Imperial Theatre presents: Robert Earl Keen

Wednesday, March 23 at 7:30 PM With his latest Lost Highway 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'd do Kinky Friedman proud. The disc's rough-hewn tone -- which is one of the more immediate, organic efforts in Keen's varied catalog -- emphasizes both ends of that emotional spectrum, with Band-styled organ washes dappling the evocative title track and a hoedown-worthy breakdown propelling the wry "Wireless in Heaven" to its conclusion. For more information about The Rose Hotel, visit www.robertearlkeen.com Tickets: $13 - $23

a River Keeper, a raft and a cause

Catch up with our very own River Keeper on her recent adventure.

Guest writer Tonya Bonitatibus shares her "life on the raft" with

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The Savannah River is our lifeblood

“The Savannah River is our lifeblood,” declares Susan Nicholson, executive director of the Southeastern Natural Sciences Academy at Phinizy Swamp. 

Her recent guest column in The Augusta Chronicle lays out the importance of the Academy to the Savannah River Basin, which binds the whole southeastern region together with water, and comes as an outflow of a recent re-tooling of the Park’s business model to return to its core mission – to understand the river better so that it can be used most wisely by stakeholders in the Savannah River region.


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Two Museums and 40 Years of Favorite

The bio of artist, author and teacher Malaika Favorite is pages long, an impressive catalogue of exhibits, collections, books and commissions. 

What cannot be extrapolated from Favorite’s written bio is her visual 
biography – the work itself; discreetly abstract paintings with a raw boldness 
that gives life to the history her work interprets. 


Now, in a unique double-museum exhibit, Favorite’s life’s work 
can be seen on the walls during Retrospective of a Hardback Woman. 


WHAT: Malaika Favorite: Retrospective of a Hardback Woman: 1970 – 2010
WHERE: Paine College Collins-Calloway Library The Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History
WHEN: Through April 14
MORE | lucycraftlaneymuseum.com

Tuesday Music Live & "The Sacred Harp"

THIS WEEK:
Marina Lomazov
Tuesday, March 8 | Noon
St. Paul’s Church  | Free


Tuesday’s Music Live presents its final concert of the season with pianist Marina Lomazov. The State said, “One of the many remarkable things about Lomazov’s playing is how she makes every nuance seem perfectly natural and absolutely right.” Lunch following the concert is $10, a reservation is required
Details: 706.722.3463. TUESDAYSMUSICLIVE.COM

Awake, My Soul
Wednesday, March 9
The Morris Museum of Art
6 p.m. | $3


Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp is the first feature documentary about Sacred Harp singing, a form of a cappella, shape note hymn singing. Shape note singing has survived over 200 years. Singers break open “The Sacred Harp,” a 160-year-old shape note hymnal which has preserved these fiercely beautiful songs which are some of the oldest in America. The film offers a glimpse into the lives of this “Lost Tonal Tribe” whose history is a story of both rebellion and tradition. After viewing the movie, enjoy a question-and-answer session with producer and director Matt Hinton. THEMORRIS.ORG