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July 12, 2011 -Tuesday
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Time
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Event
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Neighborhood/
Location
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Admission
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7pm
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Author Talk and
Booksigning by Wendy Venet
on her new book
Sam Richard’s Civil War
Diary: A Chronicle of the Atlanta Home Front
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The Jimmy Carter
Library and Museum on Freedom Parkway at Copenhill.
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Free
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July 14, 2011 -Thursday
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Time
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Event
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Neighborhood/
Location
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Admission
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Evening
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Taste Of East Atlanta. $1 tickets allow a sampling of the fare at Restaurants
and Pubs in the East Atlanta Village
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East Atlanta tickets
available at the Tent at Flat Shoals and Glenwood.
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$1
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July 15, 2011 -Friday
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Time
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Event
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Neighborhood/
Location
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Admission
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7pm
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The Gala
at The East Lake Golf
Club – featuring Tom Manrell Jazz in the historic clubhouse designed by Neil
Reid and Phillip Shutze at the home course of Bobby Jones and the PGA Tour
Championship
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East Lake
2575 Alston Drive
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$50
($450/table of 10)
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The
Front Lines – Note Demonstrations on Saturday and additional times on Sunday.
See below.
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Special Times between
10am and 4pm for Summer Camps, Day Camps and School Groups by Reservation
Only
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Living History
Encampment Interpreters and Living History Actors will help children see
what life was like in 1864 Atlanta.
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Kirkwood near Gillam Park
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Schools and Summer
Camps should call 404-422-2812 for more info or reservations. Space is
limited and reservations are on a first come first served basis. Reservations
will be cut off on or before July 1. Free.
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July 16, 2011 – Saturday
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Time
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Event
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Neighborhood/
Location
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Admission
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8:30am
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The Doublequick 5K Run/Walk
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Kirkwood (start in Bessie Branham Park)
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$17.00
($20.00 day of)
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The
Front Lines - 10am - 5pm
Kirkwood with Wreath Layings in East Atlanta
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10am-5pm
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Living History
Encampment Experience a Soldier’s Life from 1864 in a recreated setting
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Kirkwood near Gillam Park, Maps to site at B*ATL Hdqtrs in EA Village
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Free
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10am-5pm
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Spinning, Textiles,
and Child’s Play –
experience family life at home in 1864
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Kirkwood near Gillam Park, Maps to site at B*ATL Hdqtrs in EA Village
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Free
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10:30am
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Wreath Laying Ceremony
- General Walker
(Living history soldiers)
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East Atlanta
(Glenwood/I-20) Walker Monument
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Free
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11am
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Wreath Laying Ceremony
- General McPherson (Living history soldiers)
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East Atlanta (Monument & McPherson Ave.)
McPherson Monument
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Free
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BATL Tours – 9:30am-8:30pm
Leaving from East Atlanta Village and at various Cemetery Sites
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9:30am
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Battle of Atlanta Bike Tour
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East Atlanta start at B*ATL
Hdqtrs, 447 Flat Shoals
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$25 ($5 Bike Loan)
($30 day of)
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10am, Noon, 2, 4, 6pm
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Van Tour - Front Line
Attack
and the Sugar Creek Valley
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East Atlanta start at B*ATL
Hdqtrs, 447 Flat Shoals
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$15.00
($20.00 day of)
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10, 10:15, 10:30, 11,
11:30am, Noon, 1, 6pm
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Battle of Atlanta Walking Tours
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East Atlanta start at B*ATL Hdqtrs
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$10.00
($15.00 day of)
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10am
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Sylvester Cemetery Walking
Tour
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East Atlanta tickets & map to
site at B*ATL Hdqtrs
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Free
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11am
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Clay Family Cemetery
Walking Tour
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Kirkwood on Clifton Avenue – map to site at B*ATL Hdqtrs
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Free
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11am, 1, 3, 5pm
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Van Tour - McPherson’s
Last Ride and the Railroad Cut
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East Atlanta start at B*ATL
Hdqtrs, 447 Flat Shoals
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$15.00
($20.00 day of)
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7pm
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Twilight Tour of Oakland Cemetery
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Cabbagetown
Oakland Cemetery
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Free (with advance
ticket at BATL Headqrtrs from 447 Flat Shoals Ave)
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History, Food, Art and
Music
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All Day & Night
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Shop, Dine and Party in The East Atlanta
Village along Flat Shoals Avenue, Moreland and Glenwood or visit the
establishments in The Kirkwood Business District along Hosea Williams Drive. Start with coffee or breakfast and then try the hamburger rated the best in
the country, baked goodies from Australia, ice cream, the finest in ales and
beers, Thai, Sushi, Pizza, Tacos and more! Shop for vinyl, musical
instruments, books, household and gift items or even a place to live on the
battlefield..
