The Decatur Arts Festival Photos

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  Joe Stark of Baby Bee performs at The Decatur Arts Festival on Saturday

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Don't Get Me Wrong - The Pretenders

Kick off the Decatur Arts Festival with Artwalk Friday May 22

 All around Decatur • Free and open to the public

Friday, May 22 • 5-10 pm

 From: decaturartsfestival.com

Beer will be on sale at East Court Square so drop by to visit beer sponsors Red Brick and Starr Hill, plus local brewers Three Taverns, Wild Heaven, Blue Tarp, and Twain’s.

Kick off the Decatur Arts Festival with the city’s largest one-night gallery event – now with a DJ and fire twirler! See exhibits at 20 shops, galleries, and restaurants and enjoy complimentary snacks and drinks.Pick up a free map card at any ArtSpot or see all the locations online here.
more http://decaturartsfestival.com/festival-events/artwalk-2/

DISH DIVE Now Open for Lunch

 From: http://www.dishdivekitchen.com/#about
DISH DIVE is a new restaurant located in KIRKWOOD.  Owned and operated by Chef Travis Carroll & Jeff Myers.  We have a 16 seat dining room.  AND, now have 16 additional seats on our patio.  In our kitchen, we have 3 tiny refrigerators.  We start everyday at the market buying fresh food.  Our goal is to sell out every day.  So join us before the line out the door begins.
WE NOW TAKE RESERVATIONS. 
DELIVERY!!!   www.thefastfooddude.com

 DISH DIVE is located at 2233 College Ave. N.E. Atlanta, GA 30317
photo credit : https://www.facebook.com

As David Letterman retires, fans hope Jay Leno will appear on final ‘Late Show’

From: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/fans-hope-jay-leno-show-letterman-article-1.2228100
 SAY IT ain’t nay, Jay!

It remains unclear whether David Letterman’s longtime foil Jay Leno will help the gap-toothed comic sign off for the last time Wednesday night.

You can’t help late-night TV fans — including this critic — for wanting the kind of closure that a Leno appearance would provide.

The late-night warhorses who fought for so long against each other — Leno at “The Tonight Show” from 1992-2014 and Letterman at “The Late Show” from 1993 until Wednesday — don’t hang out. They don’t go for drives in one of Leno’s 700 cars.

But they are forever linked in American entertainment history, like two men who served in the same elite television army unit.

They rose to prominence in the L.A. comedy scene in the late 1970s, reaching the pinnacle of TV acceptance with appearances on Johnny Carson’s “Tonight Show.”

This Week-end is the Decatur Arts Festival. - Sat. May 23 -Sun. May 24

From: http://decaturartsfestival.com/festival-events/
Downtown Decatur comes alive on Memorial Day weekend for the annual Decatur Arts Festival. The festival takes over downtown, extending from the Decatur Recreation Center to the downtown square, including East and West Ponce de Leon Avenue, Clairemont Avenue and the Dalton Gallery at Agnes Scott College.

This year’s festival will be bursting with artful opportunities and events — artist market, live musical performances, improvisational and stand-up comedy, a children’s festival and parade, literary events, dance performances and more.

Break in on South Candler between E. Davis St. and Green St.

 One way or another, they were coming in.

 

From Nan Norton on  Oakhurst Neighborhood Association facebook page.
Hi all - just a heads up that my house was broken into last Monday during the day when I was at work.
 I'm on S. Candler between E. Davis and Green St, near the bike path. Same old story - took laptop and tv. In and out very quickly. Pushed in a window from back deck (no glass broken) after unsuccessfully attempting to pry the window up and smash open a french door with a rock.
 One way or another, they were coming in, so I don't have any advice for prevention. However, I will say, if you kinda sorta think you've got your photos or anything you care about on your laptop backed up but aren't really absolutely sure, take a moment and make sure.
 Photo credit:http://blog.monitronics.com

The Black Sheep Ensemble at The 2015 Decatur Lantern Parade

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Decatur Lantern Parade Photos

The annual Decatur Lantern Parade kicked off at 9:00 PM on the dot at the Color Wheel Studio on E. Howard Ave. with music provided by the Black Sheep Ensemble.
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--The star in this photo is the little girl in orange shirt out front, she was marching to the music. Loved it.

