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X-WR-CALNAME:Atlanta · this month · CalDiscovery BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Los Porfiados DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260605 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261130 DTSTAMP:20260729T170245Z UID:10010611-1780617600-1795996799@www.atlantaparent.com CATEGORIES:family DESCRIPTION:Inspired by a classic roly-poly wobbling toy known in Chile as “mono porfiado\,” this installation comprises 14 inflatable limber sc ulptures with pliable surfaces. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170245Z LOCATION:High Museum of Art\, 1280 Peachtree Street\, Atlanta URL:https://www.atlantaparent.com/event/los-porfiados/?utm_source=caldisco very&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Parent X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantaparent.com/topevents END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:X-Ray Vision: Fish Inside Out DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260605 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261109 DTSTAMP:20260729T170245Z UID:10008928-1780617600-1794182399@www.atlantaparent.com CATEGORIES:family DESCRIPTION:Peek beneath the scales to explore the intricate bony skeleton s of fish\, stingrays\, eels and seahorses with x-rays. $25.95-$27.95\; ag es 3-12\, $23.95-$25.95\; ages 2 and younger\, free. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170245Z LOCATION:Fernbank Museum of Natural History\, 767 Clifton Rd. NE\, Atlanta URL:https://www.atlantaparent.com/event/x-ray-vision-fish-inside-out/?utm_ source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Parent X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantaparent.com/topevents END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Frame by Frame: The Art of Stop-Motion Animation DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260612 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261102 DTSTAMP:20260729T170245Z UID:10010601-1781222400-1793577599@www.atlantaparent.com CATEGORIES:family DESCRIPTION:Featuring original puppets\, sets and production materials\, s ee the elements needed for this form of visual storytelling. $16.50\; ages 3-12\, $12.50\; ages 2 and younger\, free. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170245Z LOCATION:Center for Puppetry Arts\, 1404 Spring Street NW\, Atlanta URL:https://www.atlantaparent.com/event/frame-by-frame-the-art-of-stop-mot ion-animation/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta -ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Parent X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantaparent.com/topevents END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Flora\, Fauna & Flight DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260624 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261102 DTSTAMP:20260729T170245Z UID:10006906-1782259200-1793577599@www.atlantaparent.com CATEGORIES:family DESCRIPTION:Walk the nature walkways in WildWoods to discover how plants a nd animals defy gravity through flight with this artistic outdoor exhibit. $25.95-$27.95\; ages 3-12\, $23.95-$25.95\; ages 2 and younger\, free. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170245Z LOCATION:Fernbank Museum of Natural History\, 767 Clifton Road\, Atlanta URL:https://www.atlantaparent.com/event/flora-fauna-flight/?utm_source=cal discovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Parent X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantaparent.com/topevents END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Faces of the Revolution Tour DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260709 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261218 DTSTAMP:20260729T170245Z UID:10010704-1783555200-1797551999@www.atlantaparent.com CATEGORIES:family DESCRIPTION:Learn more about Georgia’s revolutionary political history w ith a tour focused on the portraits and busts of governors and signers of the Declaration of Independence and Constitution. Registration required. J uly 11-Dec. 17. See website for schedule. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170245Z LOCATION:Georgia Capitol Museum\, 206 Washington St. SW\, Atlanta URL:https://www.atlantaparent.com/event/faces-of-the-revolution-tour/?utm_ source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Parent X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantaparent.com/topevents END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The World(s) She Made: Composing The Radical Lives of Kathleen Nea l Cleaver DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260730 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270105 DTSTAMP:20260902T182403Z UID:10051965-1785369600-1799107199@www.artsatl.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:The World(s) She Made: Composing the Radical Lives of Kathleen Neal Cleaver is the first public photography exhibit to explore the excep tional life of Kathleen Neal Cleaver. It draws heavily from the personal c ollection that Ms. Cleaver curated for decades and includes a few images f rom other collections such as that of Dr. Doris Derby. This photography sh ow chronicles Cleaver’s personal journey from the child of a U.S. Foreig n Service officer living across the U.S. South\, Asia\, and West Africa to a leader in the Black Panther Party and the international Black Power mov ement\; and as she went from living “inside exile” (accompanying her f ugitive husband to Algeria and France while she herself still possessed re lative freedom of movement) to Yale University as a student\, all while ra ising two children\, becoming a law professor at Yale and Emory Universiti es\, and building a career in human rights. LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T182403Z LOCATION:Auburn Avenue Research Library\, 101 Auburn Avenue\, Atlanta URL:https://www.artsatl.org/event/the-worlds-she-made-composing-the-radica l-lives-of-kathleen-neal-cleaver/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&u tm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:ARTS ATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.artsatl.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:River Scout Gallery DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260814 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270101 DTSTAMP:20260814T180832Z UID:10010761-1786665600-1798761599@www.atlantaparent.com CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:The reimagined River Scout is a fully immersive freshwater adv enture with a brand-new Canopy Walk experience\, interactive elements\, an otter habitat and more. $54.99+. LAST-MODIFIED:20260814T180832Z LOCATION:Georgia Aquarium\, 225 Baker St.\, Atlanta URL:https://www.atlantaparent.com/event/river-scout-gallery/?utm_source=ca ldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Parent X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantaparent.com/topevents END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Registration: Pumpkin Carving Contest DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260817 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261002 DTSTAMP:20260815T002734Z UID:10011764-1786924800-1790899199@atlantabg.org CATEGORIES:arts,festival DESCRIPTION:Apply to compete in Atlanta’s Great Pumpkin-Carving Contest\ , held live at the Garden on Oct. 22\, 2026. \nTeams of amateur carvers wi ll have three hours during the Garden’s annual Great Pumpkin-Carving Fes tival to design and carve pumpkins at individual stations in front of even t guests. Teams may contain up to two carvers. \nAll selected competitors will receive one (1) Garden Golden Ticket\, which grants access to a year of exciting special events at the Garden and two (2) guest tickets to the Great Pumpkin-Carving Festival. The contest winner will receive additional prizes. \nApplications open: Aug. 17\, 2026\nApplication deadline: Oct. 1 \, 2026\nEvent date: Oct. 22\, 2026\, 4–9 p.m. (winners announced 8:30 p .m.) \n\nGuidelines:\n \n\nOpen to pumpkin-carving enthusiasts 18 and olde r\nTeams of up to two carvers\nCarvers must be on-site 4–9 p.m. on Oct. 22\, 2026\nChoose one (1) or two (2) medium-sized pumpkins\, provided by t he Garden\nCarvers must bring their own tools and supplies\nCarving must b e suitable for viewing by children — no controversial\, commercial\, pol itical or religious subjects\nAll carved pumpkins become the property of A tlanta Botanical Garden\n\nApply to carve LAST-MODIFIED:20260815T002734Z LOCATION:Atlanta Botanical Garden\, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/registration-pumpkin-carver-contest/?ut m_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Botanical Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/category/atlanta END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SOLD OUT: Drawing Trees DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260825 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260923 DTSTAMP:20260825T192307Z UID:10009979-1787616000-1790121599@atlantabg.org CATEGORIES:arts,education DESCRIPTION:Celebrate trees by learning to draw them with pencil\, pen\, m arker\, and charcoal. With the focus on trees native to Georgia\, students will draw leaves and branches\, tree trunks\, roots\, and tree structures and shapes. Join us for this fun and life-affirming art class. This class is part of the Botanical Drawing Program. Weather permitting\, this class will take place outdoors. \nDates: Tuesdays\, August 25 – September 22 \nTime: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. AND 6 – 9 p.m.  \nFee: $230 (Member $220) \n Registration Deadline: August 23 \nInstructor: Carol Sutherland\, Artist \ nClass materials are not included in the registration fee. Please see the supplies list below. \nvIEW THE CLASS SUPPLIES LIST  \nMEMBER REGISTRATIO N  \nNON-MEMBER REGISTRATION LAST-MODIFIED:20260825T192307Z LOCATION:Atlanta Botanical Garden\, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/drawing-trees/?utm_source=caldiscovery& utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Botanical Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/category/atlanta END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:You Are Not Alone: BUGS! DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260826 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261008 DTSTAMP:20260826T182608Z UID:10051958-1787702400-1791417599@www.artsatl.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:You Are Not Alone: BUGS!\, curated by Charlotte Woolf\, is a g roup exhibition featuring Atlanta-based painters\, sculptors\, photographe rs\, and multidisciplinary artists. The exhibition reflects the interdisci plinary nature of the Fine Arts Department at Georgia State University Per imeter College\, incorporating related programming in theater\, music\, an d film centered around the theme of insects. \nThe title of the exhibition \, You Are Not Alone: BUGS!\, is drawn from the popular meme honoring the ecosystem’s smallest yet irreplaceable members. The exhibition features artists working across mediums whose practices engage insects and their vi tal role within ecological systems. Through themes of pollination\, decomp osition\, labor\, and interdependence\, the show explores how insects shap e the environments around us\, inviting both artists and viewers to reflec t on the often-unseen networks sustained by these powerful creatures. LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T182608Z LOCATION:GSU’s Clarkston Campus Perimeter Main Fine Arts Gallery\, 555 N orth Indian Creek Drive\, Clarkston\, GA\, 30021\, United States URL:https://www.artsatl.org/event/you-are-not-alone-bugs/?utm_source=caldi scovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:ARTS ATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.artsatl.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:I SPY! Walter Wick’s Hidden Wonders DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260828 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270104 DTSTAMP:20260823T000835Z UID:10010724-1787875200-1799020799@www.atlantaparent.com CATEGORIES:arts,family DESCRIPTION:See the photographic illustrations of Walter Wick\, best known for his “I SPY” and “Can You See What I See?” children’s book s eries\, along with optical illusions\, games\, puzzle challenges and more that inspired his work. $23.50\; ages 5 and younger\, free. LAST-MODIFIED:20260823T000835Z LOCATION:High Museum of Art\, 1280 Peachtree Street\, Atlanta URL:https://www.atlantaparent.com/event/i-spy-walter-wicks-hidden-wonders/ ?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Parent X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantaparent.com/topevents END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:9/11 Field of Flags DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260829 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260920 DTSTAMP:20260914T050055Z UID:171234-1787961600-1789862399@travelcobb.org CATEGORIES:gaming DESCRIPTION:The Marietta Kiwanis Foundation proudly presents the 9/11 Fiel d of Flags\, honoring every life lost on September 11\, 2001. \nDisplayed every five years\, this moving tribute has become one of the largest comme morative events in the nation. Throughout the event\, the community is inv ited to participate in meaningful activities\, including the Flag Parade\, the placement of the flags\, and the September 11 Memorial Service featur ing the reading of the names of the 2\,977 victims. \nJoin them as they re member\, reflect\, and honor the lives lost—and all those whose lives we re forever changed. LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T050055Z LOCATION:Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park\, 900 Kennesaw Mounta in Dr\, Kennesaw\, GA\, 30152 URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/9-11-field-of-flags/?utm_source=caldiscov ery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Cobb Travel & Tourism X-SOURCE-URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/southern-fried-gaming-expo END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Call for Entry: Storytelling 2026 DTSTART:20260830T040000Z DTEND:20260924T035900Z DTSTAMP:20260910T005949Z UID:591@atlantaphotographygroup.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:[vc_row height="auto"][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row height="auto" disable_element="yes"][vc_column][vc_column_text]APG Announc es Special Guest for Atlanta Celebrates Photography\, Henry Horenstein\nTh e Atlanta Photography Group is excited to announce that our special guest for Atlanta Celebrates Photography (ACP) this year will be world-renowned photographer\, author\, and educator Henry Horenstein.  He will also be t he juror of our next call for entries\, which will celebrate street and do cumentary photography. Mr. Horenstein will attend the juror/ artist talk a t the APG Gallery in September and will also be here for a book signing\, artist talk around his decades of work and a screening of his multi-awardi ng winning film\, Blitto Underground.  We will be releasing more details shortly.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row height="auto" disabl e_element="yes"][vc_column][us_separator][us_carousel post_type="attachmen t" images="32458\,32450\,32451\,32452\,32453\,32454\,32455\,32456\,32457" orderby="post__in" items_layout="gallery_default" items_gap=".5rem" img_si ze="shop_catalog" items_ratio="1x1" carousel_arrows="1" carousel_arrows_st yle="7" columns="6"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row height="auto"][vc_column] [vc_column_text]\nStorytelling 2026:\nDocumentary and Street Photography\n \n\nThe Atlanta Photography Group is excited to announce our next call for entry\, Storytelling 2026\, which celebrates street and documentary phot ography of all styles with images that reflect a strong narrative. We are looking for images which are a combination of candid depictions of everyda y life\, shadows of the city streets\, the abandonment of a country road\, subtle moments of joy\, humor\, love\, fear or anxiety. Think of work lik e that created by Diane Arbus\, Bruce Davidson\, Robert Frank\, Josef Koud leka\, Helen Levitt\, Baldwin Lee\, Roy DeCarava\, Mary Ellen Mark\, Daido Moriyama\, Lee Friedlander\, Lisette Model\, Gordon Parks\, and Harry Cal lahan.\n\nWe are excited to have Karen Marshall\, Chair of The Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism Program for the International Center of Ph otography as our esteemed juror.\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][us_separator size= "small"][vc_column_text]\nKaren Marshall\nChair of The Documentary Practic e and Visual Journalism Program\nInternational Center for Photography\nNew York photographer Karen Marshall documents social issues. By focusing on the psychological lives of her subjects\, she has worked on a series of vi sual stories that contemplate familial relationships and convey ideas abou t people and place within the cultural landscape.\n\nHer seminal project\, Between Girls\, articulates the coming of age of a group of urban middle class teenagers\, following them from high school into adulthood 30 years later.\n\nThe book of Between Girls was published by Kehrer Verlag in 2021 .\n\nIn her documentary journey Marshall also has witnessed the struggling identity of a group of Navajo Indians and the demise of their earth-based culture in Caretakers of the Earth: Navajo Resistance and Relocation. She often directs her camera at family life\, including her Pennsylvania Dutc h in-laws’ clan in a series titled Pennsylvania In-Laws. In Still\, Stan ding\, a series begun in 2013\, she explores the Polish landscape that her grandparents left behind when they emigrated to the United States in the early 1920's.\n\nMarshall is the recipient of artist fellowships and spons orships through the New York Foundation for the Arts\, as well as grants a nd support from private foundations. Her photographs have been exhibited i n the United States\, the Philippines\, British Columbia\, Israel\, Colomb ia\, and China\, and are part of several collections\, including the Femin ist Artbase at The Brooklyn Museum.\n\nHer images have appeared in publica tions in the United States\, Europe\, and Asia such as The Washington Post \, CNN\, ID Vice\, Buzzfeed\, Konbini Arts\, Juxtapoz\, Photobook Journal\ , L'Oeil de la Photographie\, NPR Picture Show\, Blind Magazine\, Vanity F air\, GUP Magazine among others.\n\nHer work as a freelance photographer s pans many genres. Marshall’s distinctive style captures meaningful momen ts within a narrative frame. She has photographed for editorial\, corporat e\, non-profit\, and advertising clients for more than twenty-five years i n Europe\, South Africa\, Asia\, and Latin America. Marshall is an expert at visual storytelling with a thriving consulting business assisting photo graphers\, foundations\, and small companies in the creation of visual nar ratives.\n\nMarshall is the Chair of the fulltime Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism Program at The International Center of Photography wher e she has been on the faculty for more than 20 years. She is an Associate Professor (Adjunct) at New York University\, mentors MFA candidates at the Maine Media Workshops\, and teaches independent workshops in the United S tates\, China\, Germany\, Italy\, and Columbia. Marshall holds an MFA in N ew Media (Transart Institute/Donau Universitat Krems\, Austria).[/vc_colum n_text][vc_column_text]\nInternational Center for Photography\nThe Interna tional Center of Photography is the world’s leading institution dedicate d to photography and visual culture. Cornell Capa founded ICP in 1974 to c hampion “concerned photography”—socially and politically minded imag es that can educate and change the world. Through their exhibitions\, educ ation programs\, community outreach\, and public programs\, ICP offers an open forum for dialogue about the power of the image.\n\nWebsite: https:// www.icp.org[/vc_column_text][us_separator size="small"][vc_column_text]\nE NTRY INFORMATION\nCFE Submissions:  August 30–September 23\, 2026\nAll dates and times are Eastern Time (ET)\nAll submissions must be made by Sep tember 23\, 2026\, Midnight\n\nEarly Submissions – August 30 – Septemb er 7\, 2026:\n2 works: $30\, 4 works: $45\, 6 works: $55\, 8 works: $70\nR egular Submissions – September 8 – 20\, 2026:\n2 images: $40\, 4 image s: $60\, 6 images: $70\, 8 images: $85\nLate Submissions – September 21 – 23\, 2026:\n2 images: $50\, 4 images: $70\, 6 images: $80\, 8 images: $95\nStudent Submissions:\n2 images: $30\, 4 images: $45\, 6 images: $55\, 8 images: $70\nSelected work can be up to 32” on the longest side. Whit e or Black frame. White or Black mats only. Must have wire on back for han ging.\n\nImages which have been shown in either the Main or Maloof Galleri es within the last 3 years are not eligible. This does not include Push Pi n or Airport.\n\nDeadline For Entries: September 23\, 2026\, Midnight\nNot ification of Accepted Work: On or about September 30\, 2026\nDelivery of W ork: November 6\, 2026 at 4pm ET – No work will be accepted after this d ate.\nShow Dates: November 10 – December 11\, 2026\nReception & Juror T alk: TBD\nPick-Up: Works must be picked up within 10 days after the exhibi tion closes. Please provide return label if you аre shipping your work.\n \nOpen to APG members – Join or Renew Now!\n\nFILE PREPARATION\n\n The juror will be selecting the images from all entries.\n Export images as .jpg. Resize to 2100 px on the longest side.\n Rename files to the titles of each work exactly as you wish it to appear (example: My Great Photo.jp g) Your name will be automatically prepended to the file upon upload.\n C reate a text file with your Personal Info (name\, email\, phone\, website/ social media)\, Artist Statement (500 words max)\, Bio (250 words max)\, a nd Image list (in this order: Title\, Year piece was created\, Print/Image Size (H x W)\, estimated Framed Size (H x W) Medium (archival pigment pri nt\, inkjet print\, silver gelatin\, cyanotype\, etc.)\, and save this fil e as a Word doc or PDF.\n Once you have paid the Entry Fee\, you will rec eive an email with a link to upload your files\n\nIn order to submit your work you must be a current APG member. Join or Renew Now!\n\nAll entries must be completed ONLINE. Do NOT email any image files\n\n Complete Onlin e Registration & Payment\n The link to upload your files will be sent to you in your payment confirmation email. You will receive two emails after you pay. One will have the upload link. If you don't receive two emails\, check your spam folder.\n Once you get this link\, you must be logged int o the website in order to successfully upload your work.\n Upload Files t o the Dropbox link found in the payment confirmation.\n If you have any q uestions or need assistance\, please contact - gallery@AtlantaPhotographyG roup.org\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row width="1" height ="auto" disable_element="yes"][vc_column][us_separator size="small"][vc_co lumn_text]\nEarly Submissions - June 1 - June 30\, 2022\n[/vc_column_text] [/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row width="full" height="auto" conditions_operato r="never"][vc_column][us_separator size="small"][vc_column_text]\nREGISTRA TION CLOSED\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row width="full" he ight="auto"][vc_column][us_btn label="Submit Your Work" link="%7B%22url%22 :%22https:%2F%2Fatlantaphotographygroup.org%2Fshop%2Fcall-for-entry-storyt elling-2026%2F%22\,%22title%22:%22Tell%20Me%20A%20Story%20-%20Late%22%7D" hide_with_empty_link="1" align="center"][us_separator size="small"][/vc_co lumn][/vc_row][vc_row width="1" height="auto" disable_element="yes"][vc_co lumn][vc_column_text]\nStudent Submissions - June 1 - August 15\, 2022\n[/ vc_column_text][us_separator size="small"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row wid th="full" height="auto" disable_element="yes"][vc_column width="1/4"][us_b tn label="Student Submission - 2 for $30" link="%7B%22url%22:%22https:%2F% 2Fatlantaphotographygroup.org%2Fshop%2Fcall-for-entry-storytelling-2023-2- images%2F%22\,%22title%22:%22Student%20Submission%202%20for%2030%22%7D" hi de_with_empty_link="1" align="center"][us_separator size="huge"][/vc_colum n][vc_column width="1/4"][us_btn label="Student Submission - 4 for $45" li nk="%7B%22url%22:%22https:%2F%2Fatlantaphotographygroup.org%2Fshop%2Fcall- for-entry-storytelling-2023-4-images%2F%22\,%22title%22:%22Student%20Submi ssion%204%20for%2045%22%7D" hide_with_empty_link="1" align="center"][us_se parator size="huge"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/4"][us_btn label="Stud ent Submission - 6 for $55" link="%7B%22url%22:%22https:%2F%2Fatlantaphoto graphygroup.org%2Fshop%2Fcall-for-entry-storytelling-2023-6-images%2F%22\, %22title%22:%22Student%20Submission%206%20for%2055%22%7D" hide_with_empty_ link="1" align="center"][us_separator size="huge"][/vc_column][vc_column w idth="1/4"][us_btn label="Student Submission - 8 for $70" link="%7B%22url% 22:%22https:%2F%2Fatlantaphotographygroup.org%2Fshop%2Fcall-for-entry-stor ytelling-2023-8-images%2F%22\,%22title%22:%22Student%20Submission%208%20fo r%2070%22%7D" hide_with_empty_link="1" align="center"][us_separator size=" huge"][/vc_column][/vc_row] LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T005949Z LOCATION:Atlanta Photography Group\, 1544 Piedmont Ave\, Suite 107\, Atlan ta\, GA\, 30324\, United States URL:https://atlantaphotographygroup.org/events/call-for-entry-storytelling -2026/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Photography Group X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantaphotographygroup.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Call for Entry: Portrait 2026 DTSTART:20260830T040000Z DTEND:20260924T034500Z DTSTAMP:20260910T005949Z UID:592@atlantaphotographygroup.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:[vc_row width="full" height="auto" disable_element="yes"][vc_c olumn][vc_column_text css="%7B%22default%22:%7B%22color%22:%22%23f00c4d%22 %7D%7D"]\nSUBMISSIONS WILL OPEN ON MONDAY\, MAY 1\, 2023\nPlease check bac k!\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row width="full" height="aut o" disable_element="yes"][vc_column][vc_column_text css="%7B%22default%22: %7B%22color%22:%22%23ed0c0c%22%7D%7D"]\nSUBMISSIONS CLOSE TONIGHT - Monday \, January 2\, 2023 at 10PM.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_ row width="full" height="auto" disable_element="yes"][vc_column][vc_column _text css="%7B%22default%22:%7B%22color%22:%22%23ed0c0c%22%7D%7D"]\nSubmis sions Closed Monday\, June 5\, 2023 at 10PM.\n \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_co lumn][/vc_row][vc_row width="full" height="auto" content_placement="middle "][vc_column][vc_column_text css="%7B%22default%22:%7B%22margin-bottom%22: %22-150%22%7D%7D"]\n\n\nPortrait 2026\nJuror:\nAlan K. Avery\nPresident an d Owner of Alan Avery Art Company\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_r ow][vc_row width="full" height="auto"][vc_column][us_separator size="small "][vc_column_text]\n\n\n\n\nWe invite photographers from around the world to submit their most compelling and thought-provoking works for our upcomi ng exhibition\, Portrait 2026. This exhibition seeks to celebrate the time less art of portraiture and the profound stories that can be conveyed thro ugh the human figure. We are looking for images which explore the intrica te and intimate connections that bind us as human beings. Through the lens of portraiture\, this exhibition aims to unveil the unique narratives tha t are etched onto each individual's face and body. The human form\, whethe r presented in its unadorned simplicity or adorned with personal symbolism \, serves as a canvas for emotions\, experiences\, and stories that transc end cultural boundaries.\n\nThemes include but are not limited to:\n\n Id entity and self-expression\n Emotion and psychology\n Cultural diversity \n Narrative portraiture\n\nAPG is thrilled to have Alan K. Avery\, Presi dent and Owner of Alan Avery Art Company as our esteemed juror.\n\nUp to 24 Works will be selected. Selected work can be up to 24” on the longes t side. White or Black frame. White or Black mats only. Must have wire on back for hanging.\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][us_separator size="small"][vc_c olumn_text]\nAlan K. Avery\nPresident and Owner\nAlan Avery Art Company\nA lan Avery is the President and Owner of Alan Avery Art Company.\nThe galle ry opened in 1981 in a downtown warehouse on Trinity Avenue\, formerly kno wn as Trinity Gallery. In 1991\, the gallery moved to the Buckhead distric t of Atlanta where it has been located for 42 years.​\nAlan Avery Art Co mpany\, now the oldest sustained art gallery in Atlanta\, represents works by exciting and technically proficient emerging\, mid-career\, and intern ationally established artists including: Robert Rauschenberg\, Jim Dine\, Andy Warhol\, Chuck Close\, Roy Lichtenstein\, Caio Fonseca\, Donald Sulta n\, Helen Frankenthaler\, Louise Nevelson\, Kara Walker\, Fabiola Jean -Lo uis\, Margaret Bowland\, the Estate of Thomas Hart Benton and the Estate o f Romare Bearden.\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text conditions_operator="n ever"]\nFraction Magazine\nFraction Magazine is an online venue dedicated to showcasing thoughtful photographic projects from a global community. Th ey believe that photography\, as a perpetually growing set of practices\, continues to present a unique medium through which individuals engage with the world by making visible their positions and concerns\, their pleasure s and sorrows. From their inception\, their monthly issues have provided a venue for perspectives and bodies of work from artists from a wide range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds\, gender and sexual expressions\, relig ious beliefs\, socioeconomic statuses\, and geographical locations. Fracti on is committed to being anti-racist and to broadening the historically na rrow and privileged perspectives that have long dominated photographic dis course through layers of institutional filters. They pledge to share their platform with and provide ongoing collaborative opportunities for BIPOC\, LGBTQ+\, and Womxn artists\, curators and writers\, and those bringing pe rspectives that are under-represented in photography. They are committed t o exploring photography with our growing community\, as a means to underst anding\, and through understanding\, compassion\, and advocacy.\n\nWebsite : https://www.fractionmagazine.com[/vc_column_text][us_separator size="sma ll"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row width="full" height="auto"][vc_column][vc _column_text]\nENTRY INFORMATION\nCFE Submissions:  August 30–September 23\, 2026\nAll dates and times are Eastern Time (ET)\nAll submissions mus t be made by September 23\, 2026\, Midnight\n\nEarly Submissions – Augus t 30 – September 7\, 2026:\n2 works: $30\, 4 works: $45\, 6 works: $55\, 8 works: $70\nRegular Submissions – September 8 – 20\, 2026:\n2 image s: $40\, 4 images: $60\, 6 images: $70\, 8 images: $85\nLate Submissions – September 21 – 23\, 2026:\n2 images: $50\, 4 images: $70\, 6 images: $80\, 8 images: $95\nStudent Submissions:\n2 images: $30\, 4 images: $45\ , 6 images: $55\, 8 images: $70\nSelected work can be up to 24” on the l ongest side. White or Black frame. White or Black mats only. Must have wir e on back for hanging.\n\nImages which have been shown in either the Main or Maloof Galleries within the last 3 years are not eligible. This does no t include Push Pin or Airport.\n\nDeadline For Entries: September 23\, 202 6\, Midnight\nNotification of Accepted Work: On or about September 30\, 20 26\nDelivery of Work: November 6\, 2026 at 4pm ET – No work will be acce pted after this date.\nShow Dates: November 10 – December 11\, 2026\nRec eption & Juror Talk: TBD\nPick-Up: Works must be picked up within 10 days after the exhibition closes. Please provide return label if you аre ship ping your work.\n\nOpen to APG members – Join or Renew Now!\n\nFILE PRE PARATION\n\n The juror will be selecting the images from all entries.\n Export images as .jpg. 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The guest passes are valid during regul ar hours at both locations\, including Cocktails in the Garden this month and Fest-of-Ale evenings in Atlanta (October). This is an on-site offer o nly\, valid at both locations. \nNew Guest Pass perk for Members!\n \nNo g uest passes? No problem! As a new year-round member perk\, members who bri ng guests to the Atlanta Garden without a guest pass will receive $5 off o n the guest’s admission ticket. Not applicable at the Gainesville Garden . \nExclusive & Early Member Purchase opportunity for Garden Lights\, Holi day Nights tickets (Atlanta) and Gainesville Glows! \nSept. 1 – 30\, Gar den members receive exclusive early access to purchase discounted tickets* for the nights of their choice for the 16th annual Garden Lights\, Holida y Nights presented by Invesco and for Gainesville Glows! \nRemember\, the Member Premiere for Garden Lights\, Holiday Nights on Nov. 12 offers the lowest price of the season! Check Garden Lights\, Holiday Nights and Gaine sville Glows for details and to purchase tickets. \nExclusive & Early Memb er Opportunity to secure reservations at Longleaf Restaurant for Garden Li ghts\, Holiday Nights evenings!  \nAfter purchasing your tickets\, use th e links below to make Longleaf reservations: \nMake reservations for Nov. 12 Member Premiere.\nMake reservations for Garden Lights from Nov. 14 – Jan. 10. \nLongleaf Restaurant\, Quick Café and Magnolia Bistro \n10% off your bill* at Longleaf Restaurant and the Magnolia Bistro for members-onl y during September. Members now receive a year-round 10% discount at the Q uick Café. \n*Does not apply to alcoholic beverages \nGarden Gift Shop (A tlanta and Gainesville) \nMembers\, look in your PassPlay Member Rewards p rogram for your complimentary one-time 40% off coupon for purchase of one item in the Garden Shop.  You may use that coupon anytime through Decembe r 31\, 2026! \nGarden Center Perks \n\n20% discount on any purchase at Gar den*Hood\n20% discount on all perennial plants at North Georgia Native Pla nt Nursery\n25% off any one plant under $75 at Petal & Pond Garden Center\ n\nPlease note: A 10% discount is offered throughout the year at Garden*H ood\, North Georgia Native Plant Nursery\, Beech Hollow Wildflower Farm\ , Petal & Pond Garden Center and Pike Nurseries. You must present a val id membership card to receive your discount. \nPrize Drawings \nVisit the Garden’s Facebook and Instagram throughout September to participate in f un activities and have a chance to be entered into weekly prize drawings w ith winners announced every Friday! \nIn addition\, all current members as of Sept. 30 will be entered for a chance to win the following prizes. Win ners will be contacted via phone or email by Oct. 8. \nGrand Prize: Two-ni ght weekend getaway and more at Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta \nEnjoy a Premi er King room\, inclusive of taxes\, plus daily breakfast for two in Brasse rie Margot or Room Service (excludes Sunday Brunch)\, PLUS one dinner in  Brasserie Margot for two (excludes alcohol). Complimentary parking is inc luded. Total retail value of $2\,300.00. \n \n  \nMore prizes:\n \n\nGar den Lights\, Holiday Nights Premium Plus Package including 4 tickets\, 4 s’mores kits\, 4 hologram glasses\, and 4 drink tickets (6 winners)\n2 t ickets to Valentine’s in the Garden special event (1 winner)\n2 tickets to the annual Spring Garden Party 2027 (1 winner)\n2 tickets to the annual Summer Garden Party 2027 (1 winner)\n5-visit Multi-Visit Parking Pass – a $36 Value (2 winners)\n2 tickets to a Fresh Plates Series (1 winner)\nC omplimentary upgrade to next level of membership for one year (3 winners)\ n\nSWAPtember\nSwap the savings during the annual SWAPtember event at 20 m etro Atlanta attractions! Show your Atlanta Botanical Garden membership ca rd at these participating attractions Sept. 1-30\, and receive $10 off a m embership purchase or comparable offer. Some attractions offer additional admission discounts during the month-long savings event. For full offer de tails\, visit the participating attractions’ websites below. \n* Additio nal benefits and/or redemption limitations\n ** Comparable offer \nAtlant a Botanical Garden \nAtlanta History Center* \nBartow History Museum \nThe Breman \nBooth Western Art Museum \nCenter for Puppetry Arts \nChildren ’s Museum of Atlanta* \nChattahoochee Nature Center* \nThe Columbus Muse um \nMimms Museum of Technology and Art* \nDekalb History Center \nFernban k Museum of Natural History* \nHistory Cherokee* \nMuseum of Contemporary Art of Georgia* \nMuseum of Design Atlanta (MODA) \nNational Center for Ci vil and Human Rights \nSavoy Automobile Museum \nTellus Science Museum \nY MCA\, Metro Atlanta** \nZoo Atlanta\n \n\nLEARN MORE LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T011643Z LOCATION:Atlanta Botanical Garden\, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/member-appreciation-month/?utm_source=c aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Botanical Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/category/atlanta END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Carmela Full of Wishes DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260901 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260928 DTSTAMP:20260824T000345Z UID:10010753-1788220800-1790553599@www.atlantaparent.com CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:Inspired by the picture book\, this story celebrates family\, imagination and the beauty of everyday life in a vibrant Latino community. Sept. 1-27. See website for showtimes. $15.39-$37.17. LAST-MODIFIED:20260824T000345Z LOCATION:Goizueta Stage for Youth & Families\, Woodruff Arts Center\, 1280 Peachtree St. NE\, Atlanta URL:https://www.atlantaparent.com/event/carmela-full-of-wishes/?utm_source =caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Parent X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantaparent.com/topevents END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Latin American Heritage Month DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260901 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260930 DTSTAMP:20260828T060414Z UID:10008587-1788220800-1790726399@www.atlantaparent.com CATEGORIES:festival DESCRIPTION:Celebrate some of the Latine individuals who have helped shape our world. $19.95+\; ages 11 months and younger\, free. LAST-MODIFIED:20260828T060414Z LOCATION:Children’s Museum of Atlanta\, 275 Centennial Olympic Park Dr. NW\, Atlanta\, GA URL:https://www.atlantaparent.com/event/latin-american-heritage/?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Parent X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantaparent.com/topevents END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:REEL Art: installation Access Point - Work in Progress DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260901 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261001 DTSTAMP:20260830T122436Z UID:10051853-1788220800-1790812799@www.artsatl.org CATEGORIES:arts,film DESCRIPTION:REEL Art: installation Access Point – Work in Progress\nby A dam Larsen in Collaboration with Sue Schroeder\nAccess Point is a feature length immersive documentary work in progress that follows individuals wit h disabilities as they navigate vast and varied natural landscapes. Throug h intimate interviews and vivid on-the ground footage\, the film explores often-overlooked barriers to outdoor accessibility—alongside powerful st ories of resilience\, community\, and empowerment that emerge along the wa y.\nThe development of the documentary began with a diverse group of parti cipantsconnected to Bay Area disability organizations\, including Ala Cost a Centers\, BORP Adaptive Sports and Recreation\, The Center for Independe nt Living\, The Disability Cultural Center at UC Berkeley\, Friends of L ’Arche San Francisco Bay Area\, Creative Growth\, and NIAD Art Center. T hese partnerships have provided invaluable insight\, ensuring the film aut hentically reflects the lived experiences of people across a range of disa bilities. By featuring participants who are Deaf\, hard of hearing\, blind \, or who have mobility or cognitive disabilities\, Access Point highlight s the many ways disability intersects with the natural world. It becomes n ot just a story of overcoming obstacles\, but also one of the universal hu man desire to engage with the outdoors—underscoring the transformative p ower of nature for all. Partnerships and participation in Access Point\nar e currently expanding\, broadening its reach beyond the Bay Area to commun ities across the United States.\nAs participants explore outdoor spaces— from hiking trails and national parks to beaches\, forests\, and rivers— Access Point reveals the barriers people face\, including limited accessib ility\, lack of resources\, and social or cultural exclusion. Each partici pant brings a unique relationship to nature: some are seasoned explorers w hose access has been constrained\, while others are encountering these lan dscapes for the first time.\nThrough their experiences\, the film captures the joy\, reflection\, and sense of empowerment that nature can inspire w hen inequities in access are addressed. At its core\, Access Point is a st ory about inclusion\, equity\, and the right to experience the outdoors. I t asserts that access to nature is a fundamental right not a privilege— and examines how inaccessible outdoor spaces intersect with broader societ al inequities. By connecting the disability community with the environment al movement\,the film emphasizes that inclusive outdoor spaces are essenti al to a just and equitable society. It encourages a rethinking of how publ ic spaces are designed and used\, fostering collaboration between environm ental and disability advocates and sparking a broader conversation about a ccess\, equity\, and belonging.\nUltimately\, Access Point invites viewers to reflect on their own relationships to the natural world and to envisio n a future where outdoor spaces are welcoming to everyone. Through compell ing storytelling and the beauty of natural landscapes\, the documentary ad vocates for a world in which nature is a shared space—accessible\, engag ing\, and inspiring for all. LAST-MODIFIED:20260830T122436Z LOCATION:Core Dance Studios\, 133 Sycamore St\, Decatur\, GA\, 30030\, Uni ted States URL:https://www.artsatl.org/event/reel-art-installation-access-point-work- in-progress/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-g a X-SOURCE-NAME:ARTS ATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.artsatl.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SWAPtember DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260901 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261001 DTSTAMP:20260901T061815Z UID:10001664-1788220800-1790812799@boothmuseum.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:SWAPtember 2026\nSeptember 1 – 30\, 2026\n\nSwap the savings during the annual SWAPtember event at 20 metro Atlanta attractions! Show your membership card when you visit these participating attractions during September 2025 for $10 off membership purchase or comparable offer.\n\n* Additional benefits and/or redemption limitations\n** Comparable offer\n\n Participating Attractions:\nClick on the attraction’s name to visit thei r website.\n\n\n\nAtlanta Botanical Garden\nAtlanta History Center*\nBarto w History Museum\nThe Breman\nCenter for Puppetry Arts\nChildren’s Museu m of Atlanta*\nChattahoochee Nature Center*\nThe Columbus Museum\nMimms M useum of Technology and Art*\nDekalb History Center\nFernbank Museum of Na tural History*\nHistory Cherokee*\nMuseum of Contemporary Art of Georgia*\ nMuseum of Design Atlanta (MODA)\nNational Center for Civil and Human Rig hts\nSavoy Automobile Museum\nTellus Science Museum\nYMCA\, Metro Atlanta* *\nZoo Atlanta LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T061815Z URL:https://boothmuseum.org/event/swaptember-2026/?utm_source=caldiscovery &utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Booth Western Art Museum X-SOURCE-URL:https://boothmuseum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:September Churchwide Food Drive DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260901 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261001 DTSTAMP:20260914T001502Z UID:10001835-1788220800-1790812799@www.prumc.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Help stock the pantry at our Westside Table campus. \n\nTogeth er\, we will collect items to support the Collins Memorial Food Bank at ou r Westside Table campus. The pantry provides fresh food to residents of th e neighborhood and seniors from across Atlanta. Last year we provided food for over 800 families each month to prevent families in our community fro m going hungry. \nMost-needed items are: \n\nCanned fruit\nPeanut butter\ nGround coffee\nEnsure\n55-gallon trash bags\n\nPlease return filled groce ry bags to the donation bins near the first-floor reception area of the Ro llins Center. \nYou may also shop our Amazon wish list and have items deli vered directly to the Collins Memorial Food Bank. The wish list will autom atically populate the food bank’s address at checkout. \nhttps://media.b lubrry.com/prumc_sermons/content.blubrry.com/prumc_sermons/2026-09-13.mp3P odcast: Play in new window | Download LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T001502Z LOCATION:PRUMC\, 3180 Peachtree Road\, NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30305\, United States URL:https://www.prumc.org/event/september-churchwide-food-drive/?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Peachtree Road United Methodist Church X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.prumc.org/event/an-evening-with-tom-johnson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Carmela Full of Wishes DTSTART:20260901T040000Z DTEND:20260927T070000Z DTSTAMP:20260830T122436Z UID:10050993-1788220800-1790478000@www.artsatl.org CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:Inspired by the award-winning picture book by Matt de la Peña . \nAdapted by Alvaro Saar Rios (based on the book by Matt de la Peña\, i llustrated by Christian Robinson). Directed and choreographed by Dell Howl ett. \nCarmela is a dreamer\, and on her birthday she’s finally old enou gh to join her big brother on his daily errands—opening up a world of po ssibility. Along the way\, her imagination transforms everyday sights into wonder. When Carmela finds a dandelion growing through the sidewalk\, she ’s told it can grant a wish—but choosing the right one proves harder t han she expected. \nYoung Audiences & Families — Goizueta Stage for Yout h & Families. LAST-MODIFIED:20260830T122436Z LOCATION:Goizueta Stage for Youth & Families\, 1280 Peachtree Street NE\, Atlanta\, 30309 URL:https://www.artsatl.org/event/carmela-full-of-wishes/?utm_source=caldi scovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:ARTS ATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.artsatl.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Between Here and Infinity DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260909 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261206 DTSTAMP:20260907T000911Z UID:10010774-1788912000-1796515199@www.atlantaparent.com CATEGORIES:arts,free DESCRIPTION:Celebrate 30 years of the Museum with more than 80 works to ex plore Black feminist imagination\, creativity and ways of seeing the world through photography\, painting\, sculpture and more. Wed.-Sat. noon-5 p.m . Free admission\; $5 donation suggested. LAST-MODIFIED:20260907T000911Z LOCATION:Spelman College Museum of Fine Art\, 440 Westview Dr.\, Atlanta\, 30310 URL:https://www.atlantaparent.com/event/between-here-and-infinity/?utm_sou rce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Parent X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantaparent.com/topevents END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Secret Garden DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260910 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTSTAMP:20260907T060957Z UID:10006654-1788998400-1789948799@www.atlantaparent.com CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:This enchanting children’s literature tale comes to life as a play following orphan Mary living in a gloomy English manor\, where she discovers a hidden garden. Sept. 10-20. See website for showtimes. $15-$25 . LAST-MODIFIED:20260907T060957Z LOCATION:Newnan Theatre Company\, 24 First Ave.\, Newnan URL:https://www.atlantaparent.com/event/the-secret-garden/?utm_source=cald iscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Parent X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantaparent.com/topevents END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:13 Stories Haunted House DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260911 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261108 DTSTAMP:20260917T181257Z UID:10003786-1789084800-1794095999@www.atlantaparent.com CATEGORIES:holiday DESCRIPTION:This walk-through attraction includes a haunted house\, Projec t Wasteland and Carnival Craze Escape Adventure. $28+. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T181257Z LOCATION:13 Stories Haunted House\, 320 Temple Ave. West\, Newnan\, GA\, U nited States URL:https://www.atlantaparent.com/event/13-stories-haunted-house/?utm_sour ce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Parent X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantaparent.com/topevents END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SOLD OUT: Tai Chi - Intermediate - Quarter IV DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260912 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261115 DTSTAMP:20260830T012024Z UID:10010620-1789171200-1794700799@atlantabg.org CATEGORIES:wellness DESCRIPTION:Learn this ancient Chinese martial art\, designed to increase flexibility and balance.  \nDates: Saturdays\, September 12 – November 14 \nTime: 10:15 – 11:15 a.m.  \nFee: $139 (Member $129) \nRegistration Deadline: September 8 \nInstructor: Mali Harrell \nNote: Registration for the intermediate tai chi class is by instructor invitation only. \nJOIN W AITLIST LAST-MODIFIED:20260830T012024Z LOCATION:Atlanta Botanical Garden\, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/tai-chi-intermediate-quarter-iv/?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Botanical Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/category/atlanta END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SOLD OUT: Tai Chi - Beginner - Quarter IV DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260912 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261115 DTSTAMP:20260830T012024Z UID:10010621-1789171200-1794700799@atlantabg.org CATEGORIES:wellness DESCRIPTION:Learn this ancient Chinese martial art\, designed to increase flexibility and balance.  \nDates: Saturdays\, September 12 – November 14 \nTime: 9:15 – 10:15 a.m. \nFee: $139 (Member $129) \nRegistration De adline: September 8 \nInstructor: Mali Harrell \nWaitlist LAST-MODIFIED:20260830T012024Z LOCATION:Atlanta Botanical Garden\, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/tai-chi-beginner-quarter-iv/?utm_source =caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Botanical Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/category/atlanta END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:All Smiles DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260912 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261109 DTSTAMP:20260913T060936Z UID:10006706-1789171200-1794182399@www.atlantaparent.com CATEGORIES:family DESCRIPTION:This delightful show explores how smiles are different and how people show their emotions in various ways. Recommended for ages 0-5. Sep t. 12-Nov. 8. See website for showtimes. $12.50\; ages 6-17\, $5\; ages 5 and younger\, free. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T060936Z LOCATION:Alliance Theatre\, 1280 Peachtree Street\, Atlanta URL:https://www.atlantaparent.com/event/all-smiles/?utm_source=caldiscover y&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Parent X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantaparent.com/topevents END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Six Flags Fright Fest DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260912 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261102 DTSTAMP:20260914T050055Z UID:170185-1789171200-1793577599@travelcobb.org CATEGORIES:holiday DESCRIPTION:Thrills by day\, frights by night! Fright Fest is back at Six Flags Over Georgia! \nGet ready for the best Halloween event of the season \, featuring family-friendly thrills during the day and the scariest frigh ts by night on select dates from September 12 to November 1! \nMore inform ation on the most thrilling Halloween event coming soon! LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T050055Z LOCATION:Six Flags Over Georgia\, 275 Riverside Parkway\, Mableton\, GA\, 30168 URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/six-flags-fright-fest/?utm_source=caldisc overy&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Cobb Travel & Tourism X-SOURCE-URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/southern-fried-gaming-expo END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Tricks and Treats DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260912 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261102 DTSTAMP:20260914T050055Z UID:171241-1789171200-1793577599@travelcobb.org CATEGORIES:family,gaming DESCRIPTION:Celebrate spooky season at Six Flags Over Georgia with Tricks and Treats\, a family-friendly daytime Halloween event full of mischievous tricks\, tasty treats\, and spook-tacular entertainment for all ages. Thi s kid-friendly celebration takes place before the sun sets and the scares set up — it’s all fun\, no fear during the daytime at Six Flags Over G eorgia! \nEveryone in the family is sure to have a boo-last with Six Flags Over Georgia spooky\, kooky Halloween activities — dress in your finest Halloween attire for The Costume Contest\, enjoy (skele)tons of delicious seasonal drinks and candy\, and discover amazing thrills and chills on so me of your favorite family rides. \nDon’t miss your chance to celebrate Halloween during Tricks and Treats at Six Flags Over Georgia — it’s al l the fun without the fear before the sun goes down. LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T050055Z LOCATION:Six Flags Over Georgia\, 275 Riverside Parkway\, Mableton\, GA\, 30168 URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/tricks-and-treats/?utm_source=caldiscover y&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Cobb Travel & Tourism X-SOURCE-URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/southern-fried-gaming-expo END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fright Fest DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260912 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261102 DTSTAMP:20260917T181257Z UID:10003281-1789171200-1793577599@www.atlantaparent.com CATEGORIES:holiday DESCRIPTION:Watch your back in the Scare Zones\, walk through a haunted ho use\, listen to a spooky sing-a-long and more featuring the scariest frigh ts by night. Recommended for ages 13 and older. $69+\; parking\, extra. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T181257Z LOCATION:Six Flags\, 275 Riverside Pkwy.\, Austell URL:https://www.atlantaparent.com/event/fright-fest/?utm_source=caldiscove ry&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Parent X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantaparent.com/topevents END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:ADOG Classes Session 5 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260914 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTSTAMP:20260915T202909Z UID:0t8bmlk5t7vcbgn39ek0linqt2@google.com CATEGORIES:community LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T202909Z X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Kennel Club X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantakennelclub.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Aspen Institute: Leadership in Conflict - Through the Lens of Indi genous Experiences DTSTART:20260915T120000Z DTEND:20260919T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T063227Z UID:10036632-1789459200-1789837200@metroatlantaexchange.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Aspen Institute is hosting Leadership in Conflict: Through the Lens of Indigenous Experiences starting Tuesday\, September 15th thro ugh Saturday\, September 19th\, in Santa Fe\, NM. \nWhat does it look like to govern amid contested sovereignty\, cultural erasure\, and competing l egal systems – for centuries? Building on immersive seminars in Colombi a and Rwanda\, the Leadership in Conflict series heads to Santa Fe\, NM. C reated in partnership with Dawson Her Many Horses (Finance Leaders Fellows hip) and supported by the McNulty Foundation\, join fellow Fellows to expl ore that question through the lens of Pueblo nations and Indigenous leader ship. \nClick here to learn more and register. LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T063227Z URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/aspen-institute-leadership-in-c onflict-through-the-lens-of-indigenous-experiences/?utm_source=caldiscover y&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:MAX X-SOURCE-URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/georgia-chamber-of-com merce-future-of-energy-and-sustainability END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Tank Stranger DTSTART:20260915T233000Z DTEND:20261004T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T061149Z UID:13010-1789500600-1791133200@truecolorstheatre.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Written By: James Ijames\nDirected By: Jamil Jude\nDramaturg: Jonathan McCroryEVERY FAMILY HAS ROOTS. \nWhen generations of the Stranger family are drawn back together\, long-buried truths begin to surface\, bl urring the line between ancestry\, mythology\, and destiny. As Tank search es for where he belongs\, he discovers that understanding the future means confronting the past. \nLaunching the final year of True Colors Theatre ’s Blackness Is Not a Monolith series\, Tank Stranger is a bold world pr emiere that blends Afrofuturism\, Black folklore\, and breathtaking theatr ical storytelling into an unforgettable theatrical experience. \nBecause e very family tree has a story. BUY TICKETS HEREPerformances:Previews: Septe mber 15th – September 17th @ 7:30 PM\nOpening Night: September 18th @ 7: 30 PM\nRegular Performances: Fridays @ 7:30 PM\, Saturdays @ 2:30 PM & 7:3 0 PM\, Sundays @ 2:30 PM\nAdditional Evening Performances: September 22nd & September 30th @ 7:30 PM\nAdditional Matinees: September 24th @ 11:00 AM & 7:30 PM\, October 1st @ 2:30 PM & 7:30 PM \nRush Tickets:A limited numb er of same-day rush tickets may be available for $20 during previews and $ 25 during the regular run (excluding the closing performance). Rush ticket s are available in person at the Box Office beginning 30 minutes before cu rtain\, subject to availability. Rush tickets cannot be purchased online\, reserved in advance\, or combined with other offers. Limit 4 tickets per person. \nJamil JudeDirectorjames IjamesPlaywrightJonathan McCroryDramatur gCast: LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T061149Z LOCATION:Southwest Arts Center\, 915 New Hope Road\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30331\ , United States URL:https://truecolorstheatre.org/event/tank-stranger/?utm_source=caldisco very&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Kenny Leon's True Colors Theatre Company X-SOURCE-URL:https://truecolorstheatre.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:BAA 3-Day Workshop with Roger Dale Brown / "The Intricacies of Pai nting the Landscape in the Studio DTSTART:20260916T130000Z DTEND:20260918T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T061815Z UID:10001536-1789549200-1789747200@boothmuseum.org CATEGORIES:arts,education DESCRIPTION:BAA 3-Day Workshop with Roger Dale Brown / “The Intricacies of Painting the Landscape in the Studio”\nWednesday\, September 16 – F riday\, September 18\, 2026\n9:00 AM – 4:00 PM \nIn this 3 day intensive workshop Roger will give a keynote presentation on the subject of buildin g a good foundation in studio. The slide show and class will focus on deve loping a larger painting from foundation to the subtleties of brush work\, techniques\, color harmonies\, tonality and impression of detail. There w ill be lots of information that will be given to the students in a underst andable way. The class is designed for intermediate to advanced artists th at want to push it to the next level. Come ready to work. \nMinimum of 10 students\, Maximum of 16 students\nFEE: $550.00 for Booth Museum Members\, $625.00 for not-yet-members. \nTo learn more about the Booth Art Academy\ ,  CLICK HERE. LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T061815Z LOCATION:Booth Art Academy @ TRC\, 1 N. Gilmer ST\, Cartersville\, GA\, 30 120\, United States URL:https://boothmuseum.org/event/baa-3-day-workshop-with-roger-dale-brown -the-intricacies-of-painting-the-landscape-in-the-studio/?utm_source=caldi scovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Booth Western Art Museum X-SOURCE-URL:https://boothmuseum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Wizard of Oz DTSTART:20260916T140000Z DTEND:20260927T163000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T062159Z UID:10049169-1789552800-1790512200@www.artsatl.org CATEGORIES:arts,theater DESCRIPTION:Experience The Wizard of Oz at The Center for Puppetry Arts! F ollow the Yellow Brick Road. This American fairytale is an inspiring story about unlocking the potential that exists within each of us. One of Frisc h Marionettes’ proudest achievements\, this production brings Dorothy’ s journey to life through exquisite marionette puppetry\, music\, and intr icate puppet choreography. September 16th-27th Includes Museum Admission\, and FREE Midtown parking Tickets starting at $19 for children and $25 for adults Tickets at https://puppet.org/programs/the-wizard-of-oz/ 1404 Spri ng St. NW\, at 18th\, Atlanta\, GA 30309 Ticket Office 404-873-3391 Ext 0 LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T062159Z LOCATION:Center for Puppetry Arts\, 1404 Spring Street NW\, Atlanta\, 3030 9 URL:https://www.artsatl.org/event/the-wizard-of-oz-2/?utm_source=caldiscov ery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:ARTS ATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.artsatl.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Parade | 2026 Strand Theatrical Season DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260917 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTSTAMP:20260917T123253Z UID:167327-1789603200-1789948799@travelcobb.org CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:Parade is a powerful\, Tony Award-winning musical that explor es love\, justice\, and the devastating consequences of prejudice in early twentieth-century America. Set in 1913\, the story follows Leo Frank\, a Brooklyn-born Jewish factory manager living in Georgia\, who is accused of the murder of thirteen-year-old factory worker Mary Phagan. As the trial unfolds amid rising public outrage\, sensationalized media coverage\, and deep social divisions\, Leo finds himself condemned in the court of public opinion long before the verdict is delivered. With a book by acclaimed p laywright Alfred Uhry (Driving Miss Daisy) and a rousing\, colorful and ha unting score by Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years\, Bridges of Madis on County\, Songs For a New World)\, Parade follows Leo as he struggles to navigate a hostile community and a justice system shaped by fear and poli tical pressure. As the case intensifies\, his wife Lucille becomes his str ongest advocate\, finding the courage to stand beside him and fight to cle ar his name. Both intimate and epic in scope\, Parade combines soaring mu sic with a deeply human story. The result is a haunting theatrical experie nce that confronts one of the darkest corners in American history while il luminating the endurance of love\, hope\, and conviction in the face of ov erwhelming odds.  Do you have a group of 10+? Call the Box Office at 770 -293-0080 for a group discount! LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T123253Z LOCATION:Strand Theatre\, 117 N Park Square\, Marietta\, GA\, 30060 URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/parade-2026-strand-theatrical-season-3/?u tm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Cobb Travel & Tourism X-SOURCE-URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/southern-fried-gaming-expo END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Gwinnett County Fair DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260917 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260928 DTSTAMP:20260914T061048Z UID:10002914-1789603200-1790553599@www.atlantaparent.com CATEGORIES:festival DESCRIPTION:Ride carnival rides\, see themed stunt shows\, watch puppet pe rformances\, listen to live concerts and more. Mon.-Fri. 5-11 p.m.\; Sat. 11 a.m.-midnight and Sun. 1-10 p.m. $10\; ages 6-11\, $5\; ages 5 and youn ger\, free\; ride tickets\, extra. LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T061048Z LOCATION:Gwinnett County Fairgrounds\, 2405 Sugarloaf Parkway\, Lawrencevi lle URL:https://www.atlantaparent.com/event/gwinnett-county-fair/?utm_source=c aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Parent X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantaparent.com/topevents END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Panthers Commitment to Consent 2026-2027 Academic Year DTSTART:20260917T040000Z DTEND:20260918T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53547031906601 CATEGORIES:wellness DESCRIPTION:Take the Georgia State Commitment to Consent and help create a culture of respect\, communication\, and positive sexual wellness across our Panther community. \nConsent is enthusiastic\, communicated\, specific \, informed\, and reversible. It means making sure everyone is able and wi lling to participate\, communicating clearly\, respecting boundaries\, and understanding that anyone can change their mind at any time. \nHow it wor ks (less than 2 minutes!): \n\nRSVP to this event during the 2026–2027 a cademic year. \nShare your name and affirm your commitment to practicing t he Student Wellness Five Components of Consent in your sexual and intimate interactions. \nComplete the virtual commitment to demonstrate your suppo rt for a culture where consent\, communication\, and respect are valued. \ n\nYour attendance will be recorded in PIN\, making you eligible to earn P ounce Rewards and contribute toward your Health & Wellness Advocate proces s. \nTake a moment to make the commitment. Your participation helps promot e respect\, healthy communication\, safety\, and positive sexual wellness at Georgia State University. 🐾 \nLearn more about consent by registerin g for the Your Sexual Wellness Matters iCollege Course\n \n\nHosted by: B e Well Panthers Health & Wellness\n\nAdditional Information can be found a t: https://pin.gsu.edu/event/12526520 LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/yes-to-consent-panthers-pledge-2026-202 7-academic-year?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlant a-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:BAA 3-Day Painting Workshop with Artist Jill Soukup / "Composition & Color: Building Paintings from the Ground Up" DTSTART:20260917T130000Z DTEND:20260919T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T061815Z UID:10001526-1789635600-1789833600@boothmuseum.org CATEGORIES:arts,education DESCRIPTION:3-Day Painting Workshop with Artist Jill Soukup / “Compositi on & Color: Building Paintings from the Ground Up”\nThursday\, September 17 – Saturday\, September 19\, 2026\n9:00 AM – 4:00 PM \nIn this hand s-on workshop\, we’ll move step by step through the process of creating a painting\; starting with a strong foundation and building toward color\, texture\, and expression. We’ll begin with value studies\, focusing on simplification and creating a dynamic\, solid underlying structure. Shifti ng into color\, we’ll explore color theory and the properties of light a nd shadow-ranging from the basics to more advanced applications– while e xperimenting with different approaches to palette\, harmony\, and mood. To gether we’ll troubleshoot and refine your paintings\, exploring texture\ , paint application\, and ways to push your work further. Along the way\, I’ll share my process through demonstrations and examples\, while guidin g you to apply concepts such as compositional contracts\, simplification\, and color relationships. Each student will receive individual attention t ailored to their strengths and challenges. The workshop includes short dis cussions\, guided exercises\, demos\, and critiques\, all designed to stre ngthen your technical skills while encouraging intention and play in your work. \n*All media and all levels of ability are welcome! \nMinimum of 10 students\, Maximum of 18 students\nFEE: $675.00 for Booth Museum Members\, $750.00 for not-yet-members \nTo learn more about the Booth Art Academy\, click HERE. LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T061815Z LOCATION:Booth Art Academy @ TRC\, 1 N. Gilmer ST\, Cartersville\, GA\, 30 120\, United States URL:https://boothmuseum.org/event/baa-3-day-painting-workshop-with-artist- jill-soukup-composition-color-building-paintings-from-the-ground-up-2/?utm _source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Booth Western Art Museum X-SOURCE-URL:https://boothmuseum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PC Decatur Student Involvement Fair DTSTART:20260917T150000Z DTEND:20260918T053000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T170246Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52860814097625 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:The PC Decatur Student Involvement Fair is designed to connect students with campus resources\, organizations\, and career development o pportunities that support both academic and professional success. This eve nt provides a one-stop environment where students can explore ways to get involved\, build skills\, and prepare for their future careers.\n\nA key h ighlight of the fair is the Career Services Overview\, which introduces st udents to the wide range of support available to help them navigate career planning from their first year through graduation. Career Services offers tools and guidance in résumé building\, interview preparation\, job and internship searches\, and professional development.\n\nFeatured resources include:\n\nVMock: An AI-powered résumé review platform that gives inst ant\, personalized feedback to help students strengthen their resumes.Hand shake: The primary career platform where students can search for internshi ps and jobs\, register for events\, and connect with employers.Steppingblo cks: A data-driven career exploration tool that helps students understand career pathways\, salary trends\, and skills needed for various industries .Career Closet: Provides students with access to professional attire\, ens uring they are prepared for interviews\, networking events\, and career fa irs.Professional Headshots: Students can receive high-quality headshots to enhance their professional profiles on platforms like LinkedIn.Overall\, the Student Involvement Fair empowers students to engage with the campus c ommunity while gaining valuable career resources that support their long-t erm professional goals. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170246Z LOCATION:3251 Panthersville Road URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/pc-decatur-student-involvement-fair?utm _source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Los Angeles Black Restaurant Week 2026 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260918 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260928 DTSTAMP:20260911T183636Z UID:10000243-1789689600-1790553599@blackrestaurantweeks.com CATEGORIES:food DESCRIPTION:From elite sports lounges to national fast-food empires\, thes e NFL athletes are making major business moves and scoring big in the culi nary world. Making the transition from the gridiron to the boardroom takes vision\, discipline\, and a rock-solid strategy. For a select group of ex ceptional NFL players\, the ultimate post-football game plan includes buil ding a powerful presence in the food and beverage industry. Rather than si mply lending their famous names to a brand\, these athletes have stepped i nto roles as visionary founders\, franchise moguls\, and community leaders . They are using their professional platforms to create local jobs\, suppo rt mentorship programs\, and build multimillion-dollar business empires. B ring your appetite because this is your VIP pass to some of the most succe ssful player-owned dining concepts in America. \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Problem Lounge \n \n \n \n 7341 East 6th Avenue\, Scottsdale\, AZ 85 251Website | Instagram | Facebook Problem Lounge delivers an ultra-luxurio us\, three-story upscale dining and nightlife destination right in the hea rt of Old Town. San Francisco 49ers star wide receiver Deebo Samuel co-fou nded the multi-story venue alongside his long-time personal chef\, Cleasha un Hill. The space moves seamlessly from an intimate first-floor fine dini ng room to a high-vibe second-floor cocktail lounge and an open-air roofto p lounge. Guests flock to the space to experience its phenomenal energy\, stunning panoramic desert views\, and high-profile athlete sightings. Must -Try Item: The signature\, fire-grilled $175 Tomahawk Ribeye or the Creole -Cajun influenced lobster thermidor. \n \n \n \n Jiny a Ramen Bar \n \n \n \n 1142 Eddy St\, South Bend\, I N 46617Website | Instagram | Facebook  Jinya Ramen Bar provides a sleek\, contemporary\, and incredibly high-energy atmosphere for college students and foodies alike near the Notre Dame campus. Former Pro Bowl NFL linebac ker Jaylon Smith acts as the primary franchise partner for this powerhouse Indiana location. Known for its slow-simmered\, meticulously crafted brot hs and sleek industrial interior design\, the restaurant brings true culin ary artistry to the local community. You should plan a visit because the v ibrant spot effortlessly pairs an authentic\, soul-warming dining experien ce with an upscale\, trendy cocktail bar energy. Must-Try Item: The rich\, legendary Spicy Creamy Vegan Ramen or the signature Tonkotsu Black Ramen. \n \n \n \n Cookie Society \n \n \n \n Multiple Locations in TexasWebsite | Instagram | Facebook Cookie So ciety welcomes patrons into a bright\, modern\, and intensely aromatic bou tique bakery that smells like pure nostalgia. Former NFL offensive lineman Jeff Allen and his talented wife\, Melissa Allen\, founded the exceptiona lly popular brand together. The powerhouse duo successfully turned a homem ade baking passion project into an acclaimed\, multi-location luxury cooki e empire. It is a necessary addition to your food tour itinerary because t heir thick\, heavy\, and perfectly chewy cookies have captured a massive n ational cult following. Must-Try Item: The decadent\, award-winning Chocol ate Chip Cookie or the signature Salted Caramel Pecan. \n \n \n \n Ten58 Sports Bar & Lounge \n \n \n \n 43 0 W 4th St\, Charlotte\, NC 28202Website | Instagram Ten58 Sports Bar & Lo unge delivers an elegant\, high-definition viewing experience designed for the ultimate sports enthusiast. Carolina Panthers legend and All-Pro line backer Thomas Davis Sr. owns and operates this premier downtown Charlotte institution. Named after his iconic jersey number 58\, the sleek venue boa sts dozens of massive flat-screens\, custom leather booths\, and an unmatc hed community-first game day environment. It is worth an extended visit be cause the lounge beautifully elevates the classic American sports bar conc ept with top-tier Southern hospitality. Must-Try Item: The legendary\, cri spy Carolina-style 58 Gold Wings paired with a custom signature cocktail. \n \n \n \n Sunset Raw Juice Bar \n \n \n \n Multiple Locations in MarylandWebsite | Instagram | Facebo ok  Sunset Raw Juice Bar provides a refreshing\, clean\, and vibrant well ness oasis focused on healthy lifestyle activation. Former NFL wide receiv er Gerrard Shepherd founded the growing holistic brand to bring premium\, plant-based nutrition to his home community. The minimalist\, sunlit space radiates positive health energy\, serving up completely raw\, cold-presse d juices\, functional wellness shots\, and loaded superfood bowls. You sho uld make this your daily morning destination because Gerrard uses only pre mium\, organic\, and locally sourced ingredients to fuel your day. Must-Tr y Item: The nutrient-packed Sunset Acai Bowl topped with fresh fruit\, hem p seeds\, and local organic honey. \n \n \n \n Honora ble Mentions Across the League \n \n \n \n If you are traveling through these major urban hubs\, make sure to support these incr edible player-aligned spots: New York City & Washington D.C.: PubKey — F ormer Pro Bowl tight end Eric Ebron is a proud investor in this iconic\, t ech-forward cultural hotspot with buzzing locations in both NYC and Washin gton D.C. Houston\, Texas: Quad Houston — Eleven-year NFL defensive vete ran Michael Brockers owns and operates this premier\, upscale TSU alumni-a ligned restaurant and live music lounge. Boston Area: Veggie Galaxy — Su per Bowl Champion defensive end Deatrich Wise Jr. acts as a proud part-own er of this legendary\, retro-themed vegetarian and vegan diner in Cambridg e. \n \n \n \n Whether they are crafting gourmet small-batch treats or managing massive multi-state franchise networks\, th ese Black NFL athletes are redefining the modern retirement playbook. They prove that true elite status extends far beyond the stadium walls\, using culinary entrepreneurship to anchor communities\, create local multi-mill ion dollar economies\, and build lasting multi-generational wealth. The ne xt time you plan a night out\, score a touchdown for small businesses by b uying a meal at one of these player-owned destinations! LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T183636Z URL:https://blackrestaurantweeks.com/event/los-angeles-black-restaurant-we ek-2026/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Black Restaurant Week X-SOURCE-URL:https://blackrestaurantweeks.com/atlanta-black-restaurant-wee k END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Shaky Knees Music Festival DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260918 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTSTAMP:20260902T000354Z UID:26118-1789689600-1789948799@piedmontpark.org CATEGORIES:festival DESCRIPTION:*This event is hosted by an external partner and is not produc ed by Piedmont Park Conservancy. LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T000354Z URL:https://piedmontpark.org/event/shaky-knees-music-festival/?utm_source= caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Piedmont Park Conservancy\, Inc. X-SOURCE-URL:https://piedmontpark.org/green-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Agnes Scott College Women's Cross Country at University of North G eorgia - UNG XC Invitational DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260918 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTSTAMP:20260908T123434Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53918802557447 CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Agnes Scott College Women's Cross Country at University of Nor th Georgia - UNG XC Invitational LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T123434Z LOCATION:Dahlonega\, Ga. URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/agnes-scott-college-womens-cross -country-at-university-of-north-georgia-ung-xc-invitational?utm_source=cal discovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:College of Law Fall 2026 - Spring 2027 Clinic & Externship Applic ation Period DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260918 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52922638412005 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Spring 2027 Clinic & Externship Application Period\n\nSeptembe r 16-30 2025\n\nThe application for Spring enrollment for all clinics and externships opens on Wednesday\, September 16th and closes on Wednesday\, September 30th at 11:59 p.m. To apply\, visit the Clinical Programs page o r the Externships page. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-college-of-law-fall-2025-spring -2026-clinic-externship-application-period?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_med ium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Withdrawal Period - Full Semester DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260918 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52328748778420 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Withdrawal Period begins via PAWS at 8 a.m.\n\nWithdrawn c lasses appear on the official transcript with the grade of W or WF.\n\nFor detailed information on withdrawals\, refer to the "Revision of Class Sch edule" section of the University Catalog. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-classes-begin-mmii?utm_source=c aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Withdrawal Period - MMII DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260918 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52328759536382 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Withdrawal Period begins via PAWS at 8 a.m.\n\nWithdrawn c lasses appear on the official transcript with the grade of W or WF.\n\nFor detailed information on withdrawals\, refer to the "Revision of Class Sch edule" section of the University Catalog. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-withdrawal-period-mmi?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Drag Bingo DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260918 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTSTAMP:20260914T050055Z UID:170900-1789689600-1789775999@travelcobb.org CATEGORIES:comedy,drink,gaming DESCRIPTION:Bingo is getting a serious makeover! Join Schoolhouse Brewing for an unforgettable night of drag\, laughs\, games\, and plenty of fabulo us surprises\, hosted by the always-entertaining Brent Star. \nNo reservat ions required\, but you’ll want to arrive early to claim a seat. Grab a beer\, settle in\, and get ready for a night of big personalities\, big la ughs\, and plenty of BINGO! The show kicks off at 8 PM sharp. LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T050055Z LOCATION:Schoolhouse Brewing\, 840 Franklin Ct SE\, Marietta\, GA\, 30067 URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/drag-bingo-19/?utm_source=caldiscovery&ut m_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Cobb Travel & Tourism X-SOURCE-URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/southern-fried-gaming-expo END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Passion & Pride I Atlanta Ballet DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260918 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTSTAMP:20260914T050055Z UID:170401-1789689600-1789948799@travelcobb.org CATEGORIES:dance DESCRIPTION:Remi Wörtmeyer’s Significant Others\, a captivating blend of music and art inspired by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel and Sonia Delaunay\, returns to the Atlanta stage for a celebration of love and collaboration that highlights the transformative power of artistic partnerships. \nMelis sa Hough\, recognized for her choreographic style that emphasizes strong t echnique\, clean lines\, and precise musicality\, will create a new work f or Atlanta Ballet set to a Tchaikovsky score\, skillfully fusing neoclassi cal structure with contemporary fluidity. \nCommemorating 250 years of our nation’s history with an exuberant finale\, Atlanta Ballet presents Geo rge Balanchine’s signature style in Stars and Stripes\, a masterpiece se t to John Philip Sousa’s marches\, including the well-known “Stars and Stripes Forever.” LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T050055Z LOCATION:Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre\, 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30339 URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/passion-pride/?utm_source=caldiscovery&ut m_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Cobb Travel & Tourism X-SOURCE-URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/southern-fried-gaming-expo END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Comedy on the Square DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260918 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTSTAMP:20260914T050055Z UID:171456-1789689600-1789775999@travelcobb.org CATEGORIES:comedy DESCRIPTION:Get ready for a night of world-class laughs at The Alley Stage ’s Comedy on the Square — Cobb County’s premier professional comedy show! Every weekend\, the BEST comedians from Atlanta\, the Southeast\, an d across the country\, deliver unforgettable performances that will have y ou laughing all night long. From national touring headliners to rising sta rs of the comedy scene\, the lineup is carefully curated to showcase top-t ier talent and diverse comedic styles — all in an intimate\, up-close se tting that makes every show feel personal and electric. Whether you’re a dedicated comedy fan or just looking for an incredible night out\, Comedy on the Square promises nonstop laughs\, sharp wit\, and a high-energy atm osphere. Grab your friends\, get a drink\, and experience why The Alley St age is Cobb County’s home for professional live comedy. LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T050055Z LOCATION:The Alley Stage\, 11 Anderson Street\, Marietta\, GA\, 30064 URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/comedy-on-the-square-28/?utm_source=caldi scovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Cobb Travel & Tourism X-SOURCE-URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/southern-fried-gaming-expo END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Coffee\, Campfire\, and Cryptids DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260918 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTSTAMP:20260914T050055Z UID:171385-1789689600-1789775999@travelcobb.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Coffee\, Campfire\, and Cryptids returns as an award-winning e vent… A night of myths\, legends\, and cryptic creatures! \nDid you kno w North Georgia is one of the most infamous Bigfoot sighting hubs? Or that Savannah has its very own Loch-Ness Monster? Come join Marietta Parks\, R ecreation\, and Facilities in Atherton Square as it celebrates the fascina ting myths that surround the area! They will discuss the stories of the Mo thman… see if you can sniff out the Skunk Ape… and learn the origins b ehind the Wendigo. While enjoying coffee/hot chocolate from Cool Beans\, o r a drink from a restaurant on the Marietta Square\, visitors can shop for folklore at the Reading Attic or research local Marietta Myths at the Mar ietta History Center. LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T050055Z LOCATION:Atherton Square Park\, 4 Depot Street\, Marietta\, GA\, 30060 URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/coffee-campfire-and-cryptids/?utm_source= caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Cobb Travel & Tourism X-SOURCE-URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/southern-fried-gaming-expo END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Acworth Farmers Market DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260918 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260920 DTSTAMP:20260917T123253Z UID:166843-1789689600-1789862399@travelcobb.org CATEGORIES:market DESCRIPTION:The 2026 Historic Downtown Acworth Farmer’s Market will take place on Friday mornings between April 10 and October 30\, and Saturday m ornings between May 16 and November 14 from 8:00 a.m. to noon. The market is located in the Logan Farm Park Expansion\, located at 4405 Cherokee Str eet in Acworth. \nThere will be no farmers market on the following Saturda ys: July 25\, October 17\, and October 24. \nMarket customers will have a wide variety of garden ripe Georgia grown vegetables\, eggs\, cheese\, bed ding plants\, fresh-baked bread\, pies\, cakes\, honey\, and jams to choos e from each week. This year’s market will be bigger and better than prev ious years and shoppers won’t believe the selection of homegrown goodies ! \nThe Acworth Farmer’s Market is proudly sponsored by the Acworth Down town Development Authority. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T123253Z LOCATION:Logan Farm Park\, 4405 Cherokee Street\, Acworth\, GA\, 30101 URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/acworth-farmers-market-20/?utm_source=cal discovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Cobb Travel & Tourism X-SOURCE-URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/southern-fried-gaming-expo END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CULTURA DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260918 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260920 DTSTAMP:20260914T061048Z UID:10006502-1789689600-1789862399@www.atlantaparent.com CATEGORIES:festival,food,free,music DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the diversity of Latin culture with live music\, str eet performances\, food and more. Free admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T061048Z LOCATION:Lawrenceville Lawn\, 210 Luckie St.\,\, Lawrenceville URL:https://www.atlantaparent.com/event/fiesta-latina/?utm_source=caldisco very&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Parent X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantaparent.com/topevents END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Where Being Takes Root DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260918 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTSTAMP:20260915T193411Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53195805662195 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:"Where Being Takes Root: Works by Southern Artists From the La rry M. and Gwendolyn E. Walker Collection" celebrates the artistic vision\ , mentorship and lasting cultural influence of acclaimed artist\, GSU prof essor emeritus and former Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design Director Larry M. Walker (1935–2023)\, whose personal collection of over 300 work s was gifted to the university following his death.\n\nCurated by Lauren J ackson Harris\, the exhibition considers the South not merely as a geograp hic location but as a lived experience that shapes artistic methods and wa ys of seeing. Drawing from the Walker Collection\, the exhibition presents works by artists whose practices are deeply rooted in the region’s hist ory\, culture and environment.\n\nThe exhibition spans two gallery spaces: a large gallery featuring works from the broader collection\, and an inti mate gallery dedicated to the Walker family. Artists on view include Charl es White\, Radcliffe Bailey\, Kevin Cole\, Bethany Collins\, Benny Andrews \, David Driskell\, Steve Prince and Kara Walker\, among many others\, and luminaries who were friends\, colleagues and mentees of Larry Walker thro ughout his remarkable career.\n\nThe exhibition is generously supported by Forward Arts Foundation and the David\, Helen\, and Marian Woodward Fund. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T193411Z LOCATION:The Welch School Galleries URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/where-being-takes-root?utm_source=caldi scovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Flight Friday DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260918 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTSTAMP:20260915T194838Z UID:10000134-1789689600-1789775999@www.bluemoonbreweryandgrill.com CATEGORIES:drink DESCRIPTION:Enjoy margarita flights featuring 4 delicious flavors (selecti on may vary) for just $13 on non-game days\, or $15 on game days and all o ther days of the week. Special pricing available Fridays only! LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T194838Z LOCATION:Blue Moon Brewery & Grill\, 755 Battery Ave SE\, Atlanta\, Atlant a\, 30339\, United States URL:https://www.bluemoonbreweryandgrill.com/visit/upcoming-events/flight-f riday-28/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Blue Moon Brewery and Grill X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.terrapintaproombaratlanta.com/contactus END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:This Is She DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260918 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261030 DTSTAMP:20260917T063859Z UID:10051896-1789689600-1793318399@www.artsatl.org CATEGORIES:arts,free DESCRIPTION:This Is She\, a Studio Gallery exhibition by Alpharetta poet S abrina Cleary\, features nine original poems typed on her 1974 Smith Coron a Galaxie Twelve. Each work is individually composed\, typed and presented as an original manuscript\, inviting viewers to experience poetry as both language and visual art. Admission is free during regular Alpharetta Arts Center hours. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T063859Z LOCATION:Alpharetta Arts Center\, 238 Canton Street\, Alpharetta\, 30009\, United States URL:https://www.artsatl.org/event/this-is-she/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm _medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:ARTS ATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.artsatl.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:BECOMING DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260918 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTSTAMP:20260918T004219Z UID:10052586-1789754400-1789761600@www.artsatl.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Spalding Nix Fine Art is thrilled to present BECOMING\, a seri es of four exhibitions by Khalilah Birdsong\, Gretchen Wagner\, Mary Robin son and Angela Carter. Together\, the exhibitions explore transformation – how memory\, material\, color\, place and human connection shape what we carry forward and what we become. Khalilah Birdsong’s “There but fo r the Grace of You Go I” is a series of layered abstract paintings that consider how memory\, grace and human connection shape our capacity for re surgence\, inviting us to reflect on our responsibility to one another. Gr etchen Wagner’s “Color Interaction VI” is part of an ongoing series of printed\, stitched and folded mixed media works that investigates how c olor responds when it is asked to occupy three-dimensional space. Mary Rob inson’s “After Before” is a series of abstract works inspired by the continual flux of life\, utilizing materials and remnants from past works through the processes of painting\, printmaking and collage. Angela Carte r’s “Indigo Sunshine” is a series of quilt-inspired mixed media work s exploring memory\, place\, movement\, and the ways fragments of experien ce can be transformed into something new and whole. \nOpening Reception: F riday\, September 18\, 6-8 p.m. & Saturday\, September 19\, 12-4 p.m.\nOn view September 18 – November 13\nOpen Monday – Friday\, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.\, or by appointment LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T004219Z LOCATION:Spalding Nix Fine Art\, 425 Peachtree Hills Ave NE Suite 30A\, At lanta\, GA\, 30305\, United States URL:https://www.artsatl.org/event/becoming/2026-09-18/2/?utm_source=caldis covery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:ARTS ATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.artsatl.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Hapeville Happy Days Weekend DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260918 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260920 DTSTAMP:20260918T061151Z UID:10002926-1789689600-1789862399@www.atlantaparent.com CATEGORIES:family,free DESCRIPTION:Listen to live\, family-friendly concerts with food trucks and other vendors. Sept. 18-19\, 7-10 p.m.  Free admission. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T061151Z LOCATION:Jess Lucas Downtown Park\, 680 S. Central Avenue\, Hapeville URL:https://www.atlantaparent.com/event/hapeville-happy-days-festival/?utm _source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Parent X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantaparent.com/topevents END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Free Self-guided Street Art Walking Tours DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260918 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTSTAMP:20260918T063839Z UID:10041327-1789689600-1789775999@www.artsatl.org CATEGORIES:free,outdoors DESCRIPTION:Take a free self-guided street art walking tour on your own sm art device. The Atlanta Street Art Map website offers street art tours of the following nine Atlanta neighborhoods: \n1. Beltline Eastside Trail\n2. Cabbagetown\n3. Castleberry Hill and SW Downtown\n4. East Atlanta\n5. Edg ewood Ave.\n6. Little Five Points\n7. Pittsburgh Neighborhood\n8. Ralph Da vid Abernathy Blvd.\n9. West End. \nEasy to follow interactive maps will l ead you to the best murals and sanctioned graffiti pieces that Atlanta has to offer. You will discover hidden gems in out-of-the-way places that you would never see just walking down the street. This is a great way to spen d a day outdoors exploring an aspect of Atlanta that even most locals miss . You can take the tours at your own pace\, any day\, any time. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T063839Z LOCATION:Various Locations URL:https://www.artsatl.org/event/free-self-guided-street-art-walking-tour s/2026-09-18/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta- ga X-SOURCE-NAME:ARTS ATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.artsatl.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Withdrawal Period - MMI DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260918 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52328749793962 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:The Withdrawal Period begins via PAWS at 8 a.m.\n\nWithdrawn c lasses appear on the official transcript with the grade of W or WF.\n\nFor detailed information on withdrawals\, refer to the "Revision of Class Sch edule" section of the University Catalog. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-withdrawal-period-full-semester ?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Withdrawal Period Ends at 11 p.m. - MMI DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260918 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52328949692278 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Last day to withdraw on PAWS and possibly receive a grade of W . LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-withdrawal-period-ends-at-11-pm -full-semester?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta -ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Country Night DTSTART:20260918T010000Z DTEND:20260918T050000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T170249Z UID:46dtkpljo91t39dl85opikkusr@google.com CATEGORIES:dance,free DESCRIPTION:Country Night: Open dancing from 9pm - close w/DJ Ben. 21+ Onl y. No Cover! LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170249Z LOCATION:The Heretic Atlanta\, 2069 Cheshire Bridge Rd NE\, Atlanta\, GA 3 0324\, USA X-SOURCE-NAME:danceoutatl@gmail.com X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.danceoutatlanta.com/lesson-schedule END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Panthers Commitment to Consent 2026-2027 Academic Year DTSTART:20260918T040000Z DTEND:20260919T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53547031917866 CATEGORIES:wellness DESCRIPTION:Take the Georgia State Commitment to Consent and help create a culture of respect\, communication\, and positive sexual wellness across our Panther community. \nConsent is enthusiastic\, communicated\, specific \, informed\, and reversible. It means making sure everyone is able and wi lling to participate\, communicating clearly\, respecting boundaries\, and understanding that anyone can change their mind at any time. \nHow it wor ks (less than 2 minutes!): \n\nRSVP to this event during the 2026–2027 a cademic year. \nShare your name and affirm your commitment to practicing t he Student Wellness Five Components of Consent in your sexual and intimate interactions. \nComplete the virtual commitment to demonstrate your suppo rt for a culture where consent\, communication\, and respect are valued. \ n\nYour attendance will be recorded in PIN\, making you eligible to earn P ounce Rewards and contribute toward your Health & Wellness Advocate proces s. \nTake a moment to make the commitment. Your participation helps promot e respect\, healthy communication\, safety\, and positive sexual wellness at Georgia State University. 🐾 \nLearn more about consent by registerin g for the Your Sexual Wellness Matters iCollege Course\n \n\nHosted by: B e Well Panthers Health & Wellness\n\nAdditional Information can be found a t: https://pin.gsu.edu/event/12526520 LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/yes-to-consent-panthers-pledge-2026-202 7-academic-year?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlant a-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Open Play: Basketball DTSTART:20260918T110000Z DTEND:20260918T124500Z DTSTAMP:20260911T061301Z UID:10014208-1789714800-1789721100@www.kennesaw-ga.gov CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Hours will vary depending on City scheduled programs and event s. All open play participants under the age of 15 must have a guardian pre sent. Please call the Kennesaw Recreation Center at 678-385-0165 to confir m daily schedules. LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T061301Z LOCATION:Recreation Center\, 2737 Watts Drive\, Kennesaw\, GA\, 30144\, Un ited States URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/kennesaw-event/open-play-basketball-11/202 6-09-18/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of Kennesaw X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/farmers-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Paint Chip Poetry Contest DTSTART:20260918T120000Z DTEND:20260918T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260908T123434Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53883418838947 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:"In celebration of Latine Heritage Month\, Latinas UNIDES and McCain Library are partnering to host a paint chip poetry contest. To part icipate\, pick up a paint chip from the Check Out Desk in McCain Library. Write your poem on the paint chip\, and then place it in the submission bo x. All entries will be reviewed by Latinas UNIDES. A prize will be given t o the winner\, and all entries will be displayed in McCain Library. LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T123434Z LOCATION:McCain Library\, Main Reading Room (1st Floor Lobby) URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/paint-chip-poetry-contest?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Donor Preview DTSTART:20260918T120000Z DTEND:20260918T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T210208Z UID:10002063-1789718400-1789750800@www.woodlandsgarden.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Preview for Donors to the Garden. By invitation only. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T210208Z URL:https://www.woodlandsgarden.org/event/donor-preview/?utm_source=caldis covery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Woodlands Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.woodlandsgarden.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:ExportGA 2026: Day 2 Export Training Program DTSTART:20260918T123000Z DTEND:20260918T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T193057Z UID:10041471-1789720200-1789736400@www.globalatlanta.com CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:ExportGA 2026 is an intensive four-session export training pro gram which allows export-ready companies to develop trade skills. \n\n\n\n Companies accepted into the program will become skilled at finding profita ble export markets\, developing distribution channels\, understanding fore ign and U.S. regulatory issues\, pricing and costing company products\, su bmitting international quotations\, processing accounts receivable and rec ognizing legal and cultural considerations. \n\n\n\nEach participating com pany will have access to its own international business student from the U niversity of Georgia to help with research as well as working with export resource partners. \n\n\n\nThis export training program will teach you to: \n\n\n\n\nIdentify potential foreign markets\n\n\n\nUnderstand internatio nal trade terminologies\n\n\n\nWork with export trade assistance partners in GA\n\n\n\nDevelop foreign marketing strategies\n\n\n\nDetermine financi ng and risk options for exports\n\n\n\nUnderstand international logistics terminology and obligations with usage\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApply\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ nmore info LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T193057Z LOCATION:UGA Gwinnett Campus\, 2530 Sever Road\, Lawrenceville\, GA\, 3004 3\, United States URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/event/exportga-2026-day-2-export-trainin g-program/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Global Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/events/category/culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Circular City ATL: From Local Innovation to Global Sustainability Impact DTSTART:20260918T123000Z DTEND:20260918T140000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T193101Z UID:10041551-1789720200-1789725600@www.globalatlanta.com CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Atlanta is known as the city in a forest\, but beneath its vau nted tree canopy\, a different kind of green growth is taking root. \nWith out sweeping climate mandates or restrictive legislation\, local innovator s are developing globally relevant solutions across agriculture and forest ry\, construction\, packaging\, electric vehicles\, aviation\, battery sto rage and plastics recycling. \n\nFrom startups to established companies\, Atlanta is tackling the part of the sustainability equation that determine s long-term impact: commercial viability and market acceptance. \nFueled b y the city’s global connectivity\, corporate buying power and leading un iversities\, Atlanta is generating the platforms\, products and services n eeded to move industries toward the goal of truly circular value chains. \ nJoin Global Atlanta and Atlanta International School at the school’s wo oded Sandy Springs campus for the second annual Circular City breakfast an d special report release. \nSee five company profiles in last year’s rep ort\, sponsored by AIS: Circular City: Atlanta’s Role in Global Sustaina bility Innovations | Download the PDF Edition  \nWho should attend: \n\n Business leaders and tech startups\nVenture and impact investors\nConsulat e\, chamber and trade reps\nProfessional service providers\nNonprofit exec utives\nEducators looking for industry partnerships and students\n\nConfir med Speakers\n\nFireside Chat: Social Entrepreneurship\n\n\n\nMitun Chaudh uri\nFounder | Owner\n\nMaka Maka Lifestyle  \n\nInstructor\nGeorgia Stat e University Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute \n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaka Maka is a woman-owned artisanal luxury brand devoted to craftsmanship\, su stainability\, and timeless design. Each piece is meticulously handcrafted in collaboration with skilled artisans\, using natural materials and guid ed by fair trade principles. \nAn explorer at heart\, Mitun’s travels ac ross continents have left a lasting imprint on the brand’s design langua ge. Each place has informed a worldview shaped by contrast\, culture\, and connection. These local and global influences are woven into every Maka M aka collection—subtle\, refined\, and deeply intentional.  Beyond her w ork as founder and creative director\, Mitun is a part-time instructor at the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute at Georgia State University in Atlanta. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPanel Discussion: Atlanta Tech for the World\n \n\n \nParker Pruett\nVice President\, Operations\nGreen Boom  \n\nPruett is Vice President of Operations for Green Boom North America\, the world ’s first and only solution provider for zero waste oil spill cleanup pro ducts. He has over 30 years of experience in the Sustainability Industry. Prior to Green Boom\, he spent 27 years in the recycling industry working roles in sales and operations. Outside of work\, his interests include gar dening\, reading\, and spending time with family and friends. He is also a drinker with a running problem. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMalaz Alhirsh\nSu stainability Analyst\n\nHartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport \ nOn the airport’s recent deal with Oscar Sort / Intuitive AI \n\n\nMalaz Alhirsh is a Sustainability Analyst with the City of Atlanta Department o f Aviation\, where he works on a range of sustainability initiatives at Ha rtsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)\, including working o n waste diversion and planning initiatives focused on waste reduction\, re cycling\, food recovery\, and other strategies to improve the airport’s waste diversion efforts. \n\n\n\n\nEric Zhang\nSenior Insights & Integrati ons Consultancy Data Scientist\nGeotab\n\n\n.\n\nEric Zhang is a Senior Da ta Scientist at Geotab. An area of his focus is fleet electrification for medium and heavy-duty vehicles — one of the most technically complex and highest-impact segments of the clean transportation transition. Eric work s globally with large commercial and public sector fleets to build data-dr iven roadmaps for EV adoption\, charging infrastructure planning\, and ass et optimization.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nJoseph Mooney\nCo-Founder and CEO\, W attAir\n\n\n.\n\nDr. Joseph P. Mooney is the co-founder and CEO of WattAir \, an Atlanta-based climate technology company developing modular systems that capture moisture from the air and convert it into clean water using l ow-grade and waste heat. WattAir’s technology is designed to provide dec entralized water while improving energy efficiency across agriculture\, in dustrial facilities\, and data centers. Originally from Ireland\, Joseph h as had a lifelong connection to water\, as an engineer\, former internatio nal swimmer\, and surf lifesaver. These experiences helped shape his passi on for developing practical technologies that address global water scarcit y and make clean water more accessible. Alongside his role at WattAir\, Jo seph is a Research Engineer at Georgia Tech’s Energy Innovation Lab and has previously conducted research at MIT\, Trinity College Dublin\, and th e University of Limerick. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree in Energy & Green T ech\, Joseph is a Breakthrough Energy-supported innovator\, a recipient of the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellowship\, and winner of the Sage and Village Capital Impact Entrepreneurship Award. He has author ed more than 16 peer-reviewed publications and is an inventor on multiple water and thermal-technology patent filings. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T193101Z LOCATION:AIS Sandy Springs Campus\, 1701 Brandon Hall Drive\, Sandy Spring s\, Georgia\, 30350\, United States URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/event/circular-city-atl-from-local-innov ation-to-global-impact/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaig n=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Global Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/events/category/culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Puppet Camp DTSTART:20260918T123000Z DTEND:20260918T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T004219Z UID:10045449-1789720200-1789743600@www.artsatl.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Come spend the summer with us and bring your imagination to li fe! \nThe Center for Puppetry Arts Puppet Camp values curiosity\, creativi ty\, and imagination. We invite your young artist\, performer\, doodler\, singer\, engineer\, computer designer\, and everyone in between to embark on a week (or two!) of creative confidence-building. At Puppet Camp\, we w ill embark on an adventure in a program completely unique to Atlanta’s C enter for Puppetry Arts. There will be puppet parties\, parades\, shows\, and showcases. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T004219Z LOCATION:Center for Puppetry Arts\, 1404 Spring Street NW\, Atlanta\, 3030 9 URL:https://www.artsatl.org/event/puppet-camp/2026-09-18/?utm_source=caldi scovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:ARTS ATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.artsatl.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:MAX Minutes with Daniela Perry\, Georgia Chamber Foundation DTSTART:20260918T130000Z DTEND:20260918T140000Z DTSTAMP:20260910T183547Z UID:10036802-1789722000-1789725600@metroatlantaexchange.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Metro Atlanta eXchange for Workforce Solutions (MAX) is ho sting MAX Minutes with Daniela Perry\, Georgia Chamber Foundation\, on Fri day\, September 18th\, at 9:00 AM\, via Zoom. \nAs Georgia’s economy evo lves\, ensuring the state’s workforce system responds to changing employ er needs is more important than ever. Daniela Perry\, Executive Director o f the Georgia Chamber Foundation\, will join MAX to discuss GeorgiaLAUNCH: Skills for High-Demand Futures\, an initiative designed to help partners align education and workforce training with employer needs and quality car eer pathways. Her discussion will include a review of the skills and crede ntials employers are seeking today\, based on the Foundation’s recent re search. \nClick here to register. \nABOUT MAX MINUTES \nLaunched in 2014\ , the mission of MAX is to advance economic resilience in the Atlanta regi on by strengthening connections\, collaborations\, and practices among wor kforce developers and organizations engaged in workforce development. \nTh rough our webinar series\, MAX Minutes\, MAX seeks to bring timely insight s to providers\, intermediaries\, and other partners in workforce. MAX Min utes features talks by key experts in the Atlanta region and beyond on imp ortant workforce matters. LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T183547Z URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/max-minutes-with-daniela-perry- georgia-chamber-foundation/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_cam paign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:MAX X-SOURCE-URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/georgia-chamber-of-com merce-future-of-energy-and-sustainability END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Open Play: Pickleball DTSTART:20260918T130000Z DTEND:20260918T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260912T061331Z UID:10014253-1789722000-1789740000@www.kennesaw-ga.gov CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Hours will vary depending on City scheduled programs and event s. All open play participants under the age of 15 must have a guardian pre sent. Please call the Kennesaw Recreation Center at 678-385-0165 to confir m daily schedules. LAST-MODIFIED:20260912T061331Z LOCATION:Recreation Center\, 2737 Watts Drive\, Kennesaw\, GA\, 30144\, Un ited States URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/kennesaw-event/open-play-pickleball-7/2026 -09-18/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of Kennesaw X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/farmers-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:September OCI: 9/15 - 9/18 DTSTART:20260918T130000Z DTEND:20260918T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53797483122107 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:The College of Law Career Development office welcomes employer s for September "On Campus Interviews" 9/15-9/18. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:College of Law\, COL 1st floor interview rooms URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/september-oci-915-918?utm_source=caldis covery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:She Said\, She Said: A Discussion Group for Women DTSTART:20260918T133000Z DTEND:20260918T153000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T191300Z UID:10319810-1789723800-1789731000@www.atlantajcc.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fun and dynamic new discussion group created for women to connect\, share\, and explore together\, meeting in person at th e MJCCA. \n \nShe Said\, She Said offers a warm and welcoming space for re al-time conversations on topics that matter to you. Volunteer facilitators will help encourage the discussion. Each session will feature a different theme. \n \nThis group is all about community and conversation. Join in a nd let us know what you’d like to discuss! LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T191300Z LOCATION:MJCCA Zaban Park\, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd.\, Dunwoody\, Georgia\, 303 38\, United States URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/event/she-said-she-said-a-discussion-group- for-women/2026-09-18/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign= atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Marcus JCC of Atlanta (MJCCA) in Dunwoody\, GA X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Adaptive Yoga Class DTSTART:20260918T140000Z DTEND:20260918T150000Z DTSTAMP:20260823T005643Z UID:10002151-1789725600-1789729200@shepherd.org CATEGORIES:wellness DESCRIPTION:Join the Adaptive Wellness Collective for an in-person Adaptiv e Yoga Class — an accessible\, adaptive session focused on improving mob ility\, flexibility\, and range of motion. Whether you’re seated\, stand ing\, or blending both\, this class offers gentle movement and mindful bre athing to help you feel more open\, relaxed\, and balanced. With plenty of modifications and all equipment provided\, this is a welcoming space for every body and every ability.Cost to Attend: $20First class is compliment ary!For questions\, please contact adaptivewellnesscollective@shepherd.org . \n\n\n\n \n \n \n Register on CampDoc \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n Parking instructions for Ada ptive Wellness Collective classes\nFree\, covered parking is available in a dedicated parking deck for the Marcus Center for Advanced Rehabilitatio n. For GPS\, use the address 2060 Peachtree Road NW\, Atlanta\, GA (at the corner of Peachtree Road and Peachtree Valley Road). \n\nADA-accessible p arking is available on all levels.\nTake a ticket when entering the deck — patients and visitors with appointments at the Marcus Center for Advan ced Rehabilitation can validate their ticket inside.\nUse the parking elev ators to reach Level 1\, where you’ll find the building entrance.\nTake the elevator floor 11 and look for the waiting area. A volunteer or staff member will escort you to the studio.\n\nPlease note: The MCAR building i s not easily accessible from Shepherd Center’s main parking deck on Mand erson Drive. \nPatient drop-off and pick-up\nPatient drop-off and pick-up for the MCAR building takes place under the awning at the building’s mai n entrance on the right side of the circle on Manderson Drive. For GPS\, u se the address 2020 Peachtree Road NW\, Atlanta\, GA. \nStaff will be ava ilable during business hours to assist if needed. LAST-MODIFIED:20260823T005643Z LOCATION:Best Health Suite at MCAR\, 2060 Peachtree Rd NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://shepherd.org/event/adaptive-yoga-class/2026-09-18/?utm_source= caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Shepherd Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://shepherd.org/treatment/services-clinics/recreation-th erapy/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Shows for Seedlings: Music Party with Travis Murphy DTSTART:20260918T140000Z DTEND:20260918T151500Z DTSTAMP:20260909T071041Z UID:10011590-1789725600-1789730100@atlantabg.org CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a variety of live performances by some of Atlanta’s mo st beloved children’s musicians and storytellers in this engaging series . Shows take place Fridays\, May through September at 10 and 10:45 a.m.   \nCome on Travis Murphy’s musical adventure\, as he explores different sounds\, movements and silly lyrics with interactive elements. Mr. Travis has taught music to hundreds of preschool aged children every week for the past 13 years in and around Atlanta. He also tours professionally with hi s band. \nFree with Garden Membership or Admission\; no show reservations are required.  \nSee the Entire Line-up \n\n\nThis program is located on the Great Lawn under the shade of the elm trees.\n\n\nBring a picnic blank et or ground cover if desired\, as the grass can be damp in the morning.\n \n\nPlease see our program greeter on the Great Lawn starting 10 minutes b efore each session.\n\nWe may cancel or move indoors if rain\, cold temper atures or inclement weather make outdoor programming impractical. To check the status\, email classes@atlantabg.org.  \nShows for Seedlings is for children accompanied by an adult. LAST-MODIFIED:20260909T071041Z LOCATION:Atlanta Botanical Garden\, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/shows-for-seedlings-music-party-with-tr avis-murphy-4/2026-09-18/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campa ign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Botanical Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/category/atlanta END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:NI Seminar Series: Marianne Seney\, Ph.D. DTSTART:20260918T140000Z DTEND:20260918T150000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53948804204708 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Bioengineering | Univers ity of Pittsburgh\n\nAssociate Member\, American College of Neuropsychopha rmacology\n\nMember\, Society of Biological Psychiatry\n\nMember\, Interna tional Behavioral Neuroscience Society\n\nMember\, Society for Neuroscienc e\n\nMember\, Organization for the Study of Sex Differences LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:Parker H. Petit Science Center\, 124 URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/ni-seminar-series-Marianne-Seney-PhD?ut m_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Virtual Office Hours with Rachael Nicholos (MSIS\, MSF\, MSSCM) DTSTART:20260918T140000Z DTEND:20260918T150000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53683900377324 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Drop-in during this 60-minute group chat with Assistant Direct or of Graduate Recruiting\, Rachael Nicholos\, to gain insight into the fo llowing Robinson graduate business programs\, receive answers to frequentl y asked questions and get admissions tips and insights to assist you in ac hieving your graduate education goals. Rachael is the recruiter for the fo llowing programs:\n\n- Master of Science in Finance (MSF)\n- Master of Sci ence in Information Systems (MSIS)\n- Master of Science in Supply Chain Ma nagement (MSSCM) LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-virtual-office-hours-with-racha el-nicholos-msis-msf-msscm?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_camp aign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Placita Latina v.6: Puentes DTSTART:20260918T140000Z DTEND:20260918T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T205128Z UID:10018913-1789725600-1789747200@decaturartsalliance.org CATEGORIES:arts LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T205128Z LOCATION:Decatur Arts Alliance\, 113 Clairemont Ave\, Decatur\, GA\, 30030 URL:https://decaturartsalliance.org/event/placita-latina-v-6-puentes/2026- 09-18/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Decatur Arts Alliance X-SOURCE-URL:https://decaturartsalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Tai Chi in the Garden DTSTART:20260918T140000Z DTEND:20260918T150000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T210208Z UID:10002065-1789725600-1789729200@www.woodlandsgarden.org CATEGORIES:wellness DESCRIPTION:Register here. Join us for beginner-friendly Tai Chi in the se rene setting of Woodlands Garden. Over eight weeks\, we will explore the f irst half of the Yang Style 24 Form through gentle movement\, intentional breathing\, and mindful awareness. Each class begins with a Qigong warm-up and concludes with standing meditation. \nThese ancient practices are des igned to reduce stress\, improve balance\, and deepen your connection with nature. This program is part of Woodlands Garden’s Health & Wellness in Nature initiative. \nWeather permitting\, sessions will take place outdoo rs on the lawn and may include guided walking inspired by forest bathing\, enriched by Neil Norton’s knowledge of trees and ecology. In case of ra in\, classes will move to the screened pavilion\, where we will practice D ao Yin floor exercises using mats—an important foundation for Tai Chi. M AKE-UP DATE: November 6. Click to register now. \nFees include all eight s essions. Note: Nov. 6 is reserved as a make up date.\n$50 — Co-op member s\, Woodlands’ volunteers\, and donors\n$90 suggested donation — Gener al public \nAll proceeds support both Woodlands Garden and the Tai Chi 4 L IFE Co-op. \nAbout the Instructor\nNeil Norton is an experienced instructo r in Tai Chi\, Wild Goose Qigong\, Tree Gong\, Four Seasons Qigong\, Five Element Medical Qigong\, and Dao Yin. He has taught at the Decatur Recreat ion Center and is a founding member of the Tai Chi 4 LIFE Co-op. \nIn addi tion to his teaching\, Neil works as a consulting arborist\, combining his passion for nature with his expertise in mind-body wellness. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T210208Z URL:https://www.woodlandsgarden.org/event/tai-chi-in-the-garden/2026-09-18 /?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Woodlands Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.woodlandsgarden.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fall 2026 | GSRS Seminar Series - Ajay Subramanian from GSRS DTSTART:20260918T143000Z DTEND:20260918T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53975985180486 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Maurice R. Greenberg School of Science's (GSRS) semester-l ong research presentation seminar series will welcome Bruce A. Palmer Prof essor Ajay Subramanian from the Maurice R. Greenberg School of Risk Scienc e (GSRS) to present recent his latest research on the 11th floor of the 35 Broad Street building at the Atlanta campus. Rsvp is not required to atte nd the FREE seminar series\, please stop in for this exciting research pre sentation. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:CEAR Seminar Room\, 1120 URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/fall-2026-gsrs-seminar-series-ajay-subr amanian-from-gsrs?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atla nta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Greet the Sheep and Goats DTSTART:20260918T150000Z DTEND:20260918T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260826T183259Z UID:10000419-1789729200-1789729200@www.atlantahistorycenter.com CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Not-Yet Members. \n \n Tickets\n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n Members \n \n Login\n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\nThis event is included with the cost of admission. To r eserve your spot\, add your general admission tickets to your cart. You wi ll then be prompted to register for Greet the Sheep. \n\n\n\nHead outside the museum and over to the 19th-century Smith Farm to meet our flock of h eritage-breed sheep and goats. Brett Bannor\, Manager of Animal Collection s\, will demonstrate how agile they can be\, hopping up on a barrel and fo llowing instructions in hopes of earning a special peanut treat. Learn abo ut their daily routines and the distinct personalities of the Gulf Coast s heep – Gulliver\, Samson\, Daisy\, and Maribelle\, plus our Angora goats \, Claud and Dorothy. \n\n\n\nIf you’d like Brett to sign his book\, Am erican Sheep: A Cultural History (available in our gift shop)\, you’re welcome to bring it along. Capacity is limited\, reserve your spot now! LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T183259Z LOCATION:Atlanta History Center\, 130 West Paces Ferry Road NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30305\, United States URL:https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/greet-the-sheep-sept-18/?ut m_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta History Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/party-with-the-pas t-center-for-puppetry-arts END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Georgia State University Volleyball vs Charleston Southern DTSTART:20260918T150000Z DTEND:20260918T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53502786529320 CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Georgia State University Volleyball vs Charleston Southern LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:Macon\, Ga. URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/georgia-state-university-volleyball-vs- charleston-southern?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=at lanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Hidden History: Recounting the Shanghai Jewish Story DTSTART:20260918T150000Z DTEND:20260918T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T004219Z UID:10040169-1789729200-1789747200@www.artsatl.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Exhibit explores the history of the diverse\, resettled Jewish community in Shanghai\, including German and Austrian Jews who desperatel y escaped the Nazis during the Holocaust. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T004219Z LOCATION:The Breman Museum\, 1440 Spring Street NW\, Atlanta\, United Stat es URL:https://www.artsatl.org/event/hidden-history-recounting-the-shanghai-j ewish-story/2026-09-18/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaig n=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:ARTS ATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.artsatl.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Senior Book Club DTSTART:20260918T160000Z DTEND:20260918T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260912T061331Z UID:10013758-1789732800-1789743600@www.kennesaw-ga.gov CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Participants read selected material and gather on the 3rd Frid ay of each month to discuss and reflect on the different topics read throu ghout the assigned reading. Volunteer group leaders are selected on a mont hly basis to lead the discussion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260912T061331Z LOCATION:Ben Robertson Community Center\, 2753 Watts Drive\, Kennesaw\, GA \, 30144\, United States URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/kennesaw-event/senior-book-club/2026-09-18 /?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of Kennesaw X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/farmers-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Replacing Scanned & Inaccessible PDFs DTSTART:20260918T160000Z DTEND:20260918T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53613255695125 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Scanned and untagged PDFs can create major access barriers for students in your course! This workshop introduces how to identify unreada ble PDF materials and explains strategies for locating replacements—or w hen to recreate a PDF accessibly. You’ll learn why scanned documents vio late online standards and discover practical methods for creating inclusiv e course content. Faculty will leave with tools\, examples\, and next step s for aligning their materials with ADA Title 2 and WCAG guidelines. \n\nT opics covered include:\n\nWhy scanned PDFs are hard to read and incompatib le with screen readers PDF accessibility standards and how to check for co mpliance using Adobe Acrobat ProAlternatives to scanned PDFs\, including L ibrary links\, web or eBook versions\, and OER How to recreate PDFs using accessible Word and PowerPoint files Steps to convert documents into acces sible PDFs \n\nTo get the most out of this workshop we recommend having a PDF you’d like to review. It can also help to have Adobe Acrobat Pro ins talled on your device. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/inaccessible-pdf-9-18-26-12p?utm_source =caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:MODA Free Friday DTSTART:20260918T160000Z DTEND:20260918T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T004219Z UID:10051469-1789732800-1789758000@www.artsatl.org CATEGORIES:arts,free DESCRIPTION:MODA is opening its doors wider as part of our commitment to k eeping design accessible when it matters most. \nJoin us for a Free Friday sponsored by John Wieland. \nDuring your visit\, explore SALT: A Design S tory\, our newest exhibition\, and learn: \nHow salt shaped the location o f roads\, cities\, and trade routes. \nHow cultures across the world built ritual and meaning around a single mineral. \nabout the craft revival bri nging regional flavor and traditional harvesting methods back to a once-st andardized product. \nHow salt continues to shape design today\, from arch itecture and packaging to the food on your plate. \nGood design is for eve ryone. Come see for yourself. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T004219Z LOCATION:Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA)\, 1315 Peachtree St. NE\, Atlanta \, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://www.artsatl.org/event/moda-free-friday-2/?utm_source=caldiscov ery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:ARTS ATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.artsatl.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Master of Actuarial Science & Quantitative Risk Analysis and Manag ement Live Webinar DTSTART:20260918T160000Z DTEND:20260918T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53823507277742 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Ready to excel at the intersection of mathematics\, statistics \, and real‑world risk? Our Master of Actuarial Science (MAS) and M.S. Q uantitative Risk Analysis and Management (QRAM) programs are designed for students seeking rigorous quantitative training paired with real‑world a pplication.\n\nBoth programs combine advanced coursework with applied lear ning experiences to prepare graduates for impactful roles across actuarial science\, finance\, and insurance. Through hands-on sprint projects and i ndustry connections\, students gain practical skills that translate direct ly in today's workplace.\n\nMAS and QRAM graduates are fully prepared for high-impact roles in areas such as a financial risk consultant\, quantitat ive marketing\, and credit risk analysis.\n\nJoin our upcoming webinar to hear directly from the MAS/QRAM Graduate Recruiter and Faculty Directors. They’ll walk you through the admissions process\, share key program high lights\, and answer your questions ahead of the next application deadline. \n\nBonus: All attendees will receive an MSA application fee waiver. Instr uctions on how to claim it will be provided during the webinar. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-master-of-actuarial-science-qua ntitative-risk-analysis-and-management-live-webinar-2850?utm_source=caldis covery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:2026 AUCC Career Fair DTSTART:20260918T170000Z DTEND:20260918T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T001336Z UID:90547-1789736400-1789754400@aucenter.edu CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Your future begins today! Come meet hundreds of employers at t he AUC’s largest career fair of the year! Get suited up and bring plenty of resumes. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T001336Z LOCATION:AmericasMart\, 240 Peachtree Street NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30303\, U nited States URL:https://aucenter.edu/event/2026-aucc-career-fair/?utm_source=caldiscov ery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta University Center Consortium X-SOURCE-URL:https://aucenter.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Getting Started with HIPs (High-Impact Practices)! DTSTART:20260918T170000Z DTEND:20260918T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260902T002627Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53859793408784 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Have you heard the buzz about High-Impact Practices (HIPs)? Wo ndering what they are\, why they’re important\, and how to implement the m into your classroom? Join us for an introductory session to get the scoo p on HIPs\, identify “elements” of HIPs and explore connections to uni versity initiatives and funded opportunities. Take away actionable steps t o use in your classes! LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T002627Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/Getting-started-with-HIPs?utm_source=ca ldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Getting Started with High-Impact Practices (HIPs)! DTSTART:20260918T170000Z DTEND:20260918T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T193411Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53905563506700 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Have you heard the buzz about High Impact Practices (HIPs)? Wo ndering what they are\, why they’re important\, and how to implement the m into your classroom? Join us for an introductory session to get the scoo p on HIPs\, identify “elements” of HIPs\, and explore connections to u niversity initiatives and funded opportunities. Take away actionable steps to use in your classes! LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T193411Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/Getting-Started-with-HIPs-Fall2026?utm_ source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Book As Art v.14: Ghosted DTSTART:20260918T170000Z DTEND:20260918T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T184542Z UID:10018894-1789736400-1789736400@decaturartsalliance.org CATEGORIES:arts,literary LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T184542Z LOCATION:Fourth Floor Gallery of the Decatur Library\, 215 Sycamore Street \, Decatur\, 30030\, United States URL:https://decaturartsalliance.org/event/the-book-as-art-v-14-ghosted/202 6-09-18/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Decatur Arts Alliance X-SOURCE-URL:https://decaturartsalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mini Hoopers (Fridays - Session 1) DTSTART:20260918T173000Z DTEND:20260918T181500Z DTSTAMP:20260918T011111Z UID:10322204-1789738200-1789740900@www.atlantajcc.org CATEGORIES:family,sports DESCRIPTION:Welcome to Mini Hoopers\, where toddlers aged 3-5 explore the basics of basketball in a fun and supportive setting. \n \nLed by experien ced coaches\, our program focuses on introducing fundamental skills like d ribbling and shooting through engaging activities tailored for young athle tes. Join us for an exciting experience where athletes develop confidence and coordination while having a blast on the court! \n \nTransportation is provided to and from The Weinstein School. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T011111Z LOCATION:MJCCA Zaban Park\, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd.\, Dunwoody\, Georgia\, 303 38\, United States URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/event/mini-hoopers-fridays-session-1/2026-0 9-18/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Marcus JCC of Atlanta (MJCCA) in Dunwoody\, GA X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:680 Live Broadcast Kincade + Chernhoff DTSTART:20260918T180000Z DTEND:20260918T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T195050Z UID:10000245-1789740000-1789754400@stillfirebrewing.com CATEGORIES:drink DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special live broadcast with Kincade + Chernhoff from Sports Radio 680 The Fan starting at 2PM! Come hang out with one of A tlanta’s favorite sports radio duos\, talk sports\, grab a cold beer\, a nd kick back for an early afternoon at the brewery! LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T195050Z URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com/event/680-live-broadcast-kincade-chernhof f/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:StillFire Brewing X-SOURCE-URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:ProBo Meeting DTSTART:20260918T183000Z DTEND:20260918T203000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180352Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53379020047630 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Programming Board Weekly Meetings LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180352Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Meeting Room 304 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/probo-meeting?utm_source=caldisc overy&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Open Play: Basketball DTSTART:20260918T183000Z DTEND:20260919T004500Z DTSTAMP:20260912T061331Z UID:10014234-1789741800-1789764300@www.kennesaw-ga.gov CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Hours will vary depending on City scheduled programs and event s. All open play participants under the age of 15 must have a guardian pre sent. Please call the Kennesaw Recreation Center at 678-385-0165 to confir m daily schedules. LAST-MODIFIED:20260912T061331Z LOCATION:Recreation Center\, 2737 Watts Drive\, Kennesaw\, GA\, 30144\, Un ited States URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/kennesaw-event/open-play-basketball-13/202 6-09-18/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of Kennesaw X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/farmers-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Student Government Association Weekly Meeting DTSTART:20260918T190000Z DTEND:20260918T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180352Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52582873459162 CATEGORIES:civic DESCRIPTION:Your Student Voice\, the SGA meets weekly and the meetings are open to the campus community. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180352Z LOCATION:Campbell Hall\, C-Blair Classroom 215 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/student_government_association_w eekly_meeting?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta- ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Cartwheels (Fridays) DTSTART:20260918T191500Z DTEND:20260918T201000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T011111Z UID:10319096-1789744500-1789747800@www.atlantajcc.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Cartwheels gymnastics classes are ideal for beginners. Gymnast s are introduced to all four gymnastics events: vault\, uneven bars\, bala nce beam\, and floor exercise. This class will focus on introductory skill s\, basic strengths\, and techniques needed to progress to the next level. This class is open to boys and girls. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T011111Z LOCATION:MJCCA Zaban Park\, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd.\, Dunwoody\, Georgia\, 303 38\, United States URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/event/cartwheels-fridays-2/2026-09-18/?utm_ source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Marcus JCC of Atlanta (MJCCA) in Dunwoody\, GA X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Round-Offs (Fridays) DTSTART:20260918T191500Z DTEND:20260918T201000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T011111Z UID:10319311-1789744500-1789747800@www.atlantajcc.org CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Round-Offs classes are for the intermediate recreational gymna st. This class is recommended for children who have mastered the necessary basic skills — cartwheel\, handstand\, pullover\, strong bridge\, and w alking with confidence on the high beam. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T011111Z LOCATION:MJCCA Zaban Park\, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd.\, Dunwoody\, Georgia\, 303 38\, United States URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/event/round-offs-fridays-2/2026-09-18/?utm_ source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Marcus JCC of Atlanta (MJCCA) in Dunwoody\, GA X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Level 4 Team DTSTART:20260918T193000Z DTEND:20260918T223000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T011111Z UID:10530386-1789745400-1789756200@www.atlantajcc.org CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Level 4 gymnastics is a competitive level that serves as a cru cial step in a gymnast's development. It is designed to help gymnasts refi ne their skills and prepare for the next level (Level 5). \n \nTo compete at this level\, gymnasts must be at least 6 years old and demonstrate prof iciency in specific skills across all four events: Floor\, Vault\, Bars\, and Beam. \n \nIn summary\, Level 4 in gymnastics is a foundational stage that emphasizes skill mastery and prepares gymnasts for future competitive levels. It is essential for developing the technical abilities and confid ence needed to succeed in gymnastics. \n \nInvite Only LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T011111Z LOCATION:MJCCA Zaban Park\, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd.\, Dunwoody\, Georgia\, 303 38\, United States URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/event/level-4-team-gymnastics/2026-09-18/?u tm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Marcus JCC of Atlanta (MJCCA) in Dunwoody\, GA X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:ACADEMIC SEMINAR SERIES - FALL 2026 DTSTART:20260918T193000Z DTEND:20260918T203000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53664786627574 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:ACADEMIC SEMINAR SERIES - FALL 2026 LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:Parker H. Petit Science Center\, 101 URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/academic-seminar-series-fall-2026?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Greedy Man’s BBQ DTSTART:20260918T200000Z DTEND:20260919T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T195050Z UID:10000289-1789747200-1789768800@stillfirebrewing.com CATEGORIES:food DESCRIPTION:Greedy Man’s BBQ doesn’t do subtle. \nRib tips slow-smoke d into submission\, wings that talk back\, jumbo fried shrimp\, cheeseburg ers built like a dare\, and sandwiches stacked past the point of reason. T his is the truck for people who think “just a little” is a personal in sult. \nGrab a cold one\, order big\, and prepare to regret nothing. Greed y Man doesn’t do small portions\, and honestly\, neither should tonight. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T195050Z URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com/event/greedy-mans-bbq-2/2026-09-18/?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:StillFire Brewing X-SOURCE-URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Burtgers DTSTART:20260918T200000Z DTEND:20260919T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T195050Z UID:10000319-1789747200-1789768800@stillfirebrewing.com CATEGORIES:drink,food DESCRIPTION:Burtgers brings smash burgers that refuse to behave. \nThe sig nature Big Black Box lets you dunk your burger straight into warm melted c heese\, then roll it in bacon bits\, Hot Cheetos\, or Dorito crumbs\, beca use subtlety was never the plan. Sides get the beef tallow treatment too\, garlic Parmesan fries and Buffalo lemon pepper cheese curds included. \nG rab a beer\, order the mess\, and eat it with both hands. Burtgers doesn ’t do polite. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T195050Z URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com/event/burtgers/?utm_source=caldiscovery&u tm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:StillFire Brewing X-SOURCE-URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:XCel Platinum Team 2026-2027 DTSTART:20260918T200000Z DTEND:20260918T223000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T011111Z UID:10530524-1789747200-1789756200@www.atlantajcc.org CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:The USA Gymnastics Xcel program was developed as an alternativ e competitive program offering individual flexibility to coaches and gymna sts. The goal of Xcel is to provide gymnasts of varying abilities and comm itment levels the opportunity for a rewarding gymnastics experience. \n \n The program allows a wide choice in skills to meet requirements\, so selec tion may be based on an individual athlete’s strengths. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T011111Z LOCATION:MJCCA Zaban Park\, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd.\, Dunwoody\, Georgia\, 303 38\, United States URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/event/xcel-platinum-team-2026-2027/2026-09- 18/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Marcus JCC of Atlanta (MJCCA) in Dunwoody\, GA X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:XCel Gold Team 2026-2027 DTSTART:20260918T200000Z DTEND:20260918T223000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T011111Z UID:10530662-1789747200-1789756200@www.atlantajcc.org CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:The USA Gymnastics Xcel program was developed as an alternativ e competitive program offering individual flexibility to coaches and gymna sts. The goal of Xcel is to provide gymnasts of varying abilities and comm itment levels the opportunity for a rewarding gymnastics experience. \n \ nThe program allows a wide choice in skills to meet requirements\, so sele ction may be based on an individual athlete’s strengths. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T011111Z LOCATION:MJCCA Zaban Park\, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd.\, Dunwoody\, Georgia\, 303 38\, United States URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/event/xcel-goldteam-2026-2027/2026-09-18/?u tm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Marcus JCC of Atlanta (MJCCA) in Dunwoody\, GA X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Members Only DTSTART:20260918T203000Z DTEND:20260919T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T201239Z UID:7rrj0ukg8gf1s8if70tfs06i3t@google.com CATEGORIES:community LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T201239Z X-SOURCE-NAME:GardenHillsPool X-SOURCE-URL:https://gardenhillspool.com/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Zaban Sharks Recreational Swim Team DTSTART:20260918T203000Z DTEND:20260918T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T011111Z UID:10320624-1789749000-1789754400@www.atlantajcc.org CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:This swim team focuses on fine-tuning basic understandings of all four strokes\, along with learning correct starts and turns. This recr eational team swims with a higher yardage. Participants must know freestyl e\, backstroke\, and breaststroke\, have a basic understanding of butterfl y\, and know how to perform flip turns and a standing dive off the block. \n \nNew swimmers must be evaluated by the head coach before registering. \nPlease email vadim.ignatenko@atlantajcc.org to get started. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T011111Z LOCATION:MJCCA Zaban Park\, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd.\, Dunwoody\, Georgia\, 303 38\, United States URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/event/zaban-sharks-recreational-swim-team-3 /2026-09-18/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-g a X-SOURCE-NAME:Marcus JCC of Atlanta (MJCCA) in Dunwoody\, GA X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Zaban Sharks Competitive Swim Team DTSTART:20260918T203000Z DTEND:20260918T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T011111Z UID:10320754-1789749000-1789754400@www.atlantajcc.org CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:This swim team focuses on introducing swimmers to the competit ive world of swimming. This is a competitive group\; swimmers will partici pate in high-yardage practices focusing on endurance and technique refinem ent.  \n \nSwimmers must understand all four strokes\, starts\, and turns \, and attend at least 3 practices each week. There is a required number o f swim meets that swimmers must participate in. This group includes drylan ds and other extra activities.  \n \nNew swimmers must be evaluated by th e head coach before registering. \nPlease email vadim.ignatenko@atlantajcc .org to get started. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T011111Z LOCATION:MJCCA Zaban Park\, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd.\, Dunwoody\, Georgia\, 303 38\, United States URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/event/zaban-sharks-competitive-swim-team-2/ 2026-09-18/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Marcus JCC of Atlanta (MJCCA) in Dunwoody\, GA X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:NFC Fight Night at Live! DTSTART:20260918T210000Z DTEND:20260919T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260914T180353Z UID:10005569-1789750800-1789770600@batteryatl.com CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:The Fights are BACK! With a live NFC Fight Night Cage\, 40+ te levisions and a 32 foot LED screen\, you won’t miss a minute of the acti on! \nJoin Live! at The Battery Atlanta for an action-packed evening of Wi tness live professional and amateur MMA\, Muay Thai\, Kickboxing and Bare- Knuckle Fighting!!! \nDoors open at 5 pm / Fights begin at 6 pm This is an all-ages venue (only 21+ allowed upstairs) \nAttendees will enjoy: 12+ Fi ghts in the NFC cage! One of the most exciting\, intense environments for watching live fights in the cage along with several bars with all your fav orite drinks\, and a full food menu available at Sports & Social during th e fights. After party next door at PBR! \nClick here for more information! LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T180353Z LOCATION:Live! at The Battery Atlanta\, 825 Battery Ave SE\, Atlanta\, GA\ , 30339\, United States URL:https://batteryatl.com/event/nfc-fight-night-at-live/?utm_source=caldi scovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:BatteryATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://batteryatl.com/events-calendar/tag/live-music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Latines Unides Kick-off Party DTSTART:20260918T213000Z DTEND:20260918T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T182536Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53874562422562 CATEGORIES:festival,food,music DESCRIPTION:First Latines Unides Event to start off the school year and tr ansition us smoothly into Latin Heritage Month. Where everyone is invited to enjoy amazing food\, music\, dancing\, singing\, and shop from local v endors! We encourage you to rep your flag as a way to show your cultural h eritage by wearing clothing or accessories that represent your flag. LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T182536Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Hub URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/latines-unides-kick-off-party?ut m_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Agnes Scott College Women's Volleyball vs Asbury University (Ky.) DTSTART:20260918T220000Z DTEND:20260919T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260813T122414Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53573788682363 CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Agnes Scott College Women's Volleyball vs Asbury University (K y.)\nStreaming Video: https://team1sports.com/agnesscott/ LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T122414Z LOCATION:Decatur\, GA\, Woodruff Gymnasium URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/agnes-scott-college-womens-volle yball-vs-asbury-university-ky-1822?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics& utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:GSU Night at Six Flags DTSTART:20260918T220000Z DTEND:20260919T035900Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53485094982605 CATEGORIES:outdoors DESCRIPTION:GSU Night at Six Flags means that Georgia State students and t heir guests will have exclusive access to the entire park. Don't miss out on a chance to take on the thrill-seeking roller coasters Six Flags is kno wn for after dark with your classmates! This is a GSU tradition and a chan ce for you to make memories that last a lifetime. \n \nCLICK HERE TO PURCH ASE YOUR SIX FLAGS TICKETS\n \nThe number of rides that stay open depends on the number of tickets sold. The earlier you buy\, the more rides will b e available. Don’t wait until the last minute — lock in your ticket no w and make sure you get the full private Six Flags experience.\n \nTICKET PRICES:\nGSU Students: $25\nGSU Faculty/Staff/Alumni General Admission: $3 5\nGSU Guest General Admissions: $40\n \nSix Flags does not charge admissi on for age 3 and under\nSix Flags season passes and fast pass holders will NOT be valid on this exclusive GSU Night at Six Flags. All attendees must purchase a Georgia State Night ticket. Park fast passes also do not work for private events. \nNo entry or re-entry will not be allowed after 11 p. m.\n \nGIFT CODE: The gift code is your student email address example@stud ent.gsu.edu\nNOTE: only currently enrolled GSU students need to enter a gi ft code. Faculty/staff/alumni do not need a gift code\n \nTRANSPORTATION: Free parking at Six Flags Over Georgia is included with every ticket purc hase. Free shuttles to and from the park will be provided from Student Cen ter East on the Atlanta Campus. Service begins from the Student Center at 5 p.m. and will run continuously all evening with the last shuttle departi ng Six Flags at 1 a.m. Please note that at 9:30 p.m. shuttles transition s olely to a return route to bring students back from the park. If you plan to park on campus and take the shuttle please park in M deck if you're pla nning to stay at the park until midnight.\n\nHosted by: POUNCE Rewards Pro gram\, Panther Welcome\, Spotlight Programs Board\, Student Engagement\n\n Additional Information can be found at: https://pin.gsu.edu/event/12485961 LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:Six Flags Over Georgia URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/gsu-night-at-six-flags-6092?utm_source= caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Georgia State Night at Six Flags DTSTART:20260918T220000Z DTEND:20260919T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53940256381836 CATEGORIES:outdoors DESCRIPTION:Georgia State Night at Six Flags Over Georgia. Private park ac cess for GSU alumni\, students and staff. Friday\, September 18 from 6:00 pm to Midnight. If you have questions\, call the GSU Spotlight office at 4 04-413-1610.\n\nStudents - $25\nAlumni - $35\nFaculty/Staff - $35 LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:Six Flags Over Georgia URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/georgia-state-night-at-six-flags?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Georgia State University Volleyball at Mercer DTSTART:20260918T220000Z DTEND:20260919T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T120326Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53502786545713 CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Georgia State University Volleyball at Mercer\nStreaming Video : https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/eventCalendarId/401901336?gameId=401 901336&sourceLang=en&om-navmethod=espn:globalsearch:results LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T120326Z LOCATION:Macon\, Ga. URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/georgia-state-university-volleyball-at- mercer?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Honey & Harmoni | Divas of the Decades | 1st Show DTSTART:20260918T220000Z DTEND:20260919T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T193352Z UID:10088-1789758000-1789758000@stjamesliveatl.com CATEGORIES:music LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T193352Z LOCATION:St. James Live\, 3220 Butner Rd SW\, Suite 240 Atlanta\, GA 30331 \, Atlanta\, 30331 URL:https://stjamesliveatl.com/show/honey-harmoni-divas-of-the-decades-1st -show/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:St. James Live! X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.stjamesliveatl.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:A FINE LINE DTSTART:20260918T220000Z DTEND:20260919T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T004219Z UID:10043533-1789754400-1789761600@www.artsatl.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Spalding Nix Fine Art is pleased to announce A FINE LINE\, a p resentation of four shows by Kate Hooray Osmond\, Nancy Talero\, Shannon D avis and Laura Dargan on view January 24 – March 20. \nCharleston-based interdisciplinary Artist Kate Hooray Osmond’s “Americana” explores h er evolving relationship with the shifting landscape of America through vi brant and expressive genre scene paintings. Atlanta-based Artist Nancy Tal ero’s “Super Nature” is a series of geometric modular paintings expl oring the merging and blurred boundaries of the natural and supernatural w orlds. Atlanta-based multi-media Artist Shannon Davis’s “Conversations in Motion” is a series of photographic digital compositions exploring t he formal aspects of design as malleable conversations. Charleston-based A rtist Laura Dargan’s “Threshold of Actuality” pays homage to nature and represents the transition between abstraction and actuality through cy anotype and painting. \nOpening Friday\, January 24\, 6-8 p.m. & Saturday\ , January 25\, 12-4 p.m.\nOpen Monday – Friday\, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.\, or by appointment. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T004219Z LOCATION:Spalding Nix Fine Art\, 425 Peachtree Hills Ave NE Suite 30A\, At lanta\, GA\, 30305\, United States URL:https://www.artsatl.org/event/a-fine-line/2026-09-18/?utm_source=caldi scovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:ARTS ATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.artsatl.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Art Center's 30th Birthday Celebration Gala DTSTART:20260918T220000Z DTEND:20260919T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T004219Z UID:10049942-1789754400-1789765200@www.artsatl.org CATEGORIES:arts,food,music DESCRIPTION:Join us for a celebration of The Art Center’s 30 years of cr eativity in the community! Enjoy a night to remember\, with live music and arts entertainment and a fine meal of heavy hors d’oeuvres. \nProceeds from the gala benefit The Art Center’s community arts programming\, incl uding our free and reduced-cost classes for at-risk youth and senior citiz ens. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T004219Z LOCATION:St Ives Country Club\, 1 St Ives Country Club Dr\, Johns Creek\, 30097 URL:https://www.artsatl.org/event/the-art-centers-30th-birthday-celebratio n-gala/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:ARTS ATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.artsatl.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Georgia State University Women's Cross Country at UNG XC Invitatio nal DTSTART:20260918T223000Z DTEND:20260919T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53927510681458 CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Georgia State University Women's Cross Country at UNG XC Invit ational LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:Gainesville\, Ga. URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/georgia-state-university-womens-cross-c ountry-at-ung-xc-invitational?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_c ampaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Murder Mystery Co. Dinner Theater Show at The Hudson Grille in Ken nesaw DTSTART:20260918T223000Z DTEND:20260919T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260914T050055Z UID:167742-1789756200-1789765200@travelcobb.org CATEGORIES:comedy,food,theater DESCRIPTION:Join the murder mystery experience that puts YOU in the spotli ght North of Atlanta. This comedic dinner theater show at the Hudson Grill e is the killer game everyone’s dying to play. Don’t let this unforget table event pass you by! \nAt this event like no other\, you’ll play alo ng as a detective or play a part as a suspect in the crime. Work with othe r guests to crack the case over a mouthwatering three-course meal\, and di scover whodunnit before the killer gets away! Mingle and connect with othe r teams and intriguing suspects\, discover clues\, uncover shocking secret s\, and unleash your inner child’s imagination during this interactive c omedic experience. But watch out! The killer could be anyone… even YOU! \nParticipate in a new mystery every month! From the glitz of 1930s Hollyw ood in “Best Laid Plans” to the roaring 1920s with “Death of a Gangs ter\,” each event offers unforgettable thrills. Boogie at a 1950s sock h op\, solve a 90s crime in “Good Riddance\,” or celebrate the season wi th “The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year.” Whether it’s a billionair e’s masquerade\, a 1980s bash\, or a chilling wedding-themed whodunit\, there’s a unique mystery waiting for you. Mark your calendar and join th e fun at the Hudson Grille in Kennesaw! \nCall the Box Office to avoid fee s and get $9 off! 888-659-2952 LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T050055Z LOCATION:The Hudson Grille\, Kennesaw\, GA URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/murder-mystery-co-dinner-theater-show-at- the-hudson-grille-in-kennesaw-4/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&ut m_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Cobb Travel & Tourism X-SOURCE-URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/southern-fried-gaming-expo END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Bèl Rèv DTSTART:20260918T223000Z DTEND:20260919T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T004219Z UID:10051921-1789756200-1789767000@www.artsatl.org CATEGORIES:food,theater DESCRIPTION:For Immediate Release\nAugust 19\, 2026\nContact: Monica Marte lly\nbel.rev.atl@gmail.com \nBÈL RÈV BRINGS AN ELEGANT CIRCUS DINNER THE ATRE CONCEPT TO ATLANTA\nTHIS SEPTEMBER AT THE GOAT FARM’S NEW VENUE\, L OOP \nBèl Rèv is Atlanta’s dreamy circus dinner theater that sets the table and the stage for a night of live performances\, culinary delights\, and unforgettable revelry \nBèl Rèv\, Atlanta’s dreamy circus dinner theater\, will premiere with proof-of-concept shows at LOOP in West Midtow n on September 18 & 19\, 2026. The debut experience will weave live circus performances\, a curated four-course dinner\, music\, drag\, storytelling \, and artful design into an evening where imagination becomes tangible an d possibility feels expansive. \nFounded by movement artist and engineerin g graduate Monica Martelly\, in collaboration with executive chef and culi nary creative Mwandisha Gaitor of 2 Pieces of Toast\, Bèl Rèv was create d to expand what live performance can be in Atlanta. Its mission is to pro duce bold\, engaging experiences while creating more space\, visibility\, and professional opportunities for the city’s creatives\, particularly a rtists from historically marginalized communities. \nWith Atlanta’s cele brated food scene and thriving arts communities\, Bèl Rèv offers a disti nctive opportunity to bring culinary and performing arts together. Every p art of the evening is thoughtfully connected\, inviting guests to experien ce the food\, performances\, music\, and environment as one unfolding stor y. \nThe multidisciplinary production will feature a unique variety of cir cus acts\, live music\, drag\, and interactive art installations. Guests w ill be guided through the journey by the Dreamweaver–portrayed by Atlant a drag phenomenon Dotte Com–and a diverse cast of artists will perform p ieces inspired by different dream archetypes: the surreal\, the beautiful\ , the bizarre\, and the hopeful. From aerial acts and juggling to flying p ole\, each performance contributes to a larger story about the magic of dr eaming big and lifting each other up. \nThroughout the evening\, four cura ted courses complement the performance\, crafted using local\, seasonal\, and sustainable ingredients. Guests will have the choice of “Earth\,” “Land\,” or “Sea” entrees\, each thoughtfully composed and beautif ully plated. Food is woven into the Bèl Rèv experience as part of the st orytelling\, not simply served alongside it\, creating moments of connecti on\, indulgence\, and surprise as the performance unfolds. The result is a culinary experience designed to engage the senses and enhance the journey . \nAs a proof-of-concept production\, Bèl Rèv is designed to demonstrat e the artistic impact and market potential of a permanent circus dinner th eater in Atlanta. Backed by experienced circus performers\, technical desi gners\, local culinary leaders\, musicians\, and event production professi onals\, Bèl Rèv is building a sustainable model for multidisciplinary co llaboration and high-caliber live productions\, while providing an unforge ttable and inspiring experience for dreamers from all walks of life. \n“ A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is rea lity.” – Yoko Ono \nBèl Rèv\nAtlanta’s Dreamy Circus Dinner Theatr e\nDirected and Produced by Monica Martelly\nExecutive Chef Mwandisha Gait or of 2 Pieces of Toast \nTickets at https://www.bigtickets.com/events/LOO P/bel-rev/\nLOOP\n665 Marietta Street\nAtlanta\, GA 30313\nTickets: Standa rd\, Premium\, and VIP. $150-$250.\nFriday\, September 18\, Doors at 6:30p m\, No Entry after 7:30pm\nSaturday\, September 19\, Doors at 6:30pm\, No Entry after 7:30pm\nhttps://belrevatl.com/ \nABOUT THE CREATORS \nMonica M artelly is the Dreamer & Founder behind Bèl Rèv. The name translates to “Beautiful Dream” in Haitian Creole\, her native tongue\, and reflects the origins of the concept – her dream of combining various art forms a nd passions into one big project that celebrates human art\, uplifts artis ts from diverse backgrounds\, and expands the possibilities for the dreame rs of Atlanta. \nMwandisha Gaitor is the Executive Chef for Bèl Rèv. As the culinary creator and owner of 2 Pieces of Toast (2POT)\, she has provi ded the best in local and seasonal cuisine\, sustainable eating\, and exem plary customer service in Atlanta for over 12 years. Her clients include p rominent corporations and organizations such as Spelman College\, Atlanta Mayor’s Office\, Visa\, The United Way\, and various justice movement or ganizations. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T004219Z LOCATION:LOOP\, 665 Marietta Street\, Atlanta\, 30313 URL:https://www.artsatl.org/event/bel-rev/2026-09-18/?utm_source=caldiscov ery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:ARTS ATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.artsatl.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Movies at the Museum - "F1: The Movie" DTSTART:20260918T230000Z DTEND:20260919T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T170255Z UID:10006381-1789758000-1789765200@savoymuseum.org CATEGORIES:arts,film DESCRIPTION:F1 The Movie (2025) \n  \nA Formula One driver comes out of r etirement to mentor and team up with a younger driver. \nFriday\, Septembe r 18\, 2026 \n7:00pm \n\n2 hours 35 minutes\nPG-13\n\nTickets\nMembers  – Complimentary \nGeneral Public – Included with admission to the mus eum. \nNote: Seating is available on a first come first served basis. Plea se plan accordingly. Also\, food and drink are not permitted in the Presen tation Theatre. Thank you for your cooperation! LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170255Z LOCATION:Savoy Automobile Museum\, 3 Savoy Lane\, Cartersville\, GA\, 3012 0\, United States URL:https://savoymuseum.org/event/movies-at-the-museum-f1-the-movie/?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Savoy Automobile Museum X-SOURCE-URL:https://savoymuseum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Blackfriars Student Theatre Rehearsals DTSTART:20260918T230000Z DTEND:20260919T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T123428Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53821450085293 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:Rehearsals for the student led show for the semester. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T123428Z LOCATION:Dana Fine Arts Building\, Dana 101 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/blackfriars-student-theatre-rehe arsals?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Nick Ridgely DTSTART:20260918T230000Z DTEND:20260919T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T195050Z UID:10000239-1789758000-1789768800@stillfirebrewing.com CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Founder/Vocalist for @nickandtheknacks\, Nick Ridgely takes th e StillFire Stage from 7-10pm! LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T195050Z URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com/event/nick-ridgely-2/?utm_source=caldisco very&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:StillFire Brewing X-SOURCE-URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Flannel Nation: 90s Rock Tribute Band DTSTART:20260918T230000Z DTEND:20260919T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T195050Z UID:10000246-1789758000-1789768800@stillfirebrewing.com CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Based out of Atlanta\, GA\, this five-piece tribute powerhouse doesn’t just play the hits—they resurrect the decade that defined a g eneration. From the distorted grit of grunge to the soaring hooks of alter native rock\, Flannel Nation delivers a high-energy performance that feels less like a cover set and more like a time machine. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T195050Z URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com/event/flannel-nation-90s-rock-tribute-ban d/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:StillFire Brewing X-SOURCE-URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Disappearers: Marlon James in conversation with Doug Jones DTSTART:20260918T230000Z DTEND:20260919T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T004219Z UID:10049253-1789758000-1789761600@www.artsatl.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Charis and the Georgia Center for the Book welcome Marlon Jame s in conversation with Doug Jones for a celebration of The Disappearers. \ nThis is an in-person only event and registration is required. RSVP here. This event takes place at the First Baptist Church of Decatur\, 308 Claire mont Avenue Decatur\, GA 30030. Doors open at 6:30pm. Event begins promptl y at 7:00pm. \nCharis and the Georgia Center for the Book welcome Marlon J ames in conversation with Doug Jones for a celebration of The Disappearers \, a propulsive novel about the murder of a gay man in 1980s Jamaica and i ts tragic consequences. \nIn 1988\, eight men in Kingston\, Jamaica\, begi n rehearsals for a play. The men are strangers to one another and each has a different reason for being involved. But they all share one inescapable truth: All of them are gay―a “battyman” in Jamaican argot―and all of them must contend with the dangers that such a truth lays bare. \nOne night a mob savagely attacks them\, killing one of the men. For the surviv ors\, their recovery is as much emotional as it is physical. As their bodi es heal\, each man grapples with the violence\, the hatred\, and the rage that the attack made plain. Some try to ignore what the attack has unearth ed\, while others double down on retribution. \nIn The Disappearers\, Marl on James has written a riveting and deeply human story of men forced to ma ke compromises to survive what the society they live in demands. It is bot h a dramatic page-turner and an unflinching exploration of queer life in J amaica during the 1980s and 1990s. \nAbout the author \nMarlon James is th e Booker Prize–winning and New York Times bestselling author of A Brief History of Seven Killings\; the bestselling and National Book Award finali st Black Leopard\, Red Wolf\; as well as the bestselling Moon Witch\, Spid er King\; The Book of Night Women\; and John Crow’s Devil. In addition t o the Booker Prize\, James’s novels have won the American Book Award\, t he Anisfield-Wolf Book Award\, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize\, the OCM B ocas Prize for Caribbean Literature\, and the Los Angeles Times Ray Bradbu ry Prize for Science Fiction\, and have been finalists for the National Bo ok Critics Circle Award and the NAACP Image Award. In 2019\, Time magazine named him one of the one hundred most influential people in the world. Bo rn in Jamaica\, James lives in New York City. \nAbout the conversation par tner \nDoug Jones is an alumnus of Morehouse College and received his MFA from Columbia University. His debut novel\, The Fantasies of Future Things (Simon & Schuster\, April ’25) was longlisted for both the 2026 VCU Cab ell First Novelist Award and the 2025 First Novel Prize. His work has been included in the anthologies Black Love Letters (Zando Projects / Get Lift ed Books)\, Role Call: A Generational Anthology of Social and Political Bl ack Literature & Art (Third World Press) and Sojourner: Black Gay Voices i n the Age of AIDS (Other Countries Press). He has written for LitHub.com\, Black Issues Book Review and Venus Magazine. An inaugural fellow of the L ambda Literary Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices\, Doug’s early work received recognition from the Hurston/Wright Foundation. Doug lives i n Atlanta\, GA. \nAbout the Event \nAll attendees must register for the ev ent by selecting a ticket. There will be a limited number of free tickets. You may choose: a free ticket without a book\, a single ticket with a boo k\, or a ticket for 2 people that includes one book. \nIf you choose the b ook with ticket option\, you will bring your ticket (digitally or on paper ) with you to pick up your copy of the book at the event. All books not pi cked up at the event on 9/18 will be available for pickup at Charis Books and More (184 S. Candler St\, Decatur) for 2 weeks. \nDoors open at 6:30 p m. Event begins promptly at 7:00 pm. \nCOVID 19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS + ACCESSI BILITY:\nMasks: Face masks are strongly encouraged but not required.\nSoci al Distancing: Attendance will be capped below capacity to ensure social d istancing. \nThe First Baptist Church is fully wheelchair accessible\, wit h accessible parking. Please contact us at info@charisbooksandmore.com or 404-524-0304 if you have other seating or accessibility needs or would lik e to request ASL interpretation. \nEvent Code of Conduct: By attending our event you agree to our Code of Conduct: Our event seeks to provide a hara ssment-free experience for everyone\, regardless of gender\, gender identi ty and expression\, age\, sexual orientation\, disability\, physical appea rance\, body size\, race\, ethnicity\, religion (or lack thereof)\, class\ , or technology choices. We do not tolerate harassment in any form. Anyone violating these rules will be expelled from this event and all future eve nts at the discretion of the organizers. Please report all harassment to i nfo@chariscircle.org immediately. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T004219Z LOCATION:First Baptist Church of Decatur\, 308 Clairemont Ave\, Decatur\, 30030\, United States URL:https://www.artsatl.org/event/the-disappearers-marlon-james-in-convers ation-with-doug-jones/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign =atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:ARTS ATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.artsatl.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Die Körper DTSTART:20260918T230000Z DTEND:20260919T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T004219Z UID:10048590-1789758000-1789763400@www.artsatl.org CATEGORIES:dance,theater DESCRIPTION:World Premiere dance theater work by Jillian Mitchell / Kit Mo dus LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T004219Z LOCATION:Windmill Arts\, 2823 Church St\, East Point\, 30344 URL:https://www.artsatl.org/event/die-korper/2026-09-18/?utm_source=caldis covery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:ARTS ATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.artsatl.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Live Jazz February Friday's: Wine\, Live Music & Sangria Specials DTSTART:20260918T230000Z DTEND:20260919T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T063839Z UID:10045282-1789758000-1789768800@www.artsatl.org CATEGORIES:drink,music DESCRIPTION:Ease into the weekend with smooth jazz and self-service wine. Join us for a laidback Friday night! \n🍷🎶 Live Jazz Friday’s every Friday at Taste Wine Bar at The Works ATL 🎷 \nCozy up with friends thi s winter season on Fridays from 7PM-10PM with the perfect hangout featurin g: LIVE JAZZ • SELF-POUR WINE TASTINGS \nCheck out the vibes here! \n✨ Live jazz from local Atlanta musicians each week \n✨DIY wine tasting fro m our self-service wine dispensing system with 48 tap options. See how it works here! Wine card purchase required. \n✨Sip on our signature Sangria Special \nThe Lineup \nFeb 6 \nFeb 13 \nFeb 20 \nFeb 27 \n📍 Taste Wine Bar located at The Works ATL | 202 Chattahoochee Row NW\, Suite B \nFree 2 Hour Parking in deck directly across the street + street parking \nRSVP and start your weekend with us! Early arrival suggested\, no reservations. \nWEEKLY LINEUP\nTaste Night Thursdays: Free Sampling Series | 7-9 PM\nLi ve Jazz Sessions Fridays | 7-10 PM \nAbout T. Nicole Activations: We partn er with Atlanta’s top venues to create vibe-forward events that build co mmunity and drive traffic through curated music\, hospitality\, and influe ncer touchpoints. Learn more: [@tnicole.activations] \nInterested in Perfo rming? Email tnicoleactivations@gmail.com for booking LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T063839Z LOCATION:Taste Wine Bar and Market\, 202 Chattahoochee Row Northwest\, Sui te B\, Atlanta\, 30318 URL:https://www.artsatl.org/event/live-jazz-february-fridays-wine-live-mus ic-sangria-specials/2026-09-18/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm _campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:ARTS ATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.artsatl.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Choir of Trinity College\, Cambridge\, England DTSTART:20260918T233000Z DTEND:20260919T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T193057Z UID:10041544-1789759800-1789765200@www.globalatlanta.com CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:The Choir of Trinity College\, Cambridge is one of the most ac claimed collegiate choirs in the world\, and the Cathedral of St. Philip i s delighted to welcome them back to Atlanta following their previous perfo rmances here to capacity audiences\, most recently in 2019. \nThe choir pu rsues a vigorous recording and international touring schedule\, in additio n to singing several choral services in the College Chapel each week durin g university term. Trinity College’s choral tradition dates back to the 14th century\, and they were recently designated one of the top five choir s in the world by Gramophone magazine. \nThe program celebrates choral mus ic from Thomas Tallis\, the grandfather of the English choral tradition\, through to music of today including Dame Judith Weir\, Master of the King ’s Music and an Honorary Fellow at Trinity College. The program also inc ludes J.S. Bach Komm\, Jesu\, komm\, the Gustav Holst Nunc Dimittis and wo rks by John Taverner and Herbert Howells. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T193057Z LOCATION:The Cathedral of St Philip\, 2744 Peachtree Rd NW\, Atlanta\, GA\ , 30305\, United States URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/event/the-choir-of-trinity-college-cambr idge-england/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta- ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Global Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/events/category/culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Performance by The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge\; Steven Gra hl\, conductor DTSTART:20260918T233000Z DTEND:20260919T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T201431Z UID:10002945-1789759800-1789763400@episcopalatlanta.org CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge is one of the most accl aimed collegiate choirs in the world\, and we are delighted to welcome the m back to Atlanta following their previous performances here to capacity a udiences\, most recently in 2019. The choir pursues a vigorous recording a nd international touring schedule\, in addition to singing several choral services in the College Chapel each week during university term. Trinity C ollege’s choral tradition dates back to the 14th century\, and they were recently designated one of the top five choirs in the world by Gramophone Magazine. \nTickets are $15 to $85 and may be purchased at: https://www.e ventbrite.com/e/concert-by-the-choir-of-trinity-college-cambridge-england- tickets-1995026749713?aff=ebdssbdestsearch LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T201431Z LOCATION:The Cathedral of St. Philip\, 2744 Peachtree Road NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30305\, United States URL:https://episcopalatlanta.org/event/performance-by-the-choir-of-trinity -college-cambridge-steven-grahl-conductor/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_med ium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://episcopalatlanta.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Live at the LAC: Tito Puente Jr. & his Latin Jazz Ensemble DTSTART:20260918T233000Z DTEND:20260919T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T063839Z UID:10050814-1789759800-1789763400@www.artsatl.org CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the vibrant rhythms and rich traditions of Latin mus ic with Tito Puente Jr. and his electrifying Latin Jazz Ensemble live at t he Lawrenceville Arts Center. \nAs the official kickoff to Lawrenceville ’s annual CULTURA celebration\, this unforgettable evening brings the en ergy of mambo\, salsa\, Latin jazz\, and tropical rhythms to the Clyde & S andra Strickland Grand Stage. Carrying forward the legendary legacy of his father\, Tito Puente—widely known as the “King of Latin Music”—Ti to Puente Jr. has become a celebrated performer in his own right\, captiva ting audiences nationwide with his dynamic stage presence and infectious m usical energy. \nAudiences can expect an evening filled with timeless Lati n classics\, world-class musicianship\, and nonstop excitement that will h ave you dancing in your seat. Join us for an unforgettable night as Downto wn Lawrenceville comes alive with music\, movement\, and the spirit of CUL TURA. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T063839Z LOCATION:Lawrenceville Arts Center\, 157 East Crogan Street\, Lawrencevill e\, GA\, 30046\, United States URL:https://www.artsatl.org/event/live-at-the-lac-tito-puente-jr-his-latin -jazz-ensemble/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlant a-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:ARTS ATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.artsatl.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Seared DTSTART:20260918T233000Z DTEND:20260919T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T063839Z UID:10047034-1789759800-1789767000@www.artsatl.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:With a savvy restaurant consultant and a waiter with dreams of his own added to the mix – everything starts to ignite in flames in thi s hilarious and insightful new play that explores what happens when art an d money collide. \nAudiences will be up close to the action as the Woodsto ck Stage is transformed into the intimate kitchen of a New York City resta urant. SEARED is calling you into the kitchen to DISCOVER THE FIRE! \nHarr y – a culinary genius with a flare for the dramatic – receives a posit ive review in a food magazine for his signature scallops and his business partner can see their restaurant finally making money. The catch – Harry refuses to ever make the scallops again. \nSEARED is a play that asks que stions we are all deeply familiar with – what happens when the things th at feel so intimately personal and our own become something that belongs t o everyone? It’s also a play where we explore – intimately- the world of high-stakes cuisine\, and enter into the kitchen for a front-row look. We here at Woodstock Arts are so excited to create a fully functional kitc hen onstage for this show and cook a meal for the audience to see\, hear\, and even smell! (We may not have enough portions for everyone to taste\, unfortunately). LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T063839Z LOCATION:Woodstock Arts Theatre\, 8534 Main Street\, Woodstock\, GA\, 3018 8\, United States URL:https://www.artsatl.org/event/seared/2026-09-18/?utm_source=caldiscove ry&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:ARTS ATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.artsatl.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:A First Lady’s Guide to Killing the President DTSTART:20260918T233000Z DTEND:20260919T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T063839Z UID:10048345-1789759800-1789767000@www.artsatl.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:When events take an unexpected turn aboard a presidential trai n\, five women are left to manage the chaos while everyone else struggles to keep up. A First Lady’s Guide to Killing the President is a witty\, f ast-paced comedy by Topher Payne that blends pressure\, politics\, and sha rp humor into one unforgettable ride. Limited run. Only seven performances \, May 8–17. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T063839Z LOCATION:Georgia Ensemble Theatre\, 950 Forrest St.\, Roswell\, Georgia\, 30075\, United States URL:https://www.artsatl.org/event/a-first-ladys-guide-to-killing-the-presi dent/2026-09-18/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlan ta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:ARTS ATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.artsatl.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:A Meal DTSTART:20260918T233000Z DTEND:20260919T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T063839Z UID:10051935-1789759800-1789768800@www.artsatl.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:A multi-sensorial live performance: part ritual\, part celebra tion\, part installation\, and part shared cooking experience by criticall y acclaimed multidisciplinary artist duo Ximena Garnica and Shige Moriya. Produced by LEIMAY\, A Meal explores our deep connection with food—where it comes from\, what we eat\, and who we share it with. \nThis immersive experience takes you through a series of vignettes where you’ll partake in the act of cooking and eating together\, witness performances by mythol ogical creatures\, and encounter offering songs and evocative sound/video movement installations. The layered work features evocative images and dan ces\, resonating with our post-industrial relationship with food and the J apanese and Colombian roots of the co-creators. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T063839Z LOCATION:7 Stages Theatre\, GA\, United States URL:https://www.artsatl.org/event/a-meal/2026-09-18/?utm_source=caldiscove ry&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:ARTS ATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.artsatl.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:THE CLASSIC IMPROV SHOW DTSTART:20260919T000000Z DTEND:20260919T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260731T061446Z UID:10003802-1789761600-1789767000@www.wholeworldtheatre.com CATEGORIES:comedy DESCRIPTION:Whole World Improv Theatre Presents: The Award-Winning Classic Improv Show! \n\n\n\nGet ready for an electrifying night of spontaneous l aughter with Atlanta’s best improv comedy! Whole World Improv Theatre\, your favorite little venue nestled in the vibrant Heart of Midtown\, Atl anta\, is thrilled to feature our award-winning improvisers every Friday a nd Saturday night. Prepare to be amazed as our quick-witted performers tra nsform your audience suggestions into side-splitting scenes\, unforgettab le characters\, and hilarious stories – all made up on the spot\, right before your eyes! \n\n\n\nARE YOU READY TO PLAY? Wanna pull an all-nighte r? 8pm ticket holders can purchase $10 tickets at the door for the 10pm sh ow the same night\, provided tickets are still available. This is an at-do or purchase only and is non-transferable. Upon your arrival\, let our Will Call attendant know you want to stay over for the 10pm and they will assi st you with the ticket purchase   \n\n\n\nThis show is intended for a mat ure audience and may contain adult language and contentThis show will cons ist of two sets. Show run time is @75-80 minutesSeating is GENERAL ADMISSI ON LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T061446Z LOCATION:Whole World Improv\, 1216 Spring St. NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://www.wholeworldtheatre.com/show/the-classic-improv-show/2026-09 -18/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Whole World Improv Theatre X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.wholeworldtheatre.com/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Bienvenido al Centro: tour por la galería de español DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTSTAMP:20260827T183514Z UID:144565-1789776000-1789948799@www.civilandhumanrights.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:For nearly a decade\, the National Center for Civil and Huma n Rights has served as the home of the LGBTQ+ Institute\, which advanced  research\, education\, and leadership development  Today\, we are proud t o announce that a program developed under the Institute has evolved into the Rustin Institute for Leadership Development\, an independent nonprof it inspired by Bayard Rustin’s legacy of moral courage\, coalition-build ing\, and imagination.   Named for the visionary strategist\, organizer\ , and architect of the 1963 March on Washington\, the Rustin Institute is dedicated to cultivating intergenerational leadership and movements roote d in justice\, dignity\, and democratic change.   Tim’m West\, who s erved as the director of the LGBTQ+ Institute\, established the Rustin  Institute as an independent 501(c)(3) organization to deepen its impact\ , pursue new funding opportunities\, and expand partnerships.   “As our programs expanded and our vision grew\, I knew establishing an indepen dent organization would help us focus on building a new generation of le aders\,” said Tim’m West\, now the Executive Director of the Rust in Institute for Leadership Development. “I am deeply grateful to the Na tional Center for Civil and Human Rights for helping to make this possibl e.”  As the Rustin Institute embarks on this exciting new chapter\, th e Center congratulates Tim’m West and the Rustin Institute team.   “We look forward to seeing the organization cultivate courageous leaders  and carry forward Bayard Rustin’s enduring legacy of moral courage\, c oalition-building\, and the pursuit of justice and equal dignity for all\, ” said Jill Savitt\, CEO of the National Center for Civil and Human Righ ts. LAST-MODIFIED:20260827T183514Z LOCATION:National Center for Civil and Human Rights\, 100 Ivan Allen Jr. B lvd\, Atlanta\, GA\, United States URL:https://www.civilandhumanrights.org/events/bienvenido-al-centro-19-20/ ?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:National Center for Civil and Human Rights X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.civilandhumanrights.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Best of Atlanta Comedy Showcase - Friday September 18 at 8:00pm DTSTART:20260919T000000Z DTEND:20260919T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260830T000943Z UID:10001797-1789761600-1789767000@laughingskulllounge.com CATEGORIES:comedy LAST-MODIFIED:20260830T000943Z LOCATION:Laughing Skull Lounge\, 878 Peachtree Street\, Atlanta\, GA\, 303 09\, United States URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com/event/best-of-atlanta-comedy-showcase- friday-september-18-2026-at-800pm/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics& utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Laughing Skull Lounge X-SOURCE-URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Bradley Observatory Open House DTSTART:20260919T000000Z DTEND:20260919T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260908T183537Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53883416081152 CATEGORIES:education,free DESCRIPTION:For 70 years\, Bradley Observatory has welcomed guests to our open houses monthly during the academic year. We host an open house every month during the semester on a Friday evening at 7 p.m. or 8 p.m. The even t is free and open to the public. Join us to hear an exciting astronomy ta lk\, watch the stars drift overhead in our state-of-the-art planetarium du ring our sky show\, and\, weather permitting\, view the real stars and pla nets through our telescopes!\n\nSeptember's Open House features Professor Hodari-Sadiki Hubbard-James for a presentation entitled\, "Are We Alone? A stronomy and Astrobiology in the ISLANDS Lab". The ISLANDS Lab (Interstell ar Search for Life Around Nearby Dwarf Stars) at Agnes Scott has spent thr ee years exploring that question from three directions. We survey hundreds of nearby stars smaller and cooler than the Sun\, seeking the calm\, stab le ones where a planet could retain its atmosphere. We grow plants in the lab under simulated starlight to test how photosynthesis functions when th e star is NOT the Sun. We are also re-examining the 1977 Wow! Signal\, whi ch remains the most powerful unexplained candidate for an extraterrestrial radio transmission ever detected. Dr. Hodari-Sadiki Hubbard-James will wa lk through all three\, including the work Agnes Scott students have contri buted to each. LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T183537Z LOCATION:Bradley Observatory & Delafield Planetarium\, BA-Delafield Planet arium URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/bradley-observatory-open-house?u tm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dahlia Show DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTSTAMP:20260909T191110Z UID:10012025-1789776000-1789948799@atlantabg.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Experience the annual Georgia Dahlia Show\, showcasing hundred s of exquisite dahlia varieties grown and cultivated by members of the Dah lia Society of Georgia. From bold dinner-plate blooms to delicate pompons\ , explore a stunning display of colors\, forms and sizes that highlight th e artistry and dedication of Georgia’s dahlia growers. \nSaturday\, Sept . 19\, 1-3 p.m.\nSunday\, Sept. 20\, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.\nMershon Hall   \nFr ee with Garden admission LAST-MODIFIED:20260909T191110Z LOCATION:Atlanta Botanical Garden\, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/dahlia-show/?utm_source=caldiscovery&ut m_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Botanical Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/category/atlanta END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:College of Law Fall 2026 - Spring 2027 Clinic & Externship Applic ation Period DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260920 DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52922638413030 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Spring 2027 Clinic & Externship Application Period\n\nSeptembe r 16-30 2025\n\nThe application for Spring enrollment for all clinics and externships opens on Wednesday\, September 16th and closes on Wednesday\, September 30th at 11:59 p.m. To apply\, visit the Clinical Programs page o r the Externships page. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-college-of-law-fall-2025-spring -2026-clinic-externship-application-period?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_med ium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Withdrawal Period - Full Semester DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260920 DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52328748780469 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Withdrawal Period begins via PAWS at 8 a.m.\n\nWithdrawn c lasses appear on the official transcript with the grade of W or WF.\n\nFor detailed information on withdrawals\, refer to the "Revision of Class Sch edule" section of the University Catalog. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-classes-begin-mmii?utm_source=c aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Pop-In for Family Fun: Music of Marietta DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260920 DTSTAMP:20260914T050055Z UID:170931-1789776000-1789862399@travelcobb.org CATEGORIES:arts,family,free,music DESCRIPTION:Families are invited to make some noise at the Marietta Histor y Center’s Music of Marietta Pop-In for Family Fun on Saturday\, Septemb er 19th. Held on the 3rd Saturday of every month\, Pop-Ins offer an exciti ng opportunity for children and their families to engage with the museum t hrough themed crafts and activities. \nFamilies will engage with an instru ment “petting zoo\,” live music in the galleries\, and other lyrical a nd rhythm-based crafts and interactive activities. \nFREE\, sponsored by C authorn\, Sanders & Schmidt LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T050055Z LOCATION:Marietta History Center\, 1 Depot Street\, Marietta\, GA\, 30060 URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/pop-in-for-family-fun-music-of-marietta/? utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Cobb Travel & Tourism X-SOURCE-URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/southern-fried-gaming-expo END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Big Game Day DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260920 DTSTAMP:20260914T050055Z UID:171505-1789776000-1789862399@travelcobb.org CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Football season is here\, and the United Bankshares Amphitheat er at Depot Park is the perfect place to watch the big game. \n  \nJoin t he City of Kennesaw beginning at 12:30 PM to enjoy the pregame atmosphere before the matchup kicks off on the amphitheater’s large LED screen. Bri ng your lawn chairs\, pack your favorite snacks and drinks\, and spend the afternoon cheering alongside friends\, family\, and fellow football fans in Downtown Kennesaw. \n  \nCheer with friends\, neighbors\, and fellow f ans\, and make the most of a game day right at home. LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T050055Z LOCATION:Depot Park\, 2828 Cherokee Street NW\, Kennesaw\, GA\, 30144 URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/big-game-day/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm _medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Cobb Travel & Tourism X-SOURCE-URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/southern-fried-gaming-expo END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Yo Soy Smyrna: Hispanic Heritage Celebration DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260920 DTSTAMP:20260917T123253Z UID:171816-1789776000-1789862399@travelcobb.org CATEGORIES:community,festival,food,free,music DESCRIPTION:Celebra La Cultura! Disfruta de la Comida y El Baile. Join us Saturday\, September 19th\, as we honor and celebrate the rich cultures\, traditions\, and contributions of Hispanic communities for National Hispan ic American Heritage Month. Enjoy vibrant live entertainment\, delicious H ispanic cuisine\, and a diverse array of local vendors. Bring the whole fa mily for a day of music\, flavor\, and fun as we celebrate heritage and un ity! This all-ages event is free to attend. