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With the arrival of a new prince of England, many are speculating as to what name Prince William and his wife, Kate, will give him.

Check out the most popular baby boy names in the United States and their origins.

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“The Wolverine” creates a bridge between “X-Men: The Last Stand” and the current X-men series.

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The 10th annual Heirloom Tomato Festival will be Sunday at Glen-Ella Springs Inn in Clarkesville. Taste a variety of tomatoes and check out the different vendors there.

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Time to taste seasoned tomatoes Heirloom Tomato Festival offers music, food, fun

BY CHRISTEN ROBINSON crobinson@ gainesvilletimes.com

The 10th annual Heirloom Tomato Festival will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, July 28, at Glen-Ella Springs Inn and Meeting Place in Clarkesville.

Tickets are $5 per person and organizers encourage buying them early.

“We actually try and limit around 500,” Glen10th annual Ella Springs general manager Debbie Brunen Heirloom said. “Advance tickets Tomato Festival will be available up until 4 p.m. this Friday.”

When: 11 a.m. to 4 The festival features p.m. Sunday at least 20 local vendors Where: Glen-Ella displaying fine art, Springs Inn and pottery, jewelry and Meeting Place, 1789 more in Glen-Ella’s 12Bear Gap Road, acre meadow.

Clarkesville “We will have vendors Cost: $5 (who) make honey, all-natural soaps, displaying primitive furniture and decor and a vendor who makes stain glass,” Glen-Ella Springs general manager Debbie Brunen said.

People can also expect family fun, a live bluegrass band and samplings of Glen-Ella’s heirloom tomatoes. Several food items such as fried green tomatoes, tomato tartlets and tomato sandwiches will be available for purchase.

A Twilight Tomato Supper will conclude the day’s festival. Dinner will be in the dining room of the GlenElla Springs Restaurant.

“The menu will be a tomato-themed a la carte and all of the food will be prepared by Glen-Ella,” Luci Kivett said.

The restaurant will begin seating guests at 5:30 p.m. Reservations are encouraged. Guests may make reservations up until the day of the festival.

The Heirloom Tomato Festival was started by owners of the Glen-Ella Springs Inn and Meeting Place, Ed and Luci Kivett.

“It’s just a tradition,” Brunen said.

This tradition that has developed into one of Clarkesville’s main attractions.

“The festival has grown over the years. The last two years, we’ve taken up to 500 guests,” Kivett said.

For more information or to make reservations for the 10th annual Heirloom Tomato Festival and the Twilight Tomato Supper, call 706-754-7295 or visit www.glenella.com.

Arts events This Week

Landscapes, Seascapes and Other Escapes exhibit, Sautee.

Through July 28. Sautee Nacoochee Community Association, 283 Ga. 255 N, Sautee Nacoochee. Visit snca.org for times.

“Abandoned Rural America” exhibit, Sautee. Through July 28. Sautee Nacoochee Community Association, 283 Ga. 255 N, Sautee Nacoochee. Free. Visit snca. org for times.

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66th annual Members’ exhibition, Gainesville. 5:307:30 p.m. Oct. 11 through Dec. 1. Quinlan Visual Arts Center, 514 Green St. NE, Gainesville. Free.

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Annual Art-Oberfest vendors needed, Helen. Helen Arts & Heritage invites arts, fine crafts and food vendors to apply for booth space for the Oct. 19 festival. Space is limited. Artwork must be approved. Cost for a 10foot by 10-foot space is $40 for Helen Arts & Heritage members and $50 for nonmembers. Call 706-8783933.

Summer Exhibitions, Gainesville. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday through Friday.

Through Aug. 17. Quinlan Visual Arts Center, 514 Green St. NE, Gainesville. Free. qvac.org.

“The Good Wife” exhibit, Gainesville. Through Sept.

1. Simmons Visual Arts Center, Presidents Gallery, 500 Washington St. SE, Gainesville. Free. Call 770534-6263 for times.

“Bowden: A Collector’s Legacy” exhibit, Gainesville.

Through Sept. 1. Brenau University Galleries, 429 Academy St., Gainesville.

Opening reception 5:307 p.m. July 11. Featuring artwork by Joseph Albers, Alex Katz, Michael Graves, John Cage and Marisol. Free.

770-534-6263.

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ContraForce to liven up dance

BY ANDREW AKERS

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Contra dance

A three-man band with deep roots in the contra dance scene is slated to get toes tapping, hands clapping and feet in a dancing motion Saturday, July 27, at the Sautee Nacoochee Community Association gym.

ContraForce, a Charleston, S.C.-based trio, will headline the contra dance with Diane Silver calling the dances.

The event starts at 7:30 p.m. with a welcome lesson where newcomers can learn the basics of contra dancing. At 8 p.m., ContraForce goes on stage.

Admission is $9 for adults, $7 for SNCA members and $5 for students. Children 12 and younger are admitted free with a supervising adult.

The event is at the SNCA gym, 288 Ga. 255 N, in Sautee Nacoochee.

The band consists of

When: 7:30 p.m.

Where: Sautee Nacoochee Community Association gym, Sautee Nacoochee.

Cost: $9 adults, $7 SNCA members, $5 students, free for children 12 and younger.

three members: Andrae Raffield on the fiddle, Joey Dorwart on the saxophone and drums, and Jimi “Two Nails” Periano on guitar.

Raffield and Dorwart were 15-year veterans of contra bands such as Anna’s Bananas and Shady Groove when they formed ContraForce with Periano.

Band members describe themselves as “merging traditional contra music with psychedelia, surf rock and metal to create a new exciting force” on their website contraforceband.

From staff reports The Georgia Racing Hall of Fame Museum will transform into Las Vegas on Saturday, July 27, for the Dawson County Humane Society’s fourth annual Lucky Dog Casino Night.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the gambling lasting until 10 p.m. at 415 Ga. 53 East in Dawsonville. Tickets

are $50 per person.

Participants will receive play money for their ticket as well as indulge in an array of complimentary hors d’oeuvres and desserts, a cash bar and various other beverages.

