« July 12, 2008 - August 11, 2008 »
 
07 / 12
Start: 11:34 am
End: 11:34 pm
The American Boot Camp Company is offering free sessions at Central Park in Atlantic Station. This Saturday morning, grab your morning coffee (you'll need it), lace up your running shoes and do something for yourself. 7.30 am. thebootcampcompany.com.
07 / 13
Start: 5:00 am
End: 5:59 am
Simone Veil, France’s former Minister of Health, was born on this day in 1927. Veil was a Holocaust survivor (she, her mother and sister were sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau) who went on to build a good life and political career, despite losing her father, brother and mother during the Holocaust. She pushed the notable laws of making access to contraceptives easier (1974) and legalizing abortion (1975) and went on to become President of the European Parliament (1979-1982) and still continues to be socially and politically active.

07 / 14
Start: 12:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Encourage a young female writer to find her literary voice at Charis Books’ Young Women Writers group. Open to girls ages 14 - 19, they meet the second and fourth Monday of every month. 5-6:15pm. 1189 Euclid Avenue. charis.booksense.com.
07 / 15
Start: 12:00 am
Start: 07/15/2008 - 00:00
End: 07/31/2008 - 12:00
Don’t miss the Tony Award winning classic, and strong-women spectacle The Color Purple, as it makes its first stop on the North American Tour at The Fox. 404.817.8700.
Start: 5:00 am
End: 5:59 am
Maggie L. Walker, the first female founder/president of a bank in the US, was born on this day in 1887 to a former slave and an abolitionist. She worked her entire life trying to make life better for African Americans and women—the founding of her bank was due to her idea that people should pool their money together to help each other. Her bank, St. Luke Penny Savings Bank, still exists today as the Consolidated Bank and Trust Company in Richmond, VA.

07 / 16
(all day)
Start: 07/15/2008 - 00:00
End: 07/31/2008 - 12:00
Don’t miss the Tony Award winning classic, and strong-women spectacle The Color Purple, as it makes its first stop on the North American Tour at The Fox. 404.817.8700.
Start: 5:00 am
End: 5:59 am
On this day in 1862 Ida B. Wells was born. Wells fought for equality of women and African Americans—especially the equality of African American women in the suffragist movement. 71 years before Rosa Parks, Wells refused to give up her seat on a train, and when they made her move, she sued the railway company. She won her case in the local court but lost when the railroad took it to the Tennessee Supreme Court.  Her refusal to stand in the back of suffragist parades garnered her more media attention for her causes.
07 / 17
(all day)
Start: 07/15/2008 - 00:00
End: 07/31/2008 - 12:00
Don’t miss the Tony Award winning classic, and strong-women spectacle The Color Purple, as it makes its first stop on the North American Tour at The Fox. 404.817.8700.
Start: 12:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Billie Letts, author of the popular book turned movie Where the Heart Is, will be at the Margaret Mitchell House to discuss her latest novel, Made in the U.S.A. gwtw.org. 
Start: 7:30 pm
End: 10:00 pm

 

skirt!’s July issue is not only about “The F Word” – Feminism & Fashion, but it is also about Weddings!  Check out skirt!’s special section Tying the knot – as we partnered with theknot.com to bring you great tips about planning a wedding.

We are also celebrating “Mamma Mia”-style and hope that you are joining us at the screening tonight...grab your girlfriends, mom or grandma and put on your ABBA singing shoes!  

07 / 18
(all day)
Start: 07/15/2008 - 00:00
End: 07/31/2008 - 12:00
Don’t miss the Tony Award winning classic, and strong-women spectacle The Color Purple, as it makes its first stop on the North American Tour at The Fox. 404.817.8700.
Start: 12:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Join Atlanta-born, seven- time Grammy award winner Gladys Knight at the National Black Art Festival’s “Legends Celebration: An Evening with Gladys Knight.” 8pm. The Atlanta Civic Center. Tickets starting at $20. atlantaciviccenter.com
07 / 19
(all day)
Start: 07/15/2008 - 00:00
End: 07/31/2008 - 12:00
Don’t miss the Tony Award winning classic, and strong-women spectacle The Color Purple, as it makes its first stop on the North American Tour at The Fox. 404.817.8700.
Start: 12:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
The Women’s Imaginative Guild of Storytellers (WIGS) presents Divas, Dames and Damsels, The 6th annual Day of Discovery for Women. Laugh and celebrate through a day of rich storytelling about modern womanhood. 10am -1pm. $15. 404.982.0523, callanwolde.org.
Start: 5:00 am
End: 5:59 am
Today is the 160th anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention—the first women’s rights convention in the United States.

