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They came, they saw, they twirled. They even meditated.
Injured veterans and some of their family members recently came together to participate in a Wounded Warrior Project®(WWP) ladies-only yoga dance class in Atlanta. The class introduced many of the participants to Vinyasa yoga, which combines elements of power yoga, fitness, dance, and meditation.
Wounded Warriors Project Teams Up With Atlanta Yoga Class
“I was always interested in taking yoga, but the idea of adding dance music seemed more exciting,” said Army veteran Beverly Townes from Snellville, Georgia. “I thoroughly enjoyed the event even though some of the moves were a little challenging, but the staff provided alternate moves and positions for those of us who were unable to do the regular positions.”
The Wounded Warrior Project for years has been dedicated to helping U.S. servicemen and women feel part of the American community again by re-acclimating them to the environment through social programs, support groups, activities and just plain ‘ol fun.
Activities like yoga can also help many of the veterans to utilize coping skills and deal with stress and emotional issues that come from combat.
“Wounded Warrior Project is a great organization that’s been helpful to me and many others,” Beverly said. “It provides services that would not otherwise be available to service members because of their circumstances. I appreciate everything the organization is doing for all soldiers.”
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Clark Atlanta University students will graduate this week at commencement services on May 21, 2018. The Baccalaureate will be a day earlier.
Commencement exercises will be held in the Clark Atlanta University Stadium, rain or shine. Please check the weather and be sure to bring rain gear if the report calls for rain.
CAU Graduation 2018: May 21
There will be a number of CAU live streams so that people who couldn’t make the event can see the festivities.
Baccalaureate – May 20, 2018
Vivian W. Henderson Health & Physcial Education Center
Epps Gymnasium
10:00 a.m.(A Baccalaureate is a religious service honoring the graduating class.)
Commencement – May 21, 2018
CAU Panther Stadium
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Because we’re special, Wendy’s has rolled out its updated Frosty Card program in metro Atlanta and surrounding areas. Proceeds from this year’s program will go to Camp Sunshine and help send children and teens with cancer to camp this summer.
In addition to patrons in the Atlanta area, customers in other parts of Georgia, including Chattanooga, Macon, Columbus, Savannah and Augusta (as well as Chattanooga) can purchase a limited-edition Camp Sunshine Frosty Card from now until July 1, 2018.
$1 Frosty Card Earns You A Free Junior Frosty With Any Purchase
The Frosty Card costs $1, with each key card redeemable for one free junior Frosty with any purchase until December 31, 2018.
“Camp Sunshine holds a special place in our hearts, and we’ve been proud to support the important work they do for the last nine years,” says Wendy’s Division Marketing Manager Samone Brumfield. “Knowing that we can make a difference in any child’s life means much more than a Frosty. It’s about giving them a break to have fun during an extremely difficult time. That’s priceless.”
“Wendy’s is one of Camp Sunshine’s biggest supporters,” says Nancy Burrow, special events and communications manager at Camp Sunshine. “Last year alone the Frosty Card campaign helped send nearly 400 kids to camp, which is remarkable. We’re looking forward to another successful year and seeing how every Frosty Card purchase truly does change a child’s life.”
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Spelman College is set to hold their spring commencement activities on Thursday, May 17 — Sunday, May 20, 2018.
For the first time in 30 years, a Spelman College alumnae has been chosen to give the commencement address, the school announced this week. The honors will go to Rosalind Gates Brewer (class of 1984), who serves as group president Americas and chief operating officer for Starbucks.
The actual commencement will be Sunday, May 20 at 3 p.m. at the Georgia International Convention Center in College Park. See details below.
Spelman College Commencement: May 17 – 20, 2018
THURSDAY, May 17: Commencement Rehearsal and Ticket Distribution
9:30 a.m. | Science Center NASA AuditoriumAttendance at graduation rehearsal is mandatory for all graduating seniors. It is critical that you arrive promptly. The purpose of this meeting is to explain the graduation line up, show how your regalia should be worn, and demonstrate how to come onstage to receive your diploma, ensure that we have the proper pronunciation of your name, and distribute tickets.
