The Savannah College of Art and Design presents the annual Sidewalk Arts Festival April 28, 2007. This popular event features a chalk drawing competition on the sidewalks of Savannah’s centerpiece, beautiful Forsyth Park. Drawing competition entries will be judged and awarded prizes. The event also includes food, and children’s and youth areas for young artists as well as live music throughout the day.
Admission is free and open to the public. The chalk competition features categories for students, alumni and prospective students.
Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Forsyth Park, between Whitaker and Drayton streets, Savannah, Ga.
for more information, visit www.scad.edu
Archives for March 2008
Amelia Island Is Going Wild – Amelia Island, Florida
AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. – The 2008 Wild Amelia Nature Festival, May 16-18, is an exciting and memorable way for residents and visitors to experience the wild side of Florida’s Amelia Island. The three-day festival offers something for everyone, with more than 25 seminars and outdoor experiences designed to showcase the natural beauty and wonder of the popular barrier island destination.
31st Annual Cooper River Bridge Run – Charleston, South Carolina
The Cooper River Bridge Run provides a world-class 10-K foot race. The race promotes continuous physical activity and a healthy lifestyle through education and opportunity. For more information, please visit www.bridgerun.com
Vision
The Cooper River Bridge Run is the best organized and the best conducted 10-K race in the world. It includes world-class competition in a unique setting with unparalleled participant satisfaction. It broadens community cooperation and participation in healthy events throughout the year. The Cooper River Bridge Run serves as a model of health motivation for other communities throughout the world.
Bed and Breakfast Tours in 2008 – Amelia Island, Florida
The Amelia Island Bed and Breakfast Association invites the public to enjoy three new open-house walking tours in 2008.
Beginning on Saturday, May 10, the seven member inns will offer a House and Garden Tour, giving guests a unique view of some of Amelia Island’s hidden gardens. Scheduled the day before Mother’s Day, the House and Garden Tour will showcase the properties’ flowering gardens, period architecture and unique decorating schemes.
Addison on Amelia, the Amelia Island Williams House, the Ash Street Inn, Elizabeth Pointe Lodge, Fairbanks House, Florida House Inn and the Hoyt House will participate in the tours.
In the fall, the inns will open again, on Saturday, Oct. 11, for a Fall Decorating Tour, and again on Saturday, Nov. 22, for a Holiday Cookie Tour.
Fairbanks House owner Theresa Hamilton, formerly the Holiday Tour coordinator, proposed three, smaller tours as a way for guests to enjoy the inns throughout the year.
Tickets for the tours are $20/each or $45 for the series and will be available beginning in April at any of the seven inns and the Chamber of Commerce Gateway Office.
For more information, visit www.ameliaislandinns.com.
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The Rite of Swing – Savannah, Georgia
Duke Ellington Concert features Sam Skelton
The Coastal Jazz Association presents a tribute to Duke Ellington on Sunday, April 27, 2008 which will feature special guest saxophonist, Sam Skelton. As a woodwind doubler, Mr. Skelton is well versed in any genre of music. His grasp of saxophone, clarinet and flute has enabled him to remain very busy in live performance as well as in the studio.
This event will be celebrating the legacy left by one of America’s greatest musicians/composers for what would have been his 109th birthday (born April 29, 1899).