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Saturday 11 ART CLASS: Copper Jewelry Workshop (The Amersand Guild) 2-4:30 p.m. Learn to forge copper into jewelry! In this hands-on workshop, Michelle of Macon Beads will show you how to transform a sheet of copper into a beautiful custom bracelet. The class will start by heating and shaping the metal and end by applying finishes to alter the color of the copper. $35 includes all materials to create one bracelet. To register, visit http://www.the567center. org/art-classes/ or call (478)238-6051. COMMUNITY: Community Drum Circle (Tubman African American Museum) 10-11:30 a.m. Learn different techniques, styles and rhythms through the art of African Drumming! Every Second Saturday. Free event! 310 Cherry St. TOUR: Rock Candy Tours: Rock ‘n Roll Stroll Beginning at H&H Soul Food. 10am, $15. RockCandyTours.com

Sunday 12 MUSIC: The Marvin Gaye Experience (The Grand Opera House) 7:30 p.m. Single tickets to the show will cost $35/$33. For a complete schedule of upcoming performances, visit TheGrandMacon.com or call the Grand’s box office at (478) 301-5470. MOVIES: “Things to Come” Screening (Douglass Theatre) 2:00pm, 4:30pm and 7:30pm. (France-Germany, drama. 102 minutes, in French with Subtitles. Rated PG-13) A respected, published Parisian philosophy professor, Nathalie (Isabelle Huppert) gains the greatest freedom of her life, when and in ways she least expects it. $5.00 General Admission. 355 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. ART: Common Threads: Knit, Crochet, and Fiber Arts Meetup (Ampersand Guild) 4-6 p.m. Calling all yarn lovers, fiber enthusiasts, obsessive embroiderers, and weird weavers! Beginners welcome! Free.

Tuesday 14 MUSIC: Townsend School of Music Presents Joan Stockstill Godsey Concert Series featuring dis-

tinguished faculty artist Elizabeth Pridgen and pianist Julie Coucheron for an evening of 4-hand/2 piano works featuring Bizet’s Carmen Fantasy in addition to works by Brahms and Dvorak. Coucheron has established an international career winning first prize in all the national competitions she has attended, in addition to winning prizes in Italy, Germany and the United States. 7:30 p.m. Neva Langley Fickling Hall at the McCorkle Music Building on Mercer’s Macon Campus and admission is free and open to the public.

Friday 17 MUSIC: The Macon Pops Presents “Hit Songs From TV and Movies” (Mercer’s Hawkins Arena) 7:30 p.m. Featuring Gloria Reuben and Erich Bergen presenting some of the most iconic songs from hit movies and television shows. Mercer University, Hawkins Arena University Center, maconpops.com. SPORTS: Macon Mayhem vs. Columbus Cottonmouths Puck drops at 7:30 PM. Tickets $13 and up. Ticketmaster.com ART CLASS: Corks & Canvas (567 Center for Renewal) 7 p.m. Bring a bottle of your favorite wine or other beverage to sip on, bring a friend, and learn to create an 11 x 14 painting. No painting experience required. An artist will guide you through the steps. $28 includes all materials for the class (except the wine), and the class lasts 2 and 1/2 hours. Space is limited. To register, call (478) 238-6051. 456 1st Street

COMMUNITY: Sky Over Macon

(Museum of Arts & Sciences) 5-10 p.m. Explore space, the constellations and planets visible from Central Georgia. $5-$10. 4182 Forsyth Road

Sunday 19 COMMUNITY: Beer & Hymns (The Bearfoot Tavern) 6 p.m. Free communty event sponsored by Highland Hills Baptist Church. Hymns and popular tunes. Events are casual and filled with good food and delicious beverages. Come sing along. COOKING Farmhouse Sunday Supper (Travis Jean) 5:30 p.m. with Chef Kevin McCauley. Fried chicken, mixed bean salad, Fancy slaw, Seasonal cobbler. BYOB. $48 per person. TravisJean.com

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Wednesday 22 SPORTS Mercer Men’s Basketball 7 p.m. vs. UNCG. Hawkins Arena. $8 general admission. Tickets.mercer.edu KAROAKE: 20’s Pub 8 p.m. - midnight The Hummingbird 8 p.m. - midnight TRIVIA: Wild Wing Cafe Questionary 7 p.m. Locos: Trivia with Devin 8 p.m. The Hummingbird 7 p.m.

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Saturday 25 THEATRE: Met Opera Live “Idomeneo” (The Douglass Theatre) 12:55 p.m. 355 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., $24 adults, $20 seniors and students. metopera.org/hdlive. 478-742-2000. FESTIVAL: Cotton Avenue Revival Festival A celebration of the historic Cotton Avenue district in Macon’s historic downtown. The Festival will include a full line-up of performances by talented musicians and dancers, historic walking tours, tours of Cotton Avenue’s beautiful churches and more! The Festival is free and open to the public.

COMMUNITY: Paws in the Park Dog Show (Sandy Beach Park at Lake Tobosofkee) noon - 4 p.m. dogs strut their stuff on our runway from a fun dog show. We are also partnering with Macon-Bibb Animal Welfare and local rescue groups in Middle Georgia for an adoption drive. Lots of loving adoptable dogs will be on site ready for a new home.Join us after the show for a group dog swim!

Sunday 26 CULTURAL EVENT: The Legendary Shoalin Warriors (The Grand Opera House) 6 p.m. Representing over a thousand years of Chinese martial arts culture, legendary Shaolin Warriors is a wildly popular theatrical experience performed by masters of Kung Fu. This is a treat for the entire family and sanctioned Cherry Blossom event! Tickets $39.50 and up. TheGrandMacon.com MUSIC: Svyati Duo (Vineville United Methodist Church) 4 p.m. Free concert Presented by Music and the Arts at Vineville. 2045 Vineville Ave.

Ongoing FOR THE KIDS Storytime at Washingtom Memorial Library Toddler time Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. All ages Thursdays and Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. TOURS Rock Candy Tours Rock Candy Tours offers Macon music history walking tours every Friday and Saturday plus a variety of private tour opportunities. The Free Birds & Night Owls tour begins at The Rookery at 543 Cherry St. and ends at Grant’s Lounge at 576 Poplar St. where guests of the tour are allowed free entrance to the club to enjoy a drink, see Grant’s Lounge’s renowned Wall of Fame, and potentially great live music. The cost of this tour is $10.00 per person and guests are allowed to carry open containers in approved cups purchased from one of downtown Macon’s many restaurants or clubs. For reservations call 478.955.5997. Ocmulgee Lantern Light Tour March 24-April 2. Held yearly during Macon’s Cherry Blossom Festival, Ocmulgee National Monument hosts the Lantern Light Tours.

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What Chameleon Village Theatre Collective Improv Troupe Next Show March 10 Where The Ampersand Guild

AREN’T YOU STEVE?

