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The Neighborhood Atlanta Streets Alive Inman Middle School Operation Warm Centennial Yards Education Briefs TimmyDaddy

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Cisco Coming to Midtown Decatur Retail Incubator Business Briefs

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My grandmothers had very different recipes for making holiday dressing. And, yes, it’s cornbread dressing baked in a pan, not stuffed in the bird – which is just disgusting.

My maternal grandmother, nicknamed Moom Moom, made very traditional cornbread dressing starting with a skillet of buttermilk cornbread. She added chicken broth, eggs, onions, salt, pepper, butter, and some ripped up pieces of Sunbeam white bread to help “hold it all together.” The result was always a perfectly browned top and a super moist interior about

two or three inches thick.

My paternal grandmother, Granny Kelley, followed a similar recipe but added two ingredients I could not abide by: sage and celery. What a way to ruin a good pan of dressing! I could live with the celery if it was finely diced, but sage just overpowered the concoction.

When the families came together for holiday meals every year, there was always an argument over sage vs. no sage in the dressing. Some family members were adamant that sage was an essential ingredient, others – like me – thought they were crazy.

Over the years, Moom Moom’s dressing started to become the favorite, especially after Granny Kelley became more liberal with her use of sage, seemingly out of spite. Even the sage lovers started to drift toward Moom Moom’s pan – so much so that eventually she had to make two.

When asked about the family’s preference for Moom Moom’s dressing, Granny Kelley would suck on her dentures and diplomatically say, “Folks like what they like.” But I caught her more than once dishing up a big hunk of Moom Moom’s dressing when she thought no one was looking.

Both my grandmothers have long-ago passed away.

Holiday meals haven’t been the same since.

I still have Moom Moom’s recipe, and while I’ve followed it to the letter, dug deep into my memories of watching her prepare it, the dressing never tastes right.

I don’t even want to talk about the disgraceful squash casserole I tried to make using Granny Kelley’s recipe. After taking one bite, my usually diplomatic dad asked, “What did those squash ever do to you?” The shame!

These days, I usually wind up eating out with friends on Thanksgiving. We’ve had our holiday meal from The Colonnade and South City Kitchen to Piccadilly Cafeteria and Cracker Barrell.

And while those restaurants are all great places, none of them have come close to replicating my grandmothers’ dressing.

I’ve come to accept that the specific flavors my grandmothers cooked up in their kitchens are gone. But anytime I see dressing on a menu, I still order it in hope.

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City council could make Peachtree Street car-free every Sunday

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he Atlanta City Council is considering legislation to make Peachtree Street car-free every Sunday as part of a weekly Atlanta Streets Alive activation.

Nonprofit Atlanta Bicycle Coalition (ABC) sent out an email on Thursday encouraging supporters to take action by contacting the city council and mayor’s office.

Up until the pandemic struck in 2020, ABC was hosting three to four Atlanta Streets Alive activations per year, blocking vehicle traffic on stretches of major thoroughfares like Peachtree and DeKalb

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Avenue and opening them up for bicyclists, walkers, skaters, and scooters.

From 2010 to 2019 there were 29 Atlanta Streets Alive events with 1.7 million participants. The Peachtree Street events have regularly drawn some of the largest crowds, with more than 100,000 in just a few hours.

ABC executive director Rebecca Serna said a weekly Atlanta Streets Alive would bring an 11-year-old dream to life. Serna conceived of the street closure activation after witnessing Ciclovia in Bogota, Colombia. That event also sees streets closed every Sunday and draws 1.5 million participants.

Former Inman Middle School could become ‘upper elementary academy’

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Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Lisa Herring has proposed turning the former Inman Middle School campus in VirginiaHighland into an “upper elementary academy” for fourth and fifth graders.

Herring told parents during a recent meeting on the issue that the move could help solve overcrowding at elementary schools in the Midtown cluster, including Hope-Hill, Mary Lin, Morningside, and Springdale Park.

The Inman campus is currently being used as a temporary home for Morningside Elementary, which is undergoing renovation. Inman students now attend Howard Middle School in Old Fourth Ward.

The Atlanta School Board could vote on the issue in December, and Herring said Inman could be ready for the fourth and fifth graders for the 2022-23 school year.

Parents in the Midtown cluster questioned the move, citing issues of transportation, more upheaval for students following the pandemic, and concerns over breaking up school communities.

There’s also concern that the opening of the academy would only be a band-aid on overcrowding issue with more classrooms needed in less than a decade to meet student demand.

Herring said there would be additional community meetings on the new school before a decision is made.

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News RoundUp Georgia lawmakers will return to the Gold Dome on Nov. 3 for a special session to redraw congressional and legislative districts. The Republican majority is looking to increase the number of congressional seats the party holds, thus retaining control of the state.

Two Fulton County election workers were fired for allegedly shredding 300 voter registration applications. The matter was turned over to the county district attorney and state elections office for investigation.

The controversial Indian War cannon was removed from the Decatur Square on Oct. 19 after a vote by the DeKalb County Commission. Opponents said the relic glorified the removal of Indigenous people from the land. (Photo courtesy Decaturish)

Atlanta Public Schools Center for Equity & Social Justice is officially open at the Alonzo A. Crim Center for Learning & Leadership. The office is devoted solely to advancing equity in education.

Operation Warm embraces Atlanta with coats, shoes for needy kids

By Clare S. Richie Operation Warm is ready to connect 3,000 Atlanta area children attending Title 1 schools, living in a shelter, or through direct service organizations to high-quality brand-new coats and shoes.

“Operation Warm has established a presence in Atlanta and we are very excited to help more children by partnering with other Atlanta organizations,” said Grace Sica, Executive Director of Operation Warm.

Since 1998, Operation Warm has worked with individuals, community organizations and corporations to provide coats to more than 4,000,000 children and distributed more than 30,000 pairs of shoes across the United States and Canada.

Last fall, 11 partners including Atlanta Assistance League and Southern Company Gas alongside national partners like FedEx, reached 1,000 Atlanta children.

“It opened our eyes that Atlanta could be a powerful opportunity for Operation Warm,” Sica said. “There’s a lot of need but

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Beyond physical warmth and protection, the coats and shoes instill a sense of pride and joy.

“When a child receives a brand-new coat in a color that they love and write their name in it, you can literally see their confidence rise in front of you,” Sica said.

“We try to meet their basic needs but our hope is that with this small item we can give them so much more.”

Corporate partners are paired with eligible beneficiary organizations like schools or direct service agencies to give coats, shoes or both to children.

Community partners, like libraries or local fire fighters fundraise and gift the items to

children in their local area.

“Every community partner we gain, displays to children and families that there are people in their communities that care about them,” said Joscelyn CooperRodriguez, Partnership Development Manager based in Atlanta.

As of early October, there are 1,200 children who have requested a coat through Operation Warm’s Wish List and that number is growing day by day.

“We are hoping to do a lot of coatgiving on MLK Jr. day of service,” Sica said.

“We’ll give coats through February. Once spring rolls around we’ll be full force in shoe giving. We are a year-round connector.”

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City accepts $35 million ‘community benefits’ check from Centennial Yards developer development, and $2 million for workforce training.

Also included is funding for the mayor’s child savings account program, an antidisplacement fund, the establishment of a small business hub and a guaranteed income pilot program.

Additionally, Centennial Yards Company has committed to a 38% inclusion goal for minority and female-owned businesses for design, development construction and property management for the project.

The 50-acre development in the shadow of Downtown’s State Farm Arena and Mercedes-Benz Stadium will include residential, office, retail, dining and entertainment space.

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By Collin Kelley Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms accepted a check for $33.5 million from the developers of Centennial Yards earmarked for “community benefits” during a ceremony at city hall on Oct. 14.

The check is part of a community investment deal agreed to by the city in return for nearly $2 billion in tax breaks to CIM Group to build the $5 billion mixed-use project on land in Downtown formerly known as The Gulch.

Bottoms’ administration negotiated a total of $42 million in community investments, with $28 million planned for affordable housing, $12 million in citywide economic

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona has recognized 325 schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2021, including Oakhurst Elementary School in Decatur. The recognition is based on a school’s overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups.

