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Q&A
MIKE MILLS Of R.E.M.
Talks Rock Concertos & Growing up in Macon
Treats & Haunts
DISCOVER
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A THOUSAND HORSES AT CRAZY BULL
Lane Fall Festival - Greek Festival - Lost Keys Literary Fest
Go. See. Do. HAPPENINGS, LOCALS & REGIONAL INSIGHTS
Friday, Oct 7
Thursday, Oct 13
Screening of “Out of the Past at The Grand Opera House - Movies are back at The Grand! Enjoy a classic film in Macon’s historic theatre while sipping on your favorite libation from The Grand’s full bar. Limited concession also available. $5 general admission. Movie at 7:30 p.m. TheGrandMacon. com. Out of the Past (1947, film noir) A private eye escapes his past to run a gas station in a small town, but his past catches up with him. Now he must return to the big city world of danger, corruption, double crosses and duplicitous dames. Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas.
Toast and Taste at the Hay House Toast and Taste is Middle Georgia’s premier tasting event. Held annually at the Hay House, this occasion features samples of brews, wines and spirits produced in the state of Georgia. In addition, there will be a chef competition between some of the greatest chefs, restaurants, and caterers in Macon, Georgia. Join our raffle and enjoy the items for sale at the live auction. Admission $40 per person. 6-9 p.m. 934 Georgia Avenue
Saturday, Oct 8 BETTY BIVINS EDWARDS
Opening reception Oct. 6. On display all month
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International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN) is an annual worldwide public event that encourages observation, appreciation, and understanding of our Moon and its connection to NASA planetary science and exploration. Meet Parks & Recreation in Tattnall Square Park 6-8 p.m. to “Observe the Moon”.
Sunday, Oct 9 Second Sunday Concert Series Finale with Great Peackock - Second Sunday Concerts are a College Hill Corridor signature event. Expect one of the best community picnics in Macon featuring live music on Coleman Hill. The concerts are free to attend and feature a cash bar and food available for purchase. Picnics, lawn chairs and pets are welcome. Please refrain from bringing tents and grills. Second Sunday Concerts take place from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
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Monday, Oct 10 McDuffie Student Concert at The Bell House - Presented by the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings presents a McDuffie Student Concert. in the Bell House Salon at 7 p.m. and are free and open to the public. Seating is very limited and is first-come, first-served. Doors open 30 minutes beforehand.
The GrandKids Arts Education Series presents “We the People” Presented by The Grand Opera House - A musical revue that brings American Civics lessons to life and promises to make Social Studies exciting and accessible. Barreling through a variety of musical styles relevant to today’s youth, including rock, rhythmand-blues, and hip-hop, We the People will instill American pride in audiences of all ages, and perhaps even inspire them to get involved and make a difference. (Recommended for grades 4-8). Two showtimes 9 and 11:30 a.m. $7 general admission.
Friday, Oct 14 Outdoor Movie in the Park “ Hotel Transylvania 2” - Presented by Ocmulgee National Monument. Bring chairs and blankets (no seating will be available). Concessions will be sold. FREE Event. 7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct 15 Indian Springs Fall Festival - 5-8pm Join the staff and volunteers at Indian Springs State Park for the first annual Fall Festival! Paint a pumpkin to take home, go for a hayride, and take a hike on our not-so-haunted trail to collect candy! Costumes are strongly encouraged! The not-so-haunted trail will be suitable for children of all ages. This event is designed for children under the age of 12 but everyone is welcome. This event will be held at the Indian Springs State Park Group Camp on Cenie Road. Follow the signs to the fun!
Mercer Bears vs Western Carolina : Youth Day kick-off at 4 p.m. Tailgating begins as early as 9am! Come out and support our hometown team, the Mercer Bears. $12 reserved seating, $8 general admission. Tickets.Mercer. edu or call box office 301-5470.
Sunday, Oct 16 Living Room Concert Series: Floco Torres & Famey - Presented by Field Note Stenographers at Cox Capitol Theatre - Rather than separate the artist from the audience, the Living Room Concert Series will promote a communal atmosphere that encourages connections with a of variety musical styles, from hip hop to psych-tinged country-rock. Thanks to generous support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. doors will open at 7:00 p.m., and music will begin at 8:00 p.m. Tickets range from $5-$15.
Tuesday, Oct 18 “Canoeing and Kayaking Georgia” Kayakers, Canoeists, all Paddlers! Come hear Suzanne Welander, noted paddler and co-author of “Canoeing and Kayaking Georgia”, as she speaks on her love of paddling at the bi-monthly meeting of the Georgia Wilderness Society Tuesday, 6:00 pm at the Ole Times Country Buffet at 1343 Gray Highway in Macon. Suzanne’s exploits have taken her far afield exploring North America’s rivers - to Alaska, Canada, Montana, and Arizona, as well as the rivers of Georgia. There is no charge for the program and copies of the Georgia paddling guidebook will be available for purchase.
Saturday, Oct 22 Jazz & Arts on Riverdale - 13th Annual free community event along Riverdale -- biggest and best block party in Macon. Artists from Central Georgia, kids events, live jazz entertainment from noon - 6 p.m. Music line-up includes Mike Frost Band, Dixieland Jazz Band, and the Jam All-Stars. Food and libations available for purchase, or bring a picnic of your own.
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Lost Keys Literary Festival Oct. 7-8 at The Ampersand Guild
Beginning as the hopeful dream of two college graduates, the Lost Keys Collective enters its second festival with a $10,000 grant from Knight Foundation. “Lost Keys has become more than I could ever have expected,” Danielle Grisamore, Lost Keys Collective founder, said. “The success we had with our first festival enabled us to create and host programming that highlights the impact of literature. The community has been so receptive to our efforts and we plan to honor that by producing the best festival possible.” Knight Foundation’s grant will help make this goal a reality. The grant funding pays for more writers, more events and ultimately more opportunities for the community to connect with literature. This year’s festival will be two days at Macon’s new artists’ space, the Ampersand Guild, from Oct. 7-8. The event will include an open mic night, readings, workshops, panels, and a kids storytelling event.
“This organization is dedicated to not only strengthening the writing community, but also to emphasize the importance of literature in our community,” Ashley Williams, Lost Keys Collective co-founder, said. “Lost Keys Collective has had an amazing year,” Grisamore said. “We have accomplished so much and intend to do so much more. This organization is for the community. Our mission is to use the literary arts to create connections, bolster the visibility of local writers and most importantly, ask what literature can do for an individual. ” Lost Keys aims to establish an annual gathering for the writing community in Middle Georgia. The Festival offers two days of events during which regional writers collect to give readings of their work, lead workshops, and join for discussion panels. Writing workshops cover fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journalism, songwriting, and screenwriting.
