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L-R: Songs & Drives for Lives performers include producer and songwriter Corey Crowder with songwriters Ray Fulcher and Ben Williams. CONTRIBUTED

L-R: Songs & Drives for Lives performers include producer and songwriter Corey Crowder with songwriters Ray Fulcher and Ben Williams. CONTRIBUTED

Songs & Drives for Lives coming to Cuscowilla

News Staff
Thursday, July 23, 2026
The Spencer Bradley Foundation for Mental Health announced last week that tickets, sponsorships, and golf team registrations are now on sale for the inaugural Songs & Drives for Lives, a two-day fundraising event presented by The Oconee Cellar Sept. 13-14 at Cuscowilla on Lake Oconee (126...
Harbor Club resident Ken McPherson transformed a roadside patch of weed-infested grassland into an inviting wildflower garden for neighbors and visitors to enjoy. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Harbor Club resident Ken McPherson transformed a roadside patch of weed-infested grassland into an inviting wildflower garden for neighbors and visitors to enjoy. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Wildflowers take root to replace weeds

Ian Tocher
Thursday, July 23, 2026
What was once an overgrown patch of roadside weeds and neglected grass has become one of the most colorful spots at Harbor Club, thanks to one resident's vision, hard work and a little help from nature.Seven years after moving from metro Atlanta to the Carriage Ridge neighborhood at Harbor Club,...
Lisa Conner speaks to the audience last Sunday at STMA in rural Buckhead. LEIGH LOFGREN/Staff

Lisa Conner speaks to the audience last Sunday at STMA in rural Buckhead. LEIGH LOFGREN/Staff

Steffen Thomas Museum celebrates Founders’ Day

Leigh Lofgren
Thursday, July 23, 2026
The Steffen Thomas Museum of Art (STMA) held its annual Founders’ Day Sunday to honor the life of founder Sara Douglass Thomas and to present the Charlie Bonner Award for Advancing Art Education.Museum board president Kay Meier welcomed guests before Lisa Conner, founding director, raised a toast...
Ronda Rich/Columnist

Ronda Rich/Columnist

Rich: A piece of my past

Ronda Rich
Thursday, July 16, 2026
A Texas newspaper story began with the words, “Faded country music star Johnny Rodriguez …”Faded.That hurt my heart. It sounded so brutal.From the age of 12 to the edge of 15, Johnny Rodriguez was my girlhood crush.
Happy families enjoyed the Reach 2 Teach Back-to-School Bash and Community Health Fair, held last Saturday at Putnam County Elementary School. CONTRIBUTED

Happy families enjoyed the Reach 2 Teach Back-to-School Bash and Community Health Fair, held last Saturday at Putnam County Elementary School. CONTRIBUTED

Reach 2 Teach Back-to-School Bash a success

Lance McCurley
Thursday, July 16, 2026
Putnam County families gathered last Saturday for the Reach 2 Teach Back-to-School Bash and Community Health Fair, a free event designed to help students and families prepare for the upcoming school year.Held at Putnam County Elementary School, Reach 2 Teach provided families with access to health...
Blue Hydrangeas, 8x8, Acrylic on Cradled Wooden Panel

Blue Hydrangeas, 8x8, Acrylic on Cradled Wooden Panel

MAG presents new local artist exhibition

News Staff
Thursday, July 16, 2026
The Madison Artists Guild (MAG) recently announced it will present a special exhibition of paintings by former Madison resident Trish Jones, a self-taught artist known for a style that feels both familiar and fresh.Jones’ acrylic paintings are typically created “alla prima,” a direct, wet-on-wet...
Many of the sets for Shrek the Musical were relatively simple but very effective in creating humorous or dramatic atmospheres as required for the action on stage. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Many of the sets for Shrek the Musical were relatively simple but very effective in creating humorous or dramatic atmospheres as required for the action on stage. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Broadway-caliber ‘Shrek’ impresses at The Plaza

Ian Tocher
Thursday, July 16, 2026
In one of the venue’s most ambitious productions to date, The Plaza Arts Center’s Broadway Intensive production of Shrek the Musical proves that community theater can deliver professional-level dancing and singing, elaborate staging, and impressive technical work.Presented through a partnership...
Nearly 70 children attended Victory Train Summer Camp at First Baptist Church of Greensboro. CONTRIBUTED

Nearly 70 children attended Victory Train Summer Camp at First Baptist Church of Greensboro. CONTRIBUTED

Victory Train announces partnership with Walker Church

Skyla Morris
Thursday, July 9, 2026
The Victory Train, an early childhood education nonprofit based in Greene County, has partnered with Walker United Methodist Church to expand its outreach and volunteer efforts.As part of the partnership, the nonprofit has relocated its Packet Assembly Community (PAC) Days to Walker United...
Robert Gwaltney

Robert Gwaltney

GWM to welcome best-selling author Gwaltney

Robert Gwaltney
Thursday, July 9, 2026
The Georgia Writers Museum has announced that award-winning, bestselling author Robert Gwaltney will be its Meet the Author presenter in August.According to Southern Literary Review: “Gwaltney undoubtedly has one of the most stunning imaginations of any author now writing.Winner of the Georgia...
Days of rehearsals will soon give way to live performances of “Shrek The Musical.,” at The Plaza. CONTRIBUTED

Days of rehearsals will soon give way to live performances of “Shrek The Musical.,” at The Plaza. CONTRIBUTED

‘Shrek The Musical’ bringing big laughs to The Plaza

News Staff
Thursday, July 9, 2026
Get ready for a "swampload" of fun as Shrek The Musical comes to life on stage this week at The Plaza Arts Center in Eatonton.A beloved, family-friendly production, Shrek The Musical invites audiences of all ages into a hilarious fairy tale where ogres are heroes, donkeys talk, and true love comes...
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