My first exposure to improv as an art form came in the form of Comedy Central-aired reruns of the British tv series Whose Line is it Anyway; I didn’t know anything about improv, but I knew that the show was innovative, original, and hilarious – sometimes surreal, sometimes dirty, sometimes silly, but always compulsively watchable. - BY TRACY BURNS The actors always seemed to be having as much fun as the audience was having watching them, and the humor was genuine and unscripted. It’s been awhile since I’ve seen this show – I never loved the American version as much as the British one – but it’s exciting to know that we have our own active improv troupe, Aren’t You Steve?, here in middle Georgia, and they’ll be performing live at the 567 on March 10th, showcasing their own blend of “high energy and general zaniness, with strong language and adult situations,” as troupe member and interim leader Noelle Brooks describes it. Aren’t You Steve? was formed about a year ago from the mission of the Chameleon Village Theatre Collective – Chameleon Village, a site-specific and exploratory theatre initiative, was founded by Josy Jones in order to forge an outlet for local creatives to express themselves and their passions and talents in a variety of ways. Noelle Brooks had the initial idea to try improv – “I did improv in college and it was one of the best experiences of my life,” she says – and after their first meeting of just three excited and enthusiastic participants, the troupe has grown in size over the past year, and now has nine active members. Josy Jones is still technically the troupe director, though she’s not based in Macon any longer; in her absence, Noelle serves as interim leader. “I try to make it as collaborative as possible,” Noelle says. “I provide guidance when needed, but essentially, we all determine the direction of the troupe together.” The troupe takes its name from a line from their very first show – during a game of Genres, in which troupe members perform a scene and then re-do that same scene in a variety of different TV or film genres such as horror or sci-fi, one actor called another one Steve; they subsequent12 MARCH 3 - 17, 2017

ly got confused about which of them was supposed to be Steve, and the line “Aren’t you Steve?” became a running joke throughout the evening and thereafter. “I really love this group of people and the way we work together,” says troupe member Alexandra Therese. “There’s a lot of trust there, which is necessary in this form of theatre. I also really love how connected we are with the audience.” Noelle appreciates the connections that come from this kind of performance, too. “I’ve always loved making people laugh,” she says. “It’s how I engage with people and make friends. Improv gives me the chance to perform onstage and use humor to connect and entertain. I also love the freedom – it allows me to let go, to be imaginative and explore my creativity, but it also forces me to be accountable and self-disciplined. When there’s no script and minimal rules to guide you, it’s completely up to you to figure out how to make it work. It’s fun and challenging and scary and something I

believe has made me grow as a person.” If this sounds intriguing to you, watch The Chameleon Village’s Facebook page – they’ll be holding auditions for new troupe members again sometime in the next few months. So what should you expect from a live Aren’t You Steve? show? “We don’t pull any punches, so things tend to escalate quickly,” says Alexandra. “It’s a really fun time all around. Come prepared with some fun phrase ideas for us to use in scenes, or setting suggestions. They may just get used!” My impression is that these shows get raunchy quick, so don’t bring children or anyone who might be offended at a little off-color humor; for anyone who wants to relax, let their guard down, and spend an evening cracking up, this show seems ideal. “Be ready to play!” says Noelle.

“The best shows are the ones where those in attendance are having more fun than we are – so relax and find your inner Steve.”

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Meet Colin Holder Native Macon, GA Occupation Director of Events & Merchandising, Cherry Blossom Festival

“Philanthropy’s kind of my thing,” laughs Collin Holder as he rattles off an impressively long list of career accomplishments, volunteering experiences, and nonprofit involvements for someone as young as he is. A Macon native, Collin attended Mt. De Sales Academy, which he credits for instilling within him the importance of this kind of work; the school requires each student to complete a set amount of volunteer hours in service of the needs of the local community. “MDS got me started,” says Collin, “and I enjoyed doing it, so I just never stopped.” byTraci Burns 14 MARCH 3 - 17, 2017

After high school, Collin attended Middle Georgia State University and Mercer University, where he majored in marketing. Because of his time spent volunteering with the Cherry Blossom Festival when he was younger, Collin was recommended for and subsequently landed a job as merchandising director for the CBF while he was still in college – he helped run the gift shop program, the souvenir program, and helped assist in a volunteer capacity with some events. After graduation, he moved around a bit, gaining experience working several different jobs – he landed in Atlanta for awhile, where he worked as associate director for the American Diabetes Association and then as fundraising coordinator for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, and he also spent some time in Savannah working as a development associate for the Savannah Music Festival, but when the opportunity arose for him to come back home and work with the Cherry Blossom Festival again, he took it. “Savannah and Atlanta are both great, but Macon’s definitely greater,” Collin says. “That’s why I came back home. In all honesty, I see more openmindedness and movement here than I did in either of those cities.” Collin’s currently the Director of Events and Merchandising for the Cherry Blossom Festival, which will be kicking off its annual festivities on March 24. There’s a lot of buzz and excitement about this year’s revamped, retooled festival, due in part to the return of beloved events like the Street Party. (This year’s party, which will be held on April 1, boasts a stellar lineup of musical guests, among them Mavis Staples, Chuck Leavell, and a yet-to-be-announced headliner that Collin promises will be “very funky.”) “We’re also going to be trying some new things at Central City Park,” says Collin, “and we’re trying to incentivize downtown businesses to be a part of us – there’s way more inclusion.” As is the case with most events, volunteers are always needed and welcomed – to find out more about CBF volunteer opportunities, get in touch with Collin at cholder@cherryblossom.com. In true motivated, entrepreneurial fashion, Collin started his own company - Holder Events - in 2011; event design and florals are his specialties, and he especially enjoys working with weddings. He also finds time to sit on a few local boards – he’s part of both the Bragg Jam and the Jazz Association board, and music is something he’s deeply passionate about. “Music is my outlet,” Collin says. “I’m always seeking out fun new musical experiences here.” What else does he do to unwind from his jam-packed days? “I’m a fan of a cocktail,” he laughs. “The Hummingbird’s a favorite hangout spot, and I love Dovetail and the Downtown Grill, too. I’m into the downtown local scene.” When asked where he’d take an out-of-town visitor to give them the quintessential Macon experience, he has good ideas at the ready: “We’d start at the Museum of Arts & Sciences” – another of his former jobs; he worked as General Assistant there for several years, coordinating events and managing volunteers – “because they’ve always got something cool going on in their gallery, and you don’t have to spend all day there. If it was Saturday, we’d go to Dovetail for lunch, then walk around and explore the city, check out some of the cool shops. Travis Jean’s a fun place to wander through, even if you can’t afford anything there – it’s fun to see what people can afford.” Patience, organization, and creativity – these are the three things Collin lists off immediately when asked what skills he possesses that enable him to be so good at the many jobs and projects he takes on. “Also, you’ve got to be understanding of the public,” he says. “It’s important to do things a little systematically, to think about how the things you’re doing will affect people.” Collin’s charming demeanor, enthusiasm, and hard-working nature, combined with his innate empathy and great interpersonal skills, make him a natural leader in any role. He didn’t get that way by accident; years of hard work and community involvement shaped him into who he is today, and he encourages others to find a similar path. “If you want to be involved, get involved,” he says. “The only person who can make you get involved is you. There are so many things going on here, and everyone always needs help. Just find what you’re into and start doing it.”

