Christian music fans can expect a full night of entertainment Saturday, as the Give Yourself Away Tour hits Columbus State University’s University Hall.
Last year, the Steeplechase at Callaway Gardens unveiled the new entrance to the renovated Terrace boxes. This year, for its 25th running of the horses, the only physical change is in the Top-of-the-Turn boxes. Several rows of boxes were removed to make room for the popular Family Tents.
Fort Valley State and Albany State universities play the 20th annual Fountain City Classic on Saturday, but there are plenty of events leading up to the game. Here’s a partial list.
Route 66 was once called “the Mother Road” or “the Main Street of America,” and was celebrated in song and in prose.
In JD Lawrence’s new play, “The Clean Up Woman,” he asks the eternal question: Can a career woman make her marriage a success?
Steve Landes was born after the Beatles changed rock and roll. But he grew up a fan, listening to his older sisters play the albums.
Cale Dodds talks about classic rock like he’s a musical old-timer who witnessed the genre’s rise.
Whether you’re looking for a good scare or just a calm hayride, area hot spots will keep you and your family busy with weekend activities.
Cast members say the Chattahoochee Shakespeare Company’s newest production has the usual feel-good lessons you’d expect from theater.
LOS ANGELES Olive and Mochi are pugs with a passion for fashion. No wonder Halloween is their favorite time of year.
Tyler Perry’s play “Laugh To Keep From Crying” will be performed at the Columbus Civic Center at 7:30 p.m. tonight. The play delves into the struggles families face in the inner city. A neighborhood comes together to help answer questions about protecting children, dealing with job loss and knowing the difference between love and infatuation.
Before moving to Columbus, my understanding of military appreciation was limited to the camouflage-print lingerie in my closet.
Whatever your age and interests, there’s a Halloween event that will suit you. Here are a few:
It’s time to reach a decision on the all-important question you’ve pondered for weeks.
You’re convinced her logic is flawed and her ideals are faulty.
CHICAGO — The promotional materials for Spike Jonze’s long-gestating new film adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s “Where the Wild Things Are” kick off with this quote from the director: “I didn’t set out to make a children’s movie; I set out to make a movie about childhood.”
He runs his fingers through my hair, and my heart sinks.
After more than four decades in show business, Loretta Lynn knows her limits.
Party at The Loft Friday and you might just mingle with music’s next big thing.
Check out the Tuskegee-Morehouse festivities this weekend and you’ll see high-energy marching bands. Crowd-pleasing dance moves. Mouth-watering tailgating spreads.
Don’t say there’s nothing to do around here.
October is brimming with activities — covering the cute, the spooky and everything in between.Maybe things would’ve been different if I mentioned I was wearing fishnets.
Even a formidable actor like Alec Baldwin couldn’t shake the iconic 1951 performance of Marlon Brando as Stanley in “A Streetcar Named Desire” when he did the play in 1995 for television.
Ramona Quimby is a smart, precocious and fearless 8-year-old girl.
Ometrius Richmond is lost in a sea of hats and women. And loves it.
When I told Nandita Shenoy that I had not heard of the “Henry and Mudge” series, she said not to worry.
For the second year, Begin Again Farms, Inc., a 47-acre equine shelter in Ellerslie, Ga., is holding a fundraiser in conjunction with the National Rescue Ride.
Violinist Adele Anthony will help the Columbus Symphony Orchestra open its season Saturday. The program consists of Handel’s overture to “The Royal Fireworks” and Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 6 in F-Major, Opus 68” also known as “Pastorale.” The guest artist is most eager to play Sibelius’ “Violin Concerto in D-Minor, Opus 47.”
Todd Agnew remembers when things were especially difficult for newcomers on the Christian music scene.
The first time I stepped inside the Junior League Attic Sale, my eyes were bright stars. Beneath my skin, iridescent veins moved and shifted with anticipation. Calico shapes hissed and spun under a sparkling sky. I was alive.
Baring your soul begins with a funnel cake.
It’s crazy, but sometimes I wonder if a great, big, huge community calendar can’t be compiled. And I wonder if people would use it!
Paul Pierce, the producing artistic director of the Springer Opera House, sighed when he talked about his struggle to find an actor to play Ren in “Footloose,” the opening show of the Springer’s season.
