|
18, 2008
- July Friday
July 18, 2008–
Friday
|
|
Time |
Event |
Neighborhood |
Ticket Price |
|
7pm |
The Gala
at Kemp Castle: An Evening of Dinner,
Libations, Entertainment and a historic home tour |
East Lake
2806
Alston Drive |
$45
($400/table of 10)
|
|
July 19, 2008 – Saturday
|
|
Time |
Event |
Neighborhood |
Ticket Price |
|
8:30am |
The Doublequick
5K Run/Walk
|
Kirkwood
(start in Bessie Branham Park)
|
$17.00($20.00
day of) |
|
The Front Lines -10am - 5pm – Kirkwood
(Wreath Layings in East Atlanta) |
|
10am-
5pm |
Living History Encampment
Experience a Soldier’s Life from 1864 in a recreated
setting |
Kirkwood
near Gillam Park, Maps to site at B*ATL Hdqtrs in EA
Village
|
Free |
|
|
Spinning and Textiles
on the plantation near 1864 Clay Family Home Site A
living history demonstration |
near
Gillam Park |
Free |
|
11am |
Wreath Laying Ceremony - General Walker
(Living history soldiers)
|
East
Atlanta (Glenwood/I-20) Walker Monument |
Free |
|
3pm |
Wreath Laying Ceremony - General
McPherson
(Living history soldiers) |
East Atlanta (Monument
& McPherson Ave.)
McPherson Monument
|
Free |
|
The Home Front 10am – and
into the evening – East Atlanta (Storytelling in
Kirkwood, too) |
|
A
Civil War Village |
|
10am-
5pm |
Living History Re-enactors & More
Experience Life at home in1864 See Blacksmiths,
Quilters, Wheel Wrights, Basket Makers and Wood Workers
demonstrate their crafts. |
East
Atlanta Village
More info
at B*ATL Hdqtrs In EA Village Along Flat Shoals Avenue.
Across from Fire Station 13
|
Free |
|
BATL
Tours |
|
10am,
Noon, 2, 4, 6pm |
Van Tour - Front Line Attack
and the Sugar Creek Valley |
East
Atlanta start at B*ATL Hdqtrs, 470 Flat Shoals |
$10.00
($15.00 day of) |
|
10, 11am,
Noon, 1, 6pm |
Battle of
Atlanta Walking Tours |
East
Atlanta start at B*ATL Hdqtrs |
$10.00
($15.00 day of) |
|
10am |
Sylvester
Cemetery Walking Tour |
East
Atlanta tickets & map to site at B*ATL Hdqtrs |
$10.00
($15.00 day of) |
|
11am, 1,
3, 5pm |
Van Tour - McPherson’s Last Ride
and the Railroad Cut |
East
Atlanta start at B*ATL Hdqtrs, 470 Flat Shoals |
$10.00
($15.00 day of) |
|
7pm |
Twilight
Tour of Oakland Cemetery |
Cabbagetown Oakland Cemetery |
Free*
(With advance ticket ) |
|
Art, Food and Other
Presentations |
|
10am-4pm |
Cyclorama
Museum/Painting |
Grant
Park |
Free*
(With advance ticket ) |
|
Throughout the day |
Art
Show and History Display
|
East
Atlanta Library |
Free |
|
8pm (or
dark) |
Screen at
the Village Green “The Outlaw Josie Wales” |
East
Atlanta Village Hardware |
Free |
|
All Day
Long |
Shop and Dine
in The East Atlanta Village and The Kirkwood Business
District |
|
Civilian
Living History Presentations |
|
11am,1, 3pm |
The Georgia Belles
General Sherman Left Behind –
meet the strong women from 1864 |
Presentations begin on the lawn at Remax Realty next to
the Fire Station on Flat Shoals Avenue in the East
Atlanta Village |
Free |
|
Noon,
2pm,4pm |
Notable African
Americans
from Civil War times and afterwards |
Presentations begin on the sidewalk in front of Bound to
Be Read Books on Flat Shoals Avenue in East Atlanta
Village |
Free |
|
Noon,
2pm,4pm |
Civil War to Civil