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BIG DADDY by stacey norwood

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One of those characters, Big Daddy, is commonly believed to be at least loosely based on one of Macon’s turn-of-century elite, W. Jordan Massee. Maggie the Cat, or at least the character’s moniker, is said to be drawn from a Macon woman, Margaret Lewis Powell. Both stories seem probable, and as is clearly illustrated in the reams of personal correspondence and private journals he kept, Macon no doubt left its mark on Williams. Though his stay here was brief, it occurred during a sort of deep professional and personal valley between two great peaks – a crucial second act that fueled his rise to creative brilliance. “Clearly, this is not my most successful period,” Williams wrote in his journal, noting also that “a period that is rich in neuroses is a time rich in invention.”

Macon’s Jordan Massee commonly believed to be Big Daddy.

The Setting: Macon

Dear Mary, I guess it’s time I let you know where I am! I am in the hottest little town in America, known as Macon, Georgia, occupying a room in an attic, working nights as a bus-boy at a light-drinking establishment known as the Pig’n Whistle and spending my days at the typewriter and the lake. Letter to Mary Hunter from Tennessee Williams Postmarked August 1, 1942

the long hot summer of 1942, the honey-tongued playwright who would come to be recognized as “the American Shakespeare” found himself penniless and stranded in a rented room on Georgia Avenue in Macon. Little did he know it at the time, but Tennessee Williams was but a whisper away from an artistic breakthrough that would not only catapult him into fame and fortune, but also indelibly shape modern theatre. With currently mounted revivals of The Glass Menagerie (starring Sally

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Fields) and an impending production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (starring Sierra Miller), it’s clear actors and audiences alike remain drawn, more than 70 years later, to the dark corners and sticky places that Williams so fearlessly plundered, both as a playwright and as a person. If it simmers beneath the surface of polite Southern society and bears even a scintilla of barely-disguised moral duality, Williams captured it, nurtured it, and brought it to life on stage through lyrical dialogue, brooding storylines, and exquisitely etched characters.

As it has for so many other incendiary American artists, Macon seemed to serve as a kind of melancholy muse for Williams, providing him with a revolving door of bigger-than-life characters, memorable scenery, and a veritable feast of Southern “breast of milk-fed chickens.” Not the formerly feathered variety one might batter and fry, either, but rather the type of young beautiful men he never lost a taste for. Proving an unexpectedly rich source of “amatory debacles,” Macon was also a poultice for the playwright, one that drew out a darkness in Williams had that plagued him since childhood. Maybe there really was something in Macon’s water - he did spend a great deal of time at local swimming holes. Perhaps it was feeling like out an outsider with his nose pressed against the glass while living in an affluent part of town, or the almost eerie “peace and quiet” that is neither peaceful nor quiet some nights in Intown. Then again, maybe it was just that relentless, oxygen-depriving swelter otherwise known as summer in these parts. Whatever strange sway it is that Macon holds, it seems to clamp down on the most creative and sensitive souls - like Williams – with all the fierceness of a possum’s bite. “My actions these past few days – since coming to Macon – have been cramped and conscious - why? – I see a terrifying and narrow vista of time like this – no real escape anywhere; effort and endurance – thirst of the body and of the heart that I cannot slake any longer. Am I beginning to walk across a long desert under a merciless sun? If I am become my enemy at last – my own relentless antagonist - what is the use?” Williams pondered in a June, 1942 journal entry, adding. “No, I know that finally death will seem the only complete, undivided thing left.” And yet, he had scarcely begun.

Act 1: From Tom to Tennessee

Tennessee Williams was not born into privilege on March 26, 1911, but he didn’t lack for life’s basic necessities either in his early childhood in Columbus, Mississippi. Occasionally caught in the crossfire of the complicated marriage between his mother Edwina and his free-wheeling father Cornelius, little Tom Williams nonetheless enjoyed what he would later summarize as an uncomplicated and carefree boyhood. That would change when Cornelius Williams took a job as a salesman with a shoe company and uprooted the family to St. Louis - or “St. Pollution” as Williams dubbed it. Leaving behind the bucolic countryside of rural Mississippi and the polite rules of Southern society where “we never knew we were poor,” 7-year-old Tennessee, his beloved older sister Rose, and later his younger brother Dakin, settled uneasily into the urban landscape of St. Louis, shuffling back and forth between “mustard and blood-colored” apartments that shamed his socially ambitious mother. His philandering father was largely absent. But the Williams family paterfamilias was brutishly present often enough to deride his oldest son’s love of literature and writing - a devotion that earned Tom the cruel nickname, “Miss Nancy.” From 1929 to 1937, Tom, already a budding young writer, managed to enroll in college, drop out, endure a series of failed stints at odd jobs, and witness his sister’s horrifying and violent slide into schizophrenia, along with her subsequent hospitalization. Tom also withstood a breakdown of his own, a wobbly, fevered state that was, in the end, his ticket out of “St. Pollution.” At 24, he was sent to live with his grandparents in Tennessee. Through all of it, however, he wrote. Typing daily, tirelessly – often to the point of physical exhaustion – Williams spun

Tennessee Williams, center, and Truman Capote, second from left

numerous short stories, poems, and plays, continuing to push himself and evolve as an artist, albeit a starving one. By 1938, Tom had officially christened his own rebirth as “Tennessee.” Liberated from his mother’s manipulative mewling, his father’s contempt, and a blue-collar world he had hated, Tennessee landed in New Orleans, where he promptly lost his virginity and any illusion of heterosexuality. It didn’t take the 27-year-old long to make up for lost time. “I’ve never known anyone who accepted being homosexual more and who really thought the day was lost if he didn’t get into bed with somebody,” said fellow writer and Southerner Donald Windham. In letters to friends and in his journals, Tennessee used the terms “bohemia” and “trade” to describe the anonymous, frequently violent sexual encounters, and occasional small-scale orgies he indulged in. It was during this period of personal discovery and slow-building success as an artist that Tennessee met his lifelong agent and confidante, Audrey Wood. She encouraged him to move to New York, and in 1940 he did. There, he befriended a cadre of other young struggling writers and artists, among them Paul Bigelow, who would remain a friend for many years, and who, along with his lover and companion Jordan Massee, ultimately drew Tennessee to Macon.

