Exhibits
Ongoing
Legacy Museum on Main, 136 Main St. in LaGrange, hosts the exhibit Weddings of West Georgia: Something Old, Something New until April 20 with wedding dresses, shoes, veils, announcements, invitations and newspaper reports used to spotlight love and weddings in West Georgia from the 1800s to the present. Admission is free. 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 of charge. For more information, call 706-884-1828.
Retrospective: Photographs by Douglas Kirkland is on display at LaGrange Art Museum, featuring the photography of the noted Hollywood celebrity photographer, in the Cochran Gallery through April 27. LaGrange Art Museum, 112 Lafayette Square, is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Friday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. For more information, email art@lagrangeartmuseum.org or call 706-882-3267.
809 Gallery of Art, 809 Hill St., hosts Student Exhibition 2013 with art by local students until March 30. The gallery is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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 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
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
Thursday-Saturday
The LaGrange High School Drama Department presents “The Diviners,” a play by Jim Leonard, at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $6 for students and $8 for adults.
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
Moonlight Dance Club hosts a beginner tango lesson and a couples dance at LaFayette Christian School gym, 1904 Hamilton Road. The Beginner Tango lesson with instructor Sally Estes is 7 p.m. and couple’s dance is 8 p.m. Attire is dressy casual. All are welcome at $20 per couple. 706-884-5857
Saturday
Mike Cunningham, owner of Country Garden Farms, hosts a class at 10 a.m. at Hills and Dales Estate where he shares his approach to eating locally grown, organic food. Participants will get sources for local and regionally grown food and each participant will leave with a bag of fresh greens and a root crop. Cost is $30 per person. Workshop space is limited and pre-registration is required. Garden admission is included in registration. Annual pass holders receive a 20 percent discount. To register, email info@hillsanddales.org or call the visitor center at 706-882-3242.
The LaGrange Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority hosts 2013 National Impact Day to fight obesity from noon to 2 p.m. with activities and snacks at the William Griggs Recreation Center, 716 Glenn Robertson Drive. Marcus Pollard, a former NFL player and former cast member on “The Amazing Race” TV show will be special guest.
Ralphy Lynch and Friends perform Patsy Cline music with Cynthia Southerd at 7 p.m. at The Active Life on Ragland Street. Open to all adults. Admission is $5.
Meetings
Thursday
West Point City Council meets for a work session at 8:15 a.m.
The executive board of the LaGrange Woman’s Club meets at 10 a.m. at Bellevue.
The Kiwanis Club of LaGrange meets at noon at Highland Country Club.
Older Americans Sharing in Service, the senior adult group of Rosemont Baptist Church, meets at noon in the church fellowship hall.
The Thursday Lunch Club meets at noon in the fellowship hall of First United Methodist Church with a sit-down meal and a program presented by Jack Morman, Azalea storyteller.
Crime Stoppers meets at 6 p.m. in the LaGrange Police Department training room.
The Newcomers Club hosts its general meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall at Saint Peter’s Catholic Church. Speaker for the evening will be Tammy Forbus, volunteer coordinator at LaGrange Hospice.
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
Community Action For Improvement meets at 7 p.m. in the CAFI central office.
LaGrange Serenity Groups and Al-Anon meet at 7 p.m. at Self Help Harbor, 909 Stonewall St.
The Sons of LaGrange Lodge No. 537, a Prince Hall affiliate, meets at 7:30 p.m. at the corner of Brown and Watson streets.
Friday
The Lunch Bunch Alateen Family Group meets at noon at Self Help Harbor, 909 Stonewall St.
Saturday
The National Alliance on Mental Illness Family meets at 10:30 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 120 Broad St., in LaGrange with a session for those diagnosed with mental illness and a session for family members, both led by trained facilitators. 706-594-4714
Sunday
Alpha Xi chapter of Omega Psi Phi fraternity meets at 5 p.m. at the 100 Black Men of West Georgia Resource Center on Union Street.
Churches
Wednesday
The Women Of Grace meets at Rising Grove Baptist Church at 6 p.m. All ladies 18 and older are welcome.
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.
Callaway Baptist Church hosts service and classes 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
Faith Temple Church of Deliverance hosts a 15th pre-anniversary celebration honoring assistant pastor M. T. Jackson at 7 p.m.
True Life Christian Ministries, 500 S. Lee St., hosts youth night from 7 to 9 p.m. Sylvia Cameron, 706-402-6670
Saturday
True Life Christian Ministries, 500 S. Lee St., will sell chili at noon. A $5 donation is requested. Proceeds will help with Youth Department activities. Delois Leslie, 706-402-3040
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
Solomon Grove Baptist Church, 1 Fulton St., hosts a 16th anniversary service for brother Garfield Heard at 6 p.m. Sister Alice Lewis is mistress of ceremony with host The Star Wonder of Camp Hill, Ala.
Burks Chapel United Methodist Church’s music department celebrates its choir anniversary at 6 p.m.
Sunday
Faith Temple Church of Deliverance hosts the 15th anniversary of evangelist Mildred. T. Jackson at 10 a.m.
Rising Grove Baptist Church celebrates pastor Joannie Baskerville’s fifth anniversary at 11:30 a.m. Pastor Simpson from Mountain Springs Baptist church will speak, and at 2:30 p.m. Pastor Strickland from Massadonia Baptist Church and Mt. Zion Baptist in Cornith will speak.
Valley Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 126 Grady St., presents its 26th pastoral celebration of the Rev. Charles W. and first lady Rochelle Martin at 11:30 a.m. Guest minister is the Rev. Tyrice Holt Sr. and Pleasant Hill Baptist Church of Valley, Ala., and 3 p.m. guest minister is the Rev. James Wright and Zion Hill Truth Center of Douglasville.
Saint Paul CME Church, 250 Lower Glass Bridge Road, hosts the musical concert Experiencing God at the Next Level featuring pastor Calvin Daniel as the musical ministry instructor at 4 p.m.
Callaway Baptist Church hosts discipleship training, youth and children’s classes at 5 p.m.
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