Crossover Movement Arts 2011-2012 Season Launch

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Media Contact: tom@thisischronicle.com
August 3, 2011

Crossover Movement Arts Season Launch
Sneak Peek Performance Opens Dance Company’s Breakout 2011-2012 Season

What: Crossover Movement Arts Season Launch Party and Performance
When: Friday and Saturday, August 12-13, 8:00 p.m. (7:45 p.m. pre-show)
Where: CORE Studios, 133 Sycamore Street, Decatur
Who: Crossover Movement Arts
Tickets: $10 at the door

Atlanta, GA. Crossover Movement Arts launches its 2011-12 season with a performance and party, Friday, August 12 and Saturday, August 13, 8:00 p.m. at CORE Studios. (Arrive by 7:45 to catch a special pre-show.) The evening will feature some favorites from Crossover Movement Arts’ 2010-2011 season and sneak previews of new works premiering in 2011-2012, all showcasing the company’s dynamic and muscular fusion of contemporary dance, Freestyle Poling, martial arts, performance art, experimental soundscapes, compelling artistic explorations, and playful, offbeat humor. The evening will also include a reception with light refreshments and a silent auction of items including a custom, signed Freestyle Poling pole and original origami by Crossover’s Sally O’Grady.

See below for season schedule.

“I am wildly excited about this season we’re about to launch,” says Artistic Director Blake Dalton. “It’s a real breakout year for our company. Crossover Movement Arts is creating unique works that vary dramatically in their scope, their physical landscape, and their relationship with the audience. We will dance this season with sledgehammers and railroads, soar through the air in the Historic Fourth Ward Park, softly draw lines in sand in the West End. You’ll find us while passing through the night at the Flux Festival or join us vaulting across the Decatur Square for some impromptu Freestyle Poling.”

Founded in 2005, Crossover Movement Arts’ 2011-2012 season is its fullest and most exciting yet, with seven shows already confirmed and several additional performances in the works. The season includes three original site-specific works commissioned by Art on the Beltline and created with partners including experimental jazz band Zentropy, dance presenting phenomenon Dance Truck, and The Wren’s Nest House and Museum. Crossover Movement Arts will tag-team perform with Zoetic Dance Ensemble in a shared venue at the 2011 Flux Festival in Castleberry Hill, and will collaborate with FrenetiCore Dance at the 2011 Houston Fringe Festival. In January, Crossover Movement Arts joins legendary spoken word poet and singer-songwriter Kodac Harrison for a performance at 7Stages. “We have the sincere privilege of great partners who inspire us,” says Dalton, “the working class arts heroes of Dance Truck, the intricate sounds of Zentropy, the historical roots of The Wren's Nest.”!

A collaborative company of movement artists interested in the unique work made possible by collaborations across disciplines and with artists of many backgrounds, Crossover Movement Arts will partner with many artists this season. Company members and guest artists, while united by their love of movement, each bring their own unique talents to the company’s creations: musical composition and performance, writing, acting, martial arts, carpentry, sculpture, and even the making of origami. “I am fortunate to have miraculously gathered such a talented and vibrant group of artists to embark on this creative, dynamic journey,” says Dalton. “I look forward to presenting this sneak peek of our very exciting season.”

Interviews available on request.

Mary Moore-The Cook's Warehouse in a special kitchen!

PHOTO ALBUM: https://www.facebook.com/

On August 5, 2011, The Cook's Warehouse co-sponsored the kick-off luncheon for the Tons of Fun Fitness Challenge. www.tonsoffun.org Our owner, Mary Moore, helped Celebrity Chef Cat Cora and Executive Chef Holly Chute to prepare lunch for 100 guests at the Governor's Mansion. Ingredients from local farms were used by the chefs. After a fantastic lunch, the guest made their way to the back lawn of the mansion where a tree climbing activity was underway with area Boy & Girl Scouts. First Lady Deal took part in the tree climbing - we just watched from the shade!



** COOKIN’ WITH CAT AND THE GOV **



Our own Mary Moore helped Executive Chef Holly Chute and Celebrity Chef Cat Cora in preparing a healthy meal in the Georgia Governor’s Mansion kitchen.



This was the kickoff luncheon of the statewide initiative Tons of Fun Fitness Challenge and was hosted by The Governor and Mrs. Nathan Deal.



