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SPECIAL EVENTS

AUGUSTA FUTURITY: Cutting horse competition through Saturday, Jan. 27; James Brown Arena, 605 Seventh St.; (706) 828-7700, augustafuturity.com.

USC AIKEN EXTRA INNING BULL RIDING: 8 p.m. Saturday, James Brown Arena, 605 Seventh St.; $8 (children) to $19 (premium lower level), benefits University of South Carolina Aiken Baseball Scholarship Fund; (706) 828-7700.

WRANGLER FAMILY FUN FEST: Events for children include petting zoo, pony rides and Western village; performance by Livingroom Legends; 1:30-4 p.m. Sunday, plaza at James Brown Arena, 605 Seventh St.

ANTIQUES IN THE HEART OF AIKEN: Preview party 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1; show and sale 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Feb. 2-3 and noon to 5 p.m. Feb. 4; Aiken Center for the Arts, 122 Laurens St. S.W.; party $50 per person, $95 per couple; show $6 per person (good for all three days); (803) 641-9094, www.aikencenterforthearts.org.

SUPER BOWL PARTY: 3 p.m. pre-game show, 6 p.m. game, Thursday, Feb. 4; Discovery Theater, Fort Discovery, 1 Seventh St.; members: $15 per person, $30 per family; others: $20 per person, $40 per family; family capped at four; (706) 821-0646.

GARDEN FESTIVAL: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 20-21, noon to 4 p.m. April 22; Sacred Heart Cultural Center, 1301 Greene St.; preview party 7 p.m. April 19; with Tara Dillard, landscape architect and author; (706) 826-4700, or sacredheartaugusta.com.

ONSTAGE

STEEL MAGNOLIAS: 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday and Jan. 26-27 and Feb. 2, 3, and 3 p.m. Jan. 28; Aiken Community Playhouse, 126 Newberry St., Aiken; $17 adults, $15 seniors, $12 students, $6 children 12 and younger; (803) 648-1438.

STORYLAND THEATRE: Tuesday-Wednesday and Jan. 25-27, The Frog Prince; March 27-31, Jack and the Beanstalk; Imperial Theatre, 745 Broad St.; show times 9:30 and 10:45 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. for school-day shows and 3 p.m. for Saturday family matinees; school performances require reservations, $4.50 per show for students, $11 for season; chaperones and teachers admitted free; special rates for home-school groups; matinee tickets are $12 for season or $5 per show; Saturdays do not require reservations; free tickets available Saturdays for active-duty military and their families with a military ID; www.knology.net/storyland, (706) 736-3455.

BROADWAY IN AUGUSTA SERIES: I Can't Stop Loving You, Saturday; and Jesus Christ Superstar, May 16; performances at Bell Auditorium, 712 Telfair St.; $31.50-$45; (706) 722-3521.

AUGUSTA BALLET, AN EVENING OF DANCE AND MUSIC: 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1; Imperial Theatre, 745 Broad St.; $17-$40, student discounts available; augustaballet.org, (706) 261-0555.

THE FANTASTICKS: 8 p.m. Feb. 2-3, 8-10, 15-17; Le Chat Noir, 304 Eighth St.; $15; Valentine's show 8 p.m. Feb. 14, $75 per couple, includes two tickets, table for two, bottle of wine and cheese platter; (706) 826-0670, lcnaugusta.com.

SOME ENCHANTED EVENING: 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 5; Barnwell First Baptist Church, 161 Allen St., Barnwell, S.C.; celebration of the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein, featuring the Springer Theatre; $10; (803) 259-4589, www.barnwellarts.org.

ALWAYS, PATSY CLINE: 8 p.m. Feb. 9-10, 3 p.m. Feb. 11; Jabez S. Hardin Performing Arts Center, 720 N. Belair Road, Evans; performed by Stage III; $25; (803) 278-4849.

40 ACRES, WHO STOLE THE MULE: Gospel play 3 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, Alexander Hall at Fort Gordon; $12, or $10 younger than 12 or groups in advance, $15 at door; tickets at Fort Gordon Dinner Theatre box office, Pyramid Music on Broad Street and Gordon Highway, Eddie Bussey State Farm, 2613 Tobacco Road, and Hamilton Bookstore, 209 Ninth St.; call (706) 793-8552.

GUYS AND DOLLS: Dinner at 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Feb. 16-17, 23-24 and March 1-3; Fort Gordon Dinner Theatre, Building 32100, Third Avenue, Fort Gordon; $39 civilians; $36 seniors, retirees, Department of Army civilians, active-duty E7 and above; active duty E6 and below $30; show only $25; (706) 793-8552, www.fortgordon.com/theatre.htm.

