Report: Atlanta ranks No. 42 for city parks
Atlanta sometimes is called “the city in the trees,” and certainly as you fly into Hartsfield-Jackson this time of year, a green canopy appears to cover the city. But deplane and explore at ground level and you’ll soon realize things aren’t quite so verdant. For the third year in a row we have earned a low score on a national assessment of city parks. But—in large part due to the Atlanta BeltLine—Atlanta’s gaining green space and serving more residents.
Bodies as a Work of Art benefit flies high in third year of sexy painted fun
Five years after his death, Atlanta painter Paul Chelko's love of edgy art, the human form and empowerment of women continued to inspire the artists and models involved in Saturday night's third annual Bodies as a Work of Art charitable fundraiser.
A Beatle, a Rock Lobster, and how John Lennon got his mojo back
Six months before his 1980 assassination, John Lennon took his four-year-old son Sean on vacation to Bermuda while wife Yoko Ono ran the family business back home in New York. For nearly five years, Lennon’s guitar had hung, unstrummed, on a wall above the couple’s bed. He canceled his subscription to Billboard, learned how to bake bread, and became a househusband and stay-at-home dad for Sean.
Beloved BaconFest fries up funds for Dad’s Garage Theatre Saturday
The city's Dogwood Festival may be larger but it would be tough to find a springtime tradition in Atlanta with a more devout following than BaconFest. The 11th annual rain or shine benefit for Dad's Garage Theatre Company at 280 Elizabeth Street sizzles into action Saturday afternoon from 1 to 6 p.m. and will focus on three basics of human existence: Bacon, Beer and Bands.
Ted Turner, Rufus Wainwright, Erin Brockovich, and a stray F bomb
Even though pollution functions like Kryptonite for Captain Planet, Atlanta’s dastardly rush-hour exhaust did not stop him from glad-handing eco-celebrities on the green—not red—carpet at his Friday gala at the Georgia Aquarium.
“A Tony Evening” delivers dollars, fresh energy to Alliance Theatre benefit
If someone randomly spun a dial and you stepped out of a time machine and into an Atlanta hotel ballroom hosting one of the city's past-its-prime charitable fundraisers you might ask: "Is this 1996, 1999, 2004 or 2011?"
Sexy, stylish Bodies as a Work of Art set to strike a pose Sept. 29
The city's charitable fundraising king/coiffure creator Carey Carter is back as co-chair this year for the 3rd annual Bodies as a Work of Art benefit for the Chelko Foundation, set for Sept. 29 at The Pilot's Country Club. And this year, the Carter-Barnes Hair Artisans curling iron C.E.O. has some able assistance in the form of Sara Wolf Mixon, a dear friend of the late Debbie and Paul Chelko.
Atlantans to join 203 countries in One Billion Rising call to action today
On the 15th anniversary of VDay, "Vagina Monologues" playwright Eve Ensler is going global with One Billion Rising, planned as the largest day of action in the feminist's long-standing commitment to ending violence against women and girls. In addition to the city of Atlanta declaring Valentine's Day 2013 "A Rape and Violence Free Zone" today (well, the intentions are good even if the reality is unlikely), some of Atlanta's most notable women, men and children are gathering this morning at the state capitol downtown starting at 10 a.m. Locals join One Billion Rising global gatherings in 203 countries in the effort to end assaults against women. Ensler's longtime friend and former Atlantan Jane Fonda is heading up the left coast rising today.
With A Tony Evening, Stephanie Blank unites a pair of passions
Stephanie Blank has a secret. No, not that. Even TMZ has reported on the ridiculously civilized parting of the ways between the veteran Atlanta charitable fundraiser and her husband of 16 years, Home Depot co-founder and Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank. We’re talking about a real secret here.
Usher, Ed Roland, and more local celebs talk youth empowerment
Atlanta’s movers and shakers met at the St. Regis hotel today for an event celebrating Usher’s New Look foundation. Though it was all flashbulbs, rappers, and rock stars on what Usher called “the floral carpet,” the entertainer proved to me he was more than just a pretty face and a slick linen suit.
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