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City of Helen celebrates its centennial birthday, Page 5
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NASCARRichard Petty and family to attend ‘Taste of History’, Page 4
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The Kurt Thomas band will perform a benefit concert to raise money for a friend who is battling stage 3 breast cancer. PAGE 6
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familyAdults and children can compete in the ultimate obstacle course race while raising money for the children’s advocacy center, The Tree House. PAGE 7
on the coverRichard Petty, deemed the King of NASCAR, will arrive into next week to attend Northeast Georgia History Center’s annual “Taste of History” banquet.PAGE 4
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The King is coming to Gainesville.
Seven-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Richard Petty, one of the drivers known for revolutionizing American stock car racing, will visit the city at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30, for “A Taste of History: Auto Racing in Northeast Georgia.”
The event will honor racing history in North Georgia at First Baptist Church’s banquet hall on Green Street with noted author and Gainesville native Ronda Rich serving as the master of ceremonies.
Tickets are $50 and all proceeds will benefit the Northeast Georgia History Center in Gainesville.
Petty, who says he remembers racing at Gresham Motorsports Park in Jefferson, will be joined at the event by his children, daughter Rebecca and former racer and current TV analyst Kyle.
The Petty family was invited to the event by longtime friend Ed Parks, who is a board member at the history center.
“I have been friends with Ed Parks for 40 years and we were honored when he asked us to join him this year,” said Petty, who turned 76 last month.
The appearance in Gainesville will be one of many Petty makes in a year, events he makes in between attending NASCAR racing events.
“I attend all but a couple (of races) each year,” Petty said. “We make a lot of appearances every year, but only two or three for
something as special like this.”
Petty’s daughter, Rebecca Petty Moffitt, explained her family is involved with several nonprofit agencies including its own Petty Family Foundation and the Richard Petty Museum. Therefore, the family tries to assist other nonprofits as they can.
“We are looking forward to seeing the museum,” she said in a recent phone interview. “We have museum ourselves and its in transition. So, it’s always good to see how another museum is set up.
“Basically, we are hoping we can help your community and bring awareness to the history center you have down there. We all get pulled with different directions ... but
Daddy and my brother do more.”
Since retiring from full-time racing following the 1992 season — he made a few various starts after retiring — Petty became an unofficial ambassador for NASCAR. He also became a race team owner.
One thing Petty hasn’t stopped doing is keeping a close eye on where the sport is heading and
who might surpass his and Dale Earnhardt Sr.’s record seven Cup series championships. One driver who has a chance of breaking the record is five-time champion Jimmie Johnson, this year’s points leader. If you ask Petty, Johnson has a good chance of breaking the mark, even with the increase in competition.
“If (Jimmie) continues the way he has in the past seven years, I believe he can do it,” said Petty, who won a record 200 Cup races in his career.
Another issue in NASCAR is safety.
Before the death of Earnhardt in the 2001 Daytona 500, Petty’s grandson, Adam, was tragically killed while
qualifying for a NASCAR race in 2000. After losing a grandson and longtime racing competitor, Petty has seen NASCAR make large increases in driver safety. Petty seems to approve of how NASCAR is doing in safety.
“The only reason we’re not safer is because no one has come up with a better idea,” said Petty, the 1959 Rookie of the Year.
While the sport continues to grow, so will the popularity of its drivers. One driver who has become a megastar, despite not having won a race on any level of NASCAR, is female Danica Patrick.
This year, Kyle Petty made several comments about Danica, saying she was a “marketing machine” and she was “not a race car driver.”
The King seems to agree with his son.
“Kyle is the only person that has actually come out to say what everyone else is thinking,” Petty said.
For information or to reserve a ticket, call 770-297-5900 or email Rachel Phillips at [email protected].
J.K. Devine contributed to this story.
King of NASCAR rambles into town‘A Taste of History: Auto Racing in Northeast Georgia’When: 7 p.m. Aug. 30Where: First Baptist Church fellowship hall, 751 Green St. NW, GainesvilleCost: $50
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Seven-time Cup series champion Richard Petty, above, will attend “A Taste of History: Auto Racing in Northeast Georgia” event Friday, Aug. 30, in Gaines-ville. Petty and his son, Kyle, right, and his daughter, Re-becca Petty Moffitt, plan to visit the Northeast Georgia History in town.
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The dynamic, Atlanta-based trio “Renewable Energy” will have dancers rocking and rolling to their sounds this weekend at the monthly contra dance Aug. 24 at the Saute Nacoochee Community Association’s historic gym.
Members of the band include Irish fiddler Bella Issakova, concertina player Dave Marcusis and pianist Robbin Marcus. With a few collective centuries of playing for contra and other dancing, Renewable Energy is the place where hot Irish reels meet cool American jigs and bring French-Canadian fiddle tunes out for a joyride around the dance floor.
Along with the musical tempo, Caller Jesse Edgerton, originally from the Asheville, N.C., will act as caller for the evening. He is well-known for his great calling of contra dances
and his delightful and energetic flat-foot dancing.
Contra dancing will be from 8-11 p.m. Saturday after the 7:30 p.m. introductory lesson.
Tickets are $9 for adults, $7 for SNCA members, $5 for students and free for youth 12 and younger when accompanied by an adult.
The next Saturday dance will be Saturday, Sept. 21.
Musical trio to inspire dancing
Contra danceWhen: 7-11 p.m. SaturdayWhere: Sautee Nacoochee Community Association’s historic gymCost: $9 adults, $7 SNCA members, $5 students and free for youth 12 and younger when accompanied by a supervising adultContact: www.sautee contra.com or 706-754-3254.
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Bethany Davis spins around her partner Charlie Jameson during a contra dance on Saturday, Aug. 24, at the old gym in Sautee-Nacoochee.
