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Thursday, April 9 — Today is the inaugural celebration of Local News Day, a national day of action celebrating independent news organizations. Rough Draft is proud to join hundreds of other local newsrooms in showing how community journalism connects and informs neighborhoods, and holds public officials accountable. It’s a great day to push us over 30k IG followers!
☀️ It’ll be sunny with a high of 69° today.
🔎 The Atlanta Police Department released surveillance images of persons of interest in the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old girl in Piedmont Park on Saturday night.
🫡 A.J. Robinson is stepping down as president of Central Atlanta Progress later this year after 23 years at the helm.
✈️ Delta Air Lines beat first-quarter earnings expectations but tempered its future guidance, as soaring fuel costs, up nearly 88%, added $2 billion to its quarterly fuel bill.
🏗️ Norcross City Council greenlit its financial advisors to borrow $6 million to fund the complete construction of a new public safety building.
⛳ For the second year in a row, student-athletes at Dunwoody High School swept the DeKalb County High School Golf Championships.
🍺 The Georgia Craft Brewers Festival returns to Downtown Woodstock on Sat., April 11, bringing an afternoon of live music and craft brews.
⛳ The Masters tees off this morning at Augusta National, with Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, and Tom Watson hitting ceremonial first shots at 7:25 a.m. Find ways to watch at Masters.com.
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⚖️ Jasveen Sangha, known as the “Ketamine Queen,” was sentenced to 15 years in prison for providing the drug that killed “Friends” star Matthew Perry in October 2023.
🇮🇷🇺🇸🇮🇱 Here are some updates on the war in Iran:
- A ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran appeared in jeopardy after Israel intensified attacks in Lebanon and Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz.
- President Donald Trump warned that strikes on Iran would resume if the ceasefire was not honored.
- Vice President JD Vance leads a U.S. delegation to Islamabad on Saturday for peace talks mediated by Pakistan.
- Get live updates here.
🕖 Here’s what’s in today’s newsletter:
• ‘Pivot’ at Marcia Wood Gallery
• Atlanta Hawks basketball clinic
• Personal chef startup
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• Quick Bites
🎭 Theatrical Outfit and The Breman present – from the team behind Remember This and The Lehman Trilogy, – a brand-new take on Arthur Miller’s classic – THE PRICE – a riveting story about the struggle to make peace with the past and create hope for the future. Get your tickets here. SPONSOR MESSAGE
1. Deborah Dancy’s new exhibition ‘Pivot’ opens at Marcia Wood Gallery
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🎨 Deborah Dancy has taught, exhibited, and built a body of abstract painting work spanning decades. And yet, almost 50 years into her career, she decided to put down her brushes.
That choice centers “Pivot,” Dancy’s new solo exhibition opening at Buckhead’s Marcia Wood Gallery tomorrow.
“Pivot” extends experimentation that Dancy first began on paper. The series scales the method, and the results carry what the gallery describes as “luminous fields that shift between depth and atmosphere.”
🖌️ Sherri Daye Scott has more on the exhibition here.
Global Open House Showcase comes to Atlanta
SPONSORED BY ATLANTA FINE HOMES
🏡 On April 11-12, Sotheby’s International Realty® will host a Global Open House Showcase – a weekend designed to open doors to extraordinary homes at every price point worldwide.
Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty is proud to participate, featuring homes across Metro Atlanta, including a luxurious, custom-built estate in Pine Hills and a renovated lakefront residence on Lake Lanier.
The fall showcase spotlighted 4,700+ open houses worldwide, with 150+ in Metro Atlanta alone, 36% more than average weekends. Don’t miss your chance to explore what’s possible.
👉🏼 Check out our upcoming open houses here.
2. Atlanta Hawks host girls basketball clinic with Google
🤝 The Atlanta Hawks, who lost to Cleveland 122-116 last night, partnered with Google for the first Lady Ballers clinic of the year in March, providing girls aged eight to 15 with on-court practice and hands-on STEM-based activities.
To celebrate Women’s History Month, the organization wanted to create a special clinic to spotlight the importance of women’s sports. Forty young female athletes of all skill levels participated in the clinic hosted at Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation & Aquatic Center.
During the Saturday afternoon clinic, athletes ran drills focusing on shooting mechanics, rebounding, ball handling, footwork, defensive positioning, and passing.
⛹️♀️ Read more about the clinic here.
3. Why Airbnb guests are using this Atlanta startup to book personal chefs
👩🍳 Airbnb has long sold travelers on the fantasy of a home away from home. But, “home” requires grocery shopping, cooking, and cleaning.
Travelers are looking for options that are “meaningful, comfortable, and effortless” when they are on the road for work or for vacation, says the team behind Atlanta-based startup,
Livin. Their solution? Give travelers their own personal chef. Livin announced last month that it is now partnering with Airbnb, making Livin’s personal chefs available directly through the travel giant’s website. Airbnb travelers now have the option to get healthy, personalized meals prepared directly at their rental space, saving them time and giving them an alternative to eating out for every meal.
➡ Read the whole story from Hypepotamus here.
🎭 Theatrical Outfit and The Breman present – from the team behind Remember This and The Lehman Trilogy, – a brand-new take on Arthur Miller’s classic – THE PRICE – a riveting story about the struggle to make peace with the past and create hope for the future. Get your tickets here. SPONSOR MESSAGE
4. Quick Bites
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☕ In this week’s Quick Bites, we have details on several restaurant openings, including new restaurants in East Lake, Sylvan Hills, Inman Park, The Interlock, and Avondale Estates.
Plus, we’ve rounded up food and drink events happening around Atlanta, like Chamblee Restaurant Week, a thrift market at Refuge Coffee in Clarkston, and chef-led tours of a new restaurant headed to Summerhill.
🍽️ Check out the latest Atlanta food and dining news here.
MORE DINING NEWS
🇯🇵 The team behind the Michelin-starred restaurant Mujō is opening Koshu Club, a new Japanese restaurant in Buckhead, on April 14.
🎭 Theatrical Outfit and The Breman present – from the team behind Remember This and The Lehman Trilogy, – a brand-new take on Arthur Miller’s classic – THE PRICE – a riveting story about the struggle to make peace with the past and create hope for the future. Get your tickets here. SPONSOR MESSAGE
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