Dance Party this Friday

JOIN THE FUN ! LATIN DANCE PARTY this Friday, March 27, at the Center on Warwoman in Clayton. BEGINNER lessons in salsa, tango, rumba, cha cha, etc. ... plus open dancing. The fun starts at 7 p.m.; $5 per person; everyone invited.

Wine Highway Weekend

It's a great weekend to visit the Georgia Mountains! Visit our Northeast Georgia wineries and taste award winning wines grown and produced in our region.

The Winegrowers Association of Georgia sponsors it's fourth annual Wine Highway Weekend this Saturday, March 21 and Sunday, March 22. There is a $20 charge per person, which is collected at the first winery visited. Travelers receive a "Wine Highway Weekend" collectors' glass, which gives admission to all participating wineries. Hours are 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. on Saturday and 12:30 - 6 p.m. on Sunday.

Stay and dine! Many restaurants are offering exceptional dining opportunities, including the Beechwood Inn and Lake Rabun Hotel, with overnight packages available at these properties and others. Please call for more information.

Take your camera along and capture the beautiful sights and views along the rolling countryside of the Northeast Georgia Mountains. We'd love to hear your comments.

PRECIOUS METAL CLAY JEWELRY WORKSHOP with Debi Snyder

Thursday ~ March 26
6:00-8:00 pm at the Globe Gallery
Make your own Earrings or Pendant!!

No Experience Necessary!~ Students will be introduced to Precious Metal Clay in this class learning basic techniques while creating a pendant or a pair of earrings. Every student will leave with a finished work of art! As a pliable material, PMC can be formed, rolled, surface textured...then fired to the melting point of metal. $ 65. includes PMC Kit plus clay & firing. Reserve your space by March 19th!! (706) 782-0071

"Crimes of the Heart" opens March 27

The North Georgia Community Players presents the play, "CRIMES OF THE HEART," a Pulitzer Prize winning play by Beth Henley, March 27-29 and again April 3.5. Friday and Saturday shows are at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday matinees are at 3:00 p.m.

It is a rare and enjoyable mix of adult comedy and melodramatic situations. Tickets for the show are $10 adults, $5 for children 11 and under. For ticket information, please call (706) 212-2500, e-mail: ngcptickets@windstream.net, or visit the website www.ngcommunityplayers.com

The Dillard Playhouse Theatre is located @ 892 Franklin Street, off #441 N (turn on Henry Dillard St., @ "The Dillard House" restaurant sign.)

Rick Claridad on FLYFISHING

A wonderful evening at the Globe with Rick Claridad

Come out on Friday, March 13, from 6-8 pm to hear Rick's stories about the art of casting as he demonstrates and shares his expertise with you. Rick will show his Vintage Travelogue/Slide Show, featuring flyfishing excursions around America, to Patagonia, and beyond.

Wine and Hors d'oeuvres will be served. Please RSVP to the Globe Gallery, 706.782.0071. The cost is $15 per person.

Handbuilding Clay Class at the Globe

Whimsical Birds-on-a-Stick

with area artist, Jean Stewart

Sunday, March 8 / 2-5 pm $45

No experience is necessary. Call the Globe Gallery at 706.782.0071 to reserve your space.

Antique & Estate Auction Saturday, March 7th, 2009

Coins: Gold from Dahlonega and Charlotte, other Gold Coins, Silver Dollar Collection, Paper and Good American Coins, Nice Gold Estate Jewelry.

Furniture: Country Jelly Cupboards, Step Back Cupboards, Country French Sideboard, Three 6-Stack Oak Bookcases, 4-Stack Oak Bookcase, Coca-Cola Vendo Junior, Polychrome Game Wheel, 6 Beautiful Painted Chairs, Maple Butchers Block, Hanging Pie Safe, Mahogany Game Tables, Mountain Lion, 4 Fireplace Mantles, 1-Drawer and 2-Drawer Stands, Mahogany Sideboard and China Cabinet, Oak Claw and Ball Center Table, Marble Top Washstand, Oriental Rugs, Oak Wall Telephones, Stain Glass Windows

Smalls: Great Selection of Glassware, Victorian Portraits on Porcelain, Cast Iron Bank, Country Pottery, Art Pottery, Paintings and Prints

Visit www.goldenmemoriesauctions.com to view the full catalog and to make your seat reservations. The auction begins at 5 p.m.

