Arts & Culture

Columbus Museum to celebrate Art Museum Day

Submitted by Courtney Smith on Tuesday, May 14th, 11:24 am

The Columbus Museum will offer free drop-in-tours on May 18 and the Rothschild Distinguished Speaker Series on May 16 as part of the Association of Art Museum Directors’ (AAMD) Art Museum Day, coinciding with International Museum Day.

Last year, the Columbus Museum – along with more than 120 other AAMD member museums across North America—participated in Art Museum Day.

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St. Luke Orchestra to perform Rhapsody in Blue

Submitted by Christina Kleehammer on Wednesday, April 24th, 3:40 pm

St. Luke Orchestra will be performing Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with guest soloist Yein Wang on Wednesday May 1, at 6 p.m. at the St. Luke Ministry Center.

The performance will also feature the All-American music of John Williams and Henry Mancini.

Concert admission is free. Dinner is 7 dollars, and by reservation only.

St. Luke Ministry Center is located at 301 11th Street in Columbus. For more information, call (706)256-1017.

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CSU hires new Director of Schwob School of Music

Submitted by Christina Kleehammer on Monday, April 22nd, 5:00 pm

COLUMBUS, Ga. -- E. Scott Harris, director of the school of music at the University of Southern Maine, has been selected as the new leader of Columbus State University’s nationally respected Schwob School of Music.

Harris, who has been at the University of Southern Maine in Portland since 1992, was founding director of the music school when it was formed in 2002. He has also taught at Ithaca College and Indiana University, where he earned all three of his degrees.

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St. Luke United Methodist Church to present a Hymn Festival Concert

Submitted by Christina Kleehammer on Monday, April 22nd, 4:48 pm

St. Luke United Methodist Church will be presenting "A Hymn Festival Concert" in the St. Luke Sanctuary on Sunday, April 28 at 4 p.m.

The St. Luke Chancel Choir will be performing many of the church's most beloved hyyns with organ, piano, brass, handbells, St. Luke Children's Choir and congregation.

The Hymn Festival is free and open to the public.

St. Luke Sanctuary is located at 1104 Second Avenue in Columbus. For more information, call 706-327-4343, or visit www.stlukeum.com.

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Pianist John O’Conor to Perform with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra

Submitted by Christina Kleehammer on Monday, April 22nd, 3:31 pm

COLUMBUS, Ga. - The Columbus Symphony Orchestra (CSO) is pleased to present
Mozart and Mahler on Saturday, May 4, 2013, featuring world-reknowned pianist John O'Conor.

Beginning at 6:30 p.m. attend Know the Score, a pre-concert discussion by Conductor, George Del Gobbo, about the music that will be performed during the concert.

At 7:30 p.m. the concert will commence in Bill Heard Theatre with the orchestra performing
Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488, followed by Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 in D Major,
“Titan.”

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Famed poet, author, and activist Nikki Giovanni comes to Columbus

Submitted by Christina Kleehammer on Wednesday, April 10th, 2:09 pm

Nikki Giovanni, one of Oprah Winfrey’s “Twenty Five Living Legends,” will be coming to Columbus as part of the second year of the popular “Building Common Ground” lecture series.

In a career spanning nearly five decades, the acclaimed poet, author and activist constantly strives to bring people together – to celebrate love, to right long-standing wrongs and to explore the mysteries and joys and sorrows of life together as a strong society.

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MLK Day Commemoration at Columbus Regional

Submitted by Joshua Ninke, Community Web Producer

Thursday, January 3rd, 2013, 3:47pm

MLK Day Commemoration at Columbus Regional

COLUMBUS, GA - Columbus Regional will be hosting their annual MLK Day Commemoration Service on Monday, Jan. 21.

The public service includes featured speaker Michael Thurmond, special music by the Emmanuel Voices of Praise, and an oration of the famous "I Have a Dream" speech.

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