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T123253Z LOCATION:Village Green Park\, 200 Village Green Cir SE\, Smyrna\, GA\, 300 80 URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/yo-soy-smyrna-hispanic-heritage-celebrati on/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Cobb Travel & Tourism X-SOURCE-URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/southern-fried-gaming-expo END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Guns N' Roses at Truist Park DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260920 DTSTAMP:20260914T050055Z UID:163344-1789776000-1789862399@travelcobb.org CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Guns N’ Roses are bringing the 2026 World Tour to Truist Par k September 19! Tickets are now on sale below. LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T050055Z LOCATION:Truist Park\, 755 Battery Ave SE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30339 URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/guns-n-roses-at-truist-park/?utm_source=c aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Cobb Travel & Tourism X-SOURCE-URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/southern-fried-gaming-expo END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Comedy on the Square DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260920 DTSTAMP:20260915T195348Z UID:171457-1789776000-1789862399@travelcobb.org CATEGORIES:comedy DESCRIPTION:Get ready for a night of world-class laughs at The Alley Stage ’s Comedy on the Square — Cobb County’s premier professional comedy show! Every weekend\, the BEST comedians from Atlanta\, the Southeast\, an d across the country\, deliver unforgettable performances that will have y ou laughing all night long. From national touring headliners to rising sta rs of the comedy scene\, the lineup is carefully curated to showcase top-t ier talent and diverse comedic styles — all in an intimate\, up-close se tting that makes every show feel personal and electric. Whether you’re a dedicated comedy fan or just looking for an incredible night out\, Comedy on the Square promises nonstop laughs\, sharp wit\, and a high-energy atm osphere. Grab your friends\, get a drink\, and experience why The Alley St age is Cobb County’s home for professional live comedy. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T195348Z LOCATION:The Alley Stage\, 11 Anderson Street\, Marietta\, GA\, 30064 URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/comedy-on-the-square-29/?utm_source=caldi scovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Cobb Travel & Tourism X-SOURCE-URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/southern-fried-gaming-expo END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:St. Jude Walk DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260920 DTSTAMP:20260915T195348Z UID:171512-1789776000-1789862399@travelcobb.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:oin St. Jude for the Annual St. Jude Walk on September 19\, 20 26\, at The Battery Atlanta!Gather with friends\, family\, and supporters as we come together to raise awareness and funds for the lifesaving missio n of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. \nEvent Schedule:7:00 AM – Registration Opens & The Plaza Green Activates for Participants and Famil ies.7:30 AM – Opening Ceremonies.8:25 AM – 5K Walk/Run Begins.10:30 AM – Event Concludes.Splash pad will be closed until 12:00PM* LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T195348Z LOCATION:Battery Atlanta\, 800 Battery Ave. SE\, Suite 110\, Atlanta\, GA\ , 30339 URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/st-jude-walk/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm _medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Cobb Travel & Tourism X-SOURCE-URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/southern-fried-gaming-expo END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Marietta Square Farmers Market DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260920 DTSTAMP:20260915T195348Z UID:165509-1789776000-1789862399@travelcobb.org CATEGORIES:market DESCRIPTION:The market has an average of 65 vendors and hundreds of custom ers each week. Market customers have lots of variety to choose from includ ing heirloom tomatoes\, fruits and vegetables that are rarely\, if ever\, available from the grocery store. They also have lots of staples such as p otatoes\, onions\, tomatoes\, squash\, and beans in addition to pattypan s quash\, heirloom salad mix\, amazing cut flower arrangements\, local honey \, herbal soaps\, whole-grain breads\, jelly\, jam\, and preserves. Custom ers can also take home many live garden\, yard\, and culinary herb plants. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T195348Z LOCATION:41 Mill Street\, Marietta\, GA URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/marietta-square-farmers-market-31/?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Cobb Travel & Tourism X-SOURCE-URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/southern-fried-gaming-expo END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Encore Acting Workshops: Carmela Full of Wishes DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260920 DTSTAMP:20260915T201048Z UID:10001647-1789776000-1789862399@www.alliancetheatre.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Carmela Full of Wishes\nSaturday\, SEP 19 // Following the 4:3 0 PM Performance\n\n\n\nFollowing weekend performances of Carmela Full of Wishes\, audiences are invited to stay after the show for a FREE Encore Ac ting workshop! Step into the spotlight with an Alliance Theatre teaching a rtist for a engaging workshop inspired by the show. This hands-on experien ce is open to all ages and perfect for curious performers of every level.* No workshops offered after shows with a talkback. \nGet Show Tickets LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T201048Z LOCATION:Center Space URL:https://www.alliancetheatre.org/event/encore-acting-workshops-carmela- full-of-wishes-sep-19/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign =atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Alliance Theatre X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.alliancetheatre.org/content/shows-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:AYC Club Championship (Y FLYER) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTSTAMP:20260915T201325Z UID:2m6o6oo6ajumt270jfkjqpda92@google.com CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:https://atlantayachtclub.org/clubChampionship LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T201325Z X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Yacht Club Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantayachtclub.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Model Railroad Days Fall Edition DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTSTAMP:20260915T203646Z UID:133507-1789776000-1789948799@www.train-museum.org CATEGORIES:arts,market DESCRIPTION:North Georgia Modular Rail returns with other guests to highli ght the craft behind our favorite toys – Model RRs of all scales\, a few vendors and a Museum model surplus sale. Should be fun for all! LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T203646Z LOCATION:Southeastern Railway Museum\, 3595 Buford Hwy\, Duluth\, GA\, 300 96\, United States URL:https://www.train-museum.org/event/model-railroad-days-fall-edition/?u tm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Southeastern Railway Museum X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.train-museum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Game Day at Glover Park Brewery DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260920 DTSTAMP:20260916T062548Z UID:171509-1789776000-1789862399@travelcobb.org CATEGORIES:drink DESCRIPTION:Experience college football game day at Glover Park Brewery an d enjoy pizza by Fusco’s Food Truck! LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T062548Z LOCATION:Glover Park Brewery\, 65 Atlanta St SE\, Marietta\, GA\, 30060 URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/game-day-at-glover-park-brewery-2/?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Cobb Travel & Tourism X-SOURCE-URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/southern-fried-gaming-expo END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Root House Harvest Dinner DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260919 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260920 DTSTAMP:20260917T123253Z UID:170933-1789776000-1789862399@travelcobb.org CATEGORIES:food DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss a special evening of rustic elegance at the Willi am Root House. This popular experience includes an intimate meal served in the picturesque gardens surrounding the 1840s home. Have a seat at one of the antique farmhouse tables and enjoy a southern-style dinner including appetizers\, fried chicken\, seasonal vegetables\, and dessert. Iced tea a nd water will be served. \nGuests may bring their own beverages to enjoy. Space is limited. No refunds. This event may be rescheduled in the event o f inclement weather. Participants will be notified in advance. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T123253Z LOCATION:William Root House\, 80 N Marietta Pkwy NW\, Marietta\, GA\, 3006 0 URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/root-house-harvest-dinner/?utm_source=cal discovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Cobb Travel & Tourism X-SOURCE-URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/southern-fried-gaming-expo END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dueling Pianos at Park Bench DTSTART:20260919T010000Z DTEND:20260919T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260910T060301Z UID:10005556-1789765200-1789765200@batteryatl.com CATEGORIES:free,music DESCRIPTION:Join all the fun of the Park Bench rockin’ Dueling Pianos ex perience!  Groups\, celebrations\, parties\, and other occasions are welc omed and encouraged! \nAdmission to this entertaining show is No-Cover\, s o come anytime throughout the night. \nGeneral seating is on a first-come basis and often sold out\, so reserve a table(s) to guarantee your seating ! \nNo Cover For General Admission – Open Late Nite – 21+ for Entry \n Doors Open:  5:00 pm \nShowtime: 9:00 pm \nClick here for more informatio n! LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T060301Z LOCATION:Park Bench\, 900 Battery Ave\, Ste 1060\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30339 URL:https://batteryatl.com/event/park-becnh-dueling-pianos-2026/?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:BatteryATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://batteryatl.com/events-calendar/tag/live-music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Karaoke Night at Punch Bowl Social DTSTART:20260919T010000Z DTEND:20260919T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260910T060301Z UID:10005558-1789765200-1789765200@batteryatl.com CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Karaoke Night – Grab the Mic\, Rule the Night! ️ \n\n\n\n\ nGet ready to level up your Fridays with live Karaoke\, an open mic night where your vocals take center stage in a festive experience hosted by Luk e Smart’s Karaoke! \n🔥 Here’s what to expect: \n\nFree arcade card with your first drink purchase!\nThe chance to sing your heart out in fro nt of a hype crowd 🎶\nEpic vibes\, great drinks\, and arcade fun all ni ght long 🍻\nClick here for more information! LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T060301Z LOCATION:Punch Bowl Social\, 875 Battery Ave SE Ste 720\, Atlanta\, Georgi a\, 30339\, United States URL:https://batteryatl.com/event/karaoke-night-at-punch-bowl-social/?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:BatteryATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://batteryatl.com/events-calendar/tag/live-music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Honey & Harmoni | Divas of the Decades | 2nd Show DTSTART:20260919T010000Z DTEND:20260919T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T193352Z UID:10100-1789768800-1789768800@stjamesliveatl.com CATEGORIES:music LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T193352Z LOCATION:St. James Live\, 3220 Butner Rd SW\, Suite 240 Atlanta\, GA 30331 \, Atlanta\, 30331 URL:https://stjamesliveatl.com/show/honey-harmoni-divas-of-the-decades-2nd -show/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:St. James Live! X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.stjamesliveatl.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CELEBRATING HISPANIC HERITAGE DTSTART:20260919T020000Z DTEND:20260919T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T181529Z UID:10004178-1789768800-1789772400@www.wholeworldtheatre.com CATEGORIES:comedy,theater DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Atlanta’s original al l-Hispanic improv cast! Every Friday at 10 PM\, Whole World Improv Theatr e presents a unique\, fully improvised show celebrating Latin culture and storytelling. From spooky musical comedy to real-life stories brought to t he stage\, no two Fridays are ever the same. \n\n\n\n\nSept 18th – El Ar mando: Una historia real se convierte en una obra completamente improvisa da. / A real story becomes a completely improvised play.\n\n\n\nSept 25th – Whole World Gigante: Talentos hispanos de Atlanta\, reunidos en un so lo escenario. / Atlanta’s Hispanic talent\, united on one stage.\n\n\n\n Oct 2nd – Caos Musical: Un musical 100% improvisado. / A 100% improvise d musical.\n\n\n\nOct 9 – La Llorona: La leyenda de La Llorona\, reimag inada con terror y comedia.  / The legend of La Llorona\, reimagined with horror and comedy.\n\n\n\n\nThis show is intended for mature audiences an d may contain adult themes and content This show will consist of one 60-m inute set Seating is GENERAL ADMISSION LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181529Z LOCATION:Whole World Improv\, 1216 Spring St. NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://www.wholeworldtheatre.com/show/spanish-improv-comedy/2026-09-1 8/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Whole World Improv Theatre X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.wholeworldtheatre.com/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Best of Atlanta Comedy Showcase - Friday September 18 at 10:30PM DTSTART:20260919T023000Z DTEND:20260919T033000Z DTSTAMP:20260830T060957Z UID:10001800-1789770600-1789774200@laughingskulllounge.com CATEGORIES:comedy LAST-MODIFIED:20260830T060957Z LOCATION:Laughing Skull Lounge\, 878 Peachtree Street\, Atlanta\, GA\, 303 09\, United States URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com/event/best-of-atlanta-comedy-showcase- friday-september-18-2026-at-1030pm/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics &utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Laughing Skull Lounge X-SOURCE-URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Panthers Commitment to Consent 2026-2027 Academic Year DTSTART:20260919T040000Z DTEND:20260920T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53547031930155 CATEGORIES:wellness DESCRIPTION:Take the Georgia State Commitment to Consent and help create a culture of respect\, communication\, and positive sexual wellness across our Panther community. \nConsent is enthusiastic\, communicated\, specific \, informed\, and reversible. It means making sure everyone is able and wi lling to participate\, communicating clearly\, respecting boundaries\, and understanding that anyone can change their mind at any time. \nHow it wor ks (less than 2 minutes!): \n\nRSVP to this event during the 2026–2027 a cademic year. \nShare your name and affirm your commitment to practicing t he Student Wellness Five Components of Consent in your sexual and intimate interactions. \nComplete the virtual commitment to demonstrate your suppo rt for a culture where consent\, communication\, and respect are valued. \ n\nYour attendance will be recorded in PIN\, making you eligible to earn P ounce Rewards and contribute toward your Health & Wellness Advocate proces s. \nTake a moment to make the commitment. Your participation helps promot e respect\, healthy communication\, safety\, and positive sexual wellness at Georgia State University. 🐾 \nLearn more about consent by registerin g for the Your Sexual Wellness Matters iCollege Course\n \n\nHosted by: B e Well Panthers Health & Wellness\n\nAdditional Information can be found a t: https://pin.gsu.edu/event/12526520 LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/yes-to-consent-panthers-pledge-2026-202 7-academic-year?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlant a-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Second Collection—Saint Vincent the Paul Society DTSTART:20260919T040000Z DTEND:20260921T035959Z DTSTAMP:20260915T203413Z UID:10000035-1789776000-1789948799@archatl.com CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:St. Vincent de Paul has been serving Georgia for more than 120 years and provides vital programs to feed\, shelter\, clothe\, and educat e the poor with a spirit of compassion\, respect\, and dignity. The Societ y of St. Vincent de Paul empowers people to achieve stability and self-suf ficiency regardless of their background\, race\, ethnicity\, or faith. \n\ n\n\nDonate LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T203413Z LOCATION:GA\, United States URL:https://archatl.com/event/second-collection-saint-vincent-the-paul-soc iety/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:archatl.com X-SOURCE-URL:https://archatl.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:KGP 5K: Harvest Hustle 5K DTSTART:20260919T103000Z DTEND:20260919T131500Z DTSTAMP:20260917T123253Z UID:158198-1789799400-1789809300@travelcobb.org CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:The Kennesaw Grand Prix Series is the premier 5K race series i n North Georgia. The course is mostly asphalt and is flat and fast. The ra ce begins at Kennesaw First Baptist Church\, heads north on Main Street\, meanders through Swift-Cantrell Park\, and finishes in historic downtown K ennesaw. Runners will cross the finish line into a post-race party for the awards ceremony and celebration. \nEach of the races is professionally ti med and USAT&F Certified. The course is perfect for competitive runners se eking a qualifying time for the Peachtree Road Race. The festival-like atm osphere and plentiful food and drink make these races perfect for beginner runners and walkers as well as families. \nRace Day Schedule:6:30 AM – Race Day Packet Pickup and Day of Registration Begins7:30 AM – 1 Mile Fu n Run Start8:05 AM – 5K Start8:55 AM – Tot Trot9:15 AM – Awards Cere mony LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T123253Z LOCATION:Downtown Kennesaw\, 2829 Cherokee Street\, Kennesaw\, GA\, 30144 URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/kgp-5k-harvest-hustle-5k/?utm_source=cald iscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Cobb Travel & Tourism X-SOURCE-URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/southern-fried-gaming-expo END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:St. Jude 5k Walk DTSTART:20260919T110000Z DTEND:20260919T143000Z DTSTAMP:20260910T060301Z UID:10005537-1789801200-1789813800@batteryatl.com CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Join St. Jude for the Annual St. Jude Walk on September 19\, 2 026\, at The Battery Atlanta! \nGather with friends\, family\, and support ers as we come together to raise awareness and funds for the lifesaving mi ssion of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. \nEvent Schedule: \n7:00 AM – Registration Opens & The Plaza Green Activates for Participants a nd Families. \n7:30 AM – Opening Ceremonies. \n8:25 AM – 5K Walk/Run Begins. \n10:30 AM – Event Concludes. \nSplash pad will be closed unti l 12:00PM* \nParking Information: \nParking will be available in the Red\ , Green\, Yellow and Purple Decks\, with the first 2 hours FREE for all guests. \n“When you join the St. Jude Walk\, every stride you take brin gs us closer to a cure.” \n  \nClick here for more information! LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T060301Z LOCATION:The Battery Atlanta\, 800 Battery Avenue Southeast\, Atlanta\, GA \, 30339\, United States URL:https://batteryatl.com/event/st-jude-walk/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm _medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:BatteryATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://batteryatl.com/events-calendar/tag/live-music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Open Play: Basketball DTSTART:20260919T110000Z DTEND:20260919T124500Z DTSTAMP:20260913T061304Z UID:10014209-1789801200-1789807500@www.kennesaw-ga.gov CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Hours will vary depending on City scheduled programs and event s. All open play participants under the age of 15 must have a guardian pre sent. Please call the Kennesaw Recreation Center at 678-385-0165 to confir m daily schedules. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T061304Z LOCATION:Recreation Center\, 2737 Watts Drive\, Kennesaw\, GA\, 30144\, Un ited States URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/kennesaw-event/open-play-basketball-11/202 6-09-19/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of Kennesaw X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/farmers-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Harvest Hustle 5K DTSTART:20260919T120000Z DTEND:20260919T140000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T061304Z UID:10012272-1789804800-1789812000@www.kennesaw-ga.gov CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:The City of Kennesaw announces the schedule for the 2026 Ken nesaw Grand Prix 5K series. The series\, the premier 5K race series in nor th Georgia\, is run on a mostly flat and fast asphalt course\, professiona lly timed and USAT&F Certified\, through Downtown Kennesaw and Swift-Ca ntrell Park. The course is perfect for competitive runners seeking a quali fying time for the Peachtree Road Race. But the festival-like atmosphere a nd food and drinks make these races perfect for beginner runners/walke rs\, as well as families.  \nRegistration can be done online at www.kenn esawgrandprix.com. The entry fee is $35 per race\, which includes a race t -shirt for those registered before the shirt cutoff date. Early registrati on is encouraged. This year’s lineup is as follows: \n\nApril 11 – Fit City 5K \n\nT-shirt cutoff: March 29 \n\n\nJune 6 – Summer Sun Run 5K  \n\nT-shirt cutoff: May 24 \n\n\nSeptember 19 – Harvest Hustle 5K \n \nT-shirt cutoff: September 6 \n\n\nOctober 31 – Nightmare on Main 5K  \n\nT-shirt cutoff: October 18 \n\n\n\nThe Kennesaw Grand Prix makes a gr eat race experience simple and easy. Each race begins at the Kennesaw Firs t Baptist Church on Main Street in Downtown Kennesaw. With plentiful park ing\, restrooms\, room to spread out and warm-up\, the registration and s tart area helps to get racers ready for a PR race. Each race program inc ludes a one-mile fun run at 7:30 a.m.\; the 5K at 8 a.m.\; and a Tot Tro t at 8:55 a.m. Awards are presented at 9:15 a.m.  \nAll races are ele ctronically timed by Orion Racing powered by Start2Finish and awards are p resented to the overall Male and Female winners\, Male and Female Masters Winners\, and the top three finishers in 12 age groups. \nThe 2026 Kenne saw Grand Prix 5K series is presented by Wellstar Health Systems with su pport from Williams Elleby Howard & Easter\, Cobb Sport Alliance and Bi g Peach Running Company. \nVisit www.kennesawgrandprix.com for complete details. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T061304Z LOCATION:Downtown Kennesaw URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/kennesaw-event/harvest-hustle-5k-3/?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of Kennesaw X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/farmers-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:September Run/Walk Meetup DTSTART:20260919T120000Z DTEND:20260919T140000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T203106Z UID:10005881-1789804800-1789812000@unityatl.org CATEGORIES:community,outdoors DESCRIPTION:Join In For The September Run/Walk Group Meetup!\n \nDate: Sat urday\, September 19\nTime: 8:00 am\nLocation: Sims Lake Park at 4600 Su wanee Dam Road\, Suwanee\, GA \nLook for a white Honda Accord with a teal flag attached. \nRemember to bring your fluids\; water\, Powerade\, etc. \ nAnyone who can\, please join us for breakfast after the event. \nIf you p lan to participate or if you have any questions\, contact Chuck Speight at \n770-842-4150 or cesdisc@yahoo.com.  Please contact Chuck if you are ru nning late. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T203106Z LOCATION:Unity Atlanta Church\, 3597 Parkway Lane\, Peachtree Corners\, 30 092\, United States URL:https://unityatl.org/events/september-run-walk-meetup/?utm_source=cald iscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Unity Atlanta Church X-SOURCE-URL:https://unityatl.org/events/congregational-care-team-training END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Paladin Pacer 5K and Fun Run DTSTART:20260919T120000Z DTEND:20260919T143000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T204742Z UID:10018404-1789804800-1789813800@thequestatlanta.com CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Join in the fun of the 9th Annual Paladin Pacer\, hosted by Pi necrest Academy. This running event features beautiful shady trails on Pin ecrest Academy’s sprawling 68-acre campus. Be ready for pavement\, sceni c dirt trails\, grass\, and hills!\n\n\n\nThe 1-mile Fun Run includes thre e laps around the driveway so parents can support their little Olympians t hroughout the race. The Fun Run is also perfect for adults who enjoy walki ng.\n\n\n\nThe competition can be friendly or fierce (you’ll have your c hoice of both) as you run or walk with other enthusiasts!\n\n\n\nhose regi stered by September 4 can take advantage of early bird pricing and will be guaranteed a keepsake Paladin Pacer race t-shirt.\n\n\nIf you can’t run but would like to support the event\, you can register as a ghost runner.   Sponsorships are available. Learn more here. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T204742Z LOCATION:Pinecrest Academy\, 955 Peachtree Parkway\, Cumming\, GA\, 30041\ , United States URL:https://thequestatlanta.com/event/paladin-pacer-5k-and-fun-run/?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:The Quest Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://thequestatlanta.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:🏃 Run for a Mission 5K & Family Walk – Transform Lives Togeth er DTSTART:20260919T120000Z DTEND:20260919T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T204742Z UID:10018237-1789804800-1789826400@thequestatlanta.com CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Join us for the 5th Annual Run for a Mission 5K & Family Walk\ , hosted by Shepherds of the Meek Mission\, a ministry led by Fr. Dairo Ri co\, Pastor of St. Benedict Catholic Church. \nThis family-friendly commun ity event brings together runners\, walkers\, families\, businesses\, and volunteers to support a life-changing mission. All proceeds help provide f ood\, education\, housing\, and hope to underprivileged children and youth in Colombia and Guatemala. \nWhether you run\, walk\, sponsor\, volunteer \, or donate\, your participation will help transform lives and bring hope to children in need. \nLearn more and register: shepherdsofthemeek.org LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T204742Z LOCATION:Lilburn City Park\, 76 Main St NW\, Lilburn\, GA\, 30047 URL:https://thequestatlanta.com/event/%f0%9f%8f%83-run-for-a-mission-5k-fa mily-walk-transform-lives-together/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics &utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:The Quest Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://thequestatlanta.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:2026 DCS Fall Open DTSTART:20260919T120000Z DTEND:20260919T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T011111Z UID:10770037-1789804800-1789840800@www.atlantajcc.org CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:2026 DCS Fall Open  \n \nLocation: Boundary Waters Aquatic Ce nter\, 5000 GA-92\, Douglasville\, GA 30135  \n \nDate: September 19-20 \ n \nUSA SWIMMING ACCOUNT MUST BE IN GOOD STANDING LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T011111Z LOCATION:Boundary Waters Aquatic Center\, 5000 GA-92\, Douglasville\, GA 3 0135\, United States URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/event/2026-dcs-fall-open/?utm_source=caldis covery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Marcus JCC of Atlanta (MJCCA) in Dunwoody\, GA X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:East Cobb Saturday Group Ride DTSTART:20260919T123000Z DTEND:20260919T140000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T202202Z UID:176atcfgsbfbgqm5ja9ff19nki@google.com CATEGORIES:outdoors DESCRIPTION:This is a weather permitting ride and any ride updates will be posted on the event page. Join Free-Flite staff and customers for a nice conversational ride on Saturday mornings at 8:30am. This is a no-drop grou p road bike ride out of the Roswell rd. Free-Flite Bicycles location in Ea st Cobb\, Ga. This is a beginner friendly ride\, and all skill levels are welcome. Please call 770-422-5237 with any questions or email cason.smith@ freeflite.com for more information LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T202202Z LOCATION:4177 Roswell Rd\, Marietta\, GA 30062\, USA X-SOURCE-NAME:freeflitega@gmail.com X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.freeflite.com/articles/upcoming-events-pg1420.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Atlanta Gun and Knife Show DTSTART:20260919T130000Z DTEND:20260920T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T170245Z UID:48585-1789808400-1789920000@www.gunshows-usa.com CATEGORIES:market DESCRIPTION:The Atlanta Gun Show will be held September 19th – 20th\, 2 026 in Atlanta\, GA. \nLocation: The Atlanta gun show is held at Atlanta E xpo Center\, 3650 Jonesboro Road\, Atlanta\, GA. \nThis show will have app rox. 2000 tables \nHosted by Gun Shows of the South \nHours:  \nSaturday\ , September 19th\, 9:00 am thru 5:00 pm \nSunday\, September 20th\, 10:00 am thru 4:00 pm \nRegular Admission:  \nGeneral: $16 \nKids: $6 \nVIP Adm ission:   \nGeneral: $18.50 \nKids: $8.50 \nDealer Info \n Set Up: Frida y\, September 18th\, 12:00 pm – 7:00 pm  &  Saturday\, September 19th\ , 7:30 am – 8:30 am. \n$100 Electricity \nTable cost: \n$95 per table \ n$85 prepaid per table \n Non-Gun tables \n$100 per table \nAll federal a nd local firearm laws and ordinances must be obeyed. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170245Z LOCATION:Atlanta Expo Center\, 3650 Jonesboro Rd\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30354\, United States URL:https://www.gunshows-usa.com/event/atlanta-gun-and-knife-show-10/?utm_ source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:GunShows-USA X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.gunshows-usa.com/venue/atlanta-expo-center END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Student Leadership Conference DTSTART:20260919T130000Z DTEND:20260919T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180352Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53202064326801 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Annual Student Leadership Conference is an oppoprtunty for student leaders to learn more and sharpen skills as they serve in their l eadership roles on campus. Student leaders including SGA\, Organization P residents\, SPAs\, Career Peers\, RCMS Tutors\, CDVL Tutors\, CWS tutors\, RAs and Legacy Leaders will attend the all day training. where experts in leadership development will share with them important topics for success. Lunch provide.\n\nALL STUDENTS INVITED! LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180352Z LOCATION:Campbell Hall\, C-Computer Lab Classroom (G-15) URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/student-leadership-conference?ut m_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Workshop - Developing Black and White Film & Introduction to the D arkroom DTSTART:20260919T130000Z DTEND:20260920T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260824T010959Z UID:590@atlantaphotographygroup.org CATEGORIES:arts,education,film DESCRIPTION:[vc_row height="auto" full_height="1"][vc_column][vc_column_te xt]\n\nDeveloping Black & White Film & Introduction to the Darkroom\nA 2-d ay workshop - take 1 day or both - your choice!\nSaturday: Developing Blac k & White Film - Chip Standifer - 9am-3pm\nSunday: Intro to the Darkroom - Quintavious Oliver - 10am-3pm\n\nAt the APG Gallery and Darkroom\n\nDevel oping Black and White Film is a hands-on\, one-day workshop designed for p hotographers who want a clear\, practical introduction to analog film deve lopment. Taught by artist Chip Standifer\, this course demystifies the dar kroom process and gives participants the confidence to develop black and w hite film on their own.\n\nThe workshop is structured as three hours in th e morning and two hours in the afternoon\, with a break for lunch. In the morning session\, participants will cover the fundamentals of black and wh ite film\, including exposure considerations\, film types\, chemistry\, eq uipment\, and darkroom workflow. Chip will walk through each step of the d evelopment process\, explaining not just how to do it\, but why each step matters.\n\nAfter lunch\, participants will put theory into practice by de veloping their own first roll of black and white film. The afternoon sessi on focuses on hands-on learning\, troubleshooting common issues\, and best practices for consistency and archival results. By the end of the class\, participants will leave with a developed roll of film and a solid underst anding of how to repeat the process independently.\n\nThis workshop is ide al for beginners with little or no darkroom experience\, as well as digita l photographers curious about working with film.\n\nINSTRUCTOR: Chip Stand ifer\n\nAs a well-travelled but odd and disconnected child\, Chip Standife r was always a keen observer of people\, places and situations. At the age of 12\, he built a pinhole camera and discovered the delights of creating images\, developing film\, and the magic of photographic images emerging from the darkness.  Today\, when travelling the world for fast paced star tups\, he enjoys the meditative benefits of noticing the beauty everyone e lse misses as they hustle by.  His images have been juried into multiple shows at the Atlanta Photography Group\, the Photographer’s Eye Collecti ve\, The Houston Center for Photography\, the Photo Place Gallery\, the SO HO Photo Gallery\, the Southeastern Center for Photography\, the Atlanta A irport\, The 2025 Atlanta Art Fair\, The Marietta Cobb Art Museum\,  the John’s Creek Art Center\, The Fence Regional Show\, Slow Exposures\, The Montgomery Photo Festival\, The South By Southeast Gallery\, The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts\, The Madison-Morgan Cultural Center and the B uckhead Library.[/vc_column_text][us_separator size="small"][vc_column_tex t]Introduction to the Darkroom - Learning how to see and make pictures wit h your camera is one thing - learning how to make your photographs real by printing them is another artform\, entirely. To do so by hand is often lo oked at as something of a meditative\, alchemical\, and spiritual practice . Inthis Intro To Darkroom class\, you’ll be given the tools to immortal ize your images on silver gelatin paper through the classical means of bla ck and white photographic development.\n\nStudents will explore the relati onship between their film and paper of choice\, various chemistry\, contra st filters\, and proper darkroom etiquette. This course will be a hands on an immersive experience for beginners and returning analogue printers ali ke. Once complete\, students will have a fundamental understanding of dark room printing concepts as well as how to see and understand print worthy i mages before raising their camera to expose their film.\n\nChemistry will be provided.\n\nEach student should bring their own black and white negati ves and photosensitive paper to print with.\n\nClass will be limited to si x students.\n\nINSTRUCTOR: Quintavious Oliver\n\nQuintavius Oliver (b. 198 9 Atlanta\, Ga.) is an Atlanta based fine art and documentary photographer who uses his engaging and intimate portraits as a means for dynamic story telling. Acquiring his first camera at the age of six from his grandmother \, he immediately began to document his ever-expanding world. By his mid-2 0s the self-taught colorblind photographer was making waves in the photogr aphy community\, landing exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Atlanta and the Griffin Museum in Winchester\, MA - all while raising his daughter as a full-time single father. Quintavius spent much of his early career straddling the fence between his documentary-style photography in t he streets of Atlanta and making intimate portraits with friends\, explori ng sexuality\, fear\, joy\, and identity. His work would eventually expand to places like India and Cuba where he would explore life in the homes of individuals and families\, fostering a sense of global community through photography. Those photographs have since been awarded 1st place in the 20 25 International Photography Awards in Greece\, exhibitions at The Art Gal lery of Alberta\, Canada\, and even the permanent collections of The Museu m of Contemporary Art\, Houston TX and the Museum of Contemporary Art\, Ga . Now\, still with a camera in hand\, Quintavius has made it his mission t o see and photograph people honestly and wholly as he continues to create a space for self-expression and vulnerability through his passion for phot ography.[/vc_column_text][us_separator size="small"][vc_column_text]\nWork shop Title – Saturday: Developing Black & White Film - Chip Standifer - 9am-3pm\nSunday: Intro to the Darkroom - Quintavious Oliver - 10am-3pm\nIn structor’s Names – Chip Standifer & Quintavious Oliver\nDate(s) – Sa turday\, September 19 & Sunday\, September 20\, 2026\nTime(s) – Saturday : 9:00am - 3:00pm / Sunday: 10:00am - 3:00pm\nLocation – In-Person at th e APG Gallery and Darkroom\nWorkshop Fee – Saturday $45 member / $65 non -members\nSunday $175 member / $195 non-members\nPurchase both Saturday an d Sunday $185 member / $205 non-members\nMaximum of 6 students for each cl ass\n[/vc_column_text][us_separator size="small"][us_btn label="REGISTER" link="%7B%22url%22:%22https:%2F%2Fatlantaphotographygroup.org%2Fshop%2Fwor kshop-developing-black-and-white-film-introduction-to-the-darkroom%2F%22\, %22title%22:%22Workshop:%20Cultivate%20New%20Audiences%20and%20Disseminate %20Your%20Work%22%7D" hide_with_empty_link="1" align="center"][us_separato r size="small"][/vc_column][/vc_row] LAST-MODIFIED:20260824T010959Z URL:https://atlantaphotographygroup.org/events/workshop-developing-black-a nd-white-film-introduction-to-the-darkroom/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_me dium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Photography Group X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantaphotographygroup.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Open Play: Pickleball DTSTART:20260919T130000Z DTEND:20260919T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260914T061419Z UID:10014254-1789808400-1789826400@www.kennesaw-ga.gov CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Hours will vary depending on City scheduled programs and event s. All open play participants under the age of 15 must have a guardian pre sent. Please call the Kennesaw Recreation Center at 678-385-0165 to confir m daily schedules. LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T061419Z LOCATION:Recreation Center\, 2737 Watts Drive\, Kennesaw\, GA\, 30144\, Un ited States URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/kennesaw-event/open-play-pickleball-7/2026 -09-19/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of Kennesaw X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/farmers-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Refuge Coffee Fun Run DTSTART:20260919T130000Z DTEND:20260919T153000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T193101Z UID:10041547-1789808400-1789817400@www.globalatlanta.com CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Join Refuge Coffee for Atlanta’s most welcoming race — whe re every step supports job training for our refugee and immigrant neighbor s\, and every finisher line is a celebration of community built together. \nThis day is for everyone: \n\n5K Run — Lace up and lead the way\, or t ake a walk with friends\nCompetitive 1K — Let the kids shine\nColor Run (or Walk) — Get gloriously messy\nGood coffee. Good company. — Stick a round and soak it in\n\nAll ages. All paces. All welcome.refuge co LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T193101Z LOCATION:Refuge Coffee Co.\, 4170 E Ponce de Leon Ave NE\, Clarkston\, 300 21 URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/event/refuge-coffee-fun-run/?utm_source= caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Global Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/events/category/culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Made in Italy Expo Atlanta 2026 DTSTART:20260919T130000Z DTEND:20260919T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T193101Z UID:10041366-1789808400-1789837200@www.globalatlanta.com CATEGORIES:market DESCRIPTION:The Made in Italy Expo\, held Sept. 19-27\, celebrates the inn ovation\, craftsmanship\, and heritage of Italian excellence in the Southe astern United States. \nA week of events will connect businesses and consu mers across industries while showcasing the best of Italian technology\, d esign\, fashion\, food\, wine\, and more. \nThrough meaningful partnership s and immersive experiences\, the Expo elevates the “Made in Italy” br and and expands its cultural and economic footprint across Georgia and bey ond. \nView the detailed schedule of events here. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T193101Z LOCATION:GA URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/event/made-in-italy-expo-atlanta-2026/?u tm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Global Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/events/category/culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fall Adult Learn to Sail - Class 2.4 DTSTART:20260919T130000Z DTEND:20260919T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T201325Z UID:5cms1ker61enqujm7kf3i7dki5@google.com CATEGORIES:education,outdoors DESCRIPTION:http://www.atlantayachtclub.org/Sailing-Classes LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T201325Z X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Yacht Club Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantayachtclub.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sponsor the Hymn-A-Thon and Send Our Choristers to New York DTSTART:20260919T130000Z DTEND:20260919T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T201431Z UID:10002947-1789808400-1789840800@episcopalatlanta.org CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Our Junior and Senior Choristers will visit New York City in J anuary to participate in the annual Chorister Festival at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine. This unique fundraising event will aid in their trav el expenses. Beginning at 9 a.m.\, join the choirs of St. Luke’s as they sing THE HYMNAL 1982. Yes\, all 720 hymns. Our organists are ready to go\ , and the Alston Memorial Organ is\, too. Coffee\, water\, and refreshment s will be available throughout the day\, so feel free to come and go as yo u wish. \nHow it works: Anyone can sponsor the Hymn-A-Thon at any level. M aybe it’s 10¢ per hymn ($72)\, or 25¢ per hymn ($180)\, or even $1 per hymn ($720). You can also dedicate a hymn for a $100 sponsorship. The ded ication will be announced before the hymn is sung. For example\, “Hymn 6 57\, Love divine all loves excelling\, is sung in honor of (N.) by (N.). ” This is a wonderful way to honor or remember a friend or loved one. \n Sponsor \nContact: Matthew Michael Brown\, music@stlukesatlanta.org LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T201431Z LOCATION:St. Luke’s Episcopal Church\, 435 Peachtree Street Northeast\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30308 URL:https://episcopalatlanta.org/event/sponsor-the-hymn-a-thon-and-send-ou r-choristers-to-new-york/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campa ign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://episcopalatlanta.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Marriage Preparation DTSTART:20260919T130000Z DTEND:20260919T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T203413Z UID:10000020-1789808400-1789833600@archatl.com CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Archdiocesan Marriage Preparation workshops are designed f or engaged couples preparing for marriage in the Catholic Church. It is hi ghly recommended that couples take these two separate classes as soon as p ossible\, to avoid scheduling conflicts. The two parts\, “Life Skills fo r Couples” or “Love Again”\, and “Marriage as Sacrament”\, are o ffered simultaneously on the Saturdays listed. Therefore\, they cannot be taken on the same Saturday. \n\n\n\nThis event is only available in Englis h. \n\n\n\nIf you have any questions\, please contact: Julian Saviano\, J. D. at 404-920-7631\, jsaviano@archatl.com \n\n\n\nRegister here\n\n\nWhat is the Joy-Filled Marriage Program LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T203413Z LOCATION:Chancery\, 2401 Lake Park Dr. SE\, Smyrna\, GA\, 30080\, United S tates URL:https://archatl.com/event/marriage-preparation-september-19-2026/?utm_ source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:archatl.com X-SOURCE-URL:https://archatl.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Love Again - September 19\, 2026 DTSTART:20260919T130000Z DTEND:20260919T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T203413Z UID:10000023-1789808400-1789833600@archatl.com CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Love Again workshop is part one of a two part workshop ser ies that is needed to complete the marriage preparation requirements.  Th is workshop is followed by the “Marriage as Sacrament” workshop\, afte r which couples receive their certificate of completion. \n\n\n\nThe Love Again workshop is a one-day workshop designed to help the remarrying coupl e anticipate the challenges and provide specific tools to help work throug h them. Each topic will be presented from a Catholic perspective\, and the couple will be led through interactive exercises to help prepare them for their new life together. \n\n\n\nThis event is only available in English. \n\n\n\nIf you have any questions\, please contact: Julian Saviano\, J.D. at 404-920-7631\, jsaviano@archatl.com \n\n\n\nRegister here\n\n\nWhat i s the Joy-Filled Marriage Program LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T203413Z LOCATION:Chancery\, 2401 Lake Park Dr. SE\, Smyrna\, GA\, 30080\, United S tates URL:https://archatl.com/event/love-again-september-19-2026/?utm_source=cal discovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:archatl.com X-SOURCE-URL:https://archatl.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Suwanee Fest 2026 | Visit Georgia Festival of Trees at Town Center Park DTSTART:20260919T130000Z DTEND:20260920T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T203808Z UID:26221-1789808400-1789923600@gafestivaloftrees.org CATEGORIES:festival DESCRIPTION:Join Georgia Festival of Trees at Suwanee Fest 2026\nStep into a storybook at Suwanee Fest 2026\, happening September 19–20 at Town Ce nter Park in Suwanee. This beloved annual festival transforms the city int o a fairytale-inspired marketplace filled with nearly 200 vendors\, live e ntertainment\, a parade\, and family-friendly fun. \nAs you explore handcr afted goods\, enchanting art\, and delicious food\, be sure to stop by the Georgia Festival of Trees booth. Our team will be there connecting with t he community\, sharing more about the Festival\, and raising awareness for our mission to help end human trafficking in Georgia. \nCome enjoy the ma gic of Suwanee Fest\, discover unique treasures\, and take a moment to lea rn how you can support a meaningful cause. We’d love to see you there! LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T203808Z LOCATION:Town Center\, 330 Town Center Avenue\, Suwanee\, GA\, 30024\, Uni ted States URL:https://gafestivaloftrees.org/event/suwanee-fest-2026-visit-georgia-fe stival-of-trees-at-town-center-park/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ic s&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:GA Festival of Trees X-SOURCE-URL:https://gafestivaloftrees.org/volunteers END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fall Plant Sale DTSTART:20260919T130000Z DTEND:20260919T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T210208Z UID:10001928-1789808400-1789826400@www.woodlandsgarden.org CATEGORIES:market DESCRIPTION:Fall Plant Sale events are Rain or Shine! \nDonor Preview: Fri day\, September 18 (Become a donor here — Sept 9th deadline to donate fo r the exclusive invitation!) \nOpen to the Public: Saturday\, September 19 & Sunday\, September 20 (Just sign up to shop here. New for 2026-afternoo n is for drop in shoppers-all are welcome!) \n  \nSpecial thank you to Fa ll Plant Sale sponsors for supporting this event: Piedmont Azalea level-Hu mble Harvest Landscapes\; Oakleaf Hydrangea level-Arborguard Tree Speciali sts\, Gill Tree Care\, Tai Chi Co-op\; American Beautyberry level-Nealscap e Landscape Design and Lawrence Sharp Real Estate \nWhat to expect at this year’s Fall Plant Sale: \n-Reserving a time slot to shop is required fo r only morning times and will be monitored as shoppers arrive at the Fall Plant Sale. Register here.\n– Credit card purchases only. No cash or che cks\, please.\n– One way traffic for vehicles and pedestrians.\n– Entr ance for cars on Clairemont Ave and exit is ‘right turn only’ onto Sco tt Blvd. Carpooling is recommended due to limited parking.\n– No on-site bathrooms\n– Bring your own wagon or cart as wheelbarrows on-site are l imited and first come first served. \nFeatured plants:\n– Sun-loving nat ives including: Butterfly Milkweed\, Narrowleaf Sunflower\, ‘White Cloud ’ Muhly Grass\, Foxglove Beardtongue\, Goldenrod\, and many more!\n– G A Piedmont natives including: Ocmulgee Skullcap\, River Oats\, Woodland Ph lox\, Climbing Hydrangea\, Carolina Jessamine\, Strawberry Bush\, Beautybe rry\, Devil’s Walking Stick\, and countless more!\n– Non-natives inclu ding: Japanese Painted Fern\, Variegated Solomon’s Seal\, Strawberry Beg onia and Arborvitae Fern!\n–Ferns that will thrive in this area year aft er year: Christmas fern\, Northern Maiden Hair Fern\, and Southern Shield Fern LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T210208Z URL:https://www.woodlandsgarden.org/event/fall-plant-sale-13/2026-09-19/?u tm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Woodlands Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.woodlandsgarden.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Koffee & Kibbutz DTSTART:20260919T130000Z DTEND:20260919T133000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T131511Z UID:0cmi5urn9ndja4hc99pfvj9u94@google.com CATEGORIES:community LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T131511Z LOCATION:Anshi S'Fard\, 1324 North Highland Avenue Northeast\, Atlanta\, G A 30306\, United States X-SOURCE-NAME:Anshi S'fard X-SOURCE-URL:http://www.anshisfard.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Aikido DTSTART:20260919T130000Z DTEND:20260919T150000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T011111Z UID:10320903-1789808400-1789815600@www.atlantajcc.org CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:The Atlanta School of Aikido offers a style of Aikido based on the teachings of Koichi Tohei's Ki Society\, Shihan Shizuo Imaizumi's Shi n Budo Kai Aikido\, Mark Leidig of the School of Inner Martial Arts\, and Dan Harden's Sangenkai. It is movement-based\, flowing and smooth\, but tr ue to Aikido's martial roots.  \n \nTraining includes the empty-handed ar ts of Aikido (throwing and pinning) as well as weapons training with jo (s taff)\, bokken (wooden sword)\, and Internal Power development. Classes ar e small and focused on personalized instruction. Beginners train with expe rienced students or an instructor at the start of their training. We look forward to seeing you in class! Pricing is listed per month and varies bas ed on membership options. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T011111Z LOCATION:MJCCA Zaban Park\, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd.\, Dunwoody\, Georgia\, 303 38\, United States URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/event/aikido-2/2026-09-19/?utm_source=caldi scovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Marcus JCC of Atlanta (MJCCA) in Dunwoody\, GA X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:String Day DTSTART:20260919T130000Z DTEND:20260919T140000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53124792817475 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:String Day brings together middle and high school string stude nts for a day of learning\, collaboration and performance with Georgia Sta te University faculty and guest artists. Participants engage in clinics\, masterclasses\, rehearsals and ensemble experiences designed to inspire mu sical growth and foster a lifelong appreciation for string performance.\n\ nRegistration is required to participate: https://thearts.gsu.edu/string-d ay/ LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:Florence Kopleff Recital Hall URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/string-day-6430?utm_source=caldiscovery &utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fall Fest 2026 with 4-H DTSTART:20260919T140000Z DTEND:20260919T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260821T183250Z UID:10000372-1789812000-1789826400@www.atlantahistorycenter.com CATEGORIES:community,family,festival,food DESCRIPTION:Not-Yet a Member \n \n Purchase Ticket\n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Member \n \n Login\n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\nCelebrate the season with harvests\, history\, a nd hands-on fun! Enjoy historic demonstrations\, seasonal garden activitie s\, interactive programs from Georgia 4-H Extension\, fall-themed games\, delicious food\, and more. \n\n\n\nAll activities are included with gener al admission—bring the whole family for a festive celebration as autumn begins! *while supplies last \n\n\n\nPlease note programming will take pla ce from 10:00am-2:00pm and admission to the museum is for the full day\, 9 :00am-4:00pm. \n\n\n\n\n \n \n This event is sponsored by\n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\ n \n \n This event is in partnership with\n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\ n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n 4-H\n \n \n Fall Festival i s part of Atlanta History Center’s partnership with 4-H\, a community of more than 100 public universities across the nation that provides experie nces where young people learn by doing. For more than 100 years\, 4‑H ha s welcomed young people of all beliefs and backgrounds\, giving kids a voi ce to express who they are and how they make their lives and communities b etter. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Family and Kids Activities\n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Blender Bikes\n \n \n Use the power of pedaling to create your own d elicious fall treat with the 4-H blender bike! \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Fall Hayride\n \n \n Experience the fun of a fall hayride at AHC! Tickets will be available for purchase on site\, first come first se rved. Rides moving consistently. \nAnyone under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Fall Crafts\n \n \n Bri ng art to autumn with an array of seasonal crafts from making leaf people to creating fall corn for harvest!   \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Fall Games\n \n \n Enjoy festive fall games including pumpkin bowlin g\, hay bale tossing\, and much more! \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n\n \n \n Quarry Garden Scavenger Hunt\n \n \n Explore our most diverse collec tion of native plants in an historic Quarry! Use clues to discover fl ora\, fauna\, and more in this unique garden through an interactive scave nger hunt. Make sure to get your prize at the end!   \n*Please know th at the Quarry Garden has limited accessibility through dirt ramps and stai rs for entrance.   \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Animal Encounters\n \n \n Since 1994 the Arrowhead Environmental Education Center (AEE C)\, part of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources\, offers programs to allow students of all ages to experience and learn about wildlife and ecology in Georgia. \nJoin us while AEEC staff will be onsite and have som e live wild animals to teach kids about the native animals and ecology of Georgia. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Photo Ops\n \n \n Snap a festive fall photo at one of our campus photo ops! \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Goizueta Children ’s Experience\n \n \n Join us for fall fun at the Goizueta Children’s Experience! Enjoy festive\, hands-o n crafts\, playful activities\, and creative experiences inspired by the s eason. It’s the perfect way to welcome the season through imagination and play\, designed especially for children ages 0–8.  \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n 4-H and UGA Extension Resources\n \n \n Learn mor e about the many ways to get involved in 4-H and the resources UGA Extensi on offers! \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Demonstrations & Agriculture\n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Greet the Sheep and Goats \n \n \n Say hello to our heritage b reed Angora Goats and Gulf Coast Sheep that live their best lives at Smith Farm. \nBrett Bannor\, Manager of Animal Collections\, will lead d emonstrations at  11:00am and 1:00pm.   \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Candle Making\n \n \n As the days get shorter\, learn the histor ic practice of candlemaking. Make your own candle to take home with you! \n*while supplies last \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Beekeeping\n \n \n Visit our Gardens team to learn how honey and wax were harveste d and used in daily life. See live bees (safely contained in our observa tion hive!) while you learn about honey\, try a sample from the hives at AHC!    \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Cider Pressing\n \n \n Cider pressing was an important way to preserve fruit from the harvest. Visit our farm to learn about the machinery and techniques used\, as well as try your hand at pressing apples.  \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Three Sisters Activity\n \n \n For centuries\, indigenous groups—i ncluding the Cherokee of the southeast—grew squash\, beans\, and corn. This trio became known as the Three Sisters and continues as an important piece of Native American culture and agricultural practice. Learn more a bout the story and realities of the Three Sisters with 4-H members.    \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Ente rtainment & Refreshments\n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \ n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Live Music: Animal Signs\n \n \n Animal Signs is a string band based in A tlanta\, Georgia. They combine their background in old-time with an apprec iation for folk/singer songwriter music for a uniquely spry and warm sound . \n11:30am—1:00pm \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Live Music\n \n \n Enjoy a variety of live music from 4-H members\, including Piano an d Saxophone performances! \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \ n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n \n AHC Bar Stations \n \n \n Soft drinks and alcoholic dr inks available for purchase from our AHC bar.   \n\n \n \n \ n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Chick-fil-A\n \n \n A selection of Chick Fil A menu ite ms will be available for purchase. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Ginny’s Apples\n \n \n Stop by Ginny’s Apples for an apple or peach treat—while you’re there\, be sure to pick up some stewed apples or salsa to take home!   \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\ n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Facepainting by India\n \n \n Kids of all ages can enjoy complimentary facepainting  designs from Facepainting by India!   \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Pop-Up Shop\n \n \n Stop by our museum shop and our outdoor Pop Up Shop to load up on fall goodies\, from books to stuffies and more!     \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Members-Only Lounge\n \n \n Members can enjoy a special break area with complimentary refreshments! In terested in securing a membership? Visit the link below to learn more. LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T183250Z LOCATION:Atlanta History Center\, 130 West Paces Ferry Road NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30305\, United States URL:https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/fall-fest-2026/?utm_source= caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta History Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/party-with-the-pas t-center-for-puppetry-arts END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Atlanta Adaptive Mountain Biking Clinic DTSTART:20260919T140000Z DTEND:20260919T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260825T005533Z UID:10002305-1789812000-1789819200@shepherd.org CATEGORIES:education,outdoors DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the Kelly Brush Foundation\, this event will take place at Blanket’s Creek in Canton\, GA. Participants will have the opp ortunity to join Shepherd Center and Catalyst Sports for a clinic focusing on adaptive mountain biking. This course offers educational and hands-on demonstrations. Participants will be responsible for securing their own tr ansportation for this event.  This event is free thanks to the generosity of the Kelly Brush Foundation and includes a T-shirt\, instruction\, and equipment. Registration is required for all events and opens at least six weeks prior to the start of the class or course. Most courses require a sm all fee\; however\, financial assistance is available. Please contact Kati e Harmon at katie.harmon@shepherd.org for more information regarding requi rements for financial assistance. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n Register on CampDoc LAST-MODIFIED:20260825T005533Z LOCATION:Blanket’s Creek\, 2261 Sixes Rd.\, Canton\, Georgia\, 30114\, U nited States URL:https://shepherd.org/event/atlanta-mountain-biking-clinic/?utm_source= caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Shepherd Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://shepherd.org/treatment/services-clinics/recreation-th erapy/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Saturday Adventures at the Center: Side Quest DTSTART:20260919T140000Z DTEND:20260919T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260827T003347Z UID:144503-1789812000-1789833600@www.civilandhumanrights.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:For nearly a decade\, the National Center for Civil and Huma n Rights has served as the home of the LGBTQ+ Institute\, which advanced  research\, education\, and leadership development  Today\, we are proud t o announce that a program developed under the Institute has evolved into the Rustin Institute for Leadership Development\, an independent nonprof it inspired by Bayard Rustin’s legacy of moral courage\, coalition-build ing\, and imagination.   Named for the visionary strategist\, organizer\ , and architect of the 1963 March on Washington\, the Rustin Institute is dedicated to cultivating intergenerational leadership and movements roote d in justice\, dignity\, and democratic change.   Tim’m West\, who s erved as the director of the LGBTQ+ Institute\, established the Rustin  Institute as an independent 501(c)(3) organization to deepen its impact\ , pursue new funding opportunities\, and expand partnerships.   “As our programs expanded and our vision grew\, I knew establishing an indepen dent organization would help us focus on building a new generation of le aders\,” said Tim’m West\, now the Executive Director of the Rust in Institute for Leadership Development. “I am deeply grateful to the Na tional Center for Civil and Human Rights for helping to make this possibl e.”  As the Rustin Institute embarks on this exciting new chapter\, th e Center congratulates Tim’m West and the Rustin Institute team.   “We look forward to seeing the organization cultivate courageous leaders  and carry forward Bayard Rustin’s enduring legacy of moral courage\, c oalition-building\, and the pursuit of justice and equal dignity for all\, ” said Jill Savitt\, CEO of the National Center for Civil and Human Righ ts. LAST-MODIFIED:20260827T003347Z LOCATION:National Center for Civil and Human Rights\, 100 Ivan Allen Jr. B lvd\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30313\, United States URL:https://www.civilandhumanrights.org/events/mystery-changemaker/?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:National Center for Civil and Human Rights X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.civilandhumanrights.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:College Park Vaccine Clinic DTSTART:20260919T140000Z DTEND:20260919T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T061439Z UID:36701-1789812000-1789822800@lifelineanimal.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Our goal with this page is to share the current shelter needs with our community in an ongoing way. We hope to update this page seasonal ly or more frequently as needed. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 2024 \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n Last year\, we reached a pivotal break ing point in terms of the number of animals housed in our care. We recogni zed the physical capacity limitations of our buildings and made a commitme nt to work towards humane housing solutions\, which means both the county shelters need to reduce the number of animals living in the buildings. Whi le we continue to face severe overcrowding into 2024\, we have worked hard to increase resources to help more pet owners and improve the quality of life for the animals in our care. We are continuing to adapt to the challe nges we’re facing\, including many systemic problems that contribute to the number of animals arriving in our care. We have collaborated with many supportive community members and leaders in pursuit of creating a safer a nd more humane shelter environment for all. There are no overnight solutio ns to drastically reduce our shelter populations\, but we continue to have hope that with your support and the strategies currently in place\, our c ommunity will help us get more animals into homes where they belong. Here is a brief update for all three LifeLine shelters\, including the unique c hallenges and the most important ways you can get involved. \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal ServicesDog Population: 506 | Opti mum Capacity: 475 \n \n \n \n Last year\, DeKalb Count y Animal Services reached peak numbers of dogs housed in the shelter durin g an outbreak of Canine Flu.. Because of an incredible response from our c ommunity\, we successfully saw the population drop down to 312 dogs. Becau se the need in our community is so great\, this number steadily rose back up to 500+ dogs and has remained in that range for months on end despite o ur best efforts. It is a near constant struggle to balance the amount of “noses in”\, pets arriving at the shelter\, with the amount of “nose s out” each week\, pets leaving. As an open intake municipal facility\, we do not turn away animals in need in Dekalb County\, no matter how much or little space we have in our kennels when we begin a new day. It is impo rtant that the community understands this distinction from other rescue or ganizations and is aware of ways they can help prevent lost or stray pets from ever having to enter the shelter. We need to create room for pets tha t have the most urgent need for our help. We must find a way to help more animals find homes and keep the shelter at a capacity that is humane for t he pets in our care. Heartbreaking space euthanasia decisions must be made weekly and overcrowding is putting more dogs at risk. Instead of focusing our at-risk dogs\, we are asking our community to focus efforts and resou rces on getting more of our highly-adoptable dogs out so that those animal s identified as most at risk (struggling in the shelter and exhibiting a v ariety of challenging behaviors) can get the time that they need to find a home. Any animal that leaves the building will help us reach our target o f decreasing the dog population to below a threshold of 475. This new proc ess includes daily population updates on the website and improved communic ations with our volunteers and community about how to best support dogs in need in our shelters. Even still\, 475 dogs housed in the building is les s than ideal. This is an incredible number of pets to care for daily. Whil e their basic needs are met\, quality of life deteriorates the longer they are housed in a shelter intended to be a temporary safety net. The lower we can keep that number\, the less dogs there will be at risk for illness\ , increased stress and euthanasia. In addition to these adjustments in com municating the ongoing need\, we have partnered with DeKalb County leaders on both short and long-term solutions that were announced last fall to he lp more pets in need: Increased funding for support to pets of DeKalb Coun ty residents including:A free monthly pet food bankFree spay/neuter surger ies through SNIP DeKalbFree vaccinations through LifeLine’s Mobile Clini cAdditional kennel space to provide more humane housing for the dogs curre ntly in our care:Plans have been approved to build new\, additional kennel s which will provide better housing for court case dogs who are in our car e long termProjected installation is September 2024We believe programs lik e these that make pet resources more accessible\, including affordable spa y/neuter surgery\, are the key to helping more pets stay out of the shelte rs and in homes where they belong. \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal ServicesDog Population: 419 | Optimum Capacity: 325 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n At the end of 2023\, we celebrated the grand opening of a brand new 40\,0 00 square foot shelter facility in Fulton County! With the opening of the new building\, we’ve fortunately seen improvement in all of these ways t o create a better environment for the teams and the animals as well as a b etter experience for visitors and supporters: Staff is less stressed. We h ave improved our ability to train\, onboard and implement new and efficien t processes.The building is easier to clean and has decreased the spread o f infectious disease.With separate kennel runs\, animals are less stressed or overwhelmed in the building and do not experience as high of stimulati on. It’s now easier to identify issues with dogs so we can work on getti ng them placed in a home more quickly.Visitors feel more welcome and have the ability to more easily spend time with individual animals. We have als o been able to increase the number of spay/neuter surgeries for our adopta ble animals and provide adopters\, fosters and rescue partners with better diagnostics for their pets with the new clinic.We have seen an increase i n the number of volunteers and hours spent with our team.We are able to ho st other shelters and bring more learning and collaborative opportunities to staff in-houseAt the same time\, we experienced a challenging transitio n as we worked to close the former facility\, adjust to the new set up\, a nd final projects and installations were wrapped up by the county. With th e new opening\, there was an uptick of stray or abandoned pets being broug ht to the new shelter. The shelter is a safe haven\, but can only be so te mporarily for pets in need of homes\, and we’ve seen the dog population quickly fill the building past its limits. Similarly to DeKalb County\, it has been difficult to balance the new intakes with finding outcomes for t he animals\, even in the wake of creative and successful adoption events. According to Animal Shelters Count’s recent annual report\, “In 2023\, 3% more dogs entered shelters than left\, resulting in an additional 107\ ,000 dogs in shelters at the end the year.” Fulton County Animal Service s is also an open intake municipal shelter facility and can’t simply “ stop” taking new animals in even when we’re overcapacity. Fortunately\ , we’ve also started 2024 with recent pawsitive media and exciting opera tional updates. The full-service clinic at Fulton County Animal Services i s now open for the public to make low-cost wellness appointments for their pets to receive the care they need! Additionally\, a Fulton County foster dog\, a pit mix now known as Miss Peaches\, has gone viral after being ad opted by celebrity and President of Barstool Sports\, Dave Portnoy. Miss P eaches’s story\, Dave’s choice to adopt and his initiative to raise fu nds for animal rescue has captured hearts nationwide. Lifesaving deserves to be trending so that we can keep up with the influx of dogs in need. We hope others will follow in his footsteps!  \n \n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal CenterDog Population: 119 | Optimum Capacity: 80 \n \n \n \n The incredible dedication of the team at our LifeLine Community Animal Center cannot be overlooked. Our county s helter facilities tend to take the spotlight in the news and on social med ia because of the massive number of pets that come through their doors\, b ut the Community Animal Center is always working quietly in the background to help the county operations. When the county shelters are over capacity \, so is this facility to keep up with the need. Not only do they consiste ntly take in pets from our county shelters and other rural facilities\, bu t\, when there is a neglect or hoarding case being investigated\, this loc ation takes in dozens of pets when they have nowhere else to go. As we ent er the warmer months of summer\, the Community Animal Center is also const antly preparing to help with the large numbers of kittens and puppies that are in need. Maintaining a full staff at this location is critical to its function. If you’re interested in joining our team full-time\, or even as a volunteer\, our Community Animal Center would love to have you! \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A National Crisis \n \n \n \n In conversations wit h other rescue organizations and in a review of data over the past few yea rs\, we’ve learned that these challenges are not unique to LifeLine or t he city of Atlanta. For the fourth year in a row\, we are faced with a “ new normal” in animal sheltering. According to the report\, “A total o f 900\,000 animals have entered and lingered in our nation’s shelters an d rescues since January 2021. This surplus is on top of the population alr eady residing within organizations\, resulting in an ongoing capacity cris is.” “The number of animals entering shelters through community intake s in 2023 remained roughly the same as 2022 at 6.5 million\, with intakes nearly evenly split between dogs and cats.” Compared to a national decre ase of 3.2% in intakes between 2019 and 2023\, our community intakes throu gh the Fulton and DeKalb County shelters decreased 6.89% from 2019 to 2023 . But\, intakes increased by 14.5% from 2022 to 2023. Even in the wake of these higher intake numbers\, we have been able to rally our community and find an incredible number of homes in 2023 compared to previous years. “While 2.2 million dogs were adopted in 2023\, dog adoptions are still 5 % lower than in 2019 (-108\,000 dogs adopted).” At LifeLine\, our overal l pet adoptions were only down by 1.92% in 2023 compared to 2019\, and ado ptions were higher in 2023 compared to 2018\, 2020\, 2021 and 2022. We are frequently partnering with more organizations who want to help and who ar e spreading the word that adopting is the way to go when searching for a n ew pet. For full shelter statistics across our organization\, please visit www.shelteranimalscount.org/stats. \n \n \n \n In Su mmary \n \n \n \n The animals in our city need help. W hile donations are the foundation for our work in the community and allow us to help more pets get the care they need\, donations don’t create mor e available kennel space. We need your help in getting more pets adopted o r fostered. We need the community’s help in getting more lost pets back home. We need our community to know about available resources for food\, v eterinary care\, and affordable spay/neuter options. Together\, we can sav e these lives and help the animals who need us most. \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Octob er 2023 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Message To Our C ommunity \n \n \n \n We are in the midst of an ongoing crisis affecting city and county animal shelters across the country. Time s are extremely difficult for the animals housed in our shelters and the s taff and volunteers who care for them. We have frequently reported on the conditions of our shelters and how desperate we are to get hundreds of ani mals into homes. We hear the distress and complaints about the overcrowdin g from our volunteers\, fosters\, and community\; we experience the condit ions daily\; we see the news articles written and segments being broadcast on television and radio\; we feel and share your frustration and heartbre ak. We are heartbroken\, too. Let us express to you in no uncertain terms: the current conditions in our shelters are not humane or sustainable. We can and we must do better. We will exhaust all efforts to prioritize the h ealth and safety of both pets and people in our care. The balance of human ely sheltering a growing number of animals while giving each one the care and the time they deserve to be placed in a loving home is getting substan tially harder to achieve. The issues contributing to overcrowding primaril y are rooted in the community\, not the shelter\, and cannot be changed ov ernight. In the shelters\, we’ve reached a pivotal breaking point. We ha ve stretched the shelter capacity and resources to unsustainable limits wh ile hoping\, for too long now\, that there would be a turning point where more animals would leave these buildings than enter. But that has not happ ened this year and without homes to go to\, we must euthanize more dogs at both county shelters in order to reach and maintain safe and humane housi ng. There are many facets to the challenges we are currently facing and we will cover some of them in this blog. We also encourage you to check out two other blog posts that go into deeper detail on two important issues: T he No-Kill controversyThe Impact of Spay and Neuter (and other pressing qu estions) \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Are The Shelters So Overcrowded? \n \n \n \n We know there are a lot of questions around why this is happening. We are seeing a new reality\, a post-pandemic world\; E conomic challenges to families\, a lack of affordable and pet-friendly hou sing\, a national shortage of veterinarians\, a decrease in spay/neuter du ring the pandemic and a need for more accessible and affordable spay/neute r options\, a desire for specific breeds\, and a diminishing public capaci ty to help and home shelter animals are all taking a heartbreaking toll on the growing number of animals coming into LifeLine’s care. We have acce pted pets from families arriving at the shelter with all of their possessi ons in a U-haul and nowhere to turn for help. People newly arriving to the area are surrendering their dogs to the shelter because they are unable t o find affordable housing that will allow them to keep their companions.We are coming to terms with an untenable reality of the community relying on a singular shelter as the sole means of support for the growing number of animals at risk – animals who mostly were people’s pets and family me mbers at one time. Systemically\, the shelter alone cannot support the she er volume of need. Here Is A Look At Our Shelters In Crisis: \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 569Target Dog Capacity: 450 On Tuesday \, October 17th\, DeKalb County CEO\, Michael Thurmond\, visited DeKalb Co unty Animal Services. The following day\, he met with our CEO\, Rebecca Gu inn\, and other LifeLine leadership. Together\, LifeLine and DeKalb County leadership agreed that Dekalb County Animal Services must reduce the dog population at the shelter to 450 in 60 days and maintain the population at or below that number. They collaborated and decided on both short- and lo nger-term actions to help aid in this crisis including: Working with staff ing agencies for additional staff and support for cleaning.Deploying perso nnel from other divisions within LifeLine to assist with animal care\, man agement and training and restructuring staff schedules to ensure greater c overage\, particularly on weekends.Sadly\, increasing euthanasia rates if necessary and continuing to do so until we reduce the dog population to 45 0 or less. If we cannot increase lifesaving outcomes beyond the current ra te\, we will have to euthanize 9 animals each day\, or 63 animals each wee k.Constructing an overflow campus adjacent to the shelter\, designed to ho ld up to 120 additional dogs above the current target capacity and provide effective isolation areas\, to help alleviate the need for euthanasia for population control. This solution will take time to build\, staff and ope rate and until then we must get below 450 animals in the current building. Improving communications between DeKalb County’s Animal Services Enforce ment division and the shelter to more proactively address factors in the f ield that are causing animals to come into the shelter.Increasing support to fund access to veterinary care for DeKalb pet owners in need\, includin g subsidized and free spay/neuter\, and targeting areas of DeKalb County y ielding the highest number of animals impounded in the shelter.What it wil l take to change the situation most\, in the short-term\, is simply fewer dogs in the building. We are asking our community to help us achieve those target dog population numbers because\, without homes to go to\, dogs wil l be euthanized for space\, regardless of health and temperment. Please a dopt or foster a pet today. \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dog s: 357Sustainable Capacity for Dogs: 325 We’ve mentioned that there is h ope on the horizon in Fulton County in the form of a brand new shelter fac ility preparing to open before the end of the year. However\, this does no t change the fact that the current facility is in dire straits. On average \, 15 dogs are being euthanized for space each week. Each day\, 16 dogs en ter the facility. That’s\, on average\, 2 more dogs that come in than le ave. While some conditions will improve with the upcoming move to the new facility\, rising intake and overcrowding will not be solved entirely by t ransitioning from one building to another. Fulton County is in desperate n eed of adopters and fosters\, including Friendly Finders who are willing t o foster a lost or stray dog through its mandated stray hold (3 to 5 busin ess days total) instead of immediately dropping them at the shelter when f ound. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LifeLin e Midtown \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 105O ptimum Capacity for Dogs: 75 As an overflow facility\, for every dog adopt ed at LifeLine Midtown\, space opens up for another dog from the Fulton Co unty Animal Services. And\, because the shelter is smaller\, it is a less overwhelming experience for individuals to visit and bring home a pet. Ado pting a pet from LifeLine Midtown greatly supports the main Fulton County shelter. When the new Fulton shelter opens\, the Midtown facility will clo se and any dogs still there will have to move to the new shelter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 111 O ptimum Capacity for Dogs: 60  LifeLine’s Community Animal Center adopti on center was designed as an overflow facility for our county shelters. St aff and volunteers also provide pets with special medical or behavioral ch allenges more time and attention to meet those needs. For dogs\, the Commu nity Animal Center is the primary overflow facility for the DeKalb County shelter. Because it is also full\, our Community Animal Center is limited in serving these critical functions. Beyond just dogs\, our staff is also caring for the majority of our organization’s cats. This adoption center \, like our Midtown location\, offers a calmer environment that may be eas ier to visit. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We Cannot Do This Alone \n \n \n \n Two things can be true: we can be proud of what we’ve accomplished together as a community in 10 ye ars’ time AND acknowledge the ways LifeLine needs to improve and perseve re as an organization. We have committed ourselves to helping these animal s\, but we are limited now by a lack of space and resources\, as well as e xternal challenges in the communities we serve. We are also human and make mistakes. And\, most importantly\, we cannot do this alone. While we are pursuing all avenues toward long-term solutions\, in the short term\, we n eed a miracle. We need you. We are asking our community to please foster o r adopt a pet today. You will be truly saving a life. If you have question s about any topic in this blog and would like to reach out\, please email feedback@lifelineanimal.org or write to LifeLine Animal Project\, ATTN: Op erations 3180 Presidential Drive\, Atlanta\, GA 30340. Thank you\, Atlanta . For believing in our work and helping us save lives today and always. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n February 2023 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Hello\, friends and supporters.  We wanted to share some critical u pdates and news as we turn the page on 2022\, and enter 2023 in a much bet ter position to give our deserving animals the love and space they need to thrive. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In January\, on the heels of a Canine Flu outbreak\, we were faced with a grim reality and life or death decisions. After more than a year of being at critical capacity at our DeKalb County Animal Services sh elter\, we were left with the heartbreaking possibility of having to eutha nize animals for space. We had nearly 600 dogs in need of home (at just th is one shelter). We put out a plea for help in the Greater Atlanta area\, and in a mere 7 days\, 373 dogs from DeKalb and 556 dogs from all LifeLine shelters found new homes! We are forever grateful to the Atlanta communit y for their support in our darkest hour. This is what lifesaving looks lik e. By the end of January\, our Fulton County Animal Services had fewer tha n 300 animals for the first time in almost a year. But within days of hitt ing that milestone\, we were called in with law enforcement on a rescue ca se and brought more than 60 new impounded animals safely into our care. Ea ch of these animals requires space\, food and immediate medical care. Our Fulton shelter team was also tasked with running LifeLine Midtown\, our te mporary shelter that opened in early January during the Canine Flu outbrea k to divert intake and keep dogs healthy. While it helped contain that out break\, a new location strains precious resources and manpower\, which has been challenging due to staffing shortages. \n \n \n \n Number of Dogs in Need of Homes as of February 15th \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services: 343 in the shelter and 928 in foster hom es\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services: 339 in the shelter and 22 0 in foster homes\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal Center: 65 in t he shelter and 85 in foster homes\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n LifeLine Midtown: 82 in t he shelter\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The LifeLine Community Animal Center con tinues to aid in the efforts of freeing up space at our county shelters an d helping dogs clear their quarantine period from the Canine Flu outbreak. Recent staffing hires have provided much needed relief to our existing te ams. After the incredible number of adoptions at our DeKalb shelter\, ther e are many animals in need of spay/neuter procedures. The Community Animal Center has stepped in to help temporarily house animals awaiting surgery and ensure that pets don’t have to wait any longer than necessary to go home with new\, loving families. Fortunately\, while the dogs in our care have been a major media focus in 2023\, we have also happily seen a steady flow of cat adoptions at the Community Animal Center and have enough open cat housing space to prepare for a busy kitten season to start in the spr ing. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n It’s bee n a busy start to the new year. And\, while we are celebrating the wins\, the hard work isn’t over. Even though we successfully saved many lives\ , 20-40 dogs come into our county shelters every single day and they need your help to find their way home.  \n \n \n \n What We Need Most Now: \n \n \n \n Volunteers and new staff are urgently needed to keep this much-needed LifeLine Midtown shelter up and running\, as well as help at our other locations.We always need adopte rs and fosters to place more pets into homes where they belong.We need goo d Samaritans in our community to help lost pets make their way back home i nstead of to the shelter. Find out what to do if you should find a lost pe t.And\, if you can’t foster or adopt\, please consider making a donation .As always\, thank you for your critical support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 2022 Posts \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Novem ber\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n September\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n June\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n May\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n March\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n November 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n AN URGENT PLEA FROM OUR CEO TO THE CITY OF ATLANTA\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The current situation in our Atlanta animal shelters is dire. The animals in our care do not have the space they need\, or dese rve\, and we need your help. Our hard working teams are understaffed and w orking extreme overtime to ensure that kennels are clean\, bowls are full\ , and the pets in our shelters are well cared for. Our volunteers walk hun dreds of dogs a day. And it’s still not enough. We have teams covering r escue\, adoptions\, marketing\, volunteers\, and foster parents\, all work ing tirelessly to find homes and other ways Atlanta’s pets can get out o f the shelter. This is not the life our city’s animals deserve. This sta te our shelters are in is not sustainable for the pets nor the people who care for them. Animal shelters have never been\, and will never be\, the i deal solution for the animals. Atlanta\, we urgently need your help. Our a nimals are in desperate need of homes. Each of our shelters have exceeded capacity by the hundreds. DeKalb County Animal Services has nearly 600 dog s and over 50 cats in the building\, Fulton County Animal Services has alm ost 400 dogs in a building meant to hold 80. The more pets in our care\, t he harder it is to make sure they are living as comfortably as they deserv e during their time with us. We are meant to be a temporary refuge for pet s in need\, not a home. Pets cannot thrive here\, especially when there is an overwhelming amount of them. We know you’ve heard this plea before. And we hope you’ll hear it now. The situation is not improving. There ar e more animals in our care than ever and they really need your help. We ne ed your help. Adopt: Whether you’re looking for a calm couch potato\, wa lking partner\, or anything in between\, there are over 1\,000 deserving p ets waiting for you. Foster: If you have just two weeks to help a pet\, th at can make all of the difference. Sign up here.Donate: We need monetary d onations and supplies to continue caring for this many animals each day. Y ou can help by donating here or sending us much-needed items from our Amaz on wishlists. Help lost pets: Most pets are found within a mile of their h ome. If they come to a shelter\, their chances of being reunited greatly d eclines. If you find a pet\, follow these steps or become a friendly finde r. Spay/Neuter: Unlike humans\, dogs and cats give birth to 4-to-6 animals in one litter. Also\, dogs can give birth up to twice a year and cats up to 5 times a year! Because they can produce so many offspring each year\, it is important to spay/neuter your pet as soon as possible to reduce pet overpopulation. Learn more here about the benefits and how to book an appo intment with one of our Spay/Neuter clinics. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 202 2 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We wish we had bette r news to share\, but right now\, the shelters are still struggling. There is a lot of pressure right now on the county shelters to be the lifeline for more pets than the shelters have space to house. The reason for this o vercrowding is simple: more animals are coming in than are leaving. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In August\, we saw a total of 601 dogs adopted\, but 863 came in du ring that same time. That’s 262 more dogs entering our already full buil dings.  \nNumber of dogs that need homes: \n\n337 dogs in need at our Ful ton County shelter\n526 dogs in need at our DeKalb County shelter\n81 dogs in need at our Community Animal Center\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The situation is dir e. We are urging our communities in Fulton and DeKalb Counties to please n ot bring healthy pets they find straight to the shelter as first response. Please take a few steps in the first 48 hours to get lost pets back home where they belong. This does not mean pets will be without support in the community. Those injured or sick are always a top priority. We’re tryin g to make more space for those most in need. And\, we are also trying to f ind solutions for humans in emergency situations who have run out of optio ns. Here are a few things anyone can do to help during this crisis: Adopt a petFoster a pet. 200 emergency fosters are needed at our shelters right nowDonate to support pets in the shelterCollect newspaper\, towels and bla nkets to drop off at any locationCheck the shelter wishlist for items most in needHelp a neighbor who can’t keep their pet find a new home – her e’s howFollow our social channels and help us get the word out by sharin g posts from your preferred platform\, Facebook\, Instagram and Twitter.Wr ite an article in your local neighborhood paper about adopting/fostering s helter petsIf you find a lost pet\, fill out a found pet report\, follow t hese steps or become a friendly finder \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n June 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You are the next chapter in animal w elfare. \n \n \n \n Animal shelters have never been\, and will never be\, the ideal solution for the animals. They have always b een a flawed answer to a bigger community challenge of how to best help lo st\, stray and unwanted pets.  Across the nation\, all communities are fa cing the aftershocks of the pandemic. For animal shelters\, those challeng es include overpopulated and understaffed facilities\, higher intake and f ewer adopters\, and a substantial decrease in rescue transfer support. In Atlanta\, we’ve had to restrict intake at varying levels due to the seve re overcapacity status at both county shelters.  But over the last few ye ars\, and through the recent challenges\, we’ve begun to see how a criti cal shift\, and a different path forward\, can actually save the lives of the animals in our community without having animals languish in shelters. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Over 60% of the animals in a shelter are stray/lost pets. Imagine if the shelters d idn’t exist to collect all the lost and stray pets of a community. What if the community itself was able to help those pets find and reunite with their families?  63% of animals are found just a mile from their home (26 % are just a block away). If neighbors could reunite pets with their famil ies\, instead of bringing them to the shelter\, our shelters would always have space to help those with nowhere to go. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What if the community could help struggling neighbors rehome their pets instead of turning them over to a shelter? Wha t if more resources were spent on keeping pets and people together instead of housing pets in a crowded shelter? If we\, as a community\, could shif t the focus to support each other in creative and practical ways\, the she lters wouldn’t be overcrowded with lost pets missing their families\, or abandoned pets looking for new homes. There will always be a need for she lters to help animals in emergency situations and victims of animal cruelt y\, but the real safety net for pets is a caring community – neighbors h elping neighbors.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Especially now\, when the need continues to exceed available sh eltering resources\, we believe we must find more community-centric soluti ons by working together with pet-lovers and good samaritans to get more pe ts home where they belong.  LifeLine does not believe killing healthy and treatable pets to make more space in a shelter is ever the right answer. Population management through euthanasia has never worked. Reliance on eut hanasia constrains the development of lifesaving solutions\, and the resul ts are always tragic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n When faced with external pressure to euthanize healthy and treatabl e animals to create more shelter space last month\, we turned to our anima l-loving community and in one week found foster and adoptive homes for 300 + pets. Atlanta\, you are the ideal solution. With your help\, we can weav e together a new safety net for the animals in need. Whether you are a vet eran rescuer or new to animal welfare\, help us shift the response when we find lost and stray pets\, so that more pets can be returned to their hom es. If you hear of situations where people need help with a found pet\, he lp them find options\, contact friends to find a foster home and help canv as the neighborhood to reunite families. Share this page.If you read about someone needing to rehome a pet\, share these resources and ask your neig hbors and friends if anyone can help. The pet owner\, rather than the shel ter\, will be able to find the best match for a loved pet. If someone is missing a pet\, check the lost pet pages of our website to see if the pet ended up at the shelter.If you can’t adopt\, foster. If you can’t fost er\, donate. If you can’t donate\, volunteer. If you can’t volunteer\, become an ambassador and share information and resources. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Please continue to suppor t our county shelters. Know that the staff is making the best decisions fo r every individual animal and human who comes to our doors with the resour ces that are available.  \nPlease extend the benefit of the doubt to lear n more about decisions that are being made. The people who dedicate our li ves to help animals in the shelter are not perfect\, but we are doing thei r very best in every situation\, for every individual pet\, and we are wor king with very limited resources and the most challenging of circumstances .  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Right now\, we are at a pivotal moment to change the course of animal welfare and lif esaving in our city. Animals deserve to be in homes and people deserve the love of a pet. Will you join us in committing to turn to each other to fi nd ways to help the animals in your community? Are you in?  We are. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availabili ty ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n Metro Atlanta County Animal Shelters are Out of Space! \n \n \n \n The county shelters have reached peak capacity and no longer have kennel space to house dogs. Because of the sheer volume\, we have had to set up temporary crates to house new arrivals but this is n ot a sustainable or acceptable solution.  This year we have seen a declin e in adoptions by 14% and a 37% decline in the number of animals leaving w ith rescue partners (compared to 2019 pre-pandemic levels). We also saw a decline in the number of lost pets finding their families again. Not only are there more animals currently in the shelters\, but they are staying lo nger which impacts their physical and mental wellbeing.  We URGENTLY need help to place our medium to large dogs into homes so that the shelters do not have to face difficult life or death decisions. We currently need to find 250 homes for dogs living at the DeKalb shelter. The Fulton County an imal shelter is facing a similar situation and needs to find 150 homes thi s week.  Here’s what we are experiencing currently across metro Atlanta . \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb Coun ty Animal Services \n \n \n \n Today\, there are 560 d ogs in our DeKalb facility*. In May 2019\, prior to the pandemic the shelt er held 440 dogs. Fewer animals are leaving the shelter\, and animals are staying longer looking for homes. They’re waiting an average of 80 days at DeKalb County Animal Services. Due to this critical status\, Dekalb Cou nty and LifeLine Animal Project\, in conjunction with the Georgia Departme nt of Agriculture\, are enacting emergency only intake protocols. This mea ns the DeKalb shelter is only able to accept animals from emergency situat ions or in critical need (injured animals\, animals involved in bite cases or cruelty situations). DeKalb County Animal Enforcement will also enforc e these emergency protocols and will only respond to high priority calls. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n *As of May 25\, 2022\, with the help of our community\, the number of dogs housed at DeKalb County Animal Service s has decreased to 433. We are making slow\, but steady\, progress towards reducing the number of pets housed at the shelter to a more comfortable t hreshold of 320. However\, the situation remains critical and your continu ed help is needed to find homes for the pets in our care. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n There are currently 360  dogs in our Fulton facility**\, which was bui lt to house only 80 dogs. Dogs are waiting an average 40 days to be placed in a home\, which is longer than previous years and is very stressful for the animals. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n **As of May 25\, 2022\, thanks to our community’s help in response to an urgent plea for fosters and ad opters\, the number of dogs housed at Fulton County Animal Services has di pped below 300. Additionally\, a generous volunteer has pledged to sponsor 100 dog adoptions this May at Fulton County. We always want to provide hu mane housing for the animals in our care and at the levels we are experien cing\, that is extremely challenging. Our community’s continued help at this critical time is needed to find homes for the pets in our care. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Animal C enter \n \n \n \n Our Community Animal Center takes in pets from our county shelters to help alleviate space constraints. Right now\, the center is full and can only take in more dogs when dogs currentl y in our care are adopted or head to foster homes.  Last week\, 128 cats arrived from our DeKalb and Fulton shelters. If you are looking for a cat\ , there are many available at the LifeLine Community Animal Center. There are also over 100 dogs available for adoption at this location. \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n Let's save lives together. \n \n \n \n Please share this blog with your community and network to help more pets find the homes they deserve today. \n \n \n \n Ways to Help \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n March 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel spa ce\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangero usly full\n \n \n \n \n \n Crit ical Needs This Week: Adopters and Fosters \n \n \n \n This February\, we saw the highest intake levels on record for the mont h since LifeLine took over shelter management in 2013. Both of our county shelters are in the red zone for space availability!  As we continue to f ace a growing space crisis\, we turn our attention to the impact of crowdi ng and the shelter environment on the health of our pets. It is a common m isconception that pets may fare better in a shelter than in a home where t he pet parent has to leave daily for work or doesn’t have a yard. There is no place like a home when it comes to animals. Even with the incredible support of our staff and volunteers\, it is impossible to replicate the c alm and one-on-one attention a pet will receive in a home. Shelters\, part icularly at the capacity level we currently face\, can be loud and overwhe lming for many pets. Though they are safe and fed\, the close proximity to so many other pets can lead to a spread in medical conditions. Ultimately \, we see a deterioration of our pets the longer they spend in the shelter \, along with added strain for our veterinary teams.  Our goal is to see all of our pets find their way to a warm and loving home. We need help giv ing our shelter pets a break\, including taking them out for a day or a we ekend\, while they await the arrival of their new family. We immediately s ee an improvement in our pet’s health and happiness when they are in a h ome. Plus\, you can provide key insights on the dog or cat’s personality (which tends to shine beyond the shelter walls) to share with potential a dopters! We are facing a particular need for fosters for our pets that hav e medical needs\, are part of an ongoing court case\, and dogs that are la rger in size. To find out more and help give our pets a break\, check out our Foster page. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \n There ar e currently 471 dogs at DeKalb County Animal Services\, 253 MORE than the ideal number of dogs that should be housed in our shelter here and putting us in the RED ZONE!  The need for special care fosters is imperative. Ce rtain pets\, such as those that have just given birth\, are undergoing med ical treatment or are part of a court case\, deserve a quiet space and may need a little extra care. This can include receiving regular doses of med icine\, restricted or regulated exercise regimes or extra space to care fo r their puppies. It is important that they have a home where they can rela x\, heal and rest stress-free.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n The Fulton County Animal Services shelter is in the RED ZONE! There are 265 dogs in the shelter\, an alarming 115 dogs over the ideal number of 150. This means some runs have up to five dogs s haring a space. As a result\, the shelter is seeing an uptick in medical i ssues\, particularly contagious ailments like upper respiratory infections . \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n In Feb ruary 2022\, the LifeLine Community Animal Center brought in 222 pets to h elp create space at our two county shelters. 94 dogs and 84 cats are waiti ng for a place to call home\, with many more patiently waiting in foster h omes. Our animals are showing tremendous resilience\, but we need urgent h elp from our community to provide these precious pets with homes! Our miss ion remains\, as always\, to save the lives of all healthy and treatable a nimals. We appreciate the support of our community! \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n Help us save lives together! \n \n \n \n Share this blog with your community\, and help get mor e pets into homes today! \n \n \n \n Ways to Help \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n January 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n We are kicking off the new year with an unfamiliar sight for this time of the year: shelters that are stil l full from this summer. Shelter space is unfortunately\, yet typically\, limited during the summer months\, but this is the first time we have expe rienced such a continued strain on our shelter capacity and team. The numb er of animals coming in our doors has increased by 12% over last year whil e the number of dogs adopted has decreased. People are also struggling to care for their pets and have been facing evictions and other challenges. T his means more pets have been surrendered. Over the last two years\, we ha ve seen a 39% decline in the number of animals our rescue partners have be en able to help pull to safety\, largely due to factors resulting from the COVID pandemic. All of these challenges would be difficult alone but\, li ke so many others\, we are also facing severe labor shortages. We currentl y have 34 open positions across three locations\, which means we are missi ng 13% of our workforce. Between the staffing challenge and the number of staff who have been out sick due to the latest wave of the COVID-19 virus\ , we are struggling. Animal care is always our top priority. Our understaf fed teams and volunteers are working doubly hard to care for all the anima ls in need\, covering extra shifts and taking on additional responsibiliti es. In these times\, we must depend even more so on our community’s supp ort. By adopting\, donating\, volunteering\, helping lost animals back hom e and finding new homes for those alone in the shelter\, our community off ers real and sustained hope for the animals in our care. We are continuing to take in animals for emergency situations and for those who do not have any other options. Our Animal Service Officers and community support team s continue to provide resources\, including access to veterinary care and pet supplies\, pet lost and found assistance and self-rehoming options for animals in non-emergency situations. We always work with individuals faci ng financial hardship who need help for their pets. We often reduce or wai ve reclaim and surrender fees in the hopes of helping people and finding t he best outcomes for the animals. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \ n The ideal number of dogs that should be housed at DeKalb County Animal Services is 218. This allows us to house one dog per kennel with ac cess to both sides of the kennel. We are currently in the red zone with 48 0 dogs in the building. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n With Fulton County Animal Services being a smaller\, older building\, there is space to optimally house only 150 dogs. As of la st week\, there were 221 dogs in the shelter. This forces us to house mult iple dogs in most of the kennels. Not only does this make cleaning the she lter a logistical challenge\, but it means the environment is less than id eal for our animals. Our goal is to safely house a large population while mitigating risk of disease and shelter stress on the animals. If we had fe wer dogs in the building\, we could provide larger\, single kennels for 26 of our larger breed dogs\, who need individual housing\, and who are curr ently residing in smaller cages. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n In December 2021\, the LifeLine Community Animal C enter transferred in 170 pets from Fulton and DeKalb to help make space at the our two county shelters. We currently have 95 dogs and 102 cats looki ng for homes\, and even more are waiting to find families while they live in foster homes. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We believe space limitations alone are an unacceptable reason to euthani ze healthy and treatable animals. LifeLine has been able to achieve “no- kill\,”  saving 90% or more of all the animals who enter our shelters\, but we are only able to maintain this lifesaving achievement with the com munity’s support and advocacy. We know our community has the ability to provide the support needed to save precious lives.  Their lives depend on it. \n \n \n \n Make a difference today! \n \n \n \n Share this blog post with your community\, and help g et more pets into homes today. LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T061439Z LOCATION:LifeLine College Park Spay & Neuter Clinic\, 2533 Sullivan Road\, College Park\, GA\, 30037\, United States URL:https://lifelineanimal.org/lifeline-events/college-park-vaccine-clinic /2026-09-19/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-g a X-SOURCE-NAME:LifeLine Animal Project X-SOURCE-URL:https://lifelineanimal.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mobile Vaccine Clinic DTSTART:20260919T140000Z DTEND:20260919T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T061439Z UID:37639-1789812000-1789826400@lifelineanimal.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Our goal with this page is to share the current shelter needs with our community in an ongoing way. We hope to update this page seasonal ly or more frequently as needed. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 2024 \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n Last year\, we reached a pivotal break ing point in terms of the number of animals housed in our care. We recogni zed the physical capacity limitations of our buildings and made a commitme nt to work towards humane housing solutions\, which means both the county shelters need to reduce the number of animals living in the buildings. Whi le we continue to face severe overcrowding into 2024\, we have worked hard to increase resources to help more pet owners and improve the quality of life for the animals in our care. We are continuing to adapt to the challe nges we’re facing\, including many systemic problems that contribute to the number of animals arriving in our care. We have collaborated with many supportive community members and leaders in pursuit of creating a safer a nd more humane shelter environment for all. There are no overnight solutio ns to drastically reduce our shelter populations\, but we continue to have hope that with your support and the strategies currently in place\, our c ommunity will help us get more animals into homes where they belong. Here is a brief update for all three LifeLine shelters\, including the unique c hallenges and the most important ways you can get involved. \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal ServicesDog Population: 506 | Opti mum Capacity: 475 \n \n \n \n Last year\, DeKalb Count y Animal Services reached peak numbers of dogs housed in the shelter durin g an outbreak of Canine Flu.. Because of an incredible response from our c ommunity\, we successfully saw the population drop down to 312 dogs. Becau se the need in our community is so great\, this number steadily rose back up to 500+ dogs and has remained in that range for months on end despite o ur best efforts. It is a near constant struggle to balance the amount of “noses in”\, pets arriving at the shelter\, with the amount of “nose s out” each week\, pets leaving. As an open intake municipal facility\, we do not turn away animals in need in Dekalb County\, no matter how much or little space we have in our kennels when we begin a new day. It is impo rtant that the community understands this distinction from other rescue or ganizations and is aware of ways they can help prevent lost or stray pets from ever having to enter the shelter. We need to create room for pets tha t have the most urgent need for our help. We must find a way to help more animals find homes and keep the shelter at a capacity that is humane for t he pets in our care. Heartbreaking space euthanasia decisions must be made weekly and overcrowding is putting more dogs at risk. Instead of focusing our at-risk dogs\, we are asking our community to focus efforts and resou rces on getting more of our highly-adoptable dogs out so that those animal s identified as most at risk (struggling in the shelter and exhibiting a v ariety of challenging behaviors) can get the time that they need to find a home. Any animal that leaves the building will help us reach our target o f decreasing the dog population to below a threshold of 475. This new proc ess includes daily population updates on the website and improved communic ations with our volunteers and community about how to best support dogs in need in our shelters. Even still\, 475 dogs housed in the building is les s than ideal. This is an incredible number of pets to care for daily. Whil e their basic needs are met\, quality of life deteriorates the longer they are housed in a shelter intended to be a temporary safety net. The lower we can keep that number\, the less dogs there will be at risk for illness\ , increased stress and euthanasia. In addition to these adjustments in com municating the ongoing need\, we have partnered with DeKalb County leaders on both short and long-term solutions that were announced last fall to he lp more pets in need: Increased funding for support to pets of DeKalb Coun ty residents including:A free monthly pet food bankFree spay/neuter surger ies through SNIP DeKalbFree vaccinations through LifeLine’s Mobile Clini cAdditional kennel space to provide more humane housing for the dogs curre ntly in our care:Plans have been approved to build new\, additional kennel s which will provide better housing for court case dogs who are in our car e long termProjected installation is September 2024We believe programs lik e these that make pet resources more accessible\, including affordable spa y/neuter surgery\, are the key to helping more pets stay out of the shelte rs and in homes where they belong. \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal ServicesDog Population: 419 | Optimum Capacity: 325 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n At the end of 2023\, we celebrated the grand opening of a brand new 40\,0 00 square foot shelter facility in Fulton County! With the opening of the new building\, we’ve fortunately seen improvement in all of these ways t o create a better environment for the teams and the animals as well as a b etter experience for visitors and supporters: Staff is less stressed. We h ave improved our ability to train\, onboard and implement new and efficien t processes.The building is easier to clean and has decreased the spread o f infectious disease.With separate kennel runs\, animals are less stressed or overwhelmed in the building and do not experience as high of stimulati on. It’s now easier to identify issues with dogs so we can work on getti ng them placed in a home more quickly.Visitors feel more welcome and have the ability to more easily spend time with individual animals. We have als o been able to increase the number of spay/neuter surgeries for our adopta ble animals and provide adopters\, fosters and rescue partners with better diagnostics for their pets with the new clinic.We have seen an increase i n the number of volunteers and hours spent with our team.We are able to ho st other shelters and bring more learning and collaborative opportunities to staff in-houseAt the same time\, we experienced a challenging transitio n as we worked to close the former facility\, adjust to the new set up\, a nd final projects and installations were wrapped up by the county. With th e new opening\, there was an uptick of stray or abandoned pets being broug ht to the new shelter. The shelter is a safe haven\, but can only be so te mporarily for pets in need of homes\, and we’ve seen the dog population quickly fill the building past its limits. Similarly to DeKalb County\, it has been difficult to balance the new intakes with finding outcomes for t he animals\, even in the wake of creative and successful adoption events. According to Animal Shelters Count’s recent annual report\, “In 2023\, 3% more dogs entered shelters than left\, resulting in an additional 107\ ,000 dogs in shelters at the end the year.” Fulton County Animal Service s is also an open intake municipal shelter facility and can’t simply “ stop” taking new animals in even when we’re overcapacity. Fortunately\ , we’ve also started 2024 with recent pawsitive media and exciting opera tional updates. The full-service clinic at Fulton County Animal Services i s now open for the public to make low-cost wellness appointments for their pets to receive the care they need! Additionally\, a Fulton County foster dog\, a pit mix now known as Miss Peaches\, has gone viral after being ad opted by celebrity and President of Barstool Sports\, Dave Portnoy. Miss P eaches’s story\, Dave’s choice to adopt and his initiative to raise fu nds for animal rescue has captured hearts nationwide. Lifesaving deserves to be trending so that we can keep up with the influx of dogs in need. We hope others will follow in his footsteps!  \n \n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal CenterDog Population: 119 | Optimum Capacity: 80 \n \n \n \n The incredible dedication of the team at our LifeLine Community Animal Center cannot be overlooked. Our county s helter facilities tend to take the spotlight in the news and on social med ia because of the massive number of pets that come through their doors\, b ut the Community Animal Center is always working quietly in the background to help the county operations. When the county shelters are over capacity \, so is this facility to keep up with the need. Not only do they consiste ntly take in pets from our county shelters and other rural facilities\, bu t\, when there is a neglect or hoarding case being investigated\, this loc ation takes in dozens of pets when they have nowhere else to go. As we ent er the warmer months of summer\, the Community Animal Center is also const antly preparing to help with the large numbers of kittens and puppies that are in need. Maintaining a full staff at this location is critical to its function. If you’re interested in joining our team full-time\, or even as a volunteer\, our Community Animal Center would love to have you! \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A National Crisis \n \n \n \n In conversations wit h other rescue organizations and in a review of data over the past few yea rs\, we’ve learned that these challenges are not unique to LifeLine or t he city of Atlanta. For the fourth year in a row\, we are faced with a “ new normal” in animal sheltering. According to the report\, “A total o f 900\,000 animals have entered and lingered in our nation’s shelters an d rescues since January 2021. This surplus is on top of the population alr eady residing within organizations\, resulting in an ongoing capacity cris is.” “The number of animals entering shelters through community intake s in 2023 remained roughly the same as 2022 at 6.5 million\, with intakes nearly evenly split between dogs and cats.” Compared to a national decre ase of 3.2% in intakes between 2019 and 2023\, our community intakes throu gh the Fulton and DeKalb County shelters decreased 6.89% from 2019 to 2023 . But\, intakes increased by 14.5% from 2022 to 2023. Even in the wake of these higher intake numbers\, we have been able to rally our community and find an incredible number of homes in 2023 compared to previous years. “While 2.2 million dogs were adopted in 2023\, dog adoptions are still 5 % lower than in 2019 (-108\,000 dogs adopted).” At LifeLine\, our overal l pet adoptions were only down by 1.92% in 2023 compared to 2019\, and ado ptions were higher in 2023 compared to 2018\, 2020\, 2021 and 2022. We are frequently partnering with more organizations who want to help and who ar e spreading the word that adopting is the way to go when searching for a n ew pet. For full shelter statistics across our organization\, please visit www.shelteranimalscount.org/stats. \n \n \n \n In Su mmary \n \n \n \n The animals in our city need help. W hile donations are the foundation for our work in the community and allow us to help more pets get the care they need\, donations don’t create mor e available kennel space. We need your help in getting more pets adopted o r fostered. We need the community’s help in getting more lost pets back home. We need our community to know about available resources for food\, v eterinary care\, and affordable spay/neuter options. Together\, we can sav e these lives and help the animals who need us most. \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Octob er 2023 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Message To Our C ommunity \n \n \n \n We are in the midst of an ongoing crisis affecting city and county animal shelters across the country. Time s are extremely difficult for the animals housed in our shelters and the s taff and volunteers who care for them. We have frequently reported on the conditions of our shelters and how desperate we are to get hundreds of ani mals into homes. We hear the distress and complaints about the overcrowdin g from our volunteers\, fosters\, and community\; we experience the condit ions daily\; we see the news articles written and segments being broadcast on television and radio\; we feel and share your frustration and heartbre ak. We are heartbroken\, too. Let us express to you in no uncertain terms: the current conditions in our shelters are not humane or sustainable. We can and we must do better. We will exhaust all efforts to prioritize the h ealth and safety of both pets and people in our care. The balance of human ely sheltering a growing number of animals while giving each one the care and the time they deserve to be placed in a loving home is getting substan tially harder to achieve. The issues contributing to overcrowding primaril y are rooted in the community\, not the shelter\, and cannot be changed ov ernight. In the shelters\, we’ve reached a pivotal breaking point. We ha ve stretched the shelter capacity and resources to unsustainable limits wh ile hoping\, for too long now\, that there would be a turning point where more animals would leave these buildings than enter. But that has not happ ened this year and without homes to go to\, we must euthanize more dogs at both county shelters in order to reach and maintain safe and humane housi ng. There are many facets to the challenges we are currently facing and we will cover some of them in this blog. We also encourage you to check out two other blog posts that go into deeper detail on two important issues: T he No-Kill controversyThe Impact of Spay and Neuter (and other pressing qu estions) \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Are The Shelters So Overcrowded? \n \n \n \n We know there are a lot of questions around why this is happening. We are seeing a new reality\, a post-pandemic world\; E conomic challenges to families\, a lack of affordable and pet-friendly hou sing\, a national shortage of veterinarians\, a decrease in spay/neuter du ring the pandemic and a need for more accessible and affordable spay/neute r options\, a desire for specific breeds\, and a diminishing public capaci ty to help and home shelter animals are all taking a heartbreaking toll on the growing number of animals coming into LifeLine’s care. We have acce pted pets from families arriving at the shelter with all of their possessi ons in a U-haul and nowhere to turn for help. People newly arriving to the area are surrendering their dogs to the shelter because they are unable t o find affordable housing that will allow them to keep their companions.We are coming to terms with an untenable reality of the community relying on a singular shelter as the sole means of support for the growing number of animals at risk – animals who mostly were people’s pets and family me mbers at one time. Systemically\, the shelter alone cannot support the she er volume of need. Here Is A Look At Our Shelters In Crisis: \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 569Target Dog Capacity: 450 On Tuesday \, October 17th\, DeKalb County CEO\, Michael Thurmond\, visited DeKalb Co unty Animal Services. The following day\, he met with our CEO\, Rebecca Gu inn\, and other LifeLine leadership. Together\, LifeLine and DeKalb County leadership agreed that Dekalb County Animal Services must reduce the dog population at the shelter to 450 in 60 days and maintain the population at or below that number. They collaborated and decided on both short- and lo nger-term actions to help aid in this crisis including: Working with staff ing agencies for additional staff and support for cleaning.Deploying perso nnel from other divisions within LifeLine to assist with animal care\, man agement and training and restructuring staff schedules to ensure greater c overage\, particularly on weekends.Sadly\, increasing euthanasia rates if necessary and continuing to do so until we reduce the dog population to 45 0 or less. If we cannot increase lifesaving outcomes beyond the current ra te\, we will have to euthanize 9 animals each day\, or 63 animals each wee k.Constructing an overflow campus adjacent to the shelter\, designed to ho ld up to 120 additional dogs above the current target capacity and provide effective isolation areas\, to help alleviate the need for euthanasia for population control. This solution will take time to build\, staff and ope rate and until then we must get below 450 animals in the current building. Improving communications between DeKalb County’s Animal Services Enforce ment division and the shelter to more proactively address factors in the f ield that are causing animals to come into the shelter.Increasing support to fund access to veterinary care for DeKalb pet owners in need\, includin g subsidized and free spay/neuter\, and targeting areas of DeKalb County y ielding the highest number of animals impounded in the shelter.What it wil l take to change the situation most\, in the short-term\, is simply fewer dogs in the building. We are asking our community to help us achieve those target dog population numbers because\, without homes to go to\, dogs wil l be euthanized for space\, regardless of health and temperment. Please a dopt or foster a pet today. \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dog s: 357Sustainable Capacity for Dogs: 325 We’ve mentioned that there is h ope on the horizon in Fulton County in the form of a brand new shelter fac ility preparing to open before the end of the year. However\, this does no t change the fact that the current facility is in dire straits. On average \, 15 dogs are being euthanized for space each week. Each day\, 16 dogs en ter the facility. That’s\, on average\, 2 more dogs that come in than le ave. While some conditions will improve with the upcoming move to the new facility\, rising intake and overcrowding will not be solved entirely by t ransitioning from one building to another. Fulton County is in desperate n eed of adopters and fosters\, including Friendly Finders who are willing t o foster a lost or stray dog through its mandated stray hold (3 to 5 busin ess days total) instead of immediately dropping them at the shelter when f ound. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LifeLin e Midtown \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 105O ptimum Capacity for Dogs: 75 As an overflow facility\, for every dog adopt ed at LifeLine Midtown\, space opens up for another dog from the Fulton Co unty Animal Services. And\, because the shelter is smaller\, it is a less overwhelming experience for individuals to visit and bring home a pet. Ado pting a pet from LifeLine Midtown greatly supports the main Fulton County shelter. When the new Fulton shelter opens\, the Midtown facility will clo se and any dogs still there will have to move to the new shelter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 111 O ptimum Capacity for Dogs: 60  LifeLine’s Community Animal Center adopti on center was designed as an overflow facility for our county shelters. St aff and volunteers also provide pets with special medical or behavioral ch allenges more time and attention to meet those needs. For dogs\, the Commu nity Animal Center is the primary overflow facility for the DeKalb County shelter. Because it is also full\, our Community Animal Center is limited in serving these critical functions. Beyond just dogs\, our staff is also caring for the majority of our organization’s cats. This adoption center \, like our Midtown location\, offers a calmer environment that may be eas ier to visit. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We Cannot Do This Alone \n \n \n \n Two things can be true: we can be proud of what we’ve accomplished together as a community in 10 ye ars’ time AND acknowledge the ways LifeLine needs to improve and perseve re as an organization. We have committed ourselves to helping these animal s\, but we are limited now by a lack of space and resources\, as well as e xternal challenges in the communities we serve. We are also human and make mistakes. And\, most importantly\, we cannot do this alone. While we are pursuing all avenues toward long-term solutions\, in the short term\, we n eed a miracle. We need you. We are asking our community to please foster o r adopt a pet today. You will be truly saving a life. If you have question s about any topic in this blog and would like to reach out\, please email feedback@lifelineanimal.org or write to LifeLine Animal Project\, ATTN: Op erations 3180 Presidential Drive\, Atlanta\, GA 30340. Thank you\, Atlanta . For believing in our work and helping us save lives today and always. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n February 2023 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Hello\, friends and supporters.  We wanted to share some critical u pdates and news as we turn the page on 2022\, and enter 2023 in a much bet ter position to give our deserving animals the love and space they need to thrive. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In January\, on the heels of a Canine Flu outbreak\, we were faced with a grim reality and life or death decisions. After more than a year of being at critical capacity at our DeKalb County Animal Services sh elter\, we were left with the heartbreaking possibility of having to eutha nize animals for space. We had nearly 600 dogs in need of home (at just th is one shelter). We put out a plea for help in the Greater Atlanta area\, and in a mere 7 days\, 373 dogs from DeKalb and 556 dogs from all LifeLine shelters found new homes! We are forever grateful to the Atlanta communit y for their support in our darkest hour. This is what lifesaving looks lik e. By the end of January\, our Fulton County Animal Services had fewer tha n 300 animals for the first time in almost a year. But within days of hitt ing that milestone\, we were called in with law enforcement on a rescue ca se and brought more than 60 new impounded animals safely into our care. Ea ch of these animals requires space\, food and immediate medical care. Our Fulton shelter team was also tasked with running LifeLine Midtown\, our te mporary shelter that opened in early January during the Canine Flu outbrea k to divert intake and keep dogs healthy. While it helped contain that out break\, a new location strains precious resources and manpower\, which has been challenging due to staffing shortages. \n \n \n \n Number of Dogs in Need of Homes as of February 15th \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services: 343 in the shelter and 928 in foster hom es\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services: 339 in the shelter and 22 0 in foster homes\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal Center: 65 in t he shelter and 85 in foster homes\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n LifeLine Midtown: 82 in t he shelter\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The LifeLine Community Animal Center con tinues to aid in the efforts of freeing up space at our county shelters an d helping dogs clear their quarantine period from the Canine Flu outbreak. Recent staffing hires have provided much needed relief to our existing te ams. After the incredible number of adoptions at our DeKalb shelter\, ther e are many animals in need of spay/neuter procedures. The Community Animal Center has stepped in to help temporarily house animals awaiting surgery and ensure that pets don’t have to wait any longer than necessary to go home with new\, loving families. Fortunately\, while the dogs in our care have been a major media focus in 2023\, we have also happily seen a steady flow of cat adoptions at the Community Animal Center and have enough open cat housing space to prepare for a busy kitten season to start in the spr ing. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n It’s bee n a busy start to the new year. And\, while we are celebrating the wins\, the hard work isn’t over. Even though we successfully saved many lives\ , 20-40 dogs come into our county shelters every single day and they need your help to find their way home.  \n \n \n \n What We Need Most Now: \n \n \n \n Volunteers and new staff are urgently needed to keep this much-needed LifeLine Midtown shelter up and running\, as well as help at our other locations.We always need adopte rs and fosters to place more pets into homes where they belong.We need goo d Samaritans in our community to help lost pets make their way back home i nstead of to the shelter. Find out what to do if you should find a lost pe t.And\, if you can’t foster or adopt\, please consider making a donation .As always\, thank you for your critical support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 2022 Posts \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Novem ber\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n September\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n June\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n May\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n March\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n November 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n AN URGENT PLEA FROM OUR CEO TO THE CITY OF ATLANTA\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The current situation in our Atlanta animal shelters is dire. The animals in our care do not have the space they need\, or dese rve\, and we need your help. Our hard working teams are understaffed and w orking extreme overtime to ensure that kennels are clean\, bowls are full\ , and the pets in our shelters are well cared for. Our volunteers walk hun dreds of dogs a day. And it’s still not enough. We have teams covering r escue\, adoptions\, marketing\, volunteers\, and foster parents\, all work ing tirelessly to find homes and other ways Atlanta’s pets can get out o f the shelter. This is not the life our city’s animals deserve. This sta te our shelters are in is not sustainable for the pets nor the people who care for them. Animal shelters have never been\, and will never be\, the i deal solution for the animals. Atlanta\, we urgently need your help. Our a nimals are in desperate need of homes. Each of our shelters have exceeded capacity by the hundreds. DeKalb County Animal Services has nearly 600 dog s and over 50 cats in the building\, Fulton County Animal Services has alm ost 400 dogs in a building meant to hold 80. The more pets in our care\, t he harder it is to make sure they are living as comfortably as they deserv e during their time with us. We are meant to be a temporary refuge for pet s in need\, not a home. Pets cannot thrive here\, especially when there is an overwhelming amount of them. We know you’ve heard this plea before. And we hope you’ll hear it now. The situation is not improving. There ar e more animals in our care than ever and they really need your help. We ne ed your help. Adopt: Whether you’re looking for a calm couch potato\, wa lking partner\, or anything in between\, there are over 1\,000 deserving p ets waiting for you. Foster: If you have just two weeks to help a pet\, th at can make all of the difference. Sign up here.Donate: We need monetary d onations and supplies to continue caring for this many animals each day. Y ou can help by donating here or sending us much-needed items from our Amaz on wishlists. Help lost pets: Most pets are found within a mile of their h ome. If they come to a shelter\, their chances of being reunited greatly d eclines. If you find a pet\, follow these steps or become a friendly finde r. Spay/Neuter: Unlike humans\, dogs and cats give birth to 4-to-6 animals in one litter. Also\, dogs can give birth up to twice a year and cats up to 5 times a year! Because they can produce so many offspring each year\, it is important to spay/neuter your pet as soon as possible to reduce pet overpopulation. Learn more here about the benefits and how to book an appo intment with one of our Spay/Neuter clinics. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 202 2 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We wish we had bette r news to share\, but right now\, the shelters are still struggling. There is a lot of pressure right now on the county shelters to be the lifeline for more pets than the shelters have space to house. The reason for this o vercrowding is simple: more animals are coming in than are leaving. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In August\, we saw a total of 601 dogs adopted\, but 863 came in du ring that same time. That’s 262 more dogs entering our already full buil dings.  \nNumber of dogs that need homes: \n\n337 dogs in need at our Ful ton County shelter\n526 dogs in need at our DeKalb County shelter\n81 dogs in need at our Community Animal Center\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The situation is dir e. We are urging our communities in Fulton and DeKalb Counties to please n ot bring healthy pets they find straight to the shelter as first response. Please take a few steps in the first 48 hours to get lost pets back home where they belong. This does not mean pets will be without support in the community. Those injured or sick are always a top priority. We’re tryin g to make more space for those most in need. And\, we are also trying to f ind solutions for humans in emergency situations who have run out of optio ns. Here are a few things anyone can do to help during this crisis: Adopt a petFoster a pet. 200 emergency fosters are needed at our shelters right nowDonate to support pets in the shelterCollect newspaper\, towels and bla nkets to drop off at any locationCheck the shelter wishlist for items most in needHelp a neighbor who can’t keep their pet find a new home – her e’s howFollow our social channels and help us get the word out by sharin g posts from your preferred platform\, Facebook\, Instagram and Twitter.Wr ite an article in your local neighborhood paper about adopting/fostering s helter petsIf you find a lost pet\, fill out a found pet report\, follow t hese steps or become a friendly finder \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n June 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You are the next chapter in animal w elfare. \n \n \n \n Animal shelters have never been\, and will never be\, the ideal solution for the animals. They have always b een a flawed answer to a bigger community challenge of how to best help lo st\, stray and unwanted pets.  Across the nation\, all communities are fa cing the aftershocks of the pandemic. For animal shelters\, those challeng es include overpopulated and understaffed facilities\, higher intake and f ewer adopters\, and a substantial decrease in rescue transfer support. In Atlanta\, we’ve had to restrict intake at varying levels due to the seve re overcapacity status at both county shelters.  But over the last few ye ars\, and through the recent challenges\, we’ve begun to see how a criti cal shift\, and a different path forward\, can actually save the lives of the animals in our community without having animals languish in shelters. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Over 60% of the animals in a shelter are stray/lost pets. Imagine if the shelters d idn’t exist to collect all the lost and stray pets of a community. What if the community itself was able to help those pets find and reunite with their families?  63% of animals are found just a mile from their home (26 % are just a block away). If neighbors could reunite pets with their famil ies\, instead of bringing them to the shelter\, our shelters would always have space to help those with nowhere to go. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What if the community could help struggling neighbors rehome their pets instead of turning them over to a shelter? Wha t if more resources were spent on keeping pets and people together instead of housing pets in a crowded shelter? If we\, as a community\, could shif t the focus to support each other in creative and practical ways\, the she lters wouldn’t be overcrowded with lost pets missing their families\, or abandoned pets looking for new homes. There will always be a need for she lters to help animals in emergency situations and victims of animal cruelt y\, but the real safety net for pets is a caring community – neighbors h elping neighbors.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Especially now\, when the need continues to exceed available sh eltering resources\, we believe we must find more community-centric soluti ons by working together with pet-lovers and good samaritans to get more pe ts home where they belong.  LifeLine does not believe killing healthy and treatable pets to make more space in a shelter is ever the right answer. Population management through euthanasia has never worked. Reliance on eut hanasia constrains the development of lifesaving solutions\, and the resul ts are always tragic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n When faced with external pressure to euthanize healthy and treatabl e animals to create more shelter space last month\, we turned to our anima l-loving community and in one week found foster and adoptive homes for 300 + pets. Atlanta\, you are the ideal solution. With your help\, we can weav e together a new safety net for the animals in need. Whether you are a vet eran rescuer or new to animal welfare\, help us shift the response when we find lost and stray pets\, so that more pets can be returned to their hom es. If you hear of situations where people need help with a found pet\, he lp them find options\, contact friends to find a foster home and help canv as the neighborhood to reunite families. Share this page.If you read about someone needing to rehome a pet\, share these resources and ask your neig hbors and friends if anyone can help. The pet owner\, rather than the shel ter\, will be able to find the best match for a loved pet. If someone is missing a pet\, check the lost pet pages of our website to see if the pet ended up at the shelter.If you can’t adopt\, foster. If you can’t fost er\, donate. If you can’t donate\, volunteer. If you can’t volunteer\, become an ambassador and share information and resources. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Please continue to suppor t our county shelters. Know that the staff is making the best decisions fo r every individual animal and human who comes to our doors with the resour ces that are available.  \nPlease extend the benefit of the doubt to lear n more about decisions that are being made. The people who dedicate our li ves to help animals in the shelter are not perfect\, but we are doing thei r very best in every situation\, for every individual pet\, and we are wor king with very limited resources and the most challenging of circumstances .  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Right now\, we are at a pivotal moment to change the course of animal welfare and lif esaving in our city. Animals deserve to be in homes and people deserve the love of a pet. Will you join us in committing to turn to each other to fi nd ways to help the animals in your community? Are you in?  We are. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availabili ty ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n Metro Atlanta County Animal Shelters are Out of Space! \n \n \n \n The county shelters have reached peak capacity and no longer have kennel space to house dogs. Because of the sheer volume\, we have had to set up temporary crates to house new arrivals but this is n ot a sustainable or acceptable solution.  This year we have seen a declin e in adoptions by 14% and a 37% decline in the number of animals leaving w ith rescue partners (compared to 2019 pre-pandemic levels). We also saw a decline in the number of lost pets finding their families again. Not only are there more animals currently in the shelters\, but they are staying lo nger which impacts their physical and mental wellbeing.  We URGENTLY need help to place our medium to large dogs into homes so that the shelters do not have to face difficult life or death decisions. We currently need to find 250 homes for dogs living at the DeKalb shelter. The Fulton County an imal shelter is facing a similar situation and needs to find 150 homes thi s week.  Here’s what we are experiencing currently across metro Atlanta . \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb Coun ty Animal Services \n \n \n \n Today\, there are 560 d ogs in our DeKalb facility*. In May 2019\, prior to the pandemic the shelt er held 440 dogs. Fewer animals are leaving the shelter\, and animals are staying longer looking for homes. They’re waiting an average of 80 days at DeKalb County Animal Services. Due to this critical status\, Dekalb Cou nty and LifeLine Animal Project\, in conjunction with the Georgia Departme nt of Agriculture\, are enacting emergency only intake protocols. This mea ns the DeKalb shelter is only able to accept animals from emergency situat ions or in critical need (injured animals\, animals involved in bite cases or cruelty situations). DeKalb County Animal Enforcement will also enforc e these emergency protocols and will only respond to high priority calls. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n *As of May 25\, 2022\, with the help of our community\, the number of dogs housed at DeKalb County Animal Service s has decreased to 433. We are making slow\, but steady\, progress towards reducing the number of pets housed at the shelter to a more comfortable t hreshold of 320. However\, the situation remains critical and your continu ed help is needed to find homes for the pets in our care. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n There are currently 360  dogs in our Fulton facility**\, which was bui lt to house only 80 dogs. Dogs are waiting an average 40 days to be placed in a home\, which is longer than previous years and is very stressful for the animals. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n **As of May 25\, 2022\, thanks to our community’s help in response to an urgent plea for fosters and ad opters\, the number of dogs housed at Fulton County Animal Services has di pped below 300. Additionally\, a generous volunteer has pledged to sponsor 100 dog adoptions this May at Fulton County. We always want to provide hu mane housing for the animals in our care and at the levels we are experien cing\, that is extremely challenging. Our community’s continued help at this critical time is needed to find homes for the pets in our care. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Animal C enter \n \n \n \n Our Community Animal Center takes in pets from our county shelters to help alleviate space constraints. Right now\, the center is full and can only take in more dogs when dogs currentl y in our care are adopted or head to foster homes.  Last week\, 128 cats arrived from our DeKalb and Fulton shelters. If you are looking for a cat\ , there are many available at the LifeLine Community Animal Center. There are also over 100 dogs available for adoption at this location. \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n Let's save lives together. \n \n \n \n Please share this blog with your community and network to help more pets find the homes they deserve today. \n \n \n \n Ways to Help \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n March 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel spa ce\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangero usly full\n \n \n \n \n \n Crit ical Needs This Week: Adopters and Fosters \n \n \n \n This February\, we saw the highest intake levels on record for the mont h since LifeLine took over shelter management in 2013. Both of our county shelters are in the red zone for space availability!  As we continue to f ace a growing space crisis\, we turn our attention to the impact of crowdi ng and the shelter environment on the health of our pets. It is a common m isconception that pets may fare better in a shelter than in a home where t he pet parent has to leave daily for work or doesn’t have a yard. There is no place like a home when it comes to animals. Even with the incredible support of our staff and volunteers\, it is impossible to replicate the c alm and one-on-one attention a pet will receive in a home. Shelters\, part icularly at the capacity level we currently face\, can be loud and overwhe lming for many pets. Though they are safe and fed\, the close proximity to so many other pets can lead to a spread in medical conditions. Ultimately \, we see a deterioration of our pets the longer they spend in the shelter \, along with added strain for our veterinary teams.  Our goal is to see all of our pets find their way to a warm and loving home. We need help giv ing our shelter pets a break\, including taking them out for a day or a we ekend\, while they await the arrival of their new family. We immediately s ee an improvement in our pet’s health and happiness when they are in a h ome. Plus\, you can provide key insights on the dog or cat’s personality (which tends to shine beyond the shelter walls) to share with potential a dopters! We are facing a particular need for fosters for our pets that hav e medical needs\, are part of an ongoing court case\, and dogs that are la rger in size. To find out more and help give our pets a break\, check out our Foster page. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \n There ar e currently 471 dogs at DeKalb County Animal Services\, 253 MORE than the ideal number of dogs that should be housed in our shelter here and putting us in the RED ZONE!  The need for special care fosters is imperative. Ce rtain pets\, such as those that have just given birth\, are undergoing med ical treatment or are part of a court case\, deserve a quiet space and may need a little extra care. This can include receiving regular doses of med icine\, restricted or regulated exercise regimes or extra space to care fo r their puppies. It is important that they have a home where they can rela x\, heal and rest stress-free.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n The Fulton County Animal Services shelter is in the RED ZONE! There are 265 dogs in the shelter\, an alarming 115 dogs over the ideal number of 150. This means some runs have up to five dogs s haring a space. As a result\, the shelter is seeing an uptick in medical i ssues\, particularly contagious ailments like upper respiratory infections . \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n In Feb ruary 2022\, the LifeLine Community Animal Center brought in 222 pets to h elp create space at our two county shelters. 94 dogs and 84 cats are waiti ng for a place to call home\, with many more patiently waiting in foster h omes. Our animals are showing tremendous resilience\, but we need urgent h elp from our community to provide these precious pets with homes! Our miss ion remains\, as always\, to save the lives of all healthy and treatable a nimals. We appreciate the support of our community! \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n Help us save lives together! \n \n \n \n Share this blog with your community\, and help get mor e pets into homes today! \n \n \n \n Ways to Help \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n January 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n We are kicking off the new year with an unfamiliar sight for this time of the year: shelters that are stil l full from this summer. Shelter space is unfortunately\, yet typically\, limited during the summer months\, but this is the first time we have expe rienced such a continued strain on our shelter capacity and team. The numb er of animals coming in our doors has increased by 12% over last year whil e the number of dogs adopted has decreased. People are also struggling to care for their pets and have been facing evictions and other challenges. T his means more pets have been surrendered. Over the last two years\, we ha ve seen a 39% decline in the number of animals our rescue partners have be en able to help pull to safety\, largely due to factors resulting from the COVID pandemic. All of these challenges would be difficult alone but\, li ke so many others\, we are also facing severe labor shortages. We currentl y have 34 open positions across three locations\, which means we are missi ng 13% of our workforce. Between the staffing challenge and the number of staff who have been out sick due to the latest wave of the COVID-19 virus\ , we are struggling. Animal care is always our top priority. Our understaf fed teams and volunteers are working doubly hard to care for all the anima ls in need\, covering extra shifts and taking on additional responsibiliti es. In these times\, we must depend even more so on our community’s supp ort. By adopting\, donating\, volunteering\, helping lost animals back hom e and finding new homes for those alone in the shelter\, our community off ers real and sustained hope for the animals in our care. We are continuing to take in animals for emergency situations and for those who do not have any other options. Our Animal Service Officers and community support team s continue to provide resources\, including access to veterinary care and pet supplies\, pet lost and found assistance and self-rehoming options for animals in non-emergency situations. We always work with individuals faci ng financial hardship who need help for their pets. We often reduce or wai ve reclaim and surrender fees in the hopes of helping people and finding t he best outcomes for the animals. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \ n The ideal number of dogs that should be housed at DeKalb County Animal Services is 218. This allows us to house one dog per kennel with ac cess to both sides of the kennel. We are currently in the red zone with 48 0 dogs in the building. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n With Fulton County Animal Services being a smaller\, older building\, there is space to optimally house only 150 dogs. As of la st week\, there were 221 dogs in the shelter. This forces us to house mult iple dogs in most of the kennels. Not only does this make cleaning the she lter a logistical challenge\, but it means the environment is less than id eal for our animals. Our goal is to safely house a large population while mitigating risk of disease and shelter stress on the animals. If we had fe wer dogs in the building\, we could provide larger\, single kennels for 26 of our larger breed dogs\, who need individual housing\, and who are curr ently residing in smaller cages. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n In December 2021\, the LifeLine Community Animal C enter transferred in 170 pets from Fulton and DeKalb to help make space at the our two county shelters. We currently have 95 dogs and 102 cats looki ng for homes\, and even more are waiting to find families while they live in foster homes. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We believe space limitations alone are an unacceptable reason to euthani ze healthy and treatable animals. LifeLine has been able to achieve “no- kill\,”  saving 90% or more of all the animals who enter our shelters\, but we are only able to maintain this lifesaving achievement with the com munity’s support and advocacy. We know our community has the ability to provide the support needed to save precious lives.  Their lives depend on it. \n \n \n \n Make a difference today! \n \n \n \n Share this blog post with your community\, and help g et more pets into homes today. LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T061439Z URL:https://lifelineanimal.org/lifeline-events/mobile-vaccine-clinic-2026- 06-24/2026-09-19/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atla nta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:LifeLine Animal Project X-SOURCE-URL:https://lifelineanimal.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Famer's Market Saturdays in Lovejoy City Garden DTSTART:20260919T140000Z DTEND:20260919T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260907T050521Z UID:10000588-1789812000-1789822800@seeclaytoncountyga.com CATEGORIES:community,market DESCRIPTION:Farmers Market Saturdays at Lovejoy City Garden \nEnjoy a fres h and vibrant community experience at Farmers Market Saturdays at the Love joy City Garden. Visitors and locals alike are invited to explore the mark et every 1st and 3rd Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. \nBrowse a variety of local vendors offering fresh produce\, handmade goods\, and unique finds. While you’re there\, be sure to stop by the Lovejoy Garden store to sho p for locally inspired products. \nThis event is free and open to visitors and the community\, making it a perfect addition to your Saturday plans w hile exploring Clayton County\, GA. \nFor more information\, please contac t the Lovejoy City Garden. \n2635 N Steele Rd\, Hampton\, GA 30228 LAST-MODIFIED:20260907T050521Z LOCATION:Lovejoy City Garden\, 2635 Steele Rd\, Hampton\, GA\, 30228\, Uni ted States URL:https://seeclaytoncountyga.com/event/famers-market-saturdays-in-lovejo y-city-garden/2026-09-19/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campa ign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:See Clayton County X-SOURCE-URL:https://seeclaytoncountyga.com/things-to-do/attraction/atlant a-state-farmers-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Paint Chip Poetry Contest DTSTART:20260919T140000Z DTEND:20260919T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260908T123434Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53883418863524 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:"In celebration of Latine Heritage Month\, Latinas UNIDES and McCain Library are partnering to host a paint chip poetry contest. To part icipate\, pick up a paint chip from the Check Out Desk in McCain Library. Write your poem on the paint chip\, and then place it in the submission bo x. All entries will be reviewed by Latinas UNIDES. A prize will be given t o the winner\, and all entries will be displayed in McCain Library. LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T123434Z LOCATION:McCain Library\, Main Reading Room (1st Floor Lobby) URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/paint-chip-poetry-contest?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fall Lantern Shadow Box Workshop DTSTART:20260919T140000Z DTEND:20260919T153000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T061350Z UID:10013485-1789812000-1789817400@www.kennesaw-ga.gov CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fun in-person workshop where you’ll create you r very own mini shadow box! Perfect for adding a personal touch to your sp ace or gifting to someone special. No experience needed—just bring your creativity and good vibes\, and we’ll guide you step-by-step to craft a cool keepsake that you’ll be proud of. The design is called Fall Lantern \, and it features rich autumn colors and looks amazing in an open 5″ x 5″ natural frame. All materials will be provided. Ages 12 and up. Don’ t miss out on this hands-on\, artsy experience! For Adults. Class is $40. Jeanette Folkes leads this workshop. Members call for a discount code. Pre -registration required.  Register here: https://ticketscandy.com/e/fall-l antern-shadow-box-17782 LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T061350Z LOCATION:Smith-Gilbert Gardens\, 2382 Pine Mountain Road\, Kennesaw\, GA\, 30152\, United States URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/kennesaw-event/fall-lantern-shadow-box-wor kshop/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of Kennesaw X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/farmers-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:A Musical Tour Through Latin America DTSTART:20260919T140000Z DTEND:20260919T150000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T193057Z UID:10041572-1789812000-1789815600@www.globalatlanta.com CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:Pack your imagination and get ready to dance! Havana Son takes families on an interactive musical adventure across Latin America filled with lively rhythms\, colorful cultures\, and hands-on fun. From Cuba to M exico\, Puerto Rico to Colombia\, children and families will sing\, clap\, dance\, and play percussion instruments as they experience the unique sou nds of each country along the way. \nPerfect for kids and grown-ups alike\ , this joyful celebration invites audiences of all backgrounds to connect through music\, movement\, and culture. It’s a high-energy morning of le arning\, laughter\, and Latin beats the whole family will love. \nNo passp ort required\, just bring your dancing shoes!roswe LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T193057Z LOCATION:Roswell Cultural Arts Center\, 950 Forrest Street\, Roswell\, GA\ , 30076\, United States URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/event/a-musical-tour-through-latin-ameri ca/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Global Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/events/category/culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:JapanFest Atlanta 2026: Timeless Japan DTSTART:20260919T140000Z DTEND:20260919T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T193101Z UID:10041447-1789812000-1789840800@www.globalatlanta.com CATEGORIES:dance,festival,food,music DESCRIPTION:Experience the sights\, sounds\, and flavors of Japan at Japan Fest Atlanta\, one of the largest Japanese culture festivals in the Southe ast. This annual celebration brings together traditional and modern elemen ts of Japanese culture\, offering a vibrant mix of performances\, food\, a nd interactive experiences for all ages. \n\n\n\nGuests can enjoy live mus ic and dance\, martial arts demonstrations\, hands-on activities like orig ami and calligraphy\, and a wide variety of authentic Japanese cuisine. Wi th vendor booths\, cultural exhibits\, and a lively festival atmosphere\, JapanFest provides a fun and engaging way to explore Japanese culture and connect with the community. \nSpecial guest performers include: \n\nWaves of Harmony\, Traditional Shamisen Group\nHaribow\, Rope Skipping Performan ce Team\nand many more!\n\nSeptember 19\, 10am to 6pm \nSeptember 20\, 10a m to 5pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDownload Flyer LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T193101Z LOCATION:Gas South Convention Center\, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway\, Duluth\, G A\, 30097\, United States URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/event/japanfest-atlanta-2026-timeless-ja pan/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Global Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/events/category/culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Acrylics Class DTSTART:20260919T140000Z DTEND:20260919T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T205128Z UID:10018968-1789812000-1789819200@decaturartsalliance.org CATEGORIES:arts,education LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T205128Z LOCATION:Hyatt Cottage at Legacy Park\, 500 S. Columbia Dr.\, Decatur\, GA \, 30030\, United States URL:https://decaturartsalliance.org/event/acrylics-class/2026-09-19/?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Decatur Arts Alliance X-SOURCE-URL:https://decaturartsalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Georgia State University Volleyball vs Montana State DTSTART:20260919T150000Z DTEND:20260919T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T170246Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53502786560058 CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Georgia State University Volleyball vs Montana State LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170246Z LOCATION:Macon\, Ga. URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/georgia-state-university-volleyball-vs- montana-state?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta- ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Kids Day In The Park DTSTART:20260919T150000Z DTEND:20260919T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260828T183414Z UID:10001531-1789815600-1789826400@www.tuckerga.gov CATEGORIES:family,free DESCRIPTION:Ready for a day of lighthearted fun with your kids? Join us at the Church Street Greenspace for Optimist Kids Day in the Park on Saturda y\, 9/19! \nThis FREE event includes Food Trucks and Field Day Games like cornhole\, ring toss\, egg spoon\, bowling pins\, sack races and more. Eve ry game includes prizes! \nWe’ll have a few craft tables set up for maki ng pinwheels and ornaments PLUS: TWO FREE Bicycle Giveaways with bike helm ets! LAST-MODIFIED:20260828T183414Z LOCATION:Church Street Greenspace\, 4316 Church St\, Tucker\, GA\, 30084\, United States URL:https://www.tuckerga.gov/events_list/kids-day-in-the-park/?utm_source= caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Tucker\, GA\, Official City Website X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.tuckerga.gov END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Jazz Brunch at C. Ellet's DTSTART:20260919T150000Z DTEND:20260919T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260911T000330Z UID:10002462-1789815600-1789830000@batteryatl.com CATEGORIES:food,music DESCRIPTION:Join C. Ellet’s Saturdays and Sundays for jazz brunch! Dine on your favorite bites\, like Southern Fried Chicken and Pancake Paloozas\ , sip on mimosas\, and listen to jazzy tunes from their live band. The Jaz z Duo plays from 11-3pm every Saturday and Sunday. \nClick here to make yo ur reservation today! LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T000330Z LOCATION:C. Ellet’s\, 2605 Circle 75 Parkway Ste 400\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30 339\, United States URL:https://batteryatl.com/event/jazz-brunch-at-c-ellets/2026-09-19/?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:BatteryATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://batteryatl.com/events-calendar/tag/live-music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Atlanta India Festival DTSTART:20260919T150000Z DTEND:20260919T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T193101Z UID:10041431-1789815600-1789844400@www.globalatlanta.com CATEGORIES:festival,free DESCRIPTION:Experience one of Georgia’s largest celebrations of Indian c ulture at the Atlanta India Festival on Saturday\, September 19\, in Roswe ll\, GA. Enjoy authentic Indian cuisine\, live music and dance performance s\, cultural exhibits\, artisan shopping\, family-friendly activities\, ou tdoor games\, and a vibrant community atmosphere. \nAdmission is free\, ma king it the perfect day to discover the rich traditions\, flavors\, and di versity of India with friends and family. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T193101Z LOCATION:St. Mary’s Orthodox Church\, 1950 old Alabama rd.\, Roswell\, G A\, 30076\, United States URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/event/atlanta-india-festival-3/?utm_sour ce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Global Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/events/category/culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Members Only DTSTART:20260919T150000Z DTEND:20260920T014500Z DTSTAMP:20260915T201239Z UID:0fulpouh11il58tgjnmuef26ck@google.com CATEGORIES:community LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T201239Z X-SOURCE-NAME:GardenHillsPool X-SOURCE-URL:https://gardenhillspool.com/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PetSmart (Camp Creek) Dog Adoption Event DTSTART:20260919T160000Z DTEND:20260919T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260912T181622Z UID:38123-1789819200-1789826400@lifelineanimal.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Our goal with this page is to share the current shelter needs with our community in an ongoing way. We hope to update this page seasonal ly or more frequently as needed. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 2024 \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n Last year\, we reached a pivotal break ing point in terms of the number of animals housed in our care. We recogni zed the physical capacity limitations of our buildings and made a commitme nt to work towards humane housing solutions\, which means both the county shelters need to reduce the number of animals living in the buildings. Whi le we continue to face severe overcrowding into 2024\, we have worked hard to increase resources to help more pet owners and improve the quality of life for the animals in our care. We are continuing to adapt to the challe nges we’re facing\, including many systemic problems that contribute to the number of animals arriving in our care. We have collaborated with many supportive community members and leaders in pursuit of creating a safer a nd more humane shelter environment for all. There are no overnight solutio ns to drastically reduce our shelter populations\, but we continue to have hope that with your support and the strategies currently in place\, our c ommunity will help us get more animals into homes where they belong. Here is a brief update for all three LifeLine shelters\, including the unique c hallenges and the most important ways you can get involved. \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal ServicesDog Population: 506 | Opti mum Capacity: 475 \n \n \n \n Last year\, DeKalb Count y Animal Services reached peak numbers of dogs housed in the shelter durin g an outbreak of Canine Flu.. Because of an incredible response from our c ommunity\, we successfully saw the population drop down to 312 dogs. Becau se the need in our community is so great\, this number steadily rose back up to 500+ dogs and has remained in that range for months on end despite o ur best efforts. It is a near constant struggle to balance the amount of “noses in”\, pets arriving at the shelter\, with the amount of “nose s out” each week\, pets leaving. As an open intake municipal facility\, we do not turn away animals in need in Dekalb County\, no matter how much or little space we have in our kennels when we begin a new day. It is impo rtant that the community understands this distinction from other rescue or ganizations and is aware of ways they can help prevent lost or stray pets from ever having to enter the shelter. We need to create room for pets tha t have the most urgent need for our help. We must find a way to help more animals find homes and keep the shelter at a capacity that is humane for t he pets in our care. Heartbreaking space euthanasia decisions must be made weekly and overcrowding is putting more dogs at risk. Instead of focusing our at-risk dogs\, we are asking our community to focus efforts and resou rces on getting more of our highly-adoptable dogs out so that those animal s identified as most at risk (struggling in the shelter and exhibiting a v ariety of challenging behaviors) can get the time that they need to find a home. Any animal that leaves the building will help us reach our target o f decreasing the dog population to below a threshold of 475. This new proc ess includes daily population updates on the website and improved communic ations with our volunteers and community about how to best support dogs in need in our shelters. Even still\, 475 dogs housed in the building is les s than ideal. This is an incredible number of pets to care for daily. Whil e their basic needs are met\, quality of life deteriorates the longer they are housed in a shelter intended to be a temporary safety net. The lower we can keep that number\, the less dogs there will be at risk for illness\ , increased stress and euthanasia. In addition to these adjustments in com municating the ongoing need\, we have partnered with DeKalb County leaders on both short and long-term solutions that were announced last fall to he lp more pets in need: Increased funding for support to pets of DeKalb Coun ty residents including:A free monthly pet food bankFree spay/neuter surger ies through SNIP DeKalbFree vaccinations through LifeLine’s Mobile Clini cAdditional kennel space to provide more humane housing for the dogs curre ntly in our care:Plans have been approved to build new\, additional kennel s which will provide better housing for court case dogs who are in our car e long termProjected installation is September 2024We believe programs lik e these that make pet resources more accessible\, including affordable spa y/neuter surgery\, are the key to helping more pets stay out of the shelte rs and in homes where they belong. \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal ServicesDog Population: 419 | Optimum Capacity: 325 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n At the end of 2023\, we celebrated the grand opening of a brand new 40\,0 00 square foot shelter facility in Fulton County! With the opening of the new building\, we’ve fortunately seen improvement in all of these ways t o create a better environment for the teams and the animals as well as a b etter experience for visitors and supporters: Staff is less stressed. We h ave improved our ability to train\, onboard and implement new and efficien t processes.The building is easier to clean and has decreased the spread o f infectious disease.With separate kennel runs\, animals are less stressed or overwhelmed in the building and do not experience as high of stimulati on. It’s now easier to identify issues with dogs so we can work on getti ng them placed in a home more quickly.Visitors feel more welcome and have the ability to more easily spend time with individual animals. We have als o been able to increase the number of spay/neuter surgeries for our adopta ble animals and provide adopters\, fosters and rescue partners with better diagnostics for their pets with the new clinic.We have seen an increase i n the number of volunteers and hours spent with our team.We are able to ho st other shelters and bring more learning and collaborative opportunities to staff in-houseAt the same time\, we experienced a challenging transitio n as we worked to close the former facility\, adjust to the new set up\, a nd final projects and installations were wrapped up by the county. With th e new opening\, there was an uptick of stray or abandoned pets being broug ht to the new shelter. The shelter is a safe haven\, but can only be so te mporarily for pets in need of homes\, and we’ve seen the dog population quickly fill the building past its limits. Similarly to DeKalb County\, it has been difficult to balance the new intakes with finding outcomes for t he animals\, even in the wake of creative and successful adoption events. According to Animal Shelters Count’s recent annual report\, “In 2023\, 3% more dogs entered shelters than left\, resulting in an additional 107\ ,000 dogs in shelters at the end the year.” Fulton County Animal Service s is also an open intake municipal shelter facility and can’t simply “ stop” taking new animals in even when we’re overcapacity. Fortunately\ , we’ve also started 2024 with recent pawsitive media and exciting opera tional updates. The full-service clinic at Fulton County Animal Services i s now open for the public to make low-cost wellness appointments for their pets to receive the care they need! Additionally\, a Fulton County foster dog\, a pit mix now known as Miss Peaches\, has gone viral after being ad opted by celebrity and President of Barstool Sports\, Dave Portnoy. Miss P eaches’s story\, Dave’s choice to adopt and his initiative to raise fu nds for animal rescue has captured hearts nationwide. Lifesaving deserves to be trending so that we can keep up with the influx of dogs in need. We hope others will follow in his footsteps!  \n \n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal CenterDog Population: 119 | Optimum Capacity: 80 \n \n \n \n The incredible dedication of the team at our LifeLine Community Animal Center cannot be overlooked. Our county s helter facilities tend to take the spotlight in the news and on social med ia because of the massive number of pets that come through their doors\, b ut the Community Animal Center is always working quietly in the background to help the county operations. When the county shelters are over capacity \, so is this facility to keep up with the need. Not only do they consiste ntly take in pets from our county shelters and other rural facilities\, bu t\, when there is a neglect or hoarding case being investigated\, this loc ation takes in dozens of pets when they have nowhere else to go. As we ent er the warmer months of summer\, the Community Animal Center is also const antly preparing to help with the large numbers of kittens and puppies that are in need. Maintaining a full staff at this location is critical to its function. If you’re interested in joining our team full-time\, or even as a volunteer\, our Community Animal Center would love to have you! \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A National Crisis \n \n \n \n In conversations wit h other rescue organizations and in a review of data over the past few yea rs\, we’ve learned that these challenges are not unique to LifeLine or t he city of Atlanta. For the fourth year in a row\, we are faced with a “ new normal” in animal sheltering. According to the report\, “A total o f 900\,000 animals have entered and lingered in our nation’s shelters an d rescues since January 2021. This surplus is on top of the population alr eady residing within organizations\, resulting in an ongoing capacity cris is.” “The number of animals entering shelters through community intake s in 2023 remained roughly the same as 2022 at 6.5 million\, with intakes nearly evenly split between dogs and cats.” Compared to a national decre ase of 3.2% in intakes between 2019 and 2023\, our community intakes throu gh the Fulton and DeKalb County shelters decreased 6.89% from 2019 to 2023 . But\, intakes increased by 14.5% from 2022 to 2023. Even in the wake of these higher intake numbers\, we have been able to rally our community and find an incredible number of homes in 2023 compared to previous years. “While 2.2 million dogs were adopted in 2023\, dog adoptions are still 5 % lower than in 2019 (-108\,000 dogs adopted).” At LifeLine\, our overal l pet adoptions were only down by 1.92% in 2023 compared to 2019\, and ado ptions were higher in 2023 compared to 2018\, 2020\, 2021 and 2022. We are frequently partnering with more organizations who want to help and who ar e spreading the word that adopting is the way to go when searching for a n ew pet. For full shelter statistics across our organization\, please visit www.shelteranimalscount.org/stats. \n \n \n \n In Su mmary \n \n \n \n The animals in our city need help. W hile donations are the foundation for our work in the community and allow us to help more pets get the care they need\, donations don’t create mor e available kennel space. We need your help in getting more pets adopted o r fostered. We need the community’s help in getting more lost pets back home. We need our community to know about available resources for food\, v eterinary care\, and affordable spay/neuter options. Together\, we can sav e these lives and help the animals who need us most. \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Octob er 2023 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Message To Our C ommunity \n \n \n \n We are in the midst of an ongoing crisis affecting city and county animal shelters across the country. Time s are extremely difficult for the animals housed in our shelters and the s taff and volunteers who care for them. We have frequently reported on the conditions of our shelters and how desperate we are to get hundreds of ani mals into homes. We hear the distress and complaints about the overcrowdin g from our volunteers\, fosters\, and community\; we experience the condit ions daily\; we see the news articles written and segments being broadcast on television and radio\; we feel and share your frustration and heartbre ak. We are heartbroken\, too. Let us express to you in no uncertain terms: the current conditions in our shelters are not humane or sustainable. We can and we must do better. We will exhaust all efforts to prioritize the h ealth and safety of both pets and people in our care. The balance of human ely sheltering a growing number of animals while giving each one the care and the time they deserve to be placed in a loving home is getting substan tially harder to achieve. The issues contributing to overcrowding primaril y are rooted in the community\, not the shelter\, and cannot be changed ov ernight. In the shelters\, we’ve reached a pivotal breaking point. We ha ve stretched the shelter capacity and resources to unsustainable limits wh ile hoping\, for too long now\, that there would be a turning point where more animals would leave these buildings than enter. But that has not happ ened this year and without homes to go to\, we must euthanize more dogs at both county shelters in order to reach and maintain safe and humane housi ng. There are many facets to the challenges we are currently facing and we will cover some of them in this blog. We also encourage you to check out two other blog posts that go into deeper detail on two important issues: T he No-Kill controversyThe Impact of Spay and Neuter (and other pressing qu estions) \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Are The Shelters So Overcrowded? \n \n \n \n We know there are a lot of questions around why this is happening. We are seeing a new reality\, a post-pandemic world\; E conomic challenges to families\, a lack of affordable and pet-friendly hou sing\, a national shortage of veterinarians\, a decrease in spay/neuter du ring the pandemic and a need for more accessible and affordable spay/neute r options\, a desire for specific breeds\, and a diminishing public capaci ty to help and home shelter animals are all taking a heartbreaking toll on the growing number of animals coming into LifeLine’s care. We have acce pted pets from families arriving at the shelter with all of their possessi ons in a U-haul and nowhere to turn for help. People newly arriving to the area are surrendering their dogs to the shelter because they are unable t o find affordable housing that will allow them to keep their companions.We are coming to terms with an untenable reality of the community relying on a singular shelter as the sole means of support for the growing number of animals at risk – animals who mostly were people’s pets and family me mbers at one time. Systemically\, the shelter alone cannot support the she er volume of need. Here Is A Look At Our Shelters In Crisis: \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 569Target Dog Capacity: 450 On Tuesday \, October 17th\, DeKalb County CEO\, Michael Thurmond\, visited DeKalb Co unty Animal Services. The following day\, he met with our CEO\, Rebecca Gu inn\, and other LifeLine leadership. Together\, LifeLine and DeKalb County leadership agreed that Dekalb County Animal Services must reduce the dog population at the shelter to 450 in 60 days and maintain the population at or below that number. They collaborated and decided on both short- and lo nger-term actions to help aid in this crisis including: Working with staff ing agencies for additional staff and support for cleaning.Deploying perso nnel from other divisions within LifeLine to assist with animal care\, man agement and training and restructuring staff schedules to ensure greater c overage\, particularly on weekends.Sadly\, increasing euthanasia rates if necessary and continuing to do so until we reduce the dog population to 45 0 or less. If we cannot increase lifesaving outcomes beyond the current ra te\, we will have to euthanize 9 animals each day\, or 63 animals each wee k.Constructing an overflow campus adjacent to the shelter\, designed to ho ld up to 120 additional dogs above the current target capacity and provide effective isolation areas\, to help alleviate the need for euthanasia for population control. This solution will take time to build\, staff and ope rate and until then we must get below 450 animals in the current building. Improving communications between DeKalb County’s Animal Services Enforce ment division and the shelter to more proactively address factors in the f ield that are causing animals to come into the shelter.Increasing support to fund access to veterinary care for DeKalb pet owners in need\, includin g subsidized and free spay/neuter\, and targeting areas of DeKalb County y ielding the highest number of animals impounded in the shelter.What it wil l take to change the situation most\, in the short-term\, is simply fewer dogs in the building. We are asking our community to help us achieve those target dog population numbers because\, without homes to go to\, dogs wil l be euthanized for space\, regardless of health and temperment. Please a dopt or foster a pet today. \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dog s: 357Sustainable Capacity for Dogs: 325 We’ve mentioned that there is h ope on the horizon in Fulton County in the form of a brand new shelter fac ility preparing to open before the end of the year. However\, this does no t change the fact that the current facility is in dire straits. On average \, 15 dogs are being euthanized for space each week. Each day\, 16 dogs en ter the facility. That’s\, on average\, 2 more dogs that come in than le ave. While some conditions will improve with the upcoming move to the new facility\, rising intake and overcrowding will not be solved entirely by t ransitioning from one building to another. Fulton County is in desperate n eed of adopters and fosters\, including Friendly Finders who are willing t o foster a lost or stray dog through its mandated stray hold (3 to 5 busin ess days total) instead of immediately dropping them at the shelter when f ound. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LifeLin e Midtown \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 105O ptimum Capacity for Dogs: 75 As an overflow facility\, for every dog adopt ed at LifeLine Midtown\, space opens up for another dog from the Fulton Co unty Animal Services. And\, because the shelter is smaller\, it is a less overwhelming experience for individuals to visit and bring home a pet. Ado pting a pet from LifeLine Midtown greatly supports the main Fulton County shelter. When the new Fulton shelter opens\, the Midtown facility will clo se and any dogs still there will have to move to the new shelter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 111 O ptimum Capacity for Dogs: 60  LifeLine’s Community Animal Center adopti on center was designed as an overflow facility for our county shelters. St aff and volunteers also provide pets with special medical or behavioral ch allenges more time and attention to meet those needs. For dogs\, the Commu nity Animal Center is the primary overflow facility for the DeKalb County shelter. Because it is also full\, our Community Animal Center is limited in serving these critical functions. Beyond just dogs\, our staff is also caring for the majority of our organization’s cats. This adoption center \, like our Midtown location\, offers a calmer environment that may be eas ier to visit. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We Cannot Do This Alone \n \n \n \n Two things can be true: we can be proud of what we’ve accomplished together as a community in 10 ye ars’ time AND acknowledge the ways LifeLine needs to improve and perseve re as an organization. We have committed ourselves to helping these animal s\, but we are limited now by a lack of space and resources\, as well as e xternal challenges in the communities we serve. We are also human and make mistakes. And\, most importantly\, we cannot do this alone. While we are pursuing all avenues toward long-term solutions\, in the short term\, we n eed a miracle. We need you. We are asking our community to please foster o r adopt a pet today. You will be truly saving a life. If you have question s about any topic in this blog and would like to reach out\, please email feedback@lifelineanimal.org or write to LifeLine Animal Project\, ATTN: Op erations 3180 Presidential Drive\, Atlanta\, GA 30340. Thank you\, Atlanta . For believing in our work and helping us save lives today and always. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n February 2023 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Hello\, friends and supporters.  We wanted to share some critical u pdates and news as we turn the page on 2022\, and enter 2023 in a much bet ter position to give our deserving animals the love and space they need to thrive. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In January\, on the heels of a Canine Flu outbreak\, we were faced with a grim reality and life or death decisions. After more than a year of being at critical capacity at our DeKalb County Animal Services sh elter\, we were left with the heartbreaking possibility of having to eutha nize animals for space. We had nearly 600 dogs in need of home (at just th is one shelter). We put out a plea for help in the Greater Atlanta area\, and in a mere 7 days\, 373 dogs from DeKalb and 556 dogs from all LifeLine shelters found new homes! We are forever grateful to the Atlanta communit y for their support in our darkest hour. This is what lifesaving looks lik e. By the end of January\, our Fulton County Animal Services had fewer tha n 300 animals for the first time in almost a year. But within days of hitt ing that milestone\, we were called in with law enforcement on a rescue ca se and brought more than 60 new impounded animals safely into our care. Ea ch of these animals requires space\, food and immediate medical care. Our Fulton shelter team was also tasked with running LifeLine Midtown\, our te mporary shelter that opened in early January during the Canine Flu outbrea k to divert intake and keep dogs healthy. While it helped contain that out break\, a new location strains precious resources and manpower\, which has been challenging due to staffing shortages. \n \n \n \n Number of Dogs in Need of Homes as of February 15th \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services: 343 in the shelter and 928 in foster hom es\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services: 339 in the shelter and 22 0 in foster homes\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal Center: 65 in t he shelter and 85 in foster homes\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n LifeLine Midtown: 82 in t he shelter\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The LifeLine Community Animal Center con tinues to aid in the efforts of freeing up space at our county shelters an d helping dogs clear their quarantine period from the Canine Flu outbreak. Recent staffing hires have provided much needed relief to our existing te ams. After the incredible number of adoptions at our DeKalb shelter\, ther e are many animals in need of spay/neuter procedures. The Community Animal Center has stepped in to help temporarily house animals awaiting surgery and ensure that pets don’t have to wait any longer than necessary to go home with new\, loving families. Fortunately\, while the dogs in our care have been a major media focus in 2023\, we have also happily seen a steady flow of cat adoptions at the Community Animal Center and have enough open cat housing space to prepare for a busy kitten season to start in the spr ing. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n It’s bee n a busy start to the new year. And\, while we are celebrating the wins\, the hard work isn’t over. Even though we successfully saved many lives\ , 20-40 dogs come into our county shelters every single day and they need your help to find their way home.  \n \n \n \n What We Need Most Now: \n \n \n \n Volunteers and new staff are urgently needed to keep this much-needed LifeLine Midtown shelter up and running\, as well as help at our other locations.We always need adopte rs and fosters to place more pets into homes where they belong.We need goo d Samaritans in our community to help lost pets make their way back home i nstead of to the shelter. Find out what to do if you should find a lost pe t.And\, if you can’t foster or adopt\, please consider making a donation .As always\, thank you for your critical support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 2022 Posts \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Novem ber\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n September\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n June\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n May\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n March\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n November 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n AN URGENT PLEA FROM OUR CEO TO THE CITY OF ATLANTA\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The current situation in our Atlanta animal shelters is dire. The animals in our care do not have the space they need\, or dese rve\, and we need your help. Our hard working teams are understaffed and w orking extreme overtime to ensure that kennels are clean\, bowls are full\ , and the pets in our shelters are well cared for. Our volunteers walk hun dreds of dogs a day. And it’s still not enough. We have teams covering r escue\, adoptions\, marketing\, volunteers\, and foster parents\, all work ing tirelessly to find homes and other ways Atlanta’s pets can get out o f the shelter. This is not the life our city’s animals deserve. This sta te our shelters are in is not sustainable for the pets nor the people who care for them. Animal shelters have never been\, and will never be\, the i deal solution for the animals. Atlanta\, we urgently need your help. Our a nimals are in desperate need of homes. Each of our shelters have exceeded capacity by the hundreds. DeKalb County Animal Services has nearly 600 dog s and over 50 cats in the building\, Fulton County Animal Services has alm ost 400 dogs in a building meant to hold 80. The more pets in our care\, t he harder it is to make sure they are living as comfortably as they deserv e during their time with us. We are meant to be a temporary refuge for pet s in need\, not a home. Pets cannot thrive here\, especially when there is an overwhelming amount of them. We know you’ve heard this plea before. And we hope you’ll hear it now. The situation is not improving. There ar e more animals in our care than ever and they really need your help. We ne ed your help. Adopt: Whether you’re looking for a calm couch potato\, wa lking partner\, or anything in between\, there are over 1\,000 deserving p ets waiting for you. Foster: If you have just two weeks to help a pet\, th at can make all of the difference. Sign up here.Donate: We need monetary d onations and supplies to continue caring for this many animals each day. Y ou can help by donating here or sending us much-needed items from our Amaz on wishlists. Help lost pets: Most pets are found within a mile of their h ome. If they come to a shelter\, their chances of being reunited greatly d eclines. If you find a pet\, follow these steps or become a friendly finde r. Spay/Neuter: Unlike humans\, dogs and cats give birth to 4-to-6 animals in one litter. Also\, dogs can give birth up to twice a year and cats up to 5 times a year! Because they can produce so many offspring each year\, it is important to spay/neuter your pet as soon as possible to reduce pet overpopulation. Learn more here about the benefits and how to book an appo intment with one of our Spay/Neuter clinics. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 202 2 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We wish we had bette r news to share\, but right now\, the shelters are still struggling. There is a lot of pressure right now on the county shelters to be the lifeline for more pets than the shelters have space to house. The reason for this o vercrowding is simple: more animals are coming in than are leaving. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In August\, we saw a total of 601 dogs adopted\, but 863 came in du ring that same time. That’s 262 more dogs entering our already full buil dings.  \nNumber of dogs that need homes: \n\n337 dogs in need at our Ful ton County shelter\n526 dogs in need at our DeKalb County shelter\n81 dogs in need at our Community Animal Center\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The situation is dir e. We are urging our communities in Fulton and DeKalb Counties to please n ot bring healthy pets they find straight to the shelter as first response. Please take a few steps in the first 48 hours to get lost pets back home where they belong. This does not mean pets will be without support in the community. Those injured or sick are always a top priority. We’re tryin g to make more space for those most in need. And\, we are also trying to f ind solutions for humans in emergency situations who have run out of optio ns. Here are a few things anyone can do to help during this crisis: Adopt a petFoster a pet. 200 emergency fosters are needed at our shelters right nowDonate to support pets in the shelterCollect newspaper\, towels and bla nkets to drop off at any locationCheck the shelter wishlist for items most in needHelp a neighbor who can’t keep their pet find a new home – her e’s howFollow our social channels and help us get the word out by sharin g posts from your preferred platform\, Facebook\, Instagram and Twitter.Wr ite an article in your local neighborhood paper about adopting/fostering s helter petsIf you find a lost pet\, fill out a found pet report\, follow t hese steps or become a friendly finder \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n June 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You are the next chapter in animal w elfare. \n \n \n \n Animal shelters have never been\, and will never be\, the ideal solution for the animals. They have always b een a flawed answer to a bigger community challenge of how to best help lo st\, stray and unwanted pets.  Across the nation\, all communities are fa cing the aftershocks of the pandemic. For animal shelters\, those challeng es include overpopulated and understaffed facilities\, higher intake and f ewer adopters\, and a substantial decrease in rescue transfer support. In Atlanta\, we’ve had to restrict intake at varying levels due to the seve re overcapacity status at both county shelters.  But over the last few ye ars\, and through the recent challenges\, we’ve begun to see how a criti cal shift\, and a different path forward\, can actually save the lives of the animals in our community without having animals languish in shelters. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Over 60% of the animals in a shelter are stray/lost pets. Imagine if the shelters d idn’t exist to collect all the lost and stray pets of a community. What if the community itself was able to help those pets find and reunite with their families?  63% of animals are found just a mile from their home (26 % are just a block away). If neighbors could reunite pets with their famil ies\, instead of bringing them to the shelter\, our shelters would always have space to help those with nowhere to go. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What if the community could help struggling neighbors rehome their pets instead of turning them over to a shelter? Wha t if more resources were spent on keeping pets and people together instead of housing pets in a crowded shelter? If we\, as a community\, could shif t the focus to support each other in creative and practical ways\, the she lters wouldn’t be overcrowded with lost pets missing their families\, or abandoned pets looking for new homes. There will always be a need for she lters to help animals in emergency situations and victims of animal cruelt y\, but the real safety net for pets is a caring community – neighbors h elping neighbors.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Especially now\, when the need continues to exceed available sh eltering resources\, we believe we must find more community-centric soluti ons by working together with pet-lovers and good samaritans to get more pe ts home where they belong.  LifeLine does not believe killing healthy and treatable pets to make more space in a shelter is ever the right answer. Population management through euthanasia has never worked. Reliance on eut hanasia constrains the development of lifesaving solutions\, and the resul ts are always tragic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n When faced with external pressure to euthanize healthy and treatabl e animals to create more shelter space last month\, we turned to our anima l-loving community and in one week found foster and adoptive homes for 300 + pets. Atlanta\, you are the ideal solution. With your help\, we can weav e together a new safety net for the animals in need. Whether you are a vet eran rescuer or new to animal welfare\, help us shift the response when we find lost and stray pets\, so that more pets can be returned to their hom es. If you hear of situations where people need help with a found pet\, he lp them find options\, contact friends to find a foster home and help canv as the neighborhood to reunite families. Share this page.If you read about someone needing to rehome a pet\, share these resources and ask your neig hbors and friends if anyone can help. The pet owner\, rather than the shel ter\, will be able to find the best match for a loved pet. If someone is missing a pet\, check the lost pet pages of our website to see if the pet ended up at the shelter.If you can’t adopt\, foster. If you can’t fost er\, donate. If you can’t donate\, volunteer. If you can’t volunteer\, become an ambassador and share information and resources. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Please continue to suppor t our county shelters. Know that the staff is making the best decisions fo r every individual animal and human who comes to our doors with the resour ces that are available.  \nPlease extend the benefit of the doubt to lear n more about decisions that are being made. The people who dedicate our li ves to help animals in the shelter are not perfect\, but we are doing thei r very best in every situation\, for every individual pet\, and we are wor king with very limited resources and the most challenging of circumstances .  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Right now\, we are at a pivotal moment to change the course of animal welfare and lif esaving in our city. Animals deserve to be in homes and people deserve the love of a pet. Will you join us in committing to turn to each other to fi nd ways to help the animals in your community? Are you in?  We are. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availabili ty ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n Metro Atlanta County Animal Shelters are Out of Space! \n \n \n \n The county shelters have reached peak capacity and no longer have kennel space to house dogs. Because of the sheer volume\, we have had to set up temporary crates to house new arrivals but this is n ot a sustainable or acceptable solution.  This year we have seen a declin e in adoptions by 14% and a 37% decline in the number of animals leaving w ith rescue partners (compared to 2019 pre-pandemic levels). We also saw a decline in the number of lost pets finding their families again. Not only are there more animals currently in the shelters\, but they are staying lo nger which impacts their physical and mental wellbeing.  We URGENTLY need help to place our medium to large dogs into homes so that the shelters do not have to face difficult life or death decisions. We currently need to find 250 homes for dogs living at the DeKalb shelter. The Fulton County an imal shelter is facing a similar situation and needs to find 150 homes thi s week.  Here’s what we are experiencing currently across metro Atlanta . \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb Coun ty Animal Services \n \n \n \n Today\, there are 560 d ogs in our DeKalb facility*. In May 2019\, prior to the pandemic the shelt er held 440 dogs. Fewer animals are leaving the shelter\, and animals are staying longer looking for homes. They’re waiting an average of 80 days at DeKalb County Animal Services. Due to this critical status\, Dekalb Cou nty and LifeLine Animal Project\, in conjunction with the Georgia Departme nt of Agriculture\, are enacting emergency only intake protocols. This mea ns the DeKalb shelter is only able to accept animals from emergency situat ions or in critical need (injured animals\, animals involved in bite cases or cruelty situations). DeKalb County Animal Enforcement will also enforc e these emergency protocols and will only respond to high priority calls. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n *As of May 25\, 2022\, with the help of our community\, the number of dogs housed at DeKalb County Animal Service s has decreased to 433. We are making slow\, but steady\, progress towards reducing the number of pets housed at the shelter to a more comfortable t hreshold of 320. However\, the situation remains critical and your continu ed help is needed to find homes for the pets in our care. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n There are currently 360  dogs in our Fulton facility**\, which was bui lt to house only 80 dogs. Dogs are waiting an average 40 days to be placed in a home\, which is longer than previous years and is very stressful for the animals. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n **As of May 25\, 2022\, thanks to our community’s help in response to an urgent plea for fosters and ad opters\, the number of dogs housed at Fulton County Animal Services has di pped below 300. Additionally\, a generous volunteer has pledged to sponsor 100 dog adoptions this May at Fulton County. We always want to provide hu mane housing for the animals in our care and at the levels we are experien cing\, that is extremely challenging. Our community’s continued help at this critical time is needed to find homes for the pets in our care. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Animal C enter \n \n \n \n Our Community Animal Center takes in pets from our county shelters to help alleviate space constraints. Right now\, the center is full and can only take in more dogs when dogs currentl y in our care are adopted or head to foster homes.  Last week\, 128 cats arrived from our DeKalb and Fulton shelters. If you are looking for a cat\ , there are many available at the LifeLine Community Animal Center. There are also over 100 dogs available for adoption at this location. \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n Let's save lives together. \n \n \n \n Please share this blog with your community and network to help more pets find the homes they deserve today. \n \n \n \n Ways to Help \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n March 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel spa ce\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangero usly full\n \n \n \n \n \n Crit ical Needs This Week: Adopters and Fosters \n \n \n \n This February\, we saw the highest intake levels on record for the mont h since LifeLine took over shelter management in 2013. Both of our county shelters are in the red zone for space availability!  As we continue to f ace a growing space crisis\, we turn our attention to the impact of crowdi ng and the shelter environment on the health of our pets. It is a common m isconception that pets may fare better in a shelter than in a home where t he pet parent has to leave daily for work or doesn’t have a yard. There is no place like a home when it comes to animals. Even with the incredible support of our staff and volunteers\, it is impossible to replicate the c alm and one-on-one attention a pet will receive in a home. Shelters\, part icularly at the capacity level we currently face\, can be loud and overwhe lming for many pets. Though they are safe and fed\, the close proximity to so many other pets can lead to a spread in medical conditions. Ultimately \, we see a deterioration of our pets the longer they spend in the shelter \, along with added strain for our veterinary teams.  Our goal is to see all of our pets find their way to a warm and loving home. We need help giv ing our shelter pets a break\, including taking them out for a day or a we ekend\, while they await the arrival of their new family. We immediately s ee an improvement in our pet’s health and happiness when they are in a h ome. Plus\, you can provide key insights on the dog or cat’s personality (which tends to shine beyond the shelter walls) to share with potential a dopters! We are facing a particular need for fosters for our pets that hav e medical needs\, are part of an ongoing court case\, and dogs that are la rger in size. To find out more and help give our pets a break\, check out our Foster page. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \n There ar e currently 471 dogs at DeKalb County Animal Services\, 253 MORE than the ideal number of dogs that should be housed in our shelter here and putting us in the RED ZONE!  The need for special care fosters is imperative. Ce rtain pets\, such as those that have just given birth\, are undergoing med ical treatment or are part of a court case\, deserve a quiet space and may need a little extra care. This can include receiving regular doses of med icine\, restricted or regulated exercise regimes or extra space to care fo r their puppies. It is important that they have a home where they can rela x\, heal and rest stress-free.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n The Fulton County Animal Services shelter is in the RED ZONE! There are 265 dogs in the shelter\, an alarming 115 dogs over the ideal number of 150. This means some runs have up to five dogs s haring a space. As a result\, the shelter is seeing an uptick in medical i ssues\, particularly contagious ailments like upper respiratory infections . \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n In Feb ruary 2022\, the LifeLine Community Animal Center brought in 222 pets to h elp create space at our two county shelters. 94 dogs and 84 cats are waiti ng for a place to call home\, with many more patiently waiting in foster h omes. Our animals are showing tremendous resilience\, but we need urgent h elp from our community to provide these precious pets with homes! Our miss ion remains\, as always\, to save the lives of all healthy and treatable a nimals. We appreciate the support of our community! \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n Help us save lives together! \n \n \n \n Share this blog with your community\, and help get mor e pets into homes today! \n \n \n \n Ways to Help \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n January 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n We are kicking off the new year with an unfamiliar sight for this time of the year: shelters that are stil l full from this summer. Shelter space is unfortunately\, yet typically\, limited during the summer months\, but this is the first time we have expe rienced such a continued strain on our shelter capacity and team. The numb er of animals coming in our doors has increased by 12% over last year whil e the number of dogs adopted has decreased. People are also struggling to care for their pets and have been facing evictions and other challenges. T his means more pets have been surrendered. Over the last two years\, we ha ve seen a 39% decline in the number of animals our rescue partners have be en able to help pull to safety\, largely due to factors resulting from the COVID pandemic. All of these challenges would be difficult alone but\, li ke so many others\, we are also facing severe labor shortages. We currentl y have 34 open positions across three locations\, which means we are missi ng 13% of our workforce. Between the staffing challenge and the number of staff who have been out sick due to the latest wave of the COVID-19 virus\ , we are struggling. Animal care is always our top priority. Our understaf fed teams and volunteers are working doubly hard to care for all the anima ls in need\, covering extra shifts and taking on additional responsibiliti es. In these times\, we must depend even more so on our community’s supp ort. By adopting\, donating\, volunteering\, helping lost animals back hom e and finding new homes for those alone in the shelter\, our community off ers real and sustained hope for the animals in our care. We are continuing to take in animals for emergency situations and for those who do not have any other options. Our Animal Service Officers and community support team s continue to provide resources\, including access to veterinary care and pet supplies\, pet lost and found assistance and self-rehoming options for animals in non-emergency situations. We always work with individuals faci ng financial hardship who need help for their pets. We often reduce or wai ve reclaim and surrender fees in the hopes of helping people and finding t he best outcomes for the animals. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \ n The ideal number of dogs that should be housed at DeKalb County Animal Services is 218. This allows us to house one dog per kennel with ac cess to both sides of the kennel. We are currently in the red zone with 48 0 dogs in the building. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n With Fulton County Animal Services being a smaller\, older building\, there is space to optimally house only 150 dogs. As of la st week\, there were 221 dogs in the shelter. This forces us to house mult iple dogs in most of the kennels. Not only does this make cleaning the she lter a logistical challenge\, but it means the environment is less than id eal for our animals. Our goal is to safely house a large population while mitigating risk of disease and shelter stress on the animals. If we had fe wer dogs in the building\, we could provide larger\, single kennels for 26 of our larger breed dogs\, who need individual housing\, and who are curr ently residing in smaller cages. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n In December 2021\, the LifeLine Community Animal C enter transferred in 170 pets from Fulton and DeKalb to help make space at the our two county shelters. We currently have 95 dogs and 102 cats looki ng for homes\, and even more are waiting to find families while they live in foster homes. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We believe space limitations alone are an unacceptable reason to euthani ze healthy and treatable animals. LifeLine has been able to achieve “no- kill\,”  saving 90% or more of all the animals who enter our shelters\, but we are only able to maintain this lifesaving achievement with the com munity’s support and advocacy. We know our community has the ability to provide the support needed to save precious lives.  Their lives depend on it. \n \n \n \n Make a difference today! \n \n \n \n Share this blog post with your community\, and help g et more pets into homes today. 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LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T195050Z URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com/event/south-of-philly-5/2026-09-19/?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:StillFire Brewing X-SOURCE-URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dog Adoption Event in Roswell DTSTART:20260919T160000Z DTEND:20260919T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T202036Z UID:51098-1789819200-1789830000@atlantahumane.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Join us select Saturdays for special dog adoption events featu ring adoptable puppies and adult dogs of all sizes. While our Roswell loca tion is typically home to cats\, these events offer even more opportunitie s to meet your new best friend and support lifesaving rescue efforts acros s our community. \nDogs for this event will be from Braveheart Bulliez Res cue. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T202036Z LOCATION:Atlanta Humane Society – Roswell\, 1010 Mansell Rd\, Roswell\, GA\, 30076\, United States URL:https://atlantahumane.org/event/dog-adoption-event-in-roswell-9/?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Humane Society X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantahumane.org/get-involved/volunteer END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Pup-A-Palooza Dog Adoption Event DTSTART:20260919T160000Z DTEND:20260919T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T001659Z UID:38117-1789819200-1789830000@lifelineanimal.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Our goal with this page is to share the current shelter needs with our community in an ongoing way. We hope to update this page seasonal ly or more frequently as needed. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 2024 \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n Last year\, we reached a pivotal break ing point in terms of the number of animals housed in our care. We recogni zed the physical capacity limitations of our buildings and made a commitme nt to work towards humane housing solutions\, which means both the county shelters need to reduce the number of animals living in the buildings. Whi le we continue to face severe overcrowding into 2024\, we have worked hard to increase resources to help more pet owners and improve the quality of life for the animals in our care. We are continuing to adapt to the challe nges we’re facing\, including many systemic problems that contribute to the number of animals arriving in our care. We have collaborated with many supportive community members and leaders in pursuit of creating a safer a nd more humane shelter environment for all. There are no overnight solutio ns to drastically reduce our shelter populations\, but we continue to have hope that with your support and the strategies currently in place\, our c ommunity will help us get more animals into homes where they belong. Here is a brief update for all three LifeLine shelters\, including the unique c hallenges and the most important ways you can get involved. \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal ServicesDog Population: 506 | Opti mum Capacity: 475 \n \n \n \n Last year\, DeKalb Count y Animal Services reached peak numbers of dogs housed in the shelter durin g an outbreak of Canine Flu.. Because of an incredible response from our c ommunity\, we successfully saw the population drop down to 312 dogs. Becau se the need in our community is so great\, this number steadily rose back up to 500+ dogs and has remained in that range for months on end despite o ur best efforts. It is a near constant struggle to balance the amount of “noses in”\, pets arriving at the shelter\, with the amount of “nose s out” each week\, pets leaving. As an open intake municipal facility\, we do not turn away animals in need in Dekalb County\, no matter how much or little space we have in our kennels when we begin a new day. It is impo rtant that the community understands this distinction from other rescue or ganizations and is aware of ways they can help prevent lost or stray pets from ever having to enter the shelter. We need to create room for pets tha t have the most urgent need for our help. We must find a way to help more animals find homes and keep the shelter at a capacity that is humane for t he pets in our care. Heartbreaking space euthanasia decisions must be made weekly and overcrowding is putting more dogs at risk. Instead of focusing our at-risk dogs\, we are asking our community to focus efforts and resou rces on getting more of our highly-adoptable dogs out so that those animal s identified as most at risk (struggling in the shelter and exhibiting a v ariety of challenging behaviors) can get the time that they need to find a home. Any animal that leaves the building will help us reach our target o f decreasing the dog population to below a threshold of 475. This new proc ess includes daily population updates on the website and improved communic ations with our volunteers and community about how to best support dogs in need in our shelters. Even still\, 475 dogs housed in the building is les s than ideal. This is an incredible number of pets to care for daily. Whil e their basic needs are met\, quality of life deteriorates the longer they are housed in a shelter intended to be a temporary safety net. The lower we can keep that number\, the less dogs there will be at risk for illness\ , increased stress and euthanasia. In addition to these adjustments in com municating the ongoing need\, we have partnered with DeKalb County leaders on both short and long-term solutions that were announced last fall to he lp more pets in need: Increased funding for support to pets of DeKalb Coun ty residents including:A free monthly pet food bankFree spay/neuter surger ies through SNIP DeKalbFree vaccinations through LifeLine’s Mobile Clini cAdditional kennel space to provide more humane housing for the dogs curre ntly in our care:Plans have been approved to build new\, additional kennel s which will provide better housing for court case dogs who are in our car e long termProjected installation is September 2024We believe programs lik e these that make pet resources more accessible\, including affordable spa y/neuter surgery\, are the key to helping more pets stay out of the shelte rs and in homes where they belong. \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal ServicesDog Population: 419 | Optimum Capacity: 325 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n At the end of 2023\, we celebrated the grand opening of a brand new 40\,0 00 square foot shelter facility in Fulton County! With the opening of the new building\, we’ve fortunately seen improvement in all of these ways t o create a better environment for the teams and the animals as well as a b etter experience for visitors and supporters: Staff is less stressed. We h ave improved our ability to train\, onboard and implement new and efficien t processes.The building is easier to clean and has decreased the spread o f infectious disease.With separate kennel runs\, animals are less stressed or overwhelmed in the building and do not experience as high of stimulati on. It’s now easier to identify issues with dogs so we can work on getti ng them placed in a home more quickly.Visitors feel more welcome and have the ability to more easily spend time with individual animals. We have als o been able to increase the number of spay/neuter surgeries for our adopta ble animals and provide adopters\, fosters and rescue partners with better diagnostics for their pets with the new clinic.We have seen an increase i n the number of volunteers and hours spent with our team.We are able to ho st other shelters and bring more learning and collaborative opportunities to staff in-houseAt the same time\, we experienced a challenging transitio n as we worked to close the former facility\, adjust to the new set up\, a nd final projects and installations were wrapped up by the county. With th e new opening\, there was an uptick of stray or abandoned pets being broug ht to the new shelter. The shelter is a safe haven\, but can only be so te mporarily for pets in need of homes\, and we’ve seen the dog population quickly fill the building past its limits. Similarly to DeKalb County\, it has been difficult to balance the new intakes with finding outcomes for t he animals\, even in the wake of creative and successful adoption events. According to Animal Shelters Count’s recent annual report\, “In 2023\, 3% more dogs entered shelters than left\, resulting in an additional 107\ ,000 dogs in shelters at the end the year.” Fulton County Animal Service s is also an open intake municipal shelter facility and can’t simply “ stop” taking new animals in even when we’re overcapacity. Fortunately\ , we’ve also started 2024 with recent pawsitive media and exciting opera tional updates. The full-service clinic at Fulton County Animal Services i s now open for the public to make low-cost wellness appointments for their pets to receive the care they need! Additionally\, a Fulton County foster dog\, a pit mix now known as Miss Peaches\, has gone viral after being ad opted by celebrity and President of Barstool Sports\, Dave Portnoy. Miss P eaches’s story\, Dave’s choice to adopt and his initiative to raise fu nds for animal rescue has captured hearts nationwide. Lifesaving deserves to be trending so that we can keep up with the influx of dogs in need. We hope others will follow in his footsteps!  \n \n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal CenterDog Population: 119 | Optimum Capacity: 80 \n \n \n \n The incredible dedication of the team at our LifeLine Community Animal Center cannot be overlooked. Our county s helter facilities tend to take the spotlight in the news and on social med ia because of the massive number of pets that come through their doors\, b ut the Community Animal Center is always working quietly in the background to help the county operations. When the county shelters are over capacity \, so is this facility to keep up with the need. Not only do they consiste ntly take in pets from our county shelters and other rural facilities\, bu t\, when there is a neglect or hoarding case being investigated\, this loc ation takes in dozens of pets when they have nowhere else to go. As we ent er the warmer months of summer\, the Community Animal Center is also const antly preparing to help with the large numbers of kittens and puppies that are in need. Maintaining a full staff at this location is critical to its function. If you’re interested in joining our team full-time\, or even as a volunteer\, our Community Animal Center would love to have you! \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A National Crisis \n \n \n \n In conversations wit h other rescue organizations and in a review of data over the past few yea rs\, we’ve learned that these challenges are not unique to LifeLine or t he city of Atlanta. For the fourth year in a row\, we are faced with a “ new normal” in animal sheltering. According to the report\, “A total o f 900\,000 animals have entered and lingered in our nation’s shelters an d rescues since January 2021. This surplus is on top of the population alr eady residing within organizations\, resulting in an ongoing capacity cris is.” “The number of animals entering shelters through community intake s in 2023 remained roughly the same as 2022 at 6.5 million\, with intakes nearly evenly split between dogs and cats.” Compared to a national decre ase of 3.2% in intakes between 2019 and 2023\, our community intakes throu gh the Fulton and DeKalb County shelters decreased 6.89% from 2019 to 2023 . But\, intakes increased by 14.5% from 2022 to 2023. Even in the wake of these higher intake numbers\, we have been able to rally our community and find an incredible number of homes in 2023 compared to previous years. “While 2.2 million dogs were adopted in 2023\, dog adoptions are still 5 % lower than in 2019 (-108\,000 dogs adopted).” At LifeLine\, our overal l pet adoptions were only down by 1.92% in 2023 compared to 2019\, and ado ptions were higher in 2023 compared to 2018\, 2020\, 2021 and 2022. We are frequently partnering with more organizations who want to help and who ar e spreading the word that adopting is the way to go when searching for a n ew pet. For full shelter statistics across our organization\, please visit www.shelteranimalscount.org/stats. \n \n \n \n In Su mmary \n \n \n \n The animals in our city need help. W hile donations are the foundation for our work in the community and allow us to help more pets get the care they need\, donations don’t create mor e available kennel space. We need your help in getting more pets adopted o r fostered. We need the community’s help in getting more lost pets back home. We need our community to know about available resources for food\, v eterinary care\, and affordable spay/neuter options. Together\, we can sav e these lives and help the animals who need us most. \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Octob er 2023 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Message To Our C ommunity \n \n \n \n We are in the midst of an ongoing crisis affecting city and county animal shelters across the country. Time s are extremely difficult for the animals housed in our shelters and the s taff and volunteers who care for them. We have frequently reported on the conditions of our shelters and how desperate we are to get hundreds of ani mals into homes. We hear the distress and complaints about the overcrowdin g from our volunteers\, fosters\, and community\; we experience the condit ions daily\; we see the news articles written and segments being broadcast on television and radio\; we feel and share your frustration and heartbre ak. We are heartbroken\, too. Let us express to you in no uncertain terms: the current conditions in our shelters are not humane or sustainable. We can and we must do better. We will exhaust all efforts to prioritize the h ealth and safety of both pets and people in our care. The balance of human ely sheltering a growing number of animals while giving each one the care and the time they deserve to be placed in a loving home is getting substan tially harder to achieve. The issues contributing to overcrowding primaril y are rooted in the community\, not the shelter\, and cannot be changed ov ernight. In the shelters\, we’ve reached a pivotal breaking point. We ha ve stretched the shelter capacity and resources to unsustainable limits wh ile hoping\, for too long now\, that there would be a turning point where more animals would leave these buildings than enter. But that has not happ ened this year and without homes to go to\, we must euthanize more dogs at both county shelters in order to reach and maintain safe and humane housi ng. There are many facets to the challenges we are currently facing and we will cover some of them in this blog. We also encourage you to check out two other blog posts that go into deeper detail on two important issues: T he No-Kill controversyThe Impact of Spay and Neuter (and other pressing qu estions) \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Are The Shelters So Overcrowded? \n \n \n \n We know there are a lot of questions around why this is happening. We are seeing a new reality\, a post-pandemic world\; E conomic challenges to families\, a lack of affordable and pet-friendly hou sing\, a national shortage of veterinarians\, a decrease in spay/neuter du ring the pandemic and a need for more accessible and affordable spay/neute r options\, a desire for specific breeds\, and a diminishing public capaci ty to help and home shelter animals are all taking a heartbreaking toll on the growing number of animals coming into LifeLine’s care. We have acce pted pets from families arriving at the shelter with all of their possessi ons in a U-haul and nowhere to turn for help. People newly arriving to the area are surrendering their dogs to the shelter because they are unable t o find affordable housing that will allow them to keep their companions.We are coming to terms with an untenable reality of the community relying on a singular shelter as the sole means of support for the growing number of animals at risk – animals who mostly were people’s pets and family me mbers at one time. Systemically\, the shelter alone cannot support the she er volume of need. Here Is A Look At Our Shelters In Crisis: \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 569Target Dog Capacity: 450 On Tuesday \, October 17th\, DeKalb County CEO\, Michael Thurmond\, visited DeKalb Co unty Animal Services. The following day\, he met with our CEO\, Rebecca Gu inn\, and other LifeLine leadership. Together\, LifeLine and DeKalb County leadership agreed that Dekalb County Animal Services must reduce the dog population at the shelter to 450 in 60 days and maintain the population at or below that number. They collaborated and decided on both short- and lo nger-term actions to help aid in this crisis including: Working with staff ing agencies for additional staff and support for cleaning.Deploying perso nnel from other divisions within LifeLine to assist with animal care\, man agement and training and restructuring staff schedules to ensure greater c overage\, particularly on weekends.Sadly\, increasing euthanasia rates if necessary and continuing to do so until we reduce the dog population to 45 0 or less. If we cannot increase lifesaving outcomes beyond the current ra te\, we will have to euthanize 9 animals each day\, or 63 animals each wee k.Constructing an overflow campus adjacent to the shelter\, designed to ho ld up to 120 additional dogs above the current target capacity and provide effective isolation areas\, to help alleviate the need for euthanasia for population control. This solution will take time to build\, staff and ope rate and until then we must get below 450 animals in the current building. Improving communications between DeKalb County’s Animal Services Enforce ment division and the shelter to more proactively address factors in the f ield that are causing animals to come into the shelter.Increasing support to fund access to veterinary care for DeKalb pet owners in need\, includin g subsidized and free spay/neuter\, and targeting areas of DeKalb County y ielding the highest number of animals impounded in the shelter.What it wil l take to change the situation most\, in the short-term\, is simply fewer dogs in the building. We are asking our community to help us achieve those target dog population numbers because\, without homes to go to\, dogs wil l be euthanized for space\, regardless of health and temperment. Please a dopt or foster a pet today. \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dog s: 357Sustainable Capacity for Dogs: 325 We’ve mentioned that there is h ope on the horizon in Fulton County in the form of a brand new shelter fac ility preparing to open before the end of the year. However\, this does no t change the fact that the current facility is in dire straits. On average \, 15 dogs are being euthanized for space each week. Each day\, 16 dogs en ter the facility. That’s\, on average\, 2 more dogs that come in than le ave. While some conditions will improve with the upcoming move to the new facility\, rising intake and overcrowding will not be solved entirely by t ransitioning from one building to another. Fulton County is in desperate n eed of adopters and fosters\, including Friendly Finders who are willing t o foster a lost or stray dog through its mandated stray hold (3 to 5 busin ess days total) instead of immediately dropping them at the shelter when f ound. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LifeLin e Midtown \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 105O ptimum Capacity for Dogs: 75 As an overflow facility\, for every dog adopt ed at LifeLine Midtown\, space opens up for another dog from the Fulton Co unty Animal Services. And\, because the shelter is smaller\, it is a less overwhelming experience for individuals to visit and bring home a pet. Ado pting a pet from LifeLine Midtown greatly supports the main Fulton County shelter. When the new Fulton shelter opens\, the Midtown facility will clo se and any dogs still there will have to move to the new shelter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 111 O ptimum Capacity for Dogs: 60  LifeLine’s Community Animal Center adopti on center was designed as an overflow facility for our county shelters. St aff and volunteers also provide pets with special medical or behavioral ch allenges more time and attention to meet those needs. For dogs\, the Commu nity Animal Center is the primary overflow facility for the DeKalb County shelter. Because it is also full\, our Community Animal Center is limited in serving these critical functions. Beyond just dogs\, our staff is also caring for the majority of our organization’s cats. This adoption center \, like our Midtown location\, offers a calmer environment that may be eas ier to visit. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We Cannot Do This Alone \n \n \n \n Two things can be true: we can be proud of what we’ve accomplished together as a community in 10 ye ars’ time AND acknowledge the ways LifeLine needs to improve and perseve re as an organization. We have committed ourselves to helping these animal s\, but we are limited now by a lack of space and resources\, as well as e xternal challenges in the communities we serve. We are also human and make mistakes. And\, most importantly\, we cannot do this alone. While we are pursuing all avenues toward long-term solutions\, in the short term\, we n eed a miracle. We need you. We are asking our community to please foster o r adopt a pet today. You will be truly saving a life. If you have question s about any topic in this blog and would like to reach out\, please email feedback@lifelineanimal.org or write to LifeLine Animal Project\, ATTN: Op erations 3180 Presidential Drive\, Atlanta\, GA 30340. Thank you\, Atlanta . For believing in our work and helping us save lives today and always. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n February 2023 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Hello\, friends and supporters.  We wanted to share some critical u pdates and news as we turn the page on 2022\, and enter 2023 in a much bet ter position to give our deserving animals the love and space they need to thrive. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In January\, on the heels of a Canine Flu outbreak\, we were faced with a grim reality and life or death decisions. After more than a year of being at critical capacity at our DeKalb County Animal Services sh elter\, we were left with the heartbreaking possibility of having to eutha nize animals for space. We had nearly 600 dogs in need of home (at just th is one shelter). We put out a plea for help in the Greater Atlanta area\, and in a mere 7 days\, 373 dogs from DeKalb and 556 dogs from all LifeLine shelters found new homes! We are forever grateful to the Atlanta communit y for their support in our darkest hour. This is what lifesaving looks lik e. By the end of January\, our Fulton County Animal Services had fewer tha n 300 animals for the first time in almost a year. But within days of hitt ing that milestone\, we were called in with law enforcement on a rescue ca se and brought more than 60 new impounded animals safely into our care. Ea ch of these animals requires space\, food and immediate medical care. Our Fulton shelter team was also tasked with running LifeLine Midtown\, our te mporary shelter that opened in early January during the Canine Flu outbrea k to divert intake and keep dogs healthy. While it helped contain that out break\, a new location strains precious resources and manpower\, which has been challenging due to staffing shortages. \n \n \n \n Number of Dogs in Need of Homes as of February 15th \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services: 343 in the shelter and 928 in foster hom es\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services: 339 in the shelter and 22 0 in foster homes\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal Center: 65 in t he shelter and 85 in foster homes\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n LifeLine Midtown: 82 in t he shelter\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The LifeLine Community Animal Center con tinues to aid in the efforts of freeing up space at our county shelters an d helping dogs clear their quarantine period from the Canine Flu outbreak. Recent staffing hires have provided much needed relief to our existing te ams. After the incredible number of adoptions at our DeKalb shelter\, ther e are many animals in need of spay/neuter procedures. The Community Animal Center has stepped in to help temporarily house animals awaiting surgery and ensure that pets don’t have to wait any longer than necessary to go home with new\, loving families. Fortunately\, while the dogs in our care have been a major media focus in 2023\, we have also happily seen a steady flow of cat adoptions at the Community Animal Center and have enough open cat housing space to prepare for a busy kitten season to start in the spr ing. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n It’s bee n a busy start to the new year. And\, while we are celebrating the wins\, the hard work isn’t over. Even though we successfully saved many lives\ , 20-40 dogs come into our county shelters every single day and they need your help to find their way home.  \n \n \n \n What We Need Most Now: \n \n \n \n Volunteers and new staff are urgently needed to keep this much-needed LifeLine Midtown shelter up and running\, as well as help at our other locations.We always need adopte rs and fosters to place more pets into homes where they belong.We need goo d Samaritans in our community to help lost pets make their way back home i nstead of to the shelter. Find out what to do if you should find a lost pe t.And\, if you can’t foster or adopt\, please consider making a donation .As always\, thank you for your critical support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 2022 Posts \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Novem ber\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n September\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n June\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n May\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n March\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n November 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n AN URGENT PLEA FROM OUR CEO TO THE CITY OF ATLANTA\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The current situation in our Atlanta animal shelters is dire. The animals in our care do not have the space they need\, or dese rve\, and we need your help. Our hard working teams are understaffed and w orking extreme overtime to ensure that kennels are clean\, bowls are full\ , and the pets in our shelters are well cared for. Our volunteers walk hun dreds of dogs a day. And it’s still not enough. We have teams covering r escue\, adoptions\, marketing\, volunteers\, and foster parents\, all work ing tirelessly to find homes and other ways Atlanta’s pets can get out o f the shelter. This is not the life our city’s animals deserve. This sta te our shelters are in is not sustainable for the pets nor the people who care for them. Animal shelters have never been\, and will never be\, the i deal solution for the animals. Atlanta\, we urgently need your help. Our a nimals are in desperate need of homes. Each of our shelters have exceeded capacity by the hundreds. DeKalb County Animal Services has nearly 600 dog s and over 50 cats in the building\, Fulton County Animal Services has alm ost 400 dogs in a building meant to hold 80. The more pets in our care\, t he harder it is to make sure they are living as comfortably as they deserv e during their time with us. We are meant to be a temporary refuge for pet s in need\, not a home. Pets cannot thrive here\, especially when there is an overwhelming amount of them. We know you’ve heard this plea before. And we hope you’ll hear it now. The situation is not improving. There ar e more animals in our care than ever and they really need your help. We ne ed your help. Adopt: Whether you’re looking for a calm couch potato\, wa lking partner\, or anything in between\, there are over 1\,000 deserving p ets waiting for you. Foster: If you have just two weeks to help a pet\, th at can make all of the difference. Sign up here.Donate: We need monetary d onations and supplies to continue caring for this many animals each day. Y ou can help by donating here or sending us much-needed items from our Amaz on wishlists. Help lost pets: Most pets are found within a mile of their h ome. If they come to a shelter\, their chances of being reunited greatly d eclines. If you find a pet\, follow these steps or become a friendly finde r. Spay/Neuter: Unlike humans\, dogs and cats give birth to 4-to-6 animals in one litter. Also\, dogs can give birth up to twice a year and cats up to 5 times a year! Because they can produce so many offspring each year\, it is important to spay/neuter your pet as soon as possible to reduce pet overpopulation. Learn more here about the benefits and how to book an appo intment with one of our Spay/Neuter clinics. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 202 2 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We wish we had bette r news to share\, but right now\, the shelters are still struggling. There is a lot of pressure right now on the county shelters to be the lifeline for more pets than the shelters have space to house. The reason for this o vercrowding is simple: more animals are coming in than are leaving. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In August\, we saw a total of 601 dogs adopted\, but 863 came in du ring that same time. That’s 262 more dogs entering our already full buil dings.  \nNumber of dogs that need homes: \n\n337 dogs in need at our Ful ton County shelter\n526 dogs in need at our DeKalb County shelter\n81 dogs in need at our Community Animal Center\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The situation is dir e. We are urging our communities in Fulton and DeKalb Counties to please n ot bring healthy pets they find straight to the shelter as first response. Please take a few steps in the first 48 hours to get lost pets back home where they belong. This does not mean pets will be without support in the community. Those injured or sick are always a top priority. We’re tryin g to make more space for those most in need. And\, we are also trying to f ind solutions for humans in emergency situations who have run out of optio ns. Here are a few things anyone can do to help during this crisis: Adopt a petFoster a pet. 200 emergency fosters are needed at our shelters right nowDonate to support pets in the shelterCollect newspaper\, towels and bla nkets to drop off at any locationCheck the shelter wishlist for items most in needHelp a neighbor who can’t keep their pet find a new home – her e’s howFollow our social channels and help us get the word out by sharin g posts from your preferred platform\, Facebook\, Instagram and Twitter.Wr ite an article in your local neighborhood paper about adopting/fostering s helter petsIf you find a lost pet\, fill out a found pet report\, follow t hese steps or become a friendly finder \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n June 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You are the next chapter in animal w elfare. \n \n \n \n Animal shelters have never been\, and will never be\, the ideal solution for the animals. They have always b een a flawed answer to a bigger community challenge of how to best help lo st\, stray and unwanted pets.  Across the nation\, all communities are fa cing the aftershocks of the pandemic. For animal shelters\, those challeng es include overpopulated and understaffed facilities\, higher intake and f ewer adopters\, and a substantial decrease in rescue transfer support. In Atlanta\, we’ve had to restrict intake at varying levels due to the seve re overcapacity status at both county shelters.  But over the last few ye ars\, and through the recent challenges\, we’ve begun to see how a criti cal shift\, and a different path forward\, can actually save the lives of the animals in our community without having animals languish in shelters. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Over 60% of the animals in a shelter are stray/lost pets. Imagine if the shelters d idn’t exist to collect all the lost and stray pets of a community. What if the community itself was able to help those pets find and reunite with their families?  63% of animals are found just a mile from their home (26 % are just a block away). If neighbors could reunite pets with their famil ies\, instead of bringing them to the shelter\, our shelters would always have space to help those with nowhere to go. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What if the community could help struggling neighbors rehome their pets instead of turning them over to a shelter? Wha t if more resources were spent on keeping pets and people together instead of housing pets in a crowded shelter? If we\, as a community\, could shif t the focus to support each other in creative and practical ways\, the she lters wouldn’t be overcrowded with lost pets missing their families\, or abandoned pets looking for new homes. There will always be a need for she lters to help animals in emergency situations and victims of animal cruelt y\, but the real safety net for pets is a caring community – neighbors h elping neighbors.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Especially now\, when the need continues to exceed available sh eltering resources\, we believe we must find more community-centric soluti ons by working together with pet-lovers and good samaritans to get more pe ts home where they belong.  LifeLine does not believe killing healthy and treatable pets to make more space in a shelter is ever the right answer. Population management through euthanasia has never worked. Reliance on eut hanasia constrains the development of lifesaving solutions\, and the resul ts are always tragic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n When faced with external pressure to euthanize healthy and treatabl e animals to create more shelter space last month\, we turned to our anima l-loving community and in one week found foster and adoptive homes for 300 + pets. Atlanta\, you are the ideal solution. With your help\, we can weav e together a new safety net for the animals in need. Whether you are a vet eran rescuer or new to animal welfare\, help us shift the response when we find lost and stray pets\, so that more pets can be returned to their hom es. If you hear of situations where people need help with a found pet\, he lp them find options\, contact friends to find a foster home and help canv as the neighborhood to reunite families. Share this page.If you read about someone needing to rehome a pet\, share these resources and ask your neig hbors and friends if anyone can help. The pet owner\, rather than the shel ter\, will be able to find the best match for a loved pet. If someone is missing a pet\, check the lost pet pages of our website to see if the pet ended up at the shelter.If you can’t adopt\, foster. If you can’t fost er\, donate. If you can’t donate\, volunteer. If you can’t volunteer\, become an ambassador and share information and resources. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Please continue to suppor t our county shelters. Know that the staff is making the best decisions fo r every individual animal and human who comes to our doors with the resour ces that are available.  \nPlease extend the benefit of the doubt to lear n more about decisions that are being made. The people who dedicate our li ves to help animals in the shelter are not perfect\, but we are doing thei r very best in every situation\, for every individual pet\, and we are wor king with very limited resources and the most challenging of circumstances .  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Right now\, we are at a pivotal moment to change the course of animal welfare and lif esaving in our city. Animals deserve to be in homes and people deserve the love of a pet. Will you join us in committing to turn to each other to fi nd ways to help the animals in your community? Are you in?  We are. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availabili ty ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n Metro Atlanta County Animal Shelters are Out of Space! \n \n \n \n The county shelters have reached peak capacity and no longer have kennel space to house dogs. Because of the sheer volume\, we have had to set up temporary crates to house new arrivals but this is n ot a sustainable or acceptable solution.  This year we have seen a declin e in adoptions by 14% and a 37% decline in the number of animals leaving w ith rescue partners (compared to 2019 pre-pandemic levels). We also saw a decline in the number of lost pets finding their families again. Not only are there more animals currently in the shelters\, but they are staying lo nger which impacts their physical and mental wellbeing.  We URGENTLY need help to place our medium to large dogs into homes so that the shelters do not have to face difficult life or death decisions. We currently need to find 250 homes for dogs living at the DeKalb shelter. The Fulton County an imal shelter is facing a similar situation and needs to find 150 homes thi s week.  Here’s what we are experiencing currently across metro Atlanta . \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb Coun ty Animal Services \n \n \n \n Today\, there are 560 d ogs in our DeKalb facility*. In May 2019\, prior to the pandemic the shelt er held 440 dogs. Fewer animals are leaving the shelter\, and animals are staying longer looking for homes. They’re waiting an average of 80 days at DeKalb County Animal Services. Due to this critical status\, Dekalb Cou nty and LifeLine Animal Project\, in conjunction with the Georgia Departme nt of Agriculture\, are enacting emergency only intake protocols. This mea ns the DeKalb shelter is only able to accept animals from emergency situat ions or in critical need (injured animals\, animals involved in bite cases or cruelty situations). DeKalb County Animal Enforcement will also enforc e these emergency protocols and will only respond to high priority calls. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n *As of May 25\, 2022\, with the help of our community\, the number of dogs housed at DeKalb County Animal Service s has decreased to 433. We are making slow\, but steady\, progress towards reducing the number of pets housed at the shelter to a more comfortable t hreshold of 320. However\, the situation remains critical and your continu ed help is needed to find homes for the pets in our care. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n There are currently 360  dogs in our Fulton facility**\, which was bui lt to house only 80 dogs. Dogs are waiting an average 40 days to be placed in a home\, which is longer than previous years and is very stressful for the animals. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n **As of May 25\, 2022\, thanks to our community’s help in response to an urgent plea for fosters and ad opters\, the number of dogs housed at Fulton County Animal Services has di pped below 300. Additionally\, a generous volunteer has pledged to sponsor 100 dog adoptions this May at Fulton County. We always want to provide hu mane housing for the animals in our care and at the levels we are experien cing\, that is extremely challenging. Our community’s continued help at this critical time is needed to find homes for the pets in our care. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Animal C enter \n \n \n \n Our Community Animal Center takes in pets from our county shelters to help alleviate space constraints. Right now\, the center is full and can only take in more dogs when dogs currentl y in our care are adopted or head to foster homes.  Last week\, 128 cats arrived from our DeKalb and Fulton shelters. If you are looking for a cat\ , there are many available at the LifeLine Community Animal Center. There are also over 100 dogs available for adoption at this location. \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n Let's save lives together. \n \n \n \n Please share this blog with your community and network to help more pets find the homes they deserve today. \n \n \n \n Ways to Help \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n March 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel spa ce\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangero usly full\n \n \n \n \n \n Crit ical Needs This Week: Adopters and Fosters \n \n \n \n This February\, we saw the highest intake levels on record for the mont h since LifeLine took over shelter management in 2013. Both of our county shelters are in the red zone for space availability!  As we continue to f ace a growing space crisis\, we turn our attention to the impact of crowdi ng and the shelter environment on the health of our pets. It is a common m isconception that pets may fare better in a shelter than in a home where t he pet parent has to leave daily for work or doesn’t have a yard. There is no place like a home when it comes to animals. Even with the incredible support of our staff and volunteers\, it is impossible to replicate the c alm and one-on-one attention a pet will receive in a home. Shelters\, part icularly at the capacity level we currently face\, can be loud and overwhe lming for many pets. Though they are safe and fed\, the close proximity to so many other pets can lead to a spread in medical conditions. Ultimately \, we see a deterioration of our pets the longer they spend in the shelter \, along with added strain for our veterinary teams.  Our goal is to see all of our pets find their way to a warm and loving home. We need help giv ing our shelter pets a break\, including taking them out for a day or a we ekend\, while they await the arrival of their new family. We immediately s ee an improvement in our pet’s health and happiness when they are in a h ome. Plus\, you can provide key insights on the dog or cat’s personality (which tends to shine beyond the shelter walls) to share with potential a dopters! We are facing a particular need for fosters for our pets that hav e medical needs\, are part of an ongoing court case\, and dogs that are la rger in size. To find out more and help give our pets a break\, check out our Foster page. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \n There ar e currently 471 dogs at DeKalb County Animal Services\, 253 MORE than the ideal number of dogs that should be housed in our shelter here and putting us in the RED ZONE!  The need for special care fosters is imperative. Ce rtain pets\, such as those that have just given birth\, are undergoing med ical treatment or are part of a court case\, deserve a quiet space and may need a little extra care. This can include receiving regular doses of med icine\, restricted or regulated exercise regimes or extra space to care fo r their puppies. It is important that they have a home where they can rela x\, heal and rest stress-free.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n The Fulton County Animal Services shelter is in the RED ZONE! There are 265 dogs in the shelter\, an alarming 115 dogs over the ideal number of 150. This means some runs have up to five dogs s haring a space. As a result\, the shelter is seeing an uptick in medical i ssues\, particularly contagious ailments like upper respiratory infections . \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n In Feb ruary 2022\, the LifeLine Community Animal Center brought in 222 pets to h elp create space at our two county shelters. 94 dogs and 84 cats are waiti ng for a place to call home\, with many more patiently waiting in foster h omes. Our animals are showing tremendous resilience\, but we need urgent h elp from our community to provide these precious pets with homes! Our miss ion remains\, as always\, to save the lives of all healthy and treatable a nimals. We appreciate the support of our community! \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n Help us save lives together! \n \n \n \n Share this blog with your community\, and help get mor e pets into homes today! \n \n \n \n Ways to Help \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n January 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n We are kicking off the new year with an unfamiliar sight for this time of the year: shelters that are stil l full from this summer. Shelter space is unfortunately\, yet typically\, limited during the summer months\, but this is the first time we have expe rienced such a continued strain on our shelter capacity and team. The numb er of animals coming in our doors has increased by 12% over last year whil e the number of dogs adopted has decreased. People are also struggling to care for their pets and have been facing evictions and other challenges. T his means more pets have been surrendered. Over the last two years\, we ha ve seen a 39% decline in the number of animals our rescue partners have be en able to help pull to safety\, largely due to factors resulting from the COVID pandemic. All of these challenges would be difficult alone but\, li ke so many others\, we are also facing severe labor shortages. We currentl y have 34 open positions across three locations\, which means we are missi ng 13% of our workforce. Between the staffing challenge and the number of staff who have been out sick due to the latest wave of the COVID-19 virus\ , we are struggling. Animal care is always our top priority. Our understaf fed teams and volunteers are working doubly hard to care for all the anima ls in need\, covering extra shifts and taking on additional responsibiliti es. In these times\, we must depend even more so on our community’s supp ort. By adopting\, donating\, volunteering\, helping lost animals back hom e and finding new homes for those alone in the shelter\, our community off ers real and sustained hope for the animals in our care. We are continuing to take in animals for emergency situations and for those who do not have any other options. Our Animal Service Officers and community support team s continue to provide resources\, including access to veterinary care and pet supplies\, pet lost and found assistance and self-rehoming options for animals in non-emergency situations. We always work with individuals faci ng financial hardship who need help for their pets. We often reduce or wai ve reclaim and surrender fees in the hopes of helping people and finding t he best outcomes for the animals. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \ n The ideal number of dogs that should be housed at DeKalb County Animal Services is 218. This allows us to house one dog per kennel with ac cess to both sides of the kennel. We are currently in the red zone with 48 0 dogs in the building. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n With Fulton County Animal Services being a smaller\, older building\, there is space to optimally house only 150 dogs. As of la st week\, there were 221 dogs in the shelter. This forces us to house mult iple dogs in most of the kennels. Not only does this make cleaning the she lter a logistical challenge\, but it means the environment is less than id eal for our animals. Our goal is to safely house a large population while mitigating risk of disease and shelter stress on the animals. If we had fe wer dogs in the building\, we could provide larger\, single kennels for 26 of our larger breed dogs\, who need individual housing\, and who are curr ently residing in smaller cages. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n In December 2021\, the LifeLine Community Animal C enter transferred in 170 pets from Fulton and DeKalb to help make space at the our two county shelters. We currently have 95 dogs and 102 cats looki ng for homes\, and even more are waiting to find families while they live in foster homes. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We believe space limitations alone are an unacceptable reason to euthani ze healthy and treatable animals. LifeLine has been able to achieve “no- kill\,”  saving 90% or more of all the animals who enter our shelters\, but we are only able to maintain this lifesaving achievement with the com munity’s support and advocacy. We know our community has the ability to provide the support needed to save precious lives.  Their lives depend on it. \n \n \n \n Make a difference today! \n \n \n \n Share this blog post with your community\, and help g et more pets into homes today. 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May the best woman.\nTicket URL: https://tickets.citywinery.com/eve nt/charli-xcx-vs-slayyyter-drag-brunch-i39791 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170243Z LOCATION:City Winery Atlanta\, 650 North Ave NE\, Atlanta\, 30308\, US URL:https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/charli-xcx-vs-slayyyter-drag-brun ch-i39791?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City Winery Events X-SOURCE-URL:https://citywinery.com/atlanta/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Big Game Day DTSTART:20260919T163000Z DTEND:20260920T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T061350Z UID:10012273-1789821000-1789855200@www.kennesaw-ga.gov CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Football season is here\, and the United Bankshares Amphitheat er at Depot Park is the perfect place to watch the big game. \nJoin us beg inning at 12:30 PM to enjoy the pregame atmosphere before the matchup kick s off on the amphitheater’s large LED screen. Bring your lawn chairs\, p ack your favorite snacks and drinks\, and spend the afternoon cheering alo ngside friends\, family\, and fellow football fans in Downtown Kennesaw. \ nGame schedule is:\n• 12:30 PM: Georgia\n• 3:30 PM: Alabama\n• 7:45 PM: Kennesaw \nFor Depot Park rules and event guidelines\, please visit ht tp://amphitheateratdepotpark.com. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T061350Z LOCATION:Downtown Kennesaw URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/kennesaw-event/big-game-day-3/?utm_source= caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of Kennesaw X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/farmers-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Garden Learning Series: Cactus Dish Workshop DTSTART:20260919T170000Z DTEND:20260919T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T061350Z UID:10013486-1789822800-1789830000@www.kennesaw-ga.gov CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Join us for a hands-on gardening class where you’ll design a nd create your own beautiful cactus and succulent dish garden. We’ll beg in by covering the basics of cacti and succulent care\, including light\, watering\, soil\, and long-term maintenance\, so you can keep your plants healthy and thriving at home.\n \nAfter the instructional portion\, parti cipants will select from a variety of cacti and succulents and learn how t o arrange and plant them in a dish garden container. You’ll leave with a unique\, living centerpiece created by you\, along with the knowledge and confidence to care for it.\n \nThis class is taught by Garden Manager Ha nna Young and Horticulture Tech Zack Aulbach. No prior experience is neces sary—this class is perfect for beginners and plant lovers of all levels. \nThe cost is $45 for non-members. Discounted price for members (please co ntact the Gardens for the code)\n \nRegister here: https://ticketscandy.c om/e/cactus-dish-garden-workshop-garden-learning-series-17624 LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T061350Z LOCATION:Smith-Gilbert Gardens\, 2382 Pine Mountain Road\, Kennesaw\, GA\, 30152\, United States URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/kennesaw-event/garden-learning-series-cact us-dish-workshop/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atla nta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of Kennesaw X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/farmers-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Downtown Gallery Fall/Holiday Show Opening DTSTART:20260919T180000Z DTEND:20260919T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260908T182057Z UID:10001682-1789826400-1789839000@boothmuseum.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Downtown Gallery Winter Show Opening\nOpening Receptions: Sept ember 19\, 2026\nBAG: 2:00 – 3:30 PM\nBPG: 4:00 – 5:30 PM \nGuests are invited to attend an opening reception of Downtown Gallery’s Fall/Holid ay Exhibition.  The exhibition will offer an exclusive look into the juri ed artwork of our Booth Photography and Art Guilds. Some of the regional a rtists plan to be in attendance to share their experience creating the pie ces exhibited in the Downtown Gallery. \nCLICK HERE for more info on the Downtown Gallery. LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T182057Z LOCATION:Downtown Gallery\, 13 N Wall St\, Cartersville\, GA\, 30120\, Uni ted States URL:https://boothmuseum.org/event/downtown-gallery-fall-holiday-show-openi ng/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Booth Western Art Museum X-SOURCE-URL:https://boothmuseum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Moondog Pub & Grub Dog Adoption Event DTSTART:20260919T180000Z DTEND:20260919T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260912T001618Z UID:38115-1789826400-1789833600@lifelineanimal.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Our goal with this page is to share the current shelter needs with our community in an ongoing way. We hope to update this page seasonal ly or more frequently as needed. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 2024 \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n Last year\, we reached a pivotal break ing point in terms of the number of animals housed in our care. We recogni zed the physical capacity limitations of our buildings and made a commitme nt to work towards humane housing solutions\, which means both the county shelters need to reduce the number of animals living in the buildings. Whi le we continue to face severe overcrowding into 2024\, we have worked hard to increase resources to help more pet owners and improve the quality of life for the animals in our care. We are continuing to adapt to the challe nges we’re facing\, including many systemic problems that contribute to the number of animals arriving in our care. We have collaborated with many supportive community members and leaders in pursuit of creating a safer a nd more humane shelter environment for all. There are no overnight solutio ns to drastically reduce our shelter populations\, but we continue to have hope that with your support and the strategies currently in place\, our c ommunity will help us get more animals into homes where they belong. Here is a brief update for all three LifeLine shelters\, including the unique c hallenges and the most important ways you can get involved. \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal ServicesDog Population: 506 | Opti mum Capacity: 475 \n \n \n \n Last year\, DeKalb Count y Animal Services reached peak numbers of dogs housed in the shelter durin g an outbreak of Canine Flu.. Because of an incredible response from our c ommunity\, we successfully saw the population drop down to 312 dogs. Becau se the need in our community is so great\, this number steadily rose back up to 500+ dogs and has remained in that range for months on end despite o ur best efforts. It is a near constant struggle to balance the amount of “noses in”\, pets arriving at the shelter\, with the amount of “nose s out” each week\, pets leaving. As an open intake municipal facility\, we do not turn away animals in need in Dekalb County\, no matter how much or little space we have in our kennels when we begin a new day. It is impo rtant that the community understands this distinction from other rescue or ganizations and is aware of ways they can help prevent lost or stray pets from ever having to enter the shelter. We need to create room for pets tha t have the most urgent need for our help. We must find a way to help more animals find homes and keep the shelter at a capacity that is humane for t he pets in our care. Heartbreaking space euthanasia decisions must be made weekly and overcrowding is putting more dogs at risk. Instead of focusing our at-risk dogs\, we are asking our community to focus efforts and resou rces on getting more of our highly-adoptable dogs out so that those animal s identified as most at risk (struggling in the shelter and exhibiting a v ariety of challenging behaviors) can get the time that they need to find a home. Any animal that leaves the building will help us reach our target o f decreasing the dog population to below a threshold of 475. This new proc ess includes daily population updates on the website and improved communic ations with our volunteers and community about how to best support dogs in need in our shelters. Even still\, 475 dogs housed in the building is les s than ideal. This is an incredible number of pets to care for daily. Whil e their basic needs are met\, quality of life deteriorates the longer they are housed in a shelter intended to be a temporary safety net. The lower we can keep that number\, the less dogs there will be at risk for illness\ , increased stress and euthanasia. In addition to these adjustments in com municating the ongoing need\, we have partnered with DeKalb County leaders on both short and long-term solutions that were announced last fall to he lp more pets in need: Increased funding for support to pets of DeKalb Coun ty residents including:A free monthly pet food bankFree spay/neuter surger ies through SNIP DeKalbFree vaccinations through LifeLine’s Mobile Clini cAdditional kennel space to provide more humane housing for the dogs curre ntly in our care:Plans have been approved to build new\, additional kennel s which will provide better housing for court case dogs who are in our car e long termProjected installation is September 2024We believe programs lik e these that make pet resources more accessible\, including affordable spa y/neuter surgery\, are the key to helping more pets stay out of the shelte rs and in homes where they belong. \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal ServicesDog Population: 419 | Optimum Capacity: 325 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n At the end of 2023\, we celebrated the grand opening of a brand new 40\,0 00 square foot shelter facility in Fulton County! With the opening of the new building\, we’ve fortunately seen improvement in all of these ways t o create a better environment for the teams and the animals as well as a b etter experience for visitors and supporters: Staff is less stressed. We h ave improved our ability to train\, onboard and implement new and efficien t processes.The building is easier to clean and has decreased the spread o f infectious disease.With separate kennel runs\, animals are less stressed or overwhelmed in the building and do not experience as high of stimulati on. It’s now easier to identify issues with dogs so we can work on getti ng them placed in a home more quickly.Visitors feel more welcome and have the ability to more easily spend time with individual animals. We have als o been able to increase the number of spay/neuter surgeries for our adopta ble animals and provide adopters\, fosters and rescue partners with better diagnostics for their pets with the new clinic.We have seen an increase i n the number of volunteers and hours spent with our team.We are able to ho st other shelters and bring more learning and collaborative opportunities to staff in-houseAt the same time\, we experienced a challenging transitio n as we worked to close the former facility\, adjust to the new set up\, a nd final projects and installations were wrapped up by the county. With th e new opening\, there was an uptick of stray or abandoned pets being broug ht to the new shelter. The shelter is a safe haven\, but can only be so te mporarily for pets in need of homes\, and we’ve seen the dog population quickly fill the building past its limits. Similarly to DeKalb County\, it has been difficult to balance the new intakes with finding outcomes for t he animals\, even in the wake of creative and successful adoption events. According to Animal Shelters Count’s recent annual report\, “In 2023\, 3% more dogs entered shelters than left\, resulting in an additional 107\ ,000 dogs in shelters at the end the year.” Fulton County Animal Service s is also an open intake municipal shelter facility and can’t simply “ stop” taking new animals in even when we’re overcapacity. Fortunately\ , we’ve also started 2024 with recent pawsitive media and exciting opera tional updates. The full-service clinic at Fulton County Animal Services i s now open for the public to make low-cost wellness appointments for their pets to receive the care they need! Additionally\, a Fulton County foster dog\, a pit mix now known as Miss Peaches\, has gone viral after being ad opted by celebrity and President of Barstool Sports\, Dave Portnoy. Miss P eaches’s story\, Dave’s choice to adopt and his initiative to raise fu nds for animal rescue has captured hearts nationwide. Lifesaving deserves to be trending so that we can keep up with the influx of dogs in need. We hope others will follow in his footsteps!  \n \n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal CenterDog Population: 119 | Optimum Capacity: 80 \n \n \n \n The incredible dedication of the team at our LifeLine Community Animal Center cannot be overlooked. Our county s helter facilities tend to take the spotlight in the news and on social med ia because of the massive number of pets that come through their doors\, b ut the Community Animal Center is always working quietly in the background to help the county operations. When the county shelters are over capacity \, so is this facility to keep up with the need. Not only do they consiste ntly take in pets from our county shelters and other rural facilities\, bu t\, when there is a neglect or hoarding case being investigated\, this loc ation takes in dozens of pets when they have nowhere else to go. As we ent er the warmer months of summer\, the Community Animal Center is also const antly preparing to help with the large numbers of kittens and puppies that are in need. Maintaining a full staff at this location is critical to its function. If you’re interested in joining our team full-time\, or even as a volunteer\, our Community Animal Center would love to have you! \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A National Crisis \n \n \n \n In conversations wit h other rescue organizations and in a review of data over the past few yea rs\, we’ve learned that these challenges are not unique to LifeLine or t he city of Atlanta. For the fourth year in a row\, we are faced with a “ new normal” in animal sheltering. According to the report\, “A total o f 900\,000 animals have entered and lingered in our nation’s shelters an d rescues since January 2021. This surplus is on top of the population alr eady residing within organizations\, resulting in an ongoing capacity cris is.” “The number of animals entering shelters through community intake s in 2023 remained roughly the same as 2022 at 6.5 million\, with intakes nearly evenly split between dogs and cats.” Compared to a national decre ase of 3.2% in intakes between 2019 and 2023\, our community intakes throu gh the Fulton and DeKalb County shelters decreased 6.89% from 2019 to 2023 . But\, intakes increased by 14.5% from 2022 to 2023. Even in the wake of these higher intake numbers\, we have been able to rally our community and find an incredible number of homes in 2023 compared to previous years. “While 2.2 million dogs were adopted in 2023\, dog adoptions are still 5 % lower than in 2019 (-108\,000 dogs adopted).” At LifeLine\, our overal l pet adoptions were only down by 1.92% in 2023 compared to 2019\, and ado ptions were higher in 2023 compared to 2018\, 2020\, 2021 and 2022. We are frequently partnering with more organizations who want to help and who ar e spreading the word that adopting is the way to go when searching for a n ew pet. For full shelter statistics across our organization\, please visit www.shelteranimalscount.org/stats. \n \n \n \n In Su mmary \n \n \n \n The animals in our city need help. W hile donations are the foundation for our work in the community and allow us to help more pets get the care they need\, donations don’t create mor e available kennel space. We need your help in getting more pets adopted o r fostered. We need the community’s help in getting more lost pets back home. We need our community to know about available resources for food\, v eterinary care\, and affordable spay/neuter options. Together\, we can sav e these lives and help the animals who need us most. \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Octob er 2023 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Message To Our C ommunity \n \n \n \n We are in the midst of an ongoing crisis affecting city and county animal shelters across the country. Time s are extremely difficult for the animals housed in our shelters and the s taff and volunteers who care for them. We have frequently reported on the conditions of our shelters and how desperate we are to get hundreds of ani mals into homes. We hear the distress and complaints about the overcrowdin g from our volunteers\, fosters\, and community\; we experience the condit ions daily\; we see the news articles written and segments being broadcast on television and radio\; we feel and share your frustration and heartbre ak. We are heartbroken\, too. Let us express to you in no uncertain terms: the current conditions in our shelters are not humane or sustainable. We can and we must do better. We will exhaust all efforts to prioritize the h ealth and safety of both pets and people in our care. The balance of human ely sheltering a growing number of animals while giving each one the care and the time they deserve to be placed in a loving home is getting substan tially harder to achieve. The issues contributing to overcrowding primaril y are rooted in the community\, not the shelter\, and cannot be changed ov ernight. In the shelters\, we’ve reached a pivotal breaking point. We ha ve stretched the shelter capacity and resources to unsustainable limits wh ile hoping\, for too long now\, that there would be a turning point where more animals would leave these buildings than enter. But that has not happ ened this year and without homes to go to\, we must euthanize more dogs at both county shelters in order to reach and maintain safe and humane housi ng. There are many facets to the challenges we are currently facing and we will cover some of them in this blog. We also encourage you to check out two other blog posts that go into deeper detail on two important issues: T he No-Kill controversyThe Impact of Spay and Neuter (and other pressing qu estions) \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Are The Shelters So Overcrowded? \n \n \n \n We know there are a lot of questions around why this is happening. We are seeing a new reality\, a post-pandemic world\; E conomic challenges to families\, a lack of affordable and pet-friendly hou sing\, a national shortage of veterinarians\, a decrease in spay/neuter du ring the pandemic and a need for more accessible and affordable spay/neute r options\, a desire for specific breeds\, and a diminishing public capaci ty to help and home shelter animals are all taking a heartbreaking toll on the growing number of animals coming into LifeLine’s care. We have acce pted pets from families arriving at the shelter with all of their possessi ons in a U-haul and nowhere to turn for help. People newly arriving to the area are surrendering their dogs to the shelter because they are unable t o find affordable housing that will allow them to keep their companions.We are coming to terms with an untenable reality of the community relying on a singular shelter as the sole means of support for the growing number of animals at risk – animals who mostly were people’s pets and family me mbers at one time. Systemically\, the shelter alone cannot support the she er volume of need. Here Is A Look At Our Shelters In Crisis: \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 569Target Dog Capacity: 450 On Tuesday \, October 17th\, DeKalb County CEO\, Michael Thurmond\, visited DeKalb Co unty Animal Services. The following day\, he met with our CEO\, Rebecca Gu inn\, and other LifeLine leadership. Together\, LifeLine and DeKalb County leadership agreed that Dekalb County Animal Services must reduce the dog population at the shelter to 450 in 60 days and maintain the population at or below that number. They collaborated and decided on both short- and lo nger-term actions to help aid in this crisis including: Working with staff ing agencies for additional staff and support for cleaning.Deploying perso nnel from other divisions within LifeLine to assist with animal care\, man agement and training and restructuring staff schedules to ensure greater c overage\, particularly on weekends.Sadly\, increasing euthanasia rates if necessary and continuing to do so until we reduce the dog population to 45 0 or less. If we cannot increase lifesaving outcomes beyond the current ra te\, we will have to euthanize 9 animals each day\, or 63 animals each wee k.Constructing an overflow campus adjacent to the shelter\, designed to ho ld up to 120 additional dogs above the current target capacity and provide effective isolation areas\, to help alleviate the need for euthanasia for population control. This solution will take time to build\, staff and ope rate and until then we must get below 450 animals in the current building. Improving communications between DeKalb County’s Animal Services Enforce ment division and the shelter to more proactively address factors in the f ield that are causing animals to come into the shelter.Increasing support to fund access to veterinary care for DeKalb pet owners in need\, includin g subsidized and free spay/neuter\, and targeting areas of DeKalb County y ielding the highest number of animals impounded in the shelter.What it wil l take to change the situation most\, in the short-term\, is simply fewer dogs in the building. We are asking our community to help us achieve those target dog population numbers because\, without homes to go to\, dogs wil l be euthanized for space\, regardless of health and temperment. Please a dopt or foster a pet today. \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dog s: 357Sustainable Capacity for Dogs: 325 We’ve mentioned that there is h ope on the horizon in Fulton County in the form of a brand new shelter fac ility preparing to open before the end of the year. However\, this does no t change the fact that the current facility is in dire straits. On average \, 15 dogs are being euthanized for space each week. Each day\, 16 dogs en ter the facility. That’s\, on average\, 2 more dogs that come in than le ave. While some conditions will improve with the upcoming move to the new facility\, rising intake and overcrowding will not be solved entirely by t ransitioning from one building to another. Fulton County is in desperate n eed of adopters and fosters\, including Friendly Finders who are willing t o foster a lost or stray dog through its mandated stray hold (3 to 5 busin ess days total) instead of immediately dropping them at the shelter when f ound. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LifeLin e Midtown \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 105O ptimum Capacity for Dogs: 75 As an overflow facility\, for every dog adopt ed at LifeLine Midtown\, space opens up for another dog from the Fulton Co unty Animal Services. And\, because the shelter is smaller\, it is a less overwhelming experience for individuals to visit and bring home a pet. Ado pting a pet from LifeLine Midtown greatly supports the main Fulton County shelter. When the new Fulton shelter opens\, the Midtown facility will clo se and any dogs still there will have to move to the new shelter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 111 O ptimum Capacity for Dogs: 60  LifeLine’s Community Animal Center adopti on center was designed as an overflow facility for our county shelters. St aff and volunteers also provide pets with special medical or behavioral ch allenges more time and attention to meet those needs. For dogs\, the Commu nity Animal Center is the primary overflow facility for the DeKalb County shelter. Because it is also full\, our Community Animal Center is limited in serving these critical functions. Beyond just dogs\, our staff is also caring for the majority of our organization’s cats. This adoption center \, like our Midtown location\, offers a calmer environment that may be eas ier to visit. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We Cannot Do This Alone \n \n \n \n Two things can be true: we can be proud of what we’ve accomplished together as a community in 10 ye ars’ time AND acknowledge the ways LifeLine needs to improve and perseve re as an organization. We have committed ourselves to helping these animal s\, but we are limited now by a lack of space and resources\, as well as e xternal challenges in the communities we serve. We are also human and make mistakes. And\, most importantly\, we cannot do this alone. While we are pursuing all avenues toward long-term solutions\, in the short term\, we n eed a miracle. We need you. We are asking our community to please foster o r adopt a pet today. You will be truly saving a life. If you have question s about any topic in this blog and would like to reach out\, please email feedback@lifelineanimal.org or write to LifeLine Animal Project\, ATTN: Op erations 3180 Presidential Drive\, Atlanta\, GA 30340. Thank you\, Atlanta . For believing in our work and helping us save lives today and always. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n February 2023 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Hello\, friends and supporters.  We wanted to share some critical u pdates and news as we turn the page on 2022\, and enter 2023 in a much bet ter position to give our deserving animals the love and space they need to thrive. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In January\, on the heels of a Canine Flu outbreak\, we were faced with a grim reality and life or death decisions. After more than a year of being at critical capacity at our DeKalb County Animal Services sh elter\, we were left with the heartbreaking possibility of having to eutha nize animals for space. We had nearly 600 dogs in need of home (at just th is one shelter). We put out a plea for help in the Greater Atlanta area\, and in a mere 7 days\, 373 dogs from DeKalb and 556 dogs from all LifeLine shelters found new homes! We are forever grateful to the Atlanta communit y for their support in our darkest hour. This is what lifesaving looks lik e. By the end of January\, our Fulton County Animal Services had fewer tha n 300 animals for the first time in almost a year. But within days of hitt ing that milestone\, we were called in with law enforcement on a rescue ca se and brought more than 60 new impounded animals safely into our care. Ea ch of these animals requires space\, food and immediate medical care. Our Fulton shelter team was also tasked with running LifeLine Midtown\, our te mporary shelter that opened in early January during the Canine Flu outbrea k to divert intake and keep dogs healthy. While it helped contain that out break\, a new location strains precious resources and manpower\, which has been challenging due to staffing shortages. \n \n \n \n Number of Dogs in Need of Homes as of February 15th \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services: 343 in the shelter and 928 in foster hom es\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services: 339 in the shelter and 22 0 in foster homes\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal Center: 65 in t he shelter and 85 in foster homes\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n LifeLine Midtown: 82 in t he shelter\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The LifeLine Community Animal Center con tinues to aid in the efforts of freeing up space at our county shelters an d helping dogs clear their quarantine period from the Canine Flu outbreak. Recent staffing hires have provided much needed relief to our existing te ams. After the incredible number of adoptions at our DeKalb shelter\, ther e are many animals in need of spay/neuter procedures. The Community Animal Center has stepped in to help temporarily house animals awaiting surgery and ensure that pets don’t have to wait any longer than necessary to go home with new\, loving families. Fortunately\, while the dogs in our care have been a major media focus in 2023\, we have also happily seen a steady flow of cat adoptions at the Community Animal Center and have enough open cat housing space to prepare for a busy kitten season to start in the spr ing. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n It’s bee n a busy start to the new year. And\, while we are celebrating the wins\, the hard work isn’t over. Even though we successfully saved many lives\ , 20-40 dogs come into our county shelters every single day and they need your help to find their way home.  \n \n \n \n What We Need Most Now: \n \n \n \n Volunteers and new staff are urgently needed to keep this much-needed LifeLine Midtown shelter up and running\, as well as help at our other locations.We always need adopte rs and fosters to place more pets into homes where they belong.We need goo d Samaritans in our community to help lost pets make their way back home i nstead of to the shelter. Find out what to do if you should find a lost pe t.And\, if you can’t foster or adopt\, please consider making a donation .As always\, thank you for your critical support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 2022 Posts \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Novem ber\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n September\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n June\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n May\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n March\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n November 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n AN URGENT PLEA FROM OUR CEO TO THE CITY OF ATLANTA\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The current situation in our Atlanta animal shelters is dire. The animals in our care do not have the space they need\, or dese rve\, and we need your help. Our hard working teams are understaffed and w orking extreme overtime to ensure that kennels are clean\, bowls are full\ , and the pets in our shelters are well cared for. Our volunteers walk hun dreds of dogs a day. And it’s still not enough. We have teams covering r escue\, adoptions\, marketing\, volunteers\, and foster parents\, all work ing tirelessly to find homes and other ways Atlanta’s pets can get out o f the shelter. This is not the life our city’s animals deserve. This sta te our shelters are in is not sustainable for the pets nor the people who care for them. Animal shelters have never been\, and will never be\, the i deal solution for the animals. Atlanta\, we urgently need your help. Our a nimals are in desperate need of homes. Each of our shelters have exceeded capacity by the hundreds. DeKalb County Animal Services has nearly 600 dog s and over 50 cats in the building\, Fulton County Animal Services has alm ost 400 dogs in a building meant to hold 80. The more pets in our care\, t he harder it is to make sure they are living as comfortably as they deserv e during their time with us. We are meant to be a temporary refuge for pet s in need\, not a home. Pets cannot thrive here\, especially when there is an overwhelming amount of them. We know you’ve heard this plea before. And we hope you’ll hear it now. The situation is not improving. There ar e more animals in our care than ever and they really need your help. We ne ed your help. Adopt: Whether you’re looking for a calm couch potato\, wa lking partner\, or anything in between\, there are over 1\,000 deserving p ets waiting for you. Foster: If you have just two weeks to help a pet\, th at can make all of the difference. Sign up here.Donate: We need monetary d onations and supplies to continue caring for this many animals each day. Y ou can help by donating here or sending us much-needed items from our Amaz on wishlists. Help lost pets: Most pets are found within a mile of their h ome. If they come to a shelter\, their chances of being reunited greatly d eclines. If you find a pet\, follow these steps or become a friendly finde r. Spay/Neuter: Unlike humans\, dogs and cats give birth to 4-to-6 animals in one litter. Also\, dogs can give birth up to twice a year and cats up to 5 times a year! Because they can produce so many offspring each year\, it is important to spay/neuter your pet as soon as possible to reduce pet overpopulation. Learn more here about the benefits and how to book an appo intment with one of our Spay/Neuter clinics. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 202 2 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We wish we had bette r news to share\, but right now\, the shelters are still struggling. There is a lot of pressure right now on the county shelters to be the lifeline for more pets than the shelters have space to house. The reason for this o vercrowding is simple: more animals are coming in than are leaving. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In August\, we saw a total of 601 dogs adopted\, but 863 came in du ring that same time. That’s 262 more dogs entering our already full buil dings.  \nNumber of dogs that need homes: \n\n337 dogs in need at our Ful ton County shelter\n526 dogs in need at our DeKalb County shelter\n81 dogs in need at our Community Animal Center\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The situation is dir e. We are urging our communities in Fulton and DeKalb Counties to please n ot bring healthy pets they find straight to the shelter as first response. Please take a few steps in the first 48 hours to get lost pets back home where they belong. This does not mean pets will be without support in the community. Those injured or sick are always a top priority. We’re tryin g to make more space for those most in need. And\, we are also trying to f ind solutions for humans in emergency situations who have run out of optio ns. Here are a few things anyone can do to help during this crisis: Adopt a petFoster a pet. 200 emergency fosters are needed at our shelters right nowDonate to support pets in the shelterCollect newspaper\, towels and bla nkets to drop off at any locationCheck the shelter wishlist for items most in needHelp a neighbor who can’t keep their pet find a new home – her e’s howFollow our social channels and help us get the word out by sharin g posts from your preferred platform\, Facebook\, Instagram and Twitter.Wr ite an article in your local neighborhood paper about adopting/fostering s helter petsIf you find a lost pet\, fill out a found pet report\, follow t hese steps or become a friendly finder \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n June 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You are the next chapter in animal w elfare. \n \n \n \n Animal shelters have never been\, and will never be\, the ideal solution for the animals. They have always b een a flawed answer to a bigger community challenge of how to best help lo st\, stray and unwanted pets.  Across the nation\, all communities are fa cing the aftershocks of the pandemic. For animal shelters\, those challeng es include overpopulated and understaffed facilities\, higher intake and f ewer adopters\, and a substantial decrease in rescue transfer support. In Atlanta\, we’ve had to restrict intake at varying levels due to the seve re overcapacity status at both county shelters.  But over the last few ye ars\, and through the recent challenges\, we’ve begun to see how a criti cal shift\, and a different path forward\, can actually save the lives of the animals in our community without having animals languish in shelters. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Over 60% of the animals in a shelter are stray/lost pets. Imagine if the shelters d idn’t exist to collect all the lost and stray pets of a community. What if the community itself was able to help those pets find and reunite with their families?  63% of animals are found just a mile from their home (26 % are just a block away). If neighbors could reunite pets with their famil ies\, instead of bringing them to the shelter\, our shelters would always have space to help those with nowhere to go. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What if the community could help struggling neighbors rehome their pets instead of turning them over to a shelter? Wha t if more resources were spent on keeping pets and people together instead of housing pets in a crowded shelter? If we\, as a community\, could shif t the focus to support each other in creative and practical ways\, the she lters wouldn’t be overcrowded with lost pets missing their families\, or abandoned pets looking for new homes. There will always be a need for she lters to help animals in emergency situations and victims of animal cruelt y\, but the real safety net for pets is a caring community – neighbors h elping neighbors.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Especially now\, when the need continues to exceed available sh eltering resources\, we believe we must find more community-centric soluti ons by working together with pet-lovers and good samaritans to get more pe ts home where they belong.  LifeLine does not believe killing healthy and treatable pets to make more space in a shelter is ever the right answer. Population management through euthanasia has never worked. Reliance on eut hanasia constrains the development of lifesaving solutions\, and the resul ts are always tragic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n When faced with external pressure to euthanize healthy and treatabl e animals to create more shelter space last month\, we turned to our anima l-loving community and in one week found foster and adoptive homes for 300 + pets. Atlanta\, you are the ideal solution. With your help\, we can weav e together a new safety net for the animals in need. Whether you are a vet eran rescuer or new to animal welfare\, help us shift the response when we find lost and stray pets\, so that more pets can be returned to their hom es. If you hear of situations where people need help with a found pet\, he lp them find options\, contact friends to find a foster home and help canv as the neighborhood to reunite families. Share this page.If you read about someone needing to rehome a pet\, share these resources and ask your neig hbors and friends if anyone can help. The pet owner\, rather than the shel ter\, will be able to find the best match for a loved pet. If someone is missing a pet\, check the lost pet pages of our website to see if the pet ended up at the shelter.If you can’t adopt\, foster. If you can’t fost er\, donate. If you can’t donate\, volunteer. If you can’t volunteer\, become an ambassador and share information and resources. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Please continue to suppor t our county shelters. Know that the staff is making the best decisions fo r every individual animal and human who comes to our doors with the resour ces that are available.  \nPlease extend the benefit of the doubt to lear n more about decisions that are being made. The people who dedicate our li ves to help animals in the shelter are not perfect\, but we are doing thei r very best in every situation\, for every individual pet\, and we are wor king with very limited resources and the most challenging of circumstances .  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Right now\, we are at a pivotal moment to change the course of animal welfare and lif esaving in our city. Animals deserve to be in homes and people deserve the love of a pet. Will you join us in committing to turn to each other to fi nd ways to help the animals in your community? Are you in?  We are. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availabili ty ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n Metro Atlanta County Animal Shelters are Out of Space! \n \n \n \n The county shelters have reached peak capacity and no longer have kennel space to house dogs. Because of the sheer volume\, we have had to set up temporary crates to house new arrivals but this is n ot a sustainable or acceptable solution.  This year we have seen a declin e in adoptions by 14% and a 37% decline in the number of animals leaving w ith rescue partners (compared to 2019 pre-pandemic levels). We also saw a decline in the number of lost pets finding their families again. Not only are there more animals currently in the shelters\, but they are staying lo nger which impacts their physical and mental wellbeing.  We URGENTLY need help to place our medium to large dogs into homes so that the shelters do not have to face difficult life or death decisions. We currently need to find 250 homes for dogs living at the DeKalb shelter. The Fulton County an imal shelter is facing a similar situation and needs to find 150 homes thi s week.  Here’s what we are experiencing currently across metro Atlanta . \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb Coun ty Animal Services \n \n \n \n Today\, there are 560 d ogs in our DeKalb facility*. In May 2019\, prior to the pandemic the shelt er held 440 dogs. Fewer animals are leaving the shelter\, and animals are staying longer looking for homes. They’re waiting an average of 80 days at DeKalb County Animal Services. Due to this critical status\, Dekalb Cou nty and LifeLine Animal Project\, in conjunction with the Georgia Departme nt of Agriculture\, are enacting emergency only intake protocols. This mea ns the DeKalb shelter is only able to accept animals from emergency situat ions or in critical need (injured animals\, animals involved in bite cases or cruelty situations). DeKalb County Animal Enforcement will also enforc e these emergency protocols and will only respond to high priority calls. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n *As of May 25\, 2022\, with the help of our community\, the number of dogs housed at DeKalb County Animal Service s has decreased to 433. We are making slow\, but steady\, progress towards reducing the number of pets housed at the shelter to a more comfortable t hreshold of 320. However\, the situation remains critical and your continu ed help is needed to find homes for the pets in our care. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n There are currently 360  dogs in our Fulton facility**\, which was bui lt to house only 80 dogs. Dogs are waiting an average 40 days to be placed in a home\, which is longer than previous years and is very stressful for the animals. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n **As of May 25\, 2022\, thanks to our community’s help in response to an urgent plea for fosters and ad opters\, the number of dogs housed at Fulton County Animal Services has di pped below 300. Additionally\, a generous volunteer has pledged to sponsor 100 dog adoptions this May at Fulton County. We always want to provide hu mane housing for the animals in our care and at the levels we are experien cing\, that is extremely challenging. Our community’s continued help at this critical time is needed to find homes for the pets in our care. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Animal C enter \n \n \n \n Our Community Animal Center takes in pets from our county shelters to help alleviate space constraints. Right now\, the center is full and can only take in more dogs when dogs currentl y in our care are adopted or head to foster homes.  Last week\, 128 cats arrived from our DeKalb and Fulton shelters. If you are looking for a cat\ , there are many available at the LifeLine Community Animal Center. There are also over 100 dogs available for adoption at this location. \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n Let's save lives together. \n \n \n \n Please share this blog with your community and network to help more pets find the homes they deserve today. \n \n \n \n Ways to Help \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n March 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel spa ce\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangero usly full\n \n \n \n \n \n Crit ical Needs This Week: Adopters and Fosters \n \n \n \n This February\, we saw the highest intake levels on record for the mont h since LifeLine took over shelter management in 2013. Both of our county shelters are in the red zone for space availability!  As we continue to f ace a growing space crisis\, we turn our attention to the impact of crowdi ng and the shelter environment on the health of our pets. It is a common m isconception that pets may fare better in a shelter than in a home where t he pet parent has to leave daily for work or doesn’t have a yard. There is no place like a home when it comes to animals. Even with the incredible support of our staff and volunteers\, it is impossible to replicate the c alm and one-on-one attention a pet will receive in a home. Shelters\, part icularly at the capacity level we currently face\, can be loud and overwhe lming for many pets. Though they are safe and fed\, the close proximity to so many other pets can lead to a spread in medical conditions. Ultimately \, we see a deterioration of our pets the longer they spend in the shelter \, along with added strain for our veterinary teams.  Our goal is to see all of our pets find their way to a warm and loving home. We need help giv ing our shelter pets a break\, including taking them out for a day or a we ekend\, while they await the arrival of their new family. We immediately s ee an improvement in our pet’s health and happiness when they are in a h ome. Plus\, you can provide key insights on the dog or cat’s personality (which tends to shine beyond the shelter walls) to share with potential a dopters! We are facing a particular need for fosters for our pets that hav e medical needs\, are part of an ongoing court case\, and dogs that are la rger in size. To find out more and help give our pets a break\, check out our Foster page. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \n There ar e currently 471 dogs at DeKalb County Animal Services\, 253 MORE than the ideal number of dogs that should be housed in our shelter here and putting us in the RED ZONE!  The need for special care fosters is imperative. Ce rtain pets\, such as those that have just given birth\, are undergoing med ical treatment or are part of a court case\, deserve a quiet space and may need a little extra care. This can include receiving regular doses of med icine\, restricted or regulated exercise regimes or extra space to care fo r their puppies. It is important that they have a home where they can rela x\, heal and rest stress-free.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n The Fulton County Animal Services shelter is in the RED ZONE! There are 265 dogs in the shelter\, an alarming 115 dogs over the ideal number of 150. This means some runs have up to five dogs s haring a space. As a result\, the shelter is seeing an uptick in medical i ssues\, particularly contagious ailments like upper respiratory infections . \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n In Feb ruary 2022\, the LifeLine Community Animal Center brought in 222 pets to h elp create space at our two county shelters. 94 dogs and 84 cats are waiti ng for a place to call home\, with many more patiently waiting in foster h omes. Our animals are showing tremendous resilience\, but we need urgent h elp from our community to provide these precious pets with homes! Our miss ion remains\, as always\, to save the lives of all healthy and treatable a nimals. We appreciate the support of our community! \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n Help us save lives together! \n \n \n \n Share this blog with your community\, and help get mor e pets into homes today! \n \n \n \n Ways to Help \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n January 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n We are kicking off the new year with an unfamiliar sight for this time of the year: shelters that are stil l full from this summer. Shelter space is unfortunately\, yet typically\, limited during the summer months\, but this is the first time we have expe rienced such a continued strain on our shelter capacity and team. The numb er of animals coming in our doors has increased by 12% over last year whil e the number of dogs adopted has decreased. People are also struggling to care for their pets and have been facing evictions and other challenges. T his means more pets have been surrendered. Over the last two years\, we ha ve seen a 39% decline in the number of animals our rescue partners have be en able to help pull to safety\, largely due to factors resulting from the COVID pandemic. All of these challenges would be difficult alone but\, li ke so many others\, we are also facing severe labor shortages. We currentl y have 34 open positions across three locations\, which means we are missi ng 13% of our workforce. Between the staffing challenge and the number of staff who have been out sick due to the latest wave of the COVID-19 virus\ , we are struggling. Animal care is always our top priority. Our understaf fed teams and volunteers are working doubly hard to care for all the anima ls in need\, covering extra shifts and taking on additional responsibiliti es. In these times\, we must depend even more so on our community’s supp ort. By adopting\, donating\, volunteering\, helping lost animals back hom e and finding new homes for those alone in the shelter\, our community off ers real and sustained hope for the animals in our care. We are continuing to take in animals for emergency situations and for those who do not have any other options. Our Animal Service Officers and community support team s continue to provide resources\, including access to veterinary care and pet supplies\, pet lost and found assistance and self-rehoming options for animals in non-emergency situations. We always work with individuals faci ng financial hardship who need help for their pets. We often reduce or wai ve reclaim and surrender fees in the hopes of helping people and finding t he best outcomes for the animals. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \ n The ideal number of dogs that should be housed at DeKalb County Animal Services is 218. This allows us to house one dog per kennel with ac cess to both sides of the kennel. We are currently in the red zone with 48 0 dogs in the building. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n With Fulton County Animal Services being a smaller\, older building\, there is space to optimally house only 150 dogs. As of la st week\, there were 221 dogs in the shelter. This forces us to house mult iple dogs in most of the kennels. Not only does this make cleaning the she lter a logistical challenge\, but it means the environment is less than id eal for our animals. Our goal is to safely house a large population while mitigating risk of disease and shelter stress on the animals. If we had fe wer dogs in the building\, we could provide larger\, single kennels for 26 of our larger breed dogs\, who need individual housing\, and who are curr ently residing in smaller cages. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n In December 2021\, the LifeLine Community Animal C enter transferred in 170 pets from Fulton and DeKalb to help make space at the our two county shelters. We currently have 95 dogs and 102 cats looki ng for homes\, and even more are waiting to find families while they live in foster homes. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We believe space limitations alone are an unacceptable reason to euthani ze healthy and treatable animals. LifeLine has been able to achieve “no- kill\,”  saving 90% or more of all the animals who enter our shelters\, but we are only able to maintain this lifesaving achievement with the com munity’s support and advocacy. We know our community has the ability to provide the support needed to save precious lives.  Their lives depend on it. \n \n \n \n Make a difference today! \n \n \n \n Share this blog post with your community\, and help g et more pets into homes today. LAST-MODIFIED:20260912T001618Z URL:https://lifelineanimal.org/lifeline-events/moondog-pub-grub-dog-adopti on-event-5/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:LifeLine Animal Project X-SOURCE-URL:https://lifelineanimal.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Mad Greek DTSTART:20260919T180000Z DTEND:20260920T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T195050Z UID:10000318-1789826400-1789855200@stillfirebrewing.com CATEGORIES:drink,food DESCRIPTION:The Mad Greek rolls in with gyros\, platters\, and rice bowls loaded up with lamb\, chicken\, or falafel\, plus tzatziki that does some serious heavy lifting. \nRound it out with spanakopita\, dolmades\, garlic hummus\, or a Greek dog dressed in feta and olive tapenade. Save room for baklava\, because skipping dessert here is basically a crime against yia yia. \nGrab a beer\, order like you mean it\, and let the Mad Greek conver t you to team tzatziki tonight. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T195050Z URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com/event/the-mad-greek-2/?utm_source=caldisc overy&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:StillFire Brewing X-SOURCE-URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Biology of the Amphibians DTSTART:20260919T183000Z DTEND:20260919T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T182553Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53743790024879 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Amphibians (frogs\, toads\, salamanders\, newts\, efts\, olms\ , and caecilians) are an incredibly diverse and fascinating group. This co urse explores the relationships and taxonomy of the major types of amphibi ans\; defining each group and the characters that unite them\, before exam ining their biodiversity and unique adaptations. This course is a deep div e into the biology\, morphology\, physiology\, biogeography\, and evolutio n of amphibians. Topics such as reproduction\, metamorphosis\, functional morphology\, freeze tolerance\, and phenotypic plasticity will be covered in splendid detail\, while also examining basic questions like ‘Is that frog or a toad?’\, ‘a salamander or a newt?’ And ‘What do amphibia ns do in the winter?’\n\nThe course is intended for adults and assumes a basic understanding of biology\, but not a requirement. All course materi als will be available for free download.\n\n\nThis class takes place over 8 Saturday afternoons\; each class is 3 hours long (2:30-5:30)\; basically 3 regular classes in succession each Saturday from September 19 - Novembe r 7. The $100 fee is for the entire course. See the course syllabus.\n\nCl ass instructor\, Mark Mandica\, can be reached via email at mark@amphibian foundation.org. Click HERE to learn more about Mark and the Amphibian Fo undation. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T182553Z URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/biology-of-the-amphibians2026?ut m_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Open Play: Basketball DTSTART:20260919T183000Z DTEND:20260920T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T061350Z UID:10014235-1789828200-1789849800@www.kennesaw-ga.gov CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Hours will vary depending on City scheduled programs and event s. All open play participants under the age of 15 must have a guardian pre sent. Please call the Kennesaw Recreation Center at 678-385-0165 to confir m daily schedules. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T061350Z LOCATION:Recreation Center\, 2737 Watts Drive\, Kennesaw\, GA\, 30144\, Un ited States URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/kennesaw-event/open-play-basketball-13/202 6-09-19/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of Kennesaw X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/farmers-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Afterwords: Carmela Full of Wishes DTSTART:20260919T190000Z DTEND:20260919T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T201048Z UID:10001628-1789826400-1789837200@www.alliancetheatre.org CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, SEP 19\, 2:00 PM // Performance of Carmela Full of Wishes\nPost-Show Discussion on the Goizueta Stage for Youth and Families \nJoin us for a post-show discussion with the cast of Carmela Full of Wish es. Afterwords discussions are free for ticket holders. No RSVP required. \nGet Show Tickets LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T201048Z LOCATION:Goizueta Stage for Youth & Families\, 1280 Peachtree Street NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://www.alliancetheatre.org/event/afterwords-carmela-sep-19/?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Alliance Theatre X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.alliancetheatre.org/content/shows-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Holy Cross Parish Patronal Feast with World Fest 2026 DTSTART:20260919T200000Z DTEND:20260920T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T203413Z UID:10000119-1789833600-1789848000@archatl.com CATEGORIES:festival,food DESCRIPTION:Holy Cross Church will celebrate the Feast of the Exaltation o f the Holy Cross with Holy Cross World Fest 2026: Many Cultures\, One Fait h\, One Cross\, on Saturday\, September 19\, starting with Holy Mass at 4 p.m. at the the Holy Cross Soccer Field. \n\n\n\nThe parish-wide celebrati on will be a celebration of the patronal Feast of Holy Cross in worship\, faith formation\, fellowship\, cultural celebration and family activities. After Mass\, families will be asked to bring crosses or crucifixes from h ome to be blessed. \n\n\n\nIn addition\, there will be an international fo od festival (where each parishioner gets to bring a traditional dish from his or her culture)\, youth activities\, children’s games\, people weari ng cultural attire\, music and opportunities for ministries to get involve d. \n\n\n\nThe purpose of the celebration is to increase parishioners’ a wareness of the Feast of the Holy Cross and to celebrate the diversity of the Holy Cross parish family. \n\n\n\nEveryone in the parish\, families\, ministries and friends and all are welcome. \n\n\n\nEvent organized by Hol y Cross Catholic Church LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T203413Z LOCATION:Holy Cross Catholic Church\, 3773 Chamblee Tucker Road\, Atlanta\ , GA\, 30341\, United States URL:https://archatl.com/event/holy-cross-parish-patronal-feast-with-world- fest-2026/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:archatl.com X-SOURCE-URL:https://archatl.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:MEMBER OPENING: Arnold Friberg: Painting Faith\, Freedom and the A merican Spirit DTSTART:20260919T200000Z DTEND:20260919T221500Z DTSTAMP:20260917T182619Z UID:10001640-1789833600-1789841700@boothmuseum.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Arnold Friberg: Painting Faith\, Freedom and the American Spir it\nSeptember 19\, 2026 – January 10\, 2027\nOn loan from First Freedom Art\, a CAZ Investments Company\, Houston\, Texas. All rights reserved.\nM ember opening September 19\, 2026\, 4 – 7 PM \n  \nArnold Friberg stand s among America’s most celebrated artists and illustrators\, renowned fo r his powerful depictions of religious\, Western\, and patriotic themes. H is iconic body of work includes the monumental paintings created as chief visualization artist for Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments\, as we ll as his widely beloved masterpiece\, The Prayer at Valley Forge. \nThis upcoming exhibition offers a rare and exciting opportunity to experience t he breadth and depth of Friberg’s remarkable career. Featuring more than 40 works\, the exhibition brings together a rich cross-section of his art —many pieces drawn from Friberg’s private collection and presented pub licly for the very first time. From sweeping historical narratives to inti mate expressions of faith\, the exhibition reveals the extraordinary range \, technical mastery\, and enduring vision that define Friberg’s legacy. \nOrganized in collaboration with First Freedom Art Company of Houston\, Texas\, this exhibition reflects a shared commitment to preserving and pro moting iconic American art while illuminating the enduring importance of t he freedoms of religion and speech. \nMembers are invited to a 4:00 PM Gal lery Walk (Temporary Exhibition Gallery) and 4:45 PM Reception (Eaton Atri um)\, followed by a presentation in the Bergman Theatre  at 5:30 PM. Regi stration is required. \n4:00 PM Gallery Walk | 5:00 PM Reception \n  \n  \n© Arnold Friberg\, Her Calf\, 1973\, oil on canvas\, 33 x 43”\, On l oan from First Freedom Art\, a CAZ Investments Company\, Houston\, Texas. All rights reserved. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T182619Z LOCATION:Booth Western Art Museum\, 501 N Museum Dr\, Cartersville\, GA\, 30120\, United States URL:https://boothmuseum.org/event/member-opening-arnold-friberg-painting-f aith-freedom-and-the-american-spirit/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=i cs&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Booth Western Art Museum X-SOURCE-URL:https://boothmuseum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Pre-Game Tailgate: Georgia State Football at UCF DTSTART:20260919T203000Z DTEND:20260919T223000Z DTSTAMP:20260820T002124Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53746636287754 CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Join us for a GSU Alumni tailgate and stay to watch the Panthe rs take on the UCF Knights.\n\nJoin fellow alumni and fans for food\, drin ks\, and camaraderie! Celebrate with your Panther family at this spirited pre-game party before Georgia State takes on University of Central Florida at Acrisure Bounce House at 7 p.m. Wear all your GSU blue gear and you ca n win a prize for the most spirited!\n\nThe tailgate will take place Satur day\, September 19th from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. at the UCF Soccer and Track Com plex. Game kickoff is at 7 p.m.\n\nThere are two ticket options which incl ude:\n\nTailgate Only $50:\n\nBeer and seltzersDelicious BBQ provided by S onny's BBQParkingOutdoor games and collective Panther spiritTailgate and G ame $100:\n\nBeer and seltzersDelicious BBQ provided by Sonny's BBQParking Outdoor games and collective Panther spiritGame TicketEach ticket purchase d enters you into two raffle drawings for Georgia State alumni swag packag es! Drawing will occur September 21 and winners announced via email.\n\nTh is event is open to everyone. The venue is wheelchair accessible. All mino rs 17 and under must be accompanied by a ticketed adult guardian LAST-MODIFIED:20260820T002124Z LOCATION:UCF Soccer and Track Complex URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/pre-game-tailgate-georgia-state-footbal l-at-ucf?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Atlanta Beltline's Art Lantern Parade DTSTART:20260919T210000Z DTEND:20260920T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T193101Z UID:10041435-1789837200-1789848000@www.globalatlanta.com CATEGORIES:arts,festival DESCRIPTION:The Atlanta Beltline Lantern Parade debuted on the Atlanta art scene in 2010 with a few hundred people and continues to grow to include tens of thousands of lantern enthusiasts. \nAnyone with a lantern is invit ed to come out and light up the Atlanta Beltline corridor by walking in th e parade! Others are invited to watch the fun as a spectator. \nThe parade is led by Chantelle Rytter and the Krewe of the Grateful Gluttons and a host of live bands. \nAdditional details\, including times\, parade route\ , workshop information\, will be available soon. Stay tuned! LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T193101Z LOCATION:GA URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/event/atlanta-beltlines-art-lantern-para de/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Global Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/events/category/culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Maroon Tigers Football Schedule 2026 DTSTART:20260919T210000Z DTEND:20260919T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T210101Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53745414938460 CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Get ready to cheer on the Morehouse College Maroon Tigers thro ughout the 2026 football season! From the season-opening Natural State Ki ckoff Classic in Little Rock to the annual Morehouse-Tuskegee Classic and Homecoming at B.T. Harvey Stadium\, there are plenty of opportunities to s how your Maroon Tiger pride.\n\n2026 Schedule\n\nSaturday\, August 29 Univ ersity of Arkansas-Pine Bluff 7:00 p.m. ET War Memorial Stadium — Little Rock\, AR Natural State Kickoff Classic\n\nSaturday\, September 5 Clark A tlanta University 1:00 p.m. ET B.T. Harvey Stadium — Atlanta\, GA Home G ame (ATL Labor Day Classic)\n\nSaturday\, September 12 Central State Unive rsity 1:00 p.m. ET B.T. Harvey Stadium — Atlanta\, GA Home Game (Den of Honor)\n\nSaturday\, September 19 Lane College 5:00 p.m. ET Lane Field — Jackson\, TN Away Game\n\nSaturday\, September 26 Edward Waters Universit y 1:00 p.m. ET B.T. Harvey Stadium — Atlanta\, GA Home Game (Senior Day) \n\nSaturday\, October 3 Tuskegee University 7:00 p.m. ET Cramton Bowl — Montgomery\, AL Away Game (Morehouse-Tuskegee Football Classic)\n\nSaturd ay\, October 10 Savannah State University 1:00 p.m. ET B.T. Harvey Stadium — Atlanta\, GA Home Game (Homecoming)\n\nSaturday\, October 17 Howard U niversity 3:30 p.m. ET Greene Stadium — Washington\, DC Away Game\n\nSat urday\, October 24———Bye Week\n\nSaturday\, October 31 Allen Univers ity 2:00 p.m. ET Columbia\, SC Away Game\n\nSaturday\, November 7 Kentucky State University 1:00 p.m. ET Frankfort\, KY Away Game\n\nSaturday\, Nove mber 14 SIAC Championship Game TBD\n\nAll times are Eastern Time and are s ubject to change.\n\nHome games are played at B.T. Harvey Stadium on the M orehouse College campus in Atlanta.\n\nFor the latest game information\, t ickets\, and schedule updates\, visit the Morehouse Athletics football sch edule. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T210101Z URL:https://events.morehouse.edu/event/maroon-tigers-football-schedule?utm _source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Morehouse College Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://morehouse.edu/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Concert on the Green: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month DTSTART:20260919T210000Z DTEND:20260920T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T123253Z UID:168177-1789837200-1789855200@travelcobb.org CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Concert on the Green: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month retu rns to Logan Farm Park on Saturday\, September 19\, 2026! Enjoy great foo d and fantastic music from 5-10 p.m. as you dance the night away! There wi ll be music and performances from 5 p.m. with a concert at 7 p.m. Bring yo ur family\, friends and neighbors as Acworth celebrates its community and culture at Logan Farm Park. \nEl evento especial\, Concierto en el Parque: Celebrando el Mes de Herencia Hispana regresa a Logan Farm Park el Sábad o 19 de Septiembre! Acompáñanos de 5pm a 10pm para disfrutar de comida d eliciosa\, actividades para los niños y música para bailar. Habrá músi ca y bailadores a partir de las 5pm y la banda empezando a las 7pm. Traiga a su familia\, amigos y vecinos y celebre la cultura Hispana con la ciuda d de Acworth. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T123253Z LOCATION:Logan Farm Park\, 4405 Cherokee Street\, Acworth\, GA\, 30101 URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/concert-on-the-green-celebrating-hispanic -heritage-month/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlan ta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Cobb Travel & Tourism X-SOURCE-URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/southern-fried-gaming-expo END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:George Wallace DTSTART:20260919T213000Z DTEND:20260919T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T002422Z UID:6a83447a29c932d25461f24f CATEGORIES:comedy DESCRIPTION:City Winery Atlanta presents George Wallace live on Saturday\, September 19th at 5:30pm. Literally\, a rags-to-riches story\, Wallace we nt from selling rags to VP of Advertising. Still\, his dream of being a co median had a strong hold on him. Within a week of leaving the advertising field\, he began to perform stand-up comedy and was offered a job writing for “The Redd Foxx Show.”\nTicket URL: https://tickets.citywinery.com/ event/george-wallace-meuwdo LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T002422Z LOCATION:City Winery Atlanta\, 650 North Ave NE\, Atlanta\, 30308\, US URL:https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/george-wallace-meuwdo?utm_source= caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City Winery Events X-SOURCE-URL:https://citywinery.com/atlanta/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Best of Atlanta Comedy Showcase - Saturday September 19 at 5:30PM DTSTART:20260919T213000Z DTEND:20260919T223000Z DTSTAMP:20260830T060957Z UID:10001803-1789839000-1789842600@laughingskulllounge.com CATEGORIES:comedy LAST-MODIFIED:20260830T060957Z LOCATION:Laughing Skull Lounge\, 878 Peachtree Street\, Atlanta\, GA\, 303 09\, United States URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com/event/best-of-atlanta-comedy-showcase- saturday-september-19-2026-at-530pm/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ic s&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Laughing Skull Lounge X-SOURCE-URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Guest Artist Masterclass: Celeste Johnson\, Oboe & Leigh Muñoz\, Bassoon DTSTART:20260919T213000Z DTEND:20260919T223000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53124802136372 CATEGORIES:education,free DESCRIPTION:Join guest artists Celeste Johnson\, Professor of Oboe at the University of Missouri–Kansas City Conservatory\, and Leigh Muñoz\, bas soonist\, contrabassoonist and Vice President of the International Double Reed Society\, for a special masterclass featuring Georgia State Universit y double reed students.\n\nParticipants will receive individualized instru ction and coaching while audience members gain insight into the artistic\, technical and musical aspects of performance through an engaging and inte ractive educational experience.\n\nThis event is free and open to the publ ic. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:Florence Kopleff Recital Hall URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/guest-artist-masterclass-celeste-johnso n-oboe-leigh-munoz-bassoon?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_camp aign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Music in the Garden: Chris Burroughs DTSTART:20260919T220000Z DTEND:20260920T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260824T002349Z UID:10007493-1789840800-1789851600@www.wyldecenter.org CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Late summer gathering in the garden. Music\, nature\, and comm unity in perfect harmony.\nJoin us on Saturday\, September 19 for an eveni ng celebration of jazz as master drummer Chris Burroughs(opens in new tab) brings his artistry to Wylde Center’s Oakhurst Garden. In the heart of summer\, when the garden is at its most vibrant and welcoming\, experienc e the rhythmic brilliance and improvisational magic that only live jazz ca n deliver. \nDetails: \n\nDoors open at 6 pm for mingling and garden explo ration\nMusic begins at 7 pm\nBring your own beverages (BYOB)\nBring food to enjoy during the concert\nBring a lawn chair or blanket for seating\n10 0% of ticket revenue supports the artist\n\n>>Get Your Tickets Now for $30 (opens in new tab)\nA Shared Vision\nWylde Center connects the community t o nature in urban environments. Through four urban greenspaces across Atla nta\, Wylde Center grows more than plants\; we cultivate community\, envir onmental stewardship\, and access to green spaces for all. \nSnug Concerts believes that music is meant to be felt\, not just heard. As an artist-fi rst nonprofit\, they create intimate spaces where musicians and audiences connect authentically\, where every ticket supports the performer\, and wh ere the distance between artist and listener dissolves into shared experie nce. \nTogether\, we are creating evenings where artistic expression and n atural beauty amplify each other\, where the garden becomes a stage and mu sic becomes part of the landscape. \nThe Experience\nMusic in the Garden i s a collaboration between Snug Concerts(opens in new tab) and Wylde Center . True to Snug Concerts’ mission\, 100% of ticket revenue supports perfo rming musicians. \nWhy This Matters \n\nFor Artists: Fair pay\, intimate a udiences\, and performances in a space that honors their craft and the env ironment.\nFor Community: Accessible live music in a neighborhood setting\ , building relationships and shared cultural experiences.\nFor Atlanta: A model showing how nonprofits can collaborate to enrich the cultural and en vironmental fabric of our neighborhoods.\n\nUpcoming concerts\n\nOctober 1 8: Ruby Velle and the Soulphonics\n\nSponsored by LAST-MODIFIED:20260824T002349Z LOCATION:Oakhurst Garden\, 435 Oakview Rd.\, Decatur\, GA\, 30030\, United States URL:https://www.wyldecenter.org/event/music-in-the-garden-chris-burroughs/ ?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Wylde Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.wyldecenter.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Guns N' Roses at Truist Park DTSTART:20260919T220000Z DTEND:20260920T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260911T060325Z UID:10004574-1789840800-1789858800@batteryatl.com CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Guns N’ Roses is coming to Truist Park on Saturday\, Septemb er 19th! \n🎟️ Get your tickets Here! \n❓ Make sure to check Truist Park’s Know Before You Go page before visiting for the latest venue in fo\, policy\, and protocol. \n⚠️ Please be advised that road closures will go into effect prior to large events. \n🚗 Event day parking inform ation can be found Here. LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T060325Z LOCATION:Truist Park\, 755 Battery Avenue Southeast\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30339 \, United States URL:https://batteryatl.com/event/guns-n-roses-at-truist-park/?utm_source=c aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:BatteryATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://batteryatl.com/events-calendar/tag/live-music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Kasper & 911 | 1st Show DTSTART:20260919T220000Z DTEND:20260920T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T193352Z UID:10050-1789844400-1789844400@stjamesliveatl.com CATEGORIES:music LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T193352Z LOCATION:St. James Live\, 3220 Butner Rd SW\, Suite 240 Atlanta\, GA 30331 \, Atlanta\, 30331 URL:https://stjamesliveatl.com/show/kasper-911-1st-show-2/?utm_source=cald iscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:St. James Live! X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.stjamesliveatl.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Guns N' Roses: World Tour 2026 DTSTART:20260919T222500Z DTEND:20260920T002500Z DTSTAMP:20260915T204448Z UID:18015-1789842300-1789842300@atlantaconcertreviews.com CATEGORIES:music LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T204448Z LOCATION:Truist Park\, 755 Battery Ave.\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30339 URL:https://atlantaconcertreviews.com/event/guns-n-roses-world-tour-2026/? utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Concert Reviews X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantaconcertreviews.com/concert-calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Karaoke Sing- Along at Park Bench DTSTART:20260919T230000Z DTEND:20260920T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260914T182107Z UID:10005571-1789844400-1789858800@batteryatl.com CATEGORIES:free,music DESCRIPTION:After Concert 80’s & 90’s Rock Karaoke Sing-Along at Park Bench! \nWatch the 97.1 (The River) Live Broadcast of the Guns N’ Rose C oncert her at Park Bench from 3 – 7 pm. \nStay with us to enjoy our 80 ’s & 90’s Rock Karaoke Sing-along after the concert. \nNo Cover | Open Late Night | 21+ Admission \nDoors Open:  2:00 pm \nLive Broadcast:  3: 00 pm – 7:00 pm \nKaraoke Sing-along:  After the Concert \nClick here f or more information! LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T182107Z LOCATION:Park Bench\, 900 Battery Ave\, Ste 1060\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30339 URL:https://batteryatl.com/event/karaoke-sing-along-at-park-bench-3/?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:BatteryATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://batteryatl.com/events-calendar/tag/live-music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Members Only-Movie Night! Movie will begin approx. 7 PM DTSTART:20260919T230000Z DTEND:20260920T014500Z DTSTAMP:20260915T201239Z UID:7bn6rroh36geprhjhcvo3gattv@google.com CATEGORIES:film LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T201239Z X-SOURCE-NAME:GardenHillsPool X-SOURCE-URL:https://gardenhillspool.com/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:THE CLASSIC IMPROV SHOW DTSTART:20260920T000000Z DTEND:20260920T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260731T061446Z UID:10003803-1789848000-1789853400@www.wholeworldtheatre.com CATEGORIES:comedy DESCRIPTION:Whole World Improv Theatre Presents: The Award-Winning Classic Improv Show! \n\n\n\nGet ready for an electrifying night of spontaneous l aughter with Atlanta’s best improv comedy! Whole World Improv Theatre\, your favorite little venue nestled in the vibrant Heart of Midtown\, Atl anta\, is thrilled to feature our award-winning improvisers every Friday a nd Saturday night. Prepare to be amazed as our quick-witted performers tra nsform your audience suggestions into side-splitting scenes\, unforgettab le characters\, and hilarious stories – all made up on the spot\, right before your eyes! \n\n\n\nARE YOU READY TO PLAY? Wanna pull an all-nighte r? 8pm ticket holders can purchase $10 tickets at the door for the 10pm sh ow the same night\, provided tickets are still available. This is an at-do or purchase only and is non-transferable. Upon your arrival\, let our Will Call attendant know you want to stay over for the 10pm and they will assi st you with the ticket purchase   \n\n\n\nThis show is intended for a mat ure audience and may contain adult language and contentThis show will cons ist of two sets. Show run time is @75-80 minutesSeating is GENERAL ADMISSI ON LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T061446Z LOCATION:Whole World Improv\, 1216 Spring St. NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://www.wholeworldtheatre.com/show/the-classic-improv-show/2026-09 -19/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Whole World Improv Theatre X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.wholeworldtheatre.com/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Best of Atlanta Comedy Showcase - Saturday September 19 at 8:00PM DTSTART:20260920T000000Z DTEND:20260920T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260831T060857Z UID:10001806-1789848000-1789853400@laughingskulllounge.com CATEGORIES:comedy LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T060857Z LOCATION:Laughing Skull Lounge\, 878 Peachtree Street\, Atlanta\, GA\, 303 09\, United States URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com/event/best-of-atlanta-comedy-showcase- saturday-september-19-2026-at-800pm/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ic s&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Laughing Skull Lounge X-SOURCE-URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Excitable - A Tribute to Def Leppard at Lou Sobh Amphitheater DTSTART:20260920T000000Z DTEND:20260920T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T120912Z UID:13895-1789848000-1789855200@www.cityofcumming.net CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Excitable is an electrifying Def Leppard tribute band based in Atlanta\, Georgia. With a lineup of talented musicians who are passionate about classic rock\, Excitable delivers extreme high-energy performances that capture the essence of Def Leppard. Fans can expect an unforgettable experience filled with nostalgia\, mind-blowing vocals\, and enthralling g uitar solos. Join them for a night of rock and roll that will make you EXC ITABLE!\n\nFall Concert Series at the Lou Sobh Amphitheater brought to you by The Providence Group.\n\nREMINDER: Free admission & free parking. No c oolers\, outside food\, outside alcoholic beverages\, cans\, glass bottles \, or smoking allowed. Friendly dogs on leash are welcome! BYO lawn chairs or blankets to sit on. Tents are not allowed. To ensure the safety and en joyment of our patrons\, it is required that all balls are stored away onc e the music starts. Any throwing or kicking of objects is strictly prohibi ted during the show. LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T120912Z LOCATION:Cumming City Center\, 423 Canton Road\, Cumming\, GA\, 30040\, Un ited States URL:https://www.cityofcumming.net/event/excitable-a-tribute-to-def-leppard -at-lou-sobh-amphitheater?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campa ign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of Cumming X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.cityofcumming.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:A Night at the Juke DTSTART:20260920T000000Z DTEND:20260920T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T182536Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53865718272091 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:House of Onyx's early fall event. Come join us for a night of Southern Gothic fun with a timeless edge. Make sure you bring garlic just in case some unexpected things go bump in the night! LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T182536Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Hub URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/a-night-at-the-juke?utm_source=c aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Westside Beltline Lantern Parade DTSTART:20260920T000000Z DTEND:20260920T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260908T062803Z UID:65@atlantafreedombands.com CATEGORIES:community,food,music DESCRIPTION:Join Atlanta Freedom Bands for the Atlanta Beltline Lantern Pa rade\n\nThe Atlanta Beltline Lantern Parade is set to light up the Westsid e trail with a dazzling procession of illuminated creatures and people on September 19.  Atlanta Freedom Bands is one of the parade’s Cultural Pa rtners\, leading a block of the parade!  Come see our Marching Band and C olor Guard as they light up the night with great music!\n\nThe parade roll s through the Adair Park neighborhood before taking to the Westside Beltli ne.  The parade ends with a giant party the Lee+White Food Hall with musi c\, food trucks\, and a collection of all the illuminations.  The evening is always quite a spectacle and quite a bit of fun!\n\nThe parade steps o ff at 8 PM from Beulah Colbert Park (formerly Adair Park II) and usually e nds by around 9:30 at the Lee+White Food Hall. (See map below)\n\nGetting There:\n\n There is neighborhood parking streetside near the start and th e end of the parade.  As always in Atlanta\, pay attention to all parking signs.\n Paid parking is available in the Lee+White Food Hall lot at the end of the route.\n MARTA + ATL Spoke: The Beltline’s new free automat ed ATL Spoke shuttles run every 15 minutes between the West End MARTA Stat ion and the Lee+White Food Hall.  https://beltline.org/atl-spoke/\n\nMore Info :\n\n After Party: A big party with all the parade participants at the Lee+White Food Hall follows the parade.  There will be food trucks an d the restaurants will be open.\n What are we playing in the parade?  Wh itney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” and Huntrix’s “Gol den”\n Feeling Creative? Check out the free drop-in Lantern Workshop on Sunday 9/13 from 1 to 5 PM at the Lee+White Food Hall.\n Make Your Own L antern: Start with a simple a paper lantern with LED lights and a battery then add your own flair!\n Check Out all the Parade Details: The Atlanta Beltline Lantern Parade Web Page\n\nMap of the Festivities: LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T062803Z LOCATION:Westside Trail\, 933 Lee St SW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30304\, United St ates URL:https://atlantafreedombands.com/events/westside-beltline-lantern-parad e-2026/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Freedom Bands X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantafreedombands.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Agnes Scott College Women's Tennis vs Belhaven University (Miss.) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260920 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTSTAMP:20260908T123434Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53918803296794 CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Agnes Scott College Women's Tennis vs Belhaven University (Mis s.) LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T123434Z LOCATION:Decatur\, Ga.\, Byers Tennis Courts URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/agnes-scott-college-womens-tenni s-vs-belhaven-university-miss-4150?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics& utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:College of Law Fall 2026 - Spring 2027 Clinic & Externship Applic ation Period DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260920 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52922638415079 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Spring 2027 Clinic & Externship Application Period\n\nSeptembe r 16-30 2025\n\nThe application for Spring enrollment for all clinics and externships opens on Wednesday\, September 16th and closes on Wednesday\, September 30th at 11:59 p.m. To apply\, visit the Clinical Programs page o r the Externships page. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-college-of-law-fall-2025-spring -2026-clinic-externship-application-period?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_med ium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Withdrawal Period - Full Semester DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260920 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52328748781494 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Withdrawal Period begins via PAWS at 8 a.m.\n\nWithdrawn c lasses appear on the official transcript with the grade of W or WF.\n\nFor detailed information on withdrawals\, refer to the "Revision of Class Sch edule" section of the University Catalog. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-classes-begin-mmii?utm_source=c aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stranger Company DTSTART:20260920T000000Z DTEND:20260920T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T195050Z UID:10000240-1789848000-1789858800@stillfirebrewing.com CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:This rock ‘n’ roll alternative group from Atlanta\, GA wil l take the StillFire stage from 8-11pm! LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T195050Z URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com/event/strangercompany/?utm_source=caldisc overy&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:StillFire Brewing X-SOURCE-URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:DOG SWIM! DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260920 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTSTAMP:20260915T201239Z UID:5i5tsrcdsk24csgeb5gliq7b1s@google.com CATEGORIES:outdoors LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T201239Z X-SOURCE-NAME:GardenHillsPool X-SOURCE-URL:https://gardenhillspool.com/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Buffalo Traffic Jam - Pictures of You Tour DTSTART:20260920T000000Z DTEND:20260920T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T204448Z UID:19941-1789848000-1789848000@atlantaconcertreviews.com CATEGORIES:music LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T204448Z LOCATION:Buckhead Theatre\, 3110 Roswell Rd NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30305 URL:https://atlantaconcertreviews.com/event/buffalo-traffic-jam-pictures-o f-you-tour/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Concert Reviews X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantaconcertreviews.com/concert-calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Smyrna Market DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260920 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTSTAMP:20260918T003514Z UID:171424-1789862400-1789948799@travelcobb.org CATEGORIES:community,market DESCRIPTION:Discover something new every Sunday at the Smyrna Market. This community gathering features 60+ unique vendors set up on W. Spring Stree t and along King Street (in front of city hall). Each week\, You will find international foods\, local honey\, handmade soaps\, baked goods\, crafts and more! With new vendors each week\, there is always something fresh to discover. \nFor announcements on weekly vendors or weather cancelations p lease follow the market on Facebook at Smyrna Handmade Market or on Insta gram @SmyrnaHandmadeMarket LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T003514Z LOCATION:Market Village\, 1265 W Spring ST\, Smyrna\, GA\, 30080 URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/smyrna-market-3/?utm_source=caldiscovery& utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Cobb Travel & Tourism X-SOURCE-URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/southern-fried-gaming-expo END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Back to Your Roots Farm Fair DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260920 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTSTAMP:20260918T003514Z UID:171851-1789862400-1789948799@travelcobb.org CATEGORIES:arts,community,festival,food DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the harvest season at\, “Back to Your Roots Farm F air!” \nMeet live farm animals\, enjoy hands-on activities\, bring a pic nic\, and explore the connections between food\, farming\, and the natural world. Continue the fun with community partners\, games\, crafts\, and th e opening of Naturally Artistic\, an exhibit that celebrates the relations hip between art and nature. All ages\, Advance registration required. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T003514Z LOCATION:Chattahoochee Nature Center\, 9135 Willeo Rd\, Roswell\, GA\, 300 75 URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/back-to-your-roots-farm-fair/?utm_source= caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Cobb Travel & Tourism X-SOURCE-URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/southern-fried-gaming-expo END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Epic Farmer's Market DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260920 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTSTAMP:20260918T003514Z UID:166790-1789862400-1789948799@travelcobb.org CATEGORIES:arts,food,market DESCRIPTION:Riverside EpiCenter has partnered with Event HelperZ to host t he EPIC Farmer’s Market – Mableton’s premier destination for fresh\, local goods.  \nVarious vendors are featured each Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. offering the following:• Farm-fresh seasonal produce• Artisan f oods & baked goods• Handmade crafts & home décor• Wellness & lifestyl e products LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T003514Z LOCATION:Riverside EpiCenter\, 135 Riverside Parkway\, Mableton\, GA\, 301 68 URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/epic-farmers-market-26/?utm_source=caldis covery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Cobb Travel & Tourism X-SOURCE-URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/southern-fried-gaming-expo END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Farmers Markets at The Battery Atlanta DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260920 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTSTAMP:20260918T063343Z UID:165615-1789862400-1789948799@travelcobb.org CATEGORIES:free,market DESCRIPTION:The Battery Atlanta’s beloved Farmers Market Series\, presen ted by Kaiser Permanente\, brings the community together for select Sunday s filled with local flavor and family fun. Guests can explore a curated se lection of regional vendors offering fresh produce\, artisanal foods\, wel lness items\, pet-friendly products\, and more—all in a lively outdoor s etting. \nCatch the away game on the Georgia Power Pavilion screen\, check out the fan-favorite petting zoo\, and bring along your pup pal and brows e through treats\, accessories\, and more at the Bark Market!The Farmers M arkets are free to attend\, and complimentary parking is available for the first two hours on non-event days. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T063343Z LOCATION:The Battery Atlanta\, 800 Battery Avenue Southeast\, Atlanta\, GA \, 30339 URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/farmers-markets-at-the-battery-atlanta-11 /?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Cobb Travel & Tourism X-SOURCE-URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/southern-fried-gaming-expo END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Level 1 & 2 Improv Graduation Showcase DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260920 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTSTAMP:20260918T063343Z UID:171515-1789862400-1789948799@travelcobb.org CATEGORIES:comedy DESCRIPTION:Join The Alley Stage for a night of fast thinking\, fearless s cenes\, and made-it-up-on-the-spot funny!After six weeks of games\, scene work\, and workshopping on their feet\, the students from our Level 1 and Level 2 Improv classes — led by instructors Ross Kimball and Rachel LaFo rce — are taking the stage together to build a show entirely from your s uggestions.This isn’t just a class project. It’s a full-on improv show with heart\, courage\, and lots of laughs — built completely live\, wit h nothing rehearsed and nothing scripted. Come cheer them on as they showc ase everything they’ve learned in front of a live\, supportive audience. You might just witness the start of Marietta’s next great improv troupe !Tickets are limited and expected to sell out — don’t miss your chance to catch these rising performers in action. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T063343Z LOCATION:The Alley Stage\, 11 Anderson Street\, Marietta\, GA\, 30064 URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/level-1-2-improv-graduation-showcase/?utm _source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Cobb Travel & Tourism X-SOURCE-URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/southern-fried-gaming-expo END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:George Wallace DTSTART:20260920T010000Z DTEND:20260920T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T002422Z UID:6a834776194266a61a38ba2b CATEGORIES:comedy DESCRIPTION:City Winery Atlanta presents George Wallace live on Saturday\, September 19th at 9pm. Literally\, a rags-to-riches story\, Wallace went from selling rags to VP of Advertising. Still\, his dream of being a comed ian had a strong hold on him. Within a week of leaving the advertising fie ld\, he began to perform stand-up comedy and was offered a job writing for “The Redd Foxx Show.”\nTicket URL: https://tickets.citywinery.com/eve nt/george-wallace-zlk44s LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T002422Z LOCATION:City Winery Atlanta\, 650 North Ave NE\, Atlanta\, 30308\, US URL:https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/george-wallace-zlk44s?utm_source= caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City Winery Events X-SOURCE-URL:https://citywinery.com/atlanta/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:UFC 331 Watch Party at Live! DTSTART:20260920T010000Z DTEND:20260920T033000Z DTSTAMP:20260911T060325Z UID:10005550-1789851600-1789860600@batteryatl.com CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Live! At The Battery Atlanta is the ultimate viewing destinati on for Fight Night. Get ready for a night of knockout action presented by Jägermeister \nCatch all the action on our massive 36-foot screen and wal l-to-wall screens with immersive surround sound that puts you right cagesi de. Enjoy great food and featured drink specials\, including $5 Jäger sho ts and bucket specials featuring Surfside and Gin & Juice. Reserve your ta ble now and catch every punch\, kick\, and knockout in the ultimate fight- night atmosphere. \nClick here for more information! LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T060325Z LOCATION:Live! at The Battery Atlanta\, 825 Battery Ave SE\, Atlanta\, GA\ , 30339\, United States URL:https://batteryatl.com/event/ufc-331-watch-party-at-live/?utm_source=c aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:BatteryATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://batteryatl.com/events-calendar/tag/live-music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Kasper & 911 | 2nd Show DTSTART:20260920T010000Z DTEND:20260920T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T193352Z UID:10024-1789855200-1789855200@stjamesliveatl.com CATEGORIES:music LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T193352Z LOCATION:St. James Live\, 3220 Butner Rd SW\, Suite 240 Atlanta\, GA 30331 \, Atlanta\, 30331 URL:https://stjamesliveatl.com/show/kasper-911-2nd-show-2/?utm_source=cald iscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:St. James Live! X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.stjamesliveatl.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:After Dark at Punch Bowl Social DTSTART:20260920T013000Z DTEND:20260920T033000Z DTSTAMP:20260912T000337Z UID:10005560-1789853400-1789853400@batteryatl.com CATEGORIES:community,drink,music DESCRIPTION:Your late night is getting a refresh! Come hang every Saturday for After Dark! \nJoin us for Saturdays After Dark with DJs spinning all your favorite bangers\, incredible drink specials 🍹\, and throwback boa rd games! ✨ \nWhat you’ll get: \n🎧 Vibe out: Our DJ will be spinnin g the best tracks to bop & sing along to. \n🎟️ Hourly raffles: Win fu n prizes you won’t want to miss. \n♠️ Game on: Challenge your friend s to throwback board games. \nClick here for more information! LAST-MODIFIED:20260912T000337Z LOCATION:Punch Bowl Social\, 875 Battery Ave SE Ste 720\, Atlanta\, Georgi a\, 30339\, United States URL:https://batteryatl.com/event/punch-bowl-2026-after-dark/?utm_source=ca ldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:BatteryATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://batteryatl.com/events-calendar/tag/live-music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PRIME TIME DTSTART:20260920T020000Z DTEND:20260920T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260731T061446Z UID:10004153-1789855200-1789858800@www.wholeworldtheatre.com CATEGORIES:comedy DESCRIPTION:Whole World Prime Time!It’s the golden age of the small scre en\, so flip the channel to Whole World Prime Time andwatch an hour block of non-stop improvised television\, where we’ll surf the channels of tv ’sgreatest programs. From soap operas to classic sitcoms to game shows and everything inbetween\, we perform it all for you live! Commercials inc luded.So\, come join us on Saturday’s at 10pm and just sit back\, relax and let us be your remote!Whole World Prime Time: improv and chill.  \n \n\n\nARE YOU READY TO PLAY? \n\n\n\nThis show is intended for mature audi ences and may contain adult themes and content This show will consist of one 60-minute set Seating is GENERAL ADMISSION LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T061446Z LOCATION:Whole World Improv\, 1216 Spring St. NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://www.wholeworldtheatre.com/show/prime-time/2026-09-19/?utm_sour ce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Whole World Improv Theatre X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.wholeworldtheatre.com/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Best of Atlanta Comedy Showcase - Saturday September 19 at 10:30PM DTSTART:20260920T023000Z DTEND:20260920T033000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T181024Z UID:10001809-1789857000-1789860600@laughingskulllounge.com CATEGORIES:comedy LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T181024Z LOCATION:Laughing Skull Lounge\, 878 Peachtree Street\, Atlanta\, GA\, 303 09\, United States URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com/event/best-of-atlanta-comedy-showcase- saturday-september-19-2026-at-1030pm/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=i cs&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Laughing Skull Lounge X-SOURCE-URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Portland Timbers - Atlanta United FC DTSTART:20260920T023000Z DTEND:20260920T041500Z DTSTAMP:20260915T204603Z UID:SWAGc9qCp0okZyIE3uwZKGGgIhsgwByaADMKtDPN@maak-agenda.nl CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Calendar not up to date? Check https://fixtur.es/up-to-date?pa th=atlanta-united-fc\n\nSupport Fixtur.es via Buy Me a Coffee https://buym eacoffee.com/fixtures LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T204603Z LOCATION:Providence Park X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta United FC X-SOURCE-URL:https://fixtur.es/en/team/atlanta-united-fc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Panthers Commitment to Consent 2026-2027 Academic Year DTSTART:20260920T040000Z DTEND:20260921T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53547031941420 CATEGORIES:wellness DESCRIPTION:Take the Georgia State Commitment to Consent and help create a culture of respect\, communication\, and positive sexual wellness across our Panther community. \nConsent is enthusiastic\, communicated\, specific \, informed\, and reversible. It means making sure everyone is able and wi lling to participate\, communicating clearly\, respecting boundaries\, and understanding that anyone can change their mind at any time. \nHow it wor ks (less than 2 minutes!): \n\nRSVP to this event during the 2026–2027 a cademic year. \nShare your name and affirm your commitment to practicing t he Student Wellness Five Components of Consent in your sexual and intimate interactions. \nComplete the virtual commitment to demonstrate your suppo rt for a culture where consent\, communication\, and respect are valued. \ n\nYour attendance will be recorded in PIN\, making you eligible to earn P ounce Rewards and contribute toward your Health & Wellness Advocate proces s. \nTake a moment to make the commitment. Your participation helps promot e respect\, healthy communication\, safety\, and positive sexual wellness at Georgia State University. 🐾 \nLearn more about consent by registerin g for the Your Sexual Wellness Matters iCollege Course\n \n\nHosted by: B e Well Panthers Health & Wellness\n\nAdditional Information can be found a t: https://pin.gsu.edu/event/12526520 LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/yes-to-consent-panthers-pledge-2026-202 7-academic-year?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlant a-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:New Generation Children's & Youth Church DTSTART:20260920T093000Z DTEND:20260920T113000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T063345Z UID:10001874-1789896600-1789896600@friendshipatl.org CATEGORIES:family DESCRIPTION:"If my people\, which are called by my name\, shall humble the mselves\, and pray\, and seek my face\, and turn from their wicked ways\; then will I hear from heaven\, and will forgive their sin\, and will heal their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14 \n \n As we step into a new s eason\, we’re reminded of the beauty of walking together through every m oment. We’re reflecting on what it means to bring our pain to God throu gh prayer\, celebrate His faithfulness\, and remain expectant for what He has ahead. From learning to lament in the midst of hardship\, staying stea dfast in the wilderness\, to celebrating God’s faithfulness\, there is s o much to be grateful for. \n \n We invite you to stay connected\, lean in\, and join us for all that’s happening in the weeks ahead! LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T063345Z LOCATION:Friendship Community Church\, 4141 Old Fairburn Rd\, Atlanta\, GA \, 30349\, United States URL:https://friendshipatl.org/event/new-generation-children-youth-2/2026-0 9-20/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Friendship Community Church X-SOURCE-URL:https://friendshipatl.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Abridged Hours for Erev Yom Kippur (Kol Nidre) (pickleball) DTSTART:20260920T120000Z DTEND:20260920T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T011111Z UID:10291793-1789891200-1789916400@www.atlantajcc.org CATEGORIES:sports LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T011111Z LOCATION:MJCCA Zaban Park\, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd.\, Dunwoody\, Georgia\, 303 38\, United States URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/event/abridged-hours-for-erev-yom-kippur-ko l-nidre-pickleball/2026-09-20/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_ campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Marcus JCC of Atlanta (MJCCA) in Dunwoody\, GA X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Harris Jacobs Modified Fast Pitch Softball League DTSTART:20260920T123000Z DTEND:20260920T163000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T011111Z UID:10531186-1789893000-1789907400@www.atlantajcc.org CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the Harris Jacobs Modified Fast Pitch Softball Leag ue! Our competitive yet social league hosts games on Sunday mornings and T hursday nights. We aim to foster both competition and camaraderie\, creati ng a fun environment where lasting friendships are made. Join us to play h ard\, have fun\, and connect with fellow softball enthusiasts! LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T011111Z LOCATION:MJCCA Zaban Park\, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd.\, Dunwoody\, Georgia\, 303 38\, United States URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/event/harris-jacobs-modified-fast-pitch-sof tball-league/2026-09-20/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campai gn=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Marcus JCC of Atlanta (MJCCA) in Dunwoody\, GA X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Practicing the Presence—A Course in Miracles with Michael Wilkin son–via Zoom DTSTART:20260920T124500Z DTEND:20260920T143000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T203106Z UID:10002935-1789893900-1789900200@unityatl.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Practicing the Presence—A Course in Miracles Weekly Group St udy Over Zoom\n \nA Course in Miracles aims at removing the blocks to the awareness of love’s presence. As the Introduction explains: “The oppos ite of love is fear\, but what is all-encompassing can have no opposite. T his course can therefore be summed up very simply in this way: Nothing rea l can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God. “ \nFacilitator: Michael Wilkinson  Sunday’s 9:00 – 10:30 AM\, EST (Optional meditation at 8:45) \nThis is an open and ongoing class.  All are welcome.  Drop-in any time.\nBooks can be ordered through The Wisdom Well-Unity Atlanta’s bookstore. \nNew people are very welcome to join!   If you are interested\, please email MWilkinson@leadstrat.com in order to receive the Zoom log-in information. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T203106Z LOCATION:Unity Atlanta Church\, 3597 Parkway Lane\, Peachtree Corners\, 30 092\, United States URL:https://unityatl.org/events/practicing-the-presence-a-course-in-miracl es-with-michael-wilkinson-via-zoom-2-2-2-2/2026-09-20/?utm_source=caldisco very&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Unity Atlanta Church X-SOURCE-URL:https://unityatl.org/events/congregational-care-team-training END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Double Reed Day DTSTART:20260920T130000Z DTEND:20260920T140000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53124817522589 CATEGORIES:education,music DESCRIPTION:Double Reed Day brings together oboe and bassoon students\, ed ucators and enthusiasts for a day of performances\, masterclasses\, clinic s and educational presentations. Led by Dr. Lara Dahl\, the event celebrat es the artistry and versatility of the double reed family while providing opportunities for learning\, collaboration and musical exchange.\n\nThe 20 26 event features guest artists Celeste Johnson\, Professor of Oboe at the University of Missouri–Kansas City Conservatory\, and Leigh Muñoz\, ba ssoonist\, contrabassoonist and Vice President of the International Double Reed Society. Participants and audiences alike can enjoy artist recitals\ , masterclasses\, a double reed ensemble and a culminating performance fea turing musicians from across the region.\n\nRegistration is required: thea rts.gsu.edu/educational-outreach/drd LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:Florence Kopleff Recital Hall URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-double-reed-day?utm_source=cald iscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20260920T130000Z DTEND:20260920T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T210112Z UID:10011616-1789894800-1789909200@napc.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:MAC March Madness Donation Drive: Bar Soap and Body Wash. JOIN us as we collect Bar Soap and Body Wash for our neighborhood ministry par tner\, Midtown Assistance Center (MAC). We will collect them to help stock MAC’s food and sundries pantry\, March 1 through March 29. Midtown Assi stance Center (MAC) is a non-profit whose mission is to provide emergency assistance to low-income working Atlantans to help prevent homelessness an d hunger during periods of crisis. Donation bins are located in The Hospit ality Hall by the Connections Kiosk. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T210112Z LOCATION:North Avenue Presbyterian Church\, 607 Peachtree St\, Atlanta\, G A\, 30308\, United States URL:https://napc.org/event/6156/2026-09-20/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_me dium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:North Avenue Presbyterian X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.napc.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fall Plant Sale DTSTART:20260920T130000Z DTEND:20260920T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T210208Z UID:10001929-1789894800-1789912800@www.woodlandsgarden.org CATEGORIES:market DESCRIPTION:Fall Plant Sale events are Rain or Shine! \nDonor Preview: Fri day\, September 18 (Become a donor here — Sept 9th deadline to donate fo r the exclusive invitation!) \nOpen to the Public: Saturday\, September 19 & Sunday\, September 20 (Just sign up to shop here. New for 2026-afternoo n is for drop in shoppers-all are welcome!) \n  \nSpecial thank you to Fa ll Plant Sale sponsors for supporting this event: Piedmont Azalea level-Hu mble Harvest Landscapes\; Oakleaf Hydrangea level-Arborguard Tree Speciali sts\, Gill Tree Care\, Tai Chi Co-op\; American Beautyberry level-Nealscap e Landscape Design and Lawrence Sharp Real Estate \nWhat to expect at this year’s Fall Plant Sale: \n-Reserving a time slot to shop is required fo r only morning times and will be monitored as shoppers arrive at the Fall Plant Sale. Register here.\n– Credit card purchases only. No cash or che cks\, please.\n– One way traffic for vehicles and pedestrians.\n– Entr ance for cars on Clairemont Ave and exit is ‘right turn only’ onto Sco tt Blvd. Carpooling is recommended due to limited parking.\n– No on-site bathrooms\n– Bring your own wagon or cart as wheelbarrows on-site are l imited and first come first served. \nFeatured plants:\n– Sun-loving nat ives including: Butterfly Milkweed\, Narrowleaf Sunflower\, ‘White Cloud ’ Muhly Grass\, Foxglove Beardtongue\, Goldenrod\, and many more!\n– G A Piedmont natives including: Ocmulgee Skullcap\, River Oats\, Woodland Ph lox\, Climbing Hydrangea\, Carolina Jessamine\, Strawberry Bush\, Beautybe rry\, Devil’s Walking Stick\, and countless more!\n– Non-natives inclu ding: Japanese Painted Fern\, Variegated Solomon’s Seal\, Strawberry Beg onia and Arborvitae Fern!\n–Ferns that will thrive in this area year aft er year: Christmas fern\, Northern Maiden Hair Fern\, and Southern Shield Fern LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T210208Z URL:https://www.woodlandsgarden.org/event/fall-plant-sale-13/2026-09-20/?u tm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Woodlands Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.woodlandsgarden.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Tumbling 2's (Sundays - 9:00 am) DTSTART:20260920T130000Z DTEND:20260920T133000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T011111Z UID:10318982-1789894800-1789896600@www.atlantajcc.org CATEGORIES:family,sports DESCRIPTION:Tumbling 2's gymnastics teaches the basics of gymnastics skill s and movements. Children will have the opportunity to utilize the prescho ol gymnastics equipment while learning basic motor and socialization skill s. \n \nTHIS IS A PARENT ASSISTED CLASS. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T011111Z LOCATION:MJCCA Zaban Park\, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd.\, Dunwoody\, Georgia\, 303 38\, United States URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/event/tumbling-2s-sundays-900-am/2026-09-20 /?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Marcus JCC of Atlanta (MJCCA) in Dunwoody\, GA X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Shooting Stars Soccer (Age 3-4 - 9:00AM) DTSTART:20260920T130000Z DTEND:20260920T134500Z DTSTAMP:20260918T011111Z UID:10322328-1789894800-1789897500@www.atlantajcc.org CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:⚽ Calling All Future Soccer Superstars! ⚽ Is your young at hlete ready to kick-start their soccer journey? Our action-packed program is the perfect introduction to the world's most exciting sport! \n \nFrom fun mini-games to high-energy scrimmages\, every session is designed to b uild skills\, boost confidence\, and create lasting memories on the field. \n \nLed by enthusiastic coaches\, your child will dribble\, pass\, and score their way to an unforgettable soccer experience! \n \nThis is a Sund ay-only program. Soccer jerseys are provided. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T011111Z LOCATION:MJCCA Zaban Park\, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd.\, Dunwoody\, Georgia\, 303 38\, United States URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/event/shooting-stars-soccer-age-3-4-900am/2 026-09-20/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Marcus JCC of Atlanta (MJCCA) in Dunwoody\, GA X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Tumbling 2's (Sundays - 9:30 am) DTSTART:20260920T133000Z DTEND:20260920T140000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T011111Z UID:10319001-1789896600-1789898400@www.atlantajcc.org CATEGORIES:family,sports DESCRIPTION:Tumbling 2's gymnastics teaches the basics of gymnastics skill s and movements. Children will have the opportunity to utilize the prescho ol gymnastics equipment while learning basic motor and socialization skill s. \n \nTHIS IS A PARENT ASSISTED CLASS. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T011111Z LOCATION:MJCCA Zaban Park\, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd.\, Dunwoody\, Georgia\, 303 38\, United States URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/event/tumbling-2s-sundays-930-am/2026-09-20 /?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Marcus JCC of Atlanta (MJCCA) in Dunwoody\, GA X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Cardio Tennis DTSTART:20260920T133000Z DTEND:20260920T143000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T011111Z UID:10757114-1789896600-1789900200@www.atlantajcc.org CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Push your fitness level to new heights with our high-energy ca rdio tennis workout. This fun group activity employs tennis drills while m usic is played to give players of all abilities the ultimate workout. Card io tennis is a drop-in class for your convenience. Classes are taught by U SPTA professionals. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T011111Z LOCATION:MJCCA Zaban Park\, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd.\, Dunwoody\, Georgia\, 303 38\, United States URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/event/cardio-tennis/2026-09-20/?utm_source= caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Marcus JCC of Atlanta (MJCCA) in Dunwoody\, GA X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Senior/Parent Breakfast DTSTART:20260920T140000Z DTEND:20260920T150000Z DTSTAMP:20260914T001502Z UID:10001770-1789898400-1789902000@www.prumc.org CATEGORIES:community,education DESCRIPTION:Navigate senior-year stress and life after high school. \n\nAr e You a High School Senior or a Parent? Join us for breakfast and a conver sation about managing the stress that comes with senior year and planning for life after high school. We ask that only the senior student and parent s come to this event. \nhttps://media.blubrry.com/prumc_sermons/content.bl ubrry.com/prumc_sermons/2026-09-13.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Downlo ad LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T001502Z LOCATION:Harp Student Center\, 3180 Peachtree Rd NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30305 \, United States URL:https://www.prumc.org/event/senior-parent-breakfast/?utm_source=caldis covery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Peachtree Road United Methodist Church X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.prumc.org/event/an-evening-with-tom-johnson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Energy Healing Sessions DTSTART:20260920T140000Z DTEND:20260920T145000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T203106Z UID:10004097-1789898400-1789901400@unityatl.org CATEGORIES:wellness DESCRIPTION:Come Enjoy Our NEW Healing Room!!\nAll Are Welcome!  Our team provides energy healing sessions most Sundays from 10:00 to 10:50 A.M.\n \nDate:  Most Sundays\, 10:00 – 10:50am\nLocation: Room 123 in the Yout h Wing  (New Healing Room!)                                                                                \nContact Person: Simone Jennings  unity@simonejennings.com   or Call/ Text: 678-558-7610 \nWe offer relaxing energy treatments and chakra balanc ing.  These are fully-clothed sessions with sturdy massage tables availab le.  Our energy work is performed by quality\, certified practitioners fo r love-offerings which go directly to help fund the work of Unity Atlanta Church. \nPlease sign in at the small table in the Healing Room. \nTo lear n about private sessions with our Healing Team Members\, please go to http s://unityatl.org/healing-congregational-care/ and into the “Meet Our Hea ling Team” section.  \n\nAbout our Energy Healing Team:   \nSimone Je nnings: \nSimone is a seasoned spiritual coach and energy practitioner wit h over 15 years of experience guiding clients through processes of awarene ss and alignment of mind\, body\, and spirit. \nAs a certified Life Skills coach\, Angel Practitioner\, and Reiki Master\, she seamlessly integrates a wide range of techniques to empower individuals in releasing blockages\ , realigning energies\, and reclaiming their true essence.  Deeply passio nate about serving others and leading with compassion\, Simone is dedicate d to helping her clients achieve profound transformation and lasting well- being. \nCynthia Wittman: \nCynthia has received various energy healing mo dalities for over 20 years and has practiced yoga for over 15 years. Livin g a more peaceful and abundant life\, she understands the benefits of shar ing the universal life force with others and received her Level 3 Master c ertificate early 2026. \nCynthia is presently completing her 200- hour Yog a Teachers Training and is weaving her yoga path seamlessly into her spiri tual path at Unity for a beautiful tapestry of love and life force. A rece ntly retired registered interior designer\, Cynthia understood her divine gifts and developed them into a loving profession of 45 years. She designs spaces for others to live\, work\, play and learn while pursuing their ow n purpose and passion\, to heal\, rest and even perhaps transition. \nElis ha Fields:\n \nElisha is a Master Teacher of Magnified Healing\, teacher o f metaphysics\, artist\, writer and third generation mystic.  In 1993\, E lisha developed a pain relief system which is successful with many headach es\, as well as\, some migraines.  She is available in the healing room  for questions most Sundays before the 11:00 AM service. \nElisha is availa ble at Unity Atlanta Church on Wednesday evenings\, May through October\, for classes and may also be reached at RoyalPath.info \n \nSophia Loner: \ nSophia is a Certified Prayer Chaplain and Trainer with more than a decade of service in Unity prayer ministry. She has led Prayer Chaplain and Care Teams in three Unity churches and is experienced in compassionate listeni ng\, spiritual support\, and prayer-centered care. \nSophia is also certif ied in Levels 1 and 2 Reiki\, with a special focus on animal communication and healing. She believes every living being carries an innate wisdom and capacity for healing\, and that Reiki provides a gentle space for that he aling to unfold. Whether working with people or animals—in person\, remo tely\, or during end-of-life transitions—Sophia offers a grounded\, comp assionate\, and faith-centered presence dedicated to comfort\, peace\, and well-being. \nTo learn about private sessions with our Healing Team Membe rs\, please go to https://unityatl.org/healing-congregational-care/ and in to the “Meet Our Healing Team” section. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T203106Z LOCATION:Unity Atlanta Church\, 3597 Parkway Lane\, Peachtree Corners\, 30 092\, United States URL:https://unityatl.org/events/energy-healing-sessions-2-3-5-2-3-3-2-2-3/ 2026-09-20/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Unity Atlanta Church X-SOURCE-URL:https://unityatl.org/events/congregational-care-team-training END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Wisdom Well Bookstore DTSTART:20260920T140000Z DTEND:20260920T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T203106Z UID:10003216-1789898400-1789909200@unityatl.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:The Wisdom Well Bookstore\n\n \nOur metaphysical bookstore ref lects the heart of Unity Atlanta Church. It offers a collection of new tho ught\, spiritual\, and self-help books. We know you’ll be inspired with the large selection of gift items. The bookstore also supports our  Adult Education classes with a supply of teaching materials and textbooks. Our volunteer Bookstore Angels are always eager to introduce a new book or re acquaint us with an old classic. \nWisdom Well Store Hours:  Sundays\, 10 :00 AM – 1:00 PM \nLooking for a book in particular? \nTo contact:  un itywisdomwell@gmail.com  or call the church office: 770-441-0585 \n\nWe h ave books for diverse interests:                                                                                  We also have many gifts including:            \nSpirituality                                                                                                                                 Bimonthly issues of Unity Mag azine\nBibles & Bible Reference Books                                                                                              Bimonthly issues of Daily Word\nPrayer & Me ditation                                                                                                                 Greeting Cards\nInspiration & Motivation                                                                                                           Affirmation and 12 power stones\nRelationships                                                                                                                          Candles\nHealth & Healing                                                                                                                     Me ditative scents\nTransitioning & Grieving                                                                                                          Notepads\nAngels                                                                                                                                     T-shirts\nBooks for childre n                                                                                                                   Bookmarks LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T203106Z LOCATION:Unity Atlanta Church\, 3597 Parkway Lane\, Peachtree Corners\, 30 092\, United States URL:https://unityatl.org/events/wisdom-well-bookstore-2/2026-09-20/?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Unity Atlanta Church X-SOURCE-URL:https://unityatl.org/events/congregational-care-team-training END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Flipping 4's (Sundays) DTSTART:20260920T140000Z DTEND:20260920T144500Z DTSTAMP:20260918T011111Z UID:10319216-1789898400-1789901100@www.atlantajcc.org CATEGORIES:family DESCRIPTION:Flipping 4's gymnastics classes are designed to provide your c hild with a fun\, safe\, and creative gymnastics environment\, while intro ducing basic skills on all 4 events - vault\, bars\, beam\, and floor. The class encourages coordination\, strength\, and motor development. \n \nT rolley transportation to/from The Weinstein School is included for 1:30 pm classes. This class is for girls & boys who must be 4 years old by the st art of class. \n \n*MUST BE POTTY TRAINED* LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T011111Z LOCATION:MJCCA Zaban Park\, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd.\, Dunwoody\, Georgia\, 303 38\, United States URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/event/flipping-4s-sundays-2/2026-09-20/?utm _source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Marcus JCC of Atlanta (MJCCA) in Dunwoody\, GA X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Twisting 3's (Sundays) DTSTART:20260920T140000Z DTEND:20260920T144500Z DTSTAMP:20260918T011111Z UID:10319566-1789898400-1789901100@www.atlantajcc.org CATEGORIES:family DESCRIPTION:Twisting 3's gymnastics classes are designed to provide your c hild with a fun\, safe\, and creative gymnastics environment\, while intro ducing basic skills on all 4 events – vault\, bars\, beam\, and floor. T he class encourages coordination\, strength\, and motor development. \n \ nTrolley transportation to/from The Weinstein School is included for 1:30 pm classes. This class is for girls & boys who must be 3 years old by the start of class. \n \n*MUST BE POTTY TRAINED* LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T011111Z LOCATION:MJCCA Zaban Park\, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd.\, Dunwoody\, Georgia\, 303 38\, United States URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/event/twisting-3s-sundays-2/2026-09-20/?utm _source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Marcus JCC of Atlanta (MJCCA) in Dunwoody\, GA X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Shooting Stars Soccer (Age 3-4 - 10:00AM) DTSTART:20260920T140000Z DTEND:20260920T144500Z DTSTAMP:20260918T011111Z UID:10322352-1789898400-1789901100@www.atlantajcc.org CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:⚽ Calling All Future Soccer Superstars! ⚽ Is your young at hlete ready to kick-start their soccer journey? Our action-packed program is the perfect introduction to the world's most exciting sport! \n \nFrom fun mini-games to high-energy scrimmages\, every session is designed to b uild skills\, boost confidence\, and create lasting memories on the field. \n \nLed by enthusiastic coaches\, your child will dribble\, pass\, and score their way to an unforgettable soccer experience! \n \nThis is a Sund ay-only program. Soccer jerseys are provided. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T011111Z LOCATION:MJCCA Zaban Park\, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd.\, Dunwoody\, Georgia\, 303 38\, United States URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/event/shooting-stars-soccer-age-3-4-1000am/ 2026-09-20/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Marcus JCC of Atlanta (MJCCA) in Dunwoody\, GA X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Family Tashlich Celebration: High Holidays on the Way DTSTART:20260920T140000Z DTEND:20260920T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T011111Z UID:10322084-1789898400-1789912800@www.atlantajcc.org CATEGORIES:community,family DESCRIPTION:Join us for a joyful\, family-friendly High Holiday experience in partnership with Youth Sports! Stop by for crafts\, snacks\, and Tashl ich\, a meaningful High Holiday ritual where we symbolically “cast away ” mistakes from the past year by tossing small pieces of bread into movi ng water — reflecting on who we want to be and making space for a fresh start. \n \nThis quick and easy pop-in celebration offers a simple way to bring the history\, memory\, and traditions of the High Holidays into your family’s life. As we gather in community and reflect together\, we prep are our hearts for the transition that evening into Yom Kippur\, the holie st day on the Jewish calendar. \n \nAll families are welcome — come for a few minutes or stay awhile as we mark the season with meaning\, connecti on\, and fun. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T011111Z LOCATION:MJCCA Zaban Park\, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd.\, Dunwoody\, Georgia\, 303 38\, United States URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/event/high-holidays-on-the-way-a-family-cel ebration/2026-09-20/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=a tlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Marcus JCC of Atlanta (MJCCA) in Dunwoody\, GA X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:EC12 Summer Series DTSTART:20260920T143000Z DTEND:20260920T173000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T201325Z UID:7l93ogfvca1utfaqk0h1q66kpq@google.com CATEGORIES:sports LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T201325Z X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Yacht Club Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantayachtclub.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PAINT A POT DTSTART:20260920T143000Z DTEND:20260920T163000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T210208Z UID:10002062-1789900200-1789900200@www.woodlandsgarden.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Come Paint a Pot during the Fall Plant Sale on Sunday\, Sept. 20th! Paint a pot for your plant. All materials are provided at no cost bu t donations are welcomed. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T210208Z URL:https://www.woodlandsgarden.org/event/paint-a-pot-2/?utm_source=caldis covery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Woodlands Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.woodlandsgarden.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Youth Sunday School DTSTART:20260920T144500Z DTEND:20260920T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T210112Z UID:10007977-1789901100-1789905600@napc.org CATEGORIES:family DESCRIPTION:Join us in The Underground youth area for large group activiti es. Sunday Mornings 10:45 a.m. to 12 noon. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T210112Z LOCATION:North Avenue Presbyterian Church\, 607 Peachtree St\, Atlanta\, G A\, 30308\, United States URL:https://napc.org/event/youth-sunday-school/2026-09-20/?utm_source=cald iscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:North Avenue Presbyterian X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.napc.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Jazz Brunch at C. Ellet's DTSTART:20260920T150000Z DTEND:20260920T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260912T060321Z UID:10002463-1789902000-1789916400@batteryatl.com CATEGORIES:food,music DESCRIPTION:Join C. Ellet’s Saturdays and Sundays for jazz brunch! Dine on your favorite bites\, like Southern Fried Chicken and Pancake Paloozas\ , sip on mimosas\, and listen to jazzy tunes from their live band. The Jaz z Duo plays from 11-3pm every Saturday and Sunday. \nClick here to make yo ur reservation today! LAST-MODIFIED:20260912T060321Z LOCATION:C. Ellet’s\, 2605 Circle 75 Parkway Ste 400\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30 339\, United States URL:https://batteryatl.com/event/jazz-brunch-at-c-ellets/2026-09-20/?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:BatteryATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://batteryatl.com/events-calendar/tag/live-music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Shooting Stars Soccer (Age 3-4 - 11:00AM) DTSTART:20260920T150000Z DTEND:20260920T154500Z DTSTAMP:20260918T011111Z UID:10322340-1789902000-1789904700@www.atlantajcc.org CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:⚽ Calling All Future Soccer Superstars! ⚽ Is your young at hlete ready to kick-start their soccer journey? Our action-packed program is the perfect introduction to the world's most exciting sport! \n \nFrom fun mini-games to high-energy scrimmages\, every session is designed to b uild skills\, boost confidence\, and create lasting memories on the field. \n \nLed by enthusiastic coaches\, your child will dribble\, pass\, and score their way to an unforgettable soccer experience! \n \nThis is a Sund ay-only program. Soccer jerseys are provided. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T011111Z LOCATION:MJCCA Zaban Park\, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd.\, Dunwoody\, Georgia\, 303 38\, United States URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/event/shooting-stars-soccer-age-3-4-1100am/ 2026-09-20/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Marcus JCC of Atlanta (MJCCA) in Dunwoody\, GA X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Cartwheels (Sundays) DTSTART:20260920T150000Z DTEND:20260920T155500Z DTSTAMP:20260918T011111Z UID:10319116-1789902000-1789905300@www.atlantajcc.org CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Cartwheels gymnastics classes are ideal for beginners. Gymnast s are introduced to all four gymnastics events: vault\, uneven bars\, bala nce beam\, and floor exercise. This class will focus on introductory skill s\, basic strengths\, and techniques needed to progress to the next level. This class is open to boys and girls. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T011111Z LOCATION:MJCCA Zaban Park\, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd.\, Dunwoody\, Georgia\, 303 38\, United States URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/event/cartwheels-sundays-2/2026-09-20/?utm_ source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Marcus JCC of Atlanta (MJCCA) in Dunwoody\, GA X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Round-Offs (Sundays) DTSTART:20260920T150000Z DTEND:20260920T155500Z DTSTAMP:20260918T011111Z UID:10531627-1789902000-1789905300@www.atlantajcc.org CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Round-Offs classes are for the intermediate recreational gymna st. This class is recommended for children who have mastered the necessary basic skills — cartwheel\, handstand\, pullover\, strong bridge\, and w alking with confidence on the high beam. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T011111Z LOCATION:MJCCA Zaban Park\, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd.\, Dunwoody\, Georgia\, 303 38\, United States URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/event/round-offs-sundays-2/2026-09-20/?utm_ source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Marcus JCC of Atlanta (MJCCA) in Dunwoody\, GA X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Volleyball Academy - Varsity (6th-8th Grades) DTSTART:20260920T150000Z DTEND:20260920T163000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T011111Z UID:10322053-1789902000-1789907400@www.atlantajcc.org CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Welcome to our Recreational Volleyball Academy! Our program is designed for players of all skill levels who are passionate about volleyb all and looking to improve their game while having fun. Led by experienced coaches\, our academy offers a supportive and inclusive environment where players can learn fundamental skills\, enhance their techniques\, and enj oy the thrill of the game. Whether you're new to volleyball or aiming to r efine your skills\, join us for a dynamic and enjoyable experience on the court. