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GPC opens center designed to benefit students, staff and community

GPC President Anthony S.Tricoli, left, joins former President Jimmy Carter at the ribbon cutting for the Atlanta Center for Civic Engagement and Service-Learning.
Georgia Perimeter College (GPC) stands by the notion that serving and learning go hand in hand—so much so that they’ve opened a center dedicated to it. The Atlanta Center for Civic Engagement and Service-Learning opened on Feb. 15 on the Clarksto...

DeKalb agency assisting families of Haitian medical evacuees

Haitian medical evacuees have been arriving in Georgia over the past few weeks and a DeKalb relief agency, Refugee Resettlement and Immigration Services of Atlanta (RRISA), located in Decatur, has been steadily working to assist family members who ac...

Congressman uses technology to connect with constituents

Rep. Hank Johnson uses the telephone for a new type of town hall meeting.
Relax in a recliner. Channel surf on the TV. Cook dinner for the kids. It is now possible to do each while also participating in a town hall meeting, and Congressman Hank Johnson is tapping into the technology to continue doing just that with his con...

Deadline looms for ART Station to raise funds or close doors

ART Station in downtown Stone Mountain
It could be a script for an upcoming play: financial trouble drives a small-town theater to make an impassioned plea to town folks to save it from extinction. However this is exactly the situation ART Station Theatre Company and Contemporary Art Cent...

Avenue X is an a cappella treat

From left, Winston (J.D. Webster), Milton (J.D. Goldblatt), Rosco (Lawrence Clayton), Pasquale (Nick Spangler) and Ubazz (Steve French) unite their voices in a “battle-of-the-bands” competition in the a cappella musical Avenue X. Photos by Greg Mooney
It takes more than a nice voice to sing a cappella well. And it takes powerful voices with depth and personality to sing a cappella predominantly throughout an entire musical. But that’s what the Alliance Theatre has done brilliantly with its curre...

Mardi Gras-Party over here and over there

Laissez les bons temps rouler – Let the good times roll  Ahh, to experience Mardi Gras—the lavish costumes, the over-the-top pageantry, the tossing of beads and the fever-pitch energy of the crowd. It’s a one-of-a-kind experience that takes pl...

Ross Bridge Resort

If it’s dusk in Alabama, then a lone bagpiper is making his rounds at the Renaissance Ross Bridge Golf Resort and Spa playing tunes that likely stir feelings of joy, tranquility, romance. I discovered this recently after a relaxing afternoon being ...

Joy and pain in waiting for word from Haiti

Fritz Aristilde is relieved to know his sister is alive in Haiti.
Fritz Aristilde will tell anyone who will listen that God answers prayers. After nearly a week of gut-wrenching waiting and imaging worst possible outcomes, Aristilde received word on Jan. 19 that his sister is alive and safe in Haiti. “I am great,...

Love of cars and ice cream turned into business

  As a boy growing up in Columbus, Warren Pickard spent memorable moments watching cars whiz by the intersection in front of his house. He sat on his porch watching those cars and developing a lifelong love. “I was looking at cars all day,” rec...

Beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Stone Mountain Park’s Paul Creasy is something of an expert in manmade snow.
One could say that at this time of year Paul Creasy is obsessed with snow. When it falls, how it falls, where it falls and whether this year’s blanket that will stretch 400 feet will keep the paying customers satisfied. And Stone Mountain Park’s...