If you’re looking for a place to hear bagpipes today or craving corned beef and cabbage, check out our St. Patty’s day post where we’ve listed all the local happenings.
Archive for March, 2011
Happy St. Patrick's Day
Posted in Events on March 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Earth Hour Bonfire & Marshmallow Roast on the Square
Posted in Events, Sustainability, Uncategorized on March 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
March 26th, 2011
8:00pm-9:00pm
Hosted by the City of Decatur and the Decatur Business Association
In celebration of Earth Hour 2011, Decatur is hosting a bonfire and marshmallow roast. Join us on the Downtown Decatur square for roasted marshmallows to celebrate Earth Hour. At 8:30pm, we’ll count down and turn off the bandstand lights and the blue pillar lights on the square and leave them off for 1 hour.
Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million individuals and more than 2,000 businesses turned their lights off for one hour to take a stand against climate change. Last year, 128 countries and territories participated and global landmarks such as the Sydney Harbour Bridge, CN Tower in Toronto, Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, and Rome’s Colosseum, stood in darkness to show their support. Check out the video below to learn more.
If you have questions about this event, please contact Lena Stevens, Resource Conservation Coordinator at 404-370-4102 or lena.stevens@decaturga.com
Sign Your Kids Up for PushPush's Theater and Film Camps
Posted in Community on March 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
2010 PushPush Theater Camp
PushPush Theater, located in East Decatur Station, is currently accepting enrollment for their June and July summer theater camps. The camps will focus on a classic text and will use theater, film and improv to enhance participants’ imagination, communication, confidence and collaboration skills. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Tennessee Williams, this year’s program will include an adaptation of one of his classic works. Each camp will culminate in a lively public performance.
Dates: Camp One: June 13 – July 1, 2011
Camp Two: July 11 – July 29, 2011
Ages: 8-12 and Teens 13+ (participating separately)
Visit www.pushpushtheater.com or email pushpushtheater@gmail.com for more information.
Let's cheer, Decatur!
Posted in Events on March 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Publix Georgia Marathon is coming through the City of Decatur this Sunday morning, March 20th and we would love to have you participate! Decatur has a great history of participating in the Neighborhood Challenge and since it has started, we have won over $15,000 in prize money to go towards fitness initiatives in Decatur.
Decaturites are needed to come to the official cheering station on Ponce de Leon adjacent to the Old Courthouse Square on Sunday morning at 7:30 am to help cheer the runners on. Don your GREEN clothes and come out with a noise maker, signage, and/or a musical instrument. Let’s make noise so the runners remember our city. Runners are going to vote for their favorite Hydration Stations and their favorite Cheering Section so we want them to remember us! Prize money will go towards the city’s new walking program, “Walk There, Decatur!”
You don’t have a noise maker? Well check out the easy green project below…All you need is a clean, empty soda can, a few pennies or dried beans, and a piece of tape-VOILA! Plenty of noise for everyone!
See you on Sunday morning! For more info, please contact me katie.abel@decaturga.com or call 678-553-6573
Gearing Up for St. Patrick's Day in Decatur
Posted in Events, Retail & Restaurants on March 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
We might not dye our river green like some cities – mostly because we don’t really have a river in Decatur – but that doesn’t mean we don’t celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in style! In fact, Decaturites don’t celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, we celebrate St. Patrick’s Week!
To get the week started right, I recommend that you stop by Decatur Screen Print. They’re located on the second floor of the Garlic Thai/ New Orleans Sno Ball Cafe building at 340 W. Ponce. They have tons of green shirts printed with St. Pat’s-appropriate designs.
The shop also has some St. Patrick’s Day accessories:
Katie Abel, City Events Coordinator = Never intimidated by holiday flair
And here are several opportunities where you can wear said shirts and accessories:
The Marlay House
March 12 – St. Patrick’s Day kick off celebration. Bagpipers at 2 p.m., Irish Dancers at 4:30 p.m., live Irish Music 6:30-9:30 p.m. and more pipers at 8 p.m.
March 15 – Free musical performance by one of the greatest uillean pipers alive, Paddy Keenan. Watch a YouTube clip of him here as proof of his greatness.
March 16 – Celebrate St. Patrick’s Eve with an Irish beer pairing dinner.
March 17 – St. Patrick’s Day! Live music, dancers and the pub’s new piano will get some play time.
Steinbeck’s
Join the Decatur Education Foundation at Steinbeck’s on Thursday, March 17 for an afternoon of St. Patty’s Day fun including bouncing, temporary tattoos, live music and more. The pub will offer kid-friendly food in addition to its regular yummy menu. Festivities run from 3-6 p.m. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Foundation. From 4 until 10 p.m. come for free live music, corned beef, Irish bangers and mash, fish and chips and Guinness.
Ale Yeah
The guys at Ale Yeah beer market will be running specials on everything Irish beginning March 14. Beer from Ireland as well as Irish style beers will be 10% off next week.
McGowan’s Oakhurst Pub
Oakhurst’s newest pub will be celebrating on March 17 with live traditional Irish music led by Mick Kinney on the pub’s front patio and Irish fare: shepherd’s pie and corned beef with cabbage.
Piece of Cake
Call ahead to order your very own Green Velvet Layer Cake. It’s just like Piece of Cake’s popular red velvet cake, but it’s green – yum! Also, if you stop by the store on St. Patrick’s Day wearing green, you’ll receive a FREE key lime cupcake.