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Saturday, Oct. 24 from 11am - 5 pm. 5 Minutes West of I-75 . Exit 142, Fort Valley. - Fun for the entire family with costume contest from 1-3. Food availabe on site. Pumpkin patch, hay rides, kids village and more! Corn Maze Open daily thru Oct. 9am - 6pm. Ages 3 & under free; Corn Maze & Hayride Combo; Ages 4-12 $10.00; Ages 12+ $14.00 Corn Maze; Ages 4-12 $8.00; Ages 12+ $11.00 Hayride: Ages 4-12 $3.00; $5.00
HAY DAY HALLOWEEN
The Hay House 934 Georgia Ave. Macon, 31201 October 30 @ 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Celebrate Hallows’ Eve by trick or treating at the Hay House. This event is FREE and open to the public. Not only will there be candy for all of those trick or treating, but there will be crafts, and educational displays pertaining to Halloween celebrations in the Victorian era. All are invited.
HIGH FALLS SPOOKY HALLOWEEN
Saturday, October 29 at 6 PM - 8:30 PM 76 High Falls Park Dr, Jackson Enjoy Halloween at the park High Falls Style! We will have food trucks, s’mores, campfire, and more! Join in on the fun and participate in our first trunkor-treat! We will have prizes for best-decorated truck. During campfire, we will have a costume contest for adults, children, and pets. Prizes will be award to3most creative and best dressed! $5 ParkPass or Annual ParkPass Required FALL FAMILY DAYS AT ROCK RANCH 5020 Barnesville Hwy The Rock, GA 30285 October 8-9, 15-16, 22-23, 29-30 The Rock Ranch is the best farm in Georgia for fall family fun! Have fun and make special memories on the farm! Enjoy all of The Rock Ranch rides
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and attractions including zip lines, pony rides, pedal karts, carousel, locomotive train, hay rides, petting zoo, corn maze, pumpkins, Tiny Town (our extremely popular village of themed playhouses), and so much more! The Rock Ranch is no regular farm visit. Your family will spend more than just a couple of hours here. A day at The Rock Ranch is a full day outdoor adventure! Plus, enjoy good southern food and shopping in our Georgia Grown Farm Market!
SPOOKY TREATS LAKE JOY TRAIL OF TERRORS
428 Lake Joy Rd Kathleen, GA 31047 September 30 - October 31 Open every Friday and Saturday from 8:30PM Midnight. Starting September 30, ending October 31. Prices: $15 per person; $12 children 12 and under; $12 military, first responders with ID - 1 badge = 1 discount. Not recommended for kids younger than 10 years old.
HAUNTED MONTROSE
1702 2nd St., Montrose Open weekends thru Oct. 7pm - 11pm. Dubbed the scariest haunt in Central GA, you can’t miss the Old Slaughterhouse, Havoc 3D, Raven Blackout and experiMental Rooms. General admission $22, fast pass $26. HauntedMontrose.com
NEVERMORE HILLS HAUNTED TRAIL
Museum of Aviation 1942 Heritage Blvd Robins October 14-15, 21-22, 28-31 from 8-11pm Grand opening of the second attraction, “The Attic”, previously located at the Perry Haunted Barn! Nevermore Hills Haunted Trail includes a variety of scares in the woods as well as a number of haunted barns. All funds raised through the trail will be used for operating support for the Museum of Aviation Foundation.
SPIRITS IN OCTOBER “SPIRITS THROUGH THE CENTURIES”
Riverside Cemetery 1301 Riverside Dr, Macon October 20-23 & 27-30 @ 6 PM Spirits in October is a guided walking tour with actors representing the spirits of some of Macon’s fascinating characters and will include the popular ending reception in the Public Mausoleum. Tours leave every 15 minutes. It is recommend to buy tickets online.
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NATIVE/NEW Meet Janet Ward Native Warner Robins Occupation Co-founder, Central Georgia Autism
Oftentimes, media representation of what it’s like to parent an autistic child paints a bleak, isolated picture – children ‘trapped’ behind their diagnosis, unable to interact with their families or the larger world; parents sad and struggling, wondering what could have been if only things were different. As parent to a happy, hilarious autistic daughter, this portrayal vexes me to no end – it’s untrue, it’s unfair, and it can be damaging to the children it’s misrepresenting and their families alike. I’m endlessly grateful that, when my girl was first diagnosed six years ago, I was introduced almost immediately to the immeasurably helpful local group Central Georgia Autism and its exuberant, joyful co-founder Janet Ward. Janet and her son Peyton – diagnosed at 18 months, now 13 – are shining examples of how to live your best life not in spite of the challenges you’re given, but because of them; Janet has worked hard to build a life here in middle Georgia full of community, activity, and happiness for herself and her son, and the payoff is evident in the gratitude and joy she radiates always. Janet was born and raised in Warner Robins, daughter of an Air Force father, but has since moved to Forsyth – “I like living out in the country,” she says, “but my life, work, and happiness are all in Macon.” Much of that happiness comes from the home away from home Janet has found at Ingleside Baptist Church. “The cool thing about Ingleside is that there’s a fit for everybody from any walk of life,”
Janet says. “We love and accept everyone! I can put on my cowboy boots and flannel shirt and walk into church and be accepted and loved just as much as if I were wearing heels and a dress.” As the Recreation Ministry Administrative Assistant at IBC, Janet is able to help others find that feeling of acceptance via the many sports, fitness, and fellowship activities available. Upward Sports - kids’ soccer, basketball, and cheerleading leagues – are offered for the community, and for church members (and their guests) there are classes available in Zumba, yoga, even pottery. “We’re so blessed to have a church that believes in recreation the way Ingleside does,” says Janet. “I love my boss, Jon Kitchens – he’s the Associate Recreation Minister, and I have the most respect for him – he’s a great leader and together we work hard to build community, achieve excellence, and share the love of Jesus in all things.” That sense of community wasn’t always a given in Janet’s life. Back in 2004, after her son Peyton had just been diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum, Janet found herself sitting alone with her thoughts in a waiting room as her son received occupational therapy. “This was maybe our second visit, and emotionally I was still trying to figure everything out,” she says. “I felt a little disgruntled because there was nowhere in our area to turn to for help.” She jolted back to reality when the waiting room door opened and in walked Lisa Duckworth, a high school friend Janet hadn’t seen in twenty-five
