Fernbank Museum’s annual Reptile Day will give visitors an opportunity to get up-close with dozens of lizards, snake and turtles on Saturday, July 10 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
A variety of reptiles—both exotic and native to Georgia—will be on display in the Museum’s Great Hall. Members of the Georgia Herpetological Society will be on hand to answer questions and educate visitors about the importance of these exceptional animals. Some reptiles and amphibians will also be out with handlers for closer encounters.
Reptile Day coincides with Fernbank’s current special exhibition, Geckos: Tails to Toepads, where even more live animal encounters await. As visitors explore species from around the world, they can test their ability to spot some of these well-camouflaged lizards in their habitats. Geckos: Tails to Toepads is on view through Labor Day.
During Reptile Day, visitors can also head to the auditorium for “Remarkable Reptile” animal encounter shows, where experts will pack their brains with fascinating facts about reptiles as part of 97 Days (and Ways) to Play, Fernbank’s summer-long celebration of activities and events to keep entertained while school’s out.
Reptile Day and Geckos: Tails to Toepads are included with Museum admission. Museum admission is FREE for members, $15 for adults, $14 for students, $13 for children ages 3-12 and free for children ages 2 and under. Purchase Museum tickets at fernbankmuseum.org or by calling 404.929.6400.
Fernbank Museum of Natural History is located at 767 Clifton Road in Atlanta.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Fernbank's 97 Days (and Ways) to Play!
Here are some highlights for Fernbank’s continued summertime program, 97 Days (and Ways) to Play. We’re off to a great start, and visitors can enjoy a variety of fun programs, activities, events and promotions through Labor Day. Don’t forget that Fernbank is offering a free hot dog tomorrow (June 23) with each museum admission as part of Game Day Wednesday! A description of 97 Days (and Ways) to Play is attached if you need more details. Here is a 10-day look at what’s coming up (starting with the weekend!). More details are at www.fernbankmuseum.org/97days.
Upcoming Highlights during Fernbank’s 97 Days (and ways) to Play!
Friday 6/25
· Naturalist Center Learning: Amazing Amphibians Lab
Saturday 6/26
· Show & Tail Weekend (Geckos theme!)
· Naturalist Center Learning: Weekend Wonders (Geckos theme!)
· Naturalist Center Learning: Live Animal Encounters
Sunday 6/27
· Show & Tail Weekend (Geckos theme!)
· Naturalist Center Learning: Weekend Wonders (Geckos theme!)
· Naturalist Center Learning: Live Animal Encounters
Monday 6/28
· Overlook Forest Walks (subject to change based on weather and outdoor air quality)
*space is limited
Tuesday 6/29
· Naturalist Center Learning: Junior Archaeology Lab
· Naturalist Center Learning: Live Animal Encounters
Wednesday 6/30
· Game Day Wednesday
· Free Hot Dog in the Fernbank Café with Museum Admission
· Naturalist Center Learning: Amazing Animals Lab
Thursday 7/1
· Naturalist Center Learning: Artifact Encounter (see a new artifact every week!)
· Naturalist Center Learning: Live Animal Encounters
Friday 7/2
· Naturalist Center Learning: Dinosaur Lab
· Naturalist Center Learning: Live Animal Encounters
Saturday 7/3
· Bug Out Festival!
· Naturalist Center Learning: Weekend Wonders (Bugs Theme)
Sunday 7/4
· Naturalist Center Learning: Weekend Wonders (Bugs Theme)
· Naturalist Center Learning: Live Animal Encounters
SHOW & TAIL WEEKENDS
Join us on select weekends this summer for a variety of themed activities for all ages! Activities will include guest performances, cool crafts and hands-on learning. Learn more.
BUG OUT FESTIVALS
Learn more about bugs and insects through a variety of hands-on activities and interactive performances. Offered on select weekend days. Learn more.
NATURALIST CENTER LEARNING
Enjoy a variety of family-friendly activities the Naturalist Center, located on the Upper Level. Activities vary from animal encounters to science explorations and more, and will be available daily. Check the activity sign when you arrive to see what’s happening.
GAME DAY WEDNESDAYS Every Wednesday through September 1 visitors can enjoy various games, including Gecko Bingo, tic-tac-toe (better known at Fernbank as tic-tac-dino and tic-tac-gecko), and some other great games for the whole family. Game Day Wednesdays also feature free hot dogs with museum admission…so everyone wins!
Upcoming Highlights during Fernbank’s 97 Days (and ways) to Play!
Friday 6/25
· Naturalist Center Learning: Amazing Amphibians Lab
Saturday 6/26
· Show & Tail Weekend (Geckos theme!)
· Naturalist Center Learning: Weekend Wonders (Geckos theme!)
· Naturalist Center Learning: Live Animal Encounters
Sunday 6/27
· Show & Tail Weekend (Geckos theme!)
