Friday, June 10, 2011

Dinner Theatre Returns to Booth Museum as Part of Summer Entertainment Series

Booth Western Art Museum is pleased to announce the return of the dinner theatre Summer Entertainment Series in the beautiful Booth Ballroom. Held the third Thursday in June, July and August, at 7 p.m., visitors enjoy a live show and a delicious buffet dinner for just $25 for Booth members and $30 for non-members. A cash bar will also be available.

“Last year was the first year for our dinner theatre Summer Entertainment Series, and it was a wonderful success,” said Booth Museum Executive Director Seth Hopkins. “This year’s Summer Entertainment Series is sure to be educational and entertaining for audiences young and old. Additionally, our food and beverage manager has three delicious meals planned that will no doubt satisfy taste buds.”

The first in the series will feature Luther’s Mountain, a five-piece bluegrass and gospel band, on Thursday, June 16. Based out of Polk and Paulding Counties, Luther’s Mountain was formed in 2007 and has played at numerous venues around Northwest Georgia. Comprised of fiddle, mandolin, guitar, banjo and bass players, the group plays and sings many well-known songs including, I’ll Fly Away, Rocky Top, Dixie and many more.

On July 21, theatrical performers from Buttonwillow Church Civil War Dinner Theatre in Whitwell, TN, will present their dinner theatre show, Granddaddy’s Watch. This performance will highlight some of the many misconceptions about the Civil War, inform attendees about the various battle flags created during the war, and will give an overview of the thoughts and actions by both the Confederacy and Union.

Closing out the summer on August 18, will be Little Big Mountain, a Southern Plains Comanche, appearing with his Comanche captive, played by Laura Alcorn of Montana’s Blackfoot Tribe. Little Big Mountain is a familiar face to many Booth visitors. He is a regular at the Booth’s annual Festival & Symposium each October. Titled GoNativeNow Presents: Once Upon a Time, this show will take attendees on a journey from the 1600s, through the 1800s, eventually arriving in the present time. This will be both an educational and humorous journey that will leave the audience with a better understanding of Native Peoples and their cultures.

For additional information about the Summer Entertainment Series, visit www.boothmuseum.org or to order tickets call 770.387.1300.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Civil War Comes Alive!

In conjunction with Bartow History Museum, Booth Museum is pleased to announce Civil War Comes Alive! Presented to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, this event is meant to teach visitors about all aspects of the war - from what life was like on the home front, to the music, and everything in between.

Held on the Booth Museum festival grounds in downtown Cartersville, Georgia, Saturday, April 30, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, visitors will be able to visit various stations set up on the grounds demonstrating the various aspects of the war. Stations include a medical/hospital tent, blacksmith, music, signaling, life on the home-front, Confederate and Union Infantry camps, a sutler, and Cavalry Camp. An Artillery Camp will also be set up on the Booth Museum grounds and will demonstrate cannon firings at 10:30 am, 11:30 am, 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:30 pm and 4:30 pm.

When visitors are not walking around to the various stations, they may sit back, relax and enjoy entertainment provided on stage at the festival grounds. The Georgia 8th Regiment Band will play music from both the Confederate and Union armies at 11:00 am, 1:30 pm and 3:30 pm. At 10:30 am, 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm, guests may listen to Abraham Lincoln recite the Gettysburg Address. Additionally, attendees are encouraged to tour the Booth Museum’s Civil War art gallery, War is Hell, as well as Mort Künstler’s Civil War Art: For us the Living, which will be on view in the Special Exhibition Gallery, and visit Bartow History Museum to see their Civil War exhibit which features local ties to the War.

Admission to Civil War Comes Alive! is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, $7 for students, $3 for children 12 and under, and free for Booth Museum members, Bartow History Museum members, and active military with ID. Prices include access to the Booth Museum festival grounds, as well as admission to Booth Museum and Bartow History Museum.

For more information about Civil War Comes Alive!, including details about the school program which will be offered on Friday, April 29, please visit http://www.boothmuseum.orgor www.bartowhistorymuseum.org, or call 770-387-1300.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

8th Annual Southeastern Cowboy Gathering

The annual Cowboy Gathering is just around the corner! Be sure to join us March 10-13 at Booth Western Art Museum for chuck wagon and Dutch oven cooking contests, cowboy poetry, musical entertainment by Asleep at the Wheel, and to meet featured artist Ed Mell. For more information, including a complete schedule and prices, click here.