Tons of Fun is a program designed to encourage healthier choices and changes related to nutrition and exercise.



Among its unique factors:



1. It is the first statewide health/nutrition initiative to be geographically based in Georgia's State Parks

2. It is the first every collaboration between the departments of Health, Education and Natural Resources

3. It offers a powerful online tool and resources, available to the public for free

4. It has engaged celebrity chefs to develop unique programming

5. It allows local communities, parks and businesses to design events that address specific needs

6. And most of all, it makes fitness and nutrition FUN!



The web site for the program is http://www.tonsoffun.org/

1960'S Aerial View of Downtown Decatur

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East College Ave @ Candler Rd. circa 2001

Left to right: Trackside Tavern, OZ Pizza, Wing Factory and Hair Werks & Co.
Decatur GA.
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10 year old picture which was taken in late in 2001 wish I had taken more of this spot.

Big Peach Running Company has the Right Shoe for You.

By BETH GALVIN/myfoxatlanta

Decatur - Whether you walk or run, the shoes you're wearing can make a big difference in how you feel. A bad fit can leave your feet in a world of hurt.

I just started trying to run again with my beat up old running shoes. After day one, the tops of were killing me because the shoes were too loose.

So, I asked Big Peach Running Company in Decatur to show me - and you - how to find a shoe that fits.

FOX Medical Team: The Right Shoe: MyFoxATLANTA.com

Skyjacker D.B. Cooper Lead

From the LA Times

D.B. Cooper hijacking mystery is revived with 'promising lead'

A reported tip has led investigators to a person who might have information on D.B. Cooper's 1971 jetliner skyjacking, and an unspecified item has been sent to a lab. It's the 'most promising lead we have right now' in a case that has captivated the public imagination, an FBI spokesperson tells a Seattle newspaper.

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D.B. Cooper Leaped into History 40 Years Ago.

It is truly a great unsolved crime. The facts are as follows:

On a rainy Thanksgiving Eve in 1971

(November 24, 1971)

A passenger who gave his name as ‘Dan Cooper’ (the "D.B." is based on later errors in the media, but has become more widely known) boarded Flight 305 in Portland, Oregon, bound for Seattle. Using the threat of a bomb in his suitcase, Cooper hijacked the plane shortly after take off.

It landed in Seattle, where Cooper released the passengers unharmed in exchange for his ransom demands being met: $200,000 in unmarked bills and 4 parachutes. After taking on these items, Cooper directed the crew to take off once more, and fly to Reno, Nevada.

During this second flight, he sent all the crew to the cockpit, and parachuted from the plane with the money. He was never apprehended, and although approximately $5000 was later found in the area that he parachuted into, nothing else ever was. Cooper has never been identified, and his true name may never be known. The FBI has stated that it believes him to have died upon landing, and decayed to nothing before he could be found. Of course, they also claimed that he was rude and abusive in conversations with them, which is at variance with the recollections of the crew members who heard these conversations, so it’s possible that the Bureau may be engaged in a certain amount of ass-covering.

http://thecentrecannothold.net

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

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Update:
From : http://www.newsmeat.com

By Steve Olafson – 54 mins ago

OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – A woman claiming to be the niece of the mysterious skyjacker dubbed D.B. Cooper, who bailed out of a jetliner with $200,000 in ransom, says she recalls her uncle plotting the sensational caper at a family gathering in 1971.

Marla Wynn Cooper, 48, of Oklahoma City, told ABC News that she is the person who recently furnished the FBI new clues pointing to a previously unknown suspect and sparking a renewed probe of the 40-year-old case, said to be the only unsolved hijacking in U.S. aviation history.

The FBI in Seattle acknowledged earlier this week that a person who was close to the new suspect had obtained objects now being examined to see if they bear fingerprints matching those left behind on the hijacked plane.

An FBI spokesman in Seattle, Fred Gutt, declined again on Wednesday to reveal the person who came forward with the latest information, saying, "We do not identify witnesses in an investigation."

But Marla Cooper said she is certain that her uncle, Lynn Doyle Cooper, who went by the name L.D. Cooper, was the man who seized a Seattle-bound Northwest Orient Airlines flight in November 1971 by claiming to have a bomb. He vanished when he jumped out of the rear of the plane in mid-air with a parachute and $200,000 in cash.