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Various Times until
4:30pm
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Abe Lincoln-Talk with the man and
take a picture with him as he makes a post election stop that never happened
November 1864
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East Atlanta
near the BATL
Headquarters at 457 Flat Shoals Ave.
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Free
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9:15am-4:30pm
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Cyclorama Museum/Painting
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Grant Park at 800 Cherokee Ave.
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General Admission
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10am-6pm The exhibit
can be viewed during and between Storytelling Sessions or exclusively between
1 and 2pm and between 4 and 6pm.
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Art of The Civil War,
Peace, & Civil Rights
including works in various media by Henry
Bryant, Wayne Carey, Bethany Collins, Hope Hilton, Leslie Smith, James
Stephens, Charles Turner and Lisa Tuttle
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East Atlanta Library
Gallery Wall in the meeting room at 400 Flat Shoals Avenue in the East Atlanta Village.
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Free
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1pm
In Their 25th
Year!
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Sounds of the Civil
War – 8th Regiment Band Concert
an
authentic 1864 Brass
Band
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East Atlanta Fire Station 13
across from BATL Headqtrs, 431 Flat Shoals Ave.
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Free
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???
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Taste of East Atlanta ???
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East Atlanta Village ???
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$1 per ticket/taste
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Civil War to Civil Rights Living History Presentations
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10:30, 11:30am and 2pm
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Civil Rights Atty
Constance Baker Motley
as portrayed by Ernestine Brown
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East Atlanta in the Civil War to
Civil Rights Tent at 457 Flat Shoals Avenue
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Free
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Throughout the Day
From 11am to 5pm
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BATL Living History Players costumed characters bring history to life.
11am Civil War Women
12:30 Civil War Men
3pm Early Atlantans
4:30pm Rights Don’t Come Easy
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East Atlanta in the Civil War to
Civil Rights Tent at 457 Flat Shoals Avenue and in between shows you may run
into people from history in the shops and restaurants. Ask about their
story!
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Free
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NOON
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The African American Soldier in the Civil War and
Now.
Maj. Perry Bennett – Battalion Historian
based at Fort Mac
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East Atlanta in the Civil War to
Civil Rights Tent at 457 Flat Shoals Avenue
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Free
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2:30pm
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My Black Confederate Grandfather Local politician and Civil Rights figure Ina Evans and a Living
History Artist tell the story of Peter Vertrees and how he came to defend Atlanta.
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East Atlanta in the Civil War to
Civil Rights Tent at 457 Flat Shoals Avenue
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Free
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3:30pm
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Abe Lincoln talks about the Emancipation Proclamation Dennis Boggs becomes Abraham Lincoln to discuss
this historic event.
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East Atlanta in the Civil War to
Civil Rights Tent at 457 Flat Shoals Avenue
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Free
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4pm
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A Slave Narrative
Living History artist Josie Bailey delivers the real story of a local slave.
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East Atlanta in the Civil War to
Civil Rights Tent at 457 Flat Shoals Avenue
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Free
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Some of the Characters
portrayed by the BATL Living History Players include:
Mary Combs, Hunter
Bell, Dolly Sumner Burge and Daughter Sadie, Scynthia Catherine Stewart, Pete
Rutherford, Zora Faire, Soloman “Sam” Luckie, Carrie Berry, Blind Thomas
Bethune, Allie Travis, Madison Reynolds, Kathleen Adams, Arthur Idlett,
Carrie Steele Logan, William Fuller and James Bell of the Great Locomotive
Chase, Alice Adams, and Homer Nash..
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BATL Storytelling Festival –
Is it
entertainment or is it history?