· Naturalist Center Learning: Weekend Wonders (Geckos theme!)
· Naturalist Center Learning: Live Animal Encounters
Monday 6/28
· Overlook Forest Walks (subject to change based on weather and outdoor air quality)
*space is limited
Tuesday 6/29
· Naturalist Center Learning: Junior Archaeology Lab
· Naturalist Center Learning: Live Animal Encounters
Wednesday 6/30
· Game Day Wednesday
· Free Hot Dog in the Fernbank Café with Museum Admission
· Naturalist Center Learning: Amazing Animals Lab
Thursday 7/1
· Naturalist Center Learning: Artifact Encounter (see a new artifact every week!)
· Naturalist Center Learning: Live Animal Encounters
Friday 7/2
· Naturalist Center Learning: Dinosaur Lab
· Naturalist Center Learning: Live Animal Encounters
Saturday 7/3
· Bug Out Festival!
· Naturalist Center Learning: Weekend Wonders (Bugs Theme)
Sunday 7/4
· Naturalist Center Learning: Weekend Wonders (Bugs Theme)
· Naturalist Center Learning: Live Animal Encounters
SHOW & TAIL WEEKENDS
Join us on select weekends this summer for a variety of themed activities for all ages! Activities will include guest performances, cool crafts and hands-on learning. Learn more.
BUG OUT FESTIVALS
Learn more about bugs and insects through a variety of hands-on activities and interactive performances. Offered on select weekend days. Learn more.
NATURALIST CENTER LEARNING
Enjoy a variety of family-friendly activities the Naturalist Center, located on the Upper Level. Activities vary from animal encounters to science explorations and more, and will be available daily. Check the activity sign when you arrive to see what’s happening.
GAME DAY WEDNESDAYS Every Wednesday through September 1 visitors can enjoy various games, including Gecko Bingo, tic-tac-toe (better known at Fernbank as tic-tac-dino and tic-tac-gecko), and some other great games for the whole family. Game Day Wednesdays also feature free hot dogs with museum admission…so everyone wins!
Monday, June 21, 2010
Hogansville Handmade-Homegrown Market Saturday, June 26
"Come and join us Saturday for our 4th of July kick off celebration! We will have homegrown music provided by No Rush starting at 9:30, a raffle for a market basket of goodies that benefits God's Bread Basket and more! We hope to see you all there.". Event: Hogansville Handmade-Homegrown Market Start Time: Saturday, June 26 at 8:30am End Time: Saturday, June 26 at 12:30pm Where: Calvin Hipp Veterans Memorial Park Downtown Hogansville
Sunday, June 20, 2010
David Sedaris, Best-Selling Author, Humorist and Contributor to This American Life Live at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on Thursday, October 7th
David Sedaris, author of the previous bestsellers Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, and regular National Public Radio contributor will be appearing for one night only at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on Thursday, October 7 at 7:30pm.
Celebrating the release of his new title, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary, a book of acerbic, outrageously funny fables, featuring animals with unmistakably human failings, which will hit bookstores on October 5, 2010, author David Sedaris will visit Atlanta for an evening of engaging recollections and featuring all-new readings.
Tweaking the familiar until it warps; David Sedaris mines poignant comedy from his peculiar childhood in North Carolina, his bizarre career path, and his move with his lover to France. Including his last release, the New York Times #1 Bestselling book, When You Were Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris’ wickedly witty observations of the ordinary-bizarre is always sure to deliver insights and laughs. One of six children in a second-generation Greek family, he grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. In 1977, he dropped out of Kent State University to hitchhike around the country. Aside from working as an elf, Sedaris has worked a number of charmingly quirky jobs such as a house painter, an apple picker, an aide in a mental hospital, a creative writing teacher at the Art Institute of Chicago, and an apartment cleaner.
Sedaris made his comic debut recounting his strange-but-true experiences of being a Macy’s elf, reading his “Santaland Diaries” on Nation Public Radio’s Morning Edition in 1992. His sardonic humor and incisive social critique have made him one of NPR’s most popular and humorous commentators. In 2001, he was named Humorist of the Year by Time magazine and received the Thurber Prize for American Humor.
Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, June 25th at 10am. Ticket prices range from $36.50 - $46.50. Tickets will be available at the Cobb Energy Centre Box Office, by phone at 800-745-3000, or online at Ticketmaster.com.
Celebrating the release of his new title, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary, a book of acerbic, outrageously funny fables, featuring animals with unmistakably human failings, which will hit bookstores on October 5, 2010, author David Sedaris will visit Atlanta for an evening of engaging recollections and featuring all-new readings.
