Thursday moves
Feb. 12 — Perimeter Mall revealed plans to move its busy food court from the center of the mall to the Macy’s wing. The Dunwoody City Council is reviewing the plans.
☀️ Sunny and 62° today.
⚖️ A jury has been seated in the trial for Colin Gray, the father of the accused gunman in the 2024 Apalachee High School shooting. The trial could begin as early as Monday.
✋ The DeKalb County Board of Commissioners withdrew two closely-watched resolutions – one concerning ICE agents operating in the county and another on the expansion of DeKalb-Peachtree Airport.
🚨 A portion of Dunwoody’s “Police to Citizen” website was suspended after the accidental posting of a juvenile’s personal information.
🎸 Iconic rock band Heart is coming to Gas South Arena on Sunday for a stop on the “Royal Flush Tour.” Check out Collin’s interview with guitar legend Nancy Wilson.
AT THE WINTER OLYMPICS
⛸ Jordan Stolz set a new Olympic record in the 1000m speed skating yesterday in Milan, becoming the first American man to win individual Olympic gold in the event since 2010.
🏥 Lindsey Vonn said her third leg surgery since her crash Sunday was “successful,” as the 41-year-old continues to recover from a complex tibia fracture in Italy.
- Norway – 13
- Italy – 13
- U.S.A. – 12
ELSEWHERE
🗣️ U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi clashed with Democratic House members during a Wednesday committee hearing. The contentious, four-and-a-half-hour session saw a Jewish congresswoman walk out of the chamber after Bondi accused her of being antisemitic.
🎗️ James Van Der Beek, the star of the hit series “Dawson’s Creek,” died yesterday at age 48 after a battle with cancer.
🕖 Here’s what’s in today’s newsletter:
• Spelman x Johnson Publishing
• Dunwoody dog adoptions
• Real Estate Quiz
• High school startup
AND
• Quick Bites
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1. Spelman College students bring Johnson Publishing archive to life
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🎓 Walk into “Rejoice, Resist, and Rest: Images of Black Liberation from the Johnson Publishing Company Archive” at Atlanta Contemporary and it quickly becomes clear that this is not an exhibition about nostalgia. It is about connection between generations, between students and history, and between a legendary visual archive and the present moment.
On view through May 17, “Rejoice, Resist, and Rest” brings together archival photographs from the renowned Johnson Publishing Company collection, contemporary art pieces, texts, and zines created by students in the Atlanta University Center (AUC) Art History + Curatorial Studies Collective and the Spelman Photography Program.
The exhibition is supported by a Getty Research Institute initiative that has opened one of the most significant repositories of 20th-century Black American visual culture to scholarship and interpretation.
📸 Read more about the exhibit here.
Experience Atlanta’s COOLEST Adventure
SPONSORED BY FERNBANK MUSEUM
🦣 Discover mammoths, saber-tooth cats, and Neanderthals as you explore how the Ice Age shaped our planet at Fernbank Museum.
Immersive galleries, incredible specimens, and interactive experiences bring history back to life in this limited-time exhibit, on view until May 3.
2. Dunwoody City Council ‘goes to the dogs’ for a good cause
🐶 The Dunwoody City Council will welcome a new kind of visitor to its meetings – a four-legged one.
At the council’s Feb. 9 meeting, Mayor Lynn Deutsch introduced a new agenda item, an appearance each month by an adoptable dog from LifeLine Animal Project.
This month’s featured pet, Griddles, is a three-year-old, child-friendly female who has been in the shelter for 209 days.
❤️ Learn more about Griddles here.
3. What’s it Worth?
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4. He’s still in high school, but could his startup tackle a major workforce problem?
🍽️ Noah Marbach has worked enough restaurant and retail shifts to know scheduling is a nightmare. And the tools meant to solve it? They’re often part of the problem.
Now in his senior year at Pope High School in Metro Atlanta, Marbach is focusing on building a solution that actually works for employees and employers alike.
Marbach founded XShift AI as an AI co-pilot that handles shift scheduling through natural language commands, no complex dashboards required.
📱 Read the whole story from Hypepotamus here.
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5. Quick Bites
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🍖 In this week’s Quick Bites, get updates on openings, including Taffer’s Tavern’s new Midtown location, a pizza spot within a restaurant in Chamblee, and a Jewish deli in the Atlanta airport. We’ve also got intel on new openings in the Peoplestown food hall, another rooftop bar, and Sugar Loaf’s brick-and-mortar location.
🥯 Check out the latest dining news here.
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