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Experience one of the most famous stories of all time in a whole new way at Alice’s Wonderland Reimagined! This exhibit features larger than like topiary-like sculptures that bring the classic children’s tale to vivid life, including a new 16-foot Red Queen! Through Nov. 1 at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. For more information, visit atlantabg.org.
Building a New Future Whitefield Academy, a Christian independent school located in Smyrna, will open Brostrand Hall with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Aug. 10. The new facility will house the school’s pre-K through fourth-grade students. The newest addition to Whitefield’s 100-acre campus is named for former lower school Principal Jeannie Brostrand, who retired last year.
A Different Kind of Graduation High school seniors across the country were denied a proper graduation ceremony thanks to shelter-in-place orders. But that didn’t stop Woodward Academy from staging a mobile celebration for its 2020 class! A group of teachers and staff members traveled across metro Atlanta in a caravan of buses in late April to visit graduating seniors stuck at home due to the pandemic. Each student received a yard sign and a goodie bag containing homemade cookies, Woodward Academy M&Ms and a card. Congratulations seniors! 8 | Newcomer Magazine | newcomeratlanta.com
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PHOTO: Peachtree City Convention and Visitors Bureau
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Allied victory in World War II, and what better way to celebrate than at WWII Heritage Days in Peachtree City? Experience living history demonstrations, enjoy big band music and vintage fashions, see historic military vehicles up close and even take a ride in an authentic WWII aircraft! Sept. 12-13 at the Commemorative Air Force Dixie Wing Warbird Museum. For more information, visit wwiidays.org.