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T011111Z LOCATION:MJCCA Zaban Park\, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd.\, Dunwoody\, Georgia\, 303 38\, United States URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/event/volleyball-academy-varsity-6th-8th-gr ades/2026-09-20/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlan ta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Marcus JCC of Atlanta (MJCCA) in Dunwoody\, GA X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Next Level Volleyball Academy (9th-12th Grades) DTSTART:20260920T150000Z DTEND:20260920T163000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T011111Z UID:10322077-1789902000-1789907400@www.atlantajcc.org CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Welcome to our Recreational Volleyball Academy! Our program is designed for players of all skill levels who are passionate about volleyb all and looking to improve their game while having fun. Led by experienced coaches\, our academy offers a supportive and inclusive environment where players can learn fundamental skills\, enhance their techniques\, and enj oy the thrill of the game. Whether you're new to volleyball or aiming to r efine your skills\, join us for a dynamic and enjoyable experience on the court. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T011111Z LOCATION:MJCCA Zaban Park\, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd.\, Dunwoody\, Georgia\, 303 38\, United States URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/event/next-level-volleyball-academy-9th-12t h-grades/2026-09-20/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=a tlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Marcus JCC of Atlanta (MJCCA) in Dunwoody\, GA X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Tashlich In The Forest DTSTART:20260920T153000Z DTEND:20260920T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T203038Z UID:0-94@bethshalom.net CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Dunwoody Nature Center for Tashlich In the Fore st!\n\nAs we approach the eve of Yom Kippur\, we have the opportunity as a community to spiritually "send" our sins away in a natural body of water. \n\nJoin Rabbi K'vod and Megan LaGala\, our Director of Lifelong Learning\ , for singing and ritual.\n\nWe will be adopting the Sephardic custom of u sing stones to toss into the water and will supply them.\n\nYou can bring a picnic lunch or snack to hang out and enjoy this beautiful environment a fter we conclude. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T203038Z URL:https://www.bethshalom.net/events/tashlich-in-the-forest/?utm_source=c aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Congregation Beth Shalom X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.bethshalom.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Slide Into Sundays at City Center DTSTART:20260920T160000Z DTEND:20260921T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T120912Z UID:13867-1789905600-1789934400@www.cityofcumming.net CATEGORIES:community,family DESCRIPTION:Join us for Slide into Sundays each week! Hosted by the Cummin g City Center in partnership with Jump N Jacks Moonwalks\, this lively wee kly event will include bounce houses\, water slides\, and plenty of games. Admission is $10 per child. LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T120912Z LOCATION:Cumming City Center\, 423 Canton Road\, Cumming\, GA\, 30040\, Un ited States URL:https://www.cityofcumming.net/event/slide-into-sundays-at-city-center- 25?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of Cumming X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.cityofcumming.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Hole in the Wall DTSTART:20260920T160000Z DTEND:20260921T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T195050Z UID:10000299-1789905600-1789934400@stillfirebrewing.com CATEGORIES:drink,food DESCRIPTION:Chicken and waffles. Shrimp and grits. Jerk chicken wings with a sauce that means business. \nHole in the Wall is rolling up with a menu that reads like a greatest-hits list\, and every item earns its spot. Gra b a fried fish plate or a loaded cheeseburger\, then let a StillFire pour or two do the rest of the work. \nComfort food\, done right\, parked right outside your favorite taproom. \nCome hungry. Leave full. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T195050Z URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com/event/da-hole-in-the-wall-4/2026-09-20/?u tm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:StillFire Brewing X-SOURCE-URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Crochet and Fiber Arts Meet-Up DTSTART:20260920T160000Z DTEND:20260920T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T202036Z UID:51120-1789905600-1789912800@atlantahumane.org CATEGORIES:arts,community DESCRIPTION:Looking for a cozy place to craft and connect? Join us at our Roswell location for a free\, drop-in gathering where creativity and cats come together! This recurring meetup takes place every third Sunday of the month\, making it the perfect opportunity to unwind\, get creative\, and build community with fellow makers and animal lovers. \nBring your current crochet\, knitting\, fiber arts\, or other creative project and spend tim e crafting alongside fellow makers and our adoptable cats. Whether you’r e an experienced maker or just curious to learn\, all skill levels are wel come. \nRoswell regular Laura Clark will be onsite to help foster conversa tion\, answer questions about crochet and fiber arts\, and provide yarn an d beginner-friendly guidance for anyone who doesn’t have a project of th eir own. \nWhat to Expect: \n\nA welcoming space for crafters of all skill levels\nBring-your-own project or start something new with provided mater ials\nBeginner-friendly guidance and conversation\nTime spent crafting alo ngside adoptable cats\nFree\, drop-in format—come and go as you’d like !\n\nNo registration fee required\, just bring your creativity and settle in for an afternoon of crafts and cats. \nClick here to reserve your spot! LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T202036Z LOCATION:Atlanta Humane Society – Roswell\, 1010 Mansell Rd\, Roswell\, GA\, 30076\, United States URL:https://atlantahumane.org/event/crochet-and-fiber-arts-meet-up/?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Humane Society X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantahumane.org/get-involved/volunteer END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Hoops Academy: Beginners Skill Training (12:00 pm) DTSTART:20260920T160000Z DTEND:20260920T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T011111Z UID:10322101-1789905600-1789909200@www.atlantajcc.org CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Welcome to Hoops Academy\, where every dribble\, shot\, and mo ment on the court is a step towards greatness! Join us in the pursuit of b asketball excellence\, where skill meets passion and champions are crafted . Our dynamic coaching\, state-of-the-art facilities\, and immersive train ing programs will elevate your game to new heights. \n \nWhether you're a rookie or a seasoned player\, Hoops Academy is your ultimate destination for mastering the game and becoming a true hoop sensation! Athletes can ex pect to improve their dribbling\, shooting\, defense\, and conditioning wh ile also learning the skills it takes to be a great teammate. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T011111Z LOCATION:MJCCA Zaban Park\, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd.\, Dunwoody\, Georgia\, 303 38\, United States URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/event/hoops-academy-beginners-skill-trainin g-1200-pm/2026-09-20/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign= atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Marcus JCC of Atlanta (MJCCA) in Dunwoody\, GA X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Coed Youth Soccer League (Pre-K and Kindergarten) DTSTART:20260920T160000Z DTEND:20260920T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T071142Z UID:10322147-1789905600-1789909200@www.atlantajcc.org CATEGORIES:family,sports DESCRIPTION:⚽ Welcome to Our Youth Soccer Leagues! ⚽ Join us for an ex citing season of soccer\, where young athletes can develop their skills\, build teamwork\, and foster a love for the game in a fun and supportive en vironment! Led by dedicated a combination of our dedicated professional an d volunteer coaches\, players will learn the fundamentals of soccer\, impr ove their skills\, and enjoy friendly competition\, all while having a gre at time on the field! \n \nTeams will meet on Sundays to practice for the first half of each session followed by a game. Please note weeks 1 and 2 w ill be strictly practice. \n \nLet’s kick off an amazing season togethe r! ⚽🎉 LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T071142Z LOCATION:MJCCA Zaban Park\, 5342 Tilly Mill Rd.\, Dunwoody\, Georgia\, 303 38\, United States URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/event/coed-youth-soccer-league-pre-k-and-ki ndergarten/2026-09-20/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign =atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Marcus JCC of Atlanta (MJCCA) in Dunwoody\, GA X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantajcc.org/calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Connecting with the Unhoused Lunch & Learn DTSTART:20260920T163000Z DTEND:20260920T173000Z DTSTAMP:20260914T001502Z UID:10001840-1789907400-1789911000@www.prumc.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Join Ron Greer and Susan Marshall to explore Christ’s callin g in our lives. Learn about compassion in action by being in relationship with and helping the unhoused who visit our church. \nhttps://media.blubrr y.com/prumc_sermons/content.blubrry.com/prumc_sermons/2026-09-13.mp3Podcas t: Play in new window | Download LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T001502Z LOCATION:Hospitality Suite\, 3180 Peachtree Rd NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30305\, United States URL:https://www.prumc.org/event/connecting-with-the-unhoused-lunch-learn/? utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Peachtree Road United Methodist Church X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.prumc.org/event/an-evening-with-tom-johnson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Farmers Market Presented by Kaiser Permanente DTSTART:20260920T170000Z DTEND:20260920T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T002131Z UID:10005581-1789909200-1789920000@batteryatl.com CATEGORIES:free,market DESCRIPTION:The Battery Atlanta’s beloved Farmers Market Series\, presen ted by Kaiser Permanente\, brings the community together for select Sunday s filled with local flavor and family fun. Guests can explore a curated se lection of regional vendors offering fresh produce\, artisanal foods\, wel lness items\, pet-friendly products\, and more—all in a lively outdoor s etting. \nCatch the away game on the Georgia Power Pavilion screen\, check out the fan-favorite petting zoo\, and bring along your pup pal and brows e through treats\, accessories\, and more at the Bark Market! \nThe Farmer s Markets are free to attend\, and complimentary parking is available for the first two hours on non-event days. \nVendor List:  \n\naGROW Kulture- Produce/ Agriculture\nEco Sun Farms- Produce/ Agriculture\nDough N Deligh ts– Baked Goods\nCozy Treats Co- Baked Goods\nYummy Brothers- Baked Good s\nMoo Moo’s Delights- Baked Goods\nOlive Oil Cake Lady- Baked Goods\nSu mthin About Spice- All Natural Seasonings\nBando Verde- Seasonings & Sauce s\nLittle Miss Piggy’s Pork Skins– Packaged Food\nAcres and Oak Kitche n- Homemade Snack Mixes & Packaged Food\nHooch Pickles- Canned Goods\nLayo n Granola- Homemade Snack Mixes\nHoly Smokies- Meats + Sausages\nJaSHEEbah Essentials – Health + Wellness\nGinger Yum- Ginger Wellness Products\nZ inful Harmony Stones- Handmade Jewelry\nHazel Made Co– Arts/ Crafts\n627 Originals- Handmade Crochet Dolls & Toys\nBee’s Bark Bar- Pet Treats/ A ccessories\nMuse Paintbar– Painting demonstration\nKing of Pops- Popsicl es\nCricket’s Mobile Petting Zoo\nKaiser Permanente\n\nVisit our Farmers Market page for more info! LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T002131Z LOCATION:The Plaza at Battery Atlanta\, 755 Battery Avenue Southeast\, Atl anta\, GA\, 30339\, United States URL:https://batteryatl.com/event/farmers-market-presented-by-kaiser-perman ente-september-20-2026/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaig n=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:BatteryATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://batteryatl.com/events-calendar/tag/live-music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:MetroGnomes 25th Anniversary DTSTART:20260920T173000Z DTEND:20260920T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T170246Z UID:64@atlantafreedombands.com CATEGORIES:drink,festival,music DESCRIPTION:The MetroGnomes are celebrating 25 years of music in a big way ! Join us at Tucker Brewing Company for our birthday bash\, featuring Metr oGnomes new and old! LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170246Z LOCATION:Tucker Brewing Company\, 2003 South Bibb Drive\, Tucker\, GA\, 30 084\, United States URL:https://atlantafreedombands.com/events/metrognomes-25th-anniversary/?u tm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Freedom Bands X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantafreedombands.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Cocktail Class at ASW DTSTART:20260920T180000Z DTEND:20260920T193000Z DTSTAMP:20260912T060321Z UID:10005529-1789912800-1789918200@batteryatl.com CATEGORIES:drink DESCRIPTION:Join ASW Distillery for an interactive cocktail class hosted m onthly by one of ASW at the Battery ATL’s Lead Mixologists! \nEach guest will enjoy their own fully equipped bar station\, complete with tools and ingredients to actively build your own cocktails. Over the course of the class\, you’ll shake\, stir and savor three unique cocktails featuring o ur award-winning spirits—including whiskey\, vodka\, and gin—while lea rning the fundamentals of bartending and the art of balance in cocktail bu ilding! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou are guaranteed to leave this class with the skills and knowledge to knock it out of the park every time you make a cocktail for your friends and family. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClick h ere for more information! LAST-MODIFIED:20260912T060321Z LOCATION:ASW Distillery\, 900 Battery Ave SE Suite 1035\, Atlanta\, GA\, 3 0309\, United States URL:https://batteryatl.com/event/cocktail-class-at-asw/?utm_source=caldisc overy&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:BatteryATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://batteryatl.com/events-calendar/tag/live-music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Atlanta Music Club Chamber Concert DTSTART:20260920T190000Z DTEND:20260920T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260824T182532Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53025149159137 CATEGORIES:free,music DESCRIPTION:Join us for an afternoon of compelling chamber music featuring works by Esteban Benzecry and Johannes Brahms. Cellist Jesús Castro-Balb i and pianist Elena Dorozhkina open the program with Benzecry’s vibrant and evocative Rapsodia Andina\, followed by Brahms’s sweeping Cello Sona ta No. 2 in F Major\, Op. 99.\n\nThe program culminates in Brahms’s rich ly expressive String Sextet No. 2 in G Major\, Op. 36\, featuring Qiao Che n Solomon and Eun Young Jung\, violins\; Julia Bullard and Kathryn Schmidt Steely\, violas\; and James Kim and Jesús Castro-Balbi\, cellos.\n\nSund ay\, September 20\, 2026 | 3:00 p.m.\nJulia Thompson Smith Chapel | Agnes Scott College\n\nPresented with the support of the Atlanta Music Club.\n\n Free and open to the public. LAST-MODIFIED:20260824T182532Z LOCATION:Julia Thompson Smith Chapel\, Sanctuary URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/atlanta-music-club-chamber-conce rt?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Paint Chip Poetry Contest DTSTART:20260920T190000Z DTEND:20260921T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260908T123434Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53883418895269 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:"In celebration of Latine Heritage Month\, Latinas UNIDES and McCain Library are partnering to host a paint chip poetry contest. To part icipate\, pick up a paint chip from the Check Out Desk in McCain Library. Write your poem on the paint chip\, and then place it in the submission bo x. All entries will be reviewed by Latinas UNIDES. A prize will be given t o the winner\, and all entries will be displayed in McCain Library. LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T123434Z LOCATION:McCain Library\, Main Reading Room (1st Floor Lobby) URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/paint-chip-poetry-contest?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SACC Georgia Crayfish Party 2026 DTSTART:20260920T190000Z DTEND:20260920T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T193101Z UID:10041570-1789916400-1789932600@www.globalatlanta.com CATEGORIES:community,food DESCRIPTION:Join SACC-Georgia for a Swedish Crayfish Party on Private Lake Lanier Residence! \nEnjoy traditional crayfish\, Swedish traditions\, mus ic\, family fun\, and beautiful lake views while connecting with the Swedi sh-American business community. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T193101Z LOCATION:Cumming\, Georgia URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/event/sacc-georgia-crayfish-party-2026/? utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Global Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/events/category/culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Vocalist Shiron Denise DTSTART:20260920T190000Z DTEND:20260920T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T193352Z UID:10092-1789920000-1789920000@stjamesliveatl.com CATEGORIES:music LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T193352Z LOCATION:St. James Live\, 3220 Butner Rd SW\, Suite 240 Atlanta\, GA 30331 \, Atlanta\, 30331 URL:https://stjamesliveatl.com/show/vocalist-shiron-denise/?utm_source=cal discovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:St. James Live! X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.stjamesliveatl.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:DOG SWIM! DTSTART:20260920T210000Z DTEND:20260920T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T201239Z UID:1hdqdfn17ho4eket82hn549iuu@google.com CATEGORIES:outdoors LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T201239Z X-SOURCE-NAME:GardenHillsPool X-SOURCE-URL:https://gardenhillspool.com/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Chapel Worship Service DTSTART:20260920T213000Z DTEND:20260920T223000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T120024Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53759519323427 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Worship service LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T120024Z LOCATION:Julia Thompson Smith Chapel\, Narthex (Main Lobby) URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/chapel-worship-service?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Pop & Country Hits at Park Bench DTSTART:20260920T220000Z DTEND:20260921T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260914T180353Z UID:10005572-1789927200-1789941600@batteryatl.com CATEGORIES:drink,free,music DESCRIPTION:Ready to relax and have some fun? Join us at Park Bench where you can sit down and enjoy a great drink and fun mix of pop and country hi t songs. Get ready to lose yourself in the music and have an unforgettable time in a relaxed atmosphere! \nNo Cover | Open Late Night | Must be 21+ \nDoors Open: 6:00PM \nShowtime: 6:00PM \nClick here for more information! LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T180353Z LOCATION:Park Bench\, 900 Battery Ave\, Ste 1060\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30339 URL:https://batteryatl.com/event/pop-country-hits-at-park-bench-4/?utm_sou rce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:BatteryATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://batteryatl.com/events-calendar/tag/live-music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sunday Stampede: Two-Step Lesson DTSTART:20260920T230000Z DTEND:20260920T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260831T123944Z UID:7qv93gsqhgc6pmv01il8u25nto@google.com CATEGORIES:dance DESCRIPTION:Sunday Stampede Two-Step Lesson w/Hayden LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T123944Z LOCATION:Atlanta Eagle\, 1492 Piedmont Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA 30309\, USA X-SOURCE-NAME:danceoutatl@gmail.com X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.danceoutatlanta.com/lesson-schedule END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Line Dance Lesson: "I Will Recall" (Improver Level) DTSTART:20260920T233000Z DTEND:20260921T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260831T123944Z UID:222d859vi3chlm13cvj47kmqpj@google.com CATEGORIES:dance DESCRIPTION:Line Dance Lesson: "I Will Recall" (Improver Level) w/Paul LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T123944Z LOCATION:Atlanta Eagle\, 1492 Piedmont Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA 30309\, USA X-SOURCE-NAME:danceoutatl@gmail.com X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.danceoutatlanta.com/lesson-schedule END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Best Of Atlanta Comedy Showcase - Sunday September 20 at 7:30pm DTSTART:20260920T233000Z DTEND:20260921T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T181024Z UID:10001794-1789932600-1789939800@laughingskulllounge.com CATEGORIES:comedy LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T181024Z LOCATION:Laughing Skull Lounge\, 878 Peachtree Street\, Atlanta\, GA\, 303 09\, United States URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com/event/best-of-atlanta-comedy-showcase- sunday-september-20-2026-at-730pm/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics& utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Laughing Skull Lounge X-SOURCE-URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Robin Trower DTSTART:20260920T233000Z DTEND:20260921T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T204448Z UID:19908-1789932600-1789932600@atlantaconcertreviews.com CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Few would dispute that the title of Robin Trower’s latest al bum – ‘No More Worlds To Conquer’ – is a fair summary of the thumb print he has left on the musical universe. But as he reminds us\, it shoul d not be misinterpreted as his mission being accomplished. “I definitely feel like I’m still reaching\,” he considers\, “with the guitar\, a nd the songs\, and everything else.” \nFor more than six decades\, Robin Trower’s career has known no bounds. At the age of 76\, the British gui tarist can reflect on a journey in which he has planted flags across the m usical sphere and played every role imaginable. He’s been the driving fo rce behind Sixties icons Procol Harum. The transatlantic solo star who fil led US stadiums with 1974’s Bridge Of Sighs. The collaborator and occasi onal supergroup member. The elder-statesman songwriter whose late period s till crackles with invention. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T204448Z LOCATION:Center Stage Theater\, 1374 West Peachtree St\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30 188\, United States URL:https://atlantaconcertreviews.com/event/robin-trower/?utm_source=caldi scovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Concert Reviews X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantaconcertreviews.com/concert-calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:An Acoustic Evening with Lacey Sturm DTSTART:20260921T000000Z DTEND:20260921T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T170243Z UID:6a18b807c9c9f194ac5421bb CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:City Winery Atlanta presents An Acoustic Evening with Lacey St urm live on September 20th at 8pm. Experience an unforgettable evening with Lacey Sturm\, the Grammy-nominated hard rock vocalist whose powerful voice and deeply personal songwriting have made her one of the most influe ntial figures in modern rock. Best known as the former frontwoman of the m ulti-platinum band Flyleaf\, Lacey helped define a generation of hard rock with iconic songs including "All Around Me\," "I'm So Sick\," and "Again. "\nTicket URL: https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/lacey-sturm-jsveyo LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170243Z LOCATION:City Winery Atlanta\, 650 North Ave NE\, Atlanta\, 30308\, US URL:https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/lacey-sturm-jsveyo?utm_source=cal discovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City Winery Events X-SOURCE-URL:https://citywinery.com/atlanta/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sunday Stampede DTSTART:20260921T000000Z DTEND:20260921T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T170249Z UID:79kjelaeehb3hsokmmr66ae3eb@google.com CATEGORIES:dance,free DESCRIPTION:Sunday Stampede: Open Dancing w/DJ Dice. 8pm - 12am. 21+ Only. No Cover! LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170249Z LOCATION:Atlanta Eagle\, 1492 Piedmont Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA 30309\, USA X-SOURCE-NAME:danceoutatl@gmail.com X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.danceoutatlanta.com/lesson-schedule END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Luchsinger Rehersal DTSTART:20260921T000000Z DTEND:20260921T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260908T183537Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53892281205918 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Luchsinger A Cappella Rehersal LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T183537Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Luchsinger Lounge URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/luchsinger-rehersal?utm_source=c aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:College of Law Fall 2026 - Spring 2027 Clinic & Externship Applic ation Period DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260922 DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52922638416104 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Spring 2027 Clinic & Externship Application Period\n\nSeptembe r 16-30 2025\n\nThe application for Spring enrollment for all clinics and externships opens on Wednesday\, September 16th and closes on Wednesday\, September 30th at 11:59 p.m. To apply\, visit the Clinical Programs page o r the Externships page. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-college-of-law-fall-2025-spring -2026-clinic-externship-application-period?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_med ium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Withdrawal Period - Full Semester DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260922 DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52328748783543 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Withdrawal Period begins via PAWS at 8 a.m.\n\nWithdrawn c lasses appear on the official transcript with the grade of W or WF.\n\nFor detailed information on withdrawals\, refer to the "Revision of Class Sch edule" section of the University Catalog. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-classes-begin-mmii?utm_source=c aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Withdrawal Period - MMII DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260922 DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52328767050122 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Withdrawal Period begins via PAWS at 8 a.m.\n\nWithdrawn c lasses appear on the official transcript with the grade of W or WF.\n\nFor detailed information on withdrawals\, refer to the "Revision of Class Sch edule" section of the University Catalog. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-withdrawal-period-mmi?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:ADOG Classes Session 5 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260926 DTSTAMP:20260915T202909Z UID:0t8bmlk5t7vcbgn39ek0linqt2@google.com CATEGORIES:education LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T202909Z X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Kennel Club X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantakennelclub.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Encanto: A Hispanic Heritage Month Event DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260922 DTSTAMP:20260918T063343Z UID:171853-1789948800-1790035199@travelcobb.org CATEGORIES:gaming DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month during the school break with a family movie! Bring a blanket and a snack\, sit back\, and enjoy.  \n “Encanto” tells the tale of an extraordinary family\, the Madrigals\, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia\, in a magical house\, in a v ibrant town\, in a wondrous\, charmed place called an Encanto. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T063343Z LOCATION:Smyrna Public Library\, 100 Village Green Circle\, Smyrna\, GA\, 30080 URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/encanto-a-hispanic-heritage-month-event/? utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Cobb Travel & Tourism X-SOURCE-URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/southern-fried-gaming-expo END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Hispanic Heritage Scavenger Hunt DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261003 DTSTAMP:20260918T063343Z UID:171819-1789948800-1790985599@travelcobb.org CATEGORIES:gaming DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a scavenger hunt featur ing famous Hispanic figures! \nEach person on the list is featured in a ju venile biography in the library. Find the matching book cover hidden throu ghout the library\, then write the number shown on the picture next to the correct person on the scavenger hunt sheet.  \nOnce they are all matched \, bring the completed sheet to the Youth Services desk to claim a prize! LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T063343Z LOCATION:Smyrna Public Library\, 100 Village Green Circle\, Smyrna\, GA\, 30080 URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/hispanic-heritage-scavenger-hunt/?utm_sou rce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Cobb Travel & Tourism X-SOURCE-URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/southern-fried-gaming-expo END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Acworth Volunteer Workday: Community Garden DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260922 DTSTAMP:20260918T063343Z UID:171844-1789948800-1790035199@travelcobb.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Looking for a great volunteer opportunity that will get you ou tside? The Acworth Community Garden is the perfect place! Join a workday a nd assist with anything from planting and harvesting to weeding and wateri ng. It’s a great way to get involved with the community for a great caus e. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T063343Z LOCATION:Acworth Community Garden\, 4757 School Street\, Acworth\, GA\, 30 101 URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/acworth-volunteer-workday-community-garde n-4/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Cobb Travel & Tourism X-SOURCE-URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/southern-fried-gaming-expo END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Level 1 Stand-Up Comedy Graduation Showcase DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260922 DTSTAMP:20260918T063343Z UID:171517-1789948800-1790035199@travelcobb.org CATEGORIES:comedy DESCRIPTION:Join The Alley Stage for a night of fresh faces\, fearless co medy\, and first-time funny!After six weeks of writing\, rehearsing\, and workshopping their material\, the students from our Level 1 Stand-Up Comed y class — led by comedian and instructor Ro DelleGrazie — are taking t he stage for the very first time to deliver their own original sets.This i sn’t just a class project. It’s a full-on comedy show with heart\, cou rage\, and lots of laughs. Come cheer them on as they showcase their new s kills in front of a live\, supportive audience. You might just witness the beginning of Marietta’s next comedy star!Tickets are limited and expect ed to sell out — don’t miss your chance to catch these rising comics i n action. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T063343Z LOCATION:The Alley Stage\, 11 Anderson Street\, Marietta\, GA\, 30064 URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/level-1-stand-up-comedy-graduation-showca se/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Cobb Travel & Tourism X-SOURCE-URL:https://travelcobb.org/event/southern-fried-gaming-expo END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Panthers Commitment to Consent 2026-2027 Academic Year DTSTART:20260921T040000Z DTEND:20260922T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53547031952685 CATEGORIES:wellness DESCRIPTION:Take the Georgia State Commitment to Consent and help create a culture of respect\, communication\, and positive sexual wellness across our Panther community. \nConsent is enthusiastic\, communicated\, specific \, informed\, and reversible. It means making sure everyone is able and wi lling to participate\, communicating clearly\, respecting boundaries\, and understanding that anyone can change their mind at any time. \nHow it wor ks (less than 2 minutes!): \n\nRSVP to this event during the 2026–2027 a cademic year. \nShare your name and affirm your commitment to practicing t he Student Wellness Five Components of Consent in your sexual and intimate interactions. \nComplete the virtual commitment to demonstrate your suppo rt for a culture where consent\, communication\, and respect are valued. \ n\nYour attendance will be recorded in PIN\, making you eligible to earn P ounce Rewards and contribute toward your Health & Wellness Advocate proces s. \nTake a moment to make the commitment. Your participation helps promot e respect\, healthy communication\, safety\, and positive sexual wellness at Georgia State University. 🐾 \nLearn more about consent by registerin g for the Your Sexual Wellness Matters iCollege Course\n \n\nHosted by: B e Well Panthers Health & Wellness\n\nAdditional Information can be found a t: https://pin.gsu.edu/event/12526520 LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/yes-to-consent-panthers-pledge-2026-202 7-academic-year?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlant a-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Open Play: Basketball DTSTART:20260921T110000Z DTEND:20260921T124500Z DTSTAMP:20260916T061439Z UID:10014211-1789974000-1789980300@www.kennesaw-ga.gov CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Hours will vary depending on City scheduled programs and event s. All open play participants under the age of 15 must have a guardian pre sent. Please call the Kennesaw Recreation Center at 678-385-0165 to confir m daily schedules. LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T061439Z LOCATION:Recreation Center\, 2737 Watts Drive\, Kennesaw\, GA\, 30144\, Un ited States URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/kennesaw-event/open-play-basketball-11/202 6-09-21/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of Kennesaw X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/farmers-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Paint Chip Poetry Contest DTSTART:20260921T120000Z DTEND:20260922T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260908T123434Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53883418929062 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:"In celebration of Latine Heritage Month\, Latinas UNIDES and McCain Library are partnering to host a paint chip poetry contest. To part icipate\, pick up a paint chip from the Check Out Desk in McCain Library. Write your poem on the paint chip\, and then place it in the submission bo x. All entries will be reviewed by Latinas UNIDES. A prize will be given t o the winner\, and all entries will be displayed in McCain Library. LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T123434Z LOCATION:McCain Library\, Main Reading Room (1st Floor Lobby) URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/paint-chip-poetry-contest?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Feet on the Street Shower Ministry DTSTART:20260921T120000Z DTEND:20260921T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T210112Z UID:10007700-1789977600-1789992000@napc.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:We are privileged to partner with Pastor Maurice and Feet on t he Street Ministries to provide showers\, clothes\, food\, friendship\, ho pe\, resources\, and help on Monday mornings from 8 a.m. to noon for unhou sed women and children in our community. There are opportunities to volunt eer by bringing breakfast (for 25)\, helping with the shower schedule\, di stributing clothes and communing with our neighbors. Use the button below to access the sign-up form. \nVolunteer Here LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T210112Z LOCATION:North Avenue Presbyterian Church\, 607 Peachtree St\, Atlanta\, G A\, 30308\, United States URL:https://napc.org/event/feet-on-the-street-shower-ministry/2026-09-21/? utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:North Avenue Presbyterian X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.napc.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fall Break Camp - Decatur City Schools DTSTART:20260921T123000Z DTEND:20260925T193000Z DTSTAMP:20260825T182602Z UID:10008577-1789979400-1790350200@www.wyldecenter.org CATEGORIES:arts,family,food,outdoors DESCRIPTION:Join us during City Schools of Decatur’s Fall Break\, Septem ber 21 through 25\, as we explore the sights\, sounds\, smells and flavors that make this time of year a favorite among so many. Campers will observ e how the season changes the garden and the animals living in it. We’ll also play fun nature games\, make amazing crafts and sample some tasty\, s easonal treats in what’s sure to be a memorable camp for all! \nCamp reg istration first-come\, first-served\, and there is a 25-camper limit per w eek. Spots will fill up quickly\, so register soon. \n\nTimes: \n\nCamp Ti me: 8:30am – 3:00pm\nAftercare Options: 3:00pm – 5:30pm\n\nLearn more . LAST-MODIFIED:20260825T182602Z URL:https://www.wyldecenter.org/event/fall-break-camp-decatur-city-schools /?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Wylde Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.wyldecenter.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Open Play: Pickleball DTSTART:20260921T130000Z DTEND:20260921T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T061439Z UID:10014255-1789981200-1789999200@www.kennesaw-ga.gov CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Hours will vary depending on City scheduled programs and event s. All open play participants under the age of 15 must have a guardian pre sent. Please call the Kennesaw Recreation Center at 678-385-0165 to confir m daily schedules. LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T061439Z LOCATION:Recreation Center\, 2737 Watts Drive\, Kennesaw\, GA\, 30144\, Un ited States URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/kennesaw-event/open-play-pickleball-7/2026 -09-21/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of Kennesaw X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/farmers-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Adaptive Cardio Class DTSTART:20260921T150000Z DTEND:20260921T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260826T005501Z UID:10002202-1789988400-1789992000@shepherd.org CATEGORIES:wellness DESCRIPTION:Join Adaptive Wellness Collective for an in-person Adaptive Ca rdio Class — a high-energy\, adaptive session designed to get your heart pumping and your body moving — whether you’re seated\, standing\, or combining both. With upbeat music and guided modifications\, this class me ets you exactly where you are. Improve your cardiovascular endurance\, boo st your mood\, and have fun while doing it! All equipment is provided — just bring yourself and we’ll take care of the rest.Cost to Attend: $20 First class is complimentary!For questions\, please contact adaptivewellne sscollective@shepherd.org. \n\n\n\n \n \n \n Register on CampDoc\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n Par king instructions for Adaptive Wellness Collective classes\nFree\, covered parking is available in a dedicated parking deck for the Marcus Center f or Advanced Rehabilitation. For GPS\, use the address 2060 Peachtree Road NW\, Atlanta\, GA (at the corner of Peachtree Road and Peachtree Valley Ro ad). \n\nADA-accessible parking is available on all levels.\nTake a ticket when entering the deck — patients and visitors with appointments at the Marcus Center for Advanced Rehabilitation can validate their ticket insid e.\nUse the parking elevators to reach Level 1\, where you’ll find the b uilding entrance.\nTake the elevator floor 11 and look for the waiting are a. A volunteer or staff member will escort you to the studio.\n\nPlease no te: The MCAR building is not easily accessible from Shepherd Center’s m ain parking deck on Manderson Drive. \nPatient drop-off and pick-up\nPatie nt drop-off and pick-up for the MCAR building takes place under the awning at the building’s main entrance on the right side of the circle on Mand erson Drive. For GPS\, use the address 2020 Peachtree Road NW\, Atlanta\, GA. \nStaff will be available during business hours to assist if needed. LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T005501Z LOCATION:Best Health Suite at MCAR\, 2060 Peachtree Rd NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://shepherd.org/event/adaptive-cardio-class/2026-09-21/?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Shepherd Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://shepherd.org/treatment/services-clinics/recreation-th erapy/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SGA Fall Town Hall Tabling DTSTART:20260921T153000Z DTEND:20260921T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T182536Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53865716849665 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Come visit SGA's table in Evans to express your student concer ns before the upcoming town hall! LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T182536Z LOCATION:Letitia Pate Evans Hall\, Evans Dining Hall Upper Level Lobby Tab le 1 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/sga-fall-town-hall-tabling?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Virtual Office Hours with Bhumi Patel (MSA\, QRAM\, MAS) DTSTART:20260921T160000Z DTEND:20260921T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260818T182147Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53736249560261 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Drop-in during this 60-minute group chat with Graduate Recruit ment Manager\, Bhumi Patel\, to gain insight into the following Robinson g raduate business programs\, receive answers to frequently asked questions and get admissions tips and insights to assist you in achieving your gradu ate education goals. Bhumi is the recruiter for the following programs:\n\ n- Master Actuarial Science (MAS)\n- Master of Science in Quantitative Ris k Analysis and Management (QRAM)\n- Master of Science in Analytics (MSA) LAST-MODIFIED:20260818T182147Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-virtual-office-hours-with-bhumi -patel-msa-qram-mas-1616?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campai gn=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Chair Yoga with Corina Genson DTSTART:20260921T160000Z DTEND:20260921T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T203106Z UID:10005866-1789992000-1789995600@unityatl.org CATEGORIES:wellness DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a gentle form of yoga with Corina Genson\n \nDate:  Mon days  (No Class:  Sept. 7\, Oct. 5\, 12\, and Dec. 28)\nTime: 12:00 pm\n Location: The Chapel\nCost: Drop in for $ 20.00 or 5 classes for $75.00    (Credit card\, Venmo \, or through her provided link) \nChair yoga clas ses are a gentle form of yoga that can be practiced while seated in a chai r or using the chair for support while standing. This type of class focuse s on basic yoga poses\, stretching\, and breathing exercises\, making it a ccessible to individuals of all fitness levels\, including beginners and t hose with physical limitations or injuries. \nOverall\, chair yoga classes offer a safe and inclusive way to experience the benefits of yoga\, makin g it accessible to all. \nAbout Corina Genson:\n \nA dedicated yoga and nu trition and lifestyle wellness consultant passionate about guiding others towards a healthier\, more balanced life. With a Bachelor of Science in Bi ology from Kennesaw State University and a Health Coach certificate in Nut rition and Lifestyle Wellness from Harvard Medical School\, Corina brings a diverse and enriched perspective to her practice. \nAs a registered Yoga Alliance teacher\, she has completed her RYT-200\, along with specialized training in Children’s yoga\, Restorative\, Yin\, and Yoga for Athletes through YogaRenew. Her deep understanding of the mind and body connection is rooted in her extensive training and personal experience. \nAs a mothe r of two active young children—both of whom have become enthusiastic lit tle yogis—Corina understands the importance of incorporating wellness at every stage of life. Her passion for health extends beyond her personal l ife as\; she has authored scientific journals on the prevalence of Amyotro phic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in the U.S. in 2016 and 2017\, demonstrating her commitment to advancing health awareness through research. \nCorina’ s mission is to inspire others to embrace wellness through yoga\, nutritio n\, and mindful living. Whether you’re new to yoga or looking to deepen your practice\, she is here to guide you on your journey toward vitality\, balance\, and overall well-being. \nSee more at www.bellaasanayoga.com. H er email is bellaasanayoga@gmail.com. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T203106Z LOCATION:Unity Atlanta Church\, 3597 Parkway Lane\, Peachtree Corners\, 30 092\, United States URL:https://unityatl.org/events/chair-yoga-with-corina-genson-5/2026-09-21 /?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Unity Atlanta Church X-SOURCE-URL:https://unityatl.org/events/congregational-care-team-training END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SALSA: Voter Education Session DTSTART:20260921T160000Z DTEND:20260921T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53985119340469 CATEGORIES:dance DESCRIPTION:This event will introduce new and current GSU Law students to SALSA and our new executive board members. Similar to last year\, we plan to highlight the local bar associations and provide guidance on how studen ts can get involved with SALSA and maximize GSU and Atlanta’s extensive legal network. This event will also provide an opportunity for students to discuss an important topic: this year we will focus on the upcoming elect ions. We will invite current and former South Asian representatives to tal k about getting involved in public service and the importance of this upco ming election. We will additionally be handing out pamphlets with election information to the students in attendance. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:College of Law\, 246 URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/salsa-voter-education-session?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:College of Law Tour and Q&A Session DTSTART:20260921T161500Z DTEND:20260921T171500Z DTSTAMP:20260822T001814Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53762930821753 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Don’t just read about our fabulous home\, come experience it yourself. Join us for a tour of the College of Law building followed by a Q&A session with Admissions staff.\n\nRegistration is required to attend this event. LAST-MODIFIED:20260822T001814Z LOCATION:College of Law\, Check-in at the security desk URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-college-of-law-tour-and-qa-sess ion-889?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Beltline Rail discussed at City Council DTSTART:20260921T170000Z DTEND:20260921T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T064030Z UID:6dijip9k70q38b9g75hm6b9k64pjgbb16koj0b9pc9im2php6hgj4e34cg@google.com CATEGORIES:civic DESCRIPTION:See https://citycouncil.atlantaga.gov/standing-committees/tra nsportation-committee/agenda for agenda and for days when meetings are ca nceled. LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T064030Z LOCATION:2nd Floor Committee Room 1\, Atlanta City Hall\, 55 Trinity Ave S W\, Atlanta\, GA 30303\, USA X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Transit Events | MARTA Army X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.martaarmy.org/transit-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:3D Printing 101 - EXLAB - Atlanta DTSTART:20260921T170000Z DTEND:20260921T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_54007157325429 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Come join the EXLAB community to learn how to 3D print!\n\nIn this beginner's workshop\, you'll learn the basics of 3D Printing\, how to use the software 3DPrinterOS\, and how to slice your designs properly for printing.\n\nThis workshop is only open to Georgia State University stude nts\, faculty\, and staff. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:EXLAB @ Arts & Humanities URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/3d-printing-101-exlab-atlanta-1949?utm_ source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Open Play: Basketball DTSTART:20260921T183000Z DTEND:20260922T004500Z DTSTAMP:20260916T061439Z UID:10014236-1790001000-1790023500@www.kennesaw-ga.gov CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Hours will vary depending on City scheduled programs and event s. All open play participants under the age of 15 must have a guardian pre sent. Please call the Kennesaw Recreation Center at 678-385-0165 to confir m daily schedules. LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T061439Z LOCATION:Recreation Center\, 2737 Watts Drive\, Kennesaw\, GA\, 30144\, Un ited States URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/kennesaw-event/open-play-basketball-13/202 6-09-21/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of Kennesaw X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/farmers-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Coco 3PM | 5PM | 7PM DTSTART:20260921T190000Z DTEND:20260922T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53511637080741 CATEGORIES:film DESCRIPTION:Movie showing of Coco held at Cinefest\, 2nd floor\, Student C enter West. All shows are general seating. The movie theater lobby opens 1 0 minutes prior to the scheduled screening. Seating is first-come\, first- served.\n\n\n\n \n\n\nHosted by: POUNCE Rewards Program\, Spotlight Progra ms Board\n\nAdditional Information can be found at: https://pin.gsu.edu/ev ent/12514651 LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:Cinefest URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/coco-3pm-5pm-7pm?utm_source=caldiscover y&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Come Togäther: International German-Speaking Career Fair DTSTART:20260921T200000Z DTEND:20260921T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T193057Z UID:10041464-1790006400-1790013600@www.globalatlanta.com CATEGORIES:community,free DESCRIPTION:Entering its fourth year\, Come Togäther German Week featur es an international career fair connecting job seekers\, students\, and pr ofessionals with companies headquartered in German-speaking countries that have operations in Georgia. \nJoin the Goethe-Zentrum on September 21 to explore career opportunities\, meet employers\, make valuable connections\ , and learn about organizations seeking globally minded talent. Whether yo u are beginning your career\, considering a change\, or expanding your pro fessional network\, this welcoming event is your opportunity to discover w hat comes next. \nFREE to attend – come ready to connect\, ask questions \, and take the next step in your professional journey! LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T193057Z LOCATION:Goethe-Zentrum Atlanta / German Cultural Center\, 233 Peachtree S treet NE\, Suite 100\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30303\, United States URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/event/come-togather-international-german -speaking-career-fair/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign =atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Global Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/events/category/culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fulton County Library System: Financial Literacy Class DTSTART:20260921T203000Z DTEND:20260921T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260911T003346Z UID:10036710-1790008200-1790011800@metroatlantaexchange.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Fulton County Library System is hosting a Financial Litera cy Class every Monday\, from 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM\, at the Palmetto Branch. \nCome and empower yourself with tools to achieve financial freedom\, lear n practical tips on Budgeting\, Money management\, Debt management\, and m ore from two financial experts\, from World System Builder\, Manker Biah\, and Dominique R. Johnson. \nClick here to learn more and register. LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T003346Z LOCATION:Palmetto Branch Library\, 9111 Cascade Palmetto Highway\, Palmett o\, GA\, 30268\, United States URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/fulton-county-library-system-fi nancial-literacy-class/2026-09-21/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics& utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:MAX X-SOURCE-URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/georgia-chamber-of-com merce-future-of-energy-and-sustainability END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Building Your Professional Brand - Professor Bennafield DTSTART:20260921T203000Z DTEND:20260921T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53939097345723 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Learn how to effectively showcase your skills\, strengths\, an d unique story to employers. Gain practical tips for building your profess ional presence through branding\, networking\, and LinkedIn. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/building-your-professional-brand-profes sor-bennafield?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta -ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Polished & Prepared DTSTART:20260921T210000Z DTEND:20260921T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260820T122244Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53511637062303 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Resume workshop is a professional development event designed t o help students strengthen their resumes while also learning how to confid ently present themselves beyond the paper. Students will gain insight on r esume building\, personal branding\, professionalism\, elevator pitches\, and how to stand out when applying for jobs\, internships\, and leadership opportunities.\n\nHosted by: POUNCE Rewards Program\, Spotlight Programs Board\, University Career Services\n\nAdditional Information can be found at: https://pin.gsu.edu/event/12504015 LAST-MODIFIED:20260820T122244Z LOCATION:Ballroom SCE URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/polished-prepared?utm_source=caldiscove ry&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Publius Pre-Law General Body Meeting DTSTART:20260921T210000Z DTEND:20260921T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T182536Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53874564644792 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Join your fellow pre-law scotties for the first meeting of Pub lius Pre-Law Society! LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T182536Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL 200 The Gue Hudson Center URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/publius-pre-law-general-body-mee ting?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:ALERT: Comparing AI Platforms DTSTART:20260921T210000Z DTEND:20260921T214500Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53675407126788 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This workshop is limited to law students only. A librarian wil l present on the topic of comparing the different AI platforms that are us ed during legal research: their strengths\, weaknesses\, and navigation ca pabilities. This workshop is a part of the law library's ALERT program. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:College of Law\, Monday - Room 242\; Thursday - Room 346 URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/alert-comparing-ai-platforms?utm_source =caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Pop & Country Hits at Park Bench DTSTART:20260921T210000Z DTEND:20260922T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260914T180353Z UID:10005573-1790010000-1790024400@batteryatl.com CATEGORIES:drink,free,music DESCRIPTION:Ready to relax and have some fun? Join us at Park Bench where you can sit down and enjoy a great drink and fun mix of pop and country hi t songs. Get ready to lose yourself in the music and have an unforgettable time in a relaxed atmosphere! \nNo Cover | Open Late Night | Must be 21+ \nDoors Open: 5:00PM \nShowtime: 5:00PM \nClick here for more information! LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T180353Z LOCATION:Park Bench\, 900 Battery Ave\, Ste 1060\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30339 URL:https://batteryatl.com/event/pop-country-hits-at-park-bench-5/?utm_sou rce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:BatteryATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://batteryatl.com/events-calendar/tag/live-music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Drawing Fundamentals Class DTSTART:20260921T210000Z DTEND:20260921T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T205128Z UID:10018958-1790010000-1790017200@decaturartsalliance.org CATEGORIES:education LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T205128Z LOCATION:Hyatt Cottage at Legacy Park\, 500 S. Columbia Dr.\, Decatur\, GA \, 30030\, United States URL:https://decaturartsalliance.org/event/drawing-class-3/2026-09-21/?utm_ source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Decatur Arts Alliance X-SOURCE-URL:https://decaturartsalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PC Decatur Professor Mitchell-English Classroom Presentation DTSTART:20260921T210000Z DTEND:20260921T221500Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53939095404203 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Overview of University Career Services and an Introduction to Linkedin. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:3251 Panthersville Road URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/pc-decatur-professor-mitchell-english-c lassroom-presentation?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign= atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Leveling Up Into College Writing DTSTART:20260921T213000Z DTEND:20260921T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T122637Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53874564791255 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Join the CWS for pizza\, cupcakes\, and important information about how to level up your writing! We will cover general expectations for college writing\, professor expectations and etiquette\, summarizing vs. analyzing\, and other concepts! LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T122637Z LOCATION:Campbell Hall\, C-Computer Lab Classroom (G-15) URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/leveling-up-into-college-writing ?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Lip Balm Making DTSTART:20260921T220000Z DTEND:20260921T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T122637Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53874561248923 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Prepare for Fall by making your own beeswax lip balm! Using al l natural ingredients\, the People for Pollinators will help you make a ti n of lipbalm. LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T122637Z LOCATION:Campbell Hall\, C-Hays Commons URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/lip-balm-making?utm_source=caldi scovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:40 Days for Life Atlanta Kick off Event DTSTART:20260921T220000Z DTEND:20260922T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T204742Z UID:10018406-1790013600-1790020800@thequestatlanta.com CATEGORIES:free DESCRIPTION:Join us for free dinner and motivational speakers to kick off the 40 Days for Life Atlanta location fall campaign. Dinner catered by Ipp olitos and speakers who chose life after meeting us on the sidewalk. Anoth er mom will share her story of becoming pregnant from a sexual assault and choosing life and making an adoption plan. She has an amazing relationshi p with this grown daughter now. Come to this inspiring night. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T204742Z LOCATION:Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church\, 2855 Briarcliff Rd. NE \, Atlanta\, GA\, 30329 URL:https://thequestatlanta.com/event/40-days-for-life-atlanta-kick-off-ev ent/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:The Quest Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://thequestatlanta.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:2026 Yoga Presented by Kaiser Permanente DTSTART:20260921T223000Z DTEND:20260921T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260912T060321Z UID:10004841-1790015400-1790019000@batteryatl.com CATEGORIES:wellness DESCRIPTION:As part of our Wellness Series\, The Battery Atlanta is proud to bring you Yoga Presented by Kaiser Permanente! \nEvent Information:\nTh is FREE Yoga class meets on select Monday evenings at 6:30pm on The Plaza Green. Don’t forget water and a mat! Follow us on Instagram\, @batteryat l\, for event updates. \n*In-person classes will be held weather permittin g on non-gamedays. \nEvent Registration:\nPre-registration is required. Pl ease register for ticket(s) on Eventbrite\, accept the event participant w aiver included in registration\, and be prepared to scan your ticket(s) up on arrival. Green space is first-come\, first-served.\nIf online registrat ion is full or marked “Sold Out”\, walk-ups are still welcomed as spac e allows.  \nOne ticket per person. If registering for a minor\, please i nclude a parent or guardian’s name in the required field. In the event y ou are unable to attend\, we kindly ask that you please cancel your ticket (s) to allow the spot(s) to open up to others. \nReserve your yoga tickets now! \nParking:\nParticipants can park for 2 hours for free during these events in our Red\, Purple\, or Green decks. See parking details here. \nE njoy A Bite With Friends:\nAfter yoga\, stop by any of our amazing restaur ants for a bite to eat and great company! \nCheck out our restaurants here ! LAST-MODIFIED:20260912T060321Z LOCATION:The Plaza at Battery Atlanta\, 755 Battery Avenue Southeast\, Atl anta\, GA\, 30339\, United States URL:https://batteryatl.com/event/2026-yoga-presented-by-kaiser-permanente- 2/2026-09-21/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta- ga X-SOURCE-NAME:BatteryATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://batteryatl.com/events-calendar/tag/live-music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mayor & Council Meeting DTSTART:20260921T223000Z DTEND:20260922T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T061439Z UID:10012728-1790015400-1790022600@www.kennesaw-ga.gov CATEGORIES:civic DESCRIPTION:The Mayor & Council agenda & meeting notes can be found at ht tps://kennesawga.portal.civicclerk.com/. LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T061439Z LOCATION:City Hall\, Council Chambers\, 2529 J.O. Stephenson Avenue\, Kenn esaw\, GA\, 30144\, United States URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/kennesaw-event/mayor-council-meeting-10/20 26-09-21/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of Kennesaw X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/farmers-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Margaret Glaspy & Anna Tivel: Live at Eddie's Attic DTSTART:20260921T230000Z DTEND:20260922T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T001628Z UID:983272-1790017200-1790022600@www.wabe.org CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Formidable New York-based singer-songwriter Margaret Glaspy is performing with special guest Anna Tivel!\nLive at Eddie’s Attic in Dec atur\, GA on September 21st \nFeaturing songs from her striking album I Am Both\, Glaspy delivers an unforgettable night of unguarded self-revelatio n alongside Tivel’s vivid\, acclaimed storytelling. \n  \nSecure your spot today!\nDoors open at 7:00 PM \nShow starts at 8:00 PM \n\nTickets a re available at eddiesattic.com LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T001628Z LOCATION:Eddie's Attic\, 515 B North Mcdonough Street Decatur\, GA 30030 URL:https://www.wabe.org/events/margaret-glaspy-anna-tivel-live-at-eddies- attic/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:WABE X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.wabe.org/from-public-transit-to-micromobility-a-l ook-at-atlantas-transit-landscape END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Blackfriars Student Theatre Rehearsals DTSTART:20260921T230000Z DTEND:20260922T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T123428Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53821450094510 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:Rehearsals for the student led show for the semester. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T123428Z LOCATION:Dana Fine Arts Building\, Dana 101 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/blackfriars-student-theatre-rehe arsals?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Science and Cyberinfrastructure for Discovery (SCD) Conference DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260922 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260923 DTSTAMP:20260911T002156Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53664478937655 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Get an up-close look at the field of scientific computing and discover the latest innovations in research at the Science and Cyberinfras tructure for Discovery (SCD) conference\, hosted by Georgia State Universi ty's Advanced Research Computing Technology and Innovation Core (ARCTIC) a nd Kennesaw State University’s Center for Research Computing. The confer ence provides researchers a venue to present research\, brainstorm new ide as with colleagues\, learn how to approach today’s multidisciplinary com putational challenges and take advantage of state-of-the-art tools and tec hnologies.\n\nParticipate in the SCD conference to:\n\n• Share your work with the university community.\n\n• Get feedback from experts in differ ent disciplines.\n\n• Build new connections.\n\n• Learn new methods an d techniques you can apply in your research.\n\nLunch will be provided. Vi ew the conference agenda here. LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T002156Z LOCATION:Centennial Hall\, Auditorium and Room 120 URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/science-and-cyberinfrastructure-for-dis covery-scd-conference?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign= atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Take 'Em Home Tuesday at LifeLine Animal Project DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260922 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260923 DTSTAMP:20260901T061439Z UID:34302-1790035200-1790121599@lifelineanimal.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Our goal with this page is to share the current shelter needs with our community in an ongoing way. We hope to update this page seasonal ly or more frequently as needed. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 2024 \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n Last year\, we reached a pivotal break ing point in terms of the number of animals housed in our care. We recogni zed the physical capacity limitations of our buildings and made a commitme nt to work towards humane housing solutions\, which means both the county shelters need to reduce the number of animals living in the buildings. Whi le we continue to face severe overcrowding into 2024\, we have worked hard to increase resources to help more pet owners and improve the quality of life for the animals in our care. We are continuing to adapt to the challe nges we’re facing\, including many systemic problems that contribute to the number of animals arriving in our care. We have collaborated with many supportive community members and leaders in pursuit of creating a safer a nd more humane shelter environment for all. There are no overnight solutio ns to drastically reduce our shelter populations\, but we continue to have hope that with your support and the strategies currently in place\, our c ommunity will help us get more animals into homes where they belong. Here is a brief update for all three LifeLine shelters\, including the unique c hallenges and the most important ways you can get involved. \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal ServicesDog Population: 506 | Opti mum Capacity: 475 \n \n \n \n Last year\, DeKalb Count y Animal Services reached peak numbers of dogs housed in the shelter durin g an outbreak of Canine Flu.. Because of an incredible response from our c ommunity\, we successfully saw the population drop down to 312 dogs. Becau se the need in our community is so great\, this number steadily rose back up to 500+ dogs and has remained in that range for months on end despite o ur best efforts. It is a near constant struggle to balance the amount of “noses in”\, pets arriving at the shelter\, with the amount of “nose s out” each week\, pets leaving. As an open intake municipal facility\, we do not turn away animals in need in Dekalb County\, no matter how much or little space we have in our kennels when we begin a new day. It is impo rtant that the community understands this distinction from other rescue or ganizations and is aware of ways they can help prevent lost or stray pets from ever having to enter the shelter. We need to create room for pets tha t have the most urgent need for our help. We must find a way to help more animals find homes and keep the shelter at a capacity that is humane for t he pets in our care. Heartbreaking space euthanasia decisions must be made weekly and overcrowding is putting more dogs at risk. Instead of focusing our at-risk dogs\, we are asking our community to focus efforts and resou rces on getting more of our highly-adoptable dogs out so that those animal s identified as most at risk (struggling in the shelter and exhibiting a v ariety of challenging behaviors) can get the time that they need to find a home. Any animal that leaves the building will help us reach our target o f decreasing the dog population to below a threshold of 475. This new proc ess includes daily population updates on the website and improved communic ations with our volunteers and community about how to best support dogs in need in our shelters. Even still\, 475 dogs housed in the building is les s than ideal. This is an incredible number of pets to care for daily. Whil e their basic needs are met\, quality of life deteriorates the longer they are housed in a shelter intended to be a temporary safety net. The lower we can keep that number\, the less dogs there will be at risk for illness\ , increased stress and euthanasia. In addition to these adjustments in com municating the ongoing need\, we have partnered with DeKalb County leaders on both short and long-term solutions that were announced last fall to he lp more pets in need: Increased funding for support to pets of DeKalb Coun ty residents including:A free monthly pet food bankFree spay/neuter surger ies through SNIP DeKalbFree vaccinations through LifeLine’s Mobile Clini cAdditional kennel space to provide more humane housing for the dogs curre ntly in our care:Plans have been approved to build new\, additional kennel s which will provide better housing for court case dogs who are in our car e long termProjected installation is September 2024We believe programs lik e these that make pet resources more accessible\, including affordable spa y/neuter surgery\, are the key to helping more pets stay out of the shelte rs and in homes where they belong. \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal ServicesDog Population: 419 | Optimum Capacity: 325 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n At the end of 2023\, we celebrated the grand opening of a brand new 40\,0 00 square foot shelter facility in Fulton County! With the opening of the new building\, we’ve fortunately seen improvement in all of these ways t o create a better environment for the teams and the animals as well as a b etter experience for visitors and supporters: Staff is less stressed. We h ave improved our ability to train\, onboard and implement new and efficien t processes.The building is easier to clean and has decreased the spread o f infectious disease.With separate kennel runs\, animals are less stressed or overwhelmed in the building and do not experience as high of stimulati on. It’s now easier to identify issues with dogs so we can work on getti ng them placed in a home more quickly.Visitors feel more welcome and have the ability to more easily spend time with individual animals. We have als o been able to increase the number of spay/neuter surgeries for our adopta ble animals and provide adopters\, fosters and rescue partners with better diagnostics for their pets with the new clinic.We have seen an increase i n the number of volunteers and hours spent with our team.We are able to ho st other shelters and bring more learning and collaborative opportunities to staff in-houseAt the same time\, we experienced a challenging transitio n as we worked to close the former facility\, adjust to the new set up\, a nd final projects and installations were wrapped up by the county. With th e new opening\, there was an uptick of stray or abandoned pets being broug ht to the new shelter. The shelter is a safe haven\, but can only be so te mporarily for pets in need of homes\, and we’ve seen the dog population quickly fill the building past its limits. Similarly to DeKalb County\, it has been difficult to balance the new intakes with finding outcomes for t he animals\, even in the wake of creative and successful adoption events. According to Animal Shelters Count’s recent annual report\, “In 2023\, 3% more dogs entered shelters than left\, resulting in an additional 107\ ,000 dogs in shelters at the end the year.” Fulton County Animal Service s is also an open intake municipal shelter facility and can’t simply “ stop” taking new animals in even when we’re overcapacity. Fortunately\ , we’ve also started 2024 with recent pawsitive media and exciting opera tional updates. The full-service clinic at Fulton County Animal Services i s now open for the public to make low-cost wellness appointments for their pets to receive the care they need! Additionally\, a Fulton County foster dog\, a pit mix now known as Miss Peaches\, has gone viral after being ad opted by celebrity and President of Barstool Sports\, Dave Portnoy. Miss P eaches’s story\, Dave’s choice to adopt and his initiative to raise fu nds for animal rescue has captured hearts nationwide. Lifesaving deserves to be trending so that we can keep up with the influx of dogs in need. We hope others will follow in his footsteps!  \n \n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal CenterDog Population: 119 | Optimum Capacity: 80 \n \n \n \n The incredible dedication of the team at our LifeLine Community Animal Center cannot be overlooked. Our county s helter facilities tend to take the spotlight in the news and on social med ia because of the massive number of pets that come through their doors\, b ut the Community Animal Center is always working quietly in the background to help the county operations. When the county shelters are over capacity \, so is this facility to keep up with the need. Not only do they consiste ntly take in pets from our county shelters and other rural facilities\, bu t\, when there is a neglect or hoarding case being investigated\, this loc ation takes in dozens of pets when they have nowhere else to go. As we ent er the warmer months of summer\, the Community Animal Center is also const antly preparing to help with the large numbers of kittens and puppies that are in need. Maintaining a full staff at this location is critical to its function. If you’re interested in joining our team full-time\, or even as a volunteer\, our Community Animal Center would love to have you! \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A National Crisis \n \n \n \n In conversations wit h other rescue organizations and in a review of data over the past few yea rs\, we’ve learned that these challenges are not unique to LifeLine or t he city of Atlanta. For the fourth year in a row\, we are faced with a “ new normal” in animal sheltering. According to the report\, “A total o f 900\,000 animals have entered and lingered in our nation’s shelters an d rescues since January 2021. This surplus is on top of the population alr eady residing within organizations\, resulting in an ongoing capacity cris is.” “The number of animals entering shelters through community intake s in 2023 remained roughly the same as 2022 at 6.5 million\, with intakes nearly evenly split between dogs and cats.” Compared to a national decre ase of 3.2% in intakes between 2019 and 2023\, our community intakes throu gh the Fulton and DeKalb County shelters decreased 6.89% from 2019 to 2023 . But\, intakes increased by 14.5% from 2022 to 2023. Even in the wake of these higher intake numbers\, we have been able to rally our community and find an incredible number of homes in 2023 compared to previous years. “While 2.2 million dogs were adopted in 2023\, dog adoptions are still 5 % lower than in 2019 (-108\,000 dogs adopted).” At LifeLine\, our overal l pet adoptions were only down by 1.92% in 2023 compared to 2019\, and ado ptions were higher in 2023 compared to 2018\, 2020\, 2021 and 2022. We are frequently partnering with more organizations who want to help and who ar e spreading the word that adopting is the way to go when searching for a n ew pet. For full shelter statistics across our organization\, please visit www.shelteranimalscount.org/stats. \n \n \n \n In Su mmary \n \n \n \n The animals in our city need help. W hile donations are the foundation for our work in the community and allow us to help more pets get the care they need\, donations don’t create mor e available kennel space. We need your help in getting more pets adopted o r fostered. We need the community’s help in getting more lost pets back home. We need our community to know about available resources for food\, v eterinary care\, and affordable spay/neuter options. Together\, we can sav e these lives and help the animals who need us most. \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Octob er 2023 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Message To Our C ommunity \n \n \n \n We are in the midst of an ongoing crisis affecting city and county animal shelters across the country. Time s are extremely difficult for the animals housed in our shelters and the s taff and volunteers who care for them. We have frequently reported on the conditions of our shelters and how desperate we are to get hundreds of ani mals into homes. We hear the distress and complaints about the overcrowdin g from our volunteers\, fosters\, and community\; we experience the condit ions daily\; we see the news articles written and segments being broadcast on television and radio\; we feel and share your frustration and heartbre ak. We are heartbroken\, too. Let us express to you in no uncertain terms: the current conditions in our shelters are not humane or sustainable. We can and we must do better. We will exhaust all efforts to prioritize the h ealth and safety of both pets and people in our care. The balance of human ely sheltering a growing number of animals while giving each one the care and the time they deserve to be placed in a loving home is getting substan tially harder to achieve. The issues contributing to overcrowding primaril y are rooted in the community\, not the shelter\, and cannot be changed ov ernight. In the shelters\, we’ve reached a pivotal breaking point. We ha ve stretched the shelter capacity and resources to unsustainable limits wh ile hoping\, for too long now\, that there would be a turning point where more animals would leave these buildings than enter. But that has not happ ened this year and without homes to go to\, we must euthanize more dogs at both county shelters in order to reach and maintain safe and humane housi ng. There are many facets to the challenges we are currently facing and we will cover some of them in this blog. We also encourage you to check out two other blog posts that go into deeper detail on two important issues: T he No-Kill controversyThe Impact of Spay and Neuter (and other pressing qu estions) \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Are The Shelters So Overcrowded? \n \n \n \n We know there are a lot of questions around why this is happening. We are seeing a new reality\, a post-pandemic world\; E conomic challenges to families\, a lack of affordable and pet-friendly hou sing\, a national shortage of veterinarians\, a decrease in spay/neuter du ring the pandemic and a need for more accessible and affordable spay/neute r options\, a desire for specific breeds\, and a diminishing public capaci ty to help and home shelter animals are all taking a heartbreaking toll on the growing number of animals coming into LifeLine’s care. We have acce pted pets from families arriving at the shelter with all of their possessi ons in a U-haul and nowhere to turn for help. People newly arriving to the area are surrendering their dogs to the shelter because they are unable t o find affordable housing that will allow them to keep their companions.We are coming to terms with an untenable reality of the community relying on a singular shelter as the sole means of support for the growing number of animals at risk – animals who mostly were people’s pets and family me mbers at one time. Systemically\, the shelter alone cannot support the she er volume of need. Here Is A Look At Our Shelters In Crisis: \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 569Target Dog Capacity: 450 On Tuesday \, October 17th\, DeKalb County CEO\, Michael Thurmond\, visited DeKalb Co unty Animal Services. The following day\, he met with our CEO\, Rebecca Gu inn\, and other LifeLine leadership. Together\, LifeLine and DeKalb County leadership agreed that Dekalb County Animal Services must reduce the dog population at the shelter to 450 in 60 days and maintain the population at or below that number. They collaborated and decided on both short- and lo nger-term actions to help aid in this crisis including: Working with staff ing agencies for additional staff and support for cleaning.Deploying perso nnel from other divisions within LifeLine to assist with animal care\, man agement and training and restructuring staff schedules to ensure greater c overage\, particularly on weekends.Sadly\, increasing euthanasia rates if necessary and continuing to do so until we reduce the dog population to 45 0 or less. If we cannot increase lifesaving outcomes beyond the current ra te\, we will have to euthanize 9 animals each day\, or 63 animals each wee k.Constructing an overflow campus adjacent to the shelter\, designed to ho ld up to 120 additional dogs above the current target capacity and provide effective isolation areas\, to help alleviate the need for euthanasia for population control. This solution will take time to build\, staff and ope rate and until then we must get below 450 animals in the current building. Improving communications between DeKalb County’s Animal Services Enforce ment division and the shelter to more proactively address factors in the f ield that are causing animals to come into the shelter.Increasing support to fund access to veterinary care for DeKalb pet owners in need\, includin g subsidized and free spay/neuter\, and targeting areas of DeKalb County y ielding the highest number of animals impounded in the shelter.What it wil l take to change the situation most\, in the short-term\, is simply fewer dogs in the building. We are asking our community to help us achieve those target dog population numbers because\, without homes to go to\, dogs wil l be euthanized for space\, regardless of health and temperment. Please a dopt or foster a pet today. \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dog s: 357Sustainable Capacity for Dogs: 325 We’ve mentioned that there is h ope on the horizon in Fulton County in the form of a brand new shelter fac ility preparing to open before the end of the year. However\, this does no t change the fact that the current facility is in dire straits. On average \, 15 dogs are being euthanized for space each week. Each day\, 16 dogs en ter the facility. That’s\, on average\, 2 more dogs that come in than le ave. While some conditions will improve with the upcoming move to the new facility\, rising intake and overcrowding will not be solved entirely by t ransitioning from one building to another. Fulton County is in desperate n eed of adopters and fosters\, including Friendly Finders who are willing t o foster a lost or stray dog through its mandated stray hold (3 to 5 busin ess days total) instead of immediately dropping them at the shelter when f ound. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LifeLin e Midtown \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 105O ptimum Capacity for Dogs: 75 As an overflow facility\, for every dog adopt ed at LifeLine Midtown\, space opens up for another dog from the Fulton Co unty Animal Services. And\, because the shelter is smaller\, it is a less overwhelming experience for individuals to visit and bring home a pet. Ado pting a pet from LifeLine Midtown greatly supports the main Fulton County shelter. When the new Fulton shelter opens\, the Midtown facility will clo se and any dogs still there will have to move to the new shelter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 111 O ptimum Capacity for Dogs: 60  LifeLine’s Community Animal Center adopti on center was designed as an overflow facility for our county shelters. St aff and volunteers also provide pets with special medical or behavioral ch allenges more time and attention to meet those needs. For dogs\, the Commu nity Animal Center is the primary overflow facility for the DeKalb County shelter. Because it is also full\, our Community Animal Center is limited in serving these critical functions. Beyond just dogs\, our staff is also caring for the majority of our organization’s cats. This adoption center \, like our Midtown location\, offers a calmer environment that may be eas ier to visit. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We Cannot Do This Alone \n \n \n \n Two things can be true: we can be proud of what we’ve accomplished together as a community in 10 ye ars’ time AND acknowledge the ways LifeLine needs to improve and perseve re as an organization. We have committed ourselves to helping these animal s\, but we are limited now by a lack of space and resources\, as well as e xternal challenges in the communities we serve. We are also human and make mistakes. And\, most importantly\, we cannot do this alone. While we are pursuing all avenues toward long-term solutions\, in the short term\, we n eed a miracle. We need you. We are asking our community to please foster o r adopt a pet today. You will be truly saving a life. If you have question s about any topic in this blog and would like to reach out\, please email feedback@lifelineanimal.org or write to LifeLine Animal Project\, ATTN: Op erations 3180 Presidential Drive\, Atlanta\, GA 30340. Thank you\, Atlanta . For believing in our work and helping us save lives today and always. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n February 2023 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Hello\, friends and supporters.  We wanted to share some critical u pdates and news as we turn the page on 2022\, and enter 2023 in a much bet ter position to give our deserving animals the love and space they need to thrive. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In January\, on the heels of a Canine Flu outbreak\, we were faced with a grim reality and life or death decisions. After more than a year of being at critical capacity at our DeKalb County Animal Services sh elter\, we were left with the heartbreaking possibility of having to eutha nize animals for space. We had nearly 600 dogs in need of home (at just th is one shelter). We put out a plea for help in the Greater Atlanta area\, and in a mere 7 days\, 373 dogs from DeKalb and 556 dogs from all LifeLine shelters found new homes! We are forever grateful to the Atlanta communit y for their support in our darkest hour. This is what lifesaving looks lik e. By the end of January\, our Fulton County Animal Services had fewer tha n 300 animals for the first time in almost a year. But within days of hitt ing that milestone\, we were called in with law enforcement on a rescue ca se and brought more than 60 new impounded animals safely into our care. Ea ch of these animals requires space\, food and immediate medical care. Our Fulton shelter team was also tasked with running LifeLine Midtown\, our te mporary shelter that opened in early January during the Canine Flu outbrea k to divert intake and keep dogs healthy. While it helped contain that out break\, a new location strains precious resources and manpower\, which has been challenging due to staffing shortages. \n \n \n \n Number of Dogs in Need of Homes as of February 15th \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services: 343 in the shelter and 928 in foster hom es\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services: 339 in the shelter and 22 0 in foster homes\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal Center: 65 in t he shelter and 85 in foster homes\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n LifeLine Midtown: 82 in t he shelter\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The LifeLine Community Animal Center con tinues to aid in the efforts of freeing up space at our county shelters an d helping dogs clear their quarantine period from the Canine Flu outbreak. Recent staffing hires have provided much needed relief to our existing te ams. After the incredible number of adoptions at our DeKalb shelter\, ther e are many animals in need of spay/neuter procedures. The Community Animal Center has stepped in to help temporarily house animals awaiting surgery and ensure that pets don’t have to wait any longer than necessary to go home with new\, loving families. Fortunately\, while the dogs in our care have been a major media focus in 2023\, we have also happily seen a steady flow of cat adoptions at the Community Animal Center and have enough open cat housing space to prepare for a busy kitten season to start in the spr ing. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n It’s bee n a busy start to the new year. And\, while we are celebrating the wins\, the hard work isn’t over. Even though we successfully saved many lives\ , 20-40 dogs come into our county shelters every single day and they need your help to find their way home.  \n \n \n \n What We Need Most Now: \n \n \n \n Volunteers and new staff are urgently needed to keep this much-needed LifeLine Midtown shelter up and running\, as well as help at our other locations.We always need adopte rs and fosters to place more pets into homes where they belong.We need goo d Samaritans in our community to help lost pets make their way back home i nstead of to the shelter. Find out what to do if you should find a lost pe t.And\, if you can’t foster or adopt\, please consider making a donation .As always\, thank you for your critical support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 2022 Posts \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Novem ber\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n September\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n June\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n May\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n March\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n November 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n AN URGENT PLEA FROM OUR CEO TO THE CITY OF ATLANTA\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The current situation in our Atlanta animal shelters is dire. The animals in our care do not have the space they need\, or dese rve\, and we need your help. Our hard working teams are understaffed and w orking extreme overtime to ensure that kennels are clean\, bowls are full\ , and the pets in our shelters are well cared for. Our volunteers walk hun dreds of dogs a day. And it’s still not enough. We have teams covering r escue\, adoptions\, marketing\, volunteers\, and foster parents\, all work ing tirelessly to find homes and other ways Atlanta’s pets can get out o f the shelter. This is not the life our city’s animals deserve. This sta te our shelters are in is not sustainable for the pets nor the people who care for them. Animal shelters have never been\, and will never be\, the i deal solution for the animals. Atlanta\, we urgently need your help. Our a nimals are in desperate need of homes. Each of our shelters have exceeded capacity by the hundreds. DeKalb County Animal Services has nearly 600 dog s and over 50 cats in the building\, Fulton County Animal Services has alm ost 400 dogs in a building meant to hold 80. The more pets in our care\, t he harder it is to make sure they are living as comfortably as they deserv e during their time with us. We are meant to be a temporary refuge for pet s in need\, not a home. Pets cannot thrive here\, especially when there is an overwhelming amount of them. We know you’ve heard this plea before. And we hope you’ll hear it now. The situation is not improving. There ar e more animals in our care than ever and they really need your help. We ne ed your help. Adopt: Whether you’re looking for a calm couch potato\, wa lking partner\, or anything in between\, there are over 1\,000 deserving p ets waiting for you. Foster: If you have just two weeks to help a pet\, th at can make all of the difference. Sign up here.Donate: We need monetary d onations and supplies to continue caring for this many animals each day. Y ou can help by donating here or sending us much-needed items from our Amaz on wishlists. Help lost pets: Most pets are found within a mile of their h ome. If they come to a shelter\, their chances of being reunited greatly d eclines. If you find a pet\, follow these steps or become a friendly finde r. Spay/Neuter: Unlike humans\, dogs and cats give birth to 4-to-6 animals in one litter. Also\, dogs can give birth up to twice a year and cats up to 5 times a year! Because they can produce so many offspring each year\, it is important to spay/neuter your pet as soon as possible to reduce pet overpopulation. Learn more here about the benefits and how to book an appo intment with one of our Spay/Neuter clinics. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 202 2 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We wish we had bette r news to share\, but right now\, the shelters are still struggling. There is a lot of pressure right now on the county shelters to be the lifeline for more pets than the shelters have space to house. The reason for this o vercrowding is simple: more animals are coming in than are leaving. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In August\, we saw a total of 601 dogs adopted\, but 863 came in du ring that same time. That’s 262 more dogs entering our already full buil dings.  \nNumber of dogs that need homes: \n\n337 dogs in need at our Ful ton County shelter\n526 dogs in need at our DeKalb County shelter\n81 dogs in need at our Community Animal Center\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The situation is dir e. We are urging our communities in Fulton and DeKalb Counties to please n ot bring healthy pets they find straight to the shelter as first response. Please take a few steps in the first 48 hours to get lost pets back home where they belong. This does not mean pets will be without support in the community. Those injured or sick are always a top priority. We’re tryin g to make more space for those most in need. And\, we are also trying to f ind solutions for humans in emergency situations who have run out of optio ns. Here are a few things anyone can do to help during this crisis: Adopt a petFoster a pet. 200 emergency fosters are needed at our shelters right nowDonate to support pets in the shelterCollect newspaper\, towels and bla nkets to drop off at any locationCheck the shelter wishlist for items most in needHelp a neighbor who can’t keep their pet find a new home – her e’s howFollow our social channels and help us get the word out by sharin g posts from your preferred platform\, Facebook\, Instagram and Twitter.Wr ite an article in your local neighborhood paper about adopting/fostering s helter petsIf you find a lost pet\, fill out a found pet report\, follow t hese steps or become a friendly finder \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n June 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You are the next chapter in animal w elfare. \n \n \n \n Animal shelters have never been\, and will never be\, the ideal solution for the animals. They have always b een a flawed answer to a bigger community challenge of how to best help lo st\, stray and unwanted pets.  Across the nation\, all communities are fa cing the aftershocks of the pandemic. For animal shelters\, those challeng es include overpopulated and understaffed facilities\, higher intake and f ewer adopters\, and a substantial decrease in rescue transfer support. In Atlanta\, we’ve had to restrict intake at varying levels due to the seve re overcapacity status at both county shelters.  But over the last few ye ars\, and through the recent challenges\, we’ve begun to see how a criti cal shift\, and a different path forward\, can actually save the lives of the animals in our community without having animals languish in shelters. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Over 60% of the animals in a shelter are stray/lost pets. Imagine if the shelters d idn’t exist to collect all the lost and stray pets of a community. What if the community itself was able to help those pets find and reunite with their families?  63% of animals are found just a mile from their home (26 % are just a block away). If neighbors could reunite pets with their famil ies\, instead of bringing them to the shelter\, our shelters would always have space to help those with nowhere to go. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What if the community could help struggling neighbors rehome their pets instead of turning them over to a shelter? Wha t if more resources were spent on keeping pets and people together instead of housing pets in a crowded shelter? If we\, as a community\, could shif t the focus to support each other in creative and practical ways\, the she lters wouldn’t be overcrowded with lost pets missing their families\, or abandoned pets looking for new homes. There will always be a need for she lters to help animals in emergency situations and victims of animal cruelt y\, but the real safety net for pets is a caring community – neighbors h elping neighbors.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Especially now\, when the need continues to exceed available sh eltering resources\, we believe we must find more community-centric soluti ons by working together with pet-lovers and good samaritans to get more pe ts home where they belong.  LifeLine does not believe killing healthy and treatable pets to make more space in a shelter is ever the right answer. Population management through euthanasia has never worked. Reliance on eut hanasia constrains the development of lifesaving solutions\, and the resul ts are always tragic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n When faced with external pressure to euthanize healthy and treatabl e animals to create more shelter space last month\, we turned to our anima l-loving community and in one week found foster and adoptive homes for 300 + pets. Atlanta\, you are the ideal solution. With your help\, we can weav e together a new safety net for the animals in need. Whether you are a vet eran rescuer or new to animal welfare\, help us shift the response when we find lost and stray pets\, so that more pets can be returned to their hom es. If you hear of situations where people need help with a found pet\, he lp them find options\, contact friends to find a foster home and help canv as the neighborhood to reunite families. Share this page.If you read about someone needing to rehome a pet\, share these resources and ask your neig hbors and friends if anyone can help. The pet owner\, rather than the shel ter\, will be able to find the best match for a loved pet. If someone is missing a pet\, check the lost pet pages of our website to see if the pet ended up at the shelter.If you can’t adopt\, foster. If you can’t fost er\, donate. If you can’t donate\, volunteer. If you can’t volunteer\, become an ambassador and share information and resources. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Please continue to suppor t our county shelters. Know that the staff is making the best decisions fo r every individual animal and human who comes to our doors with the resour ces that are available.  \nPlease extend the benefit of the doubt to lear n more about decisions that are being made. The people who dedicate our li ves to help animals in the shelter are not perfect\, but we are doing thei r very best in every situation\, for every individual pet\, and we are wor king with very limited resources and the most challenging of circumstances .  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Right now\, we are at a pivotal moment to change the course of animal welfare and lif esaving in our city. Animals deserve to be in homes and people deserve the love of a pet. Will you join us in committing to turn to each other to fi nd ways to help the animals in your community? Are you in?  We are. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availabili ty ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n Metro Atlanta County Animal Shelters are Out of Space! \n \n \n \n The county shelters have reached peak capacity and no longer have kennel space to house dogs. Because of the sheer volume\, we have had to set up temporary crates to house new arrivals but this is n ot a sustainable or acceptable solution.  This year we have seen a declin e in adoptions by 14% and a 37% decline in the number of animals leaving w ith rescue partners (compared to 2019 pre-pandemic levels). We also saw a decline in the number of lost pets finding their families again. Not only are there more animals currently in the shelters\, but they are staying lo nger which impacts their physical and mental wellbeing.  We URGENTLY need help to place our medium to large dogs into homes so that the shelters do not have to face difficult life or death decisions. We currently need to find 250 homes for dogs living at the DeKalb shelter. The Fulton County an imal shelter is facing a similar situation and needs to find 150 homes thi s week.  Here’s what we are experiencing currently across metro Atlanta . \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb Coun ty Animal Services \n \n \n \n Today\, there are 560 d ogs in our DeKalb facility*. In May 2019\, prior to the pandemic the shelt er held 440 dogs. Fewer animals are leaving the shelter\, and animals are staying longer looking for homes. They’re waiting an average of 80 days at DeKalb County Animal Services. Due to this critical status\, Dekalb Cou nty and LifeLine Animal Project\, in conjunction with the Georgia Departme nt of Agriculture\, are enacting emergency only intake protocols. This mea ns the DeKalb shelter is only able to accept animals from emergency situat ions or in critical need (injured animals\, animals involved in bite cases or cruelty situations). DeKalb County Animal Enforcement will also enforc e these emergency protocols and will only respond to high priority calls. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n *As of May 25\, 2022\, with the help of our community\, the number of dogs housed at DeKalb County Animal Service s has decreased to 433. We are making slow\, but steady\, progress towards reducing the number of pets housed at the shelter to a more comfortable t hreshold of 320. However\, the situation remains critical and your continu ed help is needed to find homes for the pets in our care. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n There are currently 360  dogs in our Fulton facility**\, which was bui lt to house only 80 dogs. Dogs are waiting an average 40 days to be placed in a home\, which is longer than previous years and is very stressful for the animals. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n **As of May 25\, 2022\, thanks to our community’s help in response to an urgent plea for fosters and ad opters\, the number of dogs housed at Fulton County Animal Services has di pped below 300. Additionally\, a generous volunteer has pledged to sponsor 100 dog adoptions this May at Fulton County. We always want to provide hu mane housing for the animals in our care and at the levels we are experien cing\, that is extremely challenging. Our community’s continued help at this critical time is needed to find homes for the pets in our care. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Animal C enter \n \n \n \n Our Community Animal Center takes in pets from our county shelters to help alleviate space constraints. Right now\, the center is full and can only take in more dogs when dogs currentl y in our care are adopted or head to foster homes.  Last week\, 128 cats arrived from our DeKalb and Fulton shelters. If you are looking for a cat\ , there are many available at the LifeLine Community Animal Center. There are also over 100 dogs available for adoption at this location. \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n Let's save lives together. \n \n \n \n Please share this blog with your community and network to help more pets find the homes they deserve today. \n \n \n \n Ways to Help \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n March 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel spa ce\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangero usly full\n \n \n \n \n \n Crit ical Needs This Week: Adopters and Fosters \n \n \n \n This February\, we saw the highest intake levels on record for the mont h since LifeLine took over shelter management in 2013. Both of our county shelters are in the red zone for space availability!  As we continue to f ace a growing space crisis\, we turn our attention to the impact of crowdi ng and the shelter environment on the health of our pets. It is a common m isconception that pets may fare better in a shelter than in a home where t he pet parent has to leave daily for work or doesn’t have a yard. There is no place like a home when it comes to animals. Even with the incredible support of our staff and volunteers\, it is impossible to replicate the c alm and one-on-one attention a pet will receive in a home. Shelters\, part icularly at the capacity level we currently face\, can be loud and overwhe lming for many pets. Though they are safe and fed\, the close proximity to so many other pets can lead to a spread in medical conditions. Ultimately \, we see a deterioration of our pets the longer they spend in the shelter \, along with added strain for our veterinary teams.  Our goal is to see all of our pets find their way to a warm and loving home. We need help giv ing our shelter pets a break\, including taking them out for a day or a we ekend\, while they await the arrival of their new family. We immediately s ee an improvement in our pet’s health and happiness when they are in a h ome. Plus\, you can provide key insights on the dog or cat’s personality (which tends to shine beyond the shelter walls) to share with potential a dopters! We are facing a particular need for fosters for our pets that hav e medical needs\, are part of an ongoing court case\, and dogs that are la rger in size. To find out more and help give our pets a break\, check out our Foster page. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \n There ar e currently 471 dogs at DeKalb County Animal Services\, 253 MORE than the ideal number of dogs that should be housed in our shelter here and putting us in the RED ZONE!  The need for special care fosters is imperative. Ce rtain pets\, such as those that have just given birth\, are undergoing med ical treatment or are part of a court case\, deserve a quiet space and may need a little extra care. This can include receiving regular doses of med icine\, restricted or regulated exercise regimes or extra space to care fo r their puppies. It is important that they have a home where they can rela x\, heal and rest stress-free.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n The Fulton County Animal Services shelter is in the RED ZONE! There are 265 dogs in the shelter\, an alarming 115 dogs over the ideal number of 150. This means some runs have up to five dogs s haring a space. As a result\, the shelter is seeing an uptick in medical i ssues\, particularly contagious ailments like upper respiratory infections . \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n In Feb ruary 2022\, the LifeLine Community Animal Center brought in 222 pets to h elp create space at our two county shelters. 94 dogs and 84 cats are waiti ng for a place to call home\, with many more patiently waiting in foster h omes. Our animals are showing tremendous resilience\, but we need urgent h elp from our community to provide these precious pets with homes! Our miss ion remains\, as always\, to save the lives of all healthy and treatable a nimals. We appreciate the support of our community! \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n Help us save lives together! \n \n \n \n Share this blog with your community\, and help get mor e pets into homes today! \n \n \n \n Ways to Help \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n January 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n We are kicking off the new year with an unfamiliar sight for this time of the year: shelters that are stil l full from this summer. Shelter space is unfortunately\, yet typically\, limited during the summer months\, but this is the first time we have expe rienced such a continued strain on our shelter capacity and team. The numb er of animals coming in our doors has increased by 12% over last year whil e the number of dogs adopted has decreased. People are also struggling to care for their pets and have been facing evictions and other challenges. T his means more pets have been surrendered. Over the last two years\, we ha ve seen a 39% decline in the number of animals our rescue partners have be en able to help pull to safety\, largely due to factors resulting from the COVID pandemic. All of these challenges would be difficult alone but\, li ke so many others\, we are also facing severe labor shortages. We currentl y have 34 open positions across three locations\, which means we are missi ng 13% of our workforce. Between the staffing challenge and the number of staff who have been out sick due to the latest wave of the COVID-19 virus\ , we are struggling. Animal care is always our top priority. Our understaf fed teams and volunteers are working doubly hard to care for all the anima ls in need\, covering extra shifts and taking on additional responsibiliti es. In these times\, we must depend even more so on our community’s supp ort. By adopting\, donating\, volunteering\, helping lost animals back hom e and finding new homes for those alone in the shelter\, our community off ers real and sustained hope for the animals in our care. We are continuing to take in animals for emergency situations and for those who do not have any other options. Our Animal Service Officers and community support team s continue to provide resources\, including access to veterinary care and pet supplies\, pet lost and found assistance and self-rehoming options for animals in non-emergency situations. We always work with individuals faci ng financial hardship who need help for their pets. We often reduce or wai ve reclaim and surrender fees in the hopes of helping people and finding t he best outcomes for the animals. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \ n The ideal number of dogs that should be housed at DeKalb County Animal Services is 218. This allows us to house one dog per kennel with ac cess to both sides of the kennel. We are currently in the red zone with 48 0 dogs in the building. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n With Fulton County Animal Services being a smaller\, older building\, there is space to optimally house only 150 dogs. As of la st week\, there were 221 dogs in the shelter. This forces us to house mult iple dogs in most of the kennels. Not only does this make cleaning the she lter a logistical challenge\, but it means the environment is less than id eal for our animals. Our goal is to safely house a large population while mitigating risk of disease and shelter stress on the animals. If we had fe wer dogs in the building\, we could provide larger\, single kennels for 26 of our larger breed dogs\, who need individual housing\, and who are curr ently residing in smaller cages. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n In December 2021\, the LifeLine Community Animal C enter transferred in 170 pets from Fulton and DeKalb to help make space at the our two county shelters. We currently have 95 dogs and 102 cats looki ng for homes\, and even more are waiting to find families while they live in foster homes. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We believe space limitations alone are an unacceptable reason to euthani ze healthy and treatable animals. LifeLine has been able to achieve “no- kill\,”  saving 90% or more of all the animals who enter our shelters\, but we are only able to maintain this lifesaving achievement with the com munity’s support and advocacy. We know our community has the ability to provide the support needed to save precious lives.  Their lives depend on it. \n \n \n \n Make a difference today! \n \n \n \n Share this blog post with your community\, and help g et more pets into homes today. 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LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-classes-begin-mmii?utm_source=c aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Withdrawal Period - MMII DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260922 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260923 DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52328767051147 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Withdrawal Period begins via PAWS at 8 a.m.\n\nWithdrawn c lasses appear on the official transcript with the grade of W or WF.\n\nFor detailed information on withdrawals\, refer to the "Revision of Class Sch edule" section of the University Catalog. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-withdrawal-period-mmi?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Panthers Commitment to Consent 2026-2027 Academic Year DTSTART:20260922T040000Z DTEND:20260923T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53547031963950 CATEGORIES:wellness DESCRIPTION:Take the Georgia State Commitment to Consent and help create a culture of respect\, communication\, and positive sexual wellness across our Panther community. \nConsent is enthusiastic\, communicated\, specific \, informed\, and reversible. It means making sure everyone is able and wi lling to participate\, communicating clearly\, respecting boundaries\, and understanding that anyone can change their mind at any time. \nHow it wor ks (less than 2 minutes!): \n\nRSVP to this event during the 2026–2027 a cademic year. \nShare your name and affirm your commitment to practicing t he Student Wellness Five Components of Consent in your sexual and intimate interactions. \nComplete the virtual commitment to demonstrate your suppo rt for a culture where consent\, communication\, and respect are valued. \ n\nYour attendance will be recorded in PIN\, making you eligible to earn P ounce Rewards and contribute toward your Health & Wellness Advocate proces s. \nTake a moment to make the commitment. Your participation helps promot e respect\, healthy communication\, safety\, and positive sexual wellness at Georgia State University. 🐾 \nLearn more about consent by registerin g for the Your Sexual Wellness Matters iCollege Course\n \n\nHosted by: B e Well Panthers Health & Wellness\n\nAdditional Information can be found a t: https://pin.gsu.edu/event/12526520 LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/yes-to-consent-panthers-pledge-2026-202 7-academic-year?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlant a-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Open Play: Basketball DTSTART:20260922T110000Z DTEND:20260922T124500Z DTSTAMP:20260916T061439Z UID:10014212-1790060400-1790066700@www.kennesaw-ga.gov CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Hours will vary depending on City scheduled programs and event s. All open play participants under the age of 15 must have a guardian pre sent. Please call the Kennesaw Recreation Center at 678-385-0165 to confir m daily schedules. LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T061439Z LOCATION:Recreation Center\, 2737 Watts Drive\, Kennesaw\, GA\, 30144\, Un ited States URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/kennesaw-event/open-play-basketball-11/202 6-09-22/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of Kennesaw X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/farmers-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Paint Chip Poetry Contest DTSTART:20260922T120000Z DTEND:20260923T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260908T123434Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53883418944423 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:"In celebration of Latine Heritage Month\, Latinas UNIDES and McCain Library are partnering to host a paint chip poetry contest. To part icipate\, pick up a paint chip from the Check Out Desk in McCain Library. Write your poem on the paint chip\, and then place it in the submission bo x. All entries will be reviewed by Latinas UNIDES. A prize will be given t o the winner\, and all entries will be displayed in McCain Library. LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T123434Z LOCATION:McCain Library\, Main Reading Room (1st Floor Lobby) URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/paint-chip-poetry-contest?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Day Trip to Jaemore Farms DTSTART:20260922T130000Z DTEND:20260922T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260914T001502Z UID:10001833-1790067600-1790085600@www.prumc.org CATEGORIES:community,outdoors DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fun-filled day of apple picking and fresh mounta in air.  Ticket to farm $6.00.  Bring money for any produce purchases an d lunch.  RSVP to Diane Scanlan at dianes@prumc.org. \nhttps://media.blub rry.com/prumc_sermons/content.blubrry.com/prumc_sermons/2026-09-13.mp3Podc ast: Play in new window | Download LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T001502Z LOCATION:Rollins Center URL:https://www.prumc.org/event/day-trip-to-jaemore-farms/?utm_source=cald iscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Peachtree Road United Methodist Church X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.prumc.org/event/an-evening-with-tom-johnson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fall Break Garden Adventures DTSTART:20260922T130000Z DTEND:20260922T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T061439Z UID:10013487-1790067600-1790085600@www.kennesaw-ga.gov CATEGORIES:arts,family,free,outdoors DESCRIPTION:Looking for fun for the whole family during fall break? Enjoy drop-in programs and crafts throughout the week\, Sept 22-25\n \nDrop-in activities are free with general admission. Children’s general admission is free in September. Use coupon code – kids2026 at https://ticketscand y.com/e/general-admission-1884\n \nSept 22: Vegetable Garden – Interact ive story time in the Living Laboratory at 10 AM or 1 PM\nSept 23: Garden Habitat – Family garden habitat walk at 11:30 AM or 1 PM. Discover who c alls the Gardens home.\nSept 24: Garden Animal – Interactive story time in the Little Theater in the Woods at 10 AM or 1 PM\nSept 25: Garden Art – Family art walk at 10 AM or 1 PM. Explore sculptures in the Garden. LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T061439Z LOCATION:Smith-Gilbert Gardens\, 2382 Pine Mountain Road\, Kennesaw\, GA\, 30152\, United States URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/kennesaw-event/fall-break-garden-adventure s/2026-09-22/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta- ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of Kennesaw X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/farmers-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Open Play: Pickleball DTSTART:20260922T130000Z DTEND:20260922T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T060541Z UID:10014256-1790067600-1790085600@www.kennesaw-ga.gov CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Hours will vary depending on City scheduled programs and event s. All open play participants under the age of 15 must have a guardian pre sent. Please call the Kennesaw Recreation Center at 678-385-0165 to confir m daily schedules. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T060541Z LOCATION:Recreation Center\, 2737 Watts Drive\, Kennesaw\, GA\, 30144\, Un ited States URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/kennesaw-event/open-play-pickleball-7/2026 -09-22/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of Kennesaw X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/farmers-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:25Live Requestor Training DTSTART:20260922T133000Z DTEND:20260922T143000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53759402370820 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Join us for training on our new event management system\, 25Li ve\, where we’ll cover the following key topics: \n\nEvent Form \n\n\nHo w to Look Up Location Availability \n\n\nLocation Search \n\n\nEvent Searc h \n\n\nHow to Edit an Event \n\n\nImportant Things to Know About 25Live \ n\n \n\nHosted by: *RSO Resources and Training\, Student Center\n\nOnline Location: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZjE0OWI5M GYtZjNiNi00NTNkLTkxNTgtMDlkMzk3ZWU4NGNi%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22 %3a%22515ad73d-8d5e-4169-895c-9789dc742a70%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%223ec2b46a-b4 c6-4e99-9045-a64b2c8f5a12%22%7d\n\nAdditional Information can be found at: https://pin.gsu.edu/event/12603246 LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/25live-requestor-training-6948?utm_sour ce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Toddler Tuesday DTSTART:20260922T133000Z DTEND:20260922T153000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T060541Z UID:10013506-1790069400-1790076600@www.kennesaw-ga.gov CATEGORIES:family DESCRIPTION:Join us every Tuesday from 9:30 – 11:30 AM for a fun and eng aging experience for little ones! Toddler Tuesdays offer a wonderful oppor tunity for children ages 1-5 and their caregivers to enjoy open play with age-appropriate equipment in a safe and friendly environment. It’s a gre at time for children to socialize explore and develop their motor skills w hile having fun! \nStarting this season\, Toddler Tuesdays will alternate between Open Play and Themed Tuesdays. On Open Play weeks\, toddlers can e njoy free play with a variety of toys and activities\, allowing for creati ve exploration and social interaction. On Themed Tuesdays\, we’ll introd uce exciting\, themed activities and games that align with the season or s pecial occasions\, offering an extra level of fun and creativity for your child. \nThis program is specifically designed for toddlers\, so be sure t o come along and enjoy quality time with your child\, meet other caregiver s and create lasting memories in a supportive and joyful environment. \nNo te: Toddler Tuesdays are available for children ages 1-5 and their caregiv ers only. \nWe look forward to seeing you and your toddler every Tuesday f or a morning filled with laughter and learning! \nJanuary\n1/6         It’s a Scrizzie Musical Experience\n1/13         Toddler Sensory Day\n1/20        Open Play\n1/27         Amazing Athletes \nFebruary\n2/3         Open Play\n2/10       ”Heart Filled Crafts”\n2/17         Open Play\n2/24           Toddler Winter Olympics\n\n \nMarch\n\n3/3        Open Play\n3/10            Bounce Bonanza\n3/17        St. Patty’s Day Fest\n3/24           Open Play\n3/31         Easter Egg Hunt  w/ Special Guest\n \nApril\n4/7         Open Play\n4/14        Mickey Mouse visit\n4/21         Amazing Athletes\n4/28        Open Play\n  \nMay\n5/5        Celebrate Mom\n5/12        Open Play\n5/19       TBD\n5/26       Open Play\n\n \n\nJune\n6/2        Chalk Walk\n6/9         Petting Zoo\n6/16       Father’s Day Craft\n6/ 23          Splash Pad\n6/30       Open Play\n\n \ n\nJuly\n7/7        Bubble Mania\n7/14        Christmas in July \n7/21       Splash Pad\n7/28        Open Play\n\n \n\nAugust\n8/4       We will be closed f or Maintenance\n8/11     Open Play\n8/18    Bubble Ballooz a\n8/25    Every Toddler Birthday Celebration\n \nSeptember \n9/ 1       Open Play\n\n9/8       Fall Crazy Craft Day\n9 /15    Chalk’in Good Time\n9/22    Open Play\n9/29     Looney Tunes Movie Madness\n \nOctober\n10/6     Open Play\ n10/13    Toy Story Tuesday (Character Visit)\n10/20    Amaz ing Athletes\n10/27    Trick-or-Treat Tuesday\n \nNovember \n11/ 3       Open Play\n11/10      STEM – Tastic Tuesday\n  11/17    Turkey Time Craft LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T060541Z LOCATION:Recreation Center\, 2737 Watts Drive\, Kennesaw\, GA\, 30144\, Un ited States URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/kennesaw-event/toddler-tuesday-2-2-2-2-2/2 026-09-22/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of Kennesaw X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/farmers-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fall Adaptive Birdwatching Clinic DTSTART:20260922T140000Z DTEND:20260922T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260826T005501Z UID:10002304-1790071200-1790085600@shepherd.org CATEGORIES:education,outdoors DESCRIPTION:This event will take place at the Chattahoochee Nature Center. Participants will have the opportunity to join the Shepherd Center and Fe athers with Furr in this guided birding adventure. This guided tour will e nhance your skills and knowledge in birding\, community mobility\, and cam araderie with fellow bird watchers. This program will also offer lunch at the completion of the guided tour.  The $20 fee includes a T-shirt\, ins truction\, lunch\, and equipment.Registration is required for all events a nd opens at least six weeks prior to the start of the class or course. Mos t courses require a small fee\; however\, financial assistance is availabl e. Please contact Katie Harmon at katie.harmon@shepherd.org for more infor mation regarding requirements for financial assistance. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \ n \n \n Register on CampDoc LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T005501Z LOCATION:Chattahoochee Nature Center\, 9135 Willeo Rd\, Roswell\, Georgia\ , 30075\, United States URL:https://shepherd.org/event/fall-birdwatching-clinic/?utm_source=caldis covery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Shepherd Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://shepherd.org/treatment/services-clinics/recreation-th erapy/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Weekly Walking Club DTSTART:20260922T140000Z DTEND:20260922T144500Z DTSTAMP:20260902T000354Z UID:24072-1790071200-1790073900@piedmontpark.org CATEGORIES:outdoors DESCRIPTION:Join the Conservancy and fellow park fans for a weekly group w alk in Piedmont Park! \nEvery Tuesday\, we host a 45-minute walk on Tuesd ays at 10am. Each walk will feature different popular paths while answerin g any questions you may have about Piedmont Park or the Conservancy. \nFor questions\, please contact Kaycee Walker at programs@piedmontpark.org. \n Meet in front of Dockside near the 12th gate entrance\, five minutes prior to departure. Walk up\, no RSVP required. LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T000354Z LOCATION:Dockside\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30357\, United States URL:https://piedmontpark.org/event/weekly-walking-club-3/2026-09-22/?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Piedmont Park Conservancy\, Inc. X-SOURCE-URL:https://piedmontpark.org/green-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Garden Playtime DTSTART:20260922T140000Z DTEND:20260922T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260910T190723Z UID:10011388-1790071200-1790078400@atlantabg.org CATEGORIES:family,outdoors DESCRIPTION:Introduce your little one to the joys of nature! Join us for f un activities that will stimulate your child’s interest in the natural w orld. With a new theme each month and activities that engage the senses an d spark creativity\, Garden Playtime is an enjoyable and enriching activit y for families throughout the spring\, summer and fall. \nDates: Tuesdays\ , March – Oct.\nTime: 10 a.m. – noon\nFree with Garden admission \nSug gested ages: 6 months – 5 years. Weather permitting. We will cancel if r ain or inclement weather makes outdoor programming impractical. To check t he status\, email classes@atlantabg.org. \n\nMarch: Joyful Movement \nKic k off Garden Playtime with music\, movement\, and hands-on fun! Dance at o ur music party station\, create a colorful wind sock to take home\, and ex plore a variety of sounds at our sensory bins. Families can also explore i nstruments made from plants and experiment with sounds inspired by nature. \nApril: Patterns Everywhere! \nCelebrate National Haiku Poetry Day with us this April as we combine art with nature. Come learn how natural patter ns create interesting textures and then mimic those textures in art. Explo re forest scenes in our sensory bins\, paint with natural items at our mur al station\, and create your own recycled art mosaic to take home. \nMay: Mythical Creatures \nWhat magical creatures might you discover in Niki de Saint Phalle’s bold and playful sculptures? Venture with us into a fant astical world of mythical animals and imaginative forms inspired by her ar t. Visit the mermaids in our sensory bins\, uncover hidden dragon treasure in kinetic sand\, and create your own slithering snake at the art station . \nJune: Pollinator Friends \nCelebrate National Pollinator Week with us this June. Learn about the valuable role of diverse pollinator species in our ecosystems\, and investigate these fascinating critters up close. Join us for a bug tic-tac-toe game\, dig your hands into our “bees in a hive ” sensory bins and homemade scented playdough\, and decorate a “bug ro ck” to take home!   \nJuly: Animal Adventures \n \nThis July\, Garden Playtime takes inspiration from the lively animal sculptures found in Niki de Saint Phalle’s artwork. Families are invited to dress up as animals\ , create a shared animal print mural\, and design your own unique animal t o take home. \nAugust: Wonderful Water \nFrom fountains to flowing forms\, Niki de Saint Phalle’s art celebrates the joyful movement of water. Fam ilies can enjoy water sensory bins\, water lily art\, frog pond shaving cr eam exploration\, and frog games on the Children’s Garden lawn. Be sure to cool down in the Splash Pad before you head home! \nSeptember: Golden G rows \nIn honor of the Garden’s 50th Anniversary\, September’s Garden Playtime celebrates the golden colors found throughout the landscape. Fami lies are invited to make sunflower art\, scoop and pour in sunflower rice sensory bins\, and paint with corn cobs at our mural station. \nOctober: H arvest Time \nThis month’s activities are inspired by the harvest season . From delicious food aromas to the crunching sounds of leaves\, relax int o the nostalgia of autumn as we wind down Garden Playtime for the year. Sa ve some time to hunt around for your favorite Scarecrows in the Garden. LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T190723Z LOCATION:Atlanta Botanical Garden\, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/garden-playtime/2026-09-22/?utm_source= caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Botanical Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/category/atlanta END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:St. Vincent de Paul Georgia: Adult Life Skills Class DTSTART:20260922T140000Z DTEND:20260922T153000Z DTSTAMP:20260911T003346Z UID:10036717-1790071200-1790076600@metroatlantaexchange.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Vincent de Paul Georgia hosts an Adult Life Skills Class on Tu esdays\, from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM\, at St. Vincent de Paul Georgia. \nThi s class offers participants the chance to start building a healthier\, mor e fulfilling life.  Guided by a certified instructor in counseling\, coac hing\, and crisis response\, this class will equip attendees with essentia l tools and insights to help navigate life’s challenges. \nClick here to learn more and register. LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T003346Z LOCATION:St. Vincent de Paul Georgia\, 2050-C Chamblee Tucker Road\, Atlan ta\, 30341\, United States URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/st-vincent-de-paul-georgia-adul t-life-skills-class/2026-09-22/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm _campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:MAX X-SOURCE-URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/georgia-chamber-of-com merce-future-of-energy-and-sustainability END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Research Tower Grand Opening DTSTART:20260922T140000Z DTEND:20260922T150000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T004403Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53959322603908 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Join us as we celebrate the grand opening of the new Research Tower. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T004403Z LOCATION:Research Tower URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/research-tower-grand-opening?utm_source =caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Senior Clubhouse: Craft Days DTSTART:20260922T140000Z DTEND:20260922T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T060541Z UID:10013614-1790071200-1790078400@www.kennesaw-ga.gov CATEGORIES:arts,community DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays | 10:00 AM–12:00 PM at the Ben Robertson Community Center \nJoin us for Senior Clubhouse Craft Days\, a weekly creative progr am where participants can enjoy hands-on art projects in a relaxed\, socia l setting. Each session features a different craft\, offering opportunitie s to learn new techniques\, express creativity\, and connect with fellow s eniors. Register on Civic Rec at https://secure.rec1.com/GA/kennesaw-ga/ca talog. \nAugust\n11 – Watercolor Bubbles\n18 – Worry Stones\n25 – Pa per Plate Birds \nSeptember\n1 – Bag Charms8 – Tie Dye Aprons/Tote Bag s15 – Mini Pinatas22 – Turmeric Sun Prints29 – Playing Card Characte rs \nOctober\n6 – Halloween Puppets13 – Halloween Puppets20 – Surpri se Bat Cards27 – Potion Bottles \nNovember\n3 – Yarn Painting\n10 – Shrink Plastic Crafts\n17 – Basket Waving LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T060541Z URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/kennesaw-event/senior-clubhouse-craft-days -5/2026-09-22/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta -ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of Kennesaw X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/farmers-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fall Break – Our Town: Then & Now DTSTART:20260922T140000Z DTEND:20260922T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T060541Z UID:10013823-1790071200-1790078400@www.kennesaw-ga.gov CATEGORIES:arts,education,family DESCRIPTION:Looking for some family-friendly fun during fall break? Join u s at the Southern Museum for educational activities and crafts each day! \ nTuesday: Passing Kennesaw – Learn about the passenger trains that ran a long the track outside of the Museum during staff-guided tours of the hist oric Kennesaw Depot. \nWednesday: Our Local College – Investigate maps a nd photos to uncover the evolution of Kennesaw State University\, then cre ate a map of the current campus with the help of museum staff. \nThursday (normal Mommy and Me hours 9:30-12:30): – Community Starts with C – “Community” starts with C and so do “chef\,” “cooking” and “ culinary.” Let’s meet the community helpers of 1885 Grill Kennesaw tha t create delicious meals for us. \nFriday: Books on the Go – Meet the Mu seum Archivist in the Reading Room for story times about the first mobile libraries and then follow it up with a craft hosted by the Cobb County Boo k Mobile. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T060541Z LOCATION:Southern Museum\, 2829 Cherokee Street NW\, Kennesaw\, GA\, 30144 \, United States URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/kennesaw-event/fall-break-our-town-then-no w/2026-09-22/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta- ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of Kennesaw X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/farmers-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Social Impact Expo DTSTART:20260922T150000Z DTEND:20260922T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260820T122244Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53520488613517 CATEGORIES:market DESCRIPTION:Join us for the opportunity to learn more about Nonprofits in Atlanta! We will be hosting Nonprofits to table in the Ballroom\; get to k now their missions\, volunteer opportunities\, job openings\, and internsh ip prospects. \n\nHosted by: Leadership and Service\, POUNCE Rewards Progr am\n\nAdditional Information can be found at: https://pin.gsu.edu/event/12 496730 LAST-MODIFIED:20260820T122244Z LOCATION:Student Ballroom URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/social-impact-expo?utm_source=caldiscov ery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Virtual Office Hours with Rachael Nicholos (MSIS\, MSF\, MSSCM) DTSTART:20260922T150000Z DTEND:20260922T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53683905702264 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Drop-in during this 60-minute group chat with Assistant Direct or of Graduate Recruiting\, Rachael Nicholos\, to gain insight into the fo llowing Robinson graduate business programs\, receive answers to frequentl y asked questions and get admissions tips and insights to assist you in ac hieving your graduate education goals. Rachael is the recruiter for the fo llowing programs:\n\n- Master of Science in Finance (MSF)\n- Master of Sci ence in Information Systems (MSIS)\n- Master of Science in Supply Chain Ma nagement (MSSCM) LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-virtual-office-hours-with-racha el-nicholos-msis-msf-msscm-5148?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm _campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Supporting Global Scotties DTSTART:20260922T153000Z DTEND:20260922T173000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T122637Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53874553986129 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Center for Global Learning (CGL) is excited to announce a new session for faculty and staff called "Supporting Global Scotties\," wh ere we will provide information and an opportunity for conversation around the unique personal\, intercultural\, and academic experiences of interna tional students. We'll also explain what kinds of professional experiences are open to this population. LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T122637Z LOCATION:Letitia Pate Evans Hall\, E-Jones President's Dining Room URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/supporting-global-scotties?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SGA Fall Town Hall Tabling DTSTART:20260922T153000Z DTEND:20260922T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T182536Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53865716871173 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Come visit SGA's table in Evans to express your student concer ns before the upcoming town hall! LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T182536Z LOCATION:Letitia Pate Evans Hall\, Evans Dining Hall Upper Level Lobby Tab le 1 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/sga-fall-town-hall-tabling?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Excel: Charts and Formatting DTSTART:20260922T153000Z DTEND:20260922T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53892119182866 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This workshop introduces participants to formatting features i n Excel\, and how to utilize charts\, Pivot Tables\, Pivot Charts\, and mo re to review and analyze your data. We’ll cover features used in both th e PC and Mac versions.\n\nWorkshop Topics\n\nFormatting sheetsCreating and editing tablesEditing and formatting chartsCreating and using Pivot Table s and ChartsPrerequisites: Excel: Getting Started or equivalent experience LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/excel-charts-and-formatting?utm_source= caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Regulatory Lessons from the Cyclospora Outbreak: Why Our Food is M aking Us Sick and What to Do About It DTSTART:20260922T160000Z DTEND:20260922T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260914T183326Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53800085054732 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Description\n\nMore than 32\,000 cases of cyclosporiasis\, a d isease transmitted by parasites on contaminated produce\, have been report ed in the U.S. this year. Eggs and jalapeño peppers contaminated with sal monella and blueberries and sprouts contaminated with E.coli made several hundred people ill this summer. Foodborne illness is a serious public heal th problem in the U.S. causing an estimated 48 million illnesses\, 128\,00 0 hospitalizations and 3\,000 deaths each year. This panel will explore th e epidemiology of foodborne illnesses\, including transmission\, risk fact ors\, symptoms\, treatments and health outcomes\; the legal structure of m easures to prevent outbreaks in Georgia\; and the regulatory reforms neces sary to strengthen the food safety system and prepare for the next outbrea k. \n\n \n\nSpeakers\n\nRobert Tauxe\n\nFormer Director\n\nDivision of Foo dborne\, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases\n\nCenters for Disease Cont rol and Prevention\n\n \n\nGarrett Hollis\n\nChief Legal Counsel\n\nGeorgi a State Department of Agriculture\n\n \n\nTimothy Lytton \n\nRegents’ Pr ofessor and Professor of Law\n\nGeorgia State University College of Law\n\ nAuthor of "Outbreak: Foodborne Illness and the Struggle for Food Safety" LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T183326Z LOCATION:Georgia State University College of Law\, 341 URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/regulatory-lessons-from-the-cyclospora- outbreak-why-our-food-is-making-us-sick-and-what-to-do-about-it?utm_source =caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:International Economic Development Council (IEDC): Partnerships Ma tter - From Research to Practice DTSTART:20260922T160000Z DTEND:20260922T173000Z DTSTAMP:20260912T063321Z UID:10036640-1790078400-1790083800@metroatlantaexchange.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The International Economic Development Council (IEDC) is hosti ng Partnerships Matter: From Research to Practice on Tuesday\, September 2 2nd\, from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM. \nPartnerships are central to economic dev elopment\, but they are not always clearly defined\, intentionally managed \, or meaningfully measured. Join IEDC for a live Journal-to-Practice con versation based on the Economic Development Journalarticle\, Partnerships Matter: An Exploratory Study to Better Understand and Measure Partnership s in Economic Development. \nThis session will bring the research to life through expert insight\, practitioner examples\, and discussion of the que stions economic developers are facing in their own communities. Participa nts will explore how partnerships develop over time\, what distinguishes g enuine collaboration from routine coordination\, and how trust\, shared pu rpose\, accountability\, and measurement shape long-term success. \nClick here to learn more and register. LAST-MODIFIED:20260912T063321Z URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/international-economic-developm ent-council-iedc-partnerships-matter-from-research-to-practice/?utm_source =caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:MAX X-SOURCE-URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/georgia-chamber-of-com merce-future-of-energy-and-sustainability END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:GSU Builds For 9/11 :Clarkston! DTSTART:20260922T160000Z DTEND:20260922T173000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T124106Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53945204840518 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Day of Service in observance of September 11\, a day of remembrance and reflection.\n \nHonor the spirit of service by joi ning fellow Panthers in assembling Welcome Home Kits for Atlanta Mission. These projects support individuals and families as they transition into st able housing!\n \n\nHosted by: Leadership and Service\, POUNCE Rewards Pro gram\n\nAdditional Information can be found at: https://pin.gsu.edu/event/ 12738427 LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T124106Z LOCATION:Student Center\, Clarkston Campus URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/gsu-builds-for-911-clarkston?utm_source =caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival and Chuseok with APALSA DTSTART:20260922T160000Z DTEND:20260922T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53850404360311 CATEGORIES:festival DESCRIPTION:APALSA will host a Mid-Autumn Festival and Chuseok (Korean Tha nksgiving) celebration welcoming all GSU students to come together and cel ebrate the holiday. Join us for an opportunity to connect with fellow GSU students\, socialize\, and enjoy a festive atmosphere. Snacks will be prov ided for approximately 50 students. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:College of Law\, Atrium URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/celebrate-mid-autumn-festival-and-chuse ok-with-apalsa?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta -ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Grand Rounds featuring Jill Litt DTSTART:20260922T160000Z DTEND:20260922T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53930750970593 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Jill Litt\, Professor of Environmental Studies and Public Heal th at the University of Colorado Boulder\, will deliver a Grand Rounds Lec ture on Tuesday\, September 22 at noon in the Student Center Speaker’s A uditorium. Her talk\, which is free and open to students\, faculty\, staff and community members\, is titled “Connection is in Our Nature: Pathway s to Emotional\, Behavioral and Social Health.” LEARN MORE AND REGISTER HERE LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:Student Center Speaker’s Auditorium URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/grand-rounds-featuring-jill-litt?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Latinx Heritage Celebration DTSTART:20260922T160000Z DTEND:20260922T173000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53520489087640 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Celebrate! Recognize! Get involved!\nHispanic Heritage Month\, also known as Latinx Heritage Month\, is a time to celebrate and recogniz e the rich cultural heritage\, history\, and contributions of Hispanic and Latinx communities in the United States. This annual observance runs from September 15 to October 15 and honors the diverse cultures and histories of people with roots in Spain\, Mexico\, the Caribbean\, Central America\, and South America.\nJoin us for an exciting and vibrant celebration of La tinx Heritage Month as we explore the rich and diverse world of Latinx mus ic. This event promises to be a lively experience filled with rhythm\, cul ture\, and community spirit.\nHighlights of the Event\n\n\n\nLive Performa nces: Enjoy live performances by talented Latinx musicians who will bring a variety of genres to life\, from salsa and merengue to reggaeton and bac hata.\n\n\nCultural Insights: Learn about the history and influence of Lat inx music across the globe. Discover how it has shaped modern music and co ntinues to inspire artists worldwide.\n\n\nDance and Movement: Feel the rh ythm and join in with some dance moves! Whether you're a seasoned dancer o r a beginner\, everyone is welcome to participate and enjoy the music.\n\n \n\nRefreshments\nTo enhance your experience\, a selection of refreshments will be provided\, allowing you to savor flavors inspired by Latinx cuisi ne.\n\nHosted by: Perimeter College Student Life\, Panther Activities Coun cil\, POUNCE Rewards Program\n\nAdditional Information can be found at: ht tps://pin.gsu.edu/event/12466124 LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:Student Center NB 2000 URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/latinx-heritage-celebration?utm_source= caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Want to Start a New Student Org? Info Session DTSTART:20260922T170000Z DTEND:20260922T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180352Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53325932722326 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in starting a new student organization on c ampus? Join us for this informational session to learn more about key requ irements for the application form! LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180352Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Meeting Room 205 & 206 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/want-to-start-a-new-student-org- info-session?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-g a X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Scotties Vote Coalition: Chat-Tea DTSTART:20260922T170000Z DTEND:20260922T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260821T122414Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53759518964997 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Chat-Tea with the Scotties Vote Coalition is an opportunity to talk about current events\, the upcoming election and ask any questions y ou may have about voter registration\, voting or democratic engagement. LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T122414Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL 200 The Gue Hudson Center URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/scotties-vote-coalition-chat-tea ?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE): Applicants and AI - How Gen Z's Rewriting the Recruiting Rulebook DTSTART:20260922T170000Z DTEND:20260922T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260912T183324Z UID:10036641-1790082000-1790085600@metroatlantaexchange.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) is h osting Applicants and AI: How Gen Z’s Rewriting the Recruiting Rulebook on Tuesday\, September 22nd\, from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM. \nNearly 60 percent  of students report using AI to prepare for interviews\, but few know whe ther that’s considered acceptable. The reality is that both candidates and employers are navigating the same uncertainty: everyone knows AI is h ere\, but no one is quite sure when or how it should be used. As generativ e AI tools like ChatGPT\, Claude\, and GitHub Copilot become embedded in e veryday learning and communication\, Gen Z is redefining what it means to prepare for and participate in recruiting. \nDrawing on Rewriting the Co de’s national dataset of more than 3\,500 students and early-career prof essionals\, this session will share original findings on how candidates ar e using AI\, and\, just as importantly\, where misalignment exists between student\, recruiter\, and institutional expectations. \nClick here to lea rn more and register. LAST-MODIFIED:20260912T183324Z URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/national-association-of-college s-and-employers-nace-applicants-and-ai-how-gen-zs-rewriting-the-recruiting -rulebook/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:MAX X-SOURCE-URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/georgia-chamber-of-com merce-future-of-energy-and-sustainability END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Run\, Hide\, Fight-Active Shooter Training DTSTART:20260922T170000Z DTEND:20260922T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53921254398943 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:An active shooter is defined as an armed individual who has us ed deadly force and continues to pose a threat by having access to additio nal victims. While active shooter incidents on college campuses are uncomm on\, past tragedies at Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University high light the importance of being prepared for emergencies.\n\nThis training p rogram\, developed for all 35 institutions within the University System of Georgia\, includes a 10-minute instructional video and a training scenari o. Its purpose is to equip faculty and staff with practical emergency resp onse options should they encounter an active shooter situation on campus o r within the community. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/run-hide-fight-active-shooter-training- 3179?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Allan Folk School DTSTART:20260922T170000Z DTEND:20260924T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T201431Z UID:10002953-1790082000-1790254800@episcopalatlanta.org CATEGORIES:arts,education DESCRIPTION:The Allan Folk School at Mikell offers both spring and fall se ssions. Working directly with skilled artisans\, you can learn a wide vari ety of arts and crafts such as copper enameling\, stained glass and woodtu rning. \nFor over 26 years\, Camp Mikell has hosted the Allan Folk School at our St. Joseph the Carpenter Craft Center. Activities at the Craft Cent er are a great way to add exciting new dimensions to your next retreat. Co nsider planning your next retreat around our wonderful facility! We are gl ad to arrange for art specific instructors for you. \nIn Fall 2026\, Allan Folk School will offer two sessions-an Intergenerational Session Septembe r 22-24\, 2026 and our Traditional Session on October 23-25\, 2026. \nClic k here to learn more and register online. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T201431Z LOCATION:Camp Mikell\, 237 Camp Mikell Court\, Toccoa\, Georgia\, 30577\, United States URL:https://episcopalatlanta.org/event/allan-folk-school-fall26/2026-09-22 /?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://episcopalatlanta.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:EXLAB Dunwoody - Engineering Soldering Demos DTSTART:20260922T170000Z DTEND:20260922T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T123414Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53989456612965 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Complete your ENGR 1603 Soldering Project at EXLAB Dunwoody!\n \nThis brief\, interactive workshop will give engineering students hands-o n experience with soldering\, designed specifically for Professors Rothsch ild and Kurup’s course projects. All materials provided.\n\nRequirements :\n\nMust take the soldering training and quiz on EXLAB’s iCollege page prior to arrival.Must be a GSU student\, faculty\, or staff member. \n\nPl ease note that there can be a maximum of eight attendees at this workshop based on order of arrival\, so please make an effort to arrive early. Work shop will begin on time and late attendees may not be accepted. Questions? Email exlab@gsu.edu or stop by in person for more information. LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T123414Z LOCATION:EXLAB Dunwoody URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/exlab-dunwoody-engineering-soldering-de mos-3387?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:MBA Virtual Office Hours with Antwyne Gilbert (MBA\, MBA/MHA\, MSH A) DTSTART:20260922T170000Z DTEND:20260922T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53736277926084 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Drop-in during this 60-minute group chat with a member of the MBA Recruitment Team to gain insight into the following Robinson graduate business programs\, receive answers to frequently asked questions and get admissions tips and insights to assist you in achieving your graduate educ ation goals. This session covers the following programs:\n\n- The Robinson MBA (Traditional and STEM)\n- Master of Science in Health Administration\ n- All Dual MBA Programs LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-mba-virtual-office-hours-8398?u tm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:National League of Cities (NLC): Mobility Matters 2.0 - Turning Tr ansit Insights into Real-World Solutions DTSTART:20260922T180000Z DTEND:20260922T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T063513Z UID:10036642-1790085600-1790089200@metroatlantaexchange.org CATEGORIES:civic DESCRIPTION:The National League of Cities (NLC) is hosting Mobility Matter s 2.0: Turning Transit Insights into Real-World Solutions on Tuesday\, Sep tember 22nd\, from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM. \nLocal leaders are facing growing challenges around workforce access\, housing affordability\, aging popul ations and transportation is central to all of them. Mobility Matters 2.0 brings together local government leaders\, transit providers\, employers\ , planners and community partners to explore practical solutions that im prove access and strengthen communities. \nHosted by NLC and Enterprise\, this event focuses on actionable strategies communities can implement now\ , including leveraging funding opportunities\, integrating mobility into l ocal planning\, building partnerships and improving coordination across sy stems. Attendees will hear real-world examples of how transportation impac ts workforce participation\, student success\, healthcare access\, and qua lity of life — while gaining new ideas\, partnerships and tools to creat e more connected and economically resilient communities. \nClick here to l earn more and register. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T063513Z URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/national-league-of-cities-nlc-m obility-matters-2-0-turning-transit-insights-into-real-world-solutions/?ut m_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:MAX X-SOURCE-URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/georgia-chamber-of-com merce-future-of-energy-and-sustainability END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Research Assignment Survival Guide (Honors) DTSTART:20260922T180000Z DTEND:20260922T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53980604250711 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Are you a Perimeter College Honors College student writing a r esearch paper this semester? Or completing a research project? In this wor kshop\, you will learn how to approach research assignments effectively\, which saves you time\, keeps you organized\, and reduces your stress.\n\nB y: Lauren Rich LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/research-assignment-survival-guide-hono rs?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Open Play: Basketball DTSTART:20260922T183000Z DTEND:20260923T004500Z DTSTAMP:20260918T060604Z UID:10014237-1790087400-1790109900@www.kennesaw-ga.gov CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Hours will vary depending on City scheduled programs and event s. All open play participants under the age of 15 must have a guardian pre sent. Please call the Kennesaw Recreation Center at 678-385-0165 to confir m daily schedules. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T060604Z LOCATION:Recreation Center\, 2737 Watts Drive\, Kennesaw\, GA\, 30144\, Un ited States URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/kennesaw-event/open-play-basketball-13/202 6-09-22/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of Kennesaw X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/farmers-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Virtual Chat with a Law Student DTSTART:20260922T190000Z DTEND:20260922T194500Z DTSTAMP:20260822T001814Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53762941039556 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual Q&A session with a law student. Learn ab out their experience and why they chose Georgia State Law for their legal education. Registration is required for this event. LAST-MODIFIED:20260822T001814Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-virtual-chat-with-a-law-student -3569?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fall 2026 Tabling Tuesdays - Part-Time Jobs Only DTSTART:20260922T190000Z DTEND:20260922T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260910T182306Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53939050113305 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Looking for a part-time job or internship while in school? Join us for Tabling Tuesdays and connect with employers hiring GSU stu dents for part-time jobs\, internships\, and seasonal opportunities. Stop by 25 Park Place between classes to learn about available positions\, meet recruiters\, and explore opportunities that fit your schedule. Locatio n: 25 Park Place\, 1 st Floor Time: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Dates: Septem ber 22\, September 29\, and October 27 Opportunities may include: Part-time jobs Part-time internships Seasonal positions Customer ser vice and retail roles Administrative support Hospitality and recreation Education and childcare Marketing and brand ambassador positions Other student-friendly employment opportunities Whether you're looking to earn income\, gain experience\, or build your professional network\, we encour age you to attend. LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T182306Z LOCATION:25 Park Place Northeast URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/fall-2026-tabling-tuesdays-part-time-jo bs-only?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PC Clarkston Navigating Your Path to a Perfect Major DTSTART:20260922T190000Z DTEND:20260922T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260910T182306Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53939099388619 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Not sure what you want to major in? You’re not alone. At Na vigating Your Path to a Perfect Major \, you’ll explore career assessmen t tools that help you discover your interests\, strengths\, and potential career paths. This interactive session is designed to give you a clearer d irection and help you start making decisions about your major and future c areer—without the pressure. LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T182306Z LOCATION:555 N Indian Creek Dr URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/pc-clarkston-navigating-your-path-to-a- perfect-major?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta- ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PC Decatur Navigating Your Path to a Perfect Major DTSTART:20260922T190000Z DTEND:20260922T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260910T182306Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53939103133419 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Not sure what you want to major in? You’re not alone. At Na vigating Your Path to a Perfect Major \, you’ll explore career assessmen t tools that help you discover your interests\, strengths\, and potential career paths. This interactive session is designed to give you a clearer d irection and help you start making decisions about your major and future c areer—without the pressure. LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T182306Z LOCATION:3251 Panthersville Road URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/pc-decatur-navigating-your-path-to-a-pe rfect-major?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Coco 3PM | 5PM | 7PM DTSTART:20260922T190000Z DTEND:20260923T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53511637092008 CATEGORIES:film DESCRIPTION:Movie showing of Coco held at Cinefest\, 2nd floor\, Student C enter West. All shows are general seating. The movie theater lobby opens 1 0 minutes prior to the scheduled screening. Seating is first-come\, first- served.\n\n\n\n \n\n\nHosted by: POUNCE Rewards Program\, Spotlight Progra ms Board\n\nAdditional Information can be found at: https://pin.gsu.edu/ev ent/12514651 LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:Cinefest URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/coco-3pm-5pm-7pm?utm_source=caldiscover y&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Physics & Astronomy Colloquioum Series DTSTART:20260922T190000Z DTEND:20260922T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T184536Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53991602485139 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Epigraphene: from 2-dimensional semiconductor to ballistic tra nsport\n\nProf. Claire Berger\n\nGeorgia Tech-CNRS International Research Laboratory (France) & Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)\n\nTuesday\, S eptember 22\, 2026\, at 3:00 PM | 25PP 223\n\nHosts: Prof. Misty Bentz and Dr. Abhay Nayak LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T184536Z LOCATION:25 Park Place Building (SunTrust Tower)\, 223 URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/physics-astronomy-colloquioum-series?ut m_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:E-collage-y Party DTSTART:20260922T200000Z DTEND:20260922T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T182536Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53874558751142 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Kick off the fall season with ASC SEEDS at our nature-themed c ollaging event hosted at the CISAW! Materials will be provided. LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T182536Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL Maker Space URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/e-collage-y-party?utm_source=cal discovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Taco Tuesday with Pico's DTSTART:20260922T200000Z DTEND:20260923T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T195050Z UID:10000068-1790092800-1790110800@stillfirebrewing.com CATEGORIES:food DESCRIPTION:Your Tuesday just got a whole lot Tastier – Pico’s is serv ing up bold street food flavors today! \nSink your teeth into their signat ure bacon-wrapped dogs\, the fan-favorite Pico Dog loaded with grilled oni ons and jalapeños\, or grab a few carne asada tacos piled high with fresh cilantro and lime. \nPico’s is here with the kind of flavors that make any month worth celebrating. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T195050Z URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com/event/picos-hot-dogs-tacos/2026-09-22/?ut m_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:StillFire Brewing X-SOURCE-URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Weekly -Tues Cruise In at The Varsity-Dawsonville\, 73 Bethel Dr DTSTART:20260922T203000Z DTEND:20260922T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260830T001557Z UID:14036-1790094600-1790105400@shiftatlanta.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:WOOOO HOOO … it’s time for the Weekly Tues Evening Cruise In at The Varsity – Dawsonville 73 Bethel Dr Dawsonville ga( across Ga 4 00 from Outlet Mall.)See ya there🍔🌭🥗🍟🥤🕶️😁🇺🇸(N ote— not my Event .. just adding as FYI .. Enjoy! ) \nhttps://www.facebo ok.com/events/1236989821419390/?event_time_id=1236989914752714 LAST-MODIFIED:20260830T001557Z LOCATION:The Varsity @ Dawsonville 73 Bethel Dr Dawsonville Ga URL:https://shiftatlanta.org/atlanta-car-event/weekly-tues-cruise-in-at-th e-varsity-dawsonville-73-bethel-dr-22/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium= ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:ShiftAtlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://shiftatlanta.org/atlanta-car-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mortar Board Meeting DTSTART:20260922T203000Z DTEND:20260922T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260902T122454Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53865720398058 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Mortar Board Meeting LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T122454Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Meeting Room 205 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/mortar_board_meeting?utm_source= caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Classroom Presentation-Professional Branding Health Policy and Beh avioral Sciences DTSTART:20260922T204500Z DTEND:20260922T214500Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53939101291227 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Health Policy and Behavioral Sciences Petit Science Center 1 71 Professional Branding LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/classroom-presentation-professional-bra nding-health-policy-and-behavioral-sciences?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_me dium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Getting Started with Biology Research DTSTART:20260922T210000Z DTEND:20260922T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260814T122154Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53697449694340 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Attend this online workshop if you need assistance navigating library research databases pertaining to biology\, and other databases reg arding the life sciences such as microbiology and public health.\n\nBy: Al vin Blount LAST-MODIFIED:20260814T122154Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/getting-started-with-biology-research?u tm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Family Dinner DTSTART:20260922T210000Z DTEND:20260922T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260826T005501Z UID:10001510-1790096400-1790103600@shepherd.org CATEGORIES:community,food DESCRIPTION:Share a warm\, home-cooked meal with your loved ones at Family Dinner. This event brings patients and families together for a comforting and communal dining experience that feels like home.Family dinners are of fered weekly on Tuesdays\, beginning at 5 p.m.This event is for current in patients and their families/caregivers only. LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T005501Z LOCATION:Shepherd Center\, 2020 Peachtree Road NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://shepherd.org/event/family-dinner-2/2026-09-22/?utm_source=cald iscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Shepherd Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://shepherd.org/treatment/services-clinics/recreation-th erapy/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fulton County Library System: Helping Hands - Free Academic Peer H elp for K-12 Students DTSTART:20260922T210000Z DTEND:20260922T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T063513Z UID:10036776-1790096400-1790103600@metroatlantaexchange.org CATEGORIES:education,free DESCRIPTION:The Fulton County Library System hosts Helping Hands: FREE Aca demic Peer Help for K-12 Students on Tuesdays\, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM\, at the Sandy Springs Branch. \nEvery Tuesday\, a dedicated group of teen i nstructors is available to provide students grades K-12 with a free\, 30-m inute\, in person learning session. \nClick here to learn more and registe r. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T063513Z LOCATION:Sandy Springs Library\, 395 Mount Vernon Highway\, NE\, Sandy Spr ings\, GA\, 30328\, United States URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/fulton-county-library-system-he lping-hands-free-academic-peer-help-for-k-12-students/2026-09-22/?utm_sour ce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:MAX X-SOURCE-URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/georgia-chamber-of-com merce-future-of-energy-and-sustainability END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Royalette Practice DTSTART:20260922T220000Z DTEND:20260923T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260820T002325Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53689367515669 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Radiant Royalette's Practice LAST-MODIFIED:20260820T002325Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Student Involvement Room 313 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/royalette-practice?utm_source=ca ldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Yoga in the Park DTSTART:20260922T220000Z DTEND:20260922T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260902T000354Z UID:26669-1790100000-1790103600@piedmontpark.org CATEGORIES:wellness DESCRIPTION:Join the Conservancy as we partner with Dancing Dogs Yoga + lu lulemon to create an unforgettable free outdoor yoga experience. Breathe i n the fresh air and connect with the vibrant energy of Atlanta. Whether yo u’re a seasoned yogi or stepping onto the mat for the first time\, this event welcomes all levels of experience. Grab your mat\, hydrate with your favorite water bottle\, and bring along a friend to share in the magic of this rejuvenating practice. LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T000354Z LOCATION:Promenade URL:https://piedmontpark.org/event/yoga-in-the-park-9/?utm_source=caldisco very&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Piedmont Park Conservancy\, Inc. X-SOURCE-URL:https://piedmontpark.org/green-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Salsa Night with ALPFA DTSTART:20260922T220000Z DTEND:20260922T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T182536Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53874559086043 CATEGORIES:dance DESCRIPTION:ALPFA is back and we're starting the semester the right way\, on the dance floor. Join us for Salsa with ALPFA\, our official Fall Kicko ff and a celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.\n\nWhether you've been sa lsa dancing your whole life or you've never taken a single step\, come rea dy to learn\, laugh\, and connect with the ALPFA community. This is where new members meet the board\, returning members reconnect\, and everyone ge ts a feel for what the semester ahead looks like.\n\nExpect good music\, g ood company\, and a night that captures exactly why ALPFA exists: building community through culture.\n\nNo dance experience needed. Just bring your self and your energy. LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T182536Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Luchsinger Lounge URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/salsa-night-with-alpfa?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Scotties For Change General Body Meetings DTSTART:20260922T220000Z DTEND:20260922T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T182536Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53874561697474 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Come stop by to learn about our upcoming events and build comm unity! LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T182536Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Meeting Room 205 & 206 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/scotties-for-change-general-body -meetings?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dance & Heritage: Telling Stories Through Movement DTSTART:20260922T220000Z DTEND:20260923T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T193101Z UID:10041534-1790100000-1790109000@www.globalatlanta.com CATEGORIES:dance DESCRIPTION:Atlanta is now recognized as one of the world’s capitals of hip-hop. Yet the history of this culture is part of a much broader continu um of Afro-diasporic dances that have crossed the Atlantic for centuries. \nThrough a conversation between French Jazz dance and movement educator D orothée Rechenberg (Intermission Atlanta) and Atlanta-based hip-hop histo rian and dancer Nicholas Sapp and drummer Blanche LaFuente\, resident arti st with Villa Albertine – French Institute for Culture and Education\, t his program explores how bodies tell history\, create social connections\, and contribute to individual and collective well-being. \nThe event will combine historical storytelling\, dance demonstrations\, musical improvisa tion\, and an interactive movement experience for participants. \nDownload flyer here. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T193101Z LOCATION:The Supermarket\, 638 North Highland Avenue Northeast\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30306\, United States URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/event/dance-heritage-telling-stories-thr ough-movement/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta -ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Global Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/events/category/culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SOLD OUT: Well-Seasoned Chef Dinner: Woody Back DTSTART:20260922T223000Z DTEND:20260923T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260911T070520Z UID:10011624-1790101800-1790109000@atlantabg.org CATEGORIES:food DESCRIPTION:Join Chef Woody Back of Table & Main for an intimate and relax ing culinary experience in the Outdoor Kitchen. \nSchedule: Select Tuesda ys\, April – October\, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.\nFee: $150 per dinner\; $840 for six dinners\nRegistration: Call 404-876-5859 ext. 2559 \nJoin the wai tlist \nSee the Full Schedule \n\nAbout Chef Woody Back \n \nChef Woolery “Woody” Back’s upbringing in Louisville\, KY grounded his culinary s tyle in the foodways and traditions of the South.  He pursued a classic c ulinary arts education at Johnson & Wales\, graduating to work as a Sous C hef at restaurants in Virginia Beach. He truly fell in love with Southern cuisine while Chef de Cuisine at Coastal Grill. Following his passion\, he moved South to join the kitchens of James Beard Award winning Chefs Tom C olicchio at Craft as Sous Chef and later Linton Hopkins as Executive Sous Chef at Restaurant Eugene. Chef Woody joined Table & Main as Executive Sou s Chef in 2015\, taking the Executive Chef role in 2015. Woody uses his fr iendships with farmers and keen interest in responsible sourcing to suppor t our “simple\, seasonal\, Southern” menu. He is deeply involved in le adership of the Roswell Farmers and Artisans Market. He’s also passionat e about the mission behind Atlanta’s Giving Kitchen\, which provides eme rgency assistance to foodservice workers in need. Woody lives in Sandy Spr ings with his wife\, Amanda\, and two cats Gemini and Galazie. When not in the kitchen\, you can probably find Woody outside running crazy long dist ances as an ultra-marathoner. LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T070520Z LOCATION:Atlanta Botanical Garden\, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/well-seasoned-chef-dinner-woody-back/?u tm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Botanical Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/category/atlanta END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Vision Board n Mingle DTSTART:20260922T223000Z DTEND:20260923T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260911T183443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53874558263645 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Welcome back meeting for the NAACP and New Scotties. Setting g oals for the school year. LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T183443Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Hub URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/vision-board-n-mingle?utm_source =caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Ward A Community Meeting DTSTART:20260922T223000Z DTEND:20260923T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T011251Z UID:46894-1790101800-1790109000@eastpointga.gov CATEGORIES:community LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T011251Z LOCATION:City Hall\, 2757 East Point Street\, East Point\, GA\, 30344\, Un ited States URL:https://eastpointga.gov/event/ward-a-community-meeting/?utm_source=cal discovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of East Point\, Georgia X-SOURCE-URL:https://eastpointga.gov END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Roxette 40th Anniversary Tour 2026 DTSTART:20260922T223000Z DTEND:20260923T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T204448Z UID:20115-1790101800-1790101800@atlantaconcertreviews.com CATEGORIES:music LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T204448Z LOCATION:Ameris Bank Amphitheatre\, 2200 Encore Parkway\, Alpharetta\, GA\ , 30009 URL:https://atlantaconcertreviews.com/event/roxette-40th-anniversary-tour- 2026/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Concert Reviews X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantaconcertreviews.com/concert-calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PUBLIC NOTICE: Community Zoning Information (via ZOOM) Meeting DTSTART:20260922T223000Z DTEND:20260923T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T005923Z UID:46946-1790101800-1790101800@eastpointga.gov CATEGORIES:civic DESCRIPTION:Loading...\n \n \n \n \n \n Taki ng too long?\n \n \n Reload document \n |\n \n Open in new tab \n \n \n \n Download [151 .47 KB] LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T005923Z URL:https://eastpointga.gov/event/public-notice-community-zoning-informati on-via-zoom-meeting/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=a tlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of East Point\, Georgia X-SOURCE-URL:https://eastpointga.gov END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Agnes Scott College Women's Volleyball vs LaGrange College DTSTART:20260922T230000Z DTEND:20260923T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260813T122414Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53573788695681 CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Agnes Scott College Women's Volleyball vs LaGrange College\nSt reaming Video: https://team1sports.com/agnesscott/ LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T122414Z LOCATION:Decatur\, GA\, Woodruff Gymnasium URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/agnes-scott-college-womens-volle yball-vs-lagrange-college-4345?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_ campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Special Screening: (re)Defining History - Divided by Design DTSTART:20260922T230000Z DTEND:20260923T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260912T002530Z UID:985502-1790103600-1790109000@www.wabe.org CATEGORIES:film DESCRIPTION:Join WABE\, the Atlanta History Center\, and the City of Atlan ta for a special screening of WABE’s Racial Zoning: Divided By Design\, followed by a community conversation with Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens expl oring how racial zoning shaped Atlanta and what comes next. \nThe event ki cks off a citywide (re)Defining History screening series taking place acro ss Atlanta this fall. \nDoors open at 6:30 p.m. \nClick here to RSVP! \nRS VP required! LAST-MODIFIED:20260912T002530Z LOCATION:Auburn Avenue Research Library\, 101 Auburn Avenue Northeast\, At lanta\, GA\, 30303\, United States URL:https://www.wabe.org/events/special-screening-redefining-history-divid ed-by-design/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta- ga X-SOURCE-NAME:WABE X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.wabe.org/from-public-transit-to-micromobility-a-l ook-at-atlantas-transit-landscape END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Yeat at Coca-Cola Roxy DTSTART:20260922T230000Z DTEND:20260923T033000Z DTSTAMP:20260912T180326Z UID:10005122-1790103600-1790119800@batteryatl.com CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Yeat is coming to the Coca-Cola Roxy on Tuesday\, September 22 nd! \n🎟️ Get your tickets Here! \n❓ Make sure to check the Roxy’ s Know Before You Go page before visiting for the latest venue info\, po licy\, and protocol. \n🚗 Please be advised that road closures will go i nto effect prior to large events. \n⚠️ Event day parking information c an be found Here. LAST-MODIFIED:20260912T180326Z LOCATION:The Coca Cola Roxy\, 800 Battery Avenue Southeast #500\, Atlanta\ , GA\, 30339\, United States URL:https://batteryatl.com/event/yeat-at-coca-cola-roxy/?utm_source=caldis covery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:BatteryATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://batteryatl.com/events-calendar/tag/live-music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Getting Started with Biology Research DTSTART:20260922T230000Z DTEND:20260923T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53697449706638 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Attend this online workshop if you need assistance navigating library research databases pertaining to biology\, and other databases reg arding the life sciences such as microbiology and public health.\n\nBy: Al vin Blount LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/getting-started-with-biology-research-4 325?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Blackfriars Student Theatre Rehearsals DTSTART:20260922T230000Z DTEND:20260923T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T123428Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53821450102703 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:Rehearsals for the student led show for the semester. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T123428Z LOCATION:Dana Fine Arts Building\, Dana 101 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/blackfriars-student-theatre-rehe arsals?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Small Group for all Young Adults DTSTART:20260922T230000Z DTEND:20260923T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T210112Z UID:10011205-1790103600-1790109000@napc.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Small Group for all Young Adults – Tuesdays 7pm 3rd Floor L ibrary LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T210112Z LOCATION:GA URL:https://napc.org/event/small-group-for-all-young-adults/2026-09-22/?ut m_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:North Avenue Presbyterian X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.napc.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Atlanta Braves vs Cincinnati Reds DTSTART:20260922T231500Z DTEND:20260923T021500Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000335Z UID:10004904-1790104500-1790115300@batteryatl.com CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Join us as the Atlanta Braves face off against the Cincinnati Reds at Truist Park! \nDates & Times for this series are as follows* \nTue sday\, September 22nd: First Pitch – 7:15 pm (Austin Riley Short Sleeve Hoodie Giveaway) \nWednesday\, September 23rd: First Pitch – 7:15 pm \nT hursday\, September 24th: First Pitch – 7:15 pm (Ronald Acuna Jr. Basket ball Jersey Giveaway) \n* Date & Time subject to change \nPlease be advise d that road closures will go into effect prior to large events. \nPurchase your single game tickets here! LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000335Z LOCATION:Truist Park\, 755 Battery Avenue Southeast\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30339 \, United States URL:https://batteryatl.com/event/atlanta-braves-vs-cincinnati-reds/2026-09 -22/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:BatteryATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://batteryatl.com/events-calendar/tag/live-music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Rufus Wainwright DTSTART:20260923T000000Z DTEND:20260923T033000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T170243Z UID:69b31ac3627c7906e16ab1a8 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Praised by the New York Times for his “genuine originality\, ” Rufus Wainwright has established himself as one of the great male voca lists\, songwriters\, and composers of his generation. The New York-born\, Montreal-raised singer-songwriter has released ten studio albums to date\ , three DVDs\, and three live albums including the GRAMMY® nominated Rufu s Does Judy at Carnegie Hall. He has collaborated with artists such as Elt on John\, Burt Bacharach\, Miley Cyrus\, David Byrne\, Boy George\, Joni M itchell\, Pet Shop Boys\, Heart\, Carly Rae Jepsen\, Robbie Williams\, Jes sye Norman\, Billy Joel\, Paul Simon\, Sting\, and producer Mark Ronson\, among many others. He has written two operas and numerous songs for movies and TV. \nTicket URL: https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/rufus-wainwrig ht-qdt13c LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170243Z LOCATION:City Winery Atlanta\, 650 North Ave NE\, Atlanta\, 30308\, US URL:https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/rufus-wainwright-qdt13c?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City Winery Events X-SOURCE-URL:https://citywinery.com/atlanta/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Science and Cyberinfrastructure for Discovery (SCD) Conference DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260923 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260924 DTSTAMP:20260911T002156Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53664478938680 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Get an up-close look at the field of scientific computing and discover the latest innovations in research at the Science and Cyberinfras tructure for Discovery (SCD) conference\, hosted by Georgia State Universi ty's Advanced Research Computing Technology and Innovation Core (ARCTIC) a nd Kennesaw State University’s Center for Research Computing. The confer ence provides researchers a venue to present research\, brainstorm new ide as with colleagues\, learn how to approach today’s multidisciplinary com putational challenges and take advantage of state-of-the-art tools and tec hnologies.\n\nParticipate in the SCD conference to:\n\n• Share your work with the university community.\n\n• Get feedback from experts in differ ent disciplines.\n\n• Build new connections.\n\n• Learn new methods an d techniques you can apply in your research.\n\nLunch will be provided. Vi ew the conference agenda here. LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T002156Z LOCATION:Centennial Hall\, Auditorium and Room 120 URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/science-and-cyberinfrastructure-for-dis covery-scd-conference?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign= atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Line Dance Lesson: "Fool 4 You" (Improver Level) DTSTART:20260923T000000Z DTEND:20260923T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260831T123944Z UID:11kqkmjqbhubl1dbjipe8u8k9f@google.com CATEGORIES:dance DESCRIPTION:Line Dance Lesson: "Fool 4 You" (Improver Level) w/Lexi LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T123944Z LOCATION:Atlanta Eagle\, 1492 Piedmont Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA 30309\, USA X-SOURCE-NAME:danceoutatl@gmail.com X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.danceoutatlanta.com/lesson-schedule END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Open Mic Night - Tuesday September 22 at 8:00PM DTSTART:20260923T000000Z DTEND:20260923T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T060913Z UID:10001784-1790107200-1790112600@laughingskulllounge.com CATEGORIES:music LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T060913Z LOCATION:Laughing Skull Lounge\, 878 Peachtree Street\, Atlanta\, GA\, 303 09\, United States URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com/event/open-mic-night-tuesday-september -22-2026-at-800pm/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atl anta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Laughing Skull Lounge X-SOURCE-URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:College of Law Fall 2026 - Spring 2027 Clinic & Externship Applic ation Period DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260923 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260924 DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52922638419178 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Spring 2027 Clinic & Externship Application Period\n\nSeptembe r 16-30 2025\n\nThe application for Spring enrollment for all clinics and externships opens on Wednesday\, September 16th and closes on Wednesday\, September 30th at 11:59 p.m. To apply\, visit the Clinical Programs page o r the Externships page. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-college-of-law-fall-2025-spring -2026-clinic-externship-application-period?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_med ium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Withdrawal Period - Full Semester DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260923 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260924 DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52328748786617 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Withdrawal Period begins via PAWS at 8 a.m.\n\nWithdrawn c lasses appear on the official transcript with the grade of W or WF.\n\nFor detailed information on withdrawals\, refer to the "Revision of Class Sch edule" section of the University Catalog. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-classes-begin-mmii?utm_source=c aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Withdrawal Period - MMII DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260923 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260924 DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52328767052172 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Withdrawal Period begins via PAWS at 8 a.m.\n\nWithdrawn c lasses appear on the official transcript with the grade of W or WF.\n\nFor detailed information on withdrawals\, refer to the "Revision of Class Sch edule" section of the University Catalog. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-withdrawal-period-mmi?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Conexión Divina – Grupo de Estudio y Oración / Divine Connecti on – Prayer and Study Group DTSTART:20260923T000000Z DTEND:20260923T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T203106Z UID:10005837-1790107200-1790110800@unityatl.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Conexión Divina – Grupo de Estudio y Oración\n \nÚnete a nosotros para explorar un espacio de renovación y crecimiento espiritual a través de lectura y discusión de libros interesantes durante las reuni ones que tenemos los martes de 8 a 9pm EDT con la Revda. Xiomara. \nLibro “El poder de la Intención”\, por el Dr. Wayne Dyer” \nLa intención no es solo un deseo personal\, sino una fuerza universal de energía con la que puedes conectar para transformar tu vida. El Dr. Dyer profundiza en el tema describiendo las siete caras de la intención: creatividad\, bond ad\, amor\, belleza\, expansión\, abundancia ilimitada y receptividad. \n Sept. 1\, 8\, 15\, 22 y 29\; oct. 6\, 13\, 20 y 27\; nov. 3\, 10\, 17 y 24 \, y dic. 1 y 8. De vacaciones del 12 diciembre al 5 de enero 2027. \nPara recibir enlace Zoom por favor solicítelo vía email a xioma735@gmail.com \nDivine Connection – Prayer and Study Group\nJoin us to explore a spac e for spiritual renewal and growth through reading and discussion of inter esting books during our meetings with Rev. Xiomara\, every Tuesday from 8: 00 to 9:00 PM EDT. \nBook “The Power of Intention” by Dr. Wayne Dyer \ nIntention is not just a personal desire\, but a universal energy force th at you can connect with to transform your life. Dr. Dyer elaborates with a description of the seven faces of intention: creativity\, kindness\, love \, beauty\, expansion\, unlimited abundance\, and receptivity. \n Sept  1\, 8\, 15\, 22 and 29\; Oct. 6\, 13\, 20 and 27\; Nov. 3\, 10\, 17 and 24 \, and Dec. 1\, 8. On vacation from December 12 to January 5\, 2027. \nTo receive a Zoom link\, please request it via email to xioma735@gmail.com LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T203106Z LOCATION:Unity Atlanta Church\, 3597 Parkway Lane\, Peachtree Corners\, 30 092\, United States URL:https://unityatl.org/events/conexion-divina-grupo-de-estudio-y-oracion -divine-connection-prayer-and-study-group-5/2026-09-22/?utm_source=caldisc overy&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Unity Atlanta Church X-SOURCE-URL:https://unityatl.org/events/congregational-care-team-training END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Country Night DTSTART:20260923T010000Z DTEND:20260923T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T170249Z UID:15ngi6uoganbfq5hmtnm7bmt8p@google.com CATEGORIES:dance,free DESCRIPTION:Country Night: Open Dancing w/DJ Dice. 8pm - 12am. 21+ Only. N o Cover! LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170249Z LOCATION:Atlanta Eagle\, 1492 Piedmont Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA 30309\, USA X-SOURCE-NAME:danceoutatl@gmail.com X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.danceoutatlanta.com/lesson-schedule END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Karaoke Hot Hits Sing- Along at Park Bench DTSTART:20260923T010000Z DTEND:20260923T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T002131Z UID:10005583-1790110800-1790110800@batteryatl.com CATEGORIES:drink,music DESCRIPTION:Ready to relax and have some fun? Join Park Bench\, where you can sit down and enjoy a great drink and fun mix of pop and country hit so ngs. Get ready to lose yourself in the music and have an unforgettable tim e in a relaxed atmosphere! \nDoors Open: 4:00 pm \nKaraoke Sing-along:  9 :15 pm or following the Braves game \n\nClick here for more information! LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T002131Z LOCATION:Park Bench\, 900 Battery Ave\, Ste 1060\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30339 URL:https://batteryatl.com/event/karaoke-hot-hits-sing-along-at-park-bench -2/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:BatteryATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://batteryatl.com/events-calendar/tag/live-music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Panthers Commitment to Consent 2026-2027 Academic Year DTSTART:20260923T040000Z DTEND:20260924T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53547031975215 CATEGORIES:wellness DESCRIPTION:Take the Georgia State Commitment to Consent and help create a culture of respect\, communication\, and positive sexual wellness across our Panther community. \nConsent is enthusiastic\, communicated\, specific \, informed\, and reversible. It means making sure everyone is able and wi lling to participate\, communicating clearly\, respecting boundaries\, and understanding that anyone can change their mind at any time. \nHow it wor ks (less than 2 minutes!): \n\nRSVP to this event during the 2026–2027 a cademic year. \nShare your name and affirm your commitment to practicing t he Student Wellness Five Components of Consent in your sexual and intimate interactions. \nComplete the virtual commitment to demonstrate your suppo rt for a culture where consent\, communication\, and respect are valued. \ n\nYour attendance will be recorded in PIN\, making you eligible to earn P ounce Rewards and contribute toward your Health & Wellness Advocate proces s. \nTake a moment to make the commitment. Your participation helps promot e respect\, healthy communication\, safety\, and positive sexual wellness at Georgia State University. 🐾 \nLearn more about consent by registerin g for the Your Sexual Wellness Matters iCollege Course\n \n\nHosted by: B e Well Panthers Health & Wellness\n\nAdditional Information can be found a t: https://pin.gsu.edu/event/12526520 LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/yes-to-consent-panthers-pledge-2026-202 7-academic-year?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlant a-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Pickleball DTSTART:20260923T100000Z DTEND:20260923T120000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T063345Z UID:10003594-1790157600-1790164800@friendshipatl.org CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:"If my people\, which are called by my name\, shall humble the mselves\, and pray\, and seek my face\, and turn from their wicked ways\; then will I hear from heaven\, and will forgive their sin\, and will heal their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14 \n \n As we step into a new s eason\, we’re reminded of the beauty of walking together through every m oment. We’re reflecting on what it means to bring our pain to God throu gh prayer\, celebrate His faithfulness\, and remain expectant for what He has ahead. From learning to lament in the midst of hardship\, staying stea dfast in the wilderness\, to celebrating God’s faithfulness\, there is s o much to be grateful for. \n \n We invite you to stay connected\, lean in\, and join us for all that’s happening in the weeks ahead! LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T063345Z LOCATION:DEB Family Life Center\, Atlanta\, GA\, United States URL:https://friendshipatl.org/event/pickleball-2/2026-09-23/?utm_source=ca ldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Friendship Community Church X-SOURCE-URL:https://friendshipatl.