Big Canoe Photographer Captures Area's Iconic Images

1 B SMOKE SIGNALS |DAHLONEGA ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT JUNE 2019 Magical moments in fields of lavender

BY CYNTHIA SMITH

he color purple is associated with wisdom, creativity, independence and magical qualities that can be T seen in abundance at Red Oak Lavender Farm in Dahlonega. Experts said lavender couldn’t be grown in Georgia. Tina Misko and her fiance David Duffey have proven that it can. After much hard work and experimenta- tion, they are the proud owners of Geor- gia’s largest lavender farm. At the Fifth Annual Lavender Festival on June 15, visitors can come see, smell, touch and taste the magic for themselves as the normally quiet farm offers guests all things lavender. Cleveland Mountain Creamery makes lavender ice cream for the event and lavender lemonade will be available. Artists, live bands, a barbecue food truck, and a lavender cooking demonstration with samples will keep festival-goers entertained. Younger attendees can make and take a lavender halo or wand. Misko’s interest in farming goes back to the days when she had a butterfly garden with her young children. “Gardening,” she said, “is food for the soul. It’s a way to relax and it’s good for you. ” The farm, however, began out of necessity. Misko’s first husband could no n LAVENDER page 2 Magical moment in the lavender fields..PHOTO BY MELISSA GILES

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Big Canoe photographer captures area’s iconic images

“My original fascination was with the cameras themselves, and I still love cameras and lenses to this day.”

1 B SMOKE SIGNALS |DAHLONEGA ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT JUNE 2019 Magical moments in fields of lavender BY CYNTHIA SMITH Lavender he color purple is associated with wisdom, creativity, independence and magical qualities that can be T seen in abundance at Red Oak n Lavender Farm in Dahlonega. Continued from page 1 Experts said lavender couldn’t be grown in Georgia. Tina Misko and her fiance David Duffey have proven that it can. After much hard work and experimenta- tion, they are the proud owners of Geor- gia’s largest lavender farm. longer work so she decided to grow some- At the Fifth Annual Lavender Festival on June 15, visitors can come see, smell, touch and taste the magic for themselves as the normally quiet farm offers guests all things lavender. Cleveland Mountain thing marketable on their land. Armed with Creamery makes lavender ice cream for the event and lavender lemonade will be available. Artists, live bands, a barbecue food truck, and a lavender cooking demonstration with samples will keep festival-goers a magazine story about lavender, a $1,000 entertained. Younger attendees can make and take a lavender halo or wand. Misko’s interest in farming goes back to the days when she had a butterfly garden with her young children. budget and plants ordered from the state of “Gardening,” she said, “is food for the soul. It’s a way to relax and it’s good for you. ” The farm, however, began out of necessity. Misko’s first husband could no Washington, the adventure began. n LAVENDER page 2 Magical moment in the lavender fields.. PHOTO BY MELISSA GILES North GeorGia Experts at the University of Georgia said lavender would not thrive in this area but ArtsJUNE 2019 | The& area’s most comprehensiveEntertainment events guide and calendar | COVERING ATLANTA & NORTH GEORGIA Misko took on the challenge. She had her suc- cesses and failures but was eventually able Big Canoe photographer to make some headway. Then she met David captures area’s and life improved for both her and the farm. iconic images David Duffey, a materials engineer by trade, worked to mimic the Mediterranean

“My original fascination was soil commonly associated with lavender with the cameras themselves, and I still love cameras and lenses to this day.” growing. The couple worked side by side to figure out the right conditions for growing