BY MEREDITH [email protected]
A century ago, a small mill town in White County was named after the daughter of the owner of a major lumber company. From that point on, the city was known as Helen.
Since then, the city has seen many changes to its buildings and industry. This year, the city is celebrating everything Helen has represented during the past 100 years with centennial activities.
In anticipation of its 100th birthday, Helen City Hall formed a committee to plan events along with the aid of commissioners and volunteers. The celebration is designed to feature events showing every aspect that makes Helen unique. Centennial activities will begin Saturday and continue through Sept. 7.
“We’re trying to have events that fit in with Helen, and we’re trying to have all different types of events,” Helen city manager Jerry Elkins said.
Helen’s biggest birthday ever will kick off Aug. 24 with the city’s first Musicfest. All musical acts will feature Georgia artists from mostly the north Georgia mountains. Performers include Destitute Way, a band from Dahlonega, and Clay Coley, an artist from Douglasville, who appeared on “American Idol.”
Concert headliners will be The Fiddle Heads, a Dahlonega-based group featured on “America’s Got Talent.”
Musicfest will be at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Festhalle. Admission is $10 per person. The city plans to host this as a one-time event specifically for the 100th anniversary.
Activities will continue on Labor Day weekend with the Floating River Parade, a traditional event held for more than 30 years in Helen. Participants may decorate a float or tube. The parade starts at 1 p.m. Aug. 31 at the Riverbend Motel.
The parade will be followed by a large fireworks display set to begin at 9:15 p.m. behind the Alpine Village Shoppes.
Elkins said the activities were set to involve the community in their biggest anniversary yet.
“For one thing, we wanted the citizens of the city of Helen, along with all the residents of White County, to help us celebrate our birthday,” he said. “(The events have) a lot to do with Helen and its background.”
On Sept. 6-7, the celebration will proceed with the All American Lumberjack Show, featuring all-day events. Events designed for children such as the All American Lumberjack School Show will be Sept. 6. Admission is free.
On Sept. 7, professionals in the lumber industry will hold the Kids’ Lumberjack Sport Camp, designed to teach students about the history of the lumberjack. The camp will also feature demonstrations of chain saw carving.
This event, also a first for the city, will reflect Helen’s early history, Elkins said. He said lumber was what got Helen started, but it was the vision of local businessmen that made it what it is today.
“All the saw mills were set up here in the downtown area, practically, of the city, and once all the lumber was cut of course, the town sort of died out,” he said.
In 1969, as the city was in danger of becoming a ghost town, three businessmen discussed the future of the city and how revive the community. An artist named John Kollock, who had returned from World War II, helped the men devise a new plan with the concept of a Bavarian-style town in the North Georgia mountains.
Kollock saw landscape similarities between Helen and the mountain valleys of Germany. He then sketched a Bavarian Helen. The portraits were presented to citizens and merchants of the small saw mill town. From there, things would never look the same in Helen, Elkins said.
“Each business owner started changing their building to the Alpine motif, and of course it grew from there,” he said.
The city of Helen will wrap up its activities with the traditional “Saw Mill Village Style” Street Dance. Downtown Helen will feature a live music and dance event at 7 p.m. Sept. 7. Visitors are invited to wear an outfit representing their favorite historical era.
Call 800-858-8027 for more information.
Helen marks 100th yearSeveral activities celebrates the city’s centennial
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From staff reports
The Cody Marlowe Band will open First Presbyterian Church of Gainesville’s first Local Mission Expo with a free concert at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23, in the Field of Dreams behind the church on South Enota Avenue.
The two-day expo focuses on service to the more than 15 local community organizations the church supports with its budget and with volunteers in agency programs.
During the two-hour concert Friday, church volunteers will share their experiences working in the
programs. On Saturday morning, the church will host a free pancake breakfast from 8:30-10:30 a.m. in Swetenburg Hall. Then the community service organizations will outline their needs on projects requiring service that day.
To sign up for the
projects, visit www.surveymonkey.com/s/WN29JDD.
For information on the agencies: http://fpcga.org/welcome/local-outreach.
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The Kurt Thomas Band and other talented musicians will perform a benefit concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, for Dahlonega native and cancer victim Melissa Singletary Carruth.
Tickets are $20 and can be purchase at www.hollytheater.com or at the Holly Theater. The theater box office is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday and Wednesday at 69 W. Main St. in downtown historic Dahlonega. Tickets may also be purchased by calling the theater at 706-864-3759 on Monday or Wednesday.
Carruth, 35, was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in March. Family and friends have rallied around her and are showing their support with a fundraising effort known as “Sweet Melissa Fights Back.” Part of the effort includes the benefit concert featuring the Kurt Thomas Band.
“It is a privilege to be able to donate the time and talent of the Kurt Thomas Band for such a deserving individual,” Thomas said. “Proceeds from the concert will go directly to help
Melissa and her family to pay for cancer treatments and overall medical expenses. I’m just happy to help a wonderful and longtime friend. Our prayers are with the Carruth family
as they battle this disease.”Carruth graduated
from Lumpkin County High School in 1996 and attended Gainesville State College, receiving an associate’s degree in 2002.
She lives in Atlanta with her husband, Paul, and their two children, Camden, 4, and Knox, 2.
Additionally, the nonprofit organization, John Jarrard Foundation, has partnered with The Kurt Thomas Band and the Sweet Melissa Fights Back to help make this fundraiser a reality. Since 2000, The John Jarrard Foundation has grown from an annual concert to a regionally recognized organization supporting songwriters and a number of great local causes and charities. The foundation was established in the memory of Georgia Hall of Fame member John Jarrard.
From staff reports
The North Georgia Children’s Chorus is scheduling auditions for singers ages 8 to 18 to join its group for the fall season. Primary Choir for ages 6 to 7 is also open for registration.
