Debra McCorkle

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Fri Aug 27

This day in history: (1953) Roman Holiday opens, featuring Hepburn’s first starring role.

“The Hundred Dresses” at Georgia Children’s Museum. Friday & Saturday, 7 p.m. Saturday & Sunday, 2 p.m. Tickets $5 - $8, includes Museum admission. 478.755.9539. GeorgiaChildrensMuseum.com. 370 Cherry St.

College Hill’s Big Screen Movie Nights at Tattnall Park. Showing The Neverending Story. Co-presented by Macon Film Festival. Outdoor movie screenings. 8 p.m. Free. 478.301.2008. CollegeHillMacon.com.

Macon Architecture: a Story of Structures opens at the Museum of Arts & Sciences. New exhibit featuring Macon’s architectural gems. Hands-on components teach science, technology & artistry. Tuesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sunday, 1 – 5 p.m. $4 - $8. Free for students & Bibb Co. residents the last Friday of each month, 5 – 8 p.m. 478.477.3232. MASMacon.com. 4182 Forsyth Rd.

Sat Aug 28
This day in history: (1917) President Woodrow Wilson is picketed by woman suffragists who demand that he support an amendment to the Constitution that would guarantee women the right to vote.

City Market on Poplar Street Green Weekly market offers seasonal fresh and organic produce, skillfully created arts and crafts, free-style arts, baked goods, plants and herbs, handmade soaps, jewelry and more. 9am - 1pm.

Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit in Concert Friends of Mike Weaver Foundation, Inc. present Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit and Tron Jackson – Live In Concert. Doors Open at 8:15 p.m., Concert at 9:00 p.m. Admission: $20.

Fall for the Arts Festival at the Grand Opera House. Family friendly arts fair with live performances & info about arts seasons and classes of multiple arts & cultural orgs. 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Free. 478.743.6940. MaconArts.org. 651 Mulberry St.

Wed Sept 1
This day in history: (1864) Union Army General William Tecumseh Sherman lays siege to Atlanta, Georgia.

Dinner & a Classic Movie at Cox Capitol Theatre. “I Want to Live" (1958) 6:30 pm. Call or check website for menus & films. $5 or $17.50 with dinner. 478.257.6381 CoxCapitolTheatre.com.

Thur Sept 2
This day in history: (1969) America's first ATM makes its public debut in New York.

Robert McDuffie Festival for Strings at Mercer University. Sept. 2, Distinguished Artists Concert. 6 p.m. Free. Fickling Hall, McCorkle Music Bldg. 478.301.5751. 1400 Coleman Ave.

Fri Sept 3
This day in history: (1990) President George Bush meets with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. The theme of the meeting was cooperation between the two superpowers in dealing with the Iraqi crisis.

“Honky Tonk Angels” at Macon Little Theatre. “Dreamgirls” meets the “Dixie Chicks”…Country music revue. Join us on a hilarious, rollicking and touching journey that celebrates the voices of women in country music. Experience Stand by Your Man, Coal Miner’s Daughter, Delta Dawn, 9 to 5, Harper Valley PTA, I Will Always Love You and many other great songs through the voices of the three country gals who meet on a bus on their way to NashvilleWednesday – Saturday, 8 p.m. Sunday matinees, 2:30 p.m. $10 - $18. September 3 – 12. 478.471.PLAY. MaconLittleTheatre.org. 4220 Forsyth Rd.

The Electric Social at the SoChi Gallery. The best in electronic music featuring: Dark Shadow, Element, and Old Flame. 10 p.m. – 2 a.m. $5 - $7. 478.238.6630. TheSoChiGallery.com. 534 Second St.

First Friday Alzheimer’s Benefit & art exhibit at Joycine’s. Ceramics by Rheetah! Flanagan, paintings by Martha Adams Thompson. 5:30 – 9 p.m. Free. 478.743.3144. 333 Cotton Ave.

Sat Sept 4
This day in history: (2002) Kelly Clarkson, a 20-year-old cocktail waitress from Texas, wins Season One of American Idol.

Battle of the Baddest Bands
Insurrection Sound, in conjunction with Storey Communications presents the second annual Battle of the Baddest Bands at 7:00 PM, September 4th, at the Cox Capitol Theatre.
This event is the grand finale of a five-week competition where the preliminary rounds were held at Wild Wing Cafe. Four of Middle Georgia's best up and coming bands will battle it out for prizes from exclusive music retail sponsor Music Masters in Byron, GA, recording time at Insurrection Sound, a live DVD of the event from Storey Communications and other prizes. Show starts at 7p.m. and tickets are $10.