Using a 500mm lens – the largest he has ever owned – Mark Green is able to photograph eagles over Big Canoe’s Lake Petit. A canvas derivative of this image brought the highest bid of any item at the 2018 Big Canoe Fire Department fundraiser. PHOTO BY MARK GREEN lavender in the humid climate and dense soil BY CHRISTOPHER BARKER “I imagined myself as a ark Green made a name for landscape photographer himself in a career as one of like Ansel [Adams], of North Georgia. The farm is currently home All things lavender are for sale in the Red Oak store. PHOTOS BY JIM SMITH the South’s leading commer- M cial photographers and now as I have always loved the is becoming known for the images he outdoors and nature.” captures in Big Canoe and North Georgia. Perhaps Green’s most iconic area ton offered a photography “major,” and for to 22 varieties of lavender. images are in the most ambitious video two years Green had three hours daily in piece he has created, a 14-minute combi- a photography lab rather than taking such nation of music and images showing all electives as physical education or band. four seasons in “A Year in the Life of Big His first photograph as a student was a Canoe” that the realty office contracted to winner in state competition. The rest is Duffey also developed an automated promote the community. The video is at image history. www.bigcanoe.com. And Green was interested in pho- “It used all my skill sets: 4K video, tography history, visiting the Downtown drone work, time lapse and conventional Houston Library to study the great black- video techniques,” says Green, who edited and-white photographers Alfred Stieglitz, greenhouse that controls temperature and and scored the film with guidance from Paul Strand, Edward Weston “and my next former realty office marketing director major influence, Ansel Adams,” who later Katie Wercholuk. “A Year in the Life of accepted the recently graduated Green for Mark Green has always been enamored with the precision design of cameras and what Big Canoe” has been viewed on various a two-week workshop at Yosemite. he sees as the beauty of camera lenses. PHOTO BY F. CARTER SMITH online outlets more than 35,000 times. “I knew at that time I wanted a life ventilation for the seedlings. “If someone wants to know why Big selves, and I still love cameras and lenses art intersected with music made it all the in the industry,” says Green. “I imagined Canoe is a special place to live, show them to this day.” more exciting. myself as a landscape photographer like this video,” says Green, who considers What cameras could produce was “I was searching for a creative outlet,” Ansel, as I have always loved the outdoors the short film his masterpiece in the video also fascinating to the young student, Green adds. “My older brother was a and nature, or perhaps a National Geo- genre. especially the photographic art on music musician, but I couldn’t play a lick. I also graphic photographer.” “David,” said Misko, “learns so quickly. Work in video was secondary to album covers that tie the image to the mu- could not draw or paint, So I thought may- Green’s passion for both photography Green, who began his career as a photog- sic. He was drawn to jazz music and the be I could photograph.” and music provided opportunities early rapher. image art on the CTI record label, partic- His interest in photography grew as in his career as he found that his camera His walking and bicycle route to mid- ularly those created by Pete Turner, “who he perused the publications of the time could provide access to some of the major dle school in Houston, Texas, passed by a became the first major visual influence that had great photography: Life magazine, bands and concerts of the time. In 1975, he He has continued my dream.” As in interest- camera store, and Green was intrigued by in my life. His use of color and contrast American Photographer and National was given a photo pass to Led Zeppelin the precision design of cameras and “the were amazing, and I was just floored by Geographic, which coincidentally featured and took a unique picture of Jimmy Page beautiful glass of the lenses. My original the creativity. Album art of all kinds really Pete Turner photographs. playing guitar with a violin bow that he fascination was with the cameras them- piqued my curiosity, and the fact that the A new magnet high school in Hous- considers n PHOTOGRAPHY | Page 6 ing bookend to the couple’s journey so far, UGA students recently made a documentary about the farm that the university once said Arts&Entertainment was impossible. A publication to highlight The pair is keen to help others who are arts, entertainment and dreaming of growing lavender. They offer cultural events across North Georgia. classes for gardeners and will pay a visit to PUBLISHED BY anyone thinking of growing lavender on a Smoke Signals large scale. The lavender-growing communi- Community Services, Inc. ty, according to Duffey, is a tight-knit group. Farm owners David Duffey and Tina Misko. Smoke Signals “We share with each other,” he said, “I hope Community Services, Inc. the entire state of Georgia grows lavender.” Board Of Directors Visitors to the farm are sometimes Jim Braley, Dudley DeVore, George Thurman, surprised to see short rows of flowers rather David Howe, Barbara Schneider , than the long, sweeping fields common in Rhonda Stock, Christine Flaherty, France. A former teacher, Misko enjoys edu- Phil Baldwin cating others about lavender. She is also the EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR creative force behind many of the products Wayne Tidwell - 770-331-2936 offered in the Red Oak Lavender store. [email protected] Lavender is distilled to make essential • oil, which is the primary commercial use for EXECUTIVE EDITOR the plant. An antiseptic and anti-inflamma- Bees ensure pollination and provide lavender Wayne Tidwell - 770-331-2936 tory, lavender was used in two world wars honey. [email protected] when surgical supplies became scarce. It is • also a natural mosquito repellent and is found ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT in scented products such as bath oils and EDITOR Melissa Lowrie - 678-910-1338 colognes. [email protected] Many people find the aroma of lavender • calming so it is often found in products in- EDITORIAL LAYOUT DESIGNER tended for promotion of good sleep. Lavender Karen S. Webster - 706-268-1437 is also used to soothe bug bites, treat motion [email protected] sickness and as a treatment for nasal conges- • tion. ADVERTISING DESIGNER Some types of lavender are used in cook- Barbara Smith - 770-737-2117 [email protected] ing. With a taste akin to citrus, it is used as a spice in salads, dressings, teas, and desserts. ••• It is said that Queen Elizabeth insisted that a jar of lavender jam be always on her breakfast PRINT & ONLINE table. ADVERTISING Red Oak Lavender Farm store carries a wide variety of lavender products, nearly BUSINESS MANAGER all made from plants grown on the farm. Jeanne Holbrook - 706-669-7095 [email protected] Dried lavender, body wash, soap, tea, honey, • anti-aging cream, healing salve and chocolate SALES REPRESENTATIVES bars are just a few of the items available. Sarah Mansfield - 770-402-3839 While the farm runs more smoothly than Lavender is used as a mosquito repellent an antiseptic and anti-inflammatory and its [email protected] in the early days, there are still challenges. fragrance is soothing. • Steve Melching - 678-360-3712 [email protected] • Jeri Haid - 770-380-4680 [email protected]

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CIRCULATION Petr Fechtner - 706-669-7095 [email protected] Jeri Haid - 770-380-4680 [email protected] Some types of lavender are used in cooking.

SUBSCRIPTIONS [email protected] Lavender plants get their start in the farm’s greenhouse. PHOTO BY JIM SMITH

FIND US ON A new pathogen that leads to root rot has Newberry said, “There is something new FACEBOOK caused loss of plants. Planting in the fall every day.” instead of spring was advantageous in some Most of the year visits to the farm are respects but there was the cold and wind to free of charge. In June, however, there is be dealt with. Still, the growers persevere a fee and tickets to the June festival are and learn from each new trial. available online. Festival volunteers are still The soon-to-be-wed couple work hard needed and those who commit their time at lavender farming but feel they provide a will be offered a free t-shirt and lunch in service to the community. Misko recalled addition to the beautiful sight and smell of a woman with stage 4 cancer who came to lavender fields. For those who cannot attend The farm boasts 22 varieties of lavender. visit the farm and sat for a long while just the festival but would like to visit the farm, gazing at the fields and inhaling the fragrant hours are published on the website: www. PHOTO BY JIM SMITH air. Before she left, the woman thanked redoaklavender.com. her to go out on a high note,” he said. Misko, saying, “This was a haven for me.” The first lavender festival held at the This was the point at which Duffey de- The pair has help in their growing farm was a small affair, with around 50 termined that ticket sales would be needed venture. Ken Thomas is a horticulture attendees. The second festival drew around to limit the number of attendees. Last year’s expert who has been managing the farm for 200 but, following an article in the Delta festival was the first time utilizing the new the past two years and SueEllen Newberry Airlines inflight magazine, the third year system and the day went off smoothly. The works in the store and prepares products saw an unmanageable crowd of some 8,000 growers are excited to repeat their success

