In the late 1700s, in the cross path where the territories of the Creek and Cherokee Indians met, the state of Georgia built a series of four forts to defend the settlers from an Indian uprising.
This weekend, downtown Clarkesville will look like a scene out of a fairy tale. On Friday and Saturday, the Historic Mauldin House gardens will be transformed into the Magical Gardens of Mauldin, an enchanted fairy and dragon village. "The gardens have been home to fairy villages before, but the Magical Gardens of Mauldin is a first-year event," said Mary Beth Horton, Clarkesville Better Hometown Manager. "This year, we are incorporating dragons as well as fairies." ...
It's not every day that musicians get to perform with their significant other, as well as play a piece tailored specifically to their talents.
You might think artists would think outside the box, but "All Boxed In," the current exhibit at the Sautee Nacoochee Center, proves that they can think inside it, too.
North Georgia College and State University has arranged for two lectures that will delight history and photography enthusiasts alike.
The John Jarrard Foundation has expanded its concert series to include its first-ever Dahlonega performance.
If you have a heart for volunteering, you might want to stop in at the next meeting of the Buford Lanier Woman's Club.
Atlantic Crossing will perform Saturday for the montly Contra Dance at the Sautee-Nacoochee Community Association historic gym in Sautee.
The UGA Performing Arts Center will present the Grammy Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra at 3 p.m. Sunday in Hodgson Concert Hall.
The Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech continues the 2010-2011 dance series with a performance by Nrityagram Dance Ensemble at 7 p.m. Sunday.
The Graffe String Quartet will perform at Piedmont College at 7:30 p.m. March 31 in the chapel at the campus in Demorest.
Michael Gray, a widely published critic, writer and broadcaster, will speak on "Bob Dylan and the Poetry of the Blues" at 4 p.m. Wednesday in room 101 of the Miller Learning Center at the University of Georgia.
Veterans and Community Outreach Foundation members hope their latest efforts hit the right note in Gainesville.
Gainesville High School's Environmental Awareness Club members have decided to celebrate Earth Hour with a musical tribute.
After an 18-year journey through archives and histories, the story of the eccentric writer and first black anthropologist in the country will be told in film tonight at Gainesville State College.
The fifth annual Brenau Barbecue Championship - the university's annual fundraising event for scholarships - will kick off Memorial Day weekend on the college campus.
The North Georgia Chamber Symphony Inc. will perform four free concerts May 16 through May 18 in Dawsonville, Blairsville, Gainesville and Dahlonega.
The 10th annual Rock in the Spring concert will begin at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at the Brenau University Amphitheatre, featuring the band Mid Life Crisis.
The Sautee Nacoochee Community Chorale will close out its 24th season in style with three concerts this weekend at Sautee Nacoochee Community Association Theater.
When did you become aware of Samabaj, and how did the film project get launched?
About 1,500 butterflies will take flight for the first time to the delight of hundreds of children at the 17th annual Friends of the Parks Butterfly Release.
Do your children know the maiden names of their grandmothers? Do your children know where their grandfathers were born?
The 51st anniversary of the Mountain Laurel Festival will be Saturday, May 18, in Clarkesville.
Joe Gransden and Kenny Banks will close out The Art Council's 2013 concert series "Evenings of Intimate Jazz" with a performance at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at The Arts Council Smithgall Arts Center in Gainesville.
Folk music legend, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist John McCutcheon will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 17, at The Crimson Moon Cafe in Dahlonega.
Jimmy Buffet tribute band Pirates of the Opry will kick off the second annual Hawgin' on Lanier BBQ competition with a benefit concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 17, at Laurel Park.
For a unique experience, stroll through downtown Dahlonega on Saturday, May 11, for the annual Dahlonega Art Trail.
Artists Shirley Hill, Penny Nossett and Kathy Whitehead bill themselves as the "Color Pencil Girls" and visitors to Helen Arts & Heritage Center's upcoming show, "Mountain Matters," will have a chance to see why. The three artists, along with Jared Kaup of lifefire pottery in Toccoa, will display their work as featured artists for the "Mountain Matters" show.
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