The word is out – this group is great! In the year since the Jazz Orchestra was formed, they have performed all across Carrollton and West Georgia. Make sure to get your tickets for the orchestra’s spring concert, May 7, 2020.
$15 Adult $10 Youth
The Carrollton Writer’s Guild celebrates every year an evening of poetry. This wonderful event is for all members of the Carrollton Writer’s Guild and their guests. Membership is $25 to become a member of the Carrollton Writers Guild. This membership covers a variety of programs that help to promote the literary arts in our community. Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served at the event.
The word is out – this group is great! In the year since the Jazz Orchestra was formed, they have performed all across Carrollton and West Georgia. Make sure to get your tickets for the orchestra’s two concerts November 2, 2019, and May 7, 2020, this season.
$15 Adult $10 Youth
This introductory comprehensive workshop introduces simple swing patterns, techniques and styles. Partner encouraged but not required. Instructor: Brandon Thomas. Ages: 13+
Center For the Arts Member: $25 Non-Member: $30
Join us on August 30th at 7pm at the Carrollton Center for the Arts for the Carroll County premiere of the 2018 independent film “Blaze,” based on the life of country music legend Blaze Foley who once lived in a tree house in Roopville with script co-writer and Whitesburg resident Sybil Rosen. The film, directed by actor and filmmaker Ethan Hawke, debuted to critical acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival and now comes home to Carroll County, where Foley began writing songs after meeting Rosen in 1975 at Banning Mill, at the time a quasi-artist colony. Blaze Foley is best known for his songs “If I Could Only Fly” and “Clay Pigeons,” covered by the likes of Willie Nelson, John Prine, and Merle Haggard. Foley was once Michael David Fuller, an aspiring but aimless musician who came to 1970s countercultural Carroll County after working as a roadie for the band Buzzard’s Roost, who nicknamed him “Depty Dawg.” It was during Foley’s time living with Rosen in a makeshift platform in the woods of Roopville that he christened himself Blaze Foley and began writing the songs that would one day make him a legend. “Blaze” is rated R for language throughout, some sexual content and drug use. The premiere will be followed by a Q&A with Sybil Rosen.
Screening sponsored by Underground Books.
$10
This one-day comprehensive workshop will introduce salsa dancing with simple patterns, techniques and styling. Partner encouraged but not required. Instructor: Brandon Thomas. Ages: 13+
Center For the Arts Member: $25 Non-Member: $30
Play your part in making this Halloween altogether spooktactular… but first you have to audition! The Carrollton Center for the Arts’ Teen Theatre will hold auditions, August 26 and 27, for its October production of Washington Irving’s gothic story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. The show will be directed by Cindi Winstead.
The Details
Audition Dates: Aug. 26-27, 2019, at the center from 5:30pm–7:30pm. Callbacks will be August 27.
Age: Must be in grades 6 – 9
Roles available: Eight males, 10 females and several ensemble roles
Show dates: October 25 – 26, 2019
Rehearsals: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30pm – 8pm (other dates as needed)
Performance Fee: $50 (fee is waived if signed up for Junior Company classes)
The Story
A late-1700s school teacher named Ichabod Crane comes to Sleepy Hollow, New York, and finds himself at odds with a local named Brom Bones over a woman named Katrina. Meanwhile, the ghost of a soldier who lost his head to a cannonball during the American Revolution haunts the area every night in search of his missing head.
This is the perfect workshop for people looking to make their first dance at their wedding, anniversary or public events more memorable. Instructor: Brandon Thomas. Ages: 13+
Center for the Arts Member: $25 Non-Member: $30
The Carrollton Center for the Arts will host a luncheon with local music legend Blaze Foley’s biographer and friend, Sybil Rosen, at 12:30 p.m., August 29. Her book, Living in the Woods in a Tree, is Rosen’s firsthand account of her life with Foley during the countercultural 1970s and Foley’s transformation from reticent hippie musician to enigmatic singer/songwriter. The two met in 1975 at Banning Mill and once lived in a tree house in Roopville. Foley wrote his most widely known song, If I Could Only Fly, for Rosen. His songs have been covered by Lyle Lovett, Willie Nelson, John Prine and Merle Haggard. Tickets to the luncheon with Rosen are $30.
Also…
On August 30, Underground Books will present the 2018 film, Blaze, based on Rosen’s book, at the Center for the Arts. The film was directed by actor and filmmaker Ethan Hawke. Rosen will take part in a question and answer session after the screening. Blaze is rated R. Admission to the Blaze screening is $10, including popcorn and a drink.
Visit carrolltonarts.com or call 770-838-1083 for tickets and more information.
