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The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, one of the most anticipated film festivals in the Southeast, has announced its full 2019 movie lineup. The festival runs from February 6 through February 26, 2019 at various venues in metro Atlanta.
Previously, the AJFF announces its Opening Night film slate, which features the Israeli dramedy “Shoelaces,” but now we’re getting a look at what the highly heralded film festival has in store for its whole 2019 campaign.
Atlanta Jewish Film Festival announces 2019 movie slate, schedule
In its 19th year, the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival presents 180 screenings, with a decidedly international influence: 76 of the films are from 24 counties. Film lovers can expect a wide and diverse slate when it comes to genre and subject matter, with films delving into such topics as life in Israel, anti-Semitism, the LGBTQ experience, the arts, journalism, social justice issues and more.
The film festival will take place all over town, including at the following locations: Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center, Regal Perimeter Pointe, Regal Atlantic Station, UA Tara Cinemas, and The Woodruff Arts Center.
“We’re proud to bring audiences a lineup that will not only be exhilarating and entertaining but challenging and compelling,” says Kenny Blank, Executive Director of AJFF. “Our filmgoing experience is shaped by the social and political tides of our time, and certainly this year’s lineup includes films that will provoke audiences to think in new ways and see their world in a new light. From dramas that tug on the heartstrings, to comedies that lift our spirits, and documentaries that both inform and entertain, there is a rewarding and enriching movie experience awaiting audiences of all faiths and backgrounds.”
Here are some of the films on tap for the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival 2019
Tickets go on sale via AJFF.org beginning Monday, January 28 at 10:00 AM. Ticket prices include:
- $36 for Opening Night General Admission (includes complimentary parking and film)
- $36 for Young Professionals Night, Presented by ACCESS (includes pre-show party and film)
- $36 for Closing Night (includes complimentary parking, film, and post-screening food tasting)
- $15 for General Admission
- $13 for Matinees and Seniors/Students/Children
For more information, visit AJFF.org. Stay connected via social media on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram and use #AJFF2019.
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Time to get boo’d up! Ella Mai is set to perform at The Tabernacle in downtown Atlanta on March 18 and 19.
Ella Mai rose to stardom in 2018 after the massive success of her first single “Boo’d Up.” The English singer was actually discovered byDJ Mustard, who signed her to his label 10 Summers Records.
See the date: Ella Mai plays the Tabernacle in Atlanta
Her recent EP, “”Ready, was released in February 2017 and continues to chart well. Originally from the UK, Ella Mai went to school for music and is overjoyed that she’s finally getting the chance to show the world what she’s made of.
Ella Mai’s tour schedule takes her through several U.S. dates during the first part of 2019. Here is the complete tour schedule:
Ella Mai U.S. tour 2019
All ages welcome. Doors 7PM Show 8PM The main floor is general admission, standing room only. The balconies are reserved, assigned seating.
Ella Mai Sale Dates and Times:
Public Onsale: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 at 10:00 AM
Citi® Cardmember Presale: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 at 10:00 AM
Ticketmaster Presale: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 at 10:00 AM
Live Nation Mobile App Presale: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 at 10:00 AM
Citi® Cardmember Preferred: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 at 10:00 AM
VIP Presale: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 at 10:00 AM
VIP Onsale: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 at 10:00 AM
Live Nation Presale: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 at 10:00 AM
Official Platinum Presale: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 at 06:00 PM
Official Platinum Public Onsale: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 at 10:00 AM
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A food hall is being built at Colony Square, AtlantaFi has learned. The food hall will be called “Main & Main” and be operated by hospitality group Oz Rey LLC out of Texas.
The plans call for between 15 and 18 food options adn two bars in the food hall. Unlike the other two food halls in Midtown — Ponce City Market and Krog Street Market — the Colony Square food hall may display more ethnic foods, if what they’ve done in Houston is a guide.
Colony Square getting a food hall
The Colony Square food hall is slated to open in 2020. It will size at 22,500 square feet. No tenants have been announced, but Goronkin said to look for cuisine centered around oyster, Vietnamese food and tacos.