07 / 20
(all day)
Start: 07/15/2008 - 00:00
End: 07/31/2008 - 12:00
Don’t miss the Tony Award winning classic, and strong-women spectacle The Color Purple, as it makes its first stop on the North American Tour at The Fox. 404.817.8700.
Start: 12:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Take in a free jazz concert al fresco at Villa Christina’s Jazz at the Villa summer concert series. Doors open at 4pm. 5:30 pm. villachristina.com.
Start: 10:33 am
Start: 07/20/2008 - 10:33
End: 07/21/2008 - 10:33
Mélange@ Seasons is hosting a community-wide yard sale to help fight MS. In Georgia alone, MS affects approximately 8,500 people. Shop or donate to the festive event on Sunday, July 20.  2077 Northlake Parkway, Tucker, 10am-7pm.  Call 1-800-FIGHT-MS to find out how to get involved. 
07 / 21
(all day)
Start: 07/15/2008 - 00:00
End: 07/31/2008 - 12:00
Don’t miss the Tony Award winning classic, and strong-women spectacle The Color Purple, as it makes its first stop on the North American Tour at The Fox. 404.817.8700.
End: 10:33 am
Start: 07/20/2008 - 10:33
End: 07/21/2008 - 10:33
Mélange@ Seasons is hosting a community-wide yard sale to help fight MS. In Georgia alone, MS affects approximately 8,500 people. Shop or donate to the festive event on Sunday, July 20.  2077 Northlake Parkway, Tucker, 10am-7pm.  Call 1-800-FIGHT-MS to find out how to get involved. 
Start: 12:00 am
Start: 07/21/2008 - 00:00
End: 07/27/2008 - 12:00
Post-tornado, the city is back and better than ever for Downtown Atlanta Restaurant Week. Try a three-course, $25 meal at some of Atlanta's finest restaurants including Maxim Prime, STATS, E Street Grille and Peasant Bistro. atlantadowntown.com. 
07 / 22
(all day)
Start: 07/15/2008 - 00:00
End: 07/31/2008 - 12:00
Don’t miss the Tony Award winning classic, and strong-women spectacle The Color Purple, as it makes its first stop on the North American Tour at The Fox. 404.817.8700.
(all day)
Start: 07/21/2008 - 00:00
End: 07/27/2008 - 12:00
Post-tornado, the city is back and better than ever for Downtown Atlanta Restaurant Week. Try a three-course, $25 meal at some of Atlanta's finest restaurants including Maxim Prime, STATS, E Street Grille and Peasant Bistro. atlantadowntown.com. 
Start: 10:48 am
Start: 07/22/2008 - 10:48
End: 07/30/2008 - 23:59

Come Join us for fun prizes and special Sugarland drinks!

Thursday, July 24th, 7-9pm. Feast- 314 E Howard Ave, Decatur, GA. 404.377.2000

 

07 / 23
(all day)
Start: 07/15/2008 - 00:00
End: 07/31/2008 - 12:00
Don’t miss the Tony Award winning classic, and strong-women spectacle The Color Purple, as it makes its first stop on the North American Tour at The Fox. 404.817.8700.
(all day)
Start: 07/21/2008 - 00:00
End: 07/27/2008 - 12:00
Post-tornado, the city is back and better than ever for Downtown Atlanta Restaurant Week. Try a three-course, $25 meal at some of Atlanta's finest restaurants including Maxim Prime, STATS, E Street Grille and Peasant Bistro. atlantadowntown.com. 
(all day)
Start: 07/22/2008 - 10:48
End: 07/30/2008 - 23:59

Come Join us for fun prizes and special Sugarland drinks!