Tweaking the familiar until it warps; David Sedaris mines poignant comedy from his peculiar childhood in North Carolina, his bizarre career path, and his move with his lover to France. Including his last release, the New York Times #1 Bestselling book, When You Were Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris’ wickedly witty observations of the ordinary-bizarre is always sure to deliver insights and laughs. One of six children in a second-generation Greek family, he grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. In 1977, he dropped out of Kent State University to hitchhike around the country. Aside from working as an elf, Sedaris has worked a number of charmingly quirky jobs such as a house painter, an apple picker, an aide in a mental hospital, a creative writing teacher at the Art Institute of Chicago, and an apartment cleaner.
Sedaris made his comic debut recounting his strange-but-true experiences of being a Macy’s elf, reading his “Santaland Diaries” on Nation Public Radio’s Morning Edition in 1992. His sardonic humor and incisive social critique have made him one of NPR’s most popular and humorous commentators. In 2001, he was named Humorist of the Year by Time magazine and received the Thurber Prize for American Humor.
Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, June 25th at 10am. Ticket prices range from $36.50 - $46.50. Tickets will be available at the Cobb Energy Centre Box Office, by phone at 800-745-3000, or online at Ticketmaster.com.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Fernbank’s Dozer Day Celebrates Dads with Cool Trucks and Family Fun
As part of its 97 Days (and Ways) to Play, Fernbank Museum of Natural History will offer dads and families a unique opportunity to explore a variety of the big trucks and bulldozers that have triggered a giant “WOW!” out of kids and adults for generations.
Fernbank’s Dozer Day will be held June 20, 2010 from noon to 4 p.m. at Fernbank Museum in honor of Father’s Day. The first 500 children to arrive on June 20 will receive a commemorative “hard hat” with the purchase of Museum admission, and Radio Disney will be on-site from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. with music, games and giveaways.
During the Museum’s construction of its new Children’s Exhibition, which is scheduled to open in Spring 2011, and throughout last year’s construction of the Dinosaur Entrance Plaza, a variety of bulldozers, lifts, dump trucks, and more have often been seen on Fernbank’s property. Visitors often stop to take a look at the equipment, prompting Fernbank to conclude Dozer Day would be a unique Father’s Day event.
“Seeing how excited and interested children, and even grown men, get when they see something like a tractor or a lift made us realize that while we’re working to finish the Children’s Exhibition, there’s an element of curiosity and childhood joy that comes with exploring heavy equipment up-close,” said Jennifer Grant Warner, Fernbank’s Chief Programming Officer.
Construction trucks and equipment won’t be the only eye candy during Dozer Day, though. The Atlanta Fire Department will send firefighters and a truck, and DeKalb County’s sanitation department will send some vehicles, such as a dump truck and a garbage truck.
Dozer Day is included with Museum admission. Tickets are $15 for adults, $14 for students and seniors, $13 for children ages 3 to 12, and free for Museum Members and children ages 2 and under. Fernbank Museum of Natural History is located at 767 Clifton Road in Atlanta. For more information, visit fernbankmuseum.org/97days.
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Fernbank’s Dozer Day will be held June 20, 2010 from noon to 4 p.m. at Fernbank Museum in honor of Father’s Day. The first 500 children to arrive on June 20 will receive a commemorative “hard hat” with the purchase of Museum admission, and Radio Disney will be on-site from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. with music, games and giveaways.
During the Museum’s construction of its new Children’s Exhibition, which is scheduled to open in Spring 2011, and throughout last year’s construction of the Dinosaur Entrance Plaza, a variety of bulldozers, lifts, dump trucks, and more have often been seen on Fernbank’s property. Visitors often stop to take a look at the equipment, prompting Fernbank to conclude Dozer Day would be a unique Father’s Day event.
“Seeing how excited and interested children, and even grown men, get when they see something like a tractor or a lift made us realize that while we’re working to finish the Children’s Exhibition, there’s an element of curiosity and childhood joy that comes with exploring heavy equipment up-close,” said Jennifer Grant Warner, Fernbank’s Chief Programming Officer.
Construction trucks and equipment won’t be the only eye candy during Dozer Day, though. The Atlanta Fire Department will send firefighters and a truck, and DeKalb County’s sanitation department will send some vehicles, such as a dump truck and a garbage truck.
Dozer Day is included with Museum admission. Tickets are $15 for adults, $14 for students and seniors, $13 for children ages 3 to 12, and free for Museum Members and children ages 2 and under. Fernbank Museum of Natural History is located at 767 Clifton Road in Atlanta. For more information, visit fernbankmuseum.org/97days.
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Air Force Reserve Band to Perform at Independence Concert Celebration
The Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve teams up with the city of Warner Robins for this year’s Independence Day Concert celebration Friday, July 2.
The free concert at the McConnell-Talbert Stadium, Warner Robins, Ga., starts at 8 p.m.
“Our Airmen and their families are a major part of this community,” said Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner, Air Force Reserve Command commander. “The Air Force Reserve Command is committed to being a good neighbor and partner to Middle Georgia.”
