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Musical act Lion Babe is set to perform in Atlanta on Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at The Loft.
The New York-based duo (Jillian Hervey and producer Lucas Goodman) has grown in popularity since their 2012 debut “Treat Me Like a Fire.” Their self-titled EP would come two years later.
Lion Babe coming to Atlanta
Lion Babe is touring in support of their new album “Cosmic Wind,” which explores flavors of soul, funk, disco, and R&B.
Few people know it, but Hervey is the daughter of actress-singer Vanessa Williams and Ramon Hervey II.
Goodman, who attended Northeastern University, met Hervey through a mutual friend and after a dormant period, the two would reunite to create beautiful music together.
Get tickets to the Lion Babe Atlanta show
To get tickets to the Lion Babe Atlanta show, go to CenterStage.com.
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Explore Atlanta at your own pace
First, to find all the good things happening in the city this week, all you have to do is take a look at downtown Atlanta. That’s where some of the best restaurants are as well as where the visitors, namely tourists, are. CNN Center often has something cool going on! Check out these events in Atlanta today and this week and this weekend:
- For a month’s view: The Official Atlanta Events Calendar
- For a more immediate look, check Things to do in Atlanta This Week
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When Atlanta’s City Council passed a resolution approving the nation’s first food forest, many critics scratched their heads thinking it wouldn’t work. An Atlanta food forest? No way, they said.
Indeed, the city is used to enormous plans shriveling up due to less than stellar community support or political infighting. But this time, it’s different.
Here is the location Of The Atlanta Food Forest
The city’s nonstop development has forced the hands of city planners to come up with a way to feed thousands of community residents stuck in food desserts around the city.
The location of the first food forest in the United States is 2217 Browns Mill Road, Atlanta, GA. 30315. Here’s a map to help you find the spot.
The Atlanta food forest will be bordered by the following addresses: 406 Rhinehill Rd SE, Atlanta, Ga. 30315.The location’s Fulton County tax parcel ID numbers are 14-0038-0008-007-4 and 14-0038-0008-101-5 respectively.
The 7-acre plot used to be owned by the Morgans, a couple who farmed the land. In 2016, the Conservation Fund bought the property.
City officials have been meeting to come up with a solution to the city’s numerous food deserts, which are typically in disenfranchised areas of Atlanta.
The government defines a food desert as low-income communities located more than 1 mile from fresh fruits and vegetables. Fast food restaurants don’t count.
What Kinds Of Food Will Be Available In Atlanta’s Food Forest?
The Atlanta food forest will grow a variety of fresh produce, including fruits, nuts, vegetables, herbs, and mushrooms. All of the bounty will be available for public consumption.
The project has come to fruition thanks to a grant from the U.S Forest Service’s Community Forest Program.
Fruit-bearing trees were planted over the last year, much of it by local schoolchildren. Much of the food will be available for foraging by Atlanta residents for free.
How Harvest Works At The Food Forest
Participating neighborhoods will get to harvest first in the forest, then volunteers get garden food every Wednesday (10 a.m. to 12 p.m.) and second Saturday (9 a.m. to 12 p.m.)
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The Atlanta Dream start their 11th season in the WNBA on Friday, May 24, 2019 with high hopes and yes, dreams. The Dream’s 2019 home and away schedule shows a very favorable slate that can put the team in a position to win a championship.
This season the Dream play at State Farm Arena after two seasons at McCamish Pavilion on the Georgia Tech campus. Previously the Dream played at Philips Arena.