The plane was flying at about 10,000 feet at night through a storm over wooded, rugged terrain in the Pacific Northwest, and the hijacker was presumed by many to have likely perished.

Still, the sensational Thanksgiving eve caper triggered a massive manhunt, and the FBI went on to consider over 800 suspects in the first five years after the crime.

The only trace from his getaway was a crumbling batch of $20 bills matching the ransom money's serial numbers, unearthed by a boy from a sandbar along the Columbia River in 1980.

CHILDHOOD MEMORIES

Marla Cooper, a sales executive for a coffee company, told ABC News she decided to come forward after piecing together vague childhood memories, which were reinforced with comments each of her parents made to her in more recent years.

She recalled seeing L.D. Cooper and another uncle during a family gathering at her grandmother's house in Oregon around Thanksgiving 1971 "planning something very mischievous."

"I was watching them using some very expensive walkie-talkies that they had purchased," she said, recounting that her uncles then "left to supposedly go turkey hunting."

When they returned, "My uncle L.D. was wearing a white T-shirt and was bloody and bruised and a mess, and I was horrified. I began to cry," she told ABC. "I asked them what happened, and they told me they'd been in a car accident."

But she also recalled overhearing one of her uncles say, "'We did it, our money problems are over, we've hijacked an airplane,'" and she recounted hearing them ask her father to "help them go back into the woods and find the money."

Marla Cooper said she gave the FBI a leather guitar strap her uncle had made, along with a 1972 Christmas photo of him with the same strap, for the FBI to use in fingerprint matching analysis.

She told ABC that her uncle, whom she never saw again after he returned injured from the Thanksgiving holiday episode, had served in the Korean War but was not a paratrooper. However, she recalled he was obsessed with a Canadian cartoon skydiving hero named Dan Cooper and even kept a Dan Cooper comic book tacked to a wall.

According to the FBI, the man in the dark business suit who hijacked Northwest flight 305 called himself Dan Cooper when he purchased a one-way ticket in Portland, Oregon, but the moniker D.B. Cooper originated from media reports and stuck.

L.D. Cooper died in 1999, his niece told ABC.

UPDATED FROM LA TIMES :

D.B. Cooper legend lives on

The FBI says DNA testing has failed to conclusively link a potential new suspect to the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. But then again, test results haven't exactly ruled out a link, either.

And that's good news for mystery lovers: It might have been a little disappointing if the tests had shut the lid on one of the most tantalizing cases in U.S. law enforcement. On Twitter, Brad Meltzer, author and host of History Channel's mystery-cracking "Decoded," remarked on the news: "D.B. Cooper just keeps getting better, right?"

To this day, the case of D.B. Cooper remains the FBI's only unsolved hijacking case. And for now, Cooper continues to be the one that got away.

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen

Ben Stiller-Vince Vaughn to film “Neighborhood Watch.”in Atlanta area

From ajc

Ben Stiller-Vince Vaughn flick to film here

by Jennifer Brett

We hear funny guys Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller are coming to town for a movie called “Neighborhood Watch.”

This is billed as a “science fiction comedy.” They play dads who hang out in their subdivisions just being dudes but then they stumble onto some big conspiracy. So Atlanta is the perfect place for that movie.

Filming for this project cranks up this fall. Their folks are already in town poking around, scouting locations.

We also hear that the guys want to stay in style and are contracting with a local high-end leasing company to book them into some ritzy digs for the time that they are here.

Shizzleheads Unite!

From Jim Brams for Cook's Warehouse

I just posted this on The Cook’s Warehouse Facebook page and we’re exclusive in the city with it!

** CALLING ALL SHIZZLEHEADS **

We’re now stocking The Shizzle, a gourmet Jamaican jerk marinade that’s great for the BBQ or to add a Jamaican flavor to meats and vegetables.

Fans are called Shizzleheads and here’s a link to an official Shizzle recipe, Shizzled and Mango Salsa-Stuffed Pork Loin: http://bit.ly/qzvWwr

http://www.theshizzlesauce.com/index.php

Is Time Travel Possible ?

If time travel were possible,
where would you go. ? The past or the future.
Comments:

Decatur Federal Buildings Design Photo.