The food hall is part of the $400 million renovation being done at the Midtown Atlanta location. Oz Rey is also the developers behind a proposed food hall in Gwinnett County’s Revel mixed-used development.
Colony Square is in the midst of planning on a massive redevelopment project that will bring ultimately bring new retail space, a food hall and movie theater to Peachtree by November 2019.
Iselle Kitchen + Bar is another Atlanta restaurant set to open at Colony Square. The eatery is set to make its debut in the fall of 2019, as we previously reported.
In 2018, Colony Square launched a partnership with Fooda to bring “restaurant pop-ups” to the Midtown development.
Colony Square scored a deal with office lunch outprint Fooda to bring pop-up shop food options to Midtown. Fooda will bring daily eats to the complex from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
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If you know about the Hop City Craft Beer & Wine team, you know that fresh brews are in their blood. Their new concept, Boxcar, is about to do for food what Hop City does for beer in Atlanta. Boxcar is set to open on Friday, March 1, 2019.
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The new Atlanta restaurant will open in the West End’s Lee + White development at 1020 White St. SW. Boxcar will join other establishments there such as Monday Night Brewing, Wild Heaven Beer, Honeysuckle Gelato and more.
Boxcar brewpub opens in Atlanta’s West End
Boxcar will be the second restaurant in metro Atlanta for the Hop City team. Inspired by urban freight train and railroad vibes, the establishment will be the style of grafitti chic. Gracing the walls will be a mural from well-known Atlanta artist Catlanta.
What’s on the menu at Boxcar?
Boxcar will specialize in well-made pub food i.e. neighborhood-friendly burgers, sandwiches and salads. For hearty eaters, large plates sourced from local farmers will be on the menu weekly.
Menu favorites will include: the “Lobstah Roll,” Yuzu Fried Chicken and Roasted Beet Carpaccio as well as elevated bar classics like the Soft Baked Pretzel and the Boxcar Beef Burger.
For craft beer heads, Boxcar will have a team of “beer nerds” to help patrons choose among 80 rotating draft choices at two different beer, wine and cocktail bars.
“Our retail space will be a little more curated on the beer side with closer to 1,000 choices compared to the 1,900 or so at our original Westside store,” Owner Kraig Torres said in a written statement. “It will still be the best our local, national and worldwide brewers have to offer…with a focus on freshness. You’ll also see a generous selection of small-production wines hand-picked by our equally-passionate wine team. We hope we have created a warm, friendly environment for enthusiasts of all things food and drink.”
Boxcar is a Lee + White development, the local company behind some of the Atlanta Beltline’s most successful food and beverage projects.
Boxcar joins a successful stable of Atlanta brewpubs under the Hop City umbrella, including Monday Night Brewing, Wild Heaven and Best End Brewpub.
Where is Boxcar located in Atlanta?
Boxcar is located in historic West End at 1020 White St. SW. Here is a map to help you find it.
What are Boxcar’s hours of operation?
Boxcar will be open Sunday from 11 am to 10 pm, Wednesday and Thursday from 5 pm to 10 pm and Friday and Saturday from 11 am to 12 am. Hop City’s retail area will be open Monday-Thursday from 11 am to 10 pm, Friday and Saturday from 11 am to 12 am and Sunday from 12:00 pm to 10 pm.
Showing its humanitarian side, a portion of Boxcar’s sales will go to the Atlanta Mission. Hop City will also be partnering with WorkSource Georgia to help keep longtime West End residents working to earn a living wage.
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Revelator Coffee is opening a new location in Phipps Plaza. This is the second new location in Buckhead, the other one is in Lenox Square.
Revelator Coffee is trying to ramp up its presence in Atlanta’s priciest ZIP code, opting to open in two malls.
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Revelator Coffee opening 2 locations in Buckhead
Revelator Coffee launched in 2014 in Birmingham’s historic theater district . Founders Josh Owen, Emma Chevalier, and Elizabeth Pogue met in New Orleans and decided to go into business. The rest, as they say, is roasted history.
