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Friday, Oct. 30, 2009

FINE ARTS CALENDAR

THEATER

“One Way to the Poetry Anthem”

7 and 8 p.m. today, Real Drama Theatre, Macon Mall’s East Wing. (912) 297-0684. $3.

“The Elixir of Love”

7:30 p.m. today-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, McCorkle Music Building, Mercer University. $10; $5 Mercer ID or student.

“Noises Off”

8 p.m. today-Saturday, Theatre Macon, 438 Cherry St. Directed by Jim Crisp. In the gallery: featured artist Faira Holliday in a show of fiber arts entitled “Solace.” 746-9485. $18 adults, $15 seniors and $12 students.

“Wiley and the Hairy Man”

7 p.m. Thursday and Nov. 7, Perry High School, 1307 North Ave., Perry. One-act play presented by the Perry High School drama department. (478) 988-6298, extension 21320, or joseph.sendek@hcbe.net. $5 at door.

“Little Women”

7 p.m. Thursday, Old Richland Church, Richland Church Road, Jeffersonville; 7 p.m. Nov. 12, Cannonball House. Presented by the One-Act Drama Team from Twiggs Academy. (478) 945-3175 or (478) 960-4504. $5 adults, $2 students.

“Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol”

8 p.m. Nov. 6-7, 12-14 and 19-21, and 2:30 p.m. Nov. 15, Warner Robins Little Theatre, 502 South Pleasant Hill Road, Warner Robins. (478) 929-4579. $15 adults; $12 seniors, military and students; $10 groups of 10 or more. Thursday tickets: two for one.

“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”

8 p.m. Nov. 7 and 13-14; 2:30 p.m. Nov. 8 and 15; and 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10-12, Theatre Macon, 438 Cherry St. By Theatre Macon’s Youth Actors Company. 746-9485. $15 adults, $12 students.

“Senora Tortuga”

2 p.m. Nov. 8, Austin Theater, Fort Valley. Bilingual children’s theater production staged by the Columbus State University Theatre for Young Audiences and sponsored by the Fort Valley Arts Alliance. Tickets available at Fort Valley Main Street Office in the Troutman House, The Peach Palette or by calling (478) 951-4828. $5.

“Into the Woods”

3 p.m. Nov. 8, Ray Horne Theatre for Performing Arts, Northside High School, 926 Green St., Warner Robins. One-act play presented by the Perry High School drama department. (478) 929-7858, extension 41874, or brian.barnett@hcbe.net. $5 at door.

“Balm in Gilead”

6 p.m. Nov. 10-12 and 17-19, Macon State College’s Arts Complex Theater. Jason Levitt, jason.levitt@maconstate.edu or 757-7387. Free.

EXHIBITIONS

Pablo Picasso Exhibit

Monday-Nov. 13, Georgia Children’s Museum, 382 Cherry St. 755-9539. $3.

“Divinity Lessons”

Thursday-Dec. 11, Wesleyan College, Valeria McCullough Murphey Art Building Gallery, 4760 Forsyth Road. Opening reception: 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday. Photography by Logan White. Contains nudity. 757-5189. Free.

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Schubert String Quintet in C Major

Noon today, McCorkle Music Building, Mercer University. Presented by Robert McDuffie Center for Strings and featuring guest and center faculty artists, Lynn Harrell, cello; Michael Tree, viola; Helen Nightingale, violin; Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin; and Christopher Rex, cello. $10; free with Mercer ID.

Mozart Requiem

4 p.m. Sunday, Vineville United Methodist Church, 2045 Vineville Ave. Presented by the Choral Society of Middle Georgia. 745-3331. $10; $8 students, seniors and military. Also 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, First United Methodist Church, 366 Log Cabin Road, Milledgeville. 452-4597. Free.

Trio RPM concert

7:30 p.m. Monday, Neva Langley Fickling Hall, McCorkle Music Building, Mercer University. Featuring Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin; Christopher Rex, cello; Elizabeth Pridgen, piano. $10; free with Mercer ID; pay at door.

Carnegie Out Back Young Artist Series

8 p.m. Nov. 7, Little Carnegie of the South. Featuring Hally Davidson, flute; Bryan Anderson, piano; Sweet Twenty Bluegrass Band. Reception follows. Louise Barfield, 256-3388. $35 general, $30 seniors (65 and older), $25 students.

The Ten Tenors – Nostalgica

7:30 p.m. Nov. 8, Grand Opera House. 301-5470. $42.

“A Visit with Gena Branscombe”

12:30 p.m. Nov. 10, Macon State College Arts Complex Theater rehearsal hall. One-act musical presented by Kathleen Shimeta, mezzo soprano. 471-5773. Free.

ET CETERA

“Feminist Art, Pop Culture, and ‘The Potential of Desire’”

6 p.m. Thursday, Georgia College & State University’s Museum Education Room, Milledgeville. Using examples from 19th century pinups to the contemporary art world, Maria Buszek will address “the potential of desire” in feminist art and art scholarship. (478) 445-0808, elissa.auerbach@gcsu.edu. Free.

Jailhouse Art Show and Sale

9 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 7, United Methodist Fellowship Hall, corner of Church and Miller streets, Fort Valley. Local artists, original paintings. Pen and ink calendars. (478) 825-5775.