® for sale. visitors! Misko wanted to say “no more” to with this year’s event. Said Misko, “It’s going Smoke Signals “You meet interesting people here,” festivals but Duffey had other ideas. “I want to be amazing!” Mailing Address: 11293 Big Canoe, Big Canoe, GA 30143 Office: Brownstone Centre, Marble Hill, GA 30148 What’s Inside | ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Office Phone: 706-669-7095 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Fields Of Lavender ...... 1-2 Terraces: Atlanta Dance Party...... 13 Printed and mailed by Smoke Signals Community Services, Inc. Big Canoe Photographer...... 1, 6-7 Fox Theatre: Tiffany Haddish ...... 13 Jasper, GA 30143 Lyric Theatre: “Oliver”...... 3 Blue Ridge Chamber Music Festival...... 14 Smoke Signals is owned by Smoke Signals Community Services, Inc. Actor’s Express: “Jump”...... 4 Serenebe: “The True Story with all rights reserved. June Calendar...... 5 of Pocahontas”...... 15 © Copyright 2009 Smoke Signals All editorial and Big Canoe Photo Club...... 8 ASO Returns To Piedmont Park ...... 15 advertising material is the property of Smoke Signals and may not be used in any other publication or media without Abba Tribute Band ...... 9 the express written consent of Smoke Signals. High Museum: “Of Origins And Belonging, Advertiser is solely responsible for the content of all Drawn From Atlanta” ...... 10 advertising published at their request or their agent and shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the publisher Gibbs Gardens Rocks (And Rolls)...... 11 from any claim or lawsuit arising out of any advertisement. Fernbank Museum Of Natural History: The opinions expressed by our op-ed writers are bigcanoenews.com/ not necessarily endorsed by Smoke Signals Community “Big Bugs” Outdoor Installation...... 12 Services, Inc. Fernbank Museum Of Natural History • 12 art-entertainment n Continued from previous page

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MARIETTA Designers create moody, dreamlike setting for Lyric’s ‘Oliver’

ne of the few movie musicals to have won an Academy Award for best picture, Lionel Bart’s O “Oliver” concludes Atlanta Lyric Theatre’s 39th season June 7-23. Based on Charles Dickens’ classic novel, the family musical and Tony Award-winning show brings Victorian London to life in the story of a young orphan in a workhouse who becomes the neglected apprentice of an undertaker. Ol- iver escapes and finds acceptance for the first time among a group of petty thieves and pickpockets led by the mesmeriz- ing Fagin. Oliver’s search for a loving family takes audiences on a thrilling and heart-wrenching adventure of music, dance, intrigue and love. After starring in Lyric’s “Spamalot” and “Catch Me If You Can,” Jeff McKer- ley plays Fagin, and 10-year-old Vinny Montague is Oliver following roles in Lyric’s “Tarzan” and “Disney’s Beauty & the Beast,” as well as “Falsettos” at Actor’s Express. Heidi Cline McKerley directs a cast that also includes Candy McClellan, Sarah Charles Lewis, Daniel J. Cook, Jill Hames Graham, David J. Wilkerson III, Jaymyria Etienne, John Fiscian, Alex Harding and Rob Roper in leading roles. Scenic design by Jennifer Ivey, cos- tumes by Nicole Clockel and lighting by Ben Rawson bring a unique production to Jennie T. Anderson Theatre in Cobb “Oliver’s search Civic Center (548 South Marietta Park- for a loving family way in Marietta). With a mind to sleek modernity, industrial London is awash in takes audiences a watercolor palate that evokes a moody on a thrilling and dream. Tickets and group pricing are at 404- heart-wrenching 377-9948 or www.AtlantaLyric.com. adventure of Subscriptions and season tickets are on sale for Lyric’s 40th season, which music, dance, opens with “War Paint” in August. intrigue and love.”

Victorian industrial London is the background for Lyric Theatre’s production of “Oliver” June 7-23.

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ATLANTA Rolling world premiere of ‘Jump’ at Actor’s Express

he National New Play Network 20-something female seeking solace on a early in her career and fresh on the heels of Gerard Catus and Gil Eplan-Frankel round- Rolling World Premiere of “Jump” nearby bridge after the death of her mother. her mammoth New York success.” ing out the cast. leaps onto the Actor’s Express “Charly Evon Simpson has recently Partnering theaters in the National Performances are at 8 p.m. Wednes- T stage May 29 to June 23, set on a exploded onto the scene,” says AE Artistic New Play Network Rolling World Premiere days through Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. bridge spanning a deep gorge drawing tour- Director Freddie Ashley. “Her play ‘Behind series are PlayMakers Repertory Company Tickets ranging from $20 to $50 are at ists, joggers and more than a few wandering the Sheet’ turned out to be one of the most in Chapel Hill, Confrontation Theatre and 404-607-7469 or www.actors-express.com. souls. acclaimed off-Broadway plays of 2019. She Milago (Portland) and Shrewd Productions Group tickets are at tickets@actorsexpress. The new play by Charly Evon Simpson is going to be one of the major voices in our in Austin. Details are at www.nnpn.org. com. about self-discovery, healing and finding field in the next few years. It is a pleasure to Cyrah Hill stars in the play directed Actor’s Express is in King Plow Arts beauty in unexpected surprises features a bring her work to Atlanta audiences now, so by Lydia Fort, with Brittani Minnieweather, Center at 887 W. Marietta St. in Atlanta.

