SPRING 2022 | LAKE OCONEE LIVING 83
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| happenings |
March 19
Oconee Performing Arts
Society welcomes Irish guitar
virtuoso Shane Hennessy to the
Plaza Arts Center in downtown
Eatonton. Tickets start at $75.
Opas.org
March 19
e Lake Oconee Area Builders
Association presents the “Big
Event” from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
at Lake Oconee Village in
Greensboro. e free festival
features 120 local businesses in
the building industry, vendors,
crafts, food and more.
lobalive.com
March 19
e Madison-Morgan Cultural
Center presents Beethoven
and Bluegrass as part of the
20th annual Chamber Music
Festival.
mmcc-arts.org
March 19
e UGA Performing Arts
Center presents “An Evening
with NPR’s Ira Glass.”
visitathensga.com
March 20
e Classic Center in downtown
Athens presents Kansas
in concert.
Classiccenter.com
March 24
e Artisans Village Art Gallery
in downtown Eatonton
holds an opening night reveal
and reception for its 2022 Collaboration
Project that features
artwork from 36 local artists.
theartisansvillage.org/collaboration
project
March 24-27
Lake Country Players present
“Clue” at Festival Hall in downtown
Greensboro. Performances
will be held at 7 p.m. nightly
and at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday.
Tickets are $20.
lakecountryplayers.org
March 26
Matt Rogers returns to his
hometown with his Nashville
band for an album release concert
at the Plaza Arts Center
in downtown Eatonton at 7:30
p.m. to kicko his newest tour.
plazacenter.org
April
Through April 2
“A Feminine View of Brotherhood”
is on display at the
Steen omas Museum of Art
in Buckhead.
steenthomas.org
April 5
e Georgia Writers Museum
in downtown Eatonton hosts
an “Open Mic Poetry & original
Song Night” at 7 p.m.
Georgiawritersmuseum.org
April 9
e annual UGA International
Street Festival returns to downtown
Athens, featuring cultural
displays, traditional costumes,
dances and international bands.
isl.uga.edu/international
street-festival/
April 12
A free county-wide Fine Arts
Showcase is held at Festival
Hall in downtown Greensboro
from 5-7 p.m.
Festivalhallga.com
April 12
e Georgia Writers Museum
in downtown Eatonton and
Butler-Baker Alumni Association
hosts a book release party
for Valerie Boyd, “Gathering
Blossoms Under Fire: e
Journals of Alice Walker” at 7
p.m. with a special guest virtual
appearance.
Georgiawritersmuseum.org
April 16
Oconee Brewing Co. in downtown
Greensboro presents Purple
Madness – A Prince Tribute
by Bobby Miller at 8 p.m.
Oconeebrewingco.com
April 23
Lake Oconee Academy and
the Lake Oconee Academy
Foundation holds its annual
Denim & Diamonds Charity
Fundraiser at Collins Farm in
Greensboro. is year’s event
will feature a dinner experience,
dancing, a silent and live
auction, live entertainment by
the Party Jammers, and more.
Tickets are $125.
DenimAndDiamondsLO.com
April 23
e Plaza Arts Center in
downtown Eatonton presents
e Broadway Bradshaws in
concert at 7:30 p.m. with a mix
/Opas.org
/lobalive.com
/mmcc-arts.org
/visitathensga.com
/Classiccenter.com
/lakecountryplayers.org
/plazacenter.org
/Georgiawritersmuseum.org
/Georgiawritersmuseum.org
/Festivalhallga.com
/Oconeebrewingco.com
/DenimAndDiamondsLO.com