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Calhoun Popular Music Ensemble Concert (RESCHEDULED)

Alabama Center for the Arts - Recital Hall 133 2nd Avenue NE, Decatur, AL, United States

The Calhoun Community College Music Department announces the first concert from our new Popular Music Ensemble, October 28th at 7:00pm. ACA Performing Arts building - Recital Hall Free and open to the public.

Free

Writers Series Event: “Old Enough”

Alabama Center for the Arts - Recital Hall 133 2nd Avenue NE, Decatur, AL, United States

Join us on Wednesday, October 30 at 6pm for a Writers Series event. “Old Enough” with Katie Lamar Jackson, Jay Lamar and Wendy Reed Free and open to the public. ACA Recital Hall - Performing Arts bldg.

Free

Dia de los Muertos Youth Art Show

Alabama Center for the Arts 133 2nd Avenue NE, Decatur, AL, United States

Downtown Decatur's 3rd Annual Dia de los Muertos Community Celebration will be Saturday, November 2nd! It will be an all day street festival with lots of events on 2nd Avenue and surrounding streets from 11:00am until 9:00pm. ACA will again feature a Dia de los Muertos Youth Art Show (grades K-12) in both our buildings. […]

Free

Downtown Decatur’s Dia de los Muertos Community Celebration

Alabama Center for the Arts 133 2nd Avenue NE, Decatur, AL, United States

Día de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead), is a Mexican holiday where families welcome back the souls of their deceased relatives for a brief reunion that includes food, drink, and celebration. The holiday is based on a blend of Spanish culture, Mesoamerican ritual, and European religion. It is celebrated each year from October […]

Free

Calhoun Chorale presents a Fall Concert, “Heaven and Nature Sing”

Alabama Center for the Arts - Recital Hall 133 2nd Avenue NE, Decatur, AL, United States

Granville Oldham, conductor | Newt Johnson, accompanist along with Dennis Baptiste, keyboard Jim Cavender, bass Connery Patel, drums General Admission $20 adults $15 seniors/students Featuring works by| Martini | Byrd | Passereau | Debussy | Schumann | Mendelssohn | Moore | Fleming | Hairston | Huey | Wilson Tickets:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/calhoun-chorale-presents-a-fall-concert-tickets-1041331970957?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl

$15 – $20

Call for Artists: Annual Juried Festival of the Cranes Exhibition

Alabama Center for the Arts – Walking Gallery 133 2nd Ave NE, Decatur, AL, United States

The Alabama Center for the Arts Gallery Committee is pleased to announce our Call for Artists for the annual juried Festival of the Cranes Exhibition! This is a juried show featuring the works of students, faculty/staff/adjuncts, and alumni of ACA, Calhoun Community College, and Athens State University. Prospectus attached. Everyone is invited to enter! Please help spread the word to anyone you think is interested in entering […]

Free

CANCELED – – – Writers’ Series Event: “Glass Cabin”

Alabama Center for the Arts - Recital Hall 133 2nd Avenue NE, Decatur, AL, United States

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. Apologies! We plan to reschedule at a later date. Thank you for your interest. Tina Mozelle Braziel and James Braziel are a husband-and-wife writing team. Their book Glass Cabin (Pulley Press) chronicles the thirteen years they spent building their home out of secondhand tin, tornado-snapped power poles, and church glass […]

Free

Athens State University Senior Thesis Exhibition – Fall 2024 LOOK

Alabama Center for the Arts - Visual Arts Building Main Gallery 133 2nd Avenue NE, Decatur, AL, United States

We invite you to come see the art of Athens State's seniors in the ACA Main Gallery, Visual Arts building. Featuring artists… Nathaniel Kostencki Alissa Benford Emerson Mayfield Opening Reception – Friday, November 22 at 5:30pm The ACA Gallery show is free and open to the public.

Free

The Athenian Players present, Evil Dead The Musical

Alabama Center for the Arts – Studio Theatre 133 2nd Avenue, Decatur, AL, United States

"Evil Dead The Musical" takes all the elements of the cult classic films The Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2 and combines them for one of the craziest, funniest, and bloodiest theatrical experiences of all time. Five college students go to an abandoned cabin in the woods, and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. It’s […]

$10 – $17

The Athenian Players present, Evil Dead The Musical

Alabama Center for the Arts – Studio Theatre 133 2nd Avenue, Decatur, AL, United States

"Evil Dead The Musical" takes all the elements of the cult classic films The Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2 and combines them for one of the craziest, funniest, and bloodiest theatrical experiences of all time. Five college students go to an abandoned cabin in the woods, and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. It’s […]

$10 – $17

The Athenian Players present, Evil Dead The Musical

Alabama Center for the Arts – Studio Theatre 133 2nd Avenue, Decatur, AL, United States

"Evil Dead The Musical" takes all the elements of the cult classic films The Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2 and combines them for one of the craziest, funniest, and bloodiest theatrical experiences of all time. Five college students go to an abandoned cabin in the woods, and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. It’s […]

$10 – $17

The Athenian Players present, Evil Dead The Musical

Alabama Center for the Arts – Studio Theatre 133 2nd Avenue, Decatur, AL, United States

"Evil Dead The Musical" takes all the elements of the cult classic films The Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2 and combines them for one of the craziest, funniest, and bloodiest theatrical experiences of all time. Five college students go to an abandoned cabin in the woods, and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons. It’s […]

$10 – $17

Calhoun Theatre presents Ken Ludwig’s ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas

Alabama Center for the Arts - Recital Hall 133 2nd Avenue NE, Decatur, AL, United States

"'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.” But wait! A mouse is stirring - because Santa missed his house last year. Before you can say “Merry Christmas!”, we're off on the wild adventures of a mouse, an elf, and a spunky little girl […]

Free

Calhoun Theatre presents Ken Ludwig’s ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas

Alabama Center for the Arts - Recital Hall 133 2nd Avenue NE, Decatur, AL, United States

"'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.” But wait! A mouse is stirring - because Santa missed his house last year. Before you can say “Merry Christmas!”, we're off on the wild adventures of a mouse, an elf, and a spunky little girl […]

Free