Thursday, July 24th, 7-9pm. Feast- 314 E Howard Ave, Decatur, GA. 404.377.2000

 

Start: 12:00 am
Start: 07/23/2008 - 00:00
End: 07/26/2008 - 12:00
Hone your leadership skills at the 2008 Business and Professional Women Conference at Hilton Atlanta. Attend workshops like “Mastering Work/ Life,” “Discovering the Leader in You” and “Uniting Our Voices.” Mayor Shirley Franklin will be speaking. http://members.bpwusa.org/nationalconference/.
07 / 24
(all day)
Start: 07/15/2008 - 00:00
End: 07/31/2008 - 12:00
Don’t miss the Tony Award winning classic, and strong-women spectacle The Color Purple, as it makes its first stop on the North American Tour at The Fox. 404.817.8700.
(all day)
Start: 07/21/2008 - 00:00
End: 07/27/2008 - 12:00
Post-tornado, the city is back and better than ever for Downtown Atlanta Restaurant Week. Try a three-course, $25 meal at some of Atlanta's finest restaurants including Maxim Prime, STATS, E Street Grille and Peasant Bistro. atlantadowntown.com. 
(all day)
Start: 07/22/2008 - 10:48
End: 07/30/2008 - 23:59

Come Join us for fun prizes and special Sugarland drinks!

Thursday, July 24th, 7-9pm. Feast- 314 E Howard Ave, Decatur, GA. 404.377.2000

 

(all day)
Start: 07/23/2008 - 00:00
End: 07/26/2008 - 12:00
Hone your leadership skills at the 2008 Business and Professional Women Conference at Hilton Atlanta. Attend workshops like “Mastering Work/ Life,” “Discovering the Leader in You” and “Uniting Our Voices.” Mayor Shirley Franklin will be speaking. http://members.bpwusa.org/nationalconference/.
Start: 5:00 am
End: 5:59 am
Amelia Earhart Day honors the birthday of the woman who took aviation and feminism to new heights.

07 / 25
(all day)
Start: 07/15/2008 - 00:00
End: 07/31/2008 - 12:00
Don’t miss the Tony Award winning classic, and strong-women spectacle The Color Purple, as it makes its first stop on the North American Tour at The Fox. 404.817.8700.
(all day)
Start: 07/21/2008 - 00:00
End: 07/27/2008 - 12:00
Post-tornado, the city is back and better than ever for Downtown Atlanta Restaurant Week. Try a three-course, $25 meal at some of Atlanta's finest restaurants including Maxim Prime, STATS, E Street Grille and Peasant Bistro. atlantadowntown.com. 
(all day)
Start: 07/22/2008 - 10:48
End: 07/30/2008 - 23:59

Come Join us for fun prizes and special Sugarland drinks!

Thursday, July 24th, 7-9pm. Feast- 314 E Howard Ave, Decatur, GA. 404.377.2000

 

(all day)
Start: 07/23/2008 - 00:00
End: 07/26/2008 - 12:00
Hone your leadership skills at the 2008 Business and Professional Women Conference at Hilton Atlanta. Attend workshops like “Mastering Work/ Life,” “Discovering the Leader in You” and “Uniting Our Voices.” Mayor Shirley Franklin will be speaking. http://members.bpwusa.org/nationalconference/.
Start: 12:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Watch Lucinda Williams bring the green house down as she performs at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens. $35. 8pm. atlantabotanicalgarden.org.
Start: 12:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Peruse Atlanta’s historic Castleberry Hill when the neighborhood opens gallery doors for the Fourth Friday ArtStroll. 7- 10pm. castleberryhill.org.
Start: 12:00 am
Start: 07/25/2008 - 00:00
End: 07/26/2008 - 12:00
Keep your kid looking sharp. The Children’s Boutique Clearance Sale features some of Atlanta’s finest boutiques for tykes with fashions at a fraction of the price. Proceeds go to Soulfood, an organization dedicated to helping grandmothers raise their grandchildren. $5. 10am. Horizon Home. attheworks.net.
07 / 26
(all day)
Start: 07/15/2008 - 00:00
End: 07/31/2008 - 12:00
Don’t miss the Tony Award winning classic, and strong-women spectacle The Color Purple, as it makes its first stop on the North American Tour at The Fox. 404.817.8700.
(all day)
Start: 07/21/2008 - 00:00
End: 07/27/2008 - 12:00
Post-tornado, the city is back and better than ever for Downtown Atlanta Restaurant Week. Try a three-course, $25 meal at some of Atlanta's finest restaurants including Maxim Prime, STATS, E Street Grille and Peasant Bistro. atlantadowntown.com. 
(all day)
Start: 07/22/2008 - 10:48
End: 07/30/2008 - 23:59