The evening will feature professional dealers at roulette, blackjack, Texas hold ‘em and craps. A disc jockey will provided the music in conjunction with trivia, dancing and live and silent auctions.

The casino night will benefit the Dawson County Humane Society, which is a

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Food Drive, Flowery Branch. Through July 26. 5989 Spout Springs Road, Flowery Branch. Call 770-9676737 for time, goddardschool.com.

“Bags and Cuts,” Gainesville. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 27.

Farm Bureau, Gainesville. To help provide 400 book bags, school supplies and hair cuts to children in K-12th grade. 770-539-3472, myeterno@gmail.com.

National Dance Day, Cumming. 9 and 11 a.m. and Noon. July 27. Cumming First United Methodist Church, 770 Canton Highway, Cumming. 770-8872900.

Contra Dance, Sautee. 7:30 p.m. July 27 and 30, Aug. 24. Historic Gym, Sautee Nacoochee Center, 283 Ga. 255 N, Sautee. Adults $9, students $5. 706-754-3254, snca.org.

The Pilot Club, Gainesville. 5:45 p.m. every fourth Thursday. Elk’s Club, 1547 Riverside Drive, Gainesville.

770-532-2528, jlc814@yahoo.com.

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Contra dancing is a mix of traditional folk and square dancing with

modern influences.

For more information, call 706-878-3300 or visit www. sauteecontra.com.

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For information, visit www.luckydogdawson. eventbrite.com or www.

dawsoncountyhumane society.org or contact Liza at lizachapman@me.com, 706-216-9895.

White County Historical Society program, Cleveland.

7:30 p.m. Aug. 1. White County Historical Society, Cleveland. Free.

Food Truck Friday, Suwanee. 7 p.m. Aug. 2. Town Center Park, 330 Town Center Ave., Suwanee.

Women’s Health Series, Gainesville. 5:30-7 p.m. Aug. 6. Walters Auditorium, Northeast Georgia Medical Center, 743 Spring St., Gainesville. Free, reservations are required. 770-503-9060, ngpg.org.

Back to School Bash, Clarkesville. 3-6 p.m. Aug. 10.

Ruby C. Fulbright Aquatic Center, 120 Paul Franklin Road, Clarkesville. Free to Habersham County students.

Antique Auto Show, Clarkesville. Aug. 16-18.

Habersham County Fairgrounds, 4235 Toccoa Highway, Clarkesville. Call for 706-778-1445 time.

Sixth annual Children’s Center for Hope and Healing Gala, Gainesville. 7 p.m. Aug. 17. Smithgall Arts Center, 331 Spring St. SW, Gainesville. 770-532-6530, hopeandhealingga.org or info@hopeandhealingga.org.

Square Dance Benefit, Gainesville. 2-4 p.m. Aug. 25. First Presbyterian Church, 800 S. Enota Drive, Gainesville. Benefit Square Dance for “Walk to End Alzheimer’s.” Free, donations appreciated. 678-9560287, acoley@mindspring.com Taste of History, Gainesville. 7 p.m. Aug. 30. First Baptist Church, 751 Green St. NW, Gainesville.

Benefits the Northeast Georgia History Center.

For Youth Development For Healthy Living

322 Academy Street NE Gainesville, GA 30501 770-297-5900 www.negahc.org Tues - Sat 10am - 4pm

For Social Responsibility 2455 Howard Rd • Gainesville, GA 30501 770-297-9622 • gamountainsymca.org

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Expert banjo player picks his tunes Five-string master to play Saturday

James McKinney concert

From staff reports As someone who has performed with the best and most famous bluegrass and country players, James McKinney is a highly skilled master of the five-string banjo.

A specialist of the Scruggs and Reno style, McKinney also knows a thing or two about jazz music.

He was mentored by the jazz educator, David Baker, and Henry Ferrel, who taught artists such as Chet Atkins and Jethro Burns.

The master banjo player will perform a club concert at 8 p.m.

Saturday, July 27, at the Grant Street Music Room in Clarkesville.

Other musicians are expected to join in for a dueling banjos finale to wrap up the performance. These will include The Chattahoochee Chain Gang, an Americanabluegrass band from the South, who will provide a modern take on traditional bluegrass.

McKinney has played with musicians such as Bill Monroe and John Hartford. He also has toured and played with artists like Johnny Cash, Dixie Chicks and The Grateful Dead, to name a few familiar names. He is also a longtime friend of the famous fiddler Vassar Clements, with

When: 8 p.m. Saturday Where: Grant Street Music Room, 583 Grant St., Clarkesville Cost: $5

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James McKinney, a master of the five-string banjo, will perform a club-style concert at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Grant Street Music Room in Clarkesville.

whom he formed the touring group, The Vassar Clements Band.

In the 1980s, McKinney lived in Dallas and recorded with the

touring band Danger in the Air. He later moved to Nashville to record with many famous artists.

He mastered the banjo earlier

than many pick it up. When he was 15, he won the South U.S. Banjo Championship. In 1982, he became a champion player with his win at the National Banjo Championship in Winfield, Kan. Through the years, McKinney has won several first-place prizes at state and regional championships. He has also appeared on the Grand Ole Opry, “The Porter Wagoner Show” and the stages of Opryland at the age of 19, as part of Smoky Mountain Sunshine.

In addition, he has worked for and taught many large banjo camps and workshops all across the United States and Australia to help further education in banjo playing.

Today, McKinney lives in Atlanta and has formed a new acoustic group called The Night Travelers with bassist Niki Portmann. They tour and perform throughout the southeast. Their first album, called “Campfire,” will debut soon.

Musical storytellers to share tales in Dahlonega Roxie Watson, The Buzzard Mountain Boys to take stage at The Crimson Moon Cafe From staff reports Two brothers and a natural storytelling woman will sing their tunes this weekend at The Crimson Moon Cafe in Dahlonega.

Kicking off will be Roxie Watson at 8:30 p.m. Friday, July 26.

“When you have a group

of women who are natural storytellers, who soothe their aggressive musical chops with beautiful harmonies, temper their rock ‘n’ roll sensibilities with an understanding of Appalachian tradition, and come off as a little bit Keith Richards, a little bit Bill Monroe, you get Roxie Watson,”

said Lisa Love of Georgia Music Magazine.

