Get healthy and wise at the Diabetes EXPO.
It will cost you no mula to learn how to live healthy, be active and change the future of diabetes at this FREE event.  Get free health screenings, see how-to product demos, get  free samples, attend workshops, see cooking & exercise demonstrations, ask the experts and plop your kids in the Kids Corner for fun time. ]

When: March 27, 2010, 9am-4pm

Where: Georgia World Congress Center, Building B, Lower Level, Atlanta, GA

For more information, to register, or for a $4 parking coupon visit www.diabetes.org/expoatlanta or call 888.DIABETES x 3166

Local Musicians/Businesses Come Together for Haiti
 
People around the world have come together to help the victims of the earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12 and Augusta is no different! "Augusta Helps Haiti" benefit concert will be held this Saturday, February 6 at the HD Lounge located on the corner of 12th and Ellis Street. More than a dozen Augusta bands have signed up to play the benefit concert, with all of the proceeds going to the American Red Cross Haiti Relief fund.

Along with local musicians, local business have also come together to donate more than $600 of services and merchandise to raffle off during the event.
 
Some of the businesses contributing to the cause include Ink City Tatooz, Dragon Den Tattoos, photo sessions from Dr. Deb Photography and Fire Houze Photography, virus removal services by Computer one, gift certificates from Rhinehart's, Sticky Fingers, Dino's Chicago Express and gear from The Loft.
We will also Have River Dogs, Chef Redd's Cafe, Advanced Disposal and Royal Toiletries at the event helping out with their respective services.

Ring in 2010 with Dorothy and the gang at The Wizard of Oz, tonight at the Bell Auditorium in Augusta. Tickets: 706.722.3521.
 

Roll over tradition—Béla Fleck and The Flecktones are rocking-out the Christmas classics at the Koger Center. Performing Grammy-winning hits from their Jingle All the Way album, Béla Fleck and The Flecktones will join the SC Philharmonic for a not-to-miss holiday concert. 8pm. Tickets are $40-70; 803.251.2222 or capitoltickets.com.

Koger Center, 1051 Greene Street.

Get out of the hustle and bustle and come home for Christmas. Bundle up and spend an afternoon touring some of the beautiful homes and churches of Ridge Spring all dressed up for the holidays. 2-5pm. Tickets are $5 and available at the door.

Ridge Spring, SC. Highway 23. ridgespringsc.com or shelbyyonce@pbtcomm.net.

Augusta, GA

Why travel for a big show when the internationally-acclaimed Cirque Du Soleil is coming to you? Rendez-vous with the beauty and power of the human body at Augusta’s James Brown Arena. Cirque Du Soleil will present Alegria on Wednesday & Thursday at 7:30pm, Friday & Saturday at 3:30 & 7:30pm, and Sunday at 1 & 5pm. Tickets: $20-$95; children 12 and under: $16-$76. cirquedusoleil.com/alegria

Have a taste for the finer things in life? Slip into that little black dress for an evening surrounded by beautiful artwork, exquisite food and luscious wine. Tickets for A Taste of Wine & Art, The Aiken Center for the Arts 10^th Annual fundraiser, are $50. 7-10pm. 122 Laurens Street, SW, Aiken. 803.641.9094

Project Pet’s signature black tie affair is a “purrfect” fundraiser for animal lovers and party animals alike. Treat yourself to this benefit with “gourmutt” dining, open bars and live music. Tickets are $100; proceeds help rescue dogs and cats from “death row” at shelters throughout the Midlands. 7pm; Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. projectpet.com

Celebrate Columbia's African-American history at the 31st Annual Jubilee: Festival of Heritage. 11am-5pm. Mann-Simons Cottage, 1403 Richland Street, Columbia. Free. For a schedule of events, visit HistoricColumbia.org. 803.252.1770





 

Learn from the best. The USC Department of Art Faculty Show exhibition will feature a wide range of media, including painting, photography, woodworking, digital arts, printmaking, drawing, book arts and film presentations. The exhibit runs through January 9. Free. McKissick Museum, Columbia. Open 8:30am-5pm weekdays; 11am-3pm Saturday. 803.777.2876
 

The Renaissance Foundation is bringing SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK, one of Michelle Obama's "favorite groups in the whole wide world," to the Koger Center  in Columbia. Get inspired and empowered by the complex sounds of blues, spirituals, traditional gospel hymns, rap, reggae, African chants, Hip Hop, ancient lullabies, and jazz improvisation. $30-40; $15 for students with ID.   Proceeds go toward the restoration of historic Bethel and “Beyond the Walls: Arts-In-Education Edu-History Program.” 8pm. 803.251.2222 or capitolticket.com.

 

Have fun with your kids making Face Jug masks, an art project that you'll forever enjoy as art in your home. Call
706.738.4366 for more information on this Westobou event. Augusta

Be a guest at the wedding of Tony N’ Tina, a largely improvisational, interactive play where the audience carries the role of the wedding guests. Wedding bells will ring at the Aiken Center for the Arts and a reception will immediately follow at Newberry Hall. $65-85. 803.641.9094