Posted in Events, Retail & Restaurants, tagged The Seen Gallery on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
While you’re out enjoying the beautiful weather this Saturday evening, make sure to stop by The Seen Gallery for it’s Grand Re-Opening. Here are the specifics:
The Seen Gallery recently relocated from the Scottish Rite building in Oakhurst to its new digs on Church St. one door down from Mingei and Java Monkey.
Posted in Community, Events, tagged 30030, Decatur, Events, Oakhurst, Oakhurst Wine Crawl, Wine Tasting on February 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The 7th Annual Oakhurst Wine Crawl takes place this Saturday at locations throughout Oakhurst. This event is always a lot of fun, and a great opportunity to taste a variety of wines as well as visit the local businesses. The event is rain or shine, and if it rains, I look forward to using my new “Paris themed” umbrella! I hope to see you there.
Posted in Events, Uncategorized, tagged Decatur Book Festival on February 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Decatur Book Festival is trying to recruit Neil Gaiman as the keynote speaker for this year’s festival (Aug. 29-31). Believe it or not, the book festival is on its fourth year. Past keynotes include Arianna Huffington, Charles Frazier, Kinky Freidman and Billy Collins. Gaiman is a sci-fi and fantasy writer and, according to his Wikipedia entry, fans consider him a literary rock star. I’ve never read any of his works, but he sounds like a great fit for the festival – and his headshot would look especially nice on the 2009 AJC Decatur Book Festival promotional poster.
If you’d like to help the book festival convince Neil Gaiman to come to this year’s festival, visit www.decaturbookfestival.com and click on the “Demand it!” button on the homepage. If you’re an avid Gaiman fan you can even add the Demand It widget to your MySpace, Facebook or blog to help spread the word.
Posted in Community, Events, tagged Holidays on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is just a quick reminder that City Hall is closed today. The Commission Meeting will take place tomorrow evening, Tuesday Feb. 17, at 7:30 p.m.
Posted in Community, Events, Uncategorized, tagged Decatur, Events, Green events, Public Works, recycling, Special Events on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Look for this graphic on the City website
The former Waste Managment Advisory Board, working with the Public Works Director and the Special Events Coordinator, has produced a guide for “greening” events, block parties and other gatherings in the city of Decatur. The brochure is available for downloading at www.decaturga.com or at Decatur City Hall.
The Guide offers many tips for planning a special event beginning with selecting the location, planning purchases to minimize waste on the front end, planning for recycling and food waste and more. The guide also encourages planners to educate the attendees on protecting the environment.
The Decatur Business Association has already jumped on the “green” wagon. Food vendors at the June Beach Party will be required to use biodegradable paper goods as well as recycle plastic, glass and cardboard. The Public Works Department will also be on hand to distribute information on the City’s recycling plan and give out tattoos with the recycling logo. As you may know, all city sponsored events currently include both trash cans and recycling containers for plastic, metal and glass. We hope to encourage all event planners, both large and small, to recycle and produce greener events.
Posted in Events, Uncategorized, tagged Decatur, Decatur Green Fest, Decatur Preservation Alliance, Dogwood Alliance on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Calling all graphic designers! You still have time to get your poster design entered for the Decatur Green Fest. The deadline for the Poster Contest is February 6th – that’s this Friday. The winner recieves $200 and the opportunity to have their artwork seen throughout the city on the festival’s official poster.
The Decatur Green Fest, scheduled for Saturday, May 2, beneifts the Decatur Preservation Alliance and the Dogwood Alliance. The event is being organzied by a great group of volunteers including Mike Gallagher of the Brick Store Pub, Eddie Owen of Eddie’s Attic, John The Baker of the Dogwood Alliance, and many more. Plans for the 2009 festival include children’s activities, organic food, “green” vendors, artists and ongoing live music throughout the afternoon ending with the evening Concert on the Square.
For more information on entering the poster contest, please contact cheryl.burnette@decaturga.com or beth@southeastgreen.com.
