Come and Paint on the Patio with Calhoun’s Fine Art faculty! We’re back for some more colorful and creative fun, all at the Alabama Center for the Arts on Sept 20th. Seating is limited. Buy your tickets using the QR code before it sells out! Buy Tickets: http://weblink.donorperfect.com/rainbow_birds
We are pleased to announce the return of the (classical & jazz) C & J Concert Series to the ACA! Kicking off the series is Reginald Jackson! Tickets: $25 Adults or $20 advanced purchase $20 Seniors/Students or $15 advanced purchase Tickets available at the door (cash only) or Click here for tickets The ACA Box […]
We are thrilled to feature our students in the Emerging Artists Exhibit! September 25 - October 29, 2024 Walking Gallery of our Visual Arts building The ACA Emerging Artists Exhibit features the art work of students of Calhoun Community College and Athens State University and is held in conjunction with the juried River Clay Fine […]
We are looking forward to the annual ACTFest Community Theatre Festival, October 19-20, 2024. Competing theatres include Spark Theater Company, Self Express Productions, South City Theatre, and Prattville's Way Off Broadway. Community theatre patrons across Alabama are invited to attend the shows and the workshops. Join us in the Studio Theatre of our Performing Arts building […]
The ACTFest 24 opening production is MISERY by Way Off Broadway Theatre. Individual tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door. All performances are in the Alabama Center for the Arts Performing Arts building in the Studio Theatre.
The ACTFest 24 second production is THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND by Self Express Productions on Saturday, Oct 19 at 4:00 pm. Individual tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door. All performances are in the Alabama Center for the Arts Performing Arts building in the Studio Theatre in Decatur, AL.
The ACTFest 24 third production is RADIUM GIRLS by Spark Theater Company on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 4:00 pm. Individual tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door. All performances are in the Alabama Center for the Arts Performing Arts building in the Studio Theatre in Decatur, AL.
The ACTFest 24 fourth and last production is A TUNA CHRISTMAS by South City Theatre on Sunday, October 20 at 12:30pm. Individual tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door. All performances are in the Alabama Center for the Arts Performing Arts building in the Studio Theatre in Decatur, AL.
ACA is going "Back to the Roots" as we host the "Alvin Batiste Jazz Institute" Jazz Residency (Roderick "Rev" Paulin and John Gray)! A community workshop/clinic, a concert featuring the Calhoun Community College Show Band and Guest Artists, and an after-party jam session. Free and open to the public. ACA Recital Hall - Performing Arts […]
ACA is going "Back to the Roots" as we host the "Alvin Batiste Jazz Institute" Jazz Residency (Roderick "Rev" Paulin and John Gray)! A community workshop/clinic, a concert featuring the Calhoun Community College Show Band and Guest Artists, and an after-party jam session. Free and open to the public. ACA Recital Hall - Performing Arts […]
Classical & Jazz Concert Series featuring Christie Weber (classical, lyric soprano) Alabama Center for the ArtsRecital Hall of the Performing Arts bldg.4:00pm Tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6443706
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.
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.
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. […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
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.
