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July 20, 2010 –
Tuesday
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|
Time |
Event |
Neighborhood |
Ticket Price |
|
7pm |
Garrett Silliman, forensic archeologist presenting "CSI-Battle
of Atlanta", using science and technology to
discover what really happened in your backyard. |
The
Carter Center and Presidential Library Auditorium |
Free |
July 23, 2010 –
Friday
|
|
Time |
Event |
Neighborhood |
Ticket Price |
|
7pm |
The Gala
at The East Lake Golf Club – featuring Banks and Shane
in the historic clubhouse designed by Neil Reid and
Phillip Shutze at the home course of Bobby Jones. Home
of the PGA Tour Championship |
East Lake
2575 Alston Drive |
$50
($450/table of 10 |
|
The Front Lines - 6pm - 8:30 – Kirkwood |
|
6pm-8:30pm |
Living History Encampment
visit informally the soldiers as they eat and prepare to
bed down for the night (no demo-talks) |
Kirkwood near Gillam Park
|
Free
|
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July
24, 2010 – Saturday
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|
Time |
Event |
Neighborhood |
Ticket Price |
|
8:30am |
The Doublequick
5K Run/Walk
|
Kirkwood
(start in Bessie Branham Park)
|
$18.00($22.00
day of) |
|
The Front Lines -10am - 5pm – Kirkwood
(Wreath Layings in East Atlanta) |
|
9am-
5:30pm |
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 |
|
9am-
5:30pm |
Spinning and Textiles
on the plantation near 1864 Clay Family Home Site A
living history demonstration |
near
Gillam Park |
Free |
|
10:30am |
Wreath Laying Ceremony - General Walker
(Living history soldiers
Bagpiper Joanne Paller)
|
East
Atlanta (Glenwood/I-20) Walker Monument |
Free |
|
11am |
Wreath Laying Ceremony - General
McPherson
(Living history soldiers
Bagpiper Joanne Paller) |
East Atlanta (Monument
& McPherson Ave.) McPherson Monument
|
Free |
|
The Home Front 10am – and
into the evening – East Atlanta (Storytelling in
Kirkwood, too) |
|
The Music of a
Civil War (East Atlanta) Village |
|
Noon |
Bagpipes at War
Demonstration of Piping by Joanne Paller |
TBD East
Atlanta Village
More info
at B*ATL Hdqtrs In EA Village Along Flat Shoals Avenue.
|
Free |
|
1pm |
8th Regiment Band Concert
Authentic Brass Band circa 1864 |
Fire Station 13
East
Atlanta Village |
Free
|
|
4:30-6pm |
Whoa Nelley – BATL
Bluegrass in the Village |
Pickup Truck Bed on Flat
Shoals
East
Atlanta Village |
Free
|
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B*ATL
Tours |
|
9:30am |
Battle of
Atlanta Bike Tour |
East
Atlanta start at B*ATL Hdqtrs, 449 Flat Shoals |
$40.00
($45.00 day of) eqpt. provided |
|
10am,
Noon, 2, 4 |
Van Tour - Front Line Attack
and the Sugar Creek Valley |
East
Atlanta start at B*ATL Hdqtrs, 449 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 |
Free |
|
11am |
Clay
Cemetery Walking Tour |
Kirkwood on Clifton Avenue – map to site at B*ATL Hdqtrs |
Free |
|
11am, 1,
3, 5pm |
Van Tour - McPherson’s Last Ride
and the Railroad Cut |
East
Atlanta start at B*ATL Hdqtrs, 449 Flat Shoals |
$10.00
($15.00 day of) |
|
11am, 1:30pm |
Fort Walker Tours
presented by the Grant Park Conservancy |
Southeast
corner of Grant Park |
$5 adults $3
kids/ seniors $2 with stub from Cyclorama |
|
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 |
Regular
admission |
|
Throughout the day |
Sherman’s Marching Orders, Other Battle and Neighborhood
History on Display
|
East
Atlanta Library |
Free |
|
8pm (or
dark) |
Oakland Foundation Lecture Series wine, beer and small
plates with a presentation by John W. Brinsfield, PhD.
