From: Mingei World Arts
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Once you've eaten your fill of turkey and pie, we hope you will join us on Small Business Saturday! Small Business Saturday is that day between Black Friday and Cyber Monday when you can get out, shop locally and support a small business...like us! Drop by Saturday for unique holiday gifts and decor, or for something nice for yourself! In the afternoon we will be serving wine and other refreshments!
In the mean time, we wish you a happy Thanksgiving.
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Ann and Ellen
Hours:
Monday -Wednesday 10-6
Terrific Thursdays 10-10
Friday and Saturday 10-9
Sunday 11-6
427 Church Street
Decatur, GA 30306
Lenox Square Macy's More than 100,000 people are expected to attend this year’s Lighting of the Macy’s Great Tree at Lenox Square Mall, and more than 500,000 more will watch the live broadcast on WSB-TV, which will be hosted by WSB Channel 2 Action News anchor Jovita Moore and Channel 2 Meteorologist David Chandley.
Channel 2’s Jovita Moore and David Chandley host the live broadcast from Lenox Square on Thanksgiving night beginning at 7 p.m. Our superstar lineup includes platinum selling country legend Trace Adkins, Chris Mann from The Voice, and Nickelodeon’s Cymphonique Miller. more
Back before Christina Aguilera was lip-syncing on a truck covered in streamers and Santa was accompanied by a bevy of leggy blondes, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade gave Americans a reason to sit back and revel at the spectacle of a balloon bigger than their home. Check out photos of the vintage floats of parades past.
From : http://www.littleshopofstories.com
It’s that time of year again! We are once again working with other local businesses to bring you the annual Decatur Christmas Tree! Join us on Thursday, November 29th for carols, sweet treats, a visit from a jolly man in a red suit, and lots of merry making! You don’t want to miss this wonderful holiday tradition!
Decatur Holiday Marketplace + Cafe
Kerry sends this in:
Hi ,
I thought you might be interested in a unique holiday event that transforms a local elementary school into a bustling holiday shopping experience and cafe.
Now in its 21st year, the Decatur Holiday Marketplace + Cafe offers a local alternative to crowded shopping malls and big box stores, boasting nearly 100 local and national artisans. Slated for Friday, November 30 from 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm and Saturday, December 1 from 10 am to 8 pm at Clairemont Elementary School (155 Erie Avenue, less than a mile from downtown Decatur), the event features handmade jewelry, paintings, photography, pottery and more.
The event also hosts a well-stocked cafe, featuring homemade soups and decadent desserts from local eateries. Local musicians and carolers will be on hand to add holiday cheer. If you’re shopping with children in tow, kindergarteners and older can join in the fun on Saturday afternoon from 1pm to 5 pm with art activities provided by Colorwheel Studios. Parents can pre-register online for the art activities at www.decaturholidaymarketplace.com and enter through school's side entrance by cafeteria the day of the event.
The Decatur Holiday Marketplace + Cafe is more than just an ordinary craft market, but also a way for the community to support local students. Proceeds from the Decatur Holiday Marketplace + Cafe go directly to support learning for the students of Clairemont Elementary School.
For more information, please visit www.DecaturHolidayMarketplace.com.
From http://www.thrillist.com King of Pops founders Nick and Steve have a new side job as Tree
Elves: basically, they'll come to your home or office and drop off a
live, potted Leyland Cypress Christmas tree sourced from Parrott, GA's
Circle G Farms, which're slightly different from the trees you normally
cop outside Circle K.
Just pick a 4-, 5-, or 6-footer, then decide if you want an upgraded
ceramic pot, and/or have them arrange your tree with multi-color LED
lights at your crib/the Legal Sea Foods you weirdly decided to have a
Christmas tree delivered to. And because these guys run
a (highly benevolent!) popsicle empire, there are of course the
popsicles: you can have them include either 10 or 50 holiday-flavored
popsicles, including egg nog, apple cider, chocolate peppermint, and
gingerbread, which you will surely proceed to house.
Finish by picking a delivery date, then tell them when to circle back
and pick it up so it can be replanted somewhere in the city, something
your Circle K tree-dealer never does, because that would just be way too seedy.
From: http://www.macon.com The Associated Press DECATUR, Ga. — A school board near Atlanta has received a long-awaited audit of the system's finances, but isn't sharing it with the public.
Board
members want to digest the information so they can answer questions
before they release it publicly, DeKalb County Schools spokesman Jeff
Dickerson told The Associated Press.
The board received the audit late last week, and some members were out
of town, Dickerson said. He said Tuesday morning that he thinks the
audit will eventually be made public, but he wasn't certain when or how
it would be shared.
