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Demonstrations, music, dancing and even a Biskit Eatin’ contest will entertain people of all ages at the 44th annual Sorghum Festival in Blairsville this weekend. PAGE 5

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Director Paul Greengrass creates a sense of authenticity in the movie “Captain Phillips,” starring two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks.

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The Oct. 19 Harvest Balloon Festival at Sterling on the Lake will close out festivities with an evening balloon glow. Familyfriendly activities will be from 1-8 p.m. at the community.

Sailing away in a balloon Harvest Balloon Festival lands in Flowery Branch From staff reports It will be a beautiful fall day to get out, and up, up and away Saturday at the fourth annual Harvest Balloon Festival at Sterling on the Lake.

The afternoon festival will be from 1-8 p.m. amid the fall foliage with balloons above and tethered about the grounds. The event will feature opportunities for visitors to float above the crowd in a hot air balloon as well as partake in family games

Fourth annual Harvest Balloon Festival When: 1-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19 Where: Sterling on the Lake, 7005 Lake Sterling Blvd., Flowery Branch Cost: Entry fee; activities cost tickets; parking $5 Contact: www.HarvestBalloon Festival.com

and carnival-style activities, pumpkin carving and an evening balloon glow and hayrides. Sterling’s Village Green is at 7005 Lake Sterling Blvd., in Flowery Branch.

For those interested in watching the balloons lift off in competition,

pilots will be ready at 8 a.m. Sunday with wind and weather permitting.

Balloonists pilot early and at day’s end for better “lift.”

Bands “Twisted Whisky” and “Route 41” will perform throughout the day.

Entrance into the festival is free, but activities cost tickets. About 30 are available for $25. Parking costs $5.

Balloon rides are an additional cost.

Tethered rides will begin at 5:30 p.m.

Saturday and last until dark. Prepaid balloon rides will begin at 7 a.m.

Sunday followed by tethered rides from 8-9:30 a.m. Sunday Proceeds will go toward Challenged Child & Friends and the Hall County Animal Shelter.

For more information, visit www.

HarvestBalloonFestival.com.

In light of all the daddydaughter dances over the past 14 years, Gainesville Parks & Recreation has made sure for the past decade the mother-son duos are not left out.

An event set apart, the 10th annual Mother-Son Halloween Dance at the Gainesville Civic Center is for mother-son duos, or moms with more than one son.

From little ones who want to dance with mom, or bigger children who dress up but go solo, all are welcome to register for the dance, which features a live DJ, a dinner and costume contest.

Gainesville Parks & Recreation created the event in response to high demand from the community. Julie ButlerColombini, marketing and communications coordinator for Gainesville Parks & Recreation, said what started as a multiplethemed event gained more popularity as a community Halloween party.

“The mothers were requesting that we do something for them and the sons,” ButlerColombini said. “One time, it was like a hoedown.

Every year, it had a different theme. And a few years ago, the staff got together and decided this is so close to Halloween, and really, truly, one night of Halloween just isn’t enough.”

Since the organization decided to turn the event

10th annual Mother-Son Halloween Dance When: 5:30-8 p.m.

Oct. 22 Where: Gainesville Civic Center Ballroom, 830 Green St. NE, Gainesville Cost: $20 per person.

Register by Oct. 18.

into a costume dance, they have grown into an expected crowd of at least 150 people, or about 75 mother-son couples.

“It looks like the folks that have registered go as little as 5 (years old), and up to sixth-grade, seventh-grade maybe,” Butler-Colombini said.

Many prizes will be given out for the best mother-son couple costume, but what those are is under wraps.

“There’s something that they all want,” she said about the prizes for the boys, which will vary by age group. “The moms have a chance to win something nice, too; but I can’t say what it is yet.”

Guests are welcome to be as imaginative as they want with their costumes, whether they are funny or frightening.

Butler-Colombini said the toughest challenge for those running the event is deciding who wins the costume contest. Due to the stiff competition, she said this year is expected to be a closer call than ever.

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Sip up sorghum at festival 44th annual event to end this weekend

BY MEREDITH PRUITT

There’s only one place you can either grab a biscuit, a chainsaw, or a dance partner to have a good time, all in the same place. The 44th annual Blairsville Sorghum Festival is back at Meeks Park, now hosted by the new Blairsville Sorghum Festival Club.

A local tradition, people from all across the country have visited the first weekend of this festival, which began with the parade Oct. 12.

The second weekend will feature children’s activities, demonstrations, square dancing, food vendors, arts, crafts and music Oct. 19-20.

Including events such as Biskit Eatin’, Pole Climbin’ and Log Sawin’, Blairsville’s biggest event has a rich history in the North Georgia mountains, said Kim Bridges, president of the Blairsville Sorghum Festival Club.

“It started back in 1969,” she said. “It was just several people, a group that got together to sell sorghum on the square, and they would dress in old-timey clothes.”

This weekend, the cast of Discovery Channel’s “Moonshiners” will join the festival. “Hazzard Life,” a famous group of enthusiasts providing the full experience of the popular TV series “The Dukes of Hazzard,” will also provide entertainment at the park this weekend.

The festival was at a

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Visitors at the Sorghum Festival test their skills throwing Tomahawks at a target in Blairsville.

fort for many years until it moved to Meeks Park seven years ago to accommodate the extra space for the growing event.

The Blairsville community looks forward to the second and third weekends in October every year to come to the park, Bridges said.

“It’s part of our heritage,” she said. “Everybody knows exactly when it’s going to be. The kids get excited.”

For its entire duration, about 20,000 people are expected to visit the festival this year. Bridges said the most popular event each year is the Biskit Eatin’ contest.

She also said people come from all over the country, including Alaska and Hawaii, to compete, stock up on authentic sorghum syrup and enjoy a fall tradition.

“A lot of people like to

come because we do make the syrup there,” she said.

We actually grow our own cane, harvest it ourselves, and then we grind it right there at the festival.”

Of course, the sorghum makers only use oldfashioned firewood cooking for their signature product.

Sorghum is a “mountain grown syrup,” from a locally grown cane. This has been a large part of the Blairsville culture for decades.

