Events
Today
LaGrange Art Museum hosts adult photography with Dean Rogers on Tuesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. through March 12. Cost for classes is $175 for members, $180 for non-members, $166.25 for senior members and $171 for senior non-members. 706-882-3267
LaGrange Art Museum hosts adult drawing and painting with Charlie Warner on Tuesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. through March 12. Cost for classes is $175 for members, $180 for non-members, $166.25 for senior members and $171 for senior non-members. 706-882-3267
LaGrange Art Museum hosts adult introduction to sewing with Karen Briggs on Tuesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. through March 12. Cost for classes is $175 for members, $180 for non-members, $166.25 for senior members and $171 for senior non-members. 706-882-3267
LaGrange Art Museum hosts adult ceramics classes with Austin Burns on Tuesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. through March 12. Cost for classes is $175 for members, $180 for non-members, $166.25 for senior members and $171 for senior non-members. 706-882-3267
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
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 in partnership with the LaGrange Art Museum hosts a Hollywood photography lecture with noted Hollywood celebrity photographer Douglas Kirkland at 11:15 a.m. in the Dickson Assembly Room, Turner Hall at the college. dbriggs@lagrange.edu, 706-880-8211
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
LaGrange Civic Chorale hosts Skylark, a Valentine’s Dinner and Dance celebrating the Music of Johnny Mercer, with Billy Kravtin and the Fidelity Jazz Quartet at 6 p.m. at Highland Country Club. For tickets, email choralsociety@charter.net or call 706-882-2734.
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
LaGrange Art Museum hosts an opening reception featuring the photography of noted Hollywood celebrity photographer Douglas Kirkland at the Cochran Gallery at 7 p.m. The Smithsonian-recognized, intimate stage and footlight photography of Atlanta-based Motown photographer Jim Alexander will be shown at LaGrange College’s Lamar Dodd Art Center. This touring exhibition is organized and circulated by the Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona State College, Daytona Beach, Florida. All images courtesy of the artist. art@lagrangeartmuseum.org, 706-882-3267
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 Hot l Baltimore,” Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the LSPA Black Box Theater, 214 Bull St. The play, set in the lobby of the Hotel Baltimore, focuses on residents of the decaying property faced with eviction. Attendees may bring their own fare and beverages for a dinner theater. Tickets are available at the theater or by contacting LSPA at lafayettesociety@bellsouth.net or 706-882-9909.
Saturday
The Knights of Columbus assembly 3276 hosts a civil servants breakfast at Saint Peter’s Church from 6 to 9 a.m. All police, firemen and emergency personnel are welcome to attend.
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.
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.
The LaGrange-Troup County Humane Society hosts a general meeting at 6 p.m. at LaGrange Memorial Library. Guest speaker is Denae Taylor, a representative of the Puppy Pipeline Organization.
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
The Troup County Development Authorit will hold a called meeting at 9 a.m. on the third floor of the Troup County Government Center on Ridley Avenue.
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 program this month will be a local storyteller from the Azalea Storytelling Festival.
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.
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.
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.
Friday
The Lunch Bunch Alateen Family Group meets at noon at Self Help Harbor, 909 Stonewall St.
Churches
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.
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
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
Listings for ‘In our community’ are presented for events happening in the next five-day period, space permitting. To submit an item, email it to mstrother@lagrangenews.com, fax it to 706-884-8712 or drop it by our office at 105 Ashton St. For more information, call 706-884-7311, Ext. 229. A weeklong listing appears in the weekend edition.
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