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 To see more photos go here https://www.flickr.com/photos/24391992@N00/sets/72157650682260714

Welcome to Wayward Pines - A new FOX Series

Kirkwood Spring Fling May 16 - Looks Like Fun

From: http://www.kirkwoodfling.com/
The Spring Fling takes place in Bessie Branham Park in the heart of historic Kirkwood, 2051 Delano Drive.  Check out the music line-up
MARTA

The closest MARTA station is East Lake. The walk from the station to Bessie Branham is about half a mile (15 minutes), or you can ride the bus over to the park.

Parking

Parking is available on the streets around the festival. There are also designated lots located at Israel Baptist Church (2071 Hosea Williams Drive) including the lot behind the church building, as well as the empty grass lot at the corner of Norwood Avenue and Hosea Williams Drive.


Saturday, May 16
10am – 10pm
Bessie Branham Park
2051 Delano Drive NE, 30317

The Atlanta Dermatology & Laser Surgery Center in Tucker is Moving

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Atlanta Dermatology & Laser Surgery in Tucker are Moving to Montreal Road in July. Bottom photos show the new location.

Last week it was reported (see earlier post) that Lavista Office Park in Tucker located at  2175 Northlake Pkwy, was sold and will become a new shopping center, one of the more popular businesses in that office park "The Atlanta Dermatology & Laser Surgery Center" has  anounced where they will relocate, they are moving to 1462 Montreal Rd  just off Lawrenceville Hwy in Tucker in the  DeKalb Medical Physicians building.

see map.
 middle photo credit google map.

Don't forget Decatur Lantern Parade on Friday May 15

Everyone is invited to walk in thecome to a lantern-making workshop where supplies and guidance are provided.
Decatur Lantern Parade!  Your participation is what makes a lantern parade magical.  Let your light shine! Make your masterpiece lantern at home or
Line-up at Color Wheel Studio at 508 E. Howard Avenue after 8pm.  The parade steps off at 9pm led by The Black Sheep Marching Ensemble and parade guru Chantelle Rytter and marches to the Decatur Square.
NEW THIS YEAR! Workshops include Lantern Hats and Master Classes in addition to Bamboo Forms and Globe Lantern Workshops.

From:  https://decatureducationfoundation.org/community-events/decatur-lantern-parade/

For more photos from last year go here:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/24391992@N00/sets/72157644719895412/

Beacon Municipal Center Dedication May 16

Pea Ridge Kitchen & Bar to Open on Lawrenceville Hwy

From: http://www.tonetoatl.com
 Local entrepreneurs opening neighborhood eatery 

  If all goes well, Pea Ridge hopes to begin serving customers by mid May, possibly as soon as Wednesday May 13th. 

Business partners Brian Hogan, formerly of Shorty’s Pizza in Tucker, and Patrick Dunn, formerly of Leon's Full Service in Decatur, plan to open Pea Ridge Kitchen & Bar.

The restaurant will be located in Decatur on Lawrenceville Highway near its intersection with Frazier Road / McLendon Drive.  The 2,200 square foot freestanding building was most recently home to Country Cafe, a comfort food eatery that closed months ago.  

Dunn, who previously held the role of sous chef at Leon's, will be the culinary head of the restaurant.  The menu at Pea Ridge will likely feature assorted soups, salads and sandwiches as well as rotating and seasonally inspired appetizers and entrees. The menu will rely heavily on locally sourced / seasonally available ingredients, providing guests an alternative to the "static" menus found at many other restaurants. Pea Ridge will also feature a specialized bar program featuring unique cocktails and craft beers.

Pea Ridge hopes to follow in the footsteps of Oak Grove's Sprig, and provide area residents an approachable, family-friendly alternative to chain eateries in the area. 


Pea Ridge is a community home to a growing number of families with both McLendon Elementary and Druid Hills Middle School (fka Shamrock Middle School) nearby.  I, myself, grew up not far away and am a graduate of Shamrock Middle School and am pleased to see the progress the area is making. 


Up Lawrenceville Highway in Tucker, the owners of Local 7 are opening another new restaurant, 572, on Main Street. Down the road, near North DeKalb Mall, Goodwill is building a new store and donation center in place of a long vacant Cub Foods.  With luck, the new Goodwill will lead to further interest and development in the area.

