ENTERTAINMENT Civil War Redux: Pinhole Photographs by Willie Anne Wright shows at the Morris Museum of Art. Call 706-828-3867 or visit themorris.org. Philip Juras: The Southern Frontier, landscapes inspired by Bartram’s travels, shows at the Morris Museum of Art. Call 706-724-7501 or visit themorris.org.
Music
Fight for Freedom Boot Camp is going on September 3-October 1 at Greubel’s MMA. Sponsored by FAST (Freedom Fighting Athletes Against Slave Trafficking), this program includes kickboxing, jiu jitsu, circuit training, yoga and weekend boot camp classes for participants who will pay $150, 100 percent of the proceeds of which will go to a charity to help combat Southeast Asia’s sex trafficking industry. Call Leesa Gray at 706-284-4831, email indigohands@gmail.com or visit greubelsmma. com.
Arts
First Saturday, hosted by the Center for Arts and Heritage in North Augusta, is Saturday, September 3, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free with admission to the Arts and Heritage Center. Art supplies included with admission. Call 803-4414380 or visit artsandheritagecenter.com. Artists Row is now accepting recycled materials to build ARTie, a 72-foot-dragon designed by Sarah Mays, their 2011 student art scholarship winner. The group needs plastic soda and water bottles, plastic grocery bags and leftover cans of spray paint, which can be delivered to Artistic Perceptions, Gallery on the Row, Oddfellows Gallery, the Book Tavern and Zimmerman Gallery. They also need volunteers to help build the sculpture September 29-October 5, with construction shifts available 10 a.m.-1 p.m., 2-5 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. Call 706-8268991 or visit artistsrowaugusta.com. Day of Art, hosted by the North Augusta Artists Guild, is each Tuesday from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Arts and Heritage Center and includes a group of artists painting in the center who will answer questions or allow visitors to join in. Call 803-441-4380 or visit artsandheritagecenter.com.
Exhibitions
Expect the Unexpected, an exhibit of ceramic art by members of the Clay Artists of the Southeast (CASE), including Pricilla Hollingsworth and Ann Baker, shows September 6-October 29 at the Arts and Heritage Center in North Augusta. Call 803-441-4380 or visit artsandheritagecenter.com.
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Adaptive Reuse of Historic Buildings is Wednesday, September 7, starting at 12:30 p.m. As part of the Augusta Museum of History’s Brown Bag History Series, Clay Boardman will address the economic benefits of adaptive reuse versus demolition of a city’s historic assets. The lecture is free to museum members and $3 for nonmembers. Participants should bring a lunch and the museum will provide beverages. Lunch begins at 11:30 a.m.; the lecture begins at 12:30 p.m. Call 706722-8454 or visit augustmuseum.org. Aiken Artist Guild Gallery Series: Leslie Hutto. Throughout the month of September, Leslie Hutto’s work will be displayed on the first floor of the center. Call 803-641-9094 or visit aikencenterfortearts.org. The Art of Millinery will be showcased through the month of October at the Center for Arts and Heritage in North Augusta. Millinery is the art of making hats and fascinators, and this exhibit showcases the works of local milliner Elizabeth Tudor. Call 803-4414380 or visit artsandheritagecenter.com. AikenArtistGuildGallerySeries: Leslie Hutto. Throughout the month of September, Leslie Hutto’s work will be displayed on the first floor of the center. Call 803-641-9094 or visit aikencenterfortearts.org. No Nature, No Art, an exhibition by William Willis, shows at the Morris Museum of Art. Call 706-828-3867 or visit themorris.org.
Corey Smith in concert is Thursday, September 1, at 6:30 p.m. at the Jessye Norman Amphitheater. Presale tickets $15 each while supplies last; advance tickets $22.50 when pre-sale tickets sell out; if tickets remain the day of show, they are $27.50 at gate; gates open 6:30 p.m. Call 706-495-6885 or visit coreysmith.com/tickets. Moonlight Music Cruise will be held on Friday, September 2, at 7 p.m. and features entertainment by acoustic pop/rock duo Ruskin Yeargain/Impulse Ride. $25 per seat. Call 706-823-0440 or visit augustacanal.com. Fourth Annual Smooth Music Festival starring Boney James with special guest Rachelle Ferrell is Friday, September 2, at 7:30 p.m. at the Bell Auditorium. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. $40-$60. Call 877-4-AUGTIX or visit georgialinatix.com. Uncommon JazzFestis Saturday, September 3, at the Augusta Common with gates opening at 3 p.m. and music continuing until late in the evening. Musicians include Tre Tailor & TailorMade, Tony Person-Shaver & Chamberjazz, the Lunar Octopus, Bill Karp, Mike Frost and Lauren Meccia and Reggie Sullivan and the Resonance String Quartet. $10, with free admission to children 13 and under. Visit uncommonjazzfestival.com.
Literary
Non-Fiction Book Club will meet Monday, August 29, at 6:30 p.m. at the Columbia County Library. The group will be discussing “Hot, Flat, Crowded” by Thomas L. Friedman. Call 706-8631946 or visit ecgrl.org. NOOK Tutorials at Barnes and Noble in the Augusta Mall are each Saturday beginning at noon, followed by a NOOKcolor tutorial at 12:30 p.m. Free. Call 706-737-0012 or visit bn.com.
Theater
“PurlieVictorious,”aproduction of USC-Aiken’s University Theatre that will show October 13-16, is holding auditions on Thursday, September 1, at 6 p.m. in USC-Aiken’s Etherredge Center. Roles are available for two African-American men ages 18-60, four Caucasian men ages 18-65, and three African-American women ages 18-60. Call Jack Benjamin at 803641-3327 or email jackb@usca.edu. Auditions for “Eli’s Bethlehem Inn,” an Enopion Theatre Company musical dinner theater production, will be held at the Kroc Center through September 2 for the production, which will show in nine performances November 18-December 2. Parts are available for men and women 18 years and up. All auditions are by appointment only. Call 706-771-7777 or visit enopion.com.
Flix
“The Great McGinty” (1940) shows as part of the Morris Museum of Art’s Films on Friday series on Friday, September 2, at noon. Participants will view this sharp political satire starring Brian Donlevy and, afterwards, museum Director Kevin Grogan leads a discussion. Free. Call 706-724-7501 or visit themorris.org. “Mars Needs Moms” shows Saturday, September 3, at 2 p.m. at the Headquarters Branch Library. Call 706-821-2600 or visit ecgrl.org. “Rango” plays at Wildwood Park’s Boat-In Movie on Saturday, September 3, at dusk. Free for boats, $3 park entrance fee for vehicles. Concessions available. Call 706-541-0586.
Special Events
Labor Day Weekend Sidewalk Sale is Thursday-Saturday, September 1-3, in downtown Aiken. Call 803-6492221 or visit downtownaiken.com. First Friday is Friday, September 2, from 5-10 p.m. in downtown Augusta and includes street vendors, entertainment, music and shopping. Galleries and restaurants are open late and include many specials and exhibition openings. Visit augustaarts.com. First Friday Inshop Tasting is Friday, September 2, from 5-8 p.m. at Wine World in North Augusta. Participants will taste six special wines as well as various cheeses. $5 fee with a $3 rebate with V. 22 | NO. 54