Tickets are $18 in advance and $20 the day of the show.

Next in line are The Buzzard Mountain Boys at 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, July 27, at the cafe at 24 N. Park St. in Dahlonega. Tickets are $12 in advance and $14 the day of the show.

Joe Bob and Jim Bob, aka the “Bob Brothers,” were born on the northern slope of Big Buzzard

Mountain, north of Dahlonega.

They come down from their mountain to share traditional tales and tunes from the hills and hollers of Appalachia, interspersed with corny humor to take listeners back to the days of traveling minstrels.

Most of the ticket sales plus 10 percent of food and beverages purchased during July’s revue will be donated to help pay medical expenses for the infant son of oldtime musician Kenneth Johnson.

Band will strike up music on square Stokeswood performs free concert Friday From staff reports With a state swim meet diving into Gainesville this weekend, three local organizations combined forces to sponsor a free concert Friday night on the downtown square.

Stokeswood will perform from 7-9 p.m. Friday, July 26, on the square.

“We wanted to have something going on for (the swimming competitors) and everybody,” said Regina Mansfield, manager of Main Street Gainesville.

Mansfield said more than 3,000 competitors are expected in Gainesville.

Therefore, the Main Street organization along with the city’s parks and recreation and tourism department wanted an event to draw the visitors downtown.

“Stokeswood is a fun, hip, family band,” she said. “It’s good for younger crowds. A lot of the swimmers will be of a junior age.”

The concert will be free.

Visitors are encouraged to bring chair or blanket and listen to the music.

The Monkey Barrel sponsored the band.

Before the concert starts, the downtown farmer’s market will continue on its regular schedule, Mansfield said.

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Adult kayak class, Gainesville. 6-8 p.m. July 25, 10 a.m. to noon July 27. Lake Lanier Olympic Venue, 3105 Clarks Bridge Road, Gainesville. $75. 770-287-7888, lckc.org.

Skid Row, Duluth. 9:30 p.m. July 27.

Wild Bill, 2075 Market St. Duluth. $20 advance, $25-$30 at the door. ticketmaster.com.

James McKinney, Clarkesville.

8 p.m. July 27. Grant Street Music Room, Old Clarkesville Mill, 583 Grant St., Clarkesville. $5. 706-8397467.

In a refreshing display of storytelling, “The Wolverine” movie actually wants us to know some things about its characters and to care

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Rowing Camps, Flowery Branch.

Through July.

Participants will learn basic skills for rowing and sculling in a noncompetitive, friendly, team oriented environment. Call 785-770-7888 for times and price, lakelanierrowing. org or blransom@ mindspring.com.

Jazz Jam Session, Dahlonega. 7-9 p.m. every fourth Sunday. The Crimson Moon, 24 N Park St., Dahlonega. $6.

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“Shrek The Musical and Shooby Doo,” Suwanee. 7 p.m.

July 26-27.

Suwanee Town Center Park, Town Center Ave., Suwanee.

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Summer Songwriter Series, featuring Randall Bramblett and Greg Barnhill, Gainesville. 7-9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3. Brenau’s Downtown Center (formerly the Georgia Mountains Center), 301 Main St. SW, Gainesville. Tickets are $15 and may be purchased at the door.

Chattahoochee Riverkeeper inaugural Watershed Outings, Flowery Branch. 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3. Aqualand Marina, 6800 Lights Ferry Road, Flowery Branch. $15 for adults and $5 children or $10 adults and $5 children for Chattahoochee Riverkeeper members. Contact Jason at julseth@chattahoochee.org to register.

Fourth annual Breastfeeding in the Park, Baldwin. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 3. Baldwin Park, 165 Willingham Ave., Baldwin. Food, drinks, games and door prizes. Free.

Fourth annual Consume Youth Conference, Oakwood. 6 p.m. Aug. 2. 5004 McEver Road, Oakwood. 678-9715297, ogtcathy@gmail.com.

Open auditions for “The Mousetrap,” Dahlonega.

7-10 p.m. July 30-31. Historic Holly Theater, 69 W. Main St., Dahlonega. 706-864-3759.

LOOKING AHEAD

“Les Misérables,” Lawrenceville. 8 p.m.

Wednesdays through Saturdays, 2:30 p.m.

Saturdays and Sundays, July 25 through Sept. 8.

10 a.m. Aug. 14, 21, 28.

Aurora Theatre, 128 E. Pike St., Lawrenceville. $30-$40. 678-226-6222, auroratheatre.com.

Community Back-to-School Celebration, Cumming. 2-7 p.m. July 27. The Collection at Forsyth, 410 Peachtree Parkway, Cumming. collectionforsyth.com.

National Dance Day, Cumming. 9 and 11 a.m. and Noon. July 27. Cumming First United Methodist Church, 770 Canton Highway, Cumming. 770-887-2900.

about them. The film starts with Wolverine/Logan (Hugh Jackman) living a reclusive life and coping with his guilt over the death of Jean Grey (Famke Janssen). But the scope of the film focuses on Logan’s internal battle and his fight to protect the innocent, beautiful Mariko (Tao Okamoto). Flaws rear their ugly heads in the third act, but in the end, the Marvel comic book movie is worth the 2D ticket.

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‘Wolverine’ stands out in summer of duds The Wolverine

JEFF MARKER jeffmarker@rocketmail.com

Film Review “The Wolverine” is probably the best blockbuster of the summer, but that isn’t necessarily saying much.

For American cinema, 2013 is destined to be known as the Year of the Implosion.

Steven Spielberg and George Lucas recently predicted Hollywood studios are heading toward an implosion caused by their insistence on making bloated-budget blockbusters despite steadily falling revenues.

Their statements came on the heels of Steven Soderbergh’s “State of the Cinema” address at the San Francisco Film Festival, which has since gone viral.

Soderbergh decried the Twentieth Century Fox disappearance of art from Hugh Jackman portrays Logan/Wolverine in a scene from the film, “The Wolverine.”