Mark Cantrell has been working with the Columbus/Fort Benning Shrine Circus ever since he was a little boy. He remembers selling souvenirs as a youngster. Now 50, Cantrell is president of the local Shrine club and has been involved with the circus for 13 years. He’s been the circus director for the past three years.
Taking cues from other foundations that use races to raise money and awareness, Jeremy Hobbs is organizing an HIV/AIDS Walk on Saturday.
When a winner wasn’t named after the very first Jordan Organ International Competition, music aficionados paid attention. The prize money — $30,000 for the winner — also made musicians pay attention.
Every serious romantic relationship comes with a warning label.
Soo-Young Choi: Current student at Yonsei University in South Korea, majoring in music with a concentration in church music. He is the organist for the Hyehwadong Cathedral and for the Ohgeumdon Catholic Church Tedeum Youth Choir.
While “The Comedy of Errors” is thought to be William Shakespeare’s first play, “The Tempest” is thought to be his final play.
Seconds into your time together, something isn’t right.
You don’t know why. Maybe it’s the smell. Maybe it’s your unspoken belief that yes, you really do deserve better.The stories told in “Senora Tortuga” are favorite Mexican folk tales. Student director Barrett Scroggs says they may sound as familiar as many folk tales from around the globe. This Columbus State University Department of Theater children’s show opens tonight in the Theatre on the Park.
This weekend’s pickup line of choice: “Nice wheels.”
I really don’t like to do interviews via e-mail, but sometimes, it’s unavoidable. Like this one. Guitarist Paul Galbraith lives in Brazil.
One of the most highly anticipated events at Callaway Gardens is the Sky High Hot Air Balloon Festival every Labor Day Weekend. This weekend is the 11th festival.
With the flip of a calendar page, the object of your affection acquires the appeal of a pair of white jeans.
With her red limbs and light saber, the woman dressed as the Darth Talon character from the “Star Wars” universe is attracting a crowd.
Ben Deignan, dressed in a vintage “Ghostbusters” T-shirt, is about to do an acoustic version of Ginuwine’s mid-’90s R&B hit, “Pony.”
I’ve known Robert Rumbelow since his first year at Columbus State University, except back then it was Columbus College. After 14 years as director of bands, he has taken a similar position at the University of Illinois.
Get your black lipstick, cue the Voltaire and start practicing your best “Twilight” grimace — it’s Dragon*Con time.
In a culture where Miley and Britney reign supreme, another name is slowly luring young female music fans:
This is one night to stay awake past your bedtime.
If you went to Showbiz Pizza Place when you were a kid, it’s likely you remember The Rock-afire Explosion band.
It began in a grain silo near Pine Mountain.
Jo Ann Roberson, and her husband, Percy, have been in Columbus for two consecutive years, but they’ve lived in Columbus a total of nine years thanks to Percy being in the U.S. Army and being stationed at Fort Benning several times.
Ricky Lowry, a group and personal trainer at Health Climb, doesn’t just want to develop an exercise plan for you.
Baby, I think we’re going the wrong way.
Maurice Crenshaw, 65, has been practicing Tai Chi since 1961. Tai Chi gained popularity when it began to be introduced as an Earth Day activity.
More than 15 years ago, I used to volunteer to work on the sets at the Springer Opera House. I can’t remember how many sets I worked on over the course of three or four years.
By day, Mack Mullins is a straight-laced guy who trades securities for a bank.
Jonathan S.E. Perkins was inspired to write his new play by reading the newspaper and watching the TV news.
I stared at my reflection nervously through the rear-view mirror, toying with my side ponytail and neon blue eyeshadow.
If Earl Coleman just waves at you this week and walks by without speaking, he’s not being a snooty opera singer.
Wednesday, sip a martini and support a good cause. Columbus hot spot Belloo’s will host “Parents Night Out.”
Diners in Columbus and Opelika who don’t know which wine to drink with dinner need not worry. Wine knowledge and expertise is not confined to just large cities or wine-growing regions, according to Wine Spectator magazine. The magazine chose three local dining destinations for national wine awards.
A new boyfriend for one friend often means a sacrifice for another friend.
Randalette Phillips-Barnes was sure that there were people like her — a young professional who no longer wanted to go to bars to meet friends and have fun.
Connelly infuses music with meaning.
When Faye Simmons was asked to pick her five favorite wines, she wailed, “That’s not fair. That’s like asking me to pick a favorite child. That’s just not possible.”
