http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:00:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/02/wordsmiths-books-closes/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/02/wordsmiths-books-closes/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:25:58 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=16208 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/02/wordsmiths-books-closes/feed/ 0 Popular downtown Decatur bookstore closes today. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/08/air-loaf-fiction-contest-party/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/08/air-loaf-fiction-contest-party/#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:00:48 +0000 Alicia Wages http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=12112 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/08/air-loaf-fiction-contest-party/feed/ 0 Debbie Michaud spreads the word about tonight's party to celebrate the 2009 Fiction Contest winners! http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/06/5-things-to-do-today-tuesday-8/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/06/5-things-to-do-today-tuesday-8/#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:45:31 +0000 Amber Robinson http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=6992 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/06/5-things-to-do-today-tuesday-8/feed/ 0 1) Greg Melville discusses Greasy Rider at Wordsmiths Books. 2) The Vortex Bar and Grill Midtown hosts Boozer Doodle. 3) Dressy Bessy plays Smith’s Olde Bar. 4) Atlanta Opera performs Madama Butterfly at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. 5) Phantom Planet plays the Masquerade. (Photo by Marie Johnson) Bookmark It http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/18/wordsmiths-books-to-remain-openfor-now/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/18/wordsmiths-books-to-remain-openfor-now/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:59:03 +0000 Debbie Michaud http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/18/wordsmiths-books-to-remain-openfor-now/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/18/wordsmiths-books-to-remain-openfor-now/feed/ 1 Remember how we told you that Wordsmiths Books could be shutting its doors soon? Well a fundraising blitzkrieg the past couple of weeks helped the indie bookstore collect enough dough to remain in operation, at least through the fall. Owner Zachary Steele elaborated in a press release sent earlier this afternoon: We asked for your help. We [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/05/help-save-wordsmiths-books/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/05/help-save-wordsmiths-books/#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:57:32 +0000 Debbie Michaud http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/05/help-save-wordsmiths-books/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/05/help-save-wordsmiths-books/feed/ 2 Wordsmiths Books could be shutting its doors soon. The Decatur bookstore responsible for scores of literary workshops, quirky local music showcases and inventive author events can’t pay the bills. Debt left over from its former location on W. Trinity Place (it’s now located around the corner in the old Sun Trust building on N. McDonough Street) [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/01/5-things-to-do-friday-3/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/01/5-things-to-do-friday-3/#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:40:40 +0000 Amber Robinson http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/01/5-things-to-do-friday-3/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/01/5-things-to-do-friday-3/feed/ 0 1) KT Tunstall performs at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. 2) Wordsmiths Books host the Black and Red Prom to celebrate Stephenie Meyer’s new book, Breaking Dawn. 3) The Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition holds a benefit concert at Wonderroot, featuring Hope for Agoldensummer and more. 4) Comedian Kathleen Madigan performs at the Punchline. 5) Unknown Hinson and Syrens of [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/31/whats-bugging-james-e-mcwillliams/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/31/whats-bugging-james-e-mcwillliams/#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:00:46 +0000 David Lee Simmons http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/31/whats-bugging-james-e-mcwillliams/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/31/whats-bugging-james-e-mcwillliams/feed/ 0 Find out tonight when McWilliams appears at Wordsmiths Books for a reading/signing for American Pests: The Losing War on Insects from Colonial Times to DDT (Columbia University Press). The book appears to argue that the war on insects has been about as counter-productive as the war on terrorism. The event starts at 7:30 p.m., and [...]