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For millions of Americans are going to be traveling this Thanksgiving, be it by plane, train or automobile. If it’s by car, you my want to know what to expect along with the turkey, parades and all the trimmings.
Google Maps is a great resource for travelers to see trends about traveling around the holidays, including insights on when to hit the road, and the best times to stay off the highways.
Most popular places visited during the Thanksgiving holiday:
Compiling data about the number of times users requested directions to a location using Google Maps, the tool was able to show when Georgia’s holiday rush will hit, determined by the state’s most popularly searched place categories:
- Top overall search during Thanksgiving week: School
- Top search on Wednesday: Beer Store
- Top search on Thanksgiving: School
- Top search on Friday: Garden Center’
Nationally, the most uniquely searched place categories in Google Maps during the Thanksgiving holiday period are: outlet mall, tree farm, scenic overlook, video game store and place of worship.
Thanksgiving travel traffic trends:
Because the holidays skew everything, the travel trends are all different for the city when it comes to rush hours. For Atlanta, here are the best and worst times to leave for and return from that Thanksgiving road trip:
- Best day to leave: Thanksgiving day, 6 a.m.
- Worst day to leave: Wednesday, 3 p.m.
- Best day to return: Sunday, 6 a.m.
- Worst day to return: Sunday, 4 p.m.
Thanksgiving in ATL: Best time to visit your favorite businesses and places
So Atlantans can properly plan and avoid long lines and crazy foot traffic, here’s a look at when some of the most popular places searched for in Google Maps tend to be the most crowded:
- Bakery: Visits peak midday Wednesday as people prep for Thanksgiving dinner. Can’t forget to bring the dessert!
- Grocery Store: Last-minute shoppers storm grocery stores on Wednesday afternoon.
- Liquor Store: Visits peak on Wednesday afternoon as people start stocking up for the festivities.
- Movie Theater: Friday evening is a popular time to head to the movies.
- Shopping Center: Unsurprisingly, Black Friday afternoon is when stores are most crowded.
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Everybody knows that acclaimed filmmaker Spike Lee is a product of Atlanta’s Morehouse College, the largest all-male African-American university in the nation. But who is the man and why is he of such importance to Atlanta and the film community?
Who Is Spike Lee?
Spike Lee is a legendary filmmaker, producer and screenwriter who has used his camera lens to highlight institutional racism, expose hypocrisy and celebrate the African-American experience.
Lee has also paved the way for other filmmakers of color to make films in America.
Where Was Spike Lee Born And Raised?
Lee has proudly said that he was born “Shelton Jackson Lee on March 20th in Grady Hospital” in 1957.
His father, Bill Lee, was an accomplished jazz musician who moved the family to New York shortly after Lee’s birth.
While he proudly reps Brooklyn’s Bed-Sty neighborhood, where he’s lived for most of his life, Lee was born in 1957 in the ATL. He told the New York Times, his family moved to Brooklyn, New York when he was a child (Lee was the oldest sibling of six). His family integrated an Italian-American enclave called Cobble Hill. “We got called nigger this and nigger that,” he told the Times.
At Morehouse, Lee was drawn to the big screen, taking film classes at Clark Atlant University. There he made his first film, Last Hustle in Brooklyn.
Once he graduated, he enrolled at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, earning a masters in film and TV. Lee quickly rose to fame with the 1985 release of “She’s Gotta Have it,” and then “Do the Right Thing” in 1989.
Lee has been known to create beautiful mosaics of Americana, but if you look closely you can see Atlanta in his filmmaking.
Lee’s ode to collegiate life, “School Daze,” was largely based on his time at Morehouse fraternizing with students at Spelman College, Clark Atlanta University and Morris Brown College.
In “Clockers,” Lee gave longtime Atlanta stage actor Tom Byrd, his shot at the big screen. Byrd played a crackhead, but came to personify the drug scourge that had plagued the black community.
Read more: The best soul food restaurants in AtlantaEven in Lee’s diversification of women characters in his first film, “She’s Gotta Have It,” the knowing viewer can pick up hints of the AU experience, especially in the full-colored lives of characters such as Clorinda Bradford, Opal Gilstrap, and lead character Nola Darling.
Lee does not like “Real Housewives of Atlanta,” calling it *bs.”
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Mark your calendars: The first Feminine Funk® POP-UP Store in Atlanta is coming on Nov. 23, 2018 at 321 Nelson St SW 321 Nelson Street Southwest Atlanta, GA 30313. The event runs from 1 to 5 p.m.
This event will be your opportunity to grab your girls and come shop your favorite FEMININE FUNK designs and our new, never before released merchandise!
Come chat it up with creator of FEMININE FUNK, Nicole Grier, sip some champagne, and indulge on some light bites! YES you read that right, FREE FOOD AND CHAMPAGNE! We’re making this pop-up a celebration of self-love and encourage you to come spend some time with us in a fun filled, judgement free zone.
