COMMUNITY EVENTS
TODAY New Canaan Baptist Church, 3 Excelsior St., holds Sunday School at 10 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Sundays. Wednesday night services including the youth class “Friends with Jesus” start at 7 p.m. The church will host Vacation Bible School June 23 to 27 with the theme “Kicking It Old School” from 6 to 8:30 p.m. nightly. For transportation or more information contact Carey Wright at 706766-1152.
New Hope Cathedral Church of God, 200 Nixon Ave., will celebrate their 97th church anniversary on May 26 at 11 a.m. The Rev. Bob Jones, Decatur, will be speaking. The anniversary hour will be at 3 p.m. with Apostle Rhonda Adams, Transformation Christian Outreach Center. Choirs from First Baptist Holiness Church and Summer Hill AME Church will be singing. Dinner will be served at 1:30 p.m. For more information call 678-988-0285.
TUESDAY Northwest Georgia Winds and guests will perform the patriotic concert ”My Country ‘Tis of Thee” at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday at Rome City Auditorium, 601 Broad St. Admission is free.
AARP Smart Driver Class will be offered Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Anthony Center, 2901 Garden Lakes Blvd. Bring a sack lunch. Cost is $15 for AARP members and $20 for nonmembers. Call 706235-0094 to register.
The Northwest Georgia Regional Commission’s Area Agency on Aging will meet at 10 a.m. on Tuesday at Thornton Recreation Center, 102 N. Floyd Park Road. The meeting is open to the public.
Chieftains Museum/ Major Ridge Home, 501 Riverside Parkway, will welcome archaeologist Pat Garrow to conduct a new study on the museum campus Wednesday to Saturday. Garrow has had a 51-year career in archaeology and has directed projects over much of the continental United States and the U.S. Caribbean. Visitors to the museum will be able to see the archaeological dig in progress from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. daily. Admission will be $10 for adults, $6 for seniors ages 62 and older and $4 for students K through college. On Tuesday Garrow will present the free lecture “What We Learned from Archaeology at Chieftains” at 6:30 p.m. On Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. visitors will be able to see the dig in progress, tour the museum and participate in a mock dig, create clay beads, make paper gorget necklaces and more. Admission on May 25 will be $5 per person with a $20 family cap. For more information visit chieftainsmuseum.org or call 706-291-9494.
WEDNESDAY The 37th annual Armuchee Bluegrass Festival will be held May 23 to 26 at Armuchee Music Park, 899 Turkey Mountain Road, Armuchee. Thursday features a Jam-A-Long and cookout at 6 p.m. Music begins at 4:45 p.m. on Friday and 10:45 a.m. on Saturday. Sunday worship featuring Gary Clardy will begin at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday. A three-day pass is $21. Entry on Friday is $10 and $12 on Saturday. Children 12 years and younger get in free with parents. Electric and water hookups are $20 per night, tent camping is $5 per night. For more information on camping call Chuck Langley at 706-766-6352; bands call Helen Burke at 470-554-6902 or 770-928-4517 or emailtarheelfiddler@yahoo.com; for sound information call Cliff “Punk” Roberts at 931337-9935.
Richard Blackwell will be speaking on Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. at the Stuenkel Conference Center, Floyd Medical Center, 304 Turner McCall Blvd. Blackwell’s message, ”When Love Isn’t Enough,” deals with teen suicide and the death of his daughter, Alex. The event will include a panel discussion. For more information contact Katherin D. Weiss, Director of Nursing, Willowbrooke at Floyd, at 706-509-3505.
FRIDAY Fairview and E.S. Brown will hold their 9th annual barbecue on Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at