Dinners at Persimmon Creek Vineyards

Welcome the arrival of spring with a Vernal Equinox Celebration on March 21st. The dinner will be held at the vineyard (where better?). Come and enjoy the first asparagus of spring!

Lavender’s Blue Dinner ~ Lavender is versatile in the kitchen and is prized by creative chefs as a culinary herb. Come and find out why! Saturday, June 27th

Sunflower Celebration Dinner ~ Please join Tasia Malakasis of Belle Chèvre cheeses and guest chef Virginia Willis for a Celebration of Sunflowers and Southern Fare! Saturday, July 25th

A Cornucopia of Flavors ~ a celebration of Persimmon Creek grown heirloom corn featuring Chef Hilary White of The Hil at Serenbe. Saturday, August 15th

Please call 706.212.7380 to make a reservation.

Painting with Libby Matthews

Libby Mathews
Winter/Spring Class Schedule
March 6 - April 3

Thursday Evening Class - 6:00 - 9:00
(Beginner to intermediate)
Working from Still Life or a Photograph

Friday Morning Class - 9:30 - 12:30
"Alla Prima"
(Intermediate to Advanced Painter)
working from Still Life or Photographs

Friday Afternoon Class - 1:30 - 4:30
"Alla Prima"
(Intermediate to Advanced Painter)

All classes are held at the Brushdance Studio, 140 South Main Street, Clayton. Please call Libby at 706-782-7205 to sign up. Each class is $230. The fee is $400 if you are taking both Friday classes. See you there!

March Classes at the Globe Gallery

23 DEGREES TILT: Creative UPCYCLING classes
Sundays ~ 2 - 4 pm
a free and fun way to recycle everyday materials creatively by making treasures from “trash”
before it gets recycled or dumped

Bookbinding for Art Books
Mondays ~ 6 - 8 pm
Introductory class is free on March 2 and is followed by ongoing workshops $20/per session -preregister

Beadworking and Jewelry classes
Thursdays ~ 4 - 6 pm
You'll leave class with a piece to take home! $20, and supplies are provided.

Friday, March 13 ~ 6 - 8 pm
an evening talk with vintage travelogue slide show with local flyfishing expert, Rick Claridad Refreshments included-$15

Sunday, March 8 ~ 2 - 5 pm
clay workshop making whimsical garden birds-on-a-stick with Jean Stewart. $45

The Globe Gallery is located just off HWY 76 East at 441 in Clayton
Gallery Hours are Thursday through Saturday 10-6 and Sunday 10-4

Lillian E. Smith Center featured on Southern Literary Trail

The Lillian E. Smith Center, located in Clayton, has been selected as one of seven sites in Georgia on the tri-state (Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia) Southern Literary Trail, a project uniting homes of writers and literary landmarks into one tri-state pathway. The Southern Literary trail in Georgia features Lillian E. Smith, Margaret Mitchell, Joel Chandler Harris, Erskine Caldwell, Alice Walker, Flannery O’Connor and Carson McCullers.

The weekend of March 14-15 will recognize Lillian E. Smith, with events including:

Presentations and open discussions by two recognized scholars and writers:

1. Rose Gladney, recognized for her scholarly, pedagogical, and writing talents, served on the American Studies faculty of the University of Alabama until her retirement. She continues her professional contributions as a participant and presenter at various conferences and symposiums. She is the author of the award winning HOW AM I TO BE HEARD: Letters of Lillian E. Smith.
2. Will Brantley, professor of English at Middle Tennessee State University, is author of FEMININE SENSE IN SOUTHERN MEMOIR, which was awarded the 1992 Eudora Welty Prize. (this book addresses the significance of six writers identified with the Southern Literary Renaissance: Lillian Smith, Ellen Glasgow, Eudora Welty, Lillian Hellman, Katherine Ann Porter, and Zora Neale Hurston).

Showings of two documentary films:

1. Miss Smith of Georgia
2. Miss Lil’s Camp

Guided tours of the Lillian E. Smith Center, which was Smith’s home place and the site where she did most of her writing. This includes her living spaces, her library, cottages from the camp she directed, a small house museum where she did her final writing, and her gravesite.

Supper based on Lillian Smith’s family recipes (reservation only)

Exhibit at the Rabun County Historical Society

Special features on southern writers at the Rabun County Library, with the month of March focusing on Lillian E. Smith

Special display at Prater’s Main Street Books

Area restaurants featuring Lillian E. Smith family recipes during March

For more information and group reservations, please contact the CVB at 706-982-4754.