Community Events
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Event List
- Historic HeartlandArt Exhibit
The Madison Artists Guild & Gallery's 6th Annual Holiday Market is filled with one of a kind gifts ready to purchase for the holidays – wreaths, ornaments, pottery, jewelry, glass art, paintings and more.
The market will be open Oct. 18-Dec. 31, during regular MAGallery hours: Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., with extended hours of 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Shop Sip ‘N Stroll Saturdays in November, during Madison’s Fifth Fridays (open until 7 p.m.), Holiday Tour of Homes and Candlelight Shopping (open until 7 p.m.).
With more than 30 artists providing a variety of handmade items, shoppers will find something for everyone this holiday season.
Come early to find the best selections.
- Historic HeartlandArt Exhibit
The Madison Artists Guild Gallery presents Hand Painted Canvas Rugs Exhibition by M. Lesnikowski, Oct. 17-Nov. 16.
The Madison Artists Guild Gallery is open Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Opening Reception Oct. 18 at 6 p.m.
- Atlanta MetroCommunity, Food & Drink
Cook & Compete OR Just Come To Eat!
This much-anticipated event promises an afternoon full of delicious food, lively competition, and family-friendly fun. This year’s Chili Cook Off offers something for everyone, whether you’re donning your chef’s hat to compete for the title of best chili or just eager to sample from over 50 different chili recipes crafted by amateur chefs, restaurants, and caterers. Attendees can cast their votes for their favorite chili, adding to the excitement as competitors vie for coveted trophies. Whether you’re a die-hard chili enthusiast or simply looking for a fun outdoor activity this Fall, the Atlanta Chili Cook Off is the event you won’t want to miss.Register Your Team Today: Registration ends on October 1st, 2024. Don’t miss your chance to be part of this spicy competition! $5,000.00 in prizes & awards for top amateur, junior and restaurant teams, people's choice and most spirited! Come win bragging rights, plaques, medals, prizes and more! Sign up and compete or get your tickets today. General Admission & VIP tickets are available and kids, 12 & under, are FREE. For ticket options and more event details, please visit: www.AtlantaChiliCookOff.com
TICKET PACKAGES
General Admission: Advance $15 - $25, Door - $30 (Unlimited chili tastings starting at 1:00 P.M.)
VIP: Advance - $30.00 - $50.00. (1 hours early admission starting at 12 noon with Unlimited chili samples, Open Bar, Commemorative Spoon & more)
*Children 10 & under are free with adult ticket purchase*
Tickets: https://www.bigtickets.com/e/amg/atlanta-chili-cook-off-2024/?referral=… - Atlanta MetroKids & Family, Other, Outdoors
Join the Animal Care Team and one of our talented animal artists, meeting either the Zoo’s “VanGoat” or “Baaahlo,” and take home a unique work of art in this unforgettable experience.
Learn about the positive reinforcement training process of becoming an animal artist. See firsthand the ways this enrichment activity fits into high standards of care for animals at the Zoo when you meet a goat or sheep and see their art creation in action. Please note that we cannot guarantee a specific animal for your program.
- Meet at the Petting Zoo area of Outback Station 15 minutes before the Wild Encounter start time.
- Please note that availability is limited for all Wild Encounters.
- Includes one (1) take-home canvas per registered group.
DAYS AVAILABLE:
Saturdays at 3:15 p.m.COST: $75 per group of up to four people, + individual Zoo Admission | Includes one painting per group of four people.
MEMBER COST: $67.50 | Includes one painting per group of four people.
AGE RANGE: All ages
AGE SPECIFICATIONS:
- Youths 15 years old and under must be accompanied by an adult.
- There must be one adult in attendance with each registration.
- Youth 3 and under must remain with their adult group members at all times.
- Northwest GeorgiaKids & Family
Sensory Friendly Mornings is an exclusive event for individuals with different sensory processing skills and their families to have a fun, enjoyable and interactive learning experience in a comfortable and accepting environment. This sensory-friendly event offers a conscious effort to eliminate extra stimuli.