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Read more here: http://www.macon.com/2012/11/13/2247860/school-board-declines-to-release.html#storylink=cpy
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From CNN
(CNN) -- James Bond just turned 50 -- in movie years, anyhow ("Dr No" came out in 1962) -- and in "Skyfall" Her Majesty's sexiest spy seems to be on the verge of a midlife crisis: He's stuck in a rut, feeling redundant and getting self-conscious about his age.
He even considers early retirement, plunging to his apparent doom after he's shot in the movie's thunderously exciting pre-credit sequence. Spoiler alert: 007 survives to fight another day, but not until he's treated himself to an unofficial sabbatical, an opportunity for recuperation and introspection.
Not that anyone goes to a Bond movie for navel-gazing, but there's definitely a more serious undercurrent this time around, a certain hankering after relevance that must surely be attributed to the presence of Academy Award-winning director Sam Mendes. No disrespect to Michael Apted, Lee Tamahori and the rest, but Mendes represents a step up in pedigree for a franchise that's usually been the preserve of action specialists.
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Bond soars with record $87.8M 'Skyfall' debut
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From: http://apnews.myway.com//article/20121111/DA2G0C180.html
By DAVID GERMAIN
LOS ANGELES (AP) - James Bond's "Skyfall" has extended its worldwide box-office rule to North America, hauling in a franchise-record $87.8 million in its first weekend at U.S. theaters.
Adding in $2.2 million from Thursday night previews at IMAX and other large-format theaters, "Skyfall" has taken in $90 million domestically, according to studio estimates Sunday.
That lifts the worldwide total for "Skyfall" to $518.6 million since it began rolling out overseas in late October. Internationally, the 23rd Bond flick added $89 million this weekend to raise its overseas revenue to $428.6 million.
The third installment starring Daniel Craig as British super-spy Bond, "Skyfall" outdid the $67.5 million U.S. debut of 2008's "Quantum of Solace," the franchise's previous best opening. "Skyfall" more than doubled the $40.8 million debut of Craig's first Bond film, 2006's "Casino Royale."
"Skyfall" already has passed the $407.7 million overseas total for "Quantum of Solace" and by Monday, it will top the $432.2 million international haul for "Casino Royale."
The Craig era has reinvigorated one of Hollywood's most-enduring franchises, whose first big-screen Bond adventure, "Dr. No," debuted 50 years ago.
"It's quite a testament to Bond, considering it's the 50th anniversary. What a great anniversary present," said Rory Bruer, head of distribution at Sony, which produces the Bond films along with MGM.
"Skyfall" was the weekend's only new wide release, but Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" had a huge start in a handful of theaters. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis as the 16th president, "Lincoln" took in $900,000 in 11 theaters for a whopping average of $81,818 a cinema. By comparison, "Skyfall" averaged $25,050 in 3,505 theaters.
"Lincoln" centers on the months leading up to the president's assassination in April 1865, as he maneuvers to pass the 13th amendment abolishing slavery and end the Civil War. Distributor Disney will expand "Lincoln" into nationwide release of about 1,600 theaters Friday and may widen the film further over Thanksgiving week.
The film has strong Academy Awards prospects for two-time directing winner Spielberg, two-time acting recipient Day-Lewis and the rest of the cast, which includes Oscar winners Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones.
"The performances are some of the greatest of recent time," said Dave Hollis, head of distribution for Disney. "I don't know if you're ever going to think about it again without seeing our actor as Lincoln. Daniel is extraordinary in the role."
"Skyfall" took over the top spot at the weekend box office from Disney's animated comedy "Wreck-It Ralph," which fell to No. 2 with $33.1 million, raising its domestic total to $93.7 million.
While "Skyfall" marked a new high for Bond's opening-weekend revenue, the film has a long way to go to match the biggest audiences 007 has ever drawn. Adjusted for inflation, Sean Connery's 1965 Bond adventure "Thunderball" would have taken in an estimated $508 million domestically in today's dollars, with its 1964 predecessor "Goldfinger" not far behind at $444 million, according to box-office tracker Hollywood.com. -
The Bond films over the last two decades have come in around the $200 million range domestically in inflation-adjusted dollars.
Still, Craig's Bond is setting a new critical standard for the franchise. While "Quantum of Solace" had a so-so critical reception, "Skyfall" and "Casino Royale" are among the best-reviewed Bond films, with critics and fans enjoying the darker edge Craig has imprinted on 007.
"'Skyfall' is to the Bond franchise what 'The Dark Knight' was to the Batman franchise," said Hollywood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian. "By taking it to a whole other level, this is a different kind of Bond that can be taken really seriously."
