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CNN Spotlights The Georgia Theatre
(Aug 31st, 17:37)
CNN Spotlights The Georgia Theatre Today CNN ran a story regarding The Georgia Theatre. Our friend Wilmot Greene talked about read more...
An Athens Afternoon: Adventures In the Past & Present (Notes On Bloodkin, Panic, & The Georgia Theatre)
(Aug 23rd, 13:30)
Adventures In the Past & Present: A Report From Athens, Georgia I drove from Atlanta to Athens yesterday. It’s a read more...
New Orleans Rising: Pontchartrain Park Focus of CNN Documentary
(Aug 21st, 20:32)
Pontchartrain Park focus of CNN Documentary This evening a documentary on
Stockholm Syndrome Performs To Assist Georgia Theatre
(Aug 15th, 13:11)
Stockholm Syndrome Performs To Assist Georgia Theatre Widespread Panic’s Dave Schools’ band Stockholm Syndrome read more...
David Barbe Named New Director of UGAs Music Business Program
(Aug 10th, 20:15)
David Barbe Interim UGA Music Business Program Director Congratulations to David Barbe. Athens, Georgia, producer Barbe
Picture of the Day
>>Merchantry reviews
Review of: SIster Schubert
SIster Schubert: Cast Your Bread Upon the Waters
Reviewed by Penne J. Laubenthal
Review of: Cappy's Oyster Bar
Cappy's Oyster Bar (Volume One)
Cappy’s Oyster Bar 2500 Cobb Parkway Kennesaw, Georgia 30152 770-590-9881 By James Calemine
>>Merchantry Features
Athens Cobbler Practices "Dying Art" by Holly Hollman
ATHENS, Ala. (AP) — Dust particles dance in the dim light at Dobbs Shoe Shop as Mike Latimer grinds a custom sneaker sole for an orthopedic patient. Grit and black polish outline his calloused fingertips. The smells of beeswax, used for
New Orleans Journal Episode Three: Culture, Cuisine, and "Coffee Shop Chronicles"
Randy and I arrived in NOLA on April 9 by way of Hattiesburg, MS. We elected to spend the first night of the trip in Mississippi because we had heard of a superb restaurant in downtown Hattiesburg called 206 Front Street. We were not read more...
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On The Record with The Georgia Theatre's Wilmot Greene
Wilmot Greene Interview2009 Around 7 am on June 19, 2009, the venerable Athens, Georgia, music hall—The Georgia Theatre—burned down. Theatre owner,Wilmot Greene finds himself in the difficult position of building back the classic music hall. The wrecked lot carries a lot of history. In 1889, the YMCA constructed a building on the property. In the 1920, read more...
Alabamian Lilly Ledbetter and the Fair Pay Restoration Act
by Penne J. Laubenthal Six months ago today President Obama signed into law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act. The signing of this bill was the culmination of a decade long campaignby