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Most people don't think of Jimmy Carter and Atlanta. But The Jimmy Carter Library and Museum is one of eleven presidential libraries administered by the National Archives and Records Administration. The Jimmy Carter Library and Museum was dedicated and opened to the public on October 1, 1986.
The museum and library holds 27 million pages of Jimmy Carter's White House material, papers of administration associates, including documents, memoranda, correspondence, etc. There are also 500,000 photographs, and hundreds of hours each of audio and video tape. With only a fraction of them on display at anytime for visitors.

An especially interesting part of the library is the free lecture series that goes on each month. Bob Schieffer will be reading from his recent book on September 29th, Sarah Vowel on October 27th, and Georgia's own fireplug Ted Turner will be speaking on December 10th.
Check the website for details and directions.

HOURS:  9:00 am - 4:45 pm, Monday - Saturday; 12:00 pm - 4:45 pm, Sunda.y  $8.00 - Adults; $6.00 -

http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/museum/

Though kids are back in school any day now, there's a good chance that parents will want to find a way to keep the family happy when they do visit Atlanta.
The Atlanta CityPass is a great way to see the best of Atlanta for a discount.
CityPass is a small booklet containing tickets to Atlanta's most famous attractions.

You pay only $69, rather than $119. The book contains actual admission tickets to each attraction. Atlanta CityPass is valid for nine l days from day of first use.  The book contains tickets to Georgia Aquarium, World of Coca-Cola, Zoo Atlanta, A CNN Tour, and a ticket to the Fernbank Museum of Natural History or Atlanta Botanical Gardens.

You may purchase CityPass at CityPass.com. They will either ship booklets to you or you can print a voucher to take to the first attraction. CityPass is also available for the same price at the box office of each of the attractions included in the program.

http://www.citypass.com/city/atlanta.html?id=Pdb3BXb2

Coming to Atlanta and seeing some culture just got a little easier.
The High Museum of Art located right in the middle of midtown Atlanta has partnered with several hotels to offer a package weekend discount, many of them not only offer a discount on the hotel room itself and two tickets to the museum, and free breakfast.

The two most current events at the high are as follows from the High's website:
Louvre Atlanta: The Louvre & the Ancient World
October 16, 2007 - September 7, 2008
Treasured Egyptian, Near Eastern, and Greco-Roman
antiquities from the Musée du Louvre

Road to Freedom:
Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1968
June 7 - October 5, 2008
This powerful exhibition comprises approximately
130 photographs of the Civil Rights Movement and coincides with the
40th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King, Jr.

The link to the savings is below:

http://www.atlanta.net/visitors/packages/louvreAtlanta.aspx

ith the famed quarterback Michael Vick heading to jail, The Atlanta Falcons have started early to gather all the fans they can for this upcoming football season. For an up close chance to meet and greet with the players and see a little light scrimmage of the old pig skin, fans should check out the Russell Falcons Training camp. This two day events starts with Falcons Friday Night Lights at a local high School.

Below:
Aug. 1, 2008 at 6:30 p.m.
Mill Creek High School

·Falcons Friday Night Lights will play host to a live scrimmage between the Falcons offense and defense. The scrimmage is intended to be as up close as possible so the team will have field microphones, microphones in the helmets, and coach's miked (this may or may not turn out well, it all depends on how much they bite their tongues.)

Then next day, fans can see the Falcons on their home field at Roam the Dome. August 2nd, at noon. Roam the Dome will feature on-field drills.  Fans can also take tours of the Dome including the visiting team local rooms and press boxes.

http://www.atlantafalcons.com/News/Russell_Falcons_Training_Camp/Allstate_All-Access_Weekend.aspx

30,000 College Students and a great town are just 75 miles north of Atlanta. Athens, Georgia means several different things to different people, a center of higher learning, football, music, and arts to others.

It's a great place to spend the day or the weekend if you're in the Atlanta area.
Once you pull into town, park along Clayton Street- the middle of downtown Athens, where there are over 60 shops and over 50 restaurants, bars and clubs. On any given night there will be 10 to 20 bands playing for nothing more than a small coverage charge at the door. For a pleasant way to stretch your legs, cross over Broad Street into old campus, where you can relive your college memories as you pass underneath the old oaks and historic white column halls.
If your hungry, eat at the Grit at 199 Prince Street, where fantastic vegetarian food awaits. You can't go wrong with the Golden Bowl or the vegetables of the day on the black chalkboard. If your willing to spend more, try 5&10 or the National, both owned by chef Hugh Acheson, voted at Food & Wines top chefs in years past. Hugh focuses on fresh/seasonal ingredients with a menu that changes often and specials are gone forever once they are ordered up.
Getting there is easy, but very boring....as there is nothing to see along "Highway" 316.

Take I-85 north to eastbound Ga. 316. The Ga. 10 loop circles Athens. Hop on the loop from Ga. 316 and head east. Take Exit 8 and turn left. Turn right at North Lumpkin Street and right again at East Hancock Avenue.

Since the National Black Arts Festival is in town, so are plenty of famous African Americans from around the United States. This Sunday, July 20th if your interested in a cultural lecture you may want to hurry and get tickets to CREATIVELY SPEAKING.

Scheduled to appear are Cornel West of Princeton University, leading a open discussion on the Civil Rights Movement and artists. Also speaking will be Wyton Marsalis and Carrie Mae Weems who's known for her eye grabbing photography. Afterwards, there will be a second talk with authors Alice Walker and Pearl Cleage.

I would get your tickets quickly for this event since it's been heavily advertised around Atlanta.

 http://www.nbaf.org/.

Lowbrow Art gallery in East Atlanta has been quickly gaining a following since it opened its doors in September of last year. The next event coming is entitled ON THE FLOOR, featuring four emerging artists from around the globe. The opening is tomorrow, July 19th with Dave MacDowell, Emma Mount and Brandi Read and Jessica Blinkhorn.

It's a free reception, from 7pm to 11pm. The gallery is opened Thursday through Saturday in the evening from 5pm to 8pm, or you can call for an appointment.

 If you not in town this weekend, take a look at the schedule of events through December, the next event sounds just as good PIN UPS AND PISTONS. 

http://www.lowbrowgalleryatlanta.com/iWeb/thegallery/The%20Gallery%20at%20East%20Atlanta%20Tattoo.html