Currently, plans call for the restaurant to be open Tuesday through Saturday for lunch and dinner, and Sunday for brunch only.  If all goes well, Pea Ridge hopes to begin serving customers by mid May, possibly as soon as Wednesday May 13th. 

The inaugural Pea Ridge Kitchen & Bar menu can be found here. 

City of Atlanta has agreed to pay $20,000 to street performer Baton Bob

From The ajc


The Atlanta City Council’s Public Safety Committee approved the settlement at a 3 p.m. meeting Tuesday. The City Council will get the final vote at an upcoming meeting, but is expected to make the settlement final.

Bob Jamerson, 62, said he was celebrating the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to end the federal ban on same-sex marriage when he donned a short wedding dress and hit a Midtown street corner on June 26, 2013, his lawsuit stated. But his performance was halted by his arrest, and he was charged with two counts of simple assault and one count of obstruction against the officer, all misdemeanors.
City of Atlanta has agreed to pay $20,000 to street performer Baton Bob to settle a federal lawsuit filed after his 2013 arrest in Midtown, according to a City Council resolution.
more

Eye on Decatur

$500,000 donation from Porsche for Atlanta BeltLine

Atlanta BeltLine gets $500,000 donation from Porsche

From: http://www.ajc.com
Porsche announced it is donating $500,000 to the Atlanta BeltLine Partnership, as the automaker celebrated the opening of its new North America headquarters in Atlanta.

Supervisory board chairman Wolfgang Porsche announced the donation during a grand opening party Thursday evening. Porsche Cars North America moved its headquarters from Sandy Springs to a site near Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

“In supporting the BeltLine, we would like to do our part to sustain the beauty and allure of this great city for many years to come,” said Porsche Cars North America CEO Detlev von Platen in a written statement.

MOTHER'S DAY, THE KUDZU WAY!

MOMS LOVE KUDZU

  AND WE LOVE MOMS! 

So...........  give  MOM  something  SHE REALLY WANTS :

A TRIP TO KUDZU!

HAND MADE PLANTERS!

VINTAGE FRENCH KITCHEN JARS!

FAIR-TRADE EARRINGS or  NECKLACE!

A SUCCULENT GARDEN  in a  VINTAGE HUNGARIAN KITCHENWARE POT!

OR...........

 A KUDZU GIFT CERTIFICATE! YARD ART! SCARVES! JEWELRY!             PILLOWS!   A NEW SOFA!    A TRIP TO FRANCE!  

                   ( sorry, no trip to France, but we've got everything else . )

PLUS -  on MOTHER'S DAY SUNDAY Ma y 10th

LIVE MUSIC   (Decatur only) , REFRESHMENTS , and  PRIZES!

Reduce - Reuse -  Repurpose  

GO VINTAGE ! 

----http://www.antiquestoresatlanta.com/kudzuantiques/

The Danger of using Plastic Gas Cans

LaVista Office Park to become Shopping Center

More retail stores are coming to the Northlake/Tucker area, including Dick’s Sporting Goods.

 From: http://thechampionnewspaper.com/news/local/office-park-to-be-razed-for-shopping-center/

Office Park to be razed for shopping center
Posted by Carla Parker on May 7, 2015 in DeKalb News 
A group attending the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners’ meeting raise their hands to announce their support of the rezoning of LaVista Office Park to redevelop a retail shopping center.
More retail stores are coming to the Northlake/Tucker area, including Dick’s Sporting Goods.

On April 28, the DeKalb County Board of Commissions approved rezoning a portion of the LaVista Office Park within the Northlake Overlay District from single family residential to office institutional to combine with the adjoining property to be redeveloped as a retail shopping center.
 LaVista Office Park is located at the northeast intersection of LaVista Road and Northlake Parkway.

The item passed 4-1, with Commissioner Kathie Gannon voting against it.

“I certainly understand the business outlook on this and their desire to help reinvent Northlake,” Gannon said before the vote. “I’m not in favor of reinventing Northlake as a traditional suburban, hard-oriented single-level retail kind of center. It doesn’t face the street, it’s surrounded by a sea of parking, it’s right near an expressway where you could have that density. I think there are other opportunities to do more with this site. And I think it will affect the zoning of the overlay.”

