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Final curtain for Marietta’s Theatre in the Square
After 30 years of pleasing theater lovers, this week the Theatre in the Square in Marietta, Ga., surprised the arts community by announcing it was closing down for good due to financial difficulties. The theatre, an anchor in quaint Marietta Square, had been one of the cultural draws in the suburban town north of…
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Tough times test demand for timeless art
For those whose love of art exceeds the space on their walls, there’s always the furniture. Particularly if it’s handcrafted and hand-painted by Italian artisans following the techniques of their ancestors in XVIII century Venice. For the past 25 years, Atlanta-based Patina Inc. has been bringing old-world style to the homes of new-world clients with…
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There is a home for everyone
Animal-lover Kris Rainey believes the right home is out there for everyone. It’s a belief she shares with Atlanta Pet Rescue, a small, no-kill animal shelter in Midtown Atlanta where she works as a volunteer. The shelter handles mostly smaller dogs, which are more suitable for in-town dwellings.
Unlike many other shelters, Atlanta Pet Rescue does…
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Silence and solitude: a Trappist monk’s life
Forty Trappist monks live in a world of silence, solitude and seclusion in the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers, GA. They belong to the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (O.C.S.O.). Watch images of their environment as Brother Callistus, who serves as the spokesman for the monastery, talks about what he…
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“Funk, everybody digs it,” says band promoter
About this podcast:
A love of funk music and a passion for sharing it with Atlanta audiences led Allyson Stevens to quit her job at a vet clinic in order to promote bands full time. Listen to the podcast to find out what it’s like and what it takes to be a budding band promoter.
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Signs of spring in Piedmont Park
Long after Atlanta’s annual festival of fall colors ends, and after the Holiday decorations come down, the city enters the gray days of winter, when the town and its residents await the arrival of spring. Nowhere is this more evident than in Piedmont Park where, on a gloomy Sunday in February, the branches on the trees remain bare…
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Note to candidates: It’s the Hispanic media, stupid!
The U.S. Hispanic media, through which many of the country’s 50 million Latinos get their news, will play an important role in the 2012 presidential election, not only because of its reach but also because of its huge influence on Hispanic voters.
The candidates’ ability to work effectively with the Hispanic media, which tends to take…
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Twitter becomes barometer of voter sentiment
How do you measure voter sentiment? According to some major news organizations, through Twitter.
As we’ve seen this past week, main media is embracing Twitter as a way to keep a finger on the pulse of voter sentiment during the Republican debates.
Fox News, which coined the First Twitter Election term to refer to the 2012 election,…
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Got stats?
EASY WEB TOOLS HELP US VISUALIZE HOW WE STACK UP
I may have flunked math in high school, but the Web is turning me into a fan of stats.
Or, rather, a fan of the graphical representation of my stats.
Graphic narcissism must be on the rise given the proliferation of Web tools that allow us to rank…
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Nice infographic, but do people get it?
A story in this week’s edition of The Economist, “Too much buzz”, renews the debate on whether the flood of new media messages is resulting in more information than people can interpret.
The story argues that “Most commentary on social media ignores an obvious truth—that the value of things is largely determined by their rarity. The…
