98 maconmagazine.com | October/November 2024
OUR TOP ARTS
AND CULTURE PICKS IN
CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
1
Legends & Lore
October 4-25
Hay House
Tour the Hay House and
catch the rousing legends of the
unexplainable as the night darkens
around this "haunted" destination.
4
Macon Beer Festival
October 19, 2-7 p.m.
Downtown Macon
The organizers call it "a
health fair disguised as a beer festival"
with prostate cancer sgreening and
education alongside over 100 varieties
of craft beer and wine, two music stage,
food, and arts and crafts vendors.
5
Macon-Mercer
Symphony Orchestra
October 21, 7:30 p.m.
The Grand Opera House
Guest conductor Rei Hotoda, will lead a
concert featuring Copland's "Lincoln's
Portrait" alongside Macon Mayor Lester
Miller and former mayors Robert Reichert
and C. Jack Ellis reading excerpts from
speeches by the 16th President.
Spirits in
October
Photo by
Milton Heard.
2
40 Whacks: A
Haunting Cocktail
Ax-perience
October 16-19
Society Garden
Enjoy a theatrical version of the
infamous ax murderer Lizzie Borden
story while sipping on carefully crafted
libations among the 19th century
macabre. Costumes are encouraged.
3
Doubt
October 18-27
Theatre Macon
A Pulitzer Prize and Tony
Award-winning play follows Sister
Aloysius, a Bronx school principal,
who takes matters into her own hand
when she speculates inappropriate
behavior by Father Flynn.
Photo by Milton Heard.
