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Smart Ideas All Year Long
**Denotes a Limited-Time Offering available at a particular time of year
August:
American Dance Week
The Everyday Life of Dance: Emily Yewell-Volin
Choice: Pickleshoes
Rhythm in Motion: Manga African Dance
September:
Classical Music Month
Meet the Quartet: Vega String Quartet
Chamber Music Means Teamwork: Atlanta Chamber Players
Lyres, Kings and Gaelic Strings: Nella Rigell
Hansel and Gretel: Capitol City Opera Company
Hispanic Heritage Month
A Musical Tour Through Latin America: Havana Son
Georgia- Something Old, Something New: Tersi Bendiburg
Teamwork is Flamenco: Aire Flamenco
World Culture and Dance – Aztec!: John Jaramillo
Sabor Latino: Tahino
Latin American Folktales: Tersi Bendiburg
Read a New Book Month
A Child’s Garden of Verses: Alliance Theatre **
The Brand New Kid: Synchronicity Theatre **
The Queen Who Loves to Read: Kathy Bennett
October:
Halloween
Spine Tinglers and Ticklers: Sherry Norfolk
Spooky Tales at Twilight: Eric Litwin
Illusions: Mask Theatre: Gateway Performance Productions
Day of the Dead: Tersi Bendiburg
Tales for the Holidays: Cathy Kaemmerlen
National Poetry Day
SLAM!: Tasha Jones
It’s Good: Jeff Johnson
Poetry Off the Page: Marty Barrett & Pat Bell
Shakespearean Love: Barry Stewart Mann
Character Counts Month
Quite a Character: Ron Anglin
Improv for Conflict Resolution (Workshop): Laughing Matters
Forming a Storytelling Troupe (Residency): Rob Cleveland
I’m Walking in Your Shoes: Holly Stevenson
The Moral of the Story: Sherry Norfolk
Mother Goose: Betty Ann Wylie
Circus King: Sean Driscoll
November:
Thanksgiving
First Contact – Exploring America: Barry Stewart Mann
American Indian Heritage Month
World Culture and Dance – Aztec!: John Jaramillo
Day of the Dead: Tersi Bendiburg
The First Americans: Sherry Norfolk
Peace Pipes and Talking Leaves: Cherokee Leaders and Lore: Barry Stewart Mann
Cherokee Tales: Piccadilly Puppets Company
Election Day
American Songbook: Cedar Hill
I Hear America Singing: Eric Litwin
Let’s Keep it a Secret: The Writing of the US Constitution: Cathy Kaemmerlen
December:
Holidays
Holiday Jazz: Dave Ellington
Clay Tales (Holiday): Roelna Bashew
Holiday on Strings: Peter Hart
The Foxy Christmas: Piccadilly Puppets Company
Love, Joy, Peace – Celebrating the Holidays in Song: D’vine
Happenin’ Holidays: Sherry Norfolk
A Christmas Memory: Marty Barrett and Pat Bell
Universal Human Rights Month
Empower Workshop: Synchronicity Theatre in Partnership with the Anti-Defamation League **
January:
Chinese and Japanese New Year
China Through Dance: Lisa Chyn
The Joyous Brush: Tehwan Tso
Tales of Japan: Cathy Kaemmerlen
Ring Around the Pacific Rim: Sherry Norfolk
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Dream Pillows (Residency): Sylvia Cross
Benjamin Franklin’s Birthday
Creating Ben Franklin: Marty Barrett
February:
Black History Month
Suspenseful Stories of African-American Folklore: Chetter Galloway
Pathways to Freedom: Sherry Norfolk
Hola Kuumba: Hello Creativity!: J’miah Nabawi
Out of Africa: The Journey to the Americas: Ritmo Blu **
Ndebele Furniture (Workshop): Karin Mervis
Locacin Wasa: Manga African Dance
High John the Conqueror and African Folktales: Rob Cleveland
World Day of Social Justice
And Then They Came for Me: Georgia Ensemble Theatre **
Susan B. Anthony’s Birthday
Susan B. Anthony: Failure is Impossible: Cathy Kaemmerlen
Valentine’s Day:
Midsummer Madness: Pyramus and Thisbe (Workshop): Georgia Shakespeare **
The Politics of Passion: Barry Stewart Mann
Tales for the Holidays: Cathy Kaemmerlen
March:
Music in our Schools Month
Classic Children’s Tales – In Musical Form!: Caroline Herring Trio
Exciting Songwriting (Workshop): Eric Litwin
Sing Along with Julie: Julie Austin
A Journey Through Musical Styles: Dave Ellington
Russian Gypsy Folk Music: Troika Balalaikas
Dr. Suess’ Birthday
A Suess-some Twosome: Capitol City Opera Company
One Upon a Tune: Wendy Bennett
Women’s History Month
Sacajawea Speaks: Cathy Kaemmerlen
Celebrating Our Earth: Rachel Carson and a Sense of Wonder: Cathy Kaemmerlen
Susan B. Anthony: Failure is Impossible: Cathy Kaemmerlen
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Life on the Prairie: Holly Stevenson
April:
Earth Day
Environmental Epic Show: Andy Offut Irwin
Boogie Woogie Bullfrog: Jerry Zee
Mother Nature: Betty Ann Wylie
The Weather Show: Peter Hart
Butterfly Ballad: Piccadilly Puppets Company
From Trash to Treasure (Residency): Katy Dement
William Shakespeare’s Birthday
Will’s World: Georgia Shakespeare **
Shakespeare’s Funhouse: Barry Stewart Mann
Shakespeare Said, Not Read in the Head (Workshop): Marty Barrett
Just for Fun in Testing Month
Animalympics: Peter Hart
Puppets Have Feelings Too: David Stephens
Drummin’ Up the Stories: Dave Holland
American Tall Tales, featuring The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Georgia Shakespeare **
Sing!: Wendy Bennett
May:
National Science Month
Art and Math with Mr. Spaceman (Workshop): Jeff Mather
Hey! What’s That Sound? The Science of Sound: Dave Holland
F.I.G. Newton: Ron Anglin
Rock Formations (Workshop): Kay Rosenblum
National Museum Day
Every Picture Tells a Story: Dolph Amick
Cinco de Mayo
A Musical Tour Through Latin America: Havana Son
Mariachi: Tahino
June:
World Juggling Day
The Ron-J Jugglin’ Show: Ron Anglin
Circus Berzerkus: Peter Hart
Aesop’s Birthday (Fable Tales)
Stories with Character: Rob Cleveland
Franny Fable Tells a Tale: Holly Stevenson
The Moral of the Story: Sherry Norfolk
Pied Piper of Hamlin: Marty Barrett and Pat Bell
July:
Independence Day
Professor Time and the American Revolution: Sean Driscoll
Buttons for General Washington: Cathy Kaemmerlen
Beatrix Potter’s Birthday
Over the Garden Wall: Holly Stevenson
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