Photo of the Day: Chomp and Stomp
Sunday, November 8th, 2009
Chomp and Stomp filled Cabbagetown with bowls of chili and dancing feet on Nov. 7 as the neighborhood festival got yet another sunny day.
(Photo by Alan Friedman)
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Photo of the Day: Blinded by the light
Saturday, November 7th, 2009
Photo of the Day: Mastodon
Friday, November 6th, 2009
The metal band played the Tabernacle on Nov. 5.
Check out more photos from the concert.
(Photos by Perry Julien)
Photo of the Day: A maybe Mayor
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
Kasim Reed is going up against Mary Norwood in an upcoming runoff election for Atlanta Mayor.
More photos of the two candidates.
(Photo by Joeff Davis)
Photo of the Day: Walk on the wild side
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
Photo of the Day: Prideful
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
Atlanta Pride 2009 was in full swing this year as it returned to Piedmont Park. It was a sunny Sunday as Pride took to the streets for the parade at 1 p.m. on Nov. 1.
Check out more images by staff photographer Joeff Davis and Pride photos submitted by Atlantans.
(Photo by Joeff Davis)
Photo of the Day: Commitment
Sunday, November 1st, 2009
One of the Atlanta Pride Festival’s sweeter traditions is the commitment ceremony. This year’s event took place in the Piedmont Park pavilion and was open to the public. For $25, couples could register to be “committed” to each other. Both a priest and a rabbi oversaw the ceremony as everyone said their vows at once, huddled under the pavilion away from the rain. Then all the couples kissed to make it official.
(Photo by Dustin Chambers)
Photo of the Day: Masquerading
Saturday, October 31st, 2009
The Masquerade held a Halloween costume party throughout all three of its venues on Oct. 30. A few hundred people showed up for the Halloween-style rave as some danced with light, some hung from silk and all were treated to the techno sounds of the live band.
(Photo by Dustin Chambers)
Photo of the Day: Bring out the chainsaws
Friday, October 30th, 2009
Photo of the Day: ATLiens
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Photo of the Day: Tikbalang — not a centaur
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
This photo is from the Atlanta media preview on Oct. 26 for Cavalia. The tripped-out horsey Cirque Du Soleil opens tonight at the white tent (yeah that one) at Atlantic Station.
(Photo by Joeff Davis)
Photo of the Day: Dia de Los Muertos
Sunday, October 25th, 2009
Eyedrum Gallery is hosting a Day of the Dead art show that opened on Oct. 23 and will run through Nov. 29. Patrons of the art gallery were treated to a performance from Uncle Daddy and the Kissin’ Cousins along with the portrayal of a colorful part of Mexican culture.
(Photo by Alan Friedman)
Photo of the Day: National Day of Protest Against Police Brutality
Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Crystal Johnson marches down Peachtree Street in protest against police brutality.
A spirited group of demonstrators showed up at Woodruff Park on Oct. 22 to rally and march as part of the National Day of Protest Against Police Brutality. Organizers cited seven deaths in Georgia at the hands of police officers since March 2009 as a sign of the “epidemic of police brutality in Georgia” according to their press release.
Following the rally at Woodruff Park more than 50 protesters marched to the Atlanta Detention Center briefly shutting down one side of Peachtree Street. Outside the Detention Center a “speakout” was held. Some of the topics referenced by speakers outside the jail included the Kathryn Johnston murder, the Atlanta Eagle Raid and the need for an independent citizen police review board. As protesters spoke, cheers could be heard from prisoners inside the Detention Center.
Check out a gallery of photographs from the rally and march.
(Photo by Joeff Davis)
Photo of the Day: Leonard Cohen
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Leonard Cohen performed at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta Oct. 20.
Check out more photos from the concert.
(Photo by Perry Julien)
Photo of the Day: Scottish games
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
The highland games took place Oct. 17-18 in Stone Mountain, GA. The event featured a Scotch-Irish family clan banner march, bagpipe band marches, sheep dog demonstrations, and Highland Man competitions that involved throwing heavy things as far or high as possible.
