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Authentic Augusta

Miller Theater
The Miller first roared to life in 1940 as a booming 1,600-seater, the second-largest entertainment venue in
Georgia at the time (behind Atlanta's Fox Theatre).
The venue continued to draw top names and thrived as the place to be until, unfortunately, closing its doors
in 1984 and falling into ruin for a few decades. In 2005, Augustan Peter Knox bought the place and donated it
to the city, inspiring passionate community partnerships to restore the theater to its former glory. The painstaking
restoration - a labor of love - cost over $25 million, with builders working off of old photographs to evoke
the original look and feel. Today, the Miller is home to the prestigious Augusta Symphony which draws patrons
from all over the country. Walking into the Miller is like taking a step back in time.

Imperial
Theatre

One of the two historic theaters on Broad Street,
the Imperial first opened in 1918 as a vaudeville
venue called "The Wells" for its owner, Jake Wells.
It hosted Charlie Chaplin and The Cisco Kid before
adopting its current name. Today, the Imperial keeps
downtown hopping as home to The Augusta Players
theatre troupe and all styles of musical and stage
performers. It's impossible to be inside the gorgeous
gold-sculpted walls of the theatre and not get excited
as the heavy velvet curtains begin to rise.

MEET AN AUGUSTAN
"Augusta is a city built on innovation. Henry
Cummings looked out on the river shoals and
envisioned a canal, which brought us our textile
mills and revolutionized our local economy in the
1800s. Bobby Jones looked out on a nursery and
saw a golf course, which revolutionized the game.
James Brown looked at a musical scale and saw
a funky beat no one else did, which revolutionized
the world of music."
-Deke Copenhaver, principal at Copenhaver
Consulting, author, former mayor of Augusta

Brush up on more Augusta history on page 10.

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