“Hairspray: The Musical” at Macon Little Theatre. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to see Macon Little Theatre’s production of “Hairspray” until the final show, a Sunday afternoon matinee on July 21. The house was packed and the parking lot overflowed. Based on a John Waters film, this musical comedy was all that one would expect and […]

Adam’s Remorse by Matthew McCollum. Photo courtesy Middle Georgia Art Association Anyone who’s ever seen Saw Dogs on the Discovery Channel know that chainsaw sculptures are big business. The Saw Dogs team wins huge commissions and creates large-scale pieces for both private and public collections. Along with being an interesting and lucrative niche business, chainsaw […]

Dean Brown and Dubshak perform at the International Taste of Soul. The Tubman African American Museum hosted the annual International Taste of Soul on Sunday at its Walnut Street location in downtown Macon. The event featured a diverse offering of the culinary arts from different cultures from around the world. “The International Taste of Soul […]

Douglass Jazz Ensemble. Photo by Connie Davis On Thursday, June 13, Macon Arts Alliance (a Knight Arts grantee) held the first Macon-Bibb County Arts Advocacy Breakfast at The Grand Opera House in downtown Macon. The purpose of the event was to showcase the rich arts and cultural resources of the community. A kaleidoscope of performances […]

Macon-Bibb County Arts Advocacy Breakfast invitation. Macon Arts Alliance (a Knight Arts grantee) will present a Macon-Bibb County Arts Advocacy Breakfast at the Grand Opera House in downtown Macon on June 13. Doors will open at 7:30 a.m. and the program will begin at 8 a.m. The breakfast is free and open to the public. […]

Sophia Bastian performs a lunch-time concert in Mercer Village. A new program seeking to turn musicians into ambassadors for Macon, Georgia held its preview run over the weekend. NY-based singer-songwriter Sophia Bastian played a whirlwind series of concerts over three days. During her stay, she enjoyed First Friday in downtown, took a historic tour of […]

An opening reception for “First Editions” will be held at The Gallery at Macon Arts Alliance on Friday, June 7 from 5-8 p.m. The title is a reference to the fact that this exhibit will be the first group exhibition exclusively of prints by local printmakers. The artists featured include Dennis Applebee, Craig Burkhalter, William […]

This weekend offers a preview of the new Music Ambassadors: Macon (MAM) program. You can read more about it here, so I’ll just go over the basics. Music Ambassadors: Macon is a project conceived by Tim Regan-Porter, who recently moved to Macon to lead Mercer’s Center for Collaborative Journalism. He also co-founded Paste, among other accomplishments. In a nutshell, MAM […]

Mercer Theatre. After making big news with the announcement of an ArtPlace America grant, Mercer’s Theatre Department is certainly in the spotlight. Taking advantage of the extra attention created by good news, director Scot Mann announced an ambitious schedule for the upcoming 2013-14 season. Though no time table has been set, the new season is […]