THE 150th ANNIVERSARY

CIVIL WAR INITIATIVE

SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER

During September and October, the Princess Theatre is collaborating with other cultural organizations to learn about our community’s own heritage during the Civil War. Learn about the 1864 Battle for Decatur in a Civil War Walking Tour, visit historic sites such as the Wheeler Home and Old State Bank, experience one of the country’s largest private collections of Civil War era relics at the Blue & Gray Museum of North Alabama, see classic films about the war and experience the stories through concerts, lectures and dramatic productions.

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DECATUR READS RICK BRAGG

SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER

The Princess Theatre is partnering with the Decatur City Schools and the Public Library in a Community Read on Pulitzer Prize-winning author Rick Bragg.  Join us in reading All Over but the Shoutin’ and Bragg’s other books prior to meeting him on December 8.

ROTARY FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT

WHITE CHRISTMAS

1954

Showing immediately following the Christmas Parade

Starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Rosemary Clooney

A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general.

CLASSICAL-BLUES CABARET

Guitarists Microwave Dave, Phil Weaver and Emily Jones join pianist Ingrid Von Spakovsky and trumpeter Ken Watters as they blend the blues, classical music and creative innovation into a unique musical experience.

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RIVER CITY FILM FESTIVAL

The Princess Theatre, in partnership with the Decatur City Schools, sponsors the 2nd Annual Film Festival for students and other filmmakers and features an evening of film screenings and awards.

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BIG BAND BASH XIX

The annual benefit concert celebrates the talents of Alabama musicians playing the classic big band sounds! The event showcases the best jazz bands from area schools and around the state.

Petals For The Princess

A BENEFIT FOR THE PRINCESS THEATRE
HEIRLOOM PLANTS TO SUPPORT OUR HEIRLOOM LANDMARK

A weekend featuring heirloom roses and hydrangeas plant sales, gardening speakers, art show and sale, vendor showcase and sales and a jazz preview party.

APRIL 13-15, 2012

Felder Rushing: Lecture & Book Signing
Sun April 15, 2 pm

Felder Rushing is a 10th-generation American gardener whose pioneer ancestors settled across the Southeast, bringing many plants with them. Rushing's overstuffed, quirky cottage garden has been featured in many TV programs and magazines (including a cover of Southern Living), and includes a huge variety of weather-hardy plants along with a collection of folk art. There is no turfgrass, just plants, yard art, and "people places."

The author or co-author of 16 gardening books (including several national award winners) and former Extension Service urban horticulture specialist (fully retired, at an early age) has written thousands of gardening columns in syndicated newspapers, and has had hundreds of articles and photographs published in regional and national garden magazines, including Garden Design, Horticulture, Garden Weekly (an English publication), Landscape Architecture, Better Homes and Gardens, Fine Gardening, Organic Gardening, and the National Geographic.

Felder will be speaking on his gardening experiences followed by light refreshments and a book signing.

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Alabama Symphony Orchestra & Bobby Horton present

ALABAMA: HERE WE STAY

A collaborative performance project between the Alabama Symphony Orchestra and Alabama composer, performer and music historian Bobby Horton.

The concert celebrates “The Year of Alabama Music” and honors the sesquicentennial of the Civil War. Horton, one of the country’s leading authorities on music of the Civil War era, has worked closely with the ASO to create a concert program that tells the stories of soldiers from Alabama, both Confederate and Union, through the music they loved. Music will include traditional songs of the Civil War arranged by Gary Smoke for Horton and the ASO, including “Rose of Alabama,” “Tombigbee River,” “The Battle of Shiloh Hill,” and “Home Sweet Home.” Through an engaging combination of live music, storytelling and audience participation, communities all over the state will learn about Alabama’s role in the Civil War and the lasting impact of music on the human spirit in the past, present and future.