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Pottery exhibit highlights old-world tradition

A wagon sits in the Northeast Georgia History Center filled with pottery and straw. The wagon, which would have been drawn by a horse or mule, is there to display how the Meaders family would transport pottery to sell from their rural Mossy Creek home to the city of Gainesville. Beside the wagon is a painting by Clarkesville artist John Kollock depicting a family loading up for such a trip. <font ...

June 05, 2008 | Tasha Biggers | Get Out


The human hamster ball?

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. - If you've been to Pigeon Forge Tenn., you know that go karts, dinner theaters and outlet shopping abound. But there's something new to do in the Smoky Mountains - you can go Zorbing!

June 02, 2008 | Tasha Biggers | Get Out


‘Barefoot in the Park’ sheds light on classic marital bliss

SAUTEE - They call it a "dramedy," and "Barefoot in the Park," the last show to appear at Black Bear Dinner Theatre, certainly is a mix of laughter and tears as newlyweds Corie (Katie Deal) and Paul Bratter (Judson Wright) move into their brownstone Manhattan apartment. "It deals with a young couple moving in to discovering that there are a few pitfalls that come ...

April 28, 2008 | Tasha Biggers | Get Out


My Little Pony throws a tea party

My Little Pony is having a tea party, and you're invited. If you were a little girl in the 1980s, that last statement might have made the 5-year-old in you squeal with glee. It might seem like a dream, but it's true. The same colorful ponies you played with as a kid are galloping to a stage near you - the stage at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, to be exact. "My Little Pony Live! ...

April 14, 2008 | Tasha Biggers | Get Out


Powerful fiddler and mandolinist combine for melodic evening

DAHLONEGA - Most violin prodigies pick up the instrument at about age 4 or 5. You could say Jamie Laval of Asheville, N.C., got a bit of a late start when he began playing at age 16.

April 07, 2008 | Tasha Biggers | Get Out


Historic pieces by Alexander Calder land in Brenau's permanent collection

GAINESVILLE - Crack open any modern art history textbook and within its pages you will find Alexander Calder and his monumental sculptures.

March 31, 2008 | Tasha Biggers | Get Out


Decked out halls

Six Scottie dog markers will point the way this Sunday to houses decked out for the Christmas Tour of Homes, which will benefit Gainesville High School Theatre Friends.

March 19, 2008 | Tasha Biggers | Life


'Greater Tuna’ drama as good backstage as it is onstage

SAUTEE - The dressers behind the scenes of "Greater Tuna," now onstage at Black Bear Dinner Theatre in Sautee, deserve an ovation of their own for their back stage work with Judson Wright and Seth Howard. Not only do the two actors play 20 parts between them, they switch roles so regularly throughout the play it seems like they have cloned themselves.

March 17, 2008 | Tasha Biggers | Get Out


A craft in clay

If you're looking for pottery, you're in the right place.

March 06, 2008 | Tasha Biggers | Get Out


‘Saints and Haints’ captures spirits of folklore

OAKWOOD - Folk art, or "outsider" art, is created by artists who haven't been formally trained. That's why Alabama artist Ted Whisenhunt is no outsider. Whisenhunt, whose exhibit "Saints and Haints" opens today at Gainesville State College, said he is the "one man art department" at Judson College in Marion, Ala., where he has been a professor for 10 years. He teaches painting, sculpture, drawing and photography ...

January 28, 2008 | Tasha Biggers | Get Out


Country roads take her home

She grew up in Cornelia and sang in the choir at Demorest Baptist Church. She still sings the same sweet soprano, but now Kimberly Roads Schlapman performs for much larger crowds as a member of Little Big Town, the group that will share the stage with George Strait on Friday at The Arena at Gwinnett Center.

January 24, 2008 | Tasha Biggers | Get Out


Fiddlers, flowers and fun at the Georgia Mountain Fall Festival

HIAWASSEE - The Georgia Mountain Fall Festival will bring fiddlers, a flower show, crafts, country music and even hog races to the Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds Friday through Oct. 21.

October 15, 2007 | Tasha Biggers | Get Out


‘Peanuts’ gang comes alive on stage

SAUTEE - It's a tough life if you're a round-headed kid who can't even kick a football.

October 15, 2007 | Tasha Biggers | Get Out


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