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Almost, Maine

Alabama Center for the Arts - Black Box Theatre 133 2nd Avenue NE, Decatur, AL, United States

Almost, Maine is a charming, funny, heart-warming, and heart-breaking comedy set on a cold, clear January night in the mythical small town of the same name. Stirred by the northern lights dancing in the sky, the residents of Almost fall in and out of love in unexpected and often surreal ways in this magical winter’s […]

$12

The Helen Keller Art Show of Alabama

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

The Alabama Center for the Arts will be hosting the 2019 Helen Keller Art Show of Alabama, a traveling juried art show that displays artwork created by students throughout the state of Alabama who have visual impairments, blindness, and/or deaf-blindness. The show will be displayed from Monday, September 9 through Monday, September 23 in the […]

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2019 Emerging Artists Exhibition

See the art created by students of Calhoun Community College and Athens State University at the Alabama Center for the Arts.

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Making Alabama: A Bicentennial Traveling Exhibit

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

Making Alabama: A Bicentennial Traveling Exhibit presented by Alabama Humanities Foundation, is coming to the Alabama Center for the Arts in Decatur from November 6 – December 14, 2019.

Free

The Athenian Players present William Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors

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

The Comedy of Errors is Shakespeare's humorous farce about the misadventures of two sets of identical twins, separated at birth, and compounded by mistaken identities. Due to a shipwreck, the two sets of twins grow up in different cities only to reunite thirty-three years later with much confusion and laughter.

$15

Forgotten Alabama: Photography Exhibit by Glenn Wills

The Alabama Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the opening of “Forgotten Alabama” in the Main Gallery on Monday, December 2, featuring photography by Glenn Wills. Wills, a self-proclaimed explorer, photographer, author, and preserver of history, made it his mission to capture thousands of images of neglected places in Alabama before they disappear. […]

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Book Reading & Artist Talk: “An All New Light” by Prentiss Douthit

Decatur native, artist, author, and photographer Prentiss Douthit returns from Austin, Texas to share his first book! Come see a little of the world and a lot of our shared humanity through his paintings, photographs, and stories. Thursday, December 12 at 5:30pm ACA Visual Arts building – Main Gallery Art Profiler review of "An All […]

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Forgotten Alabama: Reception & Guest Lecture

The Alabama Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the opening of “Forgotten Alabama” in the Main Gallery on Monday, December 2, featuring photography by Glenn Wills. Wills, a self-proclaimed explorer, photographer, author, and preserver of history, made it his mission to capture thousands of images of neglected places in Alabama before they disappear. […]

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2020 Festival of the Cranes Exhibition

Come see an art exhibit of works by the students, alumni and faculty of the Alabama Center for the Arts in conjunction with Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Festival of the Cranes which is held the second weekend of January. January 9 – February 21, 2020 ACA – Visual Arts building, Walking Gallery Free and open […]

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Film Screening of America’s Amazon

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

Guest Speaker-Film Producer, Ben Raines Thursday, January 9, 2020 6:00pm ACA – Recital Hall, Performing Arts building Free and open to the public

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Forgotten Alabama: Lunch & Learn + Book Signing with Glenn Wills

Lunch and Learn with Forgotten Alabama photographer and author Glenn Wills. Mr. Wills will be available to sign copies of his book. Tuesday, January 21, 2020 12:00noon Alabama Center for the Arts, Visual Arts building 3M Room Free and open to the public. Bring your own lunch.

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Bank Street Players present The Lion in Winter

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

Event:  Bank Street Players present The Lion in Winter Make your plans to join the Bank Street Players for James Goldman’s Tony/Oscar winning work, The Lion In Winter. Opens January 30 at the Alabama Center for the Arts on 2nd Ave in Decatur, in the Recital Hall of the Performing Arts building. Directed by Carron […]

$15