Urban Hike Series: Walk and Learn in the Corridor 7pm Trees of the Corridor: Learn how to identify common trees found in the corridor with plant ecologist Dr. Heather Bowman Cutway of Mercer University. Meet at the corner of Coleman Ave. and College St.

Mon Sept 6
This day in history: (2002) Kelly Clarkson, a 20-year-old cocktail waitress from Texas.

Vineville Neighborhood Association Wine & Music Festival
Featuring five local bands and wine tastings by Michael’s on Mulberry. 3-9p.m. at the Big House, 2321 Vineville Ave. Ticket prices are $20 for adults, $10 for students, $5 for kids under 6.

Wed Sept 8
This day in history: (1986) Oprah goes national.

Dinner & a Classic Movie at Cox Capitol Theatre. “The Bridges at Toko-Ri" (1954) 6:30 pm. Call or check website for menus & films. $5 or $17.50 with dinner. 478.257.6381 382 Second St.

Thur Sept 9
This day in history: (1939) Audiences are treated to surprise preview of Gone with the Wind at Fox Theatre in California. Gone with the Wind debuted in Atlanta on December 15, 1939, and became an instant hit, breaking all box office records.

Lord T & Eloise in concert at the Cox Capitol Theatre This duo are know as Crunk artists and performers based out of Memphis, TN. The two self-proclaimed ‘intergalactic time travelers’ and ‘forebearers of the Rapocalypse” have spent the last three years touring the United States, sharing the stage with some of the industry’s most important modern performers, and bombarding the American media with their own sense of style, bravado and showmanship.
“No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn’t hate it…as good, if not better than most of the rap I hear these days…polished, unique, and catchy as hell...funny, relevant, and original.”
- THE SAN FRANSISCO BAY GUARDIAN
Show presented by Adam Smith Productions. Concert starts at 9pm. Tickets are $9 in advance, $11 at the door.

Steve Penley exhibit at Georgia Music Hall of Fame. Preview Party – Sept. 9. Ribbon cutting, meet Penley, hors d’oeuvres & drinks. $10 Members, $25 general admission. Macon native artist’s portraits of Macon-related artists. Opens to public Sept. 10. Monday – Saturday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sunday, 1 – 4 p.m. $3 - $8. 478.751.3334. GeorgiaMusic.org. 200 M.L. King, Jr. Blvd.

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New Macon Co-Ed Book Club:
Looking for a hobby? Love to read? Want to make new friends? Possess intellectual conversation? The new macon co-ed book club is just what you are looking for. For more information please call 912-227-4212.

Macon Arts Gallery September 3 – 25 – “Postcards to Macon” at Macon Arts Alliance. Photographs by Maryann Bates, ceramics by Michael DeBerry. First Friday opening, Sept. 3, 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday – Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free. 478.743.6940. MaconArts.org. 486 First St.

“Harriet Tubman: A Moses to Her People” at the Tubman African American Museum. Weekdays, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday, Noon – 4 p.m. $4 - $6. 478.743.8544. TubmanMuseum.com. 340 Walnut St.

Steve Penley exhibit at Georgia Music Hall of Fame. Macon native artist’s portraits of Macon-related artists. September 9 – July 11 Monday – Saturday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sunday, 1 – 4 p.m. $3 - $8. 478.751.3334. 200 M.L. King, Jr. Blvd.

Joycine's Art, Attitude & Accessory Gallery Costume jewelry, art and so much more!
333 Cotton Ave. For schedule and information contact Barbara at 478-743-3144.

Through Aug. 13 – “By Land, Sea or Air” at Middle Georgia Art Association. Tuesday – Friday, Noon – 5 p.m. Saturday, Noon – 3 p.m. Free. 478.744.9557. MiddleGeorgiaArt.org. 2330 Ingleside Ave.

“Images of Monroe” and “Fascinating Food” at Monroe Arts Alliance Gallery September 8 – 24. Wednesday – Friday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Free admission. 478.994.8668. MonroeArts.blogspot.com. 54 N. Jackson St., Forsyth.

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“Sky Over Macon”, Fridays at 8p.m. Mark Smith Planetarium 4182 Forsyth Rd. Weekly, live star talk explore the constellations and far away celestial objectsvisible from Middle Georgia. Admission by donation. 477-3232.