Come Join us for fun prizes and special Sugarland drinks!

Thursday, July 24th, 7-9pm. Feast- 314 E Howard Ave, Decatur, GA. 404.377.2000

 

End: 12:00 pm
Start: 07/23/2008 - 00:00
End: 07/26/2008 - 12:00
Hone your leadership skills at the 2008 Business and Professional Women Conference at Hilton Atlanta. Attend workshops like “Mastering Work/ Life,” “Discovering the Leader in You” and “Uniting Our Voices.” Mayor Shirley Franklin will be speaking. http://members.bpwusa.org/nationalconference/.
End: 12:00 pm
Start: 07/25/2008 - 00:00
End: 07/26/2008 - 12:00
Keep your kid looking sharp. The Children’s Boutique Clearance Sale features some of Atlanta’s finest boutiques for tykes with fashions at a fraction of the price. Proceeds go to Soulfood, an organization dedicated to helping grandmothers raise their grandchildren. $5. 10am. Horizon Home. attheworks.net.
Start: 12:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Be astonished by nature’s color palette as The Chattahoochee Nature Center releases butterflies every Saturday this month. 11am. 770.992.2055.
07 / 27
(all day)
Start: 07/15/2008 - 00:00
End: 07/31/2008 - 12:00
Don’t miss the Tony Award winning classic, and strong-women spectacle The Color Purple, as it makes its first stop on the North American Tour at The Fox. 404.817.8700.
End: 12:00 pm
Start: 07/21/2008 - 00:00
End: 07/27/2008 - 12:00
Post-tornado, the city is back and better than ever for Downtown Atlanta Restaurant Week. Try a three-course, $25 meal at some of Atlanta's finest restaurants including Maxim Prime, STATS, E Street Grille and Peasant Bistro. atlantadowntown.com. 
(all day)
Start: 07/22/2008 - 10:48
End: 07/30/2008 - 23:59

Come Join us for fun prizes and special Sugarland drinks!

Thursday, July 24th, 7-9pm. Feast- 314 E Howard Ave, Decatur, GA. 404.377.2000

 

Start: 4:11 pm
Start: 07/27/2008 - 16:11
End: 07/28/2008 - 16:11
Aiko in Buckhead is throwing an international event called “Accent!” The evening will reunited Atlanta’s expat communities in the UK, Australia and South Africa. DJ StanZeff will spin. 128 East Andrews Drive. Buckhead. aikoatlanta.com.
07 / 28
(all day)
Start: 07/15/2008 - 00:00
End: 07/31/2008 - 12:00
Don’t miss the Tony Award winning classic, and strong-women spectacle The Color Purple, as it makes its first stop on the North American Tour at The Fox. 404.817.8700.
(all day)
Start: 07/22/2008 - 10:48
End: 07/30/2008 - 23:59

Come Join us for fun prizes and special Sugarland drinks!

