AMERICUS — 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

Americus

The Rylander Theatre

• David Osborne is coming back to town!

At 3 p.m. Sunday, David Osborne performs with his Trio at the Rylander Theatre. He is thrilled to take the Rylander stage again. Known as the “Pianist to the Presidents,” he has performed for President and Mrs. Carter on numerous occasions and for the congregation at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains. A distinguished Steinway artist, he had the privilege of playing at the White House during Christmas 2009. Currently, David is a featured performer at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nev. His concert music includes romantic, classical, jazz, pop (he is fond of playing songs by Coldplay), inspirational, patriotic, and Broadway tunes. Tickets are $15 and available online at www.rylander.org and at the Rylander Box Office: 229-931-0001. All seating is reserved.

• Country Comedy Tour — 8 p.m. Oct. 9

• Sumter Players’ production of “Androcles and the Lion” — Nov. 18-21



Welcome Back Party

An Alumni & Students Welcome Back Party, hosted by the Georgia Southwestern State University Alumni Association is from 6-10 p.m. Aug. 21 on the Front Lawn. The event features a cookout and dance featuring Atlanta Rhythm & Groove. Admission is $10/alumni. GSW students free with student ID. Cash bar available: Bring a blanket.

Reservations: 928-1373 or alumni@gsw.edu

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.

Buena Vista

St. EOM’s Land of Pasaqua

Pasaquan, the internationally acclaimed museum created by the late Eddie Owens Martin’s home, is open the first Saturday of each month through November. Hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission is $5 per person. Children 6 years and under are admitted free. There is an exciting new display room open which highlights St. EOM’s robes and Costurmes. Your cameras and picnic baskets are welcome. There will be merchandise for sale featuring the arts and crafts of St. EOM in the land of Pasaquan.

Albany

Flint RiverQuarium reduced admission price: Every Sunday in August, the Flint RiverQuarium guests will receive $5 admission to the Flint RiverQuarium. Tickets can be upgraded to include a movie at the Imagination Theater for $1. These prices cannot be combined with any other discounts. The Flint RiverQuarium is open from 1-5 p.m. Sundays.

On the first and third Sundays of each month, including August, the Flint RiverQuarium presents Discovery Days featuring themed crafts and activities for the whole family. The theme for August is “The Skin They’re In.”

Alien Attack: Target Everglade, is on exhibit in the Flint RiverQuarium Adventure Center. Alien Attack offers a top-ten countdown of the most dangerous plants and animals and their threat to the area's fragile ecosystems. Live aliens on display include the Burmese python, Nile monitor lizard, exotic frogs, and more.

Also currently on display in the main building is The Flint River in Photographs, an exhibition of 25 images of the Flint River by Mitchell County native and photographer Waymon Cross. These images capture the river during different seasons, following heavy rains and in the throes of droughts.

The Flint RiverQuarium is southwest Georgia’s premier aquarium, featuring more than 1,000 animals that call the Flint River watershed home. The Flint RiverQuarium is located at 101 Pine Avenue in downtown Albany, Georgia. Regular operating hours are Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday 1 p.m.-5 p.m.

Atlanta

The High Museum        of Art

• European Design Since 1985: Shaping the New Century — Now through Aug. 29

This exhibition is the first critical survey of contemporary Western European decorative arts and product design from the turn of the 21st century.

• Signs of Life: Photographs by Peter Sekaer — Now through Jan. 9, 2011

Organized by the High Museum of Art, this is the first major exhibition dedicated to the work of the Danish-born American photographer Peter Sekaer. Consisting of approximately 75 vintage gelatin silver prints, several of which have never been on public view, the works in the exhibition span the years 1935 through 1945 and document the effects of the Great Depression in several American cities.

 • Dalí: The Late Work — Aug. 7, 2010 -Jan. 9, 2011

The High Museum of Art will be the sole venue for the first exhibition to focus specifically on Salvador Dalí’s art after 1940. The exhibition will feature more than 40 paintings and a related group of drawings, prints and other Dalí ephemera. While Dalí is best known as a leading member of the surrealist movement of the 1930s, “Dalí: The Late Work” will reassess his career from 1940 to his death in 1989. Dalí’s late work — which makes up more than half of his total artistic output — drew inspiration simultaneously from the old masters and the contemporary world, resulting in works that were markedly out of step with the prevailing styles of their day, but today appear strikingly contemporary. “Dalí: The Late Work” aims to reevaluate the last half of Dalí’s career, beginning in the late 1930s with the transition from his well-known surrealist canvases to his self-reinvention as an artist in 1941, when he embraced Catholicism and declared himself a classicist. The exhibition will also explore Dalí’s relevance to contemporary art by exploring his enduring fascination with science, optical effects and illusionism, and his surprising connections to artists of the 1960s and 1970s such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Willem de Kooning.

• Radcliffe Bailey: Art of an Ancient Soul — Feb. 5, 2011-May 8, 2011

This exhibition of more than 30 works — many large in scale and all created since 1994 — looks at the influence of African art on the work of Atlanta-based artist Radcliffe Bailey. Featuring floor and wall sculptures, works-on-paper, and glass works, the exhibition highlights the artist’s experimentation with diverse forms. African sculptures supplement the exhibition.

 • Henri Cartier-Bresson Retrospective — Feb. 19, 2011-May 15, 2011

This retrospective, the first full retrospective in the U.S. in 30 years, with showcase his inventive work of the early 1930s that helped define the creative potential of modern photography and his uncanny ability to capture life on the run. The retrospective surveys Cartier-Bresson’s entire career, mostly arranged thematically and supplemented with periodicals and books.

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

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. 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



Pub 280

116 W. Lamar St.

Americus

928-0302

• Monday — Monday Night Football with six TVs, Happy Hour 11 a.m.-2 a.m.

• Tuesday — College Night with live music

• Wednesday — Karaoke and dance music with Romeo

• Thursday — Bike Night, Karaoke Contest

• Friday and Saturday — Karaoke with Vicki Craig



Quality Inn Lounge

U.S. Highway 19 South

Karaoke with Russell Halliwill (The Singing Cowboy), 7:30-8:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday

Karaoke and DJ with the Backdoor Man (Southwest Georgia’s Party Expert), 9 p.m.-closing Monday-Thursday

The Master of Ceremonies, DJ, Karaoke, singer, guitar and trumpet player Danny Bruce, 9 p.m.-midnight Fridays and Saturdays

DJ with the Backdoor Man, midnight-2 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays. At Midnight the Backdoor Man sings his hit song “Black Drawers.”

Lake Blackshear

Cypress Grill at Lake Blackshear Resort and Golf Club

2459-H U.S. Highway 280 East

www.cypress-grill.com

South Georgia’s entertainment capital, combining the best in live music, unique casual dining and lakeside relaxation with the atmosphere of an upscale resort. Set in a natural environment on the shores of Lake Blackshear, the Cypress Grill is the perfect backdrop for outdoor dining on the patio, cocktails with friends or dancing the night away enjoying live music from well-known bands.

Hours:

5 p.m.-midnight Wednesday (Comedy Night starts at 9:30 p.m. every Wednesday)

11 a.m.-midnight Thursday

11:30 a.m.-2 a.m. Friday

11:30 a.m.-2 a.m. Saturday

11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday

Closed Monday and Tuesday