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Event List
- Northwest GeorgiaOutdoors
Celebrate the splendor of autumn at Rock City’s Fall Colors, where pumpkins and hay bales decorate this charming seasonal event.
Feel fall and stroll the gardens as the colors change and take in the beauty of new native sunflower and wildflower patches. Overhead, the autumn glow of hanging lanterns guides the way through the Grand Corridor and the Hall of the Mountain King.
Enjoy the sights and sounds of old-time and bluegrass performances. See the seasons change before your eyes!
- 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
- Atlanta MetroFood & Drink, Kids & Family, Leisure & Recreation
NETHERWORLD Haunted House, one of Atlanta’s longest-running immersive experiences, is back with more creepy creatures, terrifying monsters, and frightful fun this scary season! The attraction will feature two new haunts: Wake the Dead and Mr. Grendel's Birthday Party of Horrors. Both haunts will feature intricate sets, otherworldly effects, and live monsters!
After completing each haunt, guests will arrive at the festival-styled Midway, packed with Halloween spirit, games galore, roaming monsters, food trucks and more.
Haunt goers can also discover more fun at NETHERWORLD’s House of Creeps monster museum, or five epic escape rooms at Escape the Netherworld.
All tickets are time and date specific. Please arrive during the timeslot listed on your ticket. SpeedPasses are also available to expedite entry. For more details on the haunts and to purchase tickets, visit www.fearworld.com.
* Please check www.fearworld.com for specific times and pricing.
Open Nightly Sept. 27-28, Oct. 3-6, 9-14, 16-20, 22-31-Nov. 3
Closing Weekend – Nov. 8-9
- 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
- Northwest GeorgiaOutdoors
Celebrate the splendor of autumn at Rock City’s Fall Colors, where pumpkins and hay bales decorate this charming seasonal event.
Feel fall and stroll the gardens as the colors change and take in the beauty of new native sunflower and wildflower patches. Overhead, the autumn glow of hanging lanterns guides the way through the Grand Corridor and the Hall of the Mountain King.
Enjoy the sights and sounds of old-time and bluegrass performances. See the seasons change before your eyes!
- 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.
- Atlanta MetroFood & Drink, Kids & Family, Leisure & Recreation
NETHERWORLD Haunted House, one of Atlanta’s longest-running immersive experiences, is back with more creepy creatures, terrifying monsters, and frightful fun this scary season! The attraction will feature two new haunts: Wake the Dead and Mr. Grendel's Birthday Party of Horrors. Both haunts will feature intricate sets, otherworldly effects, and live monsters!
After completing each haunt, guests will arrive at the festival-styled Midway, packed with Halloween spirit, games galore, roaming monsters, food trucks and more.
Haunt goers can also discover more fun at NETHERWORLD’s House of Creeps monster museum, or five epic escape rooms at Escape the Netherworld.
All tickets are time and date specific. Please arrive during the timeslot listed on your ticket. SpeedPasses are also available to expedite entry. For more details on the haunts and to purchase tickets, visit www.fearworld.com.
* Please check www.fearworld.com for specific times and pricing.
Open Nightly Sept. 27-28, Oct. 3-6, 9-14, 16-20, 22-31-Nov. 3
Closing Weekend – Nov. 8-9
- 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 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.
- Northwest GeorgiaOutdoors
Celebrate the splendor of autumn at Rock City’s Fall Colors, where pumpkins and hay bales decorate this charming seasonal event.
Feel fall and stroll the gardens as the colors change and take in the beauty of new native sunflower and wildflower patches. Overhead, the autumn glow of hanging lanterns guides the way through the Grand Corridor and the Hall of the Mountain King.
Enjoy the sights and sounds of old-time and bluegrass performances. See the seasons change before your eyes!
- 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.
- Atlanta MetroFood & Drink, Kids & Family, Leisure & Recreation
NETHERWORLD Haunted House, one of Atlanta’s longest-running immersive experiences, is back with more creepy creatures, terrifying monsters, and frightful fun this scary season! The attraction will feature two new haunts: Wake the Dead and Mr. Grendel's Birthday Party of Horrors. Both haunts will feature intricate sets, otherworldly effects, and live monsters!
After completing each haunt, guests will arrive at the festival-styled Midway, packed with Halloween spirit, games galore, roaming monsters, food trucks and more.
Haunt goers can also discover more fun at NETHERWORLD’s House of Creeps monster museum, or five epic escape rooms at Escape the Netherworld.
All tickets are time and date specific. Please arrive during the timeslot listed on your ticket. SpeedPasses are also available to expedite entry. For more details on the haunts and to purchase tickets, visit www.fearworld.com.
* Please check www.fearworld.com for specific times and pricing.
Open Nightly Sept. 27-28, Oct. 3-6, 9-14, 16-20, 22-31-Nov. 3
Closing Weekend – Nov. 8-9
- 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 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.
- Northwest GeorgiaOutdoors
Celebrate the splendor of autumn at Rock City’s Fall Colors, where pumpkins and hay bales decorate this charming seasonal event.
Feel fall and stroll the gardens as the colors change and take in the beauty of new native sunflower and wildflower patches. Overhead, the autumn glow of hanging lanterns guides the way through the Grand Corridor and the Hall of the Mountain King.
Enjoy the sights and sounds of old-time and bluegrass performances. See the seasons change before your eyes!
- 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.