Headlining the free concert extravaganza will be award-winning country group, Diamond Rio, and the Air Force Reserve band.
Guest artist sensation, Diamond Rio, has released seven studio albums, two greatest hits collections and “A Diamond Rio Christmas: The Star Still Shines,” a 2007 holiday album. In addition to their four CMA awards, the band recently garnered “Country Album of the Year” at the 41st Annual Dove Awards.
“Last year was another stadium-packed crowd, and this year we are expecting a much larger attendance for this Independence Day celebration,” said Allen Tatman, Warner Robins Civitan Club.
The evening of music and fun will culminate with a large fireworks display.
“Thanks to the generosity of local businesses and the talent of the Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve, we have an incredible celebration planned,” said Mr. Tatman. The middle Georgia community will have front-row seats to a fireworks display that gets bigger and better every year.”
Attendees are welcome to bring lawn chairs or blankets for seating on the infield. Gates open at 6 p.m. Food and beverages will be available at concession stands. Bags and containers are subject to search. No alcoholic beverages or glass containers allowed at this family event. No pets allowed.
For more information and/or interviews contact the Air Force Reserve Public Affairs Office at HQ.PAC.LIST@us.af.mil.
The Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve consists of 45 full-time professional musicians. The band travels in excess of 100,000 miles per year performing more than 400 concerts throughout U.S. and many overseas locations.
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The free concert at the McConnell-Talbert Stadium, Warner Robins, Ga., starts at 8 p.m.
“Our Airmen and their families are a major part of this community,” said Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner, Air Force Reserve Command commander. “The Air Force Reserve Command is committed to being a good neighbor and partner to Middle Georgia.”
Headlining the free concert extravaganza will be award-winning country group, Diamond Rio, and the Air Force Reserve band.
Guest artist sensation, Diamond Rio, has released seven studio albums, two greatest hits collections and “A Diamond Rio Christmas: The Star Still Shines,” a 2007 holiday album. In addition to their four CMA awards, the band recently garnered “Country Album of the Year” at the 41st Annual Dove Awards.
“Last year was another stadium-packed crowd, and this year we are expecting a much larger attendance for this Independence Day celebration,” said Allen Tatman, Warner Robins Civitan Club.
The evening of music and fun will culminate with a large fireworks display.
“Thanks to the generosity of local businesses and the talent of the Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve, we have an incredible celebration planned,” said Mr. Tatman. The middle Georgia community will have front-row seats to a fireworks display that gets bigger and better every year.”
Attendees are welcome to bring lawn chairs or blankets for seating on the infield. Gates open at 6 p.m. Food and beverages will be available at concession stands. Bags and containers are subject to search. No alcoholic beverages or glass containers allowed at this family event. No pets allowed.
For more information and/or interviews contact the Air Force Reserve Public Affairs Office at HQ.PAC.LIST@us.af.mil.
The Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve consists of 45 full-time professional musicians. The band travels in excess of 100,000 miles per year performing more than 400 concerts throughout U.S. and many overseas locations.
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Drake Field in PTC Site of Car and Motocycle Show June 12
Coweta Fayette Rotary Club is busy with last minute plans their 3rd Annual Car Show to be held at Drake Field in Peachtree City on June 12, 2010 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. In addition to the wonderful display of Cars, we will be showcasing motorcycles for the first time and expect at least 200 motorcycles to join the fun. There will be a variety of vendors this year – something for everyone, so please come out and join the fun.
For more information regarding this event and to get an application to enter your vehicle, please visit our website at www.cowetafayetterotaryclub.org, or email Kai Wolter at cowetafayetterotaryclub@gmail.com.
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Thursday, May 27, 2010
Dixieland To Honor Fallen Soldiers on Memorial day
A special Memorial Day Tribute honoring our local fallen heroes will be observed at dark. Dixieland has teamed up with 92.5 the Bear and Dobbins AFB to create a moving video presentation paying tribute to the men and women that have lost their lives protecting our freedoms. The names of 19 local heroes will be read out loud along with photos, followed by a moment of silence and a 3 volley salute. Following the tribute Dixieland will premier our all new pyro musical fireworks spectacular, “Celebrate!”.
On Memorial Day, Dixieland general admission is only $10.00 for unlimited rides. Admission is free after 8:45pm for those that want to come be a part of the tribute and see the fireworks. Parking is $5.00.
Dixieland will be open Weekends until May 30. Dixieland opens 5 days a week (Thursday to Monday) from May 31 to August 8th. The park will reopen Sat Aug 14 for weekend operation through Oct 31.
To obtain additional information about Memorial Day at Dixieland, please call 770.460.5862 or visit dixielandfunpark.com.