American cinema and the Hollywood trend toward making It isn’t, in fact, a great X-Men universe. story has more impact if the big-budget films for the foreign movie, but it is worthy of its In a refreshing display of stakes are personal. market. title character, unlike “X-Men storytelling fundamentals, Mangold and his writers The three legendary directors Origins: Wolverine,” with which this movie actually wants us wisely reduce the scope of seem to have accurately it shares almost nothing. to know some things about the film to Logan’s internal pegged Hollywood’s problems, “The Wolverine” does not its characters and care about battle, his struggle to honor an and they certainly captured the continue the storyline begun them. old allegiance and his fight to mindset (and malaise) of film in that 2009 yawner.

Instead, Director James Mangold protect the innocent, beautiful lovers. Their predictions are the movie creates a bridge has built a career on creating Mariko (Tao Okamoto). coming true right before our between “X-Men: The Last complex characters, as we’ve Drawing on Wolverine’s eyes, as each week the newest Stand” (2006) and the current seen in “Cop Land,” Girl, Japan saga in the comic series, Hollywood megapic fails at the X-Men series.

Interrupted,” and “Walk the the movie takes place mostly box office and among critics, Not that we see much of Line.” Just as Sam Mendes did in Japan and features a great leading to write-downs for the the other X-Men characters. with “Skyfall,” Mangold brings deal of martial arts action. It studios.

The X-Men have disbanded, a more sophisticated sense of wouldn’t compare well to any Into this context comes and Wolverine/Logan (Hugh character to a franchise that first-rate kung fu movie, but the “The Wolverine,” a Marvel/ Jackman) is living a reclusive badly needed it. fight scenes are well-executed Fox property founded on a life as he copes with his guilt “The Wolverine” should serve and at least offer something we character with an extremely over the death of Jean Grey as a reminder that the entire haven’t seen every other week devoted fanbase. This movie (Famke Janssen). Only at the universe doesn’t have to be of the season. doesn’t have to be great to be end do the filmmakers directly in peril for a movie to create Odd as it sounds, it now considered the best tentpole release of 2013. tie this movie into the broader a dramatic effect. In fact, the seems fresh to see live-

Starring: Hugh Jackman, Famke Janssen, Brian Tee, Will Yun Lee, Hiroyuki Sanada Rated: PG-13, for sequences of intense sci-fi action and violence, some sexuality and language Runtime: 2 hours, 6 minutes Bottom line: A Wolverine movie worthy of the character

action humans battle rather than computer-generated superheroes, monsters or robots.

The movie’s flaws don’t rear their ugly heads until the third act. We are forced to wait for a big reveal, but most people are going to figure it out well before the climax. And it’s a rather silly twist, both the concept and the way it appears on screen.

The filmmakers’ freedom from having to connect this movie to other X-Men movies also goes away. The ending is less than satisfying as Mangold and company must clumsily fit “The Wolverine” into the ongoing X-Men narrative.

Most fans won’t mind, though, because of two surprise cameos during the closing credits that should generate excitement for next year’s “X-Men: Days of Future Past.”

“The Wolverine” will not be part of the implosion. It’s worth a 2-D ticket and should please fans. It’s one of the few times all year I’ve been able to recommend a Hollywood movie with a clear conscience.

Jeff Marker is head of the Communication, Media & Journalism Department at the University of North Georgia. His reviews appear weekly in Get Out and on gainesvilletimes.com/getout.

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Hollywood Stadium Cinemas 770-539-9200 120 Green Hill Circle NW, Gainesville

The Conjuring (R) Thu.-Sun. 1:45-4:30-7:1510:00-10:00 Despicable Me 2 (PG) Thu. 12:15-1:00-2:304:00-4:45-6:30-7:15-9:00-9:45 Fri.-Sun. 12:15-1:00-2:30-4:00-4:45-7:15-9:45 Fruitvale Station (R) Fri.-Sun. 1:00-3:15-5:307:45-10:00 Grown Ups 2 (PG-13) Thu. 12:15-1:00-2:304:00-5:00-7:00-7:30-10:00 Fri.-Sun. 12:152:30-5:00-7:30-10:00 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (PG13) Thu. 10:00-10:00 The Heat (R) Thu. 1:15-4:15-7:15-9:45 Fri.Sun. 1:15-4:15-7:00-9:45 The Lone Ranger (PG-13) Thu.-Sun. 12:153:30-6:45-9:15 Monsters University (G) Thu.-Sun. 1:15-4:156:45 Pacific Rim (PG-13) Thu. 2:00-4:00-5:00-7:009:45 Fri.-Sun. 1:00-4:00-7:00-9:45 Pacific Rim 3D (PG-13) Thu. 1:00 The Pirates! Band of Misfits (PG) Thu. 10:0010:00-10:00 R.I.P.D. (PG-13) Thu. 12:30-5:15-10:00 Fri.Sun. 12:30-5:15-7:30-10:00 R.I.P.D. 3D (PG-13) Thu. 2:45-7:30 Fri.-Sun. 2:45 Red 2 (PG-13) Thu.-Sun. 1:30-4:15-7:00-9:45 Turbo (PG) Thu. 12:30-1:15-3:30-5:00-8:009:30 Fri.-Sun. 12:30-5:00-7:15-9:30 Turbo 3D (PG) Thu. 2:45-7:15 Fri.-Sun. 2:45 White House Down (PG-13) Thu. 3:45-7:00-9:30 Fri.-Sun. 12:45-3:45-6:45-9:30 The Wolverine (PG-13) Thu. 10:00 Fri.-Sun. 12:45-3:45-5:00-6:30-7:00-8:00-9:45 The Wolverine 3D (PG-13) Thu. 10:00 Fri.-Sun. 2:00-9:30 World War Z (PG-13) Thu. 12:45-6:45