►Twenty students from the Rosel Fann After-School Teen Program took the inaugural ride on mountain bikes donated to the City of Atlanta at the RideATL event at Southside Park. Teens were equipped with a bike and a helmet and rode a 1.2-mile trail guided by volunteers from the Southern Off Road Bicycle Association. The bike donation was coordinated by The Trust for Public Land and made possible by donations from REI and Hydro Flask to the Outdoor Foundation and included a program featuring Commissioner John Dargle, Deputy COO LaChandra Butler Burks and District 12 Atlanta City Council member Joyce Sheperd (pictured above).

Researchers at Georgia State’s School of Public Health have been awarded a $3.3 million grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to study a novel behavioral intervention targeting binge drinking and sexual assault among college students that is tailored by gender and sexual orientation. The web-based program, known as Positive Change (+Change), was developed by the research team and is the only intervention that concurrently targets both binge drinking and sexual assault. ◄Mikhaila Doyle, a 2021 graduate of Atlanta Girls’ School and current freshman at Brown University, has been selected as one of the members of the inaugural class of Oprah Winfrey Leadership Scholars (OWLS). All members of the program are receiving a fouryear scholarship, but also have the chance network with fellow OWLS as they obtain their bachelor’s degrees and beyond. As a class they’ll have access to speakers and leaders in a range of fields that reflect the group’s array of ambitions.

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Atlanta Public Schools is teaming with Education Farm (Ed Farm) to enhance the district’s technology integration initiative. The Atlanta Board of Education approved a $580,000 investment in the Ed Farm partnership at its August meeting. Ed Farm is a non-profit organization focused on increasing educational equity, improving learning outcomes through technology, and preparing the nation’s future workforce for careers in the 21st Century.

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Oakhurst Porchfest rocked and renewed us October in Atlanta is sublime.

Buttressed by sunny and crisp weather, it’s the time of year that reminds people why they choose to live here. There is a signature Tim Sullivan October smile plastered on everyone’s faces Tim Sullivan grew up like they just ate a brownie that’s only legal in a large family in the in certain states.

Northeast and now I didn’t realize how badly I missed those lives with his small smiles in 2020. I mean, I was here – we family in Oakhurst. He all were – but the closest thing to a festival can be reached at was waiting in a car line for a COVID test. tim@sullivanfinerugs.

I doled out candy to trick or treaters via a com.

20-foot chute. Watching college football with no fans in the stands was like tailgating alone with a box of unsalted crackers. You get the point. It was sad and we just can’t have October be sad.

So last weekend felt like a booster shot of spirit renewal. With Margo’s newfound vaccinated status and the Delta variant waning, our household has been able to loosen the reins a smidge. We hosted a band for Oakhurst Porchfest although we went rogue and had them set up in our driveway. Our neighbors’ house is close to ours, so it creates something of an amphitheater effect and the Druid Hills Billy’s sounded like gold. We had the early time slot so when a very sizable crowd formed, I got the sense that Porchfest was going to outshine its humble moniker.

I’m not great at numbers but I’d estimate the day’s crowd to be roughly 27 million. Roughly.

Didn’t I tell you people a couple years ago to Druid Hills Billy’s steal this festival performed in the Sullivan Family driveway. for your own neighborhoods?

Y’all are still coming to ours! That’s okay, though. It’s an awful lot of fun having everyone over here. And Virginia-Highland did create their own earlier this year, so good on you VaHi, but the rest of you need to get on this. I met a guy from Collier Hills who was having a great time watching Substance, a Joy Division/New Order cover band so I expect he is in the planning phases right now for his neighborhood’s very own Porchfest.

My Collier Hills friend should line up the Hot Tamale Ringwalds if he likes a band that can follow up Old Crow Medicine Show with The Outfield. And he ought to have “the loudest dad band in Decatur,” The New Teardowns, make an appearance. According to Kristen, there is only so much Americana one can take at a music festival and the Teardowns can melt your face with songs by The Pixies and Nirvana. Try to line up Her Majesty’s Request but you might need help with crowd control. Technically, they did play on a porch, but the Brit-rock fans covered the yard, the street, and the Solarium property across the street. This is probably what it was like when the Beatles played in the Liverpool Porchfest.

What I don’t know is if the Collier Hills Porchfest can have The Quaranteens. This homegrown group of 14-year-old Oakhurstians heroically spent the pandemic months learning how to rock and we may just need to keep them for ourselves. As the throngs of fans who turned up to take in their show can attest, they were legit! And seeing Elliott and so many kids out there enjoying the band and the day after being cooped up for a year and a half was like a balm for my soul.

In the I’m not Crying, You’re Crying department: Margo’s friend Adele’s family set up a “shop” in their front yard accepting donations in exchange for popcorn, cotton candy and other treats. Along with a few other friends the girls ran the show to the tune of a $1,250 donation to the Atlanta Community Food Bank. Good things can happen when 27 million happy people gather on a beautiful October day to hear some free live music. So, thank you, Oakhurst, I needed that.

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Google Fiber plans to wire more single-family homes

By Collin Kelley

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hen Google Fiber announced in 2015 it would bring its highspeed internet to metro Atlanta, there was a rapturous reception by both city leaders and potential customers looking for better service.

Work crews descended on the city to run fiber optic cable to apartments and condos and a prominent office was opened – and since closed – at Ponce City Market, but spiraling costs to run cable to singlefamily homes saw Google hit pause on the rollout around the end of 2017.

Until now.

On Oct. 7, Google Fiber made a surprise announcement on its website that it “recently started actively expanding our network in single-family residential neighborhoods.”

Google Fiber said it would continue to expand its multi-family presence (even encouraging property owners and mangers to get in touch), but added “we’re super excited to have construction crews building out our network in more neighborhoods in Atlanta.”

Officials said it had already wired

a “significant number” of single-family homes from “Sweet Auburn to Garden Hills.”

“Once we’ve completed those builds, construction efforts will move north across the city. Keep an eye out for door hangers

in your neighborhood or sign-up for our email list for the latest on our activities in Atlanta.”

Daynise Joseph, Google Fiber’s government and community affairs manager, said Oct. 8 that the company

had quietly continued to hook up apartments and condos in the city that were interested in the service.

“A few years ago, we started hooking up single-family homes in the Buckhead area, including parts of Peachtree Park, Pine Hills, and Brookhaven,” Joseph said. “Expanding in those areas is our focus for the rest of 2021.”

She said Google would continue to work on leasing third party fiber lines, which means less construction interruptions for the community.

Joseph said thousands of legacy customers would see no change in service as the expansion commences. Google Fiber has two packages available to customers: 1 gig for $70 per month or 2 gigs for $100 per month.

And while the shuttered Google Fiber space at Ponce City Market won’t reopen, a new retail space is being sought now, official said.

Cisco to open Midtown office, create 700 new jobs

By Collin Kelley Global tech conglomerate Cisco announced Oct. 13 that it will invest $41 million to open a “talent and collaboration center” in the Coda building at Technology Square in Midtown.

The Fortune 100 company also announced it would create up to 700 jobs in the expansion. The company currently employs more than 1,000 Georgians across the state.

“At Cisco, our growth plans are guided by our purpose to power an inclusive future for all. This means building a workforce that is truly reflective of the world we live in,” said Cisco Chief Financial Officer Scott Herren said during a press conference at Coda. “Building on our deep roots in Georgia, we can’t wait to open our doors and begin hiring, and

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building that pipeline of diverse talent, while offering familysustaining wages.”

Cisco’s new talent and collaboration center is expected to open in the summer of 2022. The company will be hiring in a variety of areas and skillsets, including engineering, customer experience, and finance.

Career opportunities will also be available to students or those early in their careers, as well to more experienced professionals.

Individuals interested in opportunities with Cisco should visit cisco.com/careers for more information.

“Cisco is a top member of our state’s business community, and it is a pleasure to see them significantly expand their presence in Georgia,”

Gov. Brian Kemp said during the press conference.

“For the last two years, our capital city has ranked as the number one tech hub, and we continue to outpace the national average in both attracting and educating tech talent.”

