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1) Tutankhamun: The Golden King & the Great Pharoahs continues at the Civic Center.

2) Newsweek editor John Meacham discusses American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House at Jimmy Carter Library & Museum.

3) ME/WE Collaborative Show continues at Aurora Coffee in Little Five Points.

4) Michael Wex discusses his passion for the Yiddish language at Opal Gallery.

5) Drunken Unicorn hosts Atlanta Hardcore Night.

(Photo © Sandro Vannini)

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1) Dosa Kim’s Weight, curated by Beep Beep Gallery, continues at Aurora Coffee in Little Five Points.

2) The Whigs and the Kooks play Variety Playhouse.

3) Read, drink and celebrate childhood literacy with Books, Beer and Bears Oh My! at Sweetwater Brewery.

4) Bob Schieffer discusses his collection of essays, Bob Schieffer’s America, at the Carter Center.

5) Sonia Leigh, Drunk on Crutches and Backrow Baptists play the Earl.

(Image by Dosa Kim)

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Overheard this morning in Aurora Coffee, Little Five Points: One lean guy wearing light, somewhat worn clothes and work boots passes my table in the back to the one just behind me. Another lean guy wearing light, somewhat worn clothes, a black jean jacket, and baseball cap and work boots is sitting there, charging his phone.

“Hey, man, are you traveling?”

“No, I’ve been here for a while.”

“I just got to town, man, and I’m trying to figure out where everything is.”

“Well, I don’t really live here anymore. I spend most of the year up in Alaska.”

“I’m just trying to figure out what’s going on.”

“There’s not really anything going on in Atlanta anymore. You might want to head over to Athens.”

“Athens? Where’s that?”

“It’s this little town about 45 minutes away. They got more of a punk scene — a lot more stuff going on. You just head on down to DeKalb Avenue and catch the CSX.”

“DeKalb Avenue, where’s that?”

“Just go out of here and take a right. And when you get to the tracks, there’ll be two MARTA tracks and then there’s a CSX track. Just go left, and follow it down to where it forks up there, and the one that goes left — that’ll take you to Athens.”

“Oh, hey, man, thanks a lot, man. That’s great.”

After the guy asking the questions got out of the bathroom, they conversed more. The guy asking the questions was from New Hampshire. The other guy had been charging his phone. He warned the questioner to keep an eye out for people who’d been working on the lines.

This is a world I did not know about before.

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