Big Mike Geier and Dames Aflame brought their annual Kingsized Holiday Jubilee to a packed Variety Playhouse on Dec. 5 with a guest appearance from Miss Georgia, Emily Cook.
Check out more photos from the Jubilee.
(Photo by Perry Julien)
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)
1) The Lipizzaner Stallions stop by the Arena at Gwinnett Center.
2) The Soulphonics play Graveyard Tavern.
3) Kingsized performs at Variety Playhouse.
4) Monster Jam roars into the Georgia Dome.
5) The Long Ryders wrap up a two-day stint at the Earl.
(Photo courtesy Lipizzaner Stallions)
— Reporter Cub writes about the Southern Baptist bookstores that pulled a gospel magazine from their shelves because — OH MY GOD — it had a picture of five female pasters on the cover. Such blasphemy! Bet the same folks will be voting for a female vice-president. You know, so long as they have their priorities in place.
— Some of the folks who banned the gospel magazine must’ve been in Tifton last weekend at the Omega Pepper Festival. As Blog For Democracy notes, some Obama supporters got the boot because they were trying to register voters. The audacity!
— Amy Morton over at Georgia Women Vote joins the chorus of those who are asking if Obama’s race is the reason he’s not 15 points ahead in the polls. When push comes to shove, will white people vote for a black man for president? Even if the alternative is a ticket with a VP candidate who thinks creationism should be taught in the public schools and conducts public business on her private yahoo email account?
— Over at Decatur Metro, there’s a celebrity slugfest going on: Who’s Decatur’s most famous resident?
— At the Wren’s Nest, there’s going to be a fund-raiser on Sept. 27 featuring Kingsized. The problem is they’re nervous that no one is going to show up because they were a little tardy in promoting the show. So here’s a plug in helping them get the word out.
— And, finally, with fall temperatures finally breaking through, we can actually sit outside without drowning in our own sweat. But where to go? Don’t fear. The fine ladies at Pecanne Log have come up with a list of favorite outdoor patios to have a brew and drink a toast to autumn leaves.
1) Kingsized and El Vez perform at Variety Playhouse.
2) Oakhurst’s Harmony Park hosts BBQ, Blues and Bluegrass Festival.
3) Gone with the Wind, Dr. Zhivago and 2001: A Space Odyssey are playing at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre with scores by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for Turner Classic Movie Night.
4) Taking Off: The Atlanta Printmakers Studio opens at the Art Institute of Atlanta.
5) Fishhawk, To Whom and Almost Heroes perform at Vinyl.
(Photo by David Stuart)