“Atlanta’s skilled, diverse talent base and welcoming business environment make the city an ideal location for leading global companies to grow,” said Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms. “This significant investment from Cisco will provide good job opportunities for residents while expanding Atlanta’s technology sector.”

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Decatur selects three businesses for retail incubator

By Collin Kelley Three online-only businesses have opened in a shared brick-and-mortar space as part of the Decatur Retail Incubator Program (DRIP).

The Decatur Downtown Development Authority selected the three businesses as part of its inaugural retail recruitment incubator. The shared space opened Oct. 15 at 431 W. Ponce de Leon Ave. for six months.

The three businesses that met all the requirements and signed leases with the DDA are: ABETTERBUZZ Brand Goods, Dope Coffee Company and Royal Thanaka Natural Skincare.

Launched in 2016, ABETTERBUZZ is a bold, graphics-inspired apparel and

goods provider founded by “Buzz” Busbee.

A Black-owned and focused beverage business, Dope Coffee Company creates special products inspired

by Black culture to reject the stereotypes surrounding premium coffee and the people who drink it.

Royal Thanaka Natural Skincare is a socially conscious skin care brand cofounded by Htwe DRIP participants, from left, Stace Loyd, Michelle Loyd, Michael Loyd, Htwe Htwe, Mary

Htwe and Myo Naing, who emigrated from Myanmar to the U.S. in 2002, and Mary Ellen Sheehan, who grew up in Ireland.

A key aspect of the retail incubator is the included mentorship from established brick-and-mortar business owners Sean Crotty (Kelly’s Market), Lisa Bobb (Squash Blossom), Raj Mehta (Tres Jolie Boutique) and Lori Ronca (Homegrown Decatur).

For more information on the incubator program, visit decaturga.com.

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The new Courtyard by Marriott Atlanta Midtown & Element by Westin Atlanta Midtown – the first-ever combination of the Courtyard and Element brands under one roof – is now open at Ponce de Leon and North Avenues across from the Fox Theatre. The hotels bring a combined 282 new rooms and suites, plus the Ponce Room Bar & Kitchen, to Midtown. Visit marriott.com for more information.

Atlanta-based Keep Technologies was founded by serial entrepreneur David Moeller after his personal vehicle was broken into several times. After unsuccessfully finding a product on the market that would prevent future theft, Moeller decided to create one himself. Focus groups and research led to the development of a suite of smart devices dedicated to safety and security in vehicles along with an accompanying cloud service and a mobile app. The company’s flagship product is the Knight, an intrusion and motion detector that locks into the cup holder of a vehicle. Keep was one of 20 startups selected to participate the recent Startup Battlefield at Tech Crunch Disrupt. ◄Home furnishing brand Lovesac will soon open at The Interlock in West Midtown. Best known for its “Sactionals,” Lovesac will occupy a 1,215-square-foot space and will offer shoppers the opportunity to experience and demo its customizable and reconfigurable seating solutions.

Colony Square in Midtown has announced four new retailers and restaurants, including the fast casual, health eatery Sweetgreen; innovative popsicle concept King of Pops; highend designer and lifestyle sunglass retailer Sunnies; and luxurious nail salon Lush Nail Bar. Inclusivv, the company that organizes “civic dinners” around challenging and important topics, was chosen from a record-breaking 400-plus applicants to present at Venture Atlanta 2021 last month. For 14 years, the annual conference has been selecting the most promising tech companies and bringing in top investment firms from across the nation to hear them pitch. Venture Atlanta has helped launch more than 500 companies and raise $6.5 billion in funding to date, serving the needs of the region’s vibrant tech community.

Tech-forward dental care company Tend will expand into the Atlanta market with new locations at Ponce City Market this winter and at Buckhead Village next spring. Tend’s state-of-the-art technology includes the Soothsonic electric toothbrush, the Tidy Tongue cleaner, and even Breath Biscuits for your pets. In addition to routine dental care and procedures, Tend offers cosmetic services, including teeth whitening and veneers. Visit hellotend.com for more information. ►Formerly a mechanic shop, a welding studio, a church, and a yoga studio, the space at 511 Edgewood Ave in Old 4th Ward is Atlanta’s newest creative studio and gathering space – The Be Nice House. The space is also headquarters of LOCAL, a change communications agency that has been named one of Inc. 5000’s fastest growing private companies. With an abundance of indoor workspace, an expansive courtyard, and a roof deck, the house is available for event, production, and meeting rental. ◄Atlanta-based Living Playgrounds has completed its newest playground at Woodson Park Academy YMCA Early Learning Center in Grove Park. The addition marks Living Playground’s second build for the YMCA of Metro Atlanta. The first is located at the organization’s headquarters on Atlanta’s Westside at the former site of the E.A. Ware School, one of the City’s first schools serving the African American community. Both playgrounds were created for the YMCA’s Early Learning Centers, the largest provider of early learning in Georgia.

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BUCKHEAD 3286 Northside Parkway, PH2 Offered for $1,495,000 Cathy Davis Hall 404.915.0922

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DULUTH 2636 Boddie Place Offered for $4,000,000 Elaine Richardson 770.296.3451

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Meet Our New Arachnid Neighbors Giant Joro spiders have arrived in North Georgia, but impact is unknown

Above the Water Line Sally Bethea Sally Bethea is the retired executive director of Chattahoochee Riverkeeper and an environmental and sustainability advocate.

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ecause he spends so much time outdoors in nature for work and pleasure, photographer Alan Cressler rarely comes upon something that shocks him. Yet, that is exactly what happened in early October, when Alan spotted “literally thousands of golden webs with large, female spiders,” draping powerlines near the Chattahoochee River in north Fulton County.

The early morning sunlight perfectly illuminated a massive procession of Joro spiders (Trichonephila clavata): the nonnative, invasive species that is currently all the buzz on mainstream and social media outlets.

Seven years ago, these strikingly colorful Asian spiders that “look like Halloween decorations come to life” were discovered in Hoschton, Georgia; they likely arrived via a shipping container from China or Japan. Since then, they have moved rapidly throughout northeast Georgia and into metro Atlanta suburbs – and more recently into the Carolinas.

A Jorogumo is a spiderlike creature or goblin from Japanese folklore, hence the name.

Alan speculates that powerlines are providing easy routes for the Joros to cross obstacles like roads and rivers, as they move quickly and efficiently into new territory. They also travel long distances (50 to 100 miles) by ballooning – using wind power by catching a breeze with the silk threads that they spin. And, like other spiders, they often hitchhike on cars and trucks.

On a recent walk in Chicopee Woods in Gainesville, I observed my first Joro: a palm-sized female on a bright yellow, three-dimensional web of silk that was

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amazingly strong, as I learned by tugging on it – strong enough, I have read, to capture hummingbirds and massive enough to capture pollinating bees that help maintain genetic diversity in plants and ensure seed production for crops.

Some good news is that these nonnative spiders are harmless to people and will eat (the nasty) brown marmorated stink bugs, themselves an invasive that was accidentally introduced; our native spiders apparently have discriminating tastes and do not consume stink bugs. Joros also feed on mosquitos, flies, and yellow jackets.

Impacts Unknown While some are extolling the “pest control” benefits to be reaped from our new arachnid neighbors, others – including Dr. Bud Freeman with the UGA Odum School of Ecology – are cautioning that much still remains unknown about them. How will they affect local ecosystems? Will they outcompete and displace other orb weaving spiders? Will they reduce important insect populations?

Should there be efforts to eradicate these trespassers in an attempt to control their populations, as some suggest?

Joros represent yet another non-native species that must be monitored and evaluated for any unexpected economic

and environmental consequences. In their homelands, these spiders are kept in check by local predators and defense mechanisms developed by their prey; however, in a new place, without those checks, they can spread widely, and sometimes with devastating outcomes.

How are invasive species defined and what other types have we experienced in Georgia, both currently and historically?

The Georgia Invasive Species Task Force (gainvasives.org) describes them as nonnative species that have been introduced – either intentionally or accidentally – into areas outside their natural ranges and that cause economic or environmental harm of impacts to human health.