“It was just a big farming staple here in Blairsville, and a lot of people did it,” Bridges said. “It was just their way of raising money by doing that, and it just kind of exploded, I guess you could say, from that.”

After gaining attention from residents all across the state, the event was officially declared the Sorghum Festival of the State of Georgia.

Due to cancellations, vendors are still welcome

44th annual Blairsville Sorghum Festival When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 19-20 Where: Meeks Park, 409 Meeks Park Road, Blairsville Cost: Free.

to contact the Blairsvile Sorghum Festival Club at 706-745-4745 to be a part of this year’s festival.

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The stage is almost set for the unique, hometown atmosphere at the Gold Rush Days festival in downtown Dahlonega this weekend.

Since it started in 1956, vendors, volunteers and the rest of the community look forward to festival.

The 200,000 people expected to flock to the Lumpkin County town will celebrate Georgia’s first discovery of gold in 1828, all while enjoying the arts and crafts of more than 300 local vendors during Dahlonega’s biggest weekend.

Featuring a parade, the king and queen coronation, 5K run and live music, the Public Square comes alive on the third weekend of October each year. Sponsored by the Dahlonega Jaycees, cultural events such as clogging, hog calling, gospel singing, wheelbarrow racing and a buck dancing competition will be going on. It was recently voted as one of the Top 20 Events in the southeast by the Southeast Tourism Society.

When: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Oct. 19-20 Where: Public Square in downtown Dahlonega Cost: Free for festival, $20 for parade registration, cash only

322 Academy Street NE Gainesville, GA 30501 770-297-5900 www.negahc.org Tues - Sat 10am - 4pm

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Race fans start Touch a piece of plane history your engines World War II Petit Le Mans hits track in Braselton From staff reports Some of the best sports car teams in North America and Europe will be part of the Petit Le Mans endurance race Saturday at Road Atlanta in Braselton. The 16th annual running of one of the American Le Mans Series’ biggest events meshes endurance and speed as drivers participate in the 1,000 mile/10-hour race in the P1, P2 and GT classifications at the track in South Hall.

This will be the series’ final race before it merges with another premier racing series.

The series begins its final visit to the twists and turns of Road Atlanta today, when competitors begin two days of practice and qualifying Sessions lead up to the dropping of the green flag of the 16th Annual Petit Le Mans Powered by Mazda at 11:30 a.m. Saturday.

The race will feature many of the best roadcourse drivers from North America and Europe.

The annual event at Road Atlanta, a 2.54mile road circuit track with 12 turns, is the American Le Mans Series’ biggest event, and features five classes of racing. Classifications include P1, P2, GT, Prototype Challenge and GT Challenge, all of which produce different

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champions, leading to position and points battles among each classification throughout the length of the race.

Three of the five classifications have undetermined champions and there is a tie for first place in the Prototype Challenge class.

One race team many fans will have an eye on this weekend will be the team of famous actor and racer Patrick Dempsey, most commonly known for his role on the hit show “Grey’s Anatomy.”

Fans looking to catch of glimpse of Dempsey and the rest of the drivers can get and up-close and personal look at the autograph session between noon and 12:45 p.m. Friday or by walking up to the driver’s respective trailer throughout the weekend.

Dempsey and fellow drivers will also be on the track prior to the race Saturday when pit road is open to spectators.

Three other races are: The Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge by Yokohama, Cooper Tires Protoype Lites powered by Mazda and the SCCA Pro Racing Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup.

aircraft land in Blairsville

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sking@gainesvilletimes.com Three World War II era planes will fly into Blairsville, giving people of all ages a chance to interact with history this week.

The Nationwide Wings of Freedom tour is in its 24th year and visits about 110 cities in more than 35 states each year. The tour will stop at noon Oct. 21 at the Blairsville Airport in Blairsville.

The tour is sponsored by the Collings Foundation, a nonprofit educational foundation that organizes living history events.

A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress “Nine O Nine,” Consolidated B-24 Liberator “Witchcraft,” and a P-51 Mustang fighter will fly into the airport and be on display until noon Oct. 23.

According to the foundation, the B-17 is one of only eight in flying condition in the United States. The B-24J and Full Dual Control P-51C

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A B-17 airplane can be seen and touched during the Nationwide Wings of Freedom Tour from Oct. 21-23 at the Blairsville Airport.

Mustang are the sole remaining examples of their type flying in the world.

Visitors may tour the crafts inside and out for $12 for adults, and $6 for children younger than 12. WWII veterans will be allowed to tour the aircraft at no cost.

Blairsville stop organizer Beth Dyer said the event is open to people of all ages.

She added regardless of age, adults and children can expect a fun, educational opportunity.

“They will expect to find living history,” Dyer said.

“They’re going to get to see, touch, feel and crawl through these air crafts.”

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Dyer said the opportunity to actually fly in the vintage planes is “one-of-a-kind.”

Passengers will be allowed to move about the plane after take off. “(The planes) haven’t been gutted,” Dyer said.

“They’re authentically restored. They have guns mounted so you can still look through the sights.

This isn’t like an air show where you just go to see.

You actually get to touch these pieces of living history.”

Nightfall

Celebrate the season at Elachee!

Join us for an evening of fun the whole family can enjoy!

Saturday, October 19th, 5-8 pm

• Walk the “Trail of Treats” and meet costumed animal characters on the way.

• Make an Autumn-themed craft • Have your face painted • See live Nocturnal Animals and the Birds of Prey program with raptor expert, Monteen McCord • Come and listen to storytelling by Toni Hurst. She’ll spin funny nottoo-scary tales by the light of the October moon.

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goo outdoors Trek through woods at Elachee center Children can learn during Halloween From staff reports Children can experience a non-scary, natural alternative to traditional Halloween events at the annual Nightfall event in the Chicopee Woods.

Elachee Nature Science Center will provide a fun and educational event from 5-8 p.m. Oct. 19 by escorting participants through the woods to meet costumed naturalists with treats and stories to share.

During the “Trick or Treat” trek, storyteller Toni

Hurst will spin funny and not-too scary stories by the light of an October moon.