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On Memorial Day, Dixieland general admission is only $10.00 for unlimited rides. Admission is free after 8:45pm for those that want to come be a part of the tribute and see the fireworks. Parking is $5.00.
Dixieland will be open Weekends until May 30. Dixieland opens 5 days a week (Thursday to Monday) from May 31 to August 8th. The park will reopen Sat Aug 14 for weekend operation through Oct 31.
To obtain additional information about Memorial Day at Dixieland, please call 770.460.5862 or visit dixielandfunpark.com.
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Thursday, May 6, 2010
Natalie Merchant Confirms First Major Tour in Seven Years
Scheduled to Perform Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre August 27th!
Tickets to go on-sale Friday, May 14th 10am at the CEPAC Box Office, all Ticketmaster locations,
Ticketmaster.com or by phone at (800)-745-3000.
Produced by The Messina Group/AEG Live
IN SUPPORT OF HER NEW ALBUM LEAVE YOUR SLEEP
“One of the most successful and enduring alternative artists to emerge from the eighties –- intact and uncompromised.” —Vogue
"…gentle, lush, and magnificent" —The Daily Telegraph
This summer Natalie Merchant will embark on a nationwide tour in support of her new album Leave Your
Sleep. Beginning July 12 in Montclair, NJ, the tour will be Merchant’s first major outing in seven years. Merchant and her eight-piece band will perform new material as well as favorites from throughout her career.
Leave Your Sleep, out now on Nonesuch Records, has received critical acclaim with Entertainment Weekly praising its “gorgeous arrangements of dreamy chamber folk,” The Daily Beast calling it “soothing and electric,” and the BBC citing it’s “sheer ravishing beauty.” The dates follow a series of high profile appearances, including “Good Morning America,” “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and NPR’s “Morning Edition,” as well as a performance at the annual TED Conference in February.
Her first studio album since 2003’s The House Carpenter’s Daughter, Leave Your Sleep is the culmination of six years of research and collaboration and is, in Merchant’s words “The most elaborate project I have ever completed or even imagined.” A two-disc set, Leave Your Sleep is a collection of songs adapted from poems selected by Merchant including pieces by both well known and obscure writers. Featured are works by British Victorians, early- and mid-20th century Americans, and contemporary writers, as well as anonymous nursery rhymes and lullabies. Among the authors included are Ogden Nash, E.E. Cummings, Robert Louis Stevenson, Christina Rossetti, Edward Lear, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Robert Graves.
In addition to this new method of creating lyrics, Merchant also stretches out musically on Leave Your Sleep by collaborating with a broad spectrum of artists including the Wynton Marsalis Quartet, Medeski Martin & Wood, The Fairfield Four, The Chinese Music Ensemble of New York, the Ditty Bops, members of the New York Philharmonic, The Klezmatics, Lúnasa, and Hazmat Modine. The album was co-produced by Merchant with Andres Levin and engineered by Nick Wollage.
Merchant—who has sold millions of records worldwide over the course of her recording career—has remained busy in the time since her last studio album by curating compilations for both 10,000 Maniacs’ Campfire Songs and her own Retrospective. Additionally, Merchant performed live to the accompaniment of Philip Glass, Dr. John, Pete Seeger, and Wynton Marsalis, and collaborated with British composer Gavin Bryars as part of The Royal Shakespeare Company’s Complete Works series.
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Tickets to go on-sale Friday, May 14th 10am at the CEPAC Box Office, all Ticketmaster locations,
Ticketmaster.com or by phone at (800)-745-3000.
Produced by The Messina Group/AEG Live
IN SUPPORT OF HER NEW ALBUM LEAVE YOUR SLEEP
“One of the most successful and enduring alternative artists to emerge from the eighties –- intact and uncompromised.” —Vogue
"…gentle, lush, and magnificent" —The Daily Telegraph
This summer Natalie Merchant will embark on a nationwide tour in support of her new album Leave Your
Sleep. Beginning July 12 in Montclair, NJ, the tour will be Merchant’s first major outing in seven years. Merchant and her eight-piece band will perform new material as well as favorites from throughout her career.
Leave Your Sleep, out now on Nonesuch Records, has received critical acclaim with Entertainment Weekly praising its “gorgeous arrangements of dreamy chamber folk,” The Daily Beast calling it “soothing and electric,” and the BBC citing it’s “sheer ravishing beauty.” The dates follow a series of high profile appearances, including “Good Morning America,” “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and NPR’s “Morning Edition,” as well as a performance at the annual TED Conference in February.
Her first studio album since 2003’s The House Carpenter’s Daughter, Leave Your Sleep is the culmination of six years of research and collaboration and is, in Merchant’s words “The most elaborate project I have ever completed or even imagined.” A two-disc set, Leave Your Sleep is a collection of songs adapted from poems selected by Merchant including pieces by both well known and obscure writers. Featured are works by British Victorians, early- and mid-20th century Americans, and contemporary writers, as well as anonymous nursery rhymes and lullabies. Among the authors included are Ogden Nash, E.E. Cummings, Robert Louis Stevenson, Christina Rossetti, Edward Lear, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Robert Graves.