This is the builders design of how The Decatur Federal building would look when complete.
1962. Now this bank building is Wells Fargo.

Wahoo! Grill and Ale Yeah! Spotlight Hand-Crafted Atlanta Brews Aug. 10

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From Julia for Wahoo!Grill and Ale Yeah!


Wahoo! Grill and Ale Yeah! Spotlight Hand-Crafted Atlanta Brews

Join Wahoo! and Ale Yeah! Craft Beer Market owner Eddie Holley for a five-course Atlanta Beer Tasting Dinner.

Wednesday, August 10 at 6:30 p.m.

Enjoy a summer menu prepared by executive chef Christian Speigal paired with Atlanta's finest hand-crafted beers selected by Holley. The menu will include:

Reception:
Prosciutto wrapped shrimp with roasted sweet potato Sweetwater 420 Pale Ale

First Course:
Spiced Ahi tuna salad with roasted beets, heirloom cucumbers and ginger-honey vinaigrette
Terrapin Sunray Wheat

Second Course:
Beer-braised Pine Street Market sausage with slow-roasted Arnett Farm heirloom tomato ragout
Sweetwater IPA

Third Course:
Florida red snapper with sauteed summer vegetables and lemon-dill veloute
Red Brick Blonde

Fourth Course:
Braised Eden Farms pork belly with roasted cippolini onions, haricot vert and parsnip puree
Wild Heaven Invocation

Fifth Course:
Chocolate fondant with fresh raspberry coulis and brown sugar whipped cream
Wild Heaven Ode to Mercy

An intimate evening with space for 27 guests, the dinner will be served in our private dining room and is $38 per person, plus tax and gratuity. To reserve a spot for this special experience, please call 404.373.3331.

Cakes & Ale Construction Update

Here is a photo of the entrance facing Decatur's Marta Station.
To see more photos at Cakes & Ale blog.

One Tree Decatur

That is one big tree, I wonder where that once stood ?
Seen here behind the Decatur Fire Dept No. 1
It may have been cut down near the Fire Dept.
The Fire Dept is now in the process of being refurbished.

Fowler's Garage circa 1962

TracksideTavern Opening

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Trackside Tavern had a soft opening today at 1:00 the party will last until...

The place looks great, go by and check it out.

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Trackside Tavern
313 E College Ave
Decatur, GA 30030

The Plaza Theatre

El Azteca Mexican Cantina

El Azteca Mexican Cantina
939 Ponce DeLeon Ave
Atlanta, GA
404-881-6040

Look for Trackside Tavern Opening

Trackside Re-Opening Grows Near

But the exact time is still under wraps to sidestep long lines at the bar

By Theresa Woodgeard
From Decatur Patch

The long wait for Trackside Tavern’s re-opening is almost over. In fact, it’s just days, maybe even hours away. Really.

“The place looks beautiful,” said owner Doc Al Czarkowski in an e-mail. The staff is hired and trained, the glassware is washed and on the shelves. The beer is in the fridge and the liquor is in the cabinet.

Indeed, cold beer and clean glasses leave little doubt the pouring of the first libation is imminent and according to a July 21 post on Trackside’s Facebook, “there is “nothing ‘tentative’ about it anymore.”

But for now, ‘mum’ is the word on an exact day and time the Decatur “Cheers-like" bar will open.

“We are going to try our best to have a soft opening to avoid a line of people waiting at the door at the same time,” said Czarkowski.

The popular neighborhood bar on College Avenue closed for more than two years due to a fire that destroyed the tavern. The 1917 building was demolished and rebuilt from the ground up.

Taboo-LA-LA Coming July 23 at The Plaza

From: plazaatlanta.com

Join us for the newest Plaza film series sin-sation TABOO-LA-LA with BLAST OFF BURLESQUE!

Jimmy John's

Jimmy John's
335 West Ponce De Leon Avenue
Decatur, GA 30030
(404) 474-6999

Check out the menu

Cinefest Showing of Shampoo July 21

A student-run film theatre on Georgia State University campus. Causing a cinematic commotion since 1991, Cinefest shows a variety of movies that ranges from indie, foreign, documentary, cult-classics and even your favorite mall movies.

