Tuesday celebrations
Feb. 17 — Happy Lunar New Year and Fat Tuesday, Silver Streak readers!
If you are looking for ways to celebrate the Year of the Fire Horse, Candy Hom has dining and festival ideas, including weekend events and specialty menus to honor the holiday, which runs through March 1.
We also have more on a new project that will offer free, on-demand transit between the ATL SkyTrain at the Georgia International Convention Center and the Gateway Center Arena in College Park. Scroll down for the full story.
➵ Plus, ’tis the season to thrift for a cause. Canopy Thrift’s Semi-Annual Sale and Spring Reveal starts next week, with all purchases helping to fund Community Assistance Center’s services. So, if you are hoping to score a vintage leisure suit, you may just be in luck. See below for specifics.
In other news, you can also read more on clean water strides – thanks to the dedication of the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper’s 32 years of service – in Sally Bethea’s Above the Waterline column here.
And now for a few headlines:
🥇 Douglasville, GA’s Elana Meyers Taylor won Olympic gold in monobob yesterday, becoming the most decorated female bobsledder and Black athlete in Winter Olympic history with six medals.
🗳️ Early voting is underway to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene in Congressional District 14, with 18 candidates remaining to vie for the seat.
🚲 Nearly 100 Dunwoody residents shared their thoughts last week on the second phase of the Winters Chapel Path, which will eventually connect neighborhoods in east Dunwoody to nearby commercial areas and parks.
🎬 The 26th Annual Atlanta Jewish Film Festival opens tomorrow night with a reception featuring 12 chef-hosted restaurant stations and a screening of “Once Upon My Mother.”
🕓 Here’s what’s in today’s newsletter.
• Lunar New Year celebrations
• New transit project
• Canopy Thrift sale
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• Stories of Atlanta | Lance Russell
Where to celebrate Lunar New Year 2026 around Atlanta
🏮 Starting today through March 1, billions of people around the world will celebrate the Lunar New Year, a multi-day holiday that kicks off the beginning of a new year on the lunisolar calendar and marks the upcoming arrival of spring.
2026 ushers in the “Year of the Horse” – more specifically, the “fire horse” – which only happens every 60 years. The combination of the fire element with the Chinese zodiac’s horse is associated with certain traits, such as creativity, risk-taking, the pursuit of progress, and transformation.
Candy Hom has created a list of her favorite Atlanta-area restaurants and festivals celebrating Lunar New Year, including low-key dinners and parties full of dancing and fun.
😋 Check out the full list here.
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New transit project breaks ground in South Metro Atlanta
🚈 The ATL Airport Community Improvement Districts (AACIDs) broke ground on a new public transportation project planned for the South Metro Atlanta region.
Referred to as the “Automated Transit Network (ATN) Demonstration Pilot,” the project will create a free, on-demand transit link between the ATL SkyTrain at the Georgia International Convention Center and the Gateway Center Arena.
The initial half-mile route is scheduled to open to the public in December.
Future expansion plans across South Metro Atlanta will reportedly be guided by a feasibility study conducted by MARTA, which will evaluate the pilot program’s operational performance, vehicle/system capacity and scalability.
🚊 Read more about the project here.
Shop for a cause at Canopy Thrift’s semi-annual sale in Sandy Springs
👡 The Community Assistance Center invites deal seekers, thrift lovers, and sustainable fashion shoppers to Sandy Springs for the Canopy Thrift Semi-Annual Sale and Spring Reveal, Feb. 24 through March 3.
All purchases help fund the Community Assistance Center’s services, including emergency assistance to families, Mini-Market food pantries, children’s programs, adult education and career services, and workforce development programs.
Thrift Store Manager Brittany Lyman said most shoppers love the thrill of the find, but the impact behind every purchase is what makes the event special, “Customers refresh their closets while helping local families build stability,” Lyman said. “It’s fashion with purpose.”
👛 Read more about the sale, including $1 items and 50% off specials, here.
‘Present Tense – Past Story’: Stories of Atlanta by Lance Russell
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🕰️ Atlanta is a city that rebuilds, repurposes, and replaces, but look closely and you’ll discover that its past is still there, hiding in plain sight.
This episode of Stories of Atlanta explores the orphaned signs, ghost signs, and architectural remnants that have outlived the buildings they once served. From South Downtown’s Hotel Row to Broad Street, Five Points, and Ponce de Leon, these surviving signs peel back the layers of Atlanta history.
Whether faded advertisements for long-defunct stores or enduring landmarks that Atlantans hold close to their hearts, each sign connects the present to the past.
🗝️ They are more than markers; they are part of this edition of Stories of Atlanta.
🖋️ Today’s Silver Streak was edited by Julie E. Bloemeke.