The Spirit Divided - The Legacy of Civil War Chaplains |
Oakland Cemetery
Cabbagetown
|
$15 (Free for Oakland Foundation Members) Limited
Seating |
|
All Day
Longg |
Shop and Dine
in The East Atlanta Village and The Kirkwood Business
District |
|
Civil War to Civil Rights
Living History Presentations |
|
10:30am
|
Josie Bailey-living history
portrays an actual slave from our area in a narrative
presentation.
|
Civil
War to Civil Rights Tent in the East Atlanta Village |
Free |
|
11am,
2pm, 4pm |
Ernestine Brown-living history
portrays civil rights attorney Constance Baker Motley
|
Civil
War to Civil Rights Tent in the East Atlanta Village |
Free |
|
11:30am-4pm |
B*ATL Living History Players
11:30am Women of War Time
12:30pm Civilian Men of War
3pm Early Atlantans
3:30pm Rights Don’t Come Easy |
Civil
War to Civil Rights Tent in the East Atlanta Village |
Free |
|
2:30pm |
My Black Confederate Grandfather
Our own Atlanta politician and civil rights figure Ina
Evans and a living history artist as her grandfather
with the story of how he came to serve in the Atlanta
Campaign. |
Civil
War to Civil Rights Tent in the East Atlanta Village |
Free |
|
B*ATL
Storytelling Festival – 8 hours or more of drama and
comedy |
|
10:15-11am |
Eric Litwin Pete the Cat
Author
Telling
stories and singing songs
especially for children |
East
Atlanta Library
East
Atlanta Village |
Free
Limited
Seating
|
|
11:15am
|
Tales of Brer Rabbit and his
friends
by popular storyteller Josie Bailey |
East
Atlanta Library
East
Atlanta Village |
Free
Limited
Seating |
|
12-1pm
|
Lunch
and Learn – bring a sack lunch or a snack Teri Stewart
and Heidi Polyea with songs
and stories of the Black and White Gordons of Dekalb
County |
East
Atlanta Library
East
Atlanta Village |
Free
Limited
Seating |
|
12:30pm
|
Josie Bailey-living history
portrays an actual slave from our area in a narrative
presentation.
|
Kirkwood
Library Meeting Rm.
Hosea
Williams at Kirkwood Ave. |
Free
Limited
Seating |
|
1pm
|
The B*ATL Interviews
East Atlanta Kids Club interviews Characters from 1864
Atlanta |
East
Atlanta Library
East
Atlanta Village |
Free
Limited
Seating |
|
1pm
(get
there on time or you may miss the fun!) |
“Gone With the Wind in 20 Minutes”
by performance artist Doug Lothes |
Kirkwood
Library Meeting Rm.
Hosea
Williams at Kirkwood Ave. |
Free
Limited
Seating |
|
1:30pm
|
Akbar
Imhotep is famous for his renditions of
African Folk Tales that were
brought to this country by slaves and handed down from
generation to generation. |
Kirkwood
Library Meeting Rm.
Hosea
Williams at Kirkwood Ave. |
Free
Limited
Seating |
|
2pm |
African Folk Tales including Brer Rabbit
by popular storyteller “Wren’s Nest Rambler” Curtis
Richardson |
Kirkwood
Library Meeting Rm.
Hosea
Williams at Kirkwood Ave. |
Free
Limited
Seating |
|
2:30pm
|
Akbar
Imhotep is famous for his renditions of
African Folk Tales that were
brought to this country by slaves and handed down from
generation to generation. |
East Atlanta
Library
East Atlanta Village. |
Free
Limited
Seating |
|
3pm (get
there on time or you may miss the fun!) |
“Gone With the Wind in 20 Minutes”
by performance artist Doug Lothes |
East Atlanta
Library
East Atlanta Village. |
Free
Limited
Seating |
|
3:30-4pm |
African Folk Tales including Brer Rabbit
by popular storyteller “Wren’s Nest Rambler” Curtis
Richardson |
East
Atlanta Library
East
Atlanta |
Free
Limited
Seating |
|
B*ATL Author Talks and Book Signings |
|
10:15-11am |
Eric Litwin Pete the Cat
Telling
stories and singing songs
especially for children |
East
Atlanta Library
East
Atlanta Village |
Free
Limited
Seating
|
|
12-3pm |
Jon Howard Hall Kyzers
Destiny
|
B*ATL
Headquarters 449 Flat Shoals Avenue
in
East Atlanta Village |
Free
|
|
1-4pm |
Sister Schubert
(Patricia
Barnes)
Cast Your Bread Upon the Waters |
Bound to Be Read Book Store on Flat Shoals Avenue in
East Atlanta Village |
Free
|
|
July 25, 2010–
Sunday
|
|
Time |
Event |
Neighborhood |
Ticket Price |
|
B*ATL
Tours |
|
7pm |
Twilight
Tour of Oakland Cemetery |
Cabbagetown Oakland Cemetery |
Free* (With advance ticket) |
|
B*ATL
Author Talks and Booksignings |
|
7pm |
Russel S. Bonds
War Like the Thunderbolt
Book
Talk and Museum |
The Cyclorama |
Free
Limited
Seating
|
|
August
14, 2010–
Saturday
|
|
Time |
Event |
Neighborhood |
Ticket Price |
|
Oakland
Scavenger Hunt |
|
7pm |
Walking
Scavenger Hunt within Oakland Cemetery
|
Cabbagetown Oakland Cemetery |
Free* (With advance ticket) |