Rights - A Living History Time Line
How did we get from there to here? |
Presentations begin at Station on Glenwood Avenue near
the Flat Shoals corner in the East Atlanta Village |
Free |
|
Throughout the day meet re-enactors from history as they
roam the East Atlanta Village. |
|
BATL
Storytelling Festival – 8 hours or more of drama and
comedy |
|
10am,
12noon |
Civil War Ghost Tales
by musician and storyteller Eric Litwin |
East
Atlanta Library
East
Atlanta Village |
Free
Limited
Seating |
|
11am |
Civil War Stories
By noted author and Story Teller Calvin Sims |
East
Atlanta Library
East
Atlanta Village |
Free
Limited
Seating |
|
1,5pm |
“Gone With the Wind in 20 Minutes”
by performance artist Doug Lothes |
East
Atlanta Library
East
Atlanta Village |
Free
Limited
Seating |
|
2pm |
African Folk Tales including Brer Rabbit
by popular storyteller Akbar Imhotep |
Kirkwood
Library
Kirkwood
Business District on Hosea Williams Blvd. |
Free
Limited
Seating |
|
2pm |
An East Atlanta Slave Story
-a struggle for freedom by Josie Bailey |
East
Atlanta Library
East
Atlanta |
Free
Limited
Seating |
|
2:45pm |
Stories of a wartime prison
- Robert Mable brought to life by author Jimmy
Jacobs |
East
Atlanta Library
East
Atlanta Village |
Free
Limited
Seating |
|
3pm |
“Gone With the Wind in 20 Minutes”
by performance artist Doug Lothes |
Kirkwood
Library
Kirkwood
Business District on Hosea Williams Blvd. |
Free
Limited
Seating |
|
5pm |
Noted
Atlanta Author and performance artist Cathy Kaemmerland
portrays 1864 Character Carrie Steele |
B-ATL
Headquarters
470 Flat
Shoals Avenue East Atlanta Village |
Free
Limited
Seating |
|
Throughout the day |
East Atlanta Oral
Histories
East Atlanta Kids Club will present and record oral
histories of residents |
At
various breaks during the Storytelling Festival at the
East Atlanta Library in the East Atlanta Village |
Free |
|
BATL
Author Talks and Booksignings |
|
10am |
Michael Rose
Historic Photos of Atlanta A visual study of our
city’s past |
Bound to
Be Read Book Store on Flat Shoals Avenue in East Atlanta
Village |
Free |
12noon
|
Susan Neill & Staci Catron
Women in Atlanta a photo record of southern women |
Author
Talk at The Blue Frog on Flat Shoals, Book signing at
Bound to Be Read Books on Flat Shoals in East Atlanta
Village |
Free |
|
4pm |
Jimmy Jacobs
Moonlight Through The Pines,
Tales from Georgia Evenings
|
Bound to
Be Read Book Store on Flat Shoals Avenue in the East
Atlanta Village |
Free |
|
6pm |
Josie Bailey
Dawn Dusk, Brer Rabbit
According to Josie |
Bound to
Be Read Book Store on Flat Shoals Avenue in the East
Atlanta Village |
Free |
|
The Music
and Dance of 1864 |
|
4pm, 6pm |
Authentic period music and Dance
by The 1860s Civilian Society of Georgia
|
4pm show
at the East Atlanta Library, 6pm show at B-ATL
Headquarters 470 Flat Shoals, both in East Atlanta
Village |
Free |
|
4pm |
Shape Note
Sing |
Martha
Brown Methodist Church Moreland Avenue at Metropolitan
Avenue in the East Atlanta Village |
Free |
|
July 21, 2008–
Sunday
|
|
Time |
Event |
Neighborhood |
Ticket Price |
|
7pm |
Twilight
Tour of Oakland Cemetery |
Cabbagetown Oakland Cemetery |
Free* (With advance ticket) |
