Exhibits
Ongoing
Legacy Museum on Main, 136 Main St. in LaGrange, hosts the exhibit Weddings of West Georgia: Something Old, Something New until April 20 with wedding dresses, shoes, veils, announcements, invitations and newspaper reports used to spotlight love and weddings in West Georgia from the 1800s to the present. Admission is free. The museum is open Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free of charge. For more information, call 706-884-1828.
Retrospective: Photographs by Douglas Kirkland is on display at LaGrange Art Museum, featuring the photography of the noted Hollywood celebrity photographer, in the Cochran Gallery through April 27. LaGrange Art Museum, 112 Lafayette Square, is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Friday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. For more information, email art@lagrangeartmuseum.org or call 706-882-3267.
809 Gallery of Art, 809 Hill St., hosts Student Exhibition 2013 with art by local students until March 30. The gallery is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Events
Wednesday
The Salvation Army, 806 Murphy Ave., provides emergency food assistance 9 a.m. to noon and 12:30 to 3 p.m. Picture ID and Social Security card are needed.
Preschool story time at LaGrange Memorial Library is at 10:30 a.m. and includes stories, fingerplays, songs and a craft time. 706-882-7784
Thursday
West Georgia Society for Human Resources Management hosts Doing the Right Thing In 2013, a conference on OSHA and employment litigation avoidance 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Del’avant Event Center.
Story Hour featuring stories, fingerplays, songs and rhymes for preschoolers and their escorts is at 10:30 a.m. at Hawkes Library in West Point.
LaGrange College hosts the panel “Why Give? A Panel Discussion with a Christian, Muslim and Jew,” at 11:15 a.m. in the Dickson Assembly Room of Turner Hall. Iman Sulaimaan Hamed from the Atlanta Masjid Mosque, Rabbi Eric Linder from the Congregational Children of Israel Synagogue, and the Rev. Jessica Terrell from the Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church will compare and contrast the traditions of Zakat, Tzedakah and charitable giving. Open to the public.
Tai Chi for Health for beginners is noon at the Active Life, 140 Ragland St. Tai chi is a slow-moving martial art improving balance, coordination and relaxation. Call Holly at 706-883-1681 to register.
The Interfaith Food Closet at 416 Pierce St. in LaGrange is open from 1 to 2:45 p.m. to help people in need of food. 706-882-9291
A new Beginner Couples Ballroom Dance class for ages 16 and up begins at the Active Life, 140 Ragland St. Beginner two step is 6:30 p.m. and beginner rumba is 7:30 p.m. Cost is $80 per couple for eight weeks. 706-884-5857
Beginner ballroom dance lessons for all ages are given from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Active Life center on Ragland Street. 706-884-5857
Friday
The Active Life senior center at 140 Ragland St. offers oil painting classes at noon for all adults 55 and older. 706-883-1681
A senior dance is at 7 p.m. at the old Franklin Elementary School gym with a live band. Admission is $4.
Friday–Sunday
Lafayette Society for Performing Arts presents the Lafayette Ballet Company in “The Little Mermaid” March 15 and 16 at 7 p.m., and March 17 at 2 p.m. at the Troup High School Fine Arts Auditorium. Reserved tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students and general admission is $15 for adults and $8 for students. For more information and reserved tickets, call the LSPA at 706-882-9909.
Saturday
LaGrange Kiwanis Club hosts its annual pancake breakfast at First Baptist Church on the square from 7 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. Tickets are $5 and may be purchased from any Kiwanian or at the door. Stephen King, 706-883-1111
The Chattahoochee Humane Society hosts the “Strut 4 Strays” dog walk, art competition and dog show at the Sportsplex in Valley, Ala. Registration for all events begins at 8 a.m. The walk is $25 to enter and begins at 9 a.m. Participants get a T-shirt, doggie bag and pet photo. Following the walk is an awards ceremony for the student art, T-shirt art and pet photo contests. Art will be on display starting at 9 a.m. The dog show begins at 10 a.m. and is $5 per pet per category entered. There will be a frisbee dog demonstration, children’s activity area and live entertainment by Point University’ folk band with skits.
A benefit car, truck and bike show, and swap meet and flea market to benefit the American Cancer Society is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Open to all vehicles. Registration is 10 a.m. to noon. Cost is $20 per entry.
The 20-year anniversary celebration of the I Train in LaGrange sports program that brought hundreds of athletes to LaGrange to train for the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics is at 10 a.m. at Whitesville Road Track on Fort Drive next to the soccer fields.
LaGrange Art Museum holds Family Super Saturday with free tours at the museum and art activities at the Center for Creative Learning from 1 to 4 p.m.
Stay Strong Raven, a praise, love and worship service for Raven Varner, who was diagnosed with a rare stage 4 Rhabdomyosarcoma cancer, is 5 p.m. at Underground Studio, 1605 Vernon Road Suite 2500 on the lower level. Cynthia Kelley, 706-333-4926 or Jennifer Grier, 706-333-8728
The DHA Community Center in Pine Mountain hosts Remembering Elvis Presley at 7 p.m. featuring Rick Lipp, a longtime member of Elvis Presley’s entertainment team. Lipp will play and sing Presley’s most popular songs, a video of Presley’s most memorable concert will be shown and some of Presley’s memorabilia will be on display. Lipp also will speak of his experiences while performing with Presley. A $10 donation is requested. Seating is limited. Call 706-663-4447 for reservations.