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10am
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Pete The Cat author
Eric Litwin
with Pete’s favorite songs and stories of the 1860s
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East Atlanta Library
East Atlanta Village
400 Flat Shoals Ave.
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Free
Limited Seating
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11am
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Meet Mr. Lincoln
Dennis Boggs brings
Honest Abe to Life in tales from the Log Cabin to the White House and war
time
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East Atlanta Library
East Atlanta Village
400 Flat Shoals Ave.
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Free
Limited Seating
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NOON
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“Brer Rabbit Tales”
by Wren’s Nest Rambler
Curtis Richardson
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East Atlanta Library
East Atlanta Village
400 Flat Shoals Ave.
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Free
Limited Seating
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12:15pm
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Meet Mr. Lincoln
Dennis Boggs brings
Honest Abe to Life in tales from the Log Cabin to the White House and war
time
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Kirkwood Library
At 11 Kirkwood Rd at
Hosea Williams Dr. in the Bus. Dist.
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Free
Limited Seating
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12:30pm
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African Folk Tales
by BATL Favorite
Akbar Imhotep
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East Atlanta Library
East Atlanta Village
400 Flat Shoals Ave.
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Free
Limited Seating
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1 pm
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African Folk Tales
including Brer Rabbit
by popular storyteller “Wren’s Nest Rambler” Curtis
Richardson
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Kirkwood Library
Kirkwood Business
District on Hosea Williams Dr.
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Free
Limited Seating
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1:30pm
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African Folk Tales
by BATL Favorite
Akbar Imhotep
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Kirkwood Library
Kirkwood Business
District on Hosea Williams Dr.
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Free
Limited Seating
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2pm
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Miss Mary Gay’s
Decatur Tales
by story teller Fran Franz
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Kirkwood Library
Kirkwood Business
District on Hosea Williams Blvd.
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Free
Limited Seating
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2pm
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GranMaw Gordon’s Songs
& Tales in Black & White
by Teri Stewart & Heidi Polyea
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East Atlanta Library
East Atlanta Village
400 Flat Shoals Ave.
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Free
Limited Seating
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2:30pm
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A Slave Narrative
Living
History artist Josie Bailey delivers the real story of a local slave.
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Kirkwood Library
Kirkwood Business
District on Hosea Williams Dr.
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Free
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3pm
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Miss Mary Gay’s
Decatur Tales
by story teller Fran Franz
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East Atlanta Library
East Atlanta Village
400 Flat Shoals Ave.
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Free
Limited Seating
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3:30pm
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Brer Rabbit Tales
by popular storyteller
Josie Bailey
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East Atlanta Library
East Atlanta Village
400 Flat Shoals Ave.
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Free
Limited Seating
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BATL Author Talks and Booksignings
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11am
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Barry Brown
author of
Crossroads
of Conflict: Civil War Sites in Georgia – author talk and book signing
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Bound to Be Read Book
Store on Flat Shoals Avenue in the East Atlanta Village
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Free
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2pm
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Dr Brian Wills
author of
Gone With
the Glory: The History of the Civil War in the Cinema:
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Author Talk and Book
signing at Bound to Be Read Books on Flat Shoals in East Atlanta Village
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Free
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3:30pm
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TBA
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Author Talk and Book
signing at Bound to Be Read Books on Flat Shoals in East Atlanta Village
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Free
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4:30pm
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Marion Blackwell
author of
Blue Locusts, a book of selected artcles, poetry and fiction about East Atlanta, The Civil War and other Georgia historical subjects
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Author Talk and Book
signing at Bound to Be Read Books on Flat Shoals in East Atlanta Village
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Free
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Note this year there
will be a special lecture on Sunday Evening by Robert Davis at The Cyclorama
(below)
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Sunday July 17, 2011
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7pm
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Twilight Tour of Oakland Cemetery
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Cabbagetown Oakland Cemetery
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Free (with advance
ticket available at B-ATL Headquarters on Saturday, 447 Flat Shoals Avenue in
the East Atlanta Village)
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7pm
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“The Man Sherman Could Not Stop” Lecture by Robert Davis about his new book
Civil War Atlanta
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The Atlanta Cyclorama
in Grant Park on Cherokee Avenue
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Free
Limited Seating
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