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The ATL will be the place where tens of thousands of film professionals converge as the Atlanta Film Festival gets underway this week. The event, now in its fourth decade, is one of the longest-running festivals of its kind in the United States.
More than 25,000 people, including filmmakers of independent, international, animated, documentary, and short films,are expected to be on hand.
Atlanta Film Festival 2018: What you need to know
What gives this year’s festival even more power is the fact that Georgia is No. 1 as far as film production. Atlanta is now an official movie mecca with crews, talent and production agencies growing by leaps and bounds.
This year’s film entries, more than 7,600, broke a record. The final movie lineup consists of 58 feature length films and 150 short films from 56 countries.Many of this year’s movies will be by firsttime filmmakers and women.“Now is an exciting time to be making films and telling these stories, because there aren’t as many expectations of rejection or pressures to be polite,” says Atlanta writer/director Katie Orr, told The AJC. “Women are empowered right now and instead of nicely asking for a chance, we’re saying, ‘No, you will listen to our stories and we will be the ones doing the storytelling.’”The films will be screened at various locations around Midtown Atlanta. See the complete 2018 schedule here.Wednesday, April 11 — 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Thursday, April 12 — 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Friday, April 13 – Sunday April 22 — 10:00 AM – 7:00 PMThe post Atlanta Film Festival 2018: Dates, Location, Info appeared first on .
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The ATL will be the place where tens of thousands of film professionals converge as the Atlanta Film Festival gets underway this week. The event, now in its fourth decade, is one of the longest-running festivals of its kind in the United States.
More than 25,000 people, including filmmakers of independent, international, animated, documentary, and short films,are expected to be on hand.
Atlanta Film Festival 2018: What you need to know
What gives this year’s festival even more power is the fact that Georgia is No. 1 as far as film production. Atlanta is now an official movie mecca with crews, talent and production agencies growing by leaps and bounds.
This year’s film entries, more than 7,600, broke a record. The final movie lineup consists of 58 feature length films and 150 short films from 56 countries.Many of this year’s movies will be by firsttime filmmakers and women.“Now is an exciting time to be making films and telling these stories, because there aren’t as many expectations of rejection or pressures to be polite,” says Atlanta writer/director Katie Orr, told The AJC. “Women are empowered right now and instead of nicely asking for a chance, we’re saying, ‘No, you will listen to our stories and we will be the ones doing the storytelling.’”The films will be screened at various locations around Midtown Atlanta. See the complete 2018 schedule here.Wednesday, April 11 — 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Thursday, April 12 — 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Friday, April 13 – Sunday April 22 — 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM -
Tiffany Haddish is the hot actor de jour in Hollywood. If you want to share some screentime with her, here’s your chance. Casting directors are are looking for actors to work on scenes to be shot around Atlanta.
Haddish stars in the new Tyler Perry project “The List,” which is about “a wild woman who gets released from prison and reunites with her sister, played by Sumpter. Sumpter’s character is in an online relationship with a man that may be “catfishing” her,” according to Deadline.
The movie is set to be released in November 2018.
Atlanta Casting Call For New Tiffany Haddish Movie
Tika Sumpter and Omari Hardwick also have been cast in the movie. For scenes to be shot
NOW CASTING!! FEATURED ROLE AND RATE!
Works tomorrow, Thursday, April 12th!
Must be willing to work as a Atlanta, Georgia LOCAL!
Featured Clients
CAUCASIAN/ASIAN males and females ONLY!
Age:18-40
$140/12**DO NOT submit if you are already booked to work with us. You will not be considered**
Name:
Age:
Phone Number:
Location:3 current photos of yourself!
Email: Submissions.sca@gmail.com
Subject: CLIENTAn earlier casting call went out for the second and third week of April.
Here is the casting call:
***STAND IN NEEDED***$120/12 Please match this skin tone as closely as possible. Experience preferred.
5’3″ tall, 180/200 lbs. 20-40 years old
Must have open availability the second and third week of April.
Atlanta, GA local or willing to work as a local.
To Apply: Name, Age, Height, Weight, and a direct phone number to: Submissions.SCA@gmail.com
Please include a head shot and resume also.
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Looking for an under-the-rader spot to throw back some suds? Eventide Brewing has you covered.
This underrated spot in Grant Park opened in January 2014. The brewery distributes its awesome beer throughout Atlanta at some of the dining scene’s most renown places, such as Brick Store Pub, Taco Mac, and the Porter Beer Bar.
$3 Mondays at Grant Park’s Event Brewing
Monday April 16, 2018 05:30 pm EDTEvery Monday all of Eventide Brewingâs core styles are only $3.Cost: $3+The post April 15: $3 Mondays at Event Brewing In Grant Park appeared first on .
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Looking for an under-the-rader spot to throw back some suds? Eventide Brewing has you covered.
This underrated spot in Grant Park opened in January 2014. The brewery distributes its awesome beer throughout Atlanta at some of the dining scene’s most renown places, such as Brick Store Pub, Taco Mac, and the Porter Beer Bar.
$3 Mondays at Grant Park’s Event Brewing
Monday April 16, 2018 05:30 pm EDTEvery Monday all of Eventide Brewingâs core styles are only $3.Cost: $3+ -
The piercing horns of New Orleans jazz will be in the springtime air soon as the West Georgia Jazz Festival comes to the state.
The festival is slated for April 28, 2018 at the MILL amphitheater, 106 Temple St. Villa Rica, GA 30180.
April 28, 2018: West Georgia Jazz Festival in Villa Rica
The event will feature Stooges Brass Band from New Orleans, Louisiana and much more.