We’re SO excited about this opportunity to meet and hang out with more members of this amazing community, have fun, and show you our favorite Feminine Funk® designs. Be sure to RSVP by clicking the green register button!
There are so many Atlanta events popping off every week it’s hard to keep up with it all. That’s why I suggest you subscribe to AtlantaFi.com to get all the freshest gatherings, Atlanta happenings, parties and more delivered to your inbox.
Things to do in Atlanta on a weekly basis can range from going golfing mid-week to checking out the latest restaurant openings. At AtlantaFi.com, we curate the city for you!
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Come out and have dinner on us! Without you all there would be no way Emory-CDC Clinical Trials Unit would ever be successful in the work that we do for the community.
The event is slated for Wednesday, November 28, 2018 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM EST at Harold’s Chicken & Ice Bar 349 Edgewood Avenue Southeast Atlanta, GA 30312.
We would like to thank you all for your dedication to our site! Be sure to Join us for a night of education, fun, amazing music, and conversation! Be sure to bring a friend interested in research! We look forward to seeing you all there!
What are my transportation/parking options for getting to and from the event?
From Marta: Take the red or gold line (North or South) to Peachtree Center Marta station then exit towards Ellis Street.
Hop on the Atlanta Streetcar ($1 each way). Once on the Streetcar, take it all the way to the Edgewood at Hillard stop.
The Edgewood stop is located directly in front of Harold’s Chicken.
Street parking available directly across the street from venue.
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Come join us for an interactive Studio Tour at Connecticut School of Broadcasting’s Atlanta campus.
The tour is set to take place Tuesday, November 27, 2018 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM EST at 4151 Ashford Dunwoody Rd Suite 275
Atlanta, GA 30319.
This is a great opportunity for you to learn about how our program prepares you for a career in broadcast media. Get a hands-on feel for what it’s like learning in our studios and figure out if it’s a good fit for you!
There are so many Atlanta events popping off every week it’s hard to keep up with it all. That’s why I suggest you subscribe to AtlantaFi.com to get all the freshest gatherings, Atlanta happenings, parties and more delivered to your inbox.
Things to do in Atlanta on a weekly basis can range from going golfing mid-week to checking out the latest restaurant openings. At AtlantaFi.com, we curate the city for you!
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Could they be looking for a Will Smith lookalike? “Bad Boys 3” is slated to begin filming in Atlanta very soon. We don’t know for sure, but what we do know is that a major motion picture is looking to cast a tall light-skinned muscular African-American male, between the ages 30-55, w/a short fade and facial hair.
(Open Availability Day and Night from November to Mid April)
Advertisements** MUST BE ABLE TO INTERVIEW TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27th — If selected, camera test on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28 **
Rate: $150/12 ($37.50 Interview)
Location: Atlanta, GA
How to Submit:
To apply, please send your name, age, height, weight, phone number, email address, stand-in experience & 3-4 CLEAR photos to submissions@catrettcasting.comSubject: 6’2 MALE STAND IN
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. -
You’re invited to the Opening Reception for the traveling museum exhibit, Black Money: World Currencies Featuring African, African-American, and African Diasporic History and Cultures, on November 28, at the Auburn Avenue Research Library.
The event is slated for Wednesday, November 28, 2018 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EST at Auburn Avenue Research Library 101 Auburn Avenue Northeast Atlanta, GA 30303.
The Black Money Exhibit features “money trees” with over 300 rare, obsolete and currently circulating paper money, as well as other money and art objects from more than 80 countries in Africa, Europe, and the Americas, depicting 10,000 years of history. The Black Money Exhibit is created by Dr. Harcourt Fuller, a history professor at Georgia State University, and a 2018-19 Fulbright Global Scholar. It is designed by artist Irvin Wheeler and curated by Tracy Murrell.
This event is free and open to the public.
The Black Money Exhibit is recognized by UNESCO as part of the International Decade for People of African Descent (2015 – 2024).
There are so many Atlanta events popping off every week it’s hard to keep up with it all. That’s why I suggest you subscribe to AtlantaFi.com to get all the freshest gatherings, Atlanta happenings, parties and more delivered to your inbox.
Things to do in Atlanta on a weekly basis can range from going golfing mid-week to checking out the latest restaurant openings. At AtlantaFi.com, we curate the city for you!
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The new year is starting off festive for the city. Atlanta Cultural Fest is a three-day event geared towards encouraging the further acceptance and appreciation for African culture in Atlanta. The festival is slated for Friday, Jan 18, 2019, 12:00 PM and Sunday, Jan 20, 2019, 6:00 PM EST.