Other features include a Bird of Prey program with raptor expert, Monteen McCord, and a telescope tour of the night sky with Elachee astronomers.

Free face painting, crafts, and other activities will be offered.

Pizza, soft drinks and more will be available for sale. Guests are invited to wear their favorite costume.

Admission is $5 for nonmembers. Elachee members and children younger than 2 may enter for free. Reservations are not required.

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Welcome fall season by fishing Cast a line on Soque River in Clarkesville From staff reports To inhale the smell of the fall season and hear the serenity of a river flowing, the Fall Soque Celebration at Blackhawk Fly Fishing on the Soque River is the place to be.

The fall party will be at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18, on the river to benefit the Soque River Watershed Association and its projects that protect and restore the Soque River.

The event will include dinner, drinks, river tour,

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Participants in the Fall Soque Celebration at Blackhawk Fly Fishing show off their catch.

fly fishing demos, silent auction, and a slideshow.

“Blackhawk is a place on the Soque that everyone knows where it

is, but few have actually gotten to see,” SRWA Executive Director Justin Ellis said. “One of our goals with our events is

to show people places on the Soque they probably wouldn’t get to see otherwise.”

The site also features a farm that grows crops sold to Whole Foods.

Individual tickets are $15. Each ticket enters the purchaser’s name in a River Raffle Prize Package for two. One person will win a onenight stay at Glen Ella Springs Inn with breakfast, a canoe or kayak paddle for two on the Soque River, $50 lunch or dinner certificate at the Attic in Clarkesville, and lunch for two at Sweetbreads in Clarkesville.

Call 706-754-9382 for more information.

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Jeff marker’s review, 10

Based on real events, as is often the case, it’s debatable how truthfully “Captain Phillips” tells the true story. That aside, this film is taut with tension that builds to a breathtaking crescendo. Even the epilogue, the few final scenes after climax, are enthralling.

Director Paul Greengrass has a gift for creating a sense of authenticity, and his films are shot and edited to be as lean as possible.

My advice is to forget “Captain Phillips” is based on real events at all. It’s too good of a movie to let the truth get in the way.

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Full Moon Suspension Bridge Hike, Tallulah Falls. 7-9 p.m. Oct. 18, 7:309:30 p.m. Oct. 19, 8:15-10 p.m. Oct. 20. Tallulah Gorge State Park, 338 Jane Hurt Yarn Drive, Tallulah Falls. $5 plus $5 parking. 706-754-7981, georgiastateparks.org.

Edible and Medicinal Plants of Fall, Helen. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 19. Smithgall Woods State Park, 61 Tsalaki Trail, Helen. $35. $6 parking. 706-878-3087, georgiastateparks.org.

Road Atlanta, Braselton. 7-9 p.m. Oct. 16-19. 5300 Winder Highway, Braselton. 770-967-6143.

Fall hoedown, Blairsville. Noon to 8 p.m. Oct. 19. Vogel State Park, 405 Vogel State Park Road, Blairsville. $5 parking. $3 per person older than 13 for hayrides. 706-745-2628, georgiastateparks.org.

Fall Soque Celebration, Clarkesville. 6:30 p.m. Oct. 18. Blackhawk Trophy Flyfishing, Ga. 197, Clarkesville. Benefits the Soque River Watershed Association. $25 per ticket, $35 for two. 706-754-9382, soque.org.

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Wings of Freedom Tour, Blairsville. Noon Oct. 21 through noon Oct. 23. Blairsville Airport, 240 Airport Drive, Blairsville. Three WWII aircraft are being showcased. Adults $12, children $6. 978-562-9182, 706-658-6848, collingsfoundation.org.

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“Broadway Bound,” Clarkesville. 7:30 p.m. Oct. 19, 2 p.m. Oct. 20.

Historic Habersham Theater, 1370 Washington St., Clarkesville. Adults $10, students $5. 706-839-1315, habershamtheater.org.

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Cancer survivors and their families can celebrate their lives and future at the annual Harvest of Hope on Saturday, Oct. 19.

Sponsored by the nonprofit Glory, Hope & Life, Harvest of Hope features games, music, dragon boats For Get Out and informational exhibits. The free event will be from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Lake Lanier Olympic Center, 3105 Clarks Bridge Road, in Gainesville.

Preregistration is requested. To register, call 770-533-4705 or email jennifer.lafond@longstreetclinic.com.

All proceeds benefit the group’s Harvest of Hope Fund.

Cancer survivors celebrate at Lake Lanier

LOOKING AHEAD

“Leading Ladies,” Gainesville. 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1719, 24 and 25; 2:30 p.m. Oct. 20 and 26. Brenau Downtown Center, Gainesville. Adults $17; seniors, students and children $13. 770-534-8420.

“Focus on Realism,” Demorest.

Through Nov. 8. Reception 6-8 p.m. Oct. 17. Piedmont College MasonScharfenstein Museum of Art, 567 Georgia St., Demorest.

706-8944201, dwhite@ piedmont.edu.

“A Scape,” Gainesville. Oct. 17 through Dec. 8.

Reception 5:30-7:30 p.m. Oct. 24.

Trick or Treat on the Trail, Gainesville. 3-5 p.m. Oct. 26. Midtown Greenway Midtown Greenway near the corner of Grove and Banks Streets in Gainesville. Free. 770-5312680.

Fall ArtFest 2013, Cornelia. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 26. 330 Foster St., Cornelia. 706-4998067, burntburbonpottery@gmail.com.

John Sosebee, Dahlonega. 9 p.m. to midnight Oct. 25. Shenanigan’s, 87 Chestatee St., Dahlonega. 706-482-0114, theshenaniganspub.com.

Quinlan’s 66th annual Members’ Exhibition and Inspired Georgia: 28 Works from Georgia’s State Art Collection, Gainesville. Reception 5:30 p.m. Oct. 24. Quinlan Visual Arts Center, 514 Green St. NE, Gainesville. Free. qvac.org.

Mother-Son Halloween Dance, Gainesville. 5:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 22. Gainesville Civic Center, 830 Green St., Gainesville. City residents $15, nonresidents $20. Must register by Oct. 18. 770-5312680, gainesville.org/recreation.

