It’s easy to find something horrifying to put a little tingle in your spine this time of year.
But if you like your spooky with a side of history, you mightwant to hitch a ride on the Augusta Ghost Trolley.
Organizer Michael Wolff, dressed in turn-of-the-century garb, will take guests on a tour of Augusta’s reputed haunts while narrating oft-told and little-known stories of Augusta’s past.
http://chronicle.augusta.com/things-do/applause/2011-10-05/trolley-tour-reveal-spookiest-augusta?v=1317843076
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Le Chat Noir offers instruction in fighting zombies
It’s happened.
Thanks to a global pandemic, zombies have taken over the world.
Augusta alone has been spared.
It is here, at Le Chat Noir, that private military company Darkest Hour has set up a training center to teach residents how to defend themselves in the inevitable event of a zombie attack.
That is the premise behind the theater’s newest production, or rather, haunted attraction, Zombie Apocalypse Survival Boot Camp.
Patrons will not merely watch the action onstage. They will get hands-on experience in zombie warfare.
http://chronicle.augusta.com/things-do/applause/2011-10-05/le-chat-noir-offers-instruction-fighting-zombies-halloween
Thanks to a global pandemic, zombies have taken over the world.
Augusta alone has been spared.
It is here, at Le Chat Noir, that private military company Darkest Hour has set up a training center to teach residents how to defend themselves in the inevitable event of a zombie attack.
That is the premise behind the theater’s newest production, or rather, haunted attraction, Zombie Apocalypse Survival Boot Camp.
Patrons will not merely watch the action onstage. They will get hands-on experience in zombie warfare.
http://chronicle.augusta.com/things-do/applause/2011-10-05/le-chat-noir-offers-instruction-fighting-zombies-halloween
Monday, October 3, 2011
Harlem festival makes for Hardy Halloween
Saturday marks the beginning of the spooky season.
It is also the day Harlem lauds its famous son with the 23rd annual Oliver Hardy Festival.
Gates for the day-long festival open at 9 a.m., but the fun will really get under way with a parade through downtown Harlem at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1
Afterward, visitors can shop at more than 300 arts, crafts and food booths and listen to local bands playing a variety of musical genres. Admission and parking are free, and shuttles will be available to transport guests to and from the parking areas.
http://chronicle.augusta.com/things-do/applause/2011-09-28/harlem-festival-makes-hardy-halloween
It is also the day Harlem lauds its famous son with the 23rd annual Oliver Hardy Festival.
Gates for the day-long festival open at 9 a.m., but the fun will really get under way with a parade through downtown Harlem at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1
Afterward, visitors can shop at more than 300 arts, crafts and food booths and listen to local bands playing a variety of musical genres. Admission and parking are free, and shuttles will be available to transport guests to and from the parking areas.
http://chronicle.augusta.com/things-do/applause/2011-09-28/harlem-festival-makes-hardy-halloween
Langhorne Slim back to rock songs of love
One theme pervades Langhorne Slim’s music.
“Love. The good parts, the sad parts, the in-between parts,” said the singer/songwriter, who will perform at Sky City Saturday as part of the Westobou Festival.
He and his band, The Law, which includes drummer Malachi DiLorenzo, bassist Jeff Ratner and keyboardist David Moore, have played in Augusta before. In March they opened for The Avett Brothers at Bell Auditorium.
Their music has been described as everything from folk to Americana. But ask Slim what the audience can expect from his show and he replies, “The greatest rock and roll show they have ever seen.”
http://chronicle.augusta.com/things-do/applause/2011-09-28/langhorne-slim-back-rock-songs-love
“Love. The good parts, the sad parts, the in-between parts,” said the singer/songwriter, who will perform at Sky City Saturday as part of the Westobou Festival.
He and his band, The Law, which includes drummer Malachi DiLorenzo, bassist Jeff Ratner and keyboardist David Moore, have played in Augusta before. In March they opened for The Avett Brothers at Bell Auditorium.
Their music has been described as everything from folk to Americana. But ask Slim what the audience can expect from his show and he replies, “The greatest rock and roll show they have ever seen.”
http://chronicle.augusta.com/things-do/applause/2011-09-28/langhorne-slim-back-rock-songs-love
Augusta State students unable to reach car wash world record
Wesley and Cassandra Byers were having a bulb replaced at Gerald Jones Honda on Saturday when they saw a sign for a free car wash in the shopping center across the street.
“Our daughter saw it was for the ROTC and said we had to stop,” Cassandra Byers said.