Auditions will be from 4-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27, at Camp Hope, 7011 Pony Lake Road, in Dahlonega. Contact chorus director Ruth Purcell at 706-482-8031 or [email protected] for a vocal interview.
The children’s chorus tuition for fall term is $100. Cost of the primary choir is $60.
Rehearsals are from 4-5:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Dahlonega Baptist Church. Primary choir meets at 3:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Singers prepare for two concerts per year and perform at various venues in North Georgia.
The community children’s chorus will kickoff its seventh season Aug. 27 at Camp Home.
For information, visit www.ngachildrens chorus.org.
Children audition for choirKids chorus to perform at Camp Hope
Kurt Thomas Band raises funds for friend
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The Kurt Thomas Band will perform a benefit concert for Melissa Carruth, who is fighting stage 3 breast cancer, at 7 p.m. Saturday at Holly Theater in Dahlonega.
Kurt Thomas Band benefit concertWhen: 7 p.m. SaturdayWhere: Holly Theater, 69 W. Main St., DahlonegaCost: $20
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Cheeks, Dahlonega. Aug. 23. 438 W.
Main St., Dahlonega. Call 706-864-2400 for time.
The Cody Marlowe Band, Gainesville. 7-9 p.m. Aug. 23. First Presbyterian, 800 S. Enota Drive, Gainesville. 770-
532-0136, fpcga.org.Von Grey, Dahlonega. 8:30 p.m. Aug.
23. The Crimson Moon, 24 N. Park St.
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Dahlonega. $16 advance, $18 on day. 706-864-3982, thecrimsonmoon.com.
Brenau Night, Gainesville. Aug. 24. Featuring
Hero the Band. Free. downtowngainesville.com.
Ralph Roddenberry, Clarkesville. 8 p.m. Aug. 24. Grant Street Music Room, 583 Grant St., Clarkesville. 706-754-3541.
New Kid In Town, Toccoa. 8 p.m. Aug. 24. 14 Remsdale St., Toccoa. Members $10,
non-member $15. 706-886-6531.
Chuck Cannon ft. Chuck Jones, Dahlonega. 8:30 p.m. Aug. 24. The Crimson Moon, 24 N. Park St., Dahlonega. $25 advance, $27 on day. 706-864-3982, thecrimsonmoon.com.
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From staff reports
A children’s advocacy center, The Tree House, is taking on a new fundraiser this fall — a Primal Rush Obstacle Course Race at Crow’s Lake.
“Making the decision to let go of Turtle Trek and adding our first ever Primal Rush Obstacle Course Race was a big step for The Tree House,” said Becky Lee, Tree House Executive Director said. “We wanted a fundraiser that was relevant to what our culture enjoys while keeping kids in mind. So far, community feedback has proven to be very positive.”
The Primal Rush Race will be from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, at 155 Crow’s Lake Drive in Jefferson.
Individuals and teams will traverse a 4-mile course of water, dirt, mud and obstacles plus an optional swim to finish it up. Individuals will race to the finish as they crawl, climb, run and swim their way to the gritty end. The individual competitive heat begins at 8 a.m. Saturday.
Residents may sign up as an individual runner or under a team name with all participants being timed individually. Teams will race in the same heat. T-shirts will be provided to participants. Prizes will be given for best costumes and best team name.
Children between 6 and 12 years old may participate in their own Primal Primary run at 11 a.m.
A spectator and festival area will be set up for fans with music, booths and food all day. Non-competitive activities for children include face painting, cave man spears and bone necklaces crafts, survival scavenger hunt, archeological dig, spiraling spear shoot, bucket rides, safety goggles and golf cart driving course, inflatables, dunking booth, water fun and airbrush tattoos.
To register to participate in the Primal Rush OCR, visit www.active.com. Registration is $68 per person and $15 for the kids’ Primal Primary Run.
For more information about the event, volunteering, vendor possibilities or The Tree House, visit www.thetreehouseinc.org or call 770-868-1900.
From staff reports
Since rainy weather caused the cancellation of the annual Sparks in the Park event on July 3, the fireworks show was reschedule for Labor Day weekend.
The Labor Day fireworks show will follow the Dawson County versus Lumpkin County high school football game Friday, Aug. 30. A capacity crowd can watch the explosive show after the football game in Tiger Stadium at 1665 Perimeter Road in Dawsonville. For residents not attending the game, the show can be viewed from Veterans Memorial Park looking back toward the stadium and at points along Ga. 9 North facing the stadium.
The DCHS Tigers will face the Lumpkin County Indians at 7:30 p.m. The fireworks display will immediately follow the game between 9:30 and 10 p.m., marking the beginning of Labor Day weekend.
For more information, call Dawson County Parks and Recreation at 706-344-3646.
A second chance to see sparksThe Sparks in the Park will follow the Dawson County versus Lumpkin County high school football game Friday, Aug. 30 in Dawson County.Get Out file photo
Fireworks to go off after football game
Adults, kids to run obstacle courseRace to benefit children’s center
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If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if Harry Potter and Bella Swan hooked up, we now know. The offspring would be “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.”
“City of Bones” is the first of six novels in the popular “The Mortal Instruments” book series. Sony and Screen Gems undoubtedly hope to replicate the success of the “Harry Potter” and “Twilight” franchises, and the novels seem to offer that potential.
However, the “City of Bones” film so blatantly steals from those properties and others, is so undeniably derivative and formulaic that it feels crass and exploitative.
The series is built around Clary Fray (Lily Collins), a teenager living in New York City who discovers she descends from humans with supernatural abilities and suddenly possesses magical powers herself.