Annette Lacefield is a fitness instructor and personal trainer at Towne Fitness Club, LaGrange, Ga.
Rock stars acquire lots of unique skills. Like the proper technique for removing a Sharpie-drawn mural from your body.
Attend Saturday’s Ladies Night Out and you might be transported to your first date.
Columbus State University’s department of art has a new chair, three new faculty members and a new adjunct professor.
The room is dark except for a few candles lit on an elevated platform where two women are spotlighted. Soft music plays. Everyone in the room is barefoot and standing on cross-shaped mats.
No matter how dire the situation seems, don’t lean into the table.
Pianist Jeffrey Biegel has performed with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra twice now. I knew he taught classes in New York City. And I knew that he does master classes whenever he can in cities where he performs.
Channeling your inner Elvis isn’t a spur of the moment deal.
This is not your mother’s basement.
For the second edition of the Columbus Museum’s “Now and Then” series, Mike Bunn, the museum’s curator of history, wanted to do something a little different.
Turbo Jam is based on a DVD set of the same name created by Chalene Johnson of Powder Blue Productions in 1997.
It’s hard to dislike a band whose members have nicknames like “G Star” and “Snare Jordan.”
This weekend, H2O offers a dramatic revolution in nightlife entertainment: the chance to see half-naked women dance seductively.
It’s been 12 years since No Promises has performed as a group.
In 2005, Imari Havard set out to find fun activities in Atlanta for adults. He found nightclubs, restaurants, movie theaters and bowling alleys. Something seemed to be missing, though. After talking with his wife, Micki, the Play Date concept was born. Play Date offers those 21 and older a chance to play their favorite childhood games, sip cocktails and socialize.
Many of the actors in the Chattahoochee Shakespeare Co. had never seen the movie version of “The Rocky Horror Show” before being cast in the production.
Heather Kinzalow became a fitness instructor by accident … or fate.
I have the perfect person for you.
It’s not hard to find parallels between stephaniesid and Ophir Drive, the two bands playing Saturday night at The Loft.
Paul Pierce’s mind never stops. He’s always thinking of ways to get people into the Springer Opera House. Of course, as producing artistic director, it’s his job to do that, as it is for the top people at every arts organization in town.
Go ahead, call Montgomery Gentry by a new title: Grand Ole Opry inductees.
Lisa Horn has been a certified BodyPump instructor at Fitness for Women for four years, but she’s been taking the class for 10.
When Jennifer Adams was a theater student at Columbus State University, she became kind of a camp counselor at the Springer Opera House’s Theater Academy. Later, she became an instructor. Now a graduate student at the University of Central Florida, Adams is studying theater for young people.
The Shanty Shack adds some twang to its atmosphere tonight, thanks to a performance by longtime country music act Shenandoah.
Honey, let’s not do this here.
I remember Mark Bullock when he was just a kid. Now, I get a press release saying that he won the 2009 Southeast Regional Emmy Award for Best Anchor.
RPM is one of several fitness programs designed and trademarked by Les Mills. It’s a cycling class with predetermined routines and playlists. Nine music tracks correspond with nine transitions in riding position and speed.
Last October, when the Kala-Anjali Indian Culture Center, decided to present an evening of Indian dance, the event sold out. Mousumi Bhandary, a teacher at the center, hopes that “Sur Taal — Melody and Rhythm” will do just as well on Saturday.
Troy Heard is working like a madman, trying to get his new theater, 1242 Broadway, ready for its first show, “The Rocky Horror Show,” which opens July 23.
If you’re a fan of people-watching, stake out a spot on the new patio at Flip Flops.
Romantic relationships make me abuse one character-damaging substance.
Patriotism and music have long been connected. This weekend, you’ll likely hear time-tested tunes like Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA.”
There’s one dating superpower that amazingly compensates for bad skin, gamey body odor and stingy spending habits.
You’ve watched sparklers all night, and now you’re ready for some fireworks with your favorite hottie on the bar scene.
When demand began to rise for a dance-infused fitness class, Central YMCA answered with Zumba. Instructor Jeanette Wisenall said the YMCA staff researched and found Zumba to be the best fit for the area. Jeanette got certified in Atlanta and has been instructing in Columbus since January.
Roonie Griffeth has been a local celebrity for more than two decades.