Here is the 2019 Schedule for the Atlanta Dream
MAY OPPONENT TIME (ET) TV RESOURCES LOCATION Fri, May 24 - vs
- Dallas
7:30 PM Tickets State Farm Arena Fri, May 31 - vs
- Seattle
7:30 PM Tickets State Farm Arena JUNE OPPONENT TIME (ET) TV RESOURCES LOCATION Sat, Jun 1 7:00 PM Tickets Entertainment and Sports Arena Thu, Jun 6 - vs
- Las Vegas
7:00 PM Tickets State Farm Arena Sun, Jun 9 - vs
- Connecticut
3:00 PM Tickets State Farm Arena Sat, Jun 15 - @
- Dallas
8:00 PM Tickets College Park Center Wed, Jun 19 - vs
- Indiana
11:00 AM Tickets State Farm Arena Fri, Jun 21 7:30 PM Tickets Mohegan Sun Arena Sun, Jun 23 - vs
- Washington
1:00 PM ESPN Tickets State Farm Arena Sun, Jun 30 - vs
- NY Liberty
3:00 PM Tickets State Farm Arena JULY OPPONENT TIME (ET) TV RESOURCES LOCATION Tue, Jul 2 8:00 PM Tickets Target Center Fri, Jul 5 - @
- Seattle
10:00 PM Tickets Key Arena Sun, Jul 7 - @
- Phoenix
6:00 PM Tickets Talking Stick Resort Arena Wed, Jul 10 - vs
- Connecticut
11:00 AM Tickets State Farm Arena Fri, Jul 12 - vs
- Minnesota
7:30 PM Tickets State Farm Arena Sun, Jul 14 - vs
- Los Angeles
3:00 PM Tickets State Farm Arena Wed, Jul 17 - @
- Chicago
12:00 PM Tickets Wintrust Arena Fri, Jul 19 7:30 PM Tickets Mohegan Sun Arena Sun, Jul 21 3:00 PM Tickets Entertainment and Sports Arena Tue, Jul 23 - vs
- Los Angeles
7:00 PM Tickets State Farm Arena Wed, Jul 31 - @
- Indiana
7:00 PM Tickets Bankers Life Fieldhouse AUGUST OPPONENT TIME (ET) TV RESOURCES LOCATION Sat, Aug 3 - vs
- Chicago
7:00 PM Tickets State Farm Arena Tue, Aug 6 - vs
- Minnesota
7:00 PM Tickets State Farm Arena Sat, Aug 10 - @
- Indiana
4:00 PM Tickets Bankers Life Fieldhouse Tue, Aug 13 10:00 PM Tickets Mandalay Bay Event Center Fri, Aug 16 - @
- Phoenix
10:00 PM Tickets Talking Stick Resort Arena Tue, Aug 20 - vs
- Chicago
7:00 PM Tickets State Farm Arena Fri, Aug 23 7:30 PM Tickets Westchester County Center Sun, Aug 25 - @
- Dallas
4:00 PM Tickets College Park Center Fri, Aug 30 - vs
- Phoenix
7:30 PM Tickets State Farm Arena The Atlanta Dream roster is expected to be similar to 2019 with slight changes. In February, the team added veteran forward Lynetta Kizer.
Atlanta also signed Chinese center Mengran Sun to a training camp contract, the team announced.
With first-year coach Nicki Collen at the helm, the Dream reached their first conference finals since 2013.
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The Atlanta R&B Neo Soul Wine Festival for 2019 is set for Sunday, May 26 at Legacy Park 5616 Memorial Drive Stone Mountain, GA 30083. The event will run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Atlanta R%B Neo Soul Wine Festival will feature a nice spring day full of live music, vendors and of course, good wine. Here’s everything you need to know.
Atlanta R&B Neo Soul Wine Festival 2019: Everything you need to know
Come out for the ATLANTA R&B NEO SOUL WINE FESTIVAL to welcome live bands, wines and vendors. Bring an appetite for great music, wine and food, enjoy the fresh air, and the amazing sounds of May. The event is brought to us by Soca Winery.
LIVE BANDS
UNLIMITED Wine Tasting
CAN I BUY A TICKET AT THE EVENT?
Yes, tickets will be available at the gate at a higher price. We recommend that you buy them in advance online as a sellout is expected.
HOW MANY WINES CAN WE TASTE?
Your admission ticket entitles you to unlimited wine tasting privileges (PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY! We reserve the right to politely refuse service to anyone we feel is intoxicated.
CAN WE BRING OUR CHILDREN?
Kids 12 and under are free.
WHEN SHOULD I ARRIVE?
Gates will open 15 minutes before event start time.
CHAIRS, BLANKET and TENTS?
We encourage our guests to bring your fold up chairs and blankets. Yes tents are allowed in designated areas.
WHAT IF IT RAINS?
This is a rain or shine event. The Festival will go on regardless of the weather.
CAN I LEAVE AND RE-ENTER THE FESTIVAL?
