Monday, April 22, 2013
Winner Stacie Stamper: "Everybody has a way to give."
The winner of the Patch Easter PEEPs contest is a diorama that shows a little marshmallow figure in a hard hat helping to build a home while other PEEPs cheer him (or her?) on. The entry by Stacie Stamper honors the work of the Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore, which helps support the nonprofit’s mission to provide decent housing for low-income people around the world. "That's so exciting. How fun is that?" Stamper said when she learned that her entry had won. Second place goes to Martin Burrow of Winder, who used jelly beans and a glass jar to create a colorful PEEPs floral arrangement. Stamper, a Duluth resident, is the donations coordinator for the Gwinnett Habitat ReStore in Lawrenceville. Habitat ReStores take donations of …
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Oblivion opens this weekend.
Tom Cruise leads a cast of well known actors in his latest thriller, out this weekend. Oblivion is rated PG-13 and runs 126 minutes. It is now playing at Carmike Riverstone 15 Cinemas in Canton. For more theater information, show times and pricing, click the links above. Here's what the critics are saying: "The good news: Here's a lavish, serious science-fiction picture, one that on occasion transcends big-budget hit-making convention to glance against grandeur...Which brings us to Tom Cruise, the not-necessarily-good news. However engaging its end-times mysteries, Oblivion is still a Tom Cruise movie." Alan Scherstuhl, Village Voice. Full Review "A moderately clever dystopian mindbender with a gratifying human pulse, despite some …
Friday, April 19, 2013
Here's our guide to this weekend's best bets in Canton and beyond. Click on links for details.
Canton 22nd Annual Hickory Flat Masonic Lodge BBQ FCA Movie Night: 'To Save a Life' at Cherokee High School Snack Wars Woodstock Benefit Concert for ALS 3rd Annual Donovan's Charity Golf Tournament 20-Year Anniversary Open House-Crossroads Veterinary Hospital Wine Tasting - Artisan Vines Holly Springs Bridgewater Subdivision Neighborhood Yard Sale Teen/Tween Pizza and Painting Alpharetta Milton Earth Day Festival Garage Sale at Pebble Trail Community Garage Sale Walking Tour and Book Signing with Tom Cox Roswell Atlanta Rising Talent Gala 2013 Night Hike AJRA Summer Learn to Row Camp Willow Springs Neighborhood Garage Sale Sandy Springs Sandy Springs Artsapalooza East Cobb Georgia Native Plant Society's Annual Spring Plant Sale 2013 Family…
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Children from Canton are among those participating in the Me and My BFF Fashion Show at the Cherokee Arts Center.
Remember the days of dress up, tea parties & laughing with your BFF? Relive those days all over again with the Me and My BFF Fashion Show on Saturday, April 20, at the Cherokee Arts Center. It's dress up at its best: 20 local children from ages 5-11 walking the runway featuring their cutest styles with matching outfits for their BFF. Me and My BFF Fashion Show Saturday, April 20 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. seatings Cherokee Arts Center 94 North Street Tickets: children under 12, $12; adults, $15 Purchase at the Arts Center or online, keyword Bff Fashion Show Enjoy the Tea Party in the Art Gallery. Sip Tea while organizers show off some of Cherokee County’s best talent. Not only do the kids like to dress up with their BFF but, they have some amazing …
Saturday, April 13, 2013
42 tells the story of two men, baseball legend Jackie Robinson and Brooklyn Dodgers General Manager Branch Rickey.
Editor's note: Catch 42 this weekend at Carmike RiverStone 15 Cinemas in Canton. For more theater information, show times and pricing, click the link above. The film is rated PG-13 and run 128 minutes. One sentence plot: 42 tells the story of two men — the great Jackie Robinson and legendary Brooklyn Dodgers GM Branch Rickey — whose brave stand against discrimination forever changed the world by changing the game of baseball. Rotten Tomatoes viewer score: 97 Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 68 Reviews: "It's a sports film non-sports fans can love; it's a family film that never preaches; it's a biopic that also takes in the world and people around its subject." New York Daily News "'42' can feel incomplete (the bland music and the filmmaker's…
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Here's our guide to this weekend's best bets in Canton and beyond. Click on links for details.
