Applause calendar
From Staff
Thursday, January 01, 2009

GET LISTED: Send event information, a contact name and phone number to Steven Uhles at steven.uhles@augusta chronicle.com, or to Mr. Uhles at The Augusta Chronicle, P.O. Box 1928, Augusta, GA 30903-1928.

MUSIC NOTES

TUESDAY'S MUSIC LIVE: Lunch-time concert series, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 605 Reynolds St.; performances at noon; Melody Long Anglin, voice and harp, Tuesday; pianist Calvin Taylor, Jan. 20; Paul Roberts Fresh Music All-Star Big Band, Feb. 3; pianist Jinha Park, Feb. 17; guitarist Marina Alexandra, March 3; and The Augusta Children's Choral, March 17; lunch $10; box office, (706) 722-3463

CONCERTS WITH A CAUSE: Concerts and charity fundraiser series at St. John United Methodist Church, 736 Greene St.; 3 p.m. Jan. 11: W. David Lynch, for organ, benefits Augusta Urban Ministries; www.stjohn augusta.org.

KEOWEE CHAMBER PLAYERS: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 10; Jabez S. Hardin Performing Arts Center, 7022 Evans Town Center Blvd., Evans; presented by Augusta Symphony's Columbia County Music Series, featuring Reger's Serenade, Dohnanyi's Serenade, Debussy's Six Epigraphes Antiques (1914) and Mozart's Quartet in D Major; (706) 826-4705, www.augustasymphony.org

PIANISTS CLARA PARK AND MARTIN JONES: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 12; St. Mary on the Hill Catholic Church, 1420 Monte Sano Ave.; reception afterward; (706) 733-6627

OSIRIS PIANO TRIO: 8 p.m. Jan. 16; Grover C. Maxwell Performing Arts Theatre, Augusta State University, 2500 Walton Way; $25 general public, $7 schoolchildren; no children 5 or younger admitted; Augusta State students, faculty and staff with JagCard admitted free; presented by the Harry Jacobs Chamber Music Society; (706) 667-4100

WASHINGTON ISAAC HOLMES (BARITONE): 2 p.m. Jan. 18, Morris Museum of Art, 1 10th St.; free; www.themorris.org

DUBLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA: 8 p.m. Jan. 23, Etherredge Center, University of South Carolina Aiken, 471 University Parkway, Aiken; www.usca.edu/ec

AUGUSTA SYMPHONY OPEN DRESS REHEARSAL, MINI-INSTRUMENT PETTING ZOO: 9:30 a.m. free petting zoo, 10:30 a.m. rehearsal Saturday, Jan. 24; First Baptist Church of Augusta, 3500 Walton Way Extension; rehearsal $5 adults; children, students and season patrons free; (706) 826-4705

AUGUSTA SYMPHONY MASTERWORKS SERIES: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 24; First Baptist Church of Augusta, 3500 Walton Way Extension; $20.09; under the direction of Shizuo Kuwahara; (706) 826-4705

AUGUSTA SYMPHONY YOUTH COMPETITION: 1 p.m. Jan. 25, Grover C. Maxwell Performing Arts Theatre, Augusta State University, 2500 Walton Way; free; open to Augusta-area orchestral instruments performers, ages 10-18; www.augustasymphony.org

THE CANADIAN BRASS: 7:30 p.m. March 23, University of South Carolina Aiken Convocation Center, 471 University Parkway; uscatix.net

sPECIAL EVENTS

TEEN OPEN MIKE: 6 p.m. Jan. 12 and 26; Diamond Lakes Branch Library, 101 Diamond Lakes Way; teens may share poetry, rap, play an instrument or perform other talents; no foul language; for ages 12-18; free; register at the door or in advance by visiting or calling library; (706) 772-2432

ANTIQUES IN THE HEART OF AIKEN: Preview party 7-9 p.m. Jan. 29, $60, includes weekend show pass; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Jan. 30-31, noon to 5 p.m. Feb. 1; Aiken Center for the Arts, 122 Laurens St. S.W., Aiken; $8 (good all three days of show and sale); (803) 641-9094

HERITAGE GALA: 6-9 p.m. Feb. 7, Augusta Marriott Hotel & Suites, 2 10th St.; black-tie event, with keynote speaker Judge John H. Ruffin Jr., performance by Russell Joel Brown; $100; make reservation by Jan. 22; (706) 724-3576, lucycraftlaneymuseum.com

ON STAGE

Mamma Mia! : 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Jan. 8, 8 p.m. Jan. 9, 3 and 8 p.m. Jan. 10, 2 and 7 p.m. Jan. 11; Bell Auditorium, 712 Telfair St.; $39-$59; (706) 722-3521, www.ticketmaster.com

TOMMY AND GINA'S WEDDING : Jan. 16-17; Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, 402 Aumond Road; Augusta Players Youth Theatre; www.augustaplayers.org

GET ACTIVE

CHRISTIAN HORSE CAMP: First Saturdays, for women ages adolescent to adult; no experience required; free; www.angelwingequine.com

YOUTH BASKETBALL, CHEERLEADING: Games Saturdays beginning Jan. 24.; Midland Valley First Church of the Nazarene, 3526 Jefferson Davis Highway, Clearwater; for 4 years old to fifth grade; register by Jan. 7; (803) 593-3114, www.mvnazarene sports.com

COMMUNITY

THE ART OF TEACHING ART: Workshops Saturdays, January-April; Morris Museum of Art, 1 10th St., and Augusta State University, 2500 Walton Way; $10 per workshop; lunch; training by the Teaching Artist Institute; register by Monday; (706) 731-0008

CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Home Depot, 520 N. Belair Road, Evans; (706) 312-7195