Her mother (Lena Headey) disappears and Clary meets Jace (Jamie Campbell Bower), a hot bad boy who fights evil creatures. Then before she knows it, Clary is hanging out with Shadowhunters, warriors who defend the world from demons, at a place called The Institute that exists right under humans’ unnoticing noses.
Clary doesn’t live under a staircase but it’s impossible to miss the similarities to “Harry Potter.” Shadowhunters even call humans Mundanes, which is embarrassingly similar to “Muggles.”
The borrowing from “Twilight” comes from the inevitable love
triangle. Clary’s nerdy best friend Simon (Robert Sheehan) quietly pines for her. When Jace enters the picture, Clary is torn between loyal but boring Simon and passionate but dangerous Jace.
The movie also hints Simon might develop some supernatural abilities, too. So get your Team Simon or Team Jace shirts printed now.
It’s only half of the story, though, to say the movie borrows from “Harry Potter” and “Twilight.” The first act is incredibly similar to “Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief.”
Then an ancient rune alphabet and an angels versus demons theme emerge, which make the movie reminiscent of “The Da Vinci Code.” But the real laugher comes in the third act when the movie egregiously steals from “The Empire Strikes Back.”
The dominant emotion produced by the movie is sympathy for the cast, all of whom give it their all.
Collins and Bower are captivating screen presences and get a few fleeting chances to demonstrate solid comedic timing. Kevin Zegers (as Alec)
and Jemima West (Isabelle) play characters who could have been rich, but they barely get to scratch the surface — because nothing in this movie delves beyond the superficial.
Teen audiences who have never seen a movie before or those who merely want some mindless eye candy might enjoy “City of Bones,” but it’s not likely anyone else will.
I can’t imagine fans of the novels will be satisfied by this adaptation. The dialogue is nauseatingly cheesy, the storytelling stumbles from
one beat to another without development, and every plot turn is telegraphed.
The movie obviously and consistently hits all of the standard set pieces and devices of young adult fantasy movies that it could easily be turned into a parody of the genre.
Add some winks to the audience and more absurd humor, and this is a spoof on the level of “Not Another Teen Movie” or “Scary Movie.”
I assure you, I approached this movie prepared to like it. I enjoy good young adult fiction and movies. But “good” is the key word there. Too few are the movies that address teen lives with any kind of honesty and respect. Young audiences are sold a lot of rubbish that transforms their real, deeply felt anxieties into superficial, condescending fantasy yarns.
“City of Bones” is thus not only yet another promising 2013 release that falls flat, it’s also another callous attempt to bilk the teen audience.
Jeff Marker is head of the Com-munication, Media & Journalism Department at the University of North Georgia. His reviews appear weekly in Get Out and on gainesvilletimes.com/getout.
No ‘Bones’ about this fantasy rip-off‘The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones’Starring: Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Robert Sheehan, Kevin Zegers, Aidan TurnerRated: PG-13, for intense sequences of fantasy violence and action, and some suggestive contentRuntime: 2 hoursBottom line: A pretty but formulaic mess
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Lilly Collins plays Clary, left, and Jared Harris portrays Hodge Starkweather in “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.”
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The first images in “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” are of an elderly black man in a White House anteroom, wearing a suit, sitting upright, flanked by a U.S. flag and a Marine — and of two black men, dead, hanging from nooses somewhere in the South.
Daniels, the audacious filmmaker behind “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (what’s with these clunky titles?), establishes his tactics from the get-go: He is going to tell us the remarkable story (“inspired by the true story”) of an African-American man who worked in the White House under eight administrations, serving drinks and coffee and late-night snacks to every president from Truman to Reagan.
And Daniels is going to tell us about the lynchings and rapes, the beatings and ugly indignity set upon generations of black Americans in the course of the 20th century. From the hushed halls of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. to the confrontation on the steps of Little Rock’s Central High School, from elegant state dinners to the whites-only lunch counters of Woolworth stores, history unfolds.
Cecil Gaines, the fictionalized incarnation of real-life White House butler Eugene Allen, watched it unfolding — from the Oval Office and the first families’ residence, a discreet witness to many of the
milestone moments of the civil rights movement.
The transition from Cecil’s childhood on a Georgia cotton farm to his days as a footman at a posh North Carolina hotel required the services of two young actors, Michael Rainey Jr. and Aml Ameen, but even so, when we first see the adult Cecil in Washington, circa 1957, Forest Whitaker looks as if he has been there all his life. The makeup artists had their work cut out for them, trying to make Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey, as Cecil’s hard-drinking, chain-smoking
wife, Gloria, much younger, then much older, than they are. If the stars’ gaits and girths, hair and complexions, aren’t always convincing, the core of Whitaker’s performance certainly is: The man is a burning ember of humility and pride, and the actor’s soft, hulking presence and searching eyes anchor the film.
And the film, with a screenplay credited to Danny Strong, adapted from a Washington Post story by Wil Haygood, is undeniably powerful. For all its faults — and there are many, from
shameless compression of events to milk the drama for all it’s worth, to the gimmicky miscasting of several commanders-in-chief (Robin Williams as Eisenhower is especially egregious) — “The Butler” is an inspiring and important summation of the black struggle. It’s a long way from the Freedom Riders of the 1960s to the election of the first African-American president in 2008. Cecil Gaines, with his white gloves, his deferential bow, his “Is there anything else, Mr. President?” was a singular witness to it all.
(The real-life butler, Allen, was invited to Obama’s first inauguration.)
At the White House, Cuba Gooding Jr., Colman Domingo and Lenny Kravitz play Cecil’s fellow tuxedoed servants. At the Gaines home, David Oyelowo is Louis, the son who goes off to historically black Fisk University in Nashville and becomes radicalized, joining the civil rights protests and spending more time in Southern jails than in lecture halls. He finds his way into the Memphis motel room where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
was staying when he was assassinated, then joins the Black Panthers — he’s the Zelig of African-American history. Elijah Kelley is Louis’ younger brother, Charlie. And Terrence Howard, sporting a gold tooth, is the neighbor who keeps Gloria company on all those late nights when Cecil is busy at work.