You may get a hand stamp, then re-enter the festival if you wish.
WHAT TO BRING?
Blanket, Chairs and Tents Welcomed
WHAT NOT TO BRING?
No outside food
No weapons
No outside alcohol, illegal substances, or beverages
Want more outdoor events? See all the 2019 Atlanta Festivals
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It’s going down, Atlanta! Muddy Princess, an outdoor 3-mile obstacle mud run for women only, is taking place in metro Atlanta.
The women only event is set for Sunday, June 2, 2019 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Georgia International Horse Park 1996 Centennial Olympic Pkway NE Conyers, GA 30013.
Muddy Princess coming to metro Atlanta June 2
The event is for Princesses of all sizes, ages and fitness levels. The event promises not to focus on fastest times or competitions. The main goal is fun.
Be prepared to run, walk, crawl, climb, slide, balance and laugh your way along our course for an amazing “girls dirty day out!”
There is no limits on the size of your team, it can be as many Princesses as you can convince to join you for a day in the mud!
Please don’t feel excluded if you are entering as an individual, all of our Princesses are part of our Muddy Princess family and there will always be help and support to ensure everybody makes it over the obstacles and crosses the finish line at their own pace.
The event venue opens at 7 a.m. for registration with the first wave starting at 8 a.m. and continuing every 20 minutes (8:00, 8:20, 8:40 etc) up until the last wave of the day. Please choose your preferred start time when choosing your ticket. PLEASE NOTE – for safety reasons, each wave has limited numbers and once it is full there will be no additions allowed and no exceptions.
Explore Atlanta at your own pace
First, to find all the good things happening in the city this week, all you have to do is take a look at downtown Atlanta. That’s where some of the best restaurants are as well as where the visitors, namely tourists, are. CNN Center often has something cool going on! Check out these events in Atlanta today and this week and this weekend:
- For a month’s view: The Official Atlanta Events Calendar
- For a more immediate look, check Things to do in Atlanta This Week
Here are more articles from AtlantaFi.com you might like:
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Luxury designer Tom Ford is opening a store in Phipps Plaza, the iconic shopping destination in Buckhead, according to Simon, the mall’s parent company.
The Tom Ford store in Buckhead will open in Phippz Plaza by the 2019 holidays, Simon said. The Atlanta store will feature women’s and men’s fashion.
Tom Ford opening in Atlanta’s Phipps Plaza
“We’re very pleased to continue our long-standing relationship with Simon through the addition of our two newest stores in Phipps Plaza and The Galleria,” said Tom Ford, the company’s Chief Executive Officer and Creative Director. “Houston and Atlanta continue to be very strong markets for our business, and we look forward to serving our customers in these new stores.”
Phipps Plaza has undergone a number of renovations since 2018, becoming a mixed-use redevelopment with Nobu Hotel and Restaurant Atlanta as well as an adjacent apartment complex.
Want to know more about shopping in Atlanta? Check out our ATL mall shopping guide.
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If you’ve been keeping up with the new season of “Love and Hip Hop Atlanta,” you know that relationships are definitely getting tested. This time, rapper Che Mack makes a disheartening discovery.
Season 8 of “Love and Hip Hop Atlanta” premiered on March 25, 2019. It is one of VH1’s most popular reality shows.
“I put up with six years of this… and this is the thanks I get,” Che Mack says in the clip.
In other news, Karlie Redd lays a recording for Arkansas Mo to prove that Pooh is spreading lies about her.
Atlanta has become a movie mecca in recent years and Georgia has been a favorite location for TV productions since the state instituted generous tax breaks for film companies that agree to shoot locally. Projects from CBS, NBC, HBO, BET and more are slated to shoot in the metro area in 2018-19 and the foreseeable future.
With more than 700 movie and TV projects just in the last few years, the film industry has generated more than $9 billion for the state of Georgia.There are so many movies filmed in Atlanta these days that it’s hard to keep up with it all. That’s why I suggest you subscribe to AtlantaFi.com to get all the freshest movie casting calls, celeb sightings and Atlanta happenings delivered to your inbox.Want to work in Georgia film & TV? Here are the latest Atlanta casting calls
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The new “Stranger Things” teaser called “Summer in Hawkins” shows the maturity of the characters for season 3. It’s called “Summer in Hawkins”.. The Atlanta-filmed series has been a runaway hit on Netflix.