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3333 Buford Drive, Suite 3000, Buford The Conjuring (R) Thu. 11:30-2:05-4:40-7:209:55 Fri.-Sat. 11:30-2:05-4:40-7:20-9:5512:30 Sun. 11:30-2:05-4:40-7:20-9:55 Despicable Me 2 (PG) Thu. 10:40-12:00-1:002:20-3:20-4:40-5:40-7:00-8:35-9:20-10:55 Fri.-Sat. 10:10-12:00-12:30-2:20-2:50-4:405:10-7:05-9:25-11:45 Sun. 10:10-12:0012:30-2:20-2:50-4:40-5:10-7:05-9:25 Despicable Me 2 3D (PG) Thu. 10:00-12:202:40-8:05 Fri.-Sun. 11:30-1:50-4:10 Fruitvale Station (R) Fri.-Sat. 10:40-12:452:50-4:55-7:00-9:05-11:10 Sun. 12:45-2:50-

4:55-7:00-9:05 Girl Most Likely (PG-13) Thu. 10:05-12:30-2:555:20-7:45-10:10 Grown Ups 2 (PG-13) Thu. 10:00-10:3012:25-12:55-2:50-3:20-5:15-5:457:40-8:10-10:05-10:35 Fri.-Sat. 10:0012:25-2:50-5:15-7:40-10:05-12:40 Sun. 10:00-12:25-2:50-5:15-7:40-10:05 The Heat (R) Thu. 11:15-1:55-4:35-7:15-9:55 Fri.-Sat. 11:15-1:55-4:35-7:15-9:55-12:40 Sun. 11:15-1:55-4:35-7:15-9:55 Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain (R) Thu. 10:1512:10-2:05-4:00-5:55-7:50-9:45 Fri.-Sat. 11:15-4:45-10:45-12:40 Sun. 11:15-4:4510:45 The Lone Ranger (PG-13) Thu. 10:00-1:10-4:207:30-10:40 Fri.-Sun. 1:10-7:30 Man of Steel (PG-13) Thu. 5:00 Monsters University (G) Thu. 11:00-1:30-4:007:05 Fri.-Sat. 11:00-1:30-4:00-7:05-9:3512:10 Sun. 11:00-1:30-4:00-7:05-9:35 Pacific Rim (PG-13) Thu.-Sun. 10:45-4:3510:25 Pacific Rim 3D (PG-13) Thu.-Sun. 1:40-7:30 Pacific Rim: An IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) Thu.-Sun. 10:15-1:10-4:05-7:00-9:55 R.I.P.D. (PG-13) Thu. 10:05-10:35-12:55-2:453:15-5:35-7:25-7:55 Fri.-Sat. 10:35-12:553:15-5:35-7:55-10:15-12:35 Sun. 12:55-3:155:35-7:55-10:15 R.I.P.D. 3D (PG-13) Thu. 12:25-5:05 Red 2 (PG-13) Thu. 11:10-1:50-4:30-7:10-9:50 Fri.-Sat. 11:10-1:50-4:30-7:10-9:50-12:30 Sun. 11:10-1:50-4:30-7:10-9:50 The To Do List (R) Fri.-Sat. 10:10-12:30-2:555:15-7:35-10:00-12:20 Sun. 12:30-2:55-5:157:35-10:00 Turbo (PG) Thu. 10:00-10:30-12:15-12:452:30-3:05-4:45-5:20-7:00-9:15 Fri.-Sat. 10:00-12:15-2:30-4:45-7:05-9:20-11:35 Sun. 10:00-12:15-2:30-4:45-7:05-9:20 Turbo 3D (PG) Thu. 11:00-1:15-3:30-5:458:00-10:15 Fri.-Sat. 11:00-1:15-3:30-5:458:00-10:15-12:35 Sun. 11:00-1:15-3:30-5:458:00-10:15 The Way Way Back (PG-13) Thu. 10:10-12:353:10-5:35-8:00-10:25 Fri.-Sun. 10:10-12:353:10-5:35-8:05-10:30 White House Down (PG-13) Thu. 7:40-10:35 The Wolverine (PG-13) Thu. 10:0010:15 Fri.-Sat. 11:00-11:30-1:201:50-4:40-5:10-7:00-7:15-7:30-7:4510:05-10:20-10:35-10:50-12:40 Sun. 11:00-1:20-1:50-4:40-5:10-7:00-7:15-7:307:45-10:05-10:20-10:35-10:50 The Wolverine 3D (PG-13) Thu. 10:30 Fri.-Sun. 10:30-2:20-4:10-8:00-9:50 World War Z (PG-13) Thu.-Sun. 12:00-2:405:20-8:00-10:40

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“R.I.P.D.” was dead on arrival at the box office.

Sony’s ghost-busting crime caper starring Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges opened in seventh place with $12.7 million, while the Warner Bros. haunted house thriller “The Conjuring” spooked up $41.9 million to rank first during its initial weekend in theaters.

Fox’s animated snail racing adventure “Turbo,” opened with $21.3 million in third place.

Summit Entertainment’s “Red 2,” which stars Bruce Willis and Helen Mirren as retired CIA operatives, debuted with $18 million in fifth place.

The top 5 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Hollywood.com, are: 1. “The Conjuring,” Warner Bros., $41,855,326, 2,903 locations, $14,418 average, $41,855,326, one week.

2. “Despicable Me 2,” Universal, $24,906,360, 3,820 locations, $6,520 average, $276,006,395, three weeks.

3. “Turbo,” Fox, $21,312,625, 3,806 locations, $5,600 average, $31,015,384, one week.

4. “Grown Ups 2,” Sony, $19,872,150, 3,491 locations, $5,692 average, $79,388,026, two weeks.

5. “Red 2,” Summit, $18,048,422, 3,016 locations, $5,984 average, $18,048,422, one week.

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too good, in a slightly square way, to find the audience it deserves among under-20somethings? Maybe. Maybe not. I hope not.

Movie reviews from Associated Press, McClatchy-Tribune News Service. Stars out of four.

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‘The Wolverine’ Read Jeff Marker’s review on Page 10.

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‘The Conjuring’ HHH 1/2 (R for sequences of disturbing violence and terror).Haunted house movies only work if the people in the house are worth scaring. Sounds stupid, but it’s true.