“The Butler” incorporates archival (and faked) news footage of pivotal episodes of the era: the Kennedy assassination, Vietnam, the riots in the wake of King’s death. Liev Schreiber has some fun as Lyndon Johnson: barking orders from the toilet with his trousers, and his two beagles, at his feet. And the casting of Jane Fonda as Nancy Reagan is priceless. (Alan Rickman as “Ronnie” also does a good job of mimicry.)
As a filmmaker, a storyteller, Daniels has a propensity for pulp, for domestic melodrama, for characters who border on caricature. But he also has an instinct for the truth — emotional, and historical. In “The Butler,” he finds that truth, and it triumphs.
‘Butler’ serves a big slice of history‘The Butler’Starring: Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo, Cuba Gooding, Jr., and Terrence Howard. Rated: PG-13, for violence, profanity, adult themesRuntime: 2 hours, 12 minutes
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Forest Whitaker portrays Cecil Gaines, left, and Cuba Gooding Jr. plays Carter Wilson in “Lee Daniels’ The Butler.”
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Hollywood Stadium Cinemas770-539-9200120 Green Hill Circle NW, Gainesville2 Guns (R) Thu. 4:30-7:15-9:45 Fri.-Sun. 2:00-4:30-7:15-9:45The Conjuring (R) Thu. 4:30-7:15 Fri.-Sun. 6:45-9:45Despicable Me 2 (PG) Thu. 4:15Elysium (R) Thu. 4:00-7:00-9:30 Fri.-Sun. 1:30-4:00-7:00-9:30Grown Ups 2 (PG-13) Thu. 4:45-7:30-10:00 Fri.-Sun. 2:00-4:45-7:30-10:00Jobs (PG-13) Thu. 4:15-7:00-9:45 Fri.-Sun. 1:30-4:15-7:00-9:45Kick-Ass 2 (R) Thu. 4:45-7:30-10:00 Fri.-Sun. 2:15-4:45-7:30-10:00Lee Daniels’ The Butler (PG-13) Thu. 4:00-6:30-7:00-9:30-9:45 Fri.-Sun. 1:00-4:00-7:00-9:30The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (PG-13) Thu. 4:00-7:00-9:30 Fri.-Sun. 1:00-4:00-7:00-9:30Paranoia (PG-13) Thu. 4:30-7:00-10:00 Fri.-Sun. 1:45-4:30-7:00-10:00Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (PG) Thu. 4:00-7:00-9:45 Fri.-Sun. 1:15-4:00-7:00-9:45Planes (PG) Thu. 5:00-9:30 Fri.-Sun. 1:00-3:00-5:00-9:30Planes 3D (PG) Thu.-Sun. 7:15The Smurfs 2 (PG) Thu. 4:00-6:45 Fri.-Sun. 1:30-4:00We’re the Millers (R) Thu. 4:15-7:15-10:00 Fri.-Sun. 1:15-4:15-7:15-10:00The Wolverine (PG-13) Thu. 4:00-6:45-9:30 Fri.-Sun. 1:00-4:00-6:45-9:30The World’s End (R) Thu. 10:00 Fri.-Sun. 1:15-4:00-6:45-9:30You’re Next (R) Thu. 10:00 Fri.-Sun. 1:30-4:15-7:00-9:45
Mall Of Georgia Stadium 20 IMAX & RPX678-482-58583333 Buford Drive, Suite 3000, Buford2 Guns (R) Thu. 12:05-2:35-5:05-7:35-10:05 Fri.-Sat. 12:05-2:35-5:05-7:35-10:05-12:35 Sun. 12:05-2:35-5:05-7:35-10:05Blue Jasmine (PG-13) Fri.-Sat. 10:25-12:45-3:10-5:30-7:50-10:10-12:35 Sun. 10:25-12:45-3:10-5:30-7:50-10:10The Conjuring (R) Thu. 2:05-4:40-7:20-9:55 Fri.-Sat. 11:30-2:05-4:40-7:20-9:55-12:30 Sun. 2:05-4:40-7:20-9:55Despicable Me 2 (PG) Thu.-Sun. 11:55-2:20-4:45-7:05-9:25Elysium (R) Thu. 12:00-12:30-2:30-3:05-5:00-5:35-7:30-8:05-10:35 Fri.-Sat. 12:00-2:30-5:00-7:30-10:00-12:30 Sun. 12:00-2:30-5:00-7:30-10:00Grown Ups 2 (PG-13) Thu. 7:05-9:30 Fri.-Sat. 7:05-9:30-11:55 Sun. 7:05-9:30Jobs (PG-13) Thu. 1:45-4:30-7:15-9:40 Fri.-Sun. 1:45-4:30-7:15-10:00Kick-Ass 2 (R) Thu. 12:00-2:05-2:35-4:40-5:10-7:15-7:45-10:20 Fri.-Sun. 12:00-2:35-5:10-5:40-7:45-10:20-10:45Lee Daniels’ The Butler (PG-13) Thu. 1:10-1:40-4:10-4:40-7:10-7:40-10:10-10:35 Fri.-Sat. 10:10-10:40-1:10-1:40-4:10-4:40-7:10-7:40-10:10-10:35-11:45 Sun. 10:10-10:40-1:10-1:40-4:10-4:40-7:10-7:40-10:10-10:35The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (PG-13) Thu. 1:50-4:40-7:30-10:20 Fri.-Sun. 10:40-1:50-4:40-7:30-10:20The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones -- The IMAX Experience (PG-13) Thu. 1:20-4:10-7:00-9:50 Fri.-Sat. 10:10-1:20-4:10-7:00-9:50-12:40 Sun. 10:10-1:20-4:10-7:00-9:50Paranoia (PG-13) Thu. 12:35-3:10-5:40-8:10-10:40 Fri.-Sun. 10:05-12:35-3:10-5:40-8:10-10:40Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (PG) Thu. 12:30-3:05-5:35-8:05-10:35 Fri.-
