Athens Symphony News Today

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Jonathan Byrd gets stopped a lot by stranger and told he looks like Santa Claus. So, nearly 20 years ago, the Watkinsville, Georgia, retired plumber and construction company safety manager decided to step into the role of Santa Claus. It was a job he loved, until a 2021 cancer diagnosis forced the 65-year-old to step back from playing Santa.

Three new members for the Athens Technical College Board of Directors were sworn in recently.

Three new members for the Athens Technical College Board of Directors were sworn in recently.

Some famous classical music works were once totally novel and provocative. It's true of Mozart's music, which was considered complicated in his day.

The Red & Black compiles a weekly roundup of shows and events for the upcoming weekend. This weekend includes Pakistani and Filipino culture nights, St. Patrick’s Day events, superhero music,

The Classic Center Theatre hosted a full house this Sunday at the Athens Symphony Fall Concert featuring guest narrator Alton Brown. Brown, a University of Georgia alum, Food Network personality

Weekly, The Red & Black compiles a list of events going on over the upcoming weekend to attend. This week’s list features the annual Vic Chesnutt Songwriter of the Year

Terry Kay, a Georgia author whose novels line bookshelves in homes and libraries, died in his Athens home Dec. 12, ending a path Kay knew was imminent in October when doctors told him he had only weeks to live. Kay, 82, succumbed to aggressive stage 4 liver cancer, but in those intervening weeks he was able to have in-home visits with his family members and friends and read the many comforting comments people left on social media. The author, who began his career as a novelist in 1976 with “...