Live music for kids every First Saturday at
Georgia Music Hall of Fame Every first Saturday from noon until 2 p.m., Included with museum admission, $3.50 ages 4-17. Featuring Pilar Wilder and Hayiya Dance Theatre.

Through October 10 – The World of Giant Insects at the Museum of Arts & Sciences. “Buggy Saturdays.” Tuesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sunday, 1 – 5 p.m. $4 - $8. 478.477.3232. 4182 Forsyth Rd.

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Macon Film Guild: Every second Sunday of the month. Show times are 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Douglass Theatre, 355 M.L.K., Jr. Blvd. For more information visit www.douglasstheatre.org.

Sunday Supper at the Cox Capitol Theatre Doors open at 5pm, movie begins at 6. $12.50 admission includes dinner. $6 child’s plate available.

Dinner and a Classic at the Cox Capitol Theatre: Doors open at 5:30 p.m, movie at 6:30p.m. $17.50 includes dinner. Reservations are GREATLY appreciated by calling (478)257-6391, ext. 6.

museum - gallery hours

The Musuem of Arts & Sciences
Monday - Saturday, 10 - 5 p.m., Sunday, 1 - 5 p.m. Last Friday of Each Month, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Admission - Adults $8, Students 12-17 $5, Children 2-11 $4, Museum Members Free

Georgia Music Hall of Fame 9am-5pm Mon-Sat, 1pm-5pm Sun. 1-888-GA-ROCKS. $8/$3.50.

Georgia Sports Hall of Fame 9am-5pm Mon-Sat, 1pm-5pm Sun. Admission $8, children 4-16 $3.50.

The Hay House, 934 Georgia Ave. Open Tuesdays-Saturdays 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Sundays 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Tours are on the hour with the last tour at 3 p.m. $8 adults, $4 students. Children under 6 free.

Tubman African American Museum
Monday-Saturday 9a.m.-5p.m. Admission $5
for adults $3 for Children 4-17. 340 Walnut Street.

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Debra McCorkle

The Lost Art of Conversations, With REAL friends

Written by Tina Whittle
Wednesday, August 25 2010 21:09
The melee started innocently enough, with a one-word post as my Facebook status: “Overturned!” I was referring to the recent judicial decision to overturn California’s Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in that state. As a big believer in the idea that Americans shouldn’t be allowed to discriminate against other Americans no matter who has the majority vote, I was happy to see this bit of news. Not all of my Facebook friends were delighted, however. They made this very clear. Here I shall lapse into the passive voice to describe the brouhaha — opinions were shared. Strenuously. Opinions about Prop 8, about checks and balances, about other opinions, about other opinionators, and eventually, about me as the “host” of all this opinionating. It got ugly, and then it got uglier, and then I pulled the plug on it. But not before I had the chance to see full-frontal American “debate” in action. And this is what I’ve decided — Americans have lost the art of civil discourse, especially concerning controversial topics (by which I mean topics where people might reasonably disagree) because nobody knows how to be friends anymore. Facebook. MySpace. Twitter. These are our communities now, and in these virtual enclaves, we seem to be surrounded by friends. But it’s an illusion — we’re really surrounded by soundbites of our friends, little snippets of personality that when assembled together may feel like a circle of friends, but which isn‘t. Read more

To Anyone who Claimes Same Sex Marriage will....

Written by Tina Whittle
Thursday, August 12 2010 09:18
Unless you were in a cave or something, I’m sure you noticed that California’s Proposition 8 got overturned last Wednesday, which reversed a previous ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional. An appeal has since been filed and a stay issued — the matter will probably end up before the Supreme Court for the final verdict. Overturning Prop 8 was a cause for celebration for many people, including yours truly. On a purely patriotic level, I was glad to see the Constitutional rights of every American fortified. I’m heartened that the phrase “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” still means something in this country. The struggle for equality has been fought on schoolhouse steps, at segregated lunch counters, and under glass ceilings. It started with the first Yankee Doodle dandy who dared to spit at King George, and it continues now. Of course not everyone was happy. Some people had legitimate concerns about the legislative branch overstepping the will of the people. But most of the unhappy people had far less intelligent complaints. Judge Vaughn R. Walker — a federal judge appointed by President George Bush himself — dismissed them one by one, including that no-proof-whatsoever assertion that same-sex marriage is bad for children. No evidence, he said. Zip. Nada. Zilch. I’m also tired of hearing the sad lament that allowing same-sex marriage will somehow weaken mixed-sex marriage, or as it is often called, traditional marriage. These arguments do have one thing right — any marriage based on love and equality steps all over traditional marriage. Face it, marriage as we know it — that lovey-dovey snuggle fest celebrated on Valentine’s Day and in diamond advertisements — is a recent invention. If you examine history, traditional marriage looks nothing like that “one man plus one woman” deal that the Defense of Marriage Act keeps touting. Instead, it looks very much like one guy and as many wives and concubines as he could stuff into his tent. Read more