years. Turns out Lisa’s son had just been diagnosed as well, and, as any parent to a special needs child knows, that’s an easy, quick recipe for a strong camaraderie and bond. Janet invited Lisa and her son over for Christmas cookies and coffee, and that’s when the group now known as Central Georgia Autism got its start. “Even though we don’t get to see each other as often as we’d like, and even though one or the other of us might miss a board meeting,” Janet says, “I always think of us as co-founders of CGA because of the way this all started.” Central Georgia Autism is now a thriving nonprofit that offers support and assistance for families living with autism in a variety of ways, foremost of which is the scholarships offered on a yearly basis. Up to $500 of grant money is awarded on a case-by-case basis to help families pay for needed equipment or therapies. CGA also hosts Moms’ Night Out – so mamas can get out and enjoy dinner and conversation with likeminded folks – several times a year, a mom’s retreat twice a year (once at the beach, once in the mountains), Splash Night at High Falls Water Park every summer (the whole park is rented out and attendance is reserved for mid-Georgia families with a child on the spectrum), and a beloved yearly Christmas party – this year will be the 10th annual – featuring inflatables, games, food, door prizes, a patient and understanding Santa Claus, and so much more. Julie Evans and her local boutique Karats & Keepsakes hosts the yearly Cocktails &
Cupcakes event as a fundraiser for CGA, and next May will bring the 5th annual Journey Ride for Autism – a cycling event and fundraiser that’s also the only century ride (100 miles) that takes place in middle Georgia. Bicycling has unexpectedly come to play an important role in Janet’s life since the inaugural Journey Ride. That first year, Janet was struggling – her mother had just passed away and she was still grieving that loss, and she had also been trying for what felt like forever to help her son learn to ride a bike on his own, but progress was slow going. Fast-forward to now, when both mother and son adore active outdoor time spent on their bikes. For Janet, biking is good for her body, mind, and spirit – “When I’m on a bike, I feel closer to the Lord and my mind is free,” she says. “No worries, no stress. It relieves me and gives me peace.” Janet loves urban riding – “mixing a little concrete with a little offroad riding,” she says. Biking through downtown Macon down to the RIverwalk and back behind Central City Park is one of her favorite rides – she loves being able to take in the city in that way. A decade ago, the Janet that sat in that therapy waiting room worrying about her son’s future would be thrilled to see how her life has turned out – Peyton is happy and high-functioning, fully mainstreamed in school and an active part of society, and through CGA, Janet and other board members help parents of newly diagnosed kids connect with resources to help their children be their best, happiest selves. Janet has found an accepting, nurturing church home that led to a beloved job, and she discovered a leisure activity – biking – that also helps her take care of herself physically and mentally. She has the confident, winning demeanor of someone who is at peace. When asked where she’d take a friend from out of town to show them her favorite middle Georgia things, she answers exuberantly – “We’d go to the Rookery for Walden Greenback burgers! That’s the best burger around. Then we’d take in a show and some history at Cox Capital Theater or the Grand Opera House. Then – you can’t leave Macon without going up to Coleman Hill. That’s a view that really captures Macon beautifully, so I’d wanna show that off. That would be Saturday. On Sunday morning I’d put on my cowboy boots and flannel shirt and take them to visit my church!” For more information about CGA, visit them on Facebook at Central Georgia Autism Ltd. or on the web at www.centralgaautism.org, and for more info about Ingleside Baptist Church, please visit www.ingleside.org 11thHourOnline.com 11
There’s a solid tradition of big, over-the-top rock musicians and bands performing alongside a symphony orchestra; Roger Waters, Elton John, Eric Clapton, and even Metallica have chosen to attempt to merge the boisterous, excited rawness of rock with the more precise, melodic rhythms of the symphony, and the results are almost always jawdroppingly exciting to listen to and watch. It’s just cool, always, to see different kinds of cultures blend together like that – it’s a reminder of how much more unites us than divides us, musically and otherwise.
Macon natives Mike Mills and Robert McDuffie, both highly respected, immensely talented musicians – one who earned his stripes in a successful rock band, and one who was classically
trained and went on to perform alongside most major orchestras worldwide – have united to create and perform an original piece of music meant to continue pushing that genre boundary in surprising and delightful ways.
Mike Mills is widely known as bassist and backing vocalist for the iconic Georgia band R.E.M.; he’s responsible for composing some of the group’s most beloved and recognizable songs,
among them “Nightswimming,” “At My Most Beautiful,” and “(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville.” Since R.E.M. amicably disbanded in 2011, Mills has dispersed his talent among a variety of
musical endeavors – one of which is The Baseball Project, a band dedicated thematically to America’s favorite pastime, which he plays in alongside his former R.E.M. bandmate Peter Buck. A couple years back, Mills was approached by his childhood friend, violinist Robert McDuffie, with a new project proposal – write a concerto for a rock band, violin, and orchestra to perform. Robert McDuffie and Mike Mills grew up together here in Macon; while Mike moved up to Athens post-high school and helped start what would turn out to be a pretty important rock
band, Robert attended Juilliard, became a Grammy-nominated, internationally renowned violinist, and returned to Macon to found the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings, an exclusive
music program offering conservatory-quality training at Mercer University. The two kept in touch over the years, always interested in and supportive of the other’s artistic undertakings, and finally the time was right for the two of them to collaborate.
Mills and McDuffie, friends since childhood, recorded the concerto with students from the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University. The record is due out October 14th. Mills played bass and keyboard, while the rest of the rock band consisted of guitarist John Neff (ex– Drive-by Truckers), guitarist William Tonks and drummer Patrick Ferguson (Five Eight).