Check out more photos depicting incredible feats of strength at the Games.
(Photo by Dustin Chambers)
Photo of the Day: Bears Denied
Monday, October 19th, 2009
Chicago Bears Quarterback Jay Cutler stretches for a first down last night at the Georgia Dome. The Falcons beat the Bears 21-14 with the Falcon defense coming up huge with several key defensive stands.
(Photo by Joeff Davis)
Photo of the Day: Parading
Sunday, October 18th, 2009
Despite the cold, hordes of Atlantans spilled into the streets of Little Five Points to show off their best zombie imitations among other frightening monster facsimiles during the Halloween Parade Oct. 17.
Check out more photos from the parade.
(Photo by Ryan Purcell)
Photo of the Day: B.o.B.
Saturday, October 17th, 2009
B.o.B. performed at Smith’s Old Bar Oct. 16 for a Whynatte sponsored event. The Atlanta rapper signed to T.I.’s label went on around midnight.
(Photo by Dustin Chambers)
Photo of the Day: L5P Halloween Parade
Friday, October 16th, 2009
Participants in the notorious Little Five Points Halloween Parade let their freak flag fly high last year, leading some parents to cover their children’s eyes. It’s pretty much that intense every year and it’s coming up this weekend.
(Photo by Joeff Davis)
Photo of the Day: Artistic apparitions
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
Cooper Sanchez hosted Oakland: In the Greenhouse Ruins, a one-day art show of paintings and installations, last Friday at Oakland Cemetery.
(Photo by Dustin Chambers)
Photo of the Day: Martin, GA
Monday, October 12th, 2009
Photo of the day: Tasting Atlanta
Sunday, October 11th, 2009
Taste of Atlanta brought all the flavors of the city to Technology Square for your eating pleasure Oct. 10-11.
Check out more shots from Taste of Atlanta.
(Photo by Ryan Purcell)
Photo of the Day: 80 years of grace
Saturday, October 10th, 2009
For CL’s cover story this week “Atlanta Ballet defies gravity for 80 years” CL photographer Joeff Davis was invited inside the Atlanta Ballet rehearsal studios on West Peachtree Street as the company rehearsed. Atlanta Ballet is the longest continually operating ballet company in America and the dancers are preparing for the first show of its 80th season.
Check out more photos from the cover shoot.
(By Joeff Davis)
Photo of the Day: Grizzly Bear
Friday, October 9th, 2009
Grizzly Bear played the Variety Playhouse on Oct. 5 with Beach House opening.
Check out more images from the concert.
(Photo by Dustin Chambers)
Photo of the Day: What next?
Thursday, October 8th, 2009
Yesterday was the eighth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan. A group of Atlanta activists, who are part of a state wide “counter recruitment” effort, gathered on Ponce de Leon Avenue after a day of protesting recruitment tactics at various military recruitment centers around the city, as well as at Grady High School. At the recruitment stations they delivered an ACLU drafted resolution that called on recruiters to comply with International Protocol on the Rights of the Child which forbids any contact between military recruiters and children younger than 17.
According to American Friends Service Committee organizer Tim Franzen, this is a common practice by recruiters in high schools around the country. At Grady, Franzen said, they passed out counter recruitment literature with a couple of current Grady students which he says exposes some of the negative truths about recruitment practices and veterans lives after serving their country — including that 40 percent of homeless men in the United States are veterans. Another of their goals, according to Franzen, is to promote non-military options for low-income youth. The “counter recruitment” effort was sponsored by the Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition and the American Friends Service Committee.
Their campaign comes against the backdrop of last weekend’s ambush of American marines that caused eight American military deaths — the biggest loss of American military lives in Afghanistan in over a year. Last week in another military combat death, Staff Sgt. Alex French IV from Milledgeville, Ga., was killed in Afghanistan. It is expected that President Obama will soon announce his decision on his strategy for the Afghanistan war.
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