Thank you for your service
Wednesday, Nov. 11 — Today is Veterans Day, when we honor military veterans who have served in the United States Armed Forces. If you’re looking for a way to pay your respects, here’s a list of memorials, parades, and celebrations.
🌤️ Mostly sunny with a high of 70° today.
🛩️ A small plane crashed in a wooded area of Gwinnett County yesterday, killing one man and injuring another.
🎓 City Schools of Decatur Superintendent Gyimah Whitaker will step down Dec. 31 after leading the district since July 2023. Her deputy, Karen Newton-Scott, will take over on an interim basis Jan. 1.
🚧 The DeKalb County School Board said that construction at Dunwoody High School’s Seacrest Stadium can move forward.
📽️ Filmmaker and Georgia State graduate Arfat Sheikh spoke out about his experience of being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in September.
🌾 The Conservation Fund bought the late President Jimmy Carter’s family farm outside Plains, GA, and plans to add it to a neighboring state wildlife area, with public access expected next year.
🗣️ The Tucker Summit Community Improvement District announced Matthew Lee as the sole finalist for its executive director.
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🚨 U.S. prosecutors charged three men with running Iran-backed attacks in Europe and the U.S. They allegedly coached one attacker live over FaceTime. British police arrested an American soldier on suspicion of spying for Russia.
🏛️ The House voted 211-204 yesterday to scuttle the bid to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. One Republican backed it, while 11 Democrats missed the vote.
📋 Also on Capitol Hill:
- As they prepare to cede control of Congress, House Republicans elected Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan as minority leader, and the Senate GOP re-elected Sen. John Thune of South Dakota as its leader.
- Sen. Bernie Sanders said yesterday he won’t back Sen. Chuck Schumer for majority leader, joining progressives and incoming senators pushing for generational change.
💰 Anthropic set an IPO valuation target of up to $1.02 trillion, lower than the $1.5 trillion previously thought. Here’s how you can participate.
PICTURE THIS: “Sunset Through the Trees” by Elodie Sawicki won the youth category of Freedom Park Conservancy’s “The Park is Art” photo contest, shot in Atlanta’s 130-acre art park that spans Candler Park, Inman Park, and Poncey-Highland. You can see the winning photos at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum through November.
🕖 Here’s what’s in today’s newsletter:
• Danny McBride @ RIFF
• Upcoming Events
• The Reset
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• Concert Picks
🎈 A hundred years of art in Atlanta calls for more than one party. Expect special exhibitions, collection favorites returning to the galleries, music, family programs, and one-of-a-kind events that honor the past and look toward the next 100 years. See what’s planned at the High.
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1. Danny McBride takes home Flannery O’Connor Award at RIFF
⛪ Following in the footsteps of the likes of Billy Bob Thornton, Ethan Hawke, and Tim Blake Nelson, comedian, actor, and filmmaker Danny McBride took home this year’s Flannery O’Connor Award at the Rome International Film Festival.
McBride is known for his roles in films such as “Hot Rod,” “Pineapple Express,” and “Tropic Thunder.” He also co-created and starred in the television shows “Eastbound & Down” and “Vice Principals,” and created and starred in the show “The Righteous Gemstones.” He frequently collaborates with filmmakers Jody Hill and David Gordon Green.
Last year’s winner, Jerusha Hess, helped select McBride for the award, which recognizes artists whose work “embodies the bold, distinctive and enduring spirit of Southern storytelling.”
✍️ Sammie Purcell spoke with McBride about his career.
Ready for a Game of I Spy?
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🔍 Step inside the miniature worlds that shaped a generation of readers. I SPY! Walter Wick’s Hidden Wonders brings together Wick’s meticulously hand-built photographs, optical illusions, and search-and-find puzzles in the largest survey of his work to date.
2. Upcoming Events
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🤎 Visit a new business around the Beltline! Check out this month’s Now Open Along the Trail and discover recent additions to the corridor.
🎖️ Veterans Day Tribute; today at 11 a.m. at Byers Theatre.
🎤 Atlantic Across America; tomorrow at 6 p.m. at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights.
🪖 “Silent Night,” by the Atlanta Opera; Fri., Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m. at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center.
🩰 The Nutcracker; Fri., Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m. at Gas South Theater.
🦪 Atlanta Fish Market Oyster Fest; Sat., Nov. 14 at 2 p.m. at the Atlanta Fish Market.