The Rights Confidential Battle Plan

Written by TIna Whittle

Thursday, July 29 2010 09:20

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Apparently, the Republican Party thinks I’m hot stuff. I know — it came as a shock to me too. But the National Republican Congressional Committee thinks so highly of me that despite my consistently liberal behavior, they sent me — me! — a copy of their CONFIDENTIAL Campaign Battle plan (boldface and all caps theirs). That’s right, I have in my hot little liberal hands their top secret agenda for wresting control of the House of Representatives away from “Nancy Pelosi and her obedient liberals” (their words).

Here’s some more verbatim, from Congressman Pete Sessions, the chairman of the NRCC and the guy who trusted such delicate right-wing intel with a left-wing journalist like myself: “I’m sharing this information with you because as a long-time Republican activist, you’ve done a lot for our principles and our Party over the years. As a GOP leader and patriot, you have a lot at stake in the outcome of this year’s election.”

“Keep in mind,” he writes, “that your copy of our Campaign Battle Plan is CONFIDENTIAL — it is intended ‘for your eyes only’ so please take care to not leave it lying around for others to see.”

Ummm . . . okay. But I’m not sure what the big secret is. As far as I can tell, the CONFIDENTIAL Campaign Battle Plan is a map of the U.S. with a star representing every Congressional seat the Republican Party is targeting as a “top tier” district — this means it has a vulnerable Democrat ripe for the vanquishing. Georgia has two stars; Pennsylvania has the most, with eight. In total, there are 100 stars on the map, but Pete (I get to call him Pete because we’re tight like that) reports that we only need to win 39 to boost Nancy Pelosi out and replace her with John Boehner.

Wow! What a dark and surprising agenda! No wonder they want to keep it secret! The PLAN FOR VICTORY is broken down into three parts: 1. Identify Likely Voters; 2. Voter Education/ Independent Expenditures; and 3. Voter Turn-out. While I have some grammatical problems with this list (Pete! Get a composition handbook! Look up parallelism!) on the whole, they seem like fine goals. If I were a Republican, I’d support them. But if I were an intelligent Republican, I’d seriously question the validity of their source.

For instance, the NRCC claims it can identify voters likely to vote Republican by using “proven voter identification techniques.“ Really? These people couldn’t even figure out that I, a liberal newspaper columnist writing a liberal column, am a lifelong way-left liberal who has never, not once, voted Republican. Ask my disappointed parents — they’ll tell you that I’m as Non-Republican as it gets. And yet the NRCC seems to think I’m a GOP superstar.

Of course they want money. A lot of money. This is obvious. They use a lot of cool-sounding code phrases, like “Patriot Program” and “Young Guns” project. They warn that the Democrats are “sitting on a $28.6 million warchest [sic] they’ll use to fund wave after wave of attack ads against us.”

Democratic warchest, huh? As if the GOP has a peacechest. The NRCC has the audacity to write me a letter riddled with phrases like “pathetic” and “disastrous” and “rampant corruption and shady back-room dealing” and they expect me to believe that their “aggressive issues-based advertising” will be solely about the issues?

C’mon, NRCC. You can do better.

Endorsing the Porters

Written by Brad Evans

Thursday, July 15 2010 09:13

My Facebook profile features only one political endorsement Palin-Voldemort in 2012. This tells you a few things about me. One, I am not Republican. Two, I am a Harry Potter fan. And three, the thing I find most satisfying about politics is making fun of it.Voting does not fill me with warm fuzzies. On the best days, it feels like pure duty, as frumpy and unpleasant as dental work. And on the worst days, it feel soul-crushing, like I’m some lab rat responding to external manipulation, moving though the maze looking for whatever cheese I was promised. Maybe not even good cheese, just the cheese with the largest advertising budget.