THE ODD COUPLE: 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23-25; Imperial Theatre, 745 Broad St.; $12-$32; (706) 826-4707, www.augustaplayers.com.

AUGUST WILSON READERS SERIES: March 8-10, Radio Golf Fall: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom; Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History, 1116 Phillips St.; $15 adults, $10 pupils; (706) 724-3576, lucycraftlaneymuseum.com.

THE ROAR OF LOVE: 9:30, 11:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. Saturday, March 30-31; performed by Columbia County Ballet; Jabez S. Hardin Performing Arts Center, 720 N. Belair Road, Evans; $12 students, seniors and $17 adults; (706) 860-1852.

AUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY'S BORN TO READ LITERACY CENTER AND PATCHWORK PLAYERS: Feb. 16: Red Shoes; April 27: The Magic Clock of Cuckoo; Grover C. Maxwell Performing Arts Theatre, Augusta State University, 2500 Walton Way; show times 9, 10 and 11 a.m.; $4 a person, group rates available; (706) 733-7043.

MUSIC NOTES

HARRY JACOBS CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY: Friday: The Aspen Ensemble; March 2: Concertante; May 4: Foothills Brass Quintet; performances at 8 p.m., pre-concert program at 7:15 p.m., Grover C. Maxwell Performing Arts Theatre, Augusta State University, 2500 Walton Way; $20 adults, $5 school-age children, free for Augusta State faculty, staff and students; no one 6 or younger admitted; (706) 790-9274.

IMPERIAL THEATRE CONCERTS: Southern Soul and Song: Friday, Rhonda Vincent and the Rage; Feb. 10, The Jason Bishop Show; $15-$25; Feb. 16, Peter Rowan and Tony Rice Quartet; March 24, Marty Stuart; series subscriptions $62.50-$175; Global Rhythms: Feb. 5, DRUM!; Feb. 15, The Irish Rovers; April 17, Manding Jata; $20-$35; Hahapalooza: Feb. 17, Anthony Griffith, Wayne Cotter; March 16, Jimmy Brogan, Mark Schiff; April 21, Henry Cho, Pat Hazell; $15-$25; Classically Inclined: March 23, Quartetto Gelato; $15-$30; The Imperial Theatre, 745 Broad St.; (706) 722-8341, imperialtheatre.com.

A TOUCH OF BAROQUE: 3 p.m. Sunday; Grover C. Maxwell Performing Arts Theatre, Augusta State University, 2500; with ASU faculty and friends; free; (706) 667-4100.

YEAR IN JAZZ: 7 p.m. Tuesday; Jaguar Student Activities Center Ballroom, Augusta State University, 2500; swing music with Fort Gordon's Big Band; $5-$7 general admission; $49 for series; ASU faculty, staff and students free with valid ASU ID; (706) 667-4100.

TUESDAY'S MUSIC LIVE: Noon Tuesday: The Blanche Coleman Memorial Concert with pianist Michelle Tabor; lunch by Cindy's Catering; Feb. 6: Folksinger Dave Potts; lunch by Bon Appetit; Feb. 20: The Roy Goodwin Memorial Concert with the Augusta Children's Chorale; lunch by Mally's on Seventh; March 6: Martin David Jones and Clara Park; lunch by Heavenly Ham; concerts at noon at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Sixth and Reynolds streets, Riverwalk Augusta; lunch $7, reservations required for lunch; (706) 722-3463.

AUGUSTA SYMPHONY: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25, Jabez Sanford Hardin Performing Arts Center, 720 N. Belair Road in Evans; with the Augusta Symphony String Quartet; $20; $7 rush tickets available concert evening to military and full-time students with a valid ID; augustasymphony.org. or (706) 826-4705.

BLUEGRASS SHOW: 7 p.m. Saturdays; bluegrass concerts in Haynes Building, corner of Main and College Streets, Leesville, S.C.; shows are $5; Jan 27, Anna and Shelley Davis and The Unnamed Bluegrass Band and The Haynes Bluegrass; Feb 24, Slope Valley; (803) 582-8479.

TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1; Broadstokes Gallery, 677-C N. Belair Road, Evans; with fiddler Brian Conway and pianist and flutist Brendan Dolan; $15; (706) 860-6055

CONCERTS WITH A CAUSE: 3 p.m. Feb. 18: concert organist Mary Preston; benefits Sacred Heart Cultural Center; 3 p.m. March 25: The Manhattan Piano Trio with John Scott: Dmitry Kouzov, cello; Dmitry Lukin and John Scott, clarinet; and Milana Strezeva, piano; benefits The Augusta Restoration Shop; St. John United Methodist Church, 736 Greene St.; concerts free, offerings taken; (706) 724-9641.

