Week Ahead

TODAY

MUSIC EVOLUTION SERIES' END OF SUMMER BEACH PARTY: 5:30 p.m.; Columbia County Amphitheater behind the Columbia County Library; featuring General Johnson and the Chairmen of the Board and Parrothead Paradise; $20 in advance, $25 at gate, which opens at 4:30 p.m.

OLIVER! : 3 p.m., Hull Theatre, Augusta Preparatory Day School, 285 Flowing Wells Road; presented by Young Artists Repertory Theatre Co. Inc., with adult and youth cast members; (706) 210-8915.

TICK, TICK ... BOOM! : 3 p.m. Sunday, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday; Aiken Community Playhouse, Washington Center for the Arts, 126 Newberry St., Aiken; (803) 648-1438, www.aiken communityplayhouse.org.

MONDAY

AUGUSTA COMMISSION COMMITTEE MEETINGS: Public safety, 12:20 p.m.; finance, 12:25; public services, 12:30; administrative services, 1; engineering services, 1:15; eighth floor, Municipal Building, 530 Greene St.

aiken county first steps for fathers: 6-8 p.m., Freedman Parenting Center, 225 Aiken Road, Graniteville; (803) 663-4204

ARTHRITIS AQUATICS: 9-9:45 and 10-10:45 a.m. and 12:15- 1 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; Walton Rehabilitation Hospital Outpatient Building; $37.50; (706) 823-5294

ADULT CPR CLASSES: Single sessions; 6-9 p.m.; Red Cross of Augusta, 1322 Ellis St.; $40; call to register; (706) 724-8481

TUESDAY

AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY COLISEUM AUTHORITY: 9 a.m., meeting rooms E/F, James Brown Arena, 601 Seventh St.

MAYOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST: 8 a.m., Broadway Baptist, with Gregory Young, Matt Aitken and Mayor Deke Copenhaver; RSVP to Karyn Nixon at (706) 821-1833.

COLUMBIA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION: 5:30 p.m. at board's central office, 4781 Hereford Farm Road, Evans.

AIKEN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING: 7 p.m. at 1000 Brookhaven Drive, Aiken.

COLUMBIA COUNTY COMMUNITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES AND PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES COMMITTEES: 8 a.m.; auditorium of the Evans Government Complex, 630 Ronald Reagan Drive, Evans; (706) 868-3379.

maj. gen. Ambrose Ransom Wright Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans: 6 p.m. in private dining room of the Side Track Bar and Grill, 4027 Washington Road; call John Partridge at (706) 863-7172, or David Butler at (706) 869-0586.

COLUMBIA COUNTY CHORAL SOCIETY GUEST NIGHT: 6:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Evans; for interested singers; (706) 650-2311, e-mail ccchoralsociety@comcast.net, or go to www.ccchoralsociety.org.

CSRA PARKINSON SUPPORT GROUP: 6 p.m. at St. John Towers dining room, 724 Greene St., Augusta; (706) 364-1662.

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY: 5 p.m.; Pine View Baptist Church, 117 Pleasant Home Road, Martinez.

BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR EXERCISE: 6-7 p.m., Walton Rehabilitation Hospital; (706) 823-5294

CPR AND FIRST AID TRAINING: Single sessions; 6 p.m. Tuesday and Sept. 30 and Oct. 28, H. Odell Weeks Activity Center, 1700 Whiskey Road, Aiken; $20; two-year certification earned; (706) 955-0911, www.firstresponsecpr.com

WEDNESDAY

MARVIN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH CLOTHES CLOSET: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the church at Wheeler and Belair Roads; donations are accepted on the first day of each month from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

AUGUSTA GREENJACKETS: vs. Hickory Crawdads, 7:05 p.m. Wednesday-Friday; Lake Olmstead Stadium, Milledge Road; greenjacketsbaseball.com.

THURSDAY

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY: 6 p.m.; Grovetown United Methodist Church, 206 E. Robinson Ave.; nonprofit weight-loss support group; (706) 863-0726.

SUNSET MUSIC SERIES CONCERT: 7-9 p.m. at Columbia County Amphitheater behind Columbia County Library; free; featuring The Groove Masters.

FRIDAY

ALWAYS, PATSY CLINE : 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday; Etherredge Center, University of South Carolina Aiken, 471 University Parkway; $20; $15 seniors, faculty, staff; $7 USC Aiken students; (803) 641-3305.

CONCERT SERIES: Rose Hill Estate, 221 Greenville St. N.W., Aiken; The Embers; (803) 648-1181.

SATURDAY

LABOR DAY FIREWORKS SHOW: starts at about 8:30 p.m. at Wildwood Park, 6212 Holloway Road; $2 park admission

LAST SATURDAY AT THE PARK: 10:30 a.m., Living History Park, 299 W. Spring Grove Ave., North Augusta; activities of the 18th century; www.colonialtimes.us.

SUNDAY

PLASTIC RECYCLING: Drop-off container for plastics recycling now available at Columbia County Government complex. Telephone book recycling bins also are available until Aug. 31.

CANDLELIGHT JAZZ: 8 p.m.; Eighth Street bulkhead; with quietSTORM; $6; (706) 821-1754.