Macon Telegraph: Out&About

Macon Blues Festival features familiarity

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:39 EST

Performing Saturday at the Macon Blues Festival will be a homecoming of sorts for Clarence Carter.

Packed weekend for the arts in Middle Georgia

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:41 EST

Whatever our hearts may desire, this weekend we are in the clover. Macon Little Theatre is opening “The Foreigner,” Mercer University Opera is presenting Mozart’s “Idomeneo” (a classical love story set in the time of the Trojan War), the Civic Club’s “Livin’ the Dream” is at the Grand Opera House, the Tubman Museum is opening a new exhibition by Madison’s Freddie Styles, and bestselling author Steve Berry salutes Sidney Lanier at the Armory Ballroom.

Community Supported Art program coming to Macon

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:42 EST

Community Supported Agriculture programs are all around the world. They were designed in the 1960s in Europe and Asia. The United States was introduced to them in the early 1980s.

‘Big Miracle’ a delightful family film

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:41 EST

The title isn’t an exaggeration. It was something of a “Big Miracle,” the way the plight of a family of gray whales, stranded under the Alaska ice, captivated the country and forced oil men and environmentalists, natives and Cold War foes to team up back in the waning days of the Reagan administration.

Road calendar

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:41 EST

CONCERTS

10 days calendar

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:42 EST

Friday

Gig guide

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:43 EST

Friday

Hop on the ‘School Bus’ for a magical adventure

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:53 EST

Fans of the popular children’s program “The Magic Schoolbus” already know to expect a busload of fun next week at the Grand Opera House when Ms. Frizzle and her students pull in to entertain and educate.

Annual art auction at sports hall offers something for everyone

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:54 EST

The arts community in Middle Georgia continues to thrive.

Radcliffe sorts out well in supernatural thriller

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:39 EST

Daniel Radcliffe acquits himself reasonably well in his first adult big-screen role, a man haunted by “The Woman in Black.”

Main Calendar

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:53 EST

VALENTINE’S EVENTS

Jam-Packed

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:42 EST

FRIDAY

Lack of communication leads to humor in ‘The Foreigner’

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:43 EST

“The Foreigner” is about communication and all the ways that it can go well -- and not so well. Chuck NeSmith, director of the play for Macon Little Theatre, discussed the cast and story with obvious relish and anticipation.

You’ll be happily surprised at Island Paradise

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:43 EST

The menu at Island Paradise Bar & Grill in Warner Robins is less a promise of what’s available and more a starting point for discussions. The chef, Kevin, came out to ask us what kind of mood we were in.

Movie Capsules

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:43 EST

“The Artist”

Arts calendar

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:44 EST

THEATER

Clarification

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:30 EST

Larry Fennelly’s column in Friday’s Out & About section of The Telegraph needs clarification. The annual Macon Film Festival is happening on the same days as several other Middle Georgia arts events and is expected to bring visitors from far and wide. The Reel Macon Film Festival, while occurring at the same time, is in its inaugural year.

Macon Civic Club members are ‘Livin’ the Dream’ for annual music revue

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:18 EST

Scott Spivey, the show chair for the Macon Civic Club, took time from his hectic schedule of answering questions about musical numbers and dress codes to help promote the Civic Club’s 51st annual musical revue, which opens Wednesday at the Grand Opera House.

Mercer opera program brings Mozart to Macon

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:18 EST

As part of the 10-year anniversary of the Mercer University Townsend School of Music’s McCorckle Music Building and the Neva Langley Fickling Hall, the school has scheduled an intense, interesting and varied 2011-12 concert season. February will showcase one of Mozart’s great works, the opera “Idomeneo.”

Tubman African American Museum fundraiser gets jazzed up

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:13 EST

In its 16th year, the Tubman African American Museum’s “All That Jazz” fundraiser has been changed in hopes of drawing an even bigger crowd.