Twilight Theatre will continue its run of “Steel Magnolias” this weekend.

The two hour production, which opened last weekend, is set in Truvy’s Beauty Shop in Louisiana and tells the tale of six small-town ladies over a period of 18-months in their lives. Weddings, funerals, scandal, love and friendship all play a part in this southern play, and though they may go into Truvy’s with worries, wrinkles and tears, they leave fortified with smiles, support and beauty.

The Atlanta Youth Symphony (AYWS), established in 1988 as the premiere youth wind ensemble in the Atlanta metropolitan arts community, will make a special appearance in Fayetteville this weekend when the group performs with the Fayette County High School Wind Ensemble at the Villages Amphitheater on Saturday, April 21.

On April 22, Wigs For Kids will benefit from the second annual cut-a-thon at NV Hair Studio in Peachtree City.

Wigs For Kids is a non-profit organization that makes human hair wigs for children who suffer from alopecia, cancer or any other medical condition that causes hair loss.

Robert J. Burch Elementary’s Relay for Life Team will host its third annual Mr. and Miss Patriot Pageant on Saturday, April 21, at Sandy Creek Patriot Auditorium.

This weekend The Frederick Brown, Jr. Amphitheater will play host to the kickoff of the 2007 Lexus of South Atlanta Summer Concert Series. Legendary Brit-rocker Paul Rodgers will open the series with a two night stint at the Peachtree City amphitheater.

Platinum selling singer, songwriter and self-taught multi-instrumentalist, Paul Rodgers has written, recorded, produced and released 28 albums since 1968 and sold over 90 million records.

Award-winning author Debby Giusti’s first book is a riveting and compelling story filled with suspense and romance. At a celebration in honor of the launching of her career as a novelist, the author will talk about how she writes a fast-paced suspense romance, and will include interaction with the audience with Q&A, and a book signing. The event will be held on Saturday, April 14, at 1 p.m., at the Fayette County Public Library. The event is free and open to the public, and light refreshments will be served.

“Nowhere to Hide,” by Giusti, won first place in The Maggie Award for Excellence competition, sponsored by Georgia Romance Writers.

“Grindhouse,” the Robert Rodriguez/Quentin Tarantino double feature salute to B grade and lower films, bombed at the box office. Bob and Harvey Weinstein apparently weren’t pleased, but they should have seen it coming. Who was going to go to a three hour extravaganza of a gooey zombie movie and a talkie movie about a homicidal stuntman and his killer car over Easter weekend? Apparently me and a million other people and that’s it.

Shane (Josh Hutcherson) is a boy whose dad (played by Bruce Greenwood) is the fire captain for Engine 55. In the beginning of the movie, Josh skips his English class and almost gets away from the spying firefighters until a mysterious dog named Rexx jumps on him, allowing the firefighters to nab him and bring him to his dad.

Wondering what to do this weekend? Local residents will have a multitude of option to choose from for their weekend plans. Theater productions, exhibits, concerts, fund raisers and even a yard and garden show are just some of the options to be found around Fayette and Coweta counties this weekend.

The Twilight Theatre will kick off its sophomore season with their production of “Steel Magnolias” opening this weekend.

The annual Fayette County High School Select Chorus Variety Show will take over Sam’s Auditorium in Fayetteville this weekend as students put recent news headlines to music.

Annual event to celebrate America’s veterans

Next weekend, make your way back in time by attending the fourth annual WWII Heritage Days event scheduled for April 14-15 at The Historical Airpower Facility, Falcon Field in Peachtree City.

Experience the sights and sounds of World War II when the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Dixie Wing hosts this annual event from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. The event will bring together re-enactors, vehicles, vintage aircraft and exhibits as a living history experience for the entire family. The public can also enjoy a 1940s musical review at Keep ‘em Flying, a WWII hangar dance to be held Saturday evening.

Promise Place, formerly the Fayette County Council on Domestic Violence, will sponsor an ARTcetra Live and Silent Auction on Saturday April 14, at the Tyrone Depot on 847 Senoia Road in Tyrone, Ga. The preview begins at 6:30 p.m. and the auction starts at 7:30 p.m.

Paul Rodgers will open the 2007 Lexus of South Atlanta Summer Concert Series at The Frederick Brown, Jr. Amphitheater on April 13 and 14 at 9 p.m.

Fayette Senior Services will provide transportation to the 21st annual Mayor’s one-mile and 5K walk at Grant Park on Tuesday May 1 for a limited number of people. If you are a walker and enjoy friendly senior competition in a beautiful park setting this event is for you. Registration is $10 and must be sent in by April 6. The walk, which includes lunch, is from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Awards are given for first, second and third place walkers, but everyone is a winner when it comes to staying fit. If you would like to join the group, please contact Susan at 770-461-0813. Remember, space is limited so call now.

The Northgate Band Booster Motorcycle Benefit Motorcycle Bike ride has been relocated to J & R Clothing.

Motorcycle admirers and riders will converge on J & R Clothing for Northgate Viking Band Booster’s “Bringing rhythm to an off beat world” benefit motorcycle ride. The second annual benefit ride will be held on Saturday, April 14.

