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Join in the celebration this weekend as the Candler Park Fall Festival rings in its 100th year anniversary!

The annual festival, produced by the Candler Park Neighborhood Organization, offers artist and food booths, Sweetwater beer and Coppola wine, a 5K road race, entertainment for the kids, a tour of some of Atlanta’s most beautiful homes, and performances by local bands including Kingsized, Col. Bruce Hampton and the Swimming Pool Q’s.

The festival will be held in Candler Park on Sat., Oct. 10, from 11 a.m.–8 p.m. and Sun., Oct. 11, from noon–8 p.m. The park’s entrance is on McClendon Avenue between Little Five Points and Clifton Road.

(Image courtesy Candler Park Fall Fest website)

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Last night, candidates aiming to replace outgoing Atlanta City Councilwoman Anne Fauver in District 6 gathered at Inman Middle School to win residents’ hearts and minds.

We’re sure it was a crowded house — District 6 includes such politically active neighborhoods as Virginia-Highland, Morningside, Candler Park and Midtown, among other hamlets. And since there isn’t a clear-cut frontrunner among the six candidates vying for the open seat,  voters probably wanted to hear some opinions on the issues.

We couldn’t attend the gathering, mainly because we were in Athens talking to whippersnappers about the future of journalism. (Keep your heads up, yo!)

If you were there, we’d love to hear your take. And if you don’t write anything, it means you hate America. Consider this an open thread.

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Steve Brodie, one of six contenders in the crowded race for the Atlanta City Council District 6 open seat, has received the endorsement of the city’s 1,100-member police union.

In a statement (PDF) released yesterday by Brodie’s campaign, Sgt. Scott Kreher, president of the International Brotherhood of Police Officers Local 623, said the wooer of water ballerinas is unique because  he’s  “providing specific ideas for improving public safety in Atlanta and the action steps needed to fund improvements….The other District 6 Candidates are working to develop slogans and [Brodie is] seriously proposing plans.”

”I am honored and proud to be endorsed by the police,” Brodie said. “The Police Union’s endorsement
of my candidacy illustrates their confidence in me as a City Council member and their belief that I will
initiate real changes to make Atlanta safer.”

Here’s the public-safety plan to which Kreher referred. (Ben at Terminal Station has a good anecdotal post on why candidates should be giddy when they get such nods of support.)

Brodie’s opponents in the race to represent the district that includes the Midtown, Candler Park, Virginia-Highland neighborhoods are Bahareh Azizi, Tad Christian, Liz Coyle, Miguel Gallegos (who recently earned the Atlanta-North Georgia Labor Council’s endorsement) and Alex Wan.

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Steve Brodie, one of six candidates in the Atlanta City Council District 6 race to represent the Midtown, Virginia-Highland and Candler Park neighborhoods, is first out of the gate with nontraditional campaign commercials.

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1) Candler Park Fall Fest!

2) Found Footage Fest at Plaza Theatre!

3) Wire at Variety Playhouse!

4) Brian Posehn at the Earl!

5) Food Network’s George Duran!

(Photo courtesy Candler Park Neighborhood Association)

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Before heading to this tonight or watching this on the tube, you may want to check out the premier performance of the Candler Park Water Ballet Company & Social Club.

According to Self-Appointed Director for Life Donna Palmer, “It appears that Mother Nature is going to cooperate and allow us to have fairly clear skies.”

OK, I’m biased . My wife is one of the water ballerinas. But it should be fun. Candler Park pool at 7 p.m. It costs two bucks to get into the pool area, or you can watch from outside the fence for free.

How often do you get to see this world-class sport in action, anyway?

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