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Cyrah Hill portrays a 20-something mourning the loss of her mother and retreating to a bridge for solace and self-discovery in “Jump” at Actor’s Express May 29 to June 23.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 1 FRIDAY, JUNE 14 - Flag Day Theatre Theatre • “Five Guys Named Moe,” Theatrical • “Greetings,” Tater Patch Theatre, Jasper Outfit, Balzer Theater at Herren’s, Atlanta (through June 30) (through June 30) Music • “Native Gardens,” Aurora Theatre, • “Casablanca” in concert with the ASO, Lawrenceville (through June 2) Atlanta Symphony Hall, Atlanta (June 14-15) • “Bonnie and Clyde the Musical,” presented • Chuck Cannon, Crimson Moon, Dahlonega by Peachtree Players, School Street • The Mighty O.A.R. with American Playhouse, Cumming (through June 23) Authors, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta • “The Dixie Swim Club,” Gilmer Arts • Dierks Bentley, Ameris Bank Amphitheatre, Playhouse, Ellijay (through June 2) Alpharetta • “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” Stage Door Players, Dunwoody (through June 16) SATURDAY, JUNE 15 • “The Cake,” Horizon Theatre, Atlanta Music (through June 23) • Atlanta Dance Party Band, Big Canoe • “Jump,” King Plow Arts Center, Atlanta Chapel Terraces Amphitheater, Marble Hill (through June 23) • Twilight Live Music Series: Atlanta’s Most Music Wanted, Gibbs Gardens, Ball Ground • Beethoven and Bernstein—Part Two, • The Pulse Trio, St. Luke’s Episcopal Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Church, Blue Ridge Symphony Hall, Atlanta (June 1-2) • Live music, Cartecay Vineyards, Ellijay • “Free Fallin” - The Music of Tom Petty, • Maze, Chastain Park Amphitheatre, Holly Theatre, Dahlonega Atlanta • Rodrigo y Gabriela, Fox Theatre, Atlanta Other • Wyatt Espalin’s Birthday Bash, • Lavender Festival, Red Oak Lavender Crimson Moon, Dahlonega Farm, Dahlonega • Twilight Live Music Series: 120 East, Gibbs Gardens, Ball Ground SUNDAY, JUNE 16 - Father’s Day • Live music, Cartecay Vineyards, Music Ellijay • Chamber Concert, St. Luke’s Episcopal • Violet Bell, Elm Street Cultural Village, Church, Blue Ridge Woodstock • Live music, Cartecay Vineyards, Ellijay Visual Arts • Big Canoe Art & Photography Club WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19 Exhibit, Bowen Center for the Arts, Music Dawsonville (through June 7) • ASO, “Opera’s Greatest Hits,” Piedmont Park, Atlanta SUNDAY, JUNE 2 • Jon Bellion, Chastain Park Amphitheatre, Music Atlanta • Boomers Gone Wild, Crimson Moon, Dahlonega THURSDAY, JUNE 20 • Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder/I’m Music With Her, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta • The Murphs with Medicine Man, Crimson • Live music, Cartecay Vineyards, Ellijay Moon, Dahlonega