New River Band performs country music at 7 p.m. at the Active Life center on Ragland Street. Admission is $5.
Meetings
Today
The LaGrange Housing Authority Board of Commissioners meets at 4 p.m. at 201 Chatham St.
LaGrange City Council meets at 5:30 p.m. in the council chamber at 208 Ridley Ave.
The LaGrange Symphony Orchestra Board meets at 5:30 p.m. in classroom A in the Callaway Education Building at LaGrange College.
LaGrange Serenity Groups and Al-Anon meet at 6 p.m. at Self Help Harbor, 909 Stonewall St.
Grief Share, a support group for people grieving the loss of someone close, meets at 7 p.m. at Cedarcrest Community Church at 2380 Roanoke Road. 706-882-6327
The LaGrange Shufflers meet at the Active Life center at 140 Ragland St. for regular square dance from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. 706-812-8840
Wednesday
A bereavement support group meets 11 a.m. at Hospice LaGrange.
The Lunch Bunch and Al-Anon meet at noon at Self Help Harbor, 909 Stonewall St.
Thursday
The LaGrange Woman’s Club meets at Bellevue at 204 Ben Hill St. Social hour is at 11 a.m., and the meeting is at noon. The guest speaker this month will be Keith Schuermann, director of LaGrange Memorial Library.
The LaGrange Area Safety Association meets at 11:30 a.m. at Ryan’s Steak House at 1509 Lafayette Parkway.
The Kiwanis Club of LaGrange meets at noon at Highland Country Club.
Rehearsals for the LaGrange Civic Chorale are from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Troup High School chorus room. choralsociety@charter.net, 706-882-2734
LaGrange Serenity Groups and Al-Anon meet at 7 p.m. at Self Help Harbor, 909 Stonewall St.
Troup County Master Gardeners meet at 7 p.m. at the Troup County Agriculture Building on Vulcan Materials Road.
LaGrange chapter No. 474 Order of the Eastern Star meets at 7:30 p.m. at the Lodge Hall on Watson and Brown streets.
Friday
The Lunch Bunch Alateen Family Group meets at noon at Self Help Harbor, 909 Stonewall St.
Churches
Today, Wednesday
Friendship Baptist Church hosts its spring revival at 7 p.m. Monday guest is the Rev. George Strozier and Threats Grove. Tuesday guest is the Rev. Alfonso Simpson Jr. and Mountain Spring. Wednesday guest is teh Rev. Eddie Story Jr. and Faith Worship Ministries.
Wednesday
Grief Share, a support group for people grieving the loss of someone close, meets at 6 p.m. at Cedarcrest Community Church, 2380 Roanoke Road. 706-882-6327.
Trinity SDA Church Prayer and Bible Study Center at 710 Jenkins St. holds community prayer and Bible study at 7 p.m. Pastor Walter Gordon, 706-812-0760
Hogansville Church of Christ, 4885 Mountville Road, holds a study on the book of Revelation at 7 p.m. with speaker J. Robert Brooks. 706-637-6476
Eagle’s Nest Cathedral, 1306 E. 10th St. in West Point, hosts Bible study at 7 p.m.
St. Paul CME Church, 250 Lower Glass Bridge Road, hosts Bible study at 7 p.m.
Callaway Baptist Church hosts service and classes at 7 p.m.
Thursday
Celebrate Recovery, a faith-based recovery program, meets at 6 p.m. with a fellowship meal and worship at the welcome center of First Baptist Church on Church Street. 706-884-5631
Immanuel Ministries and Worship Center at 75 Patillo Road holds Bible study at 6:30 p.m.
True Life Christian Ministries, 500 S. Lee St., hosts Bible study at 7:30 p.m. for adults and youth.
Friday
Hope Entertainment and Jackquline Cartwright present pastor William H. Murphy at the Bethlehem Baptist Church auditorium, 1109 E. 10th St. in West Point. Service starts at 6 p.m., doors open at 5 p.m. Other musical guests are Together As One from Montgomery, The Hinds Sisters of Opelika, Ala., Telly Fannings of Columbus, Royal Worshippers of Columbus, O.H. Ministries of Lanett, Ala., and Spread the Word of Valley, Ala. All proceeds will help Hope Enterprises fund its summer feeding programs in Troup and Harris counties, and Chambers, Barbour, Randolph and Lee counties in Alabama.
True Life Christian Ministries, 500 S. Lee St., hosts youth night from 7 to 9 p.m. Sylvia Cameron, 706-402-6670
Saturday
Trinity SDA Church Prayer and Bible Study Center at 710 Jenkins St. holds a free Bible study from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Pastor Walter Gordon, 706-812-0760
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