Week Ahead

Monday

EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL'S PATRIOTIC PARADE: 10:30 a.m. in school parking lot.

veterans day program: 9 a.m., Jefferson Elementary School, 170 Flint Drive, Burnettown; program with patriotic music; open to public; (803) 593-7180

TUESDAY

Columbia County Board of Education: 5:30 p.m. at board office, 4781 Hereford Farm Road, Evans; (706) 541-0650

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

CSRA-Augusta Veterans Day Parade: 10 a.m., begins at Sacred Heart Cultural Center, ends at the All Wars Monument; (706) 589-0387

WEDNESDAY

Richmond County school board committee meetings: 4 p.m. at central offices, 864 Broad St.

HARLEM RENAISSANCE CONFERENCE: 5:30 p.m. today, 9:30 a.m. Thursday, 9 a.m. Friday; Paine College, 1235 15th St.

THURSDAY

FALL BANQUET: 6:30 p.m. at Augusta Marriott Hotel & Suites; Phil Kline, former attorney general of Kansas, will speak at Augusta Care Pregnancy Center's 23rd annual fall banquet; (706) 724-5531

Friday

christmas made in the south: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. today, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday; James Brown Arena, 601 Seventh St.; $6 adults, children 12 and younger free; www.madeinthesouth shows.com

THE LARAMIE PROJECT: 7:30 p.m. today, Saturday and Nov. 20, 21 and 22, 3 p.m. Nov. 16, Aiken Community Playhouse, Washington Center for the Performing Arts, 126 Newberry St., Aiken; $8 adults, $5 students; (803) 648-1438, www.aikencommunityplayhouse.org

FALL FEST: Gates open 5 p.m. today, 10 a.m. Saturday, 1 p.m. Sunday; Graystone Ranch Wildlife Education Center, 1017 McManus Road, Hephzibah; petting zoo, hayrides, games, martial arts demos, music, cloggers; www.graystoneranch.com

AUGUSTA XFN V-KICKBOXING: 8 p.m., Bell Auditorium, 712 Telfair St.; augustaentertainmentcomplex.com

SATURDAY

TEENAGE 101 SEMINAR: 10 a.m. at Second Mount Carmel Baptist Church, 3425 Rosemont Road, Appling; Columbia County Chief Magistrate Judge Wade Padgett will hold a seminar for parents and teens; e-mail DeAnna Bradford at dbradford@columbiacountyga.gov, or go to www.teenageyears101.com

SECOND ANNUAL TOYS FOR TOTS MOTORCYCLE RUN: Sign-in at 8 a.m. at Augusta-Harley Davidson; riders should bring a new, unwrapped toy worth at least $10, or a $10 donation; call Paul Brewer at (706) 854-1036, or usmc108@bellsouth.net

SUNDAY

MASSING OF COLORS: 3 p.m. at Fort Gordon's Alexander Hall; the Augusta Chapter of the Military Order of the World Wars will hold its annual Massing of the Colors Remembrance Day; all veterans, patriotic and ROTC organizations in the area are encouraged to participate; call Charles Schuman at (706) 294-0677, or e-mail schumancl@aol.com

ED TURNER AT THE MORRIS: 2 p.m., The Morris Museum of Art, 1 10th St.; refreshments and conversation with the artist follow; free; www.themorris.org