On April 29, Ben F. Kushner Company confirmed that Dick’s Sporting Good’s will be the first retail store to anchor the new retail development—The Meridian at Tucker—in what is currently the LaVista Office Park.

Built in 1973, LaVista Office Park is a 285,000-square-foot single-story office complex on 25 acres of land.

Kushner representative Jennie Kushner said the current structure will be razed to make room for the new shopping center.

During the April 29 commission meeting, local business owners, such as Tucker-Northlake Community Improvement District president Bill Rosenfeld, spoke in favor of the new development.

“Tucker CID just completed a master plan, and we had three public hearings where the public was allowed to interject their comments and some of the comments were they wanted to see more restaurants in Tucker,” Rosenfeld told commissioners. “They wanted better shopping facilities, also newer and better office space. It’s important to us as a community, and you, as a county to support this and move forward.”

Leroy Tanker, a business owner who has a property across the street from the project, said the development is a homerun.

“It will create many jobs, it will create millions of dollars in retail sales and therefore millions of dollars in revenue for DeKalb County,” Tanker said. “It will spur more development, which would bring in more jobs and revenue for DeKalb, and revenue is what DeKalb County needs now.”

Construction on the shopping center is scheduled to begin this summer.

Photo credit: google maps
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 Comment:
Daphne said...
 AND it backs up to a wonderful old forest buffer between the existing office park and Winding Woods subdivsion. This development came in with NO OTHER OPTIONS and shoved it down the throats of the citizens and property owners of the area. Northlake Mall is collapsing. Do we really need another strip mall? Especially across from the fleabag hotel across the street!!!

Decatur Arts Festival Poster Unveiling Today

Poster Unveiling Today on the Square

From:  http://decaturartsfestival.com/
May 7 • 5:30 pm • on the square in downtown Decatur
Join us and be one of the first to see this year’s Arts Festival poster. Take home a copy of the festival poster, enjoy an artsy springtime picnic on the square – catered by Tonya Burkett of Cook’s Warehouse and Sherlock’s Wine Merchant – and kick off arts month in Decatur with a pop of color! Thanks to Tonya as well as General Wholesale Beverage for providing drinks and Jimmy Galloway for music for the event.

Eye on Decatur

Walmart at Suburban Plaza Update Photo

Ponce City Market's new Vintage Style Sign

This 7 story sign is inspired by the old Sears sign back in the day.The firm Design-360 is doing the signage, they also did Jamestown Properties Chelsea Market in New York.

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 Bottom image From: http://atlanta.curbed.com

Decatur Lantern Parade is May 15

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Everyone is invited to walk in thecome to a lantern-making workshop where supplies and guidance are provided.
Decatur Lantern Parade!  Your participation is what makes a lantern parade magical.  Let your light shine! Make your masterpiece lantern at home or
Line-up at Color Wheel Studio at 508 E. Howard Avenue after 8pm.  The parade steps off at 9pm led by The Black Sheep Marching Ensemble and parade guru Chantelle Rytter and marches to the Decatur Square.
NEW THIS YEAR! Workshops include Lantern Hats and Master Classes in addition to Bamboo Forms and Globe Lantern Workshops.

From:  https://decatureducationfoundation.org/community-events/decatur-lantern-parade/

For more photos from last year go here:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/24391992@N00/sets/72157644719895412/

Ten Year Anniversary Celebration for Little Shop of Stories May 2

It Takes a Village to Raise a Bookstore: Ten Year Anniversary Celebration / Independent Bookstore Day

From  http://www.littleshopofstories.com/events.php

Saturday, May 2nd | 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Little Shop of Stories will turn 10 years old this summer and to celebrate we are hosting a party at the gazebo, on the square, and in the shop.

The highlight among highlights is ... (drum roll) ... a visit from Judy Schachner!!! Judy is an author/illustrator of SkippyJon Jones and lots of other great picture books, and is one of our favorite persons in the entire universe.

We're holding our Tenth Anniversary Party to coincide with Independent Bookstore Day, Free Comic Book Day, and the start of Children's Book Week. So we're celebrating all over the place.