Wigs For Kids, a non-profit organization that makes human hair wigs for children who suffer from alopecia, cancer or any other medical condition that causes hair loss, made a difference in the life of one Fayette County child.

Joshua Radin will make a stop in Atlanta this weekend as part of his new tour which kicked off Tuesday in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. The singer/songwriter will perform an all-ages show at Center Stage (formerly Earthlink Live) Saturday at 7 p.m. with Schuyler Fisk opening.

Radin didn’t always plan on being a musician. His intention was to be a painter, for which he studied at Northwestern University where he met pal Zach Braff (television star of “Scrubs” and writer/director/star of the film “Garden State”). He spent six years as a screenwriter and a painter in New York City before coming to the realization that he was born to sing.

It was an open mic night that began Radin’s career in the music business. He wrote the song “Winter” for the appearance, a song which later appeared on Braff’s series “Scrubs.”

Second annual show held at Shakerag Knoll

Temperatures have been skyrocketing lately, pollen is falling from the sky like snow and flowers are in bloom. It follows then, that spring is truly upon us, and what better way to celebrate than by spending a Saturday afternoon browsing around the second annual Spring Yard and Garden Show in Peachtree City. Hosted by the Peachtree City Recreation Department, the event scheduled for Saturday, April 14 at Shakerag Knoll will feature an array of vendors for those interested in sprucing up their outdoor living environments.

Recently I had the chance to sit down with three of the people involved with the new 3D Disney film “Meet the Robinsons.” Director Steve Anderson, 3D Supervisor Kyle Odermatt, and actress Angela Bassett, who voices orphanage director Mildred, were in town to talk about the movie and why it marks the beginning of a new era of film.

Most adults remember the good old days of “3-D” films viewed through green and red plastic eye lenses framed by cardboard. Watching the film was more work than it was worth, and you were left with a headache as a parting gift.

Will Ferrell and Jon Heder are “love them or hate them” kind of comedians. You either loved “Anchorman” and “Napoleon Dynamite” or you thought they were the stupidest movies you have ever seen. If you enjoyed those films, and I really liked both of them, “Blades of Glory” is right up your alley. Ferrell plays Chazz Michael Michaels, a renegade skating lothario with long hair and a penchant for loose women and the bottle. He is a rock star in the skating world and his rival is Heder’s character, Jimmy MacElroy, a pixie-ish looking skater, stuck in a form of adolescence and in love with the grace of his sport. When the two skaters tie for a gold medal and end up fighting on the winner’s platform, they are banned from skating. They find a way to return to skating three and a half years later when they stumble upon a loophole that would allow them to enter the pairs category.

For those of you who are clueless, TMNT stands for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which was a TV show in the 1980s and ‘90s. Basically, it’s about four turtles that wandered away from their mother, accidentally fell into a vat of toxic waste, and were taught kung fu by Splinter, a sewer rat they call sensei.

Coweta County residents Lt. Col. Warren D. Deeds and his son, Lance Cpl.Warren M. Deeds, are simultaneously serving their country as U.S. Marines stationed in the Iraq and Afghanistan area of operations.

Motorcycle admirers and riders will converge on Coweta Custom Cycles for Northgate Viking Band Booster’s second annual benefit ride,“Bringing rhythm to an off beat world,” on Saturday, April 14.

The deadline for ordering Memorial Bricks for Veterans and current members of the Armed Forces is March 31.

Bricks ordered between April 1, 2006 and March 31, 2007 will be in place before the 2007 Memorial Day Celebration.

Sandy Creek High School gets musical

Sandy Creek High School drama and chorus departments will present the Broadway musical “West Side Story” this weekend at Patriot Hall.

The show boasts one of the largest casts to appear in a musical at Sandy Creek, and most characters sing and dance as well as act. Actors and musicians alike have put in hours of time to make this year’s production one to remember. Rehearsals started January 16, with four rehearsals per week until 7 p.m., and Fridays until 9 p.m. This huge commitment from the cast will be seen at show time.

Independent Mystery Booksellers of America best-selling author of female mysteries, Patricia Sprinkle, will reveal shocking secrets of her popular southern sleuths this Saturday at the Fayette County Library.

Sprinkle will give a presentation on her sleuths MacLaren Yarbrough in “Guess Who’s Going to Die?” and Sheila Travis in “A Mystery Bred in Buckhead,” and will participate in a Q&A and book signing beginning at noon.

The event is free and open to the public, and light refreshments will be served.

Have you ever seen a movie that had all the ingredients to be great, and then...wasn’t? That’s basically how “Premonition,” the new film starring Sandra Bullock and Julian McMahon, plays out. “Premonition” is an interesting idea married with a solid cast that goes completely awry when executed.

The new Legacy Theatre in Tyrone, Ga., will play host to the Landmark Christian School spring musical production of “Schoolhouse Rock Live!” this weekend. The public is welcome to attend this lively smash hit musical. Come and tap your toes as seven very talented Landmark students sing, dance, and act their way through all of your favorite songs from the highly acclaimed, award-winning TV series. The tunes from this high energy show sneak in reinforcing educational concepts disguised in very catchy melodies and lyrics. You will find it hard to resist humming along to classic favorites such as “Just a Bill,” “Conjunction Junction,” “Electricity,” and more.