In addition to this new method of creating lyrics, Merchant also stretches out musically on Leave Your Sleep by collaborating with a broad spectrum of artists including the Wynton Marsalis Quartet, Medeski Martin & Wood, The Fairfield Four, The Chinese Music Ensemble of New York, the Ditty Bops, members of the New York Philharmonic, The Klezmatics, Lúnasa, and Hazmat Modine. The album was co-produced by Merchant with Andres Levin and engineered by Nick Wollage.
Merchant—who has sold millions of records worldwide over the course of her recording career—has remained busy in the time since her last studio album by curating compilations for both 10,000 Maniacs’ Campfire Songs and her own Retrospective. Additionally, Merchant performed live to the accompaniment of Philip Glass, Dr. John, Pete Seeger, and Wynton Marsalis, and collaborated with British composer Gavin Bryars as part of The Royal Shakespeare Company’s Complete Works series.
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The Atlanta Food Rave Set for Aug 27 at Mason Murer Fine Art Gallery
Featuring Chef/Owner Alex Friedman of P’cheen International Bistro & Pub, Executive Chef Delroy Bowen of the Georgia International Convention Center, Executive Chef Keira Moritz of Pacci Ristorante and AltoRex Rooftop Lounge, Executive Chef Lance Gummere of The Shed at Glenwood, and Personal Chef/Caterer Latoya Starks of Noorish Personal Chef and Catering Services
Benefiting the Atlanta Community Food Bank
Tickets On Sale Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Benefiting the Atlanta Community Food Bank
Tickets On Sale Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Created by interactive lifestyle and media marketing entrepreneur Tony Rouse, The Atlanta Food Rave will give food and cocktail lovers the opportunity to mix and mingle with an eclectic group of Atlanta-based chefs in an informal and fun atmosphere. With a goal to showcase some of Atlanta’s best culinary talent, this year’s chef lineup includes: Chef/Owner Alex Friedman of P’cheen International Bistro & Pub; Executive Delroy Bowen of the Georgia International Convention Center; Executive Chef Keira Moritz of Pacci Ristorante and AltoRex Rooftop Lounge; Executive Chef Lance Gummere of The Shed at Glenwood; and Personal Chef/Caterer Latoya Starks of Noorish Personal Chef and Catering Services. Attendees are invited to sample each chef’s offerings in addition to catered fare that will be placed throughout the expansive host venue. Adding a bit of competition to the occasion, attendees are also encouraged to vote for their favorite chef of the evening, helping him/her to win The 2010 Rave Review, an award reserved for the chef that is best in show. The evening will also feature a premium open bar with signature alcoholic and non-alcoholic specialty beverages, live entertainment and a number of surprises. The menu will be revealed upon arrival and vegetarian options will be present.
A percent of the proceeds from The 2010 Atlanta Food Rave will go to the Atlanta Community Food Bank, which currently distributes nearly two million pounds of food and other grocery items each month to more than 700 non-profit agencies and 38 counties in the Atlanta area. With a mission to fight hunger by educating, empowering, and engaging the communities of Metro Atlanta and North Georgia, The Atlanta Food Rave is proud to donate a portion of the proceeds from the event to this great charity. Visit www.acfb.org for more information.
The Atlanta Food Rave will be held on Friday, August 27 from 7 to 11 p.m. at Mason Murer Fine Art Gallery at 199 Armour Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30324. Complimentary valet parking will be available. For more information on, please visit www.atlantafoodrave.com and 404-856-0157.
Friday, April 30, 2010
National Train Day at Vines Gardens
All Aboard! Gwinnett County Parks & Recreation is proud to celebrate National Train Day at a free event at Vines Gardens in Loganville on Saturday, May 8, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Visitors will enjoy touring the beautiful gardens, gazebos, statuaries and oriental garden. Crafts, ice cream and hot dog will be available for kids to enjoy. Families are encouraged to bring a picnic lunch and enjoy the grounds.
Volunteer engineers will be holding information sessions on trains and the model train hobby as well as demonstrating the outdoor garden railroad at the largest garden railroad in the Southeast on display at Vines Gardens. The Vines Garden Railroad features a “G” scale model railroad featuring over 1,000 feet of track, 25 foot suspension bridge, tunnels and viaduct, airport, towns and villages. To the delight of preschoolers, a “G” scale Thomas the Train will be running all day!
Vines Gardens is located at 3500 Oak Grove Rd. in Loganville. For more information on the event, visit www.gwinnettparks.com or call 770-822-5414. For additional information on the Vines Garden Railroad, visit www.vinesgardenrailroad.com.