Act II: Southern Discomfort

Forcibly evicted from one of his New York apartments by an irate roommate, then briefly ensconced in a penthouse with a middle-aged author “at the price of my virtue,” Tennessee embarked on the most transient and ultimately transcendental period of his career. From 1941 to 1943,

Like his greatest characters (Blanche Dubois, Maggie the Cat, Brick Pollitt, Alva Starr), Tennessee didn’t lie exactly, but he wasn’t above embroidering the truth, and he plainly played to his audience. In the letter to Mary Hunter (a respected theatre director and producer), Tennessee mostly describes his tenure in Macon as welcome

In the pages of his journal, Tennessee scrawled the subhead “The Macon Period,” including notes on his writing while here, additional personal encounters with those who opened up the “gay-mad world” on Orange Street and elsewhere... the young playwright was almost always penniless, moving from pillar to post and leaning heavily on the kindness of strangers and friends as he grappled to gain a foothold as an established artist. He had become a “professional guest,” he wrote to his mother in May, 1942, asking her to send him a copy of poem he had written years earlier. “I don’t know whether to ask you to send it here or to Macon, Georgia, as I have been invited down there for as long as I care to stay by the family I visited on Sea Island last summer,” he wrote to Edwina. “I would alternate between Macon and Sea Island and probably find it a very stimulating change – the Masseys (sic) are the best family, in Macon, or so I have heard.”

respite from New York. To his mother, he played up the Massee’s social status – while in truth, the invitation had come from the Massee family in the most roundabout way – from Jordan via Paul Bigelow. There were no plans for summering part-time on the beach or in the well-appointed homes of wealthy Maconites. Rather, he would share a small rented room with Paul in the home of Wesleyan theology professor G. E. Rosser, bicycle, swim incessantly at Recreation Park, visit the Washington Memorial Library, read, write, and engage in a “prolonged Southern invasion” of local “chickens.” His favorite seemed to be Andrew Lyndon (who he had met in New York), or “A” as he refers to the young Maconite when writing of their encounters.

In the pages of his journal, Tennessee scrawled the subhead “The Macon Period,” including notes on his writing while here, additional personal encounters with those who opened up the “gay-mad world” on Orange Street and elsewhere, and rich source material that would continue to show up both subtly and directly in his work for years afterward.

Act III: The Reckoning

In August, Tennessee bid his leave of Macon and headed for Florida, where he briefly resided and worked a Civil Service job. By 1943, two important life events occurred: His sister Rose underwent a heart-breaking lobotomy and he landed a job as a Hollywood screenwriter for “Metro Goldmine Mayer” as he called it. For the first time in his adult life, money was not a struggle, and success was swift. Tennessee pitched The Gentleman Caller to MGM, a script that was based on his controlling mother and mentally ill sister. When they turned it down, Tennessee packed his bags and headed back to New York, where he reworked it into The Glass Menagerie. It was a smashing success. A Streetcar Named Desire followed in 1946, and in 1955, while still remaining on his perch as the toast of Broadway, Tennessee memorialized a little piece of Macon forever in the critically acclaimed Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. 11thHourOnline.com 19

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THE COMMUNITY Best Annual Event Bragg Jam Ocmulgee Indian Celebration Cherry Blossom Festival Magnolia Soapbox Derby Best Tourist Attraction Ocmulgee National Monument The Hay House The Tubman Museum The Big House Rock Candy Tours Rose Hill Cemetery Best New Business of 2016 Ocmulgee Brew Pub ReBoot RetroCade & Bar El Camino Pin Strikes Best Local Farm Comfort Farms Dirt Farmers Rocking Chair Ranch Sass And Frass Babe & Sage Local Photographer Maryann Bates Matthew Odom Asha Smith Doug Nurnberger Luke Usry Scott Jackson Best Local Artist Heidi Cliente Jason Frost AnT Sculpture Joy Stanley Eric Odell Craig Hamilton Best Facade Upgrade Gotwall’s Books/Riverside

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We know you have opinions. Why not use them to celebrate all the things you love? Below you'll find the 2017 Best of Macon Readers' Choice Poll. Choose your favorites from the nominees in each category before the poll closes on March 20. Then you can find out which of your favorites won the 2017 Best of Macon Readers' Choice Awards in our annual Best of Macon issue, available online and in print March 31! The 11th Hour ‘Best of Macon’ Awards show and red carpet Thursday, March 30, Cox Capitol Theatre

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NewTown Ofﬁces/Johnson Lofts on Poplar Street Ocmulgee Brewpub Bearfoot Tavern Best Storefront Travis Jean Village Marketplace Wear Agora Fresh Produce Records William’s Toys Best Local Boutique Ginger Michelle Rumors Head Over Heels Karats & Keepsakes Agora Jack & Darcy Best Hair Salon Signature Salon Amanda Jane Utopia Indigo The Gentry Favorite Local Citizen Scott Mitchell June O’Neal Jim Crisp Karla Redding-Andrews Frank Austin DINING OUT Best Fine Dining Dovetail Natalia’s Back Burner Downtown Grill The Tic Toc Room Marco’s Circa Best New Restaurant Ocmulgee Brew Pub El Camino Pietro’s

Just Tap’d (food option) Best Mexican El Camino El Sombrero Margarita’s Polly’s El Carnival 3 Countries Dos Amigos Best Under The Radar Restaurant Three Countries Biscuits, Burgers & More Pho Saigon El Carnival Best Lunch Spot The Rookery Ocmulgee Brew Pub Ingleside Village Pizza H&H Joe D’s Nu-Way Roasted Cafe Fountain of Juice Red Rooster Best Healthy Choice Harp & Bowl Grow Fountain of Juice Yvonne’s Hottest Waitstaff Wild Wing Cafe Natalia’s Bearfoot Tavern Downtown Grill Circa Best Waitstaff The Rookery Downtown Grill Natalia’s The Tic Toc Room Bearfoot Tavern Dovetail Circa

TO VOTE! Best Burger The Rookery Ocmulgee Brew Pub Player’s Club Loco’s Bearfoot Tavern Biscuits, Burgers & More Best BBQ Fincher’s Joe D’s Fresh Air Barbeque Georgia Bob’s Tucker’s Old Clinton Barbeque Best Wings Francars The Brick Loco’s Cheers Wild Wing Cafe Hooter’s Buffalo Wild Wing Best Pizza Macon Pizza Company Johnny’s Pizzeria Ingleside Village Pizza Fatty’s Pizza Doughboy’s Sauced The Brick Mellow Mushroom Stoner’s Marco’s Best Soul Food Bear’s Den Dawson’s H&H Jeneane’s Cox Cafe St. Cotton’s NIGHTLIFE Best College Bar Bearfoot Tavern The Hummingbird Stage

The Crazy Bull ReBoot Just Tap’d

Fresh Produce Wild Wing Cafe AP’s

Best Dance Club The Mill The Crazy Bull Envy Chasen’s

Best Local Bartender Emily Dodds - The Hummingbird Chelsea Hughes - Dovetail Mike Brunner - The Hummingbird Wendell Vinson - Wild Wing Jeff Payne - Back Porch Eric Kling - The Brick Ashley Roland - The Brick Matt Hickman - The Rookery Peggy Moss - Crazy Bull Leilani Rodriguez - The Rookery Adam Mitchell - Bourbon Bar Leah Huellemeier Bearfoot Tavern Spencer Choice - Bearfoot Tavern

Best Overall Bar Just Tap’d The Crazy Bull The Hummingbird Stage The Bourbon Bar AP’s Hidden Hideaway Best Restaurant with a Bar Scene Bearfoot Tavern The Rookery Just Tap’d Loco’s Wild Wing Cafe Downtown Grill Dovetail The Tic Toc Room Jim Shaw’s Best Happy Hour 20’s Pub The Hummingbird Stage Loco’s Billy’s Clubhouse Just Tap’d Cheers Wild Wing Cafe Best Dive Bar Grant’s Lounge Billy’s Clubhouse 20’s Pub Wagers AP’s Back Porch Lounge Best Local Music Venue The Hummingbird Stage Back Porch Lounge Bearfoot Tavern