Although let’s be honest: Real estate is inherently frightening. You put all that money in and only Satan knows if it’ll turn out to be a decent investment, or if you’ll be able to afford what it takes to repair any undisclosed matters of basement seepage. The quirks and creaks of an old house are always good for gallows humor or a cold shot of dread. As I write this the fridge in our new / old residence is softly moaning like a distant foghorn. Is it the way the appliance sits on a slightly askew kitchen floor? Is it demonic?

When a really good new horror film comes out — something more about creative intelligence than executing the next grisly kill shot — it’s something of a miracle in this eviscerating post-“Saw” era. Old-school and supremely confident in its attack, “The Conjuring” is this year’s miracle — an “Amityville Horror” for a new century (and a far better movie than that 1979 hit), yet firmly rooted, without being slavish or self-conscious, in the visual language of 1970s filmmaking.

Also like “The Amityville Horror,” “The Conjuring” derives from an alleged

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Lili Taylor portrays Carolyn Perron, left, and Joey King portrays Christine in a scene from “The Conjuring.”

true-life haunting, this one in rural Rhode Island, at an old house where terrible things happened and are happening still. The relative restraint of “The Conjuring” is a surprise given the director, James Wan, made the first of the “Saw” films. A more apt reference point is Wan’s recent, slow-simmer horror outing “Insidious,” which, like “The Conjuring,” took its time in establishing the ground rules.

The script by Chad Hayes and Carey W. Hayes blends the tales of two families under extreme duress.

Demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren, the real-life ghost hunters played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, investigate the strange goings-on in the riverside farmhouse owned by a family of seven (two parents, five daughters) headed by Roger (Ron Livingston) and Carolyn (Lili Taylor). Warning signs and troubling details abound, but subtly, in the opening sequences. The family dog won’t go inside. The clocks stop every night at 3:07 a.m.

Unexplained bruises appear on the mother’s body, and one of the daughters complains of someone tugging at her feet in bed.

Then the ghost of a longdead child appears to one of the girls in a mirror. The miserably out-of-tune piano found in the cellar plays … itself.

Before all that, though, “The Conjuring” begins with a bait-and-switch and an entirely different story set three years earlier, that of a devil doll in 1968 (the year of “Rosemary’s Baby”!) terrorizing nurses in Manhattan. The doll ends up in the possession of the paranormal investigators played by Wilson and Farmiga. They have a young daughter of their own, who’s no less vulnerable to demons and such than the Rhode Island girls living by the river.

Shooting digitally but with great attention to practical and postproduction lighting and color effects, Wan and his cinematographer, John R. Leonetti, keep the “gotchas!” coming. Near

the end, when the full-on possession is underway, “The Conjuring” starts to feel more familiar, and there’s less downtime between thrills. (Wan’s technique grows more obviously hysterical as the characters do.) Wilson, a solid actor, brings to the material a stalwart leading-man aura that’s more serviceable than compelling on its own.

But the movie belongs to the women, for once, and “The Conjuring” doesn’t exploit or mangle the female characters in the usual ways. Farmiga, playing a true believer, makes every spectral sighting and human response matter; Taylor is equally fine, and when she’s playing a “hide-and-clap” blindfold game with her girls, she’s like a kid herself, about to get the jolt of her life.

Wan shoots “The Conjuring” like a Robert Altman film, slip-sliding around the interior or the exterior of the old dark house in a series of slow zooms and gratifyingly complex extended takes.

Might this movie actually be

‘Turbo’ HH 1/2 (PG for some mild action and thematic elements). In animation shorthand, “Turbo” is “‘Cars’ with snails.” It’s light on the jokes, but cute, with animation so vivid it looks photo-real.

It’s another “impossible dream” tale, this time of a motorhead mollusk who has a need for “terrifying, blinding speed.” Theo (Ryan Reynolds) is an auto-racing obsessed garden snail who longs to escape his colony of tomato-munchers.

The occasional terror by a Big Wheel-riding tyke nicknamed “Shell Crusher” and the odd assault by crows is the only excitement in this over-organized, limited world.

He watches races on TV and works hard to improve his time over the measured yard — 17 minutes is a personal best.

Speed? “It’s IN me,” declares Theo, who prefers the nickname “Turbo.”

“It’s NOT,” says his brother Chet (Paul Giamatti), who knows what he’s talking about. “Not every dream is meant to come true.”

Turbo is constantly taking

risks sure to shorten his life, and sometimes even he can see that. Dejected, he slimes his way to the dry bed of the Los Angeles River, where he’s caught up in some drag racing and is sucked into the turbocharger of a Nitrous Oxide-boosted Camero.

Darned if he isn’t transformed into the World’s Fastest Snail, sliming a literal blue streak down L.A. streets and up L.A. walls.

Darned if a Latino taco maker (Michael Pena) doesn’t enter Turbo in his rundown strip mall’s nightly snail races. Darned if Turbo doesn’t chew up the souped-up local snails, led by Whiplash (Samuel L. Jackson) but including Smoove Move (Snoop Dogg).

And darned if that doesn’t have the taco maker and his fellow failing small business owners (Ken Jeong of “The Hangover” voices a nail parlor operator, Richard Jenkins a hobbyshop owner and Michelle Rodriguez an auto body shop operator) thinking “Indianapolis 500.”

The situations are more amusing than the dialogue and shrieking Jeong oneliners. And as vivid as the race scenes are — zooming over, through and under Indy cars — if we want to watch photo-real auto-racing we can turn on the TV.

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Heavy metal band to play this weekend From staff reports

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Singer Luke Pilgrim will perform at Loudsville Campground and Mossy Creek Campground in Cleveland this weekend.

Luke Pilgrim to sing at two camp meetings From staff reports Luke Pilgrim will perform at two North Georgia camp meetings this summer.

The first will be Thursday, July 25, at Loudsville Campground, 1515 Ga. 75, in Cleveland. The second concert will be Thursday, Aug. 1, at Mossy Creek Campground off Skitts Mountain Road in Cleveland.

Pilgrim will sing original songs as well as old-time gospel favorites. The music begins at 7:45 p.m. for both concerts.

Both camp meetings have been a North Georgia tradition since the 1830s.

For more information, visit www.loudsvillecamp meeting.org.

Concert calendar This week

Bluegrass Day, Hiawassee.

