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Steppin' Out June 26, 2009
Editor’s Note: Every Friday a list of local and area upcoming entertainment and cultural events will be published on the Steppin’ Out page in the Times-Recorder. To submit information for this listing, please send to Steppin’ Out, c/o Americus Times-Recorder, P.O. Box 1247, Americus, GA 31709, or fax to 928-6344 or e-mail to beth.alston@gaflnews.com
Buena Vista
St. EOM’s Pasaquan, the extraordinary visionary art site located near Buena Vista, is open for public tours from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. first Saturdays through November. Open hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. EDT. Admission is $5 per person. Children under six are admitted free. For more information and directions on how to reach Pasaquan, go to http://www.pasaquan.com.
Montezuma
Museum Hours
The Macon County Historical Museum is open from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and by appointment. Call the Montezuma Downtown Development Authority at 478-472-4777 for more information.
Sasser
The Sasser Flea Market & Antique Mall — Gates open at 6 p.m. Bring coolers (no glass bottles), grills, lawn chairs and family and friends. No grills allowed on June 27.
June 27 — John Anderson
Columbus
RiverCenter for the Performing Arts
900 Broadway
706-256-3612
www.rivercenter.org
The Variety Series:
• Loretta Lynn — 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17 — Bill Heard Theatre
Back by popular demand, the First Lady of Country Music returns to RiverCenter to share another intimate evening of country hits. For over four decades now, Loretta Lynn has fashioned a body of work as artistically and commercially successful — and as culturally significant – as any female performer, making the Coal Miner’s Daughter an American icon.
• Béla Fleck & The Flecktones “The Holiday Tour” featuring Victor Lemonte Wooten, Future Man and Jeff Coffin — 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4 — Bill Heard Theatre
Celebrate the season with Béla Fleck & the Flecktones as they Jingle All the Way with the first holiday record of their 20-year career. Béla, an 11-time Grammy winner, known for introducing the banjo into jazz, pop, classical and world music settings, formed the Flecktones in 1989. “It’s hard to resist a band that draws on bluegrass, funk, world music, pop and jazz with such glee and blissful lack of pretension.” — Entertainment Weekly.
• Kris Kristofferson — 7:30 p.m. Jan. 26, 2010 — Bill Heard Theatre
Country’s most infamous songwriting Rhodes Scholar and Airborne Ranger helicopter pilot will swing into town to perform a night of his classic gems. Heralded as an artist’s artist, and a living legend, this three-time GRAMMY® winner has recorded 26 albums and acted in more than 50 films. His songs “Me and Bobby McGee,” “Help Me Make It through the Night,” and “For the Good Times” helped redefine country songwriting.
• Sweet Honey in the Rock — 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19, 2010 — Bill Heard Theatre
From Psalm 81:16 comes the promise of people being fed by honey out of the rock. The metaphor of sweet honey in the rock captures the essence of these African American women. The group’s repertoire is steeped in the sacred music of the Black church and songs of struggle for justice everywhere. Sweet Honey in the Rock presents a stunning vocal prowess that captures the complex sounds of Blues, spirituals, rap, reggae, African chants, Hip Hop, ancient lullabies, and jazz improvisation.
• Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile — 7:30 p.m. Feb. 23, 2010 — Bill Heard Theatre
Formed in 2006, Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile is already playing to sold-out crowds around the world. The San Francisco Chronicle asks, “Why didn’t someone think about mixing bluegrass, jazz and classical music together sooner? Chris Thile is doing it with his new outfit and the result is totally mind-blowing.” Punch Brothers is composed of five fiercely talented musicians: Chris Thile (mandolin), Gabe Witcher (fiddle), Chris Eldridge (guitar), Noam Pikelny (banjo), and Paul Kowert (bass). The group’s first album, How to Grow a Woman from the Ground, received a Grammy® award nomination. Thile previously performed at RiverCenter with the wildly popular band Nickel Creek.
• The Band of the Irish Guards & The Royal Regiment of Scotland — 7:30 p.m. March 15 — Bill Heard Theatre
In 2010 the Irish Guards and the Pipes, Drums and Dancers of The Royal Regiment of Scotland will march into RiverCenter as part of the group’s debut tour of the United States. The Irish Guards was formed in 1900 on the expressed wish of HM Queen Victoria. There is a fine tradition in the British Army of bands providing musical support to troops on active service. Also, musicians are trained to give support to the Army Medical Services in the event of mobilization. Don’t miss the pride, pomp and circumstance of this glorious performance.
The Classics Series:
• A Cantus Christmas, Tenth Anniversary Celebration Concert — 7:30 p.m. Dec. 20 & 21 — Legacy Hall
Join the celebration as this local tradition marks its 10th anniversary assisted by a full orchestra! A Cantus Christmas relates the Christmas story through musical masterpieces and audience carols performed without interruption for applause. A second performance of the regularly sold-out event has been added, and complimentary cake and champagne punch will be served at intermission!