Sun. 10:00-12:30-3:05-5:35-8:05-10:35Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters 3D (PG) Thu. 12:00-2:30-5:00Planes (PG) Thu. 12:05-2:20-4:45-7:00-9:15 Fri.-Sat. 12:05-2:20-4:45-7:00-9:15-11:30 Sun. 12:05-2:20-4:45-7:00-9:15Planes 3D (PG) Thu. 1:05-3:20-5:45-8:00-10:15 Fri.-Sun. 10:45-1:05-3:20-8:10The Smurfs 2 (PG) Thu.-Sat. 11:55-2:25-4:50-7:15 Sun. 12:00-2:25-4:50-7:15Turbo (PG) Thu. 12:15-2:30-4:45 Fri.-Sat. 10:00-12:15-2:30-4:45 Sun. 12:15-2:30-4:45We’re the Millers (R) Thu.-Sun. 12:15-2:45-5:15-7:45-10:15The Wolverine (PG-13) Thu. 1:20-4:10-7:00-9:50 Fri.-Sun. 10:30-1:20-4:10-7:00-9:50The World’s End (R) Fri.-Sat. 12:00-2:30-5:00-7:30-9:40-10:00-12:10-12:30 Sun. 12:00-2:30-5:00-7:30-9:40-10:00You’re Next (R) Fri.-Sat. 10:20-12:40-3:05-5:25-7:45-10:05-12:25 Sun. 10:20-12:40-3:05-5:25-7:45-10:05
Movies 400678-513-4400415 Atlanta Road, Cumming2 Guns (R) Thu.-Sun. (4:00) 9:55The Conjuring (R) Thu.-Sun. 6:30-9:30Despicable Me 2 (PG) Thu.-Sun. (12:45-3:30)Elysium (R) Thu.-Sun. (1:00-3:40) 6:45-9:45Grown Ups 2 (PG-13) Thu. 9:30
Jobs (PG-13) Thu.-Sun. (12:45-3:45) 7:00-10:00Kick-Ass 2 (R) Thu.-Sun. (1:15-4:20) 7:20-10:00Lee Daniels’ The Butler (PG-13) Thu.-Sun. (12:55-3:55) 7:00-10:00The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (PG-13) Thu.-Sun. (12:45-3:50) 6:55-10:00Paranoia (PG-13) Thu.-Sun. (1:20) 7:15Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (PG) Thu. (1:05) 6:30 Fri.-Sun. (1:05-3:45) 6:30-9:10Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters 3D (PG) Thu. (3:45) 9:10Planes (PG) Thu.-Sun. (1:00-5:50)Planes 3D (PG) Thu.-Sun. (3:25) 8:15Red 2 (PG-13) Thu. (12:50) 7:00 Fri.-Sun. 9:30The Smurfs 2 (PG) Thu.-Sun. (12:45-3:30) 6:15We’re the Millers (R) Thu.-Sun. (1:00-3:40) 7:15-9:55The Wolverine (PG-13) Thu. (4:00)You’re Next (R) Thu. 10:00 Fri.-Sun. (1:15-4:00) 7:30-9:55
Habersham Hills Cinemas 6706-776-74692115 Cody Road, Mount AiryKick-Ass 2 (R) Thu.-Fri. 4:50-7:20-9:50 Sat.-Sun. 12:00-2:30-5:00-7:15-9:30Lee Daniels’ The Butler (PG-13) Thu.-Fri. 4:10-7:00-9:50 Sat.-Sun. 1:00-4:00-7:00-9:45The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (PG-13) Thu.-Fri. 4:00-7:00-10:00 Sat.-Sun.
1:00-4:00-7:00-10:00Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (PG) Thu.-Fri. 4:50-7:15-9:45 Sat.-Sun. 12:30-3:00-5:30-8:00-10:30Planes (PG) Thu.-Fri. 4:00-6:00-8:00-9:45 Sat.-Sun. 1:00-3:00-5:00-7:15-9:15We’re the Millers (R) Thu.-Fri. 4:30-7:00-9:30 Sat.-Sun. 12:15-2:45-5:15-7:45-10:15
Dawson 400 Stadium Cinemas706-216-1622189 North 400, DawsonvilleElysium (R) Thu. 4:00-7:05-9:40 Fri.-Sun. 1:00-4:00-7:15-9:45Jobs (PG-13) Thu. 4:20-7:05-9:20 Fri.-Sun. 1:30-4:20-7:05-9:20Kick-Ass 2 (R) Thu. 4:15-7:00-9:35 Fri.-Sun. 1:10-4:15-7:15-9:40
Lee Daniels’ The Butler (PG-13) Thu. 4:15-7:00-9:10 Fri.-Sun. 1:10-4:15-7:00-9:10The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (PG-13) Thu. 4:10-7:10-9:35 Fri.-Sun. 1:20-4:10-7:10-9:15Paranoia (PG-13) Thu. 4:05-7:05-10:00 Fri.-Sun. 7:15-9:40Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (PG) Thu. 4:30-7:15-9:50 Fri.-Sun. 12:00-2:15-4:30-7:15-9:45Planes (PG) Thu. 4:10-9:50 Fri.-Sun. 12:10-2:10-4:10-9:50Planes 3D (PG) Thu.-Sun. 7:10The Smurfs 2 (PG) Thu. 4:50-7:15 Fri.-Sun. 12:00-2:25-4:50We’re the Millers (R) Thu. 4:05-7:00-9:40 Fri.-Sun. 1:30-4:05-7:00-9:50You’re Next (R) Thu. 10:00 Fri.-Sun. 12:00-2:15-4:30-7:00-10:00
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A Taste of History... Auto Racing in Northeast GeorgiaFriday, August 30th
7:00 p.m.Individual Tickets $50Sponsorships Available
Featuring the Petty Family: Richard, Kyle, and RebeccaFor more information, or to reserve your
ticket today, call 770-297-5900.