THE MUSIC SCENE Best Local Cover Band Milk Money Echo Speed 8 Second Ride Two Finger Jester Great White Lion Snake Best New Band Hindsight Failing Acts of Society Taped Fist Choir of Babble The Hollow Bearcats American Blvd Best Hip Hop Artist B3 Midas Wright Fresh Valley Kings

Best Local Band American Blvd Matt Brantley Band Widow Pills Elroy Love Hindsight Madre Padre Swain & The Highway Souls Travis Denning Band Best Local Album Josh Graff Madre Padre Paul Hornsby Good Night Alive Best DJ Bruce Wonder B3 Shawty Slim AJ The DJ Kevin Nichols Best Singer/Songwriter Matt Brantley Denny Henson Justin Cutway Chad Evans Maggie Renfroe Lauren Tuttle Travis Denning Best Experimental African Americana Bootz and Katz Some Kids One Horse Parade Best Place for Live Music The Hummingbird Stage The Crazy Bull Grant’s Lounge Fresh Produce The Cox Capitol Theatre

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Find your next job at the

Goodwill Job Fair

March 16, 2017 1-4 pm

Anderson Conference Center │ 5171 Eisenhower Pkwy Meet with representatives from companies including:

All About You, LLC Burruss Correctional Training Center

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F R O M A N T I Q U E S TO B O U T I Q U E S , T H E V I L L A G E W E L C O M E S YO U TO S H O P, E X P L O R E & L I V E W E L L I N M AC O N ’ S M I D TOW N V I L L AG E ANTIQUES

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Antiques at Ingleside The Antique Centre

Daemarii's Unique Boutique

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William’s Fun Smart Toys The Frame Shop & Gallery If It’s Paper - Lamps by Ingleside Middle GA Art Association

Sparrow Hair Salon Trained by Cain Your Doctor’s Immediate Care The Village Marketplace Kay-Lynn Studio

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Central State Prison

Dooley State Prison

Pulaski State Prison

Get ready for the Job Fair with

Job Fair Boot Camp Thurs., March 9 at 2 pm

The Job Connection, 2209 Moody Road, Warner Robins Call 478-922-9192 to sign up!

Fri., March 10 at 10 am & 2 pm Helms Career Center, 240 Broadway, Macon Call 478-703-0450 to sign up!

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Playing the Cox Capitol Theatre FRIDAY, MARCH 10

Q&A WITH

DALLAS GREEN Singer/Songwriter Dallas Green of City and Colour is beginning to become the musician he’d dreamed of being when he as a teenager playing music in Canada. From the powerful lyrics to the tremendous instrumentation that is portrayed in the music, the lessons he’s learned from traveling and performing around the world shows itself within every note. Dallas took the time to talk with 100.9 The Creek’s Charles Davis ahead of City and Colour’s show at the Cox Capitol Theatre on March 10th to talk about his early days as a musician, the evolution of his sound, and the influence that some Macon musicians had on him. Tell us what you have been doing recently. Have you been recording any new music? I just got back from a tour of Australia and New Zealand with my old band Alexisonfire and now i’m just sitting in the Toronto winter waiting to go and tour in the South to get away from the winter. I know those winters in Canada can be a bit rough. Let’s talk about Alexisonfire. That was the first group you were with originally. It’s kind of a post hardcore band. How did it get started? Well, we were just a bunch of kids growing up in southern Ontario and I think we were all just like-minded individuals and wanted to start a band. We didn’t really know what we wanted to sound like. We basically put a bunch of sounds that we liked in a hat, and shook it up to see what we would get out of it. Then people took to it early on in Canada and it allowed us to get out and tour and we used it as a vessel to see the world. It was unbelievable and it iss still surprising that we can still go and play where people are interested in it. Out of that came my solo project City and Colour and that’s what I’ve been doing ever since. I was reading earlier you didn’t want to name the band Dallas Greene as you were a bit uneasy about it. Why was that? I never really thought about a solo project first of all, so when it came time to put out this record of songs that were just me, I realized I wasn’t much of a fan of the spotlight. So the idea of someone walking around with a t-shirt with Dallas Greene on it

reading that you fell in love with the city during the recording of your last album. What about it makes it so special to you? It’s funny. I went down there to make a record two albums ago and I met Jack who played bass on that record Dallas Green is a Canadian singOn a personal note, my favorite and he became a good friend and I er-songwriter who records under the song of yours is off of the album met another guy who plays in the Bring Me Your Love called “The band now down there as well. I just alias City and Colour. He plays Girl”.What was the inspiration bereally enjoyed the small town feel as melodic acoustic and folk music to hind it? opposed to Toronto where me and fans from Toronto to Macon. I think it was a couple of years into my wife live. It was a bit of a quieter my relationship with my wife and community and music is a beloved the way I express myself is through thing down there. The idea that it’s The name City and Colour comes music whether it’s a sad song or a a family of musicians and everyone from his own name: Dallas, a city, happy song and really I was just trykinda knows each other and supand Green, a colour. His reasoning ing to write something nice to her. ports each other so it was a really fun for the name was that he felt queasy I sometimes have a hard time exexperience. So when we went to replaining myself when I’m speaking cord the second album, we thought “putting the album out under the and I have to write it down and sing it was a good idea to move there, name Dallas Green”. it. It’s strange because you would so we bought a place. We try to live think that if I could sing it in front there when we can because we are of thousands of people, I should be Canadian and we have to live there able to explain it. So I’ve always expressed myself that was and for certain parts of the year but it’s a really special place. it was me trying to say something nice to the person that I loved, who I always kind of thought was better than I was, so that’s With a lot of the music history here in Macon with Otis Redwhere that came from. ding, Little Richard, The Allman Brothers, and also James Brown and Jimi Hendrix spending time here, did that have From performing the hard rock style of Alexisonfire to the any influence as you were becoming the musician you are sentiment and the soul of City and Colour, I’m guessing it’s today? been a major effect on how you look at life and write your Absolutely. I don’t think I’d be playing the guitar if it weren’t for music. Jimi Hendrix. When I was younger, my father showed me Jimi Yes exactly. I will go back and listen to the early Alexisonfire stuff and that made me excited to see people play a guitar like that. and its like I’m a boy trying to learn how to sing. Now after tour- Obviously there wasn’t any hope to play like that but you could ing and writing for 15 years, I’m a man whose voice is different. I at least turn it up and try to make some noise. Then as I became know it better. I know how to play better and that has a lot to do more of a singer that’s when I started noticing different voices with it as well. and Otis Redding obviously being one of the most powerful, greatest male singing voices of all time, you can’t help but be A lot of the artists that we play on The Creek 100.9 have affected when you hear him sing. No one who plays music can formed relationships with people in Nashville, and I was escape any of those artists you mentioned. didn’t make me feel good. I would think about Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen and all of these giants of songwriting and thought “I’m not one of them”. So I wanted something to hide behind in a way.

