CWPR Restaurant Week starts Saturday In a news release, Caren West PR, an Atlanta-based public relations and graphic design firm, announced it will host its second CWPR Restaurant Week Saturday through June 29. The event will feature ...
Bridge club event to benefit Alzheimer’s Association This Friday, the Bridge Club of Atlanta in Sandy Springs and bridge clubs across the country are hosting The Longest Day, in an effort to help raise money for the Alzheimer’s Association. “Alzheime...
Column: Go Red luncheon focuses on heart health for women The annual inspirational Go Red for Women luncheon hosted by the Metro Atlanta American Heart Association June 27 will bring women and men together to hear survivor stories as guests learn more abo...
June 18, 2013 04:25 PM | 0 | 14 |
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Sally F. White Northside Neighbor ColumnistNeighbor Newspapers
Summer Bargainata to benefit local charities In a news release, the National Council of Jewish Women’s Atlanta section announced last week it will host its summer Bargainata Wednesday from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Hilderbrand Court Shopping Center...
Heritage Sandy Springs reschedules rained-out concert In a news release Thursday, Heritage Sandy Springs announced its June 2 Concerts by the Springs performance with Gwen Hughes and The Retro Jazz Kats has been rescheduled for Aug. 18. The free conce...
Stellar Student Whereas others might feel some trepidation when entering the next realm of academia, Jameson Hollis is working up a head full of steam on the way in.
Hollis, a distinguished member of North Atlanta...
June 13, 2013 09:21 AM | 1 | 19 |
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Bobby Tedder btedder@neighbornewspapers.comNeighbor Newspapers
Column: Atlanta History Center celebrating end of slavery A two-day celebration Saturday and Sunday at the Atlanta History Center on West Paces Ferry Road in Buckhead will focus on the appreciation, reconciliation and commemoration of the end of slavery i...
June 12, 2013 01:46 PM | 0 | 42 |
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Sally F. White Northside Neighbor ColumnistNeighbor Newspapers
American Legion Post 140 to host flag retirement ceremony The American Legion Post 140, located at 3905 Powers Ferry Road at Chastain Park in Buckhead, will host a flag retirement ceremony Friday from 5 to 7:30 p.m., on Flag Day. Boy Scout Troop 467, base...
Local residents celebrate Father's Day Perhaps few could deny the perception that Father’s Day plays second fiddle to the annual love-fest for moms in May, at least in the public consciousness.
Even more could argue that the day set asi...
June 12, 2013 11:09 AM | 0 | 18 |
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Bobby Tedder btedder@neighornewspapers.comNeighbor Newspapers
Run for One 5K to battle sex trafficking In a news release, Peachtree City-based Wellspring Living announced it will host its first Run for One 5K Saturday at Grant Park in Atlanta. Wellspring Living intends to raise funds for its compreh...
C.S. Lewis novel comes to life on Alliance stage The Alliance Theatre in Midtown will host the theatrical adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ novel “The Screwtape Letters” Friday through Sunday. “It’s based on how the supernatural world, both good and evi...
Alzheimer’s Association to host Dancing Stars of Atlanta Julie Williams said her mother-in-law Pat would have planned Dancing Stars of Atlanta if she could have. “This is the kind of thing she would’ve pulled together for someone else — an event she wo...
Local summer concerts, events abound The confines of Chastain Park Amphitheatre in Buckhead will be alive with music tonight courtesy of “The Sounds of Simon and Garfunkel with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra” concert.
Consider it just the...
Column: Southeast Emmy Awards coming to Buckhead The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ Southeast chapter will hand out the Southeast Emmy Awards for Television Excellence Saturday at its annual black-tie gala at the Grand Hyatt ho...
June 04, 2013 12:16 PM | 0 | 24 |
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Sally F. White Northside Neighbor ColumnistNeighbor Newspapers
Atlanta Opera to host high school spring performance In a news release, the Atlanta Opera last month announced it will host its annual High School Opera Institute spring performance Sunday at 4 p.m. at Morningside Presbyterian Church in Atlanta’s Mor...
Wine label hosts Atlanta launch at Buckhead restaurant Two South African wine labels — Val du Charron and Girlfriends Wines — hosted their metro Atlanta market launch party Thursday at Frank Ski’s Restaurant and Lounge in Buckhead. Bertus Fourie, the c...
Heritage Sandy Springs announces Movin’ Groovin’ Mornings In a news release, Heritage Sandy Springs announced its schedule for Movin’ Groovin’ Mornings, a free annual children’s summer series Wednesday mornings in June from 10 to 11 a.m. Designed for chil...
Area churches host vacation Bible schools Editor’s note: Mount Paran Church of God in Buckhead is not hosting a vacation Bible school this year due to construction on its property. It is vacation Bible school season again and all over...
Column: Forward Arts Foundation hosting benefit exhibit, sale Contemporary Southern pottery and handmade objects will be spotlighted in the June 6 through Aug. 10 “Summer Swan Invitational” exhibit and sale hosted by the Forward Arts Foundation at the Swan Co...
May 29, 2013 01:22 PM | 0 | 12 |
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Sally F. White Northside Neighbor ColumnistNeighbor Newspapers
Alliance Theatre presents fresh season to open in fall The Alliance Theatre in Midtown is rolling out a new season full of diversity, with shows appropriate for all ages and interests. Last week, the theatre presented “Taste of the Season” to give the...
Local student to dance in Paris, California this summer Kiara Burch, a rising freshman at the Atlanta Girls’ School in Buckhead, will be journeying to Paris June 19 alone to pursue her life’s passion.
Burch, 13, was one of the 50 students worldwide acce...
Zig Ziglar’s niece launches children’s book series Buckhead resident Christy Ziglar is a mother, financial planner and most recently, a children’s book author. Published in April, “Can’t Wait Willow” is the first in the Shine Bright Kids series of ...
Lovett teacher retires after 44 years at school Anne Brandau Fuentes can recall her first day of teaching at the Lovett School like it was yesterday.
In 1969 Fuentes started working at the Buckhead private school after spending a year and a half...
Modern Atlanta to host Design is Human Week In a news release, Modern Atlanta announced it will host Design is Human Week and the Modern Atlanta Home Tour Saturday through June 9 to celebrate a week of international design excellence and cre...