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1) Zach Smith’s Dark and Light wraps up its final days at Fay Gold Gallery.
2) Sweet Auburn Heritage Festival begins a three-day celebration of its history.
3) Apache Cafe holds My Brother’s Keeper.
4) The High Museum hosts the Indo-American Film Festival.
5) Tejendra Narayan Majumdar performs at Georgia Tech.
(Image by Zach Smith)
The following Home Base article is part of the Urban Living section, CL’s monthly focus on city home life. If you know of interesting events in your neighborhood, submit them to soapbox@creativeloafing.com or urbanliving@creativeloafing.com. We’re always on the lookout for cool homes to feature, too. So send us an e-mail today!
RUNNING DOWN A DREAM: Sweet Auburn mingles the old with the new.
(Photo Alaneffphotography.com)
By Charles E. Johnson
The Sweet Auburn Springfest is one of Atlanta’s many highly anticipated annual events, attracting hundreds of thousands to this historic street for one of the largest street festivals in the Southeast. But for the merchants who are there every day, it’s more important that people visit Auburn Avenue on a regular basis.
Our vision is that the Auburn Historical District be the Beale Street, Bourbon Street, Church Street Station of Atlanta. Rich with nostalgia and historical landmarks, Auburn Avenue holds a special place in Atlanta’s past. Starting at Auburn Avenue and Courtland Street there’s the Atlanta Life building, home of the nation’s largest black-owned insurance company. Across the street is the Auburn Avenue Research Library that archives African-American culture and history. Next door is the African Panoramic Experience (APEX Museum) that houses so much history.
