Teens to rebuild playgrounds around Atlanta this weekend
More than 250 teens are preparing for Metro Atlanta Project’s (M.A.P.) 14th year of service to the city of Atlanta. From July 13 to 19, youth and adult leaders from seven metro Atlanta churches, Uplift Ministries, and Wilderness Works will be re-building playgrounds for low-income daycare centers across the city of Atlanta. “So many low-income [...]
Tee Time! Kids Golf Academy trains next superstars
By Diana Peyrefitte Hilmer While watching my five year old use his plastic bat to catapult a ball across the yard, images of him being a little golf ingénue run through my head: Could he be a natural? Is he ready to learn the centuries-old game that is such a national pastime? Ingénue or not, the idea [...]
Chattahoochee River Race & Festival is June 9
Paddlers of all ages and skill levels will take to the water, for the 10th Annual Back to the Chattahoochee River Race and Festival on Saturday, June 9. The race course begins at Garrard Landing Park on Holcomb Bridge Road and ends at Riverside Park in Roswell, the site of the free family-friendly festival, music [...]
Decatur Touch-a-Truck event is April 21
Join Decatur Active Living on Saturday, April 21, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. for the annual Touch-a-Truck Event. This fun community event gives children of all ages an opportunity to touch, explore and see their favorite trucks or equipment on wheels. The City of Decatur and DeKalb County dump trucks, fire trucks, tractors, police [...]
A preview of LEGOLAND at Phipps Plaza
By Tina Chadwick I was expecting a glorified store. Not in a bad way, but just thinking the new LEGOLAND Discovery Center at Phipps Plaza in Buckhead would be a neat store with a few things you could play with—maybe some of the toys unwrapped and a few bins of LEGO bricks scattered about to [...]
Theatre Review: “The Wizard of Oz” at The Alliance
By Manning Harris fmanningh@gmail.com “Iconic” is an overused word these days, but when you’re talking about “The Wizard of Oz,” there’s really no other—whether you mean the 1939 film with Judy Garland, L. Frank Baum’s book (it came first, you know), or a stage version. The Alliance Theatre is currently holding forth with a charming [...]