Thursday, July 21: Newly Restored 35mm Print of "SHAMPOO" - Special One Night Only Screening

66 Courtland Street SE, Suite 240
Atlanta, GA 30303

404-413-1798
cinefest@gsu.edu
Campus Map

General Admission:
$3 - Before 5:00 pm
$5 - 5:00 pm and after

Georgia State University students, faculty, and staff: Free with your Panther I.D.

From: http://cinefestfilmtheatre.com/

"American Pickers" on David Letterman

Fifth Avenue School to Open Aug 2

From Decatur Patch

By Timothy Darnell

Decatur's newest school is close to being ready for the Aug. 2 start of the school year.

The 4/5 Academy at Fifth Avenue is the first new school built in Decatur since Renfroe Middle School in 1972. It will serve fourth and fifth graders from throughout the city's school system.

The new building replaces the old Fifth Avenue Elementary, which sat empty for the past few years.

The Academy will be part of the International Baccalaureate Program, which offers a curriculum that is seen a much more rigorous than those offerd by most public schools.

The official ribbon-cutting will be held on Sunday, July 31, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm. The public can tour the building during that time.

Full story

Whitney Miller’s free signing at The Cook’s Warehouse-Decatur July 22

Interview Whitney Miller from Gordon Ramsey’s MasterChef

WHO: Whitney Miller, Season 1 winner, Gordon Ramsey’s MasterChef

WHAT: FREE EVENT: Miller will autograph her new cookbook, “Modern Hospitality: Simple Recipes with Southern Charm” at the Decatur location of The Cook’s Warehouse

Hors d'oeuvres and beverages served from the cookbook

The public is kindly asked to RSVP for planning:

https://classes.cookswarehouse.com/ClassReg/Public/classes.asp?classid=4943

WHERE and

WHEN: Friday, July 22, 2011, 5 to 7 p.m.

The Cook’s Warehouse

180 West Ponce de Leon Avenue

Decatur, Georgia 30030 / 404-377-4005, store phone

Bird's Eye View of Church St & Commerce Dr.

Decatur, GA

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Fox 5 visits Decatur

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Road Warrior: Decatur Square: MyFoxATLANTA.com

-- The second video features Decatur/Atlanta fashion bloggers The Asian Cajuns. Read more over at there blog.
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Road Warrior: Decatur Square: MyFoxATLANTA.com

Hello, Ponce City Market.

From The AJC


By Rachel Tobin

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Goodbye, Sears building. Adios, City Hall East. Hello, Ponce City Market.
The new owners of City Hall East, a historic structure in Atlanta near Midtown, are planning an organic garden, a "green" roof top and a foodie market akin to the Ferry Building in San Francisco or Pike Place Market in Seattle. They also plan to shed the names the building has been called, as far back as 1926, to rebrand it as Ponce City Market.

Plans call for hundreds of residential units, 2,000 internal parking spaces, loft-style, upscale offices, retailers -- possibly national chains -- and a foodie destination with “farm to table” vendors and local restaurants. The North Avenue side of the building could have an organic farm to supply the market.

Still, no new tenants were announced Monday as Mayor Kasim Reed and executives with Jamestown Properties celebrated the long-awaited sale at a news conference atop the brick building.

Nonetheless, if everything comes to pass, it will be a big change for the hulking building that for years sat mostly empty along one of Atlanta’s busiest arteries, Ponce de Leon Avenue. Jamestown is paying Atlanta $27 million to buy the building and plans to spend $180 million redeveloping it for an early 2014 reopening. The project will benefit from opportunity zone tax credits through the Atlanta Development Authority and other tax credits from the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Full story at AJC

Old Sears Building Sale Announcement

From: AJC
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
By Rachel Tobin

On Monday, Mayor Kasim Reed is expected to announce the long-awaited sale of City Hall East to Jamestown Properties. The 85-year-old building -- once a huge Sears complex -- has been a white elephant of sorts along one of Atlanta’s most central thoroughfares.
When then-Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson announced the deal to buy the Sears building for $12 million in 1990, he called it "the deal of the century." Less than five years later, renovation costs had skyrocketed and lease income didn't materialize, in part because of limitations on the debt used to finance it. Atlanta never fully occupied the 2 million square foot building, which is one considered one of the largest in the Southeast.

