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Seems puppet was for the birds (of prey)
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
When the Center for Puppetry Arts’ Jeff Domke and Alan Louis set out to photograph their brand-new brown thrasher puppet for the center’s Web site Friday morning outside the Midtown facility, they had some unexpected company.
A red-tailed hawk mistook the assembled cardboard, glue and string for breakfast and dive-bombed the pair.
“It was pretty shocking,” Domke told Buzz after the incident. “We were taking pictures of our new thrasher puppet using the sky as a backdrop when all of a sudden, I saw these wings coming at me out of the corner of my eye.”
Domke said one of the bird’s talons brushed against his skull. “I felt the cold, clammy skin of his leg on my right hand.”
Domke surmises that the sudden jerking of his arm may have frightened the hawk away.
Added Louis in an e-mail: “I suppose the hawk paid us a compliment on Jeff’s design ability, but maybe socks and brown paper bags are safer in the end.”
The red-tailed hawk then flapped its way to a nearby chain-link fence where it hung out, studying the unnerved puppet persons. Eventually, it departed, presumably on its way to a Chick-fil-A drive-thru.
The replica of the Georgia state bird is being developed as an art activity for elementary schools teaching Georgia history.
The close call had Domke reconsidering his weekend outdoor activities.
Said Domke: “I’m supposed to mow the lawn this weekend. I may wear a helmet.”
MISS JACKSON ON BABIES, DANCING AND HER EARLY HITS
What was on part-time Atlantan Janet Jackson’s mind when she spoke with us to promote her Oct. 5 Philips Arena Rock Witchu tour date here?
>>> Settling down and having kids with longtime boyfriend, Atlanta music mogul Jermaine Dupri: “At some point, it’s coming. … I know he’s waiting for me. I’m the one that’s holding up the whole thing. … I don’t know, I guess I’ll just have to see. But it’s coming.”
>>> The part she likes most in the “Rock Witchu” tour: When she touches on material from her pre-“Control” days — specifically songs from her first two albums “Janet Jackson” and “Dream Street,” including “Young Love. “That’s my favorite part of the show. … People feel like I haven’t ever acknowledged those songs. It’s too bad it’s so short. It brings me so much joy.”
>>> Her next direction musically, after her last CD, “Discipline”: “Dance is my thing. I love dance. I love dance music. … Certain people didn’t like the direction I took [with ‘Discipline’], within the company … [it wanted] a much calmer, kind of a Sade-ish route. … But to do a whole album like that, I’m not ready for that just yet. … I’m still a girl who loves to dance. So it’s dance music for me.”
TUNES FOR TOTS TIX GO ON SALE
Athens jam-rockers Widespread Panic were inducted Saturday night into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, but this morning the band will be busy giving back to Georgia public school music programs.
Tickets for its Tunes For Tots fund-raiser show, Oct. 19 at the Tabernacle, went on sale Saturday online only, at Ticketmaster.com. There will be 100 “Private VIP Cocktail Party with Widespread Panic” tickets sold, which will not only get you early admittance into the show, but hors d’oeuvres catered by Hugh Acheson of Athens’ Five & Ten restaurant, open premium bar and a 2008 Tunes For Tots poster autographed by the group. Panic’s previous Tunes’ efforts have raised some $375,000 for Georgia Public Schools music programs.
OVERSCENE
Atlanta mayor Shirley Franklin dining on stuffed cabbage rolls, lentil soup and a glass of Stoole Pinot Noir at Zaya in Inman Park.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“When y’all walk in front of that spotlight, it’s like the eclipse of the sun. You can’t see me anymore.”
Legendary Party chairwoman Sally Dorsey, lightly scolding guests for inadvertently ruining the view at Thursday night’s patron party, hosted by Jack Sawyer and Dr. Bill Torres. The Legendary Party, benefiting the Shepherd Center, will be Nov. 1 at the Buckhead Ritz-Carlton.
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Saturday: Actress Sophia Loren is 74. Singers Gunnar and Matthew Nelson of Nelson are 41. Rapper Yung Joc is 26.
Sunday: Actor Larry Hagman is 77. Poet-songwriter Leonard Cohen is 74. Author Stephen King is 61. Actor Bill Murray is 58. Writer-producer Ethan Coen is 51. Actor Rob Morrow (“Numb3rs”) is 46. Actress Cheryl Hines (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”) is 43. Country singer Faith Hill is 41. Actor Luke Wilson is 37. Actress Maggie Grace (“Lost”) is 25. Actors Nikolas and Lorenzo Brino (“7th Heaven”) are 10.
Contributing: Sonia Murray, Jennifer Brett and news services.
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