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[ In Music ]
Lord Nelson Mass by Joseph Haydn Set for Late Spring
This highly dramatic masterpiece, presented by Voices of North Georgia, will be heightened through brief narratives and visuals...
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[ In Continuing Education ]
Acclaimed Dance Educator Lectures About His Craft at Brenau
Dr. James Frazier will present a lecture on February 4, which is entitled “The Radical Act of Being.”  Open to the public, the talk is free of charge...
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[ In Pet Care ]
North Georgia Zoo Presents: Mattie's Birthday Celebration
Enjoy learning more about this amazing and endangered species of ape. Watch Mattie taste her very own special fruit birthday cake and meet some of Mattie's very special animal friends at a celebration at BlackStock Vineyards...  
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[ In Art ]
Three Northeast Georgia Potters Honored by Folk Pottery Museum
Mike Craven’s potter ancestors migrated from North Carolina into Georgia in the early 1800s. Mike and his brother Billy Joe founded Craven Pottery in Gillsville in 1972.  After 40 years as a production garden-ware potter, Mike Craven now concentrates on decorated wares...
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[ In Health ]
When Plastic Surgeon Combines Knowledge with Science, Result is Fresh, Beautiful Skin
Dr. Gregory Bays Brown was frustrated that while he could remove wrinkles and bags via plastic surgery, the skin still looked as old as the patient. While studying the bioengineered molecule EGF, he found that it caused the skin’s cells to renew themselves, giving a more youthful appearance...
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[ In Art ]
Brenau Presents Artist Melissa Harshman’s ‘Out-of-the-Box’ Images
Harshman, an associate professor in the printmaking department of the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia, finds startling revelations in battered old cookbooks, memo pads, dictionaries, and other scavenged items arranged in unusual combinations...
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[ In Music ]
Sponsors Named for 14th Annual Bear on the Square Mountain Festival
In addition to local supporters, the lineup of sponsors once again includes a well known Atlanta auto dealership known as “The Original Atlanta Audi Dealership”, and an internationally-renowned folk school, which describes its goals as seeking to bring people toward two kinds of development: inner growth as creative, thoughtful individuals, and social development as tolerant, caring members of a community...
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[ In TV & Film ]
EWTN to Cover March for Life in San Francisco and Washington, D.C.
Former Planned Parenthood Director Abby Johnson will share a personal testimony this weekend on EWTN Radio. Her story, “A Change of Heart,” can be heard at 9 a.m. , Sat., Jan. 23, or 5 p.m., Sun., Jan. 24...
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[ In Family Matters ]
Iglued Introduces Voice Broadcasting Feature
The new feature enables parents to instantly broadcast time-sensitive voice announcements to their groups...
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[ In TV & Film ]
EWTN To Air 2010 March for Life/Walk for Life
With Congress now meeting to resolve differences between the Senate and House versions of the health care bill -- which includes the Senate version’s massive funding of abortion -- the 2010 March for Life has become one of the most important in history...
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[ In Books ]
Cooking Down Home with the Neelys
Gina and Pat Neelys first cookbook, Down Home with the Neelys: A Southern Family Cookbook, is climbing the bestseller lists. With more than 120 original Southern recipes passed down from one Neely generation to the next, many of their signature dishes are featured...
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[ In Pet Care ]
Dawson County Humane Society Meeting Postponed
Due to the winter weather advisory issued for Dawson County, the Dawson County Humane Society will not be holding the regular board meeting Thursday evening...
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[ In Pet Care ]
Dawson County Humane Society Board Meeting Set for Thursday
Please note that if it starts snowing heavily in the afternoon, the DCHS board meeting will be held the following Thursday, January 14 at 6 pm at the shelter...
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[ In Beauty ]
Cynthia's Events Planning & Design Presents Mountain Memories Bridal Show
Meet premiere specialists from across North Georgia, sample decadent desserts and hors d'oeuvres, enjoy live entertainment, win prizes, and experience a bridal lounge, providing one-on-one services and information to support you, the bride!...
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[ In Performing Arts ]
Holly Theatre Seeking Volunteers for January 2 Show
Available positions for The Mountain Music and Medicine Show on Saturday include Concessions, Ushers and Ticket Takers...
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[ In Continuing Education ]
Air Conditioning Technology Program at Lanier Tech Receives National Accreditation
The Air Conditioning Technology program at Lanier Technical College has been granted a six-year accreditation by HVAC Excellence, a national accrediting organization dedicated to improving the competency of the HVAC technical workforce...
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[ In Family Matters ]
Cyber Chaperone Introduces 24/7 Internet Chaperone Service
Atlanta entrepreneur and Internet security expert, Corey Reed, developed Cyber Chaperone, Inc. as a way to help parents monitor their children and teen’s online experiences with a safe, secure and reliable solution.  It provides real-time Internet monitoring services...
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[ In Continuing Education ]
Doctorate Degrees Approved for North Georgia
North Georgia’s first doctorate degree will be the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT). North Georgia has provided doctoral-level courses since 2006, through a consortium program with the Medical College of Georgia (MCG), in which MCG is the degree-granting institution...
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[ In Books ]
December Closings Announced for Chestatee Regional Library System
From Thursday, December 24 through Friday, January 1, 2010, the library will be closed.  No book drops will be open. Patrons should keep books and materials at home until the library system reopens. No fines will be charged during the closure week...
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[ In Family Matters ]
Gifts for Gourmets: The Season for Creative Giving
I enjoy collecting cookbooks and I love to give them to ambitious home chefs and self-taught cooks.  Entertaining from an Ethnic Indian Kitchen, is 300-plus pages of gorgeous color photographs, featuring hundreds of delicious and unusual recipes by Komali Nunna, the 'Indian Martha Stewart'...
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