FOR KIDS
PAWS TO READ
Children in kindergarten to fifth grade who are reading independently may sign up to read to a therapy dog.
Aiken Library
314 Chesterfield Street SW
Aiken
803.642.7586
FOR KIDS
STORY TIME AT PENDLETON KING PARK
Stories read by K-9 Officer Gary.
Pendleton King Park
10 a.m.
FREE
1600 Troupe Street
706.821.2600
www.ECGRL.ORG
LITERARY
BROWN BAG BOOK CLUB
Discuss The Road by Cormac MacCarthy. Bring your own lunch.
Columbia County Library
11:30 a.m.
FREE
7022 Evans Town Center Blvd.
Evans
706.863.1946
EDUCATION
TAI CHI FOR BEGINNERS
Learn the basics of this ancient Chinese art with an experienced instructor. Headquarters Library
4 p.m.
FREE
823 Telfair Street
706.821.2600
FESTIVAL
DOWNTOWN AFTER 6 BEACH BLAST
Read more: http://issuu.com/mplocha/docs/june_b_2011/26
Newberry Street
Aiken
6 p.m
ART
THE HEART GALLERY EXHIBIT OPENING
The South Carolina Heart Gallery is a program that enhances adoption recruitment opportunities for waiting children. Local photographers, including Julie Rowe, Hansje Gold-Krueck, Amy Hardee, Kim Gibson and Jason Tench, donate their services to provide portraits of the children.
Aiken Center for the Arts
6 to 9 p.m.
FREE
122 Laurens Street SW
Aiken
803.641.9094
FILM
DAS BOOT
The claustrophobic world of a WWII German U-boat; boredom, filth and sheer terror. Directed by Wolfgang Petersen. (German)
Headquarters Library
6:30 p.m.
FREE
823 Telfair Street
706.821.2604
www.ECGRL.ORG
CONCERT
MUSIC IN THE PARK: CAREY MURDOCK AND NOSTAR
Maude Edenfield Park
7 p.m.
FREE
400 Buena Vista Avenue
North Augusta
803.442.7588
FRIDAY - JUNE 17, 2011
FOR KIDS
A VISIT FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
Headquarters Library
9:30 a.m.
FREE
823 Telfair Street
706.821.2600
ART
ART AT LUNCH AND JEWELRY TRUNK SHOW
Artist Gogo Fergusondiscusses her unique jewelry and home accessory creations. After the program, join Gogo in the museum store for a special trunk show and sale.
The Morris Museum of Art
Noon
$10 to $14
paid reservations due June 15
1 10th Street
706.724.7501
OUTDOORS
HOW DOES THE EARTH WORK?
Look at the forces that shape the Earth.Reed Creek Wetlands Interpretative Center
4:30 p.m.
free for members, nonmembers
$2
3820 Park Lane
Martinez
706.210.4027
CONCERT
GOOD TO BE ALIVE TOUR
Read more on page 37
Jessye Norman Amphitheatre
5 p.m.
$15
Riverwalk and Ninth Street
706.724.1172
CONCERT
THE TEMPTATIONS REVUE
A tribute to The Temptations featuring Nate Evans with opening act Palmetto Groove in a concert to benefit the H.T. “The Jailman” Leary Education Scholarship Fund.
USCA Convocation Center
6:30 p.m.
$17 to $27
375 Robert Bell Parkway
Aiken
866.722.8877
OUTDOORS
MOONLIGHT MUSIC CRUISE: FRED WILLIAMS
Enjoy live music while trolling the scenic Augusta Canal.
Reservations are required.
Augusta Canal
7 p.m.
$25
1450 Greene Street
706.823.0440
FILM
MOVIES UNDER THE STARS: SHREK FOREVER AFTER
Gates open at 7 p.m. and movies start at dusk.
Columbia County Amphitheater
8 p.m.
FREE
7022 Evans Town Center Blvd.
Evans
706.721.5736
SPORTS
AUGUSTA GREENJACKETS vs. the Asheville Tourists.
Lake Olmstead Stadium
7:05 p.m.
$6 to $8 for adults; kids 3 and under are $1
78 Milledge Road
706.736.7889
THEATRE
AMADEUS
This epic period piece portrays the lives of composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri. Mozart struggles with the ghost of his father while Salieri struggles with envy. Directed by Doug Joiner
Le Chat Noir
8 p.m.