The annual charity effort to make the Christmas season better for disadvantaged kids in DeKalb County kicks off later this month.
The Tree of Love program creates wish lists for holiday gifts for low-income children as well as those in foster care. Residents can select names from the tree, to help make sure the children have something to open for the holidays.
The tree will be set up at South DeKalb Mall, 2801 Candler Road, near Decatur. The kickoff event will begin at noon Nov. 24 at the mall, with all gifts due back by Dec. 15.
In honor of America Recycles Day on Saturday, DeKalb County will host document shredding and tire recycling for all residents.
Sensitive documents will be shredded on-site free, though there is a five-box limit per person.
In addition, county residents can drop off passenger-car tires for $1 each, with a maximum of 10, for recycling. Commercial grade tires will not be accepted.
The event runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the county’s Central Transfer Station, 3720 Leroy Scott Drive, just off Kensington Road near Decatur.
From: eddiesattic.com ELIZABETH MITCHELL, a Smithsonian Folkways
Recordings artist, has been recording and performing music for children
and families since 1998. Elizabeth was the first new children‘s music
artist signed to Smithsonian Folkways in the 21st century.
Elizabeth discovered her passion for making music with children in
the early 1990s during her time as an assistant teacher at the Roosevelt
Island Day Nursery School in New York City. There was a large
international population in the school, with many different languages
spoken among the children in her class and Elizabeth found that music
was a common language that they could share. At the same time she was
discovering traditional American music, immersing herself in the songs
of The Carter Family and other music of the Southern Appalachian
Mountains, and the recordings of Elizabeth Cotten. A trip to Stereo
Jacks Record store in Cambridge MA provided a turning point for
Elizabeth, when she found a vinyl ten inch copy of Woody Guthrie’s
“Songs to Grow on for Mother and Child.” As Elizabeth states in the
liner notes of her album, You Are My Little Bird, “The songs that jumped
off the vinyl of the Woody Guthrie record were the first songs I heard
that accessed the poetry of the emerging language of children. One of my
jobs as an assistant teacher was to write down the children’s
descriptions of their artwork. Woody’s songs sounded like the stories I
would hear from my students as they explained their drawings to me. I
cherished these windows into their imaginations; as a songwriter it was
inspiring, their minds were so free. I heard that same freedom in
Woody’s lyrics.”
You Are My Flower, Elizabeth’s first album, was recorded in one
afternoon in 1998, at the home studio of Warren Defever of His Name is
Alive. It was not intended for commercial release, but after much word
of mouth demand, she released the album on her own label, Last Affair
records. Her next album, You Are My Sunshine, was released in 2002,
following the birth of her daughter Storey in 2001. She signed with
Folkways in 2006 and released her first album with them You Are My
Little Bird later that year. That fall Elizabeth appeared on All Things
Considered with Melissa Block, where she talked about the importance of
singing to your children and sang a song.
From :visitdecaturgeorgia.com
Extended Hours, Deals & Treats Through Dec. 20
Make Decatur your shopping and dining “mallternative” this holiday shopping season, especially on Terrific Thursdays in November and December. You’ll find cool deals at Decatur's hottest shops, galleries and restaurants. Park once and walk around town. Participating businesses will stay open late, offering beverages, snacks and special offers. In December Santa joins the fun visiting shops and restaurants within the city limits.
Here are the dates:
NOV. 8,15,29
DEC. 6,13,20
Here’s how it works: you spend $200 at any City of Decatur shop(s) in
November, bring your receipts to the Community and Economic Development
Department (second floor of City Hall), and we’ll give you a $20 gift
card from a local restaurant.
The $200 doesn’t all have to be spent at one store or on one
particular day just as long as it’s in Decatur and during the month of
November.
read all about it at The Decatur Minute
THE COOK’S WAREHOUSE RELEASES FALL 2012 CLASS SCHEDULE ATLANTA, October 29, 2012 – The Fall 2012 class schedule has been released by The Cook’s Warehouse (www.cookswarehouse.com) with a wide variety of classes and several visiting and local chefs. From “Knife Skills 101 Hands On” to advanced, hands-on classes with local chefs, there are about 175 classes this quarter from which to pick.
From http://www.3ten.org
Lightroom’s headquarters were built across from the high school even
before Decatur broke ground for the new stadium. Since then, Lightroom
has moved forward with its work – literally. Bill Carpenter is currently
building the third office for his architecture company right in front
of the other two buildings. Due to Carpenter’s busy work schedule, the
DEC got an insider’s look into the new building with his daughter,
senior Esme Carpenter.
