Week Ahead

TODAY

Arts in the Heart of Augusta: Groups representing more than 35 countries lend ethnic flair and talents to the festival; noon to 7 p.m.; Augusta Common; weekend badges, $7, children 10 and younger free; (706) 826-4702, ext. 1; augustaarts.com

AUGUSTA COLLEGIUM MUSICUM: 4 p.m., Sacred Heart Cultural Center, 1301 Greene St.; $10; (706) 733-5619; www.augustacollegium.org

TEEN ADVISORY BOARD: 2 p.m.; Columbia County Library, 7022 Evans Town Center Blvd., Evans; first meeting this school year; contact Christy Iler at ciler@columbiacountyga.gov

PIANIST SUSAN OSBORN: 4 p.m., Marvin United Methodist Church; free

SLOW DANCING: 8:30 p.m. to midnight through Saturday; Augusta Common; presented by Mary Pauline McDowell and Augusta Ballet; free; www.westoboufestival.com

ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG UNVEILING: 3 p.m., Morris Museum of Art, 1 10th St.; reinstallation of Mr. Rauschenberg's August Allegory (Anagrams) ; poet Starkey Flythe will discuss the artist; free; themorris.org

A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM: 3 p.m. today; 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday; adults $20, seniors $18, students $15, children $9; Aiken Community Playhouse, Washington Center for the Arts, 126 Newberry St., Aiken; (803) 648-1438, www.aiken communityplayhouse.org

MONDAY

words and images of barry fleming: Monday-Saturday; Main Branch Library, 902 Greene St.; opening reception 6 p.m.; (706) 821-2600, westoboufestival.com

GROVETOWN CITY COUNCIL: 6 p.m.; Grovetown City Hall, Old Wrightsboro Road

LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL FALL BOOK FAIR: 7:15 a.m. to 3 p.m. today-Friday, with family night from 6-8 p.m. Thursday

PURSE DRIVE: Today-Oct. 3; the Allstate Foundation and Dress for Success are collecting purses for donation to battered women's shelters; collections accepted at Tom Sorrells' Allstate office at 420 Furys Ferry Road in Martinez

Movie night: 7 p.m., Colonel Effingham's Raid ; Main Branch Library, 902 Greene St.; (706) 821-2600

TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY: 5:15- 6:15 p.m. social and private weigh-in, 6:30-7:30 p.m. meeting; St. Alban's Episcopal Church, fellowship hall, 2321 Lumpkin Road; nonprofit weight-loss support group; (706) 737-1120, www.tops.org

ARTHRITIS AQUATICS: 9-9:45 a.m., 10-10:45 a.m. and 12:15-1 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays; Walton Rehabilitation Hospital Outpatient Building, 1355 Independence Drive; $37.50 per month; (706) 823-5294

COLORS OF MUSIC: 12:30 p.m., Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, 825 Greene St.; free; westoboufestival.com

AUGUSTA CONCERT BAND: 7 p.m.; Augusta Common, between Eighth and Ninth streets and Broad and Reynolds streets; (706) 826-5018

10TH DISTRICT GOSPEL CHOIR OF THE GENERAL MISSIONARY CONVENTION OF GEORGIA: Choral Artists Series, 7 p.m., Gilbert-Lambuth Memorial Chapel, Paine College, 1235 15th St.; emdjohn@bellsouth.net

ORGAN CONCERT: Alvin Blount, director of music at St. Mary on the Hill Catholic Church; 11:30 a.m.; St. John United Methodist Church, 736 Greene St.; free; (706) 737-8424; agohq.org/chapters/augusta

TUESDAY

Aiken County School Board: 7 p.m.; 1000 Brookhaven Drive

COLUMBIA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION: 5:30 p.m.; school board office, 4781 Hereford Farm Road, Evans; (706) 541-0650.

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.

ALZHEIMER'S CARE: 7 p.m. at Elmcroft Assisted Living and Alzheimer's Care, 515 The Pass at Furys Ferry Road; the Augusta Alzheimer's Association will present a program on late-stage and end-of-life Alzheimer's care; (706) 731-9060

SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS: 6 p.m.; private dining room of the Side Track Bar and Grill, 4027 Washington Road; Dr. Chipp Bragg will discuss the Confederate Powderworks and the book Never for Want of Powder at the monthly meeting of the Maj. Gen. Ambrose Ransom Wright Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans; call John Partridge at (706) 863-7172 or David Butler at (706) 869-0586

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

Take Off Pounds Sensibly: 5 p.m. at Pine View Baptist Church, 117 Pleasant Home Road, Martinez

MOSCOW NIGHTS: Noon, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 605 Reynolds St.; concert free, lunch $10; part of Tuesday's Music Live; (706) 722-3463

BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR EXERCISE: 6-7 p.m., Walton Rehabilitation Hospital, 1355 Independence Drive; (706) 823-5294

WEDNESDAY

Development Authority of Columbia County: 7:30 a.m. at the Columbia County Government Complex, Building A, general conference room

WEE WISDOM-CARING FOR NEWBORNS: Noon to 1 p.m., Medical College of Georgia Children's Medical Center, first floor, Family Resource Library, 1446 Harper St.; free; for parents of children younger than 5; (706) 721-5437

THURSDAY

Take Off Pounds Sensibly: 6 p.m. at Grovetown United Methodist Church, 206 E. Robinson Ave.; a nonprofit weight-loss support group; (706) 863-0726

THE MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940: Thursday-Saturday, and Oct. 2-4; Fort Gordon Dinner Theatre, Building 32100, Third Avenue; $37; 65 and older, military retirees, Army civilians, active-duty E7 and above $35; active-duty E6 and below $27; show-only tickets $22; www.fortgordon.com

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY SEMINAR: 10 a.m. to noon, Room 100 in Adult Building at First Baptist Church; 706-738-3962

JOINT EFFORTS: 11-11:45 a.m., Augusta Orthopaedic Clinic, 1521 Anthony Road; causes of knee and hip pain and latest treatments, tips on medicine, food and exercise; (706) 481-7604

FRIDAY

Grovetown Lions Club annual turkey shoot: 6 p.m. each Friday and Saturday through Dec. 13 on Old Louisville Road off Harlem-Grovetown Road; call Dave Deckert at (706) 556-1649.

SATURDAY

Wildwood fest: today at Wildwood Park; inaugural Sportsman's Festival; vendors are being sought for displays, and contestants are wanted for a wild-game cook-off and 5K run; call Jeb Bell at (706) 541-3761, or e-mail jjbell@columbiacountyga.gov.

GRANT WORKSHOP: 10 a.m. at the Columbia County Library for non-profit organizations seeking to apply for Grassroots Arts Program grants through the Greater Augusta Arts Council; www.augustaarts.com, or call Grace Bowles at (706) 826-4702, ext. 2.

FREEDOM RIDE: 1 p.m., begins at Augusta Harley-Davidson and ends at Columbia County Fairgrounds, on Columbia Road across from Patriots Park, where a music festival will begin at 2:30 p.m.; with Swamp DaWamp, D.B. Bryant, Southern Mischief, Jeremy Graham Band and Shameless Dave; benefits Warriors in Transition Fund, the Army Emergency Relief Fund and the Jenny Clark Scholarship Fund; $15; www.freedomrideusa.org

SUNDAY

Community celebration: 2-3:30 p.m., Hammond's Ferry, North Augusta; crafts, interactive dance program Journey from African to America, presented by ABATSU African Drummers; free; (706) 828-3867