Newtown Macon would like to inform you of several upcoming events.
Please read, enjoy and
participate!
Belle
Magazine
Downtown Council and
NewTown Partner for Downtown Advertising!
The Telegraph's December
issue of Belle Magazine features "Destination Downtown". Eight center pages
are dedicated to downtown shopping, restaurants, entertainment, theatre and
more! Enjoy the Christmas mystery shopper's "Diary of a Downtown Girl". A
Downtown map and business listings by category offer convenience for first time
shoppers.
Belle is distributed to 40,000 subscribers in eight counties
and also appears on line at the Telegraph web site - www.macon.com.
Be sure to find
your copy - Wednesday, December 5th in The Telegraph's Belle
Magazine.
Then stop by NewTown for your Impulse discount card and visit Downtown
Macon for the Holidays!
Christmas in Olde Macon
Christmas in Olde Macon is now extended! On Friday, December 7 from
5:00-9:00pm and Saturday, December 8 from 10:00am - 4:00pm, you are invited to
tour all three house museums in Macon-Hay House, the Sidney Lanier Cottage House
Museum, and the Cannonball House-with live musical entertainment, light
refreshments, and Victorian decorations! In partnership with NewTown Macon, complimentary trolley
service is available among the three sites. Purchase your Around Town trolley
tickets in advance through the Macon Bibb County Convention and Visitors Bureau,
450 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd [map], or by calling 478-743-3401, or www.visitmacon.org. Tickets are
$17/adults, $9 youth (ages 5-18). For complete tour details and photographs, see
www.HayHouse.org.
Macon
Arts
Poplar St. Clean Up
Macon Arts has adopted the first block of
Poplar Street, between First and Second streets, through the Keep Macon-Bibb
Beautiful Commissions Adopt-A-Spot program and will conduct its third clean up
of the year on Thursday, December 6, 2007, at 12:30 p.m. Board and staff will
meet at the Macon Arts Gallery to begin the clean up.
At its July 2006
Board retreat, the Macon Arts Board of Directors voted to take on a project that
would benefit the community and chose the Adopt-A-Spot program. Clean ups are
held quarterly, and board members and staff will don safety vests and gloves and
will be seen working up and down Poplar Street, and additionally, will clean up
the block of First Street in front of the Macon Arts Gallery.
For more
information, contact Lynn Cass, Executive Director of Macon Arts, at
743-6940.
Holiday Open House
Wednesday, December 12, 2007 11 a.m. 5 p.m. Come join us for hot
cider and other goodies. Macon Arts new location at 486 First Street
Featured Artists in December Joe Adams, Ken Folmar, Michelle Lisenby,
Diane Mead and Hilda Tidwell
Over 80 local and regional artists are
represented in the Macon Arts Gallery.
All members of Macon Arts will
receive a 10 percent discount all day in the gallery on December 12, so if you
are not a member already, you may join at the Open House and receive the
discount.
For more information, contact Lynn Cass, Executive Director, at
743-6940.
GA
Music Hall of Fame
Memorial Reception
On Dec. 10, 2007, the
Georgia Music Hall of Fame will host a memorial reception in honor of Otis
Redding, who died on Dec. 10, 1967. To commemorate Redding's love of Macon and
commitment to his community, the reception will be open free to the public from
7 - 9 p.m. with the exhibit, Otis Redding: I've Got Dreams to Remember, on
display. A brief program will be held at 7:30 p.m. with a performance by The
Crawford Ensemble and remarks from Mayor C. Jack Ellis; Mayor-Elect Robert
Reichert; and Bill Thompson, Deputy Commissioner, Film, Video and Music Office,
Ga. Department of Economic Development.
The year 1967 had been very
successful for Redding, with songs like "Try a Little Tenderness" charting high
and Aretha Franklin's version of his composition, "Respect," earning a #1 spot.
He headlined the Stax-Volt European tour to rave reviews in the spring and
stateside in the summer, he emerged as the surprise star of the Monterey Pop
Festival. Poised on the verge of even greater international stardom and pop
crossover success, Redding was named the top male vocalist in the world in
November in the UK's Melody Maker magazine poll, a distinction awarded to Elvis
Presley for ten years previously.