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5 FRIDAY, JUNE 21 Other Theatre • Art for Lunch with Chris Binkert, • “Max Makes a Million,” Alliance Theatre, Presidential Historian, Booth Western Art Atlanta (through July 21) Museum, Cartersville Music 22 • Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers with THURSDAY, JUNE 6 the ASO, Atlanta Symphony Hall, Atlanta Theatre • Gretchen Peters, Crimson Moon, Dahlonega • “The Tudor Rep: A Man For All Seasons, Other Henry the Eighth, Anne of The Thousand • Music box lecture and demonstration, 6 Days,” Shakespeare Tavern, Atlanta Bowen Center for the Arts, Dawsonville (through June 16) • “Pride & Joy: The Marvin Gaye Musical,” SATURDAY, JUNE 22 Fox Theatre, Atlanta (through June 9) Theatre Music • “Disney’s Aladdin Jr.,” Holly Theatre, • The Righteous Brothers, Cobb Energy Dahlonega (through June 30) Performing Arts Centre, Atlanta Music • “Beethoven’s Fidelio with the ASO,” • Nickelodeon’s JoJo Siwa D.R.E.A.M. The Atlanta Symphony Hall, Atlanta (June 6, 8) Tour, Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, • Children’s Concert for Fannin Public Atlanta Library, First Baptist Church of Blue Ridge • Michelle Malone and Sarah Peacock, Youth Center, Blue Ridge Crimson Moon, Dahlonega • Florence and the Machine, Ameris Bank • Twilight Live Music Series: Butch and the Amphitheatre, Alpharetta CHRISTIAN BERTRAND / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM Buckheads, Gibbs Gardens, Ball Ground Other FRIDAY, JUNE 7 • Tiffany Haddish, Fox Theatre, Atlanta Ameris Bank Theatre OVIDIU HRUBARU / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM • Blue Ridge Mountains Wine & Jazz Festival, Amphitheatre • “The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Mercier Orchards, Blue Ridge Musical,” Cobb Energy Performing Arts Fox Theatre Centre, Atlanta (June 7-9) SUNDAY, JUNE 23 FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE Music TIFFANY HADDISH Music • Antigone Rising, Crimson Moon, Dahlonega • Drew Gibson and Adam Klein, Crimson • Bergonzi String Quartet, Blue Ridge Moon, Dahlonega Community Theater, Blue Ridge (June 7, 8) • Live music, Cartecay Vineyards, Ellijay • Anderson .Paak, Chastain Park Amphithe- • Billie Eilish, Chastain Park Amphitheatre, atre, Atlanta Atlanta Visual Arts State Farm • Gilmer Arts presents: Plein Air Art in the TUESDAY, JUNE 25 Mountains (through June 9) Theatre Arena • “Come From Away,” Fox Theatre, Atlanta SATURDAY, JUNE 8 (through June 30) ARIANA GRANDE 8 Music • Ariana Grande, State Farm Arena, Atlanta THURSDAY, JUNE 27 • Lauren Morrow, Crimson Moon, Dahlonega Music • Twilight Live Music Series: Pioneer Chick- Atlanta • Rick Springfield with the ASO, Atlanta en Stand Band, Gibbs Gardens, Ball Ground Symphony Hall, Atlanta • Freebird, Holly Theatre, Dahlonega Symphony Hall • Live music, Cartecay Vineyards, Ellijay FRIDAY, JUNE 28 RICK SPRINGFIELD Music SUNDAY, JUNE 9 • Ben Folds with the ASO, Atlanta Symphony Music Hall, Atlanta • Nashville Writer’s Night, Crimson Moon, • Scott Streible and Tyler Jarvis, Crimson Dahlonega Moon, Dahlonega • Rafael Padron presents “Pasión: Romantic • Mandolin Orange, Atlanta Botanical Classical Guitar Music from Latin America,” 27 Garden, Atlanta Blue Ridge Community Theater, Blue Ridge Other • Live music, Cartecay Vineyards, Ellijay • Adam Sandler, Chastain Park Amphithe- Visual Arts atre, Atlanta • Gilmer Arts Fine Art Auction, Gilmer Arts, Ellijay SATURDAY, JUNE 29 Music TUESDAY, JUNE 11 • Keyshia Cole & K. Michelle, Cobb Energy Theatre Performing Arts Centre, Atlanta • “Beauty and the Beast,” Center for • Twilight Live Music Series: The LooSe Puppetry Arts, Atlanta (through June 28) ShoES Band, Gibbs Gardens, Ball Ground • Live music, Cartecay Vineyards, Ellijay WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12 • Common with the Atlanta Symphony TINSELTOWN / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM Music Orchestra, Chastain Park Amphitheatre, • Brit Floyd: 40 Years of The Wall, Fox Atlanta Theatre, Atlanta • ASO, “Tchaikovsky & More,” Piedmont SUNDAY, JUNE 30 Park, Atlanta Music • Joe Hott, Crimson Moon, Dahlonega THURSDAY, JUNE 13 Other Visual Arts • Weird Al Yankovic, Chastain Park • Exhibition opening, gallery walk, reception Amphitheatre, Atlanta and lecture: “Artistic Photography Today: Artists Re-Presenting Reality & Photo- Always confirm dates and times with venues graphs” by Jeannette Montgomery Barron, Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville 6 B SMOKE SIGNALS | ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT JUNE 2019 Photography n Continued from page 1 one of his greatest images. “It hangs on my wall to this day,” he adds. Green was also able to photograph The Rolling Stones, Jethro Tull, Frank Zappa and Earth, Wind & Fire and briefly considered the possibility of becoming a photographer for Rolling Stone magazine. He was hired to photograph Nancy Wilson, George Benson, Al Jarreau, Maynard Ferguson and Kool & the Gang at the Kool Jazz Festival but soon realized that photographing musicians was not his career tra- jectory. “It was fun while it lasted, though,” he says. But the oil and gas sector in Houston was booming, and Green found work in a color laboratory and then as an assistant to One of Mark Green’s favorite all-time photographs was a 1975 picture of Led Zeppelin’s a successful oil and gas industry photogra- Jimmy Page playing guitar with a violin bow. PHOTO BY MARK GREEN pher. He launched his independent career in 1984 with a six-week trip on an Eastern Photographing night skies has become a Airlines “around-the-world” ticket, solic- favorite subject for photographer Mark iting contracts to take photos for Global Green. PHOTO BY MARK GREEN Marine Drilling in Scotland, Norway, Indo- nesia and Alaska. The trip provided a global portfolio and overseas experience that created a marketing tool. The adventure produced some of Green’s favorite photographs, including one that was accepted by the world’s most prestigious annual collection of images in Commercial Arts magazine. His work twice has been recognized in Communication Arts’ “best of.” In the early 1980s, Green became a partner in a boutique photographic laboratory where five employees processed film, made color prints and copied paintings and architectural renderings as development in Houston boomed. But the oil industry declined in 1986 and Green’s fledgling career struggled, moving from an apartment to live in his studio and selling his car. Married to Mar- Mark Green used a 4x5 view camera (the ilyn in 1988, his luck turned with contracts kind that covers the head with cloth) in from Brown & Root Construction in Hous- taking this image of iconic photographer ton to build a photo library of the huge Ansel Adams during a workshop company’s industrial offerings, including at Yosemite following high school refineries, electric plants, paper mills and graduation. PHOTO BY MARK GREEN buildings, enhancing Green’s portfolio. The portfolio broadened further with him to the North Georgia mountains. work for Southwestern Bell, and Green “My career is now in a transitional kept his customer base in the energy sector phase,” Green offers. He continues working while photographing more than 75 annual For much of his career, Mark Green photographed for the energy industry based in for several longstanding clients, mostly in reports for many Fortune 500 companies, Houston, Texas. PHOTO BY MARK GREEN the energy sector, and was called to Hous- including the world’s largest publicly-trad- became a resource for many of the city’s photographers – and served on the board ton in 2017 to photograph the Super Bowl ed companies, Wal-Mart and Exxon Mobil, largest multi-national companies. At its for six years. and the Blue Angels flyover. as well as Continental Airlines, Monsanto, peak, his studio employed seven people In 2016, the Greens decided to close “But mostly I am focused on doing Boston Scientific, Valero, Anthem Health full-time and as many as 30 freelancers. the Houston studio and move to Big Canoe photographs of the natural world in and Care, Bechtel, Zimmer Inc. and more. Green was elected in 2010 to the Na- to be near their two grown children and around North Georgia and travel work that With success, Mark Green Photogra- tional Board of American Society of Media grandchildren living in Atlanta. His roots in does not involve a specific assignment.” He phy and Productions (BGP2) built a studio Professionals – the world’s most presti- landscape photography reemerged, and “I is becoming known for his photos of Big in the shadow of downtown Houston and gious trade organization for commercial felt a need to get closer to nature,” leading Canoe bald ea- n Continued on next page JUNE 2019 SMOKE SIGNALS | ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 7 B n Continued from previous page “I have started doing night sky photography and have been able to photograph solar and lunar eclipses properly.” gles and bears and is building a collection of photographs of “birds and flora from Mark has returned to his landscape around Big Canoe in particular.” photography roots in Big Canoe, where He bought the longest lens he has bears are among his frequent subjects. ever owned – “a beautiful 500mm Nikon This was among the images the Big Canoe Prime lens” – primarily to photograph Big POA used to create bear awareness in the Canoe’s eagles. “It’s a beast, but the image community. PHOTO BY MARK GREEN quality is amazing. And I still love beautiful glass. I also have been able to learn some things and take time to perfect my craft. I have started doing night sky photography and have been able to photograph solar and lunar eclipses properly.” Mark has refined his skills in shooting lunar and solar eclipses since moving to Big Since moving to North Georgia, Green Canoe. PHOTO BY MARK GREEN has participated in such gallery shows as Blue Ridge Arts Center and has won photography awards at the Bowen in Dawson- ville and in the Jasper juried competitions. His photographs have been featured twice on the cover of the Big Canoe Directory, and in the past year Green has worked with the Big Canoe Property Owners Association to produce 90 percent of the images on the new POA website (www.bigcanoepoa.org). Additionally, he shot and produced the 27-hole golf course flyover videos with a drone and voiceover recorded in his Big Canoe studio. And he is the current president of the Big Canoe Photography Club, “a fabulous group of talented folks who make some really great pictures.” This photograph of cotton farmers in Green said the most exciting thing north Texas shot in 2007 was included on his new website (www.mgreen.com) in Monsanto Company’s annual report. is The Big Canoe Collection. “People have Annual report photos constituted a been asking how to buy my pictures, and significant portion of Mark’s career.PHOTO the website has several ways. You will BY MARK GREEN be able to order consumer prints directly from the site, along with things like note His first “true” photograph in 1974 was a winner in statewide competition in Texas.PHOTO cards and even coffee mugs. BY MARK GREEN “For the more discerning buyer, I will be offering limited-edition prints made Mark was hired directly by me on archival paper, signed, to photograph numbered and matted, the next step in the the Blue Angels process.” flyover at the In this new phase of his career, “I’m 2017 Super Bowl really enjoying stress-free photography,” and had just says Green. “I feel I have a gift, and I am four seconds now putting it to good use making pic- to capture this tures that make me and my surrounding image. PHOTO BY community, through platforms including MARK GREEN Instagram and Facebook, happy. “And I still photograph live music from time to time and have set up an Big Canoe resident Mark Green awesome vinyl listening room in my house. photographed an oil rig on the North Sea in A book of Pete Turner Album Photography 1984 as part of his round-the-world trip. PHOTO sits on my coffee table there.” BY MARK GREEN