Play Date Columbus is a new organization for adults that is trying to "redefine nightlife" in Columbus.
The first Play Date is 8 p.m.-midnight July 24 in the Doubletree Hotel, 5351 Sidney Simons Blvd.The "Ladies Night Out" concert at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 8 in the Columbus Civic Center features Next, H-Town, Troop and Silk.
It’s time to break out the red-white-and-blue T-shirts and shorts, tablecloths and napkins and hang Old Glory.
Hey, isn’t it too early for the dog days of summer? Isn’t it usually in August when the temperatures are the highest?
It’s hard to mention Edwin McCain without referencing “I’ll Be,” his hit single that remains a go-to romantic ballad for weddings and anniversaries.
Curves was founded in 1992 and now has over 10,000 franchises worldwide. The company has grown to include a New York Times best-selling book, Curves brand cereal and snack bars, vitamins and supplements and a clothing line.
Call it the sisterhood of the “please take those pants off.”
They’re young enough to reminisce about high school, but old enough to dream of a girl who will stick with them when they lose their short-term memories.
You thought your plan see a dog’s grow, a log reduced to splinters and some of the best barbecue in the world this weekend would mean spending a lot of time channel surfing between Animal Planet and the Food Network, put down the remote.
There’s no question Family Day in the Park is huge.
It’s one thing to be a Pink Floyd fan. It’s another thing to listen to their music, perform their music and, well, “be” their music.
It’s not the chance you’ll be blinded by a flying rice grain.
It’s just mid-June, but it feels like it’s summer in August as soon as you walk outside.
Wow! Columbus State University’s department of theater closed its 2008-09 season with a bang! There was the CSU International Playwriting Competition winner, “Fly Over Land,” last weekend that dealt with chronic pain. And the department’s final play, “Bibb City: Collected Lives from a Mill Town.” It is a collaboration with CSU Theater and ChattShakes.
Safe Kids Columbus is hosting the annual Bike Rodeo from noon-3 p.m. Saturday, at the Impact Center, 1600 Blanchard Blvd.
Three minutes into the night, you and your newest fling are already united by a desire to score.
The guys from Candlebox know second chances don’t come often in the music world.
It’s fun, uncomplicated and requires less coordination than the Chicken Dance.
Sure, people have told Danny Arencibia he’d make more money if he sold alcohol at Summer Side Show.
Rhonda Carlson’s play based on her struggle with syringomyelia, a spinal cord disease, won a spot on the Columbus State University Theatre on the Park stage this weekend.
Jacqueline and Olin Flowers of Lumpkin began Way, Truth and Life Productions Dec. 1, 2007. They make a good team with Jacqueline Flowers writing plays and Olin Flowers writing music. In 18 months they have finished eight plays.
Don’t be surprised if Jake Owen packs a little more energy than usual when he performs at the Phenix City Amphitheater Saturday.
It’s judgment time in the musical trial of Behind the Sun.
You’re going to have to get your calendar out and plan what you want to do this weekend.
Cedric “The Entertainer” insists his tour includes a full-fledged circus.
Suck in your stomach. Find a complexion-enhancing light source. Then, stick them with that pursed-lip pouty face you’ve been practicing in the mirror.
Friday’s free outdoor concert on Broadway features two acts and lasts an extra hour to make up for a rescheduled show.
Enoch Morris is a great salesman for the RiverCenter for the Performing Arts’ various series.
More than 50 years ago, Bo Callaway was traveling in Europe when he came across a huge water skiing competition.
For one singer-songwriter, advancing to the Rivertown Showdown’s final round meant pride and a plane ticket.
It was 30 years ago that the Southern Watercolor Society had its meeting in Columbus.
Meet the newest local nightlife vagabonds: older partiers.
The Ten Tenors group was formed in 1995 to sing at an anniversary celebration for an Australian television network. The group began touring in 1998.
For Mother’s Day, I took my mother to see the Columbus Symphony Orchestra. She’s always loved Chopin’s concerti and guest pianist Terrence Wilson played Piano Concerto No. 2.” It turns out she’s also loved Tchaikovsky’s “Symphony No. 5.”
Friday, the Georgia Music Hall of Fame brings a regional music showcase to downtown Columbus hot spot The Loft.
It’s time for another dreaded introduction.