A month later, Redding was at Stax
Studios in Memphis laying down tracks for a new album and one of the songs,
"(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay," clearly indicated an unmistakable new
direction for his art. However, on Dec. 10, 1967, Redding's own twin engine
Beechcraft came down in the icy waters of Lake Monona, four miles from the
Madison, Wisconsin Municipal Airport, killing the singer, his pilot, an
assistant and four members of his touring band, The Bar-Kays. Released just six
weeks after Redding's passing, "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" won two Grammy
Awards and BMI has named it the sixth most performed song of the 20th century.
Throughout 2007, several commemorative events have honored this soul
icon. The Georgia Music of Hall of Fame, in association with the Otis Redding
Estate, organized Otis Redding: I've Got Dreams to Remember, which is on display
through September 10, 2008. Curated by Ellen Fleurov, president of Crossroads
Traveling Exhibitions, the exhibit features over 175 artifacts including
photographs, hand-written lyrics, posters, letters and other personal
memorabilia, as well as multi-media kiosks exploring Redding's musical evolution
as a singer, composer, arranger, producer and performer.
In addition,
Dreams To Remember: The Legacy of Otis Redding, a DVD featuring interviews and a
wealth of rare performance footage, was released to critical acclaim in
September by Reelin' in the Years Productions and Stax Records. Earlier this
year, the Redding family launched the Big "O" Youth Educational Dream Foundation
in an effort to continue Otis Redding's own dream of encouraging and assisting
youth with enhancing their lives through education and the arts.
The
Georgia Music Hall of Fame is located at 200 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in
downtown Macon and is open Mon. - Sat. 9-5 and Sun. 1-5 p.m. For more
information, contact Lisa Love (478-751-3087 / llove@georgia.org), Katie Roberts
(478-751-3334 / kroberts@georgia.org) or visit www.georgiamusic.org. For more
information on the Big "O" Youth Educational Dream Foundation, visit www.otisredding.com.
Press
Conference
You're Invited!
WHAT: A press conference at Cherry
Street Fountain in front of The Georgia Sports Hall of Fame and The
Terminal Station. Cherry Street Fountain is an interactive fountain, open to the
public, available for children to play, dance, and splash about in its waters.
The Cherry Street Fountain was designed by Wimberly Treadwell. The main
contractor was CSolutions of Atlanta. NewTown Macon in partnership with The
City of Macon and in appreciation for all of the work on the part of city
employees is pleased to host another exciting event in the life of the
development of Downtown Macon.
WHEN: Friday, December 7, 2007 at 11:00
am
WHERE: Cherry Street Fountain in front
of The Georgia Sports Hall of Fame and Terminal Station
CALL: Mark Ledbetter at 478 722 9909
or 478 960 0140
Impulse
Card
Holiday Shopping
Use your Impulse Card for
Downtown savings during this Holiday Season. Check out participating merchants
at the Impulse Card website,www.theimpulsecard.com. Shop Downtown this Holiday
Season.
New
Restaurant
White Lightning Barbaque Co.
We have an exciting new BBQ restaurant Downtown, White Lightning Barbeque
Co., located at the corner of Walnut and Spring St.Already, White
Lightening is getting rave reviews from BBQ lovers.At White
Lightening, they can take care of all your holiday needs with custom party packs
and with catering available.White Lightning Barbeque478 330
5635
Dinner
Theatre
Celebrate the
Holidays at the Tic Toc Room
Theatre Macon and the Tic Toc
Room invite you to "An Off-Off Broadway Christmas"
dinner theatre. December 11th and
12th Dinner
seating 5:30pm - 6:00pm Show at 7:30pm $52.50 per person plus tax and
gratuity Includes a four course
meal Call the
Tic Toc Room for reservations: 744-0123 The Tic Toc Room is located at
408 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. [map] Reservations will not be taken
through Theatre Macon.
Featuring Theatre Macon's
talented group of vocalists: Katy Thompson Blake Leslie Catherine Bishop Adam Carr Molly Stevens Russell Evans Accompaniment by Jim
Penndorf
NewTown
Macon is a non-profit public-private partnership leading a community-wide
movement to restore downtown Macon to its original beauty and cultivate a
prosperous city for the new century by Growing Jobs, Increasing Residents and
Creating a Sense of Place.
To promote your business or charity (charities are free)
contact OurTown2Day at 678.658.1429
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