H Bell’s Pharmacy 8 B SMOKE SIGNALS | ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT JUNE 2019 Botanical garden provides stunning subjects made the photograph in 2017 at Power- could expose for the flowers themselves Florida. Although she has enjoyed a long scourt Gardens in Enniskerry, Ireland. “I and let the background go very dark.” career as an environmental engineer, Big Canoe Photo Club love to shoot in any botanical garden,” She then used Adobe Lightroom her primary creative interest and outlet Photo of the Month Gill says, “I get lost in the natural bounty and Photoshop to enhance it to fit her since childhood has been photography. and always come away with lots of original vision. “The viewer’s eye moves She especially enjoys combining her raw material for fine art photography. naturally from the center of the flower interest in the perfect and endlessly sur- The delicate petals in these pale yellow on the left to the center of the one on the prising details that comprise the natural STEVEN D. CARLISLE chrysanthemums caught my attention, right and back again, holding attention world with her passion for photography. and I shot from a dozen or so angles and for as long as possible,” she explained. The Big Canoe Photography Club his gorgeous photo of a at a wide open aperture to eliminate Kathleen O’Toole Gill and her meets on the third Saturday of each chrysanthemum was taken as much of the distracting background husband have had a home in Big Canoe month at Big Canoe’s Swim Club at 9:30 by Big Canoe photographer, as possible. The flowers I chose were since 1993 and they split their time a.m. Everyone is welcome to attend the T Kathleen O’Toole Gill. She shielded from direct sunlight so that I between Big Canoe and Vero Beach, meetings.

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ATLANTA High presents third exhibition in series featuring drawings by Atlanta-based artists

f Origins and Belonging, Drawn from Atlanta” fol- lows lauded 2013 and 2015 “Oexhibitions and continues High Museum’s commitment to supporting local artists. This summer, the mu- n JUNE 1-SEPT. 29 seum presents “Of Origins HIGH MUSEUM and Belonging, Drawn from Atlanta” (June 1–Sept. 29), OF ART an exhibition featuring six Atlanta-based artists who address issues related to place, belonging and heritage in their work: Jessica Caldas, Yehimi Cambrón, Xie Caomin, Wihro Kim, Dianna Settles and Cosmo Whyte. “Of Origins and Belonging” is the third in a series of exhibitions at the High focused on work by Atlanta-based artists. The series began in 2013 with “Drawing Inside the Perimeter,” featuring all Atlanta-based artists, and continued in 2015 with “Sprawl! Drawing Outside the Lines,” highlighting artists from around the metro area and other Georgia cities. Compelled by the national debate and dialogue around immigration reform, this iteration of the Atlanta-based drawing proj- ect includes artists whose distinct voices, diverse perspectives and personal experiences represent world views informed and enriched by their cultural heritage and the bond they share as members of a diverse creative community in Atlanta. Among the participating artists, Caomin and Whyte Cosmo Whyte (born 1982 in Jamaica, lives and works in Atlanta), Sweet, Sweet, Back, 2015, charcoal and gold leaf on paper. High immigrated to the United States as adults, Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase with the Antinori Fund, 2016.235. (C) COSMO WHYTE. and Cambrón is a DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipient. “Conversations in Atlanta about social justice, racial bias or invisibility and the “With this exhibition, we trauma of being ‘othered’ are often framed aim to shed light on how in terms of black and white. Of course, artists’ work is a mode of these conditions affect many of Atlanta’s thriving immigrant communities, from exchange, mirroring the members of the African diaspora to people transnational exchange of of Asian and Latin American descent,” said Michael Rooks, Wieland Family curator of people, ideas and values modern and contemporary art at the High. that is at the heart of “With this exhibition, we aim to shed light on how artists’ work is a mode of exchange, American immigration and mirroring the transnational exchange of that is so vital to our city.” people, ideas and values that is at the heart of American immigration and that is so vital to our city.” For more information about the High, visit www.high.org. High Museum of Art. EQROY / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM

