By By Samantha Shaye, Southface Institute The 3Rs—reduce, reuse and recycle—have been taught in many classrooms from elementary school. Unfortunately, most people skip steps “reduce” and “reuse” and immediately go to “recycle” or, worse yet, ...
Introduction by John Ahmann, President & CEO, Westside Future Fund Our guest columnist is Ayanna Jones-Lightsy, Co-Director of Safe and Stable Homes at Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation (AVLF). Last month, Ayanna spoke at the September ...
Contributed by the Global Village Project Arts Program What letter comes after “q” in the English alphabet? Did you sing the ABC Song to remember? Singing is one of the most efficient and fun ways to learn ...
Introduction by John Ahmann, President & CEO, Westside Future Fund Our guest columnist this week is Tracy Techau, Scout Executive/CEO of the Atlanta Area Council, Boy Scouts of America. Last month, we were fortunate to ...
by SaportaReport Contributor Jamie Clements, a leader at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre, recently shared his perspectives on the fascinating world of Broadway-bound productions and theatrical investing. Jamie, the Alliance’s director of development, brings both professional and ...
by KC Commander, Content Manager – Atlanta Symphony Orchestra The holidays will be here before you know it and we are looking forward to the annual Atlanta tradition of “Christmas with the ASO.” What some ...
Introduction by John Ahmann, President & CEO of Westside Future Fund Our guest columnist this week is Leonard Adams, Jr., Founder & CEO of Quest Community Development Organization, Inc. As the founder of Quest, Leonard ...
By James Paulk, ASO Annual Giving Officer On February 4, 1945, the Atlanta Music Club sponsored a concert with Henry Sopkin conducting the Atlanta Youth Symphony Orchestra at the Grady High School Auditorium. While many ...
by Stephanie Heydt, Margaret and Terry Stent Curator of American Art, High Museum of Art In 1977, the New Yorker published a feature-length biography on the artist Romare Bearden (1911 – 1988) by Calvin Tomkins in the magazine’s “Profiles” section. This biographical essay, “Putting Something ...
By Eva Berlin, High Museum of Art, Digital Content Specialist Video by Ashley Bartholomew, High Museum of Art, Media Production Specialist In the High Museum of Art’s newest Curator Close-Up video, you’ll meet Michael Rooks, the Museum’s Wieland Family Curator ...
Introduction by John Ahmann, President and CEO of Westside Future Fund This week’s guest columnist is Lauren Koontz, President & CEO of the Metro Atlanta YMCA. Her column is about an incredible new asset in ...
by Mark Gresham, founder of EarRelevant I am a creative professional and Atlanta native. At 63 years of age, I have seen a lot of changes in both the city’s arts community and its business ...
Introduction by John Ahmann, President & CEO of Westside Future Fund This week’s guest columnist is Lakeisha Walker, assistant director of youth programs for the Atlanta Police Foundation. I was honored to hear Lakeisha’s personal ...
By Julia Forbes, Shannon Landing Amos Head of Museum Interpretation, and Ivey Rucket, Manager of Web and New Media, High Museum of Art, Atlanta As the High Museum of Art prepared to completely reinstall its ...
By Southface Staff Thanks to environmental, social and business trends, sustainability is becoming much more of a priority for businesses. It not only affects companies’ cost structures, but it is increasingly a crucial differentiator for ...
By Ariel Fristoe, Artistic Director, Out of Hand Theater On August 25, 1000 people will gather in homes, churches and restaurants across Decatur to talk about race. The conversations will take place over dinner, or 100 dinners ...
Introduction by John Ahmann, President & CEO of Westside Future Fund This week’s guest column is by Kim Karris, executive director of the Food Well Alliance. Thanks to the philanthropy of the James M. Cox ...
Introduction by John Ahmann, President & CEO, Westside Future Fund Our guest columnist this week is Todd Greene, executive director of the Atlanta University Center Consortium Inc. (AUC), the world’s oldest and largest contiguous association ...
By: a SaportaReport contributor Summer is in full swing and Atlanta’s arts and culture scene (much like the temperature outdoors) continues to heat up! Don’t let the season slide by without finding the time to ...
by Jon Carr The joke starts with a woman asking, “Edward or Jacob?” Ringing in the punch line, her scene partner responds, “Well, one is filled with a bunch of other people’s blood and that’s ...
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