Canton Rotary Club of Cherokee County Car, Truck and Bike Show Elvis & Friends: Salvation Army Benefit Event Holly Springs Phil Keaggy and Caspar McCloud Concert Woodstock Market & Community Yard Sale AP World History Exam Test Prep Wine Tasting Live Music Friday Night @ Gustons Acworth Acworth Art Fest Alpharetta Alpharetta Arts StreetFest Wine & Art Roswell 3rd Annual Sweep the Hooch Earth Day Kids Fest Fundraiser for Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Cumming Northside Hospital-Forsyth Fashion Show & Art Market Benefitting the March of Dimes
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
The historic theatre unveiled its newest movie projection equipment on Thursday.
The Canton Theatre showed its first motion picture in nearly 40 years with the Thursday airing of "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark." The ceremonial ribbon cutting for the new equipment was held on Thursday on the stage of the historic theatre. The stage was crowded with dignitaries from the City of Canton, the Cherokee Chamber of Commerce, and other arts and governmental bodies. Theatre Manager Bob Seguin, who called the building his "man cave," has been credited with spearheading the drive to get $51,000 in new equipment to modernize the theatre and open it up for more corporate and family-friendly events. The Canton Theatre is currently seeking sponsors for a Saturday movie series which would allow free admission for …
Monday, April 8, 2013
The outdoor movie series hosted by Northside Hospital will return to Brown Park on Aug. 10,
Northside Hospital's free outdoor summer movie series "Movies in the Park" will be returning to Canton in August. The inauguaral film of the 2013 season will be "The Croods," on Aug. 10 at 8:30 p.m. The film will be played in scenic Brown Park. The park has views of the old city hall and the 1923 memorial arch. Get to Brown Park an hour before show time and get free face painting, or pick out the best seat in the house (but bring your own chairs and blankets from home)! This years' movie series is being sponsored by Northside Hospital-Cherokee, the City of Canton, and Southern Outdoor Cinema. Movies will also be shown in Brown Park on Sept. 7 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 12 at 7:00pm.
Saturday, April 6, 2013
It's blood, blood and more blood in the remake of Sam Raimi's 1981 cult classic.
See "Evil Dead" at Carmike Riverstone 15 Cinemas, 5 Reinhardt College Pkwy., Canton. For more theater information, show times and pricing, click the link above. The premise, courtesy of the film's official website: In the much-anticipated remake of the 1981 cult-hit horror film, five 20-something friends become holed up in a remote cabin. When they discover a Book of the Dead, they unwittingly summon up dormant demons living in the nearby woods, which possess the youngsters in succession until only one is left intact to fight for survival. Here's what critics are saying: Despite numerous visual winks to the original, (Director Fede) Alvarez sacrifices its camp, crass humor for lashings of slick, sick gore. Hard-core fans may love it. But, …
Friday, April 5, 2013
Here's our guide to this weekend's best bets in Canton and beyond. Click on links for details.
Canton Community Yard/Tag Sale Woodstock Latimer Hall Arts & Crafts Show Wine Tasting — BACCO Fine Wines Kennesaw Big Shanty Antiques Join Friends for Furry Friends Spring Clean Charity Outdoor Sale Acworth Tragic Souls Live Roswell South African Expat Live Concert 2013 Spring Native Plant Sale Alpharetta What's New in the Flowering Plant World Live Music at Menchie's Windward Cumming Choe's HapKiDo National Parkinson Foundation Fundraiser Don’t miss any of the local news you care about. Subscribe to Canton-Sixes Patch’s free newsletter, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
Jean H
10:13 am on Monday, April 22, 2013
Yeah Stacie & Ashley... and Restore! very creative! more ›