🏈 Atlanta Falcons vs. Kansas City Chiefs; Sun., Nov. 15 at 1 p.m. at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
🎭 Death Becomes Her; Tues., Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the Fox Theatre.
📧 Find out how you can get your event featured in Rough Draft. For more events, visit RoughDraftAtlanta.com/events.
🔨 Masterful craft, enigmatic form, and quiet poetic beauty: Martin Puryear: Nexus features more than seventy works. Sculptures in wood, glass, marble, and cast bronze appear alongside rarely shown drawings and prints. Join the artist in conversation with curator Michael Rooks tomorrow, Thurs., Nov. 12 from 7–8 p.m.
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Photo provided by Loews Atlanta Hotel
3. Loews Atlanta Hotel launches Active Stays health and wellness program
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“The Reset by Rough Draft” is edited by Laura Scholz. The Reset is a monthly Wednesday newsletter with even more content, and you can subscribe here with one click.
🧘🏻♀️ Loews Atlanta Hotel recently launched Active Stays, a new on-site wellness program that includes on-demand classes developed with fitness expert Makena Rae Diehl. The Midtown hotel also offers expanded treatment and recovery options at its newly renovated Exhale spa.
The hotel fitness experience now includes a library of short, approachable workouts led by Diehl, a New York City-based certified personal trainer and group fitness instructor. The no-equipment classes range from high-intensity bodyweight strength training to stretch and recovery sessions designed for working out in a hotel room.
In addition to yoga and barre classes at Exhale, the spa offers Pilates reformer classes and small-group strength training and conditioning sessions in partnership with Salt Fitness.
🛏️ Read Laura’s story about the new Active Stays program.
🧠 Therapy for kids, teens, and young adults in Intown, Atlanta. Anxiety, ADHD, OCD, trauma, and the ordinary hard parts of growing up. Jeremy Salzman, Psy.D., licensed psychologist. Intown Psychology, Midtown. Get a free consultation.
🎁 Celebrate the season at the High Museum’s Holiday Market with handcrafted gifts, artisan foods, festive drinks, and distinctive creations from local vendors. You’ll discover something special for everyone on your list. Save the date: Nov. 21.
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4. Concert Picks
Wed., Nov. 11
🧸 Grateful Shred @ Center Stage
💉 Olivia Rodrigo @ State Farm Arena (also Thurs.)
⛪ Whitechapel @ Tabernacle
🎛️ Usher + Chris Brown @ Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Thurs., Nov. 12
💔 Yebba @ Coca-Cola Roxy
🦁 Judah & the Lion @ Tabernacle
🚨 Sleeping With Sirens @ The Eastern
🦌 Deerhoof @ 40 Watt Club
☕️ UB40 @ Center Stage
🐦 The Jayhawks @ Variety Playhouse
Fri., Nov. 13
💿 Carl Cox @ Coca-Cola Roxy
💭 Little Image @ Vinyl
🏝️ BrOasis @ Georgia Theatre
😰 Pain of Truth @ The Masquerade
🧱 The Red Clay Strays w/ Brent Cobb + Travis Tritt @ State Farm Arena
🎭 Orville Peck @ Tabernacle
🎸 The Revivalists @ The Eastern
Sat., Nov. 14
🔊 Subtronics @ Coca-Cola Roxy
🎧 George Clanton @ The Masquerade
🎃 The Haunt @ Smith’s Olde Bar
🛶 Paula Cole @ Variety Playhouse
Sun., Nov. 15
🕕 6LACK @ Coca-Cola Roxy
🤘 Chat Pile @ The Masquerade
🎛️ John Summit @ State Farm Arena
💰 Franni Cash @ Vinyl
🎹 Katie Pruitt @ Terminal West
Mon., Nov. 16
📘 Tiny Habits @ Terminal West
🇮🇳 Karan Aujla @ State Farm Arena
☮️ Father of Peace @ Center Stage
Tues., Nov. 17
🐱 Doja Cat (pictured) @ State Farm Arena
🖤 Boston Manor @ The Masquerade
🪨 Periphery @ Tabernacle
🧪 Josie Edwards @ The Masquerade
🦇 Fruit Bats @ Variety Playhouse
🏰 Palace @ The Eastern
Wed., Nov. 18
🌊 Rod Wave @ State Farm Arena
👦 AJ McLean @ Buckhead Theatre
💭 The Paradox @ The Masquerade, Altar (SOLD OUT)
🧯 I Set My Friends on Fire @ The Masquerade, Purgatory
🎼 Joy Oladokun @ Variety Playhouse
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