Thursday, July 24th, 7-9pm. Feast- 314 E Howard Ave, Decatur, GA. 404.377.2000

 

End: 4:11 pm
Start: 07/27/2008 - 16:11
End: 07/28/2008 - 16:11
Aiko in Buckhead is throwing an international event called “Accent!” The evening will reunited Atlanta’s expat communities in the UK, Australia and South Africa. DJ StanZeff will spin. 128 East Andrews Drive. Buckhead. aikoatlanta.com.
Start: 3:00 pm
Brides to be can see the latest wedding fashions strut the runway at the Georgia Bridal Show. One lucky couple will win an all expenses paid honeymoon. $10 cash only. 12:30-5:30pm. Cobb Galleria Center, Atlanta. eliteevents.com.
07 / 29
(all day)
Start: 07/15/2008 - 00:00
End: 07/31/2008 - 12:00
Don’t miss the Tony Award winning classic, and strong-women spectacle The Color Purple, as it makes its first stop on the North American Tour at The Fox. 404.817.8700.
(all day)
Start: 07/22/2008 - 10:48
End: 07/30/2008 - 23:59

Come Join us for fun prizes and special Sugarland drinks!

Thursday, July 24th, 7-9pm. Feast- 314 E Howard Ave, Decatur, GA. 404.377.2000

 

07 / 30
(all day)
Start: 07/15/2008 - 00:00
End: 07/31/2008 - 12:00
Don’t miss the Tony Award winning classic, and strong-women spectacle The Color Purple, as it makes its first stop on the North American Tour at The Fox. 404.817.8700.
End: 11:59 pm
Start: 07/22/2008 - 10:48
End: 07/30/2008 - 23:59

Come Join us for fun prizes and special Sugarland drinks!

Thursday, July 24th, 7-9pm. Feast- 314 E Howard Ave, Decatur, GA. 404.377.2000

 

Start: 12:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Enjoy the sultry sounds of Jill Scott at Chastain Park Amphitheatre. 8pm. classicchastain.com.
07 / 31
End: 12:00 pm
Start: 07/15/2008 - 00:00
End: 07/31/2008 - 12:00
Don’t miss the Tony Award winning classic, and strong-women spectacle The Color Purple, as it makes its first stop on the North American Tour at The Fox. 404.817.8700.
08 / 1
Start: 3:00 pm
Marietta Square opens gallery and shop doors for their first Art Walk, aimed to highlight local and original artwork. Stamp-able Art Walk maps available, which can be turned in for a free gift bag. mariettasquare.com.
Start: 3:00 pm
Start: 08/01/2008 - 15:00
End: 08/03/2008 - 15:00
Take the kids back to school shopping during the Georgia Sales Tax Weekend. Don’t forget to pick up a little something for yourself too.

Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Maria Mitchell, the first professional female astronomer in the United States, was born on this day in 1818. Mitchell was raised in a Quaker community, which was one of the few groups that felt women should have equal educational opportunities as men. She had the notable discovery that sunspots are “whirling vertical cavities” and not, as thought at the time, clouds. 
08 / 2
(all day)
Start: 08/01/2008 - 15:00
End: 08/03/2008 - 15:00
Take the kids back to school shopping during the Georgia Sales Tax Weekend. Don’t forget to pick up a little something for yourself too.

Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Life is not a having and a getting, but a being and a becoming.” Myrna Loy would have been 103 today. She used her fame in the 1930s-40s to champion the rights of black actors and to give them dignity onscreen, rather than the stereotypes they often played at the time.
08 / 3
End: 3:00 pm
Start: 08/01/2008 - 15:00
End: 08/03/2008 - 15:00
Take the kids back to school shopping during the Georgia Sales Tax Weekend. Don’t forget to pick up a little something for yourself too.

Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Martha Stewart’s birthday is today. Bake a cake entirely out of the flour you hand-milled from your personal wheat crop and decorate it with homemade buttercream frosting and fruit from your organic orchard to celebrate.

08 / 4
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Today is the 52nd birthday of Meg Whitman, former President and CEO of eBay. Since resigning from eBay in March 2008, she is considering a run for Governor of California in 2010.

08 / 5
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Dame Miriam Rothschild, a leading entomologist and zoologist, was born on this day in 1908. Scientifically, she was a foremost expert on fleas and was the first person to figure out the biology of how fleas jump. Socially, she campaigned for the legalization of homosexuality in the U.K. in the 1960s and was a vegetarian—she refused to wear any form of leather or fur.