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Real-life drama gives big-screen thrills ‘Captain Phillips’ Starring: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Catherine Keener, Max Martini, Chris Mulkey, John Magaro Rated: PG-13, for sustained intense sequences of menace, some violence with bloody images, and for substance use Runtime: 2 hours, 14 minutes Bottom line: Thrilling, must-see action movie

JEFF MARKER jeffmarker@rocketmail.com

Film Review Movies based on real recent events can be tricky. “Captain Phillips” is based on a true story, but as is often the case, it’s debatable how truthfully the film tells the story.

Which leaves us with two very different ways to consider the film.

Purely as a viewing experience, “Captain Phillips” is taut with tension that builds to a breathtaking crescendo.

Even the epilogue, the few final scenes after climax, are enthralling.

Director Paul Greengrass has a gift for creating a sense of authenticity, and his films are shot and edited to be as lean as possible. There are no wasted moments in a Greengrass film.

Some viewers complain about his (over)use of shaky, handheld camera and relentlessly rapid Tom Hanks, center, in a scene from “Captain Phillips.” editing, but when that style is used to tell a plausible story, it lends the film a palpable realism.

Just as he did in “United 93,” The two men bear the weight Hanks is one of the most Greengrass creates exactly that of similar responsibilities, with accomplished living actors matter-of-fact tone in “Captain totally different things at stake. on the planet, while Abdi is Phillips.” The movie briefly Greengrass was smart acting on screen for the first introduces us to Capt. Richard enough to not reach for some time. Amazingly, I’m not sure Phillips (Tom Hanks), a family grand social statement, instead which actor gives the stronger man who complains to his wife letting his lead actors do the performance.

(Catherine Keener) about how work. That he was brave enough Abdi’s character is both difficult and dangerous the to place so much responsibility menacing and desperate. Abdi in the hands of an amateur actor shipping business has become. portrays both sides of the is remarkable.

We then jump to Somalia and character but also gives Muse a It’s worth noting, too, that one meet Muse (Barkhad Abdi), a sympathetic humanity. And he of the movie’s most powerful wire-thin young man who steals equals Hanks’ charisma. scenes — the scene that will to survive. Muse leads the small Hanks’ and Abdi’s characters likely win an Oscar for Hanks subtly bond over the course pirate crew that will soon hijack — was improvised. After they of the film and offer poignant Phillips’ cargo freighter, the shot the scripted final scene parallels. Phillips captains the Maersk Alabama. and decided it didn’t have the huge Maersk Alabama, while The contrasts between the impact Greengrass wanted, Muse captains a pirate skiff. two lead actors are fascinating.

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they improvised a replacement scene using crew members of the real U.S.S. Bainbridge interacting with Hanks. That sort of filmmaking rarely happens in Hollywood movies.

We have to remember, though, that Greengrass is also the director of “The Bourne Supremacy,” “The Bourne Ultimatum” and other action movies. And when he works in the action genre, he has a history of blatantly manipulating his audience. He does it again in “Captain Phillips.”

As the third act progresses, the adherence to cinema vérité storytelling disappears, and

it feels more and more like a Hollywood action movie.

This is good and bad. It’s a shame that the sense of authenticity is destroyed, but it’s still a suspenseful action movie.

But here is where “Captain Phillips” is especially problematic.

The movie portrays Phillips as thoroughly heroic. He is amazingly resourceful and cool-headed even with a gun pointed at him, and he does everything possible to protect his crew. Many of those details are verifiably accurate.

However, the movie barely acknowledges the importance of other crew members’ heroic acts. The movie might be more credible if it didn’t exalt Phillips as the sole hero.

Also, some crew members of the real Maersk Alabama have filed a lawsuit alleging Phillips ignored warnings and made decisions that put them in harm’s way to begin with.

My advice is to forget “Captain Phillips” is based on real events at all. It’s too good of a movie to let the truth get in the way.

Jeff Marker is head of the Communication, Media & Journalism Department at the University of North Georgia. His reviews appear weekly in Get Out and on gainesvilletimes.com/getout.

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‘Living Dead’ still terrifies audiences

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From the film archives From AMC’s “The Walking Dead” to “World War Z,” zombies have inundated popular media during the past few years. In honor of zombies and Halloween, I returned to the birth of the modern zombie flick: the 1968 independent film “Night of the Living Dead.”

In 1967, George A. Romero began his career as a horror film director with a ragtag group of Pittsburgh residents — most of whom had no previous experience in filmmaking — and a budget of a little more than $100,000.

The result was “Night of the Living Dead,” which became one of the most successful horror films of its time and spawned the billion-dollar zombie film For Get Out industry that continues to this day.

“Night of the Living Dead” became the most successful horror film of its era. The 1967 independent, low-budget, This black-and-white film black-and-white film kicked off the zombie genre with its gruesome scenes of cannibalism and murder. chronicles the story of a group of survivors who barricade creatures that look like people useless. While some supporting which leads to one of the tragic themselves inside a rural house but behave like animals. Some characters are bland and boring, climaxes of the movie. when “ghouls,” or reanimated tell of seeing victims that looked none of them detract from “Night” breaks several corpses, begin rising from their as if they had been torn apart. the story and a feeling of loss culturally significant barriers graves and attacking the living.

This whole ghastly story began accompanies nearly every death. during its 90-minute runtime.

The story begins with siblings developing two days ago, and “Night of the Living Dead” The main character Ben is Johnnie and Barbara, who are from that point on, these terrible is clearly a product of its era. played by Duane Jones, who is visiting a relative’s gravesite events kept on snowballing in The movie suggests the cause the first African-American to when the zombies begin to a reign of terror that has not of the pandemic is a rare form perform the starring role in a attack. Johnnie is quickly killed abated.” of radiation brought back to horror film. and Barbara flees to a nearby All of the usual conflicts one Earth from Venus on a NASA Because of its gruesome house, where she meets Ben and expects in a modern horror probe. Considering the race to scenes of cannibalism, murder the rest of the survivors. film are present in “Night.” But space and the nuclear armanent and family violence, the film Later in the film, a radio occasionally it takes unexpected programs between the United caused a lot controversy and newscaster aptly summarizes turns, always leaving me glued States and the former Soviet received heavy backlash from the situation: to the edge of my seat.

