TODAY
ROCK 'N' ROLL GOSPEL SHOW: 7 p.m., Jessye Norman Amphitheatre, $5
THE CROSS-TIE WALKERS: Augusta Canal Moonlight Music Cruise, 6:15 p.m., departs from Enterprise Mill Petersburg boat dock; check in at Canal Interpretive Center; $24; augustacanal.com
PATRICIA BARBER CONCERT: 8 p.m., Imperial Theatre, 745 Broad St.; $25 orchestra, $15 general admission; imperialtheatre.com
LANGSTON HUGHES' ASK YOUR MAMA: 12 MOODS FOR JAZZ: 7 p.m., Gilbert-Lambuth Memorial Chapel, Paine College, 1235 15th St.; $15 students, military; $25 adults; lucycraftlaneymuseum.com
WHAT DO WOMEN MOST WANT: 7 p.m., Union Baptist Church, 1104 Greene St.; with storyteller Jan Cribbs; $8 seniors, $10 adults; southernorderofstorytellers.org
ELISABETH VON TRAPP AND ERICH KORY: 8 p.m., St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 605 Reynolds St.; $15 general; ages 17 and younger free; riverwalkseries.com
FORD TRUCKS EQUESTRIAN BAL-LOON FESTIVAL: Preview 5:15 to 7 p.m., Augusta Common
EVENING OF BEL CANTO AT THE PARTRIDGE INN: A FUNDRAISER FOR THE AUGUSTA OPERA COMPANY: 6 p.m., The Partridge Inn, 2110 Walton Way; opera stars will perform popular arias; $75; $125 per couple; partridgeinn.com
TODAY-FRIDAY
THE COLLISION PROJECT: 7 p.m. Thursday, 3:45 and 7 p.m. Friday; Beverly J. Barnhart Theatre, John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School, 615 12th St.; adults $6, seniors, students and children $5, Davidson students $4; alliancetheatre.org
Donald Portnoy International Violin Competition: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today; final round, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday; winner's recital, 4 p.m., Grover C. Maxwell Performing Arts Theatre, Augusta State University, 2500 Walton Way; adults $10 each session ($25 all three); students $5 each session ($10 all three); maxwelltheatre.aug.edu
A TINY TASTE OF ART MINIATURE PAINTING CLASSES: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.; Gallery on the Row, Broad St.; $15; galleryontherow.com
TODAY-SATURDAY
THE AUGUSTA PLAYERS PRESENTS STEEL MAGNOLIAS: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; Le Chat Noir, 340 Eighth St.; $36 adults, $34 students, seniors; augustaplayers.org, (706) 826-4707
AUGUSTA TANGO MINI FESTIVAL: St. John United Methodist Church, 736 Greene St.; workshops $20, Latin dances $10; full event passes available; augustatangoclub.com
today: Free welcome practica, 6:30 to 9 p.m.; Casa Blanca Cafe, 936 Broad St.
FRIDAY: Fundamentals work-shop, 7 p.m.; Secrets of an Elastic Embrace, 7 p.m.; Latin dance 9:15 p.m.-midnight
SATURDAY: Intermediate workshops, 2 to 3:30 p.m. and 3:45 to 5:15 p.m.; Latin dance 8 p.m. to midnight, with DJ Angel Montero
THE WHISKEY PAINTERS OF AMERICA ANNUAL EXHIBITION: 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday; The Zimmerman Gallery, 1006 Broad St.; free
MAKING FACES: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for remainder of festival; Arts and Heritage Center, Municipal Center, 100 Georgia Ave., North Augusta; $5 adults, ages 12 and younger $2; (803) 663-9349
VISUAL ART AND ARTIFACTS: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Arts and Heritage Center, Municipal Center, North Augusta; art by Jim Harrison; $5 adults, ages 15 and younger $2; artsand heritagecenter.com
AUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ART FACULTY SHOW: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday; New Space Gallery, Washington Hall, Augusta State University, 2500 Walton Way; free; (706) 729-2310
A TINY TASTE OF ART AT GALLERY ON THE ROW: 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Gallery on the Row, 1016 Broad St.; free; exhibit featuring miniature paintings; galleryontherow.com
DESIGN CONCEPTS SCALE MODELS EXHIBIT: Collection of architectural scale models produced by hand; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Casa Blanca Cafe, 936 Broad St.; free; (706) 564-6232
FRIDAY
DSW: WHERE THESE SHOES FIT: 7 p.m., Union Baptist Church, 1104 Greene St.; $5
THE WYNNS: Augusta Canal Moonlight Music Cruise, 6:15 p.m., departs from Enterprise Mill Petersburg Boat dock; check in at Canal Interpretive Center; $24; augustacanal.com
VIDEO GAMES LIVE!: 7:30 p.m., Bell Auditorium, 712 Telfair St.; $20-$50; augustasymphony.org
TUNES FROM THE '30S, '40s and '50s: 7:30 p.m., Sacred Heart Cultural Center; $10; presented by Augusta Collegium Musicum
NEW YORK CHAMBER SOLOISTS: 8 p.m., Grover C. Maxwell Performing Arts Theatre, Augusta State University, 2500 Walton Way; $25; $7 children, students; ASU students, faculty, staff free; maxwelltheatre.aug.edu
SATURDAY
VOICES OF THE PAST: 11:30 a.m., 12:30 and 1:30 p.m., Augusta Museum of History, 560 Reynolds St.; character monologues in theater format; adults $4, senior citizens $3, ages 5-18 $2, 4 and younger free; (706) 722-8454
BIG KIDS ACCORDION BAND: 2:30 p.m., festival stage, Augusta Common; free
JUBBA AND FRIENDS: 6 p.m., Gilbert-Lambuth Chapel, Paine College, 1235 15th St.
MAKING FACES WORKSHOP: 10 a.m., Enterprise Mill, 1450 Greene St.; $50; presented by Clay Artists of the Southeast; clayartistsofthesoutheast.com
ABT II: 7 p.m., Imperial Theatre, 745 Broad St.; presented by the Augusta Ballet; $15-$35; augustaballet.org
PORTER FLEMING LITERARY COMPETITION AWARDS CEREMONY: 2 p.m., Morris Museum of Art, 1 10th St., free; westoboufestival.com
POTTERY DEMONSTRATIONS AND CONCERT WITH TARA SCHEYER AND the mud puppy band: 11 a.m., Hammond's Ferry brick pond, North Augusta; free; hammondsferry.com
OLD SCHOOL MUSIC FESTIVAL: 7:30 p.m., Jessye Norman Amphitheater; Eric Mayweather and the Finesse Band, the Tony Howard Show, Radical Praise, the Tuskegee Glee Club; $20 advance, $25 day of show; augustaarts.com
FESTIVAL DANCE SERIES: 4 to 7 p.m., festival stage, Augusta Common; performances by Augusta Dance Coalition: Alchemy, Augusta West Dance Studio, The Ball- room Dance Center, Columbia County Ballet, John S. Davidson Fine Arts School, and Savannah Winds Middle Eastern Dancers; free; augustaballet.org
MOUNT ZION SPIRITUAL SINGERS: 2 p.m., Union Baptist Church, 1104 Greene St.; free
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