Applause calendar

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FESTIVALS AND FAIRS

RIVERBLAST: 2-10 p.m. July 4, Augusta Common, 800 block between Broad and Reynolds streets; free; arts and crafts, dancing, music, fireworks, patriotic concert at Jessye Norman Amphitheater; (706) 826-0026, nbcaugusta.com

FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION: 4 p.m. July 4, Patriots Park, 5445 Columbia Road, Grovetown; fireworks, inflatables, rides, live entertainment, food vendors; free; www.columbiacountyga.gov

A STAR-SPANGLED FOURTH: 8 p.m. July 4, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 605 Reynolds St.; fireworks on Riverwalk, afterglow barbecue in the River and Berlin rooms; with The Independence Day Chorus and Orchestra; presented by The Riverwalk Series Inc.; riverwalkseries.com

INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION: 5-11 p.m. July 2, Barton Field, Fort Gordon; U.S. Signal Corps Band, children's carnival rides, pony rides, games, 28 food vendors; (706) 791-6779, www.facebook.com/fortgordon

SPECIAL EVENTS

SHAGGIN' BY THE SAVANNAH: 7-11 p.m. Saturday, Boeckh Park Pavilion, Hammond's Ferry, North Augusta; music by DJ George Perkins; free shag lessons 7-8 p.m.; food for purchase from Manuel's Bread Cafe and C.W.'s To-Go-B-Cue; www.hammondsferry.com

2009 ARMY SOLDIER SHOW: 8 p.m. Saturday, 6 p.m. Sunday, Alexander Hall, Chamberlain Ave., Fort Gordon; open to public; free; www.facebook.com/fortgordon

WWE PRESENTS RAW LIVE: 7:30 p.m. July 18, University of South Carolina Aiken Convocation Center, 471 University Parkway, Aiken; $17-$52; (866) 722-8877

THEATER

Doubt: a parable : 8 p.m. today-Saturday; Aiken Community Playhouse, 126 Newberry St., Aiken; aikencommunityplay house.com

STUART LITTLE : 12:30 p.m. Friday, Monte Sano Elementary auditorium; presented by The Art Factory; free; (706) 731-0008

SPITFIRE GRILL : 8 p.m. July 10-11, 17-18; 3 p.m. July 12; Aiken Community Playhouse, 126 Newberry St., Aiken; $15 general admission; aiken communityplayhouse.com

BILBO AND THE MAGIC RING : 9:30 and 10:45 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. Oct. 27-30; 3 p.m. Oct. 31; Imperial Theatre, 745 Broad St.; presented by Storyland Theatre; an original musical based loosely on The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien; weekday school shows: season tickets (3 plays) $11 pupils, individual shows $4.50 pupils; reservations required; teachers, class chaperones free; special rates for home schools; Saturday family matinees: season tickets (3 plays): $12: individual shows $5; no reservations needed; meet the actors after the show; all active duty military and their family free with military ID; www.knology.net/storyland

MUSIC

pianist Robert Gerstenberg: 3 p.m. Sunday, Aiken County Historical Museum, Aiken; featuring works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, and Rachmaninov; free; (803) 642-2015

DESSERT CONCERT WITH ISAAC HOLMES AND LOUIS PLAYFORD: 4 p.m. Sunday, St. Andrew Presbyterian; Mr. Holmes is the artistic director of the Columbia County Choral Society and an assistant professor of music at Paine College; Mr. Playford is the organist at St. Andrew and teaches in the conservatory program at Augusta State University; $12; (706) 736-4575

MUSIC IN THE PARK: 7 p.m. Thursdays, Maude Edenfield Park, North Augusta Community Center, 495 Brookside Ave.; July 30 concert at Grace United Methodist Church, 639 Georgia Ave., North Augusta; North Augusta Community Center; www.naartscouncil.org/common

CONCERTS IN THE PARK: City Park, Warrenton, Ga.; July 16, Nick Edelstein; Aug. 20, High Lonesome; hot dogs, drinks and shaved ice; bring a blanket or lawn chair; ; arts councilofwarrencounty.org

CANDLELIGHT JAZZ: 8 p.m. Sundays through August; Sunday, iGallo; July 5, Jerusalem Sounds; July 12, quietSTORM; July 19, Rob Foster and Pulsar; July 26, Preston and Weston; Aug. 2, Jazz Collective; Aug. 9, Mike Frost Trio; Aug. 16, GPS; Aug. 23, Playback, the Band; Aug. 30, Sounds Unlimited; $6; Eighth Street bulkhead at Riverwalk Augusta; www.myspace.com/gardencityjazz

APPLEBY GARDEN CONCERTS: Tuesday, Mellow-D; concert at 8 p.m., Appleby Branch Library, 2260 Walton Way; (706) 736-6244

SPORTS

augusta greenjackets: Rome Braves 7:05 p.m. today-Friday; Lake Olmstead Stadium, Milledge Road; $1-$11; $1 small beers and sodas Thursdays, $1 hot dogs Sundays, small hot dog, soda, popcorn free for ages 11 and younger Mondays, two-for-one small beers and sodas Tuesdays, baseball bingo free Wednesdays; greenjacketsbaseball.com

AUGUSTA SOUTHERN NATIONALS: Gates open 8 a.m., races 9 a.m. July 17-19, Augusta Riverfront Marina, 298 Prep Phillips Drive; advance series tickets $22, patron tickets $60; at gate series tickets $30, patron tickets $70; tixonline.com, augusta southernnationals.com

