AMERICUS — Editor’s Note: Every Thursday 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

Chamber Concert Series

Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) has announced its 2012-2013 Chamber Concert Series, opening with the Atlanta Guitar Trio at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Jackson Performance Hall. Others scheduled are Nov. 13 – Montana Skies, The Rylander Theatre; Jan. 29 – Manhattan Piano Trio; Feb. 12 – Graffe String Quartet with Michiko Otaki, piano and April 8 – Sima Trio. All performances will take place at 7:30 p.m. in GSW’s Jackson Performance Hall, unless otherwise noted. Tickets available and can be purchased at the door. For information or tickets, call 931-2204.



Art Exhibition

The GSW Department of Visual Arts presents “Portraits of Past”, a bachelor of fine arts Senior Exhibition by Kurt Peterson, to be held Nov. 12-23 in the Fine Arts Gallery on the campus of Georgia Southwestern State University. There will be an opening reception with the artistfrom 6-8 p.m. Nov.  12. Light hors d'oeuvres and refreshments will be served. For more information, 931-2204.



Holiday Concert

The Georgia Southwestern State University Music Department hosts its annual Holiday Concert at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 29 in Jackson Performance Hall. The event features the GSW Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, Concert Band and Jazz Band. This concert is free and open to the public. For more information call 931-2204.



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.



Birmingham, Ala.

Birmingham Museum of Art

2000 Rev. Abraham Welch Woods Jr. Blvd.

Norman Rockwell's America

Through Jan. 6, 2013

FREE for members/$15 for non-members

www.artsbma.org

205-254-2565

 The Birmingham Museum of Art is proud to present an exhibition of more than 370 works by America's greatest illustrator, the legendary Norman Rockwell.





Atlanta

The High Museum of Art

1280 Peachtree St. N.E.

Ongoing

Although many people became familiar with the Reverend Howard Finster through his 40,000 late-20th century paintings, the centerpiece of his work was Paradise Garden. This outdoor museum was built to celebrate all the inventions of mankind, but dedicated to the glory of God. His oeuvre is best considered as an installation and performance piece, of which the paintings are the extant artifacts.

In the early 1960s, Finster bought a parcel of swampy land, which he cleared and drained by hand. For the enjoyment of visitors, he planted edible and ornamental plants and began to construct concrete walkways, walls, and miniature mountains encrusted with thousands of found objects–everything from glass marbles to a jar containing a neighbor's tonsils.

Beside the walkways, he modeled figurative concrete sculptures; over the years, he built many structures, including a tall tower of bicycle parts and a chapel, the World's Folk Art Church. Through the 1980s, Paradise Garden flourished, bringing visitors from around the world to Pennville, Georgia, and international fame to its creator, who would preach to visitors and perform his own songs, accompanying himself on his banjo.

Today the High Museum owns the largest public collection of objects from Paradise Garden, many of which remain on permanent display in the Folk Art galleries. Among them are sidewalk slabs; concrete sculptures, including The Calf and the Young Lion and The Weaned Child on the Cockatrice's Den; Finster's Gospel Bike; and many signs and paintings that once adorned the garden.

• Civil Rights Photography, 1956-1968

Ongoing

 The High Museum of Art holds one of the most significant collections of photographs of the civil rights movement. The works on display are a small selection of the collection, which numbers more than 250 photographs that document the social protest movement, from Rosa Parks’s arrest to the Freedom Rides to the march on Washington, D.C. The city of Atlanta—the birthplace of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.—was a hub of civil rights activism and figures prominently in the collection. Visionary leaders such as Dr. King, Congressman John Lewis, and former mayor Ambassador Andrew Young are featured alongside countless unsung heroes.

The photographs in this collection capture the courage and perseverance of individuals who challenged the status quo, armed only with the philosophy of nonviolence and the strength of their convictions. The images were made by committed artists, activists, and journalists, who risked injury, arrest, and even death to document this critical moment of growth in our nation. The tenacity of these dedicated and gifted people — on both sides of the camera — continues to inspire social justice advocates today.

Civil Rights Photography 1956-1968 is an ongoing installation, and the photographs will be rotated every six months.



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



Floyd's Pub at BEST WESTERN PLUS Windsor Hotel

125 W. Lamar St.

Ladies Night: Tuesdays beginning at 5 p.m. Ladies only enjoy specials on

drinks.

Live Music:

Fridays beginning at 10 p.m. No cover, must be 21 and older with valid ID.

For more information, call 924-1555. Look for us on Facebook!