Manic Monday
Nov. 4 — Atlanta United will face Inter Miami in a decisive Game 3 on Sat., Nov. 9 after beating Lionel Messi and crew on Saturday night, with the Five Stripes scoring in extra time to stay alive in the MLS Playoffs.
☁️ Cloudy and 67° today.
2024 ELECTION
🗳️ Georgia closed out early voting on Friday with more than four million votes cast. Election Day is tomorrow and you can find your polling location here.
⚖️ A Georgia judge rejected a Republican lawsuit trying to block counties – specifically Fulton – from opening election offices on Saturday and Sunday to let voters hand in their mail ballots in person.
👁️ The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday it plans to monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws in 27 states tomorrow, including in Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb, and Gwinnett counties.
🫏 Vice President Kamala Harris was at a rally in Atlanta on Saturday and then on “Saturday Night Live” where she bantered with impersonator Maya Rudolph. Yesterday, Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz campaigned in Atlanta with R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe.
🐘 Former President Donald Trump was in Macon yesterday where former U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker appeared. At an earlier campaign stop in Pennsylvania, Trump suggested he “wouldn’t mind” if someone had to “shoot through” media members, drawing criticism that his campaign spokesperson rejected.
LOCAL NEWS
✅ The economy replaced crime as the top concern facing Metro Atlanta residents, according to a new survey by the Atlanta Regional Commission.
🏫 The two Fulton County Board of Education members who represent Sandy Springs said they were not in favor of closing Spalding Drive Elementary School.
🩺 McAuley Station, a 170-unit affordable housing complex offering healthcare services, has opened its first phase in Sweet Auburn.
🕎 Light Up Dunwoody is raising money for a menorah to honor Rose Lubin, a Dunwoody native who was killed last year while serving in the Israel Defense Forces.
🏈 Kirk Cousins led the Falcons to their fifth win in six games yesterday, throwing three touchdowns in a 27-21 victory over Dallas. The win moved Atlanta to 6-3 atop the NFC South.
ELSEWHERE
🏃 Dutch runner Abdi Nageeye won his first TCS New York City Marathon, while Kenya’s Sheila Chepkirui captured the women’s title. For the first time, Americans swept the wheelchair races.
🍽 TGI Fridays filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
🎗️ Legendary music producer Quincy Jones, who helped shape musicians’ careers across genres while winning 28 Grammy Awards, died at his Los Angeles home. He was 91.
🕖 Here’s what’s in today’s newsletter:
• Fox awards grants
• Chef Santiago’s new tapas bar
• Global Headlines
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• Look & Listen
Have a great week,
Collin & Sammie
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1. Fox Theatre awards $500K grants to historic Georgia theaters
🎭 The Fox Theatre is awarding $500,000 in financial support to help preserve historic theaters around the state.
Presented through its nonprofit partnerships program, Fox Gives, the grants offer funding for preservation, facilities upgrades, and technical assistance.
Theaters receiving grants this year include the Canton Theatre in Canton (pictured), The Strand in Marietta, and the Ritz Theatre in Brunswick.
➳ See the full list of recipients here.
A guide to holiday traditions at Lake Oconee
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2. La Metro tapas bar opens at Ponce City Market
🍷 Chef Hector Santiago opened his second Ponce City Market restaurant this week, debuting Spanish tapas restaurant La Metro in the former Biltong Bar space.
La Metro joins Santiago’s Latin American sandwich bar, El Super Pan, in the central food hall.
Santiago said that “after falling in love” with the food and wine culture of Spain during his travels, “a tapas bar felt like the right fit” for his next restaurant at Ponce City Market.
➳ Read more about the opening of La Metro.
3. Spaniards throw mud at King and Queen; Tories elect first Black woman leader
🇮🇷 A woman at a Tehran university staged a protest against Iran’s mandatory hijab law, stripping to her underwear before being detained and transferred to a psychiatric facility, sparking widespread social media support under the “Woman, Life, Freedom” hashtag.
🇪🇸 An angry crowd in Spain threw mud at the King and Queen as they visited Valencia, where more than 200 people were confirmed dead after recent floods.
🇬🇧 Britain’s Tory party has elected its first Black woman leader. Kemi Badenoch pledged to bring back “authentic conservatism” to a party that recently suffered its worst election defeat in nearly 200 years.
🇧🇴 Soldiers in Bolivia were reportedly held captive by armed supporters of the country’s former president.
🇵🇰 Schools in Lahore, Pakistan’s second-largest city, are closed this week amidst unprecedented air pollution.
🇺🇬 14 people, including 13 children, were killed by a lightning strike on a Ugandan refugee camp.
🇨🇳 China has released data that shows both marriages and divorces are declining.
🇲🇩 In Moldova, incumbent pro-Western President Maia Sanduclaimed victory in yesterday’s elections where officials said there was “massive interference by Russia” in the electoral process.
🇮🇳 Millions of people in India celebrated Diwali with brightly-colored lights, fireworks, sparklers, and festivities. The joyful national holiday celebrates the victory of light over darkness.
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4. Lightening the mood
Instead of bombarding you with more politics, today’s Look & Listen is all about putting a smile on your face. These funny podcasts offer some laughs to distract you on the eve of the election.
🎙️ “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” offers laughs on topical situations and irreverent interviews with celebrities like Billy Crystal and Al Pacino.
🎧 Marc Maron welcomes comedians, actors, directors, writers, authors, musicians, and folks from all walks of life to his home for funny and revealing conversations on“WTF with Marc Maron”.
🎙️ “Baby, this is Keke Palmer” finds the actress falling down a funny rabbit hole on each pod, obsessing over pop culture, science, and chatting with celebs.
🎧 Co-hosts Jason Mantzoukas, June Diane Raphael, and Paul Scheer analyze some of the worst movies ever made on“How Did This Get Made?”
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📧 Today’s newsletter was edited by Julie E. Bloemeke.
