The Month in Preview January 2014
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February 2 Voices from a Plantation: A Slave’s Cry
>>GET MOONED
January 18 >>I DO
January 19 Roswell Wedding Showcase The 13th annual Roswell Wedding Showcase will take place at the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel on Holcomb Bridge Road from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Guests will meet with Roswell’s most unique and talented wedding specialists for advice on topics like décor and design, planning, hotel accommodations for guests, cake and catering, and bridal gifts. Admission is free. For more information call 770-640-3253.
Night Hike at the Chattahoochee Nature Center
Bulloch Hall will host Phyllis Kelly’s “Voices from a Plantation: A Slave’s Cry” at 4 p.m. Kelly will draw on stories from South Carolina and coastal plantations she heard in her youth for her performance. Kelly has performed at Hollywood Center Studios, the National Storytelling Conference, the National Black Theater Festival, and the Wren’s Nest in Atlanta. The event is free. For reservations, call 770-992-1731 ext. 2 or visit www.roswellroots.com.
From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. the Chattahoochee Nature Center will offer moonlight guided tours of one of the woodland trails or the river boardwalk. The event is for ages 5 to adult. Admission is $10 for the general public; $7 for CNC members. For more information, visit www.chattnaturecenter.org.
>>IT’S COLD OUT!
Feb. 1 Polar Bear Run
>>ACTING!
January 9–26 The Only Light in Reno
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The Roswell Cultural Arts Center on Forrest Street will host the Georgia Ensemble Theater’s “The Only Light in Reno.” Set in Reno in 1960, filming on “The Misfits” is hopelessly behind, it’s 106 degrees outside, and the city is in a total blackout. Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift play board games with an accused murderess while Marilyn Monroe is locked in the bathroom. This is the hilarious story of how Hollywood came to “The Biggest Little City in the World” and everything went up in flames. Performance times vary. For more information and to buy tickets, visit www.get.org.
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>>SCARY CLOWNS >>LAUGH IT UP
January 23–25 Jim Norton
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Johnson Ferry Baptist Church on Johnson Ferry Road will host its 26th Annual Polar Bear Run. The event will have something for everyone, including a 2K run/walk, a 5K run, a Cub Dash for ages 2-3, and a Cub Run for ages 4-5. All proceeds will benefit the church’s student choirs. The 2K is at 8 a.m. with the 5K at 8:30 a.m. Register online at active.com or at any Big Peach Running location.
Two-time New York Times bestselling author and comedian Jim Norton sells out theaters nationwide and is a regular contributor to programs like The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. He’s bringing the Jim Norton Show, where people call in for advice on sex, relationships, addiction, and comedy, to the Punchline. Performance times vary. Tickets $25. For more information, visit www.punchline.com.
January 30 thru February 17 Big Apple Circus The Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Alpharetta will host the Big Apple Circus’s show “Luminocity,” which celebrates the vitality of life at the crossroads of the world. No seat is more than 50 feet from the ringside. The performance will include rowdy pups, double trapeze artists, a bashful clown, an irrepressible flimflam man, and an extraordinary juggler. Tickets $10 at the gate. For more information visit www.bigapplecircus.org.