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The Macon Auditorium is closed until September to allow for Phase 1 of a renovation project on the ceiling and basement.

City Auditorium goes dark for three months as renovation begins

Sheridan Construction and Smallwood design firm will work in two phases and complete the project in 2023
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
June 2, 2022
Visitors to the Tubman African American Museum visit the gift shop Thursday. The Museum's Pan African Festival is this weekend in the parking lot of the Macon Coliseum.

Pan African Festival, craft beers, Fired Works pottery round out April

Thousands of people are expected to attend upcoming festivals in downtown Macon
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
April 21, 2022
CCJ Top Takeaways: Macon-Bibb commission meeting

CCJ Top Takeaways: Macon-Bibb commission meeting

New trash contract, fire training center, sale to Quik Trip, Centreplex alarm upgrade and business licensing changes.
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
October 20, 2021
TBS's 'Go Big Show' is looking for outdoor audience members for three performances this month at the Macon Coliseum. The show premiered last year during the COVID-19 pandemic.

TBS’s ‘Go Big Show 2’ pays you to be in Macon Coliseum audience

Up to four adults in each vehicle of the socially-distant Coliseum parking lot audience get $50 gift card to participate
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
August 10, 2021
Film crews are back in Macon to film TBS's "Go Big Show" Season 2 at the Coliseum. Host Bert Kreischer, (left to right), and judges "The American Nightmare" Cody, Jennifer Nettles, Rosario Dawson will be returning. Snoop Dogg, right, will be replaced by DJ Khaled.

TBS ‘Go Big Show’ filming season two at Macon Coliseum

Filming set to begin on Poplar Street, skate park at Carolyn Crayton Park and Terminal Station for season two.
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
August 3, 2021
The wrecking ball twice threatened the circa 1865 DeWitt McCrary house in recent years. The Urban Development Authority bought it in 2021.

Macon’s historic DeWitt McCrary house saved from demolition

A local developer petitioned Macon-Bibb Planning and Zoning twice to demolish the historic house to build stores.
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
July 16, 2021
Crews set up lights Friday morning at First Baptist Church of Christ for filming scenes for an upcoming Showtime series "First Ladies" starring Viola Davis as Michelle Obama.

Cost of COVID: Film crews return to Macon after pandemic pause

Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
February 19, 2021
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