your daily planner for March 24 & 25

Thursday, March 24, 2011
HISTORY
Lewis & Clark: The Journey 
With Dr. Dorothy Pratt, University of South Carolina
6:30 p.m.
Free
Headquarters Library
706.821.2600
www.ECGRL.ORG


THEATRE GREASE
Augusta Prep presents the rock and roll world of 1950s high school in this energetic musical love story. 
7 p.m.
$10 to $12
Augusta Prep
706.863.1906
www.AUGUSTAPREP.ORG


Friday, March 25, 2011

ART 
Art at Lunch: The Syntax of Objects
Augusta artist Kath Girdler Engler discusses her unique sculptural creations. Paid reservations due by March 23
Noon
$10 to $14
The Morris Museum of Art
706.724.7501
www.THEMORRIS.ORG


FILM 
Diary of A Wimpy Kid 
4 p.m.
Free
Nancy Carson Library
803.279.5767 
www.ABBE-LIB.ORG


COMEDY
Schrodinger’s Cat Party Bus
4:30 p.m.
$50
Meet at Le Chat Noir
706.722.3322
www.LCNAUGUSTA.COM

FESTIVAL
Yellow Jessamine Festival
Live music, refreshments and games for kids
5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Free
Jackson Square, North Augusta
803.441.4300
www.NORTHAUGUSTA.NET


THEATRE
GREASE
7 p.m.
$10 to $12
Augusta Prep Day School
706.863.1906 
www.AUGUSTAPREP.ORG


GOOD CAUSE
Cookin’ for Kids Oyster Roast
A benefit dinner for Child Enrichment – serving our area’s abused and neglected. Rock to the music of The Toasters while enjoying fresh, steamed, roasted and raw oysters
7 p.m.
$35 ($60 per couple)
Daniel Field Airport
706.737.4631 


GOOD CAUSE
Rollin’ on the River: Casino Night
Roll the dice for the Arts and Heritage Center of North Augusta while enjoying dinner by Olive Garden and a cash bar.
7 p.m..
$35
The Boathouse, Augusta Marina
803.441.4380


CLASSICAL
Symphony Augusta: Mahler’s Titan
8 p.m.
$40
Etherredge Center, USCA
803.641.3305
www.USCA.EDU


COMEDY
The Beards of Comedy 
10 p.m.
$10
Sky City
706.945.1270 
www.SKYCITYAUGUSTA.COM

Avett Brothers - see them LIVE

SUNDAY - MARCH 27 at The Bell!

Buy your tickets here:

www.augustaentertainmentcomplex.com

Mikaela Fuchs (pronounced “Fox”), baker at Manuel’s Bread Café, is a maker of things. She makes cakes, calendars and curtains. She labors for hours in the kitchen over her delicious pastries and slow-rising breads, in the screenprinting studio where she creates her Hungry Fox printed goods and at home, on the floor or the dining room table, where she tries her hand at whatever pops in her head to create. She is twenty-six years old. Her artist’s statement? “I really think I can make anything.”


read the entire article on page 16
www.vergelive.com

Zach Myers spoke to verge: “souLLow”

When Zach Myers and Ingram Hill’s Chris Allen describe heir tour as “acoustic,” they mean it in the truest sense: two men, one piano and two Taylor acoustic guitars: a 914 for Allen and a custom 814 style for Myers — a birthday present from Bob Taylor. 


Myers is best known as the guitarist for multi-platinum rock band Shinedown, one of the few groups who consistently sell out concerts, move CDs and place single after single at the top of the charts. They completed a successful acoustic tour last year and, according to Myers, are now at work on new material.

“The point of our band is that 

we believe 

in ourselves,our fans believe in us 

and we believe in our fans.” 

– ZACH MYERS OF SHINEDOWN

Zach Myers spoke to verge about what audiences can expect on March 22 at his “souLLow” acoustic show at The Vue.
Read the entire one - on -one interview on page 23 
www.vergelive.com

the daily planner M - TH March 20-24

TUESDAY - MARCH 22
CLASSICAL
Tuesdays Music Live: Anglin Celtic Duo
The season finale
Noon
Free ($10 for lunch)
St. Paul’s Church
706.722.2485
www.TUESDAYSMUSICLIVE.COM


ROCK ZACH MYERS
ALL AGES MEET & GREET
5:30 p.m.
Free
Rock Bottom Music
754 Broad St.
706.724.1172
www.rockbottommusic.com


FILM
MOVIES AT MAIN: THE SOCIAL NETWORK
6:30 p.m.
Free
Headquarters Library
www.ECGRL.ORG


GOOD CAUSE
North Augusta Idol 2011
Watch North Augusta’s finest perform and help benefit the North Augusta Arts’ Council Arts Scholarship Program.
7 p.m.
$5
North Augusta High School
803.442.7588
www.NAARTSCOUNCIL.ORG


