Georgia College & State University’s (GCSU) Music Department and Allied Arts partnered to host the 35th annual JazzFest April 27 on GCSU’s front campus. JazzFest provides an educational opportunity for school bands to perform and learn from a professional and for GCSU to expose high schoolers to the campus.

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The Oconee Performing Arts Society (OPAS) is once more presenting its Memorial Day Weekend Patriotic Celebration, and this year is expanding its reach by including more activities for families, complete with complimentary tickets for children aged 10 and under, allowing them to witness the magic of live performances firsthand.

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Greensboro’s Lake Country Chorus (LCC) presented “On Broadway” last Thursday at Festival Hall, which was packed to capacity. Tony award-winning songs dating from the 1940s to the present were the order of the evening under the baton of vocal director Cathy (Cat) Williamson.

The Artisans Village Guild hosted its eighth annual Eatonton One Day Paint Out on Saturday. Two award-winning plein air artists, Shane McDonald and Celeste McCollough, opened the day by teaching two sold-out workshops, one in a beautiful garden of the historic Hancock home in Eatonton and the other in an interesting historic alleyway in town.

In Queen of Exiles, Vanessa Riley presents her readers with the full and dramatic life of Marie-Louise Christophe, Haiti’s first and only queen. With historical depth and great respect for her subject and the time period, Riley offers a story with both historical accuracy and emotional resonance.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Lake Allatoona and the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary are joining the Georgia chapter of the American Canoe Association (ACA) and other stakeholders to offer low-cost kayaking instruction on May 18 at multiple locations across Georgia.

More than 600 people attended “A Songwriters’ Night” at Briar Patch Farm on April 20. The event benefitted the local non-profit organization Neighbors Helping Neighbors (NHN), which raised thousands of dollars to continue its mission in Greene and Putnam counties.

MAGallery in downtown Madison will open its third special exhibition of the year this Friday, “Finding Light,” featuring the ethereal works of Southwest Georgia artist Dana Johns.