- Northwest GeorgiaArt Exhibit
Come take a stroll through the world where differences are cherished and kindness flourishes, a world we’d all like to live in, a world envisioned and created by artists and friends Maxine Hess and Jeanne Hewell-Chambers--on exhibit at the Southeastern Quilt and Textile Museum in Carrollton Sept. 26-Dec. 5.
Museum hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday.
- Historic HeartlandCommunity
Shop, Sip & Stroll is a chance to explore the various Downtown Madison retailers while enjoying complimentary beverages, special retail and restaurant promotions! In addition, the streets of Madison will be alive with holiday music. Downtown Madison will be decked out in its holiday finery on Saturday, Nov. 16 and Saturday, Nov. 23 at 10 a.m. and waiting for your visit.
- Atlanta MetroConcert
Locals and Legends is an electrifying showcase uniting the talents of regional/local jazz artists with the timeless brilliance of legendary jazz artists!
Join locals Karla Harris and Joe Alterman as they welcome legendary jazz clarinetist Ken Peplowski. Celebrate the spirit and rich heritage of jazz in an evening of unparalleled magic, where the heartbeat of the local scene joins with iconic national and international stars.
- Magnolia MidlandsCommunity, Concert
Will Moseley Kicks off a two-day run at The Martin Theatre on Friday, Nov. 15.
Doors open at 7 p.m.
Music starts at 8 p.m.
Tickets: $40
No refunds.
Will Moseley will be joined by the following artists:
- Nov. 15: The Page Brothers Band
- Nov. 16: Jack Blocker
- Historic HeartlandArt Exhibit
In recognition of the vital importance of increased visibility and diverse representation of LGBTQ+ communities and issues, particularly in our rural areas, the Steffen Thomas Museum of Art is honored to present Queer Perspectives, a juried exhibition in Fall 2024.
- Presidential PathwaysKids & Family
Join us every weekend at the Callaway Discovery Center for our Woodland Workshops Series! Woodland Workshops is a hands on workshop for children of all ages.
- Sept. 21-22 - Animal Track Molds
- Sept. 28-29 - Bee/Bug Hotels
- Oct. 5-6 - “Pebbles” the Stone Snake
- Oct. 12-13 - Make a Garden Stone
- Oct. 19-20 - Monster Pumpkins
- Oct. 26-27 - Monster Pumpkins
- Nov. 2-3 - Pinecone Bird Feeder
- Nov. 9-10 - Leaf Pounding
- Nov. 16-17 - Animal Track Molds
- Nov. 23-24 - Gourd Birdhouses
- Nov. 30-Dec. 1 - Dried Leaf Art
- Dec. 7-8 - Wood Ornaments
- Dec. 14-15 - Wood Ornaments
- Dec. 21-22 - Make a Winter Wreath
- Dec. 28-29 - Make a Garden Stone
- Historic HeartlandArt Exhibit
The Madison Artists Guild & Gallery's 6th Annual Holiday Market is filled with one of a kind gifts ready to purchase for the holidays – wreaths, ornaments, pottery, jewelry, glass art, paintings and more.
The market will be open Oct. 18-Dec. 31, during regular MAGallery hours: Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., with extended hours of 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Shop Sip ‘N Stroll Saturdays in November, during Madison’s Fifth Fridays (open until 7 p.m.), Holiday Tour of Homes and Candlelight Shopping (open until 7 p.m.).
With more than 30 artists providing a variety of handmade items, shoppers will find something for everyone this holiday season.
Come early to find the best selections.
- Historic HeartlandArt Exhibit
The Madison Artists Guild Gallery presents Hand Painted Canvas Rugs Exhibition by M. Lesnikowski, Oct. 17-Nov. 16.
The Madison Artists Guild Gallery is open Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Opening Reception Oct. 18 at 6 p.m.
