(AUGUSTA, GA) – Internationally acclaimed tenor, Marco Panuccio presents “O Holy Night – An Evening of Holiday Song.” Tuesday, December 17, 7:30 p.m. at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 3131 Walton Way. Tickets are $25 each. Advance tickets are strongly recommended and may be ordered at oholynightaugusta.brownpapertickets.com or by calling 800-838-3006.
(AUGUSTA, GA) – The Augusta Canal Authority will hold a public meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, December 17 to review its Brownfields Cleanup Grant Application and related plans submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct environmental cleanup activities at Sibley Mill. The meeting will be in The Cotton Room at Enterprise Mill, 1450 Greene Street, Augusta GA 30901. The Authority’s application and alternatives analysis will be available for review from December 18 through January 17 at the Canal Authority’s office at 1450 Greene Street, Suite 400 or online at www.augustacanal.com.
(AUGUSTA, GA) – A Community Planning Assistance Team sponsored by the American Planning Association will present preliminary findings and recommendations from its assessment of the Laney Walker/Bethlehem revitalization effort on Thursday, December 19, 2013. The meeting will be held at the Tabernacle Baptist Church Family Life Center at 6:00 p.m. www.laneywalkerbethlehem.com
(AUGUSTA, GA) – Radio station 88.3 WAFJ is collecting toys to help bring comfort to Children’s Hospital of Georgia patients. Donations may be dropped off from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. weekdays through Dec. 19 at the 88.3 WAFJ studio at 102 LeCompte Ave. in North Augusta. More information can be found at wafj.com or by calling 803-819-3125.
(AUGUSTA, GA) – Black Nativity, an original adaptation of the classic Nativity inspired by poet Langston Hughes’s musical gospel play, opens Thursday, December 19, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at the Kroc Center. This production is sponsored in part by American Family Insurance. Ticket information: http://www.zvents.com/augusta_ga/events/show/368788135-black-nativity
(AUGUSTA, GA) Only two weeks remain of the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History’s Annual Quilt Exhibition. This year’s exhibit features quilts crafted by Atlanta’s Brown Sugar Stitchers, a guild of African American quilters from the metro-Atlanta area. Through December 30, 2013. For information, visit www.lucycraftlaneymuseum.com/events.htm.
(AUGUSTA, GA) – Call for Artists: The Greater Augusta Arts Council’s Wet Paint Party and Sale, scheduled for Saturday, February 8, 2014, gives member artists an opportunity to sell one piece of work at full price in a party setting with an audience of over 400 people. Interested artists should apply online by January 8, 2014. See http://augustaarts.com for details.
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