Chelsea Retherford

6 days ago | timesdaily.com | Chelsea Retherford

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6 days ago | timesdaily.com | Chelsea Retherford

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6 days ago | timesdaily.com | Chelsea Retherford

When the Arts Alive Festival returns to Florence this May, the annual event by the Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts will carry on a long-standing tradition of arts, creativity and volunteerism. kAm%96 76DE:G2= E92E DE2CE65 2D “pCE :? E96 !2C<” ?62C=J d_ J62CD 28@ 56A6?5D @? E96 677@CED @75@K6?D @7 G@=F?E66CD] %9:D J62C[ 23@FE a__ G@=F?E66CD 2C6 :?G@=G65[ D2:5 pCED p=:G6 r@\r92:C s63C2 s@>3C@HD<:]k^AmkAm“(6’G6 2=H2JD 925 2 C62==J C@3FDE[ 24E:G6[ A2DD:@?2E6[ 565:42E65 4@>>:EE66 H@C<:?8 @?

6 days ago | timesdaily.com | Chelsea Retherford

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1 week ago | timesdaily.com | Chelsea Retherford

Jennifer Adams called it a full-circle moment for her as director when she announced Shoals Christian School Drama Department will present “Peter Pan Jr.” to audiences in Florence this spring. kAmp52>D[ H9@ 92D 5:C64E65 A=2JD 7@C $9@2=D r9C:DE:2? $49@@= 7@C >@C6 E92? `` J62CD[ D2:5 D96 DE2CE65 H:E9 2 “!6E6C !2?” AC@5F4E:@? :?