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The 4 on the Floor exhibit reception on Saturday at The Gallery at East Atlanta Tattoo included two of the participating artists — Dave MacDowell (giving the thumb’s-up signal) and Kennesaw native Jessica Elaine Blinkhorn (in wheelchair, with her peeps) — and others who braved the heat and mosquitoes. (More Citronella!) The other two artists, Emma Mount and Brandi Read, like MacDowell were from out of town and were unable to attend.

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Rarely has the not-so-almighty dollar carried so much weight (recently) as it did Thursday during the Taste of East Atlanta neighborhood restaurant celebration. Hundreds showed up for the event, in which guests purchased strands of $1 tickets at the nearby farmer’s market and went door-to-door, sampling bites of food from the East Atlanta Village’s best.

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What looked like a near-sellout crowd showed up at the Fox Theatre on Tuesday for the opening night of the nine-time Tony Award-nominated musical The Color Purple, including Mayor Shirley Franklin (with Jasmine Guy) and fashion designer Mychael Knight.

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Parents brought their children to the Plaza Theatre on Saturday as the Silver Scream Spook Show troupe hosted a screening of the sci-fi classic Forbidden Planet.

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After the opening night performance Sunday, June 22, of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, theater goers were treated to a gala celebration next door inside the King Plow Arts Center. After de-wigging, the cast and crew joined the party.

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At locations throughout Atlanta, dozens of Sen. Barack Obama supporters held bake sales as part of the “Hungry for Change” fundraising effort. Considering one group in southwest Atlanta raised $300 by 3 p.m., there’s an easy explanation why Obama opted out of the public campaign finance system earlier in the week. He’s got a finance system all his own. “Everybody’s showing up with $2, $3,” said volunteer Karen Ceesay at the Southwest Atlanta location, or “Swatts!,” as she called it.

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