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Eric Lindell - The Good Times Mavis Staples - High Note Lee Fields & the Expressions - Never Be Another You Bobby Rush - Snake in the Grass Gillian Welch - Dry Town The Rolling Stones - Hate to See You Go Nikki Lane - Highway Queen Smooth Hound Smith - Sweet Tennessee Honey

Los Lobos - Made to Break Your Heart Son Volt - Back Against the Wall Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - I’m Still Here JD McPherson - Head Over Heels Blackie & the Rodeo Kings - Land of the Living Jim Lauderdale - This Changes Everything Conor Oberst - A Little Uncanny Cody Jinks - I’m Not the Devil Otis Gibbs - Sputnik Monroe

Artist Spotlight On The Creek by Jamie Saunders

CONOR OBERST

Former Bright Eyes frontman and Rolling Stone’s Best Songwriter of 2008 Conor Oberst returns with his eighth solo release Salutations, which will be available everywhere music is sold Friday, March 17. Salutations is a follow-up to Oberst’s 2016 release, Ruminations, from Nonesuch Records. The artist from Omaha, Nebraska will return to his hometown on March 9 to kick off a nationwide tour that will extend until July before heading to Europe to play the likes of Amsterdam, Dresden, Frankfurt, London, and Liverpool. You can catch Oberst at the Cox Capitol Theatre Sunday, March 19 with The Felice Brothers. A dollar from each ticket purchased during the tour will go to benefit Planned Parenthood. Salutations is a companion piece to the eerie acoustic Ruminations released in October. All ten tracks from Ruminations are featured on Salutations with the backing of the The Felice Brothers, drummer Jim Keltner (a music veteran who has played with John Lennon, George Harrison, Bob Dylan and Neil Young) and other guest artists including including Jim James, Blake Mills, Pearl Charles, Nathaniel Walcott, Jonathan Wilson, Maria Taylor, Gus Seyffert, Gillian Welch and M Ward. There are also seven previously unreleased tracks on Salutations. In the press release for the new 17 track album, Oberst explains “Jim was really the captain of the ship and the spiritual leader of the project. We leaned heavy on his 50-plus years of musical insight to get us to where we needed to be. He brought such depth and dignity to the proceedings that made everyone else involved rise to the occasion. It was a true stroke of luck that he got involved when he did.” While Ruminations featured just Oberst and his guitar with the occasional harmonica riff, The Felice Brothers and guest artists add a whole new layer to Oberst’s strong songwriting abilities. The alternative album is also a far cry from what Oberst used to produce for Bright Eyes, trading in the indie ballads for more rock n’ roll. Be sure to pick up a copy of Salutations Friday, March 17 and come out Sunday, March 19 at the Cox Capitol Theatre to see Oberst rock the house.

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JESSICA WALDEN Down Every Road, MONDAYS AT 7PM Shawna Dooley’s show, Down Every Road, will provide a classic country experience. Exploring some well-worn highways and forgotten, or less traveled, backroads of country music, we’ll exit off the main road and enjoy the ride with a soundtrack that includes cultural and historical context on the artists and music.

Honky Tonk Hell, TUESDAYS AT 7PM Honky Tonk Hell is home to the pioneers and architects of Americana. Here, you’ll ﬁnd atomic hillbillies, buckets of blues, and the restless rebels of early rock n’ roll. Hop the mystery train as it rolls out of the Golden Age of old time radio. Host Aaron Irons is a Virginia native; but now calls Macon, Georgia home.

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Love Child of Rock, THURSDAYS AT 7PM You can’t pick your parents, but you can select your soundtrack. Host Jessica Walden is the co-owner of Rock Candy Tours, a Macon music history tour company that formed from her own family tales and celebrated southern music heritage. Find out just how far the apple can fall when music shakes up the family tree.

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Gospel Gothic, SUNDAYS AT 9:30AM Gospel Gothic explores faith through the themes of Americana music. Listen is as we talk about sin, grace, and redemption as we intertwine religion and Americana. The culture of Macon has been inspired by preachers, writers, and musicians that have shaped the Southern lexicon and imagination.

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L I V E & L O C A L by A N D R E A M A R LOW E a stylish manner. I mean I’m open about things that I go through in life and moments of happiness or moments of depression or whatever it may be. I want to tell people about me and what’s going on in my life and then try to relate to others through that. Because granted I’ve had stuff happen in my life that hasn’t been necessarily great, but I’ve got it so much better than a lot of other people have. So, I try not to sound like a whiner when I’m writing my music, but at the same time try to keep it real.

February marks the one year anniversary of the band Hindsight. Most of the bandmates, who have known each other since high school, are celebrating their first album release, Out of Touch, March 11 at the Cox Capitol Theatre. The four members, Caleb Melvin (guitar, vocals), Jake Victor (guitar), Brent McKinney (bass), and Hunter Pettis (drums) have a gamut of musical backgrounds from southern rock to hardcore influences, but their new album promises to provide lots of energy with a passionate, personal undertone. Caleb and Jake spoke with me about recording their first album, their steps for the future, and The Dukes of Hazzard. I also spoke with Caleb about the intimate nature of his writing and how memories and hardships resonate throughout the lyrics in Hindsight’s new album.

Your album cover is a bunch of pictures of you guys as kids. Was there any particular reason you chose to use those pics? Caleb: The whole out of touch thing is lyrics from the song “The Boys.” Some of the album of has to do with feeling out of touch from the things that have been remembered from my childhood and just feeling out of touch with myself. We got a bunch of pictures from our childhood and laid it out on the floor and took a picture with a camera and it just turned out really well.

What was the most surprising part of recording this album? Caleb: One thing that kind of surprised me was some of the songs that we weren’t too terribly focused on ended up coming out sounding almost better than some of the songs that we spent a lot of time on. Jake: I feel like it was a lot more professional and the album turned out sounding a lot more solid than we expected.

Do you think that doing this album has, in a way, reGRANT’S connected you or made you feel not as out of touch? Caleb: I think there are still times in my life I just stop and think how did I get here? I feel like I just woke up or something and it’s weird. One of my favorite things to do is to dig into my memory and try to remember things from my past, from my childhood. I’m not going to say that I necessarily feel more in touch or more out of touch than I did when we started recording the album. But I definitely feel more at ease about some things.

Why do you think the songs that you didn’t focus on as much came out sounding better? Caleb: The nonchalant attitude about some of the music. For example, we have a song called “Lyrics” that was the first track off of the album that we heard. And we were like holy crap this is great! It’s not like we had it on the back burner or anything but I was kind of shocked because we didn’t really spend that much time on it. We did almost everything for that album in pretty much one take. It’s almost like the the less you focus on it, the easier it comes I guess. How would you sum up the album? Caleb: I would say that there’s a song for everybody. There are a couple of different styles that are on this record. It’s kind of of deep. There’s some very personal songs on the record. Could you tell me about one of those personal songs? Caleb: I have to say the most personal track is “The Boys”. It’s just an acoustic song; it’s just me and an acoustic guitar. But my mother is a meth addict. And so that has been very influential in my songwriting. I try to be transparent when I’m writing songs and not really hold anything back and describe things in

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How has the album changed you as musicians? Jake: It’s shown us what you have to do to get to the next level. It’s a cool experience because it’s one thing to play shows and get a fan base, but there’s a point where you start recording an album and people get excited and it makes you realize you’re making progress.

