Lifestyle

Southern Living Idea House now open in Senoia

Photo/Maggie Zerkus.

The Southern Living magazine 2012 Idea House opened last week on the Gin Property in Senoia. Located just south of downtown, the nearly 4,000 square-foot Southern country farm house will be open for tours through Dec. 23. Photo/Ben Nelms.

Home using ‘Net Zero’ energy opens in Serenbe

The Bosch Net Zero Model Home. Photo/Ben Nelms.

Could there be a house that comes with no energy costs over the course of a year? The answer is “yes.” The only one of its kind in the United States, the Bosch Net Zero Model Home is now open just miles from Coweta and Fayette counties in the Serenbe community in Chattahoochee Hills. Read More»

‘Delivered!’ music festival in F’ville this Sat.

The “Delivered!” music festival, taking place Saturday from 12-5 p.m. at 140 Stonewall Avenue in the Fayette County Government Complex Parking lot, will feature nine of some of the most amazing Christian artists regionally and nationally and even internationally known.

Headlining the Festival is our very own John Waller. There will be games for the kids, food vendors, from Chick-fil-A to Barbecue a host of retail vendors and non-profit and ministries networking together to strengthen their outreach efforts in the community. Read More»

There are trucks, and there are old trucks . . .

There are trucks, and there are old trucks . . .

It was a day made to order for anyone with a love for trucks, especially old trucks. And that was the point of the 3rd Annual Inman Antique Truck Show held June 2 at Minter’s Farm in south Fayette County. The farm will be the location of the annual Inman Farm Heritage Days coming Sept. 21-23. Photo/Ben Nelms.

Rising Starr student hopes to be a rising star

Rising Starr student hopes to be a rising star

Jessi Case, a rising seventh grader at Rising Starr Middle School, was cast in the film, “The Yellow Wallpaper,” nearly four years ago.

The film, shot in Jackson, Georgia, focuses on a family recuperating at a large house in the countryside after a fire in their home claimed their belongings and their only child, Sarah. Charlotte, played by Juliet Landau (“Ed Wood,” “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” tv) soon believes her daughter is in the countryside house. Case played the role of Charlotte’s daughter, Sarah. The film was released on DVD and Video on Demand in late April of this year. Read More»

Travis Tritt plays F’ville this Saturday

Travis Tritt plays F’ville this Saturday

With a new name and new energy brought forth from Main Street’s partnership with Zac Brown and Camp Southern Ground, the 2012 concert series in Fayetteville will get kick started this Saturday with a high energy show from country outlaw, Travis Tritt. Fayette County residents are in for a real barnburner when this Georgia boy from Marietta cuts loose on the Southern Ground stage Saturday, June 9. Read More»

Main Street Newnan holds ‘Summer Wined Up’

Main Street Newnan is proud to announce the fourth annual wine event “Summer Wined Up” previously known as “Wine About the Economy”. The event is scheduled for June 15 from 5-9 pm. Twenty-one merchants have signed up to participate each featuring a different wine.

This year’s event has a new name according to Main Street Manager, JoAnn Gentry.

“The merchants are looking forward to summer in downtown and we decided ‘Summer Wined Up’ not only reflects their optimism but also gets people ‘wined’ up about happenings in downtown Newnan this summer,” Gentry said. Read More»

George Benson at ‘The Fred’ this Friday

George Benson at ‘The Fred’ this Friday

Entertainment Cruise Productions, LLC and The Smooth Jazz Cruise announced today that George Benson, one of the most influential crossover musicians in contemporary jazz, R&B and pop, will perform at The Frederick Brown, Jr. Amphitheater (“The Fred”) in Peachtree City on Friday, June 1 to help launch The Smooth Jazz Cruise: The Greatest Party at Sea 2013. Read More»

Inman Antique Truck Show returns to Minter’s Farm Saturday

Inman Antique Truck Show returns to Minter’s Farm Saturday

People young and old seem to have a fascination with old trucks.

For some it’s the workhorses, the trucks that hauled freight or produce to market or fuel to the local filling station.

Others have special places in their hearts for a plain old pick-up.

Alan Jackson, the singer/song writer from Newnan captured that sentiment in his song “Drive” where he sings of learning to drive in an old half-ton short-bed Ford that his uncle bought new in ‘64.

According to Jackson’s lyrics “It was just an old hand-me-down Ford, three-speed on the column and a dent in the door.” Read More»

National Senior Health & Fitness Day promotes ways to live well and age well

Dottie Davis, Fayette Senior Services (FSS) fitness center volunteer, gets ready for National Senior Health & Fitness Day on May 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the FSS Life Enrichment Center in Fayetteville. Photo/FSS.

On Thursday, May 30, 2012 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fayette Senior Services will be among more than 1,000 organizations participating in the 19th annual National Senior Health & Fitness Day, the nation’s largest health promotion event for older adults.

The free event will be held at FSS’s Life Enrichment Center, 4 Center Drive, Fayetteville (across from the Fayette County Justice Center). Read More»