$25
304 Eighth Street
706.722.3322
THEATRE
WIT
Vivian Bearing, Ph.D., a renowned professor of English who has spent years studying and teaching the brilliant and difficult metaphysical sonnets of John Donne, has been diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. Vivian comes to reassess her life and her work with a profundity and humor that are transformative.
Aiken Community Playhouse
8 p.m.
$12
126 Newberry Street SW
Aiken
803.648.1438
SATURDAY, JUNE 18,2011
MARKET
AUGUSTA MARKET AT THE RIVER - a verge sponsored event
Augusta’s outdoor market with fresh locally grown produce, bread, food and other products.
Eighth Street Bulkhead
8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
2 Eighth Street
706.627.0128
FESTIVAL
RIDGE PEACH FESTIVAL
Featuring unique arts and crafts, antiques, hands-on demonstrations, fresh peaches, homemade peach desserts, preserves and ice cream, live entertainment and carnival rides. The parade begins at 10:30 a.m. and features the Fort Gordon Signal Corp Band.
Trenton Town Park
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
free
106 Church Street
Trenton
803.275.5303
OUTDOORS
BIRDING AND WILDFLOWER HIKE
Bring water and wear comfortable walking shoes for this two-mile walk on the Cliatt Creek Trail. Identify early summer wildflowers and look for birds that have returned after spending the winter as far away as South America. Mistletoe State Park
9 a.m.
$5 per vehicle parking fee
3725 Mistletoe Road
Appling
706.541.0321
ART
FOLK ART AND STORYTELLING
South Carolina folk artist and storyteller Bruce Ingram will be on hand to share his stories and his art.
Aiken Library
10:30 a.m.
FREE
314 Chesterfield Street SW
Aiken
803.642.7586
FILM
OLD SCHOOL MOVIE MARATHON
A trio of old school movies: Cooley High (1975), Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) and Uptown Saturday Night (1974).
Headquarters Library
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
FREE
823 Telfair Street
706.821.2600
LITERARY
BOOK SIGNING: CHRISTINE HURLEY DERISO
Meet the author of Then I Met My Sister.
The Book Tavern
1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
FREE
1026 Broad Street
706.826.1940
FOR KIDS
FATHER’S DAY BOXES
Make a special box for your father.
Headquarters Library
1:30 p.m.
$5 supply fee
823 Telfair Street
706.821.2600
FOR KIDS
TIME WITH TINA TERRY
Story time at the library with a special puppet show and snacks.
Headquarters Library
2:30 p.m.
823 Telfair Street
706.821.2600
THEATRE
DON’T TELL DADDY
Miss Monique (Power 107.7) makes her stage debut in her first original play about two friends who keep secrets, tell lies and have men in their lives are clueless about disease, addiction and the importance of parenting.
Imperial Theatre
3 p.m.
$22.50 to $26.50
749 Broad Street
706.722.8341
OUTDOORS
NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY
Instructional program sharing nature photographs, discussion of equipment and technique and opportunities for taking photographs.
Reed Creek Wetlands Interpretative Center
4 p.m.
free for members, nonmembers $2
3820 Park Lane
Martinez
706.210.4027
SPORTS
AUGUSTA GREENJACKETS vs. the Asheville Tourists.
Lake Olmstead Stadium
7:05 p.m.
$6 to $8 for adults; kids 3 and under are $1
78 Milledge Road
706.736.7889
COUNTRY MUSIC
LORETTA LYNN
With the 2010 release of Coal Miner’s Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, it is the perfect time for Loretta Lynn to head back onto the road. She still, however, continues to remain humble. ‘I ain’t a star – a star is something up in the night sky,” says Lynn. “People say to me, ‘You’re a legend.’ I’m not a legend. I’m just a woman.”
Bell Auditorium
7:30 p.m.
$35.50 to $55.50
712 Telfair Street
877.4AUGTIX
THEATRE
WIT
Vivian Bearing, Ph.D., a renowned professor of English who has spent years studying and teaching the brilliant and difficult metaphysical sonnets of John Donne, has been diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. Vivian comes to reassess her life and her work with a profundity and humor that are transformative.
Aiken Community Playhouse
8 p.m.
$12
126 Newberry Street SW
Aiken
803.648.1438
THEATRE
AMADEUS
This epic period piece portrays the lives of composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri. Mozart struggles with the ghost of his father while Salieri struggles with envy. Directed by Doug Joiner
Le Chat Noir
8 p.m.
$25
304 Eighth Street
706.722.3322
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