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e iM k Mills THE INTERVIEW
by Traci Burns
“Concerto for Violin, Rock Band, and String Orchestra” is a unique, vibrant piece of music that is working to redefine classical music for a new audience; it’s exuberant, melodic, unconventional, and beautiful, and thanks to the folks at Bragg Jam, we have a chance to experience it for ourselves on Thursday, October 27 at 8 pm at the Macon City Auditorium. I was able to speak with Mike Mills recently about growing up in Macon and about his experiences writing and performing the new project . Since we’re a Macon-based paper, I’d like to hear a little about your Macon background – what was it that brought your family here in the first place? My dad’s job – he worked for Caterpillar. Before then, we were in Atlanta. And where’d you go to school while you were here? I went to McKibben Lane for one year, Northeast for five years. Where’d you hang out as a kid, a teenager, in Macon? What’d you get up to? Oh, golly…we used to hang out at WNEX and listen to Ben Sandifer and Terry Taylor on the radio. It was a little brick building, it was just like American Graffiti. We’d go hang out outside and listen to the radio. What else? There was a bar called Harrison’s on Riverside – that’s long gone. That’s most of it. We hung out at friends’ houses. There wasn’t as much to do in Macon back then. Nope! That’s changing some, though, luckily for the kids today. So how’d you and Robert [McDuffie] meet? His mother was choir director at the church – my parents chose the church they went to based on the best music program. That was First Presbyterian, and Bobby’s mother was choir director, and my parents were both in choir, so that’s how Bobby and I met. Were you guys close growing up, or was it just like an ‘our parents are friends’ kind of thing? We were together all day Sunday for church events, and my family’d go over to his family’s house for dinner Sunday night and we’d watch TV and listen to music. So you and Bill Berry started playing together in high school, right? I was listening to an interview you and Robert did on GPB, and you mentioned that when your high school band would play out in public, you’d play a mixture of top 40 music and blues, and how that’s not something that would fly everywhere, but it worked in Macon. I thought that was super cool. What do you think it is about Macon that inspires that sort of blending of genres?
I don’t know if it inspires it so much as it’s just more accepted, just because Macon has such a rich and diverse musical history that it doesn’t seem strange to anyone there to combine those types of music together in one set. So after you left Macon for school, and for what turned out to be a pretty big adventure for you, did you ever have reason to come back here? Were your folks still here? No, my folks left town actually a little before I did, my dad got a different job, so they left. I’d come back with Bill Berry to visit his parents for a few years, but once the band got started I didn’t really have time to come back.
Did you and Robert stay pretty close over the years? How’d you guys reconnect? Well, our mothers kept in touch with each other for many years while we were off and busy doing our careers, then about ten years ago, maybe more, we started trying to catch each other’s shows, and we reconnected. That brings us to what you guys are working on now. I had a chance to listen to the whole thing earlier today, and it was really so beautiful. There was a video clip, too, that I saw, and it was so much fun to watch. What gave you the idea to start to work on a project like this? Well, it was Bobby’s idea – he wanted to do something besides perform the work of what he refers to as “Dead European White Males” – he wanted to do something different, and he asked me a couple years ago if I’d be interested in trying to combine rock ‘n roll and classical, and I said absolutely. How is this kind of composing different from writing, say, an R.E.M. song? What feels different about it? Well, I approached it by just trying to write five good songs. I knew that the main focus had to be on the melody – as it always is for me anyway – but certainly since there’s no singer, the violin carries the song, so the melody has to be strong. That’s where I focused my attention – on coming up with the best possible melodies. Yeah, that’s so true about the violin. For me, when I listen to music, I’m listening first and foremost for those
For more information about the Oct 27 performance, including a link to purchase tickets, visitbraggjam. org/mcduffie-mills.
lyrics that are gonna grab me, but when I heard this, you’re right – the violin fully hooks you, it’s captivating, and it does hold your attention the same way that a really good lyricist does. Yeah, it’s very evocative, the violin. And watching Robert play is a lot of fun, too! He makes good faces. Yes, he’s great to watch. So do you have a lot of experience attending classical performances? Did you go to more of them while working on writing this? I didn’t do homework in that sense, but I’ve been around classical music all my life – my father was a dramatic tenor, and it was always playing at my house. I’ve been to a lot of symphony and opera over the years, so I had a basic idea of what was going on. This is kind of an aside – but how often do you go out and see live music in general? It depends on where I am and what I’m aware of. I travel a lot, so it’s hard to know what’s in town where I am. If I’m in Athens, I probably go out and see a show a couple times a week. How many times have you guys had a chance to perform the concerto so far? We’ve played it three times – once as a chamber music version, and the other two with a string orchestra. What’s the reception been like? Very positive! Everyone seems to like it – it’s very encouraging. The audiences have been very receptive and enthusiastic – surprisingly so. I think we’re doing our job of breaking down the walls between classical and rock. We’re trying to show people that they’re not necessarily two mutually exclusive genres but that they in fact have a lot in common. The tour for this actually kicks off next week, right? Yeah, the tour’s gonna be amazing! I’m very excited. We head out in just a few weeks, and it’ll be interesting to see how the world at large reacts. We can’t wait. 11thHourOnline.com 13
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Browse through the list of upcoming cooking classes at Robinson Home, downtown Macon’s gourmet kitchen & interior goods store, and you can’t help getting a little hungry – there are classes on Latin American cuisine, paella, Fall baking, French bistro cooking, even cooking with beer. Mmmm. “We’d been open for years and always had lots of success with our cooking classes,” says Will Robinson, store owner. “Then our customers started to ask us when we were going to start serving the food we cooked in those classes.” At first, Will dismissed the idea, but soon it took root, and Fork & Key was born. Fork & Key is a wine shop and café that offers 18 wines by the glass, over 80 wines by the bottle, more than a dozen craft beers, and a seasonally rotating menu of small plates and sweet treats. “When we started thinking about expanding into food service, we looked around to see what was already available in the downtown area,” says Will, “and we found that 14 OCTOBER 6 - 20, 2016
nobody else was really focusing on wine – wine felt underrepresented, and wine worked well with our existing customer base.” Building a menu of small, shareable snack plates and finger foods was a natural fit to pair with the various wines on offer. “We keep the food simple – we like it to be as whole and intact as possible,” Will says. “Good ingredients, well prepared – that’s the way to go.” The person in charge of that food is chef Katie Wurstner, who came to work at Robinson Home as a cooking class instructor close to two years ago; she now works as a general manager for the store and as executive chef for Fork & Key. A glance at the store’s Facebook page shows some of Chef Katie’s enticingly beautiful creations – from smoked pork loin with wilted collards and roasted sweet potatoes to a gorgeous Bibb lettuce salad with blackberries, feta, toasted pecans, and cured egg yolks, this food is vibrant, healthy, and prepared with skill and love. Customers looking
for a smaller, more shareable snack to complement their wine will enjoy the cheese or charcuterie plates. “Our menu is going to change pretty often,” says Will. “It’ll definitely change seasonally, because a lot of our ingredients are locally sourced from places like the Dirt Farmers. As their products change, so will ours. That just makes sense to me – and if you’re going to be eating at the same place often, it’s fun and nice to have that variety.” Fork & Key has been open under a month, and already it’s gathering excellent buzz; customers love the food, the ambience, and the eclectic variety of wines available. On Saturday, October 8, Fork & Key will host their grand opening celebration - from noon til 11 pm, they’ll have food specials, live music, sangria, and more. It’ll be a perfect time to come check out this cool new downtown business, find your new favorite wine, and (I admit to stealing this cleverness from the restaurant’s own hashtags) eat like you give a fork.
