WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GREATER ROME
One Community United invites area residents to attend the fifth annual Hearts United Gathering from 6 to 8 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 6, in the Wilder Center at Rome First United Methodist Church. 202 E. Third Ave. Local leaders including Rome High Principal Eric Holland and pastors Millie Kim and Jim Buice will address such issues as education; race relations and reconciliation; and community improvement. For more information, contact Rick Stevenson at 706-9367576 or Charles Love at 706-290-3437 or go to One Community United’s Facebook event page
A contemporary poet will read and discuss his work
at a poetry reading at 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7, in the Berry College Chapel College. David Baker, professor of English and the Thomas B. Fordham Chair of creative writing at Denison University in Ohio, will provide commentary on his writing process, publishing history, aesthetics and themes throughout the reading.
Chieftains Museum/
Major Ridge Home will host a free event with regular admission on Sunday, Feb. 9, from 2 to 4 p.m. “Tea With
Frankie” will combine tea and cookies with the temporary exhibit “Style With Substance: The Designs of Frankie Welch,” which will continue through Feb. 29. For more information, call 706-291-9494 or visit the website at www. chieftainsmuseum.org.
COMING SOON
The Rome Community HEART Project is adding “Movie Night with Heart”
on Feb. 13 to its annual public art display. Tickets are $25 and include a preshow reception at 7 p.m. featuring bite-sized desserts and cocktails, followed by an 8 p.m. showing of Rob Reiner’s “When Harry Met Sally” on the Desoto’s new large screen. Tickets are available online at Romearts.org.
The Friends of the Library will launch their annual
Paperback Book Sale on Saturday, Feb. 22. The sale will continue Feb. 24-26 from 10 a.m. to 5.p.m. each day at the Rome-floyd County Library, 205 Riverside Parkway. Books will be priced at 25 cents or 50 cents each. All proceeds will benefit the library and the Friends of the Library.
The 20th annual Night at
the Movies will feature great food and the classic movie “Casablanca” on Feb. 25 starting at 6 p.m. in downtown Rome. Tickets are $55 each, $100 for two, or $45 each for groups of 10 or more. Tickets can be purchased at www.exchangeclubfrc. org or by calling 706-2900764. Proceeds will benefit the Exchange Club Family Resource Center and its child abuse prevention programs.
Films from the Mountainfilm Festival in Telluride, Colorado, will provide audiences with an evening of inspiring and captivating entertainment at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 19
in the Berry College Mcallister Auditorium. Culturally rich, adventure-packed and engaging documentary short films that align with Mountainfilm’s mission to use the power of film, art and ideas to inspire audiences to create a better world will be shown.