Theater fans can sit outside to watch the Chattahoochee Shakespeare Co. perform “The Taming of the Shrew” this weekend.
The recent death of Rearcous Smith, an actor who appeared in several Columbus productions, led Kate and JJ Musgrove to rewrite “Spy Games.” The final show of Sherlock’s Mystery Dinner Theatre’s season was originally going to star Smith along with Amber Dickerson.
Grab your bug spray — this weekend’s entertainment lineup includes two shows that will keep music fans outside.
I was on a mission to find a shirt equipped with dramatic padding for my two physical assets that needed it most.
Terrence Wilson laughed when told he last performed in Columbus five years ago.
One of the missions of the Columbus Film Society is to bring independent films to Columbus, exposing the community to films they wouldn’t normally see at a mainstream theater, said president Roger Reeves.
E.L. Stiles adamantly tells people that he does not direct musicals. Yet in the past few years, he’s directed “The Wiz” and “I’ve Got the Music in Me.”
Even with 10 CD releases to her credit, singer-songwriter Michelle Malone’s passions remain simple: good music, good people, good food.
“Greater Tuna” was set in the 1980s and “A Tuna Christmas” was set in the 1990s. “Red, White & Tuna” is set in this decade, “the aughts” as director and playwright Ed Howard calls it.
You enter your favorite hot spot, only to have your senses consumed by a 200-pound dust mite.
Wind Ensemble: Ron Nelson’s “Homage to Perotin,” directed by music education professor Sean Powell
CARRIE BETH BARNETT
Dust off that lawn chair — it’s time to celebrate spring in downtown Columbus.
I usually go through tons of e-mails every day, and I forget about my snail mail. I cleaned out both inboxes and found some gems that you need to know about.
Saturday, one festival hopes to prove you’re never too old — or too young — to rock.
The third Prism concert may be the last one called Prism.
Bob the Builder and his Can-Do Crew teach children a lot of things — patience, teamwork and, in “Bob the Builder Live! Spud’s Big Mess,” environmental issues.
Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to the No Debit Card Left Behind Act.
One “Redneck Woman.” A couple “Dancing With the Stars” contestants. And some serious “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk.”
Finnish pianist Paavali Jumppanen performs with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra Saturday night. He was in Finland until this week and we couldn’t coordinate a telephone interview. So I sent him some questions via e-mail and did the interview that way.
If you refuse to believe your favorite ’80s rocker has acquired a pot belly and entered the world of reality TV dating shows, a cure is near.
Sexism and racial stereotypes are explored in a comic look at workplace situations in the new play, “Charm School.”
Concert promoter Mike Blackwell remembers the old George Jones and likes the new one much better.
although the Columbus Museum has used video art in various exhibitions, video art hasn’t been the star of an exhibit until now.
I know that a lot of families are struggling, and so does the RiverCenter for the Performing Arts.
Get ready for a downtown Columbus standoff dominated by weapons like stage presence and guitar mastery.
Does Columbus State University guitar professor Andrew Zohn know every premier guitarist in the world?
In 1927, there was a sensational trial of Ruth Snyder, who had, with the help of her lover, murdered her husband. After being found guilty, Snyder became one of the first women executed via electric chair in New York. Sophie Treadwell, a journalist, wrote about the trial for the now-defunct New York Herald-Tribune.
One of the first goals Shirantha Beddage set for himself when he arrived on the Columbus State University campus in 2006 was to revive the long-dormant CSU Jazz Festival. Beddage, a saxophonist, is the Schwob School of Music’s director of jazz studies.
In your favorite hot spot, combine three shots of infectious chorus, two shots of singability and one shot of air guitar potential.
If you’ve lived in the Columbus area for a while, I’m sure someone has mentioned Pasaquan.
Tonight’s your chance to succumb to the lure of that tempting pink cocktail.
Since he arrived in Columbus in 2004 to take over the reins of the Columbus Ballet, David Herriott has alternated a classic ballet with a fairy tale for the spring show.
As usual, Ron Anderson held auditions for “The Big Friendly Giant.” But these auditions were unusual because actors had to audition on stilts.
Friday night, put on your black suit, bow tie — and running shoes.
It’s difficult to believe, but Sergiu Schwartz has never performed in the Bill Heard Theatre. He laughs when he says his students have, but he has not.
