Arts Weekly

Arts Weekly Radio Show and Podcast with special guest Jezibell Anat sharing Poison Peach X Film Festival week-end at the Imperial Theatre. This 3 night film festival is all local filmmakers--all genres, all lengths. Enjoy a diverse weekend of film, drop in or buy the week-end pass and enjoy the whole event.

Listen to the whole show on Saturday morning at 9:30 on Smooth Jazz 92.3 FM or anytime via our podcast on www.AugustaArts.com

While on our website, sign up for our newsletter, look at the calls for artists and peruse the Arts Calendar full of events for your pleasure.

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Arts Weekly Radio Show and Podcast with special guest Steven Uhles with the Miller Theater. We talked about the Miller and some of the upcoming events. First off, if you are dying to see inside the Miller--there is a free event for you: Raise the Curtain: A Public Preview of Augusta's Miller Theater; this is a free event but you are requested to download a ticket.

Listen to the show on Saturday Morning at 9:30 on Smooth Jazz 92.3 FM or to our Podcast from our website www.AugustaArts.com or iTunes.

The line-up of events are so tempting. Steven said they are looking for broad appeal, already the diversity seems to fit the bill. After the Raise the Curtain event comes Henry Rollins - Miller Theater; known in the early 80's as a Punk Rocker with Black Flag, Rollins is in now a world traveler and photographer who will present an evening of spoken word-- a presentation of his travels with his photographs as backdrop. Next up is St. Paul and The Broken Bones, I was not familiar with this group so I listened on Spotify and now have tickets. Lyfe Jennings is next and we're only to January 13!.

You can check out all 26 events on our calendar www.AugustaArts.com or the Miller Website. In Augusta 2018 is looking amazing - check out all the great events, shows and activities AugustaArts has to offer.

FYI --Augusta on Ice will be open on Christmas Day if you need to burn off the calories from your Christmas Goose.

Merry Happy,

brenda

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Arts Weekly Radio Show and Podcast with Special Guest Chris Boerner the founder of Augusta On Ice. Get the skinny on this event and find out what's happening in Augusta this week-end and beyond.

Listen 2 ways: Radio on Saturday morning at 9:30 on Smooth Jazz 92.3 FM or via the podcast on our website www.AugustaArts.com or iTunes.

It's hard to believe I've never met Chris Beorner until this morning. I dropped by her booth at Arts in the Heart of Augusta and she always had a crowd. We talked about the great family event she brought to the The Augusta Common, filled with an Ice Rink (real ice) s'mores station, entertainment stage, ice luge, hot chocolate station, train rides, adult beverages,did I say Ice Skating?, Santa and more. Next week the hours will expand as schools close for the holiday And they will be open on Christmas so you can skate off your dinner.

Of course I covered events in the future and suggest that tickets make great gifts. Check out our website, subscribe to our newsletter and look at our Calendar www.AugustaArts.com. The Greater Augusta Arts Council

Onward,

Brenda

Arts Weekly Radio Show and Podcast--keep up with events in and around Augusta and meet special guests Shanita Newton and Kevin Grogan. There is a lot to do this week-end in Augusta, You could start out with a brisk ice skate at Augusta On Ice and then choose from a variety of shows: Augusta Chorale annual Christmas Concert, Kuumba PreKwanzaa Marketplace & Festival at Humanitree House, Betty Wright Live in Augusta, The Augusta Players Inc. Christmas Carol, Aiken Community Playhouse The Best Christmas Pageant Ever or the last performance of Enopion Theatre Company Eli's Bethlehem Inn. Of course there is more..check out the calendar at www.AugustaArts.com.

Catch the show two ways--on Saturday morning at 9:30 on 92.3 FM (Smooth Jazz) or via our podcast available on our website www.AugustaArts.com or iTunes

I spoke with my guests- Shanita about the Behold the Star performance by Creative Impressions. It's a beautiful show by a group of talented kids under the direction of Trey McLaughlin- at the Maxwell on December 16, Saturday.

