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HAPPENING IN DOWNTOWN ATLANTA - JUNE 2007
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SunTrust Lunch on Broad
SunTrust Lunch on Broad is back! Grab your friends and co-workers and head over for lunch every Friday, May 4 through September 28 from noon – 1:30 p.m. (weather permitting). Pull up a seat and enjoy music by local artists performing jazz, reggae, blues and more. Bring your own lunch or grab a bite to eat at one of downtown’s delicious eateries. www.atlantadowntown.com
Wednesday WindDown at COP
Atlanta’s longest running, FREE concert series is celebrating its 10th anniversary! Don’t miss this exciting season brought to you by AirTran Airways. What better way is there to avoid the chaos and frustration of rush-hour traffic and mingle with other Atlanta music lovers? Wednesday WindDown concerts are every Wednesday, April through September from 5:30 - 8 p.m. in Centennial Olympic Park’s Southern Company Amphitheater. Enjoy everything from jazz to contemporary music performed live by your favorite local and national touring acts. www.centennialpark.com
Hot 107.9 Birthday Bash at Philips Arena
The Atlanta rap and hip-hop radio station celebrates its 12th anniversary on June 16, with confirmed artists: Game, Ciara, TI, Young Buck, Rich Boy, the Alliance, Lil Scrappy, Hurricane Chris, Gorilla Zoe, DJ Khaled, Gucci Mane and DJ Unk. www.hot1079atl.com
Atlanta Pride Festival at Piedmont Park
The Atlanta Pride Festival has grown from a small rally of 100+ members of the Gay Liberation Front and Gay Activist Alliance into a major festival for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people that annually attracts more than 300,000 to Piedmont Park. There will be two entertainment stages featuring performances throughout the weekend, as well as a swimsuit fashion show, DJs, a literary showcase and a Starlight Cabaret featuring some of the city's most talented drag performers. The festival is June 22 – 24, but don't miss the grand finale -- the Pride Parade at 1 p.m. on June 24. www.atlantapride.org
Celebration of Georgia Food and Wine at Dailey’s
Dailey’s is celebrating the varied abundance of food and wine grown locally in Georgia on June 29. Owners/Winemakers, David and Trish Harris of BlackStock Vineyards in Dahlonega will host a special wine dinner and provide insightful commentary on their wines being paired with a special Dailey’s menu. The gathering starts downstairs in the bar at 6:30 p.m. and the dinner will be served upstairs in the dining room at 7 p.m. www.daileysrestaurant.com
Hands on Atlanta ServiceJuris at Vine City
On June 30, Hands on Atlanta will host the 8th Annual ServiceJuris, a community service day in which over 800 members of Atlanta’s legal community will gather to undertake extensive volunteer renovation work in the Vine City community. www.handsonatlanta.org
Fourth Saturday Family Fun Day at COP
Enjoy an afternoon full of interactive, entertaining and educational activities for children of all ages themed around Our Many Cultures from Noon - 4 p.m.! Activities include face painting, take-home art projects, origami, finger printing, life-size chess games, inflatables, live radio broadcasts and more! While in the Park, be sure to keep an eye out for Harry the Hawk, the mascot for Atlanta’s professional basketball team and Be Bo the Clown. Don’t miss the full line-up of live entertainment in the Southern Company Amphitheater either, including a local dance team, Spanish Rock guitarist, cheerleaders and exhibitions from the Taekwondo Family, International Youth Foundation and Atlanta Caribbean Association. www.centennialpark.com
Cocktails in the Garden at Atlanta Botanical Gardens
The Atlanta Botanical Garden's most popular event is now weekly! Every Thursday night, May thru September, cocktails are paired with a featured flower or plant highlighting different and unique locations in the Garden. Guests mix and mingle to the Garden DJ's best beats as one of the city's hottest restaurants provides light tastings. June’s theme is Crape Myrtles & Cape Cods. www.atlantabotanicalgarden.org
Full Gospel Baptist Church International Conference at GWCC
Join Bishop Paul S. Morton, The Executive Council and The Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International for Embrace the Next Dimension, June 24-29. The excitement of this year’s conference - themed “Embrace the Next Dimension” will fuel with passion for more than five days with 10,000 church leaders, 30,000+ families and thousands of businesses and community organizations – all connecting to change a generation. One life, one family, one business, one community, one nation at a time. www.fullgospelatl.com
Sesame Street Exhibit at Imagine It! The Children’s Museum of Atlanta
If you love watching Sesame Street on television, imagine stepping right onto 123 Sesame Street. Children will have the chance to feel like they are a part of the show! They will learn all about their ABCs and 123s as they skip through their favorite familiar places, like Gina’s Day Care Center, Oscar’s Newsstand and Bird Air Travel Agency. www.imagineit-cma.org
Wine on Wednesday at City Grill
