From Agnes Scott’s Alumnae Facebook page…

Fall authors coming to Agnes Scott

(co-sponsored by the GA Center for the Book)

• Tuesday, October 29 – Garrison Keillor reading
• Tuesday, November 19 – Amy Tan reading

Both readings will be held in Gaines Chapel, Presser Hall.

Start time: 7:15 p.m.

Event is free and open to the public; tickets will be distributed at the door (no reservations)

h/t: Decaturish

Ryan sends along this release…

CORE Performance Company — the professional dance company of COREdance — will commence their 27th season with performances on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 13 and 14, at the Decatur High School Performing Arts Center (310 N. McDonough St., Decatur, GA), at 8 p.m. The shows will feature the much-anticipated performance, “still,” and other new and original works by CORE Performance Company.

Tickets are required, free, and limited. They can be reserved at: COREdance.secure.force.com/ticket/#details_a0SA000000CQBxfMAH.

The Sept. 13 performance will also offer a VIP experience — including premiere seating and a post-performance reception with the company and special guests. VIP tickets are 20 dollars and available at: COREdance.secure.force.com/ticket/#sections_a0FA0000009yrKXMAY.

The event will feature three distinct and varied dance works:

• “still,” by CORE Artistic Director Sue Schroeder, is inspired by the poem, “La Escuela,” by Garcia Lorca. Addressing the signs left on each of us by destiny, Schroeder’s signature style of movement investigation reveals the intimate alongside the archetypal.

• “Web,” by guest artist Becky Valls, is an ensemble work with urgency and humor, comings and goings, and shoes that are on and off the dancers. Valls gave each performer a solo that was woven into duets and group work with contributions by the dancers.

• “Monochrome in Black, White, and Gray,” by members of CORE Performance Company, is a new dance commissioned by The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in Houston, Texas, for their exhibition “Picasso Black and White.”

CORE is supported in part by the Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund, The Pattillo Foundation, Cameron and Roberts Insurance, and the Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) through the appropriations from the Georgia General Assembly. GCA is a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

Underwriting for this production of “still” has been provided by the Decatur Arts Alliance, Decatur Downtown Development Authority, Decatur Tourism Bureau, and Lenz, Inc. The VIP experience is made possible by Chai Pani Indian Street Food and Twain’s Billiards and Tap in Decatur.

From the City of Decatur’s Linda Harris…

Call for Young Emerging Artists Grades K-12 for YEA!

Arts Event on the Square in Downtown Decatur, Georgia

Saturday, October 5, 2013, Noon-4 p.m.

The Decatur Arts Alliance (DAA) announces YEA!, a new event designed to celebrate the talents of young artists and musicians in Decatur, Georgia. On Saturday, Oct. 5 young Decatur artists (grades K-12) will set up an artists market on the square in downtown Decatur offering their creative works for sale, and musicians will perform. The festival hours are noon-4 pm.

The young artists will gain practical experience in event organization, marketing, and sales of their art work. They will be coached by the DAA staff, with participation by staffers from Decatur’s Children and Youth Services division, who have developed a successful summer entrepreneurs program.

“We are so excited about this unique opportunity to encourage Decatur’s talented youth to bring their creativity to the square and to kindle entrepreneurship,” says Angie Macon, executive director of the Decatur Arts Alliance. “Our goal is for our young emerging artists to have an outstanding experience participating in a community event, interacting on the downtown square with art lovers, family and neighbors. We want them to feel welcome as ongoing participants in the Decatur arts scene.”

This event is made possible by a generous grant from the Decatur Craft Beer Festival.

The application deadline for the YEA! Artist Market is September 23, 2013. Artists and musicians may apply as individuals or as groups. Applications for the artist market and the musical stage are available online at decaturartsalliance.org.

As tickets now sell out in less than 30 minutes, here is your heads up that Decatur Beer Fest tickets go out sale next Monday, Sept. 16th at noon. Tickets are $40 a pop and only 4,000 will be sold.

All tickets are sold via Ticket Alternative.

At Scott’s request.  Your guess is as good as mine why he didn’t just post it himself!