OPEN HOUSE: 6:30 p.m. Jan. 15, Westminster Schools of Augusta, 3067 Wheeler Road; (706) 731-5260, ext. 2220

DOG PARK RIBBON-CUTTING: 3 p.m. Jan. 17, dog park at Pendleton King Park, 1600 Troupe St.; (706) 722-4866

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS OF AUGUSTA: 5:30 p.m. social, 6:30 p.m. meeting Jan. 20, The Partridge Inn, 2110 Walton Way; open to all professionals ages 21-40 in CSRA; ypaugusta.net

CSRA WRITERS: 5:30 p.m. Jan. 12, meeting room A, Columbia County Library, 7022 Evans Town Center Blvd., Evans; writers urged to bring eight copies of a manuscript to be critiqued; (706) 836-7315

FILMS

REEL ART FILM SERIES: I WANT SOMEONE TO EAT CHEESE WITH (R), 6:30 p.m. cheese tasting, 7 p.m. film Jan. 22; Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders (not rated), 7 p.m. Feb. 12; Ladron Que Roba A Ladron (To Rob a Thief) (PG-13), 6:30 p.m. demonstration, 7 p.m. film Feb. 26; Aiken Center for the Arts, 122 Laurens St., Aiken; $8 per film, student tickets $5; www. aikencenterforthearts.org; (803) 641-9094

MONDAY MOVIES AT MAIN: 6:30 p.m. Mondays; Jan. 5, Burn After Reading (R); Jan. 12, Priceless (R); Jan. 26, Manhattan, Kansas (Not Rated); Main Branch Library, 902 Greene St.; free; (706) 821-2600

ATTRACTIONS

AIKEN COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM: 433 Newberry St. S.W., Aiken; 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 2-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday; free; (803) 642-2015

AUGUSTA CANAL INTERPRETIVE CENTER: 1450 Greene St., Enterprise Mill, Suite 400; 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; Jan. 8 through March 8 boat tours will be suspended during construction and maintenance project; tours will resume March 10; (706) 823-0440

AUGUSTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY: 560 Reynolds St.; The Godfather of Soul, Mr. James Brown exhibit; From Ty to Cal: A Century of Baseball exhibit; $4 adults, $3 seniors, $2 ages 6-18, free for ages 5 and younger; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 1-5 p.m. Sundays; www.augusta museum.org; (706) 722-8454

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

DUPONT PLANETARIUM: 471 University Parkway, Aiken; 7 and 8 p.m. Saturdays; shows $4.50 adults, $3.50 seniors, $2.50 students, $1 University of South Carolina Aiken students, faculty and staff; rpsec.usca.edu/planetarium/; (803) 641-3654

EZEKIEL HARRIS HOUSE: 1840 Broad St.; 1797 house, 1-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday; $2 adults, $1 children; 5 and younger free; (706) 737-2820

FORT DISCOVERY SCIENCE CENTER: Riverwalk Augusta at Seventh Street; regular hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays; noon to 5 p.m. Sundays; $8 for ages 18-54, $6 for 55 and older, active-duty military and ages 4-17; half-price after 3 p.m.; www.nscdiscovery.org; (706) 821-0200

GROVETOWN MUSEUM: 106 W. Robinson Ave.; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays, 1-4 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays; free; (706) 868-6338

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

LAUREL AND HARDY MUSEUM: 250 N. Louisville St., Harlem; tribute to Harlem native Oliver Hardy; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays; (706) 556-0401

LIVING HISTORY PARK: 299 W. Spring Grove Ave., North Augusta; (803) 279-7560, www.colonialtimes.us

LUCY CRAFT LANEY MUSEUM OF BLACK HISTORY: 1116 Phillips St.; The Ebony Legacy, the Alice Davis Collection; Pilgrim Health and Life exhibition; Sam Burston exhibit today through Jan. 31, opening reception 3-5 p.m. Sunday; regular admission $5 adults, $3 seniors, $2 children; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday; Sunday: open for special events and by request; www. lucycraftlaneymuseum.com; (706) 724-3576

MEADOW GARDEN HISTORIC SITE: 1320 Independence Drive; 1792 home of George Walton, Declaration of Independence signer; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays, Saturdays by appointment; $4 adults, $3.50 seniors, $3 students, $1 children; (706) 724-4174; www.geocities.com/meadowgarden3

MORRIS MUSEUM OF ART: 1 10th St.; It's a Dog's Life: Photographs by William Wegman from the Polaroid Collection through Sunday; J.C. Leyendecker: America's "Other" Illustrator, through Jan. 11; Inside/Out: The Private World of Edith Caywood, Jan. 17-April 19; admission $5 adults, $3 seniors, students and military with ID; free for members and ages 5 and younger, free Sundays; regular hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays; (706) 724-7501, themorris.org

PHINIZY SWAMP NATURE PARK: 1858 Lock and Dam Road, near Augusta Regional Airport; park hours dawn to dusk, Saturdays-Sundays and holidays; noon to dusk Mondays-Fridays; www.phinizyswamp.org; (706) 828-2109

REDCLIFFE PLANTATION STATE HISTORIC SITE: 181 Redcliffe Road, Beech Island; grounds open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday-Monday; house tours are 1, 2 and 3 p.m., $4 per adult, $3 ages 6-16, $2.50 South Carolina senior citizens, free for ages 5 and younger; (803) 827-1473

SACRED HEART CULTURAL CENTER: 1301 Greene St.; tours of 103-year-old former church noted for architecture; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays; (706) 826-4700

From the Thursday, January 01, 2009 edition of the Augusta Chronicle
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