Visitors will enjoy touring the beautiful gardens, gazebos, statuaries and oriental garden. Crafts, ice cream and hot dog will be available for kids to enjoy. Families are encouraged to bring a picnic lunch and enjoy the grounds.
Volunteer engineers will be holding information sessions on trains and the model train hobby as well as demonstrating the outdoor garden railroad at the largest garden railroad in the Southeast on display at Vines Gardens. The Vines Garden Railroad features a “G” scale model railroad featuring over 1,000 feet of track, 25 foot suspension bridge, tunnels and viaduct, airport, towns and villages. To the delight of preschoolers, a “G” scale Thomas the Train will be running all day!
Vines Gardens is located at 3500 Oak Grove Rd. in Loganville. For more information on the event, visit www.gwinnettparks.com or call 770-822-5414. For additional information on the Vines Garden Railroad, visit www.vinesgardenrailroad.com.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Callaway Gardens Celebrates the 50th Annual Summer Family Adventure Program
Perfect vacation for families; Memory-Making for Everyone; Vacation Within a Vacation for Parents
For the 50th consecutive year, Callaway Gardens® is welcoming families to its annual Summer Family Adventure – a fun-filled and affordable vacation that invites families to enjoy a host of entertaining activities and exciting adventures, or just kick back and relax while the children are entertained.
Summer Family Adventure captivates guests of all ages and interests with expert-led programs the whole family will love. If you want to indulge in a current passion, such as golf, tennis or fishing or try your hand at something new such as water skiing or circus activities…we have it all. Or perhaps you want to participate in an educational workshop to learn about watercolor painting, gardening or horticulture, Callaway Gardens Summer Family Adventure has that too! It’ a vacation like no other.
From June 5 to August 7, Callaway Gardens offers the chance to experience a Summer of lifelong memories for every member of the family packaged in a seven-day adventure. Summer Family Adventure is ideal for families with diverse interests, multi-generational or anyone who loves the outdoors!
The seven-day Summer Family Adventure vacation packages include:
-Private two-bedroom Cottage with a family living and dining area, kitchen, fireplace and screened-in porch
-Day Camp for children and teens ages 3 to 18 each week day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
-Children’s activities including arts and crafts, swimming, miniature golf, circus activities and outdoor adventures
-Teen activities including beach and water volleyball, a challenging ropes course, water skiing, tennis, a teen center, game room, teen dance, golf clinics and canoe trips
-Parents and adults can enjoy rounds of golf on Callaway Gardens’ award-winning golf courses or a day of pampering at the first-class Spa Prunifolia. Adults also can enjoy exercise classes, tennis, fishing and even circus skills
-Guests of all ages can participate in educational workshops and classes to learn more about photography, painting, drawing, gardening and nature
-During the evenings families can enjoy spending time together with bingo, beach activities, marshmallow roasts, miniature golf, bike rides, star gazing and more
The Summer Family Adventure program offers a variety of programs and activities that allow families to customize their ideal vacation and gives each family member an active, enjoyable Summer getaway that’s tailored to their own interests.
Guests of Summer Family Adventure also can enjoy behind-the-scenes tours of Callaway Gardens, hiking on trails, bicycling or gardening workshops. Golf lessons are offered on Callaway Gardens’ world-famous golf course or guests can take circus and acrobatic classes from The Florida State University Flying High Circus, which resides at Callaway Gardens each Summer.
“At Callaway Gardens, we are proud to provide guests with a vacation program that families can enjoy as an annual tradition,” said Edward Callaway, chairman and chief executive officer of the Ida Cason Callaway Foundation. “Summer Family Adventure allows our guests to reconnect with nature and enjoy the outdoors. We are committed to providing a place where guests can create new, lifelong memories with family and friends.”
Since 1960, Callaway Gardens Summer Family Adventure has offered guests of all ages a one-of-a-kind getaway full of fun family memories. Families who return year after year treasure Summer Family Adventure traditions such as enjoying muscadine ice cream to the Callaway Kid Camp Song. Join us this Summer and start collecting your own family memories!
For additional information about Summer Family Adventure, please visit http://www.callawaygardens.com or call 1-800-CALLAWAY (225.5292) to make your Summer Family Adventure reservation!
About Callaway Gardens
For almost 60 years Callaway Gardens has provided “a place of relaxation, inspiration and a better understanding of the living world” for millions of visitors. Owned and operated by the non-profit Ida Cason Callaway Foundation, Callaway Gardens includes a garden, resort, preserve and residential community on 13,000 acres in Pine Mountain, Georgia. Highlights include a butterfly conservatory, horticultural center, discovery center, chapel, inland beach, nature trails and special events throughout the year.
