Arts
Posted under Entertainment, Arts on September 23rd, 2008 by RomeNewswire
The Rome Symphony’s new conductor, Dr. Richard Prior, will conduct the first concert of the 2008-2009 season on Saturday, October 4, 2008.
Featured soloist will be Rebecca Collins on Oboe. Dr. Prior will present “Pre-concert Conversations” in the Sam King Room at 6:45 pm. Come meet Richard and hear about Mozart’s “Overture […]
Posted under Arts, Fire Dept. on August 24th, 2008 by RomeNewswire
Rome Firefighter Eric Shirah paints caricatures of the following nights crew at the fire department’s Station 1 Headquarters on a bench located outside of the station. Shirah, a talented artist, says drawing is something he has always been able to do.
Posted under Arts, Downtown Development on May 5th, 2008 by RomeNewswire
The Rome Area Council for the Arts and the City of Rome Downtown Development Authority will sponsor a downtown art walk on Saturday May 10. From 11:00 am until 4:00 pm, Broad Street will be filled with local painters, potters, writers, photographers and even a blacksmith who will be outside selling and demonstrating their […]
Posted under Arts on April 29th, 2008 by RomeNewswire
By: Jason Espy
Can a body on a silent canvas talk? One Summerville resident thinks so.
“Let Me Hear Your Body Talk,” is the brainchild of Atteka Abdou’s senior project that goes on display this week at Berry College.
“The mouth is not the only part of the body that can express joy, hate and other emotions. The […]
Posted under Arts on April 29th, 2008 by RomeNewswire
The Anthony Recreation Center will host an exhibition for watercolor artist, Marie Matthews, May 3-9, 2008. The opening reception is scheduled for Saturday, May 3, 6-8 pm. Admission to the exhibit and reception is free of charge and the public is invited to attend.
Regular show hours are 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday-Friday. The Anthony […]
Posted under Entertainment, Arts on February 7th, 2008 by RomeNewswire
The Rome Symphony Orchestra is proud to present Ms. Indra Thomas in concert on February 9, 2008. Ms. Thomas is a 1993 graduate of Shorter College, having received her Bachelors of Music in Voice Performance. While still in her teens, she sang “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” in the funeral […]
Posted under Arts on November 13th, 2007 by RomeNewswire
State and private industry leaders seeking to take better advantage of the creative arts as a tourism tool in Georgia talked about common issues during a Town Hall meeting in Rome Tuesday .
Gilda Watters, Director of the Georgia Tourism Foundation presided over the meeting which was attended by close to 40 people representing a variety […]
Posted under Arts, Agriculture on November 9th, 2007 by RomeNewswire
The Georgia Tourism Foundation is conducting a Creative Economies Town Hall meeting in Rome Tuesday, November 13th from 9:30am-Noon at City Hall.
Georgia’s Creative Economies Initiative is being led by the Georgia Tourism Foundation and according to a Georgia tourism Press release, will directly impact the state’s cultural and heritage tourism economic sustainability and future […]
Posted under Events, Arts on October 24th, 2007 by RomeNewswire
Rome Area Council for the Arts is hosting the first annual Chiaha Harvest Fair Artists Preview Exhibition. The exhibit will be on display through Friday, October 26, at the RACA Gallery, 248 Broad Street, in historic downtown Rome. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-5:00 pm. For more information about the exhibit, call RACA at 706-295-2787 […]
Posted under Arts, Polk County on October 22nd, 2007 by RomeNewswire
The Cumberland Co. Playhouse’s World Premiere Professional Production of “Smoke On The Mountain Homecoming.”, is headed to Cedartown’s Preforming Arts Center this Saturday October 27th.
In Homecoming, it’s October, 1945, and the gospel-singing Sanders Family is back together again. The war is over and America’s years of prosperity are just beginning. But there’s another kind of […]