City Grill is pleased to present a tasting of Wines from France in conjunction with the High Museum of Art, as City Grill honors The Louvre. Come experience red wines from the Left Bank of the Gironde River in the Bordeaux region of France on June 20 and wines from the Right Bank on July 11. The restaurant will offer a sampling of light hors d’oeuvres to complement these bold wines. www.citygrillatlanta.com
2007 Boys Olympic volleyball Championship at GWCC
Ready for some volleyball? The Georgia World Congress Center is very happy to welcome the 2007 Boys Olympic Volleyball Championship July 4 - 11. www.usavolleyball.org
Independence Day Celebration at COP
Join us for Centennial Olympic Park’s annual 4th of July Celebration presenting Ruben Studdard, the winner from the second season of American Idol and the AirTran Airways Spectacular Fireworks show! Activities in the Park are all day, with free musical entertainment beginning at 5 p.m. featuring popular, local band Stokeswood followed by the elite United States Air Force Band’s Max Impact. Headlining pop, R&B and gospel sensation Ruben Studdard then takes the stage. Don’t miss the finale of the evening, voted by Access Atlanta as Atlanta’s “Best Fireworks” display, the AirTran Airways Spectacular Fireworks show! www.centennialpark.com
Hotlanta Hospitality Happy Hour at Ruth Chris’s Steak House
Join us for the 2007 edition of the Hotlanta Hospitality Happy Hour on July 12 from 5 - 7p.m. This informal gathering is an opportunity for members of Atlanta's hospitality community to network, catch up with colleagues from every aspect of the industry and discuss the exciting things happening all across our great city. HHHH is the second Thursday of every month at Ruth’s Chris Steak House across from Centennial Olympic Park. For more information about sponsorship opportunities or being added to our mailing list, please email agrubbs@gwcc.com.
Woodruff Park Reading Room
The Reading Room is an open-air reading room in the northern portion of Woodruff Park. In partnership with the Fulton County Library, carts are stocked with a selection of books, periodicals and newspapers available to the public. Pick up a book and enjoy lunchtime readings and programs Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. The Reading Room is closed for bad weather and for special events. www.atlantadowntown.com
Turner First Thursday
On the first Thursday of every month, art lovers can view the arts, tour the historic districts of Downtown and enjoy various discounts at Downtown restaurants. Turner First Thursdays is a self-guided tour of galleries, with no beginning or ending point, you are free to move at your own pace. Selected by Atlanta Magazine as the Best Art Crawl, come see what you are missing on July 5! www.atlantadowntown.com
Music @ Noon at COP
Music @ Noon is the perfect lunchtime getaway! Get out of the office for a midday break filled with sunny skies and great entertainment every Tuesday and Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. April through October. Bring your friends, coworkers and lunch to enjoy a variety of live music including pop, R&B and jazz, performed by your favorite local artists. Every Thursday, concerts are programmed and produced by the audio production students from the Art Institute of Atlanta. www.centennialpark.com
Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer's Life, 1990 – 2005 at the High Museum
The personal photographs in the exhibition document many events involving her family, including the birth of Leibovitz’ three daughters and the death of her father. Portraits of public figures include the pregnant Demi Moore; rock star Mick Jagger; actors Chris Rock, Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino and Scarlett Johansson; George W. Bush with members of his Cabinet at the White House; William Burroughs in Kansas; and Agnes Martin in Taos. Assignment work includes searing reportage from the siege of Sarajevo in the early 1990s, and a series of landscapes taken in the American West and in the Jordanian desert. The exhibit is on display May 12 – September 9. www.high.org
Louvre Atlanta at the High Museum
Louvre Atlanta is an unprecedented partnership between the High Museum of Art and the Musée du Louvre in Paris that will bring hundreds of works of art from the Louvre's collections to Atlanta over the next three years. Built around specific themes and periods, the High will present a series of long-term special presentations of art from the Louvre beginning October 2006 through 2009. www.high.org
Free Wi-Fi Available at Centennial Olympic Park
Free wireless Internet access is available in and around the Visitor Center and FountainSide Café at Centennial Olympic Park. Visitors wishing to utilize this service need to have a laptop equipped with a wireless network card. Accessing the network is then as simple as connecting to the "PARKWIFI" network and opening an Internet browser, no registration required. Centennial Olympic Park’s Visitor Center is home to the commemorative brick locators, public restrooms and friendly volunteers who can answer questions about the Park as well as the city of Atlanta. The Visitor Center is open daily; hours vary on holidays and by season. www.centennialpark.com.
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