More than 1,300 museums across the country will be free to the public on Sept. 24, for Smithsonian magazine’s seventh annual Museum Day. Atlanta’s Art on 5, David J. Sencer CDC Museum, Hammonds House Museum and High Museum of Art are among the participants.
Visitors must download a ticket from www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday to get free admission. Tickets are limited to two per family. As part of the event, the Smithsonian is accepting donations to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation. DANIEL MALLOY
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The Carter Center recently launched an international observation mission for the Democratic Republic of the Congo elections, which will be held Nov. 28.
The center has deployed 10 long-term observers, who will joined by others closer to the date of the election.
The initiative will also closely monitor legal and political developments that may affect the election as well as work with other organizations to develop domestic election observation skills and training. A field office has been established in Kinshasa to aid in those efforts. SHELIA POOLE
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Citizens who want to learn about a 10-county transportation project list that they will vote on in 2012 can come to 12 public meetings over the next month.
The meetings start with one in Douglas County on Sept. 7, through a final one in Clayton County on Sept. 29. The Atlanta Regional Roundtable, a group of 21 mayors and county commissioners from the 10-county region, will vote on a final list by Oct. 15. Voters in 2012 will decide whether to fund it with a sales tax.
For meeting dates and locations see atlantaregionalroundtable.com. ARIEL HART
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