When we last left the “Pirates of the Caribbean” series, witty pirate Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) had been swallowed by the sea and taken to Davy Jones’ locker as repayment for his debt to The Flying Dutchman’s captain. Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) and a recently revived Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) along with crew members from The Black Pearl had made a deal to work together to rescue Jack from the locker.

The Coweta chapter of Piedmont Region Georgia Clients Council (GCC) will meet on Thursday, June 7 in the Board Room of the Rutledge Center at 61 Hospital Road in Newnan. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. The Westside Community Forum meeting is at 7 p.m. Currently the two organizations are working on similar or shared projects and having the two meetings coincide with all members of each invited to attend the other.

Fayette Dance Theatre, featuring Michael Lee as director, will present their annual recital “Oldies But Goodies!” and excerpts from the musical production “CATS!” on Saturday, June 9 at 7 p.m. at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic High School, Fairburn.

Local communities honor Memorial Day

This year’s Memorial Day festivities will kick-off Saturday, though most of the annual holiday events will be held on Monday. Cities from Fayette, Coweta and south Fulton counties have organized events that locals are encouraged to participate in, and celebrations range from morning ceremonies to all-day festivals.

First he downsized Lord Farquaad. Then he destroyed a fairy godmother’s hopes and dreams to rule Far Far Away. Now Shrek (Mike Myers) is back with Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas) for another big adventure.

I had high hopes for this movie, but it didn’t live up to my expectations.

I have seen the previous two films in the “Shrek” series numerous times and I thought both of them were funny. They also maintained their humor on repeated viewings, sometimes even getting better. “Shrek the Third” may not get any better and that is scary.

The Community Welcome House Domestic Violence Shelter will host the second annual Stop Domestic Violence 1 Mile Walk/5K Run on May 26. The event will be a fund raiser for the Community Welcome House of Coweta County and will begin at 8 a.m., at the First Baptist Church of Newnan, just off the Courthouse Square in downtown Newnan.

Fayette Coweta Family Theatre will present the monster musical “Little Shop of Horrors” June 7-10 at 8 p.m. each evening at the Villages Amphitheater.

The show features a cast of professional teen performers who all have extensive backgrounds in vocal performance and stage acting.

Georgia Academy of Dance & the Performing Arts in Peachtree City will present its 17th annual Celebration of Dance series featuring the original ballet “Peter Pan” on Sunday, June 10 at 2 p.m., “Sugar-n-Spice and Everything Nice” with students from the Early Childhood program on Saturday, June 9 at 11 a.m., and a contemporary dance production of “D TV! (Dance Television)” on Friday, June 8 at 7 p.m. The performances will take place at the Coweta County Centre for Performing Arts located at 1523 Lower Fayetteville Road in Newnan.

On Friday, June 1 at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday, June 2 at 1 p.m. Evolving Pointe, Inc. and Dance Contempra will present their spring recital in two parts. Act I is a ballet version of Cinderella while Act II, “A Time to Dance,” will include tap, jazz, hip-hop, modern, and contemporary styles of dance. The performance will take place at Starr’s Mill High School Auditorium. Tickets will be available at the door or you can purchase in advance by calling 770-631-0460. Pictured are Josh Lewis and Crissa Ables. Photo/Special.

The Southern Nights Chorale is conducting auditions during the month of May for its 2007-08 season. If you are interested in singing with this precision, men's acappella ensemble, please contact J.D.

Tonight thousands of people will flood into theaters in anticipation of the third installment of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie franchise.

For “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End,” Buena Vista Pictures’ Online Marketing department has unveiled a whole new way to talk to Pirate fans with the “Piratizer.” Users send in a single photo, and get back an animated 3-D version of themselves, ready to be outfitted with a trove of hats, hair, scars, jewelry, and a few choice words to say.

The Army Ground Forces Band will perform "Honoring the Spirit of America," a celebration through patriotic music and song, May 26 at the Villages Amphitheater in Fayetteville.

The action movie is a summer movie staple. It often features shootouts, explosions, car chases and, usually, a monstrous amount of stock characters and plot points. How many times have you seen a renegade cop team up with an unlikely character, fight the odds and save the day? Plenty, I’m sure. Well, prepare to see these things again, only done with tongue planted firmly in cheek while offering up a sincere homage as well.

Despite a lack of cooperation from Mother Nature (and some much needed rain), the show must go on!

The Imagination Movers kids show at the Villages Amphitheater turned out to be a very intimate and personal show for those families who decided to brave the storms. 10 lucky families who won an invitation to a private Meet & Greet Dance Party with the Imagination Movers from The Citizen Newspapers gathered in the Green Room to meet Rich, Smitty, Dave, Scott and Kyle who chatted, took photos, signed autographs and taught the winners three of their dances, followed by a rousing game of Simon Says!

Waitress is the sweet story about Jenna (Keri Russell), a waitress and pie-maker at a small southern diner. Unhappily married to her husband Earl (Jeremy Sisto), she is even more unhappy to learn she is pregnant. Earl is controlling, suspicious and mean, inspiring Jenna to create such desserts as “I Hate My Husband Pie.” She also begins hiding money away, planning to run away and escape her miserable life.