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A new retail store specializing in fresh meat, locally sourced foods is coming to Atlanta. Chop Shop will open its doors on Edgewood Avenue in February 2019, AtlantaFi has learned.
Chop Shop is located at located at 1366 Memorial Drive SE in Atlanta’s eastside. It is a collaboration between Pine Street Market in Avondale Estates and Riverview Farms in Ranger, Georgia.
Chop Shop opening its doors on Edgewood Avenue in Atlanta
The pork and beef will be provided by Riverview Farms, a sustainable enterprise that practices “full circle farming.” That means the land supports the livestock and vice versa.
As for the decor of Chop Shop, the store’s website says this: “The central patio at Chop Shop is intended to serve as an event space to feature up-and-coming chefs, local food crafters, cooking classes, and good old fashioned fun.”
What are Chop Shop’s hours?
The establishment’s operating hours are:
Monday-Friday 10AM-7PM
Saturday 9AM-6PM
Sunday 10AM-5PM
Chop Shop comes to the public from the creative and industrious minds of Rusty Bowers, the chef who runs Pine Street Market and Wes and Charlotte Swancy who operate Riverview Farms in North Georgia.
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A new Atlanta restaurant is coming to Perimeter Town Center in Sandy Springs. The move will mark Primo Hoagies’ inaugural entry into the metro Atlanta market.
Primo Hoagies is a New Jersey-based sandwich shop with a focus on Italian and Philly cheesesteak hoagies. The eatery is slated to open in March 2019.
Primo Hoagies opening in Sandy Springs in March
Primo Hoagies will join other businesses at Perimeter Town Center. The shop is located at 6115 Peachtree Dunwoody Road at the intersection of Hammond Road. Ackerman & Co. runs the development.
The franchisee is Brian Ottaviano is Primo Hoagies’ franchisee.
“What differentiates Primo Hoagies is the quality of the ingredients, which includes the high-quality loin steak used to make our cheesesteaks,” Ottaviano said. “We’re very proud of our hoagies and how they’re made, and now we get to share these sandwiches that everyone is talking about with the people of Atlanta.”
Atlanta’s dining scene has become a hotbed for new restaurants. The more new Atlanta restaurants that continue to open, the bigger the city’s collective palate.In all four quadrants of the city, patrons can find anything from new world fusion foods, Southern classics to the old world staples found in Italy and other parts of Europe.Got an event or know of something opening in and around Atlanta? Holla: CJ@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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The home in Atlanta neighborhood known as Vine City where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. raised his family with Coretta Scott King is now open to the public for the first time.
MLK’s Vine City home is being made accessible to as part of Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park, a part of the National Park System.
MLK’s Vine City home is now a National HIstorical Park site
The National Park Foundation purchased the home, via private philanthropy, from the estate of Coretta Scott King on January 8, 2019, and immediately transferred it to the National Park Service
Everybody is well aware of MLK’s birth home at 501 Auburn Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30312, which has been a part of the National Park Service for years, but few know about MLK’s Vine City home where the adult minister and civil rights leader raised his children along with his faithful wife Coretta Scott King.
“The National Park Service’s dedication to preserving historic properties is unmatched,” said Dr. Bernice A. King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., on behalf of the King family. “We are very pleased to have worked with the National Park Foundation to ensure that the family home that my siblings and I grew up in will be open and available to the public. My brothers and I are honored to have fulfilled my mother’s wish to allow future generations to know the story of our dad as a father, a husband, a minister, and a civil rights leader.”
“The addition of the homes where Dr. King was born and where he raised his family with Coretta Scott King provides the National Park Service sacred spaces to more fully tell the story of Dr. King’s life and legacy,” said National Park Service Deputy Director P. Daniel Smith. “Thanks to the efforts of the National Park Foundation and the generosity of the King family, these areas are now among the many civil rights sites that are preserved as part of the National Park System and will be accessible to the American people in perpetuity.”
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Leave it to a celebrity hairstylist to serve up exactly what the masses need. Gocha Hawkins, known for styling the coifs of mega-personalities like Beyonce, Nicki Minaj, Kandi Burruss and other stars, recently opened Gocha’s Breakfast Bar in the Cascade area of Atlanta.