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Ready for Football! Karen Gibson / aka Law Momma
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When I was growing up in North Carolina, Saturdays were all about... golf. Or, as I got older, soccer. We’d get up, throw on uniforms, and my mother would drive us out to the fields for games while my father would throw on his “uniform” and head to the golf course. Every so often, there might be a football game that would flash by the television screen during the commercials of whatever golf tournament came on in the afternoon, but mostly my childhood was narrated by the soft, whispering blandness of PGA announcers, punctuated by the brief snores of my father. So when I arrived in Georgia back in 2004, the idea of watching an entire day of football seemed beyond boring. What was fun about that? An entire day of sitting on the sofa? Watching other people do athletic things? No thank you. But the group of guys I knew in law school seemed to think it was worth doing, so I dutifully made the trek downtown, parked my car, and walked with them over to Paul and Jim’s house, where a big screen television took up the majority of an otherwise peaceful porch, and the house smelled alternatively like Low Country Boil or some form of smoked meat. That first Saturday was something out of a novel for me. Everyone wearing red or black, everyone with some form of UGA coozie wrapped around a beer, and everyone with deep and meaningful thoughts about how to run a defense or how to call an offense. I remember sitting and taking it all in, like an anthropologist in a foreign land... this was Football country, and I was just a visitor. My sports watching life to that point had consisted solely of UNC Basketball, so this idea that fall could hold anything more than the promise of basketball around the corner was both inspiring and daunting. The days would start around eleven, with all our friends arriving in rounds, carrying covered dishes and lugging large coolers full of iced beers up the steps to the porch. The food would be spread around the counters and conversation would revolve around who would start at quarterback and which coach should be canned before the start of the next
season. It was strange and beautiful, this world I’d been introduced to. A world where Georgia Football means more than just a Saturday afternoon game... it means a countdown that starts sometime in mid-summer and a conversation that runs well into spring practice. It means planning a week ahead for who will bring what to the tailgate and coordinating who is responsible for shielding the Georgia fan from the Florida fan for a long week in late October. My Saturdays became something to look forward to, not because of cleaning house or running to Target, but because it meant an escape from the Sunday through Friday monotony to a world where time was measured in yards, and life slowed to allow every sip of beer to matter, every inch of a run to resonate with the crowd. I learned that first Saturday back in 2004 that College Football in the South is about more than sports; it’s a microcosm of Southern resilience. A warm reminder that we understand better than most that it matters until it doesn’t... it hurts until it is better... it is a beautiful, magical win, but the next loss still hovers around the corner. So began my now twelve year love affair with college football... a love that encompasses the ridiculous amounts of smoked meat (which I can’t eat), the perfectly placed appetizer plates, the superstitious rearrangement of seating, the excuse to congregate with friends and family, the first-name basis with players and coaches, the agony of defeat... the ecstacy of a last second win. There’s nothing like it any where else I’ve lived... not in North Carolina, not in Florida, not in Virginia. This tradition seems unique to the deep South, a throwback to the days of sitting on the porch, waving at neighbors, drinking cold soda from a glass bottle. There’s something special about the camaraderie, the ribbing, the understanding that every game matters but “Hey, we’ll get them next year” matters, too. And now, I find myself smiling sometime in late July, not because basketball season is around the corner, but because it’s almost football season and I know now that Football Saturday’s are about so much more than just a game.
Karen Gibson, aka “Law Momma”, is a Macon transplant by way of North Carolina. She’s a die-hard Tar Heel fan, an often sleep-deprived wife and mother, a workers’ compensation attorney, and a lover of all things literary… except books on tape. Unless they’re read by Alan Rickman. 18 OCTOBER 6 - 20, 2016
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20’s Pub Boasting freshly prepared sandwiches, salads and dinner specials in a well-lit tavern-like setting. LD • BAR • $ 3076 Riverside AP’s Hidden Hideaway Making homecooked meals like your mamma used tomake.Menu also features burgers, sandwiches, wings and more. LD • BAR $ 4274 Broadway. Open TuesFri 3pm - 2am. Sat and Sunday at noon. Waiter service and outdoor seating available. (478) 781-5656 Bearfoot Tavern The new Bearfoot Tavern is a gastropub featuring an English pub-style atmosphere, 50 beers on tap and bar food at its finest with all soups and breads made in-house. Large beer garden with outdoor stage! LD • BAR • $ 468 Second Street. Open 7 days a week at 11 a.m. Special brunch menu Saturday & Sunday. 478-305-7703 The Brick’s Made from-scratch pizzas, calzones, and stuffed sticks; unique pastas; fresh salads; and wings tossed in one of a dozen house-made sauces next to a full-service bar and a wide variety of draft and bottled beers. A community gathering place featuring outdoor seating and live music with built-in sound and light systems. 1305 Hardeman Ave. at the Lofts at College Hill. Kitchen 11-10 Monday-Saturday, 12-9 Sundays. Full bar open until midnight. For a full menu visit thebrick93.com. Locos Grill & Pub Casual, kid-friendly, family dining. We’re talking great food, sports on the big screens and a full bar. Fantastic weekly specials and live music on the weekends. Delivery and catering also available. LD BAR • $ 2440 Riverside Drive. The Rookery There isn’t a place downtown that has been serving us longer. Two time winner of Best Burger in Macon in the Readers Choice Awards. Sandwiches, fresh salads and house specialties. LD BAR $-$$ 543 Cherry Street, 746-8658 Wild Wing Cafe Newly opened franchise at the Shoppes at River Crossing, fantastic wings in over 30 flavors, over 20 brews on tap, great salads and one of the few dining options in North Macon that offers live music on the weekends. LD • BAR $-$$, 477.WILD
BBQ Fincher’s - You haven’t had delicious southern barbecue until you’ve had us. For over 75 years, we’ve been teasing taste buds with our pit-cooked pork, sandwiches, and more. Voted “Best BBQ” by readers of the 11th Hour for six years in a row, their BBQ even made a trip to the moon on the 1969 space mission. Four locations in Macon and Warner Robins. Family owned and operated!