The Macon band celebrates their first

What’s next for Hindsight? Caleb: Right now we’re trying to set up a tour for the summer. We’re actually playing Dukesfest. Because Cooter from the original The Dukes of Hazzard show is Jake’s uncle.

HINDSIGHT album release, Out of Touch, Saturday, March 11 at the Cox Capitol Theatre.

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Dart Tourney 4pm with $11 beer buckets

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live music 3/4: Kool Change 3/10: Yesterdaze Rock 3/17: Big Daddy & Co.

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“There’s a new breed of singer-songwriter - Ryan Adams, Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst and now Cory Branan.” - Rolling Stone

Happy Hour Daily 2-8 2-4-1 drinks - $2 Domesticss $4 Pizzas all day Sunday!

Monday $1 Wells

GO HEAR LIVE MUSIC FRIDAY 3 20’s Pub 8 p.m. Never a cover KOOL CHANGE Macon cover band playing a variety with some originals

Billy’s Clubhouse 10 p.m. Never a cover CHRIS BARTLETT Local singer-songwriter playing classic and southern rock

CHASEN’S LOUNGE 8 p.m. Never a cover YESTERDAZE ROCK Local favorite comprised of Macon music veterans playing Classic and Southern Rock

CAPITOL THEATRE

8 p.m. $16 adv / $26 door MARCUS KING BAND At only 20 years of age, Marcus King’s dazzling musical ability is evident throughout The Marcus King Band, the young phenom’s 2nd full-length LP and first for Fantasy Records. Operating within the fiery brand of American roots music that King calls “soul-influenced psychedelic southern rock,” the album highlights King’s gorgeous, rough-hewn vocals, soaring guitar work and heartfelt songwriting all amidst a group of masterful musicians who, together, are quickly becoming one of the country’s most sought after live acts.

THE CRAZY BULL 8 p.m. $10

CRAIG CAMPBELL WITH GANNON ADAMS

Campbell is one of Country’s brightest rising stars who launched onto the Country music scene in 2011 and continues to exist in a perfect sweet spot between tradition and modernity. There have been bumps along the way for the Georgia-born artist, on his path from the small town of Lyons to Nashville’s Music Row. But through hits like “Keep Them Kisses Comin’,” “Fish” and

“Family Man,” and countless shows, he’s kept his eyes on his mission – to bring his fans true country music with a spin all his own, through timeless songs that tell his life story.

THE HUMMINGBIRD

SATURDAY 4 AP’S HIDEAWAY 8 p.m. Never a cover THE SKEETERZ Local favorites

10 p.m. $5 at the door TRAVERS BROTHERSHIP An Alternative, Soul, and Funk ensemble based out of Asheville, NC. Utilizing the band’s unmatched live energy and superior songwriting, they create a live atmosphere that transforms an audience into a community. A Travers Brothership concert is best described as a wild block party, and this is a party you don’t wanna miss.

A unique blend of blues, rock, soul, funk, and R&B, each SATHS show will provide a mixture of your favorite cover tunes along with songs you never knew you liked so much.

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ELIZABETH COOK WITH THE BOTTLE ROCKETS Elizabeth Cook,

6-9 p.m. Free On the patio JOEY STUCKEY Singer, guitarist, band leader and owner of Shadow Sound Studios, Stuckey is a local favorite

FRESH PRODUCE MUSIC HALL

9 p.m. $5. 451 MLK Jr. Blvd. WIDOW PILLS W/ MEGAN JEAN & THE KFB Inventive percussion, electrified

banjo, and a voice like the Devil Herself have earned Megan Jean and the KFB a dedicated following all over the East Coast. Calling the road home on a “never-ending tour,” this transient married duo has taken their nomadic musical lifestyle and transformed it into a kind of Voodoo that unites scenes, fans, and musical styles. This is a band that lives to perform, and is fueled by sheer guts and know how.

WILD WING CAFE 9:30 p.m. Never a cover BROADCAST 90 the only 90’s rock tribute of its kind paying homage to the last golden decade of guitar-driven rock, these are local guys who have perfected their skills on stage.

Wednesday Trivia 7:30!

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Live Music 3/3: Chris Bartlett 3/4: SATHS 3/10: Some Kids 3/11: Big Hairy Monster 3/17: St. Patty’s Day with Opposite Box

Billy’s Clubhouse 10 p.m. Never a cover

SWAIN & THE HIGHWAY SOULS

CAPITOL THEATRE 8 p.m. $15 adv / $18 door

the youngest of 11 half-brothers and sisters, grew up in rural Florida where her musician parents met while playing in local country bars. Known for her clear, beautiful voice and strong songwriting ability, Elizabeth is a relentless performer, touring worldwide, including well over 200 performances at The Grand Ole Opry. Cook currently hosts, Apron Strings, weekday mornings on Sirius XM’s Outlaw Country. Her latest full length album, Welder, is the bold declaration of an uncompromising artist unafraid to be exactly who she is. Welder was produced by Don Was (Rolling Stones, Kris Kristofferson) and features guest appearances by Dwight Yoakam, Rodney Crowell and Buddy Miller.

THE HUMMINGBIRD 10 p.m. $5 at the door

CORY BRANAN There’s a new breed of singer-songwriter - Ryan Adams, Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst and now Cory Branan.” - Rolling Stone With an endorsement like that from Rolling Stone Magazine, this is a show not to be missed!

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SATURDAY 4 THE CRAZY BULL 8 p.m. $5 at the door MATT ROGERS Georgia native and singer-songwriter making a living playing music in Nashville. 2015 Georgia Country Award for Overall Artist of the Year

WILD WING CAFE 9:30 p.m. never a cover A2Z BAND Middle Georgia favorite. You’ll be dancing and singing with us all night... guaranteed!

SUNDAY 5 AP’S HIDDEN HIDEAWAY 2-6 p.m. Never a cover, on the patio BIG MIKE Local blues legend Big Mike will be strumming every Sunday afternoon at Macon’s best kept secret, Aps.

FRESH PRODUCE MUSIC HALL 9 p.m. $5 TORANAVOX, THE STORY CONTINUES

Toranavox is a Brooklyn-based, ultra-dense hard rock band. All ages show.

GRANT’S LOUNGE 9 p.m. $5 cover included one free drink

CLASSIC ROCK JAM SESSION

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Billy’s Clubhouse 10 p.m. Never a cover SOME KIDS A hard hitting, beard sporting rock band from Warner Robins.