Union, it seems plausible. critics. To make matters worse, “Eyewitness accounts The acting is surprisingly In addition, local police and it was released a month before described the assassins as good for a low-budget film with citizen militias begin hunting the Motion Picture Association ordinary-looking people, a relatively inexperienced crew. the zombies in a haphazard of America began its rating misshapen monsters, people who Ben is impressive and Barbara search-and-destroy capacity, system, which allowed anyone, look like they’re in a trance and is endearing, though a little reminiscent of the Vietnam War, including children, to see the

Reporter Andrew Akers will conduct a monthly review of classic and iconic films he has never seen for The Times to provide readers a new perspective on archived films. Email suggestions to getout@ gainesvilletimes.com.

movie in theaters.

“The kids in the audience were stunned. There was almost complete silence,” movie critic Roger Ebert said in his 1967 reaction to the film. “The movie had stopped being delightfully scary about halfway through and had become unexpectedly terrifying.

“There was a little girl across the aisle from me, maybe 9 years old, who was sitting very still in her seat and crying.”

Much of the criticism of the film centered around the fact that kids were allowed to see this film in theaters. But compared to modern horror movies, the violent scenes are not extremely gory.

The most significant aspect of “Night,” is the fact that it created the modern concept of the zombie without ever using the word. Zombie movies existed before in movies like “White Zombie” or “I Walked with a Zombie,” but they were not the moaning and flesh-eating horde that Romero invented and used to much-terrifying effect.

Cultural significance aside, “Night of the Living Dead” is scary and thoroughly entertaining. If you have ever enjoyed a zombie film, do yourself a favor and watch this one.

Andrew Akers is a part-time reporter for The Times. He can be reached at aakers@gainesville times.com.

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Hollywood 15 Stadium Cinemas 770-539-9200

120 Green Hill Circle NW, Gainesville

Baggage Claim (PG-13) Thu. 5:00-7:30-10:00 Fri.-Sun. 2:30-5:00-7:30-10:00 Captain Phillips (PG-13) Thu. 4:00-7:00-8:00-9:15 Fri.Sun. 1:00-4:00-7:00-9:15 Carrie (R) Thu. 10:00 Fri.Sun. 2:00-4:45-7:15-9:45 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (PG) Thu. 5:307:45-10:00 Fri.-Sun. 1:003:15-5:30-7:45-10:00 Don Jon (R) Thu. 5:00-7:30 Escape Plan (R) Thu. 10:00 Fri.-Sun. 1:15-4:00-7:009:45 The Family (R) Thu. 4:006:45 The Fifth Estate (R) Fri.-Sun. 1:15-4:00-7:00-9:30 Grace Unplugged (PG) Thu. 4:15-7:00-9:30 Fri.-Sun. 1:30-4:15-7:00-9:45 Gravity (PG-13) Thu. 5:30-7:45-9:30 Fri.-Sun. 1:00-1:45-3:15-5:30-7:459:30-10:00 Gravity 3D (PG-13) Thu.Sun. 4:30-7:00-10:00 Grown Ups 2 (PG-13) Thu. 5:15 Insidious: Chapter 2 (PG-13) Thu. 4:15-7:15-9:45 Fri.Sun. 1:45-4:15-7:15-9:45 Instructions Not Included (PG-13) Thu. 4:15-6:459:45 Fri.-Sun. 1:30-4:156:45-9:30 Machete Kills (R) Thu. 4:30-7:00-9:45 Fri.-Sun. 1:45-4:30-7:15-9:45 Prisoners (R) Thu. 4:45-8:00 Fri.-Sun. 1:30-4:45-8:00 Runner Runner (R) Thu. 4:30-7:15-9:45 Fri.-Sun. 2:15-4:30-6:45 Rush (R) Thu. 4:00-6:459:30 Fri.-Sun. 1:15-4:006:45-9:30

Mall Of Georgia Stadium 20 IMAX & RPX 678-482-5858

3333 Buford Drive, Suite 3000, Buford

Baggage Claim (PG-13) Thu. 12:35-2:55-5:107:35-9:55 Fri. 12:35-2:555:10-7:35-9:55-12:15 Sat. 10:15-12:35-2:55-5:107:35-9:55-12:15 Sun. 10:15-12:35-2:55-5:107:35-9:55 Captain Phillips (PG-13) Thu. 12:30-1:10-1:303:35-4:10-4:30-6:45-7:107:30-7:50-10:10-10:50 Fri. 1:10-1:30-4:10-4:307:10-7:30-10:10-10:30 Sat. 10:05-10:30-1:101:30-4:10-4:30-7:107:30-10:10-10:30 Sun. 10:30-1:10-1:30-4:10-4:307:10-7:30-10:10-10:30 Carrie (R) Thu. 10:00-10:30 Fri. 12:35-2:00-3:05-4:305:00-5:30-7:00-7:559:25-10:25-10:45-11:55 Sat. 10:10-11:00-11:3012:35-2:00-3:05-4:305:00-5:30-7:00-7:55-9:2510:25-10:45-11:55 Sun. 10:10-11:00-11:30-12:352:00-3:05-4:30-5:00-5:307:00-7:55-9:25-10:2510:45 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (PG) Thu.-Fri. 12:55-3:20-5:40-8:0510:30 Sat.-Sun. 10:3012:55-3:20-5:40-8:0510:30 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 3D (PG) Thu. 12:00-12:30-2:25-2:554:35-7:00 Fri.-Sun. 12:002:25-4:35 Don Jon (R) Thu. 12:105:10-10:00 Enough Said (PG-13) Fri. 12:15-2:35-4:50-7:15-9:3011:50 Sat. 10:05-12:152:35-4:50-7:15-9:30-11:50 Sun. 12:15-2:35-4:50-7:159:30 Escape Plan (R) Thu. 10:00 Fri.-Sat. 12:00-2:15-2:405:20-7:20-8:00-10:4012:25 Sun. 12:00-2:152:40-5:20-7:20-8:00-10:40 The Fifth Estate (R) Fri.-Sun. 12:20-3:35-7:10-10:15 Grace Unplugged (PG) Thu. 12:05-2:30-4:55 Fri.-Sat.