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“Live music, great food and your favorite beverages are sure to make it a special date night.” BALL GROUND Gibbs Gardens rocks (and rolls) on Saturday evenings s summer kicks off at Gibbs Gardens, so do our breathtaking colors. Thousands of roses and crepe myrtles present an exquisite pic- A ture as guests stroll the gardens. Three acres of daylilies, in an amazing display of 500 varieties, as well as 140 varieties of waterlilies add to the display. In addition to Mother Nature’s spectacle, the popular Twilight Live Music events continue through the month. If you haven’t taken the opportunity to enjoy Chef John Lupi’s special offerings during Twilight, you’re missing a real treat. Dinner orders for these weekly culinary creations must be placed no later than 5 p.m on Fridays. To order, go to www.gibbsgardens.com/gibbs- events. Click on “Find out more” under the upcoming Twilight event and scroll down to the menu and the “Place Order Here” link. Live music, great food and your favorite beverages are sure to make it a special date night. Taking the Gibbs Gardens’ stage in June will be: • June 1, 6-9 p.m. – 120 East. This 10-member rock ’n’ roll band will delight with songs from Chicago, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Santana, Billy Joel, Boz Skaggs, Toto and more. • June 8, 6-9 p.m. – Pioneer Chicken Stand Band. This group combines roots rock, bluegrass, classic country and their own take on ‘80s music. Plus the sounds of area renowned fiddler, Art Shand. • June 15, 6-9 p.m. – Atlanta’s Most Wanted. This popular southeast cover band has played with The Drift- ers and The Coasters. Their music from the 60s and 70s will get guests up and dancing. • June 22, 6-9 p.m. – Billed as “Atlanta’s Premier Classic Rock ’n’ Roll Band,” Butch and the Buckheads swoops in celebrating 25 years of performing your favorites from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. Having appeared with Chubby Checker, Frankie Avalon, The Coasters, The Drifters, The Supremes, The Impressions, The Commodores, Peter Noone, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Three Dog Night and The Temptations, they will rock the stage. • June 29, 6-9 p.m. – The LooSe ShoES Band. Guests will find it hard to stay seated with songs like the Eagles’ “Already Gone,” The Romantics’ “What I Like About You” and Pat Benatar’s “Hit Me with Your Best Shot.” There is no charge for Gibbs Gardens membership holders to attend these events. Non-members pay the normal garden admission fee to access these festivities. Gibbs Gardens is open Wednesday through Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; gates close at 4 p.m., except on Twilight nights when the gates remain open until 8 p.m. Gibbs Gardens is located at 1987 Gibbs Drive in Ball Ground. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.gibbsgardens.com. More than 100 varieties of daylilies are blooming at Gibbs. PHOTO COURTESY OF GIBBS GARDENS

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ATLANTA ‘Big Bugs’ outdoor installation at Fernbank Massive bug, insect and spider sculptures overtake WildWoods

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here’s a buzz in the air at ant, praying mantis and daddy long legs. through July 21 in Fernbank’s WildWoods. Fernbank is located at 767 Clifton Fernbank as David Rogers’ Big “Although their size may make them To enjoy other outdoor programming, Road NE in Atlanta and opens daily from Bugs outdoor installation moves a bit under-appreciated, insects, spiders including Ranger Explorations, Forest 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information and T into WildWoods to get guests and bugs act as many things from de- Walks, Tadpole Tales or Bird Walks, visit to purchase tickets, visit www.Fernbank- closer than ever to nature’s most peculiar composers to pollinators, and even help Fernbank’s calendar of events at www. Museum.org or call 404-929-6400. creatures. with insect control,” said Vice President FernbankMuseum.org. David Rogers’ Big Bugs features 10 of Programming Bobbi Hohmann. “With towering wooden sculptures that combine massive sculptures like the 17-foot tall landscape, recycled and environmental dragonfly and the 7-foot wide ladybug, art—using natural materials—to show- this outdoor installation offers an exciting case the often-unseen animals that play new perspective on these creatures.” important roles in our ecosystem like the David Rogers’ Big Bugs is on view

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MARBLE HILL Terraces welcomes Atlanta Dance Party BY GRAHAM NICHOLSON

ollowing our May season opener, we are pleased to welcome the Atlanta Dance Party Band to our stage June F 15. This 10-piece band features four great lead singers, three horns, backup singers and an all-star rhythm section. They bring horn-filled, rich vocals with dance music of the 60s and 70s, as well as other favorite dance tunes. The band is comprised of Stewart Brown, bringing the majority of the male vocals with his full-throated tenor voice. Melanie Dobbins, a prolific musical force n JUNE 15 COURTESY ATLANTA DANCE PARTY from Atlanta, is successful in multi musical TERRACES genres. Kelly Letlow is a long-time perform- John Hancott, a highly sought-after bassist, The Big Canoe Club- AMPHITHEATER at the box office at the gate er and vocal educator. Brandon Degroff on loves jazz and classic rock. house will have its mobile on concert day. trumpet and vocals; Tom LaDow shows The season will continue with these kitchen available for food and Should you have versatility in classically trained piano, key- four exciting remaining concerts: beverage needs. Please contact the club- any questions regarding this upcoming board and backup vocals. Mark Konzal is on • July 6: The Glow Band (Experience house at 706-268-2420 for further informa- Terraces Concert series, please contact guitar and backup vocals. Allen Gant, drums the Eagles) tion. Shelby Collins at 404-863-2676. During the and percussion, was previously a touring • July 27: The Tyn Times Band (beach We have various ticket packages and season, the Concert and Weather Hotline artist with Arrested Development. Darrell and soul music) prices for this season. Please check online available at 470-273-6767. For GPS address Jefferson is a highly regarded trombonist for • Aug. 10: Kurt Thomas Band (country at www.terracesconcerts.com for further information, the Terraces Amphitheater all music styles. Jason Matthias, the newest music) information and purchases. You can still is located at 1849 Steve Tate Highway in member of the band, brings impeccable sax/ • Aug. 31: The Street Fighting Band purchase tickets through our postal alpha Marble Hill. flute accompaniments and powerful solos. (Rolling Stones tribute band) box, stand around at Big Canoe Chapel and See you at the Terraces Amphitheater!

