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This Sunday, the Decatur Arts Alliance is hosting its annual Last Call event for the Decatur Arts Festival Fine Arts Exhibition. Technically the Decatur Arts Festival isn’t over until the last day of the exhibition, so the Arts Alliance makes an evening of it. Stop by for live music, complimentary food, and listen to selected artists give a brief discussion of their works.

Details:
Last Call
June 5 • 4-6 p.m.
Dana Fine Arts Building, Agnes Scott College, 141 E. College Avenue

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WHAT: The Solarium’s 8th Annual Patio Party
WHEN: Sunday, June 5, 2011 from 5-8pm
WHERE: 321 W Hill St, Decatur, GA 30030 (the easternmost building of the
Historic Scottish Rite complex, just off the Oakhurst Village)

Friends and neighbors, mark your calendars for Sunday, June 5. From 5-8pm, the Solarium will be hosting its annual FUNdraiser to help ensure that this historic neighborhood treasure is available for you – the Decatur community – to utilize and enjoy.

Enjoy tasty food from local caterers, adult and kid-friendly beverages (all provided free of charge with your ticket), listen to live music, and perhaps leave with incredible raffle prizes or outdoor artwork decorated by local artists through our not-so-silent auction.

Tickets are only $15 in advance (vs. $20 at the door), and are available online.  Kids under 12 are admitted free, andtickets for seniors are only $5. All funds raised go directly towards upkeep and continued improvements to our building and grounds. We look forward to seeing you all then and there!

 

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There are a million and one things to do this weekend in Decatur and that’s not just because the Decatur Arts Festival has a full program of events for the next two days (see the official program here online for evidence). Our beloved shops and restaurants are also getting in to the festival spirit and offering their own little mini festivals. I like to them of them as fringe festivals.

Heliotrope Home

Tonight, of course, it all kicks off with the Decatur ArtWalk where you can discover new artists at participating shops and restaurants. Alexia Gallery is hosting a wabi-sabi-minded jeweler, the Art Institute’s evening exhibition features student and faculty work, Lampe-Farley Communications (located above Garlic Thai and New Orleans Sno Balls) is showing off work by local artist Gail Vogels, and Mingei World Arts has invited an artist who creates his artwork with sand, wood, spices and wax to the shop – just to name a few. I encourage you to put on your walking shoes , head downtown and see what you discover.

Other shop/restaurant happenings this weekend:

Stop by Rose Squared Gallery this Saturday to see the puppets of Puppatoons, created master puppeteer Liz Vitale.

Green Mosaics, a new boutique offering unique child, pet care products, organic personal care, natural home care and women’s apparel is celebrating its grand opening on May 28 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. There will be food, music, giveaways, modeling and more!

Greene’s Fine Foodswill be open until 9 p.m. on Friday and Saturday for festival goers. Stop by for some chocolate covered strawberries and ice cream.

Puppatoons at Rose Squared Gallery

All weekend long Worthmore Jewelers will be hosting artist Ocean Clark. He’ll be in store painting a live model. Jewelry artist Amy Bubes will be showing off her new line of hand-made, one-of-a-kind pieces and jeweler Alp Sagnak will be in store on Friday to show off his modern Turkey-inspired designs.

Decatur CD is hosting an in store performance tonight (that’s in 2 hours!) given by Doria Roberts at 7 p.m. and complimentary beer will be available to all ArtWalkers of age.

The Seen Gallery will be hosting two designers of casual apparel on Saturday and Sunday. Timeless Tees was created by two local Georgia artists who create timeless shirts that have just the right fit. Rep Your Hood is a grass-roots Atlanta endeavor that featuring neighborhoods including Decatur.

Heliotrope is participating in the Friday ArtWalk while simultaneously celebrating Fab Friday! Check out the shop’s Facebook page here.

Goodness, this post is long! There’s no doubt that this is going to be one of the best weekends in Decatur ever!

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Well, technically it’s almost here. The ArtWalk is tomorrow night and the 150-plus artists will be set up all around the square, on North McDonough, along Ponce de Leon Avenue, and down Clairemont on Saturday and Sunday.

For details, check out the online version of the 2011 Festival Program or visit a local shop and pick up a copy yourself.

See you this weekend!

www.decaturartsfestival.com

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Please join us today for the last Blue Sky Concert of Spring!

Douglas Brake and the Sizzle, Hiss, Pop Band will be entertaining the crowds starting at noon today on the Community Bandstand. Bring your lunches and join us for some of the most fun, kid-friendly entertainment in town!

And thanks again to our amazing sponsors: Sammiches N Stuff, Lotus of Life Chiropractic, Art Institute of Atlanta-Decatur, and Timothy Martin & Associates

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It’s hard to believe that the Decatur Arts Festival is only one week away because that  means the Decatur Beach Party is only three weeks away. So it’s time to start thinking about volunteering for the annual event that brings the beach to Decatur. Here are the event details:

Decatur Beach Party
Friday, June 17 • 5 p.m. to midnight
Tickets are $5.25. Purchase them here or volunteer and get in for free!
Various volunteer shifts available – set up, entry gates, children’s boardwalk games and more.
Click here for the Decatur Beach Party volunteer form. For more information about volunteering, contact Lee Ann Harvey at 678-553-6574.

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What was that? You didn’t know there was a National Public Works Week?! Well, there is and it’s well deserved. The City of Decatur Public Works department has some of the hardest workers I’ve ever known. Trash pick-up is only a small portion of what our Public Works employees do. Without Public Works our parks would be overgrown, City-owned buildings like the Rec Center and City Hall would be in disrepair, festivals would cease to function and the streets would be a mess. Public Works should really have a whole appreciation month!

Here’s a schedule of how we’ll be celebrating the City of Decatur Public Works this week:
Monday, May 16, 8 a.m. – Proclamation Event
Tuesday, May 17, 10 a.m. – School Poster Contest
Wednesday, May 18, 9 a.m.-noon – Guided School Tours
Thursday, May 19, 1-4 p.m. – Open House
Friday, May 20 – Employee Appreciation Day

For those of you who have never seen our Public Works facility, I highly recommend that you attend the Open House on Thursday. Click here for a map.

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= an awesome Saturday evening in Decatur.

Here’s how it works:

Step One
Head to The Marlay House for its Street Food Event. Stock up on munchies from King of Pops, Westside Creamery, The Marlay Fish ‘n Chips and the Tamale Queen for the Concert on the Square.

Step Two
Walk up Ponce de Leon Ave. to the Square. Find a spot by the bandstand and settle in for the evening concert.

Step Three
Immediately after the concert, walk over to Greene’s Fine Foods for ice cream and chocolate covered potato chips – the shop is staying open late for the concert goers.

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Happy Wednesday

Just a reminder that today is another beautiful day to join us at noon on Community Bandstand for a Blue Sky Concert performed by The Band of Desperate Men.  You may want to plan to come out early because DeKalb County is also holding their Fallen Police Memorial at the Old Courthouse at 11am.

See you soon!

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In conjunction with the Decatur Green Fest, tonight’s Concert on the Square will be held on the big stage on the Marta plaza, across the Square from the Community Bandstand.

Please join us for an amazing show by Please Please Rock Me…and be sure to stop by the Decatur Business Association’s tent, just in front of the Celebration Fountain.

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