http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:00:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/28/5-things-to-do-today-friday-3/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/28/5-things-to-do-today-friday-3/#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:45:36 +0000 Amber Robinson http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/28/5-things-to-do-today-friday-3/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/28/5-things-to-do-today-friday-3/feed/ 0 1) Howlies, Gentlemen Jesse & His Men, and Vera Fang play the Earl. 2) Drive-Invasion is at Starlight Six Drive-In Theatres for the weekend. 3) The Human League, Belinda Carlisle and Flock of Seagulls play Chastain Park Amphitheater. 4) Grant Park Summer Shade Festival begins its Labor Day weekend festivities. 5) The AJC Decatur Book Festival kicks off. (Photo courtesy [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/28/air-loaf-blogging-vs-books/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/28/air-loaf-blogging-vs-books/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:01:21 +0000 Alicia Wages http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/28/air-loaf-blogging-vs-books/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/28/air-loaf-blogging-vs-books/feed/ 0 Today’s Air Loaf features CL’s Chanté LaGon and Curt Holman chatting about blogging vs. authorship, with Dragon*Con and the Decatur Book Festival as a backdrop. Air Loaf is broadcast weekdays on 1690 WMLB-AM at approximately 8:10 a.m., 12:20 p.m. and 6:20 p.m. Download Bookmark It http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/27/decatur-blog-festival/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/27/decatur-blog-festival/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:56:53 +0000 Curt Holman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/27/decatur-blog-festival/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/27/decatur-blog-festival/feed/ 1 Thanks to the Decatur Book Festival and Dragon*Con, writers will be descending upon Atlanta like a horde of Visigoths this Labody Day Weekend. In advance of two of my favorite local events, in the Arts section this week, the story “Books vs. Blogs” explores the virtues and pitfalls of author’s blogs. Since so [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/18/ty-pennington-cancels-decatur-book-festival-appearance/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/18/ty-pennington-cancels-decatur-book-festival-appearance/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:35:34 +0000 Debbie Michaud http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/18/ty-pennington-cancels-decatur-book-festival-appearance/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/18/ty-pennington-cancels-decatur-book-festival-appearance/feed/ 0 The “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” host has backed out of the DBF because of “scheduling conflicts,” according to a festival press release. Pennington and his show recently made headlines when one of its projects, a colossal construction for a Lake City, Ga., family, was foreclosed upon and scheduled for auction Aug. 5. Check out the festival’s [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/25/the-decatur-book-festival-is-totally-clueless/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/25/the-decatur-book-festival-is-totally-clueless/#comments Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:50:36 +0000 Helen Herbst http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/25/the-decatur-book-festival-is-totally-clueless/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/25/the-decatur-book-festival-is-totally-clueless/feed/ 0 One of the more popular features of last year’s Decatur Book Festival was the giant crossword puzzle hanging at the Decatur bandstand. People lined up around the block for the chance to fill in a few blanks. Because it was such a hit, and in an effort to keep lines down, this year’s DBF co-founder [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/09/04/booknik/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/09/04/booknik/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:15:55 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/09/04/booknik/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/09/04/booknik/feed/ 0 DECATUR BOOK FESTIVAL: Lady Hardin offers quiet, poetic reflection at Java Monkey. Last weekend, Decatur’s town square and several nearby buildings were taken over by literati, bibliophiles and word nerds. The occasion: the AJC Decatur Book Festival, a gathering of distinguished authors, poets, book vendors and funnel-cake bakers. This writer’s personal highlights? Illustrator/musician/author Chris Raschka performed his [...]