www.negahc.org
Join us at at the First Baptist Church Banquet Hall for a special evening with the legendary Petty Family: Richard, Kyle, and Rebecca. The talented and beautiful Ronda Rich will serve as the Master of Ceremonies, while the delicious meal will be by Johnny’s Barbecue of Gainesville. Attendees will also receive a free copy of the new 72-page book on racing in Northeast Georgia.
From staff reports
Lumpkin Literacy is hosting its annual Adult Spelling Bee at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, at Holly Theater in Dahlonega.
Teams from the University of North Georgia, Dahlonega businesses and the military will compete for the coveted bee trophy. These adults from all walks of life tackling the Scripps National Spelling Bee list may lead to some interesting and hilarious fun.
Tickets are $10 and available at the door at 69 W. Main St. in Dahlonega. Children younger than 10 may enter for free.
All profits go to Lumpkin Literacy to finance adult literacy and reading programs and the Dolly Parton Imagination Library for children.
For more information, visit www.lumpkinliteracy.org, email [email protected] or call 706-867-9607.
Adults compete in spelling bee
From staff reports
Geologist and author Dr. Bill Witherspoon will literally walk visitors through the historical Georgia gold rush Aug. 24 during the Smithgall Woods State Park’s annual Gold Fever event in Helen.
Advance registration is required. Call 706-878-3087 to reserve a space.
The day will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday at the park with a historical overview of gold mining at the site by the park’s interpretative ranger. Witherspoon then will walk visitors along the Martin Mine trail and finish with the slideshow, “Geology, Gold, and the Making of Georgia” at 11:30 a.m. The talk will explain
how gold deposits were made and how gold sparked America’s first gold rush, which contributed to Georgia’s unique character.
At 2:30 p.m. Witherspoon will be present the seminar “River Rivalries: the Battle That Made Blue Ridge Scenery” at Unicoi Lodge. The slideshow illustrates how eroding streams battle each other for supremacy, creating scenic features such as Tallulah Gorge, Anna Ruby Falls and the mountain slopes above Helen.
The final event at 4:30 p.m. will be a walk to Anna Ruby Falls from its visitor center. Along the trail, walkers will observe the effects of intense heat and pressure during the collision of North America and Africa.
Geologist tells story of gold rush on trail
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Geologist and author Dr. Bill Witherspoon will talk about Georgia’s gold rush this weekend.
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BY DAVID RENNERTimes regional staff
Be on the lookout for food, drinks and fun this weekend as the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame plays host to the inaugural Dawsonville Music and Beer Festival.
Proceeds will benefit Camp Southern Ground, musician Zac Brown’s program for kids.
“Castleberry Ale House has put together this,” Dawsonville Mayor James Grogan said. “We sold him the permits and everything is ready to take place.”
A portion of the proceeds will go to organizers, the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame and vendors, officials said.
Doors open at 5 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. Saturday. The musical lineup includes bands such as Coal Mountain Band, Back in Black, Alex Hall Band, Southern Accent and Back Room Revival.
Tickets are $5 in advance and $10 at the door. VIP tickets are $25 and include a free T-Shirt and two drink tickets.
Grogan hopes the event will let people see what Dawsonville has to offer.
“Since there’s nothing of this nature that has taken place north of Alpharetta and Suwanee, I really see it as a possibility of drawing in 5,000 to 10,000 people into our community,” he said.
Ale House officials echoed Grogan’s ideas.
“Dawsonville doesn’t really have a place for a live music venue. It needs one,” said manager Donovan Hyder. “We get people from Dawsonville who come down to Cumming all the time for live music because they don’t have a place to go.”
For more information, visit www.facebook.com/dawsonvillebeerfestival.
Beer fest on tap in Dawsonville
Dawsonville Music and Beer Festival performersFriday
■ Riley Biederer, 5 to 6:30 p.m.
■ Coal Mountain Band, 7 p.m.
■ Back in Black, 9 p.m.Saturday
■ Southern Accent Band, 4 to 6 p.m.
■ Alex Hall Band, 6 p.m.
From staff reports
The Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art in Demorest has summer exhibits on display featuring works by two female Southern painters, Dale Kennington and the late Carrie Lillian Hill.
A reception for both exhibits will be from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, at the MSMA in Demorest. The reception will feature remarks by Kennington and a relative of Hill, Julius Linn of Birmingham, Ala., Graham C. Boettcher, the William Carey Hulsey Curator of American Art at the Birmingham Museum of Art, will present a special guest lecture.
Admission is free into the MSMA at 567 Georgia St. in Demorest.
The first show on display now through Aug. 22 is titled “Dale Kennington: Power of the Moment” and features a selection of large and small paintings. Born in Savannah in 1935, Kennington has called Dothan, Ala., home for more than 50 years. She is known as a contemporary realist, often infusing her paintings with subjects in a variety of situations, ranging from the wisp of wind at an outside cafe to the profound complexity of human interaction.
Kennington earned a bachelor of art degree from Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Ala., and did post graduate work at Auburn University.
