Parton Me! A Tribute to Dolly with Katie Deal and Her Nashville Band
Saturday, September 14 | 5 p.m.
Springer Mountain Farms and Piedmont University are celebrating country music legend Dolly Parton with a concert featuring Georgia Country Music Hall-of-Fame member Katie Deal and her Nashville band! The outdoor show will include food trucks and alcohol vendors, so come hungry (and thirsty)!
Schedule:
- 4 p.m. Gates open so you can claim your spot in the Arrendale Amphitheatre, set up your camp chairs or stadium seats, and enjoy food and drink from area food trucks
- 5 p.m. Katie Deal and her Nashville Band take the stage playing Dolly Parton’s favorite hit songs, including Jolene, Coat of Many Colors, 9 To 5, and many more.
All proceeds benefit the Friends of the Arts fund, which helps provide Piedmont's fine arts students with a robust academic experience.
The Laramie Project
Thursday, October 3 – Saturday, October 5 | 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 6 | 2 p.m.
In October 1998, a 21-year-old student at the University of Wyoming was kidnapped, severely beaten, and left tied to a fence in the middle of the prairie outside Laramie, Wyoming. His bloody, bruised, and battered body was not discovered until the next day, and he died several days later in an area hospital. His name was Matthew Shepard, and he was the victim of this assault because he was gay. Moises Kaufman and fellow members of the Tectonic Theater Project made six trips to Laramie over the course of a year and a half in the aftermath of the beating and during the trial of the men accused of killing Shepard. They conducted more than 200 interviews with the people of the town. Kaufman and Tectonic Theatre members have constructed a deeply moving theatrical experience from these interviews and their own experiences in Laramie. The Laramie Project is a breathtaking collage that explores the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which we are capable.