ONSCREEN

MOVIE THURSDAY: Tristam Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story, 7 p.m. today; Heavenly Creatures, 7 p.m. Jan. 25; Aiken Center for the Arts, 122 Laurens St. S.W.; $8; season tickets $40; (803) 641-9094, aikencenterforthearts.org.

FRIDAY NIGHT FILMS: Remember the Titans, 7 p.m. Friday, Jabez Sanford Hardin Performing Arts Center at the Columbia County Lilbrary, Evans; free; seating limited; (706) 312-7194.

MONDAY MOVIES: 6:30 p.m. Mondays; Monday, The Player; Jan. 29, A Prairie Home Companion; Augusta Main Branch Library, 902 Greene St.; free; (706) 821-2600.

LITERARY

BOOK DISCUSSION, THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE: 6:30-8 p.m. Monday; Columbia County Library, 720 N. Belair Road, Evans; (706) 863-1946.

A WINTER GATHERING OF WRITERS: 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25; 170 University Hall, Augusta State University, 2500 Walton Way; free; (706) 729-2416, www.aug.edu.

AUTHOR TALK AND CREATIVE WRITING CLASS: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27; Columbia County Library, 720 N. Belair Road, Evans; Debbie Gates, author of The Yut Story, will give a class on creative writing and publishing; registration required; (706) 863-1946.

AUTHOR PATRICIA WYNN: 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28; Columbia County Library, 720 N. Belair Road, Evans; author of Blue Satan Mystery Series will speak about her books; (706) 863-1946.

AUTHOR ALLISON SAMUELS: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31; Borders, 257 Robert C. Daniel Jr. Parkway; signing copies of Off the Record; (706) 737-6962

AUDITIONS

AUGUSTA CHORALE: 7 p.m. Monday and Jan. 29, Gilbert-Lambuth Memorial Chapel on Paine College campus; singers should be able to read music; (706) 836-9426.

ENOPIAN YOUTH TROUPE REHEARSAL: 5:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26; Suite D, South Richmond Commercial Park, 3208 Mike Padgett Highway; certified instructor will prepare youths for the musical The Great Big Gopher Boat, April 12-14 at Jabez Sanford Hardin Performing Arts Center, 720 N. Belair Road, Evans; (706) 771-7777, www.enopion.com.

ATTRACTIONS

AIKEN COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM: 433 Newberry St. S.W., Aiken; five-part lecture series, Snapshots of Aiken Past and Present, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesdays, through Feb. 13; 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 2-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; free; (803) 642-2015.

AUGUSTA CANAL INTERPRETIVE CENTER: 1450 Greene St., Enterprise Mill, Suite 400; Petersburg tour boat: one-hour basic tours, 11:30 a.m., 1:30 and 3 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; 1:30, 3 and 4:30 p.m. Sunday; three-hour tour times and availability vary by season; $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and military, $6 for ages 18 and younger for one-hour tours; $17 for adults, $16 for seniors and military, $10 for students for three-hour tours, weather permitting; center admission costs $6 for adults, $5 for seniors and military, $4 for students, free for ages 4 and younger; hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5:30 p.m. Sunday; (706) 823-0440.

AUGUSTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY: 560 Reynolds St.; From Ty to Cal: A Century of Baseball in Augusta, through June; The Weird, the Wonderful, and the What Is It? exhibit through May 29; regular admission: $4 adults, $3 seniors, $2 ages 6-18, free for ages 5 and younger; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday; www.augustamuseum.org; (706) 722-8454.

BOYHOOD HOME OF PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON: 419 Seventh St.; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; $5, $4 for ages 60 and older and $3 for ages 6-17, free for ages 5 and younger; (706) 722-9828.

GROVETOWN MUSEUM: 106 W. Robinson Ave.; information, artifacts and photographs of Grovetown, Columbia County and Georgia; 1-4 p.m. Friday-Sunday; $1; (706) 863-4576.

DUPONT PLANETARIUM: 471 University Parkway, Aiken; $4.50 adults, $3.50 seniors; $2.50 pupils, $1 University of South Carolina Aiken students, faculty and staff; (803) 641-3654.

EZEKIEL HARRIS HOUSE: 1840 Broad St.; 1797 house, regular hours 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; $2 for adults, $1 children; (706) 737-2820.

FORT DISCOVERY SCIENCE CENTER: Riverwalk Augusta at Seventh Street; The Science Behind the Cocktail, 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25, $10, includes hors d'oeuvres, cocktails and hands-on demos, open to ages 21 and older; regular hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday; $8 for ages 18-54, $6 for 55 and older, active-duty military and ages 4-17; admission half-price after 3 p.m.; (706) 821-0200.