The former Atlanta Diner may soon become a new McDonald's restaurant.
Where
The Atlanta Diner had been a fixture on North Druid Hills Road, just off I-85 since the mid 90s but closed over a month ago. The parcel is rather small but does offer access from both North Druid Hills Road as well as West Druid Hills Drive. Access to the restaurant from North Druid Hills is easiest for those drivers approaching I-85 south or employees of the various businesses on West Druid Hills Drive coming to or leaving work.
Who
Oak Brook, Illinois-based McDonald's already has a franchised McDonald's restaurant at 2210 North Druid Hills Road on the opposite side of I-85, which was built in 1991, and recently completed the brand's refreshed look.
No more puffing away in DeKalb County parks.
A
year after snuffing out an effort at a ban in all public places, the
County Commission Tuesday approved banning smoking from playgrounds,
parks and service lines such as for ATMs, effective Wednesday.
But smokers still will be able to light up in bars and strip clubs — the source of last year’s controversy.
“The
best action at this point is to move in gradual steps,” said the health
board director, Dr. Elizabeth Ford, who pushed for the ban. “Having our
playgrounds and parks safe is at least a first step in protecting in
our entire community.”
The move sees DeKalb following much smaller
communities such as Alpharetta, Roswell and Marietta that have banned
outdoor smoking in their jurisdictions.
read more at ajc
The Nov. 2 concert is part of the 2012-2013 Flora Glenn Candler Concert
Series, hosting world-renowned solo artists, chamber groups, and
orchestras in the Schwartz Center’s Emerson Concert Hall. Event and
ticket details at arts.emory.edu/warsaw.
Kristian Bush with fans at The Decatur Book Festival 2009
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From : countryweekly.com
For Sugarland’s Kristian Bush, his annual Thanksgiving weekend solo shows at Eddie’s Attic—the Decatur, Ga., club where he got his start—have become as traditional as turkey and gravy. With only a guitar and a catalogue of songs, both old and new, Kristian kicks off the holiday season with an evening of off-the-cuff performances. This year’s two shows, on Sunday, Nov. 25, have already sold out, necessitating the addition of a third on Nov. 26.
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Katie over at The Decatur Minute reminds us about the Decorate Decatur Halloween contest:
Time to go up into the attic and down to the basement and drag out all of your spookiest, scariest, most haunted of decorations and start getting ready for the 3rd annual Decorate Decatur, Halloween edition.
Residents and businesses are invited to decorate and submit a photo to specialevents@decaturga.com by noon on Monday, October 29th. Please include your name and address.
Judges will make their decision Monday evening and the winners will be posted on the City of Decatur website, the DowntownDecatur Facebook page, and on www.thedecaturminute.com blog. Winners will receive a special yard sign to display throughout the week and one stand-out location will win the coveted Commissioner’s Cauldron trophy to keep on display for the entire year.
Congratulations to Amanda Owens Brown, winner of last year’s Commissioners’ Cauldron.
If you have questions or need more information email katie.abel@decaturga.com or call 678-553-6573.
Photo credit Next Stop...Decatur.
Amanda Owens Brown's Scarecrow Army last year's Winner
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From: http://www.atlantamagazine.com
On August 2, 1926, Sears threw a party and 30,000 Atlantans showed up, frantic to peek inside the new 750,000-square-foot retail center on Ponce de Leon Avenue, where all of the 35,000 items in the iconic Sears Roebuck catalog were on display. “If ever there was a doubt in the minds of Atlantans that the company actually kept in stock the thousands upon thousands of articles . . . that doubt was erased after a tour through the building,” enthused an Atlanta Constitution reporter. It was built in a record six months by more than 2,000 workers, and Sears pumped $2 million into the construction job market. That’d be $26 million today; no wonder Mayor Walter Sims was on hand to hoist a flag atop the 232-foot tower.
Read more info : http://www.atlantamagazine.com/groundbreakers2012/2012/07/23/ponce-city-market
From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
By Jeremiah McWilliams They used to call East Lake a shooting gallery, a poverty trap and worse. The neighborhood’s massive public housing project was so violent it earned the nickname “little Vietnam.”
Times and reputations have changed for East Lake, now a mix of single-family homes with leafy tree cover and tidy apartment complexes surrounded by golf courses.
This week, more than 200 educators and community advocates are gathering in Atlanta to discuss East Lake’s successes — more people working or in training, higher literacy rates, rising incomes and falling crime.