Posted in Community, Events, Uncategorized, tagged dance, Decatur, Decatur City Dance on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Decatur City Dance, the oldest performing dance group in DeKalb County, performs their popular Winter Dance concert at the Monsignor Terry W. Young Center for Performing Arts on Friday, February 6 and Saturday, February 7. The performance features more than a dozen pieces of original ballet, jazz, modern and swing pieces designed to mesmerize children and adults alike. This year, the acclaimed tapper Josh Hilberman (www.hilbermania.com) will present a unique tap piece. When not joining the Decatur dancers, Josh can be seen in places like Lincoln Center or on stage with Manhattan Tap.
This year’s Winter Dance concert features inventively choreographed pieces set to music from artists as diverse as Cold Play, Nora Jones and Debussy. Additionally, Decatur’s acclaimed Rug Cutters, the zesty Swing Dance troupe, will perform a few numbers along with Birda Ringstad’s Rhythm Keepers Tap.
Date: February 6th 7:30 pm
February 7th 2 pm and 7:30 pm
Location: Monsignor Terry W. Young Center for the Performing Arts
St. Pius High School
2674 Johnson Road RE
Atlanta, GA 30345
Ticket Prices: $12 for adult, $10 for children (group rates available)
Tickets can be purchased at the door or by calling 404-378-3388
For more information contact Dani Lewis at 404-580-1566 or sparkco@mindspring.com
Decatur City Dance website www.decaturcitydance.org
Posted in Community, Events, Retail & Restaurants, Uncategorized, tagged Decatur, Twains on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ken Will Morton will be performing a free show at Twain’s on Thursday, February 5th at 8:30 p.m.
With four releases under his belt, his music has been praised by No Depression, Harp, Paste Magazine, An Honest Tune, American Songwriter, Stomp & Stammer, Southeast Performer, Performing Songwriter, Relix and more.
Ken was recently reviewed in Creative Loafing:
“He’s a little bit country and little bit rock’n’roll, a fact reflected on his new releases, Kickin’ Out The Rungs and Devil In Me. The former works an acoustic vibe that runs from folksy Dylanesque ballads to ambling backwoods roots rock, and the latter mines Morton’s hell-bound predilections with barroom stomps and garagabilly grime and rumble.”
Check out this video for the song “Muscadine Wine” off Kickin’ Out The Rungs.
Posted in Community, Events, Uncategorized, tagged Decatur, shopping, The Arts, The Seen Gallery on January 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Plan to attend the sneak preview this Friday, January 23, 7-10 PM
From Bill Bibb: “We, and our talented artists, are tremendously excited about the new space and the opportunity to more efficiently serve the art community. We plan to resume regular, expanded business hours in mid February. We have been working hard to open for business as soon as possible. More than a few fresh coats of paint and we are almost there. We invite you to plan to attend our sneak preview, have a glass of wine with us, and talk with us about our plans for the new venue. The open house is presented in association with ATLart09, 18 days of city wide gallery openings, museum exhibitions, and lectures.”
Mark your calendars! The Seen “Grand Reopening” will be on Saturday, March 7, 7-10 PM |
Posted in Community, Events, Uncategorized, tagged Decatur, ING Georgia Marathon on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Photo from www.inggeorgiamarathon.com
The ING Georgia Marathon is coming through the City of Decatur on March 29th and volunteers are needed for the two Hydration Stations located in the city. To volunteer, please go to the ING GA Marathon website www.inggeorgiamarathon.com and click on the Volunteer link on the left. The City has two groups: Hydration Station #11 located in Oakhurst and Hydration Station #13 located in downtown Decatur. The password you will need to sign in is cod. Volunteers will receive an ING Georgia Marathon t-shirt. For more information, please email Cheryl at cheryl.burnette@decaturga.com.
The Seen Gallery has relocated to downtown Decatur. Conveniently located at 415 Church Street, the new space is two doors down from 
