final event at the Omni
with a “Grand Finale”.
The floor and concourse of the
Omni will be magically trans
formed into a Carnival midway
complete with games, prizes, and
some of Atlanta’s most “famous”
people. Members of the Braves,
Hawks and Falcons will join oth
er sports, television and radio
personalities for an exciting eve
ning of Carnival activities, bene
fiting the Leukemia Research
Program at Emory University.
tic with the technique that is used
and they tie together with current
events in the characters’ lives.
The roles of individuals within a
family unit are distinct and
clarified.
About the only complaint I have
about ‘Sisters’ is that I can’t get
enough. And, yes, once in awhile
the plot twists do smack a little
soap opera-ish.
But ‘Sisters’ is worth checking
out. If for nothing else but to see
which character you most identi
fy with.
(Penny J. White is copy editor and
columnist for the Forsyth County
News.)