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Flicks on the Bricks on the Duluth Town Green: Hotel for Dogs

By | June 8, 2009 | Family Events | No comments

Saturday, June 13th the seaon’s first Flicks on the Bricks will feature Hotel for Dogs. Animals are strictly forbidden at Andi and her little brother Bruce’s foster home. But for Friday, the adorable dog they secretly care for, they’re ready to risk everything. They finally find him an ideal shelter, a huge abandoned hotel that Bruce transforms thanks to his engineering genius. In what has become an incredible paradise for dogs, Friday is soon joined by all kinds of furry friends, so many in fact that their barks alert the neighbors…and the local pound, who can’t understand the disappearance of all the stray dogs. Andi and Bruce will have to call on all their friends and all their imagination to stop the hotel’s secret from being discovered. The movie begins at Dusk on the Duluth Town Green. Bring chairs, blankets and family.

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Symphony on the Green at the Duluth Amphitheater

By | June 8, 2009 | Family Events | No comments

Starting off the Gwinnett Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Symphony on the Green summer concert series is a classical concert on Friday, June 19 at 7:00 p.m., at the Duluth Amphitheater.

Featuring the considerable talents of pianist Huu Mai and coloratura soprano Marielle Coleman Mai, the opening Symphony on the Green concert will include selections from Saint-Saens, Brahms, Donizetti, Puccini, Borodin and Beethoven in a full-length symphony concert.

Huu Mai is a pianist, violinist, teacher, conductor and composer.  In addition to performing as a solo recitalist, collaborative artist and chamber musician, he frequently performs as guest-soloist with orchestras such as the GSO.  He has received the Steinway Foundation’s John Innes Grant, and a personal invitation to perform for President George W. Bush.

Mai has also served as Guest Lecturer and Composer-in-Residence at the Kennesaw State University School of Music.  As a passionate believer in passing on the gift of music, he has had students recognized both locally and nationally in performance and composition.  Also a Yamaha Certified Instructor, Mr. Mai currently serves as the Auditions Chair for the Cobb County Music Teacher’s Association and is an active member in MTNA and MENC.

Coloratura soprano Marielle Coleman Mai is a KSU graduate with a BM Degree in Vocal Performance.  Marielle’s performance credits include Monica in Gian-Carlo Menotti’s The Medium with the Capital City Opera Company, Birdie in Marc Blitzstein’s Regina and Carmela in Menotti’s The Saint of Bleeker Street for the Georgia State University Harrower Summer Opera Workshop.

Coleman Mai has also performed as a soprano soloist in Vivaldi’s Gloria, and Schubert’s Mass in G with the KSU Chamber Singers, and Convention Recitalist in the GMTA State Competition for both middle and upper college divisions.  Marielle is also a member of the Phi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Society and works full-time as a Registered Nurse.

Sponsored by the City of Duluth, the free concert series will take place on Fridays throughout the summer, on June 19, July 17 and August 21, at 7:00 p.m.  The Duluth Amphitheater is located in the heart of downtown Duluth, at 3142 Hill Street.

In the works for the concert series are the classical concert on June 19, a full-length choral concert on July 17, and a final pops concert on August 21.

For more information about the Gwinnett Symphony Orchestra & Chorus or the Symphony on the Green concert series, please call the Lilburn New School of Music at 770-925-8900 or visit www.gwinnettsymphony.org.

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Duluth Town Green Events in June

By | June 2, 2009 | Family Events | No comments

Brown Bag Lunch
Downtown Duluth Town Green and Amphitheater. FREE. Brown bag it, or grab a great lunch from a downtown restaurant and snag a seat in the grass for free entertainment. Great fun for a lunchtime break after the fountain.
June 4, 11, 18, 25

Flicks on the Bricks: Hotel for Dogs
Saturday, June 13

Summerstage Concert: Symphony on the Green
June 19 (7:00pm)
The City of Duluth presents Symphony on the Green, a summer concert series comprised of popular classical music including overtures, symphonies, popular Broadway and Opera music from shows such as Le Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Chronicles of Narnia, Star Wars, and will include selections by major composers such as Beethoven and Mozart. Gwinnett Symphony Orchestra is a volunteer orchestra that is a mixture of youth, adult, and professional players who mainly reside in Gwinnett County.