Pizza / Italian Ingleside Village Pizza IVP is probably the one place in Macon you HAVE to go if you are new here. According to the readers of the 11th Hour, and the Macon Telegraph, it’s the best Pizza in Macon. Homemade dough, loaded with toppings, it just doesn’t get any better. And the atmosphere is as cool as they come. Friendly, and lively, and filled with all kinds of great people, IVP is a one of a kind Macon experience. They also have one of the most extensive beer lists in Macon. LD • BAR $ 2396 Ingleside. Sauced at Mercer Village Serving pizza, calzones, sammies and fresh salads, Sauced makes all their dough, specialty sauce and breads in-house. Delivery available within the College Hill Corridor. (478) 743-4113.
Just Tap’d - Yes, they specialize in over 75 craft beers on tap, but the downtown venue has also added some tasty artisan, pub-style food. Featuring Neapolitan pizza, authentic bavarian brats, fresh made pretzels and more! Indoor and outddoor seating. 488 First Street. MonThur 2-10, Friday & Sat 12-11:30, Sunday 1-8.
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Lunch Spots Harpin’s A mid-town lunch favorite, serving chicken salad, pimento cheese, deli sandwiches and fresh salads and daily soup specials. Call ahead for take-out or try their new Take ‘n Go cooler. 3378 Brookdale Ave. (478) 742-5252 Grow is Macon’s only farm to table lunch restaurant, specializing in local meats and produce. Healthy food with Southern flair. Open Mon-Sat 11-3pm. Check out the facebook page for this week’s menu. Reservations accepted. 743-4663 Tommy’s Bakery and Cafe Daily lunch special with salad and bread for only $5.99: Monday’s- Poppy Seed Chicken, Tues- Baked spaghetti, Weds- Tommy’s Choice, Thursday- Shepherd’s Pie and Friday- Chicken Divan. Other specialties available along with breakfast burritos, maple bacon donuts, casseroles to go and so much more! Open for breakfast 8:30am. Lunch is served daily MonFri 11am- 2pm. 5580 Thomaston Road. Kudzu Seafood Co. Newly opened on Third Street by veteran caterer Lee Clack, Kudzu features seafood and breads flown in direct from the Big Easy. With New Orleans flair, their menu features po’boys, jambalaya, cajun fish tacos, fresh salads and their own blue cheese slaw. LD Monday - Saturday 11am - 3 pm, Dinner Friday & Saturday • $ • 470 Third Street.
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1. Must do in Macon... Visit downtown to see the revitalization in progress. We have wine cafes, art galleries, theaters, parks, salons, brewpubs, and so much more, all packed within walking distance of one another! 2. An Upcoming Event Your Excited about attending? If I weren’t getting ready for the Fork & Key Grand Opening, I’d be hitting up the Lost Keys Literary Festival this weekend. Also, like the kid at heart that I am, I’m excited for some fair food at the Georgia National Fair. 3. Must eat in Macon? H&H !!! Their fried chicken is my favorite in town. 4. Hobbies? In my down time I love to read, people watch, sew, and do a bit of writing. Sometimes, we even cook for ourselves. 5. Tell us about a recent night out? Sam (my husband) and I were enjoying wine on the patio at Fork & Key for our soft opening and random friend groups showed up during the evening. It was the first time the weather was actually decent enough to not melt in your seat and everyone had a blast. Many bottles were shared and small plates were passed around. I was home by 9:30. It was amazing.
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Floco on being Floco; and his new EP “Porsche”
“Imma small town hero/I hit the big cities and compete with the best come back home and drink whiskey/ Still humble enough to have a beer wit you” are lyrics from the Floco Torres’ newest EP Porsche, is an album deluged with soul, determination, and earworm instrumental tracks that sound polished no matter what car speakers it’s playing from. The New Jersey native has made his home in Macon, but as Porsche suggests, he is always dreaming of something bigger and better for his music career. In collaboration with local music bloggers, Field Note Stenographers, Torres will be doing a stripped down set for the Living Room Concert Series. The shows give listeners and performers the opportunity for a more intimate concert by actually mimicking a living room setting. Torres will be performing with his good friend, Philadelphia hip-hop artist Famey. What is a living room show and why did FNS put this together? We were just trying to figure out ways to make people pay attention at shows. It’s really just trying to put the focus back on music. Not teaching people show etiquette, but just being like you actually are here for the show, to hear the stories, to share the energy, to hear the acoustic strings on the guitar, whatever it is. We were
trying to take people out of the bar setting and put it back into the show. I was reading that in Montreal and a bunch of places over seas, kids aren’t going to clubs anymore because they’re tired of paying $20 to get in. So house shows are becoming a crazy culture and I was like what if we brought that to Macon? We came up with the idea to do it at an actual venue and make it feel like a house show. What do you think you learned as an artist working on Porsche? I think this was the ‘I’m cool with who I am’ project. Not that I wasn’t with other stuff, but I was really comfortable with the sound. I knew what I wanted to sound like, I knew what I wanted to say. And there’s just no more confusion. Is it a band, is it this, is it that? No, I’m Floco Torres and you just roll with that. That was probably the biggest thing I learned. How do you think that’s going to elevate you? The pressure that I’m putting on myself is probably not as positive artistically. I’m recording more than I’ve ever recorded now. It’s probably going to drive me nuts. But that’s the kind of thing I’m willing to do. It’s pushing me to stretch myself a little bit farther. Like the stuff I’m
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releasing for Floctober I’m producing. And I’m comfortable putting that out and letting people hear it. Just more instrumentation and the topics. Cadence is how I rap, like what I say when I say it. Porsche was all of that. Now I want to surprise myself about how much better I can get, which still is just doing it the way I want to do it. I feel like you speak a lot about positivity in your music and the tenacity to keep going in adverse situations. What keeps you motivated as a musician? [laughs] I guess it kind of changes. I haven’t defined what it is at this moment. It used to be trying to take care of my family or just trying to make money or I like doing this. Or trying to make the people around me happy and make it into what they wanted it to be. Now I’m just doing it for me and doing it for the people that actually care about it and listen. But yeah I don’t know. Maybe I just have an ego about losing [laughs]. So I’m not going to lose at it, I’m just going to keep doing it. Tell me about your relationship with Famey. Famey produced “Hot Like the Sun.” And the project I moved down here with, Young Thunderkats. GRANT’S He was Young Fame at the time. I met him when he was 17 and he was in his mom’s basement. It was so dope. He had this producer kit, played all these instruments and rapped. We were the most serious out of all the people [around us] so we bonded off of that. We kept in touch over the years. We haven’t done as much music because he’s actually signed to Jerry Wonda’s label. So he’s got a semi-major record deal.
