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Powder Springs March 31, 2022

Spring into Spring in Powder Springs

The City of Powder Springs distributed the following press release about their second annual “Spring into Spring” downtown festival. To celebrate its vibrant business and community offerings, and mark the…

A six-person jazz ensemble performing: keyboards, 2 saxophones, guitar, drums, standing bass

Music March 16, 2022

GSO Jazz! to perform tribute to Quincy Jones and Sammy Nestico

GSO Jazz!, a part of the Georgia Symphony Orchestra organization, will perform a tribute to Quincy Jones and Sammy Nestico at Marietta’s Strand Theater on April 2. Details including ticket…

Lisa Cupid with her arm around Linda Brackner

Mableton March 14, 2022

Green Room of Mableton holds grand opening and ribbon-cutting Friday

The Green Room of Mableton held its grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony last Friday before an enthusiastic crowd of neighbors. The business is located at 1391 Veterans Memorial Hwy SW…

Education March 13, 2022

Kennesaw State highlights its researchers at the John C. Salerno Memorial Research Symposium

Kennesaw State University held its John C. Salerno Memorial Research Symposium on February 25 to highlight the research of members of its faculty. According to the university’s news release about…

Mableton March 10, 2022

Former Governor Roy Barnes to serve as Honorary Grand Marshall in Taste of Mableton parade

The Mableton Improvement Coalition announced in the press release reprinted below that former Georgia Governor Roy Barnes will serve as Honorary Grand Marshall for the inaugural Taste of Mableton Parade,…

Art March 7, 2022

ArtsBridge hires Elizabeth Lenhart as Director of Arts Education

The ArtsBridge Foundation announced in the following press release that they’ve hired Elizabeth Lenhart as their director of arts education. ATLANTA – March 3, 2022 – ArtsBridge Foundation today announced Elizabeth “Beth” Lenhart…

GSO musicians interact with audience members after the Sensory Friendly Concert.

Music February 28, 2022

Georgia Symphony Orchestra sensory-friendly concert March 12

Marietta-based Georgia Symphony Orchestra (GSO) sent the following announcement about a sensory-friendly concert on Saturday, March 12 at the Marietta Performing Arts Center: (Marietta, Ga., Feb. 28 2022) Sensory-sensitive music…

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2022 Elections February 23, 2022

Georgia votes 2022: New Trump effect, new election law, new political maps

by Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]February 22, 2022 Georgia voters might not hold the power this time around to dramatically…

Georgia Symphony Music Director and Conductor Timothy Verville (standing) will lead the Feb. 26 performance of ‘Beethoven at the Beach.”

Music February 19, 2022

GSO’s “Beethoven at the Beach” coming February 26

You might not think of landlocked Marietta as a setting for a performance called “Beethoven at the Beach,” but the Marietta-based Georgia Symphony Orchestra has an explanation for that. “In…

Youth orchestra rehearsing with young woman violinist in black dress in focus

Music February 18, 2022

Georgia Symphony Orchestra gets $500k endowment, $10k grant

Marietta-based Georgia Symphony Orchestra received a $500,000 endowment and a $10,000 grant from the Bobbie Bailey Foundation, Inc. for its youth music education program. “We are honored to receive these…

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Politics December 23, 2024

Climate of fear is driving local officials to quit – new study from California finds threats, abuse rampant

by Rachel Locke, University of San Diego, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Threats and harassment are pushing some politicians out of office, scaring off some…

Science and Technology December 23, 2024

Octopuses and their relatives are a new animal welfare frontier − here’s what scientists know about consciousness in these unique creatures

by Rachel Blaser, University of San Diego, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] We named him Squirt – not because he was the smallest of the…

Economy December 23, 2024

Trump’s 2017 tax cuts expire soon − study shows they made income inequality worse and especially hurt Black Americans

by Beverly Moran, Vanderbilt University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, a set of tax cuts Donald Trump signed into…

Marietta December 23, 2024

Marietta’s Bell Bomber plant: 1942-1945

Photo above: a B29 in flight, Public Domain, retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:B-29_in_flight.jpg [We expand and republish this evergreen article periodically] In 1942 a small ad appeared in newpapers across Georgia, including…

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