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Firestarters Film Festival

9.15.23 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm
The Piedmont Grand Opera House, 651 Mulberry Street
Macon, 31201
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A mini-film festival featuring Indigenous-made films to complement Macon’s Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration. Thursday, Sept. 14 at  7:30 p.m. – Bad Press, a documentary film about press freedom in the Muscogee Nation. Friday, Sept. 15 at 12 p.m. – A lunch hour shorts block featuring a narrative love story Dead Bird Hearts and a sports documentary about women’s stickball, The Journey of Tiak Hikiya Ohoyo. Friday, Sept. 15 at 7:30 p.m. – Fancy Dance, a narrative feature about a hustler trying…

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From Ocmulgee to Okmulgee: Part of Firestarters Indigenous Festival

9.15.23 | 4:00pm - 8:00pm
McEachern Art Center, 332 2nd Street
Macon, 31201
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September 14-November 18 From Ocmulgee to Okmulgee: Part of Firestarters Indigenous Festival McEachern Art Center, open 4-8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday   A look behind the lands, stories, and peoples that come from the flowing waters of the Ocmulgee to today’s Muscogee traditions, towns, and governments. Randy Kemp is a multidisciplinary artist whose body of work includes painting, printmaking, mixed media, installation, music, and performance. His work includes both traditional tribal life and contemporary works concerning American Indian issues, themes, and views.…

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Firestarters Film Festival

9.15.23 | 7:30pm - 9:30pm
The Piedmont Grand Opera House, 651 Mulberry Street
Macon, 31201
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A mini-film festival featuring Indigenous-made films to complement Macon’s Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration. Thursday, Sept. 14 at  7:30 p.m. – Bad Press, a documentary film about press freedom in the Muscogee Nation. Friday, Sept. 15 at 12 p.m. – A lunch hour shorts block featuring a narrative love story Dead Bird Hearts and a sports documentary about women’s stickball, The Journey of Tiak Hikiya Ohoyo. Friday, Sept. 15 at 7:30 p.m. – Fancy Dance, a narrative feature about a hustler trying…

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Alumni Guest Artist Recital: Bobby Hall, Guitar

9.15.23 | 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive
Macon, 31207
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Bobby Hall has been playing the guitar for over 30 years and teaches in Macon. As a Townsend alumnus trained in classical guitar, Hall has over two decades of experience. His compositions have been performed by groups such as the Karkov Guitar Quartet from Ukraine and the Macon Guitar Quartet. He performs several genres of music, including classical, jazz, rock, blues, country, and more.

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Firestarters Film Festival

9.16.23 | 10:30am - 12:30pm
The Piedmont Grand Opera House, 651 Mulberry Street
Macon, 31201
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A mini-film festival featuring Indigenous-made films to complement Macon’s Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration. Thursday, Sept. 14 at  7:30 p.m. – Bad Press, a documentary film about press freedom in the Muscogee Nation. Friday, Sept. 15 at 12 p.m. – A lunch hour shorts block featuring a narrative love story Dead Bird Hearts and a sports documentary about women’s stickball, The Journey of Tiak Hikiya Ohoyo. Friday, Sept. 15 at 7:30 p.m. – Fancy Dance, a narrative feature about a hustler trying…

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From Ocmulgee to Okmulgee: Part of Firestarters Indigenous Festival

9.16.23 | 4:00pm - 8:00pm
McEachern Art Center, 332 2nd Street
Macon, 31201
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September 14-November 18 From Ocmulgee to Okmulgee: Part of Firestarters Indigenous Festival McEachern Art Center, open 4-8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday   A look behind the lands, stories, and peoples that come from the flowing waters of the Ocmulgee to today’s Muscogee traditions, towns, and governments. Randy Kemp is a multidisciplinary artist whose body of work includes painting, printmaking, mixed media, installation, music, and performance. His work includes both traditional tribal life and contemporary works concerning American Indian issues, themes, and views.…

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Ignite the Night – Indigo Girls ft. Jontavious Willis, part of Firestarters Indigenous Festival

9.16.23 | 8:00pm - 10:00pm
The Piedmont Grand Opera House, 651 Mulberry Street
Macon, 31201
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$59 – $99

Support America’s next national park with a concert of the Indigo Girls featuring Jontavious Willis for the benefit of Ocmulgee National Park and Preserve Initiative. Over a 35 year career that began in clubs around their native Atlanta, Georgia, the Grammy-winning folk duo of Emily Saliers and Amy Ray have built a dedicated following across the globe. They’ve recorded 16 studio albums and sold over 15 million records as one of the most successful folk acts in history. New generations…

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McDuffie Young Artist Concerts

9.18.23 | 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Bell House Jennings Salon, 315 College Street
Macon, 31201
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Recitals are held in the Bell House Jennings Salon, 315 College St., at 7 p.m. and are free and open to the public. Seating is first come, first served.  Doors open 30 minutes beforehand.

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Mercer Theatre Presents “Alice in Wonderland”

9.21.23 | 10:00am - 12:00pm
Tattnall Square Park, 1155 College St
Macon, GA, 31201
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Alice In Wonderland, adapted by Scot Mann Lewis Carroll’s Alice In Wonderland reimagined, adapted and directed by Mercer Theatre’s Scot Mann, the familiar plot is set in a steampunk world where the Victorian era meets science fiction in design and through special effects. Presented for free in Tattnall Square Park!

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From Ocmulgee to Okmulgee: Part of Firestarters Indigenous Festival

9.21.23 | 4:00pm - 8:00pm
McEachern Art Center, 332 2nd Street
Macon, 31201
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September 14-November 18 From Ocmulgee to Okmulgee: Part of Firestarters Indigenous Festival McEachern Art Center, open 4-8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday   A look behind the lands, stories, and peoples that come from the flowing waters of the Ocmulgee to today’s Muscogee traditions, towns, and governments. Randy Kemp is a multidisciplinary artist whose body of work includes painting, printmaking, mixed media, installation, music, and performance. His work includes both traditional tribal life and contemporary works concerning American Indian issues, themes, and views.…

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