• Emanuel Ax ± 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4, 2010 — Bill Heard Theatre
World-renowned pianist Emanuel Ax brings his virtuoso performance to RiverCenter’s main stage with the works of Chopin and Schumann. Ax, who has performed with greats such as cellist Yo-Yo Ma and violinist Itzhak Perlman, was awarded a 2009 Institute for the Arts and Humanities Medal for Distinguished Contributions to the Arts and Humanities. In regard to some audiences’ fear of expressing appreciation between movements of works, this multi-Grammy Award winning classical artist says, “I’m leading a one-man crusade as a listener to start applauding”.
• “Porgy and Bess” — The World Tour — 7:30 p.m. March 19, 2010 — Bill Heard Theatre
Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess” celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2010, and RiverCenter joins the festivities with a brilliantly updated Living Arts’ production featuring a cast of 30, with live orchestra! The idea for this native American folk opera was born in 1926, when George Gershwin reached for a recently published novel on his night table hoping to relax and fall asleep. Instead, at 4 a.m. he was writing DuBose Heyward, the author of Porgy, suggesting collaboration on a musical version of the novel. Before beginning composition on the music, Gershwin spent months soaking up the atmosphere of Charleston, South Carolina and nearby James Island, where the Gullah still preserved their songs filled with intricate, natural rhythms of melodies that blend powerfully into prayer. Porgy and Bess opened to thunderous applause in 1935, in New York City.
The Knology Discovery Series:
• Henry and Mudge — 7 p.m. Oct. 2 — Bill Heard Theatre
Sometimes it's tough being a kid, but life is a lot easier — and a lot more fun — when you've got an extremely large, slobbery, canine buddy to share your adventures! Follow the exploits of Henry and Mudge throughout the seasons in this new musical from Theatreworks USA based on the best-selling series of books by Cynthia Rylant.
• The Jungle Book — 7 p.m. Nov. 12 — Bill Heard Theatre
The Magik Theatre transports you deep inside the Indian jungle and brings to life on stage the collection of stories that tell the tale of Mowgli, a child adopted and raised by wolves. This new musical is ripe with the mystery, drama, action, and surprises of the beloved tale based on the 1894 classic children’s novel by Rudyard Kipling.
• Charlotte’s Web — 7 p.m. April 30, 2010 — Bill Heard Theatre
How does a pig named Wilbur avoid winding up as pork chops? With the help of a miraculous little gray spider named Charlotte of course. Theatreworks USA presents an endearing production of Charlotte’s Web, based on E.B. White's book. This treasured tale explores bravery, selfless love and the true meaning of friendship,
Broadway on Broadway in Columbus Series
• Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles — 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3 & 4 — Bill Heard Theatre
“Rain is a spectacular extravaganza … Did the audience love it? Yeah, yeah, yeah!” —The Philadelphia Inquirer
“The next best thing to seeing The Beatles!” — Denver Post
From Ed Sullivan to Abbey Road! They look like them and they sound just like them! All the music and vocals are performed totally live! Rain covers the Fab Four from the earliest beginnings through the psychedelic late ‘60s and their long-haired hippie, hard-rocking rooftop days. Rain is a multi-media, multi-dimensional experience: a fusion of historical footage and hilarious television commercials from the 1960s lights up video screens, and live cameras zoom in for close-ups. “A thrilling bit of time-warping nostalgia … Boomer Heaven!” raves The Fort Worth Star-Telegram. “As The Beatles, they triumph!” cheers the Boston Herald. Sing along with your family and friends to such Beatlemaniac favorites as “Let It Be,” “Hey Jude,” “My Guitar Gently Weeps,” “Come Together” and “Can’t Buy Me Love.”
• Camelot — 7:30 p.m. Jan. 19 & 20 — Bill Heard Theatre
“Timeless” — The New York Times
“The ultimate fantasy of the musical stage” — Newsweek
Rediscover the grandeur of one of history’s greatest love stories in Lerner and Loewe’s timeless masterpiece, Camelot. A sumptuous tale set in a land where honor and chivalry reign, Camelot follows the love triangle of King Arthur, his Queen Guenevere and the young Lancelot. With one of Broadway’s most enchanting scores, featuring the hauntingly romantic “If Ever I Would Leave You,” “I Loved You Once in Silence” and “Follow Me,” Camelot is the definitive musical theatre fable.
