Dalton Mall to hold Color for a Cause event

DALTON, Ga. — The Dalton Mall, formerly Walnut Square Mall, has launched Color for a Cause, an event that raises funds and awareness in support of local organizations. The event will be at the Mall on Tuesday, March 12, from 5 to 7 p.m. Organizations can visit wecolorforacause.com to register to participate in this year’s event. The registration deadline is Jan. 30.  During the event, participating organizations are provided a six-foot mural and coloring supplies. Everyone has two hours to color their mural and shop on behalf of a cause. Patrons can shop anywhere in the mall and show their receipt in center court to earn a point for a participating cause. The mall donates $1 for each point earned, and a $250 prize donation is awarded to the organization with the most points and the winning mural design as determined by local guest judges. Color for a Cause is held at no cost to participating organizations. Local organizations looking to sign up or learn more can visit wecolorforacause.com or email mallevents@hullpg.com. Color for a Cause is also seeking partnerships with local business sponsors to help grow this community event.

Apron Strings Exhibit Opens at ABAC’s Museum of Agriculture Gallery January 29

TIFTON, Ga. — Fifty-one contemporary and vintage aprons will occupy the spotlight beginning Jan. 29 in a unique exhibition titled “Apron Strings: Ties to the Past-Classics” on display at the Gallery of the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Georgia Museum of Agriculture and Historic Village. Although taken for granted by many social and art historians, the apron is the subject of a fascinating reevaluation in this exhibition which reviews the apron’s role as an emotionally charged vehicle for expression with a rich and varied craft history that is still relevant today. Artists continue using aprons to explore cultural myths and realities as well as their individual experiences with American domesticity. Though not as widespread as they once were, aprons remain functional and protective garments for men and women. For more information about this or future Gallery exhibits, interested persons can contact Huff at phuff@abac.edu. Admission to this exhibit is included in the daily Museum admission cost and free with a valid season pass.

GMC to host MLK ceremony 

Georgia Military College is proud to host a celebration of the life and accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 18, at the Goldstein Center for Performing Arts on GMC’s Milledgeville campus. 

Albert Jackson Jr., the first African American graduate of Georgia Military College, will be the guest speaker at the event. After graduating from J. F. Boddie High School in Milledgeville, Jackson enrolled in Georgia Military College with the Corps of Cadets from 1965-1967, when he received an associate’s degree. He later went on to Morehouse College in the fall of 1967, receiving a bachelor of science degree in mathematics, with a minor in physics. He later received a master of business administration degree from the University of South Carolina. 

After graduating, Jackson went on to have a successful career in computer programming and information technology in both South Carolina and Georgia. Now retired, Jackson resides in Atlanta. Reflecting on his time at Georgia Military College, Jackson said he feels that GMC and Dr. King shared the same vision for equality.