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After being laid off from his job in New York City as an architect in 2008, Griffinite Brian Keith Miller decided to change directions and become a social entrepreneur. In August of the next year, Miller took what money he had in his accounts and bought shoes. Not for himself, but for those less fortunate. […]
On Saturday, March 24 the Candler Field Museum will host a Hangar Dance to benefit the museum. The theme for the dance will be the 1940s with an emphasis on WWII. The Modernaires, an 18-piece orchestra from the Atlanta area, will provide 1930’s and 1940’s music. You are encouraged to dress in period attire although this is certainly not […]
Keeping the House, by Ellen Baker . Looking for a book to curl up with? A little mystery, a little romance, wrapped up in a page-turner of a family saga? Then you’ll become absorbed in this story of newly-wed Dolly Magnuson, who moves with her new husband to a little Wisconsin town in 1950. The […]
The start of the new year is no better time to read Driftless by David Rhodes–it’s chock full of lively, wry characters and compelling, big stories of the inhabitants of rural Words, Wisconsin. Hey, you think it’s cold in west central Georgia? Wait till the part that takes place in a perfectly rendered blizzard that […]
Wolves in the Throne Room Celestial Lineage Southern Lord; 2011 Nature comes in more colors than just green. And environmentalism takes more forms than hippie drum circles and electric cars. Case in point: Wolves in the Throne Room, who recently released their third album, Celestial Lineage. Wolves In the Throne Room is the most well […]
The Griffin Area Concert Association has issued a correction to the earlier information published regarding the upcoming Emily Hearn concert. The original article stated the concert would be held on Thursday, January 17, 2012. The correct date for her performance is Tuesday, January 17, 2012, not Thursday. The Griffin Area Concert Association and The Grip […]
Families gathered in the parking lot on the corner of Broad and Hill on Saturday, Dec. 3 to catch a ride on the mule-drawn carts during this year’s Mistletoe Market, held annually at Griffin’s Regional Welcome Center. Vendors sold their handmade goods and children took photos with Santa upstairs in the welcome center while mules […]
The Haunted Theatre on Hill Street returns this Halloween for its annual haunted house at a new (and ghostlier) location in downtown Griffin as they present The Asylum. Enter the minds of the escaped mental patients from the Spalding Sanatorium after a mysterious fire burned the hospital to the ground and the patients escaped […]
Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson is a gem for those who like a good story laced with British understated wit and incisive, (but not cynical) observations on how people accommodate to others who are from different backgrounds. It also has a lovely grown-up romance that plays out against some hilarious scenes of culture […]
The Charleston-based band, Sol Driven Train will perform tonight at The Cavern located at 312 E. Solomon Street in Griffin. Dane and Ashley Slaughter, owners of The Cavern, recently acquired their liquor license, which will be put to use tonight. Tickets are $10 at the door, and doors open at 9 p.m. Stop by and […]
> Editors’ Note: The original article, published in the March 31 edition of The Grip, failed to mention Uncle B’s address – 318 E. Solomon Street in Griffin. Stop by and tell them The Grip sent you! Hidden between two buildings downtown, Uncle B’s is easy to miss. In fact, I’ve missed it the last […]
> Emily Hearn, Griffinite singer-songwriter is quickly on her way to becoming a regional music sensation. Currently a student at UGA in Athens, Hearn often plays two to three shows per week and is also recording a new album with Black Cat Studios here in Griffin. The video above was shot in Charleston and features Charleston’s […]
> The seventh annual Barnesville BBQ and Blues Festival, scheduled for April 22 and 23 includes several well-known women of the blues genre. Beverly “Guitar” Watkins, “Georgia Blues Songbird” EG Kight and Veronika Jackson will be taking the stage to perform during the festival. Beverly “Guitar” Watkins is 72 years old and has been singing […]
>This Friday local county band The Ben Ratliff Band will perform at Fat Daddy’s Saloon in Zebulon and The Grip is giving you the chance to win two FREE tickets! Here’s how to win:1. Find a copy of The Grip that will be out late tomorrow afternoon.2. Open to the fourth page, then email jessica@the-grip.net with […]
> Frank Sinatra, Jr. will come to the Lamar County FAC March 1. Scott Votaw, Director of Lamar County Schools’ Fine Arts Center, has an extensive performing arts background. He has danced with Lucille Ball, sang at the Grand Ol’ Opry, toured with Scandinavian World Cruises and Carnival, and worked in Calafornia in film […]
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