Graduates who do not attend rehearsal will not receive Commencement tickets. Commencement rehearsal is time consuming; therefore, you should be prepared to be at Sisters Chapel for at least three hours. Exceptions will not be made for students who have to leave rehearsal early to go to work, the airport, etc. Please bring your Spelman photo ID and graduation clearance letter to pick up your tickets.
The correct pronunciation of your name is important. If your name has an unusual pronunciation, please contact the Dean of Undergraduate Studies and provide a phonetic translation. During the rehearsal, we will pronounce everyone’s name. If your name is mispronounced, please wait until the rehearsal is completed to make the correction.
FRIDAY, May 18: Senior Class Day Convocation
1:30 p.m. | Sisters Chapel
Graduates should line up at 12 p.m. at the Rockefeller Fine Arts BuildingSpelman College launches its formal Commencement festivities with Senior Class Day, an afternoon celebrating the senior class. The Class Day Convocation is unique in that it is the only formal Commencement event in which the senior class is addressed directly by peers. The Senior Class President will preside over the ceremony.The class valedictorian will deliver the Ivy Oration, an address in which she compares the characteristics of the ivy plant to the class in a unique way. Other Class Day traditions include the passing of the Senior Bench and Mortar Board to the junior class, the passing of the class emblem to the incoming first-year class, and presentation of the class history. Overflow seating will be available on the Oval where you may enjoy a live video feed of the Class Day ceremony.
3 p.m. | The Spelman College Oval
March Through Alumnae Arch
After the conclusion of the Class Day program, seniors will join the alumnae on the Oval for the processional through the Alumnae Arch, which is symbolic of seniors leaving the College and entering into greater service in the world beyond the gates of Spelman. Spelman alumnae, wearing white dresses, lead the procession. Family and friends can all enjoy this exciting and beautiful procession.SATURDAY, May 19: Baccalaureate
9 a.m. | The Spelman College Oval
Graduates will assemble in Sisters Chapel at 7:30 a.m.
Baccalaureate Speaker: Calvin O. Butts, III, D.Min., president of State University of New York College at Old Westbury and pastor of the nationally renowned Abyssinian Baptist Church in the City of New YorkAt Spelman, the Baccalaureate is one of the most meaningful and joyous ceremonies of the academic year. A spiritual service that reflects the breadth of faith traditions represented among the class, the Baccalaureate features a farewell sermon to Spelman College seniors. Graduates, their families, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend.
Seating on the Oval is on a first-come, first-seated basis. Guests will not be permitted to hold seats. The ceremony will also be telecast in Sisters Chapel. If there is a strong chance of inclement weather, notification of the change of venue will be announced via the Spelman Commencement Web page and the Spelman College inclement weather line 404-270-6116 or 6117, 48 hours in advance of the Baccalaureate Service.10:30 a.m. | Various locations around campus
Baccalaureate Reception for Students, Families and Guests
Immediately following the Baccalaureate ceremony, you are cordially invited to the departmental receptions at various locations around campus. These receptions offer a wonderful opportunity for your family and friends to meet in your favorite professors in your major. President Campbell and Interim Provost Myra Burnett will also attend the various receptions to greet graduates and your guests.SUNDAY, May 20: Commencement
3 p.m. | Georgia International Convention Center (GICC)
2000 Convention Center Concourse
College Park, Georgia 30037
770-997-3566
www.gicc.comDoors open at 12 p.m. (This time is subject to change).
Commencement Speaker: Rosalind Gates Brewer, C’84, group president Americas and chief operating officer for Starbucks
All entrances into the Exhibit Hall will close promptly at 2:30 p.m. for processional. Doors will reopen after processional is complete.
Please note: Spelman College and the Georgia International Convention Center (GICC) do not provide wheelchairs for mobility impaired guests. Mobility impaired guests may be dropped off at the entrance closest to the event designated for guests needing special assistance. Upon entrance into the event area, there will be hostesses available to assist with seating. A special seating section is available for mobility impaired guests, and only one person may accompany that guest and sit in the special seating area. No exceptions will be made.
Sign language interpretation is available for those with hearing impairments.
The Commencement Ceremony will mark the culmination of your years of hard work and dedication to intellectual and personal development. In addition to highlighting your accomplishments, we will recognize the distinguished contributions of other individuals of national and international prominence.
