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Join District 1 candidates Bridget Thorne (R) and Maggie Goldman (D) for a critical political debate. This event features an initial meet and greet session followed by a formal moderated discussion by Student Leadership North Ambassadors to address the issues facing Fulton County.no RSVP required.

Local Event: Fulton County Commission Debate District 1

Fulton County Commission Debate District 1

Join District 1 candidates Bridget Thorne (R) and Maggie Goldman (D) for a critical political debate. This event features an...

St James Alpharetta

Join Us,&nbsp;October 10, 2026,&nbsp;for a Day of&nbsp;Renewal, Growth, and Connection!
We are counting down the days to our Relationship Conference, REVIVE: Relationships God's Way!&nbsp; Whether you are&nbsp;single, married, dating, or navigating a complex season of life, this&nbsp;day is designed to pour into your&nbsp;heart, strengthen your bonds, and equip you with&nbsp;practical tools rooted in faith.&nbsp; In the morning experience Biblical teaching related to heathy relationships; and then in the afternoon, receive guidance from experts who will help us explore what renewal, growth, and joy look like in our relationships. Event Date: October 10, 2026 Check-in: 8:00 AM Opening Session: 9:00 AM 
Event Address:&nbsp;<a href="https://stjamescca.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">St. James Community Church,</a>&nbsp;3000 Webb Bridge Road Alpharetta, GA 30009
Continental Breakfast Provided; Catered&nbsp;Artisan Lunch Boxes Served. A.M.&nbsp;Session| P.M. Session |&nbsp;Panel Discussion

Local Event:  REVIVE: Relationships God's Way

 REVIVE: Relationships God's Way

Join Us, October 10, 2026, for a Day of Renewal, Growth, and Connection!
We are counting down the days to our Relationship...

Oak Street Bottle Shop

Taste and Vote for the Best Chili! TWO&nbsp;Raffle opportunities to Win! 50/50 Raffle and Gift cards! Please join in supporting Historic Roswell Kiwanis Club projects targeted to children and community betterment. $10 or $25 for family. Fun, music, and food!&nbsp;(chili) Please join us!

Local Event: 3rd Annual Chili Cookoff - Historic Roswell Kiwanis Club

3rd Annual Chili Cookoff - Historic Roswell...

Taste and Vote for the Best Chili! TWO Raffle opportunities to Win! 50/50 Raffle and Gift cards! Please join in supporting...

3rd Annual Chili Cookoff - Historic Roswell Kiwanis Club

Birmingham United Methodist Church

Celebrate the opening concert of Music Milton’s Season Two with the sounds of genius composer Mozart in a beautiful, intimate venue.&nbsp;
Come hear the finest of professional performers in an intimate setting in Milton, Georgia. Mozart's dramatic G Minor Piano Quartet, a String Quartet and the Clarinet Quintet, one of the Crown Jewels of the Chamber Music repertoire, will demonstrate the wide range of his genius.
WORLD-CLASS MUSICIANS:
Laura Ardan, retired Principal Clarinetist of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra returns back to Atlanta to join&nbsp;the international award-winning Vega Quartet along with Music Milton’s Artistic Director, pianist William Ransom.
Tickets are $40 (Student tickets are $10). Intermission includes drinks, treats and a chance to meet and talk with the performers. Visit: <a href="https://www.musicmilton.org/mozart-in-milton" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.musicmilton.org/mozart-in-milton</a>
BIOS:
Laura Ardan: One of the United States’ most respected clarinetists, Laura Ardan recently retired from the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra after serving as principal clarinet for 39 years, holding the endowed Robert Shaw Chair. In 2018 Ardan was awarded the Mabel Dorn Reeder Honorary Chair by the ASO. She has been a featured soloist in works by Mozart, Weber, Debussy, Copland, Bernstein, Finzi, Rossini, Shaw, and Michael Gandolfi.
Always an active chamber musician, Ms. Ardan has played and recorded regularly with the Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta, the Atlanta Chamber Players and the Georgian Chamber Players. She has performed with the Cleveland and Vega Quartets. While a student at The Juilliard School, Ardan performed frequently with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, was the resident clarinetist and teaching artist at the Lincoln Center Institute for four years and was a guest artist in “Emanuel Ax Invites...” on the Great Performers series at Lincoln Center.
Busy summer schedules have included performances at Tanglewood, Marlboro, Mostly Mozart, Grand Teton, Santa Fe Chamber, Highlands-Cashiers, Hamptons, Amelia Island, and Bellingham Festivals, and the Aspen Music Festival and School.
The Vega String Quartet, Quartet-in-Residence at Emory University, is cultivating a new generation of chamber music lovers through dynamic performances and innovative community engagement. The New York Times raved that "[the Quartet’s] playing had a kind of clean intoxication to it, pulling the listener along…the musicians took real risks in their music making" and the L.A. Times praised their “triumphant L.A. debut.”&nbsp;Winners of four of the top six prizes at the Bordeaux String Quartet Competition, including the International Critics Prize, the Vega Quartet tours extensively throughout Europe, Asia and North America.
Their live broadcast credits include NPR’s Performance Today, WABE’s City Lights, as well as Radio France, National Radio of China and the National Radio of the Czech Republic. The Vega Quartet has appeared at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Royal Academy of Music in London, Musée d’Orsay in Paris, Vienna’s Musikverein and Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, among others. The Vega Quartet performs frequently at numerous music festivals, including Amelia Island, Highlands-Cashiers, Juneau Jazz &amp; Classics, Sitka Summer Music, Brevard and Kneisel Hall.&nbsp;
Pianist, Artistic Director, master teacher, editor, and judge for international competitions, William Ransom has appeared around the world as soloist with orchestras, recitalist, and chamber musician. He regularly collaborates with leading musicians including Yo-Yo Ma, Richard Stoltzman, David Shifrin, William Preucil, Stephen Isserlis, Cho-Liang Lin, and members of the Emerson, Tokyo, Cleveland, Juilliard, American, St. Petersburg, Borromeo, Parker, Ariel, Lark, Dover, Vega, Dali, and Attacca String Quartets.
Ransom is the Mary Emerson Professor of Music at Emory University where he is founder and Artistic Director of the Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta. A graduate of The Juilliard School, in the summers, Ransom is Artistic Director of the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival and for a decade was an artist-faculty member at the Kamisaibara Pianists Camp in Japan. In 2016 he was named Artistic Director of the Juneau Jazz and Classics Festival and also one of Musical America Worldwide's “30 Musical Innovators.” In 2022 he was appointed Artistic Director of the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival, and in 2024 Chamber Music America awarded him the “Community Impact/Presenter of the Year” prize.

Local Event: Join "Mozart in Milton": Laura Ardan (Ret. ASO clarinetist), Vega Quartet, William Ransom (piano) 

Join "Mozart in Milton": Laura Ardan (Ret. ASO...

Celebrate the opening concert of Music Milton’s Season Two with the sounds of genius composer Mozart in a beautiful, intimate...

Join "Mozart in Milton": Laura Ardan (Ret. ASO clarinetist), Vega Quartet, William Ransom (piano) 

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Join "Mozart in Milton": Laura Ardan (Ret. ASO clarinetist), Vega Quartet, William Ransom (piano)