Though

Valentine's Day was Monday, there are still many ways to

show your sweetie that he/she is special.

One way is

weekend. The weekend starts early with a classical music

perofmance from oboist Douglas Boyd.

Boyd will

perform a program of Bach, Ravel, Dorati, Pasculli and

Elliot Carter at Spivey Hall Thursday, Feb. 17. Born in

Glasgow, Scotland, Reed is one of the founders of the

Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Tickets are $20 and can be

purchased by calling 770-961-3683. Spivey hall is on the

campus of Clayton College and State University.

The Center

for the Puppetry Arts promises something new Feb. 17. The

center will launch its new show, "The Tortoise and

the Hare and More." It runs until April 10. The show

will feature a collection of Aesop's fables presented in

the overt puppetry style. The overt style shows the

puppeteers and allows the audience to see how puppetry

works. Admission is $8 for adults and $7 for children.

Phone 404-873-3391 for showtimes.

The

Savoyards Musical Theatre Company will get into the

action this weekend with its performance of Johann

Strauss Jr.'s "Die Fledermaus." The operetta

will be performed in English at the Robert Ferst Center

for the Arts at Georgia Tech at 8 p.m. Friday and

Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $33.50 and $19

for adults and $11 for children and students.

Unicoi

State Park and Lodge in Helen will host an outstanding

arts and crafts exhibition Saturday and Sunday. It is the

25th year for the annual Fireside Craft/Art Show, which

balances traditional folk skills like quilting, spinning

and woodcarving, with more contemporary arts such as oil,

acrylic and watercolor paintings, jewelry and sculpture.

The show runs 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Parking is $2; the show is free. Phone 706-878-2201 ext.

267.

The

Fayetteville Bluegrass Blast, originally scheduled for

Jan. 29 and postponed due to weather, will be this

Saturday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. at F.A. Sams Auditorium. The

event will feature three bluegrass bands; 4 Winds West,

steelBlue, and Stoney Gap. The concert is a fund-raiser

event for the Fayette County High School Select Chorus

and its upcoming trip to England and France. Tickets are

$8 and are available at the door. If you purchased

tickets for the Jan. 29 show, they will be honored this

weekend. Call 770-961-5974 for information.

If

bluegrass isn't your style, the Michael O'Neal Chamber

Singers bring their diverse repertoire to Spivey Hall.

The singers may open with Brahms' "Liebeslieder

Walzer" and may close with Cole Porter's "Let's

Do It." The show will start at 8:15 p.m. and tickets

are $15. Phone 770-961-3683 for information.

The weekend

at Spivey Hall will extend to Sunday, when pianist Orli

Shaham and violinist Martin Chalifour join the Georgian

Chamber Players. The group will perform selections from

Schubert, Schnittke and Dohnanyi at 3 p.m. Tickets for

the performance are $25. Call 770-961-3683.

The

Alliance Theatre will have two special performances of

"James and the Giant Peach" at 2 p.m. and 4

p.m. The show, based on Roald Dahl's classic tale of a

boy traveling with a group of insects in a giant peach,

is entertaining and appropriate for the whole family.

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the Woodruff Arts

Center Box Office or by calling 404-733-5000. The

Alliance Theatre is at 1280 Peachtree St., Atlanta.

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