Tag: Michelle Obama

Former first lady Michelle Obama comes to State Farm Arena to promote her memoir, Becoming, Tyler Perry bids adieu to his iconic character with Madea’s Farewell Tour, and Tiny House Atlanta comes to Atlantic Station.

Few living fashion designers have the cachet of Tom Ford. Before launching his eponymous line of womenswear, menswear, accessories, and cosmetics in 2004, he injected life back into the faltering houses of Gucci and Saint Laurent.

After 35 years of success, Herrera gets her first-ever retrospective, Refined Irreverence, opening today with two complementary exhibitions at SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film Atlanta and at the SCAD Museum of Art in Savannah.

“I didn’t grow up in a nice neighborhood, but I made it,” First Lady Michelle Obama told students at the historic Atlanta school. “If I can do it, you can do it.”

Last Friday morning, Q100's Bert Weiss sighed into his microphone and admitted to listeners in three states that he feared the morning show's Big Thank You Fall letter-writing campaign drive had failed. After all, with less than 72 hours to go, the effort had accumulated just 40,000 letters. The Bert Show's goal? To generate a hand-written thank you letter for all 400,000 troops stationed overseas to open on Thanksgiving morning. And then thanks to volunteers and listeners in Atlanta, Nashville and Indianapolis, the Big Thank You delivered an astonishing 650,000 letters this week.