PSJ CELEBRATION HORSE SHOWS: 7:30 a.m. Friday, 7 a.m. Saturday-Sunday; Highfields Event Center, 147 Warehouse Road, Aiken; held by Progressive Show Jumping; free; psjshows.com

AUDITIONS

GYPSY : Adults, 1 p.m. Saturday, Hellenic Center, Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 953 Telfair St.; for roles except Mama Rose; held by The Augusta Players; accompanist provided; bring sheet music if auditioning solo from another show; (706) 826-4707, augustaplayers.com

BATBOY THE MUSICAL : 7 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Le Chat Noir, 304 Eighth St.; bring a prepared solo (accompanist provided); cold reading (material provided); show dates: Oct. 16-31; (706) 722 3322, lcnaugusta.com

COMMUNITY

BEGINNER'S FOIL FENCING: 6 p.m. Thursdays beginning today, Augusta Fencers Club, 134 Ninth St.; $150 for 10 weeks; (706) 722-8878, www.augustafencers.com

GREATER NORTH AUGUSTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 4:30 p.m. Friday, Manuel's Bread Cafe, 505 Railroad Ave. at Hammond's Ferry, North Augusta; will serve wine and cheese; (803) 279-2323

COLUMBIA COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY BREAKFAST: 9 a.m. Saturday, Fatz Cafe, Belair Road, Evans; with Georgia gubernatorial candidate Nathan Deal; $6; reservations not required; columbiacounty republicanparty.org

CLEANUP PROJECT FOR GORDON HIGHWAY: 6:30 a.m. Saturday, meet at the Southgate Shopping Center, Gordon Highway; coffee and doughnuts available; orange vests and trash bags provided by the commissioners' office; (706) 869-8180, ext. 15

OPEN HOUSE AT THE NEW MUNICIPAL BUILDING: 1:30-5 p.m. Sunday, ribbon-cutting at 1:30 p.m. for Center Street and 3 p.m. for the facility; Georgia Avenue, North Augusta, just after the 13th Street Bridge; (803) 441-4202

PEACE PICNIC: 2-5 p.m. Sunday, H. Odell Weeks Park, Aiken; food, music and guest speak-er Brett Bursey, executive director of the South Carolina Progressive Network; free

LECTURE, THE STRANGE CAREER OF JIM CROW IN AUGUSTA: Refreshments 11:30 a.m., lecture 12:30-1 p.m. Wednesday, Augusta Museum of History; lecture given by Dr. Lee Ann Caldwell; part of the Brown Bag History Series; museum members free, $3 others; bring a lunch; museum provides drinks and dessert; augustamuseum.org

BRICK YARD MARKET: 4 p.m. to dusk July 3, Hammond's Ferry, 89 Crystal Lake Drive, North Augusta; fresh produce and flowers, bread, wine, art and more for sale; (803) 613-1641

LITERARY LIFE

SUMMER BOOK-SIGNING: Noon to 1:30 p.m. today, conference room, Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History, 1116 Phillip St.; with Belinda A. Walker, Anthony Kellman, Gary Wayne Cade, Jean Embry; refreshments; (706) 724-3576

GIRL SCOUTS TRAVELING TROOP SESSIONS: 10 a.m. to noon July 8, Brookfield Park, 2749 Mayo Road; bring a picnic lunch and blanket; 10 a.m. to noon July 13, Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Telfair Street; bring fabric to make pillowcases for children with serious illnesses; free; an adult must stay with children; (800) 997-2472

BOOK DISCUSSION: 11:30 a.m. July 16, Columbia County Library, 7022 Evans Town Center, Evans; featuring Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day; (706) 863-1946

FILM

MOVIES UNDER THE STARS: Gates open at 7, movies begin at dusk Fridays; Columbia County Amphitheatre, 7022 Evans Town Center Blvd., Evans; shown on a 30-foot screen; Friday, Happy Feet; $2 adults, $1 ages 13 and younger, payable at the gate; lawn chairs, blankets, picnic baskets and coolers welcome; concessions available; alcoholic beverages prohibited; mcghealth.org/kids

SUMMER KID SHOW SERIES: 10 a.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays in June and July; today: Igor and Open Season; Tuesday and July 2: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and Nim's Island; July 7, 9: Coraline and Doogal; Evans Stadium Cinemas, 4365 Towne Center Drive, Evans; $1; (706) 869-1269

FAMILY MOVIE MATINEES: 1 p.m. Wednesdays, July 8, Hotel for Dogs; July 15, Horton Hears a Who; July 22, Wall-E; July 29, special feature; Performing Arts Center, Columbia County Library, 7022 Evans Town Center Blvd., Evans; (706) 312-7192

ATTRACTIONS

AUGUSTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY: 560 Reynolds St.; exhibits The Godfather of Soul, Mr. James Brown; From Ty to Cal: A Century of Baseball; Stories and Legends: A Community That Heals; Into the Interior: A History of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company; $4 adults, $3 seniors, $2 ages 6-18, free for 5 and younger; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 1-5 p.m. Sundays; www.augustamuseum.org; (706) 722-8454

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

LUCY CRAFT LANEY MUSEUM OF BLACK HISTORY: 1116 Phillips St.; The Photography of David Leight, through Tuesday; $5 adults, $3 seniors, $2 child- ren; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday; 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 kids; (706) 724-4174; www.geocities.com/meadowgarden3

MORRIS MUSEUM OF ART: 1 10th St.; $5 adults, $3 seniors, students and military; free for members and ages 5 and younger, free Sundays; Southern Eccentric: Paintings by Larry Connatser, through Aug. 16; regular hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays; noon to 5 p.m. Sundays; (706) 724-7501, themorris.org