This July 20th, however, I will be at my local polling station. I‘ve been lucky enough to find two candidates who make me feel all Fourth of July again.

For Governor, I’m voting Dubose Porter. When the League of Women Voters asked him why he was running, he had a one-word answer education. He promises to ask teachers what they need (a revolutionary concept!) then provide it. This approach has already worked for one elementary school, Saxon Elementary, which moved from the bottom of the state rankings to the top in less than one year, and has stayed there. And his plan to eliminate the need for teacher furloughs is simple, brilliant and doable (Alabama implemented a similar system that saved that government one BILLION dollars).

Ignorance Is Bliss

Written by Tina Whittle
Thursday, July 01 2010 07:55
Not you, you might be thinking. You see it like it is and tell it the same way. You’re not like Everybody Else. A sharp tack, not easy to fool... And that dear reader is denial. BY TINA WHITTLE The story was right out of the Stupid Criminals File. A man robs a bank in full view of the security cameras. He is undisguised. He is also five-six and 270 pounds rather recognizable, and within one hour of his image being telecast, he is indeed recognized and arrested. When questioned, he seems stunned that he was actually caught on film. Yes, he knew the cameras were there, but he’d protected himself. “I used the juice,” he says. Apparently, this was his clever plan. Somewhere in all the chit chat that criminals engage in at criminal cocktail parties, someone told him that rubbing your face with lemon juice renders you invisible to video cameras. And he believed it. As much as we’d like to think we have nothing in common with this chap, we all do. We are all prisoners of our worldview. We each construct a coherent reality to live in, but it comes at a cost. In short, we’re all living in denial of some kind. Maybe not as extreme as the citrus-faced would-be invisible man, but equally as impossible to break through. Read more

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Venue	WED	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	SATURDAY
Bottoms Up	2-4-1 Wells	College Night, DJ Slim	7/16: Villanova 7/23: Pistoltown	DJ Shawty Slim
20's Pub	Karaoke, 8p	Karaoke, 8p	7/16: Project 77 7/23: Sugar Creek	Karaoke, Happy Hour til 7pm
Loco's Bar & Grill	Trivia night, big payouts!	7/15: Exit 172 7/22: tba	Happy Hour $2.50 wells	Happy Hour $2.50 wells
The Rookery	Trivia, 8pm	Dueling pianos, only place in town!	Happy Hour 3-7, 241 wells	Happy Hour 3-7, 241 wells
BJ's	Karaoke with Mitch, 9pm	Happy Hour 2-7pm, $2 wells & domestics	Happy Hour 2-7pm, $2 wells & domestics	$1 shots during happy hour!
CJ's	2-4-1 wells and $2 Domestics until 8pm	Cornhole, 241 wells & jagerbombs	DJs Brad & Julie	7/17: B Keith Williams
Friends		Nightly Poker	Karaoke 7:30	Bud Bingo
Billy's Clubhouse	Happy hour everyday 11-7	Poker, 7pm	7/16: Dale Walker 7/23: Caleb Grimes 7/30: Matt & Lewis	7/17: Chapter 13 7/24: Randy Wesson & Co 7/31: Loose Skrews
Macon Mellow	Ladies Night: $1.50 house wine, $4.50 jagerbombs	College Night: 10% off with ID, $2.25 PBR tall boys, $3 wells, $3 ritas	7/16: Jeremy Johnson 7/23: K-Mo	7/17: Matt Moncrief 7/24: Caleb Grimes
The Bird	Ladies Night free wells for the gals after 8pm, Team Trivia	7/22: Drag Queen Bingo, $10 admission, free drinks for gals	7/16: Josh Roberts & the Hinges 7/23: Capt Midnight Band	7/17: Big Mike & Booty Papas 7/24: Tokyo Spa
Wild Wing Cafe	Gone country with Matt Pippen	Thirsty Thursdays, live local music	7/16: Soulshine 7/23: Gary Ray & the Heartwells	7/17: John Stanley Band 7/24: Radio Cult
Rivalry's		Skirts $2 drinks	7/16: Avery Dylan 7/23: Brian Smith	7/17: Exit 172 7/24: The Sit-Downs
Shamrock		Trivia 9p	7/16: Josh Carson 7/23: Stribling	7/17: Planet Retro 7/24: 2nd Wind
Asylum	543 Plum Street	DJ Dance Party	7/23: Uncrowned with Greedy White Citizens	DJ Extreme Doors open at 10:12