Their focus: duplicating it in places like New Orleans, Cleveland and California. Greg Giornelli, president of Purpose Built Communities, says he believes that can happen. The Atlanta nonprofit, which bills itself as a sort of coach and coordinator that brings professionals together in Atlanta and other cities to craft holistic solutions to poverty, is backed by Warren Buffett, Atlanta developer Tom Cousins and Julian Robertson Jr., co-founder of one of the world’s largest hedge funds.
“You have to break up the concentration of poverty,” Giornelli said. “There aren’t a lot of places in America where the middle class and the working poor live side by side. The fact of the matter is, there should be.”
Once feared as a drug and gang haven, the neighborhood five miles east of downtown Atlanta is now being held up as a national model for providing cradle-to-college education, high-quality mixed-income housing, safer streets and a web of support for low-income families.
East Lake has a farmers market and an urban garden, but it’s not Mayberry just yet. Residents cheered the opening of a new coffee shop, but much of the main drag on Memorial is still populated by hair salons, sign stores and auto shops. It’s been difficult to attract more upscale businesses. Car break-ins and thefts of lawnmowers are not uncommon. read more
Friday, October 5 Jasper Fforde. International bestselling author Jasper Fforde
makes his first visit to the Center for the Book with a literary
thriller that just might be his best book yet: The Woman Who Died a Lot: A Thursday Next Novel.
Fforde’s Thursday Next books, in the author’s words, “are a series
based upon the notion that what we read in books is just a small part of
a larger Book World that exists behind the page.” His books skillfully
and playfully combine doses of reality with plenty of fantasy and
sci-fi, and they have sold millions of copies all around the world. His
event is free; no reservations required. The doors to the church will
open at 6:00 p.m. for early seating. 7:00 p.m. First Baptist Church Decatur,308 Clairemont Avenue Decatur, GA 30030. read more to see other events
Faster than a speeding bullet, More powerful than a locomotive, Able to fly down Madison Ave in a single bound, Look out here comes Bullet Bill racing down Madison Ave in Decatur GA.
Hundreds of fans turned out for The 2nd Annual Madison Ave Soapbox Derby event today.
--Photo from last years event
From Madison Ave Soapbox Derby Facebook page.
Rough Schedule Of Events: WHEN: Saturday, September 29th, 2012 - Madison Ave in Oakhurst 12:00 participants & teams arrive, check in & park
12:15 STAR judges begin on creative 1:00 - 3:00ish races begin (18 & up goes 1st) (7-17) (6 & under) 3:15 "The Bitteroots" take the stage!!! www.facebook.com/TheBitteroots 4:00 all racers to winner’s circle for announcements
*Food provided by theUniversal Joint & Steinbecks!
Popsicles provided by King of Pops!
T-shirts will be on sale: Adult $15 & Youth $12 -limited supply!
Come out, join the fun, and together lets raise money for Our House!
From Decatur Patch story by Ralph Ellis photo credit Next Stop...Decatur
There's a new plan for the old section of downtown Avondale Estates.
On Wednesday afternoon, the city government held a ribbon cutting for
the block of Tudor-style building that comprises the bulk of downtown.
There's really nothing new there, except for new owners with a new attitude.
The new owners, Oakhurst Realty Partners of Decatur, hope to turn Avondale Estates into a more walkable community with downtown restaurants, bars and shops.
In July, longtime owner Newburger-Andes
sold all of the downtown property it owns to Oakhurst Realty Partners
of Decatur. The property stretches from the old movie theater at one end
to the Trilogy shop at the other.
See more photos at Decatur Patch
From Bike South owner and city of Decatur commissioner Fred Boykin via the Decatur Heights neighborhood: Hi All, I wanted to pass this on as some folks in the neighborhoods have enjoyed our Bicycle South shop rides to Stone Mountain in the past. The shop is hosting a special ride and cookout on Sunday, October 7th. The ride (our usual Stone Mountain route) starts at 9 AM and then we’re doing a cookout with the Southern Bicycle League (SBL) from noon to two. It’s an easy, relaxed no-drop ride out to the mountain and back. Suitable for beginners, families and kids on bikes with a 24” wheel or bigger. You can join us for the ride, join us for the food or both!
The ride is in support of the SBL’s I Bike Decatur chapter; we’re co-sponsoring the chapter. New Belgium Beer is also sponsoring the event. I’ll be cooking on the grill and we’ll have plenty of good food from the Mediterranean Grill too! Food and drinks are no charge to all SBL members; 10 bucks for non-members, but if you join at the event, everything is no charge too. We’re going to raffle off a nice indoor trainer and there will be other prizes as well. The event helps support the SBL’s many efforts on behalf of the cycling community.