While most introduced species pose little threat to the environment, many constitute a significant risk. In fact, invasive species rank second only to habitat destruction as a threat to biodiversity – in other words, a threat to every living thing from humans to tiny organisms. In Georgia, we have seen the major impacts that invasives can have on forests, farmland and parks.

Other Georgia Invasives Historic examples of invasive species in Georgia include the boll weevil: an insect that entered the U.S. from Central

America in the 1890s and caused extensive damage to the state’s cotton production.

Boll weevil infestation was considered by some to be the biggest disturbance of Georgia’s economy since the end of the Civil War. The chestnut blight fungus entered the U.S. through New York City on imported orchard trees, also in the late 1800s; nearly every mature American chestnut tree in the species’ natural range – literally billions of trees predominant in the Appalachian forest – was killed by the 1940s.

Other invasives that are affecting today’s forests, farmland, and backyards, especially in north Georgia, include the emerald ash borer and the aphid-like hemlock wooly adelgid, which has been responsible for the decline and death of most of Georgia’s Eastern hemlock trees.

Hemlocks provide important habitat for songbirds and help regulate the flow and temperature of streams. In their native continent (Asia) the adelgid rarely causes problems because local predatory bugs keep their numbers in check.

Two invasives that are high on my personal dislike list are Japanese stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum) and Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense), which grow well (too well) in southern soils.

Harmful to native shrubs and plants by outcompeting them, these non-native species can be found in many special natural areas, such as the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. Global heating is also helping expand the habitats of invasive species.

Agricultural specialists with U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspect the millions of tons of goods that are delivered annually to Georgia through various ports of entry, seeking to stop any “actionable pests.” Their task is difficult and endless—one that has allowed at least a few Joro spiders to secure a “paw-hold” (yes, spiders have paws) in our state.

What You Can Do If you spot a Joro spider, take a photo and tag it with the date and location.

Then, send it to Dr. Richard Hoebeke at rhoebeke@uga.edu and/or post your observation on the iNaturalist app.

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Plantlanta 2021

Trees Atlanta volunteers to plant 800 trees Nov. 5-6

By Collin Kelley

Saturday, Nov. 6

Trees Atlanta has set an impressive goal of planting 800 trees in two days during this year’s Plantlanta event.

The planting extravaganza is set for Friday and Saturday, Nov. 5-6, at sites across all 12 city council districts in the City of Atlanta. Volunteers are encouraged to register for specific planting locations.

Each Plantlanta project site will be planted with 40 to 150 trees along neighborhood streets and parks. To achieve this ambitious goal, over 500 volunteers will be needed across the city.

■ Chosewood at Chosewood Park (District 1) ■ Poncey-Highland at Freedom Park/John Lewis Flowering Forest (District 2) ■ Bankhead at Azalea Gardens (District 3) ■ Cascade Avenue (Districts 4 & 11) ■ Kirkwood (District 5) ■ Morningside at N. Morningside Road (District 6) ■ Woodfield/Brandon at Atlanta Memorial Park (District 8) ■ West Highlands at Perry Boulevard (District 9) ■ Adamsville at Fairburn-Gordon Apartments (District 10) The neighborhoods chosen for planting are significant due to their position in critical watersheds in Atlanta, especially sites near impaired waterways. Impaired waterways are bodies of water that are too polluted or otherwise degraded to meet standards set by local, state, or federal agencies. An effective mitigator is dense tree canopy.

Trees can slow the impact and volume of runoff caused by heavy rain events. Tree canopy also captures particulate matter, and more water can be absorbed into the ground where trees grow. Thus, more trees means less burden on storm water drains and creeks and more benefits for people who live near them.

Visit treesatlanta.org/plantlanta to volunteer or for more information.

Friday, Nov. 5 ■ Peachtree Hills at Peachtree Park Apartments (District 7) ■ Blair Villa/Poole Creek at Harper Park (District 12)

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Trends � Development � City Living

Midtown on the Rise The cranes are flying as high-rise projects proliferate arts and cultural powerhouses that make significant contributions to our city.”

That ongoing momentum will result in a dramatically altered skyline and more density than the city has ever seen. Even the district’s streets are being altered to make room for the new developments.

Case in point is Arts Center Way, which is being extended across West Peachtree Street from behind the High Museum to become a focal point of the massive Midtown Union project. The three-tower development located between West Peachtree and Spring Streets held a topping out ceremony last month on its 26-story office tower, which will be anchored by the future headquarters of Invesco.

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As of October, 16 high-rises – from student housing and condos to hotels and offices – were in various stages of construction, according to the Midtown Alliance. Eight more have been proposed and are moving through the city’s approval process before construction begins.

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A rendering of Midtown Union shows the extension of Arts Center Way.

Arts Center Way will cut through the development as a pedestrian walkway lined with retail and restaurants connecting the Woodruff Arts Center campus to Spring Street.

All three towers are on schedule for a third quarter 2022 opening, according to officials with MetLife Investment Management and Granite Properties.

“We’re pleased to achieve this major construction milestone and are thrilled to be on schedule to complete this large, transformative project in Midtown Atlanta,” said John Robbins, Senior Managing Director of Granite Properties.

Just a few blocks south, Portman Residential and National Real Estate Advisors have broken ground on 1000 Spring, a new apartment tower at the corner of Spring and 10th Streets.

The tower, which will include 370 residential units and11,000 square feet of retail space, is the opening salvo of much larger project.

The larger development plan features a 525,000 square foot office building, 225-room hotel and incorporate the historic H.M. Patterson & Son’s Spring Hill Chapel as a venue with “a food and beverage focus.”

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Two other towers that seem to have been under construction forever are The Hadley, the 26-story apartment building from StreetLights Residential going up behind St. Mark’s Church at the corner of Juniper and 5th, and 903 Peachtree, a 33-story apartment tower with 427 units and nearly 10,000 square feet of ground floor retail.

As Georgia Tech, Georgia State University, and the campuses at Atlanta University Center continue to attract more enrollees, the number of private student housing towers also continues to grow. Four of the 16 high-rise projects underway in Midtown are dedicated to student housing, including The Hub on Campus (19-stories, 800 beds) at Spring and 10th streets and Moontower (31-stories, 195 units) next door to The Cheetah at 859 Spring.

Another educational institution adding its mark to the Midtown skyline is the Savannah College of Art & Design. SCAD already has a 14-story student residential tower topped with an event space, but a 20-story dorm complex with 1,000 beds, food market, dining hall, and auditorium is rising where Spring Street meets the BufordSpring Connector.

For new towers to rise, sometimes neighborhood institutions must fall. On Juniper Street, both Einstein’s and Joe’s on Juniper – favorites of the LGBTQ community for nearly three decades – shuttered over the summer and will be razed to make room for the two-tower project from Middle Street Partners. The Juniper Street project will span an entire block between 11th and 12th Streets with 38 and 32 story towers with 470 apartments, 9,500 square feet of street level retail and a shared parking deck.

Another big project in the pipeline is 1405 Spring Street, a 31-story apartment building from JPX Works that would sit on the space currently occupied by John Marshall Law School’s shuttered Blackburn Conference Center.

And then there’s Society, a 33-story tower proposed by Property Markets at 811 Peachtree St. The building will feature 15,600 square feet of retail, 76,500 square feet office, and 460 residential units. The tower would sit on what is now a parking lot at the corner of 6th – across the street from Cornerstone Village condos.

Aging in Atlanta has returned with monthly print sections this fall featuring more local content than ever. We also launched a monthly Aging in Atlanta newsletter this spring.

Visit us at ajc.com/aging to access a recording of our fall virtual event, sign up for the newsletter, and learn more about our special print sections.

You’ll find plenty of 55+ focused content there as well as links to our previously published sections and events.

The Hadley is under construction at Juniper and 5th streets.

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What’s the Waffle House connection?

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Leave Your Leaves The Environmental Gardener Greg Levine

co-executive director of Trees Atlanta, describes himself as happiest when his hands are in the dirt.

Some of you may need some party conversation material to break the ice this holiday season. Since we are a bit out of practice, consider the subject of leaves.

