Exhibits

Ongoing

Legacy Museum on Main at 136 Main St. hosts the exhibit “Bubbling Up Business: Bottling Industry of Troup County and Area.” Bottles from area bottling plants loaned by local collectors comprise part of the exhibit. 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. 706-884-1828.

Jill Philips: Student, Teacher and Painter with the Visual Artists Alliance of LaGrange and Donna Jackson, iron works artist, runs until Sept. 29 at LaGrange Art Museum. The exhibit combines the giant garden insects of metal worker Jackson with the out-of-door artistry of Philips, and showcases local talent from the VAAL. Works are available to purchase with proceeds benefitting LAM. Admission is free. Opening reception is Sept. 7 from 7 to 9 p.m with a private VIP curator’s circle reception at 6 p.m.

Upcoming

The Journey - Connections art exhibit will be at the Cochran Gallery on the Square beginning Sept. 27 and running until Oct. 26. The exhibit contains “quilts” of canvas created in collaboration with or inspired by someone’s cancer journey. Each piece is accompanied by an essay explaining its meaning.

Events

Thursday

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.

Tai Chi for Health for beginners is 12:30 p.m. at the Active Life, 140 Ragland St. Tai chi is a slow-moving martial art improving balance, coordination and relaxation. Call Holly at 706-883-1618 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

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

Vendors sell fresh produce, cheeses, honey, boiled peanuts and other items at Callaway Gardens Farmer’s Market from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Gardens’ Robin Lake Beach in Pine Mountain. Admission is free to the market through the beach entrance.

The Active Life senior center at 140 Ragland St. offers oil painting classes at noon for all adults 55 and older. 706-883-1681

The deadline to register for the Dunson Mill Village reunion, which is Sept. 29 at First United Methodist Church on Broad Street. Cost to attend is $15 per person and is open to those people that grew up in the mill village or attended Dunson School, Dunson Baptist Church, Dunson Methodist Church or grew up in the Dixie Mill Village. www.dunsonmillvillage.com, Linda Mims Clark, 706-884-4412 or Jerry Key, 404-275-6669

A senior dance is at 7 p.m. at the old Franklin Elementary School gym with a live band. Admission is $4.

Meetings

Today

The Round Table meets at 4 p.m. at LaGrange Memorial Library with Tracy Riggs as hostess. Claire Flint will review “Nothing Daunted” by Dorothy Wickenden.

Thursday

The Troup County Board of Registrars meets at 10 a.m. at the Government Center at 100 Ridley Ave.

The Troup County Board of Education meets at 5:30 p.m. at the Administrative Services Center at 100 N. Davis Road.

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

The Troup County Sportsman’s Club meets at 7:30 p.m. at the clubhouse on Roanoke Road.

LaGrange Serenity Groups and Al-Anon meet at 7 p.m. at Self Help Harbor, 909 Stonewall St.

Friday

The Lunch Bunch Alateen Family Group meets at noon at Self Help Harbor, 909 Stonewall St.

Churches

Today

Grief Share, a 13-week Biblically based support program is at Cedarcrest Community Church, 2380 Roanoke Road, at 6 p.m. The Rev. Paul Botica, 706-882-6327

Women of Grace meet at 6 p.m. at Rising Grove Baptist Church, 209 E Crovat St.

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

St. Paul CME Church, 250 Lower Glass Bridge Road, hosts Bible study at 7 p.m.

Thursday

Eagles Nest Cathedral, 1306 E. 10th St. in West Point, hosts Serving the Servant celebration at 7 p.m. with guest speaker Dr. Tanda Canion of Assembly of Truth Family Worship Center in Atlanta. Guest choir and dance team is of Kingdom Faith Ministries of Columbus.

Point University in West Point hosts its first community chapel event at 7 p.m. at the Lanett United Methodist Church in Lanett, Ala. Point University students, faculty and staff, as well as all community members, are invited to worship. Point University president Dean Collins will speak.

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

True Life Christian Ministries, 500 S. Lee St., hosts movie night from 7 to 9 p.m. Sylvia Cameron, 706-402-6670

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