Memorial Day Weekend Ideas
It’s a long holiday weekend, and there’s dozens of events happening Intown. Here’s some weekend highlights: SATURDAY The Decatur Arts Festival is today and tomorrow in and around the Decatur Square with art, music, food and more. WonderRoot Community Arts Center on Memorial Drive celebrates its two-year anniversary party, noon to 8 p.m. Brew at [...]
East Lake Learning Garden planned
Atlanta’s East Lake Foundation, a nationally recognized leader in community revitalization, is pleased to announce a partnership with the Southeastern Horticultural Society, a vital horticulture and environmental educational resource for southeastern states, to create the East Lake Community Learning Garden. The new Learning Garden, to be located near the corner of 2nd Avenue and Hosea [...]
Climb to Conquer SADS June 1 at Fox Bros. BBQ
Last year, Shannon Kiss lost her husband, Wayne Sawyer, in his sleep to sudden arrhythmia death syndrome (SADS). Wayne, an avid artist, had been Widespread Panic’s guitar tech for many years. On Tuesday, June 1, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., the Climb to Conquer SADS event at Fox Bros. BBQ in Atlanta will help [...]
Theatre Review: True Love Lies
By Manning Harris “I’m just truth-telling. Some people get antagonized by the truth,” says Violet in Tracy Letts’ great play “August: Osage County.” There’s a lot of truth being told in Horizon Theatre’s excellent production of Brad Fraser’s “True Love Lies”; some of it is funny, and some of it stings quite a bit, but [...]
Local farmers markets worry about city fees
By Collin Kelley Editor Citizen complaints about the lack of regulation over weekend farmers markets have led the City of Atlanta to begin requiring permits, and organizers fear these new costs will drive the markets out of business. The markets potentially affected include Morningside, East Lake, East Atlanta Village, Peachtree Road and the Southwest Outdoor [...]
What’s Good: The Mercantile
By Karen Head Sometimes I want to say to friends, “Where have you been?” A sentiment they often make about my blog, but that’s another matter. In this case, however, I wonder how friends have missed the gem on DeKalb Avenue: The Mercantile. Samantha Enzmann and Janea Boyles have created a delightful oasis of gastronomical [...]