Troy Heard and Stephen Sisson were sitting around one evening, talking about various plays when Sisson asked, “What if Br’er Rabbit were still around? What would he be doing?”
There’s a group of actors that call themselves the Vagabond Players. They consider themselves a loose-knot group of actors with vastly different backgrounds in theater.
Women describe their exes with terms like “sheer incompatibility” — lines that if marketed correctly, could label a Calvin Klein fragrance.
When Monique Altamirano showed up at auditions, the director knew she’d be the perfect “Junie B. Jones.”
A new Columbus attraction lets you float down the Nile — no life jacket required.
Columbus hot spot Scruffy Murphy’s will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with offerings a little more authentic than a “kiss me, I’m Irish” pickup line.
At 22, Joyce Yang is like any other college student. Well, except she’s a concert pianist who has yet to graduate from the Juilliard School and is touring with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. Also, in 2005, she won the silver medal in the prestigious Van Cliburn Piano Competition.
Gila Goldstein found a listing in a professional magazine about an opening, teaching piano at Columbus State University’s Schwob School of Music.
Saturday nights, I’ll pretend my getting-ready routine is part of a five-minute power sequence montage set to my favorite Spice Girls song.
Back in 2002, someone decided Columbus should take part in a national reading program where the members of a city are encouraged to read one book during a specified period of time.
Matt Dusk explained that he first decided to sing Big Band tunes as a teenager because he wanted to impress girls.
Wednesday, Columbus hot spot The Roadhouse hosts a four-band rock show that includes an appearance by BulletBoys, a rock act that rose to popularity in the late-’80s.
I’m not mad you refuse to change a tire wearing nothing but tight jeans and a sparkly red bow tie.
Unless you’ve been living in a remote rain forest with no television, you probably know about the phenomenon that is “High School Musical.” A made-for-TV movie that has spawned two sequels, including one theatrical release, it has a huge following.
Springer Opera House Artistic Director Paul Pierce is well aware of the controversy around Mark Twain’s classic tales of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. And so are cast members of the musical “Big River” which is based on Twain’s book “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” The production comes to the Springer stage tonight.
There are workshops galore this spring. And here are just a few of them.
Your daughter would rather be grounded for a month than miss a Jonas Brothers concert.
Just in time for Valentine’s Day fallout, SoHo Bar & Grill hosts a band whose most recent disc is titled “Love Is Dead.”
It’s difficult to believe that it’s the 13th Azalea Storytelling Festival. I know it’s been going on for a while, but it’s in its 13th year? This year’s festival is March 6-8 at LaGrange College’s Callaway Auditorium, on Forrest Avenue.
I’ll let you in on three words that excite women more than anything:
It was Andrew Zohn’s first year teaching at Columbus State University when he found out that a regional guitar competition was having financial problems and was closing. Zohn asked then Schwob School of Music chair Rex Whiddon if he could bring the competition to Columbus.
The Neville Brothers is synonymous with New Orleans. But right now, only one of the four brothers lives in New Orleans.
Dutch Cummings, manager of the Coca-Cola Space Science Center, is a big fan of comic books. And he’s not alone.
In her third year as voice teacher, director of choral activities and the Paul S. and Jean R. Amos faculty chair at Columbus State University Schwob School of Music, Constantina Tsolainou will have her first faculty recital.
There’s a new promoter in town and he’s got deep roots here.
Imagine rapper Lil Jon entering your favorite ’80s hit. Or the crew from “The Jeffersons” dancing to your favorite Top 20 tune.
The Valentine’s Day stomachache used to be a nice primer for indulgence in cardboard-flavored conversation hearts.
While Kevin Gray was performing in sunny Phoenix, his wife was shoveling snow at their Connecticut home.
Even when life isn’t easy, Gary Allan thrives on “Living Hard.”
Kate and JJ Musgrove produced three original murder mysteries in 2008 under the name Columbus Mystery Theatre. The theater couple is back this year with a new name, Sherlock’s Mystery Dinner Theatre.
Every time I’m visiting the Columbus State University Schwob School of Music, I’m amazed by the talented young musicians. Everyone knows they can play or sing or compose.
Cupid isn’t usually seen balancing a Bud Light with his arrow.
Have you seen the Bacon Explosion?
Experts can often tell just by looking at the design, the material used, the weaving technique and the patterns, which tribe made an Native American basket.
