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Jim Webb's Middle Georgia Live Music Report (11/2-11/8)
The joyous sound of live music will be heard inside venues large and small and filling the air at special community events throughout Middle Georgia this week. First Friday in Downtown Macon is one special event where live music will be easy to find, both on street corners and in the city's many downtown music venues. Music fan Jim Webb has once again searched low and high for the following mostly comprehensive list of live music shows in the heart of Georgia the first full week of November 2026.
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The Quirkiest Junkyard In Georgia Is Also A Jaw-Dropping Open-Air Graffiti Art Masterpiece
Not every masterpiece hangs in a museum, and the School Bus Graveyard in Alto, Georgia is living proof that some of the best art in the world is sitting in a field off a dirt road in the North Georgia mountains. If that sentence didn’t make you want to drop...
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A Perry Holiday Tradition That Gives Back: Mistletoe Market
For many people in Perry, the holiday season doesn’t officially begin until they make their annual trip to Mistletoe Market. It’s a chance to get a head start on Christmas shopping, catch up with friends, and browse gifts, clothing, and holiday decorations. Mistletoe Market means much more to...
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Students help transform Jackson for ‘Stranger Things’ event
JACKSON — Southern Crescent Technical College (SCTC) Film Technology students helped transform downtown Jackson into an immersive “Stranger Things”-inspired environment for the Welcome to Hawkins Weekend held Oct. 2 to 4. The project marked the Film Technology Program’s third year collaborating with the Butts County Chamber of Commerce under the leadership of Jacqueline McKoon, president and CEO. Jackson’s historic downtown square is well known to fans of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” as a filming location for the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana. This year, students and instructors drew inspiration from Season 5’s Military Access Control Zone (MAC-Z), creating a military-themed quarantine setting and a dramatic passageway leading to the eerie alternate dimension known as the Upside Down. The student-centered project immersed participants in the art department side of production, providing hands-on experience from concept development and preproduction through set design, scenic construction, fabrication, practical effects, lighting, set dressing and installation. Students created military-style signage, weathered barricades, perimeter fencing, prop equipment, creature elements, atmospheric lighting and an illuminated portal to bring the concept to life. Working toward a fixed public event deadline requires them to apply not only technical skills but also collaboration, troubleshooting, resource management and adaptability, according to SCTC. The
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Book Lovers Drive Across Georgia To Dig Through The Rare Shelves At This Enormous Bookstore
More than 80,000 used, rare, and collectible books share one roof at a bookstore with a cat named Mickey on staff. That number alone makes my wallet nervous, and I haven’t even mentioned the leatherbound shelves yet. The shelves run floor to ceiling across two levels of winding aisles.