"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 […]
"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 […]
"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 […]
"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 […]
"'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 […]
"'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 […]
The Festival of Cranes 2025 presents "Thank you, Rachel", a new play about Rachel Carson, by Carol Cook Puckett. CANCELED: The Friday, January 10th performance of "Thank You Rachel" at 4:30pm at the ACA has been canceled due to the threat of inclement weather. Stay tuned to see if it is rescheduled. Visit this website […]
"The Bat Lady" - Vicky Smith ACA Recital Hall, Performing Arts bldg. Saturday, January 11th at 9:30amFree and open to the public. Click here for ALL Festival of the Cranes weekend events: https://www.friendsofwheelernwr.org/foc-2025
*This activity will not be rescheduled for 2025. Apologies! Come and make some colorful feathered friends with the ACA Art Instructors. Let your imaginations take flight with paper plates and colors! Ages 5+ (FREE) Saturday, January 11, 2025 10am-12pm Make & Take Art Activity with ACA art faculty - "Paper Plate Birds" Room #113, […]
Christopher Joe presents "Building Tourism Through Small Ecotourism Projects"ACA Visual Arts bldg. - Room #118 (3M Room)Free and open to the public. Click here to see ALL Festival of the Cranes 2025 events: https://www.friendsofwheelernwr.org/foc-2025
Dr. Matthew Niemiller's talk will be on "Cave Life of Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge" ACA Recital Hall - Performing Arts building Free and open to the public. Click here to see the complete schedule for ALL Festival of the Cranes events during January 10-12: https://www.friendsofwheelernwr.org/foc-2025
Come hear Jon Armbruster talk about "Auburn University's Dino Egg: A Short & Long Tale"Sat., January 11, 20251:00pmACA Recital Hall - Performing Arts bldg.Free and open to the public. Click here to see ALL events during the Festival of the Cranes weekend: https://www.friendsofwheelernwr.org/foc-2025
Robyn Bailey presents "Nestwatch, Cornell Lab of Ornithology"ACA Visual Arts bldg. - Room #118 (3M Room)Free and open to the public. Click here to see ALL scheduled events for Festival of the Cranes 2025: https://www.friendsofwheelernwr.org/foc-2025
Dr. McClintock is a polar and marine biologist at UAB and he'll be giving two presentations at the Alabama Center for the Arts this year! He recently returned from his 16th research expedition to Antarctica, where, over the past two decades, he and his research collaborators have become among the world’s authorities on Antarctic marine […]
Join Timothy Joe for an Art Demonstration! ACA Visual Arts bldg., Room #113 2:30pm-3:30pm on Sat., January 11th Free and open to the public. Click here to see ALL scheduled Festival of the Cranes events: https://www.friendsofwheelernwr.org/foc-2025
Come view Southern Exposure Films with us! Made possible by the Alabama Rivers Alliance. ACA Visual Arts bldg., Room #118 (3M Room)Free and open to the public. Click here to see ALL 2025 Festival of the Cranes events: https://www.friendsofwheelernwr.org/foc-2025
Join us to hear Dr. Matthew Niemiller lecture on "Cave Life of Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge"ACA Recital Hall, Performing Arts bldg.Sunday, January 12 at 10:00amFree and open to the public. Click here to see the full Festival of the Cranes 2025 event schedule: https://www.friendsofwheelernwr.org/foc-2025
Come listen to Vicky Smith, "The Bat Lady" share all kinds of interesting information on various types of bats.ACA Recital Hall, Performing Arts buildingFree and open to the public. Click here to see the complete Festival of the Cranes schedule of events: https://www.friendsofwheelernwr.org/foc-2025
Dr. Jon Armbruster shares "Fish Under Alabama: How Fish Came to Live in Caves"Sunday, January 12 at 11:30amACA Visual Arts bldg., Room #118 (3M Room)Free and open to the public. Click here to see the full listing of events during Festival of the Cranes 2025 weekend: https://www.friendsofwheelernwr.org/foc-2025
Join us to hear Jimmy Stiles's interesting talk with live animals to see and maybe, touch?ACA Recital Hall, Performing Arts bldg.12:00noonFree and open to the public. Click here to see the complete 2025 Festival of the Cranes event schedule: https://www.friendsofwheelernwr.org/foc-2025
Dr. McClintock is a polar and marine biologist at UAB and he'll be giving two presentations at the Alabama Center for the Arts this year! He recently returned from his 16th research expedition to Antarctica, where, over the past two decades, he and his research collaborators have become among the world’s authorities on Antarctic marine […]
Hillary Hankey talks "Enhancing Reintroduction Efforts in Southern Ground Hornbills"ACA Recital Hall, Performing Arts bldg.Sunday, January 12 at 1:30pmFree and open to the public. Click here for the complete listing of events during the Festival of the Cranes weekend: https://www.friendsofwheelernwr.org/foc-2025
Jimmy Stiles, Herpetologist, shares interesting bits and brings critters with him!Sunday, January 12 at 3:00pmACA Recital Hall, Performing Arts bldg.Free and open to the public. Click here to see the full listing of events during the Festival of the Cranes weekend: https://www.friendsofwheelernwr.org/foc-2025