Fall is here: the temperature is delightful, the mosquitoes have finally stopped biting, and the trees are at their most colorful. Winter is just around the corner, and soon those beautiful leaves will carpet the streets and lawns. Gardeners and tree lovers will not curse the trees, as no one should.

Instead, let us celebrate and be thankful: we have a reason to bundle up and spend the day outside, something too many of us avoid in the winter months.

The beauty of gardening in November is that the plants are slowing down and we can as well. You can get a bit of exercise removing leaves off your sidewalks and driveway and out of your gutters.

While raking leaves is a great way to burn off your fried turkey, you really don’t need to get all of them up. You have permission to let them be. I know you don’t need anyone’s permission, but sometimes it helps.

For years I have shouted, almost gospel-like, to leave your leaves to save your trees. I realize some of your neighbors and spouses will not agree; even my own father can’t leave them be.

Well, they are all wrong (Sorry, Dad!). It is so important to the trees and pretty much all of your garden plants to leave some leaves and branches, too.

Leaves insulate, protect, and rejuvenate the soil. When leaves and small branches rot and break down, they release much-needed nutrients back into the soil, promoting healthy root growth. Leaving leaves and branches can reverse previous compaction from feet or cars to send sick, dwindling plants on their way to recovery. Not only that, but leaves also retain moisture, prevent erosion, and reduce weeds. You’ll save money by buying less mulch, soil, and fertilizers, and you’ll reduce waste in landfills.

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Kids love to jump in them but hate to pick them up. So, after raking them into piles, there is more creative fun to be had.

Here are a few ways to use your leaves and improve their appearance in the garden: 1. Mow over dried leaves with the bag attachment to collect them and you will be left with a beautiful, fine-textured mulch.

When I walk my dogs, I am always looking for the bags of mowed leaves and always happily find them. Trash to treasure!

2. Pile the leaves up in the corner of your yard and let them break down into a compost. If you flip them a couple of times, they will break down faster and you can burn off the stuffing as well.

3. Bag them. Twenty-five years ago, my neighbor Maggie showed me how she bagged up her leaves in plastic bags, adding ◄Native persimmon (Diospyros virginiana): This tree can vary greatly in height, some growing to just over 30 feet while others grow to 70. The subtle fall color is eclipsed by their very sweet fruits that look like little pumpkins, smaller than a golf ball but bigger than a quarter.

Persimmon fruits are only edible when they appear to be over-ripe. If you eat the fruits too early, they will make your mouth pucker! Don’t worry about them going to waste, as all mammals love to eat the little persimmons. It is a dioecious tree, meaning a tree is either a female or a male. Selected cultivars are not readily available, so planting a few trees will improve your chance of getting fruit.

a bit of water. She just left the bags under her deck, occasionally turning them over.

She basically made her own soil and hardly did a thing.

So, relax, have a beer, and watch the neighbors rake while you save your trees, energy, and back. Another perk? You will have plenty of time to think about planting the following trees and plants in your garden:

▲Mount Airy fothergilla (Fothergilla intermedia ‘Mt Airy’): A dense deciduous shrub reaching four feet tall. Their fall color ranges from red, orange to yellow. This shrub can take nearly full sun but needs well-drained, moist soil. Its white, honeyscented April flowers resemble the spherical flower protected by Dr. Seuss’s Horton the elephant. ◄Narrowleaf sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius): Blooms October to November.

It can reach eight feet tall and makes a great perennial statement for your back border. It stands above and lasts longer than almost all the other fall bloomers.

Its yellow flowers are bigger than a silver dollar and are loved by bees, birds, and butterflies. Makes great cut flowers, too.

Happy Thanksgiving and get out in the garden!

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REAL ESTATE BRIEFS ►The Trillist Companies announced the record-setting sale of YOO on the Park, its 25-story, 243-unit luxury multifamily property in Midtown adjacent to Piedmont Park, to an affiliate of Lincoln Property Company for $112.5 million.

YOO on the Park continues to command some of the city’s highest rents per square foot in the city and was 94 percent occupied at the time of sale.

EXIT Realty West Midtown is now open at1024 Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway.

“EXIT Realty West Midtown exists for one reason; to build strong, successful real estate agents who provide exemplary service to home buyers and sellers in our community,” said franchisee Michael Williams. For more information, visit exitwestmidtown.com.

Debra Johnston, a luxury real estate agent, is now part Coldwell Banker Atlanta’s Buckhead office. In the business for nearly two decades, Johnson has sold over $65 million in real estates this year and was the number one agent for the Buckhead office of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Georgia Properties for six consecutive years.

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NEWS YOU CAN EAT

Restaurants � Wine � Events

Wine Country

Our columnists get a taste of Wolf Mountain and Accent Cellars in North Georgia

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Katie Rice & Sarah Pierre Rice owns VinoTeca in Inman Park and Pierre owns 3 Parks Wine Shop in Glenwood Park.

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ast month, we hopped aboard The Vino Van with Billie Harris and headed north to explore North Georgia wine country. We paid a visit to Yonah Mountain Vineyards, but our trip wasn’t finished there.

Wolf Mountain Vineyards The next stop was Wolf Mountain (wolfmountainvineyards.com) in Dahlonga, a winery established in 1999 with the first vines planted by hand in 2000 by E. Karl Boegner, who was in the hospitality industry for over 40 years, including the opening team of Chateau Elan. This experience drove him to want to build a winery from the ground up.

The location was chosen due to the high elevation and southwestern facing slopes. An innovative winery was built that covers 10,000 square feet and is gravity fed. The first vintage was 2001 and completely made from sourced fruit from Frogtown, a neighboring winery who had

Katie Rice, Billie Harris, and Sarah Pierre on their North Georgia wine country tour.

yet to complete their winemaking facilities.

The two teamed up to produce their own first vintages in 2002.

To this day, Wolf Mountain continues to source their white grapes from Frogtown. The whole family has a part in the winery with Karl at the winemaking helm, his wife Linda helping with special events, and their two children helped

establish the project. Son Brannon assists with winemaking and vineyard management, while daughter Lindsay works on the hospitality side as general manager of the onsite restaurant and event facilities.

At Wolf Mountain, nearly every wine they make is a blend of multiple varietals.

“We get loads of rain, hurricanes in the

NEW RESTAURANT RADAR Southern Feed Store is the new East Atlanta Village food hall located in the former Graveyard Tavern space, 1245 Glenwood Ave. The food hall features offerings from Woody’s Cheeseteak, Waffle Bar, Gyro Gyro and Buteco Coffee Bar. Info: sfseav.com.

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Azotea Cantina, 245 18th St. in Atlantic Station is the Mexico City-inspired restaurant owned by Colombian-born Diego Velasquez, operator of four outposts of Tacos & Tequilas Mexican Grill. Info: azoteacantina.com.

Alon’s Bakery & Market has opened its third location on level one at Phipps Plaza in Buckhead offering gourmet sandwiches, freshly prepared foods, handmade pastries, and baked goods. Info: alons. com.

Fuku, the fast casual chicken chain from New York, is now offering delivery-only to Atlanta via Uber Eats, DoorDash, GrubHub, and Postmates. Fuku has partnered with REEF Kitchens, a culinary platform that enables food entrepreneurs, local restaurants, and national restaurant brands to open and quickly expand their delivery businesses. Info: eatfuku.com.

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fall during harvest as well as late spring freezes that can do a number on the vines,” Lindsay says of the difficulties of farming in the state.

Blending gives them the flexibility that if one year a certain varietal doesn’t grow the best, they can blend in another.

European styled wine is the goal, but what really makes Wolf Mountain truly unique is their sparkling wine.

The family is obsessed with bubbles, so they naturally were inclined to try. All their sparkling wines are made with the traditional method like Champagne.

Chardonnay for the sparkling is picked early at Frogtown and the style is always at Brut level.

The restaurant is a must when visiting the area, especially Sunday brunch. They also offer pizzas and charcuterie on the wrap-around porch that you can pair with the multiple flight options. Weddings and special events are a significant part of the winery function. The wedding pavilion has a breathtaking view of the mountains and the property even has a small cottage available for club members and weddings.