ATLANTA Tiffany Haddish brings comedy show to Fox

ollowing the sweeping success of her Showtime special, “She Ready! From the Hood to Hollywood,” Emmy award-winning comedian and actress, Tiffany Haddish, is bringing her “She Ready” comedy tour to the Fox Theatre Saturday, June 22 at 8 p.m. F n With multiple high-profile projects and buzz-worthy appearances, Tif- JUNE 22 fany Haddish has quickly established herself as one of the most sought-after FOX THEATRE comedic actresses and performers. She can be seen opposite Tracy Morgan on the TBS comedy series “The Last O.G.,” which returned for a second season in April 2019. Additionally, she will appear in starring roles in the upcoming films “Limited Partners” and “The Kitchen.” Haddish will also lend her voice to the character in Universal/Illumination’s “The Secret Life of Pets 2,” along with playing the voice of the character “Tuca” in the Netflix animated series “Tuca and Bertie.” In addition, she is working on a one-hour stand up special for Netflix and has a two-year, first-look deal with HBO for projects under her “She Ready” production company banner. Haddish’s journey and life experiences have inspired her comedy and sense of humor both on and off the stage. While growing up in foster care in South Central Los Angeles, her excessive talking and imaginary friends prompted her increasingly flustered social worker to steer her into stand-up comedy and enroll her in the Laugh Factory’s Comedy Camp, a place for at-risk and underprivileged children to transform negative energy into something positive. The experience became the beginning of her comedy career. Tickets are on-sale now at www.FoxTheatre.org, the Fox Theatre Ticket Office, and 855-285-8499. Ticket prices start at $40, plus applicable fees. JSTONE / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM

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BLUE RIDGE Blue Ridge Chamber Music Festival offers six free concerts

he Blue Ridge Chamber of Com- merce, Blue Ridge Community Theater (BRCT) and St. Lukes T Episcopal Church are hosting the Blue Ridge Chamber Music Festival. Over the course of two weekends, June 6-16, there will be six complimentary concerts at BRCT and local churches, featuring the Bergonzi String Quartet, the Pulse TRIO and Rafael Padron, all from the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music. Starting the event will be the Chil- dren’s Concert for Fannin Public Library, Thursday June 6, 2 p.m., hosted by the First Baptist Church of Blue Ridge Youth Center (3101 E. 1st Street). This event will feature “Gulliver’s Suite,” by the Baroque composer Georg Telemann, and will be accompanied with readings from the fa- mous novel by Johnathan Swift, “Gulliver’s Travels.” The next two days, Friday, June 7 and Saturday, June 8, will feature the Bergonzi String Quartet at the Blue Ridge Commu- nity Theater, as they premiere the original play “An American Story,” set to music inspired by Appalachia by Scott Flavin. The play itself is the fourth Bergonzi Frontman Scott Flavin has written and produced in cooperation with BRCT. While previous shows have focused on the life and works of individual composers such as Mozart and Brahms, this particular production Bergonzi String Quartet. PHOTOS COURTESY BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY THEATER will contain a variety of music inspired by Appalachia, laid out as the performers trace their own American story from their families initial arrival in New York, to the westward expansion to California and Oregon, and their return to Appalachia. On Sunday June 9, 2 p.m., BRCT will host Rafael Padron as he presents “Pasión: Romantic Classical Guitar Music from Latin America.” Rounding out the festival will be two concerts at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church (7 Ewing Street, Blue Ridge). The first, on Saturday June 15, 7 p.m., the Pulse Trio will perform compositions from Stravinsky, Milhaud, Debussy and Telemann. All concerts are free; there is no ad- The final performance of the BRCMF vanced reserved seating. will be Sunday June 16, 3 p.m. with a spe- For more information, visit www. cial Chamber Concert featuring soprano, BlueRidgeCommunityTheater.com or flute, clarinet, violin and piano perfor- www.BergonziQuartet.com. mances of Reade, Liszt, Taktakishvili and Submitted by Blue Ridge Franck. Community Theatre Rafael Padron. ElEgant OutdOOr living

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CHATTAHOOCHEE HILLS Serenbe Playhouse telling story of Pocahontas

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ATLANTA ASO returns to Piedmont Park for two free concerts

he Atlanta Symphony era’s Greatest Hits,” featuring Orchestra (ASO) will selections from “Carmen,” “La return to Piedmont bohème,” “Porgy and Bess” and T Park’s Oak Hill for two more. Vocalists for this perfor- free concerts on Wednesday, mance will include soprano Jac- June 12, and Wednesday, June 19 queline Echols, mezzo-soprano at 7:30 p.m. Tichina Vaughn, tenor Frederick “Tchaikovsky and More” Ballentine, baritone Nmon Ford on June 12, will be led by ASO and bass Morris Robinson. Music Director Robert Spano “It is an honor to return to and will feature Christopher the stage at Piedmont Park to Theofanidis’ Rainbow Body, continue this beloved Atlantan Rossini’s Overture to The Barber tradition,” said Spano. “Since of Seville and Tchaikovsky’s the first performances with Fifth Symphony. The evening Robert Shaw in 1976, Atlantans will begin with a pre-concert have been coming together each performance from the Atlanta summer to share in their love of Symphony Youth Orchestra music and this great city. I am (ASYO) at 6:30 p.m., conducted especially grateful to the Charles by ASO Associate Conductor Loridans Foundation for its sup- and ASYO Music Director Ste- port in making not only one, but phen Mulligan. two, concerts possible this year.” On June 19, Mulligan returns Admission is free and no to lead the ASO and an all-star tickets are required. More infor- lineup of vocalists from the mation is available at www.aso. opera world in a concert of “Op- org/piedmontpark.

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