Macon Little Theatre’s poster for “The Wizard of Oz” As the end of 2013 approaches, there are only a couple of chances left this year to enjoy local, live theater. In December, Theatre Macon and Macon Little Theatre will both present familiar musicals for the holidays. Macon Little Theatre will present “The Wizard of Oz,” […]

In September 2012, The 567 Center for Renewal (a Knight Arts grantee) launched a new arts education program. Since that time, the center’s classes for children and adults have seen strong attendance. The program continues to offer new workshops on a regular basis. Upcoming workshops at The 567 include: Contemporary painting by Kari Waltz. Corks […]

“Love Kills.” Mercer Theatre will present Vladimir Volkoff’s “Love Kills” at the Back Door Theatre in Willingham Hall November 14-24. Tickets are $5 at the door. The performance comes in conjunction with an international colloquium on the life and writings of Volkoff. Mercer University Press is publishing Volkoff’s 2004 novel “The Pope’s Guest/L’Hôte du Pape,” […]

Art Matters was announced in April 2013. In October, Macon Arts Alliance (a Knight Arts grantee) announced the Art Matters Symposium Series, a series of six symposia focused on different artistic fields and criticism of those fields. The second symposium, titled “Writing about Writing” and  announced yesterday, will focus on literary arts and literary criticism. […]

“Where You at Harriet.” Mixed media by Ulysses Marshall. The Tubman African American Museum is currently displaying work by Maryland-based artist Ulysses Marshall. Born in Vienna, Ga., Marshall studied sociology at Albany State College before earning his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Maryland Institute College of Art. The show is titled “The Excavation of […]

“To Kill A Mockingbird” has been held over through Nov. 2 at Theatre Macon. Photo by Amy Maddox-Nicholson Theatre Macon’s current production of “To Kill a Mockingbird” was set to close on October 26, but due to overwhelming demand, the show has been extended for two more nights. Tickets are now available for additional performances […]

Since 2006 , the Thriller Dance parade in downtown Macon has been an annual tradition. The event, sponsored by Hayiya Dance Theater (a Knight Arts grantee), is held on the last Friday of October each year. Every Thursday in October, leading up to the parade, volunteers gather in Macon’s Tattnall Square Park for rehearsals. It’s […]

Macon Film Guild will screen “Terms and Conditions May Apply” at the Douglass Theatre on Tuesday, October 22 at 7:30 p.m. as part of the guild’s Documentary Series. The 2013 film, directed by Cullen Hoback, focuses on privacy issues in the digital age. IMDb describes it as “A documentary that exposes what corporations and governments […]

Art Matters: Engaging the Community through Embedded Arts Journalists. In April 2013, Macon Arts Alliance (a Knight Arts grantee) announced two grants to support Art Matters: Engaging the Community through Embedded Arts Journalists, a one-year initiative designed to engage the community through high-quality arts journalism. The project received a $40,000 National Endowment for the Arts, Art […]