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Rashawd Ford will make his directorial debut late this month at The Plaza in a musical version of Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple.” IAN TOCHER/Staff

Rashawd Ford will make his directorial debut late this month at The Plaza in a musical version of Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple.” IAN TOCHER/Staff

The Plaza debuts series with ‘The Color Purple’

Ian Tocher
Thursday, February 13, 2025
Surprisingly, beyond a pair of screenings of “The Color Purple” movie starring Whoopie Goldberg, Danny Glover, and Oprah Winfrey in January 1986 at The Pex Theater, the Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece by Eatonton’s own Alice Walker has never been publicly performed here.That’s about to change,...
At least one happy couple outwaited the wet stuff to share a dance to the sounds of Cash’s Juke Joint, playing Saturday afternoon on the steps of The Plaza Arts Center in Eatonton.

At least one happy couple outwaited the wet stuff to share a dance to the sounds of Cash’s Juke Joint, playing Saturday afternoon on the steps of The Plaza Arts Center in Eatonton.

Two times the fun in downtown Eatonton

Story And Photos By Ian Tocher
Thursday, September 14, 2023
The downtown area of Eatonton came alive with two major events this past Saturday as the 23rd annual Taste of Eatonton presented by the Eatonton-Putnam Chamber of Commerce, which took over The Plaza Square from 4 to 8 p.m., followed by Eatonton Main Street’s final Downtown GetDown event of the...
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