The Brick Store Pub is kicking off its week-long 15th anniversary celebration with a fundraiser for the DeKalb History Center. The event is from 2 to 4 p.m. this Sunday and will include the unveiling of the Menaboni mural at the pub that will be on loan from the history center, live music, appetizers and an exclusive tapping of a Dogfish brew.
To learn more about the mural and Sunday’s event, click here or visit the Brick Store Pub’s Facebook page.
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Join Global Growers and Slow Food Atlanta for a unique tour of the city’s international farms and gardens celebrating global culinary traditions, specialty crops and distinctive agricultural traditions.
Travel to 8 metro destinations within a 5-mile radius, hosted by growers from 13 world cultures. Two of the sites are located within City of Decatur; Umurima (Burundi Women’s Farm) & Decatur’ s Kitchen Garden!
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There are two tour options, both starting at the Clarkston Farmers Market & the Clarkston Community Garden:
This short video gives you the chance to meet just a few of the farmers who are part of the Global Growers Network, and who will likely be your hosts at the International Farm Tour.
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Do you remember when we kicked off the Go Local Slogan contest here? And then needed your help selecting from the top four here? If you don’t, here’s the gist: we’ve been looking for a slogan to encourage people to shop, dine and support local businesses in Decatur and decided to reach out to the community for help. Well, after receiving more than 250 entries, creating a Go Local committee made up of local business owners, narrowing down the entries to the top four, we’ve got our winning slogan:
“Keep it Indie-Catur” is the brainchild of Dave and Talia Blanchard (that’s right, one of the owners of Brick Store and the owner of Squash Blossom Boutique). It doesn’t get much more local than that!
In the upcoming months, you’ll start seeing local shop and restaurant employees wearing Keep it Indie-Catur shirts and matching signs in storefront windows. If you’re a fan of keeping it local, you’ll be able to purchase your own shirt at a local establishment soon. Stay tuned for details.
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Card by Kate Whitney available at Mingei World Arts
Here are a few Father’s Day-themed events/specials going on around town this Sunday (as in 2 days away!):
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The weather forecast looks beautiful and Yacht Rock Schooner is gearing up to give us one heck of a show!
The Decatur Business Association puts on the Beach Party every year as our biggest (and only) fundraiser. Money raised tomorrow helps to fund all of our free events for the rest of the year including the Concerts on the Square, the Bonfire and Marshmallow Roast, the Easter Egg Hunt, and the 4th of July Fireworks.
Tickets are $7 in advance for adults, $10 at the gate. Kids 3-12 are $5 and that ticket includes all of the boardwalk games and fun. Click here to purchase your tickets.
Please remember that no outside food or drinks are allows inside the festival gates-also no coolers or pets, sorry!
Finally, our Decatur Fire Department will be collecting canned goods and other non-perishable items for our local food banks. The summer is a tought time for those organizations so please bring us supplies to help stock the shelves. Drop your items in the big red barrels at any of the entry gates tomorrow.
See you tomorrow on the Square!
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The Decatur Farmer’s Market is celebrating the 10th anniversary of it’s Wednesday market and the 2nd anniversary of the Saturday market. The market is a gathering space that supports organic, local, and sustainable foods in Georgia. It provides the Decatur community with the opportunity to buy from and speak directly with the local farmers and food producers who offer goods produced by sustainable methods.
Join the fun…Participate in the silent auction to support Wholesome Wave which doubles the EBT benefit at the Decatur Farmer’s Market
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Attend a market this week!
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And today Decatur’s brightest rock star is Natasha Trethewey – named 2012-13 U.S. Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry by the Library of Congress. Natasha is not new to rock star status as she received a Pulitzer in 2007 for her work “Native Guard.”
Decatur is thrilled to celebrate this achievement with a toast in the Community Bandstand from 5 – 6:30 p.m. today. Come join the community fun that is co-sponsored by the Decatur Downtown Development Authority and the AJC Decatur Book Festival and features refreshments provided by Eddie’s Attic.
Decatur is full of rock star writers and we congratulate Natasha on her newest awesome achievement.
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Catherine, Cheryl, Joe, and Bertha workin’ it at the souvenir tent
By volunteering, of course!
Volunteer for the Decatur Business Association’s biggest fundraising event – Decatur Beach Party on Friday, June 15. Proceeds fund the many free events in Decatur, including Concerts in May and September and 4th of July Fireworks. Volunteer at an Entry Gate, Children’s Boardwalk Games or Set Up. We have something new for 2012, a friendly competition! The group with the most individuals who sign up and work the Beach Party will receive a prize. The prize is a $300 gift certificate to McGowan’s Oakhurst Pub.
(Note: if an individual, please pick a ‘name’ and have all your friends/family/etc sign up under that name to become a ‘group.’)
To sign up as a group or individual, please contact Lee Ann Harvey at leeann.harvey@decaturga.com or 678-553-6548.
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Tomorrow is the first Wednesday of June so we’ll be testing the tornado outdoor warning sirens at 5:00 p.m. The test should last approximately one minute. Should the weather become inclement tomorrow, the test will be postponed until Thursday, 7 June 2012.
If you have questions or want more information about the siren system, check out the Siren page on the City’s website or contact Assistant City Manager Tony Parker at 404-370-4102. 
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Update 6/1/12: Repairs were completed earlier than expected on Thursday. The pool is open today, June 1, from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m.
Glenlake Pool will be closed on Thursday, May 31 and Friday, June 1 for repairs on the filtering system. In the interim please visit the two City of Decatur pools at McKoy or Ebster. Glenlake pool will reopen on Saturday, June 2 from 10am-6pm. For additional aquatic information please call 404-377-7231.
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