In addition, Callaway Gardens offers nearly 100,000 square feet of meeting space, 923 guest rooms, restaurants, a full-service spa, shops, golf, tennis, fishing and more.
Five unique, close-knit residential communities with custom home sites, lakefront properties and cottages on the golf course –offer an ideal home away from home or full-time residence.
Callaway Gardens is home to a 4,610-acre forest preserve, which is under conservation easement. This conserved, sustainably-managed land is used for biological studies and environmental education programs.
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For the 50th consecutive year, Callaway Gardens® is welcoming families to its annual Summer Family Adventure – a fun-filled and affordable vacation that invites families to enjoy a host of entertaining activities and exciting adventures, or just kick back and relax while the children are entertained.
Summer Family Adventure captivates guests of all ages and interests with expert-led programs the whole family will love. If you want to indulge in a current passion, such as golf, tennis or fishing or try your hand at something new such as water skiing or circus activities…we have it all. Or perhaps you want to participate in an educational workshop to learn about watercolor painting, gardening or horticulture, Callaway Gardens Summer Family Adventure has that too! It’ a vacation like no other.
From June 5 to August 7, Callaway Gardens offers the chance to experience a Summer of lifelong memories for every member of the family packaged in a seven-day adventure. Summer Family Adventure is ideal for families with diverse interests, multi-generational or anyone who loves the outdoors!
The seven-day Summer Family Adventure vacation packages include:
-Private two-bedroom Cottage with a family living and dining area, kitchen, fireplace and screened-in porch
-Day Camp for children and teens ages 3 to 18 each week day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
-Children’s activities including arts and crafts, swimming, miniature golf, circus activities and outdoor adventures
-Teen activities including beach and water volleyball, a challenging ropes course, water skiing, tennis, a teen center, game room, teen dance, golf clinics and canoe trips
-Parents and adults can enjoy rounds of golf on Callaway Gardens’ award-winning golf courses or a day of pampering at the first-class Spa Prunifolia. Adults also can enjoy exercise classes, tennis, fishing and even circus skills
-Guests of all ages can participate in educational workshops and classes to learn more about photography, painting, drawing, gardening and nature
-During the evenings families can enjoy spending time together with bingo, beach activities, marshmallow roasts, miniature golf, bike rides, star gazing and more
The Summer Family Adventure program offers a variety of programs and activities that allow families to customize their ideal vacation and gives each family member an active, enjoyable Summer getaway that’s tailored to their own interests.
Guests of Summer Family Adventure also can enjoy behind-the-scenes tours of Callaway Gardens, hiking on trails, bicycling or gardening workshops. Golf lessons are offered on Callaway Gardens’ world-famous golf course or guests can take circus and acrobatic classes from The Florida State University Flying High Circus, which resides at Callaway Gardens each Summer.
“At Callaway Gardens, we are proud to provide guests with a vacation program that families can enjoy as an annual tradition,” said Edward Callaway, chairman and chief executive officer of the Ida Cason Callaway Foundation. “Summer Family Adventure allows our guests to reconnect with nature and enjoy the outdoors. We are committed to providing a place where guests can create new, lifelong memories with family and friends.”
Since 1960, Callaway Gardens Summer Family Adventure has offered guests of all ages a one-of-a-kind getaway full of fun family memories. Families who return year after year treasure Summer Family Adventure traditions such as enjoying muscadine ice cream to the Callaway Kid Camp Song. Join us this Summer and start collecting your own family memories!
For additional information about Summer Family Adventure, please visit http://www.callawaygardens.com or call 1-800-CALLAWAY (225.5292) to make your Summer Family Adventure reservation!
About Callaway Gardens
For almost 60 years Callaway Gardens has provided “a place of relaxation, inspiration and a better understanding of the living world” for millions of visitors. Owned and operated by the non-profit Ida Cason Callaway Foundation, Callaway Gardens includes a garden, resort, preserve and residential community on 13,000 acres in Pine Mountain, Georgia. Highlights include a butterfly conservatory, horticultural center, discovery center, chapel, inland beach, nature trails and special events throughout the year.
In addition, Callaway Gardens offers nearly 100,000 square feet of meeting space, 923 guest rooms, restaurants, a full-service spa, shops, golf, tennis, fishing and more.
Five unique, close-knit residential communities with custom home sites, lakefront properties and cottages on the golf course –offer an ideal home away from home or full-time residence.
Callaway Gardens is home to a 4,610-acre forest preserve, which is under conservation easement. This conserved, sustainably-managed land is used for biological studies and environmental education programs.
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Community News You Can Use
Click to read MORE news:
www.GeorgiaFrontPage.com
Twitter: @gafrontpage
www.ReadMyLipstickNetwork.com
Twitter: @readmylipstick
www.ArtsAcrossGeorgia.com
www.Hummingbird-Hollow.com
Twitter: @hhpotterystudio
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