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Tickets to see Ryan speak about One Wrong Word are $45 ($40 each for two or more), or a table for six can be reserved for $200 (a savings of $40).

Tickets to see Ryan speak about One Wrong Word are $45 ($40 each for two or more), or a table for six can be reserved for $200 (a savings of $40).

GWM Q&A with author Hank Phillippi Ryan

News Staff
Thursday, January 25, 2024
The new heart-racing, cat-andmouse thriller One Wrong Word, from author Hank Phillippi Ryan, will be the centerpiece of the next Meet the Author event at Georgia Writers Museum (GWM), Feb. 7 at 7 p.m., with doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Joined onstage at The Plaza by Sheryl McCollum (seated), founder and director of the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute and emcee for the evening, serial killer survivor Kathy Kleiner-Rubin gave a moving, occasionally disturbing, and always revealing presentation Jan. 12-13 at The Plaza Arts Center in Eatonton. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Joined onstage at The Plaza by Sheryl McCollum (seated), founder and director of the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute and emcee for the evening, serial killer survivor Kathy Kleiner-Rubin gave a moving, occasionally disturbing, and always revealing presentation Jan. 12-13 at The Plaza Arts Center in Eatonton. IAN TOCHER/Staff

GWM Crime & Wine event features serial killer survivor

Ian Tocher
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Nearly a quarter-century later to the day, Georgia Writers Museum presented back-to-back nights of the first-hand account of serial killer survivor Kathy Kleiner- Rubin Jan. 12-13 at The Plaza in Eatonton.
Unique pieces of Steffen Thomas-created artwork will be on display this year from January to July.

Unique pieces of Steffen Thomas-created artwork will be on display this year from January to July.

Steffen Thomas Museum presents all-new exhibit

Ian Tocher
Thursday, January 25, 2024
After lifelong art collectors Marjorie and Richard Lowrance bequeathed their extensive Steffen Thomas art collection to the Steffen Thomas Museum of Art (STMA) in Buckhead, it officially became part of the museum’s permanent collection two years ago.
Hank Ryan/CONTRIBUTED

Hank Ryan/CONTRIBUTED

GWM hosting bestselling author Hank Ryan

Hank Phillippi Ryan
Thursday, January 18, 2024
Hank Phillippi Ryan is a New York Times bestselling author who also has won 37 Emmys for her investigative journalism. She has written 15 psychological thrillers that collectively have won five Agatha Awards, five Anthony Awards, and the coveted Mary Higgins Clark Award.
A barn painting a part of the “The Way We Were… Art Inspired by Nostalgia" exhibit. EMMA CLAUSE/Staff

A barn painting a part of the “The Way We Were… Art Inspired by Nostalgia" exhibit. EMMA CLAUSE/Staff

Artisans Village turns to nostalgia for new year

Story And Photos By Emme Clause
Thursday, January 18, 2024
The Artisans Village in downtown Eatonton held its first reception of the year on Jan. 11, for “The Way We Were… Art Inspired by Nostalgia.” Displayed pieces reflected simpler times, with art showing laundry drying on clotheslines and farmhouse buildings in sunny fields.
"Mean Girls" is a new release in 2024. CONTRIBUTED

"Mean Girls" is a new release in 2024. CONTRIBUTED

Movie Review: Mean Girls (2024)

Katie Flicker
Thursday, January 18, 2024
This past weekend I went with my mother to see the modern take on the classic Mean Girls from 2004. Mean Girls (2024) follows the story of 16-year-old homeschooled Cady Heron after she moves back to the United States from Kenya with her mother and attends North Shore High School.
Singer Charl Brown poses on a New York street with one of Smokey Robinson’s record albums. CONTRIBUTED

Singer Charl Brown poses on a New York street with one of Smokey Robinson’s record albums. CONTRIBUTED

‘Smokey and Me’ coming this month to The Plaza

News Staff
Thursday, January 11, 2024
As the story goes, Smokey Robinson, a living legend and one of the producers of “Motown: The Musical,” went backstage on the play’s opening night in New York to look for Charl Brown, the young actor who portrayed him in the show.
Purple was the obvious fashion color of choice for the Dec. 25 premiere of the latest film adaptation of Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple” at Parkside Main 8 in Greensboro. CONTRIBUTED

Purple was the obvious fashion color of choice for the Dec. 25 premiere of the latest film adaptation of Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple” at Parkside Main 8 in Greensboro. CONTRIBUTED

A ‘new’ Color Purple premieres

News Staff
Thursday, January 4, 2024
With much fanfare, a new film adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book “The Color Purple,” by Eatonton native Alice Walker, premiered Christmas day at Parkside Main 8, near Lake Oconee.
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