Georgia Magazine - September 2017 - 10

SEPTEMBER 2017

COMPILED BY PAMELA A. KEENE

Tifton hosts Abandoned Rural America exhibit
et a glimpse of life on
small family-owned farms
by visiting the Abandoned
Rural America exhibit
Sept. 16 through Jan. 17,
2018, at the Georgia Museum of Agriculture and
Historic Village at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural
College in Tifton. On the
opening date, a reception
with music by the Swamp
Daisies trio will be held in
the museum's atrium.
Created in 2011 and
featuring several works
by Georgia artists, the exhibit honors farm families
"The Old Mill at Shoulderbone" was painted by Georgia artist Peter Muzyka, of Madison.
through photographs,
paintings, drawings and
Sautee Nacoochee Center, which recently hosted the exhibit.
videos of deserted farmhouses and outbuildings.
For more information, visit abandonedruralamerica.com
"The Abandoned Rural America exhibit is a wonderful
or call (229) 391-5205.
tribute to a vanishing way of life-to the land and those who
-Haley Blanchard
lovingly tended it," says Judith Barber, executive director of the

HISTORIC HIGH COUNTRY
Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape
America, through Sept. 9, Bartow County
History Museum, Cartersville. Interactive
exhibition sponsored by the Smithsonian
Institution showcases the history, culture and
people behind the passion for small-town
sports. bit.ly/bartwhst. (770) 382-3818.
37th Annual Labor Day BBQ & Gospel
Music Show, Sept. 2-4, City Park, Blue
Ridge. Community activities, Sept. 2-3; ice
cream social, Sept. 3; music and barbecue,
Sept. 4. bit.ly/bluergm. (706) 455-3818.
Catfish Rodeo, Sept. 2-4, Cloudland
Canyon State Park, Rising Fawn. Fish the
catfish pond to catch 'n' keep. bit.ly/
gspccnyn. (706) 657-4050.
U-Pick Apples, Sept. 2-4, 9-10, 16-17,
23-24, 30-Oct. 1, Red Apple Barn, Ellijay.
Ride a tractor to the orchard and pick locally
grown apples. redapplebarn.com. (706)
635-5898.

38th Annual Pine Log Arts & Crafts
Fair, Sept. 9-10, Pine Log United Methodist Church, Pine Log. Juried arts and crafts,
music, pit-cooked barbecue. pinelogumc.
com. (770) 386-2736.

Riverfest Arts and Crafts Festival, Sept.
23, Etowah River Park, Canton. Juried show
with more than 200 arts and crafts vendors,
entertainment, kids' activities. serviceleague.
net. (770) 704-5991.

54th Annual Festival of Arts and Crafts,
Sept. 15-17, Creative Arts Guild, Dalton.
Fine arts and crafts show, plus indoor exhibit. creativeartsguild.org. (706) 278-0168.

31st Annual McIntosh Reserve Fall Festival and Native American Pow-wow,
Sept. 23-24, McIntosh Reserve, Whitesburg.
Native American dancing, crafts, food.
bit.ly/mciffpw. (770) 830-5879.

2nd Annual Haralson County Country
Fried Pie Festival, Sept. 16, downtown,
Buchanan. Fried-pie cook-off, carnival
rides, car and tractor show, food and crafts.
visitharalson.org. (770) 546-7299.
32nd Annual Roopville Homecoming
Festival, Sept. 16, downtown, Roopville. Entertainment, parade, car show,
5K, craft vendors. (404)
291-7549.
Blue Ridge Blues and
BBQ Music Festival, Sept.
16, City Park, Blue Ridge.
Music, craft beers, kids'
activities. bit.ly/briBBQ.
(706) 632-5680.

Northwest Georgia Regional Fair, Sept.
8-16, Northwest Georgia Fairgrounds,
Calhoun. Agricultural and livestock exhibits, 42nd Annual Arts Festicarnival rides, entertainment, food. nwgafair. val at Rose Lawn, Sept.
16-17, Rose Lawn, Carterscom. (706) 625-3200.
ville. More than 150 artists
39th Annual Gold Rush Festival &
and crafters, entertainment,
Parade, Sept. 9, The Mill Amphitheater,
book sale, Master GardenVilla Rica. Parade, arts and crafts, food,
ers' plant sale. bit.ly/ros
entertainment. bit.ly/dtvrc. (678) 840-1160.
lmus. (770) 387-5162.
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In the Footsteps of Sergeant York,
Sept. 26-Nov. 30, 6th Cavalry Museum, Fort
Oglethorpe. Traveling exhibit from the Museum of the American Military Experience
in Brentwood, Tenn. 6thcavalrymuseum.
org. (706) 861-2860.

TIM MORRIS

Event details and costs are subject to change;
please verify before attending.

GEORGIA MUSEUM OF AGRICULTURE

Marietta Street Fest, Sept. 16-17, Glover Park, Marietta. Arts
and crafts, classic car show, cruise-in, plus Marietta Grassroots
Music Festival. mariettastreetfest.com. (770) 794-5710.

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