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The 14th annual AC3 Festival will take place this fall in West Midtown Atlanta. The Georgia Freight Depot will be the hub for the festival, which will bring several major artists to the ATL Sat, Oct 6 + Sun, Oct 7.
The annual event, which has grown from being a music insider’s convention to a major music festival, will still feature workshops and other beneficial networking opportunities for aspiring and new artists.
AC3 Festival Comes To Atlanta: Oct. 6, 7, 2018
Confirmed performers as of April 24 are Wu-Tang Clan, Lil Wayne, The Diplomats, Curren$y, Young MA, PRhyme, Mannie Fresh, Westside Gunn + Conway along with J.I.D, Childish Major and Deante Hitchcock.
The A3C Festival will have an outdoor stage as well as other performing set-ups. The music lineups for the indoor stage and DJ stage will be announced soon.
The A3C Festival features 3 stages with dozens of performances, food trucks, live art and more. The event is billed as breeding ground for the next generation of stars while honoring the legends and trailblazers of hip-hop. The indoor stage will feature some of the most exciting hip-hop artists on the rise while the DJ stage will be curated by ATL’s WERC Crew and Controllerise.
Additional artists will be announced on the outdoor stage as we get closer to the event, the organizers said.
This event is just one among many Atlanta happenings going on weekly in the city. See all the Atlanta festivals this year.
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The Atlanta Dream evened the playoff series against the Washington Mystics on Tuesday night, beating them 78-75. The Mystics lost their best player, Elene Delle Donne, in the fourth quarter.
McCamish Pavilion was electric as the Dream scratched and clawed their way to hang on for the victory.
“Really, really proud of our toughness,” Dream coach Nicki Collen said after the game. Collen had double reason to celebrate: She was named WNBA Coach of the Year earlier in the day. “We turned over the ball too much, but to get stops when we needed them says a lot about our team. Early in the season, we had a lot of grind-it-out kind of games, and tonight was another one of those.”
The series is now tied at 1-1 and will head to Washington for game 3 on Friday night. In game 1, the Dream couldn’t find any momentum on offense, losing 87-84 at home on Sunday. Their ace shooter, Tiffany Hayes, was cold for most of the night.
Delle Donne told fans that she will be OK, saying “the swelling isn’t terrible.”
Elena Delle Donne shared her thoughts with us via Mystics’ media relations: “I mean, I’m walking. The swelling isn’t terrible. I’ll go home tomorrow and see our doctors, and see what they say. But I’m hopeful to be back in the lineup Friday.”
— Mechelle Voepel (@MechelleV) August 29, 2018
On Tuesday, Hayes scored 17 points, seven rebounds and six assists. Center Elizabeth Williams (10 points, 11 rebounds) had a solid game as well as Atlanta had an 18-rebound advantage.
Game 3 will be Friday, August 31 at 8 p.m. ET at Charles Smith Center, George Washington University. The contest will be simulcast on WNBATV and ESPN2.
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The Atlanta Dream evened the playoff series against the Washington Mystics on Tuesday night, beating them 78-75. The Mystics lost their best player, Elene Delle Donne, in the fourth quarter.
McCamish Pavilion was electric as the Dream scratched and clawed their way to hang on for the victory.
“Really, really proud of our toughness,” Dream coach Nicki Collen said after the game. Collen had double reason to celebrate: She was named WNBA Coach of the Year earlier in the day. “We turned over the ball too much, but to get stops when we needed them says a lot about our team. Early in the season, we had a lot of grind-it-out kind of games, and tonight was another one of those.”
The series is now tied at 1-1 and will head to Washington for game 3 on Friday night. In game 1, the Dream couldn’t find any momentum on offense, losing 87-84 at home on Sunday. Their ace shooter, Tiffany Hayes, was cold for most of the night.
Delle Donne told fans that she will be OK, saying “the swelling isn’t terrible.”
Elena Delle Donne shared her thoughts with us via Mystics' media relations: “I mean, I’m walking. The swelling isn’t terrible. I’ll go home tomorrow and see our doctors, and see what they say. But I’m hopeful to be back in the lineup Friday."
— Mechelle Voepel (@MechelleV) August 29, 2018
On Tuesday, Hayes scored 17 points, seven rebounds and six assists. Center Elizabeth Williams (10 points, 11 rebounds) had a solid game as well as Atlanta had an 18-rebound advantage.
Game 3 will be Friday, August 31 at 8 p.m. ET at Charles Smith Center, George Washington University. The contest will be simulcast on WNBATV and ESPN2.