2 and 8 p.m. July 25.

Georgia Mountain Fair, 1311 Music Hall Road, Hiawassee. Call 706-8964191 for ticket prices, georgiamountain fairgrounds.com.

Jim Wood, Hiawassee.

2 p.m. July 26. Georgia Mountain Fair, 1311 Music Hall Road, Hiawassee. Call 706-896-4191 for ticket

prices, georgia mountainfairgrounds.com.

John Anderson, Hiawassee. 3 and 6:30 p.m.

July 26. Georgia Mountain Fair, 1311 Music Hall Road, Hiawassee. Call 706-8964191 for ticket prices, georgia mountainfairgrounds.com.

Barenaked Ladies, Alpharetta. 7 p.m. July 26. Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park, 2200 Encore Parkway, Alpharetta. $15.75-$89.75. 800-7453000, vzwamp.com.

An evening with Lyle Lovett and his acoustic

Skid Row, the first “hard rock/heavy metal” band to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart, returns to Gwinnett’s Wild Bill’s on Saturday, July 27.

Doors at Wild Bill’s, 2075 Market Street, Duluth, open at 7:30 p.m. with The Dreaded Marco and Nigel Dupree Band. Skid Row is set to play at 9:30 p.m. The party will continue after the concerts until 2:30 a.m.

Tickets cost $20 in advance and $25-$30 at the door. Tickets for a seat at a table of four cost $30 each; and tickets for side stage mezzanine seats cost $60 each.

Wild Bill’s boasts plenty of free parking and “closein” VIP parking, which costs $5 per car. All shows are for concertgoers ages 18 and older.

For tickets, visit www. ticketmaster.com.

Skid Row has been a group, Atlanta. 8 p.m. July 26. The Atlanta Botanical Garden, 1345 Piedmont Ave. NE, Atlanta. Parking $10. 404-876-5859, atlantabotanicalgarden.org.

Single Acts, Hiawassee.

8 p.m. July 26. Georgia Mountain Fair, 1311 Music Hall Road, Hiawassee. Call 706-896-4191 for ticket prices, georgia mountainfairgrounds.com.

Keith Urban, Alpharetta.

July 27. Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park, 2200 Encore Parkway, Alpharetta. $30.50-$75. Call 800-7453000 for time, keithurban.

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Skid Row, a heavy metal band, will perform at 9:30 p.m. Saturday at Wild Bill’s.

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Wild Bill’s in support of their new record United World Rebellion — Chapter One. The new record is the first

recorded material since 2006’s Revolutions Per Minute and is the first of a three-part installment.

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Skid Row, Duluth. 9:30 p.m. July 27. Wild Bill, 2075 Market St. Duluth. $20 advance, $25-$30 at the door. ticketmaster.com.

James McKinney, Clarkesville. 8 p.m. July 27.

Grant Street Music Room, Old Clarkesville Mill, 583 Grant St., Clarkesville. $5.

706-839-7467.

Weird Al Yankovic, Alpharetta. 8 p.m. July 28. Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park, 2200 Encore Parkway, Alpharetta. $27.50-$59.50. 800-7453000, vzwamp.com or

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Celebrate the last blast of summer

Family events

Fernbank hosts array of kids activities

“Art of the Waters” summer camp, Gainesville. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Through July 26. Quinlan Visual Arts Center, 514 Green St. NE, Gainesville. $125 weekly, $100 Quinlan members. 770-536-2575, www.qvac.org.

Summer Camp for middle school, Gainesville. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. Through July 26.

Elachee Nature Science Center, 2125 Elachee Drive, Gainesville. For children in grades 6-8. Call 770-5351976 for prices.

Youth Summer League Swim Team, Gainesville. 9:3011 a.m. Tuesdays through Fridays. Through July 26. Oakwood Family YMCA, 4101 Railroad St., Oakwood. The program is designed for children ages 5-18. Registration and evaluations will be at 11 a.m. May 25. $120. 678-622-3908 or 770-519-6500, gamountainsymca.org.

Community Back-to-School Celebration, Cumming. 2-7 p.m. July 27. The Collection at Forsyth, 410 Peachtree Parkway, Cumming. collectionforsyth.com.

Summer Theater Camp, Oakwood. July 29 through Aug. 2. Sterling on the Lake, 7004 Lake Sterling Blvd., Flowery Branch. Ages 6-17. Daily camp classes are $225 for nonresidents of Sterling on the Lake and $210 for residents. Instruction on acting, singing, public speaking and stage movement. Registration packet at Sterling on the Lake Clubhouse,10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. Visit fifthrowcenter. com for registration forms.

From staff reports Fernbank Museum is celebrating with the Last Blast of Summer series until the school year begins.

Each day through Aug. 8, Fernbank will offer special activities guided by the museum’s scientists, educators and youth volunteers. The museum will also host “Popsicles on the Patio” on select days with free popsicles to beat the summer heat.

Special activities are posted every week at the greeter station. Selections include : • Live animal encounters, which allow visitors to get up close and personal with a member of Fernbank’s live animal collection.

• Nature walks with educators in the museum backyard with weather permitting. Strollers will not be permitted on this walk.

• Weekend wonders of hands-on learning.

• Discovery interactive carts to engage visitors in discussing dinosaurs,

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Fernbank Museum will conduct various experiements as part of its program for the Last Blast of Summer series.

ancient sea life and archaeology with hands-on activities.

• Excellent experiments with live science presentations

• Tadpole tales along with a special activity or song.

• Popsicles on the Patio from 1-3 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays until Aug. 8. It is available to the first 500 visitors who show their museum ticket.

Visitors will also want to explore the most amazing mammals of all time in the special exhibition Extreme Mammals, on view through Aug. 18. More extreme experiences are offered through daily IMAX screenings of Under the Sea and Titans of the Ice Age. Other highlights include the world’s largest dinosaurs, fossil-filled floors, hands-on learning, artifacts, fossils and the award-winning children’s exhibition, Fernbank NatureQuest.

Activities are included with museum admission. A separate ticket is required for IMAX films. Tickets are $17.50 for adults, $16.50 for students and seniors, $15.50 for children ages 3 to 12, free for children ages 2 and younger, and free for Fernbank Members.