Aside from being an hairstylist and cosmetologist, Hawkins, who originates from Detroit, Michigan, felt like the Cascade area was neglected when it came to upscale dining options. “What I wanted to do was take breakfast, combine it with a bar, and make sure that people are having a great time,” Hawkins told Black Enterprise.
Now taking reservations: Gocha’s Breakfast Bar in Cascade
The result is an upscale neighborhood restaurant that is sure to be an Atlanta favorite for a long time. We told you about this new spot among our listing of new Atlanta restaurants to try in 2019, but now that it’s here, let’s dig in, shall we?
Gocha’s Breakfast Bar: What’s on the menu?
Photo credit: @gochasbreakfastbar / Instagram Gocha’s Breakfast Bar has a delectable menu, including such faves as Shrimp & Grits, So Fulton Steak & Eggs, Chicken & Waffle Stack and Gocha’s Impossible Burger With Parmesan Truffle Fries. There’s also Gocha’s Krunch-Tastic French Toast, and “Better Than Yo Momma” Buttermilk Pancakes.
If you’re a mimosas type O’ guy or gal, the bottomless variety can be found here along with a pretty rowdy beverage program: Hawaiian Pineapple, Morning Kiss and the Blood Orange Mimosa are early faves.
Gocha’s Breakfast Bar: What are the hours + location?
Gocha’s Breakfast Bar is located at 695 Cascade Rd SW STE 440 Atlanta, GA 30331 inside the Publix Shopping Center on Cascade and Fairburn Road. The hours are Monday – Friday 7 a.m. – 3 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 7 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Bryan Davis, vice president of retail services for Ackerman & Co.’s Retail division, represented Gocha Hawkins in leasing space for her new fast-casual restaurant-concept, Gocha’s Breakfast Bar.
“It was important to my client to open a restaurant that would complement the existing development growth and serve the strong demographic mix in the area,” said Bryan Davis. “The added visibility of a busy shopping center anchored by Publix made this an even more attractive location to introduce a higher-end restaurant concept.”
Interior of Gocha’s Breakfast Bar 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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Atlanta is slated to be the first city in the nation where football fans will be able to enjoy sports experience packages. The events will offer unprecedented fan-athlete interaction in various ways.
The deal was announced this week through a licensing and marketing deal between the National Football League Players Association and QuintEvents, which will deliver the experiences. The packages are set to begin soon.
NFL Players, QuintEvents Team Up For Fan Events In Atlanta
The licensing deal will mean that QuintEvents will have control of NFL player images through the program and be able to shepherd fans and players at exclusive events, including meet-and-greets, autograph sessions and photo opportunities.
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“There is a significant opportunity to celebrate the game of football while bringing fans and players together, and the NFLPA is the perfect partner in this mission,” said Brian Ruede, President at QuintEvents. “QuintEvents’ extensive history of delivering thousands of football-centric travel, hospitality and experience packages around sports and entertainment events makes this partnership with the NFLPA very exciting.”
Business clients will be able to take advantage of private engagements with players as well.Timed to coincide with the Super Bowl, which is happening in the city next year, the first QuintEvents function will take place in Atlanta in February 2019. This is what they have planned:- Access to the NFLPA Legends Club Hospitality event hosted by Barry Sanders and other football legends. The pre-and post-game event will take place at the Georgia Freight Depot and feature gourmet food, a premium-drink open bar, photo opportunities, meet-and-greets and more.
- Ground transportation and optional hotel rooms like the Ellis Hotel, the Omni Atlanta CNN Center, Intercontinental Buckhead and the W Hotel in Midtown.
“There is a significant opportunity to celebrate the game of football while bringing fans and players together, and the NFLPA is the perfect partner in this mission,” said Brian Ruede, President at QuintEvents. “QuintEvents’ extensive history of delivering thousands of football-centric travel, hospitality and experience packages around sports and entertainment events makes this partnership with the NFLPA very exciting.”
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