Other acts scheduled to perform at The MILL Amphitheater include David Pippen and Martini Caliente, Southern Art Music Ensemble, The Serenata Band.
If you want a jazzy good time, come out and help kick off Georgia’s festival season with great food, fun and music at the West Georgia Jazz Festival! Admission is FREE!
Check here for deets.
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Artz Eatz and Beatz takes place this weekend, Saturday, April 14 in Atlanta. The event, which began as a vehicle to help, educate and to bring awareness to breast cancer and to help fund the research for a cure, is in third year.The event organizer says this about the cause: “I recently lost the love of my life to breast cancer and wanted to do something to continue the effort in fighting this disease. We both loved art, we both loved food and we both loved music, so Artz Eatz and Beatz was born.”Artz Eatz and Beatz Set For April 14 In Atlanta
The event will be at AC Hotel by Mariott Atlanta from 7 to 10 pm.Anderson Smith is witness to the harshness of cancer. This event is about his journey into despair, and how he found a way out. Artz Eatz & Beatz was created as a catalyst to change how we think about cancer. It is a celebration for the survivors and in memory of those who did not make it.Come out and enjoy art by local artist Anderson Smith, Carmen Ashley Rice, Amber Langford Amy Radar, Pati Krohngold and Kim Chesney. Also small bites as well as signature tequila drinks provided by Real Azul Tequila. The Beatz will be spinning by acclaimed DJ Dack Patrick providing great music all night. The AC Hotel Downtown is hosting this amazing event. -
Yard bird is second nature in Atlanta. I mean, you can find fried chicken in all four corners of metro Atlanta, NW, SW, NE, SE. But delicious fried chicken? Now, that’s another matter.
The city has made a name for itself with boneless chicken (Chick-Fil-A), chicken with bones in it (everywhere else) and even baked chicken (Picadilly). But there’s one place that knows what it’s doing when it comes to fried chicken.
Odd Bird’s Chicken Fried Steak Available April 11
On the second Wednesday of each month, West Egg Cafe hosts a pop-up concept called Odd Bird and their Chicken Fried Steak, with white gravy, waffle, rosemary syrup, is the Southern dish you need in your life.
On Wednesday, April 11, from 5:30 to 9 p.m., the Odd Bird will have the yard bird on and poppin’.
Hot chicken is having a serious moment in Atlanta. What with the entry of Gus’ Hot Chicken and Richard’s in Krog Street Market, you’d think a live spicy bird swooped to the city and made its nest. But while those restaurants are all good, Odd Bird has a captivating allure about it that is hard to match, let alone put into words.
Odd Bird is located at 1100 Howell Mill Road, Atlanta, Ga. 30318.
See you Wed, April 11, 5:30-9pm, at
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Arches Brewing in Hapeville is going to be festive on the second full weekend in April. That’s because they’ll celebrate the brewery’s second anniversary.Grab your tickets and come out to support Arches on Saturday, April 14th! The establishment will be featuring multiple rare & barrel-aged styles, tapping a specialty cask, and pouring our very first experimental lager from their recently announced Lager Lab project.
Arches Brewing Celebrating 2-Year Anniversary
The party will stay rockin’ with two lives bands, the Atlanta Photo Camper, and Buena Gente Bakery serving up delicious cuban eats.Arches promises that there will be even more surprises on the site.General Admission tickets are $25 and VIP tickets are $75 – ticket details & purchase here.Here’s the info from Facebook:This Saturday we’ll celebrate two years of firsts.. here’s another. We could not be more excited to debut these elegantly designed bottles of Four Fiddlers & Cabergé. Descriptions below. Very limited quantities in Tasting Room only. More beer announcements coming this week. Grab your tickets and come celebrate with us.
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Cabergé – 9.4% – 2017 Vintage Russian Imperial Stout aged in Mauritson Wines Sonoma Cabernet Sauvignon barrels.
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Four Fiddlers – 13.5% – 2017 Vintage Belgian Quadrupel aged in ASW Distillery Fiddler Bourbon barrels. -
A fresh round of financing has just cemented plans for a new hotel in North Fulton’s most celebrated development.
HALL Structured Finance (HSF) announced this week that it has closed a new first lien loan of $14.6 million that will kickstart construction of Georgia’s first Even Hotel.
The six-story, 132-room structure will be in Alpharetta will be located across from the Avalon development.
InterContinental Hotels Group will be the project’s manager and joint venture partner while Noel Epelboim, CEO and president of Epelboim Development Group LLC, has been tapped as the project’s sponsor and developer.
Georgia’s First Even Hotel Set For Alpharetta
“The high quality of IHG’s EVEN™ Hotel product, the strong business climate and growth taking place in Atlanta’snorthern suburbs, and the trusted sponsorship with Noel Epelboim and his team all made this an ideal project for us to finance,” Mike Jaynes, President of HALL Structured Finance said in a statement. “This is the second EVEN™ Hotel we have financed with Epelboim Development Group, and we believe that the addition of an EVEN™ Hotel neighboring Alpharetta’sAvalon development will be a great success.”
“As the first EVEN™ Hotel product developed in the state of Georgia, the project’s location in close proximity to IHG’s headquarters and northern office will make it a flagship for the EVEN™ brand, ensuring the highest quality and innovative design,” said Noel Epelboim, principal at Epelboim Development Group. “HSF understood this vision for the hotel and used their combined expertise in real estate and finance to help us secure this loan and move forward with the hotel’s development.”