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Just like Sulley, all the monsters at GHSU’s Monster Bash will be friendly ones. The benefit, proceeds from which will go to GHSU’s Children’s Medical Center, will include food and drinks, live music, a silent auction and more. Costumes are encouraged. $50, individual tickets; $600, VIP table for eight. Call 706-721-4004 or email castewar t@georgiahealth.edu.
Arts
Branch Library. Call 706-834-9742 or visit augustaphotofestival.org.
2012 Augusta Photography Festival, including exhibits, gallery shows, workshops, field trips, photo safaris and other special events, is October 26-November 4 at locations around the area. For a complete list of events, visit augustaphotofestival.org.
Portraits of Southern Artists by Jerry Siegel shows through December 2 at the Morris Museum of Art. Call 706-724-7501 or visit themorris.org.
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 Annual Doll Exhibition shows November 1-December 31 at the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History. Free with museum admission. Call 706724-3576 or visit lucycraftlaneymuseum.com. October Exhibitions at the Aiken Center for the Arts include The Artisans of the South Carolina Cotton Trail, Lila Campbell and Joseph Bradley in the main gallery, the ACA Summer Camp Show in the Brooks Gallery and Bill Updegraff in the Aiken Artists Guild Gallery. Call 803-641-9094 or visit aikencenterforthearts.org. Annual Quilt Exhibition shows through December 31 at the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History. Pre-registration required. Call 706-7243576 or visit lucycraftlaneymuseum.com. Works by Troy Campbell show at Sky City during October. Visit skycityaugusta.com. The Whiskey Painters of America annual exhibition shows through October 31 at the Zimmerman Gallery. Call 706-774-1006 or visit zimmermangalleryaugusta.com. City of Dust: Photographs by John Mulhouse shows at the Headquarters 25OCTOBER2012
Elizabeth Moretz-Britt and Beth H. Jones Exhibit is on display through October 26 at Sacred Heart Cultural Center. Call 706-826-4701 or visit sacredheartaugusta.org. The Art of Alfred Hutty: Woodstock to Charleston, including 60 oil and watercolor paintings, pastel drawings, etchings, drypoints and lithographs, shows through October 28 at the Morris Museum of Art. Call 706-7247501 or visit themorris.org. Tying the Knot, a display of wedding dresses and accessories from the late 1800s to the 1960s, now shows at the Augusta Museum of History. Call 706-722-8454 or visit augustamuseum.org.
Elegant Simplicity, an Augusta Choral Society concert, is Saturday, October 27, at 7:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart Cultural Center. $25, adults; $20, seniors; $10, students. Call 706-826-4713 or visit augustachoralsociety.org. A Tribute to Jaco Patorius, a presentation of the USC-Aiken Jazz Band featuring Mike Frost, is Thursday, November 1, at 7 p.m. at USC-A’s Etherredge Center. For tickets, call 803-641-3305 or visit usca.edu.
Literary Maxwell Morning Book Club discusses “The Man in the High Castle” by Phillip K. Dick Thursday, October 25, at 10 a.m. at the Maxwell Branch Library. Call 706-793-2020 or visit ecgrl.org. National Novel Writing Month Kickoff is Saturday, October 27, at 2 p.m. at the Headquarters Branch Library. Call 706-821-2600 or visit ecgrl.org.
Music
“Hard Times” by Charles Dickens, a book discussion led by retired USCAiken history professor Val Lumans, is Tuesday, October 30, at 7 p.m. at the Aiken Public Library. Call 803-642-2023 or visit abbe-lib.org.
Karen Gordon performs Friday, October 26, at 6 p.m. at the Augusta Canal’s Moonlight Music Cruise. Participants are invited to bring snacks and beverages on the hour and a half canal cruise. $25. Call 706-8230440 or visit augustacanal.com.
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.
Musical Bridges I, a Columbia County Orchestra performance of composers bridging the 19th and 20th centuries, is Saturday, October 27, at 6 p.m. at the Jabez Hardin Theatre in Evans. $10, adults; free, students, military and music teachers. Call 706-755-5849 or visit columbiacco.org. Masters of Motown perform at Burke County High School on Saturday, October 27, at 7 p.m. as the opening concert of the 33rd season of the Waynesboro-Burke Concert Series. For ticket information, call 706-4370070 or visit augustaarts.com.
Dance Tango Night is every Thursday, 7-9:30 p.m., at Casa Blanca Cafe, 936 Broad Street. Call 706-504-3431 or visit casablancatime.com. Friday Dance, hosted by the Fraternal Order of Elks, 205 Elkdon Court in Martinez, is each Friday night from 7-11 p.m., with light snacks served from 7-8 and the dance, starting at 8 p.m., featuring DJ Joe Tutt playing shag, slow music and music to line dance to. $8. The third Friday is the Elks Dance, $35 per couple, which includes a full meal served from 7-8 p.m. and music by the Fun Time Band until 11 p.m. Call 706-860-3232. AUGUSTA’S INDEPENDENT VOICE SINCE 1989
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