12:05-2:30-4:55-7:20-9:4512:10 Sun. 12:05-2:304:55-7:20-9:45 Gravity (PG-13) Thu. 1:457:15 Fri.-Sat. 1:45-7:1511:50 Sun. 1:45-7:15 Gravity 3D (PG-13) Thu. 1:15-3:30-4:00-5:458:00-9:30-10:15 Fri. 1:15-3:30-4:00-5:458:00-9:30-10:15-12:30 Sat. 11:00-11:30-1:153:30-4:00-5:45-8:009:30-10:15-12:30 Sun. 11:00-11:30-1:15-3:304:00-5:45-8:00-9:30-10:15 Gravity: An IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) Thu. 12:15-2:30-4:45-7:00-9:15 Fri. 12:15-2:30-4:457:00-9:15-11:30 Sat. 10:00-12:15-2:30-4:457:00-9:15-11:30 Sun. 10:00-12:15-2:30-4:457:00-9:15 I’m in Love With a Church Girl (PG) Thu. 8:00-10:45 Fri. 12:50-3:55-7:00-7:3010:05-10:35 Sat.-Sun. 10:05-12:50-3:55-7:007:30-10:05-10:35 Insidious: Chapter 2 (PG-13) Thu.-Sun. 12:05-2:35-5:157:50-10:25 Instructions Not Included (PG-13) Thu. 2:10-5:007:50-10:35 Fri.-Sun. 1:207:35 Machete Kills (R) Thu. 12:45-2:30-3:15-5:45-7:308:15-10:45 Fri. 12:45-3:155:45-8:15-10:45 Sat.-Sun. 10:00-12:45-3:15-5:458:15-10:45 Metallica: Through the Never 3D (R) Thu. 9:50 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (PG) Thu. 12:052:35-5:05 Prisoners (R) Thu. 12:003:25-7:05-10:30 Fri. 4:1510:15 Sat.-Sun. 10:004:15-10:15 Romeo & Juliet (PG-13) Thu. 1:30-4:35-7:20-10:10 Fri.Sun. 1:45-7:15 Runner Runner (R) Thu. 12:25-3:05-5:20-5:457:35-8:05-10:20 Fri.-Sun. 12:00-5:00-10:05 Rush (R) Thu. 1:15-4:107:05-10:00 Fri.-Sun. 2:007:30 We’re the Millers (R) Thu. 12:10-2:40-5:15-7:5510:25 Fri. 4:30-10:10 Sat.Sun. 11:05-4:30-10:10

Movies 400 678-513-4400 415 Atlanta Road, Cumming

Captain Phillips (PG-13) Thu.-Sun. (12:40-3:50) 7:00-10:05 Carrie (R) Fri.-Sun. (1:153:50) 7:10-9:40 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (PG) Thu.-Sun. (12:45) 9:30 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 3D (PG) Thu.Sun. (3:15) 7:00 Escape Plan (R) Fri.-Sun. (12:45-3:40) 6:45-9:45 The Family (R) Thu. (1:103:55) 7:00-10:00 Fri.-Sun. (1:10) 7:00 Gravity (PG-13) Fri.-Sun. (12:30) 10:10 Gravity 3D (PG-13) Thu. (12:30-2:55-5:20) 7:4510:10 Fri.-Sun. (2:55-5:20) 7:45 Insidious: Chapter 2 (PG-13) Thu. (1:15-4:00) 7:20-9:55 Machete Kills (R) Thu.

(12:55-3:40) 7:10-9:50 Fri.Sun. (4:00) 10:00 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (PG) Thu.-Sun. (1:05-3:45) 6:30-9:10 Planes (PG) Thu.-Sun. (1:00-4:00) Prisoners (R) Thu.-Sun. (1:20-5:00) 9:00 Riddick (R) Thu.-Sun. 7:1010:00 Runner Runner (R) Thu.Sun. (12:30-2:55-5:20) 7:45-10:10 Rush (R) Thu.-Sun. (12:553:55) 7:00-10:00 We’re the Millers (R) Thu.Sun. (1:00-3:40) 7:15-9:55

Habersham Hills Cinemas 6 706-776-7469 2115 Cody Road, Mount Airy

Captain Phillips (PG-13) Thu.Fri. 4:15-7:00-9:45 Sat.Sun. 1:30-4:15-7:00-9:45 Carrie (R) Fri. 5:15-7:15-9:30

Sat.-Sun. 1:00-3:15-5:307:45-10:00 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (PG) Thu.-Fri. 5:00-7:15-9:30 Sat.-Sun. 12:45-3:00-5:15-7:30-9:45 Escape Plan (R) Fri. 5:007:30-10:00 Sat.-Sun. 1:454:30-7:15-9:45 Grace Unplugged (PG) Thu. 4:45-7:00-9:15 Fri. 4:459:30 Sat.-Sun. 2:00-7:15 Gravity (PG-13) Thu.-Fri. 5:15-7:30-9:45 Sat.-Sun. 2:30-4:45-7:30-10:00 Machete Kills (R) Thu. 4:307:15-9:30 Fri. 7:15 Sat.Sun. 4:45-9:30 Runner Runner (R) Thu. 5:307:45-10:00

Dawson 400 Stadium Cinemas 706-216-1622 189 North 400, Dawsonville

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ifteen years of incredible American Le Mans Series (ALMS) presented by Tequila Patrón history culminates with the Petit Le Mans powered by Mazda Oct. 16-19 at Road Atlanta. This year’s 1,000mile (or 10 hours) endurance race will be the 147th and final race of the ALMS. Don’t miss the farewell appearance of the LMP1 cars that have been captivating race fans at Road Atlanta since their debut in 1998. These exotic, high-tech thoroughbreds represent leading edge automotive technology, and Petit Le Mans is the ultimate showcase. The historic final chapter of the ALMS will be written Oct. 16-19 at Road Atlanta, celebrating the end of a thrilling era and the birth of the new United SportsCar Racing series.