For tickets, visit fernbankmuseum.org or call 404-929-6300.

Fernbank is at 767 Clifton Road NE in Atlanta.

Back-to-school celebration in Forsyth County From staff reports The Collection at Forsyth will help students and parents prepare for the new school year with a Community Back-to-School Celebration from 2-7 p.m. Saturday, July 27.

Taking place two weeks before Forsyth County Schools students return to school, the celebration will feature giveaways, face painting, balloon artists and a magic show

for the children in the afternoon. It will conclude with a fashion show featuring the latest back-to-school fashions, accessories and technology from The Collection’s tenants as well as live music from Adam Komesar and Reed Ferguson.

Community partners will have booths with organization information as well as activities for the whole family.

The Collection encourages

attendees to bring new school supplies with them to donate to underserved Forsyth County students. Donations will be accepted July 25-27. Donations may be dropped off at the Concert at The Collection on July 25; the leasing office near PeachMac and Justice; or at the back-to-school celebration July 27. Donors will be entered to win a trip for two to The Inn at Pelican Bay in Naples, Fla.

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Outdoors events This week

Adult kayak class, Gainesville. 6-8 p.m. July 25, 10 a.m. to noon July 27. Lake Lanier Olympic Venue, 3105 Clarks Bridge Road, Gainesville. $75. 770-2877888, lckc.org.

Adult kayak class, Gainesville. 6-8 p.m. July 29 and Aug. 1, 10 a.m. to noon Aug. 3. Lake Lanier Olympic Venue, 3105 Clarks Bridge Road, Gainesville. $75.

770-287-7888, lckc.org.

Rowing Camps, Flowery Branch. Through July.

Participants will learn basic skills for rowing and sculling in a non-competitive, friendly, team oriented environment. Call 785-770-7888 for times and price, lakelanierrowing.org or blransom@mindspring.com.

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Ogres, monsters to take over town ‘Shrek The Musical,’ ‘Shooby Doo’ set to appear in Suwanee From staff reports Green ogres and meddling kids will take to the Town Center stage when Suwanee Performing Arts presents “Shrek The Musical” and “Shooby Doo,” an original music mystery Friday, July 26, and Saturday, July 27.

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Theater events This week

Interns for Junior Theater Camp, Dahlonega. 1-4 p.m.

July 25. Historic Holly Theater, 69 West Main St., Dahlonega. Applications are being accepted for the Junior Theatre Camp.

Interns should be ages 13 and older. 706-206-4516, jr.camp@hollytheater.com.

“Les Misérables,” Lawrenceville. 8 p.m.

Wednesdays through Saturdays, 2:30 p.m.

Saturdays and Sundays, July 25 through Sept. 8.

10 a.m. Aug. 14, 21, 28.

Aurora Theatre, 128 E. Pike St., Lawrenceville. $30-$40. 678-226-6222, auroratheatre.com.

“The Beaux Stratagem,” Duluth. 8 p.m. July 25-27.

2 p.m. July 28. New Dawn Theater, 3087 Main St., Duluth. Adults $15, seniors $10, children 16 and younger $7. 678-887-5015.

“Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,” Jefferson. July 26-28.

Jefferson Community Theatre, 28 College St., Jefferson. Visit mainstreetjefferson.com for ticket prices.

“Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,” Dahlonega. 8 p.m.

performances will begin at 7 p.m. at 350 Town Center Ave. in Suwanee.

Performances are free, but donations will be requested.

In addition, a variety of audienceparticipation items such as Shrek ears and a dragon call will be available for purchase.

Children also are invited to sit in “The Swamp” area close to the stage to interact with performers; “Swamp” tickets are $10 and available at Town Center Park beginning at 4 p.m. on performance dates.

The Suwanee performances mark

Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays. July 26-28 and Aug. 2-4. Historic Holly Theater, 69 W. Main St., Dahlonega. Adults $18, children and students $12. www.hollytheater.com.

“Broadway in the Park, Suwanee. 8 p.m. July 26-27. Town Center Park, 330 Town Center Ave., Suwanee. Visit suwaneperformingarts. com for ticket prices.

“Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in The Hat,” Atlanta. Through July 28. Center for Puppetry Arts, 1404 Spring St. NW at 18th, Atlanta. Members $9.25, nonmembers $16.50. 404-881-5151, puppet.org.

Open auditions for “The Mousetrap,” Dahlonega.

7-10 p.m. July 30-31.

Historic Holly Theater, 69 W. Main St., Dahlonega.

706-864-3759.

Lingo Lounge, Dahlonega. 8 p.m. Every fourth Thursday. Holly Underground, 69 W. Main St., Dahlonega. All genres welcome to listen and speak. hollytheater.com.

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706-839-1315.

“Smoke on the Mountain,” Gainesville. Aug. 8-25.

Brenau Downtown Center Theatre, 301 Main St. SW, Gainesville.

Presentation by the Georgia Mountain Players.

Adults $17; seniors, students and children $13. 770-536-4677, georgiamountainplayers. org.

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“Gypsy,” Clarkesville.

Aug. 1-11. Habersham Community Theater, 1370 Washington St., Clarkesville. Call 706-8391315 for times.

“Contra,” Sautee. 7:30 p.m. Aug. 17. Historic

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the first amateur production of “Shrek The Musical” in Georgia.

“We always try to pick something that will appeal to audiences of all ages,” Director Patty Etherton said.

“The writing for Shrek is so fresh and wonderful. I laughed out loud and smiled all the way through it.”

The 2013 show is the seventh Broadway in the Park performance produced by Suwanee Performing Arts. The production will include about 75 high school and middle school cast members, a stage crew of about a dozen, and volunteers.

Gym, Sautee Nacoochee Community Association, 283 Ga. 255 N, Sautee Nacoochee. $20 members, $24 non-members, $5 for children 12 and younger.

“Gypsy,” Clarkesville.

2 and 7:30 p.m. Aug. 1-4, 8-11. Habersham Community Theater, 1370 Washington St., Clarkesville. $13. habershamtheater.org,

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