08 / 6
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Lucille Ball’s birthday is today…she clashed with CBS execs after they tried not to let her have a pregnancy storyline in her show. They finally caved, but still wouldn’t allow her to say “pregnant.” Throughout the episode, they had to refer to her as “expecting” instead.

Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Grandma Moses was born 148 years ago today. She started painting in her 70s after arthritis made it difficult for her to continue her art of embroidery. She went on to become one of America’s most popular folk artists and lived to the age of 101.
08 / 7
Start: 3:00 pm
Strut yourself downtown to the Egyptian Ballroom at The Fabulous Fox Theatre for the AIDS Atlanta fashion fundraiser, Urban Chic. Looks from Addiction, Bill Hallman, Festivity, Sage and many more. 7:30pm. urbanchic2008.org.
Start: 4:18 pm
Start: 08/07/2008 - 16:18
End: 08/08/2008 - 16:18
A free community education series tackles mental health in the workplace tonight. Hosted by Skyland Trail and Mental Health America of Ga, the event brings together several doctors to discuss the bottom line effect of having a psychologically healthy workplace. 6 – 8:30 pm. Register early at communityeducationseries@skylandtrail.org or 678.686.5901. 
08 / 8
End: 4:18 pm
Start: 08/07/2008 - 16:18
End: 08/08/2008 - 16:18
A free community education series tackles mental health in the workplace tonight. Hosted by Skyland Trail and Mental Health America of Ga, the event brings together several doctors to discuss the bottom line effect of having a psychologically healthy workplace. 6 – 8:30 pm. Register early at communityeducationseries@skylandtrail.org or 678.686.5901. 
08 / 9
Start: 3:00 pm
Help the planet and plant a flower. Green thumbs gather at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens’ Plant Lovers’ Sale and Education Day. 9am-4pm. atlantabotanicalgarden.org.
Start: 4:38 pm
Start: 08/09/2008 - 16:38
End: 08/10/2008 - 16:38
The Beehive Co-op in Buckhead will be buzzing with parents and babies today as they browse locally-designed baby/kids apparel and sample Jack’s Harvest’s locally-made, frozen organic baby food. Kids will love their “papplesauce” – a peach/apple combo with a dash of cinnamon.  Saturday, August 9, 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 1831-A Peachtree Road, Buckhead. Click here for directions.
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Janie Porter Barrett was born on this day in 1865. She founded the Virginia Industrial School for Colored Girls, a rehabilitation center for troubled girls which was centered on self-reliance and self-discipline. It became a model for other similar schools and was extremely successful—the majority of students found jobs and had families after leaving the facility. It became integrated in 1965 and still exists today under the name of the Barrett Learning Center.

08 / 10
End: 4:38 pm
Start: 08/09/2008 - 16:38
End: 08/10/2008 - 16:38
The Beehive Co-op in Buckhead will be buzzing with parents and babies today as they browse locally-designed baby/kids apparel and sample Jack’s Harvest’s locally-made, frozen organic baby food. Kids will love their “papplesauce” – a peach/apple combo with a dash of cinnamon.  Saturday, August 9, 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 1831-A Peachtree Road, Buckhead. Click here for directions.
Start: 3:00 pm
Start: 08/10/2008 - 15:00
End: 08/16/2008 - 15:00
As the Olympics kick off in Beijing, celebrate Asian food with Atlanta’s Taste of Asia. Restaurants throughout the city like Silk and Straits will be featuring offers such as a three-course menu for $28. garestaurants.org.
Start: 10:00 pm
End: 10:59 pm
Mary Gove Nichols was born 198 years ago, today. She traveled the country speaking about women’s health and anatomy, but was scorned by many of her time for her belief in “free love” instead of marriage, which Nichols considered to be the “annihilation of women.” She believed that health, freedom and sexual liberation were all linked was an outspoken advocate for all three.

08 / 11
(all day)
Start: 08/10/2008 - 15:00
End: 08/16/2008 - 15:00
As the Olympics kick off in Beijing, celebrate Asian food with Atlanta’s Taste of Asia. Restaurants throughout the city like Silk and Straits will be featuring offers such as a three-course menu for $28. garestaurants.org.

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