Atlanta City Council - District 8 Newsletters
I'm a storyteller. Through every newspaper article, blog post, ad copy, fiction story, and non fiction essay, I look for meaning and seek to create stories that make a difference in the world.
I know the importance of deadlines and will strive to be effective in all areas of need. I believe in quality work on time and I offer fresh ideas and a new perspective to every assignment presented to me.
Atlanta City Council - District 8 Newsletters
Atlanta Magazine
Where: Agnes Scott College: Presser Hall, Gaines Chapel When: June 22, 7:30 p.m. Cost: $28.30 (includes a copy of her memoir) Details: "Bad Feminist" Roxanne Gay will be reading from her new book, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, which dissects Gay's relationship with her body and learning to accept and take care of yourself.
ASO Performance in the Park Where: Piedmont Park: Oak Hill When: June 15, 7:30 p.m. Cost: Free Details: With the evening's theme of "Song and Dance," the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will perform Brahms's Hungarian Dance, Borodin's Polovtsian Dances, and . . . David Bowie?
Indie Craft Experience (ICE) holds its summer craft market this weekend. Photograph by Bonnie J. Heath Photography Candler Park Music and Food Festival Where: Candler Park When: June 2 and 3 (see lineup for showtimes) Cost: General Admission: $25; VIP: $80 (21+ only) What: Listen to live performances from Lake Street Drive, Chelsea Shag, Ripe, and more while playing adult field games and noshing on snacks from some of Atlanta's favorite food trucks.
The Masters Water Ski and Wakeboard Tournament is part of Callaway Gardens's Memorial Day festivities Photograph courtesy by Callaway Gardens Atlanta Jazz Festival Where: Piedmont Park When: May 26-28 (see lineup for showtimes) Cost: Free What: Listen to more than two dozen top jazz musicians, from Macy Gray to Freddy Cole, play at this funky jazz fest.
The West Georgian
Taco Bell in East Carrollton closes for its second remodel. On Monday, Oct. 24, the establishment was seen with "Closed for Remodel" on the Taco Bell sign post. CW Hayes will complete the remodel, and workers have been seen on the premises. The Taco Bell "Bell" has already been removed.
UWG's Student Activities Council (SAC) hosted their annual Fall Festival at the Campus Center Ballroom in preparation for Halloween. The Fall Festival was coordinated by Read Lucas, the 2016-2017 special events director. Previous years exhibited carnivals and costume parties for the Fall Festival, but the main attraction of this year's [...]
Do yourself a favor: go see Yuna live. The Masquerade's Hell was sold out on Friday, Oct. 7 for good reason: Yuna's Chapters Tour was in Atlanta. Doors opened at 7 p.m., and the show started at 8:30 p.m. Opening the show was Chicago native Ń ÿ ł ø, who [...]
A plane made an emergency landing on Highway 166 near the intersection of Blandenburg Road near the Carroll County Jail. On Oct. 20, pilot Ian McMahon safely landed his Piper PA-6-601P Aerostar in a grassy median after he noticed the engines began to surge. "I guess the totalizer was [...]
In Carrollton, there are three haunts that residents get to explore, Chaos Haunted House, Freaks of Fear Haunted House and Camp Blood, but Camp Blood is the most widely known. Camp Blood: Home of Haunted Hillbillies and Dead Rednecks was founded in 1990 as a private Halloween party with a [...]
Douglas County officials found the body of a decomposed female in a wooded area near the Carroll County line off Bankhead Highway on Sunday, Sept. 26. Villa Rica Police received a call around 2:30 p.m. after a driver spotted the body in the woods close to the intersection of Cleghorn [...]