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Friday 10/7 Reckless Soul 20’S PUB Session Road BILLY’S CLUBHOUSE Some Kids BEARFOOT BEER GARDEN, 8PM C2 & The Brother’s Reed THE HUMMINGBIRD McKenzie’s Mill THE CRAZY BULL Born and raised in the small southern town of West End, North Carolina comes the rocking duo... McKenzies Mill. Founded by brothers Justin and Ryan Harris and backed by the best musicians Nashville has to offer, McKenzies Mill brings you “Southern Fried Rock & Roll!” Big Daddy & Co. WILD WING CAFE
Saturday 10/8 Mike Derhammer AP’S HIDDEN HIDEAWAY Moncrief & Friends BILLY’S CLUBHOUSE Bobby Compton THE CRAZY BULL Compton can be found performing at venues such as Wild Bill’s in Atlanta, The Georgia Theatre of Athens, Capital City in Milledgeville, Windjammer in Charleston, S.C., and the Hard Rock Café stage in Nashville during CMA Fest 2014. With thousands of CDs sold and hundreds of shows under this country boy’s belt, new sights are set in Nashville.
^ The Wood Brothers COX CAPITOL THEATRE Two talented brothers decide to form a band, adapting the blues, folk and other roots music sounds they loved as kids into their own evocative sound and twining their voices in the sort of high onesome harmony blend for which sibling singers are often renowned. Jess Goggans Band THE HUMMINGBIRD Recognized for her sultry southern grit, soulful melodies and high-energy stage presence, it is said that you can literally feel her voice moving through you. Jess’ music defies genre; it’s been referred to as “get down music,” with influences of funk, rock and blues. She is accompanied by some of the finest musicians in the Southeast. Wes Heath WILD WING CAFE
Tuesday 10/11 Dopapod COX CAPITOL THEATRE The Boston born, now generally Northeast based, but ever on-thego Dopapod has come a long way from their college basement, DIY party roots. While maintaining to be as grassroots as their humble beginnings, the group has earned praise from taste making critics like Rolling Stone, Huffington Post, Jambase, Relix, and The Boston Herald, all the while tending to their ever expanding community of devoted listeners. Opening; Pigeons Playing Ping Pong brings end-of-the-world enthusiasm to their high-energy psychedelic funk.
Sumilan (Dopapod After Party) THE HUMMINGBIRD
Wednesday 10/12 Lucero COX CAPITOL THEATRE “Having Big Star actually sing on your cover of a Big Star song that you’re recording at Ardent Studios - it doesn’t get much more exciting than that.” said front man Ben Nichols. The band has been together since 1998, and their effortless blend of modern southern rock has kept them on the radar of an ever larger Americana scene.
Tues/Sun
Karaoke 9pm
Live Music
10/7: Session Road 10/8: Matt Moncrief & Friends 10/15: The Placeholders 10/21: Southbound Mojo
1580 FOREST HILL ROAD
Friday 10/14 Mid-life Chrysler 20’S PUB Abbey Road Live! A Tribute to John Lennon COX CAPITOL THEATRE “One of the world’s premier Beatles cover bands” Abbey Road LIVE! is not your typical Beatle look-alike tribute act; don’t expect mop-top haircuts and vintage Rickenbacker guitars. Rather, this show is about bringing to life some of the more mature and complex Beatles material in a raw & spirited fashion, while remaining true to the original recordings. Combining attention to detail with a creative exuberance, the band always delights its audiences with its diverse repertoire of hits and more obscure favorites. Michael Stacy THE CRAZY BULL Choir of Babble, One Horse Parade, Howling Tongues THE HUMMINGBIRD 11thHourOnline.com 35
A Thousand Horses FRIDAY, OCT 21
430 Cherry Street | macon 741-9130 | OPEN DAILY 4PM
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2-4-1 wells 4-8PM
league MON dart $1 Wells all Day! TUES $2 Domestics/wells Team Trivia 7-9pm WED 2-4-1 Drinks / Karoake THUR $5 well liquor pitchers SUN Sunday Funday!
FRI. OCT. 7
C2 & the Brothers Reed
an idea to playing it out and people singing along, that’s the coolest part about it. There’s something so special about Featuring: Matt Brantley Band, seeing people enjoying what you do.”
Travis & Scott WILD WING CAFE
From Within BEARFOOT BEER GARDEN, 8PM
Saturday 10/15 Analog Existence, Mopeland
A Thousand Horses THE CRAZY BULL The band spent the summer opening for Jason Aldean and has charted their first No. 1, not likely to be their last. Effortlessly mixing country, drawling rock, high gospel harmony, low-country blue and old school soul into their own distinct sound. The band’s debut, Southernality is a 13-track Dave Cobb-produced album that has already given the Republic Nashville group their first major hit, with No. 1 single “Smoke.” Entertainment Weekly named A Thousand Horses “The 25 Non-Headliners to see this festival season” in April. With a high-octane style that echoes the likes of the Black Crowes, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and the Rolling Stones, this South Carolina quartet’s show might burn your beard off.
