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Larry Colton Book Discussion
Mon., May 20, 7 p.m.Books
In Southern League: A True Story of Baseball, Civil Rights, and the Deep South's Most Compelling Pennant Race, author Larry Colton tells the story of the Southern League's 1964 Birmingham Barons, the first integrated sports team in Alabama. Seventeen years after Jackie Robinson broke the major league's color line, the Barons competed at the height of the civil rights protests and race riots. Colton discusses and signs copies of the book at the Carter Presidential Library. A Cappella Books will have copies of the book for sale in the lobby. The event is free and open to the public. Free
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Simple Abundance Cooking Class with Chef Linton Hopkins
Mon., May 20, 7 & 9 p.m.Benefits, Food and Drink, Summer Guide
Chef Linton Hopkins will demonstrate how to create farm-to-table cuisine by preparing a three course meal based on the "surprise" ingredients of a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) box. Participants will discover the techniques and best practices of farm-to-table cookery. The menu and ingredients will be unknown to Chef Hopkins until they are delivered straight from the farm. This class is a must for anyone who enjoys farmers market shopping or belongs to a CSA group. The evening will also include wine tastings and a chance to win tasty door prizes provided by Bella Cucina Artful Foods and Cabot Cheese. $60
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Atlanta Summit: Global Health &Hunger: Food Security and Global Health Diplomacy
Mon., May 20, 8:30 a.m.
404-413-7030Organizations, Lectures
This event – keynoted by Senator Johnny Isakson and other prominent figures in government and global health – is an important follow-up and expansion of the discussions held in May of 2012 at the Atlanta Summit on Global Health and Water. It will be focused on the critical connecting points between food security and achieving sustainable health and nutrition outcomes in some of the world’s most challenging places. This conference will look at how the United States, even in the midst of fiscal austerity and political division, can best sustain its leadership in improving the world's health.
Free Admission*Email info@wacatlanta.org to find out how to receive priority registration information.
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Pop-up farmers market at Grant Park
Mon., May 20, 5-8 p.m.Food and Drink
The Grant Park Farmers Market was canceled yesterday due to lightning in the area. To help out vendors with perishable products, Grant Park will be hosting a smaller pop-up market today, Monday, May 20, from 5-8 p.m. The event will be held at the GPFM's usual location in Grant Park at the historic Milledge Fountain at 600 Cherokee Ave. RSVP to the Facebook event, or visit www.grantparkmarket.org for more info.
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Franklin Pond Chamber Music's Fall Into Spring Finale Concert
Mon., May 20, 6 p.m.World/Classical
Celebrate all the hard work of Franklin Pond Chamber Music's Fall Into Spring coaches and students.
Free
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What is Your Passion? Conversations
Mon., May 20, 6 p.m.Lectures
Black Book Drawing & Networking (6 p.m.) Bring your sketchbook/black book and share your art, info and draw on other artists' blackbook. Guest Mr. E the Motivator (7 p.m.) Speaker, educator and activist, Jason D. Etheridge, also known as Mr. E! The Motivator! is a rising force in the field of student engagement. His highly energetic, musical and up-lifting live performances are connecting students, parents and teachers to their full potentials as they relate to their roles in success in children.
Free
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Jack Daniel's Honey Concert Series featuring: City Mouse, Scooter McGavin, 1 more TBA
Mon., May 20, 7 p.m.Folk/Country
$5
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Design with the Other 90%: CITIES
Mondays-Wednesdays, Fridays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Continues through May 24Visual Arts
This exhibition, the second in a series organized by Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, features 60 projects that address the multiple issues arising from life in informal settlements, commonly known as slums, such as the lack of potable water and crowded living conditions. The resulting design initiatives reveal as much about life in these areas as they present ingenious solutions.
Free
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Congressman Lewis' Fifth Congressional District High School Art Exhibition
Mondays-Sundays. Continues through May 24 404-730-1781Visual Arts
Original student artworks from public and private schools within the 5th Congressional District.
1 Margaret Mitchell Square
Downtown Atlanta
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Paint
Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Continues through May 24Visual Arts
Paint features artwork by Elizabeth Sheppell and Justine Rubin. Free
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Teenie Harris, Photographer: An American Story Exhibit
Mondays, 10 a.m. Continues through May 24Visual Arts
Charles "Teenie" Harris, a noted photographer for the Pittsburgh Courier, chronicled Pittsburgh's African-American community over a period of 50 years, from Jim Crow through the civil rights eras. Come explore this historic photographic exhibition on display for the first time in the Southeast that poetically captures the vibrant black urban experience. Free
111 James P. Brawley Dr. SW
Atlantic Station/Home Park/Westside
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Laundry Night
Mondays, 6-11:45 p.m. Continues through May 26Food and Drink
$7 New Orleans cocktails - Hurrican and Sazerac
$10 Gumbo, Red Beans, or Jambalaya
254 W. Ponce de Leon Ave.
Decatur/Oakhurst/Avondale Estates
404-373-5507info@pinewoodtr.com
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Body Carnival: The Science and Fun of Being You
Saturdays, Sundays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Continues through May 27Visual Arts
Body Carnival: The Science and Fun of Being You explores the physical science of the human body through a variety of exciting and engaging activities. $12.75
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