Valdosta Symphony Orchestra will present the “Musical Pictures” concert this month, which will be held in the Whitehead Auditorium in the Fine Arts building.  The Valdosta Symphony is comprised of professional musicians and VSU students that will play a variety of instruments including violins, cellos, flutes, trumpets, and trombones.  “There will also be a wide array of percussion instruments including ...

 “Lockout” is a fascinating movie that is set in the futuristic year of 2079.   This science fiction movie has a combination of nail-biting and funny scenes.  The movie begins with Snow (Guy Pearce), who is a former C.I.A. agent who is being framed with the murder of another agent and is accused of being in possession of information against ...

Project X, a comedy written by Michael Bacall and Matt Drake, tells the hilarious story of two friends, Costa (Oliver Cooper) and J.B. (Jonathan Daniel), who organize a birthday party for their 16-year-old friend Thomas (Thomas Mann) in hopes that it will improve their popularity in school. Luckily, Thomas’ parents were planning to celebrate their anniversary, giving them the perfect ...

The Theatre Guild Valdosta is now featuring its popular musical “Seussical the Musical Jr.”, performed by The Gingerbread Players of TGV, a children’s theater group.   The musical, which is a shorter version of the original “Seussical” written by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, is performed twice a year under the direction of Lynnette Kenworthy, and gives children a chance ...

Last night, the brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.-Mu Omicron Chapter, hosted the 2012 Miss Black and Gold Georgia Pageant in the UC Theater at 7 p.m.  “Fashion Week in Paris” was the theme as five ladies walked onto the stage to win this year’s Miss Black and Gold.  The winner of the pageant, junior theatre major Darshanna Loveland, ...

The Green Iguana restaurant opened six weeks ago in Valdosta by the owner and manager, Javier Quiroz.

The Wind Ensemble and Concert Band presented their spring semester concert in the Whitehead Auditorium on Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m. People of all ages were there to give support as they anxiously awaited the start of the performance and Joseph Brashier’s cue to the Wind Ensemble. “There are about 80 performers in the Concert Band and 40 in the ...

This month, VSU’s Department of Music will be presenting its spring music recitals in the Whitehead Auditorium. Two students, Jovan DeShong and Tugce Bryant, and one faculty member, Elizabeth Goode will each perform during the recital. VSU senior, Jovan DeShong, will be playing three songs on her viola during her Feb. 10 recital including “Henly-on-Thames” by Tom Knifc, “Elegy” by ...

The annual National All-Media Juried competition, sponsored by Citizens Community Bank, will be held at VSU’s Fine Art Gallery. The exhibits will be displayed beginning January 17 through February 3, 2012. The hours of the exhibit are: Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. An oping reception was held Tuesday from 7 ...