SACC to Sponsor Monthly Arts & Cultural Speaker Series at Brawner Hall

SACC is sponsoring a free monthly speaker series on diverse arts & cultural topics.  The lectures will be held in the large reception room at Brawner Hall.  Light refreshments will be served.  The first six speakers are:  

Jeff Clemmons will present Richs: A Southern Institution on Monday, March 11 at 6:30 pm.

Lynn Coulter will present Heirloom Gardening on Monday, April 25 at 6:30 pm.  

Kevin Renshaw will present Creating Space - Exploring Black Box Theater on Monday, May 9 at 6:30 pm. 

Cassandra Wilson will present Fashion as Art on Monday, June 13 at 6:30 pm.

Andy Gaines will present The Strand Theatre on Monday, July 11 at 6:30 pm.

Jane Coffer will present Investing in Art on Monday, August 8 at 6:30 pm.

Theatre Committee Established

We held our planning meeting this evening at the Smyrna Library to start our Theatre Committee! Three Smyrna-area professional actors are the founding members. We have our official public kick-off meeting scheduled for Monday March 7, 2016 at the Smyrna Public Library in the downstairs meeting room. Anyone interested is welcome to attend.

We need actors and other volunteers to help support the following projects:

• Establish a Series of Monthly Acting Technique Workshops

• Establish a Series of Monthly Dramatic Readings with Play Analysis Discussion

• Partner with the Smyrna Library to catalog and promote theatrical-related learning 

resources freely available to local citizen with their library card

• Present an outdoor production of a Shakespeare play with local actors

• Support the Shakespeare 400th Anniversary events at the Smyrna Library this Fall

• Present a dramatic reading holiday season production

• Start discussion to pick a catchy name for the threatre group!

Thanks for your support and we look forward to meeting you at the kick-off meeting!

Lindsay Prather Joins SACC Board of Directors

Meet our new addition to our Board of Directors and Theater Committee Chairperson Lindsay Prather. 

Lindsay grew up in Metro Atlanta and has lived in Smyrna for nearly 10 years. She began performing professionally at the age of 12 working with many theatres around Atlanta including Theatre of the Stars (The Fox Theatre), Synchronicity, Onstage Atlanta and others over the years. 

After attaining her BA in Theatre & Performance Studies from KSU, she founded Jitterbug Performing Arts in 2011 and now fills her days teaching theatre to young children and running a small local business. Lindsay is also a loving wife, and mother to a dramatic 2.5 year old. She loves the City of Smyrna and hopes to continue to keep creativity alive!

SACC Co-Sponsors Black History Month Lecture

To Celebrate Black History Month, Dr. Seneca Vaught examined the historical role of the ‘corner store’ (also known as mom & pops stores, bodegas, etc) in the African American community and how it has evolved over time today at the Smyrna Public Library.

Dr. Vaught is an Assistant Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies at Kennesaw State University in the Departments of History and Interdisciplinary Studies. He has been awarded the William Wells Brown Award for his innovative and project-oriented approach to framing community problems in policy terms for scholars, activists, and community leaders seeking to creatively apply historical knowledge.

The "First Sunday" lecture series is held in the Smyrna Public Library Meeting Room and is jointly sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna Library and the Smyrna Arts & Cultural Council.