1) Kid Cudi and Asher Roth perform at the Tabernacle.
2) The Pan African Film Festival continues at the Woodruff Arts Center with The End of Poverty?
3) Blondie, Pat Benetar and the Donnas play Chastain Park Amphitheater.
4) Morehouse College hosts the African Dance and Drum Festival.
5) Ricardo Arjona performs at the Arena at Gwinnett Center.
(Photo by Duran Rose)
Little Kathy: Very sad. I’ve been working here for over 20 years. I came here when I was in my 20s. I can’t even imagine life without the Clermont. I’ve always had a positive thought that everything will work itself out and that we’ll be OK. If there are new owners, they will take into consideration that lots of people love the Clermont. They come from all over the world. It’s a landmark. We have girls from 21 to 60. Here, you really get to know the customer — not like the other clubs where they don’t even remember your name.
Pink: Different. It’s an institution, a rite of passage. For a lot of guys, it might be the first time they’ve seen a naked woman, or they might be going through something at home and they need to talk to one of the girls and maybe feel better. I’ve taken [the Clermont's impending foreclosure] in stride, but it upsets me a little bit. We’re a family. People care about each other. You don’t get that in a lot of strip clubs. This place has helped me through a lot of tough times. The money is great and there’s no pressure. I love it here.
Blondie: I’m not worried about it. The public would have a fit if this place was closed down. It’s a monument. I’m very optimistic they won’t close. If they closed, they’d just open somewhere else — but it wouldn’t be the same. This is a very easy spot for everybody to come to. I just walked to work. And guys, when you sit around the bar and don’t tip the girls, I’m disgusted by that. We give them a great show. I do a beer crunch between my breasts. I used to do it for $5 but I had to go up to $10.
(Photos by Jeff Slate)
UPDATE: This might NOT be the coolest contest ever, because the Clermont is facing foreclosure. More to come. Stay tuned!
Atlanta’s favorite den of iniquity is calling “all designers, architects, students, creative geniuses, butlers, bell boys, photographers, tourists, bartenders, dancers and engineers” to try their hand at redesigning the iconic Clermont Hotel.
But it’s not the hotel’s infamous basement lounge — where boobs obliterate beer cans and strippers strut their sometimes sagging stuff — that needs a makeover. No way.
Rather, it’s the hotel’s lobby, rooftop and guestrooms that are dying for a new look. (And, in the case of the rooms, a new set of sheets.) The real estate brokerage firm that’s attempting to sell the hotel — while preserving the lounge, of course — is offering $1,000 (rad), a weekend at the Clermont (sorta rad, as long as you bring your own linens, air freshener and earplugs) and a year’s supply of Whynatte energy drink (a seemingly unappealing but reportedly tasty latte in a can) to the winning design.
Second prize is somewhat less desirable: a PBR tall boy and a lap dance.
According to the submission form:
Candidates are requested to submit design concepts that visually convey the re-birth of The Clermont Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia. The Clermont Hotel is a long standing icon just to the east of Midtown Atlanta and home to the nationally renowned Clermont Lounge which opened in 1965. Submissions should capture the uniqueness and funkiness the Clermont is known for. … Candidates are encouraged to work within perspective views (supplied on web site) and provide a concept statement.
The deadline for entries is July 22. Might I suggest this for inspiration?