Badda Bing
Stop by for a delicious St. Pat’s lunch on March 17. The lunch menu includes corned beef brisket, parsley potatoes, beer braised cabbage, baby shepard’s pie, salmon croquette, whole grain mustard sauce and Irish soda bread.
Touch A Truck Rescheduled for April 30
Posted in Events, tagged Decatur Active Living, Touch a Truck on March 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Due to the 100% chance of rain tomorrow, we have decided to reschedule Touch A Truck for April 30 from 10 am until 1 pm. The Public Works folks have cleaned all the trucks in anticipation of the event, so if you see them around be sure to tell them how nice the trucks look!
See you on April 30th.
Kismet Now Open
Posted in Retail & Restaurants on March 3, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Kismet, a jewelry store next to Taste on Church Street, just opened today. I popped in to meet the owners, Tony and Sylvia Gezgin, and tried a few pieces on. The scorpion and elephant (its ears and tusk move!) rings caught my eye.
And I had to take a photo of this giant owl ring:
Tony and Sylvia are incredibly friendly. Stop by and welcome them to the neighborhood. If you stop in soon, you might be able to snag a piece of Turkish Delight – they have two open boxes on the counter for visitors – yum!
Kismet
414 Church St.
404-377-5250
website coming soon
Touch-a-Truck this Saturday!
Posted in Community, Events on March 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Join Decatur Active Living on Saturday, March 5th for the annual Touch A Truck event. This fun community event gives children of all ages a chance to touch, explore and see their favorite truck or equipment on wheels. The City of Decatur and DeKalb County will have fire trucks, dump trucks, tractors, police cars and motorcycles, bicycles and many other vehicles on display.
The event will be held in the Callaway Parking Lot, 120 West Trinity Place from 10am until 1pm. Just in case it rains, the rain date is April 30th. The event is free to the community.
Hope to see you at Touch A Truck!
The Decatur Craft Beer Festival is award winning!
Posted in Events on March 2, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I spent a few days last week at the SFEA Conference held out at Stone Mountain Park and look what happened while I was there…
Regional Festivals Honored at Industry Event
2011 Kaleidoscope Award Winners Recognized
MARIETTA, Ga. (February 22, 2011) – The best and brightest were spotlighted at Southeast Festivals and Events Kaleidoscope Awards. Hosted at the Stone Mountain Inn, St. Mountain, Georgia, February 21-23, the ceremony was held in conjunction with the annual Southeast Festivals and Events (SFEA) conference. Top festivals and events throughout the southeast were recognized for their outstanding contribution to the events industry.
“The quality of submissions continues to go up each year making it more difficult to choose only one winner,” mentioned Carolyn Morris, executive director for SFEA. “It is a shame that only one can ‘win gold.’ It is a wonderful opportunity to showcase your event or community and award those who have worked hard creating the perfect event or festival. The recognition a festival gets for winning is priceless.”
The name “kaleidoscope” was selected due to the colors in the image that represent the many different festivals and facets within events. This year a new logo accompanied the plaques and certificates that were handed out to the recipients.
The ceremony recognized diverse items such as best t-shirt, best volunteer to best event. The awards acknowledge special achievement in the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. The awards program is sponsored by RCS Productions.
Winners include:
Best Festival – with a budget over $75,000
Bronze The Decatur Craft Beer Festival City of Decatur
Silver Suwanee Day City of Suwanee
Gold Wild Ga. Shrimp Festival Jekyll Island Authority
Best Festival – with a budget under $75,000
Bronze Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion
Silver Secret City Festival
Gold Rivers & Spires Festival Clarksville-Montgomery Co. CVB
Best New Event
Bronze Winter Beer Carnival Premier Events
Silver Expose Yourself to Craft Craftsmen’s Guild of Miss.
Gold Dunwoody Art Festival Splash Festivals, Inc.
Best T-Shirt
Bronze The Decatur Craft Beer Festival City of Decatur, Decatur ScreenPrint
Silver Secret City Festival
Gold Deep Roots Festival Milledgeville Main Street DDA
Best Event within an event
Bronze Chalk Walk Arts in the Park, City of Suwanee
Silver High School Art Exhibition Atlanta Dogwood Festival
Gold 39th Annual Standard Flower Show 42nd Yellow Daisy Festival
Green Umbrella Meeting- Green Infrastructure
Posted in Uncategorized on March 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Have you ever wondered what you could be doing to improve water management on your property or in your community? Perhaps you’ve taken a stroll around Glenlake Park and noticed all the lovely stream bank restoration efforts that were included in the renovation? Well, you’re in luck. The City of Decatur is hosting a Green Umbrella meeting on Thursday, March 3rd for you to learn all about green infrastructure.
Green infrastructure methods imitate nature’s own systems to manage water using engineered soils and specific plant materials on a regional, community and individual site scale to reduce flooding and improve water quality. Attendees will gain an understanding of the role of green infrastructure in our cities, parks and even our own back yards. Topics will include:
- Rain gardens
- Bioswales
- Structural soils for urban trees
- Utilizing the existing natural landscape to reduce flooding and improve water quality
Our presenter will be Steve Provost (RLA, LEED AP), from jB+a, inc. and an Environmental Sustainability Board member. Following the presentation there will be Q&A as well as networking time. We hope you can join us!
Date: Thursday, March 3rd
Time: 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Location: Decatur City Hall
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