CAPITOL THEATRE

8 p.m. $35 adv / $45 door CITY AND COLOUR See our interview on page 27. For someone like Green, it’s hard to imagine that there’s much left to search for – he’s traversed the globe on tour, released numerous albums (one most recently as You+Me with Alecia Moore, aka P!nk) and collected scores of accolades.

THE CRAZY BULL

8 p.m. $5 at the door SCOOTER BROWN BAND Country artists out of Texas, for fans of Blackberry Smoke, Marshall Tucker, Charlie Daniels.

THE HUMMINGBIRD 10 p.m. $5

REPEAT REPEAT WITH WRAY Hailing from Nashville, Repeat Repeat calls their sound “surf rock candy”.

WILD WING CAFE 8 p.m. Never a cover STEVE AND DAVE Local duo playing sing along favorites.

SATURDAY 11 AP’S HIDEAWAY 8 p.m. Never a cover YESTERDAZE ROCK Local favorite comprised of Macon music veterans playing Classic and Southern Rock

8 p.m. $15 adv / $25 at the door. 18+ LUKE COMBS a 26-year-old musician with a passion for playing country music. Quickly creating a buzz amongst the musical community, Luke released his single “Hurricane” on June 16th of 2015 and saw it rise into the iTunes Country Charts Top 10 day of release as well as the Billboard Hot Country Top 40.

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8 p.m. Never a cover SCOTT LITTLE Pulling from influences such as Haggard and Parsons, local musician plays country and southern rock favorites.

FRIDAY 10 20’s Pub

8 p.m. Never a cover YESTERDAZE ROCK

10 p.m. Never a cover BIG HAIRY MONSTER Original material as well as over 100 cover tunes. Featuring some of the top musicians in middle-Georgia.

COX CAPITOL THEATRE HINDSIGHT Full length album debut! Hindsight is an alternative rock band that formed in Macon at 5/4 music space in February of 2016. They put out a single called “tidal wave” in the early summer of 2016. They went on to make a name for them selves in and around Macon and Atlanta playing venues like The Masquerade, The Hummingbird, and Fresh Produce.They also played events such as Bragg Jam and The Howling Good Time Music Festival.

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8 p.m. $5 at the door ANTHONY ORIO Orio may not wear a cowboy hat, but he’s still country. His voice is strong, clear and controlled. Winning “Best country band” three years in a row by Nashville’s Tennessean magazine

THE HUMMINGBIRD 10 p.m. $5 at the door ALANNA ROYALE Alanna Royale combines the best elements of rock, pop, funk and soul, all executed by their fearless leader and sensual vocalist, Alanna Quinn, featuring a two-piece horn section!

SUNDAY 12 AP’S HIDDEN HIDEAWAY 2-6 p.m. Never a cover, on the patio BIG MIKE Local blues legend Big Mike will be strumming every Sunday afternoon at Macon’s best kept secret, Aps.

FRESH PRODUCE MUSIC HALL 8-11 p.m. $5 VIKING MOSES, SCOTTY LINGELBACH

Strongly lyrical songs are played out through tunes that flirt with pop, soul and Americana, all strung together with a unique pulsing guitar, and by Massei’s robust voice, which ebbs from delicate whispers to throaty howls.

GRANT’S LOUNGE 9 p.m. $5 cover included one free drink

CLASSIC ROCK JAM SESSION

MONDAY 13 BACKPORCH LOUNGE 8 p.m. Never a cover

ROBERT LEE COLEMAN Macon blues legend heard prominently on James Brown recordings.

SUNDAY 19 COX CAPITOL THEATRE 8 p.m. $5 adv / $7 at the door

CONOR OBERST Conor Oberst is an American singer-songwriter from Omaha, Nebraska. He has been writing and recording music since 1993. In that time he has recorded and performed in many bands and musical collaborations including Commander Venus, Monsters of Folk, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Park Ave., Desaparecidos, and most notably Bright Eyes, his main musical vehicle for the past decade.

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$1 of each ticket sold will go to benefit the Big House Museum.

Grant’s Lounge during Bragg Jam 2015. Jessica Walden of Rock Candy Tours shows off Grant’s famous “Wall of Fame”. Mr. Ed Grant Jr. behind the bar.

GRANT’S LOUNGE 46th Anniversary Celebration

46 years ago, Ed Grant Jr. took on the risky venture of opening his own nightclub in downtown Macon, Georgia – especially risky given the climate of the times, and the fact that a black man running a club that catered to a racially mixed audience was bound to attract more than a little negative attention. As it turns out, that mixture of rebellion, R&B, blues, and rock and roll fed into a new fusion of musical sound that would become world-renowned and inspirational, and that nightclub – the iconic Grant’s Lounge – would go on to host performances by the likes of Wet Willie, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and the Allman Brothers, thus earning it the title “the Original Home of Southern Rock.” There have been rocky moments in the club’s past half-century, but you can’t keep a good dive bar down, and Grant’s is still very much alive and kicking and gearing up to celebrate their 46th anniversary in style. The anniversary events will take place daily from March 1st through the 4th - $35 gets you access to all four days’ worth of events. On Wednesday, March 1, don’t miss the chance to steep yourself in Macon’s rich musical history with a 90 minute Rock Candy Music Tour beginning at 5 pm, followed by a reception, a tour of the Grant’s building with emphasis on plans for the future of this storied establishment, and a Wall of Fame presentation with music by Alphonzo Thomas. Later that evening, enjoy one of Grant’s iconic jam sessions, this one hosted by Johnny Hollingshed.

Thursday night will be Customer Appreciation night at Grant’s, and will feature giveaways, trivia, refreshments and, of course, live music. Friday night is the perfect night for a fish and grits dinner accompanied by two stages’ worth of live music – Blueskyblue and David Cole & the Daymakers will be performing in the lounge, and Pamela Bowman, Interchange & Neubreed will take the stage in the loft. Saturday’s activities include an afternoon music workshop for teens from 3-6 pm, followed by a performance by these musically talented teenagers at 7 – and free pizza will be available on site. Sounds good, right? You can pick up your four-day ticket at Grant’s Lounge, The Big House, Cox Capitol Theater, H&H, The Rookery, or Habersham Records. If you’re not able to make it all four days, single-day admission is available for each event – those prices vary. Proceeds from all these events are going to benefit The Mentor’s Project of Bibb County, a nonprofit agency whose mission is to connect at-risk Bibb County middle and high school students with local mentors who can help them reach their full academic, social, and personal potential. There’s not much better than getting together to celebrate a cornerstone of our rich musical history, hearing some fine music, eating some good food, meeting some new friends, and helping out local kids in the process. - TRACI BURNS

SPECIAL GUEST JOSH PHILLIPS 18+ Doors 7 / Show 8

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Doors 8 / Show 9

FRIDAY, MARCH 17

HINDSIGHT FULL LENGTH ALBUM DEBUT!

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Doors 7 / Show 8

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JERRY GARCIA BAND COVER BAND Doors 7 / Show 8

SUNDAY, MARCH 19

KANE BROWN CONOR OBERST WITH SPECIAL GUEST THE FELICE BROTHERS Doors 7 / Show 8

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