Twain's Billiards and Tap

Twain's Billiards and Tap is located in Decatur, GA just off of the downtown square. They are walking distance to the Decatur MARTA train station.
Check out their menu.

Twain's Billiards and Tap
211 E. Trinity Pl.
Decatur, GA
404-373-0063

Isabella's Cafe Offers International Experience

Isabella's Cafe Offers International Experience

Decatur/Kirkwood restaurant brings new flavors

By Kalin Thomas
From Decatur Patch

When you first walk into Isabella’s Café the first thing that you notice is the upbeat international music playing. Then you notice the aroma of international spices, like curry. But with a name like Isabella’s you’d think this was an Italian restaurant; however owner, Wambui Maina, is Kenyan.

“I named the restaurant after my mother. She was one of the first female physicians in Kenya. It was a way for me to honor her,” said Maina. The restaurant, which opened in July 2010, is in an old 1920’s building on West College Avenue at the edge of Kirkwood. The space Isabella’s is in used to be a coffee shop that closed around 2008 and stayed empty for two years. “I love Decatur because it’s like a foodie town. People look for innovative menus and support local restaurants. I thought this space was the perfect place to open my eclectic restaurant,” said Maina.

The eclectic menu offers American dishes with a twist, as Maina adds the flavors she loves from her native Kenya and New Orleans – where she first lived when she moved to this country at age 13. Dishes like the Kenyan-style Chunky Beef Stew over Basmati rice, Chicken Masala, chipotle-maple black beans, and cheeseburgers made with Isabella’s home-made pimento cheese are a hit with diners.
Full story

Film Crew for Jayne Mansfield's Car Packs Up.

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After a full day of filming in Oakhurst for Billy Bob Thornton's movie "Jayne Mansfield's Car"
the film crew are packing up and Donovans Discount store will become a Church again.
Earlier today Billy Bob Thornton and Kevin Bacon were both there poising for pictures and giving autographs.
See photos at Decatur Patch



T Shirt photo from mskittyspub.blogspot.com the Cedartown shoot.

Trackside Tavern Update

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Inside construction at Trackside Tavern, they are hoping for a July opening.

Yeah Baby ! Vintage 70's VW Bus Cruising Around Decatur

Oh behave.

"Jayne Mansfield's Car" Filming in Decatur

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Some of the filming of Jayne Mansfield's Car will be filmed in Oakhurst
this week.

From nola.com
The film, which will be directed by Billy Bob Thornton -- his first time behind the lens on a non-documentary since 2001's "Daddy and Them" -- and which will star Robert Duvall, John Hurt, Kevin Bacon, Robert Patrick and Ray Stevenson, will begin shooting this summer in Georgia, according to Deadline.

That's because the movie, despite the title, doesn't really appear to be about that ill-fated 1967 night on U.S. 90 after all. Rather, it's a dramatic comedy, one that "revolves around the culture clash of two families, from different continents, in 1969."

That's two years after Mansfield's death.

A report on Collider expands on the synopsis: "The story revolves around a guy whose wife leaves him for an Englishman and moves away to England. 20 or 30 years later, in 1969, the wife dies but wishes to be returned to Alabama where she grew up, so the English family meets -- and clashes with -- the original family that she abandoned."

More photos from the Decatur set on Flickr


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Here are 2 youtube videos that was shot in Cedartown and what we may expect here.


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Oakhurst Market

The new Oakhurst Market sign goes up.

Decatur Sidewalk Sale July 1-4

The B-17 "Liberty Belle" Crash Lands and Burns

Liberty Belle pictured above at Peachtree Dekalb airport Feb. 15, 2009

see crash photos From : www.chicagotribune.com

Seven crew members and volunteers walked away without serious injury after a World War II "Flying Fortress" bomber burned in a cornfield southeast of Aurora Municipal Airport on Monday, June 13, officials say. The B-17, christened the "Liberty Belle," took off from the airport at 9:30 a.m. and made an emergency landing in a cornfield near Highway 71 and Minkler Road in Oswego after the pilot reported an engine fire, according to Sugar Grove Fire Chief Marty Kunkle.

