Evening of Light

Friday, June 24, 2022

Evening of Light is Alvis’ annual event which brings together hundreds of businesses, organizations, and individuals to celebrate lives turned around by 180 degrees! The evening spotlights the successes of children and families of Alvis and honors families who have helped strengthen our community. Funded by the generous donors of Evening of Light, the Alvis Family and Children’s Program offers parents and children resources and support as they work together to strengthen their relationships and rebuild productive, healthy, self-sufficient lives. 

The achievement banquet

The Mentors Project of Bibb County will be holding the Achievement Banquet May 2nd, Featuring usic by Otis Redding III. The fundraising event goes to support and the Mentors Project of Bibb County

CARNEIGE HALL

Otis Redding III along with a stellar cast of performers whose music inspired and entertained are joined by the next generation of performers with something to say, performing folk songs, R&B classics, and popular hits from the period, such as Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come,” the protest anthem “We Shall Overcome,” Jimi Hendrix’s “Purple Haze,” Santana’s “Black Magic Woman,” Otis Redding’s “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay,” Dionne Warwick’s “What the World Needs Now Is Love,” and Simon & Garfunkel’s “Sounds of Silence,” while poet and activist Sonia Sanchez recites some of her own seminal poetry from the period.