The third installment is due to be released on July 4, 2019 and we can’t wait.
Watch new ‘Stranger Things 3’ teaser
In the new teaser, we see the individuality of the main cast as things get surreal in the small town of Hawkins. It’s summertime and young and old alike are having a good time. But things get strange and…. stranger things.
“Stranger Things 3” began production months ago. Back again on screen are Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp and Winona Ryder. But new faces will include Jake Busey and Cary Elwes.
The actors all received huge raises before season 3: Young actors Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, and Noah Schnapp will each make $250,000 per episode, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Teenage actors Natalia Dyer, Joe Keery, and Charlie Heaton will now make $150,000.
Will it be worth it? If “Stranger Things 3” can keep the mystery going and keep audiences guessing, then yes indeed.
Check out these ‘Stranger Things 3’ postcards
Atlanta has become a film lover’s paradise in recent years and Georgia has been a favorite location for TV productions since the state instituted generous tax breaks for film companies that agree to shoot locally. Projects from CBS, NBC, HBO, BET and more are slated to shoot in the metro area in 2018-19 and the foreseeable future.
With more than 700 movie and TV projects just in the last few years, the film industry has generated more than $9 billion for the state of Georgia.There are so many movies filmed in Atlanta these days that it’s hard to keep up with it all. That’s why I suggest you subscribe to AtlantaFi.com to get all the freshest movie casting calls, celeb sightings and Atlanta happenings delivered to your inbox.Here are the movies filming in Atlanta right now
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The Gulch, that long stretch of underground parking lot, railyard and abandoned greenspace, has been rebranded as Centennial Yards.
Real estate firm CIM Group is responsible for the transformation, which aims to encompass far more just a name change.
The Gulch In Downtown Atlanta Is Now Centennial Yards
The name change is part of a redevelopment that will feature a mix of hotels, apartments and retail spaces covering up to 12 million square feet. The project will revitalize a 40-acre patch of land that has sat dormant and unkempt for more than two decades.
The downtown Atlanta space, which used to be a prominent railroad junction, fell into disrepair when city planners sought to build up the area around Techwood for the 1996 Olympics.
“Now is a prudent time for us to launch the branding of Centennial Yards. We wanted a name that was authentic, and one that would make clear where the project was located, while also honoring the history of the site,” said Devon McCorkle, First Vice President, CIM Group.
During the commotion around the new Amazon headquarters, Atlanta officials offered plans to redevelop the Gulch, but there was staunch opposition.
The latest effort seems to have come to pass quietly.
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Renown local chef Kevin Gillespie is set to open a pop-up concept in downtown Atlanta in June. The new Atlanta restaurant will be called Ole Reliable and will serve coffee, breakfast and lunch.
Old Reliable will be located at 133 Peachtree St. NW in the Georgia Pacific building in the space formerly occupied by Aramark.
Kevin Gillespie opening pop-up Old Reliable in downtown Atlanta
“I’m really excited about setting up shop downtown and providing the hard-working folks at Georgia- Pacific Center with a morning pick-me-up or a midday meal,” Gillespie said in a written statement. “This is our first foray into coffee which I love and have been obsessed with for years. It’s also fun to have a chance to serve our guests during the day, as currently we only serve dinner at our restaurants.”
Gillespie is chief ideas man for Red Beard Restaurants LLC, his operations and management company. He rose to fame after he was a finalist on “Top Chef” in 2009. In 2013, he opened Gunsmoke in Atlanta.
Atlanta is having a restaurant renaissance. Hot chicken is the rage in Atlanta’s dining scene right now. But so are chicken and waffles.
Fast-casual is also the dining trend du jour around metro Atlanta restaurants. The concept involves mixing the quick accessibility of fast food with the casual dining experience. Food in Atlanta is also adapting to the various tastes of the migrants that come here to live.
Read more: 5 essential soul food spots in Atlanta
Patrons typically order off a menu board like they would at a burger joint, but the convenience of sitting down to leisurely enjoy their food has made the segment a popular one with the restaurant industry.
The craze hasn’t escaped metro Atlanta’s food and drink scene, which has seen a fast-caz explosion in recent years.
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