If you are looking for a spine-tingling, goose bump inducing dose of horsepower, head to Road Atlanta Oct. 16-19. The spectacle of the world’s best sports car racing teams racing into the night on Road Road Atlanta Track Atlanta’s famed 12-turn, 2.54mile circuit ranks among the most memorable experiences in road racing.

Gates open Wednesday, Oct. 16th with racing every day and the main feature beginning at 11 am on Sat., Oct. 19th. Tickets are now on sale, with a wide variety of viewing, camping and parking options available. Visit roadatlanta.com or call 800-849-RACE for complete details.

Big Schedule of Supporting Events at Petit The NASCAR K&N Pro Series East headlines a stellar lineup of supporting events at Petit Le Mans. This will be the first appearance of the K&N Pro Series at Road Atlanta. The series features future stars of NASCAR competing in Toyota, Dodge, Chevrolet and Ford entries as they hone their skills and prepare to move up to the next level of NASCAR.

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Folk tunes come alive at Gainesville church Voices of North Georgia to perform From staff reports Local choral group Voices of North Georgia will present “BOB and ALICE” this weekend.

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The Terrence W. Holeman gospel group will perform Saturday at Gold Rush Days in Dahlonega. Members are, from left: front row Taffy N. Willis, Alaina N. Holeman, Terrence W. Holeman and Joy N. Holeman; and back row, Crawford Bailey, Terrence Michael Holeman, Trelis O. Willis Sr. and Bredron R. Lytle.

Army veteran to play at Gold Rush Days From staff reports Called the Singing Quartermaster of Northeast Georgia, Terrence W. Holeman and his gospel group will perform at noon Saturday, Oct. 19, on the mainstage at Gold Rush in Dahlonega.

Holeman, the Quartermaster at the University of North Georgia, has titled the gospel concert: “Born In The U.S.A.” “This concert is dedicated to all citizens and allies who love our great country,” said Holeman, who served in the U.S. Army for seven years.

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■■ Continued from 12 Captain Phillips (PG-13) Thu. 4:00-7:00-8:00-9:30 Fri.Sun. 1:00-4:00-7:00-9:15 Carrie (R) Thu. 10:00 Fri.Sun. 1:30-4:15-7:15-10:00 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (PG) Thu. 5:307:45-9:15 Fri.-Sun. 1:003:15-5:30-7:45-10:00 Don Jon (R) Thu. 4:15 Escape Plan (R) Thu. 10:00 Fri.-Sun. 1:30-4:15-7:009:45 The Family (R) Thu. 4:30 The Fifth Estate (R) Fri.-Sun.

1:00-4:00-7:00-9:45 Gravity (PG-13) Thu. 7:4510:00 Fri.-Sun. 1:00-3:157:45-10:00 Gravity 3D (PG-13) Thu.-Sun. 5:30-7:00 Insidious: Chapter 2 (PG-13) Thu. 4:30-7:00-9:30 Fri.Sun. 2:00-4:30-10:00 Machete Kills (R) Thu. 4:00-7:15-9:45 Fri.-Sun. 2:00-4:30-7:15-9:45 Prisoners (R) Thu. 4:30-8:00 Fri.-Sun. 1:15-4:30-8:00 Runner Runner (R) Thu. 5:30-7:45 We’re the Millers (R) Thu. 4:00-7:15-10:00 Fri.-Sun. 1:30-4:00-7:15-10:00

Concert calendar This week

Chris Mann, Atlanta.

8 p.m. Oct. 18. Atlanta Symphony Hall, 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta. $25-$55. 800-745-3000, atlantasymphony.org.

Lynard Skynard, Alpharetta. Oct. 18. Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park, 2200 Encore

Etc. events This week

Casa Blanca Casino Night, Gainesville. 7-11 p.m. Oct. 19. Gainesville Civic Center, Gainesville.

Benefits Hall-Dawson Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children. $50. 770-531-1964,

Outdoors events This week

Fall Soque Celebration, Clarkesville. 6:30 p.m. Oct. 18. Blackhawk Trophy Flyfishing, Ga. 197, Clarkesville. Benefits the Soque River Watershed Association. $25 per ticket, $35 for two. 706-754-9382, soque.org.

Full Moon Suspension Bridge Hike, Tallulah Falls.

7-9 p.m. Oct. 18, 7:309:30 p.m. Oct. 19, 8:1510 p.m. Oct. 20. Tallulah

Robert Shaw and Alice Parker arranged a collection of American spirituals, folk songs and hymns.

Concerts will be at 7:30

p.m. Friday, Oct. 18, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, at St. Paul United Methodist Church, 404 Washington Street in Gainesville.

Ticket are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors and students and $5 for

children younger than 11 years old.

Tickets are available from chorus members or by calling 678-5911545. Tickets will also be available at the door for each performance.

Parkway, Alpharetta. $19.50-$89.50. 800-7453000, vzwamp.com or ticketmaster.com.

Jason Connelly, Dahlonega. 9 p.m. to midnight Oct. 18. Shenanigan’s, 87 Chestatee St., Dahlonega. 706-482-0114, theshenaniganspub.com.

Kaylee Rose, Dahlonega.

8:30-11:30 p.m. Oct. 19. Shenanigan’s, 87 Chestatee St., Dahlonega. 706-482-0114,

theshenaniganspub.com.

Grace & Tony, Duluth. Oct. 19. Red Clay Theatre & Arts Center, 3116 Main St., Duluth. 678-957-7283.

Larkin Poe, Dahlonega.

8:30 p.m. Oct. 19. The Crimson Moon Cafe, 24 N. Park St., Dahlonega.

Advance $18, day of show $20. 706-864-3982, thecrimsonmoon.com.

Darius Rucker with special guests Justin Moore, Randy Houser, Alpharetta. 3:30 p.m. Oct. 19. Verizon

Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park, 2200 Encore Parkway, Alpharetta. $19-$79.50. 800-7453000, vzwamp.com or dariusrucker.com.

