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Atlanta Weekend: Best Bets for June 8-10,2012

June 8, 2012

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FRIDAY Stage: “Tyler Perry’s The Haves and The Have Nots” is a tale of love and honor involving a financially struggling young husband and wife and the wealthy couple that hires them. Shows are at 8 p.m. June 8-9 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. Convention, pop culture: If you’re a fan of all […]

Atlanta Weekend: Best Bets for June 1-3, 2012

June 1, 2012

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FRIDAY Stage: Horizon Theatre Company stages the world premiere of  “The Waffle Palace: Smothered, Covered and Scattered 24/7/365,” a new play by  by Larry Larson and Eddie Levi Lee. It runs through July 1. Take a look at the preview of the show. Music: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra concertmaster David Coucheron is the soloist for the […]

Atlanta adds 200 people a day to its population!

May 30, 2012

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Metro Atlanta adds 200 people a day to its population, or about one person every seven minutes, making it the seventh-fastest growing metro in America. According to On Numbers analysis of newly released population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, metro Atlanta added 72,909 residents between July 2010 and July 2011 for a total population […]

Atlanta Weekend: Best Bets for Memorial Day 2012

May 25, 2012

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FRIDAY Stage: The Stage Door Players present the operatic farce “Lend Me A Tenor” through June 10 at the  North DeKalb Cultural Arts Center in Dunwoody. Stage: Revisit the ’60s and the music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons in the Broadway hit “Jersey Boys.” It’s at the Fox Theatre through June 10. Stage: […]

Weekend Best Bets: Atlanta May 18-20,2012

May 18, 2012

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FRIDAY Festival: You’ll find a little corner of Greece in Marietta this weekend with Greek food, dances and folk crafts at  The Marietta Greek Festival through Sunday at  Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church. Film, festival, food: Enjoy Atlanta’s favorite food trucks and live music before the film screening Friday at the Cans Film Festival.  On […]

Beat the Heat with Atlanta's Play Fountains

May 17, 2012

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We all love our local neighborhood pool but sometimes it is good to mix it up a little.  Here we have gathered a list of the metro Atlanta water playgrounds, fountains and spraygrounds.  School is almost out and the heat is coming.  Here are some budget friendly places to beat the heat and have fun.  […]

Atlanta- a city of Solo Dwellers

May 16, 2012

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AJC.com Atlantans are likelier to live alone than residents of virtually any other major U.S. city, with nearly half of Atlanta’s households having just one person, according to a census analysis released this week. A decade ago, Atlanta wasn’t even in the Top 10; now it shares the No. 1 spot with Washington. The change […]

2012 Chastain Park Amphitheater Concert Schedule

May 3, 2012

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The 2012 Chastain Park Amphitheater Concert Schedule has been released and here you can find shows, buy tickets and view the seating chart.  As new concerts are released, I will update this site.  For more information on Chastain Park Amphitheater and photos of the venue, visit http://chastainparkblog.wordpress.com/the-chastain-park-amphitheater/   For tickets, visit: www.chastainseries.com www.livenation.com www.classicchastain.org __________________________________________________ […]

Atlanta Weekend: Best Bets for April 13-15,2012

April 13, 2012

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Marietta’s Great Locomotive Chase Weekend, April 12-15,2012 FRIDAY History, Festival: Marietta relives the Civil War days all weekend with Living History, Musuem tours and more.  Great Locomotive Chase  April 12-15 various locations. Stage: Everyone’s favorite gun-toting granny finds employment at a retirement home in “Tyler Perry’s Madea Gets a Job.” The show runs April 13-15 […]

Atlanta Weekend Best Bets: Search and Find!

April 5, 2012

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This is just a sample of Easter Egg Events going on around Atlanta, for more events this weekend click here and here. From the AJC FRIDAY  April 6,2012 Resurrection Weekend Prayer Rally. 11 a.m. April 6. Free. Georgia State Capitol, 206 Washington St. SW, Atlanta. www.resurrectionparade.com. Mozart’s Requiem. 7:30 p.m. April 6; pre-concert lecture 7:10 […]