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Entertainment News
Getaway: Amicalola Falls State Park
Web-posted 11/19/09
For whatever reason, people whose idea of exercise is a weekend ride on a three-wheeler through the back 40 decide they are veritable pioneer mountain men and women when they visit the highlands in the fall. This was evident on a recent trip to Amicalola Falls State Park in north Georgia.

Lunch Money: India Cafe
Web-posted 11/19/09
Judging by the sheer number of restaurants, dining out might be the top recreational activity in Augusta.

Wine time
Web-posted 11/19/09
THE WINES: Woodbridge Chardonnay, Moscato and Cabernet-Merlot, 2008, CaliforniaRobert Mondavi Private Selection Meritage and Cabernet Sauvignon, 2007, California

Applause calendar
Web-posted 11/19/09
Events taking place in the Augusta area.

Club calendar
Web-posted 11/19/09
Send club listings by 4 p.m. Monday to jonathan.overstreet@augustachronicle.com.

Movies
Mini reviews
Web-posted 11/19/09
For an online film guide, see augustachronicle.com/movies:

Mixed media
Web-posted 11/19/09
A DVD Haiku based on the movie 'Star Trek.'

Music
Stage show aims to duplicate Abba's concerts
Web-posted 11/19/09
Nearly 30 years after the band's final performance in 1982, Mark Thomas is working to help Swedish supergroup ABBA do the one thing it never managed in its successful career. Break into America.

Sonic Spotlight: Westy Bowen
Web-posted 11/19/09
Westy Bowen is in the Sonic Spotlight.

Concert calendar
Web-posted 11/19/09
Flyleaf will perform at 8 p.m. Monday at The Loft at Center Stage, Atlanta.

Arts
Artistic director found jubilation with 'Alegria '
Web-posted 11/19/09
Brooke Webb does not come from a circus background. She was not trained from childhood to juggle, walk the tightrope or swing from the trapeze, and she laughs at the idea of becoming a contortionist.That lack of experience, however, makes her perfect for Cirque du Soleil.

Ramblin' Rhodes
Steep Canyon Rangers climb to fame
Web-posted 11/19/09
The bluegrass band Steep Canyon Rangers has gone from playing at Still Water Tap Room on Broad Street four years ago to performing in Carnegie Hall, Ryman Auditorium and the Kennedy Center.

Steven Uhles
Metal for the masses?
Web-posted 11/19/09
Music from the fringes rarely migrates to the mainstream. With few exceptions, the heaviest metal and the angriest punk, the most discordant or dour or most original will never see the success of populist acts.