Wine Highlight: NV Brut Rosé Sparkling - dosage with claret to give a beautiful salmon pink color. 150 cases produced. The wine is zesty, complex with strawberry notes.

Accent Cellars Our final visit was Accent Cellars (accentcellars.com) in Dahlonega, which is owned by Tristin Vanhoff from Yonah Mountain and Tyler Barnes who worked at Montaluce Winery.

The winery was founded in 2014 with an original idea to be a custom crush facility for hotels, restaurants and distributors that wanted to produce their own wines. Unfortunately, under

Georgia law it was illegal, so the plan changed, and Accent Cellars was born, simultaneously opening their tasting room and releasing their first vintage in 2017.

The evening was spent tasting every wine they produce with founder Tyler and tasting room host Erica.

Although there is no farming on site, their winemaking philosophy is to be as hands-off as possible. Forty percent of their fruit comes from North Georgia but the remaining comes from California or Washington. All of their wines are labeled American wines due to the number of grapes they source, which is a testament to the struggles of consistent farming of local grapes.

Not only were the wines great (including the Chenin Blanc, Grenache, and their best-selling ‘Underdog’ made from Georgia native Chambourcin), the atmosphere and energy of the tasting room was comfortable, inviting, and featured artwork from Tristan’s wife Katie.

Tyler noted that “having a high level of service, a great place to hang out, and a great personality is why we are here. It is all about the personal touch. It is at least or more important than what we are making.”

And he is right.

A guitar player was playing on their covered porch and winery dog Strauss was milling around. Erica said, “we just want to make wine comfortable without a pretentious attitude.” We all agree they nailed it.

Wine Highlight: Accent Cellars Insider is made from six different varietals of apples from Mercier Orchards. It’s fortified apple cider essentially made in a similar style to sparkling wines – aged on the lees but with no disgorgement and really naturally done. Deliciously refreshing, dry and crisp with tons of green apple flavors.

Turkey Day Out

Make reservations now for Thanksgiving

By Collin Kelley If standing over a hot stove cooking Thanksgiving dinner sounds like a holiday bummer, then consider dining out. Many Intown restaurants will be offering dinein and take-out meals for Turkey Day. And while turkey and dressing will be on many menus, the bird is not the last word. Why not try Japanese, Turkish, or French food?

Also be sure to check OpenTable.com or with your favorite restaurant to see what their plans are for Thanksgiving.

South City Kitchen Midtown: Turkey Day reservations are going fast, so get yours today at southcitykitchen.com.

5Church Midtown: A Thanksgiving Buffett is on the menu at 5churchatlanta.com.

STK: The Midtown steakhouse will be serving up Thanksgiving in its dining room and for takeout and delivery. Visit stksteakhouse.com for details.

Tiny Lou’s: Head to the Clermont Hotel for a taste of France on Turkey Day. Reservations are going fast at tinylous.com.

Ray’s in the City: Seafood is on the menu at this Downtown eatery. Reservations at raysrestaurants.com.

Truva: Viginia-Highland restaurant offers up Turkish food at truvahighland.com.

Nakato: This Buckhead favorite will be firing up the hibachi for Thanksgiving. Visit nakatorestaurant.com.

Hard Rock Café: The Downtown tourist favorite is cooking up a Thanksgiving at exploretock.com/hardrockcafeatlanta.

The Sun Dial: Zoom to the top of the Westin Peachtree in Downtown for a

special Thanksgiving dinner with a view. Reservations are required at sundialresaturant.com.

INCOMING Seabird Oyster Bar: Raw bar and seafood menu coming to the Eastside Trail.

(Spring 2022)

Star Provisions: A la carte Thanksgiving to go with all the fixins. To order, visit starprovisions.com.

HOBNOB: Head to this Atlantic Station eatery for Thanksgiving dinner. Reservations at hobnobatlanta.com.

Davio’s: The Phipps Plaza restaurant will be serving its regular menu plus a Botica: Second location of Chef Mimmo Alboumeh’s Mexican-Spanish concept at Phipps Plaza. (Fall 2022)

Thanksgiving feast. Details at davios.com.

Atkins Park Tavern: The pub will be serving up its annual Turkey Day meal.

Make reservations at atkinspark.com.

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QUICK BITES

▼Docent Coffee has teamed up with Chef Kevin Gillespie’s Cold Beer to create a walk-up coffee shop, DOCENT x CB, on the Atlanta BeltLine Eastside Trail, 670 DeKalb Ave. Occupying Cold

Beer’s existing walk-up bar area, the new concept will serve Docent’s full coffee and tea program as well as a curated menu of grab ‘n go breakfast and lunch fare crafted by Gillespie and his team.

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Slutty Vegan, the Atlanta-based vegan burger joint, has launched Slutty Vegan CBD Gummies. Sold at the Edgewood and Jonesboro locations and through Slutty Vegan’s online shop, the vegan gummies are available in two flavors – Mango Margarita and Piña Colada – and contain 10mg of CBD per piece. ◄BRASH Coffee Roasters has stationed the BRASH Beast – a 1968 Citroën converted into a full-service, high-tech coffee truck – at The Veranda, located at the corner of Bolling Way and Buckhead Avenue in Buckhead Village. The Beast is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Lights, Music & Sparkle A guide to upcoming holiday events around Intown rink Nov. 19-Jan. 17. Hours are MondaysFridays, 3-9 p.m.; Saturdays, 12-10 p.m.; Sundays, 12-7 p.m.; and on school holidays from 12-10 p.m. Tickets, which include skates, are $18 per adult and $14 per child (12 and under).

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By Kathy Dean fter two years of pandemic closures, the Atlanta 2021 holiday season will see some changes. The iconic Pink Pig has been retired and the Children’s Christmas Parade has morphed into Colony Square’s Season on the Square.

Still other classics are returning, like the ASO holiday concerts and Garden Nights, Holiday Lights at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Event organizers are committed to safety, so please check the websites for details, updates and safety requirements.

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The North Pole, an igloo-inspired speakeasy with a special holiday cocktail menu, will be hosted by The Grove Terrace Nov. 19-Dec. 23, Thursdays-Saturdays, 4-10 p.m. Entry is first come, first served for visitors 21 or older, and capacity is limited to 50 guests at a time. There is no admission fee.

National Lampoon’s Holiday Vacation featuring Chevy Chase Live.

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation featuring Chevy Chase Live on Stage.

On Sunday, Nov. 28, Chevy Chase (Clark Griswold) will host a Q&A after a screening of the classic holiday film.

Tickets range $45-$75.

The Christmas Brunch Experience 2021 features a feast, live jazz band and special appearances. Reservations for three to 22 people can be made for Christmas Day, 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m. or 2:30 p.m.

Visit exploretock.com/stregisatl for details and to make reservations.

Visit FoxTheatre.org for tickets and details.

The Sugar Plum Fairy Forest, Nov. 26Dec. 31, will immerse visitors in a magical forest at The Veranda. Guests are invited to strike a pose with sugar plum ballerinas on Saturdays, beginning Nov. 27, 12-6 p.m.

Holiday Shop & Stroll features familyfriendly activities, performances and treats Nov. 27-Dec. 18, 12-6 p.m.

Atlanta Ballet 2 will present a performance of selected dance numbers from contemporary and classic works on Saturday, Nov. 27, 6 p.m. This free, open-to-the public holiday performance will be alongside fire pits across from Le Bilboquet.

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The St. Regis Atlanta Tea With Santa is an annual treat that includes a special visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus. Reservations are available for select days and times Nov. 26-Dec. 24 at $65-85 per person.

Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical. Atlanta’s Fox Theatre will present 10 performances of the Doctor Seuss classic Tuesday-Sunday, Dec. 7-12. Tickets start at a special price of $40 to celebrate the 40th season of Broadway in Atlanta.

Buckhead Village Festivities

Learn more at colonysquare.com/events.

Atlanta Botanical Gardens Colony Square: Season on the Square

Garden Lights, Holiday Nights at Atlanta Botanical Garden

Garden Lights, Holiday Nights has added a Glowing Grove along the Flower Walk and several lighted sculptures; it will be open Nov. 13-Jan. 15, 5-10 p.m.

