Briar Patch Farm hosted “A Songwriters’ Night” April 20, raising more than $1,000 for NHN. CONTRIBUTED

Late Afternoon Reflections by Dana Johns. CONTRIBUTED

Around 10 entertainers took turns at the microphone at Sylvia's Coffee in downtown Eatonton. (IAN TOCHER/Staff)

join the crowd April 26-27, beginning at 8 p.m. both nights at the Greene County Ag Center covered arena located at 1180 C. Weldon Smith Rd., Greensboro, for the 25th annual edition of the Greene County Pro Rodeo. (CONTRIBUTED)

Long-time Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills (left) pictured with Dr. Rakesh Kumar (right). IAN TOCHER/Staff

Outdoor concerts at The Plaza Arts Center typically draw large crowds. (CONTRIBUTED)

April is National Heartworm Awareness Month, and the Oconee Regional Humane Society (ORHS) is back with its Have a Heart campaign. (CONTRIBUTED)

People walk the streets of downtown Greensboro while enjoying a previous, sunny Southland Jubilee. (CONTRIBUTED)

Vanessa Riley wrote the novel 'Queen of Exiles' and she will be the focus of Georgia Writers Museum’s (GWM’s) Meet the Author event for May. (CONTRIBUTED)

Carlos Jimenez (CONTRIBUTED)