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Donna Myers will demonstrate traditional spinning on Saturday. Old Ways Demonstration Day at Chieftains Museum
For one day, Rome residents can see many of the skills and knowledge early settlers and natives used in everyday life. Chieftains Museum/Major Ridge Home presents “Old Ways Demonstration Day” on S...
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Shorter University announces upcoming performing arts schedule
The Shorter University School of Fine and Performing Arts announced its schedule of events for the 2010-2011 academic year. “The legacy of great art, music and theatre continues at Short...
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Haley Holder sweeps the floor inside a new shelter.(Ken Caruthers/RN-T.com) Shelter for All: New facility will open its doors to Floyd County’s homeless families
Empty rooms and unpainted walls might look like any vacant old building to most people. But to the founders of SOW , Inc. it’s an amazing gift to the community. The local non-profit, which has f...
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Laceylee Marie Haywahe (left) dances in the jingle dress dance competition at last year’s Running Water Powwow at Ridge Ferry Park. This year’s event will again feature dancing, drumming and storytelling as well as arts and crafts. Running Water Powwow returns to Ridge Ferry Park
Cherokee food, crafts and dancing will take center stage at Ridge Ferry Park on Sept. 4 and 5 when the Running Water Powwow Cherokee Homecoming and Ripe Corn Festival returns to Rome. The event wi...
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Melanie Sumner Authors Melanie Sumner and Susan Gilbert-Harvey highlight Poetry Night at Schroeder's
Today’s Poetry Night at Schroeder’s Deli will include two special guests, acclaimed authors from Rome’s literary circle. Writers Susan Gilbert Harvey and Melanie Sumner will be the presenters at P...
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Harry Musselwhite Rome International Film Festival ‘leaner and meaner’ say organizers
Leaner and meaner is the theme behind this year’s Rome International Film Festival. And organizers want Rome residents to know that even though the upcoming event is a bit scaled-down, it’s still ...
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Jay Asher One Book Many Voices: Thirteen Reasons Why
On Sept. 23, author Jay Asher will visit Rome to speak about his novel “Thirteen Reasons Why.” Published in 2007, the book is a New York Times best-selling young-adult fiction novel which centers ...
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Pepperell teacher June Manis has an art exhibit at Floyd Medical Center consisting of painting and a variety of sculptures and jewelry. (Kaitlin Kolarik, RN-T.com) Pepperell art teacher exhibits work at Floyd Medical Center gallery
June Manis, art teacher at Pepperell High School, is currently the featured artist in an exhibit at Floyd Medical Center. The exhibit consists of 10 of Manis’ watercolor paintings and two displa...
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Shorter grad kicks up his heels in 'Pageant'
by Severo Avila, Features Editor
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Shorter grad and Rome native Ben Isabel is putting on his heels and lipstick to play Miss West Coast in the over-the-top, off Broadway musical “Pageant.” Isabel slips into a wig and heavy makeup f...
New arts 'passport' gives Rome residents a pass to several local cultural events
by Severo Avila, Features Editor
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A passport to the arts? The organizations behind this idea hope a new initiative will encourage more Romans to experience all the local arts and cultural events this fall. For $25, Rome residents ...
A view from above: Cedartown men send balloon, cameras up 110,000 feet
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A simple bet between three grown men started with $400 worth of equipment that included a camera, balloon and a cooler and just three hours in the morning for two weeks. But they didn’t know their...
Butch and The Buckheads rock and roll in Adairsville
by Severo Avila, Features Editor
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Adairsville is set to host a a rock ‘n’ roll revival on Saturday when the Adairsville Downtown Development Authority will sponsor The Great American Rock & Roll Revival featuring Butch and The Buck...
Local Author Profile: Cheryl Cooper
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Author: Cheryl Cooper Book: “Getting to Know the Crazy Cleaning Lady” About the author: Cheryl Cooper is a wife and a mother of two children. She grew up in Summerville. As a child she discovered...
Pepperell teacher’s art exhibited at FMC
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June Manis, art teacher at Pepperell High School, is currently the featured artist in an exhibit at Floyd Medical Center. The exhibit consists of 10 of Manis’ watercolor paintings and two display c...
Infinity Show Band to play First Friday Concert
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Atlanta-based Infinity Show Band promises to deliver a dynamic, high-energy performance when they take the stage at the First Friday concert tomorrow at Bridgepoint Plaza. Admission is free. Led ...
Vince Dooley unveils new ‘ground game’: Hall of Fame coach to be in Calhoun for book-signing
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A visit to Vince Dooley’s office a few months ago found the former coach and athletic director almost forced out of his own domain. Everywhere, in every available space were books — big books, litt...
George Clooney Says Darfur Involvement 'Greatest Failure of My Life'

Clooney and his journalist father smuggled cameras into the Darfur refugee camps four years ago.


Thu Sep 02 13:00:48 -0500 2010
Extra Seriously Injured on Set of 'Transformers 3' After Object Flies Through Car Windshield

Indiana State Police say an extra at a "Transformers 3" production site was seriously injured during the filming of a stunt.


Thu Sep 02 11:21:16 -0500 2010
Fox411 Style: Back to School Fashion

Kids know what they want. Here's where to get it - and usually for cheap!


Thu Sep 02 10:59:15 -0500 2010
French 'Spider-Man' in Sydney court over climb (AP)

French skyscraper climber Alain Robert climbs the Lumiere Residential building in Sydney, Australia, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. Robert, nicknamed 'Spiderman' was arrested Monday after scaling the 57-story building in Sydney with his bare hands. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)AP - A French skyscraper climber nicknamed "Spider-Man" pleaded not guilty Friday to charges related to his bare-handed climb up a 57-story building in downtown Sydney.


Thu Sep 02 23:27:51 -0500 2010
Man in Letterman blackmail plot freed from NY jail (AP)

FILE-In a Nov.10, 2009 file photo, Robert 'Joe' Halderman, who tried to blackmail David Letterman over the comedian's office affairs, listens as his attorney Gerald Shargel speaks to the media outside Manhattan criminal court following his court appearance in New York. Halderman was released from a New York City jail Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. He served four months of his six-month sentence and got time off for good behavior. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano,File)AP - The former television producer who tried to blackmail David Letterman was freed Thursday after four months in jail for a plot that put a spotlight on the comic icon's office affairs, city Correction Department records show.


Thu Sep 02 22:30:57 -0500 2010
Rapper T.I. comeback could be derailed with arrest (AP)

FILE - Rapper T.I. whose real name is Clifford Harris speaks to reporters outside the Richard B. Russell Federal Courthouse in Atlanta, in this March 27, 2008 file photo. Police say Rapper T.I. and wife Tameka Cottle have been arrested in West Hollywood for possession of a controlled substance late Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)AP - After finishing a sentence for weapons charges earlier this year, T.I. was poised to have the comeback of the fall.


Thu Sep 02 16:26:19 -0500 2010