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Thursday, April 10, 2008
Another move to Cobb County
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
An image from the 2008 Southeastern Flower Show. Next year, the show moves to Cobb County.
First it was the Atlanta Opera.
Then the Atlanta Ballet.
Now another venerable Atlanta institution, the Southeastern Flower Show is heading north to Cobb County.
The 2009 flower show, produced by the newly formed Southeastern Horticultural Society, is planned for Jan. 28 - Feb. 1 at the Cobb Galleria.
The move follows recent decisions by the Opera and Ballet to move to the new Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, which is just around the corner from the Galleria.
“The move signifies an exciting new chapter in the 22-year history of the Southeastern Flower Show,” Southeastern Horticultural Society chairman Robert Balentine said in a statement.
Atlanta Ballet dancer Courtney Necessary on stage at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
I’d heard some grumbling among intown arts patrons about the Opera’s move to Cobb County, but folks had plenty of praise for the facility at the premiere night soiree last fall. The Cobb Energy Centre’s pretty easy to get to, and parking’s five bucks. At the Galleria, which is also easy to access, parking is free.
But it’s not Atlanta.
What’s your opinion of the moves?
The opera “Turandot” takes the stage at the Atlanta Opera’s new home, the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
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Sunday night a snooze? Never!
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
From left, Ian Walker, Katie Walker, Carey Benham and Doug Benham at Veneralia. Photo by Angela Morris
You’d think Atlanta’s fabsters might start to run out of gas by the end of the weekend, and that a Sunday night soiree would feel sort of sluggish.
Wrong!
The crowd at Veneralia, held Sunday evening at the Fox to benefit the Michael C. Carlos Museum, was a lively one.
Revelers included Jill Berry, Jade Sykes, Leslie McLeod and Dottie Smith. Caroline Bortnick looked like a goddess in a stunning white gown. Todd Tautfest, just back from Miami, looked all tan and rested.
Spalding Nix, heading up “New Mix,” the young hipster party going on alongside the gala, worked both crowds with bride Aimee, who works in the museum’s development office.
The event, themed “A Night in Nubia,” honored longtime Carlos supporters Ann and Ben Johnson. Chairs were Annette Joseph and Kent Alexander. Benefactor chairmen were Jack Sawyer and Dr. William Torres. Ladies and gentlemen committee chairs were Dr. and Mrs. O. Anderson Currie Jr.
Museum director Bonnie Speed announced the museum has purchased a piece in the Johnsons’ names. It’s an Egyptian piece, in keeping with the museum’s huge coup. “Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs” will be here November through May 2009.
Celeb chef Holly Firfer helped the Bolton family cook their way to victory at the recent Boys & Girls Club event. Photo by Teryl Jackson.
Here and there
Jakkia Bolton, 17, and her parents Jakie and Leroy Bolton, took top honors in the April 3 Boys & Girls Club cook-off at the Cook’s Warehouse in Midtown. They won a gift basket of Boys & Girls Club T-shirts, and Publix and Pizza Hut gift cards. Jakkia is a member of the G. Washington Carver Boys & Girls Club on Warren Street. The event was hosted by Chef Marvin Woods.
Betsy Verner, lef, and James Adams, Jr. at the Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School’s event. Photo by Laura Schott.
The Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School held a chairman’s legacy luncheon April 3 at the Piedmont Driving Club to salute past chairmen of the school’s board.
Honorees included Raymond King, (accepting award on behalf of Champ McNair), Joel Cowan, Robert Rearden Jr., James Adams Jr., Betsy Verner (accepting on behalf of the late John Bulow Campbell), Buck Woodruff (accepting on behalf of the late George Woodruff), Byron Attridge and Bob Steed (accepting on behalf of the late Charles Gowen) and family members of the late Andrew Jackson and Addie Corn Ritchie, Rabun Gap-Nacoochee’s founders.
Byron Attridge, and James Adams, Jr., immediate past RGNS board chairman. Photo by Laura Schott.
The crowd included Charles Moseley, Stell Huie, Niles Bolton, Joe Hamilton, Greg Gerhardt, Joanna Adams, George Wirth and Dr. Cheryl Franklin. …
