Series: What Makes Macon Home?

Ivia Rollins, Contributing Writer|February 28, 2020

Jennifer Browne

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North Macon

“I have lots of family here, that’s a big thing”

Arts & Entertainment

Crews built a temporary set at Dunlap Park at Third and Poplar streets for The Color Purple musical that filmed in downtown Macon in April, 2022. Liz Fabian/File

Georgia film industry generates $4.1 billion in fiscal ’23

Artist Steven Tellers mural of H&H restaurant founders Inez Hill and Louise Hudson with their famous Allman Brothers Band patrons has become an attraction for the bands fans, according to the Macon Arts Alliance that is working to bring more murals to downtown.

First Macon Mural Festival plans to paint the town with creativity

The Indigo Girls, Emily Saliers, left, and Amy Ray, will play the Grand Opera House Sept. 16 in an Ignite the Night concert in conjunction with the Ocmulgee Indigenous Festival and Macons Bicentennial.

Indigo Girls at The Grand to benefit Ocmulgee Mounds park initiative, celebrate Macon200

An aerial view of the footprint for the new stone water tank Mercer helped construct in the Sabana Bonita community of El Cercado, Dominican Republic from May 31-June 17, 2023.

Unique Tank Construction Highlights Dominican Republic Work

The finished water tank in Sabana Bonita. Mercer engineering students worked with the Sabana Bonita community to construct the tank from locally-sourced rocks, concrete and rebar. A small opening will later be cut into the top of the tank and the inside will be plastered before it is filled with water.

Explainer: Stone Water Tank Construction

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Entrance of the Georgia Sports Hall Of Fame.

Events in Macon Sept. 21-27

Crews built a temporary set at Dunlap Park at Third and Poplar streets for The Color Purple musical that filmed in downtown Macon in April, 2022. Liz Fabian/File

Georgia film industry generates $4.1 billion in fiscal ’23

The Indigo Girls, Emily Saliers, left, and Amy Ray, will play the Grand Opera House Sept. 16 in an Ignite the Night concert in conjunction with the Ocmulgee Indigenous Festival and Macons Bicentennial.

Events in Macon Sept. 14-20

Otis Redding was an American singer and songwriter who grew up and began his career in Macon.

Events in Macon Sept 7-13

The Douglass Theatre, founded by Charles Douglass served as a performance venue for many.

Events in Macon Aug. 31-Sept. 6

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Georgia film industry generates $4.1 billion in fiscal ’23
Arts & Entertainment
First Macon Mural Festival plans to paint the town with creativity
Arts & Entertainment
Indigo Girls at The Grand to benefit Ocmulgee Mounds park initiative, celebrate Macon200
CCJ Student Work
Unique Tank Construction Highlights Dominican Republic Work
CCJ Student Work
Explainer: Stone Water Tank Construction
CCJ Student Work
Tiny Market Located in the Mountains of the Dominican Republic
Arts & Entertainment
Fostering student entrepreneurship at Mercer University
Arts & Entertainment
‘Naked tourist’ pub crawl, Juneteenth parade, French fry fight, Macon music, Bicentennial events highlight summer in downtown Macon
CCJ Student Work
Macon church builds community one cup at a time
Arts & Entertainment
The park rangers behind Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park

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