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Development and management company LMC announced this week that it has broken ground on Gentry, a luxury mixed-use apartment community in Buckhead.
The 21-story high-rise community, which will feature 290 apartment homes and 6,000 square feet of ground-floor retail, is being developed in conjunction with Hoar Construction. The companies recently collaborated on The Morris, a luxury apartment community in Nashville that opened in 2017. First move-ins at Gentry are anticipated for mid-2020.
“We’re excited to join the robust Buckhead market and get started on an apartment community that will be situated in the center of so many recreational activities,” said Chris Cassidy, division president of the Southeast for LMC. “With the vast shopping and dining options within walking distance, this will be a place where residents can ditch their cars for the weekend and relax within the neighborhood. With the stellar location, the remainder of the city will be at their fingertips, as well.”
Under construction at 3172 Roswell Road, Gentry is the redevelopment of a one-acre surface parking lot that will add 20-foot wide tree-lined sidewalks and street-level retail to an emerging neighborhood. The site, which boasts a Walk Score of 91, features prime access to attractions such as The Buckhead Theater, The Shops at Buckhead, Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s and Atlanta History Center. Phipps Plaza and Lenox Mall, which offer various additional local and national retailers, are each within two miles of the community.
Gentry will provide near-direct access to several public transit options and the key thoroughfares of the city. The Buckhead MARTA station is 1.2 miles from the community and serves as the gateway to the metropolitan area. Georgia State Route 400? is situated one mile from the community and Interstates 85 and 75 are within a short drive.
“We’re thrilled to team with LMC on another development, particularly one in such a vibrant locale,” said Jason Bennett, division vice president for Hoar Construction. “Our co-development in Midtown Nashville was a resounding success, and we can confidently proclaim that Gentry will feature the same high level of craftsmanship and attention to detail.”
Gentry will consist of studio, 1- , 2- and 3-bedroom apartment homes and a select number of penthouse-level homes with hardwood floors. Apartment interiors will contain high-end finishes, wood-plank style flooring, custom cabinetry and private balconies. Select homes will include kitchen islands and wine fridges.
Community amenities will include an eighth-floor terrace with grills and an outdoor movie theater, and a 21st-floor amenity level. The latter will include a private dining room and catering kitchen, lounge, pool table, swimming pool, indoor/outdoor bar, grills, cabanas and a club-quality fitness center with indoor/outdoor yoga. Residents will also have access to bike storage, electric-vehicle charging stations and work-from-home spaces.
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Game 3 of the WNBA Playoffs semifinals will be Friday, August 31 at 8 p.m. ET at Charles Smith Center, George Washington University. The contest will be simulcast on WNBATV and ESPN2.
On Tuesday night at McCamish Pavilion, the Atlanta Dream used a sold-out arena to even the series against the Washington Mystics.
The Dream were down 0-1 in a best-of-five series against the Mystics, who are the hottest team in the league. In game 1, the Dream couldn’t find any momentum on offense, losing 87-84 at home on Sunday. Their ace shooter, Tiffany Hayes, was cold for most of the night.
Atlanta is also clearly missing Angel McCoughtry, who is out for the season after sustaining a knee injury earlier this month.
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SB Nation’s Shutdown Fullcast, (The world’s only college football podcast. Also, a podcast often about everything but college football.) is going live and you’re invited! Come FAN with Us at the Rich Theater in Atlanta.
The event is Friday, August 31, 2018 7–8 PM EDT at Rich Theater at the Woodruff, 1280 Peachtree St. NE ATLANTA, GA 30309.
Ticket price includes admission, one complimentary beverage, a Fryin’ Nanni koozie, and a raffle ticket for a chance to win a Shutdown Fullcast prize pack. Doors open at 6 PM.
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The 9th annual BronzeLens Film Festival ended triumphantly Sunday with screenings to the very end. Over the course of five days, movie fans, celebrities and personalities converged on the Marriott Marquis and other venues in Atlanta.Filmmakers far and wide came out to show support as well as have their productions screened to live audiences.The films featured a wide array of movies about different cultures, viewpoints and ethnicities, highlighting a widespread diaspora of global filmmakers.BronzeLens Film Festival opens in Atlanta
With hundreds of actors, producers and filmmakers in tow, the film festival’s big winner was “Jinn,” which won the Best Film Award at the event. “Jinn” is a Muslim-centered movie about a teen who rebels against her mother’s newfound faith of Islam.“This is a story that was many years in the making,” “Jinn” filmmaker Nijla Mu’min told the crowd. “I grew up in a very vibrant African-American Muslim community in Oakland. My father and my mother really helped to immerse me in that community and I never saw textured, complicated images of those people in media.”