They were one more tally in Augusta State University’s attempt to pass the Guinness World Records mark for the most cars washed by an organization in a day.
With tired arms, legs and some sunburn, the more than 50 people who showed to wash cars were able to clean 383, well short of the record of 4,918 that was set in June.
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2011-09-24/augusta-state-students-unable-reach-car-wash-world-record
“Our daughter saw it was for the ROTC and said we had to stop,” Cassandra Byers said.
They were one more tally in Augusta State University’s attempt to pass the Guinness World Records mark for the most cars washed by an organization in a day.
With tired arms, legs and some sunburn, the more than 50 people who showed to wash cars were able to clean 383, well short of the record of 4,918 that was set in June.
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2011-09-24/augusta-state-students-unable-reach-car-wash-world-record
Couples groove for charity
Some of Augusta's notables proved they knew how to cut a rug at the Gordon Club on Saturday night.
Seven couples, some of whom said they didn't dance much before Saturday, entertained a standing-room-only crowd at the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority's second Dancing With the Stars fundraiser.
Last year's event was so popular that organizers rented two ballrooms to accommodate the crowd this year, with one designated for the show and the other reserved for dinner and dancing.
It still wasn't enough. Guests filled every seat and stood along three sides of the room to watch the entertainment.
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/richmond-neighbors/2011-09-29/couples-groove-charity
Seven couples, some of whom said they didn't dance much before Saturday, entertained a standing-room-only crowd at the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority's second Dancing With the Stars fundraiser.
Last year's event was so popular that organizers rented two ballrooms to accommodate the crowd this year, with one designated for the show and the other reserved for dinner and dancing.
It still wasn't enough. Guests filled every seat and stood along three sides of the room to watch the entertainment.
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/richmond-neighbors/2011-09-29/couples-groove-charity
Monday, September 12, 2011
The Getaway
I wrote several standing columns for The Chronicle. Most were in a Q & A format, but The Getaway allowed me to both be creative and explore Georgia and South Carolina without ever leaving my desk. Here are a few:
April 27, 2011: Upstate Heritage Quilt
I n 1993, someone suggested that Jenny Grobusky of Walhalla, S.C., get a new bedspread.
So she quilted her own using a colorful Dresden-plate pattern, and gave it to her husband for their 50th wedding anniversary.
Now a hand-painted copy of that quilt hangs on her barn, waiting for visitors to come discover it. It is one of 33 other quilt squares scattered along the Upstate Heritage Quilt Trail.
The trail spans Oconee, Anderson and Pickens counties in Upstate South Carolina and is continuing to spread. It was started in February 2010 as a project to promote tourism in Oconee County and has been rapidly growing ever since.
http://chronicle.augusta.com/things-do/applause/2011-04-27/getaway-upstate-heritage-quilt-trail
Feb. 16, 2011: Historic Westville in Lumpkin, Ga.
If you want to walk down memory lane, drive about five hours southwest to Westville, Ga.
The memories might not be yours until you leave, but you will see artifacts your great-great-grandparents might remember.
The 83-acre living history town is laid out in 1850s fashion. It boasts more than 30 buildings that have been brought from around Georgia and restored to their original appearances.
The town was begun by John West in 1928 to preserve "Georgiana," the buildings, arts and crafts and tools of Georgia's settlement. According to the Historic Westville Web site, it is the third oldest living history project in the United States.
http://chronicle.augusta.com/things-do/applause/2011-02-16/historic-westville-lumpkin
Jan. 26, 2011: Crime and Punishment Museum
Fried chicken. Good old Southern potato salad. Ice cold sweet tea. Homestyle cooking served up on a beaten tin plate.
Just like what a death row inmate gets in his final hours.
The place is called Last Meal Café, and it's inside the Crime and Punishment Museum in Ashburn, Ga.
Here you can experience the small-town Southern justice of yesteryear and learn how the judicial system in Georgia has changed over time.
From outside, the building looks like an old brick home with bars on the windows of the second story, but not on the first.
http://chronicle.augusta.com/things-do/applause/2011-01-26/getaway-crime-and-punishment-museum
Sept. 22, 2010: The Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History
On the rainy morning of April 12, 1862, the passengers and crew of The General were enjoying breakfast at the Lacy Hotel in what is now Kennesaw, Ga., when their train left the station without them.
Captained by James Andrews, the crew of Union saboteurs destroyed the Western and Atlantic Railroad tracks and telegraph wires in their wake.
