Arts & Ent
LaFayette's Music on the Square festival adds second headliner, VIP seating this year
The third annual Music on the Square festival in LaFayette will not only feature two big-name headliners and a VIP seating area this year, but will also be making a push to help raise money for a l...
May 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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David Naile
Country singer David Name concert in Rome, Ga., Friday night
Country singer David Nail comes to downtown Rome Friday bringing his unique twist on country music to the Brewhouse Music and Grill. The Missouri native has played Rome River Jam the last two yea...
May 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Author, Janie Dempsey Watts enjoys the view of Taylor’s Ridge (background) while riding her faithful companion, Sunny.
Local author’s book kicks off One Book, One Community event May 9
Catoosa Citizen’s for Literacy and the Catoosa County Library are pleased to announce this year’s choice for their fifth annual One Book, One Community event. Laced with a generous dose of local fl...
May 03, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ringgold Playhouse director Adam Cook and downtown development director Joseph Brellenthin meet at the Ringgold Depot to measure the stage and estimate the number of seating for the first theatre production scheduled in mid-July. (Catoosa News photo/Natasha Colbaugh)
Ringgold Playhouse debuts with July performances
It’s been almost a year since theatre production specialist Adam Cook approached the Ringgold city council about creating a local theatre. “The Ringgold city manager, Dan Wright, and myself first ...
May 02, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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Some of the Southern Jesters, a north Georgia improvisation troupe, pose for a picture following a recent rehearsal. Back row, from left: Emily Miller, Jason Pulcher, Joseph Watts and Grant McKown. Front row, from left: Gavin Russell, Ryan Hubbard, Jester leader John Lee and Stefany English. (Catoosa News photo/Adam Cook)
Southern Jesters Improv Troupe brings unique comedy to north Georgia
Over the course of the past six years, a collection of comedic actors known as the Southern Jesters have banded together to create a lovable improv troupe that continues to bring smiles and laughte...
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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E.Michael Helms
Anticipated novel features Chickamauga battles and area history
Inspired by a true story, “Of Blood and Brothers: Book One – A Novel of the Civil War” spins a tale of two southern brothers, who unintentionally find themselves serving in opposing armies during A...
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“Smoke on the Mountain” coming to Catoosa County Colonnade
Mar 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
The Sanders family is back at the Colonnade in Ringgold in the hilarious, heart-warming “Smoke on the Mountain” Saturday Night Gospel Sing. The Sanders family is a traveling gospel-singing group ma...
Lake Winnie water park taking shape
by Natasha Colbaugh
Mar 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The flat stretch of land once used for overflow parking at Lake Winnepesaukah amusement park has been transformed in just over two months as the water park SoakYa takes shape. The water park, Lake ...
Local columnist hosts book signing
Feb 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Rob Jenkins, a 1979 graduate of Ringgold High School and columnist for The Gwinnett Daily Post, will be signing copies of his new book “Family Man: The Art of Surviving Domestic Tranquility” at The...
"The Fantasticks" comes to Walker Community Theater in March
Feb 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 29 29 recommendations | email to a friend
The lights drop, the music begins and suddenly you’re in a place where life is young, time is slow and a girl and boy have fallen in love for the first time. Back Alley Productions invites you to f...
Heritage High students to perform “Little Mermaid” musical this weekend
by Sherry Dee Allen
Nov 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Disney's hit film, “The Little Mermaid,” will soon be making a splash on a local stage. Heritage High School students will be performing the Broadway musical version of the 1989 movie on Nov. 16 an...
Ringgold's "Small Town Security" crew responds to reviews
by Sherry Dee Allen
Jul 26, 2012 | 7 7 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
Local resident Joan Koplan has been called the "Roseanne of Ringgold," referring to Roseanne Barr, the bawdy-mouthed, sitcom queen of the nineties. Many claim Koplan is "crazy" and "freakish" and "...
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Tornadoes in Kansas, Oklahoma and Iowa kill at least one person and injure at least 21 while damaging properties with high winds, rain and hail, as forecasters predict similar weather today over much of the same area.
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