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Photo Pick: Art Party at Atlanta Contemporary 8/26 by Kelly Jordan
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They came from far and wide
Last year (2016), the City of Atlanta booked somewhere in the neighborhood of 700 conventions, meetings and events, which drew around 52 million visitors to our city. Atlanta is most definitely a major player in the world of event planning and, if you think about it, it is a role that the City of Atlanta comes by quite naturally. Hospitality is deeply ingrained as a part of Atlanta’s culture.
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Photo Pick: DragonCon 2017 – Parade setup. by Kelly Jordan
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Photo Pick: Eclipse upclose at Fernbank Science Center by Kelly Jordan
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Unknown stories of everyday people
At the intersection of Memorial Drive and Boulevard sits Oakland Cemetery, the City of Atlanta’s first official burial grounds. Established in 1850 on an original six acres of land, Oakland now spans 88 acres and is home to thousands of residents. Among them are names familiar to most generations of Atlantans, a “who’s who” of […]
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Photo Pick: Photo Fence on the Beltline by Kelly Jordan
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Photo Pick: Literacy in Action by Deanna Anderson
Literacy Action, the largest nonprofit provider of free adult basic education in Georgia, announced today the opening of its new state-of-the-art learning complex in the Peachtree Center tower, centrally located in downtown Atlanta. With the ribbon cutting on August 14, the new campus now provides the opportunity for Literacy Action to continue to meet the growing […]
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Thanks to him…we know
Much of our knowledge of Civil War Atlanta comes from the work of the official photographer of the Army of the Mississippi, George Barnard. Assigned to document military camps, fortifications and rail lines, Barnard followed General William Sherman and his troops on their infamous March to the Sea. In the process of completing his assigned […]
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Defying convention
May Irwin was a 19th century actress who starred – with John Rice – in an 1896 short film titled The Kiss. Chances are you are not familiar with The Kiss – or Ms. Irwin or Mr. Rice – but the film’s title holds a special place in movie history as do its actors. Today, […]
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The going up part…easy
For a species born without wings, we sure have spent a great deal of time trying to learn to fly. The desire to fly is probably as much a part of being human as is the fear of falling. Go figure that one out. This week we examine an event that took place in Atlanta […]
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Photo Pick: C. T. is 93! Rev. Vivian’s birthday party by Kelly Jordan
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