Benefit concert just keeps growing
For a benefit concert that is only five years old, Music for Memories has been able to secure some pretty big-name talent. Lee Brice, Montgomery Gentry and Scotty McCreery have all taken the Country Club stage and, this year, it’s Cole Swindell’s turn to help raise money for the Jud C. Hickey Center for Alzheimer’s […]
Food Stuff
Kevin Gillespie keeps collecting accolades. The Atlanta chef became a household name in 2009 when he became a finalist on Top Chef’s season 6. He was beloved that season as much for his humble attitude (more apparent considering it was such a sharp contrast with the eventual winner, the douchy egomaniac Michael Voltaggio) and ginger […]
Players tackle the groundbreaking “West Side Story”
“West Side Story” may be one of Debi Ballas’ favorite musicals, but there’s a good reason the Augusta Players haven’t staged a production of it in a very long time. “We did it 11 years ago,” laughed Ballas, director of the musical that shows this weekend at the Imperial Theatre, “and it took me this […]
Wild Wing Cafe’s success built on food, music and family
There are three things Tricie Scholer wants her restaurant to be known for, and the first should be obvious from its name. Tricie and her husband Jan have owned Wild Wing Cafe on Washington Road for almost 11 years now. That’s long enough for their son Daniel to become the general manager and another son, […]
Food Stuff
Movoto.com is basically a real estate website, but its insider section focuses on lists about different cities that they hope will be shared ad infinitum on social media. It recently mentioned a local bar in its list “These 15 Georgia Bars Will Make You Want To Stay Until Last Call.” Along with Sister Louisa’s Church […]
Food Stuff
Growing pains aren’t limited to toddlers and teenagers. Just ask Susan Steinberg, chair of Empty Bowl. For this first time in its 14-year history, this event that raises funds for both Golden Harvest Food Bank and the Augusta Jewish Community Center won’t be held at the center itself. “This year we have moved the event […]
The Whole Package
A grocery store is a grocery store, right? Well, not exactly. Take Whole Foods, for instance. Open since last September, the chain prides itself of being “America’s healthiest grocery store.” That, says Marketing Team Leader Melissa Brown, tends to scare some shoppers. “I think a lot of people don’t realize how important it is to […]
Connecting Ideas
The nonprofit TED has been holding conferences for 26 years and has given speakers of all kinds and from all fields a chance to give “the talk of their lives” in 18 minutes or less. In recent years, these TEDTalks have become increasing popular, so, naturally, the community was more than a little impressed when […]
Food Stuff
A grocery store is a grocery store, right? Well, not exactly. Take Whole Foods, for instance. Open since last September, the chain prides itself of being “America’s healthiest grocery store.” That, says Marketing Team Leader Melissa Brown, tends to scare some shoppers. “I think a lot of people don’t realize how important it is to […]
Our Twisted Town
To Brandon Brune, artistic director of Les Chatons Noir young actors collective, “Book of Days” by Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Lanford Wilson reminds him of another classic play… in an evil doppelganger sort of way. “In a lot of ways it’s similar to the classic ‘Our Town’ in that you have an ensemble cast and they’re […]