They sing, dance and change costumes..super talented.

Kevin spoke about the upcoming Suzy Bogguss Music at the December 15 Southern Soul and Song concert at the Imperial.

With not much time left I covered a few events in December.

Please remember that Tickets make great gifts, the local gift shops sell great gifts: Sacred Heart, Morris Museum, Canal Museum and the art shows selling affordable local art: The Greater Augusta Arts Council's gallery in the Municipal Building, 600 Broad, Westobou Seeds exhibit. Ready Set Shop.

Happy Happy, Merry Merry.

Brenda

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Arts Weekly Radio Show and Podcast.12/2 Special guests this week Jan Hodges Burch and Ferneasa Cutno talking about upcoming events for Augusta Ballet and Cutno Dance Center.

You can listen 2 ways: Radio on Smooth Jazz 92.3 FM at 9:30 Saturday morning or via the podcast on our website www.AugustaArts.com or iTunes.

This week I covered Events for this week-end. Wow, we are quite the Holiday town. Morris Museum Open House, Aiken Community Playhouse- Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Eli’s Bethlehem Inn Dinner and Show, SEEDS show at Westobou, Christmas with Augusta Bel Canto, Mr. Fezziwig's Annual Christmas Ball! and more.

Jan and Ferneasa talked about the Augusta Ballet Holiday House and Tour--this year all houses in Summerville Tour 12/8 and 9 with special ticketed event on 12.7.. Fern invites you to her show 'Nutcracker in the South' at the Maxwell Theatre 12/9 at 4 PM. If you kids catch the Dance Bug you can visit the Cutno Dance Studio in Daniel Village 12/12,13,19 and 20 from 5-7 to learn about classes and sign up your dancer. Adult classes available too. And, they are close to Dairy Queen!

I did not have much time to cover events in the future so... check out our calendar at augustaarts.com and reserve some fun. Tickets make great presents.

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Arts Weekly with Samantha Hargrove of Historic Augusta by Brenda Durant

On this week's Arts Weekly, Brenda Durant spoke with Melanie Stokes, an artist currently exhibiting in Sacred HeartCultural Center, and Sandra Fenstermacher, Sacred Heart executive director, about upcoming holiday events. Got family in town for Thanksgiving? Check out this preview of great long-weekend happenings and plan out their visit at augustaarts.com.

Listen saturdays at 9:30 on Smooth Jazz 92.3 or anytime at augustaarts.com

Host Brenda Durant spoke with Quentin Kuyper of the Harry Jacobs Chamber Music Society, about their upcoming events. Listen to Arts Weekly every Saturday Morning at 9:30 on Smooth Jazz 92.3 or online anytime at augustaarts.com

In the 11-4 edition of Arts Weekly, Pax Bobrow interviewed Gaye Ortiz, Minister for the Unitarian Universalist Church of Augusta to discuss the upcoming concert by guitarist, Hiroya Tsukamoto to benefit the Equality Clinic of Augusta. The event will also feature an art auction and performance by the a Capella group, The Serotonins.

Guest Christina Rice to talk about Art After Dark 2017.

Listen 2 ways: Radio Show on Saturday morning at 9:30 on Smooth Jazz 92.3 FM or anytime via the podcast on our website. www.AugustAarts.com

This week we covered events for the week-end: Jack-O-Lantern Jubilee, Walk with the Spirits, House Party Augusta Fall Concert Series, Beware What You Ask of a Fairy, our original musical, SouthStar Ghost Trolley and Monthly Artisan Market & Sidewalk Art Sale.

Next up was Christina to talk about the Art After Dark Event on November 4th, this free event is a great way to purchase local art, meet the artists and support a scholarship for an art student. With great food, music by Fred Williams it's a not-to-miss event.

Of course we covered events in the future and introduced you to our Augusta University calendar intern, Emely Correa, she is working to get events loaded into the Arts Calendar on www.augustaarts.com. That's where you can listen to the podcast, find calls for Artists and sign up for our newsletter.

Good bye October,

Brenda Durant