“Life is one grand, sweet song. So let the music begin!” — Ronald Reagan
Many of you enjoy live music. Live art, too can be just as exciting. Events that highlight both forms are scheduled this week, with a worship musical tonight at Parker Memorial Baptist Church in Anniston and interactive art demonstrations at Talladega’s Heritage Hall Museum this month from M…
Two new openings on the art scene provide pathways to American history. One is in the form of entertainment, and the other showcases facts about our local World War II heroes.
Enjoy your summer vacation, but return soon. There’s a burst of not-to-miss attractions filling the calendar, including Noonday Notations at Anniston’s First United Methodist Church … Vintage Bazaar and opening of the redesigned Pearl Harbor room at The Berman Museum … “Bringing Back Shakesp…
“The world is a great book,” St. Augustine once said. “Those who never stir from home have read only a page.”
As we celebrate Alabama’s 200th birthday, it’s time to honor the people who have shaped and developed our state. On the list of influential names are musicians, writers and artists who have had a lasting impact on our daily lives.
“Keep learning, keep practicing!” art teachers and mentors encourage students. “There could be a spotlight waiting for you.”
Two women share their adventures in creating new places for our minds through writing and painting. Lynn Lacher, author of “The Lick Skillet Coffee Club,” and Alabama oil painter Barbara Davis, the featured artist at Oxford Performing Arts Center, channel experiences that only a Southerner c…
Concerts, with rousing and soothing music, can work magic on an evening’s mood. Theater productions too, can lift our spirits or change our frame of mind. Visual art, as well, brings us new thoughts. Three such events — a concert by the Jacksonville State University/Community Orchestra, a mu…
Tradition from different time periods is the focus of two art exhibits this month.
“With the new day comes new strengths and new thoughts” is the Jan. 7 quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt on my daily calendar. A personal strength and encouragement in Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the first lady’s life in January 1930 was increasing attention from the media about Warm Springs…
They are found in valleys or towns, in sheds or barns. They are occasionally sighted on the street, parked or in parades.
Anniston’s Berman Museum is best known for its extensive collection of weaponry, forged in iron and steel, collected by the late Farley Berman. But Germaine Berman, Farley’s wife, had a passion for metal put to a different purpose.
In its first week at the Louvre, “Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry” was such a hit that 9,400 people were herded through its galleries. The crowds were so large the Louvre had to issue timed passes for the first time ever. Why all the hoopla?
The feeling is festive in the Ayers Room at the Public Library of Anniston-Calhoun County, but the focus, at this moment, is not on the holidays.
“Sing me the joy of Christmas” is a verse from a rousing anthem heard in Christian churches today. The music brings the Yuletide spirit close to the heart. But if you ask, “Paint me the joy of Christmas,” that’s a reasonable request, too, one that artists from east Alabama have already grant…
Images from the Berman Museum bronze sculpture exhibit.
Put a song in your heart during these busy days by listening to holiday melodies at four events this month — and in two of the events, join in singing the verses.
Autumn is emerging with a blaze of colors, but the oranges, yellows and reds came earlier at Nunnally’s Framing and Gallery, 1014 Noble St. in downtown Anniston.
With the unsettling situations going on in the world today, creating positive content for theater audiences might help morale. The positive permeates a new show, “Tara Tremendous,” being developed for Broadway.
Heritage Hall Museum in Talladega is showcasing the Helen Keller Art Show of Alabama through Oct. 13.
The fourth annual Cleburne County pottery show will be Saturday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Cleburne County Mountain Center in Heflin.
No matter what your interests are, there’s likely something new and special for you coming up in September. History and worship intertwine inside the Silver Chapel at McClellan on Sundays for everyone, beginning today. The Calhoun County Stamp, Coin and Collectibles Club welcomes new members…
As long as we can recount the good memories, we can count the blessings.