Games: Foreigner Tribute Chaos. Yesterdaze Rock and Driven TowardsHead THE HUMMINGBIRD AP’S HIDDEN HIDEAWAY The Placeholders BILLY’S CLUBHOUSE
Sunday 10/16
SAT. OCT. 8
Big Mike & the Booty Papas AP’S HIDDEN HIDEAWAY 3-7PM ON THE DECK
Jess Goggins Band TUES. OCT. 11
SUMILAN FRI. OCT. 14
ONE HORSE PARADE CHOIR OF BABBLE THE HOWLING TONGUES
SAT. OCT. 15
MILK MONEY TUES. OCT 18 THURS. OCT 20
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A2Z Band WILD WING CAFE
Robert Lee Coleman and Big Mike & the Booty Papas COX CAPITOL THEATRE Robert Lee Coleman of Macon, Georgia played guitar for Percy Sledge from 1964 to 1969. In 1970, James Brown hired him for his new band, “the JBs.” Robert’s guitar is featured on Brown’s album “Hot Pants”, including the songs “Revolution of the Mind,” recorded live at the Apollo Theater & “Make It Funky” from the “Soul Classics” A little about the band : The Night Owls are a blues trio made up of guitarist/vocalist/ songwriter Benjamin Cummings, bassist Joseph Palmer, and drummer/vocalist Jarvis Arline. These guys grew up together, gigging and playing the same streets and night clubs. Jacob Powell THE CRAZY BULL No parent ever wants to get the call that their son is giving up med school to pursue a music career, but these days Jacob Powell’s folks are seeing it as a wise decision. The young Tennessean’s high octane debut EP is rapidly earning him a reputation as one of Music Row’s most talented new singer/songwriters. Jacob Powell sings country music with an authority and authenticity that come from both God-given talent and hardearned experience. He was never meant to be a doctor. He was born for this. “I just love music,” he says. “It’s really cool to see a song go from sitting in a room with
Field Note Stenographers Presents The Living Room Concert Series: Floco Torres and Famey COX CAPITOL THEATRE In 6 years, he has released a number of projects independently which led him to winning Best Local Hip-Hop artist 4 years in a row as well Best Local album three times. In 2011, Floco won the “Gateway Macon Music Competition” for his song “Cherry Street”, an upbeat tune about his experiences throughout the city. In 2015, Floco released two EP’s produced by DJ Shawty Slim (Grammy nominated musician B.O.B’s touring DJ) and after a positive buzz from both, Torres looks to reach a larger audience on the road in 2016.
Tuesday 10/18 Drag Queen Bingo, 8pm THE HUMMINGBIRD
Thursday 10/20 Stoop Kids THE HUMMINGBIRD Stoop Kids are a psychedelic jukebox: they write and play inside a melting pot of genres, re-imagining the last 75 years of popular music.
Friday 10/21 B. Keith Williams 20’S PUB Southbound Mojo BILLY’S CLUBHOUSE
The Crossroads WILD WING CAFE
Thursday 10/27 Mac Sabbath COX CAPITOL THEATRE It was the Year of Our Lord 2013, and I was devouring a cheeseburger in a Chatsworth, CA franchise of a certain multinational fast food conglomerate which shall remain nameless. A crazed skull face painted, dirt-bag, clown sat down beside me. This Skeletor reject introduced himself as Ronald Osborne and was familiar with my work. I was informed that Ronald, Slayer Mac Cheeze, Grimalice, and the Cat Burglar, were performing secret rock shows in the bunker-like basements of the local restaurants. But the time had come, he said, to bring drive-thru metal up from the “underground,” and he asked if I would consider becoming the manager. BAM! Abruptly we were thrown to the sidewalk. (Apparently the daytime manager was not informed of this activity) I looked over at Ronald, watched him brush off the sodium chloride and GMO remnants of my UN happy meal. Before I knew it, I was in a burger stand bomb shelter, witnessing Black Sabbath music, hilarious fast food lyrics, smoldering clown heads with laser eyes, a giant purple gumdrop bass player, and happy!
MACON. WHERE THE SOUTH ROCKS. SAT OCT 8
WOOD BROTHERS
Dubbed "masters of soulful folk" by Paste, The Wood Brothers released their debut studio album, 'Ways Not To Lose,' on Blue Note in 2006. You'd be forgiven at the time for expecting it to be something of a side project. Chris Wood already had legions of devoted fans for his incomparable work as one-third of Medeski Martin & Wood, while his brother Oliver toured with Tinsley Ellis before releasing a half-dozen albums with his band King Johnson. Almost a decade later and with drummer Jano Rix added as a permanent third member, it's become quite clear that The Wood Brothers is indeed the main act.
$25+
WED OCT 12 $20+
LUCERO
What the band started in ‘98 has morphed into The South’s melodic mascot. Lucero’s new record. All A Man Should Do contains some of the most resonant lyrics Ben Nichols has ever written, lyrics that read like chapters from his life on the duality of relationships, getting older, finding where you want to be in this world, and musically we are broadening our sound. Working with producer Ted Hutt for a third time at the famous Ardent Studios, we felt comfortable enough to take some chances with a palette of new tones
WEEKEND OF MACON MUSIC
SAT OCT 15
ROBERT LEE COLEMAN BIG MIKE & THE BOOTY PAPAS BARRELHOUSE
SUN OCT 16
FLOCO TORRES FAMEY
$15
$10
TUES OCT 11
COMING UP...
$12+
$15+
PING PONG
While maintaining to be as grassroots as their humble beginnings, the group has earned praise from taste making critics like Rolling Stone, Huffington Post, Jambase, Relix, and The Boston Herald, all the while tending to their ever expanding community of devoted listeners. The past 4 years have individually held the weight of about 150 shows, which have included numerous festival appearances like Bonnaroo, Wakarusa, Electric Forest, & Gathering Of the Vibes.
FRI OCT 14
THUR OCT 27
DOPAPOD PIGEONS PLAYING
$12+
ABBEY ROAD LIVE JOHN LENNON TRIBUTE
Abbey Road LIVE! is not your typical Beatle look-alike tribute act; don't expect mop-top haircuts and vintage Rickenbacker guitars. Rather, this show is about bringing to life some of the more mature and complex Beatles material in a raw & spirited fashion, while remaining true to the original recordings. Combining attention to detail with a creative exuberance, the band always delights its audiences with its diverse repertoire of hits and more obscure favorites. "One of the world's premier Beatles cover bands” -US News and World Report
MAC SABBATH SUGAR VIRUS, DEAD HAND
I was informed that Ronald, Slayer Mac Cheeze, Grimalice, and the Cat Burglar, were performing secret rock shows in the bunker-like basements of the local restaurants. But the time had come, he said, to bring drive-thru metal up from the “underground,” and he asked if I would consider becoming the manager. BAM! Abruptly we were thrown to the sidewalk. (Apparently the daytime manager was not informed of this activity) I looked over at Ronald, watched him brush off the sodium chloride and GMO remnants of my UN happy meal. Before I knew it, I was in a burger stand bomb shelter, witnessing Black Sabbath music, hilarious fast food lyrics, smoldering clown heads with laser eyes, a giant purple gumdrop bass player, and Tony Iommi with a giant cheeseburger head. I was confused, amazed and can’t ever remember feeling so………happy!
10/28: Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band
11/10: Promised Land Sound
11/4: Russell Dickerson
11/15: Trae Crowder (the Leveral Redneck)
11/6: Anderson East “Devil In Me” Tour
11/17: Drive-By Trucker
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38 OCTOBER 6 - 20, 2016
Learn about current, future, and recently completed projects happening in Downtown Macon. Tour multiple projects and see this year’s progress for yourself! FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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