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Artistic expression is blooming like the flowers on the courthouse square — leaving you no reason to be sit around the house feeling bored.
This summer’s outdoor art show opened downtown this week. Twenty artists displayed a burst of creativity, creating marvelous designs on wooden benches for the Sitting Pretty exhibition.
You can admire the benches tonight, when you also can enjoy an open-air jazz concert and the monthly cruise-in of collector cars on the square.
Friday night would be an equally good team to see the benches, because many of the artists will be on hand, some of them displaying and selling other examples of their work.
When you’ve toured the art show Friday, head over to the new DeKalb County Outdoor Theater and catch a free performance by the Auburn Community Band.
Friday should be a satisfying night for the people who worked for years to achieve their dream of an outdoor theater. Many of them are members or supporters of the community band. They played on the new stage at its dedication three weeks ago, but Friday will bring their first full concert.
Another triumph of determination arrives Saturday night with the Neighbors Helping Neighbors Gospel Music Festival, starting at 7 at the outdoor theater.
Organizers of the festival have worked for months to arrange a concert featuring the Grammy-winning Imperials, along with local favorites Heaven Bound and The County Line Quartet.
Admission costs $5, with proceeds to DeKalb County food banks and St. Martin’s Healthcare Services, a free medical clinic for DeKalb residents.
In the spirit of the festival, one ticket buyer told the organizers, “I can’t go. I’m going to buy these tickets and give them to someone who’s unemployed and couldn’t otherwise afford to go.”
That’s a grand gesture, but you’ll feel even better if you do attend to hear the first nationally known performers to appear on the theater’s stage.
With so much to see and hear, this weekend brings a great start to what should be an entertaining summer in DeKalb County.
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