Sunset in the Park
June 26 (7:00pm)
Join the Georgia Transplant Foundation (GTF) as they transform the Duluth Amphitheater into a tropical party for their inaugural “Sunset in the Park” event on Friday, June 26 from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

Summerstage Concert: The Great American Rock ‘n Roll Revival
Downtown Duluth Town Green and Amphitheater, FREE. Fun music from 5he 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. See Damon Rice as Elvis, rock to Butch and the Buckheads and hear the sweet sounds of the Sock Hops.
June 27 (7:00pm)

Source: Duluth City Website
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Experience the Arts in Gwinnett at the 5th Annual Barefoot In the Park Fine Arts Festival

By | May 3, 2009 | Family Events | No comments

Barefoot in the Park

Barefoot in the Park

Summer in Duluth, Georgia will begin with the Barefoot in the Park Fine Arts Festival that takes place for two days in downtown Duluth on the Town Green. The juried fine arts festival takes place May 9-10, 2009, Mother’s Day Weekend. This year’s event offers a wide variety of arts and performances and in celebration of its fifth year, organizers have added an all-new Literary Arts component and an all-day silent auction (Saturday).Barnes & Noble (The Forum) will bring literary arts center-stage at the new Barefoot Book Bistro. The Book Bistro will feature both children’s and adult authors and will run all day Saturday. Authors will be signing books and discussing their works with festival attendees. Adult authors include: Dixie Darlins’, Haywood Smith, Patricia Sprinkle and more.

Children can participate in story time with various authors and illustration workshops with Dee Densmore D’Amico (illustrator of What Not to Do When You Find a Spaceship). Children’s authors include: Laurel Snyder, Maria Corkern, Drake Highlander and more.

“I am thrilled about the exciting lineup of artists, the new literary component, as well as all of the support that we’ve received in the last five years from the community. The festival is important for Gwinnett County, and it is one of the only fine arts festivals in this area. It’s a great way to promote everything that the has to offer to visitors and residents,” said festival organizer, Caryn McGarity, Executive Director, Gwinnett Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Festival-goers can browse the juried Fine Artist Market made up of 50 hand-picked artists with diverse mediums including: glass, metal, jewelry, printmaking, ceramics, watercolor, photography, wood, sculpture, painting, and mixed media. The festival offers something for everyone on Mother’s Day weekend. Find a special gift for Mom at the Saturday silent auction, in the Artist Market or bring mom out on Sunday for a free keepsake Mother’s Day photo at the festival (1-3pm Sunday).

Families on a budget can drop the kids off at the Legacy Academy Children’s Art Park which features free art projects from Legacy Academy, Pinckneyville Community Center, Hudgens Center for the Arts, Young Chefs Academy (Johns Creek) and Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center. Children will enjoy free face painting, airbrush tattoos and the first 500 children each day receive a free festival t-shirt.

Gwinnett Community Band will kick off the grassroots performing and visual artist aspect of the festival on Saturday. All these performances are outdoors on the Main Stage. Other performers throughout the weekend include: Drake School of Irish Dance, Button Theatre, Chapelle, Atlanta Chinese Dance Company, Metro Jazz Club, Atlanta Harmony Chorus and more.

One of the most distinguishing attributes of Barefoot in the Park is that the revenues go back into supporting the arts community in Gwinnett.

“Through the Barefoot Grant Program, festival revenues go right back to Gwinnett’s non-profit arts and cultural organizations to support their programs. We couldn’t do this without our partners and sponsors,” adds McGarity.

Lead sponsors of the 2009 Barefoot in the Park Festival include: GCVB, Cisco, Gwinnett Medical Center, Legacy Academy, Blick Art (Roswell), Rock, Paper, Scissors, Proof of the Pudding, City of Duluth and the Georgia Council for the Arts.

BAREFOOT IN THE PARK MAIN STAGE PERFORMING ACTS:
Saturday:
11:45              Gwinnett Community Band
12:40              Phusion Performing Arts Alliance
1:20                Expressions Dance Company
2:00                Stone Mountain Chorus
2:40                Drake School of Irish Dance
3:20`               Button Theatre
4:00                BJ Chorale
4:40                Sugarloaf Performing Arts
5:20                Chapelle (rock band)

Sunday:
1:00                Gwinnett Symphony Orchestra
1:40                Atlanta Chinese Dance Company
2:20                Northeast Atlanta Ballet
3:00                Metro Jazz Club
3:40                Gwinnett Choral Guild
4:20                Peachtree Band of Jazz

Beer Garden Performers:

Saturday:
1:00                Dixie Darlin’s (comedy)
1:40                Gene Gene the Sax Machine (Gene Richards)
2:30                Heywood Smith, the Red Hat Lady (comedy)
3:15-5:00       Collateral Relations (Celtic band)

Sunday:
1:30                Danny Ray Cole
2:30                Georgia Young Men’s Ensemble
3:40                Atlanta Harmony Chorus
4:15                Atlanta Young Men’s Ensemble

For additional information or pictures, please contact Victoria Jones, Gwinnett Convention and Visitors Bureau, 770-814-6048 or visit www.barefootinthepark.org.

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