- Northwest GeorgiaKids & Family
Sensory Friendly Mornings is an exclusive event for individuals with different sensory processing skills and their families to have a fun, enjoyable and interactive learning experience in a comfortable and accepting environment. This sensory-friendly event offers a conscious effort to eliminate extra stimuli.
- Historic HeartlandArt Exhibit
In recognition of the vital importance of increased visibility and diverse representation of LGBTQ+ communities and issues, particularly in our rural areas, the Steffen Thomas Museum of Art is honored to present Queer Perspectives, a juried exhibition in Fall 2024.
- Presidential PathwaysKids & Family
Join us every weekend at the Callaway Discovery Center for our Woodland Workshops Series! Woodland Workshops is a hands on workshop for children of all ages.
- Sept. 21-22 - Animal Track Molds
- Sept. 28-29 - Bee/Bug Hotels
- Oct. 5-6 - “Pebbles” the Stone Snake
- Oct. 12-13 - Make a Garden Stone
- Oct. 19-20 - Monster Pumpkins
- Oct. 26-27 - Monster Pumpkins
- Nov. 2-3 - Pinecone Bird Feeder
- Nov. 9-10 - Leaf Pounding
- Nov. 16-17 - Animal Track Molds
- Nov. 23-24 - Gourd Birdhouses
- Nov. 30-Dec. 1 - Dried Leaf Art
- Dec. 7-8 - Wood Ornaments
- Dec. 14-15 - Wood Ornaments
- Dec. 21-22 - Make a Winter Wreath
- Dec. 28-29 - Make a Garden Stone
- Historic HeartlandArt Exhibit
The Madison Artists Guild & Gallery's 6th Annual Holiday Market is filled with one of a kind gifts ready to purchase for the holidays – wreaths, ornaments, pottery, jewelry, glass art, paintings and more.
The market will be open Oct. 18-Dec. 31, during regular MAGallery hours: Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., with extended hours of 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Shop Sip ‘N Stroll Saturdays in November, during Madison’s Fifth Fridays (open until 7 p.m.), Holiday Tour of Homes and Candlelight Shopping (open until 7 p.m.).
With more than 30 artists providing a variety of handmade items, shoppers will find something for everyone this holiday season.
Come early to find the best selections.
- Georgia's CoastOther
Modernizing the Traditional Still Life is a reinterpretation of artists elements and principles typically used in classical art technique and theory. We will introduce methods from a variety of previous artist movements in order to modernize our current "classical" ideas and still life painting application process. Understanding specific common philosophy or goals within movements such as Impressionism, Tonalism, and Abstraction, in-combination with Traditional-Realism, will allow the painter to explore and translate their art into a more personal and contemporary manner initially based off academic ideas.
Renovating and Updating light and shadow, and composition design. Various techniques of drawing along with preliminary sketches, value, and color studies, and fundamentals of color mixing in order to prepare for the final painting will also be reviewed. Updating the Classical approach of monochromatic underpainting, direct observation and brush and tool application of color, followed by glazing techniques, will also be discussed and shown.
Class will consist of lectures, slide analysis, and individual critiques, while the student paints his or her own still life.
Students should obtain their own still-life reference photos, beginning on the second zoom session. We will discuss still life reference possibilities in the first zoom session.
Oct .7-Dec. 16, six sessions, every other Monday, 9-11 a.m. $695
- Magnolia MidlandsCommunity, Kids & Family
Starting Nov. 18 through Christmas Eve, grab a Fa La La La Local card from a participating business! Once you spend $100 downtown you are entered to win unbelievable prizes. Ask participating businesses for a card, and shop local this holiday season.
Participating businesses will also have extended hours for the holidays:
*Tuesday-Friday: 10-5
*Saturdays: 10-3
- Historic HeartlandArt Exhibit
In recognition of the vital importance of increased visibility and diverse representation of LGBTQ+ communities and issues, particularly in our rural areas, the Steffen Thomas Museum of Art is honored to present Queer Perspectives, a juried exhibition in Fall 2024.