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The metal band played the Tabernacle on Nov. 5.

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(Photos by Perry Julien)

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Kasim Reed is going up against Mary Norwood in an upcoming runoff election for Atlanta Mayor.

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(Photo by Joeff Davis)

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Creative Loafing staff photographer Joeff Davis visited the election night parties of four Atlanta mayoral candidates, including Mary Norwood, Kasim Reed, Lisa Borders and Kyle Keyser on Nov. 3.

Check out his photo gallery of the night’s events.

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Photographing this event was more intense than I expected.  There were about 30 couples huddled under the Piedmont Park pavilion on a  rainy Halloween night.  I was in the very middle of the crowd during the vows, trying to get as many angles of as many couples as possible.  Before I started shooting, I wanted to watch these couples. They looked into each other’s happy, watery eyes like there wasn’t a soul for miles.  They were all absolutely in love with each other.

See more photos of happy couples and other images from Pride 2009.

(Photo and text by Dustin Chambers)

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A sunset stroll on Stone Mountain captured.

(Photo by  Cory McBurnett/Flickr)

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CL asked Atlanta to send us your photos of Pride and the images have been flowing in. Check out the new additions as they’re posted daily and see what wild and whacky experiences were caught on camera during this year’s Pride.

See the gallery of Pride 2009 photos here.

(Photo by Obe Eah)

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Atlanta Pride 2009 was in full swing this year as it returned to Piedmont Park. It was a sunny Sunday as Pride took to the streets for the parade at 1 p.m. on Nov. 1.

Check out more images by staff photographer Joeff Davis and Pride photos submitted by Atlantans.

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One of the Atlanta Pride Festival’s  sweeter traditions is the commitment ceremony. This year’s event took place in the Piedmont Park pavilion and was open to the public. For $25, couples could register to be “committed” to each other. Both a priest and a rabbi oversaw the ceremony as everyone said their vows at once, huddled under the pavilion away from the rain. Then all the couples kissed to make it official.

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The Masquerade held a Halloween costume party throughout all three of its venues on Oct. 30. A few hundred people showed up for the Halloween-style rave as some danced with light, some hung from silk and all were treated to the techno sounds of the live band.

(Photo by Dustin Chambers)

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What’s Halloween without the blood and guts?

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This photo is from the Atlanta media preview on Oct. 26 for Cavalia. The tripped-out horsey Cirque Du Soleil opens tonight at the white tent (yeah that one) at Atlantic Station.

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Chowing down on as many chili peppers as you can fit in your mouth is not most people’s idea of fun. But some people are special. The Virginia Highland Chili Pepper Festival of Oct. 24 included a chili pepper eating contest where brave souls stepped up to show off their chili pepper eating prowess. While others just danced around perhaps due to chili-induced euphoria.

See more photos from the contest.

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Eyedrum Gallery is hosting a Day of the Dead art show that opened on Oct. 23 and will run through Nov. 29. Patrons of the art gallery were treated to a performance from Uncle Daddy and the Kissin’ Cousins along with the portrayal of a colorful part of Mexican culture.

(Photo by Alan Friedman)

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Leonard Cohen performed at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta Oct. 20.

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(Photo by Perry Julien)

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I photographed Decatur-raised rapper, B.o.B., at Smith’s Olde Bar on Oct. 18 with little knowledge of his music. I spoke to some people about him before the show and heard that he was “the new Andre 3000,” and that “if the recession hadn’t hit, he’d be multi-platinum by now.” No amount of  hype could have prepared me for those next two hours of live music. B.o.B.’s talent was immediately clear.  What was more endearing was that he was having fun. He tore on to the stage, rapping and playing guitar, and had the whole crowd grinning ear to ear.

(Photo by Dustin Chambers)

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The highland games took place Oct. 17-18 in Stone Mountain, GA. The event featured a Scotch-Irish family clan banner march, bagpipe band marches, sheep dog demonstrations, and Highland Man competitions that involved throwing heavy things as far or high as possible.

Check out more photos depicting incredible feats of strength at the Games.

(Photo by Dustin Chambers)

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Despite the cold, hordes of Atlantans spilled into the streets of Little Five Points to show off their best zombie imitations among other frightening monster facsimiles during the Halloween Parade Oct. 17.

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(Photo by Ryan Purcell)

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B.o.B. performed at Smith’s Old Bar Oct. 16 for a Whynatte sponsored event. The Atlanta rapper signed to T.I.’s label went on around midnight.

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Participants in the notorious Little Five Points Halloween Parade let their freak flag fly high last year, leading some parents to cover their children’s eyes. It’s pretty much that intense every year and it’s coming up this weekend.

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Cooper Sanchez hosted Oakland: In the Greenhouse Ruins, a one-day art show of paintings and installations, last Friday at Oakland Cemetery.

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This photo was shot Oct. 10 at the Rialto Center  for the Arts during auditions for the Apollo Theater’s 75th anniversary season of Amateur Night, that starts in January of next year. Anybody who wanted to try out had the opportunity as long as they were one of the first 300 in line at the Rialto that morning. Each contestant got up to 90 seconds to try out for the Amateur Night producers in an “American Idol” style audition, after which they were either informed that they were “going to New York” or offered a polite thank you.

Dwayne Terry, 26,  of Lawrenceville, GA was the eleventh person in line at the audition. He arrived outside the Rialto at 7:45 p.m. the night before the auditions and slept on the sidewalk in front of the theater. “When you really want something you have to go get it,” he said. “The biggest thing was I was so excited about the opportunity, that sleeping on the sidewalk really did not matter.”

When this photo was taken Saturday at 10:26 a.m. in the audition room, Terry was minutes from his life-long dream of trying out to perform at the Apollo. “When that photo was taken I was meditating, I was thinking about ministering to the people in the room through my art.” Dwayne, who goes by the performance name Inspirit, describes his talent as “Inspirational Mime.” During his performance he combines lip synching to Christian music sung by Yolanda Adams with miming. “What I try to do is lip sing every part of the song, every word, every beat and then I try to portray it in mime. I don’t think anyone else in the world has done this so completely.”

Terry was not one of the 47 contestants invited to go to New York and perform at the Apollo, “I was really disappointed, of course, but I think God had a bigger vision for me, he has a bigger plan. It was probably just to touch the people in that room. Next time the Apollo has another try out I will be there again, because the inspirational mime is not just for the church but for the world, the world has got to see it.”

(Photo and text by Joeff Davis)

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Taste of Atlanta brought all the flavors of the city to Technology Square for your eating pleasure Oct. 10-11.

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