From networking opportunities to showcases and workshops, ACF will use a weekend to immerse you in all things Africa. Special guests, mixing and mingling, cultural cuisine, and an all around good time. African Cultural Fest 2018. Get your tickets, and we’ll see you there!
There are so many Atlanta events popping off every week it’s hard to keep up with it all. That’s why I suggest you subscribe to AtlantaFi.com to get all the freshest gatherings, Atlanta happenings, parties and more delivered to your inbox.
Things to do in Atlanta on a weekly basis can range from going golfing mid-week to checking out the latest restaurant openings. At AtlantaFi.com, we curate the city for you!
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The TEDxCentennialParkWomen 2018 is slated for Nov. 30, 2018 at the Loudermilk Conference Center at 40 Courtland St NE Atlanta, GA 30303.
Attendees are looking forward to a great day engaging with ground-breaking ideas worth spreading and meeting people who are having an impact on our community.They’re curating a variety of speakers, performances and experiences to stimulate conversation, inspire innovation and make high-value connections for Atlanta’s professional women well beyond the event itself. Atlanta is booming as a city for business, science, medicine and education and much more – we also want the city to be known as a place where women can thrive and advance in their professions. Get ready to explore important topics impacting our community through this year’s theme, “Showing Up.”Showing Up
Women the world over are no longer accepting the status quo. They’re rising up, breaking out and pushing boundaries. Whatever their focus and talent – business, technology, art, science, politics – these pioneers and their allies are joining forces in an explosion of discovery and ingenuity to drive real, meaningful change.
TEDxCentennialParkWomen will celebrate how these dynamic and diverse people are showing up to face challenges head on, all while empowering each other to shape the future we all want to see. We’re showing up for 2018.
TEDxCentennialParkWomen brings together a global community of people interested in exploring how change begins: with innovative thinkers who catalyze ideas toward action. Over the past few years, TEDWomen and TEDxCentennialParkWomen have launched some powerful ideas into the world.
Speakers, Spotlights and Experiences
We are delighted to announce Monica Kaufman Pearson, news pioneer and winner of 33 Emmy Awards, as our emcee.
Speakers include:
Alicia Zhou
Anisa Kaicker
Carlos Hidalgo
Chris Appleton
Erika Shields
J. Noble
Jenny Levison
Kali Beya
Keri Potts
Mark Berry
Patricia Romboletti
Virginia HepnerVisit http://tedxcentennialparkwomen.com/events for more info!
Tickets
General Admission: $99 [SOLD OUT] Join our waiting list and we’ll notify you if seats become available.
Mentor Lunch: $99 [SOLD OUT] The first 100 tickets sold will be invited to join an exclusive mentor lunch during the event.
Venue
This year will be gathering at the Loudermilk Conference Center in Atlanta.
FAQs
Is the event really sold out? As of September 24, general admission tickets are sold out. Despite growing the event by 100 seats this year, news spread quickly and we sold out in record time. We are overwhelmed by and grateful for this enthusiastic response. If you did not get a ticket, please join the waiting list and if seats become available we will notify you.
A few partnerships tickets remain. Explore partnerships.
What are my parking options for the event? Parking instructions and access information will be provided to registered attendees prior to the event. Due to the secure nature of our venue, it is critical you review this information prior to the event.
Is my registration/ticket transferrable? Yes, if you are unable to attend you can transfer your ticket to someone else. Simply edit your Eventbrite registration to make this change by 5 p.m. ET on November 9, 2018. Substitutions will not be accepted after November 9.
What is the refund policy? Unfortunately, we are unable to issue refunds. But you can transfer your ticket to someone else. Just let us know by 5 p.m. ET on November 9, 2018, so we can update our system and printed materials. Substitutions will not be accepted after November 9.
Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event? Sure, it will speed up the registration process. You can also flash your phone/email ticket at the registration table. If you don’t have your ticket, no worries. We’ll get you checked in at the door.
What’s included in my ticket? Your ticket includes the full day of talks, experiences, networking opportunities, breakfast and lunch. Vegan options are included.
Where can I contact the organizer with any questions? Ping us at rvsp@tedxcentennialparkwomen.com with your questions.
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Let’s face it: Healthy food options are far and few between in a Southern dining mecca like Atlanta. But ever so often an eatery comes along with good intentions. Grass: A Vegan Eatery is set to open this weekend in Midtown Atlanta.
Grass: A Vegan Eatery will be at A Mano Restaurant in Old Fourth Ward Atlanta off Ralph McGill Boulevard on Sunday, November 18, 2018 5:30 PM – 10:30 PM EST.
The eatery promises to feature an extensive vegan plant base menu with appetizers, entrees, salads, and desserts. To set the mood, live music will be provided on the patio and exclusive vegan/plant based vendors out to showcase their products and knowledge.
When it comes to restaurants, Atlanta is quickly gaining ground on some of the dining capitals around the United States.
Fast-casual is 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.
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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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