General admission tickets start at $24.95 for adults, $21.95 for children (aged 3-12 years).

Additional holiday events include Holiday Model Trains, Nov. 13-Jan. 15, 2022, and Botanical Saint Nick, Saturdays, Nov. 27-Dec. 18.

Go to atlantabg.org for more info and tickets.

State Farm Arena Celebration Festival is a one-night event scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 4, 7 p.m., to celebrate life. Performing R&B artists include Tamar Braxton, Keith Sweat, Sheila E and Stokely.

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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, based on the beloved TV classic, will swoop into the Center for Puppetry Arts Nov. 10-Jan. 2, Tuesdays-Sundays (except for Nov. 25 and Dec. 25). Tickets range $20-35.

Ginger Minj’s Winter Wonderland teams up Ginger Minj from RuPaul’s Drag Race with bestie Gidget Galore for a festive musical holiday romp on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 27-28. Tickets are $30.

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Joy to the World: Christmas Benefit Concert features Irish tenor Emmet Cahill and will benefit five U.S./international ministries. The concert is set for Monday, Nov. 29, 7 p.m.

Christmas with the ASO, Dec. 9 and 11, is an evening of carols and hymns. There will be three shows: Thursday, 8 p.m., and Saturday, 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.

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Alliance Theatre A Christmas Carol, the Dickens classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge and his ghostly visitors, will be staged at the Alliance Theatre Nov. 12-Dec. 24.

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Nathalie Stutzmann will be first woman to lead ASO

By Collin Kelley Conductor Nathalie Stutzmann will be the first woman to hold the title of music director with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

The ASO announced Oct. 13 that Stuzmann, the principal guest conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra and chief conductor of Norway’s Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra, will take over the role currently held by Robert Spano.

She recently conducted performances of Tchaikovsky’s 5th Symphony for the ASO and will pick up the baton again for a program of Mozart and Strauss next March.

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Orchestra. In Atlanta, Stutzmann follows past ASO Music Directors Henry Sopkin, Robert Shaw, Yoel Levi and Robert Spano.

“It is a privilege to be named Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra,” Stutzmann said. “The devoted commitment to music of the ASO musicians touches my heart. They have beautiful open minds, and they love to work hard, to be challenged and to take the necessary risks to serve the music and bring the highest levels of emotion to their audience.”

Stutzmann, the daughter of opera singers and a contralto herself, said she is also excited to work with the ASO Chorus.

“It is also very important for us to connect with the Atlanta community, sharing our infectious love of music. Fulfilling the community’s hopes and expectations is a huge responsibility and a legacy that I am honored to continue,” she said.

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By Clare S. Richie Creatives who design, sew, paint, cook, perform and more will gather in yards and driveways in Morningside for the fourth Craft Crawl on Nov. 20 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

“The original impulse was a front yard show – by neighbors for neighbors – to get people talking and sharing their talents”, said Suzy Lee, Craft Crawl co-founder and lifelong seamstress.

Susan Doyle, a retired nurse midwife, had the exact same idea. After meeting on Nextdoor, the two joined forces last year.

“People are crafting like crazy during the pandemic but there was no place to sell their amassing stuff,” Doyle said.

Doyle is also a participating creator. She and her sister started Bledsoe Bags 10 years ago as an homage to their maternal grandmother, handmaking zippered purses, tote bags, and gadget cases out of new and recycled fabrics.

“You have to see things and try them on,” Doyle said. “The interaction with people looking at the bags has been so important.”

Started in October 2020, sellers and performers set up in their own front yards or in matched donated yards. This November, they are expecting more than 40 creatives, including a few bands. The only requirement is that the artists are from metro Atlanta.

“We had people on the waiting list in March 2021, but we expect we’ll have more yards this time,” Doyle said.

It’s easy to donate your yard or driveway, assuming you are close to the route. Artists are required to stay outside and a band just needs access to an external outlet.

“We view Amsterdam Avenue as our manifest destiny,” Lee said. “It would make a really nice loop – Amsterdam to Courtenay then N. Highland. We focus on the adjacent streets because that makes more sense for walking and shopping.”

Creators are grateful.

“At a time when so many festivals were being canceled, I really appreciated Suzy Lee and Susan Doyle’s effort to organize the Craft Crawl that give local crafters like me an opportunity to showcase my work,” said jewelry artist Suzanne Ledoux. “I hope to see it continue to expand with every year to come.”

“As COVID has taken its toll, I think people recognize how important it is to support local artists and the small business community,” said painter Evelyn Edmeades. “As a long-time resident of the neighborhood, I’m always excited to see opportunities for the community to come together.”

Doyle and Lee are also trying to help others start their own Craft Crawls.

“You don’t have to pay $400 to be in a show, you can make your own,” Lee said. Craft Crawl creators participate for free.

The starter kit includes a step-by-step guide, online forms, templates, checklists and more.

“Our original idea was to do it all over the city,” Doyle said. “Maybe there’s an entrepreneur out there who will take this on.”

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Human Exploration

The transitory and ethereal figures of Sanithna Phansavanh

By Isadora Pennington “This is me trying to explore what it means to be a human,” artist and designer Sanithna Phansavanh explained as we sat together on a cool autumn morning in Cabbagetown.

Phansavanh has been a practicing artist in Atlanta for more than a decade, his dreamy portraits on display as murals and in gallery shows throughout the city.

During the September 2021 installment of Forward Warrior – an annual street art festival that brings 30+ artists to paint the walls of Cabbagetown – Phansavanh was perched atop a tall ladder, brush in hand, adding detail to his newest mural “Amor Fati” while listening to tunes on his trusty iPod shuffle.

Intending to replicate some of the sketchiness that he generates in his smaller scale paper works, “Amor Fati” is the 8th mural that Phansavanh has created in conjunction with this annual street art event.

“Forward Warrior gave me the opportunity to start doing public work. I had never even considered it until Peter reached out,” he said, referring to the event’s founder Peter Ferrari.

Phansavanh also frequently works with Living Walls and the OuterSpace Project by ABV. These organizations are “like family,” said Phansavanh, who never misses an opportunity to work with them.

Born in Kansas City but raised locally by his mother, Phansavanh can recall his first dabblings in art as early as 5-orso-years-old when he would scribble doodles of ninjas on the walls of his Forest Park apartment. “It wasn’t until I got into high school where I had this amazing teacher named Mrs. Hudson,” said Phansavanh. “She showed me the possibilities of art, the opportunity to use it as a form of self-exploration.”

Virtually all of Phansavanh’s works are figural, and most have what I consider to be a painterly quality. Even when completed in a medium such as spray paint or marker, there are hints at his background and affinity for fine art. He intentionally adds facture, which is the visual mark of the artist, into his works to infuse them with energy and movement.

His perspective on art and his approach to his paintings was greatly impacted by an interview with artist Cy Twombley in which he described every brush stroke as a historical document.

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captured as a moment in time, so that’s something I’ve been trying to incorporate ever since. I want to make sure that you see the brush strokes, that you see texture, you see that movement and energy. It’s definitely something that I’ve been conscious about incorporating in all of my work. Whether it’s public work, or gallery work, that’s a conscious decision.”

As for the placement of these seemingly random yet somehow perfect additions in the form of lines, bold shapes, or brush strokes, he says most of the decision to add them comes from an intuitive approach to composition.

He naturally gravitates towards bright, bold colors, and it comes as no surprise to see elements that are common in graphic design such as layers and color blocking.

When he’s not painting on walls or in his

home studio, Phansavanh is a professional graphic design artist. He has his own firm through which he offers branding, digital product design, art direction, and illustration.

Working with clients like restaurants and hotels, local organizations such as Atlanta United, Mailchimp, Orpheus Brewing, and Coca-Cola, his graphic design work differs from his art at its core because as a designer he is tasked to solve a problem within the confines of a brand’s identity as opposed to expressing his own creativity.

And as for those artistic ideas he expresses in his artwork? It all comes back to deciphering what it means to be human.