Tougher things have been accomplished in a week.
Since Fred Cohen took over as director of Columbus State University’s Schwob School of Music, one goal has been to hire the best musicians who are also exceptional teachers.
It used to be impossible to order a martini without worrying the beverage would resign you to a world distant from the affordable nature of good old draft beer.
Even though he has a staff, Giorgio Lalov, the artistic director of the Teatro Lirico d’Europa, travels with the company.
Everyone loves marching bands. But everyone really loves the marching band tradition of Historically Black College and University marching bands.
I got the news that I was dreading when I read the obituary of Ellen Conger Saturday morning.
Ladies, here’s your chance to leave the local nightlife scene with an inflated sense of self.
They’re part of a generation that regards Bon Jovi as a country act, but when members of Classic Addict talk about the band, they’re referring to the classics.
Almost every high school student in the United States has to read “Hamlet.”
Vinx knows that dreams are fragile, even when your life seems perfectly in tune.
Looking through my voluminous e-mail inbox, I found a few things that may interest you.
If you have a strange fondness for guys named Bobby2828 — who could be your grandpa’s bowling partner — today’s your lucky day.
To play the title role in “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,” director Brenda May Ito was looking for an actor who could be youthful with a certain sense of naivete.
The simple question seemed to cheapen one of the talents I valued most.
Janda Cearley wanted something edgy for the 2008-2009 season. As the managing director of the Chattahoochee Shakespeare Co., she wanted to attract a bigger audience by presenting a recent musical that people might want to see.
Talk about something for everybody: Members of Down Stroke promise “an edge for the guys and abs for the girls.”
When André Gaskins goes to center stage Saturday night, he’ll be playing the professional premiere of the late Joseph Packales’ “Cello Concerto, Opus 101.”
The setup seems strangely familiar to another popular talent competition.
I always start out with good intentions, but within a week or so, they all go flying out the window and I’m back with my usual bad habits.
It was a glaring entry in my daily perusal of friends’ Facebook status updates:
Consider it the spring break trip that lasts all year.
He holds his guitar unpretentiously, in a way that makes you expect the typical mellow harmonies about having her and losing her.
Instead of “Dancing with the Stars,” Gary Lashinsky presents “Dancing with the Horses” when he brings the World-Famous Lipizzaner Stallions to town.
By Katie Holland
Happy New Year!
New Year’s Eve isn’t just about a countdown. That’s why the local Dec. 31 party lineup includes venues boasting a full night’s worth of activities for a variety of tastes.
Tour this year’s holiday displays and you’ll see flying angels, Santa’s rock band and a collection of light-up reindeer large enough to put Rudolph’s job in jeopardy.
I have never been skiing or snowboarding. My one attempt at ice skating was humiliating.
You reach for the unwrapped chocolate at the bottom of your purse, hoping its sentimental value is intact.
Brave diners can experience Death at The Oasis — and live to tell about it.
The rockers from WILX probably won’t complain if you don’t know what the title of their first official release, “Didactic Dichotomy,” means.
Bill Bullock is very pleased with Cantus Columbus. The only professional chorus in Columbus, the group has sold out almost every Christmas concert since it began in 2000.
Celtic ensemble Cherish the Ladies bring their Christmas spirit to Columbus tonight when the group plays with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra at the RiverCenter for the Performing Arts.
When Dennis Elkins was teaching in Tennessee, his minister was looking for a play that the congregation could do for Easter.
“I’m the luckiest man in Columbus, Ga.,” says Willie Patterson, the manager of Deorio’s Pizza Inn.
Sunday, Del Ranch Bar and Grill is celebrating the season of giving — with a pink Christmas tree to prove it.
If getting the Louvre Museum in Paris to send over some of their masterpieces in various exhibits the past three years wasn’t enough, just check out what the High Museum of Art has now.
Even though David Herriott has lost count of the number of “The Nutcracker” performances he’s been in or choreographed or directed, he still says this is the most exciting time of the year.
Catch DJ Roonie G in action and your eyes will get just as strong a workout as the rest of your body. That’s because the show includes not only music, but videos that are paired with the songs he’s remixed.
Paul Pierce, the producing artistic director of the Springer Opera House, had been talking to actor/singer Debbie Anderson for years about writing a play about the volatile relationship between George Jones and Tammy Wynette.