Cool Decatur Pins

Check out these great looking Decatur Ga pins over at the decatur minute
Decatur-themed pins at Decatur Screenprint. $1 each or 10 for $7.
photo from decatur minute site

I Drove All Night - Roy Orbison

Dear Avondale Estates, Don't You Wish Your Theatre Looked Like This.

Dear Avondale Estates, Don't you wish your theatre looked like this.

This blogger hates to see a vacant movie house for lease. So I made it as a open theatre in my photo.(Hey, I can dream.) also the city put up one to many sidewalk street lights, so I took it out of my picture, it is about 3 or 4 feet from the marquee.
This theater has been closed for many years, the last time it was operating as a theatre
was back in the 1960's, when it was called "Avondale Theatre". I think the name change happened in the 70's, through out the year's it's been a recording studio but now it's vacant and it's for lease. Call 404-256-3061 for info.


This is the lobby floor with original "A" when it was called The Avondale Theatre

Interview Youth Cookbook Author While She’s in Italy (in Decatur!)

Interview Youth Cookbook Author While She’s in Italy (in Decatur!)

WHO: Yvette Garfield, Handstand Kids cookbook sets

WHAT: During her Atlanta visit, Garfield will teach two classes around her Italian cookbook set:

Kids ages 3 to 5, class from 10 a.m. to noon

Kids ages 6 to 9, class from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Garfield’s cookbook sets are an immersion in Italy, Mexico or China with recipes for dishes from the country, using local words for the food-ingredients.

The Italian kit comes in a pizza box with a chef’s hat.

Youth cooking is a trend in cooking instruction.

WHERE and

WHEN: Thursday, July 14, 2011

The Cook’s Warehouse

180 West Ponce de Leon Avenue

Decatur, Georgia 30030 / 404-377-4005, store phone

Garfield can be interviewed before her first class or during the break from noon to 1 p.m. on July 14; please schedule with media contacts below.

BACKGROUND:

Yvette Garfield, founder and author of the Handstand Kids Cookbook Company, creates international cookbook kits that introduce children to the culture, language and cuisine of a new country. Garfield has appeared on dozens of TV shows, bringing international healthy cooking for kids into the homes of Americans.

The Handstand Kids Cookbook Company aims to use international cooking to create a global community of children and empower kids to take a stand in their own community. Cooking is a fantastic way to promote health and nutrition, explore different cultures, encourage family togetherness and give to others in need.

The Handstand Kids cookbooks are the perfect recipe for kids to learn how to cook, while learning about the people, places and language of a new country. These international children’s cookbook kits feature the languages and cuisines of Italy, Mexico and China. Each Handstand Kids cookbook introduces children to delicious and healthy recipes, familiarizing them with the language of the corresponding country. The cookbooks translate each of the ingredients and utensils into the country’s primary language and are each uniquely packaged with a child-friendly cooking accessory: The Handstand Kids Italian Cookbook is packaged in a pizza box with a chef's hat; The Handstand Kids Mexican Cookbook comes in a tortilla bag with a child-sized oven mitt; and The Handstand Kids Chinese Cookbook is packaged in a take-out box with a set of chopsticks.

CONTACT:

Wendy Allen, (404) 492-9015, wendy@cookswarehouse.com

Jim Brams, (404) 403-6218, jimbrams@att.net

Allie Herzog, (713) 446-6377, aherzog@integratepr.com

Toss Your Chucks Over a Wire During Decatur's Independence Day Celebration

From : Decatur Patch

HomeGrown is hosting the Chuck Taylor public art installation project in downtown Decatur.

By Renee DeGross Valdes
On July 4, there's more than just the fireworks celebration in downtown Decatur.

HomeGrown on Church Street, is kicking off the first ever Chuck Taylor public art installation project. At 4 p.m. on Independence Day, participants are invited to meet on the square to toss their Converse creations over a wire spanning the plaza. Stay tuned to the stores' Facebook page for exact meeting location and further details.

"I saw some shoes over a wire when I was out running one night," said Lori Ronca, one of the owners of Homegrown. "I thought, how fun."

For more than a month, the store has invited patrons to visit HomeGrown to create unique art - free of charge - using Converse high tops as their canvas. The store supplied the shoes through donations and thrift store acquisitions, though some people brought their own to create in the back of the store or at home, according to Ronca.

Anonymous said...

What's next, throwing Frisbees on the Courthouse roof.