Wow. That is pretty awesome. I hope the donations can be found.
The Masters Tournament often has conjured the kind of sports drama reminiscent of the end to an exciting movie.
But whether you're in town just for the Masters or not -- and if you want to enjoy the beginnings, middles and ends of some exciting movies -- you have a chance to be part of a famous first for Augusta.
This is the first year of the First Take Film Festival, an event that showcases independent film, music and the visual arts. The city's growing artistic community is an ideal setting for this -- a great chance to introduce people to a colorful spectrum of cinematic perspectives.
Films will be shown today through Sunday. Start times are 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 4 p.m., 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. To see a schedule of the eclectic offerings of features, narratives and documentaries visit www.firsttakefilm festival.com on the Web. Tickets cost only $5 per day; that includes a wristband for entry into every showing on that day.
And just as exciting as the festival itself is the location -- the charming Imperial Theatre.
In a city once populated thickly with downtown theaters, the Imperial is the only one left that still operates as a theater. It can't offer you the ticket prices it did when it first opened in 1918 -- a 10-cent matinee, for example -- but it can offer you a delightful experience regardless of what kind of entertainment you're viewing. The Imperial has played host to movies, plays and musical performances.
The theater expects to get even more musical with one of its prized possessions -- the original Wurlitzer pipe organ that was installed back when it still was mainly a vaudeville venue.
Thought lost for years, the organ turned up in a Marietta, Ga., home slated for sale. But a group of Atlanta theater organ enthusiasts acquired it and graciously returned it to the Imperial. The theater now is only one of perhaps three in the state with its original organ.
It now awaits more than $100,000 in repairs and refurbishments, and with the public's help, that monetary goal can be achieved.
To find out how you make a tax-deductible donation, call the Imperial at (706) 722-8293.
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Wow. That is pretty awesome. I hope the donations can be found.
Would this qualify me as an organ donor? I know, but I couldn't help it...
If you are not able to make it to the film festival, there are times when you can see plays and such at the theater. Think you're too broke? My wife volunteers to usher on occasion so she can see the plays for free.
I travel a bit, so I haven't been there in a bit, but last time I was there, it couldv'e used some touch ups. Do they ever have a volunteer call for stuff like that?
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