38 Special with performances by Georgia Red Clay and A Thousand Horses, Buford. 6 p.m., Oct. 19. Buford Community Center, 2200 Buford Highway, Buford.

Free. 770-945-6762, bufordcommunitycenter. com.

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Rooster’s Perch Concert and Car, Truck and Motorcycle Show, Gainesville. 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Oct. 19. 896 Main St., Gainesville. Free. Car registration $15. 678-6175527, 678-451-3290.

The Post Petit LeMans Motorcycle Charity Ride, Braselton. 9 a.m. Oct. 20.

Road Atlanta, 5300 Winder Highway, Braselton. $25 per bike includes light breakfast and coffee.

423-488-3967, www. hatcherfoundation.org/ charityride/.

Wings of Freedom Tour, Blairsville. 12 p.m. Oct. 21 through 12 p.m. Oct. 23. Blairsville Airport, 240 Airport Drive, Blairsville.

Three WWII aircraft are being showcased. Adults $12, children $6. 978562-9182, 706-658-6848, collingsfoundation.org.

Buford Lanier Woman’s Club’s 90th anniversary celebration, Buford. Oct. 24.

Buford Community Center, 2200 Buford Highway, Buford. 678-482-6369.

Gorge State Park, 338 Jane Hurt Yarn Drive, Tallulah Falls. $5 plus $5 parking. 706-754-7981, georgiastateparks.org.

Edible and Medicinal Plants of Fall, Helen. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 19. Smithgall Woods State Park, 61 Tsalaki Trail, Helen. $35 or $30 if paid by Oct. 4. $6 parking. 706-878-3087, georgiastateparks.org.

Health and Fitness Expo, Athens. Noon to 6 p.m.

Oct. 19. The Classic Center, 300 N. Thomas St., Athens. Free. 706-3574444.

Fall hoedown, Blairsville.

Noon to 8 p.m. Oct. 19.

Vogel State Park, 405 Vogel State Park Road, Blairsville. $5 parking. $3

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Broadway music rings in Habersham From staff reports “Broadway Bound,” a revue of musical theater solo, duet and ensemble hits will be performed by Habersham Community Theatre young stars Saturday and Sunday.

Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Historic Habersham Theater in Clarkesville.

Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for students. Tickets may be purchased by calling 706-839-1315 or visiting www.habershamtheater. org.

Selections from Disney’s “Snow White” production will be featured.

Singing Snow White’s songs will be Christie Taylor with Austin Solesbee as the prince. The seven dwarves tunes will be Brensley Adams, Jolie Ford, Makayla Ryals, Skyler Voss, Caroline Williams, Mary Catherine

‘Broadway Bound’ When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday Where: Habersham Theater, 1370 Washington St., Clarkesville.

Cost: $10 for adults; $5 for students Contact: www.habershamtheater. org

Williams and Megan Zimmerman.

Other performers include Jorjanne Flake, Nathaniel Caudell and Lawson Lewallen.

The young singers also will perform songs from “Annie,” “Oliver” and “Peter Pan,” featuring soloists Hendricks Coates and Madeline Palmer.

Art events This Week

“Focus on Realism,” Demorest. Through Nov. 8. Reception 6-8 p.m. Oct. 17.

Piedmont College Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art, 567 Georgia Street, Demorest. 706-894-4201, dwhite@

Family events This week

Drive for the Kids, Gainesville. 5-8:30 p.m. Oct. 18. Mount Vernon Elementary School parking lot, 4844 Jim Hood Road, Gainesville. Free. Benefits the school and the antibullying project SEATBELT. 770983-1759.

Pumpkin Chunkin, Flowery Branch. Noon to 6 p.m. Oct. 19, The Springs, 6553 Spout Springs Road, Flowery Branch.

Throwing contest with prizes awarded for most accurate and longest throws during

Theater events This week

“Leading Ladies,” Gainesville. 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 17, 18, 19, 24 and 25; 2:30 p.m. Oct. 20 and 26. Brenau Downtown Center,

LeAnne Nicholson, who was seen in numerous HCT productions, returns to sing “The Girl in 14G.” HCT 2013 scholarship winner and Brenau University voice major Shelby Cody will sing “No Good Deed” from “Wicked.” Cody was seen in many roles at HCT including “Annie.”

Another former HCT star, Zack Smagur will sing “They Call the Wind Maria” from “Paint Your Wagon.”

Last March, Smagur won the Georgia NATS first place award in music theater. He is a music theater major at Piedmont.

High school students Nathaniel Caudell, Peyton Kinnarath, Lawson Lewallen, Tori Sesam, Maggie Smagur and Austin Solesbee will perform other favorite solos and duets from such shows as “Camelot,” “South Pacific,” “Les Miserables” and “Phantom of the Opera.”

piedmont.edu.

Quinlan’s 66th annual Members’ Exhibition and Inspired Georgia: 28 Works from Georgia’s State Art Collection, Gainesville.

Reception 5:30 p.m. Oct. 24. Quinlan Visual Arts Center, 514 Green St. NE, Gainesville. Free. qvac.org.

“A Scape,” Gainesville. Oct. 17 through Dec. 8. Reception 5:30-7:30 p.m. Oct. 24.

both contests. 770-965-9506.

Nightfall, Gainesville. 5-8 p.m. Oct. 19.

Elachee Nature Science Center, 2125 Elachee Drive, Gainesville. Elachee members free, nonmembers $5. 770-5351976, elachee.org.

Harvest of Hope, Gainesville. 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 19. Lake Lanier Olympic Center, 3105 Clarks Bridge Road, Gainesville. Free. Preregistration requested. 770-533-4705, jennifer.lafond@ longstreetclinic.com.

Gold Rush Days, Dahlonega. Oct. 19-20.

Downtown Dahlonega. Free. 706-8643513.

Gainesville. Adults $17; seniors, students and children $13. 770-534-8420.

“The Wizard of Oz,” Atlanta. Through Oct. 20. Center for Puppetry Arts, 1404 Spring St. NW at 18th, Atlanta. Members $9.25, nonmembers $16.50. 404-881-5151, puppet.org.

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