Arts & Entertainment

The Big Canoe Artists Club meets the first Thursday of most months at 10 a.m. in the Broyles Community Center at the Big Canoe Chapel. Our next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 4. Membership in the club is $25 per year, and is open to all Big Canoe property owners regardless of skill …

June Lewis and her husband, Randy, got up early on a recent photo safari to Babcock State Park in Danese, West Virginia. June used her 26 mega-pixel Canon EOS 6D Mark II digital single lens reflex camera. Her 70-200 mm zoom lens was set to 70 mm to capture this magnificent depiction of the g…

            If a secret fantasy of yours is to have a little Italian grandmother cook gorgeous homemade Italian food just for you, I have some great news!  Your own “Nonna” (Italian for grandmother) Anna is an honest-to-goodness Italian grandma making artisan-quality Italian food at Nonna’s …

            In one of my early November articles for the Terraces, I told the story of a must-read article on Thanksgiving written by Art Buchwald in November 1952, then writing for the New York Herald Tribune, when he explained to the bewildered French the meaning of Thanksgiving. I refer t…

            It’s not often you find a thrift store that is community oriented—not only offering fantastic value on merchandise—but by hosting family fun outdoor events right in their own parking lot. That is exactly what visitors of the Pickens Community Thrift Store will experience Nov. 6-7…

The annual Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation’s pottery show, “Perspectives,” returned to its home in Watkinsville this year after missing 2020 due to COVID-19. This is one of the largest pottery events in the area, presenting the work of some of Georgia’s talented potters. The show completed i…

            The Dawson Chorale will be performing an all-Beatles concert at 3 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 3, in the Dawson County Junior High School auditorium at 332 Highway 9 North in Dawsonville. Refreshments will be provided following the concert. 

            The Arts Council, Inc. proudly announces two, family-friendly, outdoor concerts on the grounds of The Arts Council Smithgall Arts Center in downtown Gainesville. Bring family and friends to experience the fun and fall atmosphere with two very different shows.

Experience the serenity of a traditional Japanese Garden without leaving the country. Gibbs Gardens’ “Tsukiyama,” a Japanese hill-and-pond stroll garden—covering more than 40 acres with seven ponds—is believed to be the largest Japanese Garden in the nation.

            If leaf-turning timing is timely, both the surroundings and hand-made arts and crafts will bring extra beauty to Blue Ridge in early October.