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Monday, April 6 — A dramatic late-game comeback fell short when Mary Washington scored at the buzzer to beat Emory 75-73 in the NCAA D3 Championship game Sunday afternoon. UCLA won its first NCAA women’s basketball championship, beating South Carolina 79-51 yesterday. No. 1 Michigan and No. 2 UConn meet in Indianapolis for the men’s title tonight at 8:50 p.m. (TBS, truTV, TNT).
☁️ Mostly cloudy with a high of 68° today.
🚨 A 16-year-old girl was killed, and a 15-year-old was wounded in a shooting in Piedmont Park on Saturday night. Police are still investigating the motive and looking for a suspect. The incident was one of seven shootings in the city over the weekend, including one that killed a three-year-old.
🏠 Atlanta Beltline, Inc. said it has reached 79% of its goal to create or preserve 5,600 affordable housing units by 2030.
🐶 Attendees at the third-annual State of DeKalb Animals luncheon heard that DeKalb County is making great strides to better care for its shelter and court-case animals, but challenges remain.
🎭 The Alliance Theatre announced its lineup for the upcoming 58th season, which runs from August 2026 to June 2027.
🥹 Rough Draft’s Cathy Cobbs saw Dunwoody’s Stage Door Theatre’s “Steel Magnolias,” and says the all-female ensemble cast “pulled off an absolute gem.”
🍻 Three Taverns Craft Brewery opened its third location, Ponce Brew Terminal, on April 4 at Signal House next to Ponce City Market.
🎙️ Leslie Fram, a founding host of 99X’s “The Morning X,” was let go after three years with the rebooted station, as parent company Cumulus Media recently filed for bankruptcy protection.
🏀 The Hawks, currently fifth in the Eastern Conference, bring a four-game winning streak into tonight’s game against the Knicks at 7 p.m. (92.9 FM).
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🌝 Artemis II is expected to swing around the moon today – the furthest humans have ventured into space – before heading back to Earth.
🕖 Here’s what’s in today’s newsletter:
• Sustainable fashion
• Masters week in Augusta
• Global Headlines
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• Look & Listen
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1. From consignment to upcycling: Sustainable fashion in Atlanta
👗 Contributor Logan C. Ritchie takes a look at the trend of selling used clothing on consignment or upcycling to create new fashion.
Upcycler Sarah Lyons (pictured) of Revive Threads is bucking fast-fashion trends, using nearly 100% recycled materials to hand-make sporty shirts from fabric sourced from thrift stores, estate sales, garage sales, and open markets.
Nonprofit The Drake Closet sells new and gently used, donated ladies’ clothing, shoes, and accessories to raise money for women and children experiencing homelessness.
♻️ Find out more in Logan’s story here.
The Future of Sandy Springs, Dunwoody & Brookhaven Comes ‘In Focus’ on May 5
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2. ‘A tradition unlike any other’
⛳ Golf’s most storied tournament, The Masters, begins its week of events today in Augusta, GA. CBS Sports announcer Jim Nantz, known for his “Hello, friends,” greeting, also coined the phrase “a tradition unlike any other” in describing the first major of the year.
🏌️All eyes are on Augusta National as defending champion Rory McIlroy, who completed his career Grand Slam with a playoff victory last year, returns as one of the favorites and is looking to become the first back-to-back Masters champion since Tiger Woods in 2001-02.
🏆 Other contenders include world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, a two-time green jacket winner (2022, 2024), and Bryson DeChambeau, who is chasing his first Augusta title.
📺 Catch a steady stream of coverage all week via several digital and broadcast partners. First-round coverage begins Thursday on ESPN, with the weekend rounds on CBS.
3. US rescues downed pilot; King Charles to address Congress
🇮🇷🇮🇱🇺🇸 In the war with Iran:
- U.S. special forces rescued an injured Air Force colonel early Sunday after his jet was shot down over Iran on Friday, evading capture for more than a day in mountainous terrain before a CIA-assisted operation extracted him.
- In a profanity-laden social media post on Easter morning, President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Iran “into obliteration” by Tuesday if Tehran didn’t reopen the Strait of Hormuz by 8 p.m. ET tomorrow. He previously said the U.S. “doesn’t need” it.
- Follow live updates here.
🇻🇦 Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Easter Mass in St. Peter’s Square, calling on world leaders to choose dialogue over war.
🇷🇺🇺🇦 Twelve European foreign ministers traveled to Kyiv on March 31 to mark the fourth anniversary of the Bucha massacre, as Ukrainian drones struck Russian oil facilities in the Baltic Sea for the fifth time in a week.
🇮🇶 American freelance journalistShelly Kittleson was kidnapped off a Baghdad street in broad daylight on March 31 and remains missing.
🇩🇪 Three people, including a mother and her 10-month-old daughter, were killed in Germany when high winds toppled a nearly 100-foot tree during an Easter egg hunt Sunday.
🇨🇳 After two decades in prison for drug trafficking, a French citizen was executed by the Chinese government in the southern city of Guangzhou.
🇨🇺 More than 2,000 people were released from prisons in Cuba in a mass pardon that the government calls a humanitarian gesture.
🇮🇩 At least one person has been reported killed in a 7.6 magnitude earthquake in Indonesia that caused a two-and-a-half-foot tsunami.
🇭🇺 Voters in Hungary are preparing to vote in a highly anticipated election that could end the 16-year leadership of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his anti-European party.
🇿🇦 One hundred thirty-three people have had their vision restored in South Africa, where doctors performed a surgery “marathon” over two weekends.
🇬🇧 King Charles III will address a joint session of Congress on April 28, part of his first state visit to the U.S. as king, marking the 250th anniversary of American independence.
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4. For the film lovers
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Scene newsletter editor Sammie Purcell has a roundup of special events, screenings, and festivals coming to the metro.
✊ Emory’s departments of Film and Media and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies are hosting a screening called “Breaking Plates and Smashing the Patriarchy” at the Plaza Theatre on April 7, featuring 10 short films.
🇫🇷 Paratime, a new Atlanta screening series dedicated to avant-garde films that bend perception, will debut on April 16 with a screening of Alain Resnais’ “Last Year at Marienbad” at the Tara Theatre.
📽️ “blueprint,” a short play and film festival, will host its second-annual event May 7-9 in East Point.
🧡 The Latin American Association’s Compañeros Award Luncheon returns next week, honoring leaders uplifting Georgia’s Latino community. Join us in celebrating this year’s awardees and their impact in our region. Single tickets available here. SPONSOR MESSAGE
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