21 Aug Fun Things to Do in August 2020 – Week 4
Fun Things to Do in August 2020 – Week 4
Local Events
Recteq™ Movie Night – August 28 | 6 – 10 PM
Location: REC TEC Grills (4301 Evans to Locks Rd Evans, GA 30809)
Family Night. Date Night. Friday Night. We have you covered with Movie Night! Mark your calendars and join us at the recteq™ headquarters for the perfect way to kickstart your weekend! Food trucks, movies for all ages, the list goes on! Did we mention you can bring your own coolers?
On August 28th, the film of the night is JURASSIC PARK! Showtime is 7:30 PM! Cost is $10 per car.
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CATharsis at Le Chat Noir – August 28 | 8 – 10 PM
Schrodinger’s Cat takes your stories and creates mini plays from them! We invite our audience members on stage with us to tell their stories about pivotal moments in their lives. And as if that weren’t entertaining enough, some of our Cats will subsequently create scenes inspired by these stories.
Tickets are non-refundable. Seating is first come first serve. COVID-19 precautions are in practice for all of our events, including temperature checks at the door, 6ft distancing between tables, and extra sanitation efforts by staff.
Tickets: Table for 2 – $25 | Table for 4 – $45
Visit the Facebook Event Page HERE!
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The 8th Annual Augusta Blues Festival – August 29 | 8 PM
The Bell Auditorium
The 8th Annual Augusta Blues Festival featuring Pokey Bear, Sir Charles Jones, Tucka, Theodis Ealey, J’Wonn, and Ronnie Bell returns to the Bell Auditorium! There are still plenty of tickets for sale! Tickets: $52 – $102
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Emo Night at the Loft – August 31 | 7 PM
Tell all your friends that they better MakeDamnSure they’re at Emo Night Augusta to sing and dance to all your favorite nostalgic Emo songs. This black parade of former Emo glory will feature a live cover band (guest feature spots are likely), DJ sets, prize & raffle giveaways, and a red carpet photographer. Make sure to dress like you did in 2006 – Hot Topic band shirts are suggested.
Tickets: $8 Advanced | $10 Day of Show
Visit the Event Page HERE!
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Watercolor Women – Jill Gunn, Beth Jones, Kaye Ward | Sacred Heart Exhibition Opening
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 10, 2020 | 5 – 7 PM
Exhibition Dates: September 10 – October 30, 2020
Gallery Hours: Private viewings may be scheduled or Sacred Heart is open to the public from 10 AM – 4 PM, Mon – Fri.
It was over a decade ago when Jill Gunn, Beth Jones and Kaye Ward began studying watercolor techniques and exhibiting in local art shows. They formed Watercolor Women in the fall of 2013 to offer support, encouragement and camaraderie to each other as they evolve as individual artists. Painting in watercolor is their passion and the group focuses on themes that include birds’ nests, Southern landscapes and architecture, vegetables and fruits, flowers and seashells. Watercolor Women have exhibited at the Kroc Center, the Sacred Heart Cultural Center’s Art Hall, and the Aiken Center for the Arts, along with supporting the local community as featured artists at the Summerville Tour of Homes. Also, the group has supported Sacred Heart’s Garden Festival as featured artists in a private garden and as vendors at the Garden Festival.
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Non-Local Events
“Wonder Women!” Virtual Screening and Q&A – August 26 | 12 – 1 PM | FREE
Hosted by National First Ladies’ Library
Celebrate Women’s Equality Day with Wonder Woman. Screen “Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines” Tune in on Facebook or Zoom on August 26 for a discussion with director Kristy Guevara-Flanagan!
About the Film: WONDER WOMEN! THE UNTOLD STORY OF AMERICAN SUPERHEROINES traces the fascinating evolution and legacy of Wonder Woman. From the birth of the comic book superheroine in the 1940s to the blockbusters of today, WONDER WOMEN! looks at how popular representations of powerful women often reflect society’s anxieties about women’s liberation.WONDER WOMEN! goes behind the scenes with Lynda Carter, Lindsay Wagner, comic writers and artists, and real-life superheroines such as Gloria Steinem, Kathleen Hanna and others, who offer an enlightening and entertaining counterpoint to the male-dominated superhero genre.
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And The Winner Is….Murder! by John D. Babcock – August 28 | 7 – 9 PM | $10
Grab your friends, put on your black tie, and join the A list celebrities on the Red Carpet as Merely Players Presents an online “dinner theater” adaptation of John D. Babcock’s “And the Winner Is……Murder” Friday August 28 7pm in Zoom format.
“And The Winner Is….Murder “ takes place at the Awards for the Excellence in Making Productions of Theatricality – the EMPTYs. However, the evening goes terribly wrong when one of the stars turns up dead. Who among them is the guilty party? Follow the clues to solve this hilariously campy whodunit! Visit the Event Page HERE to learn more!
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Modern Art Tour at the National Gallery of Art – August 29 | 11 AM – 12 PM | $15
Zoom Event
Join Stephen for a Modern Art Tour of the National Gallery of Art Collection. This is one of our favorites, headed by our passionate guide, Stephen Mead. Let Stephen escort you through the corridors of time in an awe-inspiring two-hour private tour. Explore the exciting world of modern art at the National Gallery of Art’s Modern Art Building in Washington, a place where every nook and cranny is decorated with the humble beginnings of modern art. Delve into the eclectic minds of Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollack, Andy Warhol, Georgia O’Keefe, and beyond, each a historically cherished art hero who earned a well-deserved spot in DC’s National Gallery of Art.
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Leimert Park Jazz Festival: The Virtual Experience 2020 – August 29 | 3 – 4:30 PM | FREE
Join us for our 3rd annual celebration of JAZZ, COMMUNITY and the CULTURAL HERITAGE of the historic South L.A. neighborhood of LEIMERT PARK! The Leimert Park Jazz Festival is one of LA’s premier summertime events, serving our culturally diverse and family-friendly community.
Come enjoy summer vibes and great music from the comforts of home as the Leimert Park Jazz Festival goes virtual. We have an exciting lineup this year, featuring the most talented jazz artists in the country. Make sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram as we provide updates leading up to the day. Check out our website for more information about the artists, how to purchase festival merchandise, and to receive discounts from our partner restaurants.
Join us Saturday, August 29th at 12pm on Facebook Live @LeimertParkJazzFestival for the summer event that COVID can’t stop!
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Jon Meacham, His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope in conversation with Dr. Valerie – September 2 | 8 PM | FREE
Virtual Event/Talk
A virtual discussion with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham in conversation with Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice, Dean, Morehouse School of Medicine, on his new biography His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope, an intimate and revealing portrait of civil rights icon and longtime U.S. congressman John Lewis, linking his life to the painful quest for justice in America from the 1950s to the present.
About the Book
John Lewis, who at age twenty-five marched in Selma, Alabama, and was beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, was a visionary and a man of faith. Drawing on decades of wide-ranging interviews with Lewis, Jon Meacham writes of how this great-grandson of a slave and son of an Alabama tenant farmer was inspired by the Bible and his teachers in nonviolence, Reverend James Lawson and Martin Luther King, Jr., to put his life on the line in the service of what Abraham Lincoln called “the better angels of our nature.” Meacham calls Lewis “as important to the founding of a modern and multiethnic twentieth- and twenty-first-century America as Thomas Jefferson and James Madison and Samuel Adams were to the initial creation of the Republic itself in the eighteenth century.”
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