April is coming to an end and Decatur has plenty of activities planned from parties to plants to performances to Chi-Qigong and more…
Fab Friday on West Ponce – Heliotrope is offering 20% off storewide and Boogaloos is offering 20% off all full price merchandise (plus there’s wine and hors d’oeuvres).
Finish your Fab Friday by joining CORE Performance Company for EnCORE Open Floor Kick-Off at 9 p.m. EnCORE is a social gathering for the arts that happens on the 4th Friday through November, 2013. 8:45 p.m. – Open Floor sign-ups, all performance styles welcome, acts must be 8 minutes or less. Show begins at 9 p.m. Stay for the after-party and have a drink while dancing to the beats of DJ MCTrill.
The Wylde Center’s annual Plant Sale is happening April 26-28 featuring free gardening presentations, over 50 types of tomato (including heirloom), 30 types of pepper, 20 types of eggplant, fruit trees, medicinal herbs, native plants, and other fun summer goodies like muscadine.
Decatur gardens will be decked out for the 25th annual Decatur Garden Tour April 27-28 with 15 private gardens and 4 public gardens open and blooming including Rose Hill and Ryan Gainey’s world famous rose garden. The theme is Gardens of Eating and features edible, sustainable garden designs across the spectrum from potted herbs to total food production. Tickets are good for both days and also include an evening at Rose Hill with music and light refreshments from 7 – 9 p.m. on Saturday. Tickets are $20.
Saturday, April 27 is World Tai Chi-Qigong Day – celebrate with a Tai Chi-Qigong practice (free practice event – not a class) at the Decatur Recreation Center, 231 Sycarmoe Street). 9 – 10 a.m. is the warm-up and from 10 – 11 Tai Chi form practice in sync with the rest of the world on the outdoor classroom (oval of grass on the east side of the Recreation Center).
End the weekend with Woodlands grand finale in their month of Sundays – the regular two-hour music program will expand to fill the entire afternoon (12 noon – 5 p.m.). Hear George Eckard & Don Fay, Jonathan McBee, and Leon Bass. Woodlands is also part of the Garden Tour.
