1) Jana Hunter plays 529.
2) Jonathan Tropper discusses This Is Where I Leave You at Decatur Library.
3) Chicago and Earth, Wind and Fire perform at Chastain Park Amphitheatre.
4) Eric Jerome Dickey discusses Resurrecting Midnight at Barnes & Noble.
5) Inspired by Motion continues at Swan Coach House Gallery.
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1) The Heritage Arts Festival celebrates the African diaspora at Underground Atlanta.
2) Creative Loafing gets down and dirty at the Best of Atlanta Voting Party.
3) Zachary Steele and Joshua Corin discuss Anointed: The Passion of Timmy Christ and Nuclear Winter Wonderland: A Tale of Nuclear Terror, Kidnapping, Gangsters and Family Values, respectively, at Decatur Library.
4) The Coca-Cola Film Festival continues at the Fox Theatre with Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
5) WCLK-FM (91.9) hosts a Michael Jackson benefit concert at Vinyl.
(Photo by St. John Photographics)
1) Matthew H. Bernstein discusses Screening a Lynching at Decatur Library.
2) Beauty from the Beast continues at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center Gallery.
3) The Balkans and Abby Go Go play 529.
4) Brian Ray discusses Through the Pale Door at Opal Gallery.
5) The Hurt Locker continues in area theaters.
(Photo by Don Chambers)
1) Little Ashes continues at Landmark Midtown Art Cinema.
2) Threat Signal plays the Masquerade.
3) John Ferling discusses his book, The Ascent of George Washington: The Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon, at Decatur Library.
4) EvolverFest wraps up at Eyedrum.
5) A Dose of Rock ’n’ Roll continues at Hagedorn Foundation Gallery.
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1) Atlanta Opera’s The Flying Dutchman continues at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.
2) Fleetwood Mac performs at Philips Arena.
3) Decatur Library hosts Georgia Debut Author Night Part 2.
4) Tera Melos play Eyedrum.
5) Desert Jewels continues at Atlanta College of Art Gallery.
(Photo by Carol Rosegg)
1) The Kills play Lenny’s.
2) Michael Davis discusses his new book, Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street, at Fulton County Central Library.
3) Tommy Keene and Magnapop play the Earl.
4) Decatur Library hosts Georgia Debut Author Night.
5) Earth continues in area theaters.
(Photo by Kenneth Capello)
1) Decatur Library hosts A Night of Recluse Artists.
2) Jenny Lin performs at Spivey Hall.
3) Emory Cinematheque presents Jaws.
4) Drive-By Truckers perform at Variety Playhouse.
5) Atlanta Symphony Hall hosts Conversations of Note — Atlanta School Part II: The Music of Composer Christopher Theofanidis.
(Photo courtesy Decatur Library)
1) Damn Yankees opens at Aurora Theatre.
2) Mark Bauerlein reads and signs his new book at Decatur Library.
3) The Dear Hunter, Lydia, You Me & Everyone We Know and Eye Alaska are at the Masquerade.
4) The High Museum hosts Talk and Talk Back.
5) Laura Reed & Deep Pocket, Elli Perry, Leslie Barnett and Chris Unck & the Black Roses perform at Smith’s Olde Bar.
(Photo courtesy Aurora Theatre)
1) The Variety Playhouse plays host to She & Him.
2) Author Carmen Deedy and folksinger John McCutcheon are teaming up for a special program at Decatur Library.
3) Celebrate the upcoming Olympics at the Centennial Olympic Games Museum at the Atlanta History Center.
4) Eoin Colfer reads and signs from his new book at the Decatur Library.
5) Mark Knopfler and Jesca Hoop perform at Chastain.
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Local writer Richard Doster has just published his first novel, Safe at Home. Safe follows Jack Hall, a sportswriter in small-town Whitney, Miss., during the 1950s. Both Hall and the town are transformed when the 17-year-old black baseball player Percy Jackson is signed to Whitney’s minor-league Bobcats. Doster is also the editor of byFaith, the official magazine of the Presbyterian Church. He comes to the Decatur Library on Mon., July 28 at 7 p.m.
Safe at Home is your first book. Where did you get the idea to write it, and what kind of research did you do?
A few years ago major league baseball celebrated an anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s life. I don’t remember if it was his birth or death or signing with the Dodgers, but it piqued my interest, motivated me to explore what he’d gone through.
Second, every summer my wife Sally and I take a minor league baseball trip. We love the Atlanta Braves, but there’s something especially charming about minor league baseball. It’s more intimate, you’re close to the players, the people, the promotions, sometimes even the food is homier than you find in the big leagues. If you’re a baseball fan, you savor that kind of experience. (more…)
Forget “Gossip Girl.” Grammar Girl is where it’s at it is.
Mignon “Grammar Girl” Fogarty is the creator of Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing, the popular educational podcast about, yes, grammar and usage. And yes, it really is extremely popular.
Fogarty has a new book out based on her podcast, which she will be signing tomorrow at the Georgia Center for the Book. As a grammarphile myself (and someone who’s looking for something to do with a B.A. in English), I jumped at the chance to talk to her (via e-mail).
When did you first realize you were destined to be a grammarhound?
About two years ago I was working as a technical writer and editor and realized that I was seeing the same errors over and over again — things such as “that” versus “which,” “its” versus “it’s” and people overusing “of.” I had become interested in podcasting around the same time, and it stuck me that a fun podcast with grammar and writing tips could be useful. I wouldn’t say it was as much destiny as it was having a good idea at the right time. (more…)