It’s May, and that means it’s time for the 39th annual Old Courthouse Art Show weekend. The much anticipated event will be held on Saturday, May 19 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, May 20 from noon to 5 p.m. and will offer many different activities for people of all ages.

Season ending concert this weekend

The Southern Crescent Chorale’s 2006-07 season concludes on May 19 at 8:15 p.m. at The Villages Amphitheater, when the chorale will perform The Fabulous Fifties.

Planning for the ninth annual Peachtree City Memorial Day Celebration is well underway. This year’s event will take place Monday, May 28 and,like last year, will start at 9 a.m. Event organizers said the new start time was introduced last year and led to higher attendance numbers, estimated at more than 700 people.

On May 28, the Downtown Development Authority and the City of Senoia will host its second annual Memorial Day Street Festival to honor veterans from wars past and present. The event begins at 10 a.m. with entertainment all day including a parade through downtown Senoia beginning at 2 p.m. Downtown festivities will continue all day concluding with an evening fireworks display at Leroy Johnson Park on Howard Road.

On May 19 Sure Lock Self Storage will present an event along with local military branches to support our deployed troops. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. there will be several activities for children of all ages, free gifts, door prizes, several drawings and much more. Donations will be taken for phone cards and food cards for the families that are left behind. All money raised goes to the Army Community Services Volunteer Association. Donations can be made directly to the Bank of Georgia under “Thank A Soldier.” Many local businesses have been gracious enough to donate money and door prizes. If you are interested in joining the event as a vendor, please call Bunny at 770-969-7144 or Wendy at 334-524-0837. Sure Lock Self Storage is located at 8335 Ga. Highway 74 (Senoia Road) in Fairburn, Ga.

• Tyrone Recreation will offer a Baseball Camp at Handley Park June 18-22 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. For ages 7-13. Cost: $185. Sharpen all basic fundamentals such as fielding, pitching, hitting, base runnung. Staffed by the experts from the Dug Out Club. Please contact Jennifer Patton, Tyrone Recreation programmer/event coordinator at 770-487-4694 for registration.

The Southern Crescent Chorale’s 2006-07 season concludes on May 19 at 8:15 p.m. at The Villages Amphitheater, when the chorale will perform "The Fabulous Fifties."

The Twilight Theatre will hold auditions for their most highly anticipated show of their second season, "Les Miserables," the School Edition. Auditions begin this Monday. All actors and actresses must be between 10 and 19 years old. The audition schedule is divided by age and gender: May 14, 10-12 year old girls at 5 p.m.; 13-15 year old boys at 6:30 p.m.; 16-19 year old girls at 7:30 p.m.; May 15, 10-12 year old boys at 5 p.m.; 13-15 year old girls at 6 p.m.; 16-19 year old boys at 7:30 p.m. Callbacks will be on May 17 at 6 p.m.

Family concert comes to the Villages

This Saturday, May 12 Fayette County’s first-ever kids concert by Disney’s Imagination Movers will take stage at the Villages Amphitheater in Fayetteville.

Disney’s Imagination Movers concert is sponsored by The Citizen Newspapers, Coweta-Fayette EMC, Brewster’s and Radio Disney.

Recently signed to the Disney label, the Imagination Movers are a kid-friendly band on the national music scene and were featured on the Playhouse Disney Channel in 2006.

Mary Wilson of the Supremes will continue the lineup of performers for the annual summer concert series when she performs at The Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater this weekend, May 11 and 12.

While growing up in Detroit’s Brewster Projects, Wilson had long fantasized about being a performer. Her love for singing blossomed when, at the age of 13, she befriended Florence Ballard, Betty McGlown and Diana Ross. Fueled by their mutual obsession with music and their driving ambition for stardom, the quartet formed a singing group, the Primettes. When McGlown left the group, the girls recruited Barbara Martin. Together they auditioned for Motown and were later signed to the fledging label. Martin eventually dropped out as well and, now a trio, Mary, Flo and Diane became the Supremes.

Five years ago, Peter Parker got bitten by a genetically engineered super spider, and gained spider abilities that he used to defeat the Green Goblin and Doc Oc. Now Peter is back with three villains, Sandman (Thomas Haden Church), Venom (Topher Grace), and his best friend turned enemy, the New Goblin (James Franco), who wants to avenge his father’s death.

The Spider-Man movies are great. They are arguably the best superhero movies of all time. That being said, “Spider-Man 3” is the worst of the three. It’s not bad, it’s actually pretty good, but the other two surpass it with a more streamlined story and some better interplay with the characters.

Seventeen year old Katherine Harris, a Russian-trained classical pianist and top prize winner of international competitions in five countries, will be the featured performer at a special benefit concert held at the USA headquarters of Operation Mobilization (OM), on Sunday, May 13 from 3 to 4:15 p.m.

The South Metro Rose Society will be presenting its 22nd annual Rose Show on May 19 and 20 at Hood Avenue Elementary School in Fayetteville. The show is open to the public at no charge. In 2006, over 300 blooms and rose arrangements were entered into competition by area rosarians.