“Whether it’s me, or someone else, it’s taking the human experience and trying to interpret it. I’m trying to create artifacts of human existence.”

Phansavanh’s paintings almost exclusively feature women. When I asked why that is, he explained that the most caring and important people in his life have been women and therefore he hopes to “exalt” the female form by centering it in his works. “It’s definitely a focus on the figure and, from that, a focus on women because I find a lot of beauty, power, grace, and elegance in women.”

“It started with my mom. She’s the strongest, toughest, most fiery, and powerful person I know. She has been someone who has inspired me ever since I was a little kid.”

Phansavanh’s mother is Laotian and growing up with exposure to Buddhism has also influenced his perspectives on art.

Notably, he is moved by the transient and temporary aspect of all things. He explained how this is especially true for murals; he knows that as soon as he’s finished with a piece of public art it is inevitably going to change and be altered. Whether his works are tagged, affected by the elements, or simply painted over, he knows that he must be fully present in the moment to enjoy the process and the finished work before letting go of his attachment.

You can view Phansavanh’s art by visiting his wall in Cabbagetown, checking out his contribution to the Wet Paint exhibition at ABV Gallery on display until Nov. 13, and following him on Instagram (@sanithna) where he posts new works frequently as part of his #OccupyIdleHands daily illustration challenge. He’s also currently gearing up for a bigger solo show sometime in 2022, though details have yet to be released.

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In the Mix

Kyle Stapleton takes deep album dives on TuneDig podcast

By Collin Kelley Q. Your TuneDig podcast takes a deep discussion dive into an eclectic array of albums (Miles Davis to Bjork and Radiohead to Rihanna). How did the podcast evolve and what’s coming up?

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A. TuneDig evolved from years of iterating around doing productive, creative things with our love for music, and specifically being part of the local music scene. We built (from scratch) a social media platform for album recommendations from trusted sources, and that led us to work with Eric Levin, Criminal Records, and the Alliance of Independent Media Stores (AIMS).

Over the course of all of that work, we started amassing promotional vinyl, so while we’d had the idea gestating for a while to find a cool way to create content and community, part of what accelerated the idea toward a podcast about albums was “how can we get these albums off our hands?” Giving away free vinyl with absolutely no catch just felt like a fun thing to do, and we’re still doing it to this day.

We’re going to start recording Season 6 soon and we’re psyched about what’s unequivocally our most diverse and interesting slate of albums yet, but we also have some cool other ideas in the works — not just for content, but for events, too. The goal is just to keep pushing toward deeper understanding and sustained inspiration, in music and in life.

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A. The past 18 months (both globally and personally) have had me soul searching, looking for ways to tackle the most urgent challenges of our time more directly. I learned from a former agency colleague about what McKinsey is doing in the fight against climate change — striving to be the foremost catalyst of decarbonization — and I’m thrilled to get an opportunity to be part of that work. I literally just started, so much of what that’ll actually look like day-to-day is still TBD, but I’m deeply inspired by the passion and unbelievable smarts of the colleagues I’ve met so far.

After 15 years, it’s looking like the throughline of my career is carving out uncharted territory with people who are much smarter than me (but gracious about it) and push me to show up as the best version of myself for them each day. Every phase of my winding road to this point has prepared me in some way for this new and exciting opportunity. And perhaps most of all, I’m thrilled to get to stay right here in ATL to do it!

Q. You’re one of those increasingly rare Atlanta natives. What keeps you in ATL and what makes the city special to you?

A. I think about this more and more as the city continues to change. In conversations with a number of my favorite urbanist / futurist thinkers – my co-host Cliff, Bem Joiner, King Williams, Tim Keane – a comparison to the Ship of Theseus thought exercise kept coming up. That is, what makes Atlanta, Atlanta, and what’s the threshold at which it stops being the place we know and love? That’s a complicated question without easy answers, but what surfaced for me in that thinking is two things: 1. Good people are always going to be fighting to make Atlanta the best version of itself, because we know it’s special and we feel like it’s worth it, and those people tend to seek each other out, amplify one another’s efforts to their own circles, and generally support each other at every possible turn.

2. There are a lot of special physical elements in our DNA that do, in fact, contribute to our unique sense of place. The latter is difficult to describe, even for natives, but it was articulated beautifully in the Atlanta City Design manifesto and I’d encourage anyone who loves ATL to read it and uncover their own vocabulary for understanding this place and their relationship to it. Also, our City Council officially adopted ACD into the city charter – if you care about the future of our city, I encourage you to hold your council members accountable to actually adhering to it.

Q. When friends come to town, where do you take them for a true look at ATL? What about dinner?

A. It all depends on the vibe we’re going for, and one thing I love about the neighborhood-iness of ATL is that there’s such a breadth of vibes to choose from. Favorite double-date spot is Bon Ton. Coffee at Aurora or Taproom. Art wherever there’s an exhibition happening (MINT’s consistently great, but there’s no shortage of exciting emergent spaces). No visit with an old friend is complete without sprawling conversation over wings and a pitcher at The Local or a late-night hang at the Flatiron (which also allows me to commandeer their jukebox, one of my favorite simple pleasures – thanks and apologies for that, Morgan).

Q. If you could only take one album to the desert island, which one would it be?

A. Easy: Aquemini by OutKast. And I’d mostly just leave “Spottieottie” on repeat.

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The recent Forward Warrior mural painting event in Cabbagetown. (Photo by Isadora Pennington)

Murals, Murals Everywhere!

Inside the Arts Camille Russell Love

Camille Russell Love Love has been executive director of the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs (@atlantaoca) for more than two decades.

From the Krog Street murals to the iconic mural of the late Congressman John Lewis on Auburn Avenue, it seems as if Atlanta is fast becoming a free-wall city – and the trend shows no signs of abating.

In Atlanta, we see murals in every neighborhood, on practically every thoroughfare, representing the spirit of the community and often serving as a voice for artists – across generations, expertise and method.

In 2012, the nonprofit Living Walls commissioned French artist Pierre Roti to paint a mural in Southwest Atlanta. Roti spent more than a month painting the mural – a hybrid creature that was part human, part alligator and part fish. Many in that

community found the painting repulsive, even satanic. It wasn’t long before residents who did not like the mural took to it with gray paint.

Countering their actions, those who liked the mural showed up to remove the gray paint.

An important element of the skirmish was the question of how Living Walls secured permission to commission the work in the first place. Further, the wall on which Roti painted the mural was Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) property and questions arose within the community as to whether GDOT issued a permit to Living Walls.

Five years later, in 2017, the Atlanta street artist community questioned having to follow the City of Atlanta public art on private property ordinance. The ordinance outlined a process which artists had to follow to have their murals approved, and it involved city council. Many artists saw this as an infringement of their First Amendment rights – particularly as it related to private property – and sought legal action against the city.

Ultimately, the case was settled, and the City of Atlanta agreed not to enforce the public art on private property ordinance.

These two experiences, among a few others, helped city stakeholders understand that there were different points of view that needed to be considered regarding murals.

In the aftermath, community residents

would learn the difference between street art, graffiti, and the criminal activity of tagging.

They also learned about the important role art can play in neighborhoods. Further, the street art community developed a broader understanding of the intricacies of city government and the responsibility city officials have to their large and diverse constituencies.

In the ensuing years, the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs’ public art festival, ELEVATE, has served a vital role in educating the public about street art. Additionally, the festival has provided an important platform for muralists.

Since 2011, ELEVATE has commissioned murals throughout the city and this year, as in past years, muralists figured prominently in ELEVATE programming. Our office continues to partner with and support local

artists. We also have worked with FranceAtlanta to bring street artists from our sister city, Toulouse, to create murals during previous festivals.

Many in Atlanta appreciate and value street artists and the work they create. Some may, at first, consider it out of place – perhaps even jarring. However, art and public expression are etched in our DNA. Some of our earliest memories as human beings are comprised of drawing on walls. Atlanta is a city in which those early human instincts are alive and well.

In fact, Atlanta recently achieved the milestone of having one thousand documented murals. To see where they are located visit streetartmap.org. Indeed, there are murals, murals everywhere.

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