Spelman College’s Commencement speakers are leaders from both the public and private sector, from education to science to business to government. In the past, speakers such as first lady Michelle Obama, the Hon. Shirley Chisholm, Dr. Benjamin Carson, Ms. Oprah Winfrey, Ms. Alice Walker and Ms. Toni Morrison have addressed Spelman College graduates and their families.
On Sunday, May 20, graduates must report to the facility no later than 12:30 p.m. (This time is subject to change). Please leave all purses, cell phones, and personal belongings with family or friends.
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“What Men Want,” a new film starring Taraji P. Henson, is casting for male and female actors of all types for specific scenes to be shot in Atlanta on Wednesday, May 30 and Thursday, May 31.
The new movie, based off the remake of the 2000 movie starring Mel Gibson, begun production this spring and will continue into the summer. In this version , Henson gets to play the protagonist finding out what makes men tick.
New Taraji P. Henson film ‘What Men Want’ casting in ATL
The film will partially be shot in the ATL and because of that, casting directors are looking to fill some roles to be filmed across multiple days. Here’s what they wan
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If you don’t know what Sunday, May 13, 2018 is, (yes, it’s the Lord’s day) then you’re not living right. It’s Mother’s Day and there are a bunch of things going on, all of them catering to the woman that gave birth to you (or yourself).
Many families will take the matriarch out on the town, feasting downtown, Midtown in Buckhead and all over. There are a number of specials on tap for Mama as well. Here are some of the best ones we’ve seen.
Which Restaurant To Take Mom For Mother’s Day In Atlanta
Mom can enjoy the Midtown Atlanta skyline while partaking in a brunch buffet at 5Church Atlanta from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. The menu will include Champagne deviled eggs; coffee-rubbed prime rib; honey-glazed spiral ham; Belgian waffles with maple syrup; shrimp and grits with roasted red peppers, pork belly and tomato gravy; blackened salmon; and pecan-smoked pork shoulder eggs Benedict. $40 for adults, $18 for children 12 and under (tax and gratuity not included). A limited dinner menu is offered from 6-10 p.m.
C&S Seafood and Oyster Bar will be opening its doors early at 10 a.m. and serving a special brunch menu. The eatery will stay open through dinner, serving at 3 p.m. Some faves will be the Maine Lobster Cocktail, Steamed Sea Bass, Snapper Picatta and more. Paired with a delicious, new spring cocktail, C&S Seafood and Oyster Bar has everything Mom needs this Mother’s Day! Reservations can be made on Opentable.
Drift Fish House & Oyster Bar will host a special pop-up Mother’s Day brunch from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Offerings include deviled eggs, bourbon-cured salmon, peaches and cream French toast, pan-seared Gulf grouper and wood-grilled steak and eggs.
Livingston Restaurant + Bar in The Georgian Terrace will have a lavish display for their Mother’s Day brunch buffet from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. featuring a breads and pastries, omelet and carving stations, a cold buffet with fruits and salads, a hot buffet, a children’s buffet and a dessert station. $38 for adults, $15 for children ages 6 to 12 (complimentary for children ages 5 and under). Additionally, The Grand Ballroom also is open for Sunday brunch. Complimentary three-hour parking.
In North Fulton, take mom to Milton’s Cuisine & Cocktails for a three-course, seed-to-fork prix fixe dinner priced at $40 per person. From 4 to 9 p.m., the menu will have such faves as pickled Royal Red shrimp toast, Southern fried chicken breast, grilled wagyu sirloin and blueberry-lavender panna cotta.
Ray’s in the City will give patrons a taste of the sea right in downtown ATL. Treat mom to such items as seafood-stuffed lemon sole and braised short rib pot pie from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. $45.95 for adults; $22.95 for children ages 5 to 10.
The Big Ketch Canton Street will serve up Mother’s Day brunch from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. for $34.95 (adults) and $19.95 for kids 12 and under. Mom will get to choose between the blue crab mac & cheese, New Orleans jambalaya, two carving stations and more will wow mom. Regular dinner will be served alongside chef specialties from 4-9 p.m.