On the festival’s final night, another film, “United Skates” made its Atlanta premiere to rousing applause and fanfare. The film was produced and directed by Dyana Winkler and Tina Brown. Winkler told the crowd that during the four+ years it took to produce the documentary, she learned the secret sauce of stopping some of the nation’s top roller rinks from closing: Zoning.Winkler said when she originally delved into doing interviews for the documentary she discovered that was culturally important to Americans, but especially to African-Americans. “When I saw what the narrative was, I didn’t want to do the film. I thought it was a great story, a story that needed to be told, but not by me, by an African-American.”She said the skating community pushed her to continue the project, which turned into a labor of love and enamored her to people all around the country.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2ExXMi06coAnother fan favorite was “Canal Street,” which features an all-star cast including Mekhi Phifer, Mykelti Williamson, Lance Reddick and Jon Seda.The film is a modern-day thriller telling the story of a teen, Kholi Styles, trying to get by in an unwelcoming new world. After the mysterious death of a classmate, all eyes fall on Kholi, the new kid at his high school. It’s up to his father, Jackie Styles, an up-and-coming lawyer from the slums of Chicago, to defend his son in court and battle an outraged public before time runs out. Jackie fights to keep his faith and prove his son is not the monster the world has made him out to be.https://vimeo.com/223838829There were several top-notch black films screening at this year’s event.
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The Pitch & SIP Competition is a evening event during Atlanta Black Tech Week, our guest get to network and sip on coctails from our cash bar while select companies pitch their businesses.
The festivities are part of Black Tech Week, which is going down on Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 8:30 AM –Fri, Aug 31, 2018, 10:30 PM EDT. The events will be held at the W Hotel in Midtown Atlanta at 45 Ivan Allen Jr Blvd NW and & African American Research Library (Auburn Ave) & Center for Civil & Human Rights.
This competition places selected companies in a face-off for good; company pitch and demo their software, hardware product, or service in front of a live audience, and fight to convince a panel of expert judges that their business will help building a better world while making money.
For more info check out AtlantaBlackTechWeek.com.
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ech Divas will learn how to use Unity3D, an industry standard game development platform, to develop a simple Virtual Reality experience. They will use code to bring their experience to life.
All BGC events are geared towards introducing participants to the technological universe and encouraging them to pursue careers as Tech Creators and Entrepreneurs. This event is intended for girls ages 7-17. No prior computing experience is necessary.
Check-in begins at 9:00 AM.
The event starts promptly at 10:00 AM. Participants do not need to bring their laptops. Lunch will be provided.Registration:
IMPORTANT: Once you register for this event please complete the online student profile forms and emergency contact forms which can be found at this link on our website: http://www.blackgirlscode.com/parents.html.
Please bring signed copies of these forms to the event.Scholarships:
Space is limited, so sign up soon to secure your spot! Limited scholarships are available by applying here: http://bit.ly/BGCScholarshipsVolunteer:
Want to help out? We are in need of VOLUNTEERS! Signup for a specific role & time http://blackgirlscode.ivolunteer.com/bgcatlvr_018Make sure you have filled out a Volunteer Registration Form.
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You probably know them from the constant coverage they get on Fox News. They’re down-home opining of President Trump’s successes and putdowns of the Obama administration have raised plenty of eyebrows. Now the Diamond and Silk Chit Chat Live Tour is coming to Marietta, Georgia.
The event is going to be held on Sunday, October 7, 2018 in Cobb County, a Republican stronghold. The area comprising the 6th District has elected GOP leaders such as Newt Gingrich, Tom Price and Karen Handel.
Diamond and Silk Chit Chat Live Tour Heads To Marietta
Lynnette Hardaway (Diamond) and Rochelle Richardson (Silk), rose to fame during the 2016 presidential election by being outspoken live-stream video bloggers and social media personalities who bashed Hillary Clinton. They have met and shared the stage with Trump, their apparent idol and hope to build support for their unique brand of politics.
The duo hope to play an even bigger role in the 2020 election as Trump has often praised them (among others) in helping to bring him African-American support.
General Admission: $50.00 SHOWTIME: (5:00pm – 6:30pm)
Doors Open at 4pm
– Regular Seating to the Chit Chat Live.
VIP Admission: $150.00 VIP TIME: (3:00pm – 400pm)
Doors Open at 2:30pm
– Meet Diamond and Silk
– Take a photo with Diamond and Silk
– RSVP Seating to the Chit Chat Live
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