The second show, which
runs through Sept. 30, features works by Carrie Hill (1875-1957). Born in Vance, Ala., Hill moved to Birmingham at age 16 and studied in Europe with American impressionist George Elmer Browne. She often painted in the plein-aire technique made popular by impressionists and tonalists of the day. Hill is also known for murals
created in Birmingham during the Great Depression, the only woman selected for such projects by the Public Works Administration.
Museum hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. For more information, contact MSMA director Daniel White at 706-778-8500 ext. 1011 or [email protected].
Regional museum opens new exhibitArtists Kennington, Hill display works
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Artist Dale Kennington will have her exhibit “Dale Kennington: Power of the Moment” on display at the Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art in Demorest.
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Fall Exhibitions, Gainesville. Aug. 22 through Oct. 12. Quinlan Visual Arts Center, 514 Green St. NE, Gainesville. Free. Opening reception 5:30-7 p.m. Aug. 22. Visit qvac.org for times.
“Dale Kennington: Power of the Moment” exhibit, Demorest. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Through Aug. 22. 567 Georgia St., Demorest. Free. 706-778-8500 ext. 1011, [email protected].
Skate and Create exhibit, Buford. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Through Aug. 25. Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center, 2020 Clean Water Drive, Buford. Visit gwinnettEHC.org for prices.
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Fall Grilling Class, All Pike locations. 10 a.m. Aug. 24. All Pike locations. Show participants how to create and maintain fall grilling container garden. Free. pikenursery.com.
More Herbs, Duluth. Aug. 24. McDaniel Farm, 3251 McDaniel Road, Duluth. $5 per person for Gwinnett residents, $8 for out of county residents. Call 770-814-4920 for times, gwinnettehc.org.
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TheaTer evenTsThis week
Hot Diggity Doug, Lawrenceville. 10 a.m. Aug. 24. Aurora Theatre, 128 E. Pike St., Lawrenceville. $7. 678-226-6222, auroratheatre.com.
Habersham Community Theatre meeting, Clarkesville. 7:30 p.m. Aug. 24. Habersham Community Theatre, 1370 Washington St., Clarkesville. Ice cream social prior to meeting. Free. 706-839-1315, habershamtheater.org.
“Every Tongue Confess,”Atlanta. 8 p.m. Wednesdays to Fridays, 3 and 8:30 p.m. Saturdays, 5 p.m. Sundays. Through Aug. 25. Horizon Theatre, 1083 Austin Ave., Atlanta. $20-$50. 404-584-7450, [email protected].
“Smoke on the Mountain,”
Gainesville. Through Aug. 25. Brenau Downtown Center Theatre, 301 Main St. SW, Gainesville. Presentation by the Georgia Mountain Players. Adults $17; seniors, students and children $13. Call 770-
536-4677 for times, georgiamountainplayers.org.
Lingo Lounge, Dahlonega. 8 p.m. Every fourth Thursday. Holly Underground, 69 W. Main St., Dahlonega. hollytheater.com.
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Michelle Martin as “Darla Darryl” suggests putting “a little swing” into things at the Georgia Mountain Players’ dress rehearsal of the play “Smoke on the Mountain” at the Brenau Downtown Center.
FaMiLY evenTsThis week
Family Fun Fest, Clarkesville. 5-9 p.m. Aug. 24. Habersham County Recreation Center, 120 Paul Franklin Road, Clarkesville. $5. 706-778-0620.
Movies Under the Stars, Suwanee. 7 p.m. Aug. 24. Town Center Park, 330 Town Center Ave., Suwanee. [email protected].
North Georgia Children’s Chorus audition, Dahlonega. 4-7:30 p.m. Aug. 27. Camp Hope, 7011 Pony Lake Road, Dahlonega. For ages 8-18. Primary Choir for ages 6-7 is also open for
registration. $100 for fall term. ngachildrenschorus.org.
UpcoMingLumpkin Adult Spelling
Bee, Dahlonega. 7 p.m. Aug. 29. Holly Theater, 69 W. Main St, Dahlonega. $10 adults, children 12 and younger free. 706-867-9607, lumpkinliteracy.org.
eTc. evenTsThis week
“Regenerate, Relax, Retreat,” Gainesville. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Aug. 24. Cedar Hill Enrichment Center, 5735 Dawsonville Highway, Gainesville. For veterans and members of the United States military. Lunch and dinner included in $35 session fee. 770-338-7463, veteransheartgeorgia.org.
Contra Dance, Sautee. 7:30 p.m. Aug. 24. Historic Gym, Sautee Nacoochee Center, 283 Ga. 255 N, Sautee. Adults $9, students $5. 706-754-
3254, snca.org.Square Dance Benefit,
Gainesville. 2-4 p.m. Aug. 25. First Presbyterian Church, 800 S. Enota Drive, Gainesville. Benefit Square Dance for “Walk to End Alzheimer’s.” Free, donations appreciated. 678-956-0287, [email protected].
American Business Women’s Association, Gainesville. 6 p.m. fourth Tuesday each month. Recess Sern Gastro Pub, 118 Bradford St. NE, Gainesville. Dinner, speakers, meeting. 770-654-9277, abwallcc.org.
The Pilot Club, Gainesville. 5:45 p.m. every fourth
Thursday. Elk’s Club, 1547 Riverside Drive, Gainesville. 770-532-2528, [email protected].
UpcoMingTaste of History,
Gainesville. 7 p.m. Aug. 30. First Baptist Church, 751 Green St. NW, Gainesville. Benefits the Northeast Georgia History Center.
Sparks in the Park, Dawsonville. 9:30 p.m. Aug. 30. Ga. 9 N, Dawsonville. Fireworks will follow the Dawson County High School football game and be visible from the stadium, parking areas, Veterans Memorial Park. 706-344-3646.