Confederates chased the locomotive, catching it as it ran out of steam just before it reached Chattanooga, Tenn.
The train now rests in The Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History in Kennesaw. An exhibit built around it includes a film recreating the chase, a facade of the Lacy Hotel and a tunnel.
http://chronicle.augusta.com/things-do/2010-09-22/getaway
Aug. 18, 2010: The Biltmore Estate
In the 1890s, George Vanderbilt decided to build a country home in the mountains of North Carolina.
His grandfather, Cornelius, and his father, William Henry, had become wealthy industrialists in the early 19th century.
George, however, was more interested in books and travel, visiting Europe, Asia or Africa every year from the age of 10.
With the help of architect Richard Morris Hunt, he modeled his mountain home in the French Renaissance style and used elements of three 16th-century French chateaux. It boasts 250 rooms, including 34 bedrooms and 43 bathrooms and 65 fireplaces, all covering four acres of floor space.
http://chronicle.augusta.com/things-do/2010-08-18/getaway-biltmore-estate
April 27, 2011: Upstate Heritage Quilt
I n 1993, someone suggested that Jenny Grobusky of Walhalla, S.C., get a new bedspread.
So she quilted her own using a colorful Dresden-plate pattern, and gave it to her husband for their 50th wedding anniversary.
Now a hand-painted copy of that quilt hangs on her barn, waiting for visitors to come discover it. It is one of 33 other quilt squares scattered along the Upstate Heritage Quilt Trail.
The trail spans Oconee, Anderson and Pickens counties in Upstate South Carolina and is continuing to spread. It was started in February 2010 as a project to promote tourism in Oconee County and has been rapidly growing ever since.
http://chronicle.augusta.com/things-do/applause/2011-04-27/getaway-upstate-heritage-quilt-trail
Feb. 16, 2011: Historic Westville in Lumpkin, Ga.
If you want to walk down memory lane, drive about five hours southwest to Westville, Ga.
The memories might not be yours until you leave, but you will see artifacts your great-great-grandparents might remember.
The 83-acre living history town is laid out in 1850s fashion. It boasts more than 30 buildings that have been brought from around Georgia and restored to their original appearances.
The town was begun by John West in 1928 to preserve "Georgiana," the buildings, arts and crafts and tools of Georgia's settlement. According to the Historic Westville Web site, it is the third oldest living history project in the United States.
http://chronicle.augusta.com/things-do/applause/2011-02-16/historic-westville-lumpkin
Jan. 26, 2011: Crime and Punishment Museum
Fried chicken. Good old Southern potato salad. Ice cold sweet tea. Homestyle cooking served up on a beaten tin plate.
Just like what a death row inmate gets in his final hours.
The place is called Last Meal Café, and it's inside the Crime and Punishment Museum in Ashburn, Ga.
Here you can experience the small-town Southern justice of yesteryear and learn how the judicial system in Georgia has changed over time.
From outside, the building looks like an old brick home with bars on the windows of the second story, but not on the first.
http://chronicle.augusta.com/things-do/applause/2011-01-26/getaway-crime-and-punishment-museum
Sept. 22, 2010: The Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History
On the rainy morning of April 12, 1862, the passengers and crew of The General were enjoying breakfast at the Lacy Hotel in what is now Kennesaw, Ga., when their train left the station without them.
Captained by James Andrews, the crew of Union saboteurs destroyed the Western and Atlantic Railroad tracks and telegraph wires in their wake.
Confederates chased the locomotive, catching it as it ran out of steam just before it reached Chattanooga, Tenn.
The train now rests in The Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History in Kennesaw. An exhibit built around it includes a film recreating the chase, a facade of the Lacy Hotel and a tunnel.
http://chronicle.augusta.com/things-do/2010-09-22/getaway
Aug. 18, 2010: The Biltmore Estate
In the 1890s, George Vanderbilt decided to build a country home in the mountains of North Carolina.
His grandfather, Cornelius, and his father, William Henry, had become wealthy industrialists in the early 19th century.
George, however, was more interested in books and travel, visiting Europe, Asia or Africa every year from the age of 10.
With the help of architect Richard Morris Hunt, he modeled his mountain home in the French Renaissance style and used elements of three 16th-century French chateaux. It boasts 250 rooms, including 34 bedrooms and 43 bathrooms and 65 fireplaces, all covering four acres of floor space.
http://chronicle.augusta.com/things-do/2010-08-18/getaway-biltmore-estate
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