From Staff Reports
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
• Family First Conference — March 13
• Sumter Players’s production of “South Pacific” — March 25-28
• Cadillac Sky — 8 p.m. — April 2 — Tickets $15 —
The new album Letters in the Deep, produced by Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys, is anything but traditional and marks the metamorphosis of Cadillac Sky from a critically-acclaimed Bluegrass band to a band without boundaries. Over the past year, Cadillac Sky has explored a lot of new terrain live on stage and with the recent addition of David Mayfield on guitar the band has developed into one of the most exciting rock-shows around. That new energy also translated into the studio as Cadillac Sky began recording the new album in Auerbach’s studio, Akron Analog. The Akron sessions proved to be a pivotal moment for the band and Auerbach played an instrumental role with a hands-off production approach, totally concentrating on shaping the sound of the record. The result is an honest, breathing piece of art that is amazingly authentic and gut-wrenchingly real.
Letters in the Deep is scheduled for release nationally in June
• Americus-Sumter County High School Singers Spring Concert — April 17
• Georgia Southwestern State University Shakespeare Festival — April 19-27
• The Dance Company Spring Recital — May 1
• Sumter Players’ production of “It’s Murder in the Wings” — May 6-9
• Amy’s School of Dance Spring Recital — May 14-16
• Nancy Jones School of Dance Spring Recital — May 22
• Americus Dance Experience Spring Recital — June 4-5
• Missoula Children’s Theatre: “The Princess and the Pea” — June 21-26
• Sumter Players’ KidsWeek — July 12-16
• Sumter Players’ production of “Driving Miss Daisy” — Sept. 16-19
• David Osborne in concert — Sept. 25
• Country Comedy Tour — 8 p.m. Oct. 9
• Sumter Players’ production of “Androcles and the Lion” — Nov. 18-21
Princess Gala
“One Upon a Dream ... Princess Gala” — the benefit the Middle Flint Chapter of the American Red Cross, is from 2-4 p.m. March 20 at the Windsor Hotel. Cost is $25/person which includes a chance on a free limousine ride compliments of Dave’s Limos. Come dressed as your favorite princess. Dance with the princess and get a photo made. Meet Prince Charming and try on the glass slipper. Enjoy refreshments and games. Call 924-2026 for more information.
Book Signing
Janie Hopwood, Americus native, signs copies of her book, “Beck House,” from 4-6:30 p.m. March 27 at the Maze downtown Americus.
Hawkinsville
Smoky Mountain Reunion Gospel Concert
The Smoky Mountain Reunion Southern Gospel concert will take the stage at the Old Opera House in Hawkinsville for two nights. Each night, they’ll begin at 7 p.m. March 25 and March 26. THe concert will feature the original members of the Inspirations from the Great Smoky mountains of North Carolina. Also appearing will be the Diplomats Quartet. Inspiration members Archie Watkins, Troy Burns, Eddie Deitz, Jack Laws and Martin Shubert swept the nation by storm in the mid-1960s and came into homes each week by syndicated television show called the Gospel Singing Jubilee. This will be the first of several reunion concerts by the group this year. Tickets for the concert are $20 advance general admission and proceeds will benefit the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Champs Program. Seating is limited each night, and tickets are selling fast. You may phone 478-783-1884 during the day at the Opera House box office or 478-689-4496 evenings for tickets.
Plains
Black History
The Jimmy Carter National Historic Site Education Program presents a special play, “Raising a President: The Story of Rachel Clark and Jimmy Carter, for students March 18. The free performances are at Plains High School Museum. There are also tours of the Boyhood Farm which includes the tenant farm home of Clark and the childhood home of Carter. To book a field trip, contact Annette Wise, 824-5843. Spaces are limited.
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.
Columbus
National Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus
1002 Victory Drive
706-327-9798
• Columbus, Georgia 1865 — The Last True Battle of the Civil War — 5 to 7 p.m. museum opens, meet the author, book signing, 7 to 7:30 p.m. introduction, book debut, author’s presentation, 7:30 to 8 p.m. book signing continues, meet the author, Charles A. Misulia
Free admission. The book is an in-depth account of one of the most overlooked yet climactic battles of the period.
RiverCenter for the Performing Arts
900 Broadway
706-256-3612
www.rivercenter.org
• 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:
• “Porgy and Bess” — The World Tour — 7:30 p.m. March 19 — 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 Knology Discovery Series:
• Charlotte’s Web — 7 p.m. April 30 — 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
• 100 Years of Broadway — 7:30 p.m. April 13 & 14 — Bill Heard Theatre
“A breezy, sprawling revue that romps gleefully through the American musical theater’s greatest hits” — Punch Shaw, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
• Chicago — 7:30 p.m. May 18 & 19 — Bill Heard Theatre
“Chicago has no peer on Broadway in matters of wit, style and sheer musical riches.” — Charles Isherwood, Variety
Current subscribers to all series should have received their renewal forms. If they were not in attendance at the final event of the series to which they subscribe, their renewal form has been mailed.
Once renewals are completed, new subscriber orders will be filled. If you are not currently a subscriber but would like to purchase season tickets to a series, you may call or come to the RiverCenter Box Office and submit your subscription for processing.
As RiverCenter prepares for its 2009-2010 season, we are inviting select businesses to participate in a new undertaking, the RiverCenter Subscriber Benefits Network. Season subscribers will be provided a card which entitles them to prescribed discounts at various places of business. More information on this undertaking will be available soon on RiverCenter’s Web site.
Atlanta
The High Museum of Art
• The Portrait Unbound: Photographs by Robert Weingarten — Through May 30
The High will premier an exhibition of new work by California-based photographer Robert Weingarten in January 2010. Consisting of 20 large-scale (60 x 90 in.) digitally created portraits of American icons, Weingarten’s project represents a bold departure from traditional camera portraiture.
• The Allure of the Automobile — March 20–June 20
The exhibition will present 18 of the world’s rarest and most brilliantly conceived cars ranging from the 1930s to the mid-1960s, including masterpieces by Bugatti, Duesenberg, Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Ferrari. These cars combine state-of-the-art engineering, meticulous craftsmanship and groundbreaking design to create works of “rolling sculpture.”
• European Design Since 1985: Shaping the New Century — June 5-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 — June 5, 2010-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.”
Seafood Center
224 N. Jackson St.
924-5177
Happy Hour 4-7 p.m. Monday-Thursday — Raw oysters on half shell by the dozen plus beer and wine specials .
5-10 p.m. Monday — 45-cent wing
5-10 p.m. Tuesday — All you can eat boiled shrimp
5-10 p.m. Thursday — 45-cent oysters
Daily: $5 draft pitchers, $1.50 16-oz. draft, $1 12 oz. draft, $4 frozen mixed drinks
Come play keno
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