ROCK ROCK
SOULLOW ACOUSTIC TOUR with ZACH MYER + opener JIM PERKINS
8 p.m.
$10
The Vue
706.724.1172 
www.ROCKBOTTOMMUSIC.COM

WEDENSDAY- MARCH 23
AMERICANA
ROBERT EARL KEEN
With his latest album, The Rose Hotel (which hit #1 on the Americana charts), Keen re-confirms his place among the Lone Star State’s great storytellers, capable of painting rich, poignant landscapes worthy of Cormac McCarthy and spinning satirical yarns that would do Kinky Friedman proud
7:30 p.m.
$12 to $22
Imperial Theatre
706.722.834
www.IMPERIALTHEATRE.COM


THURSDAY - MARCH 24
HISTORY
Lewis & Clark: The Journey 
With Dr. Dorothy Pratt
University of South Carolina
6:30 p.m.
Free
Headquarters Library
706.821.2600
www.ECGRL.ORG


THEATRE
GREASE
Augusta Prep presents the rock and roll world of 1950s high school in this energetic musical love story.
7 p.m.
$10 to $12
Augusta Prep
706.863.1906
www.AUGUSTAPREP.ORG

Local Musician Prepares for Nashville Move with New CD in Hand

“My job is to get the audience going. It’s not about me.” 
– JIM PERKINS

Singer/songwriter Jim Perkins took an unconventional road establishing himself as a musician. He did not pick up a guitar or write songs until he was in college. An Augusta native, he grew up in a rural area with no access to cable or music videos, so he taught himself to play without the advantage of watching the artists on television. Thus, it should come as no surprise that his second and third albums — Broken Record Reasons, a band project, and Jim Perkins Live, recorded at a solo acoustic performance — buck the industry trends and are being released simultaneously.
     
Perkins stays busy. He gigs consistently in the Georgia/South Carolina area, is a go-to guy to open for acoustic touring artists and has a CD release show on March 19. His wife and he are also preparing for relocation to Nashville in July. He spoke to verge about his road to the stage and the craft of songwriting. 


Read the one on one interview page 21
www.vergelive.com



WHO: Jim Perkins Double CD Release Show + Sibling String
WHERE: Sky City  www.skycityaugusta.com/
WHEN: Saturday, March 19 | 8:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $5 COVER 
ENCORE: Jim Perkins opens for Zach Myers on March 22 at the Vue.
MORE: www.JIMPERKINSLIVE.COM

the daily planner - Saturday, March 19, 2011

GOOD CAUSE
WALK MS 
A 5k fundraising walk that benefits the National Multiple Sclerosis Society - Georgia Chapter. 
9 a.m.
Free
Lake Olmstead Park
706.832.2300


GOOD CAUSE 
Paws in the Park
CSRA Humane Society’s Annual Pet Walk.
Bring your pet or walk an adoptable shelter pet for a $5 donation.
9:30 a.m.
Donations
425 Wood St., 
706.261.PETS 
www.CSRAHUMANESOCIETY.ORG


LITERARY
Appleby Library Book Sale 
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Free
2260 Walton Way
706.736.6244
www.ECGRL.ORG


FESTIVAL
Spring Artists’ Festival Family Day 
Artists’ market, artist demonstrations, hands-on children’s art activities and free refreshments.
11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Free
Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art
706.722.5495
www.GHIA.ORG


FOR KIDS
Afternoon with Tina Terry 
The popular NBC 26 news anchor will read books and host a full stage puppet show.
2:30 p.m.
Free
Headquarters Library
706.821.2600
www.ECGRL.COM


FOOD & WINE
Argentine Wine Tasting Dinner 
Four course Argentinean-themed dinner with wine pairings and tango performances. 
6:30 p.m.
$50 (pre-paid registration only)
Casa Blanca Café
706.504.3431
www.CASABLANCATIME.COM


CHRISTIAN
KEN MEDEMA 
Benefit concert for Interfaith Hospitality Network of Augusta, a program for area homeless.
7 p.m.
$10
First Baptist Church of Augusta
706.364.4462
www.INTERFAITH-NETWORK.COM


SPORTS
Augusta Riverhawks vs. Huntsville Havoc 
7:30 p.m
 $12 to $18
James Brown Arena
706.993.2645
www.AUGUSTARIVERHAWKS.COM


ROCK
JIM PERKINS DOUBLE CD RELEASE
With Sibling String
9 p.m.
$5
Sky City
706.945.1270 
www.ROCKBOTTOMMUSIC.COM


NATURE
Full Moon Hike 
Search for animals such as owls, frogs, beavers and bats by nature’s brightest night light.
9 p.m.
$6 to $10
Phinizy Swamp Nature Park
706.828.2109