• A Chorus Line — 7:30 p.m. Feb. 9 & 10, 2010 — Bill Heard Theatre
“The chance to see Michael Bennett’s Masterpiece again, or for the first time, SHOULDN’T BE MISSIED!” — John Heilpern, The New York Observer
Atlanta
The High Museum of Art
• Monet Water Lilies — Through Aug. 23
The exhibition will present four masterpieces by Claude Monet from the collection of The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York.The installation will feature MoMA’s renowned 42-foot-wide triptych, “Reflections of Clouds on the Water-Lily Pond,” which is the largest “Water Lilies” painting in the U.S. It will also include another monumental painting of the water lilies in the Japanese-style pond that Monet cultivated on his property in Giverny, France (“Water Lilies,” c. 1920), as well as “The Japanese Footbridge” (c. 1920-22) and “Agapanthus” (1918-19), depicting the majestic plants bordering the pond.
• Richard Misrach: On the Beach — Through Aug. 23
The High will host a nationally touring exhibition of 20 large-scale photographs by Richard Misrach (b. 1949), a recognized pioneer of large-scale color photography. Most known for his images of the American Desert, five years ago he turned to a new subject–the beach, instead capturing monumental images of the ocean, sunbathers and swimmers. This exhibition marks the largest exhibition of works from the series ever to be on view together. Begun in the days immediately following the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, the series was made over a five-year period and speaks to the sense of physical and psychological vulnerability that pervaded the nation’s consciousness at that time.
• Alec Soth: Black Line of Woods — Aug. 8, 2009–Jan. 3, 2010
Organized by the High Museum of Art, this exhibition is part of the “Picturing the South” commission series, representing one of the most distinctive and internationally significant aspects of the High’s growing photography collection. Alec Soth is the sixth photographer to have been commissioned in this series. Previous participants have included Dawoud Bey, Emmet Gowin, Sally Mann, Richard Misrach and Alex Webb. This exhibition explores spiritual and hermetic life in the rural South including studies that represent a variety of nature subjects, examples of manmade intervention (tree houses, forts, cabins and tents) and portraits (hermits, monks, campers and survivalists).
Night Life:
Americus
American Legion Post 558
Ga. Highway 30 West
Open 6-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday
7 p.m. Tuesday is Bingo Night
Wednesday is Games Night
Open 6 p.m.-2:30 a.m. weekends
Friday is Grown Folks Night Out, featuring dance party, karaoke, music video and disco lights show from 9 p.m.-2:30 a.m. Presented by Monster Screen Projections
Saturday is Oldies Goldies Night
Sunday is Members/Guests Night
Astro’s “The Dance Clubb”
153 Sunset Park Road
Entertainment for 21 and over
11 p.m.-until
Thursday: College and Ladies Night
Friday: Midnight Special
Saturday: Dress to Impress Live
I.D. required
Valid college student ID exempt
DogHouse Bar & Grill
120 N. Lee St.
924-3500
LIVE IN CONCERT APRIL 17 — Ken Will Morton
New menu includes She Crab Soup, house soups, seafood and more.
Happy Hour daily from 4-7 p.m./$1 draft beer
Daily lunch specials from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Mondays — 25-cent wings from 7-9 p.m.
Texas Hold’em Tournament — from 9 p.m.-midnight, every Tuesday featuring $50 gift certificate for 1st place, $25 for 2nd and DogHouse apparel for 3rd. Free entry.
Wednesday is all you can eat cat fish.
Live music Friday nights
Come watch 17 flat panel TVs. Come play live trivia Buzztime Network.
Floyd’s Pub at the Windsor Hotel
Hospitality Night at Floyd’s Pub: From 9 p.m. every Monday, employees of the service and hospitality industries enjoy specials on drinks. Also watch football game on Floyd’s plasma TV and enjoy happy hour prices from 5 p.m.
Ladies’ Night at Floyd’s Pub: From 5 p.m. every Tuesday, ladies only enjoy specials on drinks.
Trivia Night from 8-10 p.m. Wednesdays. The first-place winner gets a $50 gift certificate and the second place gets a $25 gift certificate. The pub also offers Happy Hour from 5-7 p.m. Monday-Friday. For more information call 924-1555.
G.W.F. Phillips Lodge
The Lodge is open every Friday night with oldies from the ’70s and ’80s with Master TJ and Bronco Bill at the Elks Lodge. No teens allowed.
Pat’s Place
1526 S. Lee St. 924-0033
11 a.m.-11 p.m. Monday-Thursday
11 a.m.-midnight Friday and Saturday
• Wednesdays, fresh oysters and shrimp October-April
• Texas Hold’em Poker tournaments starting at 8:30, sign-up at 8 p.m. Must be 21 or over to play. No entry fee. Gift card prizes.
• Saturdays: live music starts at 9 p.m. on some Saturdays nights
• First Saturday Karaoke with The Backdoor Man