Read all about it here

1000 ft Super Slide the City also has Plans for Atlanta

As reported yesterday Slide the City was coming to Decatur on July 25 and now they are planning to visit Atlanta also, date not decided yet.

photo credit  http://www.slidethecity.com/

New Beach Style chairs in and around Decatur Square

Check out the new Beach style chairs that have been placed in and around the Square in  downtown Decatur .to see them visit : https://www.facebook.com/decaturga

Decatur GA
photo credit: http://www.houzz.com
 h/t the decatur minute

1937 Magazine ad for Decatur's water tank tower.

1937 Magazine ad for Decatur's water tank tower.

Decatur, GA. is the possessor of this 500,000 gal Horton radial cone bottom tank. It's colonial design and graceful, well balanced proportion prove that beauty need not be sacrificed to achive utilty, thus Decatur has at once the many advantages of elevated storage within a stately structure that proudly graves the landscape of this historic southern city.


STEVEATL said: Is this the tank near the East Lake MARTA station?
 Next Stop...Decatur : Yes it is.

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Fire in the Fourth May 2 - A Festival and "Curated Street Experience"

  The first-annual "Fire In The Fourth" will "celebrate rebirth" with fire performances, fire installations, firefighter rescue competitions, circus arts, music ranging from gospel choirs to the Seed & Feed Marching Abominable and — get this — some guy who's going to try to consume a world-record 101 fire torches in one minute.

 

 From atlanta.curbed.com

by Josh Green
Festive Fiery Gatherings


For eight hours this Saturday, the Old Fourth Ward will debut a festival and "Curated Street Experience" that sounds like a family-friendly field day for pyros. In a neighborhood ravaged by the Fire of 1917, the first-annual "Fire In The Fourth" will "celebrate rebirth" with fire performances, fire installations, firefighter rescue competitions, circus arts, music ranging from gospel choirs to the Seed & Feed Marching Abominable and — get this — some guy who's going to try to consume a world-record 101 fire torches in one minutes. The festival will engulf Edgewood and Auburn avenues for one block, between Boulevard and Jackson Street.

Learn more http://www.fireinthe4th.com/

Super Slide the City Down West Ponce

 For one day only, there will be a 1000 foot long water slide in the middle of W. Ponce de Leon Ave. So mark your calendars for  Saturday, July 25th and start shopping for your favorite inflatable!

From the Decatur Minute 
By Katie 
In celebration of the 30^th anniversary of the Decatur Business Association, the DBA along with the City of Decatur has decided to shake up our traditional summer event, the Decatur Beach Party, and make a huge SPLASH this summer. For one day only, there will be a 1000 foot long water slide in the middle of W. Ponce de Leon Ave, stretching from Clairemont down just past Ponce de Leon Place. The event is called Slide the City and this event has been sweeping the nation!
You can expect more details ( and ticket information) in the next few weeks but for now, mark your calendars for  Saturday, July 25th and start shopping for your favorite inflatable!
Check out the video of the slide and learn more here



Photo credit  http://www.slidethecity.com/

I know you have questions so you need to visit   http://www.slidethecity.com/faq/

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Twain's Pub Presents Feed the Food Bank May 3

SUNDAY MAY 3, 2-5 PM
Join Twain’s and friends for our 7th annual benefit for the Atlanta Community Food Bank.  Enjoy 6 beer/food pairings from the areas best chefs and brewers in a relaxed, festival atmosphere, while fighting hunger in Georgia.  The ACFB turns each dollar into $9.21 of groceries, and to date this event has raised more than $35,000 to help them in the cause.
Get your tickets ($50/ea) at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1390316  and join the fun.  100% goes to the ACFB and you get a great souvenir glass to bring home.

From:  www.twains.net

New Date for Woodlands Garden's Second Annual Youth Artist Market is Saturday May 2

Woodlands Garden, located at 932Scott Blvd., Decatur, GA 30030, has rescheduled its Second Annual Youth Artist Market for Saturday ,May 2nd from 11am-3pm. 

 Artists in grades 2-12 will be showcasing the following: jewelry ,dream boxes, embroidered pillows, whimsical sculpture, flower crowns, drawings, photography of Decatur, chalk painted wood pieces, and much more.

 This event offers a great opportunity for Mother’s Day shopping and will include free gift wrapping for Mother’s day purchases. For more information contact Nancy Martin at 404-373-8l65.

 Woodlands Garden
932 Scott Blvd.
Decatur, GA 30030
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