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1 2 6 M A C O N M A G A Z I N E . C O M A P R I L / M AY 2 0 1 9 T O P 1 0 I N T H E 4 7 8 FIRED WORKS PATRON & PREVIEW PARTY April 5 | Central City Park Round Building The Fired Works Regional Ceramics Exhibition and Sale features 58 potters from Georgia and the Southeast. MERCER UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA April 9 | Grand Opera House Townsend School of Music and Robert McDuffie Center for Strings students perform with conductor Ward Stare in the beautiful Grand Opera House. MAGNOLIA SOAP BOX DERBY April 13 | Magnolia Street Cheer on your favorite team as custom-built cars race down the steep hill for prizes, glory and bragging rights. Dance to music from a variety of DJs and enjoy a large selection of local vendors and food trucks. "THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHTTIME" April 5-14 | Theatre Macon Mark Haddon's best-selling novel is brought to life in this adaptation about 15-year-old Christopher who has an extraordinary brain. FABIAN SERIES April 16 | Mercer University's Fickling Hall The Robert McDuffie Center for Strings Fabian Series closes on a high note, welcoming soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian with violist Hsin-Yun Yang for an evening of Brahms and Dvorak. SPELMAN COLLEGE GLEE CLUB April 28 | Douglass Theatre HBCU Series presents this premier performance organization that has maintained a reputation for choral excellence since 1925. TUBMAN AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL May 3-5 | Tubman Museum Join in for the inaugural festival consisting of film screenings, panel discussions, and audience Q&As with industry professionals Top 10 in the 478 Our top arts & culture picks m DANCING STARS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA May 4 | Macon City Auditorium Support Alzheimer's research by voting for your favorite pair of dancers in Macon's own take on the popular television show. GEORGIA COLLEGE DANCE SPRING CONCERT May 5 | Georgia College's Russel Auditorium Experience dance in this annual concert by the students of the MAGNOLIA SOAP BOX DERBY PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER SMITH