Twisted Soul Cookhouse & Pours will treat Mama like a queen this Sunday. She’ll have her pick of inspired seasonal dishes alongside sweets and carving stations while you sip a French 75. Reservations are highly recommended; $50 for adults, Children 13 -17 are $30, Children 7 to 12 are $12 and children, 6 and under eat free.
TL Taco, the new Lenox Square taqueria will offer Mommy a brunch menu from 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. — enough time to do some shopping afterward!
Wait, there’s more ATL deals for Mom
If you have a sporty mom, take her to downtown because she’ll get free admission on Sunday, at the College Football Hall of Fame, 250 Marietta St. NW. There’s a Moms and Mimosas deal that will give each mama a complimentary massage, manicure and mimosa.
It’s a jungle out there. That’s why moms will get in free at Zoo Atlanta on Sunday with the purchase of any regularly-priced child or adult general admission ticket.
Got an event or know of something opening in and around Atlanta? Holla: TJohnson@AtlantaFi.com. See what’s poppin’ in the ATL! Subscribe to our news alerts here, follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
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Disney’s “Jungle Cruise” starring Dwyane “The Rock” Johnson is casting in Atlanta in anticipation of filming in middle to late May 2019.
The film is based on Disneyland’s theme park ride, where a small riverboat takes a group of travelers through a jungle filled with dangerous animals and reptiles. In addition to the Rock the cast features Emily Blunt and Jack Whitehall.
Disney’s ‘Jungle Cruise’ movie is looking for actors in Atlanta
Casting for a New Feature Film “ELIXIR” (working title)’
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“ELIXIR” (working title)
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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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Celebrated author Lauren Groff is coming to the ATL! Groff, a New York Times bestselling author of “Fates and Furies” is back with a new title.
She will promote her new book “Florida” at a ticketed event Friday, June 8, 218 in the city. Things get started at 7 p.m.
Come Hang Out With Author Lauren Groff In Atlanta
“Florida” will be an array of stories about the author’s home state. She will treat a live audience at the lovely Midtown Atlanta theater, SCADshow. A book signing of a first edition copy of “Florida” will follow.
A Cappella Books is the official bookseller for this event.
ABOUT THE BOOK
In her vigorous and moving new book, Lauren Groff brings her electric storytelling and intelligence to a world in which storms, snakes, and sinkholes lurk at the edge of everyday life, but the greater threats and mysteries are of a human, emotional, and psychological nature. Among those navigating it all are a resourceful pair of abandoned sisters; a lonely boy, grown up; a restless, childless couple, a searching, homeless woman; and an unforgettable, recurring character — a steely and conflicted wife and mother.
The stories in this collection span characters, towns, decades, even centuries, but Florida — its landscape, climate, history, and state of mind — becomes its gravitational center: an energy, a mood, as much as a place of residence. Groff transports the reader, then jolts us alert with a crackle of wit, a wave of sadness, a flash of cruelty, as she writes about loneliness, rage, family, and the passage of time. With shocking accuracy and effect, she pinpoints the moments and decisions and connections behind human pleasure and pain, hope and despair, love and fury — the moments that make us alive. Startling, precise, and affecting, Florida is a magnificent achievement.
A Cappella Books is the official bookseller for this event.
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Jesmyn Ward comes to Atlanta’s Carter Center this week as part of her Paperback Tour. The novelist and an associate professor of English at Tulane University has won many accolates, including the 2011 National Book Award for Fiction and a 2012
Alex Award. She will be at the Carter Center on Thursday, May 9, 2013. The event starts at 7 and ends at 9 p.m. Get tickets here.
Ward’s tour is in support of her newest book, “Sing, Unburied, Sing,” published by Simon & Schuster. The book is about Jojo, 13-year-old is trying to become a man.
Jesmyn Ward comes to Atlanta’s Carter Center
From the website: “He doesn’t lack in fathers to study, chief among them his Black grandfather, Pop. But there are other men who complicate his understanding: his absent White father, Michael, who is being released from prison; his absent White grandfather, Big Joseph, who won’t acknowledge his existence; and the memories of his dead uncle, Given, who died as a teenager.”
In August 2016, Simon & Schuster released the Ward-edited The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race,