After the presentations we network and drink delicious craft beer! All attendees must be 21+. This event takes place at the Wild Heaven Brewery and Gardens at 1010 White Street Atlanta, GA.

On Monday, February 27 from 5-7 p.m., join Georgia Music Partners, Augusta Music Partners and Sample Augusta as they bring together city/county leaders, stakeholders and music industry to learn how to leverage the CSRA’s assets and develop a Region-wide Music Initiate. 

Little Richard exploded onto the music scene with his rock and roll, polarizing stage presence and of course his larger than life appearance. 

Filmmaker, philanthropist and studio owner Tyler Perry reached out to Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens to make a donation to help prevent the displacement of senior citizens. Mr. Perry has donated $750,000 to provide assistance to low-income seniors in the city of Atlanta to be used toward the payment of their property taxes.

More than a century after she first discovered the blues while touring, “mother of the blues” Ma Rainey’s impact and influence is still being reckoned with, as the 2020 Viola Davis film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom attests.

The VOA has redrafted UK studios’ “rateable values,” an assessment of the amount a property would rent for if it were available on the open market. Rateable values are used to calculate business rates, a tax on non-domestic properties. The higher the rateable value, the higher the business rate.

The nine-member commission, Film Forsyth, was announced Jan. 13 and will assist with sourcing for leads and location scouting for projects in the county’s film industry.

Drury, who earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Mass Media from VSU in 2016, says he is excited “to come back to Valdosta for a few days and see former professors, old friends, and have a good time at the film festival.”