GEORGE WALTON HISTORIC SITE MEADOW GARDEN: 1320 Independence Drive; 1792 farm home of George Walton, signer of the Declaration of Independence; built in 1792; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday, Saturdays by appointment; $4 for adults, $3.50 for seniors, $3 for college students and $1 for children; group rates available; www.geocities.com/meadowgarden3; (706) 724-4174.

GEORGIA GOLF HALL OF FAME'S BOTANICAL GARDENS: 1 11th St.; regular admission is $5.50 for adults, $4.50 for seniors, pupils and military, $3.50 for ages 4-12; free for ages 3 and younger; $4 each for groups of 15 or more; Sunday admission buy one, get one free with Web site coupon at www.gghf.org; (706) 724-4443.

HICKORY HILL: 502 Hickory Hill Drive, Thomson; former home of Tom Watson, Populist politician in the late 1800s and early 1900s; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday, closed major holidays; (706) 595-7777 or www.hickory-hill.org.

LAUREL AND HARDY MUSEUM: 250 N. Louisville St., Harlem; artifacts and exhibits pay tribute to comic duo and Harlem native Oliver Hardy; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; (706) 556-0401.

LUCY CRAFT LANEY MUSEUM OF BLACK HISTORY: 1116 Phillips St.; Streets of the World, exhibit of art by Dr. Chouaieb Saidi, through Feb. 24, $5 adults, $2 students; Foundations (student MBA program), 6-8:30 p.m. Monday; study of macroeconomics; registration ongoing; regular hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, 2-5 p.m. Sunday; www.lucycraftlaneymuseum.com, (706) 724-3576.

MORRIS MUSEUM OF ART: 1 10th St.; An Unbroken Circle: Selections from the Collection of Julia J. Norrell, through Feb. 18; Challenging Reality: Ceramics of Sylvia Hyman, through Feb. 11; The Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman Series 1938-40, through Feb. 25; Artrageous! Sunday: Story Paintings, Feb. 4; The Looting of the Iraq Museum: A Curator's Perspective, Thursday, Feb. 8; Finding a Legacy: The Jewish Archives in Baghdad, Feb. 9, with lecturer Corine Wegener and buffet lunch by Tastefully Yours; Terra Cognita Contemporary Artist Lecture Series, Thursday, Feb. 15; Peter Rowan and Tony Rice Quartet, Feb. 16; Stupendous! Saturday: Dr. Dinosaur, Saturday, Feb. 17; Music at the Morris: Pianist Oni Buchanan, Feb. 18; American Art Pottery, March 2-April 29; Tom Nakashima: Two Decades, March 2-April 29; $5 adults, $3 for seniors, pupils and military with ID; free for museum members and ages 5 and younger, free Sundays; regular hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m Tuesday-Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Sundays; (706) 724-7501; themorris.org.

MOTORIZED TOURS OF HISTORIC AIKEN: Tours leave Washington Center for the Performing Arts from 10-11:30 a.m. every Saturday; reservations required; for ages 2 and older.

PHINIZY SWAMP NATURE PARK: Off Lock and Dam Road, near Augusta Regional Airport; regular hours weekdays noon to dusk, Saturday-Sunday and holidays dawn to dusk; naturalscienceacademy.org; (706) 828-2109.

REDCLIFFE PLANTATION STATE HISTORIC SITE: 181 Redcliffe Road, Beech Island; grounds open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Thursday, house tours noon to 3 p.m. or by appointment; $1, house tours $3 per adult, $2 children; (803) 827-1473.

SACRED HEART CULTURAL CENTER: 1301 Greene St.; THROUGH FEB. 23: LISA BAGGS AND LIBBY OSBON ART HALL EXHIBIT; Feb. 2, Asti Goes Broadway; April 20-22, Garden Festival; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 20-22, noon to 4 p.m. April 22, Sacred Heart Garden Festival; tours of 103-year-old former Catholic church noted for its stained glass, brickwork and architecture; exhibit, regular hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday; (706) 826-4700; sacredheartaugusta.org.

HELPING HANDS

SPAGHETTI DINNER BENEFIT: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1; Hillcrest Baptist Church, 3045 Deans Bridge Road; with Brig. Gen. Randolph Strong, commanding general of the U.S. Signal Corps at Fort Gordon; benefits Youth Challenge Academy, a boot camp high school alternative for at-risk Georgia youths; $12; tickets available from Augusta South Rotary members; registration deadline Tuesday, Jan. 23; (706) 731-7080.

RELAY FOR LIFE: 7 p.m. Friday, May 11, Wilson Branch of The Family Y, 3570 Wheeler Road; enrollment site for the third national Cancer Prevention Study; (706) 729-2185