Prattville – Bring your lawn chairs, family, and friends to the Creekwalk on April 30 and May 1 to enjoy the 24th annual Celebration of Prattville CityFest. The opening ceremony at 6:45 Friday evening will be followed by a free concert featuring the Tip Tops. Many food vendors including Chris’ Famous Hot Dogs, Spitfire BBQ [...]
Prattville – On May 1, the Prattauga Art Guild will present the “Come Home to Alabama” exhibit, featuring regionally acclaimed artist Margrete Barnes Vause at the Creative Arts Center in downtown Prattville. This art show will be part of the State of Alabama Tourism Department’s celebration of “2010-The Year of Small Towns and Downtowns.” Vause, [...]
Pine Mountain, GA – Twenty-four notable plein air (French for “open air”) artists from across the United States were invited to Callaway Gardens last week to capture the beauty of spring on canvas. These acrylic, oil, and water painters had more than 20,000 blooming azaleas at their disposal to entice their creative senses at the [...]
Prattville – The 5th annual Fountain City Arts Festival was held on March 27 at Pratt Park and featured artists Yvonne Wells, Nancy Raia, Charlie Lucas, Russell Everett, and She-She, among others. Vendors selling seafood, BBQ, shaved ice, hot dogs, funnel cakes, and roasted corn kept the festivalgoers from getting hungry. The Prattville Pops, Simply [...]
Prattville – Sunday afternoon found world-renowned artist Charlie “Tin Man” Lucas well represented at The Art Gallery at the Prattville Creative Art Center in downtown Prattville. The reception was presented by the Prattauga Art Guild and held in conjunction with ARTrek, the River Region’s Premier Art Event. ARTrek is a presentation of The Montgomery Art [...]
Born on March 25, 1962 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Thom Bierdz is best known for his portrayal of Phillip Chancellor III on the popular CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless. He originated the role in 1986, but left three years later when his character “died” in a drunk-driving accident, returning only briefly in 2004 [...]
Montgomery – The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts is the oldest fine arts museum in Alabama. It was established in 1930 by a group of local artists and patrons (under the name of the “Alabama Society of Fine Arts”) to exhibit and promote the work of Alabama artists. The museum’s original home for the first [...]
