The Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art (GHIA) will present its eighth annual Spring Artists’ Market and Festival, March 14-21. Located in downtown Augusta in the historic structure known as Ware’s Folly, for 75 years GHIA has served as an independent visual arts school in the Central Savannah River Area and offers studio art classes and […]
The Augusta Choral Society will perform its annual Christmas concert Saturday December 14, at Saint Paul’s Church. The “Messiah and More” performance will feature highlights from Handel’s “Messiah,” as well as other Christmas favorites. The concert will be in two parts, said Carolyn Dolen, the executive director for the Augusta Choral Society. The first half […]
Georgia Regents University Theatre presents Oscar Wilde’s classic Victorian satire, “The Importance of Being Earnest,” this weekend, October 7-10. As implied in the play’s full title, “The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People” it is part satire, part comedy of manners, part intellectual farce and it serves as an outlet to […]
Andrew Benjamin (aka, Andrew Hellblinki) is performing a solo Hellblinki show this Saturday night, November 2, at Le Chat Noir in conjunction with the monthly Goth event, Atmosphere. This is Hellblinki’s first Augusta show in two years. Benjamin, the mastermind behind Hellblinki, has spent the [...]
Local playwright Jonathan Cook has a new project. He has written and directed a short film that is currently part of a competition for inclusion in a film anthology titled “The ABCs of Death 2.” In addition to being included in the film, the winner will be awarded $5,000. The original film, [...]
A fall road trip is in order to see some of these great shows Summer is over and the holidays are just around the corner, which makes autumn the perfect time to skip town for a day or two before having to deal with buying holiday gifts, hosting family and eating yourself senseless on all […]
Sandhills attendees to interact with successful authors Augusta State University, now Georgia Regents University, has been hosting The Sandhills Writers Conference since 1975. Reconfigured and renamed The Sandhills Writers Series in 2011, this writer’s symposium continues to draw nationally and [...]
Westobou Festival returns with dance, film, music, spoken word and visual art The Westobou Festival is back this year and continues to provide the CSRA with unique cultural opportunities not available anywhere else. The festival takes place over five days, October 2-6, and will showcase an [...]
Cinema Series opens with a Shining double feature The Georgia Regents University Cinema Series (formerly the Film Series) kicks off this week with a double feature celebrating the work of Stanley Kubrick. Co-chairs of the cinema series, professors Matthew Buzzell and Rick Pukis, have [...]