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Open Play: Basketball DTSTART:20260923T110000Z DTEND:20260923T124500Z DTSTAMP:20260918T060604Z UID:10014213-1790146800-1790153100@www.kennesaw-ga.gov CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Hours will vary depending on City scheduled programs and event s. All open play participants under the age of 15 must have a guardian pre sent. Please call the Kennesaw Recreation Center at 678-385-0165 to confir m daily schedules. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T060604Z LOCATION:Recreation Center\, 2737 Watts Drive\, Kennesaw\, GA\, 30144\, Un ited States URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/kennesaw-event/open-play-basketball-11/202 6-09-23/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of Kennesaw X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/farmers-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Paint Chip Poetry Contest DTSTART:20260923T120000Z DTEND:20260924T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260908T123434Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53883418956712 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:"In celebration of Latine Heritage Month\, Latinas UNIDES and McCain Library are partnering to host a paint chip poetry contest. To part icipate\, pick up a paint chip from the Check Out Desk in McCain Library. Write your poem on the paint chip\, and then place it in the submission bo x. All entries will be reviewed by Latinas UNIDES. A prize will be given t o the winner\, and all entries will be displayed in McCain Library. LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T123434Z LOCATION:McCain Library\, Main Reading Room (1st Floor Lobby) URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/paint-chip-poetry-contest?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:National Association of Counties (NACo): 2026 Energy Symposium DTSTART:20260923T120000Z DTEND:20260925T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T063513Z UID:10036644-1790150400-1790355600@metroatlantaexchange.org CATEGORIES:civic DESCRIPTION:The National Association of Counties (NACo) is hosting its 202 6 Energy Symposium starting Wednesday\, September 23rd through Friday\, Se ptember 25th\, in Potter County\, TX. \nThis two-day event will offer coun ty officials a unique opportunity to engage with the most pressing energy issues shaping rural America today. Attendees will hear from experts\, exc hange ideas with peers and gain practical insights into the policies\, pro jects and partnerships driving rural energy development. From grid reliabi lity and energy infrastructure to economic development\, land use\, innova tion and community impacts\, this symposium will equip county officials wi th the insights\, partnerships and strategies needed to lead in a rapidly changing energy landscape. \nClick here to learn more and register. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T063513Z URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/national-association-of-countie s-naco-2026-energy-symposium/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_c ampaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:MAX X-SOURCE-URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/georgia-chamber-of-com merce-future-of-energy-and-sustainability END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Wellness Walk-In: Daily Encounters & Engagement DTSTART:20260923T121500Z DTEND:20260923T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53821329735385 CATEGORIES:wellness DESCRIPTION:Every day\, students visit the Student Wellness Suite for a va riety of reasons—from picking up wellness supplies and participating in self-guided activities to asking questions\, connecting with a health educ ator\, or learning about campus health and wellness resources and services .\nEach visit is a Wellness Walk-In Encounter and may include one or more Wellness Engagements\, such as accessing resources or supplies\, participa ting in a health education or creative wellness activity\, having a wellne ss conversation\, or receiving information or a referral.\nTogether\, thes e encounters and engagements help create a welcoming space where students can connect with wellness resources as part of their everyday campus exper ience.\n\nHosted by: Be Well Panthers Health & Wellness\n\nAdditional Info rmation can be found at: https://pin.gsu.edu/event/12645383 LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:Student Wellness Suite\, 484 Student Center West URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/wellness-walk-in-daily-encounters-engag ement-9727?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Multiple Sclerosis Symposium: Knowledge for Every Journey DTSTART:20260923T130000Z DTEND:20260923T183000Z DTSTAMP:20260911T013043Z UID:10002987-1790154000-1790173800@shepherd.org CATEGORIES:community,education DESCRIPTION:Join us for an educational symposium for individuals living wi th Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and their care partners in the Callaway Auditor ium on the 7th floor. This community event will feature MS specialists who will share information on current topics in MS care\, treatment\, and res earch. Attendees will learn more about the prevalence of MS\, advances in care\, and the direction of future research\, and will have the opportunit y to ask questions and engage in meaningful discussion.Whether you are new ly diagnosed\, have been living with MS for years\, or support a loved one with MS\, this symposium is designed to empower you with information\, re sources\, and a deeper understanding of the evolving landscape of MS care. Open to Shepherd Center patients\, non-patients\, care partners\, and the entire MS community.This symposium is free\, and breakfast and lunch will be provided. Multiple Sclerosis Symposium Agenda9:00 AM : Registration\, Breakfast & Exhibits10:00 – 10:15 AM: Welcome & Overview with Rebecca Du guid\, PT\, DPT Program Manager\, Andrew C. Carlos MS Institute10:15 – 1 1:00 AM: Prevalence of MS Across Communities & Cultures with Jacqueline F. Rosenthal\, MD Neurologist & Medical Director\, Andrew C. Carlos MS Insti tute11:00 – 11:45 AM: Understanding Your Options: Current MS Treatments with Cole Crowson\, MD Neurologist\, Andrew C. Carlos MS Institute11:45 AM – 1:00 PM: Lunch (Provided) & Panel Discussion1:00 – 1:45 PM: Advanci ng MS Rehabilitation: Research & Future Directions with Brad Willingham\, PhDDirector of MS Research\, Andrew C. Carlos MS Institute1:45 – 2:30 PM : The Pipeline: Promising MS Research on the Horizon with Meena Kannan\, M DNeurologist\, Andrew C. Carlos MS Institute2:30 PM: Closing Remarks & Exh ibits \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous slide\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Next slide\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n Register for Multiple Sclerosis Symposium LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T013043Z LOCATION:Shepherd Center\, 2020 Peachtree Road NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://shepherd.org/event/multiple-sclerosis-symposium-knowledge-for- every-journey/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta -ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Shepherd Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://shepherd.org/treatment/services-clinics/recreation-th erapy/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Volunteer Project DTSTART:20260923T130000Z DTEND:20260923T150000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T210208Z UID:10001339-1790154000-1790161200@www.woodlandsgarden.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to come volunteer. More details about how to register here: https://www.woodlandsgarden.org/come-volunteer/ LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T210208Z URL:https://www.woodlandsgarden.org/event/volunteer-project-35-2/2026-09-2 3/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Woodlands Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.woodlandsgarden.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Goodwill of North Georgia: NorthStar Testing Session DTSTART:20260923T130000Z DTEND:20260923T140000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T063631Z UID:10035302-1790154000-1790157600@metroatlantaexchange.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Goodwill of North Georgia is hosting a NorthStar Testing Sessi on every Wednesday\, from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM\, at the Woodstock Career Ce nter. \nFor more information\, call 770-874-0901. \nClick here to learn mo re and register. LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T063631Z LOCATION:Goodwill of North Georgia – Woodstock Career Center\, 9425 High way 92\, Woodstock\, GA\, 30188\, United States URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/goodwill-of-north-georgia-north star-testing-session/2026-09-23/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&ut m_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:MAX X-SOURCE-URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/georgia-chamber-of-com merce-future-of-energy-and-sustainability END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fall Break Garden Adventures DTSTART:20260923T130000Z DTEND:20260923T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T060604Z UID:10013488-1790154000-1790172000@www.kennesaw-ga.gov CATEGORIES:civic,free DESCRIPTION:Looking for fun for the whole family during fall break? Enjoy drop-in programs and crafts throughout the week\, Sept 22-25\n \nDrop-in activities are free with general admission. Children’s general admission is free in September. Use coupon code – kids2026 at https://ticketscand y.com/e/general-admission-1884\n \nSept 22: Vegetable Garden – Interact ive story time in the Living Laboratory at 10 AM or 1 PM\nSept 23: Garden Habitat – Family garden habitat walk at 11:30 AM or 1 PM. Discover who c alls the Gardens home.\nSept 24: Garden Animal – Interactive story time in the Little Theater in the Woods at 10 AM or 1 PM\nSept 25: Garden Art – Family art walk at 10 AM or 1 PM. Explore sculptures in the Garden. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T060604Z LOCATION:Smith-Gilbert Gardens\, 2382 Pine Mountain Road\, Kennesaw\, GA\, 30152\, United States URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/kennesaw-event/fall-break-garden-adventure s/2026-09-23/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta- ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of Kennesaw X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/farmers-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Open Play: Pickleball DTSTART:20260923T130000Z DTEND:20260924T004500Z DTSTAMP:20260918T060604Z UID:10014265-1790154000-1790196300@www.kennesaw-ga.gov CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Hours will vary depending on City scheduled programs and event s. All open play participants under the age of 15 must have a guardian pre sent. Please call the Kennesaw Recreation Center at 678-385-0165 to confir m daily schedules. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T060604Z LOCATION:Recreation Center\, 2737 Watts Drive\, Kennesaw\, GA\, 30144\, Un ited States URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/kennesaw-event/open-play-pickleball-8/2026 -09-23/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of Kennesaw X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/farmers-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Introduction to Biosafety DTSTART:20260923T140000Z DTEND:20260923T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T170246Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_51001444011588 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Safety procedures for working in a research laboratory involvi ng recombinant DNA and/or synthetic nucleic acids including NIH Guidelines \, IBC reporting procedures\, and training requirements for Principal Inve stigators. Please contact Katherine Bartlett (kbartlett@gsu.edu) for quest ions regarding this training. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170246Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/introduction_to_biosafety_6159?utm_sour ce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mobile Vaccine Clinic DTSTART:20260923T140000Z DTEND:20260923T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T061439Z UID:37640-1790157600-1790172000@lifelineanimal.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Our goal with this page is to share the current shelter needs with our community in an ongoing way. We hope to update this page seasonal ly or more frequently as needed. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 2024 \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n Last year\, we reached a pivotal break ing point in terms of the number of animals housed in our care. We recogni zed the physical capacity limitations of our buildings and made a commitme nt to work towards humane housing solutions\, which means both the county shelters need to reduce the number of animals living in the buildings. Whi le we continue to face severe overcrowding into 2024\, we have worked hard to increase resources to help more pet owners and improve the quality of life for the animals in our care. We are continuing to adapt to the challe nges we’re facing\, including many systemic problems that contribute to the number of animals arriving in our care. We have collaborated with many supportive community members and leaders in pursuit of creating a safer a nd more humane shelter environment for all. There are no overnight solutio ns to drastically reduce our shelter populations\, but we continue to have hope that with your support and the strategies currently in place\, our c ommunity will help us get more animals into homes where they belong. Here is a brief update for all three LifeLine shelters\, including the unique c hallenges and the most important ways you can get involved. \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal ServicesDog Population: 506 | Opti mum Capacity: 475 \n \n \n \n Last year\, DeKalb Count y Animal Services reached peak numbers of dogs housed in the shelter durin g an outbreak of Canine Flu.. Because of an incredible response from our c ommunity\, we successfully saw the population drop down to 312 dogs. Becau se the need in our community is so great\, this number steadily rose back up to 500+ dogs and has remained in that range for months on end despite o ur best efforts. It is a near constant struggle to balance the amount of “noses in”\, pets arriving at the shelter\, with the amount of “nose s out” each week\, pets leaving. As an open intake municipal facility\, we do not turn away animals in need in Dekalb County\, no matter how much or little space we have in our kennels when we begin a new day. It is impo rtant that the community understands this distinction from other rescue or ganizations and is aware of ways they can help prevent lost or stray pets from ever having to enter the shelter. We need to create room for pets tha t have the most urgent need for our help. We must find a way to help more animals find homes and keep the shelter at a capacity that is humane for t he pets in our care. Heartbreaking space euthanasia decisions must be made weekly and overcrowding is putting more dogs at risk. Instead of focusing our at-risk dogs\, we are asking our community to focus efforts and resou rces on getting more of our highly-adoptable dogs out so that those animal s identified as most at risk (struggling in the shelter and exhibiting a v ariety of challenging behaviors) can get the time that they need to find a home. Any animal that leaves the building will help us reach our target o f decreasing the dog population to below a threshold of 475. This new proc ess includes daily population updates on the website and improved communic ations with our volunteers and community about how to best support dogs in need in our shelters. Even still\, 475 dogs housed in the building is les s than ideal. This is an incredible number of pets to care for daily. Whil e their basic needs are met\, quality of life deteriorates the longer they are housed in a shelter intended to be a temporary safety net. The lower we can keep that number\, the less dogs there will be at risk for illness\ , increased stress and euthanasia. In addition to these adjustments in com municating the ongoing need\, we have partnered with DeKalb County leaders on both short and long-term solutions that were announced last fall to he lp more pets in need: Increased funding for support to pets of DeKalb Coun ty residents including:A free monthly pet food bankFree spay/neuter surger ies through SNIP DeKalbFree vaccinations through LifeLine’s Mobile Clini cAdditional kennel space to provide more humane housing for the dogs curre ntly in our care:Plans have been approved to build new\, additional kennel s which will provide better housing for court case dogs who are in our car e long termProjected installation is September 2024We believe programs lik e these that make pet resources more accessible\, including affordable spa y/neuter surgery\, are the key to helping more pets stay out of the shelte rs and in homes where they belong. \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal ServicesDog Population: 419 | Optimum Capacity: 325 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n At the end of 2023\, we celebrated the grand opening of a brand new 40\,0 00 square foot shelter facility in Fulton County! With the opening of the new building\, we’ve fortunately seen improvement in all of these ways t o create a better environment for the teams and the animals as well as a b etter experience for visitors and supporters: Staff is less stressed. We h ave improved our ability to train\, onboard and implement new and efficien t processes.The building is easier to clean and has decreased the spread o f infectious disease.With separate kennel runs\, animals are less stressed or overwhelmed in the building and do not experience as high of stimulati on. It’s now easier to identify issues with dogs so we can work on getti ng them placed in a home more quickly.Visitors feel more welcome and have the ability to more easily spend time with individual animals. We have als o been able to increase the number of spay/neuter surgeries for our adopta ble animals and provide adopters\, fosters and rescue partners with better diagnostics for their pets with the new clinic.We have seen an increase i n the number of volunteers and hours spent with our team.We are able to ho st other shelters and bring more learning and collaborative opportunities to staff in-houseAt the same time\, we experienced a challenging transitio n as we worked to close the former facility\, adjust to the new set up\, a nd final projects and installations were wrapped up by the county. With th e new opening\, there was an uptick of stray or abandoned pets being broug ht to the new shelter. The shelter is a safe haven\, but can only be so te mporarily for pets in need of homes\, and we’ve seen the dog population quickly fill the building past its limits. Similarly to DeKalb County\, it has been difficult to balance the new intakes with finding outcomes for t he animals\, even in the wake of creative and successful adoption events. According to Animal Shelters Count’s recent annual report\, “In 2023\, 3% more dogs entered shelters than left\, resulting in an additional 107\ ,000 dogs in shelters at the end the year.” Fulton County Animal Service s is also an open intake municipal shelter facility and can’t simply “ stop” taking new animals in even when we’re overcapacity. Fortunately\ , we’ve also started 2024 with recent pawsitive media and exciting opera tional updates. The full-service clinic at Fulton County Animal Services i s now open for the public to make low-cost wellness appointments for their pets to receive the care they need! Additionally\, a Fulton County foster dog\, a pit mix now known as Miss Peaches\, has gone viral after being ad opted by celebrity and President of Barstool Sports\, Dave Portnoy. Miss P eaches’s story\, Dave’s choice to adopt and his initiative to raise fu nds for animal rescue has captured hearts nationwide. Lifesaving deserves to be trending so that we can keep up with the influx of dogs in need. We hope others will follow in his footsteps!  \n \n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal CenterDog Population: 119 | Optimum Capacity: 80 \n \n \n \n The incredible dedication of the team at our LifeLine Community Animal Center cannot be overlooked. Our county s helter facilities tend to take the spotlight in the news and on social med ia because of the massive number of pets that come through their doors\, b ut the Community Animal Center is always working quietly in the background to help the county operations. When the county shelters are over capacity \, so is this facility to keep up with the need. Not only do they consiste ntly take in pets from our county shelters and other rural facilities\, bu t\, when there is a neglect or hoarding case being investigated\, this loc ation takes in dozens of pets when they have nowhere else to go. As we ent er the warmer months of summer\, the Community Animal Center is also const antly preparing to help with the large numbers of kittens and puppies that are in need. Maintaining a full staff at this location is critical to its function. If you’re interested in joining our team full-time\, or even as a volunteer\, our Community Animal Center would love to have you! \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A National Crisis \n \n \n \n In conversations wit h other rescue organizations and in a review of data over the past few yea rs\, we’ve learned that these challenges are not unique to LifeLine or t he city of Atlanta. For the fourth year in a row\, we are faced with a “ new normal” in animal sheltering. According to the report\, “A total o f 900\,000 animals have entered and lingered in our nation’s shelters an d rescues since January 2021. This surplus is on top of the population alr eady residing within organizations\, resulting in an ongoing capacity cris is.” “The number of animals entering shelters through community intake s in 2023 remained roughly the same as 2022 at 6.5 million\, with intakes nearly evenly split between dogs and cats.” Compared to a national decre ase of 3.2% in intakes between 2019 and 2023\, our community intakes throu gh the Fulton and DeKalb County shelters decreased 6.89% from 2019 to 2023 . But\, intakes increased by 14.5% from 2022 to 2023. Even in the wake of these higher intake numbers\, we have been able to rally our community and find an incredible number of homes in 2023 compared to previous years. “While 2.2 million dogs were adopted in 2023\, dog adoptions are still 5 % lower than in 2019 (-108\,000 dogs adopted).” At LifeLine\, our overal l pet adoptions were only down by 1.92% in 2023 compared to 2019\, and ado ptions were higher in 2023 compared to 2018\, 2020\, 2021 and 2022. We are frequently partnering with more organizations who want to help and who ar e spreading the word that adopting is the way to go when searching for a n ew pet. For full shelter statistics across our organization\, please visit www.shelteranimalscount.org/stats. \n \n \n \n In Su mmary \n \n \n \n The animals in our city need help. W hile donations are the foundation for our work in the community and allow us to help more pets get the care they need\, donations don’t create mor e available kennel space. We need your help in getting more pets adopted o r fostered. We need the community’s help in getting more lost pets back home. We need our community to know about available resources for food\, v eterinary care\, and affordable spay/neuter options. Together\, we can sav e these lives and help the animals who need us most. \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Octob er 2023 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Message To Our C ommunity \n \n \n \n We are in the midst of an ongoing crisis affecting city and county animal shelters across the country. Time s are extremely difficult for the animals housed in our shelters and the s taff and volunteers who care for them. We have frequently reported on the conditions of our shelters and how desperate we are to get hundreds of ani mals into homes. We hear the distress and complaints about the overcrowdin g from our volunteers\, fosters\, and community\; we experience the condit ions daily\; we see the news articles written and segments being broadcast on television and radio\; we feel and share your frustration and heartbre ak. We are heartbroken\, too. Let us express to you in no uncertain terms: the current conditions in our shelters are not humane or sustainable. We can and we must do better. We will exhaust all efforts to prioritize the h ealth and safety of both pets and people in our care. The balance of human ely sheltering a growing number of animals while giving each one the care and the time they deserve to be placed in a loving home is getting substan tially harder to achieve. The issues contributing to overcrowding primaril y are rooted in the community\, not the shelter\, and cannot be changed ov ernight. In the shelters\, we’ve reached a pivotal breaking point. We ha ve stretched the shelter capacity and resources to unsustainable limits wh ile hoping\, for too long now\, that there would be a turning point where more animals would leave these buildings than enter. But that has not happ ened this year and without homes to go to\, we must euthanize more dogs at both county shelters in order to reach and maintain safe and humane housi ng. There are many facets to the challenges we are currently facing and we will cover some of them in this blog. We also encourage you to check out two other blog posts that go into deeper detail on two important issues: T he No-Kill controversyThe Impact of Spay and Neuter (and other pressing qu estions) \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Are The Shelters So Overcrowded? \n \n \n \n We know there are a lot of questions around why this is happening. We are seeing a new reality\, a post-pandemic world\; E conomic challenges to families\, a lack of affordable and pet-friendly hou sing\, a national shortage of veterinarians\, a decrease in spay/neuter du ring the pandemic and a need for more accessible and affordable spay/neute r options\, a desire for specific breeds\, and a diminishing public capaci ty to help and home shelter animals are all taking a heartbreaking toll on the growing number of animals coming into LifeLine’s care. We have acce pted pets from families arriving at the shelter with all of their possessi ons in a U-haul and nowhere to turn for help. People newly arriving to the area are surrendering their dogs to the shelter because they are unable t o find affordable housing that will allow them to keep their companions.We are coming to terms with an untenable reality of the community relying on a singular shelter as the sole means of support for the growing number of animals at risk – animals who mostly were people’s pets and family me mbers at one time. Systemically\, the shelter alone cannot support the she er volume of need. Here Is A Look At Our Shelters In Crisis: \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 569Target Dog Capacity: 450 On Tuesday \, October 17th\, DeKalb County CEO\, Michael Thurmond\, visited DeKalb Co unty Animal Services. The following day\, he met with our CEO\, Rebecca Gu inn\, and other LifeLine leadership. Together\, LifeLine and DeKalb County leadership agreed that Dekalb County Animal Services must reduce the dog population at the shelter to 450 in 60 days and maintain the population at or below that number. They collaborated and decided on both short- and lo nger-term actions to help aid in this crisis including: Working with staff ing agencies for additional staff and support for cleaning.Deploying perso nnel from other divisions within LifeLine to assist with animal care\, man agement and training and restructuring staff schedules to ensure greater c overage\, particularly on weekends.Sadly\, increasing euthanasia rates if necessary and continuing to do so until we reduce the dog population to 45 0 or less. If we cannot increase lifesaving outcomes beyond the current ra te\, we will have to euthanize 9 animals each day\, or 63 animals each wee k.Constructing an overflow campus adjacent to the shelter\, designed to ho ld up to 120 additional dogs above the current target capacity and provide effective isolation areas\, to help alleviate the need for euthanasia for population control. This solution will take time to build\, staff and ope rate and until then we must get below 450 animals in the current building. Improving communications between DeKalb County’s Animal Services Enforce ment division and the shelter to more proactively address factors in the f ield that are causing animals to come into the shelter.Increasing support to fund access to veterinary care for DeKalb pet owners in need\, includin g subsidized and free spay/neuter\, and targeting areas of DeKalb County y ielding the highest number of animals impounded in the shelter.What it wil l take to change the situation most\, in the short-term\, is simply fewer dogs in the building. We are asking our community to help us achieve those target dog population numbers because\, without homes to go to\, dogs wil l be euthanized for space\, regardless of health and temperment. Please a dopt or foster a pet today. \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dog s: 357Sustainable Capacity for Dogs: 325 We’ve mentioned that there is h ope on the horizon in Fulton County in the form of a brand new shelter fac ility preparing to open before the end of the year. However\, this does no t change the fact that the current facility is in dire straits. On average \, 15 dogs are being euthanized for space each week. Each day\, 16 dogs en ter the facility. That’s\, on average\, 2 more dogs that come in than le ave. While some conditions will improve with the upcoming move to the new facility\, rising intake and overcrowding will not be solved entirely by t ransitioning from one building to another. Fulton County is in desperate n eed of adopters and fosters\, including Friendly Finders who are willing t o foster a lost or stray dog through its mandated stray hold (3 to 5 busin ess days total) instead of immediately dropping them at the shelter when f ound. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LifeLin e Midtown \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 105O ptimum Capacity for Dogs: 75 As an overflow facility\, for every dog adopt ed at LifeLine Midtown\, space opens up for another dog from the Fulton Co unty Animal Services. And\, because the shelter is smaller\, it is a less overwhelming experience for individuals to visit and bring home a pet. Ado pting a pet from LifeLine Midtown greatly supports the main Fulton County shelter. When the new Fulton shelter opens\, the Midtown facility will clo se and any dogs still there will have to move to the new shelter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 111 O ptimum Capacity for Dogs: 60  LifeLine’s Community Animal Center adopti on center was designed as an overflow facility for our county shelters. St aff and volunteers also provide pets with special medical or behavioral ch allenges more time and attention to meet those needs. For dogs\, the Commu nity Animal Center is the primary overflow facility for the DeKalb County shelter. Because it is also full\, our Community Animal Center is limited in serving these critical functions. Beyond just dogs\, our staff is also caring for the majority of our organization’s cats. This adoption center \, like our Midtown location\, offers a calmer environment that may be eas ier to visit. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We Cannot Do This Alone \n \n \n \n Two things can be true: we can be proud of what we’ve accomplished together as a community in 10 ye ars’ time AND acknowledge the ways LifeLine needs to improve and perseve re as an organization. We have committed ourselves to helping these animal s\, but we are limited now by a lack of space and resources\, as well as e xternal challenges in the communities we serve. We are also human and make mistakes. And\, most importantly\, we cannot do this alone. While we are pursuing all avenues toward long-term solutions\, in the short term\, we n eed a miracle. We need you. We are asking our community to please foster o r adopt a pet today. You will be truly saving a life. If you have question s about any topic in this blog and would like to reach out\, please email feedback@lifelineanimal.org or write to LifeLine Animal Project\, ATTN: Op erations 3180 Presidential Drive\, Atlanta\, GA 30340. Thank you\, Atlanta . For believing in our work and helping us save lives today and always. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n February 2023 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Hello\, friends and supporters.  We wanted to share some critical u pdates and news as we turn the page on 2022\, and enter 2023 in a much bet ter position to give our deserving animals the love and space they need to thrive. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In January\, on the heels of a Canine Flu outbreak\, we were faced with a grim reality and life or death decisions. After more than a year of being at critical capacity at our DeKalb County Animal Services sh elter\, we were left with the heartbreaking possibility of having to eutha nize animals for space. We had nearly 600 dogs in need of home (at just th is one shelter). We put out a plea for help in the Greater Atlanta area\, and in a mere 7 days\, 373 dogs from DeKalb and 556 dogs from all LifeLine shelters found new homes! We are forever grateful to the Atlanta communit y for their support in our darkest hour. This is what lifesaving looks lik e. By the end of January\, our Fulton County Animal Services had fewer tha n 300 animals for the first time in almost a year. But within days of hitt ing that milestone\, we were called in with law enforcement on a rescue ca se and brought more than 60 new impounded animals safely into our care. Ea ch of these animals requires space\, food and immediate medical care. Our Fulton shelter team was also tasked with running LifeLine Midtown\, our te mporary shelter that opened in early January during the Canine Flu outbrea k to divert intake and keep dogs healthy. While it helped contain that out break\, a new location strains precious resources and manpower\, which has been challenging due to staffing shortages. \n \n \n \n Number of Dogs in Need of Homes as of February 15th \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services: 343 in the shelter and 928 in foster hom es\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services: 339 in the shelter and 22 0 in foster homes\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal Center: 65 in t he shelter and 85 in foster homes\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n LifeLine Midtown: 82 in t he shelter\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The LifeLine Community Animal Center con tinues to aid in the efforts of freeing up space at our county shelters an d helping dogs clear their quarantine period from the Canine Flu outbreak. Recent staffing hires have provided much needed relief to our existing te ams. After the incredible number of adoptions at our DeKalb shelter\, ther e are many animals in need of spay/neuter procedures. The Community Animal Center has stepped in to help temporarily house animals awaiting surgery and ensure that pets don’t have to wait any longer than necessary to go home with new\, loving families. Fortunately\, while the dogs in our care have been a major media focus in 2023\, we have also happily seen a steady flow of cat adoptions at the Community Animal Center and have enough open cat housing space to prepare for a busy kitten season to start in the spr ing. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n It’s bee n a busy start to the new year. And\, while we are celebrating the wins\, the hard work isn’t over. Even though we successfully saved many lives\ , 20-40 dogs come into our county shelters every single day and they need your help to find their way home.  \n \n \n \n What We Need Most Now: \n \n \n \n Volunteers and new staff are urgently needed to keep this much-needed LifeLine Midtown shelter up and running\, as well as help at our other locations.We always need adopte rs and fosters to place more pets into homes where they belong.We need goo d Samaritans in our community to help lost pets make their way back home i nstead of to the shelter. Find out what to do if you should find a lost pe t.And\, if you can’t foster or adopt\, please consider making a donation .As always\, thank you for your critical support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 2022 Posts \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Novem ber\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n September\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n June\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n May\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n March\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n November 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n AN URGENT PLEA FROM OUR CEO TO THE CITY OF ATLANTA\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The current situation in our Atlanta animal shelters is dire. The animals in our care do not have the space they need\, or dese rve\, and we need your help. Our hard working teams are understaffed and w orking extreme overtime to ensure that kennels are clean\, bowls are full\ , and the pets in our shelters are well cared for. Our volunteers walk hun dreds of dogs a day. And it’s still not enough. We have teams covering r escue\, adoptions\, marketing\, volunteers\, and foster parents\, all work ing tirelessly to find homes and other ways Atlanta’s pets can get out o f the shelter. This is not the life our city’s animals deserve. This sta te our shelters are in is not sustainable for the pets nor the people who care for them. Animal shelters have never been\, and will never be\, the i deal solution for the animals. Atlanta\, we urgently need your help. Our a nimals are in desperate need of homes. Each of our shelters have exceeded capacity by the hundreds. DeKalb County Animal Services has nearly 600 dog s and over 50 cats in the building\, Fulton County Animal Services has alm ost 400 dogs in a building meant to hold 80. The more pets in our care\, t he harder it is to make sure they are living as comfortably as they deserv e during their time with us. We are meant to be a temporary refuge for pet s in need\, not a home. Pets cannot thrive here\, especially when there is an overwhelming amount of them. We know you’ve heard this plea before. And we hope you’ll hear it now. The situation is not improving. There ar e more animals in our care than ever and they really need your help. We ne ed your help. Adopt: Whether you’re looking for a calm couch potato\, wa lking partner\, or anything in between\, there are over 1\,000 deserving p ets waiting for you. Foster: If you have just two weeks to help a pet\, th at can make all of the difference. Sign up here.Donate: We need monetary d onations and supplies to continue caring for this many animals each day. Y ou can help by donating here or sending us much-needed items from our Amaz on wishlists. Help lost pets: Most pets are found within a mile of their h ome. If they come to a shelter\, their chances of being reunited greatly d eclines. If you find a pet\, follow these steps or become a friendly finde r. Spay/Neuter: Unlike humans\, dogs and cats give birth to 4-to-6 animals in one litter. Also\, dogs can give birth up to twice a year and cats up to 5 times a year! Because they can produce so many offspring each year\, it is important to spay/neuter your pet as soon as possible to reduce pet overpopulation. Learn more here about the benefits and how to book an appo intment with one of our Spay/Neuter clinics. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 202 2 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We wish we had bette r news to share\, but right now\, the shelters are still struggling. There is a lot of pressure right now on the county shelters to be the lifeline for more pets than the shelters have space to house. The reason for this o vercrowding is simple: more animals are coming in than are leaving. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In August\, we saw a total of 601 dogs adopted\, but 863 came in du ring that same time. That’s 262 more dogs entering our already full buil dings.  \nNumber of dogs that need homes: \n\n337 dogs in need at our Ful ton County shelter\n526 dogs in need at our DeKalb County shelter\n81 dogs in need at our Community Animal Center\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The situation is dir e. We are urging our communities in Fulton and DeKalb Counties to please n ot bring healthy pets they find straight to the shelter as first response. Please take a few steps in the first 48 hours to get lost pets back home where they belong. This does not mean pets will be without support in the community. Those injured or sick are always a top priority. We’re tryin g to make more space for those most in need. And\, we are also trying to f ind solutions for humans in emergency situations who have run out of optio ns. Here are a few things anyone can do to help during this crisis: Adopt a petFoster a pet. 200 emergency fosters are needed at our shelters right nowDonate to support pets in the shelterCollect newspaper\, towels and bla nkets to drop off at any locationCheck the shelter wishlist for items most in needHelp a neighbor who can’t keep their pet find a new home – her e’s howFollow our social channels and help us get the word out by sharin g posts from your preferred platform\, Facebook\, Instagram and Twitter.Wr ite an article in your local neighborhood paper about adopting/fostering s helter petsIf you find a lost pet\, fill out a found pet report\, follow t hese steps or become a friendly finder \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n June 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You are the next chapter in animal w elfare. \n \n \n \n Animal shelters have never been\, and will never be\, the ideal solution for the animals. They have always b een a flawed answer to a bigger community challenge of how to best help lo st\, stray and unwanted pets.  Across the nation\, all communities are fa cing the aftershocks of the pandemic. For animal shelters\, those challeng es include overpopulated and understaffed facilities\, higher intake and f ewer adopters\, and a substantial decrease in rescue transfer support. In Atlanta\, we’ve had to restrict intake at varying levels due to the seve re overcapacity status at both county shelters.  But over the last few ye ars\, and through the recent challenges\, we’ve begun to see how a criti cal shift\, and a different path forward\, can actually save the lives of the animals in our community without having animals languish in shelters. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Over 60% of the animals in a shelter are stray/lost pets. Imagine if the shelters d idn’t exist to collect all the lost and stray pets of a community. What if the community itself was able to help those pets find and reunite with their families?  63% of animals are found just a mile from their home (26 % are just a block away). If neighbors could reunite pets with their famil ies\, instead of bringing them to the shelter\, our shelters would always have space to help those with nowhere to go. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What if the community could help struggling neighbors rehome their pets instead of turning them over to a shelter? Wha t if more resources were spent on keeping pets and people together instead of housing pets in a crowded shelter? If we\, as a community\, could shif t the focus to support each other in creative and practical ways\, the she lters wouldn’t be overcrowded with lost pets missing their families\, or abandoned pets looking for new homes. There will always be a need for she lters to help animals in emergency situations and victims of animal cruelt y\, but the real safety net for pets is a caring community – neighbors h elping neighbors.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Especially now\, when the need continues to exceed available sh eltering resources\, we believe we must find more community-centric soluti ons by working together with pet-lovers and good samaritans to get more pe ts home where they belong.  LifeLine does not believe killing healthy and treatable pets to make more space in a shelter is ever the right answer. Population management through euthanasia has never worked. Reliance on eut hanasia constrains the development of lifesaving solutions\, and the resul ts are always tragic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n When faced with external pressure to euthanize healthy and treatabl e animals to create more shelter space last month\, we turned to our anima l-loving community and in one week found foster and adoptive homes for 300 + pets. Atlanta\, you are the ideal solution. With your help\, we can weav e together a new safety net for the animals in need. Whether you are a vet eran rescuer or new to animal welfare\, help us shift the response when we find lost and stray pets\, so that more pets can be returned to their hom es. If you hear of situations where people need help with a found pet\, he lp them find options\, contact friends to find a foster home and help canv as the neighborhood to reunite families. Share this page.If you read about someone needing to rehome a pet\, share these resources and ask your neig hbors and friends if anyone can help. The pet owner\, rather than the shel ter\, will be able to find the best match for a loved pet. If someone is missing a pet\, check the lost pet pages of our website to see if the pet ended up at the shelter.If you can’t adopt\, foster. If you can’t fost er\, donate. If you can’t donate\, volunteer. If you can’t volunteer\, become an ambassador and share information and resources. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Please continue to suppor t our county shelters. Know that the staff is making the best decisions fo r every individual animal and human who comes to our doors with the resour ces that are available.  \nPlease extend the benefit of the doubt to lear n more about decisions that are being made. The people who dedicate our li ves to help animals in the shelter are not perfect\, but we are doing thei r very best in every situation\, for every individual pet\, and we are wor king with very limited resources and the most challenging of circumstances .  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Right now\, we are at a pivotal moment to change the course of animal welfare and lif esaving in our city. Animals deserve to be in homes and people deserve the love of a pet. Will you join us in committing to turn to each other to fi nd ways to help the animals in your community? Are you in?  We are. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availabili ty ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n Metro Atlanta County Animal Shelters are Out of Space! \n \n \n \n The county shelters have reached peak capacity and no longer have kennel space to house dogs. Because of the sheer volume\, we have had to set up temporary crates to house new arrivals but this is n ot a sustainable or acceptable solution.  This year we have seen a declin e in adoptions by 14% and a 37% decline in the number of animals leaving w ith rescue partners (compared to 2019 pre-pandemic levels). We also saw a decline in the number of lost pets finding their families again. Not only are there more animals currently in the shelters\, but they are staying lo nger which impacts their physical and mental wellbeing.  We URGENTLY need help to place our medium to large dogs into homes so that the shelters do not have to face difficult life or death decisions. We currently need to find 250 homes for dogs living at the DeKalb shelter. The Fulton County an imal shelter is facing a similar situation and needs to find 150 homes thi s week.  Here’s what we are experiencing currently across metro Atlanta . \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb Coun ty Animal Services \n \n \n \n Today\, there are 560 d ogs in our DeKalb facility*. In May 2019\, prior to the pandemic the shelt er held 440 dogs. Fewer animals are leaving the shelter\, and animals are staying longer looking for homes. They’re waiting an average of 80 days at DeKalb County Animal Services. Due to this critical status\, Dekalb Cou nty and LifeLine Animal Project\, in conjunction with the Georgia Departme nt of Agriculture\, are enacting emergency only intake protocols. This mea ns the DeKalb shelter is only able to accept animals from emergency situat ions or in critical need (injured animals\, animals involved in bite cases or cruelty situations). DeKalb County Animal Enforcement will also enforc e these emergency protocols and will only respond to high priority calls. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n *As of May 25\, 2022\, with the help of our community\, the number of dogs housed at DeKalb County Animal Service s has decreased to 433. We are making slow\, but steady\, progress towards reducing the number of pets housed at the shelter to a more comfortable t hreshold of 320. However\, the situation remains critical and your continu ed help is needed to find homes for the pets in our care. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n There are currently 360  dogs in our Fulton facility**\, which was bui lt to house only 80 dogs. Dogs are waiting an average 40 days to be placed in a home\, which is longer than previous years and is very stressful for the animals. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n **As of May 25\, 2022\, thanks to our community’s help in response to an urgent plea for fosters and ad opters\, the number of dogs housed at Fulton County Animal Services has di pped below 300. Additionally\, a generous volunteer has pledged to sponsor 100 dog adoptions this May at Fulton County. We always want to provide hu mane housing for the animals in our care and at the levels we are experien cing\, that is extremely challenging. Our community’s continued help at this critical time is needed to find homes for the pets in our care. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Animal C enter \n \n \n \n Our Community Animal Center takes in pets from our county shelters to help alleviate space constraints. Right now\, the center is full and can only take in more dogs when dogs currentl y in our care are adopted or head to foster homes.  Last week\, 128 cats arrived from our DeKalb and Fulton shelters. If you are looking for a cat\ , there are many available at the LifeLine Community Animal Center. There are also over 100 dogs available for adoption at this location. \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n Let's save lives together. \n \n \n \n Please share this blog with your community and network to help more pets find the homes they deserve today. \n \n \n \n Ways to Help \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n March 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel spa ce\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangero usly full\n \n \n \n \n \n Crit ical Needs This Week: Adopters and Fosters \n \n \n \n This February\, we saw the highest intake levels on record for the mont h since LifeLine took over shelter management in 2013. Both of our county shelters are in the red zone for space availability!  As we continue to f ace a growing space crisis\, we turn our attention to the impact of crowdi ng and the shelter environment on the health of our pets. It is a common m isconception that pets may fare better in a shelter than in a home where t he pet parent has to leave daily for work or doesn’t have a yard. There is no place like a home when it comes to animals. Even with the incredible support of our staff and volunteers\, it is impossible to replicate the c alm and one-on-one attention a pet will receive in a home. Shelters\, part icularly at the capacity level we currently face\, can be loud and overwhe lming for many pets. Though they are safe and fed\, the close proximity to so many other pets can lead to a spread in medical conditions. Ultimately \, we see a deterioration of our pets the longer they spend in the shelter \, along with added strain for our veterinary teams.  Our goal is to see all of our pets find their way to a warm and loving home. We need help giv ing our shelter pets a break\, including taking them out for a day or a we ekend\, while they await the arrival of their new family. We immediately s ee an improvement in our pet’s health and happiness when they are in a h ome. Plus\, you can provide key insights on the dog or cat’s personality (which tends to shine beyond the shelter walls) to share with potential a dopters! We are facing a particular need for fosters for our pets that hav e medical needs\, are part of an ongoing court case\, and dogs that are la rger in size. To find out more and help give our pets a break\, check out our Foster page. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \n There ar e currently 471 dogs at DeKalb County Animal Services\, 253 MORE than the ideal number of dogs that should be housed in our shelter here and putting us in the RED ZONE!  The need for special care fosters is imperative. Ce rtain pets\, such as those that have just given birth\, are undergoing med ical treatment or are part of a court case\, deserve a quiet space and may need a little extra care. This can include receiving regular doses of med icine\, restricted or regulated exercise regimes or extra space to care fo r their puppies. It is important that they have a home where they can rela x\, heal and rest stress-free.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n The Fulton County Animal Services shelter is in the RED ZONE! There are 265 dogs in the shelter\, an alarming 115 dogs over the ideal number of 150. This means some runs have up to five dogs s haring a space. As a result\, the shelter is seeing an uptick in medical i ssues\, particularly contagious ailments like upper respiratory infections . \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n In Feb ruary 2022\, the LifeLine Community Animal Center brought in 222 pets to h elp create space at our two county shelters. 94 dogs and 84 cats are waiti ng for a place to call home\, with many more patiently waiting in foster h omes. Our animals are showing tremendous resilience\, but we need urgent h elp from our community to provide these precious pets with homes! Our miss ion remains\, as always\, to save the lives of all healthy and treatable a nimals. We appreciate the support of our community! \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n Help us save lives together! \n \n \n \n Share this blog with your community\, and help get mor e pets into homes today! \n \n \n \n Ways to Help \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n January 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n We are kicking off the new year with an unfamiliar sight for this time of the year: shelters that are stil l full from this summer. Shelter space is unfortunately\, yet typically\, limited during the summer months\, but this is the first time we have expe rienced such a continued strain on our shelter capacity and team. The numb er of animals coming in our doors has increased by 12% over last year whil e the number of dogs adopted has decreased. People are also struggling to care for their pets and have been facing evictions and other challenges. T his means more pets have been surrendered. Over the last two years\, we ha ve seen a 39% decline in the number of animals our rescue partners have be en able to help pull to safety\, largely due to factors resulting from the COVID pandemic. All of these challenges would be difficult alone but\, li ke so many others\, we are also facing severe labor shortages. We currentl y have 34 open positions across three locations\, which means we are missi ng 13% of our workforce. Between the staffing challenge and the number of staff who have been out sick due to the latest wave of the COVID-19 virus\ , we are struggling. Animal care is always our top priority. Our understaf fed teams and volunteers are working doubly hard to care for all the anima ls in need\, covering extra shifts and taking on additional responsibiliti es. In these times\, we must depend even more so on our community’s supp ort. By adopting\, donating\, volunteering\, helping lost animals back hom e and finding new homes for those alone in the shelter\, our community off ers real and sustained hope for the animals in our care. We are continuing to take in animals for emergency situations and for those who do not have any other options. Our Animal Service Officers and community support team s continue to provide resources\, including access to veterinary care and pet supplies\, pet lost and found assistance and self-rehoming options for animals in non-emergency situations. We always work with individuals faci ng financial hardship who need help for their pets. We often reduce or wai ve reclaim and surrender fees in the hopes of helping people and finding t he best outcomes for the animals. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \ n The ideal number of dogs that should be housed at DeKalb County Animal Services is 218. This allows us to house one dog per kennel with ac cess to both sides of the kennel. We are currently in the red zone with 48 0 dogs in the building. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n With Fulton County Animal Services being a smaller\, older building\, there is space to optimally house only 150 dogs. As of la st week\, there were 221 dogs in the shelter. This forces us to house mult iple dogs in most of the kennels. Not only does this make cleaning the she lter a logistical challenge\, but it means the environment is less than id eal for our animals. Our goal is to safely house a large population while mitigating risk of disease and shelter stress on the animals. If we had fe wer dogs in the building\, we could provide larger\, single kennels for 26 of our larger breed dogs\, who need individual housing\, and who are curr ently residing in smaller cages. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n In December 2021\, the LifeLine Community Animal C enter transferred in 170 pets from Fulton and DeKalb to help make space at the our two county shelters. We currently have 95 dogs and 102 cats looki ng for homes\, and even more are waiting to find families while they live in foster homes. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We believe space limitations alone are an unacceptable reason to euthani ze healthy and treatable animals. LifeLine has been able to achieve “no- kill\,”  saving 90% or more of all the animals who enter our shelters\, but we are only able to maintain this lifesaving achievement with the com munity’s support and advocacy. We know our community has the ability to provide the support needed to save precious lives.  Their lives depend on it. \n \n \n \n Make a difference today! \n \n \n \n Share this blog post with your community\, and help g et more pets into homes today. LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T061439Z URL:https://lifelineanimal.org/lifeline-events/mobile-vaccine-clinic-2026- 06-24/2026-09-23/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atla nta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:LifeLine Animal Project X-SOURCE-URL:https://lifelineanimal.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Storybook Time DTSTART:20260923T140000Z DTEND:20260923T151500Z DTSTAMP:20260912T010743Z UID:10011422-1790157600-1790162100@atlantabg.org CATEGORIES:family DESCRIPTION:Nature-inspired stories come to life during Storybook Time wit h Ms. Ally\, where little ones hear\, engage\, and interact with stories a bout bees\, flowers\, butterflies\, and other garden friends. Join us for Storybook Time led by Ms. Ally where little ones can hear and engage with reading and interactive storytelling.  \nSuggested ages: 1 – 4 years\nD ates: Wednesdays\, March – Oct.\nTime: 10 & 10:45 a.m. \nFree with Garde n Membership or Admission\; no show reservations are required. \n\n\nThis program is located in the Children’s Garden Amphitheatre.\n\nWeather per mitting. We will cancel if rain or inclement weather makes outdoor progra mming impractical. To check the status\, email classes@atlantabg.org.  \ nThis program is for children accompanied by an adult. LAST-MODIFIED:20260912T010743Z LOCATION:Atlanta Botanical Garden\, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/storybook/2026-09-23/?utm_source=caldis covery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Botanical Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/category/atlanta END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Atlanta City Council Transportation Committee DTSTART:20260923T140000Z DTEND:20260923T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T064030Z UID:c4r3gopi71i36b9g75ijgb9k65ijibb16cojgb9k6tij8p1i68rj6phk74@google.com CATEGORIES:civic DESCRIPTION:See https://citycouncil.atlantaga.gov/standing-committees/tra nsportation-committee/agenda for agenda and for days when meetings are ca nceled. LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T064030Z LOCATION:2nd Floor Committee Room 1\, Atlanta City Hall\, 55 Trinity Ave S W\, Atlanta\, GA 30303\, USA X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Transit Events | MARTA Army X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.martaarmy.org/transit-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Senior Pop Up Wednesdays DTSTART:20260923T140000Z DTEND:20260923T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T060604Z UID:10013765-1790157600-1790164800@www.kennesaw-ga.gov CATEGORIES:civic DESCRIPTION:Fall Candle Making Class: Attendees will make their own candle s (2)\, 11 oz containers. We will be using high-quality wax (plant based\, vegan soy)\, wicks and natural essential oils! Each session will include lessons on wax melting\, pouring and wick placing. All supplies will be in cluded in the price\, and no experience is necessary. \nThe cost is $20 pe r person. Register at https://secure.rec1.com/GA/kennesaw-ga/catalog LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T060604Z LOCATION:Ben Robertson Community Center\, 2753 Watts Drive\, Kennesaw\, GA \, 30144\, United States URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/kennesaw-event/senior-pop-up-wednesdays-3/ ?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of Kennesaw X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/farmers-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fall Break – Our Town: Then & Now DTSTART:20260923T140000Z DTEND:20260923T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T060604Z UID:10013824-1790157600-1790164800@www.kennesaw-ga.gov CATEGORIES:arts,civic,education,family DESCRIPTION:Looking for some family-friendly fun during fall break? Join u s at the Southern Museum for educational activities and crafts each day! \ nTuesday: Passing Kennesaw – Learn about the passenger trains that ran a long the track outside of the Museum during staff-guided tours of the hist oric Kennesaw Depot. \nWednesday: Our Local College – Investigate maps a nd photos to uncover the evolution of Kennesaw State University\, then cre ate a map of the current campus with the help of museum staff. \nThursday (normal Mommy and Me hours 9:30-12:30): – Community Starts with C – “Community” starts with C and so do “chef\,” “cooking” and “ culinary.” Let’s meet the community helpers of 1885 Grill Kennesaw tha t create delicious meals for us. \nFriday: Books on the Go – Meet the Mu seum Archivist in the Reading Room for story times about the first mobile libraries and then follow it up with a craft hosted by the Cobb County Boo k Mobile. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T060604Z LOCATION:Southern Museum\, 2829 Cherokee Street NW\, Kennesaw\, GA\, 30144 \, United States URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/kennesaw-event/fall-break-our-town-then-no w/2026-09-23/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta- ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of Kennesaw X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/farmers-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Homeschool Day DTSTART:20260923T140000Z DTEND:20260923T163000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T060604Z UID:10013491-1790157600-1790166600@www.kennesaw-ga.gov CATEGORIES:civic DESCRIPTION:Bring your students and enjoy a day of fun and fascination in the gardens! Families will experience a variety of activities in a station format that showcase the gardens through history\, nature and art. Explor e STEAM-related crafts\, activities\, experiments and demonstrations from special guests throughout the morning.\n \nThe Imagination Station and Li ving Laboratory garden area offer a variety of additional free play opport unities.\n \nCost: $20 per class (includes one adult and one child)\, $10 for each additional child or adult. Please register by 12 PM on the Monda y before Homeschool Day. Members: Family level and above are free. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T060604Z LOCATION:Smith-Gilbert Gardens\, 2382 Pine Mountain Road\, Kennesaw\, GA\, 30152\, United States URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/kennesaw-event/homeschool-day/?utm_source= caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of Kennesaw X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/farmers-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fulton County Library Card Drive DTSTART:20260923T150000Z DTEND:20260923T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53550679606482 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:September is National Library Card Sign-Up month. Our friends over at the Fulton County Public Library System will be visiting the Colle ge of Law to get folks signed up for a library card. Library cards are fre e and anyone who is a member of the GSU community\, regardless of where yo u reside\, is eligible for a free Fulton County library card. Stop by the atrium and sign up! LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:College of Law\, Atrium (First floor lobby) URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/fulton-county-library-card-drive-783?ut m_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Watching Heat Move Atom by Atom: Computational Studies of Thermal Transport - SCD Conference Session DTSTART:20260923T150000Z DTEND:20260923T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_54007157124692 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Join Dr. Jungkyu Park\, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kennesaw State University\, for a presentation on Watching Heat Move Atom by Atom: Computational Studies of Thermal Transport at the Science and Cy berinfrastructure for Discovery (SCD) conference.\n\nEvery performance lim it in modern electronics is eventually a heat limit. Processors throttle\, batteries degrade\, and devices fail because heat cannot escape fast enou gh. Yet at the scale where these devices are now built\, heat stops obeyin g the equations engineers have relied on for two centuries. A material's a bility to conduct heat is no longer a fixed property\, but depends on its size\, shape\, and imperfections. These effects are also remarkably hard t o measure\, since the relevant lengths and timescales fall largely outside experimental reach.\n\nThis talk examines how molecular dynamics simulati on makes it possible to follow heat through a material atom by atom\, and how those predictions are tested against physical measurement. Drawing on carbon nanotubes\, graphene\, and 3D carbon nanostructures\, it demonstrat es how small changes in atomic structure can dramatically alter how well a material conducts heat. The talk closes on how computational studies are beginning to do more than explain existing materials. They are helping des ign new ones with thermal properties no material today possesses.\n\nOpen to faculty\, researchers\, and students from all colleges\, the event is c ollaboratively hosted by Georgia State University’s Advanced Research Co mputing Technology\, Innovation & Collaboration (ARCTIC) core and Kennesaw State University’s Center for Research Computing. The conference provid es researchers a venue to present research\, brainstorm new ideas with col leagues\, learn how to approach today’s multidisciplinary computational challenges\, and take advantage of state-of-the-art tools and technologies . Get an up-close look at the field of scientific computing and discover t he latest innovations in research with researchers from across universitie s. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:Centennial Hall Auditorium URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/watching-heat-move-atom-by-atom-computa tional-studies-of-thermal-transport-scd-conference-session?utm_source=cald iscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SGA Fall Town Hall Tabling DTSTART:20260923T153000Z DTEND:20260923T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T182536Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53865716882438 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Come visit SGA's table in Evans to express your student concer ns before the upcoming town hall! LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T182536Z LOCATION:Letitia Pate Evans Hall\, Evans Dining Hall Upper Level Lobby Tab le 1 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/sga-fall-town-hall-tabling?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Accessible Tips for Tables and Spreadsheets DTSTART:20260923T160000Z DTEND:20260923T164500Z DTSTAMP:20260804T180803Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53612716826926 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Learn how to create tables and spreadsheets that are not only visually clear but fully accessible for all learners. This hands-on sessio n will guide you through best practices and practical tools in iCollege\, Microsoft Word\, and Excel to ensure your content meets accessibility stan dards and enhances usability.\n\nBy the end of this workshop\, you will be able to:\n\nIdentify key elements of accessible tables across multiple pl atforms.Apply techniques to fix common accessibility issues in Word\, Exce l\, and iCollege.Use accessibility checkers effectively and understand the ir limitations.Create logical reading order with proper header rows. \n\nT o get the most out of this workshop we recommend having a Microsoft (MS) W ord document with a table and/or an Excel workbook open that you’d like to review. We will also be looking at iCollege and it may help to have a sandbox you can experiment with. You can also use this form to request an iCollege sandbox ahead of the workshop. The desktop versions provides th e most options\, for information on downloading your copy of MS Word pleas e review IIT’s page on the Microsoft Office Suite. LAST-MODIFIED:20260804T180803Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/accessible-tables-9-23-26-12p?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Repertory Singers Concert DTSTART:20260923T160000Z DTEND:20260923T173000Z DTSTAMP:20260825T002522Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53787450302689 CATEGORIES:free,music DESCRIPTION:Spend your lunch hour with the Georgia State University Repert ory Singers as they present an engaging program of choral music spanning a variety of styles\, cultures and traditions. Guided by Dr. Deanna Joseph and conducted by graduate students in the Master of Music in Choral Conduc ting program\, the ensemble serves as a laboratory for developing conducto rs while providing audiences with inspiring and thoughtfully curated perfo rmances.\nThis noon concert highlights the artistry of Georgia State's cho ral singers and graduate conductors through music that celebrates the rich ness and diversity of the choral tradition.\nAdmission is free and open to the public. LAST-MODIFIED:20260825T002522Z LOCATION:Florence Kopleff Recital Hall URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/som-repertory-singers-concert-260923?ut m_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Finance Brown Bag Research Seminar: “Taking Stock: Do Equity-Bas ed Managerial Incentives Drive Corporate Innovation?" DTSTART:20260923T160000Z DTEND:20260923T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T124106Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53921903347767 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Our first Finance Brown Bag Workshop this fall will take place on Wednesday\, September 23rd\, between 12:00 - 1:00 pm in the Finance De partment Conference Room\, 1200 RCB. \n\nErol Ercan\, PhD Candidate\, GSU\ , will present his research\, “Taking Stock: Do Equity-Based Managerial Incentives Drive Corporate Innovation?” co-authored with Mark Chen and Y aswanth Pothuru.\n\nIf you have questions\, please contact Dr. Omesh Kini at okini@gsu.edu LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T124106Z LOCATION:Robinson College of Business\, Finance Department Conference Room \, 1200 RCB\, 35 Broad Street URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/finance-brown-bag-research-seminar-erol -ercan-phd-candidate-gsu?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campai gn=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Wednesday Lunch DTSTART:20260923T160000Z DTEND:20260923T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260914T001502Z UID:10001872-1790164800-1790168400@www.prumc.org CATEGORIES:food DESCRIPTION:This Week’s Menu\nCoca-Cola Glazed Ham\nScalloped Potatoes\n Roasted Green Beans\nYeast Rolls with Butter\nPineapple Pina Colada Cake \ n\nhttps://media.blubrry.com/prumc_sermons/content.blubrry.com/prumc_sermo ns/2026-09-13.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T001502Z LOCATION:Grace Hall\, 3180 Peachtree Rd NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30305\, United States URL:https://www.prumc.org/event/wednesday-lunch-3/?utm_source=caldiscovery &utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Peachtree Road United Methodist Church X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.prumc.org/event/an-evening-with-tom-johnson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Public Interest Keynote DTSTART:20260923T160000Z DTEND:20260923T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53825907657715 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Center for Access to Justice's annual Public I nterest Keynote on Sept. 23 at noon in the COL Salons featuring a panel of lawyers and jurists from Georgia Lawyers for the Rule of Law. Please RSVP by Sept. 16: https://forms.gle/5G9boDAaXzxHZrdB8. Lunch will be served. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:College of Law\, Lower Level Salons URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/public-interest-keynote-1515?utm_source =caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sleep Disorders Project ECHO - September 9th - November 18th DTSTART:20260923T160000Z DTEND:20260923T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53436433449007 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Meets every other Wednesday\n\nSeptember 9\, 2026 - November 1 8\, 2026\n\n12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. via Zoom\n\nBehavioral and Mental Healt h Project ECHO – Sleep Disorders Cohort\n\nUsing the Project ECHO model of didactic lecture paired with case-based discussion\, Children's has bee n providing Behavioral and Mental Health education in multiple cohorts sin ce March 2021. This cohort will meet every other week on Wednesdays at lun chtime\, starting September 9th for six sessions and will focus on multipl e facets of caring for patients affected by sleep disorders. Upon the conc lusion of this cohort\, we will offer additional cohorts through 2026 cove ring new behavioral and mental health topics.\n\nAttendees will have the o pportunity to claim CME and MOC Part II credits for their participation.\n \nRegistration is only open to Georgia-based community providers holding a n MD\, DO\, PA\, or NP credential.\n\nActive participation is required and participants are expected to contribute one patient case for discussion d uring the course of the series.\n\nRegister Online: https://web.cvent.com/ event/96e56aff-3acf-4999-9fa2-3a9bc4a1e72b/waitlist?environment=P2 LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/sleep-disorders-project-echo?utm_source =caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Research Speed Networking - AYS and SPH DTSTART:20260923T160000Z DTEND:20260923T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T003318Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53975981753192 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Faculty and staff from the Andrew Young School of Policy Studi es and the School of Public Health are invited to join us for brief resear ch presentations from panelists\, followed by a speed networking session d esigned to spark new collaborations.\n\nThis event is part of the Andrew Y oung School's Sponsoring Success Series\, which empowers our professionals to excel in research\, teaching\, leadership\, and community engagement. Designed to spark growth and connection\, each session delivers valuable i nsights\, dynamic networking opportunities\, and actionable strategies tha t participants can immediately put into practice. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T003318Z LOCATION:Andrew Young School of Policy Studies\, 903/904 URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/research-speed-networking-event-ays-and -sph?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Consular Conversations: Argentina DTSTART:20260923T160000Z DTEND:20260923T173000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T064200Z UID:10041550-1790164800-1790170200@www.globalatlanta.com CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Join Global Atlanta on September 23rd for the next intervi ew in the Consular Conversations series presented and hosted by Miller & Martin PLLC\, featuring Alana Lomónaco Busto\, Consul General of the Arg entine Republic in Atlanta. \nThe discussion will include a one-on-one int erview with Global Atlanta Managing Editor Trevor Williams followed by a moderated audience Q&A. \nDiscussion Topics Include:\n\nMessi to Malbec: Using soccer’s spotlight to drive tourism and business\nFan Passport and Visit Argentina’s travel outreach to the Southeast U.S.\nArgentina’s new investment regime: Post-reform success stories\nGov. Kemp’s visit la st year and Argentine investments in Georgia\nOil discoveries to lithium m ining: Argentina’s role in the global energy transition\nAgricultural co mplementarity and tariff discussions\nArgentina’s tech and AI ascent and ecosystem connections with Atlanta\n\nFeatured Speaker:\n\nAlana Lomónac o Busto\nConsul General of the Argentine Republic in Atlanta \n  \n  \n   \n  \n  \nAlana Lomónaco Busto is currently the Consul General of Ar gentina at the Consulate General of Argentina in Atlanta\, serving the Sta tes of Georgia\, Alabama\, South Carolina\, Kentucky\, Mississippi and Ten nessee. She has extensive experience in diplomatic roles\, including Head of the Economic and Commercial Section at the Embassy of Argentina in Egyp t\, and positions in cybersecurity\, digital affairs\, and women’s right s with Argentina’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Alana has also been invo lved in international environmental negotiations and has a strong backgrou nd in international relations\, teaching at Pontifica Universidad Católic a Argentina\, and working in foreign trade. \nPresented and Hosted by:\n \ n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n\nSponsored by:\n \n  \nDiscover Argentina with Co pa Airlines\nHave a World-Class experience. Travel to the best destination s in Argentina through the Hub of the Americas® in Panama with Copa Airli nes. Copa Airlines serves six destinations in Argentina: Buenos Aires (EZE )\, Córdoba (COR)\, Mendoza (MDZ)\, Rosario (ROS)\, Salta (SLA) and Tucum án (TUC). \nhttps://www.copaair.com/en/flights-to-argentina LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T064200Z LOCATION:Miller and Martin\, 1180 W Peachtree St NW UNIT 2100\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/event/cc-argentina-2026/?utm_source=cald iscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Global Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/events/category/culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:JobFairX: Atlanta Veteran Virtual Job Fair DTSTART:20260923T160000Z DTEND:20260923T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T063631Z UID:10036696-1790164800-1790179200@metroatlantaexchange.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:JobFairX is hosting an Atlanta Veteran Virtual Job Fair on Tue sday\, September 22nd\, from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM. \nThis event will connec t job seekers directly with employers online. Attendees will be able to ap ply through the platform to employers posting open positions. \nClick here to learn more and register. LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T063631Z URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/jobfairx-atlanta-veteran-virtua l-job-fair-2/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta- ga X-SOURCE-NAME:MAX X-SOURCE-URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/georgia-chamber-of-com merce-future-of-energy-and-sustainability END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Lunch with Lawyers DTSTART:20260923T160000Z DTEND:20260923T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53869935308246 CATEGORIES:community,education DESCRIPTION:Lunch with Lawyers connects Georgia State Law students with pr acticing attorneys in an informal\, small-group setting over lunch. These conversations allow students to hear real stories about career paths\, pra ctice areas\, and lessons learned from the field. Each session features a different guest\, offering a wide range of perspectives across traditional and nontraditional legal careers. To ensure a meaningful experience and a llow for deeper connections\, each Lunch with Lawyers session will be held on Wednesdays at noon and will be limited to 5-10 students. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:College of Law\, 144 or 139 URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/lunch-with-lawyers-3335?utm_source=cald iscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Admissions & Standards Committee Meeting DTSTART:20260923T163000Z DTEND:20260923T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260818T182147Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53734668550375 CATEGORIES:civic DESCRIPTION:This is the meeting of the Senate Committee on Admissions & St andards. LAST-MODIFIED:20260818T182147Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/admissions-standards-committee-meeting- 1732?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Scottie Supply Closet Opening DTSTART:20260923T170000Z DTEND:20260923T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180352Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53485210735748 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:The Scottie Supply Closet offers free food\, toiletries\, and household goods to Agnes Scott students. Open from 1 - 4 PM in Walters Hal l. Student ID required. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180352Z LOCATION:Walters Hall\, Walters 100 Supply Closet URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/scottie-supply-closet-opening?ut m_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Blue Table Safety Talks: Trauma-Informed Cooking Conversation Feat uring Raksha Inc. DTSTART:20260923T170000Z DTEND:20260923T183000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T120326Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53529330952847 CATEGORIES:wellness DESCRIPTION:One of the goals of Student Victim Assistance (SVA) is to help students find healthy ways to cope with trauma after victimization. SVA employs a holistic approach\, and one way individuals can care for themsel ves is through cooking. Cooking is not only a physical activity that prom otes self-care\, but it is also a mindful practice that supports emotional and mental well-being. This Trauma-Informed Cooking Conversation will cov er how cooking can encompass various aspects of wellness. We will also be featuring some special guests from the Non-Profit Raksha\, that will be g uiding us in some wellness activites. \n\nHosted by: Be Well Panthers Heal th & Wellness\n\nAdditional Information can be found at: https://pin.gsu.e du/event/12362646 LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T120326Z LOCATION:CL4190 URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/blue-table-safety-talks-trauma-informed -cooking-conversation-7804?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_camp aign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Adaptive Strength Class DTSTART:20260923T170000Z DTEND:20260923T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260828T005346Z UID:10002099-1790168400-1790172000@shepherd.org CATEGORIES:wellness DESCRIPTION:Join Adaptive Wellness Collective for an in-person Adaptive St rength Class — a dynamic\, adaptive strength training session focused on building muscle\, improving bone health\, and enhancing functional moveme nt. Whether you prefer to work seated\, standing\, or a mix of both\, this class offers modifications to support your goals and abilities. Using res istance bands\, weights\, and bodyweight exercises\, you’ll gain the str ength and confidence to move through daily life with greater ease. All equ ipment is provided.Cost to Attend: $20First class is complimentary!For qu estions\, please contact adaptivewellnesscollective@shepherd.org. \n\n\n\n \n \n \n Register on CampDoc\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n Parking instructions for Adaptive Well ness Collective classes\nFree\, covered parking is available in a dedicate d parking deck for the Marcus Center for Advanced Rehabilitation. For GPS \, use the address 2060 Peachtree Road NW\, Atlanta\, GA (at the corner of Peachtree Road and Peachtree Valley Road). \n\nADA-accessible parking is available on all levels.\nTake a ticket when entering the deck — patient s and visitors with appointments at the Marcus Center for Advanced Rehabil itation can validate their ticket inside.\nUse the parking elevators to re ach Level 1\, where you’ll find the building entrance.\nTake the elevato r floor 11 and look for the waiting area. A volunteer or staff member will escort you to the studio.\n\nPlease note: The MCAR building is not easil y accessible from Shepherd Center’s main parking deck on Manderson Drive . \nPatient drop-off and pick-up\nPatient drop-off and pick-up for the MCA R building takes place under the awning at the building’s main entrance on the right side of the circle on Manderson Drive. For GPS\, use the addr ess 2020 Peachtree Road NW\, Atlanta\, GA. \nStaff will be available duri ng business hours to assist if needed. LAST-MODIFIED:20260828T005346Z LOCATION:Best Health Suite at MCAR\, 2060 Peachtree Rd NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://shepherd.org/event/adaptive-strength-class/2026-09-23/?utm_sou rce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Shepherd Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://shepherd.org/treatment/services-clinics/recreation-th erapy/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:All Hazards Training DTSTART:20260923T170000Z DTEND:20260923T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53921440009717 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:All Hazards Training equips participants with the knowledge an d skills needed to prepare for\, respond to\, and recover from a variety o f emergencies and disasters. The course covers emergency management fundam entals\, threat and hazard identification\, hazard vulnerability assessmen ts\, incident command and control principles\, emergency communications\, and protective actions for incidents such as fires\, severe weather\, acti ve threats\, hazardous materials events\, utility failures\, and other eme rgencies. Participants learn how to identify risks\, understand their role s during an incident\, support emergency operations\, and contribute to a safe and resilient workplace. \n\nKey Topics Covered\n\nEmergency Manageme nt FundamentalsAll-Hazards ApproachThreat and Hazard IdentificationHazard Vulnerability AssessmentIncident Command System (ICS) and Command & Contro lEmergency CommunicationsFire Safety and Building EvacuationActive Threat/ Active Shooter AwarenessBomb Threat and Suspicious Package ResponseSevere Weather PreparednessUtility Failure and Infrastructure DisruptionsTraining \, Exercises\, and Continuous Improvement LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/all-hazards-training-6641?utm_source=ca ldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Next-Level PowerPoint DTSTART:20260923T170000Z DTEND:20260923T183000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53892119208474 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:We’ve all been forced to sit through really boring and ineff ective presentations. PowerPoint doesn’t have to be that way! We’ll sh are and practice using design tips to help you transform your presentation s from boring to brilliant. We’ll cover features used in both the PC and Mac versions.\n\nWorkshop Topics\n\nPowerPoint best practicesDesign tipsP owerPoint slide analysis and transformationWorking with multimediaDesignin g with SmartArt LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/next-level-powerpoint?utm_source=caldis covery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Vmock Workshop - Professor Cormier DTSTART:20260923T173000Z DTEND:20260923T183000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53939107030795 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Students will learn how to use VMock's AI-powered features to improve resumes\, optimize LinkedIn profiles\, prepare for interviews\, an d assess career competencies. Through live demonstrations and hands-on act ivities\, participants will gain practical tips for leveraging the platfor m to enhance their professional brand and better prepare for internships\, jobs\, and career opportunities. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/vmock-workshop-professor-cormier?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Supervising Student Employees - Virtual DTSTART:20260923T180000Z DTEND:20260923T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260826T180039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53806722032983 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Student employees are developing more than job skills. They ar e building the professional habits\, confidence\, and career readiness the y will carry into future roles. This workshop equips supervisors with prac tical strategies for setting clear expectations\, coaching through challen ges\, providing effective feedback\, and fostering accountability. Partici pants will learn how to turn everyday interactions into meaningful develop ment opportunities that support student success\, belonging\, and workplac e growth. LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T180039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/supervising-student-employees-virtual?u tm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:National Association of Workforce Development Professionals (NAWDP ): 30 Minutes of Excellence – Workforce Ecosystems: The Secret Sauce DTSTART:20260923T180000Z DTEND:20260923T183000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T063631Z UID:10036645-1790172000-1790173800@metroatlantaexchange.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The National Association of Workforce Development Professional s (NAWDP) is hosting a 30 Minutes of Excellence – Workforce Ecosystems: The Secret Sauce on Wednesday\, September 23rd\, from 2:00 PM to 2:30 PM. \nStrong workforce ecosystems don’t happen by accident. They are built t hrough intentional partnerships\, shared goals\, and community collaborati on. But what do you do when potential partners aren’t eager to come to t he table? \nIn this session\, workforce development professionals will lea rn strategies for building and strengthening workforce ecosystems\, even w hen buy-in is limited. Explore how to identify common interests\, create v alue for partners\, leverage existing relationships\, and develop trust ac ross organizations. Participants will leave with actionable approaches to engage employers\, education providers\, community-based organizations\, a nd other stakeholders in creating a more connected and responsive workforc e system. \nClick here to learn more and register. LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T063631Z URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/national-association-of-workfor ce-development-professionals-nawdp-30-minutes-of-excellence-workforce-ecos ystems-the-secret-sauce/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campai gn=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:MAX X-SOURCE-URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/georgia-chamber-of-com merce-future-of-energy-and-sustainability END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Statutes & Bylaws Committee Meeting DTSTART:20260923T181500Z DTEND:20260923T184500Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_54008855771141 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:This is the meeting of the Senate Committee on University Stat utes and Senate Bylaws. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/statutes-bylaws-committee-meeting?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sewing Basics - EXLAB - Atlanta DTSTART:20260923T183000Z DTEND:20260923T193000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_54007157413505 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Come join the EXLAB community to learn how to sew!\n\nLearn th e basics of sewing machines and how to use them. A quick introduction will be given followed by a mini hands on activity to "test" your new found sk ills.\n\nThis workshop is only open to Georgia State University students\, faculty\, and staff. Please note that there can be a maximum of eight att endees at this workshop\, on a first come first served basis\, so please m ake an effort to arrive early. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:EXLAB @ Arts & Humanities URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/sewing-basics-exlab-atlanta?utm_source= caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Ask a Professional: Social Sciences Panel DTSTART:20260923T190000Z DTEND:20260923T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260910T182306Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53939109095195 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:🔬 Social Science Panel: Explore Your Path\, Shape Your Fut ure 📅 September 23 🕚 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 📍 Location: Hy brid (25 Park Place\, Suite 111 OR Virtual) Curious about careers in t he Social Sciences? Join us for an exciting and informative Social Scienc e Panel where you'll hear directly from professionals in Psychology\, Ant hropology\, History\, Political Science\, and more! Whether you're al ready in a Social Science meta-major or just exploring your options\, this event is your chance to: 🔍 Learn about different Social Science major s and career paths 🎤 Hear real stories and advice from people in the f ield ❓ Ask questions about coursework\, internships\, jobs\, and more 🌱 Get inspired to shape your own unique Social Science journey! Bri ng your curiosity\, questions\, and maybe even a friend — and take one s tep closer to discovering where Social Sciences can take you! LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T182306Z LOCATION:25 Park Pl NE URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/ask-a-professional-social-sciences-pane l?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Coco 3PM | 5PM | 7PM DTSTART:20260923T190000Z DTEND:20260924T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53511637102249 CATEGORIES:film DESCRIPTION:Movie showing of Coco held at Cinefest\, 2nd floor\, Student C enter West. All shows are general seating. The movie theater lobby opens 1 0 minutes prior to the scheduled screening. Seating is first-come\, first- served.\n\n\n\n \n\n\nHosted by: POUNCE Rewards Program\, Spotlight Progra ms Board\n\nAdditional Information can be found at: https://pin.gsu.edu/ev ent/12514651 LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:Cinefest URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/coco-3pm-5pm-7pm?utm_source=caldiscover y&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Research Assignment Survival Guide (Honors) DTSTART:20260923T190000Z DTEND:20260923T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53706338008321 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Are you a Perimeter College Honors College student writing a r esearch paper this semester? Or completing a research project? In this wor kshop\, you will learn how to approach research assignments effectively\, which saves you time\, keeps you organized\, and reduces your stress.\n\nB y: Lauren Rich LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/research-assignment-survival-guide-hono rs?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fulton County Library System: F.Y.I. Wednesdays DTSTART:20260923T193000Z DTEND:20260923T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T063631Z UID:10036784-1790177400-1790182800@metroatlantaexchange.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Fulton County Library System is hosting Y.I Wednesdays eve ry Wednesday\, from 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM\, at the Metropolitan Branch. \nHav e a question about homework?  Struggling with resources for that research project?  The Library is here to help!  Drop into the Teen Area on Wedn esday afternoons during the school year\, where you can learn about availa ble academic databases (and some fun resources too!). This event is open t o teens ages 13-17 years old. \nClick here to learn more. LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T063631Z LOCATION:Metropolitan Branch\, 1332 Metropolitan Parkway\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30310\, United States URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/fulton-county-library-system-f- y-i-wednesdays/2026-09-23/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_camp aign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:MAX X-SOURCE-URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/georgia-chamber-of-com merce-future-of-energy-and-sustainability END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Eats & Beats @ East Point Farmers Market DTSTART:20260923T200000Z DTEND:20260923T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T170245Z UID:45252-1790179200-1790190000@eastpointga.gov CATEGORIES:food,market LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170245Z LOCATION:Downtown Commons\, 2714 East Point Street\, East Point\, GA\, 303 44\, United States URL:https://eastpointga.gov/event/eats-beats-east-point-farmers-market-14/ ?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of East Point\, Georgia X-SOURCE-URL:https://eastpointga.gov END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Super Taco DTSTART:20260923T200000Z DTEND:20260924T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T195050Z UID:10000293-1790179200-1790197200@stillfirebrewing.com CATEGORIES:drink,food DESCRIPTION:Some food trucks need a special occasion. Super Taco just need s a parking spot. \nQuesabirria\, mulitas\, and all the usual favorites ar e on deck\, ready to be washed down with whatever’s pouring that day. It ’s not complicated. It’s just really\, really good. \nShow up. Order t oo much. No regrets. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T195050Z URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com/event/super-taco-3/2026-09-23/?utm_source =caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:StillFire Brewing X-SOURCE-URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Old Dad's Wing Wagon DTSTART:20260923T200000Z DTEND:20260924T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T195050Z UID:10000329-1790179200-1790197200@stillfirebrewing.com CATEGORIES:drink,food DESCRIPTION:Beer and wings. Wings and beer. Two things that were basically made to hang out\, and Old Dad’s Wing Wagon is bringing them together r ight here at StillFire. \nCrispy\, saucy wings with over two decades of Da wsonville wing wisdom behind them\, cooked to order and built for pairing with a cold pint. Mild\, wild\, or somewhere delightfully in between\, the re’s a flavor for every beer in the lineup. \nNo fancy plating. No prete nse. Just legendary wings and the beer that makes them better. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T195050Z URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com/event/old-dads-wing-wagon/2026-09-23/?utm _source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:StillFire Brewing X-SOURCE-URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Masala S.A.C.E. General Body Meeting: India DTSTART:20260923T213000Z DTEND:20260923T223000Z DTSTAMP:20260908T183537Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53892281078922 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Come hang out with Masala S.A.C.E. at our General Body Meeting ! We’ll be talking about India and sharing a little about its culture. T here will be some Indian snacks to try! Come by\, grab some food\, and spe nd some time with us. Everyone is welcome! LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T183537Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Luchsinger Lounge URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/masala-sace-general-body-meeting -india?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Academic Tutoring DTSTART:20260923T220000Z DTEND:20260924T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T063345Z UID:10002871-1790186400-1790186400@friendshipatl.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:"If my people\, which are called by my name\, shall humble the mselves\, and pray\, and seek my face\, and turn from their wicked ways\; then will I hear from heaven\, and will forgive their sin\, and will heal their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14 \n \n As we step into a new s eason\, we’re reminded of the beauty of walking together through every m oment. We’re reflecting on what it means to bring our pain to God throu gh prayer\, celebrate His faithfulness\, and remain expectant for what He has ahead. From learning to lament in the midst of hardship\, staying stea dfast in the wilderness\, to celebrating God’s faithfulness\, there is s o much to be grateful for. \n \n We invite you to stay connected\, lean in\, and join us for all that’s happening in the weeks ahead! LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T063345Z LOCATION:Friendship Community Church\, 4141 Old Fairburn Rd\, Atlanta\, GA \, 30349\, United States URL:https://friendshipatl.org/event/academic-tutoring-2/2026-09-23/?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Friendship Community Church X-SOURCE-URL:https://friendshipatl.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mountain Bike Group Ride DTSTART:20260923T220000Z DTEND:20260923T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T202202Z UID:303b2cj1g7u3frg9svvo7r232p@google.com CATEGORIES:outdoors DESCRIPTION:Join us every Wednesday at 6 pm for a relaxed and enjoyable ev ening mountain bike ride at Blankets Creek Park! THIS IS NOT A RIDE TO HUN T THOSE KOMs\, (I'm talking to you e-bikers) this is a relaxing no drop gr oup ride! LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T202202Z LOCATION:Blankets Creek Mountain Bike Trails\, 2261 Sixes Rd\, Canton\, GA 30114\, USA X-SOURCE-NAME:freeflitega@gmail.com X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.freeflite.com/articles/upcoming-events-pg1420.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Georgia State University Men's Soccer vs UNC Asheville - Youth Nig ht DTSTART:20260923T220000Z DTEND:20260924T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53493931820079 CATEGORIES:family,sports DESCRIPTION:The Georgia State University men's soccer team hosts UNC Ashev ille at the GSU Soccer Complex on Youth Night. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:Atlanta\, Ga.\, GSU Soccer Complex URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/georgia-state-university-mens-soccer-vs -unc-asheville?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta -ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PTC ride out to Dogwood (MTB) DTSTART:20260923T221500Z DTEND:20260923T234500Z DTSTAMP:20260915T202214Z UID:0l9bjbv7krhechb0f1dt08n2am@google.com CATEGORIES:outdoors LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T202214Z X-SOURCE-NAME:Trek Bicycle Store of Peachtree City Weekly Events X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantatrek.com/about/atlanta-trek-mcdonough-pg88 2.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stretch + Sound at Sundown-Sonic Yoga at Oakhurst Garden DTSTART:20260923T223000Z DTEND:20260923T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260825T182602Z UID:10005897-1790188200-1790191800@www.wyldecenter.org CATEGORIES:music,wellness DESCRIPTION:Stretch + Sound at Sundown with Sonic Yoga\nJoin us at Oakhurs t Garden for a relaxing mid-week reset! Hosted by Sonic Yoga\, this all-le vels yoga class pairs Felipe Mejia’s mindful instruction with live cosm ic soundscapes by Benjamin J. Davidow from Gas Hound\, creating a one-of- a-kind\, grounding experience.\nExpect to move\, breathe\, stretch\, and r eset—surrounded by nature\, good people\, and the gentle pulse of live m usic.  \nDetails:\n\nWhere: Oakhurst Garden\, 435 Oakview Road\, Decatur\ , GA\, 30030\nWhen: October 29th\, 2025\nWhat to Bring: Yoga mat\, water\, and an open heart. (Mat’s provided upon request)\n\nSuggested Donation: $30 \nSign Up LAST-MODIFIED:20260825T182602Z LOCATION:Oakhurst Garden\, 435 Oakview Rd.\, Decatur\, GA\, 30030\, United States URL:https://www.wyldecenter.org/event/stretch-sound-at-sundown-sonic-yoga- at-oakhurst-garden-2/2026-09-23/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&ut m_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Wylde Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.wyldecenter.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PPGA General Body Meeting: Repro Health Care Kits DTSTART:20260923T223000Z DTEND:20260924T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T182536Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53874558641549 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Join Planned Parenthood Generation Action to pack reproductive health wellness kits for your fellow Scotties! Decorate bags\, distribute resources\, and enjoy a movie and snacks. LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T182536Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Hub URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/ppga-general-body-meeting-repro- health-care-kits?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlan ta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SOLD OUT: Designing with Seasonal Blooms: An Autumn Floral Arrangi ng Workshop DTSTART:20260923T223000Z DTEND:20260924T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260912T190632Z UID:10011750-1790188200-1790195400@atlantabg.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the beauty of the season by creating your own lush f loral arrangement using fresh\, seasonal blooms. In this hands-on workshop \, Instructor Janelle will guide participants through the fundamentals of floral design\, including flower selection\, color\, texture\, movement an d mechanics\, along with tips for keeping flowers fresh at home. We’ll b egin with a short presentation before designing together\, and everyone wi ll leave with a beautiful arrangement to enjoy. Whether you’re a beginne r or simply love flowers\, this class is designed to be creative\, relaxed and fun. \nDate: Wednesday\, Sept. 23\nTime: 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.\nFee: $10 0 (Members $95)\nRegistration Deadline: Sept. 20\nInstructor: Janelle Sole r \nAbout Janelle Soler\nJanelle Soler is an Atlanta-based florist and mul tidisciplinary artist inspired by nature\, color\, and her Cuban-Puerto Ri can heritage. She has over seven years of experience designing florals for weddings\, events\, and private clients\, and loves sharing the joy of fl owers through approachable\, hands-on workshops.\nJoin the Waitlist LAST-MODIFIED:20260912T190632Z LOCATION:Atlanta Botanical Garden\, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/designing-with-seasonal-blooms-an-autum n-floral-arranging-workshop/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_ca mpaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Botanical Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/category/atlanta END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:How to Create Annotated Bibliographies DTSTART:20260923T230000Z DTEND:20260924T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260815T122206Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53706338038037 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This workshop will demonstrate how to create annotated bibliog raphies.\n\nBy: Joanna Paleveda LAST-MODIFIED:20260815T122206Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/how-to-create-annotated-bibliographies? utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Wednesday Lessons: Advanced West Coast Swing Lesson #4 DTSTART:20260923T230000Z DTEND:20260924T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260831T123944Z UID:7hon01nhlvuag0e4l5u8hved8v@google.com CATEGORIES:dance DESCRIPTION:Wednesday Lessons: Advanced West Coast Swing Lesson #4 w/Josep h LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T123944Z LOCATION:The Heretic Atlanta\, 2069 Cheshire Bridge Rd NE\, Atlanta\, GA 3 0324\, USA X-SOURCE-NAME:danceoutatl@gmail.com X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.danceoutatlanta.com/lesson-schedule END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Writers & Scholars: Rose McClarney DTSTART:20260923T230000Z DTEND:20260924T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T002458Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53202066848958 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Rose McLarney’s collections of poems are Colorfast\,Forage\, and Its Day Being Gone\, from Penguin Poets\, as well as The Always Broke n Plates of Mountains\, published by Four Way Books. A book of lyric essay s\, Rubble Masonry\, from LSU Press\, is her newest release.\n\nShe is co- editor of A Literary Field Guide to Southern Appalachia\, from University of Georgia Press\, and the journal Southern Humanities Review. \n\nRose h as been awarded fellowships by MacDowell and Bread Loaf and Sewanee Writer s’ Conferences\; served as Dartmouth Poet in Residence at the Frost Plac e\; and is winner of the National Poetry Series\, the Chaffin Award for Ac hievement in Appalachian Writing\, and the Fellowship of Southern Writers ’ New Writing Award for Poetry\, among other prizes.\n\nHer work has app eared in publications including American Poetry Review\, The Kenyon Review \, The Southern Review\, New England Review\, Prairie Schooner\, Orion\, a nd The Oxford American.\n\nCurrently\, she is Lanier Endowed Professor of Creative Writing at Auburn University.\n\nPhoto credit: Parker J. Pfister LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T002458Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Luchsinger Lounge URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/writers-scholars-rose-mcclarney? utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Achieve Atlanta: Job Search 101 DTSTART:20260923T230000Z DTEND:20260924T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53939111068459 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Achieve Atlanta: Job Search 101 This workshop helps students i dentify their skills\, explore career paths and job titles\, and create a clear plan for their next steps. Participants will leave with greater conf idence and direction in starting their job/internship search. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:25 Park Place Northeast URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/achieve-atlanta-job-search-101?utm_sour ce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Blackfriars Student Theatre Rehearsals DTSTART:20260923T230000Z DTEND:20260924T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T123428Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53821450114992 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:Rehearsals for the student led show for the semester. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T123428Z LOCATION:Dana Fine Arts Building\, Dana 101 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/blackfriars-student-theatre-rehe arsals?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:team trivia DTSTART:20260923T230000Z DTEND:20260924T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T195050Z UID:10000126-1790190000-1790197200@stillfirebrewing.com CATEGORIES:community,drink DESCRIPTION:Some people peaked in high school. Others are saving it all fo r Team Trivia night. \nBring your squad\, order a round\, and chase house cash prizes for the top three teams. Bragging rights are nice. Bragging ri ghts with free beers hit different. \nGame on at 7 PM. Snag your table\, g rab your favorite beer\, and let’s find out who actually knows things. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T195050Z URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com/event/team-trivia/2026-09-23/?utm_source= caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:StillFire Brewing X-SOURCE-URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Quilting Fundamentals Class DTSTART:20260923T230000Z DTEND:20260924T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T205128Z UID:10018963-1790190000-1790197200@decaturartsalliance.org CATEGORIES:education LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T205128Z LOCATION:Hyatt Cottage at Legacy Park\, 500 S. Columbia Dr.\, Decatur\, GA \, 30030\, United States URL:https://decaturartsalliance.org/event/quilting-fundamentals-class/2026 -09-23/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Decatur Arts Alliance X-SOURCE-URL:https://decaturartsalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Atlanta Braves vs Cincinnati Reds DTSTART:20260923T231500Z DTEND:20260924T021500Z DTSTAMP:20260913T060311Z UID:10004905-1790190900-1790201700@batteryatl.com CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Join us as the Atlanta Braves face off against the Cincinnati Reds at Truist Park! \nDates & Times for this series are as follows* \nTue sday\, September 22nd: First Pitch – 7:15 pm (Austin Riley Short Sleeve Hoodie Giveaway) \nWednesday\, September 23rd: First Pitch – 7:15 pm \nT hursday\, September 24th: First Pitch – 7:15 pm (Ronald Acuna Jr. Basket ball Jersey Giveaway) \n* Date & Time subject to change \nPlease be advise d that road closures will go into effect prior to large events. \nPurchase your single game tickets here! LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T060311Z LOCATION:Truist Park\, 755 Battery Avenue Southeast\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30339 \, United States URL:https://batteryatl.com/event/atlanta-braves-vs-cincinnati-reds/2026-09 -23/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:BatteryATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://batteryatl.com/events-calendar/tag/live-music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fiber Arts Club General Body Meeting DTSTART:20260923T233000Z DTEND:20260924T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260828T122727Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53821452133447 CATEGORIES:arts,education DESCRIPTION:Join the Fiber Arts Club for a general body meeting! Supplies and instruction are provided\; no experience necessary. LAST-MODIFIED:20260828T122727Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Meeting Room 304 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/fiber_arts_club_general_body_mee ting_6152?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Emmaline - Sinatra\, My Sweetheart Tour DTSTART:20260923T233000Z DTEND:20260924T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T204448Z UID:20598-1790191800-1790191800@atlantaconcertreviews.com CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Though still in the early stages of her blossoming career\, vo calist\, violinist and songwriter\, Emmaline\, has accomplished an impress ive laundry list of achievements so far. From being featured in top music publications such as Rolling Stone and American Songwriter to performing a s the opening act for GRAMMY winning icons Chaka Khan and Kenny G and bein g named “Best Vocal Jazz of 2023” by Spotify\, this Nashville-based in dependent artist captivates the hearts of all who hear her smoky\, jazz-in fused\, genre-fluid voice. \nAs one of the leading independent female song writers and arrangers of her generation\, Emmaline has garnered tens of mi llions of streams with her independently released EPs All My Sweetest Drea ms\, Necessity\, Retro Kind of Love and Indiana Skies. In November of 2025 \, she released her long-awaited Christmas Album\, which experienced immed iate virality\, gaining over 5 million streams within the first week of re lease and charting at #34 on the jazz radio charts. \nOn April 14\, 2023\, Emmaline made her silver screen debut in over 1\,200 movie theaters acros s the country in the motion picture Sweetwater alongside a star-studded ca st of acting legends like Richard Dreyfuss\, Cary Elwes and Jeremy Piven. Emmaline’s voice can be heard throughout the Sweetwater movie soundtrack \, singing authentic renditions of old classics and a soulful duet on “D own Home Blues\,” with 4-time GRAMMY-winning blues artist Gary Clark Jr. \nUsing the power of social media\, Emmaline kick-started her career in 2 018 by sharing acoustic covers of popular songs and original material to h er social media platforms (@emmalineofficial)\, where she now boasts a pas sionately loyal fan base of over 500\,000 followers. Emmaline shines on st age whether online or in person\, and has performed countless sold-out sho ws at some of the country’s most notable jazz clubs\, music venues and f estivals—including over 33 sold-out headlining shows in 2025 alone. In 2 025\, she also marked a major international milestone\, performing her fir st overseas shows with two sold-out performances at The Royal Opera House of Muscat. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T204448Z LOCATION:Terminal West\, 887 West Maritetta St. NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30318\ , United States URL:https://atlantaconcertreviews.com/event/emmaline-sinatra-my-sweetheart -tour/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Concert Reviews X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantaconcertreviews.com/concert-calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Rufus Wainwright DTSTART:20260924T000000Z DTEND:20260924T033000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T170243Z UID:69b31e615f2c9247eb3242ca CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Praised by the New York Times for his “genuine originality\, ” Rufus Wainwright has established himself as one of the great male voca lists\, songwriters\, and composers of his generation. The New York-born\, Montreal-raised singer-songwriter has released ten studio albums to date\ , three DVDs\, and three live albums including the GRAMMY® nominated Rufu s Does Judy at Carnegie Hall. He has collaborated with artists such as Elt on John\, Burt Bacharach\, Miley Cyrus\, David Byrne\, Boy George\, Joni M itchell\, Pet Shop Boys\, Heart\, Carly Rae Jepsen\, Robbie Williams\, Jes sye Norman\, Billy Joel\, Paul Simon\, Sting\, and producer Mark Ronson\, among many others. He has written two operas and numerous songs for movies and TV. \nTicket URL: https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/rufus-wainwrig ht-ck62ru LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170243Z LOCATION:City Winery Atlanta\, 650 North Ave NE\, Atlanta\, 30308\, US URL:https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/rufus-wainwright-ck62ru?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City Winery Events X-SOURCE-URL:https://citywinery.com/atlanta/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Wednesday Lessons: Beginner West Coast Swing Lesson #4 DTSTART:20260924T000000Z DTEND:20260924T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260831T123944Z UID:1kg9p804mu3ldqe0b49f3vt8vd@google.com CATEGORIES:dance DESCRIPTION:Wednesday Lessons: Beginner West Coast Swing Lesson #4 w/Josep h LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T123944Z LOCATION:The Heretic Atlanta\, 2069 Cheshire Bridge Rd NE\, Atlanta\, GA 3 0324\, USA X-SOURCE-NAME:danceoutatl@gmail.com X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.danceoutatlanta.com/lesson-schedule END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Luchsinger A Cappella Rehearsal DTSTART:20260924T000000Z DTEND:20260924T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T182536Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53874561844951 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Luchsinger rehearsal in preparation for our fall concert. LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T182536Z LOCATION:Presser Hall\, PR-Presser G-17 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/luchsinger-a-cappella-rehearsal- 4376?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Open Mic Night - Wednesday September 23 at 8:00PM DTSTART:20260924T000000Z DTEND:20260924T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T060913Z UID:10001788-1790193600-1790199000@laughingskulllounge.com CATEGORIES:music LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T060913Z LOCATION:Laughing Skull Lounge\, 878 Peachtree Street\, Atlanta\, GA\, 303 09\, United States URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com/event/open-mic-night-wednesday-septemb er-23-2026-at-800pm/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=a tlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Laughing Skull Lounge X-SOURCE-URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:College of Law Fall 2026 - Spring 2027 Clinic & Externship Applic ation Period DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260924 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260925 DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52922638420203 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Spring 2027 Clinic & Externship Application Period\n\nSeptembe r 16-30 2025\n\nThe application for Spring enrollment for all clinics and externships opens on Wednesday\, September 16th and closes on Wednesday\, September 30th at 11:59 p.m. To apply\, visit the Clinical Programs page o r the Externships page. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-college-of-law-fall-2025-spring -2026-clinic-externship-application-period?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_med ium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Withdrawal Period - Full Semester DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260924 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260925 DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52328748787642 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Withdrawal Period begins via PAWS at 8 a.m.\n\nWithdrawn c lasses appear on the official transcript with the grade of W or WF.\n\nFor detailed information on withdrawals\, refer to the "Revision of Class Sch edule" section of the University Catalog. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-classes-begin-mmii?utm_source=c aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Withdrawal Period - MMII DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260924 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260925 DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52328767054221 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Withdrawal Period begins via PAWS at 8 a.m.\n\nWithdrawn c lasses appear on the official transcript with the grade of W or WF.\n\nFor detailed information on withdrawals\, refer to the "Revision of Class Sch edule" section of the University Catalog. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-withdrawal-period-mmi?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dueling Pianos at Park Bench DTSTART:20260924T010000Z DTEND:20260924T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T002131Z UID:10005584-1790197200-1790197200@batteryatl.com CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Braves Pre-Game Tailgate & Post Game Live Music! \nThe Park Be nch after-game experience includes an electrifying night as our phenomenal piano duelists create a symphony of melodies and harmonies with your favo rite hits and popular song requests! Join us for this exciting after game fun as we celebrate Braves fever and turn the volume up! \n\n\n\nDoors Ope n:  4:00 pm \nLive Music:   Pre-game Dueling Pianos \nAfter-game perfor mance begins at 9:15 pm or immediately following the Braves game. \nClick here for more information! LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T002131Z LOCATION:Park Bench\, 900 Battery Ave\, Ste 1060\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30339 URL:https://batteryatl.com/event/dueling-pianos-at-park-bench-31/?utm_sour ce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:BatteryATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://batteryatl.com/events-calendar/tag/live-music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Panthers Commitment to Consent 2026-2027 Academic Year DTSTART:20260924T040000Z DTEND:20260925T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53547031987504 CATEGORIES:wellness DESCRIPTION:Take the Georgia State Commitment to Consent and help create a culture of respect\, communication\, and positive sexual wellness across our Panther community. \nConsent is enthusiastic\, communicated\, specific \, informed\, and reversible. It means making sure everyone is able and wi lling to participate\, communicating clearly\, respecting boundaries\, and understanding that anyone can change their mind at any time. \nHow it wor ks (less than 2 minutes!): \n\nRSVP to this event during the 2026–2027 a cademic year. \nShare your name and affirm your commitment to practicing t he Student Wellness Five Components of Consent in your sexual and intimate interactions. \nComplete the virtual commitment to demonstrate your suppo rt for a culture where consent\, communication\, and respect are valued. \ n\nYour attendance will be recorded in PIN\, making you eligible to earn P ounce Rewards and contribute toward your Health & Wellness Advocate proces s. \nTake a moment to make the commitment. Your participation helps promot e respect\, healthy communication\, safety\, and positive sexual wellness at Georgia State University. 🐾 \nLearn more about consent by registerin g for the Your Sexual Wellness Matters iCollege Course\n \n\nHosted by: B e Well Panthers Health & Wellness\n\nAdditional Information can be found a t: https://pin.gsu.edu/event/12526520 LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/yes-to-consent-panthers-pledge-2026-202 7-academic-year?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlant a-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Music Major for a Day DTSTART:20260924T040000Z DTEND:20260924T050000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52938977682450 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Music Major for a Day is an opportunity for prospective studen ts to experience life as a music student at Georgia State University. Part icipants will attend classes\, connect with faculty and current students\, explore facilities in downtown Atlanta and gain a closer look at academic programs\, ensembles and student opportunities within the School of Music .\n\n2026–27 Music Major for a Day Dates:\n• September 24\, 2026 (Thur sday) — Music Education Focus\n• October 22\, 2026 (Thursday) — All Concentrations\n• November 4\, 2026 (Wednesday) — Music Industries Foc us\n\nSpace may be limited for select events. Additional details and regis tration information will be shared through the School of Music admissions office. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:Rialto Center for the Arts URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-school-of-music-audition-day?ut m_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Class of 2027 Senior Sunrise DTSTART:20260924T101500Z DTEND:20260924T121500Z DTSTAMP:20260916T183543Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53989650119873 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Seniors are invited to SENIOR SUNRISE in the Alumni Garden! Sp onsored by the Class Council. LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T183543Z LOCATION:Anna Young Alumnae House\, ALUM-Garden URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/class-of-2027-senior-sunrise?utm _source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Open Play: Basketball DTSTART:20260924T110000Z DTEND:20260924T124500Z DTSTAMP:20260918T060604Z UID:10014214-1790233200-1790239500@www.kennesaw-ga.gov CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Hours will vary depending on City scheduled programs and event s. All open play participants under the age of 15 must have a guardian pre sent. Please call the Kennesaw Recreation Center at 678-385-0165 to confir m daily schedules. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T060604Z LOCATION:Recreation Center\, 2737 Watts Drive\, Kennesaw\, GA\, 30144\, Un ited States URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/kennesaw-event/open-play-basketball-11/202 6-09-24/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of Kennesaw X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/farmers-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Paint Chip Poetry Contest DTSTART:20260924T120000Z DTEND:20260925T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260908T123434Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53883418967977 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:"In celebration of Latine Heritage Month\, Latinas UNIDES and McCain Library are partnering to host a paint chip poetry contest. To part icipate\, pick up a paint chip from the Check Out Desk in McCain Library. Write your poem on the paint chip\, and then place it in the submission bo x. All entries will be reviewed by Latinas UNIDES. A prize will be given t o the winner\, and all entries will be displayed in McCain Library. LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T123434Z LOCATION:McCain Library\, Main Reading Room (1st Floor Lobby) URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/paint-chip-poetry-contest?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Veterans Summit 2026 DTSTART:20260924T120000Z DTEND:20260924T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T123341Z UID:10000594-1790236800-1790251200@atlvets.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Mission Changes\, But the Mindset Does NotLeaving military service can create a difficult question: What comes next? For many vetera ns\, the challenge is not a lack of experience. It is recognizing how much of what they learned in uniform still matters outside of it. During a con versation at Advancing The Line\, Marine veteran Elizabeth Stephens shared a journey that has taken her from military aviation to cybersecurity\, Mi crosoft\, entrepreneurship\, community leadership\, and public service. Th e industries changed. The responsibilities changed. The environments chang ed. But many of the skills that allowed her to move forward did not. Her s tory points to a bigger idea for veterans navigating life after service: Y ou may leave the military\, but you do not have to leave the mindset that helped you lead\, adapt\, and perform when things became difficult. Vetera ns May Not Need to “Translate” EverythingVeterans are often told that they need to translate their military experience into something the civili an world can understand. Elizabeth challenges that idea. When people look at military experience and then look at a career in technology or corporat e leadership\, the two can appear completely different. Flying military ai rcraft does not look like managing technology infrastructure. A combat mis sion does not look like a corporate meeting. A military unit does not oper ate like a technology company. But underneath those environments are many of the same leadership demands. You have a mission. You have limited resou rces. Things can go wrong. People depend on your decisions. And sometimes you have to act before you have every answer. Elizabeth explained that she did not have to erase everything she learned in the Marine Corps to succe ed in the corporate world. Instead\, she recognized that many of the quali ties that helped her operate in the military could also help her operate i n business. That changes the veteran transition conversation. Instead of o nly asking\, “How do I translate who I was?” Another question becomes: “Where can I apply what I already know how to do?” The Ability to Ope rate in Chaos Has ValueOne of the strongest ideas from the conversation wa s risk. Veterans can sometimes appear highly comfortable with risk. They m ay make decisions quickly\, move into uncertain situations\, and continue operating while others are still trying to understand what happened. But E lizabeth offered another way to look at it. It may not always be about acc epting more risk. It can be about becoming very good at managing risk. Thr ough training and experience\, service members repeatedly practice evaluat ing situations\, considering what could go wrong\, adjusting their plans\, and continuing toward the mission. That process can become almost automat ic. In civilian life\, that same ability can matter in leadership\, entrep reneurship\, cybersecurity\, technology\, operations\, and countless other environments. The surroundings may be different\, but uncertainty still e xists. Organizations still face problems. Plans still fail. Leaders still have to make decisions without perfect information. Elizabeth described th e ability to operate during chaos and make decisions without panicking as one of the important strengths veterans can carry forward. Risk Management Can Look Like Courage From the OutsideDuring the discussion\, Zachary Bro ughton reflected on his own willingness to take major risks while building Advancing The Line. From his perspective\, he had been highly accepting o f risk. Elizabeth challenged that view. Her point was that veterans often process risks before taking action. They think through different outcomes\ , prepare for problems\, and build ways around possible failure. By the ti me they act\, much of that risk has already been considered. What looks li ke fearless decision making from the outside may actually be the result of preparation. That is an important distinction. Strong leadership is not n ecessarily about ignoring risk. It can be about understanding enough of th e risk that you are still able to move when others freeze. From the Cockpi t to the Corporate WorldElizabeth’s own career provides an example of ho w that mindset can move between completely different environments. After l eaving the Marine Corps\, she entered the technology world without having every technical skill already mastered. She learned. She adapted. She work ed around people who knew things she did not know. Eventually\, that journ ey took her to Microsoft and major responsibilities involving technology i nfrastructure and security. Her experience highlights something veterans c an sometimes overlook. You do not necessarily need to know everything abou t the next industry before entering it. Military service repeatedly requir es people to enter unfamiliar situations\, learn quickly\, understand the mission\, work with the people around them\, and figure out how to move fo rward. Those abilities do not disappear when the uniform comes off. When T echnology Moves Faster\, Judgment Matters MoreThe conversation also moved into cybersecurity\, drones\, artificial intelligence\, and how technology is changing modern conflict. Elizabeth raised concerns about allowing tec hnology to move from supporting human decisions toward making serious deci sions without meaningful human judgment. Her argument centered on somethin g simple: Technology can process information quickly\, but speed alone doe s not replace judgment. AI systems can identify patterns and produce likel y outputs based on information they have processed. That is different from a person understanding the full human meaning and consequences of a decis ion. For Elizabeth\, the human role remains important\, especially when de cisions involve serious consequences. This idea reaches beyond the militar y. Companies are adopting AI. Cyber threats continue to change. Automation is entering more parts of everyday work. The question is no longer simply whether organizations can use these technologies. The bigger question is: How do we use powerful technology while keeping responsible human judgmen t involved? The Next Front Line May Look Very DifferentAnother major theme was the changing meaning of service. A veteran’s next contribution does not necessarily happen on a battlefield. It may happen inside a company. It may happen in cybersecurity. It may happen while building a business. I t may happen through technology. It may happen inside a community. Elizabe th described cybersecurity and emerging technology as areas where military experience and the veteran mindset can continue to matter. The tools have changed. The environment has changed. But society still needs people who can understand risk\, protect systems\, organize teams\, solve problems\, and continue moving when circumstances become uncertain. For some veterans \, that could become the next mission. Strength Does Not Remove the Need f or CommunityMilitary experience can teach independence. It can teach peopl e to keep moving when circumstances become uncomfortable. But that strengt h can also create a challenge during transition. Veterans may feel like th ey are supposed to figure everything out alone. Elizabeth emphasized the i mportance of veterans coming together\, helping one another reframe their experiences\, and reminding each other of the value they still carry. That is part of what communities like Advancing The Line are trying to provide . Not simply networking. Not simply career translation. Community. A place where veterans can meet people who understand where they came from while also helping them determine where they are going next. Service Can Continu e Without the UniformPerhaps the biggest idea running through the entire c onversation is that service does not necessarily end when military service ends. Its form can change. Elizabeth’s path moved through aviation\, te chnology\, cybersecurity\, entrepreneurship\, community work\, and eventua lly a decision to seek public office\, which she described as another way she was choosing to pursue service and issues she cared about. The convers ation does not suggest that every veteran needs to follow the same path. Q uite the opposite. The next mission will look different for everyone. For one veteran\, it might be building a company. For another\, it could be cy bersecurity. For someone else\, it could be mentoring other veterans\, lea ding a team\, serving a community\, or simply building a strong life after military service. What matters is recognizing that the experience accumul ated during service does not suddenly lose its value. The Mission Changes. The Mindset Can Continue.Veterans have already spent years learning how t o operate when circumstances are uncertain. They have made decisions with incomplete information. They have worked within teams where everyone depen ded on one another. They have adapted when plans changed. They have learne d to understand risk. And they have learned that sometimes the mission sti ll has to move forward when conditions are far from perfect. Those qualiti es can have a place far beyond military service. The cockpit can become th e boardroom. The battlefield can become cybersecurity. The military unit c an become a company or community. The mission itself can become something completely new. The important part is recognizing that starting a new chap ter does not always mean starting over. Sometimes it means taking everythi ng you already learned and finding the next place where it can make a diff erence. The uniform may come off. The mission may change. But the ability to lead\, adapt\, serve\, and move forward can remain. LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T123341Z URL:https://atlvets.org/events/veterans-summit-2026/?utm_source=caldiscove ry&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Advancing The Line for Veterans X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlvets.org/venue/atlanta-history-center END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:MARTA Board Committee Meetings DTSTART:20260924T133000Z DTEND:20260924T153000Z DTSTAMP:20260725T132356Z UID:6ko3ecpg6hh6ab9m6lhj0b9kckr66bb168r34b9p6sr3eeb561i34c3374@google.com CATEGORIES:civic DESCRIPTION:https://itsmarta.com/board-documents.aspx LAST-MODIFIED:20260725T132356Z LOCATION:MARTA Headquarters\, 2424 Piedmont Rd NE\, Atlanta\, GA 30324\, U SA X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Transit Events | MARTA Army X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.martaarmy.org/transit-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Master's in Biomedical Science Virtual Information Session DTSTART:20260924T133000Z DTEND:20260924T143000Z DTSTAMP:20260807T180639Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53611998298089 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Are you intrigued by the possibilities of a Biomedical Science & Enterprise master's degree?\n\nJoin us for our upcoming virtual informa tion session to discover how this program can elevate your career and open doors to exciting opportunities. You'll gain insights into the curriculum \, funding options\, and the unique advantages of our community. Whether y ou're just exploring or ready to take the next step\, we welcome all prosp ective students to join us and get inspired! LAST-MODIFIED:20260807T180639Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/sept24-masters-in-biomedical-science-vi rtual-information-session?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campa ign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mommy & Me DTSTART:20260924T133000Z DTEND:20260924T163000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T194337Z UID:10000959-1790242200-1790253000@southernmuseum.org CATEGORIES:arts,education,family DESCRIPTION:Community Starts with C \nCommunity starts with C and so does chef\, cooking and culinary. Let’s meet the community helpers that feed us delicious meals! \nExplore the world around us through play! Create\, e xperiment\, investigate and learn together. Each week has a different them e and fun new activities. \nMommy & Me has discovery and art tables from 9 :30 AM to 12:30 PM. A short class at 10:00 AM\, 11:00 AM and 12:00 PM cons ists of story time\, a movement activity and hands-on interactives associa ted with the weekly theme. The Jolley Education Center also offers a varie ty of free play opportunities. \nThe year-round program is designed specif ically for children ages 3 to 5 and their caregivers. The program is inclu ded in Museum admission and is free for Museum members. Registration is no t required. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T194337Z LOCATION:Southern Museum\, 2829 Cherokee Street NW\, Kennesaw\, GA\, 30144 \, United States URL:https://southernmuseum.org/event/mommy-me-208/?utm_source=caldiscovery &utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Southern Museum X-SOURCE-URL:https://southernmuseum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SHWC Student Vaccine Drive DTSTART:20260924T140000Z DTEND:20260924T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260825T001247Z UID:90592-1790244000-1790262000@aucenter.edu CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:The AUCC Student Health & Wellness Center is hosting a vaccine drive Sept. 24\, 2026\, from 10 a.m.- 3 p.m.\, at the Student Health Clin ic. Don’t miss this opportunity to stay compliant with university policy and up to date on recommended vaccines. Mark your calendar\, and join us! Email jlodi@msm.edu to lock in your appointment. LAST-MODIFIED:20260825T001247Z URL:https://aucenter.edu/event/student-vaccine-drive/?utm_source=caldiscov ery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta University Center Consortium X-SOURCE-URL:https://aucenter.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Music Major for a Day - Music Education DTSTART:20260924T140000Z DTEND:20260924T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260825T002522Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53787450500332 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Experience a day in the life of a music education student at G eorgia State University. Designed for prospective students interested in t eaching music\, this immersive event includes classroom observations\, ens emble experiences\, faculty and student panels and opportunities to connec t with current music education majors.\nParticipants will learn about degr ee pathways\, field experiences\, teacher certification and the many oppor tunities available through Georgia State's nationally recognized music edu cation program.\nLearn more and register at:\nhttps://music.gsu.edu LAST-MODIFIED:20260825T002522Z LOCATION:Rialto Center for the Arts\, Lobby URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/som-music-major-for-a-day-music-educati on-260924?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Adaptive Golf Clinic DTSTART:20260924T140000Z DTEND:20260924T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260828T005346Z UID:10002303-1790244000-1790251200@shepherd.org CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:This event will take place at Bobby Jones Golf Course in Atlan ta\, GA. Participants will have the opportunity to join Shepherd Center an d Georgia State Golf Association instructors to learn more about adaptive golf. This course offers educational and hands-on demonstrations.  The $ 20 fee includes a T-shirt\, instruction\, and equipment.Registration is re quired for all events and opens at least six weeks prior to the start of t he class or course. Most courses require a small fee\; however\, financial assistance is available. Please contact Katie Harmon at katie.harmon@shep herd.org for more information regarding requirements for financial assista nce. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n Register on CampDoc LAST-MODIFIED:20260828T005346Z LOCATION:Bobby Jones Golf Course\, 2205 Northside Dr NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 3 0305\, United States URL:https://shepherd.org/event/golf-clinic/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_me dium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Shepherd Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://shepherd.org/treatment/services-clinics/recreation-th erapy/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Garden Grooves DTSTART:20260924T140000Z DTEND:20260924T150500Z DTSTAMP:20260912T190632Z UID:10011456-1790244000-1790247900@atlantabg.org CATEGORIES:dance,family,outdoors DESCRIPTION:Get ready to wiggle and warble! Join us for songs and dances i nspired by the beautiful outdoors.  \nSuggested ages: 2 – 5 years\nDate s: Thursdays\, March – Oct.\nTime: 10 & 10:45 a.m. \nFree with Garden Me mbership or Admission\; no reservations are required. \n\n\nThis program i s located in the Children’s Garden Amphitheatre or the Rose Garden\, dep ending on the weather.\n\nWeather permitting. We will cancel if rain or i nclement weather makes outdoor programming impractical. To check the statu s\, email classes@atlantabg.org.  \nThis program is for children accompa nied by an adult. LAST-MODIFIED:20260912T190632Z LOCATION:Atlanta Botanical Garden\, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/garden-grooves-3/2026-09-24/?utm_source =caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Botanical Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/category/atlanta END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fall Break – Our Town: Then & Now DTSTART:20260924T140000Z DTEND:20260924T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T194337Z UID:10001406-1790244000-1790251200@southernmuseum.org CATEGORIES:arts,education,family DESCRIPTION:Looking for some family-friendly fun during fall break? Join u s at the Southern Museum for educational activities and crafts each day! \ nTuesday: Passing Kennesaw – Learn about the passenger trains that ran a long the track outside of the Museum during staff-guided tours of the hist oric Kennesaw Depot. \nWednesday: Our Local College – Investigate maps a nd photos to uncover the evolution of Kennesaw State University\, then cre ate a map of the current campus with the help of museum staff. \nThursday (normal Mommy and Me hours 9:30-12:30): – Community Starts with C – “Community” starts with C and so do “chef\,” “cooking” and “ culinary.” Let’s meet the community helpers of 1885 Grill Kennesaw tha t create delicious meals for us. \nFriday: Books on the Go – Meet the Mu seum Archivist in the Reading Room for story times about the first mobile libraries and then follow it up with a craft hosted by the Cobb County Boo k Mobile. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T194337Z LOCATION:Southern Museum\, 2829 Cherokee Street NW\, Kennesaw\, GA\, 30144 \, United States URL:https://southernmuseum.org/event/fall-break-our-town-then-now-11/2026- 09-24/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Southern Museum X-SOURCE-URL:https://southernmuseum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Model RR Days - Extended Run 9/24-27 DTSTART:20260924T140000Z DTEND:20260927T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T203646Z UID:135941-1790244000-1790528400@www.train-museum.org CATEGORIES:arts,community DESCRIPTION:Our popular Model RR days\, produced by North GA Module Rail h as an extended run at the Museum. Visit the Bldg. 1 exhibit hall to enjoy the big layout. Weekdays might have limited features\, but we expect other model RR gauges\, and there should be something to see in the Education B ldg. We may have vendors\, and the museum will be selling model RR items a nd our usual deep discounts. All this\, plus the entire museum all day lon g. See you soon! LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T203646Z LOCATION:Southeastern Railway Museum\, 3595 Buford Hwy\, Duluth\, GA\, 300 96\, United States URL:https://www.train-museum.org/event/model-rr-days-extended-run-9-24-27/ ?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Southeastern Railway Museum X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.train-museum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The New Content Experience (NCE): Navigating the Updated iCollege Content Tool DTSTART:20260924T140000Z DTEND:20260924T150000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53516691858914 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:The iCollege Content tool is getting a fresh new look! Join th is workshop to explore the New Content Experience (NCE) and discover how i ts modern\, streamlined design makes it easier for both instructors and st udents to access and engage with course materials across devices.\n\nDurin g this session\, you will learn how to navigate the updated interface\, or ganize course content more effectively\, and take advantage of new feature s designed to improve the teaching and learning experience. Topics include :\n\nA modern\, mobile-friendly\, and accessible interfaceFlexible course organization and improved navigationA centralized view of assignments\, qu izzes\, and discussionsClear progress indicators and personalization optio ns to support student successA comparison of the Classic Content Experienc e and the New Content Experience\, including key differences and best prac tices for transitioning your courses \n\nWhether you are preparing for an upcoming semester or simply want to become familiar with the latest enhanc ements to iCollege\, this workshop will equip you with the knowledge and c onfidence to make the most of the New Content Experience. Register today and select the date and time that work best for your schedule. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/NCE-Fall2026-1?utm_source=caldiscovery& utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:St. Vincent de Paul Georgia’s Morning of Hope DTSTART:20260924T141500Z DTEND:20260924T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T204742Z UID:10018403-1790244900-1790254800@thequestatlanta.com CATEGORIES:drink,food DESCRIPTION:Learn more about “Our Mission for This Moment” at St. Vinc ent de Paul Georgia’s Morning of Hope event . \nDoor open at 10:15 a.m.\ ; mimosas and mocktails begin at 10:30 a.m.\, program begins promptly at 1 1 a.m. followed by brunch \nTogether\, We Serve. Together\, We Grow. Toget her\, We Change Lives. \nClick for event information LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T204742Z LOCATION:Flourish Atlanta\, 3143 Maple Drive\, Atlanta\, Georgia\, 30305 URL:https://thequestatlanta.com/event/st-vincent-de-paul-georgias-morning- of-hope/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:The Quest Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://thequestatlanta.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Free HIV Testing with WestCare DTSTART:20260924T150000Z DTEND:20260924T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260806T120844Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53626816138915 CATEGORIES:community,free DESCRIPTION:Free HIV Testing with WestCare LAST-MODIFIED:20260806T120844Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Hub URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/free_hiv_testing_with_westcare?u tm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CETLOE Accessibility Roadshow DTSTART:20260924T150000Z DTEND:20260924T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260806T180745Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53629247296736 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Get personalized\, face-to-face accessibility support right on your campus. Faculty are invited to: \n\nDrop in to work one-on-one with CETLOE’s accessibility team and learning technologists \n\nAsk questions and receive personalized assistance with aligning course material to digi tal accessibility standards and best practices. \n\nThis is a day for pers onalized assistance with making courses and instructional materials more a ccessible and inclusive for all GSU students. \n\nBring your questions\, c ourse materials\, or specific accessibility concerns. CETLOE staff can pr ovide guidance on Word documents\, PDFs\, PowerPoint presentations\, Excel spreadsheets\, multimedia\, iCollege content\, and other instructional re sources. \n\nNo appointment or registration is required. Faculty may stop by at any time between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. and are encouraged to brin g a laptop and any course materials they would like to review. \n\nWe look forward to seeing you! LAST-MODIFIED:20260806T180745Z LOCATION:Dunwoody Campus: Bldg NB (Student Center)\, NB1602 URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/roadshow-dun-9-24-26?utm_source=caldisc overy&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Hispanic Heritage concert DTSTART:20260924T150000Z DTEND:20260924T163000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53787450594548 CATEGORIES:free,music DESCRIPTION:The Georgia State University School of Music proudly presents its inaugural Hispanic Heritage Month Concert\, celebrating the rich music al traditions\, cultural contributions and artistic voices of Hispanic and Latin American communities. Featuring performances by faculty\, students and special guests\, the program explores a diverse range of repertoire re presenting countries\, composers and traditions from across the Spanish-sp eaking world and Latin America.\nThrough vocal\, instrumental and ensemble performances\, this special event honors the enduring influence of Hispan ic and Latin American artists while celebrating the diversity that enriche s our musical community.\nAdmission is free and open to the public. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:Florence Kopleff Recital Hall URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/som-hispanic-heritage-concert-260924?ut m_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PC Decatur Careers in the Garden DTSTART:20260924T150000Z DTEND:20260925T053000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52860815756522 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fun and engaging event focused on exploring care ers in the garden and green industries. Connect with peers\, celebrate GSU spirit\, and discover valuable resources offered by University Career Ser vices. Learn how tools like VMock\, Handshake\, and Steppingblocks can sup port your professional journey\, all while enjoying an interactive and car eer-focused experience. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:2101 Womack Rd URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/pc-decatur-careers-in-the-garden-5389?u tm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Where Being Takes Root: Chair of Collections-led Tour DTSTART:20260924T150000Z DTEND:20260924T163000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53851398716147 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Chair of Collections Dr. Jennifer Siegler guides an exploratio n of Where Being Takes Root in the Welch School Galleries.\n\n"Where Being Takes Root: Works by Southern Artists From the Larry M. and Gwendolyn E. Walker Collection" celebrates the artistic vision\, mentorship and lasting cultural influence of acclaimed artist\, GSU professor emeritus and forme r Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design Director Larry M. Walker (1935– 2023)\, whose personal collection of over 300 works was gifted to the univ ersity following his death.\n\nCurated by Lauren Jackson Harris\, the exhi bition considers the South not merely as a geographic location but as a li ved experience that shapes artistic methods and ways of seeing. Drawing fr om the Walker Collection\, the exhibition presents works by artists whose practices are deeply rooted in the region’s history\, culture and enviro nment.\n\nThe exhibition spans two gallery spaces: a large gallery featuri ng works from the broader collection\, and an intimate gallery dedicated t o the Walker family. Artists on view include Charles White\, Radcliffe Bai ley\, Kevin Cole\, Bethany Collins\, Benny Andrews\, David Driskell\, Stev e Prince and Kara Walker\, among many others\, and luminaries who were fri ends\, colleagues and mentees of Larry Walker throughout his remarkable ca reer.\n\nThe exhibition is generously supported by Forward Arts Foundation and the David\, Helen\, and Marian Woodward Fund. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:The Welch School Galleries URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/where-being-takes-root-chair-of-collect ion-led-tour?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-g a X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SGA Fall Town Hall Tabling DTSTART:20260924T153000Z DTEND:20260924T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T182536Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53865716896775 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Come visit SGA's table in Evans to express your student concer ns before the upcoming town hall! LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T182536Z LOCATION:Letitia Pate Evans Hall\, Evans Dining Hall Upper Level Lobby Tab le 1 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/sga-fall-town-hall-tabling?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Robinson Executive MBA Virtual Information Session DTSTART:20260924T160000Z DTEND:20260924T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260908T181815Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53921266731947 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Join our team for a 60-minute virtual session to learn what ma kes our Executive MBA the top-ranked program in Georgia for alumni satisfa ction and how it can help you reach your next level of leadership. With th e Fall 2027 application now available\, September is the perfect time to e xplore whether an Executive MBA is right for you. Get an inside look at th e Buckhead-based 18-month program\, including curriculum\, career support\ , outcomes and ROI\, alumni and faculty networks\, and funding options. LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T181815Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/robinson-executive-mba-virtual-informat ion-session-985?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlant a-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Hire Heroes USA: USA Tech Virtual Career Fair DTSTART:20260924T160000Z DTEND:20260924T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T063631Z UID:10036698-1790251200-1790258400@metroatlantaexchange.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Hire Heroes USA is hosting a USA Tech Virtual Career Fair on T hursday\, September 24th\, from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM. \nAre you a transitio ning service member\, veteran\, or military spouse seeking new career oppo rtunities? This event is tailored to connect you with leading organization s interested in hiring from the esteemed military community. Experience a dynamic and convenient online platform designed to bridge the gap between your unique skills and potential employers. \nClick here to learn more and register. LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T063631Z URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/hire-heroes-usa-usa-tech-virtua l-career-fair/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta -ga X-SOURCE-NAME:MAX X-SOURCE-URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/georgia-chamber-of-com merce-future-of-energy-and-sustainability END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:September Public Health Power Hour\, Sept. 24 DTSTART:20260924T160000Z DTEND:20260924T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53948208616510 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:School of Public Health students are invited to attend the Sep tember Public Health Power Hour session. This session will be held via Zoo m\, and details are below.\n\nThursday\, September 24 | 12:00 – 1:00 p.m .\n\nTopic: "Public Health Career Reset: Positioning Your Skills for Today ’s Workforce"\n\nJoin us for a casual and interactive Public Health Powe r Hour where we’ll explore today’s public health workforce\, the many career paths available and how to recognize the skills you already have. W e’ll talk about:\n\ntransferable skillshow to expand your job search bey ond traditional public health job titlesways to better communicate your ex perience to employerssimple steps you can take now to strengthen your care er readinessWhether you’re just starting to think about your career\, ac tively applying for opportunities\, or still figuring out what direction f eels right\, this session is for you. Maybe you we apart of the Public Hea lth job riffs. Bring your questions and come ready to explore what’s pos sible! REGISTER HERE IN ELEVATE LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/september-public-health-power-hour-sept -24?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:IOC Meeting: Event Planning 101 DTSTART:20260924T170000Z DTEND:20260924T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180352Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53396703330418 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Student Org Leaders -- Join us for a virtual session on how to plan events! The link will be sent to your emails. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180352Z LOCATION:Virtual Event Venue\, Virtual Event Venue URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/ioc-meeting-event-planning-101?u tm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Think Live Engage and ACME Lecture: Bad Bunny\, Music & the Meanin g of Latin America with Dr. Ana Pozo\, Assistant Professor of Spanish DTSTART:20260924T170000Z DTEND:20260924T175000Z DTSTAMP:20260912T003237Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53131297269723 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Through the music and cultural impact of artists like Bad Bunn y\, this interactive workshop will explore how music reflects identity\, r esistance\, current events\, and the changing meaning of “America.” Co me ready to listen\, reflect\, and discuss the power of music and words. \n\nOpen to Faculty and Staff. LAST-MODIFIED:20260912T003237Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Meeting Room 304 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/tle-heritage-months?utm_source=c aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Catalyst Meeting DTSTART:20260924T170000Z DTEND:20260924T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260812T122034Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53680019959082 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Catalyst Leadership Fellows Meeting LAST-MODIFIED:20260812T122034Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL 200 The Gue Hudson Center URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/catalyst-meeting?utm_source=cald iscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Run\, Hide\, Fight-Active Shooter Training DTSTART:20260924T170000Z DTEND:20260924T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53921254400992 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:An active shooter is defined as an armed individual who has us ed deadly force and continues to pose a threat by having access to additio nal victims. While active shooter incidents on college campuses are uncomm on\, past tragedies at Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University high light the importance of being prepared for emergencies.\n\nThis training p rogram\, developed for all 35 institutions within the University System of Georgia\, includes a 10-minute instructional video and a training scenari o. Its purpose is to equip faculty and staff with practical emergency resp onse options should they encounter an active shooter situation on campus o r within the community. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/run-hide-fight-active-shooter-training- 3179?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Museum Lab Series: Courtney Ahlstrom Christy DTSTART:20260924T170000Z DTEND:20260924T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T201125Z UID:10003047-1790254800-1790258400@oglethorpe.edu CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Courtney Ahlstrom Christy works as Principal at Ahlstrom Appra isals and is the Collections Manager and Registrar at Oglethorpe Universit y Museum of Art. \nMuseum Lab is a speaker series of professionals in muse ums and the arts sector (curatorial\, conservation\, auction\, appraisal\, administration\, etc.) who share their insights and expertise in a lunch and learn format. Specifically created with the Museum Studies Minor in mi nd\, this series is geared for OU students but is open to the general publ ic ($10) as well. \nView the next event in the series. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T201125Z LOCATION:GA URL:https://oglethorpe.edu/event/museum-lab-series-courtney-ahlstrom-chris ty/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Oglethorpe University X-SOURCE-URL:https://museum.oglethorpe.edu/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:National Association of Workforce Development Professionals (NAWDP ): Keep the “We” in WIOA on DTSTART:20260924T170000Z DTEND:20260924T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T063631Z UID:10036646-1790254800-1790258400@metroatlantaexchange.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The National Association of Workforce Development Professional s (NAWDP) is hosting Keep the “We” in WIOA on Thursday\, September 24t h\, from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM. \nAdult Education and Workforce Development s hare a common mission: helping individuals gain the skills\, education\, a nd support they need to succeed in the workforce. This interactive webinar \, presented by NAWDP and CASAS\, will explore how WIOA Title I and Title II partners can better understand each other’s roles\, strengthen local partnerships\, and create more seamless services for shared customers. \nP articipants will gain a practical overview of both systems\, clear up comm on misconceptions\, and leave with actionable strategies for building stro nger collaboration that leads to better outcomes for individuals\, employe rs\, and communities. \nClick here to learn more and register. LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T063631Z URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/national-association-of-workfor ce-development-professionals-nawdp-keep-the-we-in-wioa-on/?utm_source=cald iscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:MAX X-SOURCE-URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/georgia-chamber-of-com merce-future-of-energy-and-sustainability END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Morehouse Linkage Information Session DTSTART:20260924T170000Z DTEND:20260924T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T123708Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53998507245909 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Interested in Morehouse School of Medicine's Linkage Program? Join us next Thursday at 1 pm. to learn more. You'll have the chance to ta lk with their admissions team about the program\, requirements\, and the E arly Assurance timeline. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T123708Z LOCATION:Campbell Hall\, C-Frances Bailey Graves Auditorium (Rm 128) URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/morehouse-linkage-information-se ssion?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:EC12 RHOM Series DTSTART:20260924T170000Z DTEND:20260924T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T131504Z UID:251ldal8dfv3bakhm5esdc6bht@google.com CATEGORIES:sports LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T131504Z X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Yacht Club Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantayachtclub.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Virtual Office Hours with Mac McNeilly (MPA\, MSMK\, MIB\, MSCRE) DTSTART:20260924T170000Z DTEND:20260924T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53736601923777 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Virtual Office Hours with Mac McNeilly (MPA\, MSMK\, MIB\, MSC RE)\n\nHave questions about applying to a graduate program at the Robinson College of Business? Join us for a Virtual Office Hour\, designed for pro spective students who want quick answers to their most pressing questions. This session is specifically designed for those interested in the Master of Professional Accountancy\, MS in Marketing\, Master of International Bu siness\, and MS in Commercial Real Estate.\n\nWhether you’re just starti ng to explore graduate school\, working on your application\, or deciding which Robinson program is the right fit\, our Recruitment and Admissions t eam will be available to help. Drop in at any time during the session to a sk questions about application requirements\, deadlines\, program options\ , funding opportunities\, or next steps in the admissions process. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-virtual-office-hours-with-mac-m cneilly-mpa-msmk-mib-mscre-1263?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm _campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Ready\, Set\, Vote: Creating Your Georgia Voting Game Plan DTSTART:20260924T180000Z DTEND:20260924T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260815T122206Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53706338050335 CATEGORIES:civic DESCRIPTION:Feeling overwhelmed as Election Day nears? Not sure how to che ck or update your registration? Where do you find information about the ca ndidates on your ballot? Join us for an informational session on elections and voting and an opportunity to ask your own questions!\n\nBy: Ashley Os carson & Wiley Jones LAST-MODIFIED:20260815T122206Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/ready-set-vote-creating-your-georgia-vo ting-game-plan?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta -ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:St. Vincent de Paul Georgia: Money Matters – Financial Education and Budgeting Workshop DTSTART:20260924T180000Z DTEND:20260924T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T064023Z UID:10036796-1790258400-1790262000@metroatlantaexchange.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Vincent de Paul Georgia hosts a Money Matters – Financial Ed ucation and Budgeting Workshop every Thursday\, from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM\, at St. Vincent de Paul Georgia. \nMaintaining a budget can be a challenge\ , especially when the prices of goods and services are on the rise. This w orkshop offers financial expertise for a one-on-one coaching session (in-p erson or virtually). \nClick here to learn more and register. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T064023Z LOCATION:St. Vincent de Paul Georgia\, 2050-C Chamblee Tucker Road\, Atlan ta\, 30341\, United States URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/st-vincent-de-paul-georgia-mone y-matters-financial-education-and-budgeting-workshop/2026-09-24/?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:MAX X-SOURCE-URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/georgia-chamber-of-com merce-future-of-energy-and-sustainability END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Scot-Techs Intro Meeting DTSTART:20260924T190000Z DTEND:20260924T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T182536Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53874558391666 CATEGORIES:tech DESCRIPTION:First meeting of Scott Tech. Learn more about us and do a fun activity! LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T182536Z LOCATION:Mary Brown Bullock Science Center\, BSC-304E URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/scot-techs-intro-meeting-8761?ut m_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:ALERT: Comparing AI Platforms DTSTART:20260924T191500Z DTEND:20260924T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53675407151365 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This workshop is limited to law students only. A librarian wil l present on the topic of comparing the different AI platforms that are us ed during legal research: their strengths\, weaknesses\, and navigation ca pabilities. This workshop is a part of the law library's ALERT program. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:College of Law\, Monday - Room 242\; Thursday - Room 346 URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/alert-comparing-ai-platforms?utm_source =caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:HxA: Susan Neiman\, "Evil in Hard Times" DTSTART:20260924T193000Z DTEND:20260924T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53957650613188 CATEGORIES:community,free DESCRIPTION:GSU's chapters of the Heterodox Academy and BridgeUSA are prou d to bring Susan Neiman to campus on Thursday\, September 24\, from 3:30 t o 5. She'll be at the Troy Moore Library\,\n\nSusan will be discussing "E vil in Hard Times." She's a leading moral philosopher\, and author of ten books\, including Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era (New York: Nor ton\, 2026).\n\n"Far from being an outdated or religious concept\, evil is a vital lens\, Neiman argues\, through which to understand the threats we face today." \n\nThe event is free and open to the public. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:25 Park Place Building (SunTrust Tower)\, Troy Moore Library (234 3) URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/hxa-susan-neiman-evil-in-hard-times?utm _source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:General Body Meeting DTSTART:20260924T203000Z DTEND:20260924T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T182536Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53874562073336 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:The International Student Association (ISA) invites the entire campus community to our monthly General Body Meetings\, where we celebrat e global cultures and build connections. Each month\, we highlight differe nt Regions of the Month\, offering an opportunity to learn about their tra ditions\, histories\, and cultures through engaging presentations and disc ussions. Attendees can enjoy delicious international snacks\, participate in themed trivia\, and win fun\, cultural prizes. These meetings also serv e as a space to share updates on upcoming ISA events and ways to get invol ved. Whether you're an international/exchange student or simply curious ab out the world\, everyone is welcome to join us for an evening of culture\, community\, and connection. LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T182536Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Luchsinger Lounge URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/general-body-meeting-600?utm_sou rce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Cocktails in the Garden DTSTART:20260924T210000Z DTEND:20260924T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260912T190632Z UID:10011676-1790269200-1790276400@atlantabg.org CATEGORIES:drink DESCRIPTION:The Garden’s popular after-hours event returns with new acti vities. Every Thursday\, 5-7 p.m.\, enjoy specialty cocktails\, live music and more while exploring the Garden after dark. \n\nWhen you arrive\, tak e a pic in Levy Parterre and purchase a specialty themed cocktail.\nStroll around the Canopy Walk while a curated playlist enhances the vibe.\nWitne ss the Garden’s most iconic mosaiculture sculpture\, Earth Goddess\, in the Cascades Garden.\nListen out for live music at various locations throu ghout the season!\nPurchase food and beverage from Garden bars\, Longleaf Restaurant and the Magnolia Bistro.\n\nTransitional from Summer to Fall \n Wind down summer with live music every Thursday from 5-7 p.m. through Sept . 24.  \n\nSept 10: Roy Harran (Cello)\nSept 17: Tamika Howard and Collec tive Improv (Jazz Quartet) \nSept 24: Roy Harran (Cello) \n\n\n\n\n\nlea rn more \nPlease note: Activities may be canceled in the event or rain or inclement weather. Cancelations will be announced on our website and socia l media by 2 p.m. on the day of the event. The Garden and its parking faci lity are card-only. No cash is accepted. LAST-MODIFIED:20260912T190632Z LOCATION:Atlanta Botanical Garden\, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/cocktails-in-the-garden-2-2/2026-09-24/ ?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Botanical Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/category/atlanta END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Access Redefined Mixer DTSTART:20260924T213000Z DTEND:20260924T223000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T182536Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53874555795626 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Access Redefined Mixer! We’ll be introducing our board\, getting to know each other\, and sharing resources about disa bilities and accessibility both on campus and in the community. LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T182536Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Hub URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/access-redefined-mixer?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Class of 2027 Senior Reception DTSTART:20260924T220000Z DTEND:20260924T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180352Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53202071436644 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:The Class of 2027 is invited to network with our Scottie alum s to kick off their senior year! LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180352Z LOCATION:Mary Brown Bullock Science Center\, BSC-Baker Atrium & Lobby URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/class-of-2027-senior-reception?u tm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Agnes Scott College Women's Volleyball vs Paine College DTSTART:20260924T220000Z DTEND:20260925T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260813T122414Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53573788708999 CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Agnes Scott College Women's Volleyball vs Paine College\nStrea ming Video: https://team1sports.com/agnesscott/ LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T122414Z LOCATION:Decatur\, GA\, Woodruff Gymnasium URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/agnes-scott-college-womens-volle yball-vs-paine-college-421?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_camp aign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Royalette Practice DTSTART:20260924T220000Z DTEND:20260925T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260820T002325Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53689367524886 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Radiant Royalette's Practice LAST-MODIFIED:20260820T002325Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Student Involvement Room 313 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/royalette-practice?utm_source=ca ldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Community Peer Support Dinner DTSTART:20260924T220000Z DTEND:20260925T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260828T185243Z UID:10001150-1790272800-1790280000@shepherd.org CATEGORIES:community,food DESCRIPTION:Come join your Peer Support friends and other inpatient famili es and community members for dinner and peer support!There will be a buffe t-style dinner at 6:00 p.m.\, followed by peer support sessions for SCI su rvivors ABI survivors\, and family caregivers/ care partners at 7:00 p.m. Virtual support is also available via Zoom.We also welcome families in the community looking for connection after a catastrophic injury or illness.S ign up for more details and get on our monthly community dinners list. \n\ n\n\n \n \n \n Sign Up for the Monthly Community Dinners LAST-MODIFIED:20260828T185243Z LOCATION:Shepherd Center\, 2020 Peachtree Road NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://shepherd.org/event/community-peer-support-dinner/2026-09-24/?u tm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Shepherd Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://shepherd.org/treatment/services-clinics/recreation-th erapy/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Slide into the Semester: Pre-Health Society Powerpoint Night DTSTART:20260924T220000Z DTEND:20260924T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T122637Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53874559317500 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Join us as we kick off the semester with our first general bod y meeting! We’re hosting a fun and casual PowerPoint Night\, where membe rs will recap their summer adventures — whether you were shadowing profe ssionals\, volunteering\, conducting research\, or exploring new opportuni ties.\n\nIt’s a great chance to reconnect\, get inspired by your peers ’ experiences\, and share your own journey (slides optional!). Refreshme nts will be provided. \n\n📅 Date: Thursday\, September 24\, 2026\n🕒 Time: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM\n📍 Location: Alston Luchsingers\n\nLet’s star t the semester strong\, Scotties — see you there! LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T122637Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Luchsinger Lounge URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/slide-into-the-semester-pre-heal th-society-powerpoint-night?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_cam paign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Black Cat Week Information Session DTSTART:20260924T220000Z DTEND:20260924T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260911T183443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53936505737512 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Interested in learning more about Black Cat Week? Join Mortar Board for this helpful run-down of Black Cat Week traditions & events. LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T183443Z LOCATION:Campbell Hall\, C-Frances Bailey Graves Auditorium (Rm 128) URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/black-cat-week-information-sessi on-2180?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Karaoke Night DTSTART:20260924T220000Z DTEND:20260925T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T004403Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53538178084510 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Join us for an unforgettable evening of music\, laughter and g ood vibes at Karaoke Night in the Speaker's Auditorium! Whether you're a s hower singer or stage star\, grab the mic and show off your vocal skills. Bring your friends\, sing your heart out and enjoy the spotlight. Open to all GSU students — no experience needed\, just enthusiasm!\n\nHosted by: POUNCE Rewards Program\, Spotlight Programs Board\n\nAdditional Informati on can be found at: https://pin.gsu.edu/event/12504119 LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T004403Z LOCATION:Speaker's Auditorium URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/karaoke-night-9280?utm_source=caldiscov ery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:6th Annual Aerotropolis Honors DTSTART:20260924T220000Z DTEND:20260925T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T193057Z UID:10041426-1790272800-1790280000@www.globalatlanta.com CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:The 6th Annual Aerotropolis Honors returns\, and this year De lta Flight Museum is celebrating someone whose leadership has shaped not j ust an airline but an entire region. \nThis year’s ceremony will honor E d Bastian\, Chief Executive Officer of Delta Air Lines. His vision and com mitment to the Aerotropolis Atlanta community make him a fitting honoree f or an evening dedicated to recognizing the leaders driving our region forw ard. \nSponsorship opportunities and individual tickets are now available. Secure your seat today and be part of an evening that promises to be trul y unforgettable! LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T193057Z LOCATION:Delta Flight Museum\, 1060 Delta Blvd B-914\, Atlanta\, GA\, 3035 4\, United States URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/event/6th-annual-aerotropolis-honors/?ut m_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Global Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/events/category/culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Delowe Drive Sidewalk Installation Community Meeting DTSTART:20260924T220000Z DTEND:20260924T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T134200Z UID:10000131-1790272800-1790276400@atldot.atlantaga.gov CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Maintaining more than 1\,400 miles of roadway across Atlanta r equires more than responding to potholes.  It requires knowing where infr astructure is deteriorating\, understanding which improvements should come first and making informed decisions about where transportation dollars ca n have the greatest impact. The Atlanta Department of Transportation (ATLD OT) has partnered with Cyvl to do exactly that.  Cyvl is an AI-powered i ntelligence platform that uses LiDAR sensors\, advanced imagery\, and art ificial intelligence (AI) to collect detailed information about the cond ition of transportation infrastructure. The technology is helping teams p rioritize maintenance and make data-backed infrastructure investments.   Traditionally\, assessing a large roadway network can require extensive m anual surveys and months of work. Cyvl’s technology allows ATLDOT to sc an and analyze the City’s 1\,450-mile road network in days.  As vehicl es equipped with Cyvl’s technology travel Atlanta’s streets\, informat ion about the roadway is captured. AI then analyzes that information to identify pavement conditions. The result is objective data showing what infrastructure exists\, where it is located\, and what condition it is in . \n \n \n \n Better Pavement Across Downtown Atlanta \n \n \n \n Cyvl first worked with ATLDOT in 2024 to conduct a roadway assessment that established a baseline for pavement cond itions. A follow-up assessment helped guide the City’s 2025 Downtown Pav ement Program and identify where improvements were needed.\n\nBetween 2024 and 2026\, 85% of downtown roads were repaired and potholes decreased by 60%. By 2026\, 97% of downtown streets were classified as “great\,” up from 47% before the program began. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Taking the Approach Citywide \n \n \n \n Building on t he results of the Downtown Pavement Program\, Atlanta has expanded its par tnership with Cyvl citywide. The expanded program covers roadways\, sidewa lks\, curb ramps\, and street signs.“The Downtown Pavement Program resul ts show what data-driven infrastructure management can do\,” ATLDOT Comm issioner Solomon Caviness said. “By using reliable\, continuously update d information\, we reduced potholes\, improved pavement conditions\, and m ade smarter investments. Expanding this approach citywide will help us str etch every infrastructure dollar\, prioritize where the need is the greate st\, and stay ahead of issues in every neighborhood.” \n \n \n \n Building a Better Transportation Network \n \n \n \n Atlanta’s downtown improvements received added attention as the city prepared to welcome visitors for the 2026 FIFA World Cup\, but the value of the work extends well beyond a major event. \n\nThe larger g oal is creating a more proactive way to manage Atlanta’s infrastructure. Instead of simply identifying a street that needs work today\, continuous ly updated data can help ATLDOT understand how conditions are changing acr oss the city and plan accordingly. \n\nFor residents\, the technology its elf may largely operate behind the scenes. Its impact is much easier to se e – fewer potholes and improved pavement. As ATLDOT expands this approac h across the city\, data is becoming another tool for building and maintai ning transportation infrastructure that better serves every Atlanta neighb orhood. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T134200Z LOCATION:Providence Missionary Baptist Church\, 2295 Benjamin E. Mays Driv e\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30311 URL:https://atldot.atlantaga.gov/atldotevent/delowe-drive-sidewalk-install ation-community-meeting/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campai gn=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Department of Transportation X-SOURCE-URL:https://atldot.atlantaga.gov/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Singing Workshop in the Pavilion - September DTSTART:20260924T221500Z DTEND:20260925T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T210208Z UID:10002007-1790273700-1790280000@www.woodlandsgarden.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Click to register. Discover\, explore\, and expand your natura l voice\, with fresh\, physical ways into strengthening your confidence\, clarity\, and listening. Elise Witt teaches in a style so easy that\, befo re you know it\, the room is in perfect harmony. \nDrawing from her love o f diverse melodies and rhythms\, Elise introduces songs from global and lo cal repertoires\, as well as her original songs and in-the-moment improvis ed creations. All pieces are broken down into easily learnable parts and b ecome thrilling to sing in a group. \nSingers of all abilities\, styles\, and experience are welcome. No music reading required. \nCost is $15-$120. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T210208Z URL:https://www.woodlandsgarden.org/event/singing-workshop-in-the-pavilion -sept/2026-09-24/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atla nta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Woodlands Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.woodlandsgarden.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SOLD OUT: Georgia Grown Dinners: Holden McKinstry and Taylor Mead DTSTART:20260924T223000Z DTEND:20260925T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260912T190632Z UID:10011746-1790274600-1790281800@atlantabg.org CATEGORIES:drink DESCRIPTION:Interact with 2026 Georgia Grown Chefs Holden McKinstry\, Vice Steak Bar and Taylor Mead\, Atlanta Botanical Garden alongside a Georgia beef producer or apple farmer as you enjoy four tasting courses with wine in the Edible Garden Outdoor Kitchen.  \nThe Edible Garden Outdoor Kitche n fosters plant-to-plate connections\, provides learning opportunities in seasonal eating and sustainable cultivation\, and highlights the important relationships between local chefs and growers. In keeping with this\, we proudly present the Georgia Grown Dinner Series. \nAs a unique collaborati on with the Georgia Department of Agriculture\, each dinner in the series is presented by a Georgia Grown Chef and focuses on one or two of Georgia ’s important crops or agricultural categories. As an added bonus\, each dinner features a local farmer who can explain a little more about farming in Georgia and answer your questions. Interact with the chef-grower team as you enjoy four tasting courses with wine in the Edible Garden Outdoor K itchen. \nSchedule: Thursday\, September 24\nTime: 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.\nFee : $100 (Member ($95)\nInstructor: Holden McKinstry\, Vice Steak Bar & Tayl or Mead\, Atlanta Botanical Garden \nJoin Waitlist  \nAbout Holden McKins try \n \nHolden was born and raised in Houston. He developed a love of foo d at a young age by cooking with his mom and grandmother\, Adelle and Barb . Growing up in Texas\, he would grow to love the art of wood-fired cookin g. Whether it was low-and-slow smoked briskets at traditional Texas barbec ue joints\, carne asada cooked in an old oil-barrel grill on the side of t he road\, or peach cobbler baked in a Dutch oven over the embers of a dyin g campfire during his Boy Scouts days\, fire and food seemed a natural con nection in his mind. \nIn 2020\, Holden moved to Atlanta and began working at Bold Monk Brewing and White Oak Kitchen and Cocktails\, his first true experiences in fine dining. The next year\, he met chef Nick Leahy at Nic k’s Westside and\, after working as a line cook\, was promoted to sous c hef and eventually chef de cuisine. During his time at Nick’s\, Holden c ame to appreciate the value of using seasonal and local ingredients while also learning many of the classic European cooking techniques for which Le ahy is known. \nAfter Nick’s Westside closed in December 2023\, Holden c ontinued working with Leahy as they began opening Vice Restaurant Group. I n July 2025\, the group’s flagship restaurant\, Vice Steak Bar\, opened\ , where Holden is the executive chef. \nOutside of his work at Vice\, Hold en plans to open his first pop-up\, Chenna\, with his longtime friend and former line-cooking mate Jake Farquarson. Chenna will feature a tapas-styl e menu with a focus on wood-fired cooking and baking. The two plan to hold their first pop-up at the end of 2026. \nBesides cooking\, Holden enjoys golfing\, traveling and spending time with his girlfriend\, Cori. \n\nAbou t Taylor Mead  \n \nTaylor has always had a passion for food and nature t hat easily translated to a love for cooking. She is self-taught and inspir ed by several cooks\, including Alice Waters\, Edna Lewis\, Julia Child an d her homesteading great-grandmother. In her mission to educate and empowe r others to cook for themselves\, she started a small business\, Better Of f Fed\, where she sells spice blends. Her cooking focuses on local ingredi ents to highlight the beauty of each season. With an interest in food sove reignty\, she keeps a small flock of backyard chickens\, a seasonal vegeta ble garden and a few fruiting perennials. She believes in the power and jo y of nourishing ourselves\, our communities and our planet with good food and sustainable agricultural practices. LAST-MODIFIED:20260912T190632Z LOCATION:Atlanta Botanical Garden\, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/georgia-grown-dinners-holden-mckinstry- and-taylor-mead/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlan ta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Botanical Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/category/atlanta END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Saxophonist Kim Waters DTSTART:20260924T223000Z DTEND:20260925T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T193352Z UID:10104-1790278200-1790278200@stjamesliveatl.com CATEGORIES:music LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T193352Z LOCATION:St. James Live\, 3220 Butner Rd SW\, Suite 240 Atlanta\, GA 30331 \, Atlanta\, 30331 URL:https://stjamesliveatl.com/show/saxophonist-kim-waters/?utm_source=cal discovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:St. James Live! X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.stjamesliveatl.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PTC Bikes at The Brewery (Paved Path Ride) DTSTART:20260924T223000Z DTEND:20260925T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T072656Z UID:0v9vgsmfotjhcliesba1fihcek@google.com CATEGORIES:drink DESCRIPTION:An easy to moderate paced ride from The Line Creek Brewery. Ri ding ten to fifteen miles on the cart paths of Peach Tree City and finishi ng back at the brewery for a brew or two. We don't drop riders and all ski ll levels are welcome. Lights and helmets are a must. See you there! LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T072656Z LOCATION:Line Creek Brewing Co.\, 150 Huddleston Rd #300\, Peachtree City\ , GA 30269\, USA X-SOURCE-NAME:Trek Bicycle Store of Peachtree City Weekly Events X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantatrek.com/about/atlanta-trek-mcdonough-pg88 2.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Georgia State University Women's Soccer vs Georgia Southern - Gree k Night DTSTART:20260924T230000Z DTEND:20260925T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T004403Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53485093844023 CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:The Georgia State University women's soccer team hosts Georgia Southern at the GSU Soccer Complex. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T004403Z LOCATION:Atlanta\, Ga.\, GSU Soccer Complex URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/georgia-state-university-womens-soccer- vs-georgia-southern-7776?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campai gn=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Locals & Legends Weekly Car Meet DTSTART:20260924T230000Z DTEND:20260925T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260830T181508Z UID:13754-1790276400-1790283600@shiftatlanta.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Ask and you shall receive! @locals_and_legends returns with ou r friends at in the Sake Roswell Thursdays from 7-9PM–📸 @atl._.prod –🚫NO FIREWORKS / NO WHEELIES🚫‼️⚠️Please treat our gracious hosts with respect and respect all posted rules. Please enjoy delicious 🍣🍱 Sushi\, Hibachi\, or a drink from their bar. .🅿️LEAVE THE FR ONT TWO ROWS OPEN for regular guests as the car-meet will start on the thi rd row back. –🍻***ALL ALCOHOL MUST BE KEPT INSIDE THE RESTAURANT AT A LL TIMES\, NO OUTSIDER ALCOHOL PERMITTED.*** –🦮All animals must be le ashed at all times\, no animals inside unless service animal (speak to man agement). –⚠️NO HOONING\, NO EXCESSIVE REVVING\, NO WINDOW SHAKINGLY LOUD MUSIC \, 5MPH PARKING LOT SPEED LIMIT\, VENDORS ARE ALLOWED WITHOUT TENTS\, NO BURNOUTS\, NO DRIFTING\, NO TWO STEP\, FAMILY FRIENDLY LAST-MODIFIED:20260830T181508Z LOCATION:Sake Japanese Steak & Sushi URL:https://shiftatlanta.org/atlanta-car-event/locals-legends-weekly-car-m eet-30/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:ShiftAtlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://shiftatlanta.org/atlanta-car-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Figure Drawing DTSTART:20260924T230000Z DTEND:20260925T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260902T000354Z UID:26672-1790276400-1790283600@piedmontpark.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Practice your creativity with Piedmont Park Conservancy during our monthly Figure Drawing session! Please plan to bring your own materia ls. This will feature a live model and include shorter gesture poses as we ll as longer poses. This is self-directed practice with no formal instruct ion provided. LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T000354Z LOCATION:Community Center URL:https://piedmontpark.org/event/figure-drawing-21/?utm_source=caldiscov ery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Piedmont Park Conservancy\, Inc. X-SOURCE-URL:https://piedmontpark.org/green-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Violet Records Music Game Night DTSTART:20260924T230000Z DTEND:20260925T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T182536Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53874562124544 CATEGORIES:gaming DESCRIPTION:Join Violet Records for a night of popular music-based games\, like bingo and trivia\, for the chance to win epic music-themed prizes! LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T182536Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Hub URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/violet-records-music-game-night? utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Blackfriars Student Theatre Rehearsals DTSTART:20260924T230000Z DTEND:20260925T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T123428Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53821450126257 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:Rehearsals for the student led show for the semester. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T123428Z LOCATION:Dana Fine Arts Building\, Dana 101 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/blackfriars-student-theatre-rehe arsals?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:WE LOVE DOLLY Music Bingo DTSTART:20260924T230000Z DTEND:20260925T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T195050Z UID:10000331-1790276400-1790283600@stillfirebrewing.com CATEGORIES:drink,music DESCRIPTION:Grab a beer and get ready to celebrate a queen. Soundcheck Mus ic Bingo goes full Dolly Parton and 90’s country this round\, honoring t he woman who taught us all how to be a little sequined and a lot kind. \nL isten for the tracks\, name that tune\, and fill your card. Score five in a row for prizes. \nMusic starts at 7PM\, so grab your friends and your be st rhinestones. \nBonus! Thursday through Sunday\, $1 from every full pour of Lemonade Stand\, Spartan Blue\, and Strawberry Blonde goes to Dolly’ s Imagination Library. \nBeers in hand\, doing good. Dolly would approve. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T195050Z URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com/event/we-love-dolly-music-bingo/?utm_sour ce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:StillFire Brewing X-SOURCE-URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Symphonic Wind Ensemble presents "Homage" DTSTART:20260924T230000Z DTEND:20260925T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53787450686715 CATEGORIES:community,free DESCRIPTION:The Georgia State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble presents Homage\, an evening celebrating the depth and breadth of the contemporary wind band repertoire. The program features Paul Dooley's Canticles\, a wor k of profound lyricism\, alongside the U.S. premiere of Peter Meechan's Re d Shoe Vignettes (2026)\, conducted by Julianna Pinero. The concert contin ues with J.S. Bach's timeless Fantasia in G\, arranged by Goldman\, and co ncludes with Roshanne Etezady's powerful Anahita — a sweeping work inspi red by ancient Persian mythology.\nAdmission is free and open to the publi c. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:Florence Kopleff Recital Hall URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/som-symphonic-wind-ensemble-presents-ho mage-260924?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Atlanta Braves vs Cincinnati Reds DTSTART:20260924T231500Z DTEND:20260925T021500Z DTSTAMP:20260913T060311Z UID:10004906-1790277300-1790288100@batteryatl.com CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Join us as the Atlanta Braves face off against the Cincinnati Reds at Truist Park! \nDates & Times for this series are as follows* \nTue sday\, September 22nd: First Pitch – 7:15 pm (Austin Riley Short Sleeve Hoodie Giveaway) \nWednesday\, September 23rd: First Pitch – 7:15 pm \nT hursday\, September 24th: First Pitch – 7:15 pm (Ronald Acuna Jr. Basket ball Jersey Giveaway) \n* Date & Time subject to change \nPlease be advise d that road closures will go into effect prior to large events. \nPurchase your single game tickets here! LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T060311Z LOCATION:Truist Park\, 755 Battery Avenue Southeast\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30339 \, United States URL:https://batteryatl.com/event/atlanta-braves-vs-cincinnati-reds/2026-09 -24/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:BatteryATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://batteryatl.com/events-calendar/tag/live-music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Gaming Club Weekly Meetings DTSTART:20260924T233000Z DTEND:20260925T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260826T181550Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53794902652233 CATEGORIES:gaming DESCRIPTION:Gaming Club Weekly Meetings! Open for any student to come to!\ n\nFor more information\, check out the instagram and discord!\nhttps://ww w.instagram.com/ascgamingclub?igsh=MXcwdGFjMzUzY2Vraw==\nhttps://discord.g g/JCUNXpFzm6 LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T181550Z LOCATION:Buttrick Hall\, Classroom 213 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/gaming-club-weekly-meetings?utm_ source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Yearbook Meeting DTSTART:20260924T233000Z DTEND:20260925T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260911T183443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53936499570598 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:The Silhouette Yearbook meeting is open to anyone who would li ke to help out with the production of the yearbook. LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T183443Z LOCATION:Mary Brown Bullock Science Center\, BSC-102W URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/yearbook-meeting?utm_source=cald iscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Unity Atlanta Men's Group DTSTART:20260924T233000Z DTEND:20260925T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T203106Z UID:10002262-1790278200-1790283600@unityatl.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Unity Atlanta Men’s Group \nThe men’s group meets onsite at the church the 1st – 3rd Thursdays of the month.  The 4th (and if ap plicable\, the 5th) Thursday is often a Game Night\, or one of a number of various activities. \n \nFor any questions\, including the logistics for the 4th and 5th Thursdays\, please TEXT Steve Peck at 770-639-5242 or emai l him at speck3053@comcast.net   \nLocation:  Unity Atlanta Room 108   Time: 7:30 – 9:00 PM \nFor any questions\,  please TEXT Steve Peck at 770-639-5242 or email him at speck3053@comcast.net/      \nThe Unity Atlanta Men’s Group Meetings begin with a brief 1-2 minute check-in dur ing which each member shares how his week went\, what’s gong on in his l ife\, and any success or challenges he may be experiencing. \nWe then move on to a topic\, which either arises during the check-in or has been prepa red in advance by one of the members.  Topics\, week from week\, have a w ide range of subjects.  We share from our own experience rather than giv ing opinions or advice or telling stories.  Through this sharing\, a sens e of brotherhood develops with the individual members while retaining an o penness that is welcoming to all. \nOccasionally\, we also conduct public outreach\, and each fall we sponsor a men only retreat. \nMission Statemen t: \n\nWe are a self-supporting\, self-facilitating\, spiritually-based gr oup\nWe remind each other that we are all connected and learn from our col lective wisdom\nWe promote spirituality\, growth\, learning and community\ nWe support each other and remind each other to live “in faith”\nWe sh are our lives\, our joy\, and our abundance to become like-minded brothers \nWe radiate our spirituality to our families\, friends and the world\nWe express our feelings and emotions through healthy communication\nRegardles s of our means and circumstances\, we are friends and equals\nWe are here –join us! LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T203106Z LOCATION:Unity Atlanta Church\, 3597 Parkway Lane\, Peachtree Corners\, 30 092\, United States URL:https://unityatl.org/events/unity-atlanta-mens-group-18/2026-09-24/?ut m_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Unity Atlanta Church X-SOURCE-URL:https://unityatl.org/events/congregational-care-team-training END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:THURSDAY HAPPY HOUR DTSTART:20260925T000000Z DTEND:20260925T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260814T061312Z UID:10004163-1790280000-1790285400@www.wholeworldtheatre.com CATEGORIES:comedy,drink DESCRIPTION:Join us at 8 pm as our Apprentice Cast performs CLASSIC award- winning comedy improv.And…Ladies and those part of the LGBTQIA+ Communit y get in for FREE!This is an at-door promotion only and tickets are first come\, first serveDoors open at 7:30 pm. Free tickets are not reserved in advancePurchased tickets will not be refundedIf you simply want to guarant ee yourself a ticket to this show\, purchase a ticket for $10This show is intended for a mature audience and may contain adult language and contentT his show will consist of two sets. Show run time is @ 75-80 minutesSeating is GENERAL ADMISSION LAST-MODIFIED:20260814T061312Z LOCATION:Whole World Improv\, 1216 Spring St. NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://www.wholeworldtheatre.com/show/thursday-happy-hour-2/2026-09-2 4/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Whole World Improv Theatre X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.wholeworldtheatre.com/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Partner Dance Lesson: Two-Step DTSTART:20260925T000000Z DTEND:20260925T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260831T123944Z UID:1edbb62c2vmvpmefvjvjcgsdqa@google.com CATEGORIES:dance DESCRIPTION:Partner Dance Lesson: Two-Step w/Pascal LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T123944Z LOCATION:The Heretic Atlanta\, 2069 Cheshire Bridge Rd NE\, Atlanta\, GA 3 0324\, USA X-SOURCE-NAME:danceoutatl@gmail.com X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.danceoutatlanta.com/lesson-schedule END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Best of Atlanta Comedy Showcase - Thursday September 24 at 8:00PM DTSTART:20260925T000000Z DTEND:20260925T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T060913Z UID:10001792-1790280000-1790285400@laughingskulllounge.com CATEGORIES:comedy LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T060913Z LOCATION:Laughing Skull Lounge\, 878 Peachtree Street\, Atlanta\, GA\, 303 09\, United States URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com/event/best-of-atlanta-comedy-showcase- thursday-september-24-2026-at-800pm/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ic s&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Laughing Skull Lounge X-SOURCE-URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Melody Shari & Drew Sidora DTSTART:20260925T000000Z DTEND:20260925T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260911T002236Z UID:6aa17e7b5d74538a0de6e144 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:City Winery Atlanta and DonJuan & MYRHBS present Melody Shari & Drew Sidora Still Standing: Live on Thursday\, September 24th at 8pm! An intimate live conversation bringing together Melody Shari and Drew Sid ora for a candid discussion about resilience\, reinvention\, relationships \, and navigating life in the public eye.\nTicket URL: https://tickets.cit ywinery.com/event/melody-shari-drew-sidora-29u5vy LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T002236Z LOCATION:City Winery Atlanta\, 650 North Ave NE\, Atlanta\, 30308\, US URL:https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/melody-shari-drew-sidora-29u5vy?u tm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City Winery Events X-SOURCE-URL:https://citywinery.com/atlanta/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:College of Law Fall 2026 - Spring 2027 Clinic & Externship Applic ation Period DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260925 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260926 DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52922638421228 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Spring 2027 Clinic & Externship Application Period\n\nSeptembe r 16-30 2025\n\nThe application for Spring enrollment for all clinics and externships opens on Wednesday\, September 16th and closes on Wednesday\, September 30th at 11:59 p.m. To apply\, visit the Clinical Programs page o r the Externships page. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-college-of-law-fall-2025-spring -2026-clinic-externship-application-period?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_med ium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Withdrawal Period - Full Semester DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260925 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260926 DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52328748788667 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Withdrawal Period begins via PAWS at 8 a.m.\n\nWithdrawn c lasses appear on the official transcript with the grade of W or WF.\n\nFor detailed information on withdrawals\, refer to the "Revision of Class Sch edule" section of the University Catalog. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-classes-begin-mmii?utm_source=c aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Withdrawal Period - MMII DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260925 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260926 DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52328767055246 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Withdrawal Period begins via PAWS at 8 a.m.\n\nWithdrawn c lasses appear on the official transcript with the grade of W or WF.\n\nFor detailed information on withdrawals\, refer to the "Revision of Class Sch edule" section of the University Catalog. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-withdrawal-period-mmi?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Flight Friday DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260925 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260926 DTSTAMP:20260915T194838Z UID:10000135-1790294400-1790380799@www.bluemoonbreweryandgrill.com CATEGORIES:drink DESCRIPTION:Enjoy margarita flights featuring 4 delicious flavors (selecti on may vary) for just $13 on non-game days\, or $15 on game days and all o ther days of the week. Special pricing available Fridays only! LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T194838Z LOCATION:Blue Moon Brewery & Grill\, 755 Battery Ave SE\, Atlanta\, Atlant a\, 30339\, United States URL:https://www.bluemoonbreweryandgrill.com/visit/upcoming-events/flight-f riday-29/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Blue Moon Brewery and Grill X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.terrapintaproombaratlanta.com/contactus END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sara Bareilles: The Good Grief Tour DTSTART:20260925T000000Z DTEND:20260925T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T204448Z UID:20254-1790280000-1790280000@atlantaconcertreviews.com CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Sara Beth Bareilles is an American singer\, songwriter\, actre ss\, and musician who has sold more than 15 million singles and 3 million albums in the US. She has won two Grammys and has been nominated for four Primetime Emmys and three Tony Awards. Bareilles has found success in thea ter\, starring as and writing the lyrics and music for Waitress on Broadwa y and in the West End. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T204448Z LOCATION:Fox Theatre\, 660 Peachtree Street NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30308 URL:https://atlantaconcertreviews.com/event/sara-bareilles-the-good-grief- tour/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Concert Reviews X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantaconcertreviews.com/concert-calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Lucinda Williams: World's Gone Wrong Tour DTSTART:20260925T000000Z DTEND:20260925T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T204448Z UID:20580-1790280000-1790280000@atlantaconcertreviews.com CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Three-time Grammy Award winner\, Lucinda Williams has been car ving her own path for more than three decades now. Born in Lake Charles\, Louisiana\, Williams had been imbued with a “culturally rich\, economica lly poor” worldview. Several years of playing the hardscrabble clubs gav e her a solid enough footing to record a self-titled album that would beco me a touchstone for the embryonic Americana movement – helping launch a thousand musical ships along the way. \nWhile not a huge commercial succes s at the time Lucinda Williams (aka\, the Rough Trade album) retained a cu lt reputation\, and finally got the reception it deserved upon its reissue in 2014. Jim Farber of New York’s Daily News hailed the reissue by sayi ng “Listening again proves it to be that rarest of beasts: a perfect wor k. There’s not a chord\, lyric\, beat or inflection that doesn’t pull at the heart or make it soar.” \nFor much of the next decade\, Williams moved around the country\, stopping in Austin\, Los Angeles\, Nashville\, and turning out work that won immense respect within the industry (winning a Grammy for Mary Chapin Carpenter’s version of “Passionate Kisses” ) and a gradually growing cult audience. While her recorded output was spa rse for a time\, the work that emerged was invariably hailed for its indel ible impressionism — like 1998’s Car Wheels on a Gravel Road\, which n otched her first Grammy as a performer. \nThe past decade brought further development\, both musically and personally\, evidenced on albums like Wes t (2007)\, which All Music Guide called “flawless…destined to become a classic” and Blessed (2011)\, which the Los Angeles Times dubbed “a d ynamic\, human\, album\, one that’s easy to fall in love with.” Those albums retained much of Williams’ trademark melancholy and southern Goth ic starkness\, but also exuded more rays of light and hope. This all lead to the 2014 release of Williams’ first double studio album Down Where Th e Spirit Meets The Bone\, followed by the 2016 release of her second doubl e album\, the The Ghosts of Highway 20. Both albums received overwhelming praise from the media and fans. 2020’s Good Soul Better Angels was a soc iopolitical masterpiece\, garnering two Grammy nominations as well as feat ures in The New York Times\, Rolling Stone\, Los Angeles Times and so much more\, Lucinda made a return appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Col bert and was the subject of a feature segment on NPR’s All Things Consid ered. \nIn October of 2021\, Lucinda Williams was inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall Of Fame. \nIn April 2023\, Williams released her long-aw aited memoir\, Don’t Tell Anybody The Secrets I Told You (Crown\, a divi sion of Penguin Random House LLC)\, to wide critical acclaim. The memoir d ebuted at #5 on the New York Times Bestsellers and Williams was featured o n the cover of the New York Times Sunday Styles. Williams was featured at Vanity Fair\, NPR All Things Considered\, The Associated Press\, Esquire\, The Nation\, and many more\, including a sit down on Late Night with Seth Meyers. \nIn June 2023\, Williams release the critically acclaimed album Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart (Highway 20 Records/Thirty Tigers)\, whic h received high praise from the press as she was featured on CBS Sunday Mo rning and the subject of major stories in Rolling Stone\, Billboard\, Past e\, The FADER\, SPIN and more. The Associated Press referred to the album as “another important chapter to one of the most important musical journ eys of the last half-century.” LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T204448Z LOCATION:Variety Playhouse\, 1099 Euclid Avenue NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30307\ , United States URL:https://atlantaconcertreviews.com/event/lucinda-williams-worlds-gone-w rong-tour/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Concert Reviews X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantaconcertreviews.com/concert-calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Saxophonist Kim Waters | 2nd Show Added DTSTART:20260925T004500Z DTEND:20260925T024500Z DTSTAMP:20260915T193352Z UID:12440-1790286300-1790286300@stjamesliveatl.com CATEGORIES:music LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T193352Z URL:https://stjamesliveatl.com/show/saxophonist-kim-waters-2nd-show-added/ ?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:St. James Live! X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.stjamesliveatl.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Country Night DTSTART:20260925T010000Z DTEND:20260925T050000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T170249Z UID:46dtkpljo91t39dl85opikkusr@google.com CATEGORIES:dance,free DESCRIPTION:Country Night: Open dancing from 9pm - close w/DJ Ben. 21+ Onl y. No Cover! LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170249Z LOCATION:The Heretic Atlanta\, 2069 Cheshire Bridge Rd NE\, Atlanta\, GA 3 0324\, USA X-SOURCE-NAME:danceoutatl@gmail.com X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.danceoutatlanta.com/lesson-schedule END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fan Appreciation Karaoke at Park Bench DTSTART:20260925T010000Z DTEND:20260925T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T002131Z UID:10005585-1790283600-1790283600@batteryatl.com CATEGORIES:free,music DESCRIPTION:Featuring our Fan Appreciation Karaoke Night\, where you becom e the star!  Or just come enjoy the fun! Step into the spotlight! Whether you’re a shower-singer superstar or a seasoned stage pro\, this is your chance to grab the mic\, belt out your favorite tunes\, and rock the crow d. Join us for a night of laughter\, camaraderie\, and unforgettable perfo rmances! \nNo Cover | Open Late Night | Must be 21+ \nDoors Open:  4:00 p m \nKaraoke:  9:15 pm or following the Braves game \nClick here for more information! LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T002131Z LOCATION:Park Bench\, 900 Battery Ave\, Ste 1060\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30339 URL:https://batteryatl.com/event/karaoke-sing-along-at-park-bench-6/?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:BatteryATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://batteryatl.com/events-calendar/tag/live-music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:College of Law - October OCI Bidding Closes 9/25 DTSTART:20260925T040000Z DTEND:20260925T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260827T000021Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53806635680714 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:COL Career Development office welcomes employers to campus in Mid-October for "On Campus Interviews. October OCI Bidding CLOSES on Septe mber 25 at noon. Please register for October OCIs ASAP in PantherLaw Pathw ays. LAST-MODIFIED:20260827T000021Z LOCATION:College of Law URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/college-of-law-october-oci-bidding-clos es-925?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Panthers Commitment to Consent 2026-2027 Academic Year DTSTART:20260925T040000Z DTEND:20260926T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53547031999793 CATEGORIES:wellness DESCRIPTION:Take the Georgia State Commitment to Consent and help create a culture of respect\, communication\, and positive sexual wellness across our Panther community. \nConsent is enthusiastic\, communicated\, specific \, informed\, and reversible. It means making sure everyone is able and wi lling to participate\, communicating clearly\, respecting boundaries\, and understanding that anyone can change their mind at any time. \nHow it wor ks (less than 2 minutes!): \n\nRSVP to this event during the 2026–2027 a cademic year. \nShare your name and affirm your commitment to practicing t he Student Wellness Five Components of Consent in your sexual and intimate interactions. \nComplete the virtual commitment to demonstrate your suppo rt for a culture where consent\, communication\, and respect are valued. \ n\nYour attendance will be recorded in PIN\, making you eligible to earn P ounce Rewards and contribute toward your Health & Wellness Advocate proces s. \nTake a moment to make the commitment. Your participation helps promot e respect\, healthy communication\, safety\, and positive sexual wellness at Georgia State University. 🐾 \nLearn more about consent by registerin g for the Your Sexual Wellness Matters iCollege Course\n \n\nHosted by: B e Well Panthers Health & Wellness\n\nAdditional Information can be found a t: https://pin.gsu.edu/event/12526520 LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/yes-to-consent-panthers-pledge-2026-202 7-academic-year?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlant a-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sukkot with sukkah on the patio DTSTART:20260925T050000Z DTEND:20260926T035000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T123708Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53998493975465 CATEGORIES:holiday DESCRIPTION:Sukkot is a weeklong Jewish holiday that comes five days after Yom Kippur. Sukkot celebrates the gathering of the harvest and commemorat es the miraculous protection G‑d provided for the children of Israel whe n they left Egypt. We celebrate Sukkot by dwelling in a foliage-covered bo oth (known as a sukkah) and by taking the “Four Kinds” (arba minim)\, four special species of vegetation. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T123708Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL Butler Patio URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/sukkot-with-sukkah-on-the-patio? utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Men's Breakfast with Rev. Daniel Ogle DTSTART:20260925T110000Z DTEND:20260925T120000Z DTSTAMP:20260914T001502Z UID:10001865-1790319600-1790323200@www.prumc.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Join the Men of PRUMC for a Friday morning breakfast and conve rsation with Rev. Daniel Ogle. Daniel will share the story of establishing Westside Table\, PRUMC’s second campus\, and offer an update on the ren ovation of its new home on Bolton Road. Enjoy a full breakfast while learn ing more about this growing ministry and what lies ahead. \nhttps://media. blubrry.com/prumc_sermons/content.blubrry.com/prumc_sermons/2026-09-13.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T001502Z LOCATION:PRUMC\, 3180 Peachtree Road\, NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30305\, United States URL:https://www.prumc.org/event/mens-breakfast-with-rev-daniel-ogle/?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Peachtree Road United Methodist Church X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.prumc.org/event/an-evening-with-tom-johnson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Paint Chip Poetry Contest DTSTART:20260925T120000Z DTEND:20260925T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260908T123434Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53883418979242 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:"In celebration of Latine Heritage Month\, Latinas UNIDES and McCain Library are partnering to host a paint chip poetry contest. To part icipate\, pick up a paint chip from the Check Out Desk in McCain Library. Write your poem on the paint chip\, and then place it in the submission bo x. All entries will be reviewed by Latinas UNIDES. A prize will be given t o the winner\, and all entries will be displayed in McCain Library. LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T123434Z LOCATION:McCain Library\, Main Reading Room (1st Floor Lobby) URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/paint-chip-poetry-contest?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Hoods Up! Weekend – From Stock Cars to Racecars DTSTART:20260925T140000Z DTEND:20260925T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260803T180017Z UID:10007604-1790330400-1790355600@savoymuseum.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us on September 25 – 27\, 2026\, as we raise the hoods on select vehicles from the temporary exhibit\, From Stock Cars to Racecars \nHoods Up! Weekend is supported in part by Courtyard Marriott\, Cartersville. LAST-MODIFIED:20260803T180017Z LOCATION:Savoy Automobile Museum\, 3 Savoy Lane\, Cartersville\, GA\, 3012 0\, United States URL:https://savoymuseum.org/event/hoods-up-weekend-from-stock-cars-to-race cars/2026-09-25/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlan ta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Savoy Automobile Museum X-SOURCE-URL:https://savoymuseum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Adaptive Yoga Class DTSTART:20260925T140000Z DTEND:20260925T150000Z DTSTAMP:20260830T185346Z UID:10002152-1790330400-1790334000@shepherd.org CATEGORIES:wellness DESCRIPTION:Join the Adaptive Wellness Collective for an in-person Adaptiv e Yoga Class — an accessible\, adaptive session focused on improving mob ility\, flexibility\, and range of motion. Whether you’re seated\, stand ing\, or blending both\, this class offers gentle movement and mindful bre athing to help you feel more open\, relaxed\, and balanced. With plenty of modifications and all equipment provided\, this is a welcoming space for every body and every ability.Cost to Attend: $20First class is compliment ary!For questions\, please contact adaptivewellnesscollective@shepherd.org . \n\n\n\n \n \n \n Register on CampDoc \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n Parking instructions for Ada ptive Wellness Collective classes\nFree\, covered parking is available in a dedicated parking deck for the Marcus Center for Advanced Rehabilitatio n. For GPS\, use the address 2060 Peachtree Road NW\, Atlanta\, GA (at the corner of Peachtree Road and Peachtree Valley Road). \n\nADA-accessible p arking is available on all levels.\nTake a ticket when entering the deck — patients and visitors with appointments at the Marcus Center for Advan ced Rehabilitation can validate their ticket inside.\nUse the parking elev ators to reach Level 1\, where you’ll find the building entrance.\nTake the elevator floor 11 and look for the waiting area. A volunteer or staff member will escort you to the studio.\n\nPlease note: The MCAR building i s not easily accessible from Shepherd Center’s main parking deck on Mand erson Drive. \nPatient drop-off and pick-up\nPatient drop-off and pick-up for the MCAR building takes place under the awning at the building’s mai n entrance on the right side of the circle on Manderson Drive. For GPS\, u se the address 2020 Peachtree Road NW\, Atlanta\, GA. \nStaff will be ava ilable during business hours to assist if needed. LAST-MODIFIED:20260830T185346Z LOCATION:Best Health Suite at MCAR\, 2060 Peachtree Rd NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://shepherd.org/event/adaptive-yoga-class/2026-09-25/?utm_source= caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Shepherd Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://shepherd.org/treatment/services-clinics/recreation-th erapy/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Early Alert Workshop: Why Class Attendance Matters DTSTART:20260925T140000Z DTEND:20260925T150000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53936344652309 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This workshop will help you build practical academic skills th at help you respond to your Early Alert and create a realistic plan for at tending class. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/early-alert-workshop-why-class-attendan ce-matters-6540?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlant a-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Who Knows the Rules? The “Hidden Curriculum” and Student Belon ging DTSTART:20260925T140000Z DTEND:20260926T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53922848290801 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:What are the unwritten rules and expectations of higher educat ion? In addition to delivering content\, our courses often send implicit a cademic\, social\, and cultural messages to our students. As a result\, an unofficial curriculum develops beneath our “formal” programs of study . For students who lack traditional cultural capital\, the “hidden” cu rriculum can further exacerbate barriers to student success. In this discu ssion\, we will explore course interventions that support student mastery of the “hidden” curriculum in higher education. Participants will leav e with multiple strategies for making visible the hidden rules and norms o f college life. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/Who-Knows-the-Rules-student-success-and -the-hidden-curriculum-fall2026?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm _campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Shows for Seedlings: Opera Storytime with The Atlanta Opera DTSTART:20260925T140000Z DTEND:20260925T151500Z DTSTAMP:20260913T070537Z UID:10010538-1790330400-1790334900@atlantabg.org CATEGORIES:family,theater DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a variety of live performances by some of Atlanta’s mo st beloved children’s musicians and storytellers in this engaging series . Shows take place Fridays\, May through September at 10 and 10:45 a.m.   \nTaught by teaching artists from The Atlanta Opera\, Opera Storytime is perfectly suited for young ones as their first venture into the world of o pera. This program will explore the early literacy skills of singing\, pla ying\, talking and reading. Founded in 1979\, The Atlanta Opera has celebr ated opera for over 40 years. The Atlanta Opera works with world-renowned singers\, conductors\, directors\, and designers who seek to enhance the a rt form.  \nFree with Garden Membership or Admission\; no show reservatio ns are required.  \nSee the Entire Line-up \n\n\nThis program is located on the Great Lawn under the shade of the elm trees.\n\n\nBring a picnic bl anket or ground cover if desired\, as the grass can be damp in the morning .\n\n\nPlease see our program greeter on the Great Lawn starting 10 minute s before each session.\n\nWe may cancel or move indoors if rain\, cold tem peratures or inclement weather make outdoor programming impractical. To ch eck the status\, email classes@atlantabg.org.  \nShows for Seedlings is f or children accompanied by an adult. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T070537Z LOCATION:Atlanta Botanical Garden\, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/shows-for-seedlings-opera-storytime-wit h-the-atlanta-opera/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=a tlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Botanical Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/category/atlanta END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fall Break – Our Town: Then & Now DTSTART:20260925T140000Z DTEND:20260925T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T194337Z UID:10001407-1790330400-1790337600@southernmuseum.org CATEGORIES:arts,education,family DESCRIPTION:Looking for some family-friendly fun during fall break? Join u s at the Southern Museum for educational activities and crafts each day! \ nTuesday: Passing Kennesaw – Learn about the passenger trains that ran a long the track outside of the Museum during staff-guided tours of the hist oric Kennesaw Depot. \nWednesday: Our Local College – Investigate maps a nd photos to uncover the evolution of Kennesaw State University\, then cre ate a map of the current campus with the help of museum staff. \nThursday (normal Mommy and Me hours 9:30-12:30): – Community Starts with C – “Community” starts with C and so do “chef\,” “cooking” and “ culinary.” Let’s meet the community helpers of 1885 Grill Kennesaw tha t create delicious meals for us. \nFriday: Books on the Go – Meet the Mu seum Archivist in the Reading Room for story times about the first mobile libraries and then follow it up with a craft hosted by the Cobb County Boo k Mobile. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T194337Z LOCATION:Southern Museum\, 2829 Cherokee Street NW\, Kennesaw\, GA\, 30144 \, United States URL:https://southernmuseum.org/event/fall-break-our-town-then-now-11/2026- 09-25/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Southern Museum X-SOURCE-URL:https://southernmuseum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Tai Chi in the Garden DTSTART:20260925T140000Z DTEND:20260925T150000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T210208Z UID:10002066-1790330400-1790334000@www.woodlandsgarden.org CATEGORIES:wellness DESCRIPTION:Register here. Join us for beginner-friendly Tai Chi in the se rene setting of Woodlands Garden. Over eight weeks\, we will explore the f irst half of the Yang Style 24 Form through gentle movement\, intentional breathing\, and mindful awareness. Each class begins with a Qigong warm-up and concludes with standing meditation. \nThese ancient practices are des igned to reduce stress\, improve balance\, and deepen your connection with nature. This program is part of Woodlands Garden’s Health & Wellness in Nature initiative. \nWeather permitting\, sessions will take place outdoo rs on the lawn and may include guided walking inspired by forest bathing\, enriched by Neil Norton’s knowledge of trees and ecology. In case of ra in\, classes will move to the screened pavilion\, where we will practice D ao Yin floor exercises using mats—an important foundation for Tai Chi. M AKE-UP DATE: November 6. Click to register now. \nFees include all eight s essions. Note: Nov. 6 is reserved as a make up date.\n$50 — Co-op member s\, Woodlands’ volunteers\, and donors\n$90 suggested donation — Gener al public \nAll proceeds support both Woodlands Garden and the Tai Chi 4 L IFE Co-op. \nAbout the Instructor\nNeil Norton is an experienced instructo r in Tai Chi\, Wild Goose Qigong\, Tree Gong\, Four Seasons Qigong\, Five Element Medical Qigong\, and Dao Yin. He has taught at the Decatur Recreat ion Center and is a founding member of the Tai Chi 4 LIFE Co-op. \nIn addi tion to his teaching\, Neil works as a consulting arborist\, combining his passion for nature with his expertise in mind-body wellness. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T210208Z URL:https://www.woodlandsgarden.org/event/tai-chi-in-the-garden/2026-09-25 /?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Woodlands Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.woodlandsgarden.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Beyond the Bench: Communicating Science DTSTART:20260925T140000Z DTEND:20260925T150000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_54001184451502 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:A panel discussion exploring the importance of effectively com municating scientific research to diverse audiences\, building public trus t in science\, and the role that scientists can play in informing policy a nd engaging with their communities. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:Student Center East\, Speakers Auditorium URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/beyond-the-bench-communicating-science? utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fall 2026 | GSRS Seminar Series - Yijia Lin DTSTART:20260925T143000Z DTEND:20260925T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53577066332236 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Maurice R. Greenberg School of Science's (GSRS) semester-l ong research presentation seminar series will welcome GSRS PhD alum\, V.J. Skutt Distinguished Professor\, Yijia Lin from the Department of Finance at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to present recent her latest researc h on the 11th floor of the 35 Broad Street building at the Atlanta campus. Rsvp is not required to attend the FREE seminar series\, please stop in f or this exciting research presentation. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:CEAR Seminar Room\, 1120 URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/fall-2026-gsrs-seminar-series-yijia-lin ?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Master of Science in Finance - Live Program Webinar DTSTART:20260925T150000Z DTEND:20260925T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T170246Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53480438637339 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Are you looking to sharpen your technical skill sets related t o the finance industry? Do you consider yourself an innovator\, someone wh o is focused on the future of the financial industry? Are you interested i n a flexible curriculum that allows you to shape your program of study to reflect your long-term goals?\n\nJoin the MSF Graduate Recruiter and Facul ty Director as they provide detailed information about the Master of Scien ce in Finance program at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business here at Georgia State. You will learn essential information regarding specific pro gram details\, student support services\, and the admissions process befor e the next application deadline.\n\nNote: Attendees of this event will rec eive an MSF application fee waiver. Steps for this will be provided during the webinar. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170246Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-master-of-science-in-finance-li ve-program-webinar-5499?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaig n=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Greet the Sheep and Goats DTSTART:20260925T150000Z DTEND:20260925T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260826T183259Z UID:10000420-1790334000-1790334000@www.atlantahistorycenter.com CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Not-Yet Members. \n \n Tickets\n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n Members \n \n Login\n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\nThis event is included with the cost of admission. To r eserve your spot\, add your general admission tickets to your cart. You wi ll then be prompted to register for Greet the Sheep. \n\n\n\nHead outside the museum and over to the 19th-century Smith Farm to meet our flock of h eritage-breed sheep and goats. Brett Bannor\, Manager of Animal Collection s\, will demonstrate how agile they can be\, hopping up on a barrel and fo llowing instructions in hopes of earning a special peanut treat. Learn abo ut their daily routines and the distinct personalities of the Gulf Coast s heep – Gulliver\, Samson\, Daisy\, and Maribelle\, plus our Angora goats \, Claud and Dorothy. \n\n\n\nIf you’d like Brett to sign his book\, Am erican Sheep: A Cultural History (available in our gift shop)\, you’re welcome to bring it along. Capacity is limited\, reserve your spot now! LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T183259Z LOCATION:Atlanta History Center\, 130 West Paces Ferry Road NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30305\, United States URL:https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/greet-the-sheep-sept-25/?ut m_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta History Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/party-with-the-pas t-center-for-puppetry-arts END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Student Success Workshops: Mastering the Syllabus DTSTART:20260925T150000Z DTEND:20260925T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T122544Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53874422609425 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Learn how to turn your syllabus into a clear plan for deadline s\, priorities and academic success. LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T122544Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/student-success-workshops-mastering-the -syllabus-7581?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta -ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Python 1: Getting Started DTSTART:20260925T150000Z DTEND:20260925T163000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53883278104445 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Python is an amazing scripting language with an easy-to-unders tand syntax that is heavily used by programmers in fields ranging from web development to data science. It is a great first language for people who want to get into programming because of its English-like syntax and forgiv ing nature.\n\nWorkshop Topics\n\nUnderstanding the basic programming conc epts.Performing operations with variables.Using conditionals to change the way the program behaves.Running Python scripts from the command line.Prer equisites: None LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/python-1-getting-started-7530?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Grief Group - Student DTSTART:20260925T153000Z DTEND:20260925T163000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180352Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53113611496169 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:All undergraduate students are welcome to join this group if y ou think it will be helpful for your grief processing. Chaplain Sarah will reach out to all new participants for a brief screening before the group gathers. Please fill out the interest form or email Chaplain Sarah.\nThe g roup meets Fridays from 11:30am - 12:30pm in the Lower Chapel\, dates for the year to be determined after participant feedback.\nPlease note that mo st of our participants have experienced the death of a loved one. If that experience is different from your grief journey\, please talk with Chaplai n Sarah for alternative support options. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180352Z LOCATION:Julia Thompson Smith Chapel\, Multifaith Room URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/grief-group-student?utm_source=c aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SGA Fall Town Hall Tabling DTSTART:20260925T153000Z DTEND:20260925T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T182536Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53865716914184 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Come visit SGA's table in Evans to express your student concer ns before the upcoming town hall! LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T182536Z LOCATION:Letitia Pate Evans Hall\, Evans Dining Hall Upper Level Lobby Tab le 1 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/sga-fall-town-hall-tabling?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:MPA Program Informational Webinar DTSTART:20260925T160000Z DTEND:20260925T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260912T003442Z UID:51022-1790337600-1790341200@spia.uga.edu CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Get an inside look into UGA’s Master of Public Administratio n (MPA) degree as you learn about our internationally renowned graduate pr ogram and hear from faculty\, students\, & alumni. \nSeptember 25\, 12:00 pm EST – discussion on the MPA and careers in Nonprofit Administration w ith Dr. Becky Nesbit. \nRegister LAST-MODIFIED:20260912T003442Z LOCATION:Zoom URL:https://spia.uga.edu/event/mpa-program-informational-webinar-sept-2026 /?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:SPIA X-SOURCE-URL:https://spia.uga.edu/venue/georgia-chamber-of-commerce END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Pet Food Bank at DeKalb County Animal Services DTSTART:20260925T160000Z DTEND:20260925T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T061439Z UID:34051-1790337600-1790344800@lifelineanimal.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Our goal with this page is to share the current shelter needs with our community in an ongoing way. We hope to update this page seasonal ly or more frequently as needed. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 2024 \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n Last year\, we reached a pivotal break ing point in terms of the number of animals housed in our care. We recogni zed the physical capacity limitations of our buildings and made a commitme nt to work towards humane housing solutions\, which means both the county shelters need to reduce the number of animals living in the buildings. Whi le we continue to face severe overcrowding into 2024\, we have worked hard to increase resources to help more pet owners and improve the quality of life for the animals in our care. We are continuing to adapt to the challe nges we’re facing\, including many systemic problems that contribute to the number of animals arriving in our care. We have collaborated with many supportive community members and leaders in pursuit of creating a safer a nd more humane shelter environment for all. There are no overnight solutio ns to drastically reduce our shelter populations\, but we continue to have hope that with your support and the strategies currently in place\, our c ommunity will help us get more animals into homes where they belong. Here is a brief update for all three LifeLine shelters\, including the unique c hallenges and the most important ways you can get involved. \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal ServicesDog Population: 506 | Opti mum Capacity: 475 \n \n \n \n Last year\, DeKalb Count y Animal Services reached peak numbers of dogs housed in the shelter durin g an outbreak of Canine Flu.. Because of an incredible response from our c ommunity\, we successfully saw the population drop down to 312 dogs. Becau se the need in our community is so great\, this number steadily rose back up to 500+ dogs and has remained in that range for months on end despite o ur best efforts. It is a near constant struggle to balance the amount of “noses in”\, pets arriving at the shelter\, with the amount of “nose s out” each week\, pets leaving. As an open intake municipal facility\, we do not turn away animals in need in Dekalb County\, no matter how much or little space we have in our kennels when we begin a new day. It is impo rtant that the community understands this distinction from other rescue or ganizations and is aware of ways they can help prevent lost or stray pets from ever having to enter the shelter. We need to create room for pets tha t have the most urgent need for our help. We must find a way to help more animals find homes and keep the shelter at a capacity that is humane for t he pets in our care. Heartbreaking space euthanasia decisions must be made weekly and overcrowding is putting more dogs at risk. Instead of focusing our at-risk dogs\, we are asking our community to focus efforts and resou rces on getting more of our highly-adoptable dogs out so that those animal s identified as most at risk (struggling in the shelter and exhibiting a v ariety of challenging behaviors) can get the time that they need to find a home. Any animal that leaves the building will help us reach our target o f decreasing the dog population to below a threshold of 475. This new proc ess includes daily population updates on the website and improved communic ations with our volunteers and community about how to best support dogs in need in our shelters. Even still\, 475 dogs housed in the building is les s than ideal. This is an incredible number of pets to care for daily. Whil e their basic needs are met\, quality of life deteriorates the longer they are housed in a shelter intended to be a temporary safety net. The lower we can keep that number\, the less dogs there will be at risk for illness\ , increased stress and euthanasia. In addition to these adjustments in com municating the ongoing need\, we have partnered with DeKalb County leaders on both short and long-term solutions that were announced last fall to he lp more pets in need: Increased funding for support to pets of DeKalb Coun ty residents including:A free monthly pet food bankFree spay/neuter surger ies through SNIP DeKalbFree vaccinations through LifeLine’s Mobile Clini cAdditional kennel space to provide more humane housing for the dogs curre ntly in our care:Plans have been approved to build new\, additional kennel s which will provide better housing for court case dogs who are in our car e long termProjected installation is September 2024We believe programs lik e these that make pet resources more accessible\, including affordable spa y/neuter surgery\, are the key to helping more pets stay out of the shelte rs and in homes where they belong. \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal ServicesDog Population: 419 | Optimum Capacity: 325 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n At the end of 2023\, we celebrated the grand opening of a brand new 40\,0 00 square foot shelter facility in Fulton County! With the opening of the new building\, we’ve fortunately seen improvement in all of these ways t o create a better environment for the teams and the animals as well as a b etter experience for visitors and supporters: Staff is less stressed. We h ave improved our ability to train\, onboard and implement new and efficien t processes.The building is easier to clean and has decreased the spread o f infectious disease.With separate kennel runs\, animals are less stressed or overwhelmed in the building and do not experience as high of stimulati on. It’s now easier to identify issues with dogs so we can work on getti ng them placed in a home more quickly.Visitors feel more welcome and have the ability to more easily spend time with individual animals. We have als o been able to increase the number of spay/neuter surgeries for our adopta ble animals and provide adopters\, fosters and rescue partners with better diagnostics for their pets with the new clinic.We have seen an increase i n the number of volunteers and hours spent with our team.We are able to ho st other shelters and bring more learning and collaborative opportunities to staff in-houseAt the same time\, we experienced a challenging transitio n as we worked to close the former facility\, adjust to the new set up\, a nd final projects and installations were wrapped up by the county. With th e new opening\, there was an uptick of stray or abandoned pets being broug ht to the new shelter. The shelter is a safe haven\, but can only be so te mporarily for pets in need of homes\, and we’ve seen the dog population quickly fill the building past its limits. Similarly to DeKalb County\, it has been difficult to balance the new intakes with finding outcomes for t he animals\, even in the wake of creative and successful adoption events. According to Animal Shelters Count’s recent annual report\, “In 2023\, 3% more dogs entered shelters than left\, resulting in an additional 107\ ,000 dogs in shelters at the end the year.” Fulton County Animal Service s is also an open intake municipal shelter facility and can’t simply “ stop” taking new animals in even when we’re overcapacity. Fortunately\ , we’ve also started 2024 with recent pawsitive media and exciting opera tional updates. The full-service clinic at Fulton County Animal Services i s now open for the public to make low-cost wellness appointments for their pets to receive the care they need! Additionally\, a Fulton County foster dog\, a pit mix now known as Miss Peaches\, has gone viral after being ad opted by celebrity and President of Barstool Sports\, Dave Portnoy. Miss P eaches’s story\, Dave’s choice to adopt and his initiative to raise fu nds for animal rescue has captured hearts nationwide. Lifesaving deserves to be trending so that we can keep up with the influx of dogs in need. We hope others will follow in his footsteps!  \n \n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal CenterDog Population: 119 | Optimum Capacity: 80 \n \n \n \n The incredible dedication of the team at our LifeLine Community Animal Center cannot be overlooked. Our county s helter facilities tend to take the spotlight in the news and on social med ia because of the massive number of pets that come through their doors\, b ut the Community Animal Center is always working quietly in the background to help the county operations. When the county shelters are over capacity \, so is this facility to keep up with the need. Not only do they consiste ntly take in pets from our county shelters and other rural facilities\, bu t\, when there is a neglect or hoarding case being investigated\, this loc ation takes in dozens of pets when they have nowhere else to go. As we ent er the warmer months of summer\, the Community Animal Center is also const antly preparing to help with the large numbers of kittens and puppies that are in need. Maintaining a full staff at this location is critical to its function. If you’re interested in joining our team full-time\, or even as a volunteer\, our Community Animal Center would love to have you! \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A National Crisis \n \n \n \n In conversations wit h other rescue organizations and in a review of data over the past few yea rs\, we’ve learned that these challenges are not unique to LifeLine or t he city of Atlanta. For the fourth year in a row\, we are faced with a “ new normal” in animal sheltering. According to the report\, “A total o f 900\,000 animals have entered and lingered in our nation’s shelters an d rescues since January 2021. This surplus is on top of the population alr eady residing within organizations\, resulting in an ongoing capacity cris is.” “The number of animals entering shelters through community intake s in 2023 remained roughly the same as 2022 at 6.5 million\, with intakes nearly evenly split between dogs and cats.” Compared to a national decre ase of 3.2% in intakes between 2019 and 2023\, our community intakes throu gh the Fulton and DeKalb County shelters decreased 6.89% from 2019 to 2023 . But\, intakes increased by 14.5% from 2022 to 2023. Even in the wake of these higher intake numbers\, we have been able to rally our community and find an incredible number of homes in 2023 compared to previous years. “While 2.2 million dogs were adopted in 2023\, dog adoptions are still 5 % lower than in 2019 (-108\,000 dogs adopted).” At LifeLine\, our overal l pet adoptions were only down by 1.92% in 2023 compared to 2019\, and ado ptions were higher in 2023 compared to 2018\, 2020\, 2021 and 2022. We are frequently partnering with more organizations who want to help and who ar e spreading the word that adopting is the way to go when searching for a n ew pet. For full shelter statistics across our organization\, please visit www.shelteranimalscount.org/stats. \n \n \n \n In Su mmary \n \n \n \n The animals in our city need help. W hile donations are the foundation for our work in the community and allow us to help more pets get the care they need\, donations don’t create mor e available kennel space. We need your help in getting more pets adopted o r fostered. We need the community’s help in getting more lost pets back home. We need our community to know about available resources for food\, v eterinary care\, and affordable spay/neuter options. Together\, we can sav e these lives and help the animals who need us most. \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Octob er 2023 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Message To Our C ommunity \n \n \n \n We are in the midst of an ongoing crisis affecting city and county animal shelters across the country. Time s are extremely difficult for the animals housed in our shelters and the s taff and volunteers who care for them. We have frequently reported on the conditions of our shelters and how desperate we are to get hundreds of ani mals into homes. We hear the distress and complaints about the overcrowdin g from our volunteers\, fosters\, and community\; we experience the condit ions daily\; we see the news articles written and segments being broadcast on television and radio\; we feel and share your frustration and heartbre ak. We are heartbroken\, too. Let us express to you in no uncertain terms: the current conditions in our shelters are not humane or sustainable. We can and we must do better. We will exhaust all efforts to prioritize the h ealth and safety of both pets and people in our care. The balance of human ely sheltering a growing number of animals while giving each one the care and the time they deserve to be placed in a loving home is getting substan tially harder to achieve. The issues contributing to overcrowding primaril y are rooted in the community\, not the shelter\, and cannot be changed ov ernight. In the shelters\, we’ve reached a pivotal breaking point. We ha ve stretched the shelter capacity and resources to unsustainable limits wh ile hoping\, for too long now\, that there would be a turning point where more animals would leave these buildings than enter. But that has not happ ened this year and without homes to go to\, we must euthanize more dogs at both county shelters in order to reach and maintain safe and humane housi ng. There are many facets to the challenges we are currently facing and we will cover some of them in this blog. We also encourage you to check out two other blog posts that go into deeper detail on two important issues: T he No-Kill controversyThe Impact of Spay and Neuter (and other pressing qu estions) \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Are The Shelters So Overcrowded? \n \n \n \n We know there are a lot of questions around why this is happening. We are seeing a new reality\, a post-pandemic world\; E conomic challenges to families\, a lack of affordable and pet-friendly hou sing\, a national shortage of veterinarians\, a decrease in spay/neuter du ring the pandemic and a need for more accessible and affordable spay/neute r options\, a desire for specific breeds\, and a diminishing public capaci ty to help and home shelter animals are all taking a heartbreaking toll on the growing number of animals coming into LifeLine’s care. We have acce pted pets from families arriving at the shelter with all of their possessi ons in a U-haul and nowhere to turn for help. People newly arriving to the area are surrendering their dogs to the shelter because they are unable t o find affordable housing that will allow them to keep their companions.We are coming to terms with an untenable reality of the community relying on a singular shelter as the sole means of support for the growing number of animals at risk – animals who mostly were people’s pets and family me mbers at one time. Systemically\, the shelter alone cannot support the she er volume of need. Here Is A Look At Our Shelters In Crisis: \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 569Target Dog Capacity: 450 On Tuesday \, October 17th\, DeKalb County CEO\, Michael Thurmond\, visited DeKalb Co unty Animal Services. The following day\, he met with our CEO\, Rebecca Gu inn\, and other LifeLine leadership. Together\, LifeLine and DeKalb County leadership agreed that Dekalb County Animal Services must reduce the dog population at the shelter to 450 in 60 days and maintain the population at or below that number. They collaborated and decided on both short- and lo nger-term actions to help aid in this crisis including: Working with staff ing agencies for additional staff and support for cleaning.Deploying perso nnel from other divisions within LifeLine to assist with animal care\, man agement and training and restructuring staff schedules to ensure greater c overage\, particularly on weekends.Sadly\, increasing euthanasia rates if necessary and continuing to do so until we reduce the dog population to 45 0 or less. If we cannot increase lifesaving outcomes beyond the current ra te\, we will have to euthanize 9 animals each day\, or 63 animals each wee k.Constructing an overflow campus adjacent to the shelter\, designed to ho ld up to 120 additional dogs above the current target capacity and provide effective isolation areas\, to help alleviate the need for euthanasia for population control. This solution will take time to build\, staff and ope rate and until then we must get below 450 animals in the current building. Improving communications between DeKalb County’s Animal Services Enforce ment division and the shelter to more proactively address factors in the f ield that are causing animals to come into the shelter.Increasing support to fund access to veterinary care for DeKalb pet owners in need\, includin g subsidized and free spay/neuter\, and targeting areas of DeKalb County y ielding the highest number of animals impounded in the shelter.What it wil l take to change the situation most\, in the short-term\, is simply fewer dogs in the building. We are asking our community to help us achieve those target dog population numbers because\, without homes to go to\, dogs wil l be euthanized for space\, regardless of health and temperment. Please a dopt or foster a pet today. \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dog s: 357Sustainable Capacity for Dogs: 325 We’ve mentioned that there is h ope on the horizon in Fulton County in the form of a brand new shelter fac ility preparing to open before the end of the year. However\, this does no t change the fact that the current facility is in dire straits. On average \, 15 dogs are being euthanized for space each week. Each day\, 16 dogs en ter the facility. That’s\, on average\, 2 more dogs that come in than le ave. While some conditions will improve with the upcoming move to the new facility\, rising intake and overcrowding will not be solved entirely by t ransitioning from one building to another. Fulton County is in desperate n eed of adopters and fosters\, including Friendly Finders who are willing t o foster a lost or stray dog through its mandated stray hold (3 to 5 busin ess days total) instead of immediately dropping them at the shelter when f ound. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LifeLin e Midtown \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 105O ptimum Capacity for Dogs: 75 As an overflow facility\, for every dog adopt ed at LifeLine Midtown\, space opens up for another dog from the Fulton Co unty Animal Services. And\, because the shelter is smaller\, it is a less overwhelming experience for individuals to visit and bring home a pet. Ado pting a pet from LifeLine Midtown greatly supports the main Fulton County shelter. When the new Fulton shelter opens\, the Midtown facility will clo se and any dogs still there will have to move to the new shelter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 111 O ptimum Capacity for Dogs: 60  LifeLine’s Community Animal Center adopti on center was designed as an overflow facility for our county shelters. St aff and volunteers also provide pets with special medical or behavioral ch allenges more time and attention to meet those needs. For dogs\, the Commu nity Animal Center is the primary overflow facility for the DeKalb County shelter. Because it is also full\, our Community Animal Center is limited in serving these critical functions. Beyond just dogs\, our staff is also caring for the majority of our organization’s cats. This adoption center \, like our Midtown location\, offers a calmer environment that may be eas ier to visit. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We Cannot Do This Alone \n \n \n \n Two things can be true: we can be proud of what we’ve accomplished together as a community in 10 ye ars’ time AND acknowledge the ways LifeLine needs to improve and perseve re as an organization. We have committed ourselves to helping these animal s\, but we are limited now by a lack of space and resources\, as well as e xternal challenges in the communities we serve. We are also human and make mistakes. And\, most importantly\, we cannot do this alone. While we are pursuing all avenues toward long-term solutions\, in the short term\, we n eed a miracle. We need you. We are asking our community to please foster o r adopt a pet today. You will be truly saving a life. If you have question s about any topic in this blog and would like to reach out\, please email feedback@lifelineanimal.org or write to LifeLine Animal Project\, ATTN: Op erations 3180 Presidential Drive\, Atlanta\, GA 30340. Thank you\, Atlanta . For believing in our work and helping us save lives today and always. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n February 2023 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Hello\, friends and supporters.  We wanted to share some critical u pdates and news as we turn the page on 2022\, and enter 2023 in a much bet ter position to give our deserving animals the love and space they need to thrive. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In January\, on the heels of a Canine Flu outbreak\, we were faced with a grim reality and life or death decisions. After more than a year of being at critical capacity at our DeKalb County Animal Services sh elter\, we were left with the heartbreaking possibility of having to eutha nize animals for space. We had nearly 600 dogs in need of home (at just th is one shelter). We put out a plea for help in the Greater Atlanta area\, and in a mere 7 days\, 373 dogs from DeKalb and 556 dogs from all LifeLine shelters found new homes! We are forever grateful to the Atlanta communit y for their support in our darkest hour. This is what lifesaving looks lik e. By the end of January\, our Fulton County Animal Services had fewer tha n 300 animals for the first time in almost a year. But within days of hitt ing that milestone\, we were called in with law enforcement on a rescue ca se and brought more than 60 new impounded animals safely into our care. Ea ch of these animals requires space\, food and immediate medical care. Our Fulton shelter team was also tasked with running LifeLine Midtown\, our te mporary shelter that opened in early January during the Canine Flu outbrea k to divert intake and keep dogs healthy. While it helped contain that out break\, a new location strains precious resources and manpower\, which has been challenging due to staffing shortages. \n \n \n \n Number of Dogs in Need of Homes as of February 15th \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services: 343 in the shelter and 928 in foster hom es\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services: 339 in the shelter and 22 0 in foster homes\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal Center: 65 in t he shelter and 85 in foster homes\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n LifeLine Midtown: 82 in t he shelter\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The LifeLine Community Animal Center con tinues to aid in the efforts of freeing up space at our county shelters an d helping dogs clear their quarantine period from the Canine Flu outbreak. Recent staffing hires have provided much needed relief to our existing te ams. After the incredible number of adoptions at our DeKalb shelter\, ther e are many animals in need of spay/neuter procedures. The Community Animal Center has stepped in to help temporarily house animals awaiting surgery and ensure that pets don’t have to wait any longer than necessary to go home with new\, loving families. Fortunately\, while the dogs in our care have been a major media focus in 2023\, we have also happily seen a steady flow of cat adoptions at the Community Animal Center and have enough open cat housing space to prepare for a busy kitten season to start in the spr ing. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n It’s bee n a busy start to the new year. And\, while we are celebrating the wins\, the hard work isn’t over. Even though we successfully saved many lives\ , 20-40 dogs come into our county shelters every single day and they need your help to find their way home.  \n \n \n \n What We Need Most Now: \n \n \n \n Volunteers and new staff are urgently needed to keep this much-needed LifeLine Midtown shelter up and running\, as well as help at our other locations.We always need adopte rs and fosters to place more pets into homes where they belong.We need goo d Samaritans in our community to help lost pets make their way back home i nstead of to the shelter. Find out what to do if you should find a lost pe t.And\, if you can’t foster or adopt\, please consider making a donation .As always\, thank you for your critical support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 2022 Posts \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Novem ber\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n September\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n June\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n May\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n March\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n November 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n AN URGENT PLEA FROM OUR CEO TO THE CITY OF ATLANTA\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The current situation in our Atlanta animal shelters is dire. The animals in our care do not have the space they need\, or dese rve\, and we need your help. Our hard working teams are understaffed and w orking extreme overtime to ensure that kennels are clean\, bowls are full\ , and the pets in our shelters are well cared for. Our volunteers walk hun dreds of dogs a day. And it’s still not enough. We have teams covering r escue\, adoptions\, marketing\, volunteers\, and foster parents\, all work ing tirelessly to find homes and other ways Atlanta’s pets can get out o f the shelter. This is not the life our city’s animals deserve. This sta te our shelters are in is not sustainable for the pets nor the people who care for them. Animal shelters have never been\, and will never be\, the i deal solution for the animals. Atlanta\, we urgently need your help. Our a nimals are in desperate need of homes. Each of our shelters have exceeded capacity by the hundreds. DeKalb County Animal Services has nearly 600 dog s and over 50 cats in the building\, Fulton County Animal Services has alm ost 400 dogs in a building meant to hold 80. The more pets in our care\, t he harder it is to make sure they are living as comfortably as they deserv e during their time with us. We are meant to be a temporary refuge for pet s in need\, not a home. Pets cannot thrive here\, especially when there is an overwhelming amount of them. We know you’ve heard this plea before. And we hope you’ll hear it now. The situation is not improving. There ar e more animals in our care than ever and they really need your help. We ne ed your help. Adopt: Whether you’re looking for a calm couch potato\, wa lking partner\, or anything in between\, there are over 1\,000 deserving p ets waiting for you. Foster: If you have just two weeks to help a pet\, th at can make all of the difference. Sign up here.Donate: We need monetary d onations and supplies to continue caring for this many animals each day. Y ou can help by donating here or sending us much-needed items from our Amaz on wishlists. Help lost pets: Most pets are found within a mile of their h ome. If they come to a shelter\, their chances of being reunited greatly d eclines. If you find a pet\, follow these steps or become a friendly finde r. Spay/Neuter: Unlike humans\, dogs and cats give birth to 4-to-6 animals in one litter. Also\, dogs can give birth up to twice a year and cats up to 5 times a year! Because they can produce so many offspring each year\, it is important to spay/neuter your pet as soon as possible to reduce pet overpopulation. Learn more here about the benefits and how to book an appo intment with one of our Spay/Neuter clinics. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 202 2 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We wish we had bette r news to share\, but right now\, the shelters are still struggling. There is a lot of pressure right now on the county shelters to be the lifeline for more pets than the shelters have space to house. The reason for this o vercrowding is simple: more animals are coming in than are leaving. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In August\, we saw a total of 601 dogs adopted\, but 863 came in du ring that same time. That’s 262 more dogs entering our already full buil dings.  \nNumber of dogs that need homes: \n\n337 dogs in need at our Ful ton County shelter\n526 dogs in need at our DeKalb County shelter\n81 dogs in need at our Community Animal Center\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The situation is dir e. We are urging our communities in Fulton and DeKalb Counties to please n ot bring healthy pets they find straight to the shelter as first response. Please take a few steps in the first 48 hours to get lost pets back home where they belong. This does not mean pets will be without support in the community. Those injured or sick are always a top priority. We’re tryin g to make more space for those most in need. And\, we are also trying to f ind solutions for humans in emergency situations who have run out of optio ns. Here are a few things anyone can do to help during this crisis: Adopt a petFoster a pet. 200 emergency fosters are needed at our shelters right nowDonate to support pets in the shelterCollect newspaper\, towels and bla nkets to drop off at any locationCheck the shelter wishlist for items most in needHelp a neighbor who can’t keep their pet find a new home – her e’s howFollow our social channels and help us get the word out by sharin g posts from your preferred platform\, Facebook\, Instagram and Twitter.Wr ite an article in your local neighborhood paper about adopting/fostering s helter petsIf you find a lost pet\, fill out a found pet report\, follow t hese steps or become a friendly finder \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n June 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You are the next chapter in animal w elfare. \n \n \n \n Animal shelters have never been\, and will never be\, the ideal solution for the animals. They have always b een a flawed answer to a bigger community challenge of how to best help lo st\, stray and unwanted pets.  Across the nation\, all communities are fa cing the aftershocks of the pandemic. For animal shelters\, those challeng es include overpopulated and understaffed facilities\, higher intake and f ewer adopters\, and a substantial decrease in rescue transfer support. In Atlanta\, we’ve had to restrict intake at varying levels due to the seve re overcapacity status at both county shelters.  But over the last few ye ars\, and through the recent challenges\, we’ve begun to see how a criti cal shift\, and a different path forward\, can actually save the lives of the animals in our community without having animals languish in shelters. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Over 60% of the animals in a shelter are stray/lost pets. Imagine if the shelters d idn’t exist to collect all the lost and stray pets of a community. What if the community itself was able to help those pets find and reunite with their families?  63% of animals are found just a mile from their home (26 % are just a block away). If neighbors could reunite pets with their famil ies\, instead of bringing them to the shelter\, our shelters would always have space to help those with nowhere to go. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What if the community could help struggling neighbors rehome their pets instead of turning them over to a shelter? Wha t if more resources were spent on keeping pets and people together instead of housing pets in a crowded shelter? If we\, as a community\, could shif t the focus to support each other in creative and practical ways\, the she lters wouldn’t be overcrowded with lost pets missing their families\, or abandoned pets looking for new homes. There will always be a need for she lters to help animals in emergency situations and victims of animal cruelt y\, but the real safety net for pets is a caring community – neighbors h elping neighbors.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Especially now\, when the need continues to exceed available sh eltering resources\, we believe we must find more community-centric soluti ons by working together with pet-lovers and good samaritans to get more pe ts home where they belong.  LifeLine does not believe killing healthy and treatable pets to make more space in a shelter is ever the right answer. Population management through euthanasia has never worked. Reliance on eut hanasia constrains the development of lifesaving solutions\, and the resul ts are always tragic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n When faced with external pressure to euthanize healthy and treatabl e animals to create more shelter space last month\, we turned to our anima l-loving community and in one week found foster and adoptive homes for 300 + pets. Atlanta\, you are the ideal solution. With your help\, we can weav e together a new safety net for the animals in need. Whether you are a vet eran rescuer or new to animal welfare\, help us shift the response when we find lost and stray pets\, so that more pets can be returned to their hom es. If you hear of situations where people need help with a found pet\, he lp them find options\, contact friends to find a foster home and help canv as the neighborhood to reunite families. Share this page.If you read about someone needing to rehome a pet\, share these resources and ask your neig hbors and friends if anyone can help. The pet owner\, rather than the shel ter\, will be able to find the best match for a loved pet. If someone is missing a pet\, check the lost pet pages of our website to see if the pet ended up at the shelter.If you can’t adopt\, foster. If you can’t fost er\, donate. If you can’t donate\, volunteer. If you can’t volunteer\, become an ambassador and share information and resources. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Please continue to suppor t our county shelters. Know that the staff is making the best decisions fo r every individual animal and human who comes to our doors with the resour ces that are available.  \nPlease extend the benefit of the doubt to lear n more about decisions that are being made. The people who dedicate our li ves to help animals in the shelter are not perfect\, but we are doing thei r very best in every situation\, for every individual pet\, and we are wor king with very limited resources and the most challenging of circumstances .  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Right now\, we are at a pivotal moment to change the course of animal welfare and lif esaving in our city. Animals deserve to be in homes and people deserve the love of a pet. Will you join us in committing to turn to each other to fi nd ways to help the animals in your community? Are you in?  We are. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availabili ty ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n Metro Atlanta County Animal Shelters are Out of Space! \n \n \n \n The county shelters have reached peak capacity and no longer have kennel space to house dogs. Because of the sheer volume\, we have had to set up temporary crates to house new arrivals but this is n ot a sustainable or acceptable solution.  This year we have seen a declin e in adoptions by 14% and a 37% decline in the number of animals leaving w ith rescue partners (compared to 2019 pre-pandemic levels). We also saw a decline in the number of lost pets finding their families again. Not only are there more animals currently in the shelters\, but they are staying lo nger which impacts their physical and mental wellbeing.  We URGENTLY need help to place our medium to large dogs into homes so that the shelters do not have to face difficult life or death decisions. We currently need to find 250 homes for dogs living at the DeKalb shelter. The Fulton County an imal shelter is facing a similar situation and needs to find 150 homes thi s week.  Here’s what we are experiencing currently across metro Atlanta . \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb Coun ty Animal Services \n \n \n \n Today\, there are 560 d ogs in our DeKalb facility*. In May 2019\, prior to the pandemic the shelt er held 440 dogs. Fewer animals are leaving the shelter\, and animals are staying longer looking for homes. They’re waiting an average of 80 days at DeKalb County Animal Services. Due to this critical status\, Dekalb Cou nty and LifeLine Animal Project\, in conjunction with the Georgia Departme nt of Agriculture\, are enacting emergency only intake protocols. This mea ns the DeKalb shelter is only able to accept animals from emergency situat ions or in critical need (injured animals\, animals involved in bite cases or cruelty situations). DeKalb County Animal Enforcement will also enforc e these emergency protocols and will only respond to high priority calls. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n *As of May 25\, 2022\, with the help of our community\, the number of dogs housed at DeKalb County Animal Service s has decreased to 433. We are making slow\, but steady\, progress towards reducing the number of pets housed at the shelter to a more comfortable t hreshold of 320. However\, the situation remains critical and your continu ed help is needed to find homes for the pets in our care. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n There are currently 360  dogs in our Fulton facility**\, which was bui lt to house only 80 dogs. Dogs are waiting an average 40 days to be placed in a home\, which is longer than previous years and is very stressful for the animals. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n **As of May 25\, 2022\, thanks to our community’s help in response to an urgent plea for fosters and ad opters\, the number of dogs housed at Fulton County Animal Services has di pped below 300. Additionally\, a generous volunteer has pledged to sponsor 100 dog adoptions this May at Fulton County. We always want to provide hu mane housing for the animals in our care and at the levels we are experien cing\, that is extremely challenging. Our community’s continued help at this critical time is needed to find homes for the pets in our care. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Animal C enter \n \n \n \n Our Community Animal Center takes in pets from our county shelters to help alleviate space constraints. Right now\, the center is full and can only take in more dogs when dogs currentl y in our care are adopted or head to foster homes.  Last week\, 128 cats arrived from our DeKalb and Fulton shelters. If you are looking for a cat\ , there are many available at the LifeLine Community Animal Center. There are also over 100 dogs available for adoption at this location. \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n Let's save lives together. \n \n \n \n Please share this blog with your community and network to help more pets find the homes they deserve today. \n \n \n \n Ways to Help \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n March 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel spa ce\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangero usly full\n \n \n \n \n \n Crit ical Needs This Week: Adopters and Fosters \n \n \n \n This February\, we saw the highest intake levels on record for the mont h since LifeLine took over shelter management in 2013. Both of our county shelters are in the red zone for space availability!  As we continue to f ace a growing space crisis\, we turn our attention to the impact of crowdi ng and the shelter environment on the health of our pets. It is a common m isconception that pets may fare better in a shelter than in a home where t he pet parent has to leave daily for work or doesn’t have a yard. There is no place like a home when it comes to animals. Even with the incredible support of our staff and volunteers\, it is impossible to replicate the c alm and one-on-one attention a pet will receive in a home. Shelters\, part icularly at the capacity level we currently face\, can be loud and overwhe lming for many pets. Though they are safe and fed\, the close proximity to so many other pets can lead to a spread in medical conditions. Ultimately \, we see a deterioration of our pets the longer they spend in the shelter \, along with added strain for our veterinary teams.  Our goal is to see all of our pets find their way to a warm and loving home. We need help giv ing our shelter pets a break\, including taking them out for a day or a we ekend\, while they await the arrival of their new family. We immediately s ee an improvement in our pet’s health and happiness when they are in a h ome. Plus\, you can provide key insights on the dog or cat’s personality (which tends to shine beyond the shelter walls) to share with potential a dopters! We are facing a particular need for fosters for our pets that hav e medical needs\, are part of an ongoing court case\, and dogs that are la rger in size. To find out more and help give our pets a break\, check out our Foster page. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \n There ar e currently 471 dogs at DeKalb County Animal Services\, 253 MORE than the ideal number of dogs that should be housed in our shelter here and putting us in the RED ZONE!  The need for special care fosters is imperative. Ce rtain pets\, such as those that have just given birth\, are undergoing med ical treatment or are part of a court case\, deserve a quiet space and may need a little extra care. This can include receiving regular doses of med icine\, restricted or regulated exercise regimes or extra space to care fo r their puppies. It is important that they have a home where they can rela x\, heal and rest stress-free.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n The Fulton County Animal Services shelter is in the RED ZONE! There are 265 dogs in the shelter\, an alarming 115 dogs over the ideal number of 150. This means some runs have up to five dogs s haring a space. As a result\, the shelter is seeing an uptick in medical i ssues\, particularly contagious ailments like upper respiratory infections . \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n In Feb ruary 2022\, the LifeLine Community Animal Center brought in 222 pets to h elp create space at our two county shelters. 94 dogs and 84 cats are waiti ng for a place to call home\, with many more patiently waiting in foster h omes. Our animals are showing tremendous resilience\, but we need urgent h elp from our community to provide these precious pets with homes! Our miss ion remains\, as always\, to save the lives of all healthy and treatable a nimals. We appreciate the support of our community! \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n Help us save lives together! \n \n \n \n Share this blog with your community\, and help get mor e pets into homes today! \n \n \n \n Ways to Help \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n January 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n We are kicking off the new year with an unfamiliar sight for this time of the year: shelters that are stil l full from this summer. Shelter space is unfortunately\, yet typically\, limited during the summer months\, but this is the first time we have expe rienced such a continued strain on our shelter capacity and team. The numb er of animals coming in our doors has increased by 12% over last year whil e the number of dogs adopted has decreased. People are also struggling to care for their pets and have been facing evictions and other challenges. T his means more pets have been surrendered. Over the last two years\, we ha ve seen a 39% decline in the number of animals our rescue partners have be en able to help pull to safety\, largely due to factors resulting from the COVID pandemic. All of these challenges would be difficult alone but\, li ke so many others\, we are also facing severe labor shortages. We currentl y have 34 open positions across three locations\, which means we are missi ng 13% of our workforce. Between the staffing challenge and the number of staff who have been out sick due to the latest wave of the COVID-19 virus\ , we are struggling. Animal care is always our top priority. Our understaf fed teams and volunteers are working doubly hard to care for all the anima ls in need\, covering extra shifts and taking on additional responsibiliti es. In these times\, we must depend even more so on our community’s supp ort. By adopting\, donating\, volunteering\, helping lost animals back hom e and finding new homes for those alone in the shelter\, our community off ers real and sustained hope for the animals in our care. We are continuing to take in animals for emergency situations and for those who do not have any other options. Our Animal Service Officers and community support team s continue to provide resources\, including access to veterinary care and pet supplies\, pet lost and found assistance and self-rehoming options for animals in non-emergency situations. We always work with individuals faci ng financial hardship who need help for their pets. We often reduce or wai ve reclaim and surrender fees in the hopes of helping people and finding t he best outcomes for the animals. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \ n The ideal number of dogs that should be housed at DeKalb County Animal Services is 218. This allows us to house one dog per kennel with ac cess to both sides of the kennel. We are currently in the red zone with 48 0 dogs in the building. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n With Fulton County Animal Services being a smaller\, older building\, there is space to optimally house only 150 dogs. As of la st week\, there were 221 dogs in the shelter. This forces us to house mult iple dogs in most of the kennels. Not only does this make cleaning the she lter a logistical challenge\, but it means the environment is less than id eal for our animals. Our goal is to safely house a large population while mitigating risk of disease and shelter stress on the animals. If we had fe wer dogs in the building\, we could provide larger\, single kennels for 26 of our larger breed dogs\, who need individual housing\, and who are curr ently residing in smaller cages. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n In December 2021\, the LifeLine Community Animal C enter transferred in 170 pets from Fulton and DeKalb to help make space at the our two county shelters. We currently have 95 dogs and 102 cats looki ng for homes\, and even more are waiting to find families while they live in foster homes. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We believe space limitations alone are an unacceptable reason to euthani ze healthy and treatable animals. LifeLine has been able to achieve “no- kill\,”  saving 90% or more of all the animals who enter our shelters\, but we are only able to maintain this lifesaving achievement with the com munity’s support and advocacy. We know our community has the ability to provide the support needed to save precious lives.  Their lives depend on it. \n \n \n \n Make a difference today! \n \n \n \n Share this blog post with your community\, and help g et more pets into homes today. 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LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T193057Z LOCATION:Buckhead Club\, 3344 Peachtree Road Northeast\, #2600\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30326\, United States URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/event/books-for-africa-annual-fundraiser /?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Global Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/events/category/culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Roswell Garden Club DTSTART:20260925T160000Z DTEND:20260925T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T202036Z UID:51133-1790337600-1790341200@atlantahumane.org CATEGORIES:community,food DESCRIPTION:Take a break and get your hands a little dirty at our monthly Roswell Garden Club! On the last Friday of each month\, join us during lun ch to pot your own catnip or cat grass\, decorate a planter\, and enjoy a relaxing midday activity with fellow animal lovers. Take your creation hom e to spoil your own cat\, or leave it behind as a special treat for one of our shelter cats. No gardening experience needed\, just come ready to hav e fun! \n\n\n\nYou’re welcome to bring your own lunch to this event\, bu t Voodoo Brewing will also deliver anything from their menu! Click here to reserve your spot. \n\nWe’ll also wrap up the afternoon by drawing the winning ticket for our 50/50 raffle\, so stick around to see who takes hom e the jackpot!* \n*You don’t need to participate in the raffle to attend the event\, and you raffle participants don’t need to be present to win . 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Whatever brings you to Trade/Deco Day\, we ho pe you enjoy the K-Pop music and light refreshments! LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T120247Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Student Involvement Room 313 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/kpc-tradedeco-day?utm_source=cal discovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:TEEN Home School Friday: Color\, Movement and Shadow DTSTART:20260925T170000Z DTEND:20260925T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T061815Z UID:10001628-1790341200-1790348400@boothmuseum.org CATEGORIES:arts,education DESCRIPTION:TEEN Home School Friday: Color\, Movement and Shadow \nFriday\ , September 25\, 2026  1-3 pm \nPaint and cut organic shapes made from an unexpected surface to achieve the look of transparent glass. Be inspired by Booth Museum artist Veloy Vigil as we use these materials to create a 3 -D vertical sculpture that shows overlapping color\, twisting movement of form and interesting shadow effects with a light source. Registration requ ired. \n  \nPick-up / Drop-off: Borderlands Classroom \nLocation: Booth W estern Art Museum \nREGISTRATION DEADLINE: Friday\, September 18 \nCost $1 0 for Museum Members / $12 for Non –members \nMinimum 10 students/ Ages 12-17 \nAll classes include a tour of related artwork. \nFor more informat ion call 770-387-1300 ext. 7271 \n  \nRegister Here! 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We will have many fun toys to play with and you will get raffle tickets for attending and playing with the toys. Those tickets can be used to bid on the many wonderful prizes. \n\nPrizes will be given out around 3 p.m. and you need to be present to win. \n\nIf you have not made a departmental “name tag” for the bulletin board (and you are or plan to be a psychology or neuroscience major or minor)\, we will have craft su pplies to make one. 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LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180352Z LOCATION:Campbell Hall\, C-Blair Classroom 215 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/student_government_association_w eekly_meeting?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta- ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:ACADEMIC SEMINAR SERIES - FALL 2026 DTSTART:20260925T193000Z DTEND:20260925T203000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53664786628599 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:ACADEMIC SEMINAR SERIES - FALL 2026 LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:Parker H. 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LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T195050Z URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com/event/grindhouse-food-truck-3-2/2026-09-2 5/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:StillFire Brewing X-SOURCE-URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Low-Co Motion DTSTART:20260925T200000Z DTEND:20260926T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T195050Z UID:10000282-1790352000-1790373600@stillfirebrewing.com CATEGORIES:drink,food DESCRIPTION:Low-Co Motion is rolling into StillFire Brewing\, serving up f resh\, locally sourced comfort food with a creative twist. Their menu feat ures favorites like the Angel’s Melt—a grilled cheese with roasted pul led pork\, tomatoes\, and chipotle mayo—and the OMG BLT with candied bac on and roasted garlic aioli. Pair it with homemade garlic-dill pickle chip s or jalapeño-apple coleslaw for the perfect bite. \nGrab a drink\, grab a bite\, and enjoy the night! LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T195050Z URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com/event/low-co-motion-5/2026-09-25/?utm_sou rce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:StillFire Brewing X-SOURCE-URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Latines Unides Pasiones Event DTSTART:20260925T213000Z DTEND:20260925T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T182536Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53874559837753 CATEGORIES:tech DESCRIPTION:tbd LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T182536Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Luchsinger Lounge URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/latines-unides-pasiones-event?ut m_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Share Sukkot DTSTART:20260925T213000Z DTEND:20260926T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T203038Z UID:0-95@bethshalom.net CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Join your Beth Shalom family on Erev Sukkot in the Beth Shalom Sukkah at 5:30pm for appetizers and logs of schmoozing followed by Friday evening service.\n\nAfter services\, spend a lovely Shabbat Sukkot Dinner with you Beth Shalom family.  Meet new friends and catch with others!\n\ nYou can either:\n\n If you have a Sukkah and would like to host others\, let us know Or\n You can be a guest in a member's Sukkah\n\n \n\nHost p rovide a main dish and guests bring sides\, desserts etc at the host's req uest.\n\nEither way\, you will enjoy a special Shabbat Sukkot dinner with old and new friends.  And a delicious\, welcoming evening will be had by all.\n\nTo Participate\, CLICK HERE LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T203038Z URL:https://www.bethshalom.net/events/share-sukkot/?utm_source=caldiscover y&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Congregation Beth Shalom X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.bethshalom.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Chico Bean DTSTART:20260925T220000Z DTEND:20260926T033000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T170243Z UID:69ab7d474d8664b797e79cef CATEGORIES:comedy DESCRIPTION:City Winery Atlanta presents Chico Bean live on September 25th and 26th at 6pm and 9:30pm! View all Chico Bean shows --> Hailing fro m Washington D.C. and known as 1⁄3 of the 85 South Show\, Chico Bean kno ws how to deliver a well-executed joke. Born Anthony Bean\, Chico Bean has the uncanny ability to memorize almost instantly the words to an old song or create a new quirky jingle on the spot. Chico contributed his skills t o the long-running sketch-variety television show "Wild N'Out" hosted week ly by Nick Cannon and helped catapult the show to high viewership. Other c redits include the Freestyle Funny Comedy Show and MTV 2's Guy Court. Mor e recently\, you can see Chico Bean on set with the entire 85 South Show c racking jokes and speaking on topics that matter. Writing and acting are o ther talents that Chico Bean showcases throughout his career\, and more re cently on E! His myriad of skills and "comedic improvisation" is what keep s the fans coming back for more. If you are looking for a fresh\, funny\, relative\, and stand out comedian\, look no further than Chico Bean.\nTick et URL: https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/chico-bean-9b9cev LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170243Z LOCATION:City Winery Atlanta\, 650 North Ave NE\, Atlanta\, 30308\, US URL:https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/chico-bean-9b9cev?utm_source=cald iscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City Winery Events X-SOURCE-URL:https://citywinery.com/atlanta/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Summer Soul Band | 1st Show DTSTART:20260925T220000Z DTEND:20260926T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T193352Z UID:10052-1790362800-1790362800@stjamesliveatl.com CATEGORIES:music LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T193352Z LOCATION:St. James Live\, 3220 Butner Rd SW\, Suite 240 Atlanta\, GA 30331 \, Atlanta\, 30331 URL:https://stjamesliveatl.com/show/summer-soul-band-1st-show/?utm_source= caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:St. James Live! X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.stjamesliveatl.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Departure: Journey Tribute at Lou Sobh Amphitheater DTSTART:20260925T230000Z DTEND:20260926T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T120912Z UID:13897-1790362800-1790370000@www.cityofcumming.net CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:In their 17th year together\, DEPARTURE is the most respected Journey tribute band in the nation. DEPARTURE replicates the look\, sound and feel of the original 80’s rock super group\; Journey. These veteran musicians love what they do and have developed an amazing on-stage chemist ry. They pride themselves on giving their audience an incredible high-ener gy\, qualitative stage show from start to finish. Dressed in the iconic tu xedo jacket\, DEPARTURE lead vocalist\, Brian Williams\, has an amazing si nging voice\, flawlessly matching Steve Perry’s vocal range and on-stage movements.\n\nDEPARTURE plays all the hit songs that everyone knows and l oves. They perform for 2 hours straight without taking a break to give the ir audience the true concert experience. Their performance is professional and highly engaging for their audience. Everything heard during their per formance is live with no pre-recorded tracks used. Performing over one hun dred shows nationally per year\, DEPARTURE brings the very best of Journey to audiences of all ages.\n\nFall Concert Series at the Lou Sobh Amphithe ater brought to you by The Providence Group.\n\nREMINDER: Free admission & free parking. No coolers\, outside food\, outside alcoholic beverages\, c ans\, glass bottles\, or smoking allowed. Friendly dogs on leash are welco me! BYO lawn chairs or blankets to sit on. Tents are not allowed. To ensur e the safety and enjoyment of our patrons\, it is required that all balls are stored away once the music starts. Any throwing or kicking of objects is strictly prohibited during the show. LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T120912Z LOCATION:Cumming City Center\, 423 Canton Road\, Cumming\, GA\, 30040\, Un ited States URL:https://www.cityofcumming.net/event/departure-journey-tribute-at-lou-s obh-amphitheater?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlan ta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of Cumming X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.cityofcumming.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Blackfriars Student Theatre Rehearsals DTSTART:20260925T230000Z DTEND:20260926T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T123428Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53821450136498 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:Rehearsals for the student led show for the semester. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T123428Z LOCATION:Dana Fine Arts Building\, Dana 101 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/blackfriars-student-theatre-rehe arsals?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Grassroots-311 Tribute with The Megalomaniacs-Incubus Tribute DTSTART:20260925T230000Z DTEND:20260926T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T195050Z UID:10000241-1790362800-1790373600@stillfirebrewing.com CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Grassroots\, the hardest-hittin’ 311 tribute band in the lan d\, hails from Atlanta\, GA. The project is all about spreading the positi vity of a true 311 experience\, with an authentic\, high energy performanc e in celebration of the band and its fans. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T195050Z URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com/event/grassroots-311-tribute-with-the-meg alomaniacs-incubus-tribute/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_cam paign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:StillFire Brewing X-SOURCE-URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sip the Season: Harvest Cocktail class DTSTART:20260925T230000Z DTEND:20260926T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T002912Z UID:6aaaf4255ff04b7f199367d9 CATEGORIES:drink DESCRIPTION:Join City Winery Atlanta for Sip the Season: Harvest Cocktail Class on Friday\, September 25th at 7pm!\nTicket URL: https://tickets.city winery.com/event/sip-the-season-harvest-cocktail-class-o4a4ph LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T002912Z LOCATION:City Winery Atlanta\, 650 North Ave NE\, Atlanta\, 30308\, US URL:https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/sip-the-season-harvest-cocktail-c lass-o4a4ph?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City Winery Events X-SOURCE-URL:https://citywinery.com/atlanta/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Jazz on the Lawn 2026 DTSTART:20260925T233000Z DTEND:20260926T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260731T062114Z UID:10003485-1790364600-1790371800@callanwolde.org CATEGORIES:festival,music DESCRIPTION:Save the date! The 2026 Jazz on the Lawn returns to Callanwold e. \n\n\n\n\nJazz on the Lawn returns in 2026 for another unforgettable se ason of live music under the stars at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center. Set ag ainst the backdrop of Callanwolde’s historic estate and lush grounds\, t his beloved Atlanta tradition brings together nationally recognized artist s\, local favorites\, and music lovers of all ages for evenings filled wit h incredible performances\, community\, and summer magic. \nGuests are inv ited to spread out on the lawn\, bring a picnic\, sip their favorite bever ages\, and enjoy a relaxed concert experience unlike any other in the city . From jazz and blues to soul\, Americana\, funk\, and beyond\, each conce rt offers a unique lineup and an atmosphere that feels both intimate and e lectric. \nWhether you’re gathering with friends\, planning a date night \, or creating a new family tradition\, Jazz on the Lawn is where music\, memories\, and Atlanta summer nights come together. Join us for the 2026 s eason and experience why this signature series continues to be one of the city’s favorite live music events. \n\nTicket sales begin in June via Ev entbrite. LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T062114Z URL:https://callanwolde.org/event/jazz-on-the-lawn-2026/2026-09-25/?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Callanwolde X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.callanwolde.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:THE CLASSIC IMPROV SHOW DTSTART:20260926T000000Z DTEND:20260926T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260815T061419Z UID:10003804-1790366400-1790371800@www.wholeworldtheatre.com CATEGORIES:comedy DESCRIPTION:Whole World Improv Theatre Presents: The Award-Winning Classic Improv Show! \n\n\n\nGet ready for an electrifying night of spontaneous l aughter with Atlanta’s best improv comedy! Whole World Improv Theatre\, your favorite little venue nestled in the vibrant Heart of Midtown\, Atl anta\, is thrilled to feature our award-winning improvisers every Friday a nd Saturday night. Prepare to be amazed as our quick-witted performers tra nsform your audience suggestions into side-splitting scenes\, unforgettab le characters\, and hilarious stories – all made up on the spot\, right before your eyes! \n\n\n\nARE YOU READY TO PLAY? Wanna pull an all-nighte r? 8pm ticket holders can purchase $10 tickets at the door for the 10pm sh ow the same night\, provided tickets are still available. This is an at-do or purchase only and is non-transferable. Upon your arrival\, let our Will Call attendant know you want to stay over for the 10pm and they will assi st you with the ticket purchase   \n\n\n\nThis show is intended for a mat ure audience and may contain adult language and contentThis show will cons ist of two sets. Show run time is @75-80 minutesSeating is GENERAL ADMISSI ON LAST-MODIFIED:20260815T061419Z LOCATION:Whole World Improv\, 1216 Spring St. NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://www.wholeworldtheatre.com/show/the-classic-improv-show/2026-09 -25/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Whole World Improv Theatre X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.wholeworldtheatre.com/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Best of Atlanta Comedy Showcase - Friday September 25 at 8:00pm DTSTART:20260926T000000Z DTEND:20260926T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260906T000914Z UID:10001798-1790366400-1790371800@laughingskulllounge.com CATEGORIES:comedy LAST-MODIFIED:20260906T000914Z LOCATION:Laughing Skull Lounge\, 878 Peachtree Street\, Atlanta\, GA\, 303 09\, United States URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com/event/best-of-atlanta-comedy-showcase- friday-september-25-2026-at-800pm/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics& utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Laughing Skull Lounge X-SOURCE-URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Luchsinger Auditions DTSTART:20260926T000000Z DTEND:20260926T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260908T183537Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53892281315498 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Auditions for new members for Luchsingers!! Interested in sing ing? Considered joining LAC for the fall semester! LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T183537Z LOCATION:Presser Hall\, PR-Presser G-17 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/luchsinger-auditions?utm_source= caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:College of Law Fall 2026 - Spring 2027 Clinic & Externship Applic ation Period DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260926 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260927 DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52922638422253 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Spring 2027 Clinic & Externship Application Period\n\nSeptembe r 16-30 2025\n\nThe application for Spring enrollment for all clinics and externships opens on Wednesday\, September 16th and closes on Wednesday\, September 30th at 11:59 p.m. To apply\, visit the Clinical Programs page o r the Externships page. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-college-of-law-fall-2025-spring -2026-clinic-externship-application-period?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_med ium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Withdrawal Period - Full Semester DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260926 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260927 DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52328748789692 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Withdrawal Period begins via PAWS at 8 a.m.\n\nWithdrawn c lasses appear on the official transcript with the grade of W or WF.\n\nFor detailed information on withdrawals\, refer to the "Revision of Class Sch edule" section of the University Catalog. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-classes-begin-mmii?utm_source=c aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dr Carmen Battaglia Seminar DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260926 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260927 DTSTAMP:20260915T202909Z UID:2nl0bkncujrjrniqf60bheme23@google.com CATEGORIES:education LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T202909Z X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Kennel Club X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantakennelclub.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Lucinda Williams: World Gone Wrong Tour DTSTART:20260926T000000Z DTEND:20260926T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T204448Z UID:20578-1790366400-1790366400@atlantaconcertreviews.com CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Three-time Grammy Award winner\, Lucinda Williams has been car ving her own path for more than three decades now. Born in Lake Charles\, Louisiana\, Williams had been imbued with a “culturally rich\, economica lly poor” worldview. Several years of playing the hardscrabble clubs gav e her a solid enough footing to record a self-titled album that would beco me a touchstone for the embryonic Americana movement – helping launch a thousand musical ships along the way. \nWhile not a huge commercial succes s at the time Lucinda Williams (aka\, the Rough Trade album) retained a cu lt reputation\, and finally got the reception it deserved upon its reissue in 2014. Jim Farber of New York’s Daily News hailed the reissue by sayi ng “Listening again proves it to be that rarest of beasts: a perfect wor k. There’s not a chord\, lyric\, beat or inflection that doesn’t pull at the heart or make it soar.” \nFor much of the next decade\, Williams moved around the country\, stopping in Austin\, Los Angeles\, Nashville\, and turning out work that won immense respect within the industry (winning a Grammy for Mary Chapin Carpenter’s version of “Passionate Kisses” ) and a gradually growing cult audience. While her recorded output was spa rse for a time\, the work that emerged was invariably hailed for its indel ible impressionism — like 1998’s Car Wheels on a Gravel Road\, which n otched her first Grammy as a performer. \nThe past decade brought further development\, both musically and personally\, evidenced on albums like Wes t (2007)\, which All Music Guide called “flawless…destined to become a classic” and Blessed (2011)\, which the Los Angeles Times dubbed “a d ynamic\, human\, album\, one that’s easy to fall in love with.” Those albums retained much of Williams’ trademark melancholy and southern Goth ic starkness\, but also exuded more rays of light and hope. This all lead to the 2014 release of Williams’ first double studio album Down Where Th e Spirit Meets The Bone\, followed by the 2016 release of her second doubl e album\, the The Ghosts of Highway 20. Both albums received overwhelming praise from the media and fans. 2020’s Good Soul Better Angels was a soc iopolitical masterpiece\, garnering two Grammy nominations as well as feat ures in The New York Times\, Rolling Stone\, Los Angeles Times and so much more\, Lucinda made a return appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Col bert and was the subject of a feature segment on NPR’s All Things Consid ered. \nIn October of 2021\, Lucinda Williams was inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall Of Fame. \nIn April 2023\, Williams released her long-aw aited memoir\, Don’t Tell Anybody The Secrets I Told You (Crown\, a divi sion of Penguin Random House LLC)\, to wide critical acclaim. The memoir d ebuted at #5 on the New York Times Bestsellers and Williams was featured o n the cover of the New York Times Sunday Styles. Williams was featured at Vanity Fair\, NPR All Things Considered\, The Associated Press\, Esquire\, The Nation\, and many more\, including a sit down on Late Night with Seth Meyers. \nIn June 2023\, Williams release the critically acclaimed album Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart (Highway 20 Records/Thirty Tigers)\, whic h received high praise from the press as she was featured on CBS Sunday Mo rning and the subject of major stories in Rolling Stone\, Billboard\, Past e\, The FADER\, SPIN and more. The Associated Press referred to the album as “another important chapter to one of the most important musical journ eys of the last half-century.” LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T204448Z LOCATION:Variety Playhouse\, 1099 Euclid Avenue NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30307\ , United States URL:https://atlantaconcertreviews.com/event/lucinda-williams-world-gone-wr ong-tour/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Concert Reviews X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantaconcertreviews.com/concert-calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:EMO Karaoke Night at Park Bench DTSTART:20260926T000000Z DTEND:20260926T033000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T002131Z UID:10005586-1790366400-1790379000@batteryatl.com CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Join in all the fun of the Park Bench EMO Karaoke experience!   Groups\, celebrations\, parties\, and other occasions are welcomed and encouraged!  Admission to this entertaining show is No-Cover\, so come an ytime throughout the night. \nDoors Open:  5:00 pm \nShowtime: 8:00 pm \n Click here for more information! LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T002131Z LOCATION:Park Bench\, 900 Battery Ave\, Ste 1060\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30339 URL:https://batteryatl.com/event/emo-karaoke-night-at-park-bench/?utm_sour ce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:BatteryATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://batteryatl.com/events-calendar/tag/live-music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:AIDS Walk Music Festival and 5k Run DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260926 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260927 DTSTAMP:20260918T000204Z UID:27019-1790380800-1790467199@piedmontpark.org CATEGORIES:festival,sports DESCRIPTION:*This event is hosted by an external partner and is not produc ed by Piedmont Park Conservancy. \nJoin them for a 5K and music festival y ou won’t want to miss. Your support helps fund local HIV & AIDS service organizations right here in Atlanta. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T000204Z URL:https://piedmontpark.org/event/aids-walk-music-festival-and-5k-run/?ut m_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Piedmont Park Conservancy\, Inc. X-SOURCE-URL:https://piedmontpark.org/green-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Karaoke Night at Punch Bowl Social DTSTART:20260926T010000Z DTEND:20260926T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T060311Z UID:10005559-1790370000-1790370000@batteryatl.com CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Karaoke Night – Grab the Mic\, Rule the Night! ️ \n\n\n\n\ nGet ready to level up your Fridays with live Karaoke\, an open mic night where your vocals take center stage in a festive experience hosted by Luk e Smart’s Karaoke! \n🔥 Here’s what to expect: \n\nFree arcade card with your first drink purchase!\nThe chance to sing your heart out in fro nt of a hype crowd 🎶\nEpic vibes\, great drinks\, and arcade fun all ni ght long 🍻\nClick here for more information! LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T060311Z LOCATION:Punch Bowl Social\, 875 Battery Ave SE Ste 720\, Atlanta\, Georgi a\, 30339\, United States URL:https://batteryatl.com/event/karaoke-night-at-punch-bowl-social-2/?utm _source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:BatteryATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://batteryatl.com/events-calendar/tag/live-music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Summer Soul Band | 2nd Show DTSTART:20260926T010000Z DTEND:20260926T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T193352Z UID:10068-1790373600-1790373600@stjamesliveatl.com CATEGORIES:music LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T193352Z LOCATION:St. James Live\, 3220 Butner Rd SW\, Suite 240 Atlanta\, GA 30331 \, Atlanta\, 30331 URL:https://stjamesliveatl.com/show/summer-soul-band-2nd-show/?utm_source= caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:St. James Live! X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.stjamesliveatl.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Chico Bean DTSTART:20260926T013000Z DTEND:20260926T033000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T170243Z UID:69ab7e95e5a5e5eaded09846 CATEGORIES:comedy DESCRIPTION:City Winery Atlanta presents Chico Bean live on September 25th and 26th at 6pm and 9:30pm! View all Chico Bean shows --> Hailing fro m Washington D.C. and known as 1⁄3 of the 85 South Show\, Chico Bean kno ws how to deliver a well-executed joke. Born Anthony Bean\, Chico Bean has the uncanny ability to memorize almost instantly the words to an old song or create a new quirky jingle on the spot. Chico contributed his skills t o the long-running sketch-variety television show "Wild N'Out" hosted week ly by Nick Cannon and helped catapult the show to high viewership. Other c redits include the Freestyle Funny Comedy Show and MTV 2's Guy Court. Mor e recently\, you can see Chico Bean on set with the entire 85 South Show c racking jokes and speaking on topics that matter. Writing and acting are o ther talents that Chico Bean showcases throughout his career\, and more re cently on E! His myriad of skills and "comedic improvisation" is what keep s the fans coming back for more. If you are looking for a fresh\, funny\, relative\, and stand out comedian\, look no further than Chico Bean.\nTick et URL: https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/chico-bean-4ndzeq LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170243Z LOCATION:City Winery Atlanta\, 650 North Ave NE\, Atlanta\, 30308\, US URL:https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/chico-bean-4ndzeq?utm_source=cald iscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City Winery Events X-SOURCE-URL:https://citywinery.com/atlanta/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CELEBRATING HISPANIC HERITAGE DTSTART:20260926T020000Z DTEND:20260926T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T181529Z UID:10004179-1790373600-1790377200@www.wholeworldtheatre.com CATEGORIES:comedy,theater DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Atlanta’s original al l-Hispanic improv cast! Every Friday at 10 PM\, Whole World Improv Theatr e presents a unique\, fully improvised show celebrating Latin culture and storytelling. From spooky musical comedy to real-life stories brought to t he stage\, no two Fridays are ever the same. \n\n\n\n\nSept 18th – El Ar mando: Una historia real se convierte en una obra completamente improvisa da. / A real story becomes a completely improvised play.\n\n\n\nSept 25th – Whole World Gigante: Talentos hispanos de Atlanta\, reunidos en un so lo escenario. / Atlanta’s Hispanic talent\, united on one stage.\n\n\n\n Oct 2nd – Caos Musical: Un musical 100% improvisado. / A 100% improvise d musical.\n\n\n\nOct 9 – La Llorona: La leyenda de La Llorona\, reimag inada con terror y comedia.  / The legend of La Llorona\, reimagined with horror and comedy.\n\n\n\n\nThis show is intended for mature audiences an d may contain adult themes and content This show will consist of one 60-m inute set Seating is GENERAL ADMISSION LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T181529Z LOCATION:Whole World Improv\, 1216 Spring St. NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://www.wholeworldtheatre.com/show/spanish-improv-comedy/2026-09-2 5/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Whole World Improv Theatre X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.wholeworldtheatre.com/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Best of Atlanta Comedy Showcase - Friday September 25 at 10:30PM DTSTART:20260926T023000Z DTEND:20260926T033000Z DTSTAMP:20260906T060944Z UID:10001801-1790375400-1790379000@laughingskulllounge.com CATEGORIES:comedy LAST-MODIFIED:20260906T060944Z LOCATION:Laughing Skull Lounge\, 878 Peachtree Street\, Atlanta\, GA\, 303 09\, United States URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com/event/best-of-atlanta-comedy-showcase- friday-september-25-2026-at-1030pm/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics &utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Laughing Skull Lounge X-SOURCE-URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Panthers Commitment to Consent 2026-2027 Academic Year DTSTART:20260926T040000Z DTEND:20260927T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53547032010034 CATEGORIES:wellness DESCRIPTION:Take the Georgia State Commitment to Consent and help create a culture of respect\, communication\, and positive sexual wellness across our Panther community. \nConsent is enthusiastic\, communicated\, specific \, informed\, and reversible. It means making sure everyone is able and wi lling to participate\, communicating clearly\, respecting boundaries\, and understanding that anyone can change their mind at any time. \nHow it wor ks (less than 2 minutes!): \n\nRSVP to this event during the 2026–2027 a cademic year. \nShare your name and affirm your commitment to practicing t he Student Wellness Five Components of Consent in your sexual and intimate interactions. \nComplete the virtual commitment to demonstrate your suppo rt for a culture where consent\, communication\, and respect are valued. \ n\nYour attendance will be recorded in PIN\, making you eligible to earn P ounce Rewards and contribute toward your Health & Wellness Advocate proces s. \nTake a moment to make the commitment. Your participation helps promot e respect\, healthy communication\, safety\, and positive sexual wellness at Georgia State University. 🐾 \nLearn more about consent by registerin g for the Your Sexual Wellness Matters iCollege Course\n \n\nHosted by: B e Well Panthers Health & Wellness\n\nAdditional Information can be found a t: https://pin.gsu.edu/event/12526520 LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/yes-to-consent-panthers-pledge-2026-202 7-academic-year?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlant a-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sukkot with sukkah on the patio DTSTART:20260926T050000Z DTEND:20260927T035000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T123708Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53998494044075 CATEGORIES:holiday DESCRIPTION:Sukkot is a weeklong Jewish holiday that comes five days after Yom Kippur. Sukkot celebrates the gathering of the harvest and commemorat es the miraculous protection G‑d provided for the children of Israel whe n they left Egypt. We celebrate Sukkot by dwelling in a foliage-covered bo oth (known as a sukkah) and by taking the “Four Kinds” (arba minim)\, four special species of vegetation. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T123708Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL Butler Patio URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/sukkot-with-sukkah-on-the-patio? utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:RaceTrac's Run For Research 5K DTSTART:20260926T110000Z DTEND:20260926T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T000353Z UID:10005521-1790406000-1790424000@batteryatl.com CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:It’s time to join Racetrac for their annual Run for Research  here at The Battery Atlanta! \nThe theme for this event is “RACE FOR F OX IN YOUR CRAZIEST SOCKS!” It’s time to break out those neon\, knee-h igh\, polka-dotted socks you’ve been saving for a special occasion. The crazier the socks\, the better! \nThe itinerary for the Run for Research i s as follows:\n7:00 a.m. – Registration Opens\n7:30 a.m. – 1K Starts\n 8:00 a.m. – 5K Starts\n8:50 a.m. – Awards Presentation \nParking:\nFRE E parking with no time limit is available at North 29 – 3050 Circle 75 Pkwy\, Atlanta\, GA 30339. \nPlease note the walk from Lot 29 to the vendo r village is around 10 minutes\; we encourage you to arrive early to give yourself plenty of time to enjoy your pre-race morning and activities\, ha ve a great run/walk\, and stay after to enjoy The Battery Atlanta. \nAddit ional parking closer to the vendor village will be available in the Yello w\, Green\, Purple\, and Red Decks and is FREE for the first 2 hours \nTo register for this run or to learn more\, click here! LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T000353Z LOCATION:The Battery Atlanta\, 800 Battery Avenue Southeast\, Atlanta\, GA \, 30339\, United States URL:https://batteryatl.com/event/run-for-research/?utm_source=caldiscovery &utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:BatteryATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://batteryatl.com/events-calendar/tag/live-music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:MercyFest Cookout for Homeless DTSTART:20260926T110000Z DTEND:20260926T130000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T205941Z UID:5265-1790420400-1790427600@www.churchatponceandhighland.org CATEGORIES:community,food DESCRIPTION:Help with the monthly cookout for folks experiencing homelessn ess at Edgewood Church on Memorial. We provide the food and help serve\, a nd always need help with both. Email allen.jones@dhbc.org to help. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T205941Z URL:https://www.churchatponceandhighland.org/event/mercy-fest-cookout-for- homeless/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Church at Ponce & Highland X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.dhbc.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:GHP HOSTS FALL LEAGUE ADULT SWIM MEET: Registered Swimmers Only DTSTART:20260926T120000Z DTEND:20260926T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T201239Z UID:65bt3o8slkcnep5uub63p3f66s@google.com CATEGORIES:sports LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T201239Z X-SOURCE-NAME:GardenHillsPool X-SOURCE-URL:https://gardenhillspool.com/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:NEGMC 53rd Annual Fall Regional Shelby\,Mustang\,and Ford show DTSTART:20260926T123000Z DTEND:20260926T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260902T001616Z UID:14464-1790411400-1790434800@shiftatlanta.org CATEGORIES:festival DESCRIPTION:**$10 spectator fee from the venue** \nJoin us for our 53rd A nnual Regional Shelby\, Mustang and Ford Meet at the Georgia Mountain Fair grounds\, 1311 Music Hall Road\, Hiawassee\, GA 30456 Pre-Register here: h ttps://negeorgiamustangclub.org/store/2026-Pre-Registration-Fall-Show-Hiaw assee-Georgia-p832734470 \nThe Show will be held on Saturday Sept 26th\, 2026 from 8:30am – 3pm.Registration is from 8:30 – noon. Cost will be $30 during pre-registration and $35 the day of the show.On-site preregistr ation will be open 1pm-3pm Friday. \nthere will be a cruise and lunch mee t and greet Friday September 25th 10am-2pm \nPUBLIC SHOW — 51 TROPHIES \ nMustang Classes (Top 5 ) \nEarly Classic Mustang (1964½–1973) — 5Mus tang II (1974–1978) — 5Foxbody Mustang (1979–1993) — 5SN95/New Edg e Mustang (1994–2004) — 5S197 Mustang (2005–2014) — 5Modern Mustan g (2015–Present) — 5Shelby Mustang (All Years) — 5Specialty Mustang (Roush\, Saleen\, RTR\, Steeda\, etc.) — 5 \nSubtotal: 40 \nOther Ford C lasses (Top 5 only)Ford Trucks – Top 5Ford/Mercury – Top 5 \nSubtotal: 10 \nBest in Show — 1 LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T001616Z LOCATION:Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds URL:https://shiftatlanta.org/atlanta-car-event/negmc-53rd-annual-fall-regi onal-shelbymustangand-ford-show/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&ut m_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:ShiftAtlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://shiftatlanta.org/atlanta-car-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:East Cobb Saturday Group Ride DTSTART:20260926T123000Z DTEND:20260926T140000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T202202Z UID:176atcfgsbfbgqm5ja9ff19nki@google.com CATEGORIES:outdoors DESCRIPTION:This is a weather permitting ride and any ride updates will be posted on the event page. Join Free-Flite staff and customers for a nice conversational ride on Saturday mornings at 8:30am. This is a no-drop grou p road bike ride out of the Roswell rd. Free-Flite Bicycles location in Ea st Cobb\, Ga. This is a beginner friendly ride\, and all skill levels are welcome. Please call 770-422-5237 with any questions or email cason.smith@ freeflite.com for more information LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T202202Z LOCATION:4177 Roswell Rd\, Marietta\, GA 30062\, USA X-SOURCE-NAME:freeflitega@gmail.com X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.freeflite.com/articles/upcoming-events-pg1420.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Community Animal Center Vaccine Clinic DTSTART:20260926T130000Z DTEND:20260926T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T061439Z UID:36686-1790413200-1790424000@lifelineanimal.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Our goal with this page is to share the current shelter needs with our community in an ongoing way. We hope to update this page seasonal ly or more frequently as needed. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 2024 \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n Last year\, we reached a pivotal break ing point in terms of the number of animals housed in our care. We recogni zed the physical capacity limitations of our buildings and made a commitme nt to work towards humane housing solutions\, which means both the county shelters need to reduce the number of animals living in the buildings. Whi le we continue to face severe overcrowding into 2024\, we have worked hard to increase resources to help more pet owners and improve the quality of life for the animals in our care. We are continuing to adapt to the challe nges we’re facing\, including many systemic problems that contribute to the number of animals arriving in our care. We have collaborated with many supportive community members and leaders in pursuit of creating a safer a nd more humane shelter environment for all. There are no overnight solutio ns to drastically reduce our shelter populations\, but we continue to have hope that with your support and the strategies currently in place\, our c ommunity will help us get more animals into homes where they belong. Here is a brief update for all three LifeLine shelters\, including the unique c hallenges and the most important ways you can get involved. \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal ServicesDog Population: 506 | Opti mum Capacity: 475 \n \n \n \n Last year\, DeKalb Count y Animal Services reached peak numbers of dogs housed in the shelter durin g an outbreak of Canine Flu.. Because of an incredible response from our c ommunity\, we successfully saw the population drop down to 312 dogs. Becau se the need in our community is so great\, this number steadily rose back up to 500+ dogs and has remained in that range for months on end despite o ur best efforts. It is a near constant struggle to balance the amount of “noses in”\, pets arriving at the shelter\, with the amount of “nose s out” each week\, pets leaving. As an open intake municipal facility\, we do not turn away animals in need in Dekalb County\, no matter how much or little space we have in our kennels when we begin a new day. It is impo rtant that the community understands this distinction from other rescue or ganizations and is aware of ways they can help prevent lost or stray pets from ever having to enter the shelter. We need to create room for pets tha t have the most urgent need for our help. We must find a way to help more animals find homes and keep the shelter at a capacity that is humane for t he pets in our care. Heartbreaking space euthanasia decisions must be made weekly and overcrowding is putting more dogs at risk. Instead of focusing our at-risk dogs\, we are asking our community to focus efforts and resou rces on getting more of our highly-adoptable dogs out so that those animal s identified as most at risk (struggling in the shelter and exhibiting a v ariety of challenging behaviors) can get the time that they need to find a home. Any animal that leaves the building will help us reach our target o f decreasing the dog population to below a threshold of 475. This new proc ess includes daily population updates on the website and improved communic ations with our volunteers and community about how to best support dogs in need in our shelters. Even still\, 475 dogs housed in the building is les s than ideal. This is an incredible number of pets to care for daily. Whil e their basic needs are met\, quality of life deteriorates the longer they are housed in a shelter intended to be a temporary safety net. The lower we can keep that number\, the less dogs there will be at risk for illness\ , increased stress and euthanasia. In addition to these adjustments in com municating the ongoing need\, we have partnered with DeKalb County leaders on both short and long-term solutions that were announced last fall to he lp more pets in need: Increased funding for support to pets of DeKalb Coun ty residents including:A free monthly pet food bankFree spay/neuter surger ies through SNIP DeKalbFree vaccinations through LifeLine’s Mobile Clini cAdditional kennel space to provide more humane housing for the dogs curre ntly in our care:Plans have been approved to build new\, additional kennel s which will provide better housing for court case dogs who are in our car e long termProjected installation is September 2024We believe programs lik e these that make pet resources more accessible\, including affordable spa y/neuter surgery\, are the key to helping more pets stay out of the shelte rs and in homes where they belong. \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal ServicesDog Population: 419 | Optimum Capacity: 325 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n At the end of 2023\, we celebrated the grand opening of a brand new 40\,0 00 square foot shelter facility in Fulton County! With the opening of the new building\, we’ve fortunately seen improvement in all of these ways t o create a better environment for the teams and the animals as well as a b etter experience for visitors and supporters: Staff is less stressed. We h ave improved our ability to train\, onboard and implement new and efficien t processes.The building is easier to clean and has decreased the spread o f infectious disease.With separate kennel runs\, animals are less stressed or overwhelmed in the building and do not experience as high of stimulati on. It’s now easier to identify issues with dogs so we can work on getti ng them placed in a home more quickly.Visitors feel more welcome and have the ability to more easily spend time with individual animals. We have als o been able to increase the number of spay/neuter surgeries for our adopta ble animals and provide adopters\, fosters and rescue partners with better diagnostics for their pets with the new clinic.We have seen an increase i n the number of volunteers and hours spent with our team.We are able to ho st other shelters and bring more learning and collaborative opportunities to staff in-houseAt the same time\, we experienced a challenging transitio n as we worked to close the former facility\, adjust to the new set up\, a nd final projects and installations were wrapped up by the county. With th e new opening\, there was an uptick of stray or abandoned pets being broug ht to the new shelter. The shelter is a safe haven\, but can only be so te mporarily for pets in need of homes\, and we’ve seen the dog population quickly fill the building past its limits. Similarly to DeKalb County\, it has been difficult to balance the new intakes with finding outcomes for t he animals\, even in the wake of creative and successful adoption events. According to Animal Shelters Count’s recent annual report\, “In 2023\, 3% more dogs entered shelters than left\, resulting in an additional 107\ ,000 dogs in shelters at the end the year.” Fulton County Animal Service s is also an open intake municipal shelter facility and can’t simply “ stop” taking new animals in even when we’re overcapacity. Fortunately\ , we’ve also started 2024 with recent pawsitive media and exciting opera tional updates. The full-service clinic at Fulton County Animal Services i s now open for the public to make low-cost wellness appointments for their pets to receive the care they need! Additionally\, a Fulton County foster dog\, a pit mix now known as Miss Peaches\, has gone viral after being ad opted by celebrity and President of Barstool Sports\, Dave Portnoy. Miss P eaches’s story\, Dave’s choice to adopt and his initiative to raise fu nds for animal rescue has captured hearts nationwide. Lifesaving deserves to be trending so that we can keep up with the influx of dogs in need. We hope others will follow in his footsteps!  \n \n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal CenterDog Population: 119 | Optimum Capacity: 80 \n \n \n \n The incredible dedication of the team at our LifeLine Community Animal Center cannot be overlooked. Our county s helter facilities tend to take the spotlight in the news and on social med ia because of the massive number of pets that come through their doors\, b ut the Community Animal Center is always working quietly in the background to help the county operations. When the county shelters are over capacity \, so is this facility to keep up with the need. Not only do they consiste ntly take in pets from our county shelters and other rural facilities\, bu t\, when there is a neglect or hoarding case being investigated\, this loc ation takes in dozens of pets when they have nowhere else to go. As we ent er the warmer months of summer\, the Community Animal Center is also const antly preparing to help with the large numbers of kittens and puppies that are in need. Maintaining a full staff at this location is critical to its function. If you’re interested in joining our team full-time\, or even as a volunteer\, our Community Animal Center would love to have you! \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A National Crisis \n \n \n \n In conversations wit h other rescue organizations and in a review of data over the past few yea rs\, we’ve learned that these challenges are not unique to LifeLine or t he city of Atlanta. For the fourth year in a row\, we are faced with a “ new normal” in animal sheltering. According to the report\, “A total o f 900\,000 animals have entered and lingered in our nation’s shelters an d rescues since January 2021. This surplus is on top of the population alr eady residing within organizations\, resulting in an ongoing capacity cris is.” “The number of animals entering shelters through community intake s in 2023 remained roughly the same as 2022 at 6.5 million\, with intakes nearly evenly split between dogs and cats.” Compared to a national decre ase of 3.2% in intakes between 2019 and 2023\, our community intakes throu gh the Fulton and DeKalb County shelters decreased 6.89% from 2019 to 2023 . But\, intakes increased by 14.5% from 2022 to 2023. Even in the wake of these higher intake numbers\, we have been able to rally our community and find an incredible number of homes in 2023 compared to previous years. “While 2.2 million dogs were adopted in 2023\, dog adoptions are still 5 % lower than in 2019 (-108\,000 dogs adopted).” At LifeLine\, our overal l pet adoptions were only down by 1.92% in 2023 compared to 2019\, and ado ptions were higher in 2023 compared to 2018\, 2020\, 2021 and 2022. We are frequently partnering with more organizations who want to help and who ar e spreading the word that adopting is the way to go when searching for a n ew pet. For full shelter statistics across our organization\, please visit www.shelteranimalscount.org/stats. \n \n \n \n In Su mmary \n \n \n \n The animals in our city need help. W hile donations are the foundation for our work in the community and allow us to help more pets get the care they need\, donations don’t create mor e available kennel space. We need your help in getting more pets adopted o r fostered. We need the community’s help in getting more lost pets back home. We need our community to know about available resources for food\, v eterinary care\, and affordable spay/neuter options. Together\, we can sav e these lives and help the animals who need us most. \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Octob er 2023 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Message To Our C ommunity \n \n \n \n We are in the midst of an ongoing crisis affecting city and county animal shelters across the country. Time s are extremely difficult for the animals housed in our shelters and the s taff and volunteers who care for them. We have frequently reported on the conditions of our shelters and how desperate we are to get hundreds of ani mals into homes. We hear the distress and complaints about the overcrowdin g from our volunteers\, fosters\, and community\; we experience the condit ions daily\; we see the news articles written and segments being broadcast on television and radio\; we feel and share your frustration and heartbre ak. We are heartbroken\, too. Let us express to you in no uncertain terms: the current conditions in our shelters are not humane or sustainable. We can and we must do better. We will exhaust all efforts to prioritize the h ealth and safety of both pets and people in our care. The balance of human ely sheltering a growing number of animals while giving each one the care and the time they deserve to be placed in a loving home is getting substan tially harder to achieve. The issues contributing to overcrowding primaril y are rooted in the community\, not the shelter\, and cannot be changed ov ernight. In the shelters\, we’ve reached a pivotal breaking point. We ha ve stretched the shelter capacity and resources to unsustainable limits wh ile hoping\, for too long now\, that there would be a turning point where more animals would leave these buildings than enter. But that has not happ ened this year and without homes to go to\, we must euthanize more dogs at both county shelters in order to reach and maintain safe and humane housi ng. There are many facets to the challenges we are currently facing and we will cover some of them in this blog. We also encourage you to check out two other blog posts that go into deeper detail on two important issues: T he No-Kill controversyThe Impact of Spay and Neuter (and other pressing qu estions) \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Are The Shelters So Overcrowded? \n \n \n \n We know there are a lot of questions around why this is happening. We are seeing a new reality\, a post-pandemic world\; E conomic challenges to families\, a lack of affordable and pet-friendly hou sing\, a national shortage of veterinarians\, a decrease in spay/neuter du ring the pandemic and a need for more accessible and affordable spay/neute r options\, a desire for specific breeds\, and a diminishing public capaci ty to help and home shelter animals are all taking a heartbreaking toll on the growing number of animals coming into LifeLine’s care. We have acce pted pets from families arriving at the shelter with all of their possessi ons in a U-haul and nowhere to turn for help. People newly arriving to the area are surrendering their dogs to the shelter because they are unable t o find affordable housing that will allow them to keep their companions.We are coming to terms with an untenable reality of the community relying on a singular shelter as the sole means of support for the growing number of animals at risk – animals who mostly were people’s pets and family me mbers at one time. Systemically\, the shelter alone cannot support the she er volume of need. Here Is A Look At Our Shelters In Crisis: \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 569Target Dog Capacity: 450 On Tuesday \, October 17th\, DeKalb County CEO\, Michael Thurmond\, visited DeKalb Co unty Animal Services. The following day\, he met with our CEO\, Rebecca Gu inn\, and other LifeLine leadership. Together\, LifeLine and DeKalb County leadership agreed that Dekalb County Animal Services must reduce the dog population at the shelter to 450 in 60 days and maintain the population at or below that number. They collaborated and decided on both short- and lo nger-term actions to help aid in this crisis including: Working with staff ing agencies for additional staff and support for cleaning.Deploying perso nnel from other divisions within LifeLine to assist with animal care\, man agement and training and restructuring staff schedules to ensure greater c overage\, particularly on weekends.Sadly\, increasing euthanasia rates if necessary and continuing to do so until we reduce the dog population to 45 0 or less. If we cannot increase lifesaving outcomes beyond the current ra te\, we will have to euthanize 9 animals each day\, or 63 animals each wee k.Constructing an overflow campus adjacent to the shelter\, designed to ho ld up to 120 additional dogs above the current target capacity and provide effective isolation areas\, to help alleviate the need for euthanasia for population control. This solution will take time to build\, staff and ope rate and until then we must get below 450 animals in the current building. Improving communications between DeKalb County’s Animal Services Enforce ment division and the shelter to more proactively address factors in the f ield that are causing animals to come into the shelter.Increasing support to fund access to veterinary care for DeKalb pet owners in need\, includin g subsidized and free spay/neuter\, and targeting areas of DeKalb County y ielding the highest number of animals impounded in the shelter.What it wil l take to change the situation most\, in the short-term\, is simply fewer dogs in the building. We are asking our community to help us achieve those target dog population numbers because\, without homes to go to\, dogs wil l be euthanized for space\, regardless of health and temperment. Please a dopt or foster a pet today. \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dog s: 357Sustainable Capacity for Dogs: 325 We’ve mentioned that there is h ope on the horizon in Fulton County in the form of a brand new shelter fac ility preparing to open before the end of the year. However\, this does no t change the fact that the current facility is in dire straits. On average \, 15 dogs are being euthanized for space each week. Each day\, 16 dogs en ter the facility. That’s\, on average\, 2 more dogs that come in than le ave. While some conditions will improve with the upcoming move to the new facility\, rising intake and overcrowding will not be solved entirely by t ransitioning from one building to another. Fulton County is in desperate n eed of adopters and fosters\, including Friendly Finders who are willing t o foster a lost or stray dog through its mandated stray hold (3 to 5 busin ess days total) instead of immediately dropping them at the shelter when f ound. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LifeLin e Midtown \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 105O ptimum Capacity for Dogs: 75 As an overflow facility\, for every dog adopt ed at LifeLine Midtown\, space opens up for another dog from the Fulton Co unty Animal Services. And\, because the shelter is smaller\, it is a less overwhelming experience for individuals to visit and bring home a pet. Ado pting a pet from LifeLine Midtown greatly supports the main Fulton County shelter. When the new Fulton shelter opens\, the Midtown facility will clo se and any dogs still there will have to move to the new shelter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 111 O ptimum Capacity for Dogs: 60  LifeLine’s Community Animal Center adopti on center was designed as an overflow facility for our county shelters. St aff and volunteers also provide pets with special medical or behavioral ch allenges more time and attention to meet those needs. For dogs\, the Commu nity Animal Center is the primary overflow facility for the DeKalb County shelter. Because it is also full\, our Community Animal Center is limited in serving these critical functions. Beyond just dogs\, our staff is also caring for the majority of our organization’s cats. This adoption center \, like our Midtown location\, offers a calmer environment that may be eas ier to visit. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We Cannot Do This Alone \n \n \n \n Two things can be true: we can be proud of what we’ve accomplished together as a community in 10 ye ars’ time AND acknowledge the ways LifeLine needs to improve and perseve re as an organization. We have committed ourselves to helping these animal s\, but we are limited now by a lack of space and resources\, as well as e xternal challenges in the communities we serve. We are also human and make mistakes. And\, most importantly\, we cannot do this alone. While we are pursuing all avenues toward long-term solutions\, in the short term\, we n eed a miracle. We need you. We are asking our community to please foster o r adopt a pet today. You will be truly saving a life. If you have question s about any topic in this blog and would like to reach out\, please email feedback@lifelineanimal.org or write to LifeLine Animal Project\, ATTN: Op erations 3180 Presidential Drive\, Atlanta\, GA 30340. Thank you\, Atlanta . For believing in our work and helping us save lives today and always. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n February 2023 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Hello\, friends and supporters.  We wanted to share some critical u pdates and news as we turn the page on 2022\, and enter 2023 in a much bet ter position to give our deserving animals the love and space they need to thrive. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In January\, on the heels of a Canine Flu outbreak\, we were faced with a grim reality and life or death decisions. After more than a year of being at critical capacity at our DeKalb County Animal Services sh elter\, we were left with the heartbreaking possibility of having to eutha nize animals for space. We had nearly 600 dogs in need of home (at just th is one shelter). We put out a plea for help in the Greater Atlanta area\, and in a mere 7 days\, 373 dogs from DeKalb and 556 dogs from all LifeLine shelters found new homes! We are forever grateful to the Atlanta communit y for their support in our darkest hour. This is what lifesaving looks lik e. By the end of January\, our Fulton County Animal Services had fewer tha n 300 animals for the first time in almost a year. But within days of hitt ing that milestone\, we were called in with law enforcement on a rescue ca se and brought more than 60 new impounded animals safely into our care. Ea ch of these animals requires space\, food and immediate medical care. Our Fulton shelter team was also tasked with running LifeLine Midtown\, our te mporary shelter that opened in early January during the Canine Flu outbrea k to divert intake and keep dogs healthy. While it helped contain that out break\, a new location strains precious resources and manpower\, which has been challenging due to staffing shortages. \n \n \n \n Number of Dogs in Need of Homes as of February 15th \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services: 343 in the shelter and 928 in foster hom es\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services: 339 in the shelter and 22 0 in foster homes\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal Center: 65 in t he shelter and 85 in foster homes\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n LifeLine Midtown: 82 in t he shelter\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The LifeLine Community Animal Center con tinues to aid in the efforts of freeing up space at our county shelters an d helping dogs clear their quarantine period from the Canine Flu outbreak. Recent staffing hires have provided much needed relief to our existing te ams. After the incredible number of adoptions at our DeKalb shelter\, ther e are many animals in need of spay/neuter procedures. The Community Animal Center has stepped in to help temporarily house animals awaiting surgery and ensure that pets don’t have to wait any longer than necessary to go home with new\, loving families. Fortunately\, while the dogs in our care have been a major media focus in 2023\, we have also happily seen a steady flow of cat adoptions at the Community Animal Center and have enough open cat housing space to prepare for a busy kitten season to start in the spr ing. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n It’s bee n a busy start to the new year. And\, while we are celebrating the wins\, the hard work isn’t over. Even though we successfully saved many lives\ , 20-40 dogs come into our county shelters every single day and they need your help to find their way home.  \n \n \n \n What We Need Most Now: \n \n \n \n Volunteers and new staff are urgently needed to keep this much-needed LifeLine Midtown shelter up and running\, as well as help at our other locations.We always need adopte rs and fosters to place more pets into homes where they belong.We need goo d Samaritans in our community to help lost pets make their way back home i nstead of to the shelter. Find out what to do if you should find a lost pe t.And\, if you can’t foster or adopt\, please consider making a donation .As always\, thank you for your critical support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 2022 Posts \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Novem ber\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n September\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n June\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n May\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n March\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n November 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n AN URGENT PLEA FROM OUR CEO TO THE CITY OF ATLANTA\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The current situation in our Atlanta animal shelters is dire. The animals in our care do not have the space they need\, or dese rve\, and we need your help. Our hard working teams are understaffed and w orking extreme overtime to ensure that kennels are clean\, bowls are full\ , and the pets in our shelters are well cared for. Our volunteers walk hun dreds of dogs a day. And it’s still not enough. We have teams covering r escue\, adoptions\, marketing\, volunteers\, and foster parents\, all work ing tirelessly to find homes and other ways Atlanta’s pets can get out o f the shelter. This is not the life our city’s animals deserve. This sta te our shelters are in is not sustainable for the pets nor the people who care for them. Animal shelters have never been\, and will never be\, the i deal solution for the animals. Atlanta\, we urgently need your help. Our a nimals are in desperate need of homes. Each of our shelters have exceeded capacity by the hundreds. DeKalb County Animal Services has nearly 600 dog s and over 50 cats in the building\, Fulton County Animal Services has alm ost 400 dogs in a building meant to hold 80. The more pets in our care\, t he harder it is to make sure they are living as comfortably as they deserv e during their time with us. We are meant to be a temporary refuge for pet s in need\, not a home. Pets cannot thrive here\, especially when there is an overwhelming amount of them. We know you’ve heard this plea before. And we hope you’ll hear it now. The situation is not improving. There ar e more animals in our care than ever and they really need your help. We ne ed your help. Adopt: Whether you’re looking for a calm couch potato\, wa lking partner\, or anything in between\, there are over 1\,000 deserving p ets waiting for you. Foster: If you have just two weeks to help a pet\, th at can make all of the difference. Sign up here.Donate: We need monetary d onations and supplies to continue caring for this many animals each day. Y ou can help by donating here or sending us much-needed items from our Amaz on wishlists. Help lost pets: Most pets are found within a mile of their h ome. If they come to a shelter\, their chances of being reunited greatly d eclines. If you find a pet\, follow these steps or become a friendly finde r. Spay/Neuter: Unlike humans\, dogs and cats give birth to 4-to-6 animals in one litter. Also\, dogs can give birth up to twice a year and cats up to 5 times a year! Because they can produce so many offspring each year\, it is important to spay/neuter your pet as soon as possible to reduce pet overpopulation. Learn more here about the benefits and how to book an appo intment with one of our Spay/Neuter clinics. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 202 2 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We wish we had bette r news to share\, but right now\, the shelters are still struggling. There is a lot of pressure right now on the county shelters to be the lifeline for more pets than the shelters have space to house. The reason for this o vercrowding is simple: more animals are coming in than are leaving. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In August\, we saw a total of 601 dogs adopted\, but 863 came in du ring that same time. That’s 262 more dogs entering our already full buil dings.  \nNumber of dogs that need homes: \n\n337 dogs in need at our Ful ton County shelter\n526 dogs in need at our DeKalb County shelter\n81 dogs in need at our Community Animal Center\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The situation is dir e. We are urging our communities in Fulton and DeKalb Counties to please n ot bring healthy pets they find straight to the shelter as first response. Please take a few steps in the first 48 hours to get lost pets back home where they belong. This does not mean pets will be without support in the community. Those injured or sick are always a top priority. We’re tryin g to make more space for those most in need. And\, we are also trying to f ind solutions for humans in emergency situations who have run out of optio ns. Here are a few things anyone can do to help during this crisis: Adopt a petFoster a pet. 200 emergency fosters are needed at our shelters right nowDonate to support pets in the shelterCollect newspaper\, towels and bla nkets to drop off at any locationCheck the shelter wishlist for items most in needHelp a neighbor who can’t keep their pet find a new home – her e’s howFollow our social channels and help us get the word out by sharin g posts from your preferred platform\, Facebook\, Instagram and Twitter.Wr ite an article in your local neighborhood paper about adopting/fostering s helter petsIf you find a lost pet\, fill out a found pet report\, follow t hese steps or become a friendly finder \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n June 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You are the next chapter in animal w elfare. \n \n \n \n Animal shelters have never been\, and will never be\, the ideal solution for the animals. They have always b een a flawed answer to a bigger community challenge of how to best help lo st\, stray and unwanted pets.  Across the nation\, all communities are fa cing the aftershocks of the pandemic. For animal shelters\, those challeng es include overpopulated and understaffed facilities\, higher intake and f ewer adopters\, and a substantial decrease in rescue transfer support. In Atlanta\, we’ve had to restrict intake at varying levels due to the seve re overcapacity status at both county shelters.  But over the last few ye ars\, and through the recent challenges\, we’ve begun to see how a criti cal shift\, and a different path forward\, can actually save the lives of the animals in our community without having animals languish in shelters. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Over 60% of the animals in a shelter are stray/lost pets. Imagine if the shelters d idn’t exist to collect all the lost and stray pets of a community. What if the community itself was able to help those pets find and reunite with their families?  63% of animals are found just a mile from their home (26 % are just a block away). If neighbors could reunite pets with their famil ies\, instead of bringing them to the shelter\, our shelters would always have space to help those with nowhere to go. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What if the community could help struggling neighbors rehome their pets instead of turning them over to a shelter? Wha t if more resources were spent on keeping pets and people together instead of housing pets in a crowded shelter? If we\, as a community\, could shif t the focus to support each other in creative and practical ways\, the she lters wouldn’t be overcrowded with lost pets missing their families\, or abandoned pets looking for new homes. There will always be a need for she lters to help animals in emergency situations and victims of animal cruelt y\, but the real safety net for pets is a caring community – neighbors h elping neighbors.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Especially now\, when the need continues to exceed available sh eltering resources\, we believe we must find more community-centric soluti ons by working together with pet-lovers and good samaritans to get more pe ts home where they belong.  LifeLine does not believe killing healthy and treatable pets to make more space in a shelter is ever the right answer. Population management through euthanasia has never worked. Reliance on eut hanasia constrains the development of lifesaving solutions\, and the resul ts are always tragic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n When faced with external pressure to euthanize healthy and treatabl e animals to create more shelter space last month\, we turned to our anima l-loving community and in one week found foster and adoptive homes for 300 + pets. Atlanta\, you are the ideal solution. With your help\, we can weav e together a new safety net for the animals in need. Whether you are a vet eran rescuer or new to animal welfare\, help us shift the response when we find lost and stray pets\, so that more pets can be returned to their hom es. If you hear of situations where people need help with a found pet\, he lp them find options\, contact friends to find a foster home and help canv as the neighborhood to reunite families. Share this page.If you read about someone needing to rehome a pet\, share these resources and ask your neig hbors and friends if anyone can help. The pet owner\, rather than the shel ter\, will be able to find the best match for a loved pet. If someone is missing a pet\, check the lost pet pages of our website to see if the pet ended up at the shelter.If you can’t adopt\, foster. If you can’t fost er\, donate. If you can’t donate\, volunteer. If you can’t volunteer\, become an ambassador and share information and resources. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Please continue to suppor t our county shelters. Know that the staff is making the best decisions fo r every individual animal and human who comes to our doors with the resour ces that are available.  \nPlease extend the benefit of the doubt to lear n more about decisions that are being made. The people who dedicate our li ves to help animals in the shelter are not perfect\, but we are doing thei r very best in every situation\, for every individual pet\, and we are wor king with very limited resources and the most challenging of circumstances .  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Right now\, we are at a pivotal moment to change the course of animal welfare and lif esaving in our city. Animals deserve to be in homes and people deserve the love of a pet. Will you join us in committing to turn to each other to fi nd ways to help the animals in your community? Are you in?  We are. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availabili ty ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n Metro Atlanta County Animal Shelters are Out of Space! \n \n \n \n The county shelters have reached peak capacity and no longer have kennel space to house dogs. Because of the sheer volume\, we have had to set up temporary crates to house new arrivals but this is n ot a sustainable or acceptable solution.  This year we have seen a declin e in adoptions by 14% and a 37% decline in the number of animals leaving w ith rescue partners (compared to 2019 pre-pandemic levels). We also saw a decline in the number of lost pets finding their families again. Not only are there more animals currently in the shelters\, but they are staying lo nger which impacts their physical and mental wellbeing.  We URGENTLY need help to place our medium to large dogs into homes so that the shelters do not have to face difficult life or death decisions. We currently need to find 250 homes for dogs living at the DeKalb shelter. The Fulton County an imal shelter is facing a similar situation and needs to find 150 homes thi s week.  Here’s what we are experiencing currently across metro Atlanta . \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb Coun ty Animal Services \n \n \n \n Today\, there are 560 d ogs in our DeKalb facility*. In May 2019\, prior to the pandemic the shelt er held 440 dogs. Fewer animals are leaving the shelter\, and animals are staying longer looking for homes. They’re waiting an average of 80 days at DeKalb County Animal Services. Due to this critical status\, Dekalb Cou nty and LifeLine Animal Project\, in conjunction with the Georgia Departme nt of Agriculture\, are enacting emergency only intake protocols. This mea ns the DeKalb shelter is only able to accept animals from emergency situat ions or in critical need (injured animals\, animals involved in bite cases or cruelty situations). DeKalb County Animal Enforcement will also enforc e these emergency protocols and will only respond to high priority calls. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n *As of May 25\, 2022\, with the help of our community\, the number of dogs housed at DeKalb County Animal Service s has decreased to 433. We are making slow\, but steady\, progress towards reducing the number of pets housed at the shelter to a more comfortable t hreshold of 320. However\, the situation remains critical and your continu ed help is needed to find homes for the pets in our care. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n There are currently 360  dogs in our Fulton facility**\, which was bui lt to house only 80 dogs. Dogs are waiting an average 40 days to be placed in a home\, which is longer than previous years and is very stressful for the animals. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n **As of May 25\, 2022\, thanks to our community’s help in response to an urgent plea for fosters and ad opters\, the number of dogs housed at Fulton County Animal Services has di pped below 300. Additionally\, a generous volunteer has pledged to sponsor 100 dog adoptions this May at Fulton County. We always want to provide hu mane housing for the animals in our care and at the levels we are experien cing\, that is extremely challenging. Our community’s continued help at this critical time is needed to find homes for the pets in our care. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Animal C enter \n \n \n \n Our Community Animal Center takes in pets from our county shelters to help alleviate space constraints. Right now\, the center is full and can only take in more dogs when dogs currentl y in our care are adopted or head to foster homes.  Last week\, 128 cats arrived from our DeKalb and Fulton shelters. If you are looking for a cat\ , there are many available at the LifeLine Community Animal Center. There are also over 100 dogs available for adoption at this location. \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n Let's save lives together. \n \n \n \n Please share this blog with your community and network to help more pets find the homes they deserve today. \n \n \n \n Ways to Help \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n March 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel spa ce\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangero usly full\n \n \n \n \n \n Crit ical Needs This Week: Adopters and Fosters \n \n \n \n This February\, we saw the highest intake levels on record for the mont h since LifeLine took over shelter management in 2013. Both of our county shelters are in the red zone for space availability!  As we continue to f ace a growing space crisis\, we turn our attention to the impact of crowdi ng and the shelter environment on the health of our pets. It is a common m isconception that pets may fare better in a shelter than in a home where t he pet parent has to leave daily for work or doesn’t have a yard. There is no place like a home when it comes to animals. Even with the incredible support of our staff and volunteers\, it is impossible to replicate the c alm and one-on-one attention a pet will receive in a home. Shelters\, part icularly at the capacity level we currently face\, can be loud and overwhe lming for many pets. Though they are safe and fed\, the close proximity to so many other pets can lead to a spread in medical conditions. Ultimately \, we see a deterioration of our pets the longer they spend in the shelter \, along with added strain for our veterinary teams.  Our goal is to see all of our pets find their way to a warm and loving home. We need help giv ing our shelter pets a break\, including taking them out for a day or a we ekend\, while they await the arrival of their new family. We immediately s ee an improvement in our pet’s health and happiness when they are in a h ome. Plus\, you can provide key insights on the dog or cat’s personality (which tends to shine beyond the shelter walls) to share with potential a dopters! We are facing a particular need for fosters for our pets that hav e medical needs\, are part of an ongoing court case\, and dogs that are la rger in size. To find out more and help give our pets a break\, check out our Foster page. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \n There ar e currently 471 dogs at DeKalb County Animal Services\, 253 MORE than the ideal number of dogs that should be housed in our shelter here and putting us in the RED ZONE!  The need for special care fosters is imperative. Ce rtain pets\, such as those that have just given birth\, are undergoing med ical treatment or are part of a court case\, deserve a quiet space and may need a little extra care. This can include receiving regular doses of med icine\, restricted or regulated exercise regimes or extra space to care fo r their puppies. It is important that they have a home where they can rela x\, heal and rest stress-free.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n The Fulton County Animal Services shelter is in the RED ZONE! There are 265 dogs in the shelter\, an alarming 115 dogs over the ideal number of 150. This means some runs have up to five dogs s haring a space. As a result\, the shelter is seeing an uptick in medical i ssues\, particularly contagious ailments like upper respiratory infections . \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n In Feb ruary 2022\, the LifeLine Community Animal Center brought in 222 pets to h elp create space at our two county shelters. 94 dogs and 84 cats are waiti ng for a place to call home\, with many more patiently waiting in foster h omes. Our animals are showing tremendous resilience\, but we need urgent h elp from our community to provide these precious pets with homes! Our miss ion remains\, as always\, to save the lives of all healthy and treatable a nimals. We appreciate the support of our community! \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n Help us save lives together! \n \n \n \n Share this blog with your community\, and help get mor e pets into homes today! \n \n \n \n Ways to Help \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n January 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n We are kicking off the new year with an unfamiliar sight for this time of the year: shelters that are stil l full from this summer. Shelter space is unfortunately\, yet typically\, limited during the summer months\, but this is the first time we have expe rienced such a continued strain on our shelter capacity and team. The numb er of animals coming in our doors has increased by 12% over last year whil e the number of dogs adopted has decreased. People are also struggling to care for their pets and have been facing evictions and other challenges. T his means more pets have been surrendered. Over the last two years\, we ha ve seen a 39% decline in the number of animals our rescue partners have be en able to help pull to safety\, largely due to factors resulting from the COVID pandemic. All of these challenges would be difficult alone but\, li ke so many others\, we are also facing severe labor shortages. We currentl y have 34 open positions across three locations\, which means we are missi ng 13% of our workforce. Between the staffing challenge and the number of staff who have been out sick due to the latest wave of the COVID-19 virus\ , we are struggling. Animal care is always our top priority. Our understaf fed teams and volunteers are working doubly hard to care for all the anima ls in need\, covering extra shifts and taking on additional responsibiliti es. In these times\, we must depend even more so on our community’s supp ort. By adopting\, donating\, volunteering\, helping lost animals back hom e and finding new homes for those alone in the shelter\, our community off ers real and sustained hope for the animals in our care. We are continuing to take in animals for emergency situations and for those who do not have any other options. Our Animal Service Officers and community support team s continue to provide resources\, including access to veterinary care and pet supplies\, pet lost and found assistance and self-rehoming options for animals in non-emergency situations. We always work with individuals faci ng financial hardship who need help for their pets. We often reduce or wai ve reclaim and surrender fees in the hopes of helping people and finding t he best outcomes for the animals. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \ n The ideal number of dogs that should be housed at DeKalb County Animal Services is 218. This allows us to house one dog per kennel with ac cess to both sides of the kennel. We are currently in the red zone with 48 0 dogs in the building. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n With Fulton County Animal Services being a smaller\, older building\, there is space to optimally house only 150 dogs. As of la st week\, there were 221 dogs in the shelter. This forces us to house mult iple dogs in most of the kennels. Not only does this make cleaning the she lter a logistical challenge\, but it means the environment is less than id eal for our animals. Our goal is to safely house a large population while mitigating risk of disease and shelter stress on the animals. If we had fe wer dogs in the building\, we could provide larger\, single kennels for 26 of our larger breed dogs\, who need individual housing\, and who are curr ently residing in smaller cages. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n In December 2021\, the LifeLine Community Animal C enter transferred in 170 pets from Fulton and DeKalb to help make space at the our two county shelters. We currently have 95 dogs and 102 cats looki ng for homes\, and even more are waiting to find families while they live in foster homes. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We believe space limitations alone are an unacceptable reason to euthani ze healthy and treatable animals. LifeLine has been able to achieve “no- kill\,”  saving 90% or more of all the animals who enter our shelters\, but we are only able to maintain this lifesaving achievement with the com munity’s support and advocacy. We know our community has the ability to provide the support needed to save precious lives.  Their lives depend on it. \n \n \n \n Make a difference today! \n \n \n \n Share this blog post with your community\, and help g et more pets into homes today. LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T061439Z LOCATION:LifeLine Community Animal Center\, 3180 Presidential Drive\, Atla nta\, GA\, 30340\, United States URL:https://lifelineanimal.org/lifeline-events/community-animal-center-vac cine-clinic-2/2026-09-26/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campa ign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:LifeLine Animal Project X-SOURCE-URL:https://lifelineanimal.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Green Market DTSTART:20260926T130000Z DTEND:20260926T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260902T000354Z UID:25299-1790413200-1790427600@piedmontpark.org CATEGORIES:community,market DESCRIPTION:For more than 20 years\, the Green Market has been a beloved P iedmont Park tradition — connecting our community with local farmers\, p roducers\, and artisans in one of the most beautiful settings in Atlanta. From farm-fresh produce and pantry staples to handcrafted goods and one-of -a-kind gifts\, the Green Market is your go-to destination for the very be st in hyper-local shopping. Join us Saturdays from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.\, beg inning the last weekend in March through the second weekend in December. LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T000354Z URL:https://piedmontpark.org/event/green-market-2026/2026-09-26/?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Piedmont Park Conservancy\, Inc. X-SOURCE-URL:https://piedmontpark.org/green-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Market on Main DTSTART:20260926T130000Z DTEND:20260926T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260907T050521Z UID:10000700-1790413200-1790427600@seeclaytoncountyga.com CATEGORIES:arts,community,food,market DESCRIPTION:Rain or shine\, the Artisan & Farmers Market is on Main Street this Saturday!\nJoin us on the second and fourth Saturdays all summer lon g as Downtown Jonesboro comes alive with local art\, fresh produce\, handm ade goods\, and delicious bites from area makers. Support your local farme rs and artisans. This is where creativity and community meet. LAST-MODIFIED:20260907T050521Z LOCATION:Arts Clayton Gallery\, 136 South Main Street\, Jonesboro\, GA\, 3 0236\, United States URL:https://seeclaytoncountyga.com/event/market-on-main/2026-09-26/?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:See Clayton County X-SOURCE-URL:https://seeclaytoncountyga.com/things-to-do/attraction/atlant a-state-farmers-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Saving Our Sons DTSTART:20260926T130000Z DTEND:20260926T150000Z DTSTAMP:20260912T131855Z UID:46885-1790413200-1790420400@eastpointga.gov CATEGORIES:community LAST-MODIFIED:20260912T131855Z LOCATION:City Hall\, 2757 East Point Street\, East Point\, GA\, 30344\, Un ited States URL:https://eastpointga.gov/event/saving-our-sons/?utm_source=caldiscovery &utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of East Point\, Georgia X-SOURCE-URL:https://eastpointga.gov END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:NetzWerk Cup & Biertoberfest DTSTART:20260926T130000Z DTEND:20260927T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T193057Z UID:10041488-1790413200-1790456400@www.globalatlanta.com CATEGORIES:community,drink,sports DESCRIPTION:The Netzwerk Cup & Biertoberfest returns this fall\, bringing together friendly competition\, community\, and celebration in one unforge ttable day. \nWhat began as a corporate soccer tournament has grown into a tradition that reflects what GACC South does best: creating opportunities for people to connect\, collaborate\, and strengthen relationships across the German-American business community. \nThe day kicks off with the netz werk cup\, where corporate teams take the field for a 7v7 soccer tournamen t built around teamwork\, camaraderie\, and a little healthy competition. While there will certainly be goals scored and trophies awarded\, the true value of the event lies in the connections formed throughout the day. Col leagues become teammates\, competitors become business contacts\, and conv ersations on the sidelines often lead to relationships that extend far bey ond the final whistle. \nAs the tournament concludes\, the celebration con tinues with Biertoberfest at a local brewery. Players\, supporters\, memb ers\, sponsors\, and guests will come together to enjoy German-inspired fo od and beverages\, connect with familiar faces\, and meet new members of t he community in a relaxed and festive atmosphere. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T193057Z LOCATION:Silverbacks Park\, 3200 Atlanta Silverbacks Way\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30340\, United States URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/event/netzwerk-cup-biertoberfest/?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Global Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/events/category/culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fall Adult Learn to Sail - Class 2.5 DTSTART:20260926T130000Z DTEND:20260926T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T201325Z UID:3rtnm8kjdninlgof5ks04mqmeb@google.com CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:http://www.atlantayachtclub.org/Sailing-Classes LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T201325Z X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Yacht Club Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantayachtclub.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Pumpkin Patch DTSTART:20260926T130000Z DTEND:20260926T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T061357Z UID:10018838-1790413200-1790449200@thequestatlanta.com CATEGORIES:community,family DESCRIPTION:Fall is here and it’s time to get your pumpkins! They are a fun part of everyone’s celebration and make for great decorations. \nCom e check out some of the family fun we have including the ‘Singing Pumpki ns’\, photo ops\, and gifts for the kids. Come and decorate with a free pumpkin on Sunday afternoons. \nThe pumpkin patch is a Knights of Columbu s fundraiser. Located under the tent at the church parking lot. \nPrices s tart from $2 to $25 \nSeptember 26 – October 31\n11:00 a.m.- 7:00 p.m. – Weekdays\n9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. – Weekends LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T061357Z LOCATION:St. Brendan the Navigator Catholic Church\, 4633 Shiloh Rd.\, Cum ming\, GA\, 30040 URL:https://thequestatlanta.com/event/pumpkin-patch/2026-09-26/?utm_source =caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:The Quest Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://thequestatlanta.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Koffee & Kibbutz DTSTART:20260926T130000Z DTEND:20260926T133000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T131511Z UID:0cmi5urn9ndja4hc99pfvj9u94@google.com CATEGORIES:community LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T131511Z LOCATION:Anshi S'Fard\, 1324 North Highland Avenue Northeast\, Atlanta\, G A 30306\, United States X-SOURCE-NAME:Anshi S'fard X-SOURCE-URL:http://www.anshisfard.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stay & Play Saturday DTSTART:20260926T133000Z DTEND:20260926T163000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T194337Z UID:10000977-1790415000-1790425800@southernmuseum.org CATEGORIES:arts,family,free DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Southern Museum on the fourth Saturday of each month for engaging\, family-friendly programming designed to inspire curio sity. Activities run from 9:30 AM–12:30 PM and are free with regular Mus eum admission. All ages are welcome! \nSeptember theme: Red\, White and Br ew – Explore the importance of coffee to Civil War soldiers with coffee painting crafts\, an education table and free (cocoa for the kids) samples from Black Rifle Coffee Woodstock. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T194337Z LOCATION:Southern Museum\, 2829 Cherokee Street NW\, Kennesaw\, GA\, 30144 \, United States URL:https://southernmuseum.org/event/stay-play-saturday-19/?utm_source=cal discovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Southern Museum X-SOURCE-URL:https://southernmuseum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Hoods Up! Weekend – From Stock Cars to Racecars DTSTART:20260926T140000Z DTEND:20260926T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260803T180017Z UID:10007606-1790416800-1790442000@savoymuseum.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us on September 25 – 27\, 2026\, as we raise the hoods on select vehicles from the temporary exhibit\, From Stock Cars to Racecars \nHoods Up! Weekend is supported in part by Courtyard Marriott\, Cartersville. LAST-MODIFIED:20260803T180017Z LOCATION:Savoy Automobile Museum\, 3 Savoy Lane\, Cartersville\, GA\, 3012 0\, United States URL:https://savoymuseum.org/event/hoods-up-weekend-from-stock-cars-to-race cars/2026-09-26/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlan ta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Savoy Automobile Museum X-SOURCE-URL:https://savoymuseum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Photography Gear Swap & Sell DTSTART:20260926T140000Z DTEND:20260926T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260812T191601Z UID:585@atlantaphotographygroup.org CATEGORIES:free,market DESCRIPTION:[vc_row height="auto" disable_element="yes"][vc_column][/vc_co lumn][vc_column][vc_column_text css="%7B%22default%22:%7B%22color%22:%22%2 3e02222%22%7D%7D"]SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED\, BUT REGISTRATION FOR THE LISTEN & LEARN OPTION ARE OPEN THROUGH WEDNESDAY\,  NOVEMBER 9\, 2022 AT 10PM.[ /vc_column_text][us_separator size="small"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row he ight="auto" disable_element="yes"][vc_column][/vc_column][vc_column][vc_co lumn_text css="%7B%22default%22:%7B%22color%22:%22%23e02222%22\,%22margin- bottom%22:%22-30px%22%7D%7D"]\nProject Review Slots are SOLD OUT\n[/vc_col umn_text][us_separator size="small"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row width="fu ll" height="auto"][vc_column][/vc_column][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n\n[/ vc_column_text][us_separator][vc_column_text]\nTime to clear out that came ra bag and find something new-to-you! Join us at the Atlanta Photography G roup for a gear swap and sell — bring any camera gear you'd like to trad e or sell\, and browse what other local photographers are letting go of.\n Lenses\, bodies\, bags\, tripods\, film — you name it.\n🗓️ Saturday \, September 26\n🕙 10am – 4pm\n📍 APG Gallery at Ansley Mall — 15 44 Piedmont Ave NE\, Ste. 107\, Atlanta\, GA\nFree and open to the public — come find your next favorite piece of gear!\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_col umn][/vc_row][vc_row width="full" height="auto" disable_element="yes"][vc_ column][vc_column_text]\n\n\nModerator’s Bio\nBeth Lilly is a photograph ic artist whose work explores the formation of personal and cultural ident ities and the role choice\, chance and circumstance play in that ongoing e volution. Lilly earned an MFA in Photography from Georgia State University and an A.B.J. in Telecommunication Arts from the University of Georgia. H er work resides in the permanent collections of the High Museum\, the New Mexico Museum of Art\, The Ogden Museum of Southern Art\, MOCA GA\, the Zu ckerman Museum and many other institutional and private collections. Her c ritically acclaimed performance/interactive project “The Oracle @ WiFi ” was published by Kehrer Verlag and other projects have been featured i n monographs ‘Noplaceness: Art in a Post-Urban Landscape’ and ‘Earth Now: American Landscape Photographers and the Environment’. Her work ha s been reproduced and reviewed in such publications as Blind Magazine\, F- Stop Magazine\, Lensculture\, Art Papers\, Papermag\, Burnaway\, The Bitte r Southerner\, Atlanta Magazine and ArtsATL. Select exhibitions include Ne w Mexico Museum of Art\, The High Museum of Art\, Spalding Nix Fine Art\, the SE Center for Photography\, Whitespace Gallery\, the Atlanta Contempor ary Art Center\, and the Center for Fine Art Photography. In addition to h er personal work\, she teaches\, curates\, and serves on the Board of the Atlanta Photography Group.\n\n\nModerator's Website – www.bethlilly.com \n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row width="full" height="a uto"][vc_column][vc_column_text]\nEvent: Photography Gear Swap & Sell\nSat urday\, September2627\, 2026\, 10am-4pm ET\nLocation: In-Person - At the A PG Gallery\n[/vc_column_text][us_separator size="small"][/vc_column][/vc_r ow][vc_row height="auto" disable_element="yes"][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nREGISTER AS PRESENTER\nYOU DO NOT NEED TO REGISTER IF YOU ARE JUST OBSER VING\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row height="auto" disable_ element="yes"][vc_column][us_btn label="December 21\, 2024 Presenter Regis tration" link="%7B%22url%22:%22https:%2F%2Fatlantaphotographygroup.org%2Fs hop%2Fcritique-in-person-critique-group-moderated-by-beth-lilly%2F%22\,%22 title%22:%22Critique%20-%20December%206\,%202023%22%7D" hide_with_empty_li nk="1" align="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element="yes"][ vc_column][vc_column_text css="%7B%22default%22:%7B%22color%22:%22%23b00e1 c%22%7D%7D"]\nRegistrations will open at 6pm on January 17\, 2023. Please check back.\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] LAST-MODIFIED:20260812T191601Z LOCATION:Atlanta Photography Group\, 1544 Piedmont Ave\, Suite 107\, Atlan ta\, GA\, 30324\, United States URL:https://atlantaphotographygroup.org/events/photography-gear-swap-sell/ ?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Photography Group X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantaphotographygroup.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Photo Book Saturday DTSTART:20260926T140000Z DTEND:20260926T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260824T010959Z UID:387@atlantaphotographygroup.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:[vc_row height="auto" disable_element="yes"][vc_column][/vc_co lumn][vc_column][vc_column_text css="%7B%22default%22:%7B%22color%22:%22%2 3e02222%22%7D%7D"]SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED\, BUT REGISTRATION FOR THE LISTEN & LEARN OPTION ARE OPEN THROUGH WEDNESDAY\,  NOVEMBER 9\, 2022 AT 10PM.[ /vc_column_text][us_separator size="small"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row he ight="auto" disable_element="yes"][vc_column][/vc_column][vc_column][vc_co lumn_text css="%7B%22default%22:%7B%22color%22:%22%23e02222%22\,%22margin- bottom%22:%22-30px%22%7D%7D"]\nProject Review Slots are SOLD OUT\n[/vc_col umn_text][us_separator size="small"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row width="fu ll" height="auto"][vc_column][/vc_column][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n\n[/ vc_column_text][us_separator][vc_column_text]\n\nWith all the photo books out today it is impossible to see them all\, much less own them.  Join AP G members on the 4th Saturday of each month for Photo Book Saturday at the gallery.  Bring your favorite book to show fellow members\, or just come along to see what your fellow members find stimulating\, inspiring\, or i nnovative in the world of photography today.  Connect\, catch up\, and sh are with your community.\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_ro w width="full" height="auto" disable_element="yes"][vc_column][vc_column_t ext]\n\n\nModerator’s Bio\nBeth Lilly is a photographic artist whose wor k explores the formation of personal and cultural identities and the role choice\, chance and circumstance play in that ongoing evolution. Lilly ear ned an MFA in Photography from Georgia State University and an A.B.J. in T elecommunication Arts from the University of Georgia. Her work resides in the permanent collections of the High Museum\, the New Mexico Museum of Ar t\, The Ogden Museum of Southern Art\, MOCA GA\, the Zuckerman Museum and many other institutional and private collections. Her critically acclaimed performance/interactive project “The Oracle @ WiFi” was published by Kehrer Verlag and other projects have been featured in monographs ‘Nopla ceness: Art in a Post-Urban Landscape’ and ‘Earth Now: American Landsc ape Photographers and the Environment’. Her work has been reproduced and reviewed in such publications as Blind Magazine\, F-Stop Magazine\, Lensc ulture\, Art Papers\, Papermag\, Burnaway\, The Bitter Southerner\, Atlant a Magazine and ArtsATL. Select exhibitions include New Mexico Museum of Ar t\, The High Museum of Art\, Spalding Nix Fine Art\, the SE Center for Pho tography\, Whitespace Gallery\, the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center\, and the Center for Fine Art Photography. In addition to her personal work\, sh e teaches\, curates\, and serves on the Board of the Atlanta Photography G roup.\n\n\nModerator's Website – www.bethlilly.com\n\n\n[/vc_column_tex t][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row width="full" height="auto"][vc_column][vc_c olumn_text]Event:                                       Fourth Saturday of Each Month\, 10:00am-noon EST\nLocation:                                 In-Person - At the APG Gallery[/vc_col umn_text][us_separator size="small"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row height="a uto" disable_element="yes"][vc_column][vc_column_text]\nREGISTER AS PRESEN TER\nYOU DO NOT NEED TO REGISTER IF YOU ARE JUST OBSERVING\n[/vc_column_te xt][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row height="auto" disable_element="yes"][vc_co lumn][us_btn label="December 21\, 2024 Presenter Registration" link="%7B%2 2url%22:%22https:%2F%2Fatlantaphotographygroup.org%2Fshop%2Fcritique-in-pe rson-critique-group-moderated-by-beth-lilly%2F%22\,%22title%22:%22Critique %20-%20December%206\,%202023%22%7D" hide_with_empty_link="1" align="center "][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element="yes"][vc_column][vc_column _text css="%7B%22default%22:%7B%22color%22:%22%23b00e1c%22%7D%7D"]\nRegist rations will open at 6pm on January 17\, 2023. Please check back.\n[/vc_co lumn_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] LAST-MODIFIED:20260824T010959Z LOCATION:Atlanta Photography Group\, 1544 Piedmont Ave\, Suite 107\, Atlan ta\, GA\, 30324\, United States URL:https://atlantaphotographygroup.org/events/photo-book-saturday/?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Photography Group X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantaphotographygroup.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Super Adopt-a-thon DTSTART:20260926T140000Z DTEND:20260926T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T061439Z UID:37755-1790416800-1790434800@lifelineanimal.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Our goal with this page is to share the current shelter needs with our community in an ongoing way. We hope to update this page seasonal ly or more frequently as needed. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 2024 \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n Last year\, we reached a pivotal break ing point in terms of the number of animals housed in our care. We recogni zed the physical capacity limitations of our buildings and made a commitme nt to work towards humane housing solutions\, which means both the county shelters need to reduce the number of animals living in the buildings. Whi le we continue to face severe overcrowding into 2024\, we have worked hard to increase resources to help more pet owners and improve the quality of life for the animals in our care. We are continuing to adapt to the challe nges we’re facing\, including many systemic problems that contribute to the number of animals arriving in our care. We have collaborated with many supportive community members and leaders in pursuit of creating a safer a nd more humane shelter environment for all. There are no overnight solutio ns to drastically reduce our shelter populations\, but we continue to have hope that with your support and the strategies currently in place\, our c ommunity will help us get more animals into homes where they belong. Here is a brief update for all three LifeLine shelters\, including the unique c hallenges and the most important ways you can get involved. \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal ServicesDog Population: 506 | Opti mum Capacity: 475 \n \n \n \n Last year\, DeKalb Count y Animal Services reached peak numbers of dogs housed in the shelter durin g an outbreak of Canine Flu.. Because of an incredible response from our c ommunity\, we successfully saw the population drop down to 312 dogs. Becau se the need in our community is so great\, this number steadily rose back up to 500+ dogs and has remained in that range for months on end despite o ur best efforts. It is a near constant struggle to balance the amount of “noses in”\, pets arriving at the shelter\, with the amount of “nose s out” each week\, pets leaving. As an open intake municipal facility\, we do not turn away animals in need in Dekalb County\, no matter how much or little space we have in our kennels when we begin a new day. It is impo rtant that the community understands this distinction from other rescue or ganizations and is aware of ways they can help prevent lost or stray pets from ever having to enter the shelter. We need to create room for pets tha t have the most urgent need for our help. We must find a way to help more animals find homes and keep the shelter at a capacity that is humane for t he pets in our care. Heartbreaking space euthanasia decisions must be made weekly and overcrowding is putting more dogs at risk. Instead of focusing our at-risk dogs\, we are asking our community to focus efforts and resou rces on getting more of our highly-adoptable dogs out so that those animal s identified as most at risk (struggling in the shelter and exhibiting a v ariety of challenging behaviors) can get the time that they need to find a home. Any animal that leaves the building will help us reach our target o f decreasing the dog population to below a threshold of 475. This new proc ess includes daily population updates on the website and improved communic ations with our volunteers and community about how to best support dogs in need in our shelters. Even still\, 475 dogs housed in the building is les s than ideal. This is an incredible number of pets to care for daily. Whil e their basic needs are met\, quality of life deteriorates the longer they are housed in a shelter intended to be a temporary safety net. The lower we can keep that number\, the less dogs there will be at risk for illness\ , increased stress and euthanasia. In addition to these adjustments in com municating the ongoing need\, we have partnered with DeKalb County leaders on both short and long-term solutions that were announced last fall to he lp more pets in need: Increased funding for support to pets of DeKalb Coun ty residents including:A free monthly pet food bankFree spay/neuter surger ies through SNIP DeKalbFree vaccinations through LifeLine’s Mobile Clini cAdditional kennel space to provide more humane housing for the dogs curre ntly in our care:Plans have been approved to build new\, additional kennel s which will provide better housing for court case dogs who are in our car e long termProjected installation is September 2024We believe programs lik e these that make pet resources more accessible\, including affordable spa y/neuter surgery\, are the key to helping more pets stay out of the shelte rs and in homes where they belong. \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal ServicesDog Population: 419 | Optimum Capacity: 325 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n At the end of 2023\, we celebrated the grand opening of a brand new 40\,0 00 square foot shelter facility in Fulton County! With the opening of the new building\, we’ve fortunately seen improvement in all of these ways t o create a better environment for the teams and the animals as well as a b etter experience for visitors and supporters: Staff is less stressed. We h ave improved our ability to train\, onboard and implement new and efficien t processes.The building is easier to clean and has decreased the spread o f infectious disease.With separate kennel runs\, animals are less stressed or overwhelmed in the building and do not experience as high of stimulati on. It’s now easier to identify issues with dogs so we can work on getti ng them placed in a home more quickly.Visitors feel more welcome and have the ability to more easily spend time with individual animals. We have als o been able to increase the number of spay/neuter surgeries for our adopta ble animals and provide adopters\, fosters and rescue partners with better diagnostics for their pets with the new clinic.We have seen an increase i n the number of volunteers and hours spent with our team.We are able to ho st other shelters and bring more learning and collaborative opportunities to staff in-houseAt the same time\, we experienced a challenging transitio n as we worked to close the former facility\, adjust to the new set up\, a nd final projects and installations were wrapped up by the county. With th e new opening\, there was an uptick of stray or abandoned pets being broug ht to the new shelter. The shelter is a safe haven\, but can only be so te mporarily for pets in need of homes\, and we’ve seen the dog population quickly fill the building past its limits. Similarly to DeKalb County\, it has been difficult to balance the new intakes with finding outcomes for t he animals\, even in the wake of creative and successful adoption events. According to Animal Shelters Count’s recent annual report\, “In 2023\, 3% more dogs entered shelters than left\, resulting in an additional 107\ ,000 dogs in shelters at the end the year.” Fulton County Animal Service s is also an open intake municipal shelter facility and can’t simply “ stop” taking new animals in even when we’re overcapacity. Fortunately\ , we’ve also started 2024 with recent pawsitive media and exciting opera tional updates. The full-service clinic at Fulton County Animal Services i s now open for the public to make low-cost wellness appointments for their pets to receive the care they need! Additionally\, a Fulton County foster dog\, a pit mix now known as Miss Peaches\, has gone viral after being ad opted by celebrity and President of Barstool Sports\, Dave Portnoy. Miss P eaches’s story\, Dave’s choice to adopt and his initiative to raise fu nds for animal rescue has captured hearts nationwide. Lifesaving deserves to be trending so that we can keep up with the influx of dogs in need. We hope others will follow in his footsteps!  \n \n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal CenterDog Population: 119 | Optimum Capacity: 80 \n \n \n \n The incredible dedication of the team at our LifeLine Community Animal Center cannot be overlooked. Our county s helter facilities tend to take the spotlight in the news and on social med ia because of the massive number of pets that come through their doors\, b ut the Community Animal Center is always working quietly in the background to help the county operations. When the county shelters are over capacity \, so is this facility to keep up with the need. Not only do they consiste ntly take in pets from our county shelters and other rural facilities\, bu t\, when there is a neglect or hoarding case being investigated\, this loc ation takes in dozens of pets when they have nowhere else to go. As we ent er the warmer months of summer\, the Community Animal Center is also const antly preparing to help with the large numbers of kittens and puppies that are in need. Maintaining a full staff at this location is critical to its function. If you’re interested in joining our team full-time\, or even as a volunteer\, our Community Animal Center would love to have you! \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A National Crisis \n \n \n \n In conversations wit h other rescue organizations and in a review of data over the past few yea rs\, we’ve learned that these challenges are not unique to LifeLine or t he city of Atlanta. For the fourth year in a row\, we are faced with a “ new normal” in animal sheltering. According to the report\, “A total o f 900\,000 animals have entered and lingered in our nation’s shelters an d rescues since January 2021. This surplus is on top of the population alr eady residing within organizations\, resulting in an ongoing capacity cris is.” “The number of animals entering shelters through community intake s in 2023 remained roughly the same as 2022 at 6.5 million\, with intakes nearly evenly split between dogs and cats.” Compared to a national decre ase of 3.2% in intakes between 2019 and 2023\, our community intakes throu gh the Fulton and DeKalb County shelters decreased 6.89% from 2019 to 2023 . But\, intakes increased by 14.5% from 2022 to 2023. Even in the wake of these higher intake numbers\, we have been able to rally our community and find an incredible number of homes in 2023 compared to previous years. “While 2.2 million dogs were adopted in 2023\, dog adoptions are still 5 % lower than in 2019 (-108\,000 dogs adopted).” At LifeLine\, our overal l pet adoptions were only down by 1.92% in 2023 compared to 2019\, and ado ptions were higher in 2023 compared to 2018\, 2020\, 2021 and 2022. We are frequently partnering with more organizations who want to help and who ar e spreading the word that adopting is the way to go when searching for a n ew pet. For full shelter statistics across our organization\, please visit www.shelteranimalscount.org/stats. \n \n \n \n In Su mmary \n \n \n \n The animals in our city need help. W hile donations are the foundation for our work in the community and allow us to help more pets get the care they need\, donations don’t create mor e available kennel space. We need your help in getting more pets adopted o r fostered. We need the community’s help in getting more lost pets back home. We need our community to know about available resources for food\, v eterinary care\, and affordable spay/neuter options. Together\, we can sav e these lives and help the animals who need us most. \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Octob er 2023 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Message To Our C ommunity \n \n \n \n We are in the midst of an ongoing crisis affecting city and county animal shelters across the country. Time s are extremely difficult for the animals housed in our shelters and the s taff and volunteers who care for them. We have frequently reported on the conditions of our shelters and how desperate we are to get hundreds of ani mals into homes. We hear the distress and complaints about the overcrowdin g from our volunteers\, fosters\, and community\; we experience the condit ions daily\; we see the news articles written and segments being broadcast on television and radio\; we feel and share your frustration and heartbre ak. We are heartbroken\, too. Let us express to you in no uncertain terms: the current conditions in our shelters are not humane or sustainable. We can and we must do better. We will exhaust all efforts to prioritize the h ealth and safety of both pets and people in our care. The balance of human ely sheltering a growing number of animals while giving each one the care and the time they deserve to be placed in a loving home is getting substan tially harder to achieve. The issues contributing to overcrowding primaril y are rooted in the community\, not the shelter\, and cannot be changed ov ernight. In the shelters\, we’ve reached a pivotal breaking point. We ha ve stretched the shelter capacity and resources to unsustainable limits wh ile hoping\, for too long now\, that there would be a turning point where more animals would leave these buildings than enter. But that has not happ ened this year and without homes to go to\, we must euthanize more dogs at both county shelters in order to reach and maintain safe and humane housi ng. There are many facets to the challenges we are currently facing and we will cover some of them in this blog. We also encourage you to check out two other blog posts that go into deeper detail on two important issues: T he No-Kill controversyThe Impact of Spay and Neuter (and other pressing qu estions) \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Are The Shelters So Overcrowded? \n \n \n \n We know there are a lot of questions around why this is happening. We are seeing a new reality\, a post-pandemic world\; E conomic challenges to families\, a lack of affordable and pet-friendly hou sing\, a national shortage of veterinarians\, a decrease in spay/neuter du ring the pandemic and a need for more accessible and affordable spay/neute r options\, a desire for specific breeds\, and a diminishing public capaci ty to help and home shelter animals are all taking a heartbreaking toll on the growing number of animals coming into LifeLine’s care. We have acce pted pets from families arriving at the shelter with all of their possessi ons in a U-haul and nowhere to turn for help. People newly arriving to the area are surrendering their dogs to the shelter because they are unable t o find affordable housing that will allow them to keep their companions.We are coming to terms with an untenable reality of the community relying on a singular shelter as the sole means of support for the growing number of animals at risk – animals who mostly were people’s pets and family me mbers at one time. Systemically\, the shelter alone cannot support the she er volume of need. Here Is A Look At Our Shelters In Crisis: \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 569Target Dog Capacity: 450 On Tuesday \, October 17th\, DeKalb County CEO\, Michael Thurmond\, visited DeKalb Co unty Animal Services. The following day\, he met with our CEO\, Rebecca Gu inn\, and other LifeLine leadership. Together\, LifeLine and DeKalb County leadership agreed that Dekalb County Animal Services must reduce the dog population at the shelter to 450 in 60 days and maintain the population at or below that number. They collaborated and decided on both short- and lo nger-term actions to help aid in this crisis including: Working with staff ing agencies for additional staff and support for cleaning.Deploying perso nnel from other divisions within LifeLine to assist with animal care\, man agement and training and restructuring staff schedules to ensure greater c overage\, particularly on weekends.Sadly\, increasing euthanasia rates if necessary and continuing to do so until we reduce the dog population to 45 0 or less. If we cannot increase lifesaving outcomes beyond the current ra te\, we will have to euthanize 9 animals each day\, or 63 animals each wee k.Constructing an overflow campus adjacent to the shelter\, designed to ho ld up to 120 additional dogs above the current target capacity and provide effective isolation areas\, to help alleviate the need for euthanasia for population control. This solution will take time to build\, staff and ope rate and until then we must get below 450 animals in the current building. Improving communications between DeKalb County’s Animal Services Enforce ment division and the shelter to more proactively address factors in the f ield that are causing animals to come into the shelter.Increasing support to fund access to veterinary care for DeKalb pet owners in need\, includin g subsidized and free spay/neuter\, and targeting areas of DeKalb County y ielding the highest number of animals impounded in the shelter.What it wil l take to change the situation most\, in the short-term\, is simply fewer dogs in the building. We are asking our community to help us achieve those target dog population numbers because\, without homes to go to\, dogs wil l be euthanized for space\, regardless of health and temperment. Please a dopt or foster a pet today. \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dog s: 357Sustainable Capacity for Dogs: 325 We’ve mentioned that there is h ope on the horizon in Fulton County in the form of a brand new shelter fac ility preparing to open before the end of the year. However\, this does no t change the fact that the current facility is in dire straits. On average \, 15 dogs are being euthanized for space each week. Each day\, 16 dogs en ter the facility. That’s\, on average\, 2 more dogs that come in than le ave. While some conditions will improve with the upcoming move to the new facility\, rising intake and overcrowding will not be solved entirely by t ransitioning from one building to another. Fulton County is in desperate n eed of adopters and fosters\, including Friendly Finders who are willing t o foster a lost or stray dog through its mandated stray hold (3 to 5 busin ess days total) instead of immediately dropping them at the shelter when f ound. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LifeLin e Midtown \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 105O ptimum Capacity for Dogs: 75 As an overflow facility\, for every dog adopt ed at LifeLine Midtown\, space opens up for another dog from the Fulton Co unty Animal Services. And\, because the shelter is smaller\, it is a less overwhelming experience for individuals to visit and bring home a pet. Ado pting a pet from LifeLine Midtown greatly supports the main Fulton County shelter. When the new Fulton shelter opens\, the Midtown facility will clo se and any dogs still there will have to move to the new shelter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 111 O ptimum Capacity for Dogs: 60  LifeLine’s Community Animal Center adopti on center was designed as an overflow facility for our county shelters. St aff and volunteers also provide pets with special medical or behavioral ch allenges more time and attention to meet those needs. For dogs\, the Commu nity Animal Center is the primary overflow facility for the DeKalb County shelter. Because it is also full\, our Community Animal Center is limited in serving these critical functions. Beyond just dogs\, our staff is also caring for the majority of our organization’s cats. This adoption center \, like our Midtown location\, offers a calmer environment that may be eas ier to visit. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We Cannot Do This Alone \n \n \n \n Two things can be true: we can be proud of what we’ve accomplished together as a community in 10 ye ars’ time AND acknowledge the ways LifeLine needs to improve and perseve re as an organization. We have committed ourselves to helping these animal s\, but we are limited now by a lack of space and resources\, as well as e xternal challenges in the communities we serve. We are also human and make mistakes. And\, most importantly\, we cannot do this alone. While we are pursuing all avenues toward long-term solutions\, in the short term\, we n eed a miracle. We need you. We are asking our community to please foster o r adopt a pet today. You will be truly saving a life. If you have question s about any topic in this blog and would like to reach out\, please email feedback@lifelineanimal.org or write to LifeLine Animal Project\, ATTN: Op erations 3180 Presidential Drive\, Atlanta\, GA 30340. Thank you\, Atlanta . For believing in our work and helping us save lives today and always. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n February 2023 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Hello\, friends and supporters.  We wanted to share some critical u pdates and news as we turn the page on 2022\, and enter 2023 in a much bet ter position to give our deserving animals the love and space they need to thrive. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In January\, on the heels of a Canine Flu outbreak\, we were faced with a grim reality and life or death decisions. After more than a year of being at critical capacity at our DeKalb County Animal Services sh elter\, we were left with the heartbreaking possibility of having to eutha nize animals for space. We had nearly 600 dogs in need of home (at just th is one shelter). We put out a plea for help in the Greater Atlanta area\, and in a mere 7 days\, 373 dogs from DeKalb and 556 dogs from all LifeLine shelters found new homes! We are forever grateful to the Atlanta communit y for their support in our darkest hour. This is what lifesaving looks lik e. By the end of January\, our Fulton County Animal Services had fewer tha n 300 animals for the first time in almost a year. But within days of hitt ing that milestone\, we were called in with law enforcement on a rescue ca se and brought more than 60 new impounded animals safely into our care. Ea ch of these animals requires space\, food and immediate medical care. Our Fulton shelter team was also tasked with running LifeLine Midtown\, our te mporary shelter that opened in early January during the Canine Flu outbrea k to divert intake and keep dogs healthy. While it helped contain that out break\, a new location strains precious resources and manpower\, which has been challenging due to staffing shortages. \n \n \n \n Number of Dogs in Need of Homes as of February 15th \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services: 343 in the shelter and 928 in foster hom es\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services: 339 in the shelter and 22 0 in foster homes\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal Center: 65 in t he shelter and 85 in foster homes\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n LifeLine Midtown: 82 in t he shelter\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The LifeLine Community Animal Center con tinues to aid in the efforts of freeing up space at our county shelters an d helping dogs clear their quarantine period from the Canine Flu outbreak. Recent staffing hires have provided much needed relief to our existing te ams. After the incredible number of adoptions at our DeKalb shelter\, ther e are many animals in need of spay/neuter procedures. The Community Animal Center has stepped in to help temporarily house animals awaiting surgery and ensure that pets don’t have to wait any longer than necessary to go home with new\, loving families. Fortunately\, while the dogs in our care have been a major media focus in 2023\, we have also happily seen a steady flow of cat adoptions at the Community Animal Center and have enough open cat housing space to prepare for a busy kitten season to start in the spr ing. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n It’s bee n a busy start to the new year. And\, while we are celebrating the wins\, the hard work isn’t over. Even though we successfully saved many lives\ , 20-40 dogs come into our county shelters every single day and they need your help to find their way home.  \n \n \n \n What We Need Most Now: \n \n \n \n Volunteers and new staff are urgently needed to keep this much-needed LifeLine Midtown shelter up and running\, as well as help at our other locations.We always need adopte rs and fosters to place more pets into homes where they belong.We need goo d Samaritans in our community to help lost pets make their way back home i nstead of to the shelter. Find out what to do if you should find a lost pe t.And\, if you can’t foster or adopt\, please consider making a donation .As always\, thank you for your critical support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 2022 Posts \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Novem ber\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n September\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n June\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n May\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n March\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n November 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n AN URGENT PLEA FROM OUR CEO TO THE CITY OF ATLANTA\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The current situation in our Atlanta animal shelters is dire. The animals in our care do not have the space they need\, or dese rve\, and we need your help. Our hard working teams are understaffed and w orking extreme overtime to ensure that kennels are clean\, bowls are full\ , and the pets in our shelters are well cared for. Our volunteers walk hun dreds of dogs a day. And it’s still not enough. We have teams covering r escue\, adoptions\, marketing\, volunteers\, and foster parents\, all work ing tirelessly to find homes and other ways Atlanta’s pets can get out o f the shelter. This is not the life our city’s animals deserve. This sta te our shelters are in is not sustainable for the pets nor the people who care for them. Animal shelters have never been\, and will never be\, the i deal solution for the animals. Atlanta\, we urgently need your help. Our a nimals are in desperate need of homes. Each of our shelters have exceeded capacity by the hundreds. DeKalb County Animal Services has nearly 600 dog s and over 50 cats in the building\, Fulton County Animal Services has alm ost 400 dogs in a building meant to hold 80. The more pets in our care\, t he harder it is to make sure they are living as comfortably as they deserv e during their time with us. We are meant to be a temporary refuge for pet s in need\, not a home. Pets cannot thrive here\, especially when there is an overwhelming amount of them. We know you’ve heard this plea before. And we hope you’ll hear it now. The situation is not improving. There ar e more animals in our care than ever and they really need your help. We ne ed your help. Adopt: Whether you’re looking for a calm couch potato\, wa lking partner\, or anything in between\, there are over 1\,000 deserving p ets waiting for you. Foster: If you have just two weeks to help a pet\, th at can make all of the difference. Sign up here.Donate: We need monetary d onations and supplies to continue caring for this many animals each day. Y ou can help by donating here or sending us much-needed items from our Amaz on wishlists. Help lost pets: Most pets are found within a mile of their h ome. If they come to a shelter\, their chances of being reunited greatly d eclines. If you find a pet\, follow these steps or become a friendly finde r. Spay/Neuter: Unlike humans\, dogs and cats give birth to 4-to-6 animals in one litter. Also\, dogs can give birth up to twice a year and cats up to 5 times a year! Because they can produce so many offspring each year\, it is important to spay/neuter your pet as soon as possible to reduce pet overpopulation. Learn more here about the benefits and how to book an appo intment with one of our Spay/Neuter clinics. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 202 2 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We wish we had bette r news to share\, but right now\, the shelters are still struggling. There is a lot of pressure right now on the county shelters to be the lifeline for more pets than the shelters have space to house. The reason for this o vercrowding is simple: more animals are coming in than are leaving. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In August\, we saw a total of 601 dogs adopted\, but 863 came in du ring that same time. That’s 262 more dogs entering our already full buil dings.  \nNumber of dogs that need homes: \n\n337 dogs in need at our Ful ton County shelter\n526 dogs in need at our DeKalb County shelter\n81 dogs in need at our Community Animal Center\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The situation is dir e. We are urging our communities in Fulton and DeKalb Counties to please n ot bring healthy pets they find straight to the shelter as first response. Please take a few steps in the first 48 hours to get lost pets back home where they belong. This does not mean pets will be without support in the community. Those injured or sick are always a top priority. We’re tryin g to make more space for those most in need. And\, we are also trying to f ind solutions for humans in emergency situations who have run out of optio ns. Here are a few things anyone can do to help during this crisis: Adopt a petFoster a pet. 200 emergency fosters are needed at our shelters right nowDonate to support pets in the shelterCollect newspaper\, towels and bla nkets to drop off at any locationCheck the shelter wishlist for items most in needHelp a neighbor who can’t keep their pet find a new home – her e’s howFollow our social channels and help us get the word out by sharin g posts from your preferred platform\, Facebook\, Instagram and Twitter.Wr ite an article in your local neighborhood paper about adopting/fostering s helter petsIf you find a lost pet\, fill out a found pet report\, follow t hese steps or become a friendly finder \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n June 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You are the next chapter in animal w elfare. \n \n \n \n Animal shelters have never been\, and will never be\, the ideal solution for the animals. They have always b een a flawed answer to a bigger community challenge of how to best help lo st\, stray and unwanted pets.  Across the nation\, all communities are fa cing the aftershocks of the pandemic. For animal shelters\, those challeng es include overpopulated and understaffed facilities\, higher intake and f ewer adopters\, and a substantial decrease in rescue transfer support. In Atlanta\, we’ve had to restrict intake at varying levels due to the seve re overcapacity status at both county shelters.  But over the last few ye ars\, and through the recent challenges\, we’ve begun to see how a criti cal shift\, and a different path forward\, can actually save the lives of the animals in our community without having animals languish in shelters. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Over 60% of the animals in a shelter are stray/lost pets. Imagine if the shelters d idn’t exist to collect all the lost and stray pets of a community. What if the community itself was able to help those pets find and reunite with their families?  63% of animals are found just a mile from their home (26 % are just a block away). If neighbors could reunite pets with their famil ies\, instead of bringing them to the shelter\, our shelters would always have space to help those with nowhere to go. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What if the community could help struggling neighbors rehome their pets instead of turning them over to a shelter? Wha t if more resources were spent on keeping pets and people together instead of housing pets in a crowded shelter? If we\, as a community\, could shif t the focus to support each other in creative and practical ways\, the she lters wouldn’t be overcrowded with lost pets missing their families\, or abandoned pets looking for new homes. There will always be a need for she lters to help animals in emergency situations and victims of animal cruelt y\, but the real safety net for pets is a caring community – neighbors h elping neighbors.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Especially now\, when the need continues to exceed available sh eltering resources\, we believe we must find more community-centric soluti ons by working together with pet-lovers and good samaritans to get more pe ts home where they belong.  LifeLine does not believe killing healthy and treatable pets to make more space in a shelter is ever the right answer. Population management through euthanasia has never worked. Reliance on eut hanasia constrains the development of lifesaving solutions\, and the resul ts are always tragic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n When faced with external pressure to euthanize healthy and treatabl e animals to create more shelter space last month\, we turned to our anima l-loving community and in one week found foster and adoptive homes for 300 + pets. Atlanta\, you are the ideal solution. With your help\, we can weav e together a new safety net for the animals in need. Whether you are a vet eran rescuer or new to animal welfare\, help us shift the response when we find lost and stray pets\, so that more pets can be returned to their hom es. If you hear of situations where people need help with a found pet\, he lp them find options\, contact friends to find a foster home and help canv as the neighborhood to reunite families. Share this page.If you read about someone needing to rehome a pet\, share these resources and ask your neig hbors and friends if anyone can help. The pet owner\, rather than the shel ter\, will be able to find the best match for a loved pet. If someone is missing a pet\, check the lost pet pages of our website to see if the pet ended up at the shelter.If you can’t adopt\, foster. If you can’t fost er\, donate. If you can’t donate\, volunteer. If you can’t volunteer\, become an ambassador and share information and resources. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Please continue to suppor t our county shelters. Know that the staff is making the best decisions fo r every individual animal and human who comes to our doors with the resour ces that are available.  \nPlease extend the benefit of the doubt to lear n more about decisions that are being made. The people who dedicate our li ves to help animals in the shelter are not perfect\, but we are doing thei r very best in every situation\, for every individual pet\, and we are wor king with very limited resources and the most challenging of circumstances .  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Right now\, we are at a pivotal moment to change the course of animal welfare and lif esaving in our city. Animals deserve to be in homes and people deserve the love of a pet. Will you join us in committing to turn to each other to fi nd ways to help the animals in your community? Are you in?  We are. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availabili ty ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n Metro Atlanta County Animal Shelters are Out of Space! \n \n \n \n The county shelters have reached peak capacity and no longer have kennel space to house dogs. Because of the sheer volume\, we have had to set up temporary crates to house new arrivals but this is n ot a sustainable or acceptable solution.  This year we have seen a declin e in adoptions by 14% and a 37% decline in the number of animals leaving w ith rescue partners (compared to 2019 pre-pandemic levels). We also saw a decline in the number of lost pets finding their families again. Not only are there more animals currently in the shelters\, but they are staying lo nger which impacts their physical and mental wellbeing.  We URGENTLY need help to place our medium to large dogs into homes so that the shelters do not have to face difficult life or death decisions. We currently need to find 250 homes for dogs living at the DeKalb shelter. The Fulton County an imal shelter is facing a similar situation and needs to find 150 homes thi s week.  Here’s what we are experiencing currently across metro Atlanta . \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb Coun ty Animal Services \n \n \n \n Today\, there are 560 d ogs in our DeKalb facility*. In May 2019\, prior to the pandemic the shelt er held 440 dogs. Fewer animals are leaving the shelter\, and animals are staying longer looking for homes. They’re waiting an average of 80 days at DeKalb County Animal Services. Due to this critical status\, Dekalb Cou nty and LifeLine Animal Project\, in conjunction with the Georgia Departme nt of Agriculture\, are enacting emergency only intake protocols. This mea ns the DeKalb shelter is only able to accept animals from emergency situat ions or in critical need (injured animals\, animals involved in bite cases or cruelty situations). DeKalb County Animal Enforcement will also enforc e these emergency protocols and will only respond to high priority calls. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n *As of May 25\, 2022\, with the help of our community\, the number of dogs housed at DeKalb County Animal Service s has decreased to 433. We are making slow\, but steady\, progress towards reducing the number of pets housed at the shelter to a more comfortable t hreshold of 320. However\, the situation remains critical and your continu ed help is needed to find homes for the pets in our care. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n There are currently 360  dogs in our Fulton facility**\, which was bui lt to house only 80 dogs. Dogs are waiting an average 40 days to be placed in a home\, which is longer than previous years and is very stressful for the animals. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n **As of May 25\, 2022\, thanks to our community’s help in response to an urgent plea for fosters and ad opters\, the number of dogs housed at Fulton County Animal Services has di pped below 300. Additionally\, a generous volunteer has pledged to sponsor 100 dog adoptions this May at Fulton County. We always want to provide hu mane housing for the animals in our care and at the levels we are experien cing\, that is extremely challenging. Our community’s continued help at this critical time is needed to find homes for the pets in our care. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Animal C enter \n \n \n \n Our Community Animal Center takes in pets from our county shelters to help alleviate space constraints. Right now\, the center is full and can only take in more dogs when dogs currentl y in our care are adopted or head to foster homes.  Last week\, 128 cats arrived from our DeKalb and Fulton shelters. If you are looking for a cat\ , there are many available at the LifeLine Community Animal Center. There are also over 100 dogs available for adoption at this location. \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n Let's save lives together. \n \n \n \n Please share this blog with your community and network to help more pets find the homes they deserve today. \n \n \n \n Ways to Help \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n March 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel spa ce\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangero usly full\n \n \n \n \n \n Crit ical Needs This Week: Adopters and Fosters \n \n \n \n This February\, we saw the highest intake levels on record for the mont h since LifeLine took over shelter management in 2013. Both of our county shelters are in the red zone for space availability!  As we continue to f ace a growing space crisis\, we turn our attention to the impact of crowdi ng and the shelter environment on the health of our pets. It is a common m isconception that pets may fare better in a shelter than in a home where t he pet parent has to leave daily for work or doesn’t have a yard. There is no place like a home when it comes to animals. Even with the incredible support of our staff and volunteers\, it is impossible to replicate the c alm and one-on-one attention a pet will receive in a home. Shelters\, part icularly at the capacity level we currently face\, can be loud and overwhe lming for many pets. Though they are safe and fed\, the close proximity to so many other pets can lead to a spread in medical conditions. Ultimately \, we see a deterioration of our pets the longer they spend in the shelter \, along with added strain for our veterinary teams.  Our goal is to see all of our pets find their way to a warm and loving home. We need help giv ing our shelter pets a break\, including taking them out for a day or a we ekend\, while they await the arrival of their new family. We immediately s ee an improvement in our pet’s health and happiness when they are in a h ome. Plus\, you can provide key insights on the dog or cat’s personality (which tends to shine beyond the shelter walls) to share with potential a dopters! We are facing a particular need for fosters for our pets that hav e medical needs\, are part of an ongoing court case\, and dogs that are la rger in size. To find out more and help give our pets a break\, check out our Foster page. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \n There ar e currently 471 dogs at DeKalb County Animal Services\, 253 MORE than the ideal number of dogs that should be housed in our shelter here and putting us in the RED ZONE!  The need for special care fosters is imperative. Ce rtain pets\, such as those that have just given birth\, are undergoing med ical treatment or are part of a court case\, deserve a quiet space and may need a little extra care. This can include receiving regular doses of med icine\, restricted or regulated exercise regimes or extra space to care fo r their puppies. It is important that they have a home where they can rela x\, heal and rest stress-free.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n The Fulton County Animal Services shelter is in the RED ZONE! There are 265 dogs in the shelter\, an alarming 115 dogs over the ideal number of 150. This means some runs have up to five dogs s haring a space. As a result\, the shelter is seeing an uptick in medical i ssues\, particularly contagious ailments like upper respiratory infections . \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n In Feb ruary 2022\, the LifeLine Community Animal Center brought in 222 pets to h elp create space at our two county shelters. 94 dogs and 84 cats are waiti ng for a place to call home\, with many more patiently waiting in foster h omes. Our animals are showing tremendous resilience\, but we need urgent h elp from our community to provide these precious pets with homes! Our miss ion remains\, as always\, to save the lives of all healthy and treatable a nimals. We appreciate the support of our community! \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n Help us save lives together! \n \n \n \n Share this blog with your community\, and help get mor e pets into homes today! \n \n \n \n Ways to Help \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n January 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n We are kicking off the new year with an unfamiliar sight for this time of the year: shelters that are stil l full from this summer. Shelter space is unfortunately\, yet typically\, limited during the summer months\, but this is the first time we have expe rienced such a continued strain on our shelter capacity and team. The numb er of animals coming in our doors has increased by 12% over last year whil e the number of dogs adopted has decreased. People are also struggling to care for their pets and have been facing evictions and other challenges. T his means more pets have been surrendered. Over the last two years\, we ha ve seen a 39% decline in the number of animals our rescue partners have be en able to help pull to safety\, largely due to factors resulting from the COVID pandemic. All of these challenges would be difficult alone but\, li ke so many others\, we are also facing severe labor shortages. We currentl y have 34 open positions across three locations\, which means we are missi ng 13% of our workforce. Between the staffing challenge and the number of staff who have been out sick due to the latest wave of the COVID-19 virus\ , we are struggling. Animal care is always our top priority. Our understaf fed teams and volunteers are working doubly hard to care for all the anima ls in need\, covering extra shifts and taking on additional responsibiliti es. In these times\, we must depend even more so on our community’s supp ort. By adopting\, donating\, volunteering\, helping lost animals back hom e and finding new homes for those alone in the shelter\, our community off ers real and sustained hope for the animals in our care. We are continuing to take in animals for emergency situations and for those who do not have any other options. Our Animal Service Officers and community support team s continue to provide resources\, including access to veterinary care and pet supplies\, pet lost and found assistance and self-rehoming options for animals in non-emergency situations. We always work with individuals faci ng financial hardship who need help for their pets. We often reduce or wai ve reclaim and surrender fees in the hopes of helping people and finding t he best outcomes for the animals. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \ n The ideal number of dogs that should be housed at DeKalb County Animal Services is 218. This allows us to house one dog per kennel with ac cess to both sides of the kennel. We are currently in the red zone with 48 0 dogs in the building. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n With Fulton County Animal Services being a smaller\, older building\, there is space to optimally house only 150 dogs. As of la st week\, there were 221 dogs in the shelter. This forces us to house mult iple dogs in most of the kennels. Not only does this make cleaning the she lter a logistical challenge\, but it means the environment is less than id eal for our animals. Our goal is to safely house a large population while mitigating risk of disease and shelter stress on the animals. If we had fe wer dogs in the building\, we could provide larger\, single kennels for 26 of our larger breed dogs\, who need individual housing\, and who are curr ently residing in smaller cages. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n In December 2021\, the LifeLine Community Animal C enter transferred in 170 pets from Fulton and DeKalb to help make space at the our two county shelters. We currently have 95 dogs and 102 cats looki ng for homes\, and even more are waiting to find families while they live in foster homes. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We believe space limitations alone are an unacceptable reason to euthani ze healthy and treatable animals. LifeLine has been able to achieve “no- kill\,”  saving 90% or more of all the animals who enter our shelters\, but we are only able to maintain this lifesaving achievement with the com munity’s support and advocacy. We know our community has the ability to provide the support needed to save precious lives.  Their lives depend on it. \n \n \n \n Make a difference today! \n \n \n \n Share this blog post with your community\, and help g et more pets into homes today. LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T061439Z URL:https://lifelineanimal.org/lifeline-events/super-adopt-a-thon/?utm_sou rce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:LifeLine Animal Project X-SOURCE-URL:https://lifelineanimal.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stand-Up Comedy Class - September 26\, 2026 DTSTART:20260926T140000Z DTEND:20260926T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260906T060944Z UID:10001491-1790416800-1790442000@laughingskulllounge.com CATEGORIES:comedy DESCRIPTION:The Laughing Skull Lounge Stand Up comedy class is a six week comedy course that ends with a graduation show! We apply lessons from the best comedians in the country and help you create a solid 5-8 minute set t o use as you wish. We sell out almost every class\, so if you are interest ed\, we suggest you sign up now! \nClasses are on Saturdays from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm at the world famous Laughing Skull Lounge. LAST-MODIFIED:20260906T060944Z LOCATION:Laughing Skull Lounge\, 878 Peachtree Street\, Atlanta\, GA\, 303 09\, United States URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com/event/stand-up-comedy-class-september- 26-2026/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Laughing Skull Lounge X-SOURCE-URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Paint Chip Poetry Contest DTSTART:20260926T140000Z DTEND:20260926T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260908T123434Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53883418991531 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:"In celebration of Latine Heritage Month\, Latinas UNIDES and McCain Library are partnering to host a paint chip poetry contest. To part icipate\, pick up a paint chip from the Check Out Desk in McCain Library. Write your poem on the paint chip\, and then place it in the submission bo x. All entries will be reviewed by Latinas UNIDES. A prize will be given t o the winner\, and all entries will be displayed in McCain Library. LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T123434Z LOCATION:McCain Library\, Main Reading Room (1st Floor Lobby) URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/paint-chip-poetry-contest?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:100K Poets for Change DTSTART:20260926T140000Z DTEND:20260926T203000Z DTSTAMP:20260909T003528Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53202068452553 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Join poets around the USA and across the globe to celebrate th e transformative power of poetry: the richness\, joy\, healing\, comfort\, and awareness it brings to our lives across cultures and languages\, ethn icities\, states and nations. Come and be a part of this powerful event\, stay for the day or drop in as your schedule allows. This is a dual-mode e vent made possible by the James T. & Ella Rather Kirk Fund. LAST-MODIFIED:20260909T003528Z LOCATION:Campbell Hall\, C-Frances Bailey Graves Auditorium (Rm 128) URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/100k-poets-for-change?utm_source =caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Frog Feeding DTSTART:20260926T140000Z DTEND:20260926T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260914T010432Z UID:10011346-1790416800-1790416800@atlantabg.org CATEGORIES:outdoors DESCRIPTION:Saturdays at 10 a.m.: Drop by the Fuqua Conservatory lobby to watch the frogs jump into action when presented with their meals. An amphi bian specialist will share fun facts and answer questions about these capt ivating creatures. \nPublic frog feedings allow visitors to observe one of the most interesting aspects of these amphibians – their feeding behavi ors. Most frogs have long sticky tongues that shoot out at prey. Some\, li ke Poison frogs\, are able to do this with such incredible speed and accur acy that all visitors notice are flies disappearing. Others\, like the fri nged leaf frog\, are dramatic feeders that stuff the crickets into their m ouths with their hands. LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T010432Z LOCATION:Atlanta Botanical Garden\, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/frog-feeding/2026-09-26/?utm_source=cal discovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Botanical Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/category/atlanta END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Vegetarian Spice Table DTSTART:20260926T140000Z DTEND:20260926T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T065918Z UID:10010158-1790416800-1790424000@atlantabg.org CATEGORIES:education,food DESCRIPTION:Chef Naina of Kesar Kitchen invites you to the Vegetarian Spi ce Table. Discover the vibrant flavors and rich traditions of Indian veget arian cuisine through a semi hands-on culinary experience. Learn to prepar e wholesome\, plant-forward dishes using aromatic spices\, fresh herbs\, a nd time-honored techniques that bring depth and balance to every meal. Alo ng the way\, you’ll gain practical tips for building flavor with confide nce\, explore the health benefits of Indian spices\, and leave with delici ous recipes that make it easy to bring the warmth\, nourishment\, and joy of India’s vegetarian table into your own kitchen. \nDate: Saturday\, Se ptember 26\nTime: 10 a.m. – noon \nFee: $85 (Member $80) \nInstructor: Naina Bhedwar\, Kesar Kitchen\nMember Link\nNon-member link  \nChef Nain a Bhedwar \n \nNaina Bhedwar is a self-educated Chef whose passion for foo d\, cooking and spices has taken her on a mission to demystify the cuisine of India\, Persia & the Near East.  \nChef Naina is of Persian descent w ith roots in two regions of India. She has had the further privilege of li ving in all four corners of India as well as in Australia\, the UK and now \, Atlanta\, giving her a broad\, varied culinary foundation to continuous ly build upon.  \nKesar Kitchen\, LLC (Kesar being the Sanskrit term for Saffron ~ Naina’s favorite spice) offers cooking classes and catering. T he Chef guides you in preparing and presenting the endlessly varied and in credibly interesting food of India\, Persia and the Near East. To the Chef \, there is no greater salute to her ancestry.  \nWhen she isn’t cookin g or with her family\, you will probably find Chef Naina meditating! She b elieves deeply in the power of food and cooking to keep you present\, full y engaged with the senses and in the moment. In her unique program Feed Yo ur Peace\, she invites curious people to personalized sessions and worksho ps that more deeply explore this experience\, bringing a love of cooking a nd consciousness together.  \nThrough delicious cooking classes\, customi zed cooking parties\, small catered events and workshops\, Kesar Kitchen p romises to educate\, entertain and elevate! LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T065918Z LOCATION:Atlanta Botanical Garden\, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/vegetarian-springtime-dinner/?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Botanical Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/category/atlanta END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Chinese Watercolor: Peonies DTSTART:20260926T140000Z DTEND:20260926T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T125725Z UID:10010977-1790416800-1790424000@atlantabg.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Learn how to paint peonies using traditional Chinese watercolo r techniques. This class is appropriate for all levels of artistic experie nce\, and all instruction and materials will be provided.  \nDate: Saturd ay\, Sept. 26\nTime: 10 a.m. – noon\nFee: $105 (Member $100)\nRegistrati on Deadline: Sept. 22\nInstructor: Andrew Blooms\, Blooms Emporium\nMember Registration \nNon-Member Registration LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T125725Z LOCATION:Atlanta Botanical Garden\, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/chinese-watercolor-peonies-2/?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Botanical Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/category/atlanta END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Healthy Soil: Reimagining Compost DTSTART:20260926T140000Z DTEND:20260926T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T192855Z UID:10011753-1790416800-1790424000@atlantabg.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:In this interactive workshop\, you’ll learn the fundamentals of composting\, explore the difference between diverse systems\, and gain hands-on experience making natural bio fertilizers such as compost tea\, ferments and more! Whether you’re growing ornamentals\, vegetables\, or houseplants\, you’ll leave with practical techniques to improve soil hea lth and grown more resilient plants. Participants will get their hands dir ty making their own bio fertilizers and receive take-home recipes that the y can immediately apply in their own gardens.  \nDate: Saturday\, Sept. 2 6\nTime: 10 a.m.- noon \nFee: $40 ($35 Member)\nRegistration Deadline: Se pt. 22\nInstructor: Benji Galindo\, Senior Horticulturist \nMember registr ation  \nNon-Member registration LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T192855Z LOCATION:Atlanta Botanical Garden\, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/healthy-soil-reimagining-compost/?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Botanical Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/category/atlanta END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:St. Edward's 4th Annual Fall Festival DTSTART:20260926T140000Z DTEND:20260926T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T201431Z UID:10002936-1790416800-1790438400@episcopalatlanta.org CATEGORIES:festival DESCRIPTION:St. Edward’s Episcopal Church invites the community to its 4 th Annual Fall Festival with music\, food\, bouncy houses\, games\, raffle s\, and prizes. \nDate: Saturday\, September 26\, 2026 \nTime: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. \nLocation: St. Edward’s Episcopal Church\, 737 Moon Road\, Lawrenceville\, GA 30046 \nFor information\, contact the parish office at 770-963-6128. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T201431Z LOCATION:St. Edward’s Episcopal Church\, 737 Moon Road\, Lawrenceville\, GA\, 30046\, United States URL:https://episcopalatlanta.org/event/st-edwards-4th-annual-fall-festival -2026/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://episcopalatlanta.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:A Soothing Sound Bath & Guided Relaxation: The Garden of Rest DTSTART:20260926T140000Z DTEND:20260926T150000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T062527Z UID:10001927-1790416800-1790420400@www.woodlandsgarden.org CATEGORIES:wellness DESCRIPTION:Join us under the trees for a completely effortless experience designed to quiet your mind and melt away physical stress. We will start with a practice called Yoga Nidra—often referred to as “yogic sleep” —where you are guided into ultimate relaxation without moving a muscle. As you settle into this deep stillness\, you’ll be immersed in the beaut iful\, echoing tones of crystal singing bowls. These gentle acoustic vibra tions act like a massage for your nervous system\, washing away mental cha tter and physical tightness. Come as you are or bring a plethora of sleep gear (pillow\, blanket\, eye mask\, etc.) and leave feeling deeply rested\ , clear\, and nourished. \nBio: Mitchell is the founder of Fine Tuned Freq uencies and a wellness facilitator who helps others experience the life-ch anging effects of Yoga through highly approachable and intentionally desig ned experiences. He brings science-backed mindfulness and nervous system t ools into corporate environments\, wellness centers\, and community spaces . While his work is rooted in advanced yogic science and somatic (body-bas ed) practices\, it’s grounded in simplicity and whimsy\, making for a fu n experience that’s easy to be fully immersed in! When he’s not hostin g retreats or community gatherings\, Mitchell is busy being a silly goose (per his family)\, reading\, or chasing after his high-octane infant son a round the house. \nRegister online here. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T062527Z URL:https://www.woodlandsgarden.org/event/a-soothing-sound-bath-guided-rel axation-the-garden-of-rest/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_cam paign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Woodlands Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.woodlandsgarden.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Christmas Paint Party Workshop! DTSTART:20260926T150000Z DTEND:20260926T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260902T180217Z UID:10029213-1790420400-1790427600@atlantamom.com CATEGORIES:education,holiday DESCRIPTION:🎄✨ PAINT YOUR OWN CERAMIC CHRISTMAS TREE!✨🎄 \nJoin u s on Saturday\, September 26 at 11:00 AM for a fun and festive class where you’ll create a beautiful 15” ceramic Christmas tree that you can tre asure for years to come! ❤️❤️ \nChoose from three different tree s tyles and paint your tree during the class. Once you’re finished\, we’ ll take your trees to be fired the following week. \n🎄 Here’s how it works:\n✨ Paint your tree during the class.\n🔥 We’ll take them to b e fired the following week.\n🎄 We’ll return the following Saturday wi th your completed tree.\n💡 We’ll wire the bases for you.\n⭐ Your li ghts and star will be included in the box for you to arrange however you ’d like. \nThis is more than just a Christmas decoration—it’s a beau tiful keepsake that can be passed down through generations.❤️🎄 \n 🎟️ Ticket sales close on 9/22 at 6 PM. \nSpaces are limited\, so be s ure to choose your favorite tree and reserve your spot! 🎄✨ LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T180217Z LOCATION:Silverlining’s Animal Rescue Inc\, 1320 Dorris Rd\, Douglasvill e\, 30134\, United States URL:https://atlantamom.com/event/christmas-paint-party-workshop/?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Mom X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantamom.com/family-lifestyle/atlanta-area-farmers- markets END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Jazz Brunch at C. Ellet's DTSTART:20260926T150000Z DTEND:20260926T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T062442Z UID:10002464-1790420400-1790434800@batteryatl.com CATEGORIES:food,music DESCRIPTION:Join C. Ellet’s Saturdays and Sundays for jazz brunch! Dine on your favorite bites\, like Southern Fried Chicken and Pancake Paloozas\ , sip on mimosas\, and listen to jazzy tunes from their live band. The Jaz z Duo plays from 11-3pm every Saturday and Sunday. \nClick here to make yo ur reservation today! LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T062442Z LOCATION:C. Ellet’s\, 2605 Circle 75 Parkway Ste 400\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30 339\, United States URL:https://batteryatl.com/event/jazz-brunch-at-c-ellets/2026-09-26/?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:BatteryATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://batteryatl.com/events-calendar/tag/live-music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Agnes Scott College Fall Luxury Bridal Expo 2026 GA Peach State Br idal Show DTSTART:20260926T160000Z DTEND:20260926T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260804T180947Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53507929266784 CATEGORIES:market DESCRIPTION:Join us at Agnes Scott College for the Fall Luxury Bridal Expo 2026! Meet top wedding professionals\, explore the latest bridal trends\, and connect with vendors offering everything from venues and photography to florals\, décor\, catering\, beauty services\, and more.\n\nWhether yo u're newly engaged or finalizing your wedding plans\, this expo is the per fect place to find inspiration and trusted resources for your special day. \n\nVENDOR APPLICATION FORM: \nhttps://form.jotform.com/thegeorgiapeachsta tebridalshow/agnesscottcollegebridalexpo2026\n\nEVENTBRITE TICKET LINK: \n https://agnesscottcollegefallluxurybridalexpo2026.eventbrite.com\n\nCampus and Parking information here! LAST-MODIFIED:20260804T180947Z LOCATION:Letitia Pate Evans Hall URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/fall-luxury-bridal-expo-2026?utm _source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:A Hispanic Heritage Celebration with Alma Mexicana DTSTART:20260926T160000Z DTEND:20260926T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260902T192441Z UID:144569-1790424000-1790427600@www.civilandhumanrights.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:For nearly a decade\, the National Center for Civil and Huma n Rights has served as the home of the LGBTQ+ Institute\, which advanced  research\, education\, and leadership development  Today\, we are proud t o announce that a program developed under the Institute has evolved into the Rustin Institute for Leadership Development\, an independent nonprof it inspired by Bayard Rustin’s legacy of moral courage\, coalition-build ing\, and imagination.   Named for the visionary strategist\, organizer\ , and architect of the 1963 March on Washington\, the Rustin Institute is dedicated to cultivating intergenerational leadership and movements roote d in justice\, dignity\, and democratic change.   Tim’m West\, who s erved as the director of the LGBTQ+ Institute\, established the Rustin  Institute as an independent 501(c)(3) organization to deepen its impact\ , pursue new funding opportunities\, and expand partnerships.   “As our programs expanded and our vision grew\, I knew establishing an indepen dent organization would help us focus on building a new generation of le aders\,” said Tim’m West\, now the Executive Director of the Rust in Institute for Leadership Development. “I am deeply grateful to the Na tional Center for Civil and Human Rights for helping to make this possibl e.”  As the Rustin Institute embarks on this exciting new chapter\, th e Center congratulates Tim’m West and the Rustin Institute team.   “We look forward to seeing the organization cultivate courageous leaders  and carry forward Bayard Rustin’s enduring legacy of moral courage\, c oalition-building\, and the pursuit of justice and equal dignity for all\, ” said Jill Savitt\, CEO of the National Center for Civil and Human Righ ts. LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T192441Z LOCATION:National Center for Civil and Human Rights\, 100 Ivan Allen Jr. B lvd\, Atlanta\, GA\, United States URL:https://www.civilandhumanrights.org/events/a-hispanic-heritage-celebra tion/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:National Center for Civil and Human Rights X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.civilandhumanrights.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Perimeter Pumpkin Patch 2026: Connect with Expats DTSTART:20260926T160000Z DTEND:20260926T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T193101Z UID:10041559-1790424000-1790438400@www.globalatlanta.com CATEGORIES:community,drink,family,festival,food DESCRIPTION:Celebrate autumn at the 5th Annual Perimeter Pumpkin Patch Fes tival at Dunwoody Nature Center! \nThis beloved tradition brings the commu nity together for a festive day filled with pumpkins\, seasonal music\, an d plenty of fun. Explore the pumpkin patch\, capture memories in the fall- themed photo zone\, and enjoy delicious bites and drinks from local food v endors. Kids will delight in the inflatable play area\, face painting\, an d meeting friendly animals at the petting zoo. With activities for all age s\, this is the perfect way to welcome fall with family and friends. \nThi s festival is more than just seasonal fun. It’s a platform for local com panies – including those in the often-overlooked Perimeter market – to engage directly with a diverse and family-friendly audience.  If your b usiness wants visibility among local and expat families\, this is your opp ortunity! LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T193101Z LOCATION:Dunwoody Nature Center\, 5343 Roberts Drive\, Dunwoody\, Georgia\ , 30338\, United States URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/event/perimeter-pumpkin-patch-2026-conne ct-with-expats/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlant a-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Global Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/events/category/culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dog Adoption Event in Roswell DTSTART:20260926T160000Z DTEND:20260926T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T202036Z UID:51099-1790424000-1790434800@atlantahumane.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Join us select Saturdays for special dog adoption events featu ring adoptable puppies and adult dogs of all sizes. While our Roswell loca tion is typically home to cats\, these events offer even more opportunitie s to meet your new best friend and support lifesaving rescue efforts acros s our community. \nDogs for this event will be from Posey Shelter Pet Prom oters. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T202036Z LOCATION:Atlanta Humane Society – Roswell\, 1010 Mansell Rd\, Roswell\, GA\, 30076\, United States URL:https://atlantahumane.org/event/dog-adoption-event-in-roswell-10/?utm_ source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Humane Society X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantahumane.org/get-involved/volunteer END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dog Adoption Event in Marietta DTSTART:20260926T160000Z DTEND:20260926T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T202036Z UID:51100-1790424000-1790434800@atlantahumane.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Join us select Saturdays for special dog adoption events featu ring adoptable puppies and adult dogs of all sizes. While our Marietta loc ation is typically home to cats\, these events offer even more opportuniti es to meet your new best friend and support lifesaving rescue efforts acro ss our community. \nDogs for this event will be Atlanta Humane animals\, t ransported up for the day from our Atlanta location. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T202036Z LOCATION:Atlanta Humane Society – Marietta\, 553 Waterman St SE\, Mariet ta\, Georgia\, 30060 URL:https://atlantahumane.org/event/dog-adoption-event-in-marietta-10/?utm _source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Humane Society X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantahumane.org/get-involved/volunteer END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Lady Gaga Drag Brunch DTSTART:20260926T163000Z DTEND:20260926T183000Z DTSTAMP:20260805T000729Z UID:6a6bd9486394e806dcc2d20d CATEGORIES:food DESCRIPTION:City Winery Atlanta and Wussy presents Lady Gaga Drag Brunch l ive on Saturday\, September 26th at 12:30pm! Put your paws up\, little monsters! Hear all the hits from the Queen of art(Pop) from albums like Ma yhem\, Born This Way\, Chromatica\, and more! Atlanta's best drag performe rs will make sure you brunch with a smile! Gaga inspired lewks are encoura ged!\nTicket URL: https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/lady-gaga-drag-brun ch-rpjj1h LAST-MODIFIED:20260805T000729Z LOCATION:City Winery Atlanta\, 650 North Ave NE\, Atlanta\, 30308\, US URL:https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/lady-gaga-drag-brunch-rpjj1h?utm_ source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City Winery Events X-SOURCE-URL:https://citywinery.com/atlanta/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Maroon Tigers Football Schedule 2026 DTSTART:20260926T170000Z DTEND:20260926T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T210101Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53745414939485 CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Get ready to cheer on the Morehouse College Maroon Tigers thro ughout the 2026 football season! From the season-opening Natural State Ki ckoff Classic in Little Rock to the annual Morehouse-Tuskegee Classic and Homecoming at B.T. Harvey Stadium\, there are plenty of opportunities to s how your Maroon Tiger pride.\n\n2026 Schedule\n\nSaturday\, August 29 Univ ersity of Arkansas-Pine Bluff 7:00 p.m. ET War Memorial Stadium — Little Rock\, AR Natural State Kickoff Classic\n\nSaturday\, September 5 Clark A tlanta University 1:00 p.m. ET B.T. Harvey Stadium — Atlanta\, GA Home G ame (ATL Labor Day Classic)\n\nSaturday\, September 12 Central State Unive rsity 1:00 p.m. ET B.T. Harvey Stadium — Atlanta\, GA Home Game (Den of Honor)\n\nSaturday\, September 19 Lane College 5:00 p.m. ET Lane Field — Jackson\, TN Away Game\n\nSaturday\, September 26 Edward Waters Universit y 1:00 p.m. ET B.T. Harvey Stadium — Atlanta\, GA Home Game (Senior Day) \n\nSaturday\, October 3 Tuskegee University 7:00 p.m. ET Cramton Bowl — Montgomery\, AL Away Game (Morehouse-Tuskegee Football Classic)\n\nSaturd ay\, October 10 Savannah State University 1:00 p.m. ET B.T. Harvey Stadium — Atlanta\, GA Home Game (Homecoming)\n\nSaturday\, October 17 Howard U niversity 3:30 p.m. ET Greene Stadium — Washington\, DC Away Game\n\nSat urday\, October 24———Bye Week\n\nSaturday\, October 31 Allen Univers ity 2:00 p.m. ET Columbia\, SC Away Game\n\nSaturday\, November 7 Kentucky State University 1:00 p.m. ET Frankfort\, KY Away Game\n\nSaturday\, Nove mber 14 SIAC Championship Game TBD\n\nAll times are Eastern Time and are s ubject to change.\n\nHome games are played at B.T. Harvey Stadium on the M orehouse College campus in Atlanta.\n\nFor the latest game information\, t ickets\, and schedule updates\, visit the Morehouse Athletics football sch edule. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T210101Z URL:https://events.morehouse.edu/event/maroon-tigers-football-schedule?utm _source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Morehouse College Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://morehouse.edu/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PetSmart (Tucker) Dog Adoption Event DTSTART:20260926T180000Z DTEND:20260926T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260912T181622Z UID:38125-1790431200-1790438400@lifelineanimal.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Our goal with this page is to share the current shelter needs with our community in an ongoing way. We hope to update this page seasonal ly or more frequently as needed. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 2024 \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n Last year\, we reached a pivotal break ing point in terms of the number of animals housed in our care. We recogni zed the physical capacity limitations of our buildings and made a commitme nt to work towards humane housing solutions\, which means both the county shelters need to reduce the number of animals living in the buildings. Whi le we continue to face severe overcrowding into 2024\, we have worked hard to increase resources to help more pet owners and improve the quality of life for the animals in our care. We are continuing to adapt to the challe nges we’re facing\, including many systemic problems that contribute to the number of animals arriving in our care. We have collaborated with many supportive community members and leaders in pursuit of creating a safer a nd more humane shelter environment for all. There are no overnight solutio ns to drastically reduce our shelter populations\, but we continue to have hope that with your support and the strategies currently in place\, our c ommunity will help us get more animals into homes where they belong. Here is a brief update for all three LifeLine shelters\, including the unique c hallenges and the most important ways you can get involved. \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal ServicesDog Population: 506 | Opti mum Capacity: 475 \n \n \n \n Last year\, DeKalb Count y Animal Services reached peak numbers of dogs housed in the shelter durin g an outbreak of Canine Flu.. Because of an incredible response from our c ommunity\, we successfully saw the population drop down to 312 dogs. Becau se the need in our community is so great\, this number steadily rose back up to 500+ dogs and has remained in that range for months on end despite o ur best efforts. It is a near constant struggle to balance the amount of “noses in”\, pets arriving at the shelter\, with the amount of “nose s out” each week\, pets leaving. As an open intake municipal facility\, we do not turn away animals in need in Dekalb County\, no matter how much or little space we have in our kennels when we begin a new day. It is impo rtant that the community understands this distinction from other rescue or ganizations and is aware of ways they can help prevent lost or stray pets from ever having to enter the shelter. We need to create room for pets tha t have the most urgent need for our help. We must find a way to help more animals find homes and keep the shelter at a capacity that is humane for t he pets in our care. Heartbreaking space euthanasia decisions must be made weekly and overcrowding is putting more dogs at risk. Instead of focusing our at-risk dogs\, we are asking our community to focus efforts and resou rces on getting more of our highly-adoptable dogs out so that those animal s identified as most at risk (struggling in the shelter and exhibiting a v ariety of challenging behaviors) can get the time that they need to find a home. Any animal that leaves the building will help us reach our target o f decreasing the dog population to below a threshold of 475. This new proc ess includes daily population updates on the website and improved communic ations with our volunteers and community about how to best support dogs in need in our shelters. Even still\, 475 dogs housed in the building is les s than ideal. This is an incredible number of pets to care for daily. Whil e their basic needs are met\, quality of life deteriorates the longer they are housed in a shelter intended to be a temporary safety net. The lower we can keep that number\, the less dogs there will be at risk for illness\ , increased stress and euthanasia. In addition to these adjustments in com municating the ongoing need\, we have partnered with DeKalb County leaders on both short and long-term solutions that were announced last fall to he lp more pets in need: Increased funding for support to pets of DeKalb Coun ty residents including:A free monthly pet food bankFree spay/neuter surger ies through SNIP DeKalbFree vaccinations through LifeLine’s Mobile Clini cAdditional kennel space to provide more humane housing for the dogs curre ntly in our care:Plans have been approved to build new\, additional kennel s which will provide better housing for court case dogs who are in our car e long termProjected installation is September 2024We believe programs lik e these that make pet resources more accessible\, including affordable spa y/neuter surgery\, are the key to helping more pets stay out of the shelte rs and in homes where they belong. \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal ServicesDog Population: 419 | Optimum Capacity: 325 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n At the end of 2023\, we celebrated the grand opening of a brand new 40\,0 00 square foot shelter facility in Fulton County! With the opening of the new building\, we’ve fortunately seen improvement in all of these ways t o create a better environment for the teams and the animals as well as a b etter experience for visitors and supporters: Staff is less stressed. We h ave improved our ability to train\, onboard and implement new and efficien t processes.The building is easier to clean and has decreased the spread o f infectious disease.With separate kennel runs\, animals are less stressed or overwhelmed in the building and do not experience as high of stimulati on. It’s now easier to identify issues with dogs so we can work on getti ng them placed in a home more quickly.Visitors feel more welcome and have the ability to more easily spend time with individual animals. We have als o been able to increase the number of spay/neuter surgeries for our adopta ble animals and provide adopters\, fosters and rescue partners with better diagnostics for their pets with the new clinic.We have seen an increase i n the number of volunteers and hours spent with our team.We are able to ho st other shelters and bring more learning and collaborative opportunities to staff in-houseAt the same time\, we experienced a challenging transitio n as we worked to close the former facility\, adjust to the new set up\, a nd final projects and installations were wrapped up by the county. With th e new opening\, there was an uptick of stray or abandoned pets being broug ht to the new shelter. The shelter is a safe haven\, but can only be so te mporarily for pets in need of homes\, and we’ve seen the dog population quickly fill the building past its limits. Similarly to DeKalb County\, it has been difficult to balance the new intakes with finding outcomes for t he animals\, even in the wake of creative and successful adoption events. According to Animal Shelters Count’s recent annual report\, “In 2023\, 3% more dogs entered shelters than left\, resulting in an additional 107\ ,000 dogs in shelters at the end the year.” Fulton County Animal Service s is also an open intake municipal shelter facility and can’t simply “ stop” taking new animals in even when we’re overcapacity. Fortunately\ , we’ve also started 2024 with recent pawsitive media and exciting opera tional updates. The full-service clinic at Fulton County Animal Services i s now open for the public to make low-cost wellness appointments for their pets to receive the care they need! Additionally\, a Fulton County foster dog\, a pit mix now known as Miss Peaches\, has gone viral after being ad opted by celebrity and President of Barstool Sports\, Dave Portnoy. Miss P eaches’s story\, Dave’s choice to adopt and his initiative to raise fu nds for animal rescue has captured hearts nationwide. Lifesaving deserves to be trending so that we can keep up with the influx of dogs in need. We hope others will follow in his footsteps!  \n \n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal CenterDog Population: 119 | Optimum Capacity: 80 \n \n \n \n The incredible dedication of the team at our LifeLine Community Animal Center cannot be overlooked. Our county s helter facilities tend to take the spotlight in the news and on social med ia because of the massive number of pets that come through their doors\, b ut the Community Animal Center is always working quietly in the background to help the county operations. When the county shelters are over capacity \, so is this facility to keep up with the need. Not only do they consiste ntly take in pets from our county shelters and other rural facilities\, bu t\, when there is a neglect or hoarding case being investigated\, this loc ation takes in dozens of pets when they have nowhere else to go. As we ent er the warmer months of summer\, the Community Animal Center is also const antly preparing to help with the large numbers of kittens and puppies that are in need. Maintaining a full staff at this location is critical to its function. If you’re interested in joining our team full-time\, or even as a volunteer\, our Community Animal Center would love to have you! \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A National Crisis \n \n \n \n In conversations wit h other rescue organizations and in a review of data over the past few yea rs\, we’ve learned that these challenges are not unique to LifeLine or t he city of Atlanta. For the fourth year in a row\, we are faced with a “ new normal” in animal sheltering. According to the report\, “A total o f 900\,000 animals have entered and lingered in our nation’s shelters an d rescues since January 2021. This surplus is on top of the population alr eady residing within organizations\, resulting in an ongoing capacity cris is.” “The number of animals entering shelters through community intake s in 2023 remained roughly the same as 2022 at 6.5 million\, with intakes nearly evenly split between dogs and cats.” Compared to a national decre ase of 3.2% in intakes between 2019 and 2023\, our community intakes throu gh the Fulton and DeKalb County shelters decreased 6.89% from 2019 to 2023 . But\, intakes increased by 14.5% from 2022 to 2023. Even in the wake of these higher intake numbers\, we have been able to rally our community and find an incredible number of homes in 2023 compared to previous years. “While 2.2 million dogs were adopted in 2023\, dog adoptions are still 5 % lower than in 2019 (-108\,000 dogs adopted).” At LifeLine\, our overal l pet adoptions were only down by 1.92% in 2023 compared to 2019\, and ado ptions were higher in 2023 compared to 2018\, 2020\, 2021 and 2022. We are frequently partnering with more organizations who want to help and who ar e spreading the word that adopting is the way to go when searching for a n ew pet. For full shelter statistics across our organization\, please visit www.shelteranimalscount.org/stats. \n \n \n \n In Su mmary \n \n \n \n The animals in our city need help. W hile donations are the foundation for our work in the community and allow us to help more pets get the care they need\, donations don’t create mor e available kennel space. We need your help in getting more pets adopted o r fostered. We need the community’s help in getting more lost pets back home. We need our community to know about available resources for food\, v eterinary care\, and affordable spay/neuter options. Together\, we can sav e these lives and help the animals who need us most. \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Octob er 2023 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Message To Our C ommunity \n \n \n \n We are in the midst of an ongoing crisis affecting city and county animal shelters across the country. Time s are extremely difficult for the animals housed in our shelters and the s taff and volunteers who care for them. We have frequently reported on the conditions of our shelters and how desperate we are to get hundreds of ani mals into homes. We hear the distress and complaints about the overcrowdin g from our volunteers\, fosters\, and community\; we experience the condit ions daily\; we see the news articles written and segments being broadcast on television and radio\; we feel and share your frustration and heartbre ak. We are heartbroken\, too. Let us express to you in no uncertain terms: the current conditions in our shelters are not humane or sustainable. We can and we must do better. We will exhaust all efforts to prioritize the h ealth and safety of both pets and people in our care. The balance of human ely sheltering a growing number of animals while giving each one the care and the time they deserve to be placed in a loving home is getting substan tially harder to achieve. The issues contributing to overcrowding primaril y are rooted in the community\, not the shelter\, and cannot be changed ov ernight. In the shelters\, we’ve reached a pivotal breaking point. We ha ve stretched the shelter capacity and resources to unsustainable limits wh ile hoping\, for too long now\, that there would be a turning point where more animals would leave these buildings than enter. But that has not happ ened this year and without homes to go to\, we must euthanize more dogs at both county shelters in order to reach and maintain safe and humane housi ng. There are many facets to the challenges we are currently facing and we will cover some of them in this blog. We also encourage you to check out two other blog posts that go into deeper detail on two important issues: T he No-Kill controversyThe Impact of Spay and Neuter (and other pressing qu estions) \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Are The Shelters So Overcrowded? \n \n \n \n We know there are a lot of questions around why this is happening. We are seeing a new reality\, a post-pandemic world\; E conomic challenges to families\, a lack of affordable and pet-friendly hou sing\, a national shortage of veterinarians\, a decrease in spay/neuter du ring the pandemic and a need for more accessible and affordable spay/neute r options\, a desire for specific breeds\, and a diminishing public capaci ty to help and home shelter animals are all taking a heartbreaking toll on the growing number of animals coming into LifeLine’s care. We have acce pted pets from families arriving at the shelter with all of their possessi ons in a U-haul and nowhere to turn for help. People newly arriving to the area are surrendering their dogs to the shelter because they are unable t o find affordable housing that will allow them to keep their companions.We are coming to terms with an untenable reality of the community relying on a singular shelter as the sole means of support for the growing number of animals at risk – animals who mostly were people’s pets and family me mbers at one time. Systemically\, the shelter alone cannot support the she er volume of need. Here Is A Look At Our Shelters In Crisis: \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 569Target Dog Capacity: 450 On Tuesday \, October 17th\, DeKalb County CEO\, Michael Thurmond\, visited DeKalb Co unty Animal Services. The following day\, he met with our CEO\, Rebecca Gu inn\, and other LifeLine leadership. Together\, LifeLine and DeKalb County leadership agreed that Dekalb County Animal Services must reduce the dog population at the shelter to 450 in 60 days and maintain the population at or below that number. They collaborated and decided on both short- and lo nger-term actions to help aid in this crisis including: Working with staff ing agencies for additional staff and support for cleaning.Deploying perso nnel from other divisions within LifeLine to assist with animal care\, man agement and training and restructuring staff schedules to ensure greater c overage\, particularly on weekends.Sadly\, increasing euthanasia rates if necessary and continuing to do so until we reduce the dog population to 45 0 or less. If we cannot increase lifesaving outcomes beyond the current ra te\, we will have to euthanize 9 animals each day\, or 63 animals each wee k.Constructing an overflow campus adjacent to the shelter\, designed to ho ld up to 120 additional dogs above the current target capacity and provide effective isolation areas\, to help alleviate the need for euthanasia for population control. This solution will take time to build\, staff and ope rate and until then we must get below 450 animals in the current building. Improving communications between DeKalb County’s Animal Services Enforce ment division and the shelter to more proactively address factors in the f ield that are causing animals to come into the shelter.Increasing support to fund access to veterinary care for DeKalb pet owners in need\, includin g subsidized and free spay/neuter\, and targeting areas of DeKalb County y ielding the highest number of animals impounded in the shelter.What it wil l take to change the situation most\, in the short-term\, is simply fewer dogs in the building. We are asking our community to help us achieve those target dog population numbers because\, without homes to go to\, dogs wil l be euthanized for space\, regardless of health and temperment. Please a dopt or foster a pet today. \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dog s: 357Sustainable Capacity for Dogs: 325 We’ve mentioned that there is h ope on the horizon in Fulton County in the form of a brand new shelter fac ility preparing to open before the end of the year. However\, this does no t change the fact that the current facility is in dire straits. On average \, 15 dogs are being euthanized for space each week. Each day\, 16 dogs en ter the facility. That’s\, on average\, 2 more dogs that come in than le ave. While some conditions will improve with the upcoming move to the new facility\, rising intake and overcrowding will not be solved entirely by t ransitioning from one building to another. Fulton County is in desperate n eed of adopters and fosters\, including Friendly Finders who are willing t o foster a lost or stray dog through its mandated stray hold (3 to 5 busin ess days total) instead of immediately dropping them at the shelter when f ound. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LifeLin e Midtown \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 105O ptimum Capacity for Dogs: 75 As an overflow facility\, for every dog adopt ed at LifeLine Midtown\, space opens up for another dog from the Fulton Co unty Animal Services. And\, because the shelter is smaller\, it is a less overwhelming experience for individuals to visit and bring home a pet. Ado pting a pet from LifeLine Midtown greatly supports the main Fulton County shelter. When the new Fulton shelter opens\, the Midtown facility will clo se and any dogs still there will have to move to the new shelter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 111 O ptimum Capacity for Dogs: 60  LifeLine’s Community Animal Center adopti on center was designed as an overflow facility for our county shelters. St aff and volunteers also provide pets with special medical or behavioral ch allenges more time and attention to meet those needs. For dogs\, the Commu nity Animal Center is the primary overflow facility for the DeKalb County shelter. Because it is also full\, our Community Animal Center is limited in serving these critical functions. Beyond just dogs\, our staff is also caring for the majority of our organization’s cats. This adoption center \, like our Midtown location\, offers a calmer environment that may be eas ier to visit. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We Cannot Do This Alone \n \n \n \n Two things can be true: we can be proud of what we’ve accomplished together as a community in 10 ye ars’ time AND acknowledge the ways LifeLine needs to improve and perseve re as an organization. We have committed ourselves to helping these animal s\, but we are limited now by a lack of space and resources\, as well as e xternal challenges in the communities we serve. We are also human and make mistakes. And\, most importantly\, we cannot do this alone. While we are pursuing all avenues toward long-term solutions\, in the short term\, we n eed a miracle. We need you. We are asking our community to please foster o r adopt a pet today. You will be truly saving a life. If you have question s about any topic in this blog and would like to reach out\, please email feedback@lifelineanimal.org or write to LifeLine Animal Project\, ATTN: Op erations 3180 Presidential Drive\, Atlanta\, GA 30340. Thank you\, Atlanta . For believing in our work and helping us save lives today and always. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n February 2023 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Hello\, friends and supporters.  We wanted to share some critical u pdates and news as we turn the page on 2022\, and enter 2023 in a much bet ter position to give our deserving animals the love and space they need to thrive. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In January\, on the heels of a Canine Flu outbreak\, we were faced with a grim reality and life or death decisions. After more than a year of being at critical capacity at our DeKalb County Animal Services sh elter\, we were left with the heartbreaking possibility of having to eutha nize animals for space. We had nearly 600 dogs in need of home (at just th is one shelter). We put out a plea for help in the Greater Atlanta area\, and in a mere 7 days\, 373 dogs from DeKalb and 556 dogs from all LifeLine shelters found new homes! We are forever grateful to the Atlanta communit y for their support in our darkest hour. This is what lifesaving looks lik e. By the end of January\, our Fulton County Animal Services had fewer tha n 300 animals for the first time in almost a year. But within days of hitt ing that milestone\, we were called in with law enforcement on a rescue ca se and brought more than 60 new impounded animals safely into our care. Ea ch of these animals requires space\, food and immediate medical care. Our Fulton shelter team was also tasked with running LifeLine Midtown\, our te mporary shelter that opened in early January during the Canine Flu outbrea k to divert intake and keep dogs healthy. While it helped contain that out break\, a new location strains precious resources and manpower\, which has been challenging due to staffing shortages. \n \n \n \n Number of Dogs in Need of Homes as of February 15th \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services: 343 in the shelter and 928 in foster hom es\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services: 339 in the shelter and 22 0 in foster homes\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal Center: 65 in t he shelter and 85 in foster homes\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n LifeLine Midtown: 82 in t he shelter\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The LifeLine Community Animal Center con tinues to aid in the efforts of freeing up space at our county shelters an d helping dogs clear their quarantine period from the Canine Flu outbreak. Recent staffing hires have provided much needed relief to our existing te ams. After the incredible number of adoptions at our DeKalb shelter\, ther e are many animals in need of spay/neuter procedures. The Community Animal Center has stepped in to help temporarily house animals awaiting surgery and ensure that pets don’t have to wait any longer than necessary to go home with new\, loving families. Fortunately\, while the dogs in our care have been a major media focus in 2023\, we have also happily seen a steady flow of cat adoptions at the Community Animal Center and have enough open cat housing space to prepare for a busy kitten season to start in the spr ing. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n It’s bee n a busy start to the new year. And\, while we are celebrating the wins\, the hard work isn’t over. Even though we successfully saved many lives\ , 20-40 dogs come into our county shelters every single day and they need your help to find their way home.  \n \n \n \n What We Need Most Now: \n \n \n \n Volunteers and new staff are urgently needed to keep this much-needed LifeLine Midtown shelter up and running\, as well as help at our other locations.We always need adopte rs and fosters to place more pets into homes where they belong.We need goo d Samaritans in our community to help lost pets make their way back home i nstead of to the shelter. Find out what to do if you should find a lost pe t.And\, if you can’t foster or adopt\, please consider making a donation .As always\, thank you for your critical support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 2022 Posts \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Novem ber\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n September\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n June\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n May\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n March\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n November 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n AN URGENT PLEA FROM OUR CEO TO THE CITY OF ATLANTA\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The current situation in our Atlanta animal shelters is dire. The animals in our care do not have the space they need\, or dese rve\, and we need your help. Our hard working teams are understaffed and w orking extreme overtime to ensure that kennels are clean\, bowls are full\ , and the pets in our shelters are well cared for. Our volunteers walk hun dreds of dogs a day. And it’s still not enough. We have teams covering r escue\, adoptions\, marketing\, volunteers\, and foster parents\, all work ing tirelessly to find homes and other ways Atlanta’s pets can get out o f the shelter. This is not the life our city’s animals deserve. This sta te our shelters are in is not sustainable for the pets nor the people who care for them. Animal shelters have never been\, and will never be\, the i deal solution for the animals. Atlanta\, we urgently need your help. Our a nimals are in desperate need of homes. Each of our shelters have exceeded capacity by the hundreds. DeKalb County Animal Services has nearly 600 dog s and over 50 cats in the building\, Fulton County Animal Services has alm ost 400 dogs in a building meant to hold 80. The more pets in our care\, t he harder it is to make sure they are living as comfortably as they deserv e during their time with us. We are meant to be a temporary refuge for pet s in need\, not a home. Pets cannot thrive here\, especially when there is an overwhelming amount of them. We know you’ve heard this plea before. And we hope you’ll hear it now. The situation is not improving. There ar e more animals in our care than ever and they really need your help. We ne ed your help. Adopt: Whether you’re looking for a calm couch potato\, wa lking partner\, or anything in between\, there are over 1\,000 deserving p ets waiting for you. Foster: If you have just two weeks to help a pet\, th at can make all of the difference. Sign up here.Donate: We need monetary d onations and supplies to continue caring for this many animals each day. Y ou can help by donating here or sending us much-needed items from our Amaz on wishlists. Help lost pets: Most pets are found within a mile of their h ome. If they come to a shelter\, their chances of being reunited greatly d eclines. If you find a pet\, follow these steps or become a friendly finde r. Spay/Neuter: Unlike humans\, dogs and cats give birth to 4-to-6 animals in one litter. Also\, dogs can give birth up to twice a year and cats up to 5 times a year! Because they can produce so many offspring each year\, it is important to spay/neuter your pet as soon as possible to reduce pet overpopulation. Learn more here about the benefits and how to book an appo intment with one of our Spay/Neuter clinics. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 202 2 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We wish we had bette r news to share\, but right now\, the shelters are still struggling. There is a lot of pressure right now on the county shelters to be the lifeline for more pets than the shelters have space to house. The reason for this o vercrowding is simple: more animals are coming in than are leaving. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In August\, we saw a total of 601 dogs adopted\, but 863 came in du ring that same time. That’s 262 more dogs entering our already full buil dings.  \nNumber of dogs that need homes: \n\n337 dogs in need at our Ful ton County shelter\n526 dogs in need at our DeKalb County shelter\n81 dogs in need at our Community Animal Center\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The situation is dir e. We are urging our communities in Fulton and DeKalb Counties to please n ot bring healthy pets they find straight to the shelter as first response. Please take a few steps in the first 48 hours to get lost pets back home where they belong. This does not mean pets will be without support in the community. Those injured or sick are always a top priority. We’re tryin g to make more space for those most in need. And\, we are also trying to f ind solutions for humans in emergency situations who have run out of optio ns. Here are a few things anyone can do to help during this crisis: Adopt a petFoster a pet. 200 emergency fosters are needed at our shelters right nowDonate to support pets in the shelterCollect newspaper\, towels and bla nkets to drop off at any locationCheck the shelter wishlist for items most in needHelp a neighbor who can’t keep their pet find a new home – her e’s howFollow our social channels and help us get the word out by sharin g posts from your preferred platform\, Facebook\, Instagram and Twitter.Wr ite an article in your local neighborhood paper about adopting/fostering s helter petsIf you find a lost pet\, fill out a found pet report\, follow t hese steps or become a friendly finder \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n June 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You are the next chapter in animal w elfare. \n \n \n \n Animal shelters have never been\, and will never be\, the ideal solution for the animals. They have always b een a flawed answer to a bigger community challenge of how to best help lo st\, stray and unwanted pets.  Across the nation\, all communities are fa cing the aftershocks of the pandemic. For animal shelters\, those challeng es include overpopulated and understaffed facilities\, higher intake and f ewer adopters\, and a substantial decrease in rescue transfer support. In Atlanta\, we’ve had to restrict intake at varying levels due to the seve re overcapacity status at both county shelters.  But over the last few ye ars\, and through the recent challenges\, we’ve begun to see how a criti cal shift\, and a different path forward\, can actually save the lives of the animals in our community without having animals languish in shelters. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Over 60% of the animals in a shelter are stray/lost pets. Imagine if the shelters d idn’t exist to collect all the lost and stray pets of a community. What if the community itself was able to help those pets find and reunite with their families?  63% of animals are found just a mile from their home (26 % are just a block away). If neighbors could reunite pets with their famil ies\, instead of bringing them to the shelter\, our shelters would always have space to help those with nowhere to go. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What if the community could help struggling neighbors rehome their pets instead of turning them over to a shelter? Wha t if more resources were spent on keeping pets and people together instead of housing pets in a crowded shelter? If we\, as a community\, could shif t the focus to support each other in creative and practical ways\, the she lters wouldn’t be overcrowded with lost pets missing their families\, or abandoned pets looking for new homes. There will always be a need for she lters to help animals in emergency situations and victims of animal cruelt y\, but the real safety net for pets is a caring community – neighbors h elping neighbors.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Especially now\, when the need continues to exceed available sh eltering resources\, we believe we must find more community-centric soluti ons by working together with pet-lovers and good samaritans to get more pe ts home where they belong.  LifeLine does not believe killing healthy and treatable pets to make more space in a shelter is ever the right answer. Population management through euthanasia has never worked. Reliance on eut hanasia constrains the development of lifesaving solutions\, and the resul ts are always tragic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n When faced with external pressure to euthanize healthy and treatabl e animals to create more shelter space last month\, we turned to our anima l-loving community and in one week found foster and adoptive homes for 300 + pets. Atlanta\, you are the ideal solution. With your help\, we can weav e together a new safety net for the animals in need. Whether you are a vet eran rescuer or new to animal welfare\, help us shift the response when we find lost and stray pets\, so that more pets can be returned to their hom es. If you hear of situations where people need help with a found pet\, he lp them find options\, contact friends to find a foster home and help canv as the neighborhood to reunite families. Share this page.If you read about someone needing to rehome a pet\, share these resources and ask your neig hbors and friends if anyone can help. The pet owner\, rather than the shel ter\, will be able to find the best match for a loved pet. If someone is missing a pet\, check the lost pet pages of our website to see if the pet ended up at the shelter.If you can’t adopt\, foster. If you can’t fost er\, donate. If you can’t donate\, volunteer. If you can’t volunteer\, become an ambassador and share information and resources. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Please continue to suppor t our county shelters. Know that the staff is making the best decisions fo r every individual animal and human who comes to our doors with the resour ces that are available.  \nPlease extend the benefit of the doubt to lear n more about decisions that are being made. The people who dedicate our li ves to help animals in the shelter are not perfect\, but we are doing thei r very best in every situation\, for every individual pet\, and we are wor king with very limited resources and the most challenging of circumstances .  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Right now\, we are at a pivotal moment to change the course of animal welfare and lif esaving in our city. Animals deserve to be in homes and people deserve the love of a pet. Will you join us in committing to turn to each other to fi nd ways to help the animals in your community? Are you in?  We are. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availabili ty ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n Metro Atlanta County Animal Shelters are Out of Space! \n \n \n \n The county shelters have reached peak capacity and no longer have kennel space to house dogs. Because of the sheer volume\, we have had to set up temporary crates to house new arrivals but this is n ot a sustainable or acceptable solution.  This year we have seen a declin e in adoptions by 14% and a 37% decline in the number of animals leaving w ith rescue partners (compared to 2019 pre-pandemic levels). We also saw a decline in the number of lost pets finding their families again. Not only are there more animals currently in the shelters\, but they are staying lo nger which impacts their physical and mental wellbeing.  We URGENTLY need help to place our medium to large dogs into homes so that the shelters do not have to face difficult life or death decisions. We currently need to find 250 homes for dogs living at the DeKalb shelter. The Fulton County an imal shelter is facing a similar situation and needs to find 150 homes thi s week.  Here’s what we are experiencing currently across metro Atlanta . \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb Coun ty Animal Services \n \n \n \n Today\, there are 560 d ogs in our DeKalb facility*. In May 2019\, prior to the pandemic the shelt er held 440 dogs. Fewer animals are leaving the shelter\, and animals are staying longer looking for homes. They’re waiting an average of 80 days at DeKalb County Animal Services. Due to this critical status\, Dekalb Cou nty and LifeLine Animal Project\, in conjunction with the Georgia Departme nt of Agriculture\, are enacting emergency only intake protocols. This mea ns the DeKalb shelter is only able to accept animals from emergency situat ions or in critical need (injured animals\, animals involved in bite cases or cruelty situations). DeKalb County Animal Enforcement will also enforc e these emergency protocols and will only respond to high priority calls. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n *As of May 25\, 2022\, with the help of our community\, the number of dogs housed at DeKalb County Animal Service s has decreased to 433. We are making slow\, but steady\, progress towards reducing the number of pets housed at the shelter to a more comfortable t hreshold of 320. However\, the situation remains critical and your continu ed help is needed to find homes for the pets in our care. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n There are currently 360  dogs in our Fulton facility**\, which was bui lt to house only 80 dogs. Dogs are waiting an average 40 days to be placed in a home\, which is longer than previous years and is very stressful for the animals. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n **As of May 25\, 2022\, thanks to our community’s help in response to an urgent plea for fosters and ad opters\, the number of dogs housed at Fulton County Animal Services has di pped below 300. Additionally\, a generous volunteer has pledged to sponsor 100 dog adoptions this May at Fulton County. We always want to provide hu mane housing for the animals in our care and at the levels we are experien cing\, that is extremely challenging. Our community’s continued help at this critical time is needed to find homes for the pets in our care. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Animal C enter \n \n \n \n Our Community Animal Center takes in pets from our county shelters to help alleviate space constraints. Right now\, the center is full and can only take in more dogs when dogs currentl y in our care are adopted or head to foster homes.  Last week\, 128 cats arrived from our DeKalb and Fulton shelters. If you are looking for a cat\ , there are many available at the LifeLine Community Animal Center. There are also over 100 dogs available for adoption at this location. \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n Let's save lives together. \n \n \n \n Please share this blog with your community and network to help more pets find the homes they deserve today. \n \n \n \n Ways to Help \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n March 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel spa ce\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangero usly full\n \n \n \n \n \n Crit ical Needs This Week: Adopters and Fosters \n \n \n \n This February\, we saw the highest intake levels on record for the mont h since LifeLine took over shelter management in 2013. Both of our county shelters are in the red zone for space availability!  As we continue to f ace a growing space crisis\, we turn our attention to the impact of crowdi ng and the shelter environment on the health of our pets. It is a common m isconception that pets may fare better in a shelter than in a home where t he pet parent has to leave daily for work or doesn’t have a yard. There is no place like a home when it comes to animals. Even with the incredible support of our staff and volunteers\, it is impossible to replicate the c alm and one-on-one attention a pet will receive in a home. Shelters\, part icularly at the capacity level we currently face\, can be loud and overwhe lming for many pets. Though they are safe and fed\, the close proximity to so many other pets can lead to a spread in medical conditions. Ultimately \, we see a deterioration of our pets the longer they spend in the shelter \, along with added strain for our veterinary teams.  Our goal is to see all of our pets find their way to a warm and loving home. We need help giv ing our shelter pets a break\, including taking them out for a day or a we ekend\, while they await the arrival of their new family. We immediately s ee an improvement in our pet’s health and happiness when they are in a h ome. Plus\, you can provide key insights on the dog or cat’s personality (which tends to shine beyond the shelter walls) to share with potential a dopters! We are facing a particular need for fosters for our pets that hav e medical needs\, are part of an ongoing court case\, and dogs that are la rger in size. To find out more and help give our pets a break\, check out our Foster page. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \n There ar e currently 471 dogs at DeKalb County Animal Services\, 253 MORE than the ideal number of dogs that should be housed in our shelter here and putting us in the RED ZONE!  The need for special care fosters is imperative. Ce rtain pets\, such as those that have just given birth\, are undergoing med ical treatment or are part of a court case\, deserve a quiet space and may need a little extra care. This can include receiving regular doses of med icine\, restricted or regulated exercise regimes or extra space to care fo r their puppies. It is important that they have a home where they can rela x\, heal and rest stress-free.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n The Fulton County Animal Services shelter is in the RED ZONE! There are 265 dogs in the shelter\, an alarming 115 dogs over the ideal number of 150. This means some runs have up to five dogs s haring a space. As a result\, the shelter is seeing an uptick in medical i ssues\, particularly contagious ailments like upper respiratory infections . \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n In Feb ruary 2022\, the LifeLine Community Animal Center brought in 222 pets to h elp create space at our two county shelters. 94 dogs and 84 cats are waiti ng for a place to call home\, with many more patiently waiting in foster h omes. Our animals are showing tremendous resilience\, but we need urgent h elp from our community to provide these precious pets with homes! Our miss ion remains\, as always\, to save the lives of all healthy and treatable a nimals. We appreciate the support of our community! \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n Help us save lives together! \n \n \n \n Share this blog with your community\, and help get mor e pets into homes today! \n \n \n \n Ways to Help \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n January 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n We are kicking off the new year with an unfamiliar sight for this time of the year: shelters that are stil l full from this summer. Shelter space is unfortunately\, yet typically\, limited during the summer months\, but this is the first time we have expe rienced such a continued strain on our shelter capacity and team. The numb er of animals coming in our doors has increased by 12% over last year whil e the number of dogs adopted has decreased. People are also struggling to care for their pets and have been facing evictions and other challenges. T his means more pets have been surrendered. Over the last two years\, we ha ve seen a 39% decline in the number of animals our rescue partners have be en able to help pull to safety\, largely due to factors resulting from the COVID pandemic. All of these challenges would be difficult alone but\, li ke so many others\, we are also facing severe labor shortages. We currentl y have 34 open positions across three locations\, which means we are missi ng 13% of our workforce. Between the staffing challenge and the number of staff who have been out sick due to the latest wave of the COVID-19 virus\ , we are struggling. Animal care is always our top priority. Our understaf fed teams and volunteers are working doubly hard to care for all the anima ls in need\, covering extra shifts and taking on additional responsibiliti es. In these times\, we must depend even more so on our community’s supp ort. By adopting\, donating\, volunteering\, helping lost animals back hom e and finding new homes for those alone in the shelter\, our community off ers real and sustained hope for the animals in our care. We are continuing to take in animals for emergency situations and for those who do not have any other options. Our Animal Service Officers and community support team s continue to provide resources\, including access to veterinary care and pet supplies\, pet lost and found assistance and self-rehoming options for animals in non-emergency situations. We always work with individuals faci ng financial hardship who need help for their pets. We often reduce or wai ve reclaim and surrender fees in the hopes of helping people and finding t he best outcomes for the animals. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \ n The ideal number of dogs that should be housed at DeKalb County Animal Services is 218. This allows us to house one dog per kennel with ac cess to both sides of the kennel. We are currently in the red zone with 48 0 dogs in the building. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n With Fulton County Animal Services being a smaller\, older building\, there is space to optimally house only 150 dogs. As of la st week\, there were 221 dogs in the shelter. This forces us to house mult iple dogs in most of the kennels. Not only does this make cleaning the she lter a logistical challenge\, but it means the environment is less than id eal for our animals. Our goal is to safely house a large population while mitigating risk of disease and shelter stress on the animals. If we had fe wer dogs in the building\, we could provide larger\, single kennels for 26 of our larger breed dogs\, who need individual housing\, and who are curr ently residing in smaller cages. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n In December 2021\, the LifeLine Community Animal C enter transferred in 170 pets from Fulton and DeKalb to help make space at the our two county shelters. We currently have 95 dogs and 102 cats looki ng for homes\, and even more are waiting to find families while they live in foster homes. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We believe space limitations alone are an unacceptable reason to euthani ze healthy and treatable animals. LifeLine has been able to achieve “no- kill\,”  saving 90% or more of all the animals who enter our shelters\, but we are only able to maintain this lifesaving achievement with the com munity’s support and advocacy. We know our community has the ability to provide the support needed to save precious lives.  Their lives depend on it. \n \n \n \n Make a difference today! \n \n \n \n Share this blog post with your community\, and help g et more pets into homes today. LAST-MODIFIED:20260912T181622Z URL:https://lifelineanimal.org/lifeline-events/petsmart-tucker-dog-adoptio n-event-5/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:LifeLine Animal Project X-SOURCE-URL:https://lifelineanimal.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Arabic Cooking: Maqlooba DTSTART:20260926T180000Z DTEND:20260926T203000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T193057Z UID:10041563-1790431200-1790440200@www.globalatlanta.com CATEGORIES:education,food DESCRIPTION:Maqlooba means “upside-down” in Arabic\, and this dish def initely has a little wow factor! \nIt’s a traditional Middle Eastern com fort food made with fragrant rice\, vegetables like eggplant\, potatoes\, or cauliflower\, and seasoned chicken. Everything cooks together\, so the rice soaks up all those delicious\, savory flavors. And then comes the fun part: the flip! Turn the whole pot upside down onto a platter and reveal all those beautiful layers. It’s impressive\, dramatic\, and always a li ttle exciting! \nDon’t worry if you’ve never made maqlooba before. The experienced instructor will make it easy\, approachable\, and fun to lear n\, guiding you through every step. And if your flip doesn’t come out pe rfectly the first time—no stress! The most important part is that it’s going to taste absolutely delicious. After all\, maqlooba is major comfor t food\, and a slightly imperfect flip just means you get to dig in sooner ! \nDownload flyer here. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T193057Z LOCATION:Alif Institute\, 3288 Marjan Drive\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30340\, Unite d States URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/event/arabic-cooking-maqlooba/?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Global Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/events/category/culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:AMIS Atlanta 48th Annual Welcome Reception for International Stude nts DTSTART:20260926T180000Z DTEND:20260926T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T193057Z UID:10041411-1790431200-1790442000@www.globalatlanta.com CATEGORIES:community,free,music DESCRIPTION:Join AMIS Atlanta for its 48th annual Welcome Reception\, welc oming international students and scholars from colleges and universities a cross metro Atlanta. \nHeld in an outdoor setting on Georgia Tech’s Midt own Atlanta campus\, this free\, community-wide event brings together inte rnational students and local friends for an evening of live music\, a cate red reception\, and new friends. \nThis community event is free! However\, any and all donations are welcome to support this event. Donate here. \nD ownload flyer here. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T193057Z LOCATION:CODA in Midtown\, 756 W Peachtree St NW\, Atlanta\, Georgia\, 303 08 URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/event/amis-atlanta-48th-annual-welcome-r eception-for-international-students/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ic s&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Global Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/events/category/culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fleet Races (2): 420-FS-L-O-S-SF-T-Y DTSTART:20260926T180000Z DTEND:20260926T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T201325Z UID:60t8rjkdimcold968ai5mpurvu@google.com CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Sailing Instructions:  AYC Fleet Races - 2025 Sailing Instru ctions Scheduled time is the WARNING for the first fleet.  Gather gun 30 minutes prior to warning (not required)Starting Order is typically based on the fastest fleet 1st followed by the 2nd fastest fleet\, etc.  This i s not a rule but typical practice and will be a the full discretion of the Race Committee including the possibility of combining select fleets into the same start.  Class Flags will designate the Fleet(s) to start. List o f Fleets: 4 - 420FS - Flying Scot L - Laser/ILCAO - OptiS - SnipeSF - Sun fishT - ThistleY - Y-Flyer LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T201325Z X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Yacht Club Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantayachtclub.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Oklahoma vs UGA Game-watching Party DTSTART:20260926T183000Z DTEND:20260926T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T183710Z UID:10001533-1790433000-1790449200@www.tuckerga.gov CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:We are once again hosting UGA football game-watching parties. Gametime is 3:30 p.m. and Tucker Town Green opens one hour before kickoff for patrons to begin setup. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T183710Z LOCATION:Tucker Town Green\, 4226 Railroad Avenue\, Tucker\, GA\, 30084\, United States URL:https://www.tuckerga.gov/events_list/oklahoma-vs-uga-game-watching-par ty/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Tucker\, GA\, Official City Website X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.tuckerga.gov END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Ice Cream Social Sponsored by National Charity League Azaleas DTSTART:20260926T190000Z DTEND:20260926T203000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T005354Z UID:10002999-1790434800-1790440200@shepherd.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Join us for an ice cream social in the 7th-floor Auditorium\, hosted by Shepherd Center’s Board of Visitors.This event is for current inpatients and their families/caregivers only. LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T005354Z LOCATION:Shepherd Center\, 2020 Peachtree Road NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://shepherd.org/event/ice-cream-social-sponsored-by-national-char ity-league-azaleas/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=at lanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Shepherd Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://shepherd.org/treatment/services-clinics/recreation-th erapy/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Weld ATL Permanent Jewelry DTSTART:20260926T190000Z DTEND:20260926T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T195050Z UID:10000247-1790434800-1790445600@stillfirebrewing.com CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Atlanta based permanent jewelry business specializing in creat ing custom every day jewelry. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T195050Z URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com/event/weld-atl-permanent-jewelry/?utm_sou rce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:StillFire Brewing X-SOURCE-URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Watch PAWty Presented by Boehringer Ingelheim DTSTART:20260926T193000Z DTEND:20260926T223000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T062508Z UID:10005387-1790436600-1790447400@batteryatl.com CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Join the ultimate pet-friendly Watch PAWty Presented by Boehri nger Ingelheim! \nBring your four-legged friends to the Georgia Power Pavi lion for a tail-wagging good time! Watch the Braves play against the Phill ies with your pup\, grab your chairs and kick back. \nEvent Highlights \n\ nBraves Game: Cheer on the Atlanta Braves on the Georgia Power Pavilion s creen!\nPet Boutique Shopping: Explore local pet boutiques and partners t o find goodies and services your pets will love.\nFree Dog Bandana when y ou RSVP (must be present to collect). While supplies last.\n\nDon’t miss out on this PAWsome event! Your furry friend will be over the moon! \nAll dogs in attendance must be leashed. Remember to bring your own comfy seat ing! \nRSVP for a bandana here! LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T062508Z LOCATION:The Plaza at Battery Atlanta\, 755 Battery Avenue Southeast\, Atl anta\, GA\, 30339\, United States URL:https://batteryatl.com/event/watch-pawty-presented-by-boehringer-ingel heim-9-26/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:BatteryATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://batteryatl.com/events-calendar/tag/live-music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:MEMBER OPENING: Songwriter Musician: Nashville Photography by Ed R ode DTSTART:20260926T200000Z DTEND:20260926T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T061815Z UID:10001622-1790438400-1790449200@boothmuseum.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Songwriter Musician: Nashville Photography by Ed Rode\nOn View September 26\, 2026 Through April 18\, 2027\nMEMBER OPENING: September 26 \, 2026 \nThe Booth Western Art Museum is pleased to present Songwriter M usician: Nashville Photography by Ed Rode\, a compelling photographic exh ibition celebrating the people behind America’s most influential songs. Over thirty years in the making\, this exhibition features fifty-one photo graphs of songwriters\, players\, and singers\, spanning generations\, gen res\, and levels of fame. \nMembers and Not-Yet-Members are invited to joi n the Booth Museum on September 26\, 2026 for an exclusive Opening for Son gwriter Musician: Nashville Photography by Ed Rode. Attendees have the op tion to register for a 4:00 PM gallery walk (Picturing America Gallery) fi rst and reception at 4:45 PM (Eaton Atrium) or a 4:00 PM reception and 4:4 5 PM gallery walk. At 5:30 PM all members are invited to the Bergman Theat re for a special 90-minute live program featuring photographer Ed Rode and acclaimed songwriters Tony Arata and Kent Blazy\, for an evening of story telling and music that brings the photography to life. Registration is req uired. \nMembers: FREE\nNot-Yet-Members: $20 per person \nMEMBER REGISTRAT ION:\n4:00 PM Gallery Walk | 4:45 PM Reception\n4:00 PM Reception | 4:45 P M Gallery Walk \nNON-MEMBER REGISTRATION: \n4:00 PM Gallery Walk | 4:45 P M Reception\n4:00 PM Reception | 4:45 PM Gallery Walk \n  \n© Ed Rode\,  Willie Nelson\, 1995\, Archival pigment print\, 20 x 20”\, Image cour tesy of Ed Rode LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T061815Z LOCATION:Booth Western Art Museum\, 501 N Museum Dr\, Cartersville\, GA\, 30120\, United States URL:https://boothmuseum.org/event/member-opening-songwriter-musician-nashv ille-photography-by-ed-rode/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_ca mpaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Booth Western Art Museum X-SOURCE-URL:https://boothmuseum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Link Up Cruise-In DTSTART:20260926T200000Z DTEND:20260927T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T001644Z UID:14465-1790438400-1790452800@shiftatlanta.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Hosted By: Turning Headz Crew & 478 Alliance Monthly Cruise-In \nDate: Friday\, September 26 \nTime: 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM \nLocation:Bull dogs Bar & Grill3750 Bloomfield Village businesses.* No unnecessary burnou ts\, donuts\, or reckless clean.* Be respectful to attendees\, staff\, and law continue. \n👤 Age Requirement \n18+ (as indicated on the flyer) \n 🔥 Why Attend? \nWhether you’re bringing your own ride or just love ca rs\, The Link Up is designed to unite enthusiasts from every corner of the automotive world. From slammed Euros and JDM builds to lifted trucks\, Am erican muscle\, classics\, and motorcycles\, everyone is welcome. It’s a ll about good conversations\, clean builds\, and strengthening the Middle Georgia car LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T001644Z LOCATION:Bulldogs Bar & Grill URL:https://shiftatlanta.org/atlanta-car-event/the-link-up-cruise-in/?utm_ source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:ShiftAtlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://shiftatlanta.org/atlanta-car-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Moshin Hearts Charity Car Show DTSTART:20260926T200000Z DTEND:20260927T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T001644Z UID:14659-1790438400-1790452800@shiftatlanta.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:🚨 SAVE THE DATE! 🚨 \nSomething BIG is coming to Mosh Pit Plaza! 🏁🔥 Join us September 26th for the Moshin’ Hearts Charity C ar Show benefiting Jason Parrish. ❤️ \n🏎️ All makes & models welc ome👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Fun for the whole family📍 250 Bobby Jones Exp.\, Martinez\, GA \nTag your favorite car enthusiast and help us spread the word! We can’t wait to see everyone there. 🖤🚗 LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T001644Z LOCATION:Mosh Pit Plaza & Event Center URL:https://shiftatlanta.org/atlanta-car-event/moshin-hearts-charity-car-s how/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:ShiftAtlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://shiftatlanta.org/atlanta-car-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Afterwords: Carmela Full of Wishes DTSTART:20260926T203000Z DTEND:20260926T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T201048Z UID:10001626-1790436600-1790442000@www.alliancetheatre.org CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, SEP 26\, 3:30 PM // Performance of Carmela Full of Wishes\nPost-Show Discussion on the Goizueta Stage for Youth and Families \nJoin us for a post-show discussion with the cast of Carmela Full of Wish es. Afterwords discussions are free for ticket holders. No RSVP required. \nGet Show Tickets LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T201048Z LOCATION:Coca-Cola Stage\, 1280 Peachtree St NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, U nited States URL:https://www.alliancetheatre.org/event/afterwords-carmela-sep-26/?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Alliance Theatre X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.alliancetheatre.org/content/shows-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sign Interpreted Performance: Carmela Full of Wishes DTSTART:20260926T203000Z DTEND:20260926T223000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T201048Z UID:10001631-1790436600-1790443800@www.alliancetheatre.org CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, SEP 26 // 3:30 PM\nOn the Goizueta Stage for Youth & Families \nJoin us for a sign-interpreted performance of Carmela Full of Wishes! \nShow Tickets: $10 child / $20 adult. Use promo code SIGN27 at checkout. \nASL Interpretation will be provided by FingersCrossed INC. Lea rn more about interpreted performances. \nGet Show Tickets \nPerformances of Carmela Full of Wishes run on the Goizueta Stage for Youth & Families S eptember 1 through 27\, 2026 – learn more. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T201048Z LOCATION:Goizueta Stage for Youth & Families\, 1280 Peachtree Street NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://www.alliancetheatre.org/event/sign-interpreted-performance-car mela-full-of-wishes/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=a tlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Alliance Theatre X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.alliancetheatre.org/content/shows-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Opening Night Reception DTSTART:20260926T210000Z DTEND:20260926T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T202423Z UID:11310-1790445600-1790452800@mariettacobbartmuseum.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Featuring artwork by Bronislaw Bak\, Alexander Berdysheff\, Ga ry Chapman\, Larkin Ford\, Vladimir Kush\, and Carlos Solis.Surrealism was a cultural movement in the early 20th century known for mixing fantasy an d dreams with reality. Surrealist art and literature over the past century have explored distant\, obscured\, or tainted realities\, endeavoring to reach into and uncover the unconscious parts of the mind through creative expression.In this group exhibition of six artists\, MCMA explores the use of surreal imagery and processes with a selection of paintings. This exhi bition will allow guests the opportunity to examine how and why artists ha ve continued\, even to this day\, to create representations of distorted r ealities that can be seen as bizarrely whimsical\, but also eerily bleak. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T202423Z URL:https://mariettacobbartmuseum.org/event/opening-night-reception-4?utm_ source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Marietta Cobb Museum of Art X-SOURCE-URL:https://mariettacobbartmuseum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Best of Atlanta Comedy Showcase - Saturday September 26 at 5:30PM DTSTART:20260926T213000Z DTEND:20260926T223000Z DTSTAMP:20260907T060944Z UID:10001804-1790443800-1790447400@laughingskulllounge.com CATEGORIES:comedy LAST-MODIFIED:20260907T060944Z LOCATION:Laughing Skull Lounge\, 878 Peachtree Street\, Atlanta\, GA\, 303 09\, United States URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com/event/best-of-atlanta-comedy-showcase- saturday-september-26-2026-at-530pm/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ic s&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Laughing Skull Lounge X-SOURCE-URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Chico Bean DTSTART:20260926T220000Z DTEND:20260927T033000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T170243Z UID:69ab7f277c26351d39ed2064 CATEGORIES:comedy DESCRIPTION:City Winery Atlanta presents Chico Bean live on September 25th and 26th at 6pm and 9:30pm! View all Chico Bean shows --> Hailing fro m Washington D.C. and known as 1⁄3 of the 85 South Show\, Chico Bean kno ws how to deliver a well-executed joke. Born Anthony Bean\, Chico Bean has the uncanny ability to memorize almost instantly the words to an old song or create a new quirky jingle on the spot. Chico contributed his skills t o the long-running sketch-variety television show "Wild N'Out" hosted week ly by Nick Cannon and helped catapult the show to high viewership. Other c redits include the Freestyle Funny Comedy Show and MTV 2's Guy Court. Mor e recently\, you can see Chico Bean on set with the entire 85 South Show c racking jokes and speaking on topics that matter. Writing and acting are o ther talents that Chico Bean showcases throughout his career\, and more re cently on E! His myriad of skills and "comedic improvisation" is what keep s the fans coming back for more. If you are looking for a fresh\, funny\, relative\, and stand out comedian\, look no further than Chico Bean.\nTick et URL: https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/chico-bean-hljom6 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170243Z LOCATION:City Winery Atlanta\, 650 North Ave NE\, Atlanta\, 30308\, US URL:https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/chico-bean-hljom6?utm_source=cald iscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City Winery Events X-SOURCE-URL:https://citywinery.com/atlanta/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:NRIStories 2026: Live Storytelling\, Entertainment\, Dinner & Netw orking DTSTART:20260926T220000Z DTEND:20260926T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T193101Z UID:10041518-1790445600-1790451000@www.globalatlanta.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:NRIStories 2026 brings together extraordinary people who will step into the spotlight to share the experiences that shaped them at their core. Intimate\, powerful\, and deeply human\, these are stories of the c hoices\, challenges\, and turning points that change the course of a life and make us who we are. \nFeatured Speakers: \n\nDr. K.M. Venkat Narayan: Emory professor\, internationally recognized diabetes expert and elected m ember of the U.S. National Academy of Medicine. Dr. Venkat Narayan steps b eyond the accolades to share the people\, experiences and choices that sha ped who he is today.\nAbhijeet Singh: Founder and CEO of TechSera\, a glob al technology company that creates opportunities for hundreds of professio nals. Abhijeet Singh shares the immigrant journey behind the success—and what it took to build a dream from the ground up.\nStephanie Fraser: Adop ted from India at age three and raised in New York\, Stephanie Fraser spen t a lifetime moving forward while questions about where she came from rema ined. Now\, DNA discoveries and newfound biological relatives are leading her back to India in search of her roots—and a part of herself she is on ly beginning to know.\nBhavya Jha Chaudhary: Atlanta immigration attorney who has spent years helping people navigate some of the most uncertain mom ents of their lives. At NRIStories\, she steps out from behind the profess ional résumé to share her own deeply personal story of what it means to begin again.\nAnurag Sharma: For nearly three decades\, Anurag Sharma buil t a successful career in technology while pursuing an increasingly powerfu l calling to Kathak\, eventually studying under the legendary Pandit Birju Maharaj. Now founder and artistic director of KalashramUSA\, he shares wh at happened when the life he had built gave way to the life he felt meant to live.\nMalika Jiwani: Came to Atlanta from Mumbai in 2014\, built a lif e here and raised her children largely as a single mother. After a strange r chased her car through Alpharetta earlier this month\, she shares what i t means to suddenly fear for your safety on the roads of the place you cal l home.\nAastha Shastri: A devastating car accident in Mexico took Aastha Shastri’s husband and left her with 19 injuries and an uncertain future. From her hospital bed\, the single mother made a promise about the life s he would give her young son—and that promise became the purpose that car ried them forward.\n\nDownload flyer here. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T193101Z LOCATION:Bliss Event and Banquet Hall\, 3170 Peachtree Pkwy\, Suwanee\, GA \, 30024\, United States URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/event/nristories-2026-live-storytelling- entertainment-dinner-networking/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&ut m_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Global Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/events/category/culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Julius Williams | 1st Show DTSTART:20260926T220000Z DTEND:20260927T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T193352Z UID:11347-1790449200-1790449200@stjamesliveatl.com CATEGORIES:music LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T193352Z LOCATION:St. James Live!\, 3220 Butner Rd #240\, Atlanta\, 30331 URL:https://stjamesliveatl.com/show/julius-williams-1st-show-2/?utm_source =caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:St. James Live! X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.stjamesliveatl.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Julius Williams | 2nd Show DTSTART:20260926T220000Z DTEND:20260926T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T193352Z UID:11920-1790460000-1790463600@stjamesliveatl.com CATEGORIES:music LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T193352Z LOCATION:St. James Live!\, 3220 Butner Rd #240\, Atlanta\, 30331 URL:https://stjamesliveatl.com/show/julius-williams-2nd-show-2/?utm_source =caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:St. James Live! X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.stjamesliveatl.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Garden of Eden Ball DTSTART:20260926T223000Z DTEND:20260927T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T005542Z UID:10008256-1790447400-1790447400@atlantabg.org CATEGORIES:dance,drink,food DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the Garden at its largest annual fundraising event w ith cocktails\, dinner and dancing. \n\n\n\n\nFor more information\, pleas e contact Norris Nelson at nnelson@atlantabg.org. \n\nLEARN MORE \n\nThe 2 026 Garden of Eden Ball is presented by Cox Enterprises\, Inc. LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T005542Z LOCATION:Atlanta Botanical Garden\, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/garden-of-eden-ball/?utm_source=caldisc overy&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Botanical Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/category/atlanta END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Latin Concert in Roswell: C.O.T. Band DTSTART:20260926T230000Z DTEND:20260927T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T193101Z UID:10041578-1790449200-1790456400@www.globalatlanta.com CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Atlanta’s hottest Latin band is coming to the Roswell Cultur al Arts Center\, and you do not want to miss it. Led by the legendary Will ie Ziavino\, C.O.T. Band kicks off our 2026 Viva Roswell celebration with music that will make you move. \nFrom the irresistible rhythms of salsa an d merengue to the smooth grooves of bachata and cumbia\, this band deliver s it all with passion\, energy\, and joy. Blending authentic Latin rhythms with crossover appeal through funk\, jazz\, and tropical favorites\, C.O. T. Band creates a sound that is impossible to resist. With soaring brass a nd infectious percussion\, this is music meant to be experienced live. Dri ving beats that sync directly to your pulse and create an atmosphere that is both exhilarating and unforgettable. \nCome ready to move\, celebrate\, and feel the music. ¡Puro fuego! LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T193101Z LOCATION:Roswell Cultural Arts Center\, 950 Forrest Street Roswell\, Rossw ell\, Georgia\, 30075\, United States URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/event/c-o-t-band/?utm_source=caldiscover y&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Global Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/events/category/culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sam Barber - The American Route Tour DTSTART:20260926T230000Z DTEND:20260927T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T204448Z UID:19574-1790449200-1790449200@atlantaconcertreviews.com CATEGORIES:music LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T204448Z LOCATION:Synovus Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park\, 4469 Stella Drive\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30327 URL:https://atlantaconcertreviews.com/event/sam-barber-the-american-route- tour/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Concert Reviews X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantaconcertreviews.com/concert-calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Castle Rat DTSTART:20260926T233000Z DTEND:20260927T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T204448Z UID:20238-1790451000-1790451000@atlantaconcertreviews.com CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Castle Rat is a Medieval Fantasy Heavy Metal band hailing fr om NYC\, led by “The Rat Queen\,” Riley Pinkerton\, on rhythm guitar and lead vocals. On her mission to expand and defend “The Realm” from those who seek to destroy it\, The Rat Queen is joined by “The Count ” (Franco Vittore)\, on lead guitar and backing vocals\; “The Plague D octor” (Charley Ruddell)\, on bass\; and “The All-Seeing Druid” (Jos hua Strmic) on drums. Together they face the relentless wrath of their arc hnemesis: Death\, Herself — “The Rat Reaperess.” \nAlong their jou rney\, Castle Rat have played in support of Monolord (SE)\, Acid King ( CA)\, Green Lung (UK)\, and appeared at festivals included Desertfest NYC\ , RPM Fest and Hopsmoker\, among others. \nSince the band’s pre-plague i nception in October 2019\, Castle Rat have released their debut album\, “Into The Realm\,” with King Volume Records in April 2024\, which has racked up over one million Spotify streams and held the post as the #1 Be st-Selling Hard Rock/All Rock Album on Bandcamp upon its release. \nThe ba nd has cultivated a fiercely loyal following by curating a riveting\, inte ractive\, lore-laden live performance\, complete with a choreographed batt le scene\, recruiting fans who crave swords & sorcery\; stoner & doom\; ba ttle-babes & beasts\; Frazetta & Sabbath. \n2025 began with an explosive s tart. Castle Rat launched a record-breaking Kickstarter to fund their s econd album\, fully funding the campaign in just 37 minutes. The month-lon g fundraiser went on to be the most successful metal Kickstarter in over a decade\, closing out at $139K. Just days after the campaign\, the band en tered the studio to record their second album with producer Randall Dunn ( Sunn O)))\, Wolves in the Throne Room\, Björk). Following two sold-out to urs in late 2024\, the band undertook a headlining US tour in March 2025\, with a six-week stint in Europe featuring numerous festival appearances —including Desertfest\, Hellfest\, and Copenhell. \nCastle Rat’s seco nd full-length album arrives in September 2025. The album launch will be f ollowed by a two-month-long tour across the US and Europe. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T204448Z LOCATION:Masquerade – Heaven\, 50 Lower Alabama St\, Atlanta\, GA\, 3030 3 URL:https://atlantaconcertreviews.com/event/castle-rat/?utm_source=caldisc overy&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Concert Reviews X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantaconcertreviews.com/concert-calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Atlanta United FC - New York City FC DTSTART:20260926T233000Z DTEND:20260927T011500Z DTSTAMP:20260915T204603Z UID:w74NuCqax3fEVHv4U4EQyzm07bjfKIuvSmYLObko@maak-agenda.nl CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Calendar not up to date? Check https://fixtur.es/up-to-date?pa th=atlanta-united-fc\n\nSupport Fixtur.es via Buy Me a Coffee https://buym eacoffee.com/fixtures LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T204603Z LOCATION:Mercedes-Benz X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta United FC X-SOURCE-URL:https://fixtur.es/en/team/atlanta-united-fc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dueling Pianos at Park Bench DTSTART:20260926T233000Z DTEND:20260927T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T062508Z UID:10005587-1790451000-1790461800@batteryatl.com CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Join all the fun of the Park Bench rockin’ Dueling Pianos ex perience!  Groups\, celebrations\, parties\, and other occasions are welc omed and encouraged! \nAdmission to this entertaining show is No-Cover\, s o come anytime throughout the night. \nDoors Open:  3:00 pm \nShowtime: 7 :30 pm \nClick here for more information! LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T062508Z LOCATION:Park Bench\, 900 Battery Ave\, Ste 1060\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30339 URL:https://batteryatl.com/event/dueling-pianos-at-park-bench-3/?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:BatteryATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://batteryatl.com/events-calendar/tag/live-music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:THE CLASSIC IMPROV SHOW DTSTART:20260927T000000Z DTEND:20260927T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260816T061428Z UID:10003805-1790452800-1790458200@www.wholeworldtheatre.com CATEGORIES:comedy DESCRIPTION:Whole World Improv Theatre Presents: The Award-Winning Classic Improv Show! \n\n\n\nGet ready for an electrifying night of spontaneous l aughter with Atlanta’s best improv comedy! Whole World Improv Theatre\, your favorite little venue nestled in the vibrant Heart of Midtown\, Atl anta\, is thrilled to feature our award-winning improvisers every Friday a nd Saturday night. Prepare to be amazed as our quick-witted performers tra nsform your audience suggestions into side-splitting scenes\, unforgettab le characters\, and hilarious stories – all made up on the spot\, right before your eyes! \n\n\n\nARE YOU READY TO PLAY? Wanna pull an all-nighte r? 8pm ticket holders can purchase $10 tickets at the door for the 10pm sh ow the same night\, provided tickets are still available. This is an at-do or purchase only and is non-transferable. Upon your arrival\, let our Will Call attendant know you want to stay over for the 10pm and they will assi st you with the ticket purchase   \n\n\n\nThis show is intended for a mat ure audience and may contain adult language and contentThis show will cons ist of two sets. Show run time is @75-80 minutesSeating is GENERAL ADMISSI ON LAST-MODIFIED:20260816T061428Z LOCATION:Whole World Improv\, 1216 Spring St. NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://www.wholeworldtheatre.com/show/the-classic-improv-show/2026-09 -26/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Whole World Improv Theatre X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.wholeworldtheatre.com/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Radio 80s Band at Lou Sobh Amphitheater DTSTART:20260927T000000Z DTEND:20260927T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T120912Z UID:13899-1790452800-1790460000@www.cityofcumming.net CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Step back in time as Radio 80s Band takes the stage with a tot ally authentic tribute to one of the greatest decades of music! From synth -pop favorites to classic rock anthems\, Radio 80s delivers a more sophist icated concert experience. There are no costumes\, big wigs or garish gimm icks that are too often associated with 80’s cover bands. These are high ly accomplished musicians whose focus is on recreating the songs — and t he feelings we all had when we first heard them!\n\nYou’ll hear greatest hits by crowd favorites like Bon Jovi\, Journey and Prince\, but they als o go beyond the mainstream Top 10\, playing unexpected favorites that catc h people by surprise. We’re talking about music by artists like Queen\, Toto\, Mr. Mister\, Cutting Crew\, Howard Jones\, Christopher Cross\, Rich ard Marx and more!\n\nFall Concert Series at the Lou Sobh Amphitheater bro ught to you by The Providence Group.\n\nREMINDER: Free admission & free pa rking. No coolers\, outside food\, outside alcoholic beverages\, cans\, gl ass bottles\, or smoking allowed. Friendly dogs on leash are welcome! BYO lawn chairs or blankets to sit on. Tents are not allowed. To ensure the sa fety and enjoyment of our patrons\, it is required that all balls are stor ed away once the music starts. Any throwing or kicking of objects is stric tly prohibited during the show. LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T120912Z LOCATION:Cumming City Center\, 423 Canton Road\, Cumming\, GA\, 30040\, Un ited States URL:https://www.cityofcumming.net/event/radio-80s-band-at-lou-sobh-amphith eater?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of Cumming X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.cityofcumming.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Best of Atlanta Comedy Showcase - Saturday September 26 at 8:00PM DTSTART:20260927T000000Z DTEND:20260927T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260907T060944Z UID:10001807-1790452800-1790458200@laughingskulllounge.com CATEGORIES:comedy LAST-MODIFIED:20260907T060944Z LOCATION:Laughing Skull Lounge\, 878 Peachtree Street\, Atlanta\, GA\, 303 09\, United States URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com/event/best-of-atlanta-comedy-showcase- saturday-september-26-2026-at-800pm/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ic s&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Laughing Skull Lounge X-SOURCE-URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Luchsinger A Cappella Auditions DTSTART:20260927T000000Z DTEND:20260927T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260908T183537Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53892281348271 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Auditions for new members for Luchsingers!! Interested in sing ing? Considered joining LAC for the fall semester! LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T183537Z LOCATION:Presser Hall\, PR-Presser G-17 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/luchsinger-a-cappella-auditions? utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:College of Law Fall 2026 - Spring 2027 Clinic & Externship Applic ation Period DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260927 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260928 DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52922638423278 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Spring 2027 Clinic & Externship Application Period\n\nSeptembe r 16-30 2025\n\nThe application for Spring enrollment for all clinics and externships opens on Wednesday\, September 16th and closes on Wednesday\, September 30th at 11:59 p.m. To apply\, visit the Clinical Programs page o r the Externships page. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-college-of-law-fall-2025-spring -2026-clinic-externship-application-period?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_med ium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Withdrawal Period - Full Semester DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260927 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260928 DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52328748790717 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Withdrawal Period begins via PAWS at 8 a.m.\n\nWithdrawn c lasses appear on the official transcript with the grade of W or WF.\n\nFor detailed information on withdrawals\, refer to the "Revision of Class Sch edule" section of the University Catalog. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-classes-begin-mmii?utm_source=c aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Encore Acting Workshops: Carmela Full of Wishes DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260927 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260928 DTSTAMP:20260915T201048Z UID:10001649-1790467200-1790553599@www.alliancetheatre.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Carmela Full of Wishes\nSunday\, SEP 27 // Following the 2:00 PM & 4:30 PM Performances\n\n\n\nFollowing weekend performances of Carmela Full of Wishes\, audiences are invited to stay after the show for a FREE Encore Acting workshop! Step into the spotlight with an Alliance Theatre t eaching artist for a engaging workshop inspired by the show. This hands-on experience is open to all ages and perfect for curious performers of ever y level.*No workshops offered after shows with a talkback. \nGet Show Tic kets LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T201048Z LOCATION:Center Space URL:https://www.alliancetheatre.org/event/encore-acting-workshops-carmela- full-of-wishes-sep-27/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign =atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Alliance Theatre X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.alliancetheatre.org/content/shows-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SYML: Solo in North America DTSTART:20260927T000000Z DTEND:20260927T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T204448Z UID:19553-1790452800-1790452800@atlantaconcertreviews.com CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:SYML is the solo venture of Seattle artist Brian Fennell. Wels h for “simple”— he makes music that taps into the instincts that dri ve us to places of sanctuary\, whether that be a place or a person. \nFenn ell’s latest offering\, Nobody Lives Here\, marks his clearest\, crispes t writing. Written\, recorded\, and produced by him and his longtime colla borator Brian Eichelberger\, it is fueled by the keen understanding that l ife is a contradiction\, a fleeting moment. But as we accept the presence of loss\, we can still welcome others into our space with melody\, lyrics\ , a slide guitar\, or a cello’s hum. His sense of humanity is his musica l compass. As an artist\, Fennell takes license to both gut and be gutted. “If the dark inspires the good\, that’s a good thing to be honest abo ut\,” he says. \nHe released his self-titled debut album in 2019\, which includes the multiplatinum song “Where’s My Love” and the Gold Reco rd fan favorite “Girl.” His 2023 sophomore album\, The Day My Father D ied\, described by NPR as “euphoric\,” was recorded at Studio X with r enowned producer Phil Ek and features collaborations with Elbow’s Guy Ga rvey\, Lucius\, Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek\, and Charlotte Lawrence. His music has become the soundtrack to countless films and TV shows and was u sed by Lana Del Rey on the song “Paris\, TX\,” from her Grammy-nominat ed 2023 album. \nWith over four billion streams\, the multi-platinum artis t looks at grief\, loss\, mortality\, and the passing of time directly in the eye\, unwavering and harmonious. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T204448Z LOCATION:Variety Playhouse\, 1099 Euclid Avenue NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30307\ , United States URL:https://atlantaconcertreviews.com/event/syml-solo-in-north-america/?ut m_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Concert Reviews X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantaconcertreviews.com/concert-calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Red Light Green Light DTSTART:20260927T010000Z DTEND:20260927T060000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T122637Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53874564304803 CATEGORIES:gaming DESCRIPTION:RLGL- Come out and join ProBo at The Loft @ Center Stage!\n\nL ocation is The Loft @ Center Stage \n1374 W Peachtree St NW\, Atlanta\, GA 30309 LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T122637Z LOCATION:Campus Quads Patios & Parking Lots\, Main Loop Milton Candler Dri ve URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/red-light-green-light?utm_source =caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Silent Disco at Punch Bowl Social DTSTART:20260927T010000Z DTEND:20260927T033000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T062508Z UID:10005071-1790456400-1790465400@batteryatl.com CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Put your headphones on and let go of your inhibitions! \nPlug in\, tune out\, and dance! Join Punch Bowl Social as they kick off their m onthly silent disco\, where you choose the vibe. \nWhat to expect: \n\nDJs will be spinning on different channels – choose your own audio adventur e!\nGrab some headphones and choose between 3 stations to find your perfec t jam.\nSpots and headphones are limited so grab your tickets early and br ing your friends!\n\nGet ready to move and fuel your fun with their scratc h kitchen menu and their amazing drink offerings! \nClick here for more in formation! LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T062508Z LOCATION:Punch Bowl Social\, 875 Battery Ave SE Ste 720\, Atlanta\, Georgi a\, 30339\, United States URL:https://batteryatl.com/event/silent-disco-at-punch-bowl-social/2026-09 -26/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:BatteryATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://batteryatl.com/events-calendar/tag/live-music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Chico Bean DTSTART:20260927T013000Z DTEND:20260927T033000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T170243Z UID:69ab7ef03683e9166abb1509 CATEGORIES:comedy DESCRIPTION:City Winery Atlanta presents Chico Bean live on September 25th and 26th at 6pm and 9:30pm! View all Chico Bean shows --> Hailing fro m Washington D.C. and known as 1⁄3 of the 85 South Show\, Chico Bean kno ws how to deliver a well-executed joke. Born Anthony Bean\, Chico Bean has the uncanny ability to memorize almost instantly the words to an old song or create a new quirky jingle on the spot. Chico contributed his skills t o the long-running sketch-variety television show "Wild N'Out" hosted week ly by Nick Cannon and helped catapult the show to high viewership. Other c redits include the Freestyle Funny Comedy Show and MTV 2's Guy Court. Mor e recently\, you can see Chico Bean on set with the entire 85 South Show c racking jokes and speaking on topics that matter. Writing and acting are o ther talents that Chico Bean showcases throughout his career\, and more re cently on E! His myriad of skills and "comedic improvisation" is what keep s the fans coming back for more. If you are looking for a fresh\, funny\, relative\, and stand out comedian\, look no further than Chico Bean.\nTick et URL: https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/chico-bean-96ygqt LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170243Z LOCATION:City Winery Atlanta\, 650 North Ave NE\, Atlanta\, 30308\, US URL:https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/chico-bean-96ygqt?utm_source=cald iscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City Winery Events X-SOURCE-URL:https://citywinery.com/atlanta/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:After Dark at Punch Bowl Social DTSTART:20260927T013000Z DTEND:20260927T033000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T062508Z UID:10005561-1790458200-1790458200@batteryatl.com CATEGORIES:community,drink,music DESCRIPTION:Your late night is getting a refresh! Come hang every Saturday for After Dark! \nJoin us for Saturdays After Dark with DJs spinning all your favorite bangers\, incredible drink specials 🍹\, and throwback boa rd games! ✨ \nWhat you’ll get: \n🎧 Vibe out: Our DJ will be spinnin g the best tracks to bop & sing along to. \n🎟️ Hourly raffles: Win fu n prizes you won’t want to miss. \n♠️ Game on: Challenge your friend s to throwback board games. \nClick here for more information! LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T062508Z LOCATION:Punch Bowl Social\, 875 Battery Ave SE Ste 720\, Atlanta\, Georgi a\, 30339\, United States URL:https://batteryatl.com/event/after-dark-at-punch-bowl-social-2/?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:BatteryATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://batteryatl.com/events-calendar/tag/live-music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Red Light Green Light DTSTART:20260927T020000Z DTEND:20260927T060000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180352Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53379022647581 CATEGORIES:gaming DESCRIPTION:RLGL- Come out and join ProBo at The Loft @ Center Stage!\n\nL ocation is The Loft @ Center Stage \n1374 W Peachtree St NW\, Atlanta\, GA 30309 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180352Z LOCATION:Campus Quads Patios & Parking Lots\, Main Loop Milton Candler Dri ve URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/red-light-green-light?utm_source =caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PRIME TIME DTSTART:20260927T020000Z DTEND:20260927T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260816T061428Z UID:10004154-1790460000-1790463600@www.wholeworldtheatre.com CATEGORIES:comedy DESCRIPTION:Whole World Prime Time!It’s the golden age of the small scre en\, so flip the channel to Whole World Prime Time andwatch an hour block of non-stop improvised television\, where we’ll surf the channels of tv ’sgreatest programs. From soap operas to classic sitcoms to game shows and everything inbetween\, we perform it all for you live! Commercials inc luded.So\, come join us on Saturday’s at 10pm and just sit back\, relax and let us be your remote!Whole World Prime Time: improv and chill.  \n \n\n\nARE YOU READY TO PLAY? \n\n\n\nThis show is intended for mature audi ences and may contain adult themes and content This show will consist of one 60-minute set Seating is GENERAL ADMISSION LAST-MODIFIED:20260816T061428Z LOCATION:Whole World Improv\, 1216 Spring St. NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://www.wholeworldtheatre.com/show/prime-time/2026-09-26/?utm_sour ce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Whole World Improv Theatre X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.wholeworldtheatre.com/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Best of Atlanta Comedy Showcase - Saturday September 26 at 10:30PM DTSTART:20260927T023000Z DTEND:20260927T033000Z DTSTAMP:20260908T060934Z UID:10001810-1790461800-1790465400@laughingskulllounge.com CATEGORIES:comedy LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T060934Z LOCATION:Laughing Skull Lounge\, 878 Peachtree Street\, Atlanta\, GA\, 303 09\, United States URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com/event/best-of-atlanta-comedy-showcase- saturday-september-26-2026-at-1030pm/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=i cs&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Laughing Skull Lounge X-SOURCE-URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Panthers Commitment to Consent 2026-2027 Academic Year DTSTART:20260927T040000Z DTEND:20260928T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53547032021299 CATEGORIES:wellness DESCRIPTION:Take the Georgia State Commitment to Consent and help create a culture of respect\, communication\, and positive sexual wellness across our Panther community. \nConsent is enthusiastic\, communicated\, specific \, informed\, and reversible. It means making sure everyone is able and wi lling to participate\, communicating clearly\, respecting boundaries\, and understanding that anyone can change their mind at any time. \nHow it wor ks (less than 2 minutes!): \n\nRSVP to this event during the 2026–2027 a cademic year. \nShare your name and affirm your commitment to practicing t he Student Wellness Five Components of Consent in your sexual and intimate interactions. \nComplete the virtual commitment to demonstrate your suppo rt for a culture where consent\, communication\, and respect are valued. \ n\nYour attendance will be recorded in PIN\, making you eligible to earn P ounce Rewards and contribute toward your Health & Wellness Advocate proces s. \nTake a moment to make the commitment. Your participation helps promot e respect\, healthy communication\, safety\, and positive sexual wellness at Georgia State University. 🐾 \nLearn more about consent by registerin g for the Your Sexual Wellness Matters iCollege Course\n \n\nHosted by: B e Well Panthers Health & Wellness\n\nAdditional Information can be found a t: https://pin.gsu.edu/event/12526520 LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/yes-to-consent-panthers-pledge-2026-202 7-academic-year?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlant a-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sukkot with sukkah on the patio DTSTART:20260927T050000Z DTEND:20260928T035000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T123708Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53998494077868 CATEGORIES:holiday DESCRIPTION:Sukkot is a weeklong Jewish holiday that comes five days after Yom Kippur. Sukkot celebrates the gathering of the harvest and commemorat es the miraculous protection G‑d provided for the children of Israel whe n they left Egypt. We celebrate Sukkot by dwelling in a foliage-covered bo oth (known as a sukkah) and by taking the “Four Kinds” (arba minim)\, four special species of vegetation. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T123708Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL Butler Patio URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/sukkot-with-sukkah-on-the-patio? utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Extra CARicular Activity Car Show & Swap Meet DTSTART:20260927T110000Z DTEND:20260927T140000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T121630Z UID:13609-1790492400-1790503200@shiftatlanta.org CATEGORIES:community,market DESCRIPTION:Come join the Oaks Academy Students & Staff for the annual Ext ra CARicular Activity Car\, Bike\, Truck Show & Swap Meet held at the Cher okee County Schools of Innovation in Murphy\, NC Sunday September 27th 202 6 from 1-5pm. Tons of student made trophies will be presented and all the money raised goes towards the T-bucket project build and STEM projects. It ’s only $10 to register a vehicle\, $5 to register model cars\, and $20 for a swap meet spot. There’s Food Trucks\, Music\, & More!So come out t o one of the biggest car events in Cherokee County\, NC!To avoid the scamm ers we DON’T do pre LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T121630Z LOCATION:4700 East Hwy 64 Alt Murphy\, NC URL:https://shiftatlanta.org/atlanta-car-event/the-extra-caricular-activit y-car-show-swap-meet/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign= atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:ShiftAtlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://shiftatlanta.org/atlanta-car-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:String Band Jam Session DTSTART:20260927T121500Z DTEND:20260927T131500Z DTSTAMP:20260915T205941Z UID:7184-1790511300-1790514900@www.churchatponceandhighland.org CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Join us after service in the Selah Center (upstairs above the church offices) for an old-time Gospel string band jam session. \nWe play acoustic instruments and we aren’t very good. It’s awesome. Join in. \ nFor more information\, email colin.holtz@dhbc.org or click here. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T205941Z URL:https://www.churchatponceandhighland.org/event/old-time-gospel-jam/?ut m_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Church at Ponce & Highland X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.dhbc.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Practicing the Presence—A Course in Miracles with Michael Wilkin son–via Zoom DTSTART:20260927T124500Z DTEND:20260927T143000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T203106Z UID:10002936-1790498700-1790505000@unityatl.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Practicing the Presence—A Course in Miracles Weekly Group St udy Over Zoom\n \nA Course in Miracles aims at removing the blocks to the awareness of love’s presence. As the Introduction explains: “The oppos ite of love is fear\, but what is all-encompassing can have no opposite. T his course can therefore be summed up very simply in this way: Nothing rea l can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God. “ \nFacilitator: Michael Wilkinson  Sunday’s 9:00 – 10:30 AM\, EST (Optional meditation at 8:45) \nThis is an open and ongoing class.  All are welcome.  Drop-in any time.\nBooks can be ordered through The Wisdom Well-Unity Atlanta’s bookstore. \nNew people are very welcome to join!   If you are interested\, please email MWilkinson@leadstrat.com in order to receive the Zoom log-in information. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T203106Z LOCATION:Unity Atlanta Church\, 3597 Parkway Lane\, Peachtree Corners\, 30 092\, United States URL:https://unityatl.org/events/practicing-the-presence-a-course-in-miracl es-with-michael-wilkinson-via-zoom-2-2-2-2/2026-09-27/?utm_source=caldisco very&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Unity Atlanta Church X-SOURCE-URL:https://unityatl.org/events/congregational-care-team-training END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20260927T130000Z DTEND:20260927T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T210112Z UID:10011617-1790499600-1790514000@napc.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:MAC March Madness Donation Drive: Bar Soap and Body Wash. JOIN us as we collect Bar Soap and Body Wash for our neighborhood ministry par tner\, Midtown Assistance Center (MAC). We will collect them to help stock MAC’s food and sundries pantry\, March 1 through March 29. Midtown Assi stance Center (MAC) is a non-profit whose mission is to provide emergency assistance to low-income working Atlantans to help prevent homelessness an d hunger during periods of crisis. Donation bins are located in The Hospit ality Hall by the Connections Kiosk. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T210112Z LOCATION:North Avenue Presbyterian Church\, 607 Peachtree St\, Atlanta\, G A\, 30308\, United States URL:https://napc.org/event/6156/2026-09-27/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_me dium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:North Avenue Presbyterian X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.napc.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Pumpkin Patch DTSTART:20260927T130000Z DTEND:20260927T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T061357Z UID:10018890-1790499600-1790535600@thequestatlanta.com CATEGORIES:community,family DESCRIPTION:Fall is here and it’s time to get your pumpkins! They are a fun part of everyone’s celebration and make for great decorations. \nCom e check out some of the family fun we have including the ‘Singing Pumpki ns’\, photo ops\, and gifts for the kids. Come and decorate with a free pumpkin on Sunday afternoons. \nThe pumpkin patch is a Knights of Columbu s fundraiser. Located under the tent at the church parking lot. \nPrices s tart from $2 to $25 \nSeptember 26 – October 31\n11:00 a.m.- 7:00 p.m. – Weekdays\n9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. – Weekends LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T061357Z LOCATION:St. Brendan the Navigator Catholic Church\, 4633 Shiloh Rd.\, Cum ming\, GA\, 30040 URL:https://thequestatlanta.com/event/pumpkin-patch/2026-09-27/?utm_source =caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:The Quest Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://thequestatlanta.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Hoods Up! Weekend – From Stock Cars to Racecars DTSTART:20260927T140000Z DTEND:20260927T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260803T180017Z UID:10007607-1790503200-1790528400@savoymuseum.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us on September 25 – 27\, 2026\, as we raise the hoods on select vehicles from the temporary exhibit\, From Stock Cars to Racecars \nHoods Up! Weekend is supported in part by Courtyard Marriott\, Cartersville. LAST-MODIFIED:20260803T180017Z LOCATION:Savoy Automobile Museum\, 3 Savoy Lane\, Cartersville\, GA\, 3012 0\, United States URL:https://savoymuseum.org/event/hoods-up-weekend-from-stock-cars-to-race cars/2026-09-27/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlan ta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Savoy Automobile Museum X-SOURCE-URL:https://savoymuseum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PetSmart (Roswell) Dog Adoption Event DTSTART:20260927T140000Z DTEND:20260927T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260912T181622Z UID:38127-1790503200-1790510400@lifelineanimal.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Our goal with this page is to share the current shelter needs with our community in an ongoing way. We hope to update this page seasonal ly or more frequently as needed. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 2024 \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n Last year\, we reached a pivotal break ing point in terms of the number of animals housed in our care. We recogni zed the physical capacity limitations of our buildings and made a commitme nt to work towards humane housing solutions\, which means both the county shelters need to reduce the number of animals living in the buildings. Whi le we continue to face severe overcrowding into 2024\, we have worked hard to increase resources to help more pet owners and improve the quality of life for the animals in our care. We are continuing to adapt to the challe nges we’re facing\, including many systemic problems that contribute to the number of animals arriving in our care. We have collaborated with many supportive community members and leaders in pursuit of creating a safer a nd more humane shelter environment for all. There are no overnight solutio ns to drastically reduce our shelter populations\, but we continue to have hope that with your support and the strategies currently in place\, our c ommunity will help us get more animals into homes where they belong. Here is a brief update for all three LifeLine shelters\, including the unique c hallenges and the most important ways you can get involved. \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal ServicesDog Population: 506 | Opti mum Capacity: 475 \n \n \n \n Last year\, DeKalb Count y Animal Services reached peak numbers of dogs housed in the shelter durin g an outbreak of Canine Flu.. Because of an incredible response from our c ommunity\, we successfully saw the population drop down to 312 dogs. Becau se the need in our community is so great\, this number steadily rose back up to 500+ dogs and has remained in that range for months on end despite o ur best efforts. It is a near constant struggle to balance the amount of “noses in”\, pets arriving at the shelter\, with the amount of “nose s out” each week\, pets leaving. As an open intake municipal facility\, we do not turn away animals in need in Dekalb County\, no matter how much or little space we have in our kennels when we begin a new day. It is impo rtant that the community understands this distinction from other rescue or ganizations and is aware of ways they can help prevent lost or stray pets from ever having to enter the shelter. We need to create room for pets tha t have the most urgent need for our help. We must find a way to help more animals find homes and keep the shelter at a capacity that is humane for t he pets in our care. Heartbreaking space euthanasia decisions must be made weekly and overcrowding is putting more dogs at risk. Instead of focusing our at-risk dogs\, we are asking our community to focus efforts and resou rces on getting more of our highly-adoptable dogs out so that those animal s identified as most at risk (struggling in the shelter and exhibiting a v ariety of challenging behaviors) can get the time that they need to find a home. Any animal that leaves the building will help us reach our target o f decreasing the dog population to below a threshold of 475. This new proc ess includes daily population updates on the website and improved communic ations with our volunteers and community about how to best support dogs in need in our shelters. Even still\, 475 dogs housed in the building is les s than ideal. This is an incredible number of pets to care for daily. Whil e their basic needs are met\, quality of life deteriorates the longer they are housed in a shelter intended to be a temporary safety net. The lower we can keep that number\, the less dogs there will be at risk for illness\ , increased stress and euthanasia. In addition to these adjustments in com municating the ongoing need\, we have partnered with DeKalb County leaders on both short and long-term solutions that were announced last fall to he lp more pets in need: Increased funding for support to pets of DeKalb Coun ty residents including:A free monthly pet food bankFree spay/neuter surger ies through SNIP DeKalbFree vaccinations through LifeLine’s Mobile Clini cAdditional kennel space to provide more humane housing for the dogs curre ntly in our care:Plans have been approved to build new\, additional kennel s which will provide better housing for court case dogs who are in our car e long termProjected installation is September 2024We believe programs lik e these that make pet resources more accessible\, including affordable spa y/neuter surgery\, are the key to helping more pets stay out of the shelte rs and in homes where they belong. \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal ServicesDog Population: 419 | Optimum Capacity: 325 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n At the end of 2023\, we celebrated the grand opening of a brand new 40\,0 00 square foot shelter facility in Fulton County! With the opening of the new building\, we’ve fortunately seen improvement in all of these ways t o create a better environment for the teams and the animals as well as a b etter experience for visitors and supporters: Staff is less stressed. We h ave improved our ability to train\, onboard and implement new and efficien t processes.The building is easier to clean and has decreased the spread o f infectious disease.With separate kennel runs\, animals are less stressed or overwhelmed in the building and do not experience as high of stimulati on. It’s now easier to identify issues with dogs so we can work on getti ng them placed in a home more quickly.Visitors feel more welcome and have the ability to more easily spend time with individual animals. We have als o been able to increase the number of spay/neuter surgeries for our adopta ble animals and provide adopters\, fosters and rescue partners with better diagnostics for their pets with the new clinic.We have seen an increase i n the number of volunteers and hours spent with our team.We are able to ho st other shelters and bring more learning and collaborative opportunities to staff in-houseAt the same time\, we experienced a challenging transitio n as we worked to close the former facility\, adjust to the new set up\, a nd final projects and installations were wrapped up by the county. With th e new opening\, there was an uptick of stray or abandoned pets being broug ht to the new shelter. The shelter is a safe haven\, but can only be so te mporarily for pets in need of homes\, and we’ve seen the dog population quickly fill the building past its limits. Similarly to DeKalb County\, it has been difficult to balance the new intakes with finding outcomes for t he animals\, even in the wake of creative and successful adoption events. According to Animal Shelters Count’s recent annual report\, “In 2023\, 3% more dogs entered shelters than left\, resulting in an additional 107\ ,000 dogs in shelters at the end the year.” Fulton County Animal Service s is also an open intake municipal shelter facility and can’t simply “ stop” taking new animals in even when we’re overcapacity. Fortunately\ , we’ve also started 2024 with recent pawsitive media and exciting opera tional updates. The full-service clinic at Fulton County Animal Services i s now open for the public to make low-cost wellness appointments for their pets to receive the care they need! Additionally\, a Fulton County foster dog\, a pit mix now known as Miss Peaches\, has gone viral after being ad opted by celebrity and President of Barstool Sports\, Dave Portnoy. Miss P eaches’s story\, Dave’s choice to adopt and his initiative to raise fu nds for animal rescue has captured hearts nationwide. Lifesaving deserves to be trending so that we can keep up with the influx of dogs in need. We hope others will follow in his footsteps!  \n \n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal CenterDog Population: 119 | Optimum Capacity: 80 \n \n \n \n The incredible dedication of the team at our LifeLine Community Animal Center cannot be overlooked. Our county s helter facilities tend to take the spotlight in the news and on social med ia because of the massive number of pets that come through their doors\, b ut the Community Animal Center is always working quietly in the background to help the county operations. When the county shelters are over capacity \, so is this facility to keep up with the need. Not only do they consiste ntly take in pets from our county shelters and other rural facilities\, bu t\, when there is a neglect or hoarding case being investigated\, this loc ation takes in dozens of pets when they have nowhere else to go. As we ent er the warmer months of summer\, the Community Animal Center is also const antly preparing to help with the large numbers of kittens and puppies that are in need. Maintaining a full staff at this location is critical to its function. If you’re interested in joining our team full-time\, or even as a volunteer\, our Community Animal Center would love to have you! \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A National Crisis \n \n \n \n In conversations wit h other rescue organizations and in a review of data over the past few yea rs\, we’ve learned that these challenges are not unique to LifeLine or t he city of Atlanta. For the fourth year in a row\, we are faced with a “ new normal” in animal sheltering. According to the report\, “A total o f 900\,000 animals have entered and lingered in our nation’s shelters an d rescues since January 2021. This surplus is on top of the population alr eady residing within organizations\, resulting in an ongoing capacity cris is.” “The number of animals entering shelters through community intake s in 2023 remained roughly the same as 2022 at 6.5 million\, with intakes nearly evenly split between dogs and cats.” Compared to a national decre ase of 3.2% in intakes between 2019 and 2023\, our community intakes throu gh the Fulton and DeKalb County shelters decreased 6.89% from 2019 to 2023 . But\, intakes increased by 14.5% from 2022 to 2023. Even in the wake of these higher intake numbers\, we have been able to rally our community and find an incredible number of homes in 2023 compared to previous years. “While 2.2 million dogs were adopted in 2023\, dog adoptions are still 5 % lower than in 2019 (-108\,000 dogs adopted).” At LifeLine\, our overal l pet adoptions were only down by 1.92% in 2023 compared to 2019\, and ado ptions were higher in 2023 compared to 2018\, 2020\, 2021 and 2022. We are frequently partnering with more organizations who want to help and who ar e spreading the word that adopting is the way to go when searching for a n ew pet. For full shelter statistics across our organization\, please visit www.shelteranimalscount.org/stats. \n \n \n \n In Su mmary \n \n \n \n The animals in our city need help. W hile donations are the foundation for our work in the community and allow us to help more pets get the care they need\, donations don’t create mor e available kennel space. We need your help in getting more pets adopted o r fostered. We need the community’s help in getting more lost pets back home. We need our community to know about available resources for food\, v eterinary care\, and affordable spay/neuter options. Together\, we can sav e these lives and help the animals who need us most. \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Octob er 2023 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Message To Our C ommunity \n \n \n \n We are in the midst of an ongoing crisis affecting city and county animal shelters across the country. Time s are extremely difficult for the animals housed in our shelters and the s taff and volunteers who care for them. We have frequently reported on the conditions of our shelters and how desperate we are to get hundreds of ani mals into homes. We hear the distress and complaints about the overcrowdin g from our volunteers\, fosters\, and community\; we experience the condit ions daily\; we see the news articles written and segments being broadcast on television and radio\; we feel and share your frustration and heartbre ak. We are heartbroken\, too. Let us express to you in no uncertain terms: the current conditions in our shelters are not humane or sustainable. We can and we must do better. We will exhaust all efforts to prioritize the h ealth and safety of both pets and people in our care. The balance of human ely sheltering a growing number of animals while giving each one the care and the time they deserve to be placed in a loving home is getting substan tially harder to achieve. The issues contributing to overcrowding primaril y are rooted in the community\, not the shelter\, and cannot be changed ov ernight. In the shelters\, we’ve reached a pivotal breaking point. We ha ve stretched the shelter capacity and resources to unsustainable limits wh ile hoping\, for too long now\, that there would be a turning point where more animals would leave these buildings than enter. But that has not happ ened this year and without homes to go to\, we must euthanize more dogs at both county shelters in order to reach and maintain safe and humane housi ng. There are many facets to the challenges we are currently facing and we will cover some of them in this blog. We also encourage you to check out two other blog posts that go into deeper detail on two important issues: T he No-Kill controversyThe Impact of Spay and Neuter (and other pressing qu estions) \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Are The Shelters So Overcrowded? \n \n \n \n We know there are a lot of questions around why this is happening. We are seeing a new reality\, a post-pandemic world\; E conomic challenges to families\, a lack of affordable and pet-friendly hou sing\, a national shortage of veterinarians\, a decrease in spay/neuter du ring the pandemic and a need for more accessible and affordable spay/neute r options\, a desire for specific breeds\, and a diminishing public capaci ty to help and home shelter animals are all taking a heartbreaking toll on the growing number of animals coming into LifeLine’s care. We have acce pted pets from families arriving at the shelter with all of their possessi ons in a U-haul and nowhere to turn for help. People newly arriving to the area are surrendering their dogs to the shelter because they are unable t o find affordable housing that will allow them to keep their companions.We are coming to terms with an untenable reality of the community relying on a singular shelter as the sole means of support for the growing number of animals at risk – animals who mostly were people’s pets and family me mbers at one time. Systemically\, the shelter alone cannot support the she er volume of need. Here Is A Look At Our Shelters In Crisis: \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 569Target Dog Capacity: 450 On Tuesday \, October 17th\, DeKalb County CEO\, Michael Thurmond\, visited DeKalb Co unty Animal Services. The following day\, he met with our CEO\, Rebecca Gu inn\, and other LifeLine leadership. Together\, LifeLine and DeKalb County leadership agreed that Dekalb County Animal Services must reduce the dog population at the shelter to 450 in 60 days and maintain the population at or below that number. They collaborated and decided on both short- and lo nger-term actions to help aid in this crisis including: Working with staff ing agencies for additional staff and support for cleaning.Deploying perso nnel from other divisions within LifeLine to assist with animal care\, man agement and training and restructuring staff schedules to ensure greater c overage\, particularly on weekends.Sadly\, increasing euthanasia rates if necessary and continuing to do so until we reduce the dog population to 45 0 or less. If we cannot increase lifesaving outcomes beyond the current ra te\, we will have to euthanize 9 animals each day\, or 63 animals each wee k.Constructing an overflow campus adjacent to the shelter\, designed to ho ld up to 120 additional dogs above the current target capacity and provide effective isolation areas\, to help alleviate the need for euthanasia for population control. This solution will take time to build\, staff and ope rate and until then we must get below 450 animals in the current building. Improving communications between DeKalb County’s Animal Services Enforce ment division and the shelter to more proactively address factors in the f ield that are causing animals to come into the shelter.Increasing support to fund access to veterinary care for DeKalb pet owners in need\, includin g subsidized and free spay/neuter\, and targeting areas of DeKalb County y ielding the highest number of animals impounded in the shelter.What it wil l take to change the situation most\, in the short-term\, is simply fewer dogs in the building. We are asking our community to help us achieve those target dog population numbers because\, without homes to go to\, dogs wil l be euthanized for space\, regardless of health and temperment. Please a dopt or foster a pet today. \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dog s: 357Sustainable Capacity for Dogs: 325 We’ve mentioned that there is h ope on the horizon in Fulton County in the form of a brand new shelter fac ility preparing to open before the end of the year. However\, this does no t change the fact that the current facility is in dire straits. On average \, 15 dogs are being euthanized for space each week. Each day\, 16 dogs en ter the facility. That’s\, on average\, 2 more dogs that come in than le ave. While some conditions will improve with the upcoming move to the new facility\, rising intake and overcrowding will not be solved entirely by t ransitioning from one building to another. Fulton County is in desperate n eed of adopters and fosters\, including Friendly Finders who are willing t o foster a lost or stray dog through its mandated stray hold (3 to 5 busin ess days total) instead of immediately dropping them at the shelter when f ound. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LifeLin e Midtown \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 105O ptimum Capacity for Dogs: 75 As an overflow facility\, for every dog adopt ed at LifeLine Midtown\, space opens up for another dog from the Fulton Co unty Animal Services. And\, because the shelter is smaller\, it is a less overwhelming experience for individuals to visit and bring home a pet. Ado pting a pet from LifeLine Midtown greatly supports the main Fulton County shelter. When the new Fulton shelter opens\, the Midtown facility will clo se and any dogs still there will have to move to the new shelter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 111 O ptimum Capacity for Dogs: 60  LifeLine’s Community Animal Center adopti on center was designed as an overflow facility for our county shelters. St aff and volunteers also provide pets with special medical or behavioral ch allenges more time and attention to meet those needs. For dogs\, the Commu nity Animal Center is the primary overflow facility for the DeKalb County shelter. Because it is also full\, our Community Animal Center is limited in serving these critical functions. Beyond just dogs\, our staff is also caring for the majority of our organization’s cats. This adoption center \, like our Midtown location\, offers a calmer environment that may be eas ier to visit. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We Cannot Do This Alone \n \n \n \n Two things can be true: we can be proud of what we’ve accomplished together as a community in 10 ye ars’ time AND acknowledge the ways LifeLine needs to improve and perseve re as an organization. We have committed ourselves to helping these animal s\, but we are limited now by a lack of space and resources\, as well as e xternal challenges in the communities we serve. We are also human and make mistakes. And\, most importantly\, we cannot do this alone. While we are pursuing all avenues toward long-term solutions\, in the short term\, we n eed a miracle. We need you. We are asking our community to please foster o r adopt a pet today. You will be truly saving a life. If you have question s about any topic in this blog and would like to reach out\, please email feedback@lifelineanimal.org or write to LifeLine Animal Project\, ATTN: Op erations 3180 Presidential Drive\, Atlanta\, GA 30340. Thank you\, Atlanta . For believing in our work and helping us save lives today and always. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n February 2023 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Hello\, friends and supporters.  We wanted to share some critical u pdates and news as we turn the page on 2022\, and enter 2023 in a much bet ter position to give our deserving animals the love and space they need to thrive. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In January\, on the heels of a Canine Flu outbreak\, we were faced with a grim reality and life or death decisions. After more than a year of being at critical capacity at our DeKalb County Animal Services sh elter\, we were left with the heartbreaking possibility of having to eutha nize animals for space. We had nearly 600 dogs in need of home (at just th is one shelter). We put out a plea for help in the Greater Atlanta area\, and in a mere 7 days\, 373 dogs from DeKalb and 556 dogs from all LifeLine shelters found new homes! We are forever grateful to the Atlanta communit y for their support in our darkest hour. This is what lifesaving looks lik e. By the end of January\, our Fulton County Animal Services had fewer tha n 300 animals for the first time in almost a year. But within days of hitt ing that milestone\, we were called in with law enforcement on a rescue ca se and brought more than 60 new impounded animals safely into our care. Ea ch of these animals requires space\, food and immediate medical care. Our Fulton shelter team was also tasked with running LifeLine Midtown\, our te mporary shelter that opened in early January during the Canine Flu outbrea k to divert intake and keep dogs healthy. While it helped contain that out break\, a new location strains precious resources and manpower\, which has been challenging due to staffing shortages. \n \n \n \n Number of Dogs in Need of Homes as of February 15th \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services: 343 in the shelter and 928 in foster hom es\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services: 339 in the shelter and 22 0 in foster homes\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal Center: 65 in t he shelter and 85 in foster homes\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n LifeLine Midtown: 82 in t he shelter\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The LifeLine Community Animal Center con tinues to aid in the efforts of freeing up space at our county shelters an d helping dogs clear their quarantine period from the Canine Flu outbreak. Recent staffing hires have provided much needed relief to our existing te ams. After the incredible number of adoptions at our DeKalb shelter\, ther e are many animals in need of spay/neuter procedures. The Community Animal Center has stepped in to help temporarily house animals awaiting surgery and ensure that pets don’t have to wait any longer than necessary to go home with new\, loving families. Fortunately\, while the dogs in our care have been a major media focus in 2023\, we have also happily seen a steady flow of cat adoptions at the Community Animal Center and have enough open cat housing space to prepare for a busy kitten season to start in the spr ing. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n It’s bee n a busy start to the new year. And\, while we are celebrating the wins\, the hard work isn’t over. Even though we successfully saved many lives\ , 20-40 dogs come into our county shelters every single day and they need your help to find their way home.  \n \n \n \n What We Need Most Now: \n \n \n \n Volunteers and new staff are urgently needed to keep this much-needed LifeLine Midtown shelter up and running\, as well as help at our other locations.We always need adopte rs and fosters to place more pets into homes where they belong.We need goo d Samaritans in our community to help lost pets make their way back home i nstead of to the shelter. Find out what to do if you should find a lost pe t.And\, if you can’t foster or adopt\, please consider making a donation .As always\, thank you for your critical support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 2022 Posts \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Novem ber\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n September\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n June\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n May\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n March\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n November 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n AN URGENT PLEA FROM OUR CEO TO THE CITY OF ATLANTA\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The current situation in our Atlanta animal shelters is dire. The animals in our care do not have the space they need\, or dese rve\, and we need your help. Our hard working teams are understaffed and w orking extreme overtime to ensure that kennels are clean\, bowls are full\ , and the pets in our shelters are well cared for. Our volunteers walk hun dreds of dogs a day. And it’s still not enough. We have teams covering r escue\, adoptions\, marketing\, volunteers\, and foster parents\, all work ing tirelessly to find homes and other ways Atlanta’s pets can get out o f the shelter. This is not the life our city’s animals deserve. This sta te our shelters are in is not sustainable for the pets nor the people who care for them. Animal shelters have never been\, and will never be\, the i deal solution for the animals. Atlanta\, we urgently need your help. Our a nimals are in desperate need of homes. Each of our shelters have exceeded capacity by the hundreds. DeKalb County Animal Services has nearly 600 dog s and over 50 cats in the building\, Fulton County Animal Services has alm ost 400 dogs in a building meant to hold 80. The more pets in our care\, t he harder it is to make sure they are living as comfortably as they deserv e during their time with us. We are meant to be a temporary refuge for pet s in need\, not a home. Pets cannot thrive here\, especially when there is an overwhelming amount of them. We know you’ve heard this plea before. And we hope you’ll hear it now. The situation is not improving. There ar e more animals in our care than ever and they really need your help. We ne ed your help. Adopt: Whether you’re looking for a calm couch potato\, wa lking partner\, or anything in between\, there are over 1\,000 deserving p ets waiting for you. Foster: If you have just two weeks to help a pet\, th at can make all of the difference. Sign up here.Donate: We need monetary d onations and supplies to continue caring for this many animals each day. Y ou can help by donating here or sending us much-needed items from our Amaz on wishlists. Help lost pets: Most pets are found within a mile of their h ome. If they come to a shelter\, their chances of being reunited greatly d eclines. If you find a pet\, follow these steps or become a friendly finde r. Spay/Neuter: Unlike humans\, dogs and cats give birth to 4-to-6 animals in one litter. Also\, dogs can give birth up to twice a year and cats up to 5 times a year! Because they can produce so many offspring each year\, it is important to spay/neuter your pet as soon as possible to reduce pet overpopulation. Learn more here about the benefits and how to book an appo intment with one of our Spay/Neuter clinics. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 202 2 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We wish we had bette r news to share\, but right now\, the shelters are still struggling. There is a lot of pressure right now on the county shelters to be the lifeline for more pets than the shelters have space to house. The reason for this o vercrowding is simple: more animals are coming in than are leaving. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In August\, we saw a total of 601 dogs adopted\, but 863 came in du ring that same time. That’s 262 more dogs entering our already full buil dings.  \nNumber of dogs that need homes: \n\n337 dogs in need at our Ful ton County shelter\n526 dogs in need at our DeKalb County shelter\n81 dogs in need at our Community Animal Center\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The situation is dir e. We are urging our communities in Fulton and DeKalb Counties to please n ot bring healthy pets they find straight to the shelter as first response. Please take a few steps in the first 48 hours to get lost pets back home where they belong. This does not mean pets will be without support in the community. Those injured or sick are always a top priority. We’re tryin g to make more space for those most in need. And\, we are also trying to f ind solutions for humans in emergency situations who have run out of optio ns. Here are a few things anyone can do to help during this crisis: Adopt a petFoster a pet. 200 emergency fosters are needed at our shelters right nowDonate to support pets in the shelterCollect newspaper\, towels and bla nkets to drop off at any locationCheck the shelter wishlist for items most in needHelp a neighbor who can’t keep their pet find a new home – her e’s howFollow our social channels and help us get the word out by sharin g posts from your preferred platform\, Facebook\, Instagram and Twitter.Wr ite an article in your local neighborhood paper about adopting/fostering s helter petsIf you find a lost pet\, fill out a found pet report\, follow t hese steps or become a friendly finder \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n June 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You are the next chapter in animal w elfare. \n \n \n \n Animal shelters have never been\, and will never be\, the ideal solution for the animals. They have always b een a flawed answer to a bigger community challenge of how to best help lo st\, stray and unwanted pets.  Across the nation\, all communities are fa cing the aftershocks of the pandemic. For animal shelters\, those challeng es include overpopulated and understaffed facilities\, higher intake and f ewer adopters\, and a substantial decrease in rescue transfer support. In Atlanta\, we’ve had to restrict intake at varying levels due to the seve re overcapacity status at both county shelters.  But over the last few ye ars\, and through the recent challenges\, we’ve begun to see how a criti cal shift\, and a different path forward\, can actually save the lives of the animals in our community without having animals languish in shelters. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Over 60% of the animals in a shelter are stray/lost pets. Imagine if the shelters d idn’t exist to collect all the lost and stray pets of a community. What if the community itself was able to help those pets find and reunite with their families?  63% of animals are found just a mile from their home (26 % are just a block away). If neighbors could reunite pets with their famil ies\, instead of bringing them to the shelter\, our shelters would always have space to help those with nowhere to go. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What if the community could help struggling neighbors rehome their pets instead of turning them over to a shelter? Wha t if more resources were spent on keeping pets and people together instead of housing pets in a crowded shelter? If we\, as a community\, could shif t the focus to support each other in creative and practical ways\, the she lters wouldn’t be overcrowded with lost pets missing their families\, or abandoned pets looking for new homes. There will always be a need for she lters to help animals in emergency situations and victims of animal cruelt y\, but the real safety net for pets is a caring community – neighbors h elping neighbors.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Especially now\, when the need continues to exceed available sh eltering resources\, we believe we must find more community-centric soluti ons by working together with pet-lovers and good samaritans to get more pe ts home where they belong.  LifeLine does not believe killing healthy and treatable pets to make more space in a shelter is ever the right answer. Population management through euthanasia has never worked. Reliance on eut hanasia constrains the development of lifesaving solutions\, and the resul ts are always tragic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n When faced with external pressure to euthanize healthy and treatabl e animals to create more shelter space last month\, we turned to our anima l-loving community and in one week found foster and adoptive homes for 300 + pets. Atlanta\, you are the ideal solution. With your help\, we can weav e together a new safety net for the animals in need. Whether you are a vet eran rescuer or new to animal welfare\, help us shift the response when we find lost and stray pets\, so that more pets can be returned to their hom es. If you hear of situations where people need help with a found pet\, he lp them find options\, contact friends to find a foster home and help canv as the neighborhood to reunite families. Share this page.If you read about someone needing to rehome a pet\, share these resources and ask your neig hbors and friends if anyone can help. The pet owner\, rather than the shel ter\, will be able to find the best match for a loved pet. If someone is missing a pet\, check the lost pet pages of our website to see if the pet ended up at the shelter.If you can’t adopt\, foster. If you can’t fost er\, donate. If you can’t donate\, volunteer. If you can’t volunteer\, become an ambassador and share information and resources. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Please continue to suppor t our county shelters. Know that the staff is making the best decisions fo r every individual animal and human who comes to our doors with the resour ces that are available.  \nPlease extend the benefit of the doubt to lear n more about decisions that are being made. The people who dedicate our li ves to help animals in the shelter are not perfect\, but we are doing thei r very best in every situation\, for every individual pet\, and we are wor king with very limited resources and the most challenging of circumstances .  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Right now\, we are at a pivotal moment to change the course of animal welfare and lif esaving in our city. Animals deserve to be in homes and people deserve the love of a pet. Will you join us in committing to turn to each other to fi nd ways to help the animals in your community? Are you in?  We are. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availabili ty ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n Metro Atlanta County Animal Shelters are Out of Space! \n \n \n \n The county shelters have reached peak capacity and no longer have kennel space to house dogs. Because of the sheer volume\, we have had to set up temporary crates to house new arrivals but this is n ot a sustainable or acceptable solution.  This year we have seen a declin e in adoptions by 14% and a 37% decline in the number of animals leaving w ith rescue partners (compared to 2019 pre-pandemic levels). We also saw a decline in the number of lost pets finding their families again. Not only are there more animals currently in the shelters\, but they are staying lo nger which impacts their physical and mental wellbeing.  We URGENTLY need help to place our medium to large dogs into homes so that the shelters do not have to face difficult life or death decisions. We currently need to find 250 homes for dogs living at the DeKalb shelter. The Fulton County an imal shelter is facing a similar situation and needs to find 150 homes thi s week.  Here’s what we are experiencing currently across metro Atlanta . \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb Coun ty Animal Services \n \n \n \n Today\, there are 560 d ogs in our DeKalb facility*. In May 2019\, prior to the pandemic the shelt er held 440 dogs. Fewer animals are leaving the shelter\, and animals are staying longer looking for homes. They’re waiting an average of 80 days at DeKalb County Animal Services. Due to this critical status\, Dekalb Cou nty and LifeLine Animal Project\, in conjunction with the Georgia Departme nt of Agriculture\, are enacting emergency only intake protocols. This mea ns the DeKalb shelter is only able to accept animals from emergency situat ions or in critical need (injured animals\, animals involved in bite cases or cruelty situations). DeKalb County Animal Enforcement will also enforc e these emergency protocols and will only respond to high priority calls. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n *As of May 25\, 2022\, with the help of our community\, the number of dogs housed at DeKalb County Animal Service s has decreased to 433. We are making slow\, but steady\, progress towards reducing the number of pets housed at the shelter to a more comfortable t hreshold of 320. However\, the situation remains critical and your continu ed help is needed to find homes for the pets in our care. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n There are currently 360  dogs in our Fulton facility**\, which was bui lt to house only 80 dogs. Dogs are waiting an average 40 days to be placed in a home\, which is longer than previous years and is very stressful for the animals. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n **As of May 25\, 2022\, thanks to our community’s help in response to an urgent plea for fosters and ad opters\, the number of dogs housed at Fulton County Animal Services has di pped below 300. Additionally\, a generous volunteer has pledged to sponsor 100 dog adoptions this May at Fulton County. We always want to provide hu mane housing for the animals in our care and at the levels we are experien cing\, that is extremely challenging. Our community’s continued help at this critical time is needed to find homes for the pets in our care. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Animal C enter \n \n \n \n Our Community Animal Center takes in pets from our county shelters to help alleviate space constraints. Right now\, the center is full and can only take in more dogs when dogs currentl y in our care are adopted or head to foster homes.  Last week\, 128 cats arrived from our DeKalb and Fulton shelters. If you are looking for a cat\ , there are many available at the LifeLine Community Animal Center. There are also over 100 dogs available for adoption at this location. \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n Let's save lives together. \n \n \n \n Please share this blog with your community and network to help more pets find the homes they deserve today. \n \n \n \n Ways to Help \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n March 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel spa ce\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangero usly full\n \n \n \n \n \n Crit ical Needs This Week: Adopters and Fosters \n \n \n \n This February\, we saw the highest intake levels on record for the mont h since LifeLine took over shelter management in 2013. Both of our county shelters are in the red zone for space availability!  As we continue to f ace a growing space crisis\, we turn our attention to the impact of crowdi ng and the shelter environment on the health of our pets. It is a common m isconception that pets may fare better in a shelter than in a home where t he pet parent has to leave daily for work or doesn’t have a yard. There is no place like a home when it comes to animals. Even with the incredible support of our staff and volunteers\, it is impossible to replicate the c alm and one-on-one attention a pet will receive in a home. Shelters\, part icularly at the capacity level we currently face\, can be loud and overwhe lming for many pets. Though they are safe and fed\, the close proximity to so many other pets can lead to a spread in medical conditions. Ultimately \, we see a deterioration of our pets the longer they spend in the shelter \, along with added strain for our veterinary teams.  Our goal is to see all of our pets find their way to a warm and loving home. We need help giv ing our shelter pets a break\, including taking them out for a day or a we ekend\, while they await the arrival of their new family. We immediately s ee an improvement in our pet’s health and happiness when they are in a h ome. Plus\, you can provide key insights on the dog or cat’s personality (which tends to shine beyond the shelter walls) to share with potential a dopters! We are facing a particular need for fosters for our pets that hav e medical needs\, are part of an ongoing court case\, and dogs that are la rger in size. To find out more and help give our pets a break\, check out our Foster page. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \n There ar e currently 471 dogs at DeKalb County Animal Services\, 253 MORE than the ideal number of dogs that should be housed in our shelter here and putting us in the RED ZONE!  The need for special care fosters is imperative. Ce rtain pets\, such as those that have just given birth\, are undergoing med ical treatment or are part of a court case\, deserve a quiet space and may need a little extra care. This can include receiving regular doses of med icine\, restricted or regulated exercise regimes or extra space to care fo r their puppies. It is important that they have a home where they can rela x\, heal and rest stress-free.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n The Fulton County Animal Services shelter is in the RED ZONE! There are 265 dogs in the shelter\, an alarming 115 dogs over the ideal number of 150. This means some runs have up to five dogs s haring a space. As a result\, the shelter is seeing an uptick in medical i ssues\, particularly contagious ailments like upper respiratory infections . \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n In Feb ruary 2022\, the LifeLine Community Animal Center brought in 222 pets to h elp create space at our two county shelters. 94 dogs and 84 cats are waiti ng for a place to call home\, with many more patiently waiting in foster h omes. Our animals are showing tremendous resilience\, but we need urgent h elp from our community to provide these precious pets with homes! Our miss ion remains\, as always\, to save the lives of all healthy and treatable a nimals. We appreciate the support of our community! \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n Help us save lives together! \n \n \n \n Share this blog with your community\, and help get mor e pets into homes today! \n \n \n \n Ways to Help \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n January 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n We are kicking off the new year with an unfamiliar sight for this time of the year: shelters that are stil l full from this summer. Shelter space is unfortunately\, yet typically\, limited during the summer months\, but this is the first time we have expe rienced such a continued strain on our shelter capacity and team. The numb er of animals coming in our doors has increased by 12% over last year whil e the number of dogs adopted has decreased. People are also struggling to care for their pets and have been facing evictions and other challenges. T his means more pets have been surrendered. Over the last two years\, we ha ve seen a 39% decline in the number of animals our rescue partners have be en able to help pull to safety\, largely due to factors resulting from the COVID pandemic. All of these challenges would be difficult alone but\, li ke so many others\, we are also facing severe labor shortages. We currentl y have 34 open positions across three locations\, which means we are missi ng 13% of our workforce. Between the staffing challenge and the number of staff who have been out sick due to the latest wave of the COVID-19 virus\ , we are struggling. Animal care is always our top priority. Our understaf fed teams and volunteers are working doubly hard to care for all the anima ls in need\, covering extra shifts and taking on additional responsibiliti es. In these times\, we must depend even more so on our community’s supp ort. By adopting\, donating\, volunteering\, helping lost animals back hom e and finding new homes for those alone in the shelter\, our community off ers real and sustained hope for the animals in our care. We are continuing to take in animals for emergency situations and for those who do not have any other options. Our Animal Service Officers and community support team s continue to provide resources\, including access to veterinary care and pet supplies\, pet lost and found assistance and self-rehoming options for animals in non-emergency situations. We always work with individuals faci ng financial hardship who need help for their pets. We often reduce or wai ve reclaim and surrender fees in the hopes of helping people and finding t he best outcomes for the animals. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \ n The ideal number of dogs that should be housed at DeKalb County Animal Services is 218. This allows us to house one dog per kennel with ac cess to both sides of the kennel. We are currently in the red zone with 48 0 dogs in the building. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n With Fulton County Animal Services being a smaller\, older building\, there is space to optimally house only 150 dogs. As of la st week\, there were 221 dogs in the shelter. This forces us to house mult iple dogs in most of the kennels. Not only does this make cleaning the she lter a logistical challenge\, but it means the environment is less than id eal for our animals. Our goal is to safely house a large population while mitigating risk of disease and shelter stress on the animals. If we had fe wer dogs in the building\, we could provide larger\, single kennels for 26 of our larger breed dogs\, who need individual housing\, and who are curr ently residing in smaller cages. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n In December 2021\, the LifeLine Community Animal C enter transferred in 170 pets from Fulton and DeKalb to help make space at the our two county shelters. We currently have 95 dogs and 102 cats looki ng for homes\, and even more are waiting to find families while they live in foster homes. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We believe space limitations alone are an unacceptable reason to euthani ze healthy and treatable animals. LifeLine has been able to achieve “no- kill\,”  saving 90% or more of all the animals who enter our shelters\, but we are only able to maintain this lifesaving achievement with the com munity’s support and advocacy. We know our community has the ability to provide the support needed to save precious lives.  Their lives depend on it. \n \n \n \n Make a difference today! \n \n \n \n Share this blog post with your community\, and help g et more pets into homes today. LAST-MODIFIED:20260912T181622Z URL:https://lifelineanimal.org/lifeline-events/petsmart-roswell-dog-adopti on-event-5/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:LifeLine Animal Project X-SOURCE-URL:https://lifelineanimal.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Welcome to the Nursery DTSTART:20260927T140000Z DTEND:20260927T150000Z DTSTAMP:20260914T061546Z UID:10001885-1790503200-1790506800@www.prumc.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Are you new to Children’s Ministries and want to know more a bout the Nursery -where to go\, how to check in\, what to bring?! \nJoin u s on September 27 for more information\, time to meet our team\, and other families at the same stage. \nhttps://media.blubrry.com/prumc_sermons/con tent.blubrry.com/prumc_sermons/2026-09-13.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T061546Z LOCATION:Third Floor Children’s Building\, 3180 Peachtree Road\, NE\, At lanta\, GA\, 30305\, United States URL:https://www.prumc.org/event/welcome-to-the-nursery/?utm_source=caldisc overy&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Peachtree Road United Methodist Church X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.prumc.org/event/an-evening-with-tom-johnson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Kind30 Kickoff Forum DTSTART:20260927T140000Z DTEND:20260928T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T181715Z UID:10001771-1790503200-1790550000@www.prumc.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Move from acts of kindness to a life of kindness. \n\n\nKindne ss is a way of living\, a way of relating that makes a powerful difference both in the one who receives this gracious gift and the one who gives it. For some\, this virtue flows naturally from their personality and backgro und. Others\, who long for it to be an instinctive quality\, find it does not come so naturally. Can it be developed? Can this moral trait be incorp orated into one instinctive character? The answer is yes\, but it requires a process. \n\nThat process will be our focus in this presentation. The j ourney of incorporating the virtue of loving-kindness involves a series of evolving stages:\nIt moves from random acts of kindness\,\nto intentional acts\,\nto intuitive acts\,\nto a lifestyle of kindness.\nSuccessful navi gation of this transformation allows us then to live out of our finest and most caring selves. This will be the focus of our time together. Please j oin us.\n\nWe encourage you to join the movement and to participate in KIN D30 during the month of October. For more information and ways to get invo lved please visit kind30.org.\nhttps://media.blubrry.com/prumc_sermons/con tent.blubrry.com/prumc_sermons/2026-09-13.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T181715Z LOCATION:Heritage Hall\, 3180 Peachtree Rd NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30305\, Uni ted States URL:https://www.prumc.org/event/kind30-kickoff-forum/?utm_source=caldiscov ery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Peachtree Road United Methodist Church X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.prumc.org/event/an-evening-with-tom-johnson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Energy Healing Sessions DTSTART:20260927T140000Z DTEND:20260927T145000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T203106Z UID:10004098-1790503200-1790506200@unityatl.org CATEGORIES:wellness DESCRIPTION:Come Enjoy Our NEW Healing Room!!\nAll Are Welcome!  Our team provides energy healing sessions most Sundays from 10:00 to 10:50 A.M.\n \nDate:  Most Sundays\, 10:00 – 10:50am\nLocation: Room 123 in the Yout h Wing  (New Healing Room!)                                                                                \nContact Person: Simone Jennings  unity@simonejennings.com   or Call/ Text: 678-558-7610 \nWe offer relaxing energy treatments and chakra balanc ing.  These are fully-clothed sessions with sturdy massage tables availab le.  Our energy work is performed by quality\, certified practitioners fo r love-offerings which go directly to help fund the work of Unity Atlanta Church. \nPlease sign in at the small table in the Healing Room. \nTo lear n about private sessions with our Healing Team Members\, please go to http s://unityatl.org/healing-congregational-care/ and into the “Meet Our Hea ling Team” section.  \n\nAbout our Energy Healing Team:   \nSimone Je nnings: \nSimone is a seasoned spiritual coach and energy practitioner wit h over 15 years of experience guiding clients through processes of awarene ss and alignment of mind\, body\, and spirit. \nAs a certified Life Skills coach\, Angel Practitioner\, and Reiki Master\, she seamlessly integrates a wide range of techniques to empower individuals in releasing blockages\ , realigning energies\, and reclaiming their true essence.  Deeply passio nate about serving others and leading with compassion\, Simone is dedicate d to helping her clients achieve profound transformation and lasting well- being. \nCynthia Wittman: \nCynthia has received various energy healing mo dalities for over 20 years and has practiced yoga for over 15 years. Livin g a more peaceful and abundant life\, she understands the benefits of shar ing the universal life force with others and received her Level 3 Master c ertificate early 2026. \nCynthia is presently completing her 200- hour Yog a Teachers Training and is weaving her yoga path seamlessly into her spiri tual path at Unity for a beautiful tapestry of love and life force. A rece ntly retired registered interior designer\, Cynthia understood her divine gifts and developed them into a loving profession of 45 years. She designs spaces for others to live\, work\, play and learn while pursuing their ow n purpose and passion\, to heal\, rest and even perhaps transition. \nElis ha Fields:\n \nElisha is a Master Teacher of Magnified Healing\, teacher o f metaphysics\, artist\, writer and third generation mystic.  In 1993\, E lisha developed a pain relief system which is successful with many headach es\, as well as\, some migraines.  She is available in the healing room  for questions most Sundays before the 11:00 AM service. \nElisha is availa ble at Unity Atlanta Church on Wednesday evenings\, May through October\, for classes and may also be reached at RoyalPath.info \n \nSophia Loner: \ nSophia is a Certified Prayer Chaplain and Trainer with more than a decade of service in Unity prayer ministry. She has led Prayer Chaplain and Care Teams in three Unity churches and is experienced in compassionate listeni ng\, spiritual support\, and prayer-centered care. \nSophia is also certif ied in Levels 1 and 2 Reiki\, with a special focus on animal communication and healing. She believes every living being carries an innate wisdom and capacity for healing\, and that Reiki provides a gentle space for that he aling to unfold. Whether working with people or animals—in person\, remo tely\, or during end-of-life transitions—Sophia offers a grounded\, comp assionate\, and faith-centered presence dedicated to comfort\, peace\, and well-being. \nTo learn about private sessions with our Healing Team Membe rs\, please go to https://unityatl.org/healing-congregational-care/ and in to the “Meet Our Healing Team” section. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T203106Z LOCATION:Unity Atlanta Church\, 3597 Parkway Lane\, Peachtree Corners\, 30 092\, United States URL:https://unityatl.org/events/energy-healing-sessions-2-3-5-2-3-3-2-2-3/ 2026-09-27/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Unity Atlanta Church X-SOURCE-URL:https://unityatl.org/events/congregational-care-team-training END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Wisdom Well Bookstore DTSTART:20260927T140000Z DTEND:20260927T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T203106Z UID:10003217-1790503200-1790514000@unityatl.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:The Wisdom Well Bookstore\n\n \nOur metaphysical bookstore ref lects the heart of Unity Atlanta Church. It offers a collection of new tho ught\, spiritual\, and self-help books. We know you’ll be inspired with the large selection of gift items. The bookstore also supports our  Adult Education classes with a supply of teaching materials and textbooks. Our volunteer Bookstore Angels are always eager to introduce a new book or re acquaint us with an old classic. \nWisdom Well Store Hours:  Sundays\, 10 :00 AM – 1:00 PM \nLooking for a book in particular? \nTo contact:  un itywisdomwell@gmail.com  or call the church office: 770-441-0585 \n\nWe h ave books for diverse interests:                                                                                  We also have many gifts including:            \nSpirituality                                                                                                                                 Bimonthly issues of Unity Mag azine\nBibles & Bible Reference Books                                                                                              Bimonthly issues of Daily Word\nPrayer & Me ditation                                                                                                                 Greeting Cards\nInspiration & Motivation                                                                                                           Affirmation and 12 power stones\nRelationships                                                                                                                          Candles\nHealth & Healing                                                                                                                     Me ditative scents\nTransitioning & Grieving                                                                                                          Notepads\nAngels                                                                                                                                     T-shirts\nBooks for childre n                                                                                                                   Bookmarks LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T203106Z LOCATION:Unity Atlanta Church\, 3597 Parkway Lane\, Peachtree Corners\, 30 092\, United States URL:https://unityatl.org/events/wisdom-well-bookstore-2/2026-09-27/?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Unity Atlanta Church X-SOURCE-URL:https://unityatl.org/events/congregational-care-team-training END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:EC12 Fall Series DTSTART:20260927T143000Z DTEND:20260927T173000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T201325Z UID:0fhvi6ncoh70khvrsf49ouem9b@google.com CATEGORIES:sports LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T201325Z X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Yacht Club Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantayachtclub.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Youth Sunday School DTSTART:20260927T144500Z DTEND:20260927T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T210112Z UID:10007978-1790505900-1790510400@napc.org CATEGORIES:family DESCRIPTION:Join us in The Underground youth area for large group activiti es. Sunday Mornings 10:45 a.m. to 12 noon. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T210112Z LOCATION:North Avenue Presbyterian Church\, 607 Peachtree St\, Atlanta\, G A\, 30308\, United States URL:https://napc.org/event/youth-sunday-school/2026-09-27/?utm_source=cald iscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:North Avenue Presbyterian X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.napc.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sensory Friendly Morning DTSTART:20260927T150000Z DTEND:20260927T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T181957Z UID:10001683-1790506800-1790514000@boothmuseum.org CATEGORIES:arts,family,free DESCRIPTION:Sensory Friendly Morning\nSunday\, September 27 \, 11AM – 1 PM \nAll ages welcome \nBooth Museum is now a Sensory Friendly venue in pa rtnership with KultureCity! Download the free KultureCity app to find reso urces for your visit\, or visit our website\, here \nJoin us for Sensory F riendly Morning at the Booth! This free admission morning is designed to p rovide an inclusive and accessible experience for neurodivergent individua ls and their families. Art activities and a new Quiet Room are available f or anyone needing to catch their breath. \nAdmission is FREE but Registrat ion is encouraged! \nREGISTER HERE! LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T181957Z URL:https://boothmuseum.org/event/sensory-friendly-morning-18/?utm_source= caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Booth Western Art Museum X-SOURCE-URL:https://boothmuseum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Slide Into Sundays DTSTART:20260927T160000Z DTEND:20260928T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T120912Z UID:13869-1790510400-1790539200@www.cityofcumming.net CATEGORIES:community,family DESCRIPTION:Join us for Slide into Sundays each week! Hosted by the Cummin g City Center in partnership with Jump N Jacks Moonwalks\, this lively wee kly event will include bounce houses\, water slides\, and plenty of games. Admission is $10 per child. LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T120912Z LOCATION:Cumming City Center\, 423 Canton Road\, Cumming\, GA\, 30040\, Un ited States URL:https://www.cityofcumming.net/event/slide-into-sundays-2?utm_source=ca ldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of Cumming X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.cityofcumming.net END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Kids Extended Play DTSTART:20260927T160000Z DTEND:20260927T171500Z DTSTAMP:20260915T205941Z UID:7271-1790510400-1790514900@www.churchatponceandhighland.org CATEGORIES:family DESCRIPTION:Kids free play after service until 115p! Our fantastic familie s ministry team will watch the kids while parents have lunch\, run errands \, or sneak off for a nap. \nSnacks and nibbles available\, but if your ki ddo needs a full lunch in that time please provide one. \nQuestions? Email colleen@dhbc.org. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T205941Z URL:https://www.churchatponceandhighland.org/event/kids-extended-play-2/?u tm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Church at Ponce & Highland X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.dhbc.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dog Days of Summerhill Dog Adoption Event DTSTART:20260927T160000Z DTEND:20260927T193000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T001659Z UID:38280-1790510400-1790523000@lifelineanimal.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Our goal with this page is to share the current shelter needs with our community in an ongoing way. We hope to update this page seasonal ly or more frequently as needed. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 2024 \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n Last year\, we reached a pivotal break ing point in terms of the number of animals housed in our care. We recogni zed the physical capacity limitations of our buildings and made a commitme nt to work towards humane housing solutions\, which means both the county shelters need to reduce the number of animals living in the buildings. Whi le we continue to face severe overcrowding into 2024\, we have worked hard to increase resources to help more pet owners and improve the quality of life for the animals in our care. We are continuing to adapt to the challe nges we’re facing\, including many systemic problems that contribute to the number of animals arriving in our care. We have collaborated with many supportive community members and leaders in pursuit of creating a safer a nd more humane shelter environment for all. There are no overnight solutio ns to drastically reduce our shelter populations\, but we continue to have hope that with your support and the strategies currently in place\, our c ommunity will help us get more animals into homes where they belong. Here is a brief update for all three LifeLine shelters\, including the unique c hallenges and the most important ways you can get involved. \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal ServicesDog Population: 506 | Opti mum Capacity: 475 \n \n \n \n Last year\, DeKalb Count y Animal Services reached peak numbers of dogs housed in the shelter durin g an outbreak of Canine Flu.. Because of an incredible response from our c ommunity\, we successfully saw the population drop down to 312 dogs. Becau se the need in our community is so great\, this number steadily rose back up to 500+ dogs and has remained in that range for months on end despite o ur best efforts. It is a near constant struggle to balance the amount of “noses in”\, pets arriving at the shelter\, with the amount of “nose s out” each week\, pets leaving. As an open intake municipal facility\, we do not turn away animals in need in Dekalb County\, no matter how much or little space we have in our kennels when we begin a new day. It is impo rtant that the community understands this distinction from other rescue or ganizations and is aware of ways they can help prevent lost or stray pets from ever having to enter the shelter. We need to create room for pets tha t have the most urgent need for our help. We must find a way to help more animals find homes and keep the shelter at a capacity that is humane for t he pets in our care. Heartbreaking space euthanasia decisions must be made weekly and overcrowding is putting more dogs at risk. Instead of focusing our at-risk dogs\, we are asking our community to focus efforts and resou rces on getting more of our highly-adoptable dogs out so that those animal s identified as most at risk (struggling in the shelter and exhibiting a v ariety of challenging behaviors) can get the time that they need to find a home. Any animal that leaves the building will help us reach our target o f decreasing the dog population to below a threshold of 475. This new proc ess includes daily population updates on the website and improved communic ations with our volunteers and community about how to best support dogs in need in our shelters. Even still\, 475 dogs housed in the building is les s than ideal. This is an incredible number of pets to care for daily. Whil e their basic needs are met\, quality of life deteriorates the longer they are housed in a shelter intended to be a temporary safety net. The lower we can keep that number\, the less dogs there will be at risk for illness\ , increased stress and euthanasia. In addition to these adjustments in com municating the ongoing need\, we have partnered with DeKalb County leaders on both short and long-term solutions that were announced last fall to he lp more pets in need: Increased funding for support to pets of DeKalb Coun ty residents including:A free monthly pet food bankFree spay/neuter surger ies through SNIP DeKalbFree vaccinations through LifeLine’s Mobile Clini cAdditional kennel space to provide more humane housing for the dogs curre ntly in our care:Plans have been approved to build new\, additional kennel s which will provide better housing for court case dogs who are in our car e long termProjected installation is September 2024We believe programs lik e these that make pet resources more accessible\, including affordable spa y/neuter surgery\, are the key to helping more pets stay out of the shelte rs and in homes where they belong. \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal ServicesDog Population: 419 | Optimum Capacity: 325 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n At the end of 2023\, we celebrated the grand opening of a brand new 40\,0 00 square foot shelter facility in Fulton County! With the opening of the new building\, we’ve fortunately seen improvement in all of these ways t o create a better environment for the teams and the animals as well as a b etter experience for visitors and supporters: Staff is less stressed. We h ave improved our ability to train\, onboard and implement new and efficien t processes.The building is easier to clean and has decreased the spread o f infectious disease.With separate kennel runs\, animals are less stressed or overwhelmed in the building and do not experience as high of stimulati on. It’s now easier to identify issues with dogs so we can work on getti ng them placed in a home more quickly.Visitors feel more welcome and have the ability to more easily spend time with individual animals. We have als o been able to increase the number of spay/neuter surgeries for our adopta ble animals and provide adopters\, fosters and rescue partners with better diagnostics for their pets with the new clinic.We have seen an increase i n the number of volunteers and hours spent with our team.We are able to ho st other shelters and bring more learning and collaborative opportunities to staff in-houseAt the same time\, we experienced a challenging transitio n as we worked to close the former facility\, adjust to the new set up\, a nd final projects and installations were wrapped up by the county. With th e new opening\, there was an uptick of stray or abandoned pets being broug ht to the new shelter. The shelter is a safe haven\, but can only be so te mporarily for pets in need of homes\, and we’ve seen the dog population quickly fill the building past its limits. Similarly to DeKalb County\, it has been difficult to balance the new intakes with finding outcomes for t he animals\, even in the wake of creative and successful adoption events. According to Animal Shelters Count’s recent annual report\, “In 2023\, 3% more dogs entered shelters than left\, resulting in an additional 107\ ,000 dogs in shelters at the end the year.” Fulton County Animal Service s is also an open intake municipal shelter facility and can’t simply “ stop” taking new animals in even when we’re overcapacity. Fortunately\ , we’ve also started 2024 with recent pawsitive media and exciting opera tional updates. The full-service clinic at Fulton County Animal Services i s now open for the public to make low-cost wellness appointments for their pets to receive the care they need! Additionally\, a Fulton County foster dog\, a pit mix now known as Miss Peaches\, has gone viral after being ad opted by celebrity and President of Barstool Sports\, Dave Portnoy. Miss P eaches’s story\, Dave’s choice to adopt and his initiative to raise fu nds for animal rescue has captured hearts nationwide. Lifesaving deserves to be trending so that we can keep up with the influx of dogs in need. We hope others will follow in his footsteps!  \n \n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal CenterDog Population: 119 | Optimum Capacity: 80 \n \n \n \n The incredible dedication of the team at our LifeLine Community Animal Center cannot be overlooked. Our county s helter facilities tend to take the spotlight in the news and on social med ia because of the massive number of pets that come through their doors\, b ut the Community Animal Center is always working quietly in the background to help the county operations. When the county shelters are over capacity \, so is this facility to keep up with the need. Not only do they consiste ntly take in pets from our county shelters and other rural facilities\, bu t\, when there is a neglect or hoarding case being investigated\, this loc ation takes in dozens of pets when they have nowhere else to go. As we ent er the warmer months of summer\, the Community Animal Center is also const antly preparing to help with the large numbers of kittens and puppies that are in need. Maintaining a full staff at this location is critical to its function. If you’re interested in joining our team full-time\, or even as a volunteer\, our Community Animal Center would love to have you! \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A National Crisis \n \n \n \n In conversations wit h other rescue organizations and in a review of data over the past few yea rs\, we’ve learned that these challenges are not unique to LifeLine or t he city of Atlanta. For the fourth year in a row\, we are faced with a “ new normal” in animal sheltering. According to the report\, “A total o f 900\,000 animals have entered and lingered in our nation’s shelters an d rescues since January 2021. This surplus is on top of the population alr eady residing within organizations\, resulting in an ongoing capacity cris is.” “The number of animals entering shelters through community intake s in 2023 remained roughly the same as 2022 at 6.5 million\, with intakes nearly evenly split between dogs and cats.” Compared to a national decre ase of 3.2% in intakes between 2019 and 2023\, our community intakes throu gh the Fulton and DeKalb County shelters decreased 6.89% from 2019 to 2023 . But\, intakes increased by 14.5% from 2022 to 2023. Even in the wake of these higher intake numbers\, we have been able to rally our community and find an incredible number of homes in 2023 compared to previous years. “While 2.2 million dogs were adopted in 2023\, dog adoptions are still 5 % lower than in 2019 (-108\,000 dogs adopted).” At LifeLine\, our overal l pet adoptions were only down by 1.92% in 2023 compared to 2019\, and ado ptions were higher in 2023 compared to 2018\, 2020\, 2021 and 2022. We are frequently partnering with more organizations who want to help and who ar e spreading the word that adopting is the way to go when searching for a n ew pet. For full shelter statistics across our organization\, please visit www.shelteranimalscount.org/stats. \n \n \n \n In Su mmary \n \n \n \n The animals in our city need help. W hile donations are the foundation for our work in the community and allow us to help more pets get the care they need\, donations don’t create mor e available kennel space. We need your help in getting more pets adopted o r fostered. We need the community’s help in getting more lost pets back home. We need our community to know about available resources for food\, v eterinary care\, and affordable spay/neuter options. Together\, we can sav e these lives and help the animals who need us most. \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Octob er 2023 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Message To Our C ommunity \n \n \n \n We are in the midst of an ongoing crisis affecting city and county animal shelters across the country. Time s are extremely difficult for the animals housed in our shelters and the s taff and volunteers who care for them. We have frequently reported on the conditions of our shelters and how desperate we are to get hundreds of ani mals into homes. We hear the distress and complaints about the overcrowdin g from our volunteers\, fosters\, and community\; we experience the condit ions daily\; we see the news articles written and segments being broadcast on television and radio\; we feel and share your frustration and heartbre ak. We are heartbroken\, too. Let us express to you in no uncertain terms: the current conditions in our shelters are not humane or sustainable. We can and we must do better. We will exhaust all efforts to prioritize the h ealth and safety of both pets and people in our care. The balance of human ely sheltering a growing number of animals while giving each one the care and the time they deserve to be placed in a loving home is getting substan tially harder to achieve. The issues contributing to overcrowding primaril y are rooted in the community\, not the shelter\, and cannot be changed ov ernight. In the shelters\, we’ve reached a pivotal breaking point. We ha ve stretched the shelter capacity and resources to unsustainable limits wh ile hoping\, for too long now\, that there would be a turning point where more animals would leave these buildings than enter. But that has not happ ened this year and without homes to go to\, we must euthanize more dogs at both county shelters in order to reach and maintain safe and humane housi ng. There are many facets to the challenges we are currently facing and we will cover some of them in this blog. We also encourage you to check out two other blog posts that go into deeper detail on two important issues: T he No-Kill controversyThe Impact of Spay and Neuter (and other pressing qu estions) \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Are The Shelters So Overcrowded? \n \n \n \n We know there are a lot of questions around why this is happening. We are seeing a new reality\, a post-pandemic world\; E conomic challenges to families\, a lack of affordable and pet-friendly hou sing\, a national shortage of veterinarians\, a decrease in spay/neuter du ring the pandemic and a need for more accessible and affordable spay/neute r options\, a desire for specific breeds\, and a diminishing public capaci ty to help and home shelter animals are all taking a heartbreaking toll on the growing number of animals coming into LifeLine’s care. We have acce pted pets from families arriving at the shelter with all of their possessi ons in a U-haul and nowhere to turn for help. People newly arriving to the area are surrendering their dogs to the shelter because they are unable t o find affordable housing that will allow them to keep their companions.We are coming to terms with an untenable reality of the community relying on a singular shelter as the sole means of support for the growing number of animals at risk – animals who mostly were people’s pets and family me mbers at one time. Systemically\, the shelter alone cannot support the she er volume of need. Here Is A Look At Our Shelters In Crisis: \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 569Target Dog Capacity: 450 On Tuesday \, October 17th\, DeKalb County CEO\, Michael Thurmond\, visited DeKalb Co unty Animal Services. The following day\, he met with our CEO\, Rebecca Gu inn\, and other LifeLine leadership. Together\, LifeLine and DeKalb County leadership agreed that Dekalb County Animal Services must reduce the dog population at the shelter to 450 in 60 days and maintain the population at or below that number. They collaborated and decided on both short- and lo nger-term actions to help aid in this crisis including: Working with staff ing agencies for additional staff and support for cleaning.Deploying perso nnel from other divisions within LifeLine to assist with animal care\, man agement and training and restructuring staff schedules to ensure greater c overage\, particularly on weekends.Sadly\, increasing euthanasia rates if necessary and continuing to do so until we reduce the dog population to 45 0 or less. If we cannot increase lifesaving outcomes beyond the current ra te\, we will have to euthanize 9 animals each day\, or 63 animals each wee k.Constructing an overflow campus adjacent to the shelter\, designed to ho ld up to 120 additional dogs above the current target capacity and provide effective isolation areas\, to help alleviate the need for euthanasia for population control. This solution will take time to build\, staff and ope rate and until then we must get below 450 animals in the current building. Improving communications between DeKalb County’s Animal Services Enforce ment division and the shelter to more proactively address factors in the f ield that are causing animals to come into the shelter.Increasing support to fund access to veterinary care for DeKalb pet owners in need\, includin g subsidized and free spay/neuter\, and targeting areas of DeKalb County y ielding the highest number of animals impounded in the shelter.What it wil l take to change the situation most\, in the short-term\, is simply fewer dogs in the building. We are asking our community to help us achieve those target dog population numbers because\, without homes to go to\, dogs wil l be euthanized for space\, regardless of health and temperment. Please a dopt or foster a pet today. \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dog s: 357Sustainable Capacity for Dogs: 325 We’ve mentioned that there is h ope on the horizon in Fulton County in the form of a brand new shelter fac ility preparing to open before the end of the year. However\, this does no t change the fact that the current facility is in dire straits. On average \, 15 dogs are being euthanized for space each week. Each day\, 16 dogs en ter the facility. That’s\, on average\, 2 more dogs that come in than le ave. While some conditions will improve with the upcoming move to the new facility\, rising intake and overcrowding will not be solved entirely by t ransitioning from one building to another. Fulton County is in desperate n eed of adopters and fosters\, including Friendly Finders who are willing t o foster a lost or stray dog through its mandated stray hold (3 to 5 busin ess days total) instead of immediately dropping them at the shelter when f ound. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LifeLin e Midtown \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 105O ptimum Capacity for Dogs: 75 As an overflow facility\, for every dog adopt ed at LifeLine Midtown\, space opens up for another dog from the Fulton Co unty Animal Services. And\, because the shelter is smaller\, it is a less overwhelming experience for individuals to visit and bring home a pet. Ado pting a pet from LifeLine Midtown greatly supports the main Fulton County shelter. When the new Fulton shelter opens\, the Midtown facility will clo se and any dogs still there will have to move to the new shelter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 111 O ptimum Capacity for Dogs: 60  LifeLine’s Community Animal Center adopti on center was designed as an overflow facility for our county shelters. St aff and volunteers also provide pets with special medical or behavioral ch allenges more time and attention to meet those needs. For dogs\, the Commu nity Animal Center is the primary overflow facility for the DeKalb County shelter. Because it is also full\, our Community Animal Center is limited in serving these critical functions. Beyond just dogs\, our staff is also caring for the majority of our organization’s cats. This adoption center \, like our Midtown location\, offers a calmer environment that may be eas ier to visit. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We Cannot Do This Alone \n \n \n \n Two things can be true: we can be proud of what we’ve accomplished together as a community in 10 ye ars’ time AND acknowledge the ways LifeLine needs to improve and perseve re as an organization. We have committed ourselves to helping these animal s\, but we are limited now by a lack of space and resources\, as well as e xternal challenges in the communities we serve. We are also human and make mistakes. And\, most importantly\, we cannot do this alone. While we are pursuing all avenues toward long-term solutions\, in the short term\, we n eed a miracle. We need you. We are asking our community to please foster o r adopt a pet today. You will be truly saving a life. If you have question s about any topic in this blog and would like to reach out\, please email feedback@lifelineanimal.org or write to LifeLine Animal Project\, ATTN: Op erations 3180 Presidential Drive\, Atlanta\, GA 30340. Thank you\, Atlanta . For believing in our work and helping us save lives today and always. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n February 2023 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Hello\, friends and supporters.  We wanted to share some critical u pdates and news as we turn the page on 2022\, and enter 2023 in a much bet ter position to give our deserving animals the love and space they need to thrive. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In January\, on the heels of a Canine Flu outbreak\, we were faced with a grim reality and life or death decisions. After more than a year of being at critical capacity at our DeKalb County Animal Services sh elter\, we were left with the heartbreaking possibility of having to eutha nize animals for space. We had nearly 600 dogs in need of home (at just th is one shelter). We put out a plea for help in the Greater Atlanta area\, and in a mere 7 days\, 373 dogs from DeKalb and 556 dogs from all LifeLine shelters found new homes! We are forever grateful to the Atlanta communit y for their support in our darkest hour. This is what lifesaving looks lik e. By the end of January\, our Fulton County Animal Services had fewer tha n 300 animals for the first time in almost a year. But within days of hitt ing that milestone\, we were called in with law enforcement on a rescue ca se and brought more than 60 new impounded animals safely into our care. Ea ch of these animals requires space\, food and immediate medical care. Our Fulton shelter team was also tasked with running LifeLine Midtown\, our te mporary shelter that opened in early January during the Canine Flu outbrea k to divert intake and keep dogs healthy. While it helped contain that out break\, a new location strains precious resources and manpower\, which has been challenging due to staffing shortages. \n \n \n \n Number of Dogs in Need of Homes as of February 15th \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services: 343 in the shelter and 928 in foster hom es\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services: 339 in the shelter and 22 0 in foster homes\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal Center: 65 in t he shelter and 85 in foster homes\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n LifeLine Midtown: 82 in t he shelter\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The LifeLine Community Animal Center con tinues to aid in the efforts of freeing up space at our county shelters an d helping dogs clear their quarantine period from the Canine Flu outbreak. Recent staffing hires have provided much needed relief to our existing te ams. After the incredible number of adoptions at our DeKalb shelter\, ther e are many animals in need of spay/neuter procedures. The Community Animal Center has stepped in to help temporarily house animals awaiting surgery and ensure that pets don’t have to wait any longer than necessary to go home with new\, loving families. Fortunately\, while the dogs in our care have been a major media focus in 2023\, we have also happily seen a steady flow of cat adoptions at the Community Animal Center and have enough open cat housing space to prepare for a busy kitten season to start in the spr ing. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n It’s bee n a busy start to the new year. And\, while we are celebrating the wins\, the hard work isn’t over. Even though we successfully saved many lives\ , 20-40 dogs come into our county shelters every single day and they need your help to find their way home.  \n \n \n \n What We Need Most Now: \n \n \n \n Volunteers and new staff are urgently needed to keep this much-needed LifeLine Midtown shelter up and running\, as well as help at our other locations.We always need adopte rs and fosters to place more pets into homes where they belong.We need goo d Samaritans in our community to help lost pets make their way back home i nstead of to the shelter. Find out what to do if you should find a lost pe t.And\, if you can’t foster or adopt\, please consider making a donation .As always\, thank you for your critical support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 2022 Posts \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Novem ber\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n September\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n June\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n May\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n March\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n November 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n AN URGENT PLEA FROM OUR CEO TO THE CITY OF ATLANTA\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The current situation in our Atlanta animal shelters is dire. The animals in our care do not have the space they need\, or dese rve\, and we need your help. Our hard working teams are understaffed and w orking extreme overtime to ensure that kennels are clean\, bowls are full\ , and the pets in our shelters are well cared for. Our volunteers walk hun dreds of dogs a day. And it’s still not enough. We have teams covering r escue\, adoptions\, marketing\, volunteers\, and foster parents\, all work ing tirelessly to find homes and other ways Atlanta’s pets can get out o f the shelter. This is not the life our city’s animals deserve. This sta te our shelters are in is not sustainable for the pets nor the people who care for them. Animal shelters have never been\, and will never be\, the i deal solution for the animals. Atlanta\, we urgently need your help. Our a nimals are in desperate need of homes. Each of our shelters have exceeded capacity by the hundreds. DeKalb County Animal Services has nearly 600 dog s and over 50 cats in the building\, Fulton County Animal Services has alm ost 400 dogs in a building meant to hold 80. The more pets in our care\, t he harder it is to make sure they are living as comfortably as they deserv e during their time with us. We are meant to be a temporary refuge for pet s in need\, not a home. Pets cannot thrive here\, especially when there is an overwhelming amount of them. We know you’ve heard this plea before. And we hope you’ll hear it now. The situation is not improving. There ar e more animals in our care than ever and they really need your help. We ne ed your help. Adopt: Whether you’re looking for a calm couch potato\, wa lking partner\, or anything in between\, there are over 1\,000 deserving p ets waiting for you. Foster: If you have just two weeks to help a pet\, th at can make all of the difference. Sign up here.Donate: We need monetary d onations and supplies to continue caring for this many animals each day. Y ou can help by donating here or sending us much-needed items from our Amaz on wishlists. Help lost pets: Most pets are found within a mile of their h ome. If they come to a shelter\, their chances of being reunited greatly d eclines. If you find a pet\, follow these steps or become a friendly finde r. Spay/Neuter: Unlike humans\, dogs and cats give birth to 4-to-6 animals in one litter. Also\, dogs can give birth up to twice a year and cats up to 5 times a year! Because they can produce so many offspring each year\, it is important to spay/neuter your pet as soon as possible to reduce pet overpopulation. Learn more here about the benefits and how to book an appo intment with one of our Spay/Neuter clinics. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 202 2 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We wish we had bette r news to share\, but right now\, the shelters are still struggling. There is a lot of pressure right now on the county shelters to be the lifeline for more pets than the shelters have space to house. The reason for this o vercrowding is simple: more animals are coming in than are leaving. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In August\, we saw a total of 601 dogs adopted\, but 863 came in du ring that same time. That’s 262 more dogs entering our already full buil dings.  \nNumber of dogs that need homes: \n\n337 dogs in need at our Ful ton County shelter\n526 dogs in need at our DeKalb County shelter\n81 dogs in need at our Community Animal Center\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The situation is dir e. We are urging our communities in Fulton and DeKalb Counties to please n ot bring healthy pets they find straight to the shelter as first response. Please take a few steps in the first 48 hours to get lost pets back home where they belong. This does not mean pets will be without support in the community. Those injured or sick are always a top priority. We’re tryin g to make more space for those most in need. And\, we are also trying to f ind solutions for humans in emergency situations who have run out of optio ns. Here are a few things anyone can do to help during this crisis: Adopt a petFoster a pet. 200 emergency fosters are needed at our shelters right nowDonate to support pets in the shelterCollect newspaper\, towels and bla nkets to drop off at any locationCheck the shelter wishlist for items most in needHelp a neighbor who can’t keep their pet find a new home – her e’s howFollow our social channels and help us get the word out by sharin g posts from your preferred platform\, Facebook\, Instagram and Twitter.Wr ite an article in your local neighborhood paper about adopting/fostering s helter petsIf you find a lost pet\, fill out a found pet report\, follow t hese steps or become a friendly finder \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n June 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You are the next chapter in animal w elfare. \n \n \n \n Animal shelters have never been\, and will never be\, the ideal solution for the animals. They have always b een a flawed answer to a bigger community challenge of how to best help lo st\, stray and unwanted pets.  Across the nation\, all communities are fa cing the aftershocks of the pandemic. For animal shelters\, those challeng es include overpopulated and understaffed facilities\, higher intake and f ewer adopters\, and a substantial decrease in rescue transfer support. In Atlanta\, we’ve had to restrict intake at varying levels due to the seve re overcapacity status at both county shelters.  But over the last few ye ars\, and through the recent challenges\, we’ve begun to see how a criti cal shift\, and a different path forward\, can actually save the lives of the animals in our community without having animals languish in shelters. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Over 60% of the animals in a shelter are stray/lost pets. Imagine if the shelters d idn’t exist to collect all the lost and stray pets of a community. What if the community itself was able to help those pets find and reunite with their families?  63% of animals are found just a mile from their home (26 % are just a block away). If neighbors could reunite pets with their famil ies\, instead of bringing them to the shelter\, our shelters would always have space to help those with nowhere to go. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What if the community could help struggling neighbors rehome their pets instead of turning them over to a shelter? Wha t if more resources were spent on keeping pets and people together instead of housing pets in a crowded shelter? If we\, as a community\, could shif t the focus to support each other in creative and practical ways\, the she lters wouldn’t be overcrowded with lost pets missing their families\, or abandoned pets looking for new homes. There will always be a need for she lters to help animals in emergency situations and victims of animal cruelt y\, but the real safety net for pets is a caring community – neighbors h elping neighbors.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Especially now\, when the need continues to exceed available sh eltering resources\, we believe we must find more community-centric soluti ons by working together with pet-lovers and good samaritans to get more pe ts home where they belong.  LifeLine does not believe killing healthy and treatable pets to make more space in a shelter is ever the right answer. Population management through euthanasia has never worked. Reliance on eut hanasia constrains the development of lifesaving solutions\, and the resul ts are always tragic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n When faced with external pressure to euthanize healthy and treatabl e animals to create more shelter space last month\, we turned to our anima l-loving community and in one week found foster and adoptive homes for 300 + pets. Atlanta\, you are the ideal solution. With your help\, we can weav e together a new safety net for the animals in need. Whether you are a vet eran rescuer or new to animal welfare\, help us shift the response when we find lost and stray pets\, so that more pets can be returned to their hom es. If you hear of situations where people need help with a found pet\, he lp them find options\, contact friends to find a foster home and help canv as the neighborhood to reunite families. Share this page.If you read about someone needing to rehome a pet\, share these resources and ask your neig hbors and friends if anyone can help. The pet owner\, rather than the shel ter\, will be able to find the best match for a loved pet. If someone is missing a pet\, check the lost pet pages of our website to see if the pet ended up at the shelter.If you can’t adopt\, foster. If you can’t fost er\, donate. If you can’t donate\, volunteer. If you can’t volunteer\, become an ambassador and share information and resources. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Please continue to suppor t our county shelters. Know that the staff is making the best decisions fo r every individual animal and human who comes to our doors with the resour ces that are available.  \nPlease extend the benefit of the doubt to lear n more about decisions that are being made. The people who dedicate our li ves to help animals in the shelter are not perfect\, but we are doing thei r very best in every situation\, for every individual pet\, and we are wor king with very limited resources and the most challenging of circumstances .  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Right now\, we are at a pivotal moment to change the course of animal welfare and lif esaving in our city. Animals deserve to be in homes and people deserve the love of a pet. Will you join us in committing to turn to each other to fi nd ways to help the animals in your community? Are you in?  We are. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availabili ty ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n Metro Atlanta County Animal Shelters are Out of Space! \n \n \n \n The county shelters have reached peak capacity and no longer have kennel space to house dogs. Because of the sheer volume\, we have had to set up temporary crates to house new arrivals but this is n ot a sustainable or acceptable solution.  This year we have seen a declin e in adoptions by 14% and a 37% decline in the number of animals leaving w ith rescue partners (compared to 2019 pre-pandemic levels). We also saw a decline in the number of lost pets finding their families again. Not only are there more animals currently in the shelters\, but they are staying lo nger which impacts their physical and mental wellbeing.  We URGENTLY need help to place our medium to large dogs into homes so that the shelters do not have to face difficult life or death decisions. We currently need to find 250 homes for dogs living at the DeKalb shelter. The Fulton County an imal shelter is facing a similar situation and needs to find 150 homes thi s week.  Here’s what we are experiencing currently across metro Atlanta . \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb Coun ty Animal Services \n \n \n \n Today\, there are 560 d ogs in our DeKalb facility*. In May 2019\, prior to the pandemic the shelt er held 440 dogs. Fewer animals are leaving the shelter\, and animals are staying longer looking for homes. They’re waiting an average of 80 days at DeKalb County Animal Services. Due to this critical status\, Dekalb Cou nty and LifeLine Animal Project\, in conjunction with the Georgia Departme nt of Agriculture\, are enacting emergency only intake protocols. This mea ns the DeKalb shelter is only able to accept animals from emergency situat ions or in critical need (injured animals\, animals involved in bite cases or cruelty situations). DeKalb County Animal Enforcement will also enforc e these emergency protocols and will only respond to high priority calls. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n *As of May 25\, 2022\, with the help of our community\, the number of dogs housed at DeKalb County Animal Service s has decreased to 433. We are making slow\, but steady\, progress towards reducing the number of pets housed at the shelter to a more comfortable t hreshold of 320. However\, the situation remains critical and your continu ed help is needed to find homes for the pets in our care. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n There are currently 360  dogs in our Fulton facility**\, which was bui lt to house only 80 dogs. Dogs are waiting an average 40 days to be placed in a home\, which is longer than previous years and is very stressful for the animals. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n **As of May 25\, 2022\, thanks to our community’s help in response to an urgent plea for fosters and ad opters\, the number of dogs housed at Fulton County Animal Services has di pped below 300. Additionally\, a generous volunteer has pledged to sponsor 100 dog adoptions this May at Fulton County. We always want to provide hu mane housing for the animals in our care and at the levels we are experien cing\, that is extremely challenging. Our community’s continued help at this critical time is needed to find homes for the pets in our care. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Animal C enter \n \n \n \n Our Community Animal Center takes in pets from our county shelters to help alleviate space constraints. Right now\, the center is full and can only take in more dogs when dogs currentl y in our care are adopted or head to foster homes.  Last week\, 128 cats arrived from our DeKalb and Fulton shelters. If you are looking for a cat\ , there are many available at the LifeLine Community Animal Center. There are also over 100 dogs available for adoption at this location. \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n Let's save lives together. \n \n \n \n Please share this blog with your community and network to help more pets find the homes they deserve today. \n \n \n \n Ways to Help \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n March 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel spa ce\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangero usly full\n \n \n \n \n \n Crit ical Needs This Week: Adopters and Fosters \n \n \n \n This February\, we saw the highest intake levels on record for the mont h since LifeLine took over shelter management in 2013. Both of our county shelters are in the red zone for space availability!  As we continue to f ace a growing space crisis\, we turn our attention to the impact of crowdi ng and the shelter environment on the health of our pets. It is a common m isconception that pets may fare better in a shelter than in a home where t he pet parent has to leave daily for work or doesn’t have a yard. There is no place like a home when it comes to animals. Even with the incredible support of our staff and volunteers\, it is impossible to replicate the c alm and one-on-one attention a pet will receive in a home. Shelters\, part icularly at the capacity level we currently face\, can be loud and overwhe lming for many pets. Though they are safe and fed\, the close proximity to so many other pets can lead to a spread in medical conditions. Ultimately \, we see a deterioration of our pets the longer they spend in the shelter \, along with added strain for our veterinary teams.  Our goal is to see all of our pets find their way to a warm and loving home. We need help giv ing our shelter pets a break\, including taking them out for a day or a we ekend\, while they await the arrival of their new family. We immediately s ee an improvement in our pet’s health and happiness when they are in a h ome. Plus\, you can provide key insights on the dog or cat’s personality (which tends to shine beyond the shelter walls) to share with potential a dopters! We are facing a particular need for fosters for our pets that hav e medical needs\, are part of an ongoing court case\, and dogs that are la rger in size. To find out more and help give our pets a break\, check out our Foster page. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \n There ar e currently 471 dogs at DeKalb County Animal Services\, 253 MORE than the ideal number of dogs that should be housed in our shelter here and putting us in the RED ZONE!  The need for special care fosters is imperative. Ce rtain pets\, such as those that have just given birth\, are undergoing med ical treatment or are part of a court case\, deserve a quiet space and may need a little extra care. This can include receiving regular doses of med icine\, restricted or regulated exercise regimes or extra space to care fo r their puppies. It is important that they have a home where they can rela x\, heal and rest stress-free.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n The Fulton County Animal Services shelter is in the RED ZONE! There are 265 dogs in the shelter\, an alarming 115 dogs over the ideal number of 150. This means some runs have up to five dogs s haring a space. As a result\, the shelter is seeing an uptick in medical i ssues\, particularly contagious ailments like upper respiratory infections . \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n In Feb ruary 2022\, the LifeLine Community Animal Center brought in 222 pets to h elp create space at our two county shelters. 94 dogs and 84 cats are waiti ng for a place to call home\, with many more patiently waiting in foster h omes. Our animals are showing tremendous resilience\, but we need urgent h elp from our community to provide these precious pets with homes! Our miss ion remains\, as always\, to save the lives of all healthy and treatable a nimals. We appreciate the support of our community! \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n Help us save lives together! \n \n \n \n Share this blog with your community\, and help get mor e pets into homes today! \n \n \n \n Ways to Help \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n January 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n We are kicking off the new year with an unfamiliar sight for this time of the year: shelters that are stil l full from this summer. Shelter space is unfortunately\, yet typically\, limited during the summer months\, but this is the first time we have expe rienced such a continued strain on our shelter capacity and team. The numb er of animals coming in our doors has increased by 12% over last year whil e the number of dogs adopted has decreased. People are also struggling to care for their pets and have been facing evictions and other challenges. T his means more pets have been surrendered. Over the last two years\, we ha ve seen a 39% decline in the number of animals our rescue partners have be en able to help pull to safety\, largely due to factors resulting from the COVID pandemic. All of these challenges would be difficult alone but\, li ke so many others\, we are also facing severe labor shortages. We currentl y have 34 open positions across three locations\, which means we are missi ng 13% of our workforce. Between the staffing challenge and the number of staff who have been out sick due to the latest wave of the COVID-19 virus\ , we are struggling. Animal care is always our top priority. Our understaf fed teams and volunteers are working doubly hard to care for all the anima ls in need\, covering extra shifts and taking on additional responsibiliti es. In these times\, we must depend even more so on our community’s supp ort. By adopting\, donating\, volunteering\, helping lost animals back hom e and finding new homes for those alone in the shelter\, our community off ers real and sustained hope for the animals in our care. We are continuing to take in animals for emergency situations and for those who do not have any other options. Our Animal Service Officers and community support team s continue to provide resources\, including access to veterinary care and pet supplies\, pet lost and found assistance and self-rehoming options for animals in non-emergency situations. We always work with individuals faci ng financial hardship who need help for their pets. We often reduce or wai ve reclaim and surrender fees in the hopes of helping people and finding t he best outcomes for the animals. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \ n The ideal number of dogs that should be housed at DeKalb County Animal Services is 218. This allows us to house one dog per kennel with ac cess to both sides of the kennel. We are currently in the red zone with 48 0 dogs in the building. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n With Fulton County Animal Services being a smaller\, older building\, there is space to optimally house only 150 dogs. As of la st week\, there were 221 dogs in the shelter. This forces us to house mult iple dogs in most of the kennels. Not only does this make cleaning the she lter a logistical challenge\, but it means the environment is less than id eal for our animals. Our goal is to safely house a large population while mitigating risk of disease and shelter stress on the animals. If we had fe wer dogs in the building\, we could provide larger\, single kennels for 26 of our larger breed dogs\, who need individual housing\, and who are curr ently residing in smaller cages. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n In December 2021\, the LifeLine Community Animal C enter transferred in 170 pets from Fulton and DeKalb to help make space at the our two county shelters. We currently have 95 dogs and 102 cats looki ng for homes\, and even more are waiting to find families while they live in foster homes. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We believe space limitations alone are an unacceptable reason to euthani ze healthy and treatable animals. LifeLine has been able to achieve “no- kill\,”  saving 90% or more of all the animals who enter our shelters\, but we are only able to maintain this lifesaving achievement with the com munity’s support and advocacy. We know our community has the ability to provide the support needed to save precious lives.  Their lives depend on it. \n \n \n \n Make a difference today! \n \n \n \n Share this blog post with your community\, and help g et more pets into homes today. 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LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T061015Z URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com/event/lifesouth-blood-drive/?utm_source=c aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:StillFire Brewing X-SOURCE-URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Greedy Man’s BBQ DTSTART:20260927T160000Z DTEND:20260928T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T061015Z UID:10000290-1790510400-1790539200@stillfirebrewing.com CATEGORIES:food DESCRIPTION:Greedy Man’s BBQ doesn’t do subtle. \nRib tips slow-smoke d into submission\, wings that talk back\, jumbo fried shrimp\, cheeseburg ers built like a dare\, and sandwiches stacked past the point of reason. T his is the truck for people who think “just a little” is a personal in sult. \nGrab a cold one\, order big\, and prepare to regret nothing. Greed y Man doesn’t do small portions\, and honestly\, neither should tonight. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T061015Z URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com/event/greedy-mans-bbq-2/2026-09-27/?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:StillFire Brewing X-SOURCE-URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Spiritual Keys to Aging Well--Monthly Discussion Group DTSTART:20260927T163000Z DTEND:20260927T173000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T203106Z UID:10004691-1790512200-1790515800@unityatl.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Spiritual Keys to Aging Well–Monthly Discussion Group\n \nDa tes: Last Sunday of each Month\nTime: 12:30pm\nLocation: Board Room\, Ro om 109\nFacilitator: Gilda Jennings \nThis monthly discussion group meets the last Sunday of the month to focus on topics of interest to aging adult s. All are welcome. No registration required LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T203106Z LOCATION:Unity Atlanta Church\, 3597 Parkway Lane\, Peachtree Corners\, 30 092\, United States URL:https://unityatl.org/events/spiritual-keys-to-aging-well-monthly-discu ssion-group-5-2/2026-09-27/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_cam paign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Unity Atlanta Church X-SOURCE-URL:https://unityatl.org/events/congregational-care-team-training END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Elevated Rhythms DTSTART:20260927T170000Z DTEND:20260927T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260909T192711Z UID:46782-1790514000-1790535600@eastpointga.gov CATEGORIES:music LAST-MODIFIED:20260909T192711Z LOCATION:City Hall (Front Lawn)\, 2757 East Point Street\, East Point\, GA \, 30344\, United States URL:https://eastpointga.gov/event/elevated-rhythms/?utm_source=caldiscover y&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of East Point\, Georgia X-SOURCE-URL:https://eastpointga.gov END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fleet Races (2): FS-S-T-Y DTSTART:20260927T180000Z DTEND:20260927T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T201325Z UID:4lucd00cr8ga8blhgqj0q7pcmr@google.com CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Sailing Instructions:  AYC Fleet Races - 2025 Sailing Instru ctions Scheduled time is the WARNING for the first fleet.  Gather gun 30 minutes prior to warning (not required)Starting Order is typically based on the fastest fleet 1st followed by the 2nd fastest fleet\, etc.  This i s not a rule but typical practice and will be a the full discretion of the Race Committee including the possibility of combining select fleets into the same start.  Class Flags will designate the Fleet(s) to start. List o f Fleets: 4 - 420FS - Flying Scot L - Laser/ILCAO - OptiS - SnipeSF - Sun fishT - ThistleY - Y-Flyer LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T201325Z X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Yacht Club Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantayachtclub.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Bingo at Post 201 DTSTART:20260927T180000Z DTEND:20260927T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T201628Z UID:3771-1790517600-1790528400@legion201.org CATEGORIES:community LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T201628Z LOCATION:American Legion Post 201 Ballroom\, 201 Wills Road\, Alpharetta\, GA\, 30009\, United States URL:https://legion201.org/event/bingo-at-post-201-33/?utm_source=caldiscov ery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:American Legion Post 201\, Alpharetta GA X-SOURCE-URL:https://legion201.org/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Watercolor class DTSTART:20260927T180000Z DTEND:20260927T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T210208Z UID:10002073-1790517600-1790528400@www.woodlandsgarden.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Click and register now to explore watercolor with local artist \, Jessica Lily. Jessica will guide you step-by-step in a relaxed indoor s etting. Classes are at Woodlands Gardens in the welcome center. Parking is available onsite. \nIMPORTANT NOTE: Participants must either bring their own supplies (paper\, paints\, brushes\, etc.). OR pay the Materials Fee: $15 Includes 100% cotton paper and access to Jessica’s collection of qu ality watercolor paints\, palettes\, brushes\, pencils\, erasers\, and mor e. \nCLASSES BOOK UP QUICKLY. If the class is sold out\, email jessica@jes sica-lily.com to join her waitlist. \n• Sept. 27 at 2pm: Waterlily – A dvanced beginners and up. \n• Oct. 25 at 2pm: Blue Aster – All levels. \n• Nov. 15 at 2pm: Pink Cosmos – All levels. \n• Dec. 18 at 6-8pm: Pansies – Great for beginners and all levels. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T210208Z URL:https://www.woodlandsgarden.org/event/watercolor-class-2/2026-09-27/?u tm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Woodlands Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.woodlandsgarden.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Atlanta's Comprehensive Transportation Plan Kick Off DTSTART:20260927T180000Z DTEND:20260927T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T134200Z UID:10000114-1790517600-1790528400@atldot.atlantaga.gov CATEGORIES:civic DESCRIPTION:Maintaining more than 1\,400 miles of roadway across Atlanta r equires more than responding to potholes.  It requires knowing where infr astructure is deteriorating\, understanding which improvements should come first and making informed decisions about where transportation dollars ca n have the greatest impact. The Atlanta Department of Transportation (ATLD OT) has partnered with Cyvl to do exactly that.  Cyvl is an AI-powered i ntelligence platform that uses LiDAR sensors\, advanced imagery\, and art ificial intelligence (AI) to collect detailed information about the cond ition of transportation infrastructure. The technology is helping teams p rioritize maintenance and make data-backed infrastructure investments.   Traditionally\, assessing a large roadway network can require extensive m anual surveys and months of work. Cyvl’s technology allows ATLDOT to sc an and analyze the City’s 1\,450-mile road network in days.  As vehicl es equipped with Cyvl’s technology travel Atlanta’s streets\, informat ion about the roadway is captured. AI then analyzes that information to identify pavement conditions. The result is objective data showing what infrastructure exists\, where it is located\, and what condition it is in . \n \n \n \n Better Pavement Across Downtown Atlanta \n \n \n \n Cyvl first worked with ATLDOT in 2024 to conduct a roadway assessment that established a baseline for pavement cond itions. A follow-up assessment helped guide the City’s 2025 Downtown Pav ement Program and identify where improvements were needed.\n\nBetween 2024 and 2026\, 85% of downtown roads were repaired and potholes decreased by 60%. By 2026\, 97% of downtown streets were classified as “great\,” up from 47% before the program began. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Taking the Approach Citywide \n \n \n \n Building on t he results of the Downtown Pavement Program\, Atlanta has expanded its par tnership with Cyvl citywide. The expanded program covers roadways\, sidewa lks\, curb ramps\, and street signs.“The Downtown Pavement Program resul ts show what data-driven infrastructure management can do\,” ATLDOT Comm issioner Solomon Caviness said. “By using reliable\, continuously update d information\, we reduced potholes\, improved pavement conditions\, and m ade smarter investments. Expanding this approach citywide will help us str etch every infrastructure dollar\, prioritize where the need is the greate st\, and stay ahead of issues in every neighborhood.” \n \n \n \n Building a Better Transportation Network \n \n \n \n Atlanta’s downtown improvements received added attention as the city prepared to welcome visitors for the 2026 FIFA World Cup\, but the value of the work extends well beyond a major event. \n\nThe larger g oal is creating a more proactive way to manage Atlanta’s infrastructure. Instead of simply identifying a street that needs work today\, continuous ly updated data can help ATLDOT understand how conditions are changing acr oss the city and plan accordingly. \n\nFor residents\, the technology its elf may largely operate behind the scenes. Its impact is much easier to se e – fewer potholes and improved pavement. As ATLDOT expands this approac h across the city\, data is becoming another tool for building and maintai ning transportation infrastructure that better serves every Atlanta neighb orhood. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T134200Z LOCATION:North Avenue Presbyterian Church\, 607 Peachtree St NE\, Atlanta\ , GA\, 30308\, United States URL:https://atldot.atlantaga.gov/atldotevent/atlantas-comprehensive-transp ortation-plan-kick-off/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaig n=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Department of Transportation X-SOURCE-URL:https://atldot.atlantaga.gov/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Atlanta Streets Alive DTSTART:20260927T180000Z DTEND:20260927T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T134200Z UID:10000130-1790517600-1790532000@atldot.atlantaga.gov CATEGORIES:civic,outdoors DESCRIPTION:Maintaining more than 1\,400 miles of roadway across Atlanta r equires more than responding to potholes.  It requires knowing where infr astructure is deteriorating\, understanding which improvements should come first and making informed decisions about where transportation dollars ca n have the greatest impact. The Atlanta Department of Transportation (ATLD OT) has partnered with Cyvl to do exactly that.  Cyvl is an AI-powered i ntelligence platform that uses LiDAR sensors\, advanced imagery\, and art ificial intelligence (AI) to collect detailed information about the cond ition of transportation infrastructure. The technology is helping teams p rioritize maintenance and make data-backed infrastructure investments.   Traditionally\, assessing a large roadway network can require extensive m anual surveys and months of work. Cyvl’s technology allows ATLDOT to sc an and analyze the City’s 1\,450-mile road network in days.  As vehicl es equipped with Cyvl’s technology travel Atlanta’s streets\, informat ion about the roadway is captured. AI then analyzes that information to identify pavement conditions. The result is objective data showing what infrastructure exists\, where it is located\, and what condition it is in . \n \n \n \n Better Pavement Across Downtown Atlanta \n \n \n \n Cyvl first worked with ATLDOT in 2024 to conduct a roadway assessment that established a baseline for pavement cond itions. A follow-up assessment helped guide the City’s 2025 Downtown Pav ement Program and identify where improvements were needed.\n\nBetween 2024 and 2026\, 85% of downtown roads were repaired and potholes decreased by 60%. By 2026\, 97% of downtown streets were classified as “great\,” up from 47% before the program began. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Taking the Approach Citywide \n \n \n \n Building on t he results of the Downtown Pavement Program\, Atlanta has expanded its par tnership with Cyvl citywide. The expanded program covers roadways\, sidewa lks\, curb ramps\, and street signs.“The Downtown Pavement Program resul ts show what data-driven infrastructure management can do\,” ATLDOT Comm issioner Solomon Caviness said. “By using reliable\, continuously update d information\, we reduced potholes\, improved pavement conditions\, and m ade smarter investments. Expanding this approach citywide will help us str etch every infrastructure dollar\, prioritize where the need is the greate st\, and stay ahead of issues in every neighborhood.” \n \n \n \n Building a Better Transportation Network \n \n \n \n Atlanta’s downtown improvements received added attention as the city prepared to welcome visitors for the 2026 FIFA World Cup\, but the value of the work extends well beyond a major event. \n\nThe larger g oal is creating a more proactive way to manage Atlanta’s infrastructure. Instead of simply identifying a street that needs work today\, continuous ly updated data can help ATLDOT understand how conditions are changing acr oss the city and plan accordingly. \n\nFor residents\, the technology its elf may largely operate behind the scenes. Its impact is much easier to se e – fewer potholes and improved pavement. As ATLDOT expands this approac h across the city\, data is becoming another tool for building and maintai ning transportation infrastructure that better serves every Atlanta neighb orhood. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T134200Z LOCATION:Peachtree Street URL:https://atldot.atlantaga.gov/atldotevent/atlanta-streets-alive-septemb er-27-2026/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Department of Transportation X-SOURCE-URL:https://atldot.atlantaga.gov/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Paint Chip Poetry Contest DTSTART:20260927T190000Z DTEND:20260928T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260908T123434Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53883419002796 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:"In celebration of Latine Heritage Month\, Latinas UNIDES and McCain Library are partnering to host a paint chip poetry contest. To part icipate\, pick up a paint chip from the Check Out Desk in McCain Library. Write your poem on the paint chip\, and then place it in the submission bo x. All entries will be reviewed by Latinas UNIDES. A prize will be given t o the winner\, and all entries will be displayed in McCain Library. LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T123434Z LOCATION:McCain Library\, Main Reading Room (1st Floor Lobby) URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/paint-chip-poetry-contest?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Keyboardist Joseph Jevanni DTSTART:20260927T190000Z DTEND:20260927T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T193352Z UID:10066-1790524800-1790524800@stjamesliveatl.com CATEGORIES:music LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T193352Z LOCATION:St. James Live\, 3220 Butner Rd SW\, Suite 240 Atlanta\, GA 30331 \, Atlanta\, 30331 URL:https://stjamesliveatl.com/show/keyboardist-joseph-jevanni/?utm_source =caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:St. James Live! X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.stjamesliveatl.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Luke Latimer DTSTART:20260927T190000Z DTEND:20260927T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T061015Z UID:10000242-1790521200-1790532000@stillfirebrewing.com CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Born & raised in the small rural town of Gillsville\, GA\, Luk e Latimer has been apart of the Georgia local music scene since he was 15. Now 24 and more established\, Luke has been playing a mix of crowd favori te covers and fresh alternative rock inspired originals for over 8 years n ow at breweries\, bars\, and venues all around the state. Don’t let his age fool you. Luke is an old soul with influences spanning from Icons like The Beatles and Johnny Cash\, as well as Foo Fighters\, Alice In Chains a nd Queens Of The Stone Age. His crisp but grit-induced vocals paired with his superb guitar playing make for a stellar performance you do not want to miss. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T061015Z URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com/event/luke-latimer-4/?utm_source=caldisco very&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:StillFire Brewing X-SOURCE-URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:RUN KATIE RUN DTSTART:20260927T190000Z DTEND:20260927T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T061015Z UID:10000342-1790521200-1790532000@stillfirebrewing.com CATEGORIES:drink,music DESCRIPTION:Grab a beer and get ready for Run Katie Run\, a roots rock and Americana band built on soaring harmonies and honest storytelling. \nThei r bond with Dolly Parton runs deep. Frontwoman Katie Coleman has spent the past five years playing Dollywood\, and her voice draws Dolly comparisons . Expect covers of Dolly\, Shania\, the Dixie Chicks\, and Reba\, plus a f ew fun facts about the queen of country. \nCome early\, good seats go fast . Beer in hand\, boots ready.\nMore at runkatierun.com \nBONUS! $1 from ev ery full pour of Lemonade Stand\, Spartan Blue\, and Strawberry Blonde goe s to Dolly’s Imagination Library. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T061015Z URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com/event/run-katie-run/?utm_source=caldiscov ery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:StillFire Brewing X-SOURCE-URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Georgia State University Men's Soccer vs Coastal Carolina DTSTART:20260927T200000Z DTEND:20260927T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53493931836472 CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:The Georgia State University men's soccer team hosts Coastal C arolina at the GSU Soccer Complex. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:Atlanta\, Ga.\, GSU Soccer Complex URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/georgia-state-university-mens-soccer-vs -coastal-carolina-779?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign= atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Ron Taylor DTSTART:20260927T210000Z DTEND:20260927T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T170243Z UID:6a0f45e7a8378e98a6d4dc25 CATEGORIES:comedy DESCRIPTION:City Winery presents Ron Taylor live on September 27th at 5pm and 8:30pm. View all Ron Taylor shows --> Ron Taylor is a stand-up com edian from Detroit. He rose to national prominence as the inaugural winner of Kevin Hart’s Netflix comedy competition series Funny AF\, earning a Netflix comedy special after being voted the winner by a combination of th e Netflix home streaming audience and the panel of comic judges including Kevin Hart\, Tom Segura\, Nikki Glaser\, Chelsea Handler\, and Kumail Nanj iani.\nTicket URL: https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/ron-taylor-hqz31o LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170243Z LOCATION:City Winery Atlanta\, 650 North Ave NE\, Atlanta\, 30308\, US URL:https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/ron-taylor-hqz31o?utm_source=cald iscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City Winery Events X-SOURCE-URL:https://citywinery.com/atlanta/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Encore! Downsizing Done Right: When and How to Downsize for Retire ment DTSTART:20260927T210000Z DTEND:20260927T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260914T061546Z UID:10001792-1790528400-1790532000@www.prumc.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Think practically and purposefully about retirement. \n\nReady to simplify your living space but unsure where to start? Join Darby Tracy of Senior Provisions and PRUMC member Selena Bridges for practical tips o n decluttering and transitioning with ease. \nDesigning a Meaningful Retir ement\nThis fall\, Encore! will offer a three-part series designed to help adults and families think practically and purposefully about retirement. Whether retirement is just around the corner or still a few years away\, t hese conversations will provide helpful guidance for making informed decis ions. \nAug 30  |  Demystifying Medicare: What You Need to Know Before E nrolling \nSep 27  |  Downsizing Done Right: When and How to Downsize fo r Retirement \nOct 18  |  Social Security 101: Blueprint for Your Retire ment Income \nhttps://media.blubrry.com/prumc_sermons/content.blubrry.com/ prumc_sermons/2026-09-13.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T061546Z LOCATION:Hospitality Suite\, 3180 Peachtree Rd NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30305\, United States URL:https://www.prumc.org/event/encore-downsizing-done-right-when-and-how- to-downsize-for-retirement/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_cam paign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Peachtree Road United Methodist Church X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.prumc.org/event/an-evening-with-tom-johnson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:UMKF DTSTART:20260927T210000Z DTEND:20260927T223000Z DTSTAMP:20260914T061546Z UID:10001819-1790528400-1790533800@www.prumc.org CATEGORIES:community,food DESCRIPTION:United Methodist Kids’ Fellowship \n\nThird\, fourth\, and f ifth graders – it’s all about faith\, food\, fun\, and fellowship with our church friends! Devotions that relate to life\, dinner\, activities\, and fellowship. \nhttps://media.blubrry.com/prumc_sermons/content.blubrry .com/prumc_sermons/2026-09-13.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T061546Z LOCATION:The Loft\, GA URL:https://www.prumc.org/event/umkf/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=i cs&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Peachtree Road United Methodist Church X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.prumc.org/event/an-evening-with-tom-johnson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Chapel Worship Service DTSTART:20260927T213000Z DTEND:20260927T223000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T120024Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53759519338788 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Worship service LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T120024Z LOCATION:Julia Thompson Smith Chapel\, Narthex (Main Lobby) URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/chapel-worship-service?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Flying Scot Meeting (Adult Lounge or Pavilion) DTSTART:20260927T220000Z DTEND:20260927T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T201325Z UID:69ji0aihvjljt5motvg0psfpq6@google.com CATEGORIES:community LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T201325Z X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Yacht Club Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantayachtclub.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CPH Guys Night (Billiards Edition) DTSTART:20260927T220000Z DTEND:20260928T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T205941Z UID:7314-1790532000-1790541000@www.churchatponceandhighland.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Calling all guys! Come hang and play pool at Twain’s Brewpub at 6p on Sunday Sep 27. Food available but not included. \nNone of are re ally great at pool\, that’s not the point. \nAll CPH guys nights are alc ohol free because we have so many folks in recovery. \nAll who see themsel ves in the word “guy” are invited and welcome. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T205941Z URL:https://www.churchatponceandhighland.org/event/cph-guys-night-billiard s-edition/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Church at Ponce & Highland X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.dhbc.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sunset Sundaes DTSTART:20260927T230000Z DTEND:20260928T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260907T051131Z UID:14468-1790535600-1790541000@shiftatlanta.org CATEGORIES:food DESCRIPTION:Join antrieb. for their bi-weekly Sunset Sundaes meet up! Ever y other Sunday all summer long\, alternating between the Andy’s Frozen C ustard Toco Hills and Alpharetta locations. Be sure to check the graphic f or which location is which date! \nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/136736 3145271976/?event_time_id=1367363165271974 LAST-MODIFIED:20260907T051131Z LOCATION:Andy’s Frozen Custard URL:https://shiftatlanta.org/atlanta-car-event/sunset-sundaes-5/?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:ShiftAtlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://shiftatlanta.org/atlanta-car-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Hulvey: Could Be Tonight Tour DTSTART:20260927T230000Z DTEND:20260928T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T204448Z UID:19930-1790535600-1790535600@atlantaconcertreviews.com CATEGORIES:music LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T204448Z LOCATION:Tabernacle\, 152 Luckie Street\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30303 URL:https://atlantaconcertreviews.com/event/hulvey-could-be-tonight-tour/? utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Concert Reviews X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantaconcertreviews.com/concert-calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Best Of Atlanta Comedy Showcase - Sunday September 27 at 7:30pm DTSTART:20260927T233000Z DTEND:20260928T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260909T060951Z UID:10001795-1790537400-1790544600@laughingskulllounge.com CATEGORIES:comedy LAST-MODIFIED:20260909T060951Z LOCATION:Laughing Skull Lounge\, 878 Peachtree Street\, Atlanta\, GA\, 303 09\, United States URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com/event/best-of-atlanta-comedy-showcase- sunday-september-27-2026-at-730pm/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics& utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Laughing Skull Lounge X-SOURCE-URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:36th Annual IEEE Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processin g (MLSP 2026) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260928 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260929 DTSTAMP:20260729T170246Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53013849602015 CATEGORIES:education,tech DESCRIPTION:The 36th IEEE Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processi ng (MLSP 2026) will bring together researchers\, engineers\, and industry practitioners from around the world for four days of technical exchange at the intersection of machine learning and signal processing. The workshop will take place in Atlanta\, Georgia\, from September 28 through October 1 \, 2026\, with Centennial Hall on the downtown campus of Georgia State Uni versity serving as the conference venue.\n\nMLSP has long been one of the IEEE Signal Processing Society’s key forums for emerging methods and app lications in learning-driven signal processing. MLSP 2026 will continue th at tradition with a program designed to highlight both foundational advanc es and practical impact across academia and industry. The technical progra m is organized around several core themes that reflect the evolving landsc ape of the field\, including: Foundation and Generative Models for Signals \; Temporal and Sequential Signal Learning\; Agentic and Multimodal Learni ng\; Machine Learning for Neuroimaging\, Neuroscience\, and Biomedical Sig nals\; and Responsible\, Causal\, and Federated Signal Intelligence.\n\nTh ese themes are complemented by a broad call for contributions spanning dee p learning\, Bayesian and probabilistic inference\, graph representation l earning\, federated and distributed learning\, privacy and fairness\, mult imodal machine learning\, large language models\, learning from biosignals \, and applications in areas such as healthcare\, neuroscience\, wireless communications\, disaster management\, and financial engineering. Together \, the program reflects both the rapid methodological advances in the fiel d and their increasing importance across real-world systems and industry a pplications.\n\nThe workshop will also include tutorials and special sessi ons intended to expose attendees to fast-moving topics and cross-disciplin ary opportunities. The tutorial program is designed to be valuable to both industry and academic participants\, with formats ranging from 1.5-hour s hort tutorials to 3.5-hour in-depth sessions. Special sessions are being s olicited on emerging topics expected to have substantial near-term impact\ , providing a platform for focused discussion and community building.\n\nM LSP 2026 is led by Conference Co-Chairs Sergey Plis and Vince Calhoun\, su pported by an international organizing committee overseeing the technical program\, tutorials\, keynotes\, publications\, finance\, and publicity. T he workshop will feature keynote talks from leaders in the field\, includi ng confirmed keynote speaker Tülay Adali\, known for her contributions to statistical signal processing and machine learning. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170246Z LOCATION:Centennial Hall URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/36th-annual-ieee-workshop-on-machine-le arning-for-signal-processing-ieee-mlsp-2026?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_me dium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:VA Highland Plein Air Paint Out DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260928 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261004 DTSTAMP:20260902T000354Z UID:26675-1790553600-1791071999@piedmontpark.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Try to spot Virginia Highland Plein Air artists in the Park! T hey’ll be painting around the Park gearing up for an Art Sale happening on 10/3 from 9AM-1PM at the Green Market. 10% of sales are donated to Pied mont Park Conservancy! LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T000354Z URL:https://piedmontpark.org/event/va-highland-plein-air-paint-out-2/?utm_ source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Piedmont Park Conservancy\, Inc. X-SOURCE-URL:https://piedmontpark.org/green-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Luchsinger A Cappella Rehearsal DTSTART:20260928T000000Z DTEND:20260928T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T121642Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53892281240740 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Luchsinger A Cappella rehearsal in preparation for our fall co ncert. LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T121642Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Luchsinger Lounge URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/luchsinger-a-cappella-rehearsal? utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:College of Law Fall 2026 - Spring 2027 Clinic & Externship Applic ation Period DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260928 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260929 DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52922638425327 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Spring 2027 Clinic & Externship Application Period\n\nSeptembe r 16-30 2025\n\nThe application for Spring enrollment for all clinics and externships opens on Wednesday\, September 16th and closes on Wednesday\, September 30th at 11:59 p.m. To apply\, visit the Clinical Programs page o r the Externships page. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-college-of-law-fall-2025-spring -2026-clinic-externship-application-period?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_med ium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Withdrawal Period - Full Semester DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260928 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260929 DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52328748791742 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Withdrawal Period begins via PAWS at 8 a.m.\n\nWithdrawn c lasses appear on the official transcript with the grade of W or WF.\n\nFor detailed information on withdrawals\, refer to the "Revision of Class Sch edule" section of the University Catalog. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-classes-begin-mmii?utm_source=c aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Withdrawal Period - MMII DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260928 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260929 DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52328767056271 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Withdrawal Period begins via PAWS at 8 a.m.\n\nWithdrawn c lasses appear on the official transcript with the grade of W or WF.\n\nFor detailed information on withdrawals\, refer to the "Revision of Class Sch edule" section of the University Catalog. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-withdrawal-period-mmi?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:ADOG Classes Session 5 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260928 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261003 DTSTAMP:20260915T202909Z UID:0t8bmlk5t7vcbgn39ek0linqt2@google.com CATEGORIES:education LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T202909Z X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Kennel Club X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantakennelclub.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Ron Taylor DTSTART:20260928T003000Z DTEND:20260928T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T170243Z UID:6a0f4956e58cde03c12e1d24 CATEGORIES:comedy DESCRIPTION:City Winery presents Ron Taylor live on September 27th at 5pm and 8:30pm. View all Ron Taylor shows --> Ron Taylor is a stand-up com edian from Detroit. He rose to national prominence as the inaugural winner of Kevin Hart’s Netflix comedy competition series Funny AF\, earning a Netflix comedy special after being voted the winner by a combination of th e Netflix home streaming audience and the panel of comic judges including Kevin Hart\, Tom Segura\, Nikki Glaser\, Chelsea Handler\, and Kumail Nanj iani.\nTicket URL: https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/ron-taylor-974kse LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170243Z LOCATION:City Winery Atlanta\, 650 North Ave NE\, Atlanta\, 30308\, US URL:https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/ron-taylor-974kse?utm_source=cald iscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City Winery Events X-SOURCE-URL:https://citywinery.com/atlanta/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Red Light Green Light DTSTART:20260928T010000Z DTEND:20260928T060000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T122637Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53874564324261 CATEGORIES:gaming DESCRIPTION:RLGL- Come out and join ProBo at The Loft @ Center Stage!\n\nL ocation is The Loft @ Center Stage \n1374 W Peachtree St NW\, Atlanta\, GA 30309 LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T122637Z LOCATION:Campus Quads Patios & Parking Lots\, Main Loop Milton Candler Dri ve URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/red-light-green-light?utm_source =caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Red Light Green Light DTSTART:20260928T020000Z DTEND:20260928T060000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180352Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53379022664991 CATEGORIES:gaming DESCRIPTION:RLGL- Come out and join ProBo at The Loft @ Center Stage!\n\nL ocation is The Loft @ Center Stage \n1374 W Peachtree St NW\, Atlanta\, GA 30309 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180352Z LOCATION:Campus Quads Patios & Parking Lots\, Main Loop Milton Candler Dri ve URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/red-light-green-light?utm_source =caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Panthers Commitment to Consent 2026-2027 Academic Year DTSTART:20260928T040000Z DTEND:20260929T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53547032031540 CATEGORIES:wellness DESCRIPTION:Take the Georgia State Commitment to Consent and help create a culture of respect\, communication\, and positive sexual wellness across our Panther community. \nConsent is enthusiastic\, communicated\, specific \, informed\, and reversible. It means making sure everyone is able and wi lling to participate\, communicating clearly\, respecting boundaries\, and understanding that anyone can change their mind at any time. \nHow it wor ks (less than 2 minutes!): \n\nRSVP to this event during the 2026–2027 a cademic year. \nShare your name and affirm your commitment to practicing t he Student Wellness Five Components of Consent in your sexual and intimate interactions. \nComplete the virtual commitment to demonstrate your suppo rt for a culture where consent\, communication\, and respect are valued. \ n\nYour attendance will be recorded in PIN\, making you eligible to earn P ounce Rewards and contribute toward your Health & Wellness Advocate proces s. \nTake a moment to make the commitment. Your participation helps promot e respect\, healthy communication\, safety\, and positive sexual wellness at Georgia State University. 🐾 \nLearn more about consent by registerin g for the Your Sexual Wellness Matters iCollege Course\n \n\nHosted by: B e Well Panthers Health & Wellness\n\nAdditional Information can be found a t: https://pin.gsu.edu/event/12526520 LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/yes-to-consent-panthers-pledge-2026-202 7-academic-year?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlant a-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sukkot with sukkah on the patio DTSTART:20260928T050000Z DTEND:20260929T035000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T123708Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53998494102445 CATEGORIES:holiday DESCRIPTION:Sukkot is a weeklong Jewish holiday that comes five days after Yom Kippur. Sukkot celebrates the gathering of the harvest and commemorat es the miraculous protection G‑d provided for the children of Israel whe n they left Egypt. We celebrate Sukkot by dwelling in a foliage-covered bo oth (known as a sukkah) and by taking the “Four Kinds” (arba minim)\, four special species of vegetation. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T123708Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL Butler Patio URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/sukkot-with-sukkah-on-the-patio? utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Paint Chip Poetry Contest DTSTART:20260928T120000Z DTEND:20260929T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260908T123434Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53883419017133 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:"In celebration of Latine Heritage Month\, Latinas UNIDES and McCain Library are partnering to host a paint chip poetry contest. To part icipate\, pick up a paint chip from the Check Out Desk in McCain Library. Write your poem on the paint chip\, and then place it in the submission bo x. All entries will be reviewed by Latinas UNIDES. A prize will be given t o the winner\, and all entries will be displayed in McCain Library. LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T123434Z LOCATION:McCain Library\, Main Reading Room (1st Floor Lobby) URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/paint-chip-poetry-contest?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Feet on the Street Shower Ministry DTSTART:20260928T120000Z DTEND:20260928T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T210112Z UID:10007701-1790582400-1790596800@napc.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:We are privileged to partner with Pastor Maurice and Feet on t he Street Ministries to provide showers\, clothes\, food\, friendship\, ho pe\, resources\, and help on Monday mornings from 8 a.m. to noon for unhou sed women and children in our community. There are opportunities to volunt eer by bringing breakfast (for 25)\, helping with the shower schedule\, di stributing clothes and communing with our neighbors. Use the button below to access the sign-up form. \nVolunteer Here LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T210112Z LOCATION:North Avenue Presbyterian Church\, 607 Peachtree St\, Atlanta\, G A\, 30308\, United States URL:https://napc.org/event/feet-on-the-street-shower-ministry/2026-09-28/? utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:North Avenue Presbyterian X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.napc.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mastering Online Teaching: Course Accessibility DTSTART:20260928T130000Z DTEND:20260928T140000Z DTSTAMP:20260811T062049Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53664952926845 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Join us for our Mastering Online Teaching: Design for All Seri es!\n\nThis self-paced series of individual courses focuses on key element s of digital course accessibility and is designed to help Georgia State Fa culty reach and support the widest range of students possible.\n\nBadges a re earned upon completing each course and its assessment!\n\nMastering Onl ine Teaching: Course Accessibility is designed to help you build a foundat ion in creating accessible online courses. By the end you’ll be able to: \n\nDefine accessibility and understand it as a universal standard.Recogni ze your role in accessibility compliance and preventing access barriers.Id entify and use the accessibility resources available to you. \n\nThe cours e opens September 28th and runs until October 2nd with time after for subm itting the final assessment. Though\, it’s a self-paced course\, so you may finish earlier if you choose.\n\nRegister today by selecting Register\ , this will open the course's iLearn registration page. Log into iCollege if prompted. Then on the iLearn Course Information page select Enroll in Course. After that you'll find the course in your My Courses widget on t he iCollege home page. Once registered you'll be all set for accessing th e course and content when it opens on September 28th.\n\nTo learn more abo ut the full series\, visit our Mastering Online Teaching page.\n\nQuestion s? Contact us at CETLOE@gsu.edu. LAST-MODIFIED:20260811T062049Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/mot-course-accessibility-fa26?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Geoeconomics and U.S. Partnerships in East Asia DTSTART:20260928T130000Z DTEND:20260928T194500Z DTSTAMP:20260918T004406Z UID:10041591-1790586000-1790610300@www.globalatlanta.com CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:From semiconductor chips to rare earth minerals\, from shipbui lding to EV batteries\, the partnerships between the U.S. and its East Asi an allies are being tested and transformed. This symposium brings together leading policymakers and practitioners to examine what is at stake — an d what the Southeast stands to gain. \nFeatured Speakers: \n\nDr. Patrick Cronin (Hudson Institute) — Opening Keynote on the U.S. Geoeconomic Fram ework\nAmbassador Alexander Tah-ray Yui — Taiwan’s Representative to t he United States\, Luncheon Address\nDr. Roy Chun Lee (Chung-Hua Instituti on for Economic Research) — On the U.S.–Taiwan trade agreement\nDr. Ka zuto Suzuki (University of Tokyo / Institute of Geoeconomics) — On Japan ’s rare earth strategy\nDr. Seong-Hyon Lee (George H.W. Bush Foundation for U.S.–China Relations) — On South Korea’s industrial partnerships with the U.S.\n\nPlus a regional roundtable on what these global realignm ents mean for Atlanta and the broader Southeast\, featuring Jared Lin\, Ta iwan’s top diplomat in the U.S. Southeast\, and Kiyo Kojima\, Senator Os soff’s personal honored guest at Prime Minister Kishida’s address to C ongress\, on what it would take to deepen the partnership between Georgia and East Asia in the years ahead. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T004406Z LOCATION:Georgia Tech Alumni Association\, Griffin Ballroom\, 190 North Av enue NW\, Atlanta\, Georgia\, 30313 URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/event/geoeconomics-and-u-s-partnerships- in-east-asia/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta- ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Global Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/events/category/culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dunwoody's Homecoming Breakfast DTSTART:20260928T140000Z DTEND:20260928T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T170246Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53551733513207 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:It's Homecoming Week! Come and join Student Life for breakfast . Discover the exciting upcoming events and find out how you can get invol ved. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170246Z LOCATION:Student Center\, NB 2000 URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/dunwoodys-homecoming-breakfast?utm_sour ce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Getting Started with Anthology Ally in iCollege DTSTART:20260928T140000Z DTEND:20260928T144500Z DTSTAMP:20260805T000740Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53612858633526 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Make your course materials more accessible\, so all students m ay better engage and participate. This hands-on webinar introduces faculty and TAs to Anthology Ally\, the accessibility checker integrated into iCo llege. You’ll discover how Ally flags common accessibility issues\, expl ains why they matter\, and guides you step by step through practical fixes for iCollege pages and uploaded documents. Participants are encouraged to follow along in their own course site.\n\nBy attending\, you’ll learn h ow to:\n\nFind and understand Ally indicators in iCollege content and file s (PDFs\, Word\, PPT) to quickly spot accessibility issuesFix common probl ems like missing text headings\, low color contrast\, scanned PDFs\, and m issing Alt Text on images using Ally’s Feedback panelInclude Ally in cou rse preparation steps each semester\, to reduce access barriers before the y impact students or cause problems with course activities. \n\nThis works hop is perfect for instructors who want to make informed decisions about d esigning or replacing materials\, meet ADA Title 2/WCAG expectations\, and improve the overall clarity and usability of their course materials.\n\nW e recommend having files to explore with open when following along with th is workshop. You can also use this form to request an iCollege Building Se ction to test out the different Anthology Ally features. LAST-MODIFIED:20260805T000740Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/anthology-ally-9-28-26-10a?utm_source=c aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dunwoody's Homecoming Brunch DTSTART:20260928T140000Z DTEND:20260928T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T123414Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53573567882338 CATEGORIES:food DESCRIPTION:It's Homecoming Week! Come and join Student Life for breakfast . Discover the exciting upcoming events and find out how you can get invol ved.\n\nHosted by: Georgia State Homecoming\, Perimeter College Student Li fe\, Panther Activities Council\, POUNCE Rewards Program\n\nAdditional Inf ormation can be found at: https://pin.gsu.edu/event/12475232 LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T123414Z LOCATION:Student Center\, NB 2000 URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/dunwoodys-homecoming-breakfast-6884?utm _source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Alpharetta Homecoming Brunch DTSTART:20260928T150000Z DTEND:20260928T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T170246Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53551730465777 CATEGORIES:food DESCRIPTION:Start Homecoming Week off right with brunch on us while suppli es last. The event is free and open to the community. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170246Z LOCATION:AA Lobby at 3705 Brookside Pkwy\, Alpharetta\, GA 30022 URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/alpharetta-homecoming-brunch?utm_source =caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Adaptive Cardio Class DTSTART:20260928T150000Z DTEND:20260928T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T185440Z UID:10002203-1790593200-1790596800@shepherd.org CATEGORIES:wellness DESCRIPTION:Join Adaptive Wellness Collective for an in-person Adaptive Ca rdio Class — a high-energy\, adaptive session designed to get your heart pumping and your body moving — whether you’re seated\, standing\, or combining both. With upbeat music and guided modifications\, this class me ets you exactly where you are. Improve your cardiovascular endurance\, boo st your mood\, and have fun while doing it! All equipment is provided — just bring yourself and we’ll take care of the rest.Cost to Attend: $20 First class is complimentary!For questions\, please contact adaptivewellne sscollective@shepherd.org. \n\n\n\n \n \n \n Register on CampDoc\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n Par king instructions for Adaptive Wellness Collective classes\nFree\, covered parking is available in a dedicated parking deck for the Marcus Center f or Advanced Rehabilitation. For GPS\, use the address 2060 Peachtree Road NW\, Atlanta\, GA (at the corner of Peachtree Road and Peachtree Valley Ro ad). \n\nADA-accessible parking is available on all levels.\nTake a ticket when entering the deck — patients and visitors with appointments at the Marcus Center for Advanced Rehabilitation can validate their ticket insid e.\nUse the parking elevators to reach Level 1\, where you’ll find the b uilding entrance.\nTake the elevator floor 11 and look for the waiting are a. A volunteer or staff member will escort you to the studio.\n\nPlease no te: The MCAR building is not easily accessible from Shepherd Center’s m ain parking deck on Manderson Drive. \nPatient drop-off and pick-up\nPatie nt drop-off and pick-up for the MCAR building takes place under the awning at the building’s main entrance on the right side of the circle on Mand erson Drive. For GPS\, use the address 2020 Peachtree Road NW\, Atlanta\, GA. \nStaff will be available during business hours to assist if needed. LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T185440Z LOCATION:Best Health Suite at MCAR\, 2060 Peachtree Rd NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://shepherd.org/event/adaptive-cardio-class/2026-09-28/?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Shepherd Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://shepherd.org/treatment/services-clinics/recreation-th erapy/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Alpharetta’s Homecoming Brunch DTSTART:20260928T150000Z DTEND:20260928T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53573567907944 CATEGORIES:food DESCRIPTION:Happy Homecoming Panthers! Start Homecoming week off right wit h brunch on us (while supplies last)! We would love to see your Panther Pr ide all week long! Go State! \n\nHosted by: Georgia State Homecoming\, Pan ther Activities Council\, POUNCE Rewards Program\n\nAdditional Information can be found at: https://pin.gsu.edu/event/12456263 LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:AA Lobby URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/alpharettas-homecoming-brunch-3401?utm_ source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:RCALL Faculty Meeting DTSTART:20260928T150000Z DTEND:20260928T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T183545Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53992046950453 CATEGORIES:civic DESCRIPTION:RCALL Faculty Affiliate and Fellows Annual Report and Committe es Meeting\nLunch RSVP LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T183545Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/rcall-faculty-meeting?utm_source=caldis covery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Pumpkin Patch DTSTART:20260928T150000Z DTEND:20260928T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T061357Z UID:10018899-1790593200-1790622000@thequestatlanta.com CATEGORIES:community,family DESCRIPTION:Fall is here and it’s time to get your pumpkins! They are a fun part of everyone’s celebration and make for great decorations. \nCom e check out some of the family fun we have including the ‘Singing Pumpki ns’\, photo ops\, and gifts for the kids. Come and decorate with a free pumpkin on Sunday afternoons. \nThe pumpkin patch is a Knights of Columbu s fundraiser. Located under the tent at the church parking lot. \nPrices s tart from $2 to $25 \nSeptember 26 – October 31\n11:00 a.m.- 7:00 p.m. – Weekdays\n9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. – Weekends LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T061357Z LOCATION:St. Brendan the Navigator Catholic Church\, 4633 Shiloh Rd.\, Cum ming\, GA\, 30040 URL:https://thequestatlanta.com/event/pumpkin-patch-7/2026-09-28/?utm_sour ce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:The Quest Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://thequestatlanta.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Newton's Homecoming Brunch DTSTART:20260928T150000Z DTEND:20260928T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53573567921262 CATEGORIES:food DESCRIPTION:Happy Homecoming Panthers! Start Homecoming week off right wit h brunch on us (while supplies last)! We would love to see your Panther Pr ide all week long! Go State! \n\nHosted by: Georgia State Homecoming\, Per imeter College Student Life\, Panther Activities Council\, POUNCE Rewards Program\n\nAdditional Information can be found at: https://pin.gsu.edu/eve nt/12486400 LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:1N Patio/Lobby URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/newtons-homecoming-brunch-3307?utm_sour ce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Back to the Basics: Exploring the Foundations of Faith DTSTART:20260928T160000Z DTEND:20260928T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260914T061546Z UID:10001796-1790596800-1790600400@www.prumc.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Learn about core beliefs\, sacraments\, and Methodism. \n\nFac ilitated by Rev. Elizabeth Byrd \n4 sessions – September 28\, October 5\ , 19\, 26 \nWhether you’re new to Peachtree Road UMC\, returning to the church after some time away\, or simply looking to strengthen or refresh y our understanding of the faith\, Back to the Basics is a welcoming and eng aging lunch and learn class designed to explore the core beliefs and pract ices that have shaped Christians for generations. \nTogether\, we’ll exa mine foundational topics such as the Apostles’ Creed\, the meaning and p urpose of the sacraments\, and the distinctive beliefs and heritage of Met hodism. Participants will gain a deeper appreciation for what Christians b elieve\, why they believe it\, and how those beliefs can be lived out in e veryday life. \nJoin us as we rediscover the essentials of Christian faith and grow together in knowledge\, understanding\, and discipleship. \nhttp s://media.blubrry.com/prumc_sermons/content.blubrry.com/prumc_sermons/2026 -09-13.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T061546Z LOCATION:Zoom URL:https://www.prumc.org/event/back-to-the-basics-exploring-the-foundatio ns-of-faith/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-g a X-SOURCE-NAME:Peachtree Road United Methodist Church X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.prumc.org/event/an-evening-with-tom-johnson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Public Interest Organizations Fair DTSTART:20260928T160000Z DTEND:20260928T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T003318Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53974030830981 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Join the Center for Access to Justice for the Public Interest Organization Fair! Students will have the opportunity to meet representati ves from public interest organizations\, learn more about their work\, and explore opportunities to get involved. \n\nWhether you are interested in building your public interest experience or simply learning more about org anizations serving our community\, stop by to connect with local organizat ions and discover ways to get involved. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T003318Z LOCATION:College of Law\, Catherine C. Henson Atrium URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/public-interest-organizations-fair-5054 ?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Chair Yoga with Corina Genson DTSTART:20260928T160000Z DTEND:20260928T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T203106Z UID:10005867-1790596800-1790600400@unityatl.org CATEGORIES:wellness DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a gentle form of yoga with Corina Genson\n \nDate:  Mon days  (No Class:  Sept. 7\, Oct. 5\, 12\, and Dec. 28)\nTime: 12:00 pm\n Location: The Chapel\nCost: Drop in for $ 20.00 or 5 classes for $75.00    (Credit card\, Venmo \, or through her provided link) \nChair yoga clas ses are a gentle form of yoga that can be practiced while seated in a chai r or using the chair for support while standing. This type of class focuse s on basic yoga poses\, stretching\, and breathing exercises\, making it a ccessible to individuals of all fitness levels\, including beginners and t hose with physical limitations or injuries. \nOverall\, chair yoga classes offer a safe and inclusive way to experience the benefits of yoga\, makin g it accessible to all. \nAbout Corina Genson:\n \nA dedicated yoga and nu trition and lifestyle wellness consultant passionate about guiding others towards a healthier\, more balanced life. With a Bachelor of Science in Bi ology from Kennesaw State University and a Health Coach certificate in Nut rition and Lifestyle Wellness from Harvard Medical School\, Corina brings a diverse and enriched perspective to her practice. \nAs a registered Yoga Alliance teacher\, she has completed her RYT-200\, along with specialized training in Children’s yoga\, Restorative\, Yin\, and Yoga for Athletes through YogaRenew. Her deep understanding of the mind and body connection is rooted in her extensive training and personal experience. \nAs a mothe r of two active young children—both of whom have become enthusiastic lit tle yogis—Corina understands the importance of incorporating wellness at every stage of life. Her passion for health extends beyond her personal l ife as\; she has authored scientific journals on the prevalence of Amyotro phic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in the U.S. in 2016 and 2017\, demonstrating her commitment to advancing health awareness through research. \nCorina’ s mission is to inspire others to embrace wellness through yoga\, nutritio n\, and mindful living. Whether you’re new to yoga or looking to deepen your practice\, she is here to guide you on your journey toward vitality\, balance\, and overall well-being. \nSee more at www.bellaasanayoga.com. H er email is bellaasanayoga@gmail.com. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T203106Z LOCATION:Unity Atlanta Church\, 3597 Parkway Lane\, Peachtree Corners\, 30 092\, United States URL:https://unityatl.org/events/chair-yoga-with-corina-genson-5/2026-09-28 /?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Unity Atlanta Church X-SOURCE-URL:https://unityatl.org/events/congregational-care-team-training END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Virtual Office Hours with Bhumi Patel (MSA\, QRAM\, MAS) DTSTART:20260928T160000Z DTEND:20260928T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53736253748498 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Drop-in during this 60-minute group chat with Graduate Recruit ment Manager\, Bhumi Patel\, to gain insight into the following Robinson g raduate business programs\, receive answers to frequently asked questions and get admissions tips and insights to assist you in achieving your gradu ate education goals. Bhumi is the recruiter for the following programs:\n\ n- Master Actuarial Science (MAS)\n- Master of Science in Quantitative Ris k Analysis and Management (QRAM)\n- Master of Science in Analytics (MSA) LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-virtual-office-hours-with-bhumi -patel-msa-qram-mas-7613?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campai gn=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Virtual Office Hours with Mac McNeilly (MPA\, MSMK\, MIB\, MSCRE) DTSTART:20260928T170000Z DTEND:20260928T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260818T182147Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53736605532484 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Virtual Office Hours with Mac McNeilly (MPA\, MSMK\, MIB\, MSC RE)\n\nHave questions about applying to a graduate program at the Robinson College of Business? Join us for a Virtual Office Hour\, designed for pro spective students who want quick answers to their most pressing questions. This session is specifically designed for those interested in the Master of Professional Accountancy\, MS in Marketing\, Master of International Bu siness\, and MS in Commercial Real Estate.\n\nWhether you’re just starti ng to explore graduate school\, working on your application\, or deciding which Robinson program is the right fit\, our Recruitment and Admissions t eam will be available to help. Drop in at any time during the session to a sk questions about application requirements\, deadlines\, program options\ , funding opportunities\, or next steps in the admissions process. LAST-MODIFIED:20260818T182147Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-virtual-office-hours-with-mac-m cneilly-mpa-msmk-mib-mscre-9502?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm _campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Honors College Book Club @ Newton DTSTART:20260928T170000Z DTEND:20260928T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53874428163631 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Join the Honors College Book Club for a crafty afternoon to ki ck off our reading of the Gothic classic Frankenstein! Stop by the 2N Lobb y on Monday\, September 28 from 1:00-2:00 PM to pick up a copy of your boo k and create your own journal. Just like Dr. Frankenstein gave new life to inanimate material\, we will use recycled paper and found objects to crea te unique and sustainable Franken-journals! All materials will be provided \, including paper\, decorations\, and binding supplies.\n\nContact Lauren Rich (lrich6@gsu.edu) or Dr. Scott Mitchell (smitchell62@gsu.edu) with an y questions. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:Newton Campus\, Building 2N Lobby URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/honors-college-book-club-newton?utm_sou rce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Streamer U @ GSU DTSTART:20260928T170000Z DTEND:20260928T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53664139020925 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Streamer U @ GSU is a Homecoming panel inspired by Kai Cenat ’s Streamer University and focused on the world of content creation\, st reaming and digital media.\n\nThe event will bring together creators\, inf luencers and industry professionals to share their experiences building an audience\, growing their platforms and turning social media into career o pportunities.\n\nStudents will have the chance to hear firsthand stories\, ask questions and connect with creators and other students who are intere sted in content creation and the creator economy. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:Student Center West\, 413 (Speaker's Auditorium) URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/streamer-u-gsu?utm_source=caldiscovery& utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:EXLAB Dunwoody - Engineering Soldering Demos DTSTART:20260928T180000Z DTEND:20260928T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T123414Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53989456676465 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Complete your ENGR 1603 Soldering Project at EXLAB Dunwoody!\n \nThis brief\, interactive workshop will give engineering students hands-o n experience with soldering\, designed specifically for Professors Rothsch ild and Kurup’s course projects. All materials provided.\n\nRequirements :\n\nMust take the soldering training and quiz on EXLAB’s iCollege page prior to arrival.Must be a GSU student\, faculty\, or staff member. \n\nPl ease note that there can be a maximum of eight attendees at this workshop based on order of arrival\, so please make an effort to arrive early. Work shop will begin on time and late attendees may not be accepted. Questions? Email exlab@gsu.edu or stop by in person for more information. LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T123414Z LOCATION:EXLAB Dunwoody URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/exlab-dunwoody-engineering-soldering-de mos-1728?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Planning & Development Committee DTSTART:20260928T180000Z DTEND:20260928T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53992283011744 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:This is the meeting of the Senate Committee on Planning & Deve lopment. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/planning-development-committee?utm_sour ce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Student Success Workshops: How to Ace Your Exams DTSTART:20260928T180000Z DTEND:20260928T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_54007150171739 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:"How to Ace Your Exams" - Build a smart study plan and use pro ven strategies to perform confidently on exams. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:133 Dahlberg Hall URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/student-success-workshops-how-to-ace-yo ur-exams?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Applying Law to Facts Using IRAC DTSTART:20260928T184500Z DTEND:20260929T074500Z DTSTAMP:20260825T002522Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53764858000047 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Knowing the law is only part of writing a strong law school ex am answer. This session will focus on using IRAC to apply legal rules to n ew facts\, organizing your analysis\, and assessing the strength of your o wn writing. We will also discuss other exam formats and ways to use practi ce writing effectively\, including with a study group. LAST-MODIFIED:20260825T002522Z LOCATION:College of Law\, 341 URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/applying-law-to-facts-using-irac?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Minions & Monsters 3PM | 5PM | 7PM DTSTART:20260928T190000Z DTEND:20260929T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53573568333935 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Movie showing of Minions & Monsters held at Cinefest\, 2nd flo or\, Student Center West. All shows are general seating. The movie theater lobby opens 10 minutes prior to the scheduled screening. Seating is first -come\, first-served.\n\n\n\n \n\n\nHosted by: POUNCE Rewards Program\, Sp otlight Programs Board\n\nAdditional Information can be found at: https:// pin.gsu.edu/event/12514673 LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:Cinefest URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/minions-monsters-3pm-5pm-7pm?utm_source =caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Hot Wings Hot Topics DTSTART:20260928T200000Z DTEND:20260928T211500Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53573568890969 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Get ready for a flavor-packed evening where the wings are spic y and the conversations are even hotter! Join us for Hot Wings & Hot Topic s\, an open forum where students come together to enjoy free hot wings and dive into bold\, unfiltered discussions about everything from pop culture and politics to campus life and personal passions.\n\nWhether you're here to speak your mind\, hear new perspectives\, or just vibe with fellow Pan thers over some seriously good food\, this is the place to be. No topic is off the table\; just bring your appetite and your voice. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:Intersection Lounge URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/hot-wings-hot-topics-580?utm_source=cal discovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fall Adaptive Pickleball Clinic DTSTART:20260928T203000Z DTEND:20260928T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T185441Z UID:10002302-1790613000-1790622000@shepherd.org CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the ALTA Foundation\, this event will take place at ITP Atlanta in Atlanta\, GA. Participants will have the opportunity to join Shepherd Center and local disabled pickleball athletes/instructors to learn more about wheelchair pickleball. This course offers educational an d hands-on demonstrations.    This event is free thanks to the generos ity of the ALTA Foundation and includes a T-shirt\, instruction\, and equi pment. Registration is required for all events and opens at least six week s prior to the start of the class or course. Most courses require a small fee\; however\, financial assistance is available. Please contact Katie Ha rmon at katie.harmon@shepherd.org for more information regarding requireme nts for financial assistance. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n Register on CampDoc LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T185441Z LOCATION:ITP Training Academy\, 3110 Presidential Dr\, Atlanta\, Georgia\, 30340\, United States URL:https://shepherd.org/event/fall-pickleball-clinic/?utm_source=caldisco very&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Shepherd Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://shepherd.org/treatment/services-clinics/recreation-th erapy/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fulton County Library System: Financial Literacy Class DTSTART:20260928T203000Z DTEND:20260928T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T064023Z UID:10036711-1790613000-1790616600@metroatlantaexchange.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Fulton County Library System is hosting a Financial Litera cy Class every Monday\, from 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM\, at the Palmetto Branch. \nCome and empower yourself with tools to achieve financial freedom\, lear n practical tips on Budgeting\, Money management\, Debt management\, and m ore from two financial experts\, from World System Builder\, Manker Biah\, and Dominique R. Johnson. \nClick here to learn more and register. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T064023Z LOCATION:Palmetto Branch Library\, 9111 Cascade Palmetto Highway\, Palmett o\, GA\, 30268\, United States URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/fulton-county-library-system-fi nancial-literacy-class/2026-09-28/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics& utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:MAX X-SOURCE-URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/georgia-chamber-of-com merce-future-of-energy-and-sustainability END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SGA Fall Town Hall DTSTART:20260928T210000Z DTEND:20260928T223000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T182536Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53874559058390 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:An opportunity for members of the campus community to hear upd ates from the Student Government Association\, voice concerns\, and meet t heir senators! LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T182536Z LOCATION:Campbell Hall\, C-Frances Bailey Graves Auditorium (Rm 128) URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/sga-fall-town-hall-3344?utm_sour ce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Applying Law to Facts Using IRAC DTSTART:20260928T210000Z DTEND:20260928T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53764866256116 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Knowing the law is only part of writing a strong law school ex am answer. This session will focus on using IRAC to apply legal rules to n ew facts\, organizing your analysis\, and assessing the strength of your o wn writing. We will also discuss other exam formats and ways to use practi ce writing effectively\, including with a study group. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:College of Law\, 341 URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/applying-law-to-facts-using-irac-2270?u tm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Rodrigo Valenzuela - Visiting Artist & Scholar Lecture Series DTSTART:20260928T213000Z DTEND:20260928T224500Z DTSTAMP:20260914T183326Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53823601896023 CATEGORIES:education,free DESCRIPTION:Rodrigo Valenzuela blends documentary and fiction to explore l abor\, migration\, and Latin American sociopolitical history through a pos tcapitalist lens. A Guggenheim Fellow and Associate Professor at UCLA\, hi s work has been exhibited at the New Museum\, Portland Art Museum\, and th e Frye Art Museum\, among others.\n\nThe Visiting Artist and Scholar Lectu re Series brings acclaimed artists\, art historians\, educators\, curators \, and scholars to campus for talks on their work\, research\, and careers . These events enrich the contemporary art discourse within our classrooms and studios\, while extending the conversation to the broader Georgia Sta te University and regional art community. All lectures are free and open t o the public. LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T183326Z LOCATION:Florence Kopleff Recital Hall URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/rodrigo-valenzuela-visiting-artist-scho lar-lecture-series?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atl anta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Debate Night DTSTART:20260928T220000Z DTEND:20260929T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T122637Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53874564669373 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Interested in debates or moot court? Join Publius Pre-Law Soci ety for our Debate Night\, where you can put your skills to the test in a mock trial! LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T122637Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Hub URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/debate_night?utm_source=caldisco very&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Congress and American Foreign Policy: U.S. Engagement in a Shiftin g Global Landscape DTSTART:20260928T220000Z DTEND:20260929T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T004406Z UID:10041524-1790618400-1790625600@www.globalatlanta.com CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Congress plays a vital role in shaping how the United States e ngages with the world—from authorizing foreign assistance and overseeing diplomatic efforts to influencing security partnerships and international agreements. At a time of shifting global dynamics\, evolving security cha llenges\, and increasing demands on U.S. leadership\, what is at stake in how these responsibilities are carried out? And how do they shape the Unit ed States’ role in an increasingly complex global landscape? \nFor a cl oser look at how Congress contributes to American foreign policy\, join th e World Affairs Council of Atlanta for “Congress and American Foreign Po licy: U.S. Engagement in a Shifting Global Landscape\,” a conversation w ith Jeff Flake\, former U.S. Senator\, and U.S. Ambassador. Drawing on his experience in both legislative and diplomatic roles\, Ambassador Flake wi ll share perspectives on the interplay between Congress and the executive branch\, historical patterns of engagement in international affairs\, and how these processes shape U.S. engagement globally\, both historically and today.  \nRun of Show (All times Eastern)  \n\n5:30–6:15 PM VIP Atten dee Meet-and-Greet (private\, separate room) \n6:00 PM Attendee Registrat ion & Networking \n6:30 PM Welcome Remarks & Speaker Introduction\, Ricke y Bevington\, Moderator \n6:35 PM Moderated fireside dialogue with Jeff F lake\, Featured Speaker \n7:05 PM Audience Q&A \n7:25 PM Closing Remarks \, Rickey Bevington \n7:30–8:00 PM Networking & Adjourn \n\nKey Themes   \n\nThe institutional role of Congress in U.S. foreign policy—includi ng legislation\, appropriations\, and oversight—at a time of heightened global demands on U.S. engagement. \nHow Congress and the executive branc h interact in shaping international engagement amid evolving geopolitical pressures and complex policy challenges. \nHistorical patterns of congres sional involvement in foreign policy and what they reveal as the United St ates navigates a rapidly shifting global environment. \nThe real-time dyn amics of foreign policy decision-making\, from Capitol Hill to diplomacy\, in an era of accelerated global developments. \nHow congressional perspe ctives influence U.S. relationships with allies and partners\, particularl y as international expectations and security considerations intensify. \n Insights from the transition between legislative service and diplomatic le adership\, and what they reveal about navigating foreign policy in today ’s environment. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T004406Z LOCATION:Buckhead\, Atlanta URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/event/congress-and-american-foreign-poli cy-u-s-engagement-in-a-shifting-global-landscape/?utm_source=caldiscovery& utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Global Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/events/category/culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Community Game Night DTSTART:20260928T223000Z DTEND:20260929T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260902T000354Z UID:26678-1790620200-1790627400@piedmontpark.org CATEGORIES:community,gaming DESCRIPTION:Step into a welcoming evening of strategy\, learning\, and com munity connection. This free\, two-hour program at the Community Center in vites participants of all experience levels to play classic games like Mah Jong and Chess\, or to bring their own favorite game to play with others! We will have various game sets for use! Experienced players are encourage d to join in\, share tips\, and help newcomers discover the joy of a good game. LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T000354Z LOCATION:Visitor Center URL:https://piedmontpark.org/event/community-game-night-7/?utm_source=cald iscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Piedmont Park Conservancy\, Inc. X-SOURCE-URL:https://piedmontpark.org/green-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:House of Onyx General Body DTSTART:20260928T223000Z DTEND:20260928T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T123428Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53794917818344 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:House of Onyx General Body Meeting LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T123428Z LOCATION:Buttrick Hall\, Classroom 205 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/house-of-onyx-general-body?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Halo Decatur - Meet the Mural Artist DTSTART:20260928T223000Z DTEND:20260929T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T205128Z UID:10019027-1790620200-1790629200@decaturartsalliance.org CATEGORIES:arts LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T205128Z LOCATION:Three Taverns Brewery\, 121 New St\, Decatur\, GA\, 30030\, Unite d States URL:https://decaturartsalliance.org/event/halo-decatur-meet-the-mural-arti st/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Decatur Arts Alliance X-SOURCE-URL:https://decaturartsalliance.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sarah McCoy in conversation with Sophia Griesenauer DTSTART:20260928T230000Z DTEND:20260929T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T170244Z UID:10000336-1790622000-1790622000@www.atlantahistorycenter.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Not-Yet Member. $29.50.\n \n Tickets\n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Member. $23.50.\n \n Login\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Insider. $17.50.\n \n Login\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nAll tickets include a copy of Whatever Ha ppened to Lori Lovely?. \n\n\n\nOnline ticket sales close at 5pm EST on th e day of the event. Tickets will be available at the door prior to the eve nt start time. \n\n\n\nFrom New York Times bestselling author Sarah McCo y—a spellbinding novel based on a true story: a beautiful young movie st ar of Hollywood’s Golden Age gives up her bright career to become a nun. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nIn 1969\, twenty-three-year-old starlet Lori Lovely\, t he apple of Hollywood’s eye\, shocks the world by ditching a promising f ilm career to take vows of poverty\, chastity\, and obedience as a Benedic tine nun. Gossip columnists and scandal sheets can’t get enough of the s tory. Why would such a beautiful girl take the veil? Was she hiding from s omeone? Did it have anything to do with her costar\, heartthrob singer Luc as Wesley? \n\n\n\nIn 1990\, Lu Tibbott is under the gun to complete her s enior thesis in modern American history. Instead of spending weeks in dust y archives\, Lu decides to dig into a true twentieth-century mystery and w rite about her aunt Lori\, now the Mother Abbess at a cloistered convent i n rural New England. Biographers\, journalists\, and media types have long speculated about her aunt Lori’s sudden departure from Hollywood. Mothe r Lori\, however\, has refused all requests for interviews—until Lu arri ves at the abbey with a tape recorder in hand. To her delight\, Mother Lor i announces she’s finally ready to talk…but only if Lu is truly ready to listen. \n\n\n\nLu is shocked to discover that the story of Lori Lovely ’s rise in Hollywood was far more tumultuous than she’d ever expected\ , a fairy tale twisting with ambition\, unforeseen alliances\, forbidden l ove\, and secrets. What began as a history thesis now threatens to upend a ll their lives with its unexpected truths\, especially as the media gets w ind of Lu’s project and begins to ask… \n\n\n\nWhatever happened to Lo ri Lovely? \n\n\n\nLanguage provided by publisher. \n\n\n\n\n \n \n Abo ut the Author\n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSarah McCoy is the New York Times\, USA Today\, and international bestselling author of the novels  Whatever Happened To Lori Lovely?\, Mustique Island\, Marilla of Green Gables\, The Mapmaker’s Children\, The Baker’s Daughter\, a 2012 G oodreads Choice Award Best Historical Fiction nominee\, the novella “Th e Branch of Hazel” in Grand Central\, and The Time It Snowed in Puert o Rico. Her work has been featured in Newsweek\, Lit Hub\, Write or Die Tribe\, Real Simple\, The Millions\, Your Health Monthly\, Huffington Post\, Read It Forward\, Writer Unboxed\, and other publications. She hosted the NPR WSNC Radio monthly program “Bookmarked with Sarah McCoy ” and is the founder of The McCoy Grant. Sarah previously taught English writing at Old Dominion University and at the University of Texas at El P aso. She lives with her husband Doc B\, dog Gilly\, and cat Tutu in Winst on-Salem\, North Carolina. \n\n\n\nConnect with Sarah on Instagram at @S arahMMcCoy\, on her Facebook Fan Page\, Goodreads\, or via her website\,  www.sarahmccoy.com. \n\n\n\n\n \n \n About the Moderator\n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\ n \n\n\n\n\n\nSophia Griesenauer is the organizer and host of the Atlan ta chapter of Silent Book Club (SBC)\, the largest chapter within the glob al SBC network. The chapter brings readers together to enjoy a dedicated s ilent reading hour with books of their choice\, followed by optional conve rsation and connection with fellow book lovers. The Atlanta chapter has re ceived notable local recognition\, including Atlanta Magazine’s “Best of Atlanta 2024\,” and has been featured in outlets such as the Atlanta Journal-Constitution\, Atlanta News First\, FOX 5 Atlanta\, ATL Live\, and CBS News Atlanta. Sophia has recently been appointed to the board of the Decatur Book Festival where she serves on the Development and Fundraising committees. At her day job\, Sophia works in communications for a Fortune 500 company. She is a Georgia native\, raised in metro Atlanta\, and is a proud graduate of the University of Georgia where she earned her degree in journalism from Grady College. In her free time\, Sophia is an avid reade r\, tennis player\, and cat mom to siblings Millie and Finley. She is ofte n found walking the Beltline\, enjoying the connectivity it offers the cit y of Atlanta.    \n\n\n\nThis event is presented in partnership with the Atlanta chapter of the Silent Book Club. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170244Z LOCATION:Margaret Mitchell House\, 979 Crescent Ave NE\, Atlanta\, 30309 URL:https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/sarah-mccoy-in-conversation -with-sophia-griesenauer/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campa ign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta History Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/event/party-with-the-pas t-center-for-puppetry-arts END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mayor & City Council Work Session DTSTART:20260928T230000Z DTEND:20260929T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T170250Z UID:10000892-1790622000-1790629200@www.tuckerga.gov CATEGORIES:civic LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170250Z LOCATION:City Hall\, 1975 Lakeside Pkwy\, Suite 350\, Tucker\, GA\, 30084 URL:https://www.tuckerga.gov/events_list/work-session/2026-09-28/?utm_sour ce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Tucker\, GA\, Official City Website X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.tuckerga.gov END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Blackfriars Student Theatre Rehearsals DTSTART:20260928T230000Z DTEND:20260929T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T123428Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53821450147763 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:Rehearsals for the student led show for the semester. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T123428Z LOCATION:Dana Fine Arts Building\, Dana 101 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/blackfriars-student-theatre-rehe arsals?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Swim Club Trivia Night DTSTART:20260928T230000Z DTEND:20260929T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T183543Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53874558802355 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Join Swim Club for a night of trivia\, snacks\, and prizes! LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T183543Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL 200 The Gue Hudson Center URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/swim-club-trivia-night?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PowerPoint Glow-Up DTSTART:20260928T230000Z DTEND:20260929T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53706338063657 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:This workshop will show techniques to improve your slide decks \, including adding photos\, animation\, video\, and voice overs.\n\nBy: J oanna Paleveda LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/powerpoint-glow-up?utm_source=caldiscov ery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Calliope Poetry Collective General Body Meeting DTSTART:20260928T233000Z DTEND:20260929T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T182536Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53865720226007 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Come write poetry with Calliope Poetry Collective! We meet eve ry second and fourth Monday at 7:30 pm in Buttrick 203! Come enjoy snacks\ , meet new friends\, and write on different topics. See you there! LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T182536Z LOCATION:Buttrick Hall\, Classroom 203 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/calliope-poetry-collective-gener al-body-meeting?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlant a-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Latines Unides X ALPHA Game Night Event DTSTART:20260928T233000Z DTEND:20260929T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T182536Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53874559462938 CATEGORIES:gaming DESCRIPTION:will be uploaded soon LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T182536Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Luchsinger Lounge URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/latines-unides-x-alpha-game-nigh t-event?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Loathe: A Strange to You DTSTART:20260928T233000Z DTEND:20260929T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T204448Z UID:19928-1790623800-1790623800@atlantaconcertreviews.com CATEGORIES:music LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T204448Z LOCATION:Tabernacle\, 152 Luckie Street\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30303 URL:https://atlantaconcertreviews.com/event/loathe-a-strange-to-you/?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Concert Reviews X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantaconcertreviews.com/concert-calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Santiago Cruz: Sigo En Pie Tour DTSTART:20260929T000000Z DTEND:20260929T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T170243Z UID:69f3ca528b8d598ab70e3294 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:City Winery Atlanta presents Santiago Cruz live on September 2 8th at 8pm. Santiago Cruz is one of the most important pop artists in Colombia and Latin America. With more than 20 years of career\, the singer -songwriter from Tolima has become an essential name in the international pop music scene\, earning multiple recognitions over the years. \nTicket U RL: https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/santiago-cruz-wgtbtm LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170243Z LOCATION:City Winery Atlanta\, 650 North Ave NE\, Atlanta\, 30308\, US URL:https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/santiago-cruz-wgtbtm?utm_source=c aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City Winery Events X-SOURCE-URL:https://citywinery.com/atlanta/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:36th Annual IEEE Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processin g (MLSP 2026) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260929 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260930 DTSTAMP:20260729T170246Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53013849603040 CATEGORIES:education,tech DESCRIPTION:The 36th IEEE Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processi ng (MLSP 2026) will bring together researchers\, engineers\, and industry practitioners from around the world for four days of technical exchange at the intersection of machine learning and signal processing. The workshop will take place in Atlanta\, Georgia\, from September 28 through October 1 \, 2026\, with Centennial Hall on the downtown campus of Georgia State Uni versity serving as the conference venue.\n\nMLSP has long been one of the IEEE Signal Processing Society’s key forums for emerging methods and app lications in learning-driven signal processing. MLSP 2026 will continue th at tradition with a program designed to highlight both foundational advanc es and practical impact across academia and industry. The technical progra m is organized around several core themes that reflect the evolving landsc ape of the field\, including: Foundation and Generative Models for Signals \; Temporal and Sequential Signal Learning\; Agentic and Multimodal Learni ng\; Machine Learning for Neuroimaging\, Neuroscience\, and Biomedical Sig nals\; and Responsible\, Causal\, and Federated Signal Intelligence.\n\nTh ese themes are complemented by a broad call for contributions spanning dee p learning\, Bayesian and probabilistic inference\, graph representation l earning\, federated and distributed learning\, privacy and fairness\, mult imodal machine learning\, large language models\, learning from biosignals \, and applications in areas such as healthcare\, neuroscience\, wireless communications\, disaster management\, and financial engineering. Together \, the program reflects both the rapid methodological advances in the fiel d and their increasing importance across real-world systems and industry a pplications.\n\nThe workshop will also include tutorials and special sessi ons intended to expose attendees to fast-moving topics and cross-disciplin ary opportunities. The tutorial program is designed to be valuable to both industry and academic participants\, with formats ranging from 1.5-hour s hort tutorials to 3.5-hour in-depth sessions. Special sessions are being s olicited on emerging topics expected to have substantial near-term impact\ , providing a platform for focused discussion and community building.\n\nM LSP 2026 is led by Conference Co-Chairs Sergey Plis and Vince Calhoun\, su pported by an international organizing committee overseeing the technical program\, tutorials\, keynotes\, publications\, finance\, and publicity. T he workshop will feature keynote talks from leaders in the field\, includi ng confirmed keynote speaker Tülay Adali\, known for her contributions to statistical signal processing and machine learning. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170246Z LOCATION:Centennial Hall URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/36th-annual-ieee-workshop-on-machine-le arning-for-signal-processing-ieee-mlsp-2026?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_me dium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Take 'Em Home Tuesday at LifeLine Animal Project DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260929 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260930 DTSTAMP:20260901T061439Z UID:34303-1790640000-1790726399@lifelineanimal.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Our goal with this page is to share the current shelter needs with our community in an ongoing way. We hope to update this page seasonal ly or more frequently as needed. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 2024 \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n Last year\, we reached a pivotal break ing point in terms of the number of animals housed in our care. We recogni zed the physical capacity limitations of our buildings and made a commitme nt to work towards humane housing solutions\, which means both the county shelters need to reduce the number of animals living in the buildings. Whi le we continue to face severe overcrowding into 2024\, we have worked hard to increase resources to help more pet owners and improve the quality of life for the animals in our care. We are continuing to adapt to the challe nges we’re facing\, including many systemic problems that contribute to the number of animals arriving in our care. We have collaborated with many supportive community members and leaders in pursuit of creating a safer a nd more humane shelter environment for all. There are no overnight solutio ns to drastically reduce our shelter populations\, but we continue to have hope that with your support and the strategies currently in place\, our c ommunity will help us get more animals into homes where they belong. Here is a brief update for all three LifeLine shelters\, including the unique c hallenges and the most important ways you can get involved. \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal ServicesDog Population: 506 | Opti mum Capacity: 475 \n \n \n \n Last year\, DeKalb Count y Animal Services reached peak numbers of dogs housed in the shelter durin g an outbreak of Canine Flu.. Because of an incredible response from our c ommunity\, we successfully saw the population drop down to 312 dogs. Becau se the need in our community is so great\, this number steadily rose back up to 500+ dogs and has remained in that range for months on end despite o ur best efforts. It is a near constant struggle to balance the amount of “noses in”\, pets arriving at the shelter\, with the amount of “nose s out” each week\, pets leaving. As an open intake municipal facility\, we do not turn away animals in need in Dekalb County\, no matter how much or little space we have in our kennels when we begin a new day. It is impo rtant that the community understands this distinction from other rescue or ganizations and is aware of ways they can help prevent lost or stray pets from ever having to enter the shelter. We need to create room for pets tha t have the most urgent need for our help. We must find a way to help more animals find homes and keep the shelter at a capacity that is humane for t he pets in our care. Heartbreaking space euthanasia decisions must be made weekly and overcrowding is putting more dogs at risk. Instead of focusing our at-risk dogs\, we are asking our community to focus efforts and resou rces on getting more of our highly-adoptable dogs out so that those animal s identified as most at risk (struggling in the shelter and exhibiting a v ariety of challenging behaviors) can get the time that they need to find a home. Any animal that leaves the building will help us reach our target o f decreasing the dog population to below a threshold of 475. This new proc ess includes daily population updates on the website and improved communic ations with our volunteers and community about how to best support dogs in need in our shelters. Even still\, 475 dogs housed in the building is les s than ideal. This is an incredible number of pets to care for daily. Whil e their basic needs are met\, quality of life deteriorates the longer they are housed in a shelter intended to be a temporary safety net. The lower we can keep that number\, the less dogs there will be at risk for illness\ , increased stress and euthanasia. In addition to these adjustments in com municating the ongoing need\, we have partnered with DeKalb County leaders on both short and long-term solutions that were announced last fall to he lp more pets in need: Increased funding for support to pets of DeKalb Coun ty residents including:A free monthly pet food bankFree spay/neuter surger ies through SNIP DeKalbFree vaccinations through LifeLine’s Mobile Clini cAdditional kennel space to provide more humane housing for the dogs curre ntly in our care:Plans have been approved to build new\, additional kennel s which will provide better housing for court case dogs who are in our car e long termProjected installation is September 2024We believe programs lik e these that make pet resources more accessible\, including affordable spa y/neuter surgery\, are the key to helping more pets stay out of the shelte rs and in homes where they belong. \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal ServicesDog Population: 419 | Optimum Capacity: 325 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n At the end of 2023\, we celebrated the grand opening of a brand new 40\,0 00 square foot shelter facility in Fulton County! With the opening of the new building\, we’ve fortunately seen improvement in all of these ways t o create a better environment for the teams and the animals as well as a b etter experience for visitors and supporters: Staff is less stressed. We h ave improved our ability to train\, onboard and implement new and efficien t processes.The building is easier to clean and has decreased the spread o f infectious disease.With separate kennel runs\, animals are less stressed or overwhelmed in the building and do not experience as high of stimulati on. It’s now easier to identify issues with dogs so we can work on getti ng them placed in a home more quickly.Visitors feel more welcome and have the ability to more easily spend time with individual animals. We have als o been able to increase the number of spay/neuter surgeries for our adopta ble animals and provide adopters\, fosters and rescue partners with better diagnostics for their pets with the new clinic.We have seen an increase i n the number of volunteers and hours spent with our team.We are able to ho st other shelters and bring more learning and collaborative opportunities to staff in-houseAt the same time\, we experienced a challenging transitio n as we worked to close the former facility\, adjust to the new set up\, a nd final projects and installations were wrapped up by the county. With th e new opening\, there was an uptick of stray or abandoned pets being broug ht to the new shelter. The shelter is a safe haven\, but can only be so te mporarily for pets in need of homes\, and we’ve seen the dog population quickly fill the building past its limits. Similarly to DeKalb County\, it has been difficult to balance the new intakes with finding outcomes for t he animals\, even in the wake of creative and successful adoption events. According to Animal Shelters Count’s recent annual report\, “In 2023\, 3% more dogs entered shelters than left\, resulting in an additional 107\ ,000 dogs in shelters at the end the year.” Fulton County Animal Service s is also an open intake municipal shelter facility and can’t simply “ stop” taking new animals in even when we’re overcapacity. Fortunately\ , we’ve also started 2024 with recent pawsitive media and exciting opera tional updates. The full-service clinic at Fulton County Animal Services i s now open for the public to make low-cost wellness appointments for their pets to receive the care they need! Additionally\, a Fulton County foster dog\, a pit mix now known as Miss Peaches\, has gone viral after being ad opted by celebrity and President of Barstool Sports\, Dave Portnoy. Miss P eaches’s story\, Dave’s choice to adopt and his initiative to raise fu nds for animal rescue has captured hearts nationwide. Lifesaving deserves to be trending so that we can keep up with the influx of dogs in need. We hope others will follow in his footsteps!  \n \n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal CenterDog Population: 119 | Optimum Capacity: 80 \n \n \n \n The incredible dedication of the team at our LifeLine Community Animal Center cannot be overlooked. Our county s helter facilities tend to take the spotlight in the news and on social med ia because of the massive number of pets that come through their doors\, b ut the Community Animal Center is always working quietly in the background to help the county operations. When the county shelters are over capacity \, so is this facility to keep up with the need. Not only do they consiste ntly take in pets from our county shelters and other rural facilities\, bu t\, when there is a neglect or hoarding case being investigated\, this loc ation takes in dozens of pets when they have nowhere else to go. As we ent er the warmer months of summer\, the Community Animal Center is also const antly preparing to help with the large numbers of kittens and puppies that are in need. Maintaining a full staff at this location is critical to its function. If you’re interested in joining our team full-time\, or even as a volunteer\, our Community Animal Center would love to have you! \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A National Crisis \n \n \n \n In conversations wit h other rescue organizations and in a review of data over the past few yea rs\, we’ve learned that these challenges are not unique to LifeLine or t he city of Atlanta. For the fourth year in a row\, we are faced with a “ new normal” in animal sheltering. According to the report\, “A total o f 900\,000 animals have entered and lingered in our nation’s shelters an d rescues since January 2021. This surplus is on top of the population alr eady residing within organizations\, resulting in an ongoing capacity cris is.” “The number of animals entering shelters through community intake s in 2023 remained roughly the same as 2022 at 6.5 million\, with intakes nearly evenly split between dogs and cats.” Compared to a national decre ase of 3.2% in intakes between 2019 and 2023\, our community intakes throu gh the Fulton and DeKalb County shelters decreased 6.89% from 2019 to 2023 . But\, intakes increased by 14.5% from 2022 to 2023. Even in the wake of these higher intake numbers\, we have been able to rally our community and find an incredible number of homes in 2023 compared to previous years. “While 2.2 million dogs were adopted in 2023\, dog adoptions are still 5 % lower than in 2019 (-108\,000 dogs adopted).” At LifeLine\, our overal l pet adoptions were only down by 1.92% in 2023 compared to 2019\, and ado ptions were higher in 2023 compared to 2018\, 2020\, 2021 and 2022. We are frequently partnering with more organizations who want to help and who ar e spreading the word that adopting is the way to go when searching for a n ew pet. For full shelter statistics across our organization\, please visit www.shelteranimalscount.org/stats. \n \n \n \n In Su mmary \n \n \n \n The animals in our city need help. W hile donations are the foundation for our work in the community and allow us to help more pets get the care they need\, donations don’t create mor e available kennel space. We need your help in getting more pets adopted o r fostered. We need the community’s help in getting more lost pets back home. We need our community to know about available resources for food\, v eterinary care\, and affordable spay/neuter options. Together\, we can sav e these lives and help the animals who need us most. \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Octob er 2023 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Message To Our C ommunity \n \n \n \n We are in the midst of an ongoing crisis affecting city and county animal shelters across the country. Time s are extremely difficult for the animals housed in our shelters and the s taff and volunteers who care for them. We have frequently reported on the conditions of our shelters and how desperate we are to get hundreds of ani mals into homes. We hear the distress and complaints about the overcrowdin g from our volunteers\, fosters\, and community\; we experience the condit ions daily\; we see the news articles written and segments being broadcast on television and radio\; we feel and share your frustration and heartbre ak. We are heartbroken\, too. Let us express to you in no uncertain terms: the current conditions in our shelters are not humane or sustainable. We can and we must do better. We will exhaust all efforts to prioritize the h ealth and safety of both pets and people in our care. The balance of human ely sheltering a growing number of animals while giving each one the care and the time they deserve to be placed in a loving home is getting substan tially harder to achieve. The issues contributing to overcrowding primaril y are rooted in the community\, not the shelter\, and cannot be changed ov ernight. In the shelters\, we’ve reached a pivotal breaking point. We ha ve stretched the shelter capacity and resources to unsustainable limits wh ile hoping\, for too long now\, that there would be a turning point where more animals would leave these buildings than enter. But that has not happ ened this year and without homes to go to\, we must euthanize more dogs at both county shelters in order to reach and maintain safe and humane housi ng. There are many facets to the challenges we are currently facing and we will cover some of them in this blog. We also encourage you to check out two other blog posts that go into deeper detail on two important issues: T he No-Kill controversyThe Impact of Spay and Neuter (and other pressing qu estions) \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Are The Shelters So Overcrowded? \n \n \n \n We know there are a lot of questions around why this is happening. We are seeing a new reality\, a post-pandemic world\; E conomic challenges to families\, a lack of affordable and pet-friendly hou sing\, a national shortage of veterinarians\, a decrease in spay/neuter du ring the pandemic and a need for more accessible and affordable spay/neute r options\, a desire for specific breeds\, and a diminishing public capaci ty to help and home shelter animals are all taking a heartbreaking toll on the growing number of animals coming into LifeLine’s care. We have acce pted pets from families arriving at the shelter with all of their possessi ons in a U-haul and nowhere to turn for help. People newly arriving to the area are surrendering their dogs to the shelter because they are unable t o find affordable housing that will allow them to keep their companions.We are coming to terms with an untenable reality of the community relying on a singular shelter as the sole means of support for the growing number of animals at risk – animals who mostly were people’s pets and family me mbers at one time. Systemically\, the shelter alone cannot support the she er volume of need. Here Is A Look At Our Shelters In Crisis: \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 569Target Dog Capacity: 450 On Tuesday \, October 17th\, DeKalb County CEO\, Michael Thurmond\, visited DeKalb Co unty Animal Services. The following day\, he met with our CEO\, Rebecca Gu inn\, and other LifeLine leadership. Together\, LifeLine and DeKalb County leadership agreed that Dekalb County Animal Services must reduce the dog population at the shelter to 450 in 60 days and maintain the population at or below that number. They collaborated and decided on both short- and lo nger-term actions to help aid in this crisis including: Working with staff ing agencies for additional staff and support for cleaning.Deploying perso nnel from other divisions within LifeLine to assist with animal care\, man agement and training and restructuring staff schedules to ensure greater c overage\, particularly on weekends.Sadly\, increasing euthanasia rates if necessary and continuing to do so until we reduce the dog population to 45 0 or less. If we cannot increase lifesaving outcomes beyond the current ra te\, we will have to euthanize 9 animals each day\, or 63 animals each wee k.Constructing an overflow campus adjacent to the shelter\, designed to ho ld up to 120 additional dogs above the current target capacity and provide effective isolation areas\, to help alleviate the need for euthanasia for population control. This solution will take time to build\, staff and ope rate and until then we must get below 450 animals in the current building. Improving communications between DeKalb County’s Animal Services Enforce ment division and the shelter to more proactively address factors in the f ield that are causing animals to come into the shelter.Increasing support to fund access to veterinary care for DeKalb pet owners in need\, includin g subsidized and free spay/neuter\, and targeting areas of DeKalb County y ielding the highest number of animals impounded in the shelter.What it wil l take to change the situation most\, in the short-term\, is simply fewer dogs in the building. We are asking our community to help us achieve those target dog population numbers because\, without homes to go to\, dogs wil l be euthanized for space\, regardless of health and temperment. Please a dopt or foster a pet today. \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dog s: 357Sustainable Capacity for Dogs: 325 We’ve mentioned that there is h ope on the horizon in Fulton County in the form of a brand new shelter fac ility preparing to open before the end of the year. However\, this does no t change the fact that the current facility is in dire straits. On average \, 15 dogs are being euthanized for space each week. Each day\, 16 dogs en ter the facility. That’s\, on average\, 2 more dogs that come in than le ave. While some conditions will improve with the upcoming move to the new facility\, rising intake and overcrowding will not be solved entirely by t ransitioning from one building to another. Fulton County is in desperate n eed of adopters and fosters\, including Friendly Finders who are willing t o foster a lost or stray dog through its mandated stray hold (3 to 5 busin ess days total) instead of immediately dropping them at the shelter when f ound. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LifeLin e Midtown \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 105O ptimum Capacity for Dogs: 75 As an overflow facility\, for every dog adopt ed at LifeLine Midtown\, space opens up for another dog from the Fulton Co unty Animal Services. And\, because the shelter is smaller\, it is a less overwhelming experience for individuals to visit and bring home a pet. Ado pting a pet from LifeLine Midtown greatly supports the main Fulton County shelter. When the new Fulton shelter opens\, the Midtown facility will clo se and any dogs still there will have to move to the new shelter. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n Current Population of Dogs: 111 O ptimum Capacity for Dogs: 60  LifeLine’s Community Animal Center adopti on center was designed as an overflow facility for our county shelters. St aff and volunteers also provide pets with special medical or behavioral ch allenges more time and attention to meet those needs. For dogs\, the Commu nity Animal Center is the primary overflow facility for the DeKalb County shelter. Because it is also full\, our Community Animal Center is limited in serving these critical functions. Beyond just dogs\, our staff is also caring for the majority of our organization’s cats. This adoption center \, like our Midtown location\, offers a calmer environment that may be eas ier to visit. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We Cannot Do This Alone \n \n \n \n Two things can be true: we can be proud of what we’ve accomplished together as a community in 10 ye ars’ time AND acknowledge the ways LifeLine needs to improve and perseve re as an organization. We have committed ourselves to helping these animal s\, but we are limited now by a lack of space and resources\, as well as e xternal challenges in the communities we serve. We are also human and make mistakes. And\, most importantly\, we cannot do this alone. While we are pursuing all avenues toward long-term solutions\, in the short term\, we n eed a miracle. We need you. We are asking our community to please foster o r adopt a pet today. You will be truly saving a life. If you have question s about any topic in this blog and would like to reach out\, please email feedback@lifelineanimal.org or write to LifeLine Animal Project\, ATTN: Op erations 3180 Presidential Drive\, Atlanta\, GA 30340. Thank you\, Atlanta . For believing in our work and helping us save lives today and always. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n February 2023 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Hello\, friends and supporters.  We wanted to share some critical u pdates and news as we turn the page on 2022\, and enter 2023 in a much bet ter position to give our deserving animals the love and space they need to thrive. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In January\, on the heels of a Canine Flu outbreak\, we were faced with a grim reality and life or death decisions. After more than a year of being at critical capacity at our DeKalb County Animal Services sh elter\, we were left with the heartbreaking possibility of having to eutha nize animals for space. We had nearly 600 dogs in need of home (at just th is one shelter). We put out a plea for help in the Greater Atlanta area\, and in a mere 7 days\, 373 dogs from DeKalb and 556 dogs from all LifeLine shelters found new homes! We are forever grateful to the Atlanta communit y for their support in our darkest hour. This is what lifesaving looks lik e. By the end of January\, our Fulton County Animal Services had fewer tha n 300 animals for the first time in almost a year. But within days of hitt ing that milestone\, we were called in with law enforcement on a rescue ca se and brought more than 60 new impounded animals safely into our care. Ea ch of these animals requires space\, food and immediate medical care. Our Fulton shelter team was also tasked with running LifeLine Midtown\, our te mporary shelter that opened in early January during the Canine Flu outbrea k to divert intake and keep dogs healthy. While it helped contain that out break\, a new location strains precious resources and manpower\, which has been challenging due to staffing shortages. \n \n \n \n Number of Dogs in Need of Homes as of February 15th \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services: 343 in the shelter and 928 in foster hom es\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services: 339 in the shelter and 22 0 in foster homes\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n LifeLine Community Animal Center: 65 in t he shelter and 85 in foster homes\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n LifeLine Midtown: 82 in t he shelter\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The LifeLine Community Animal Center con tinues to aid in the efforts of freeing up space at our county shelters an d helping dogs clear their quarantine period from the Canine Flu outbreak. Recent staffing hires have provided much needed relief to our existing te ams. After the incredible number of adoptions at our DeKalb shelter\, ther e are many animals in need of spay/neuter procedures. The Community Animal Center has stepped in to help temporarily house animals awaiting surgery and ensure that pets don’t have to wait any longer than necessary to go home with new\, loving families. Fortunately\, while the dogs in our care have been a major media focus in 2023\, we have also happily seen a steady flow of cat adoptions at the Community Animal Center and have enough open cat housing space to prepare for a busy kitten season to start in the spr ing. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n It’s bee n a busy start to the new year. And\, while we are celebrating the wins\, the hard work isn’t over. Even though we successfully saved many lives\ , 20-40 dogs come into our county shelters every single day and they need your help to find their way home.  \n \n \n \n What We Need Most Now: \n \n \n \n Volunteers and new staff are urgently needed to keep this much-needed LifeLine Midtown shelter up and running\, as well as help at our other locations.We always need adopte rs and fosters to place more pets into homes where they belong.We need goo d Samaritans in our community to help lost pets make their way back home i nstead of to the shelter. Find out what to do if you should find a lost pe t.And\, if you can’t foster or adopt\, please consider making a donation .As always\, thank you for your critical support. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 2022 Posts \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Novem ber\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n September\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n June\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n May\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n March\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n November 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n AN URGENT PLEA FROM OUR CEO TO THE CITY OF ATLANTA\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The current situation in our Atlanta animal shelters is dire. The animals in our care do not have the space they need\, or dese rve\, and we need your help. Our hard working teams are understaffed and w orking extreme overtime to ensure that kennels are clean\, bowls are full\ , and the pets in our shelters are well cared for. Our volunteers walk hun dreds of dogs a day. And it’s still not enough. We have teams covering r escue\, adoptions\, marketing\, volunteers\, and foster parents\, all work ing tirelessly to find homes and other ways Atlanta’s pets can get out o f the shelter. This is not the life our city’s animals deserve. This sta te our shelters are in is not sustainable for the pets nor the people who care for them. Animal shelters have never been\, and will never be\, the i deal solution for the animals. Atlanta\, we urgently need your help. Our a nimals are in desperate need of homes. Each of our shelters have exceeded capacity by the hundreds. DeKalb County Animal Services has nearly 600 dog s and over 50 cats in the building\, Fulton County Animal Services has alm ost 400 dogs in a building meant to hold 80. The more pets in our care\, t he harder it is to make sure they are living as comfortably as they deserv e during their time with us. We are meant to be a temporary refuge for pet s in need\, not a home. Pets cannot thrive here\, especially when there is an overwhelming amount of them. We know you’ve heard this plea before. And we hope you’ll hear it now. The situation is not improving. There ar e more animals in our care than ever and they really need your help. We ne ed your help. Adopt: Whether you’re looking for a calm couch potato\, wa lking partner\, or anything in between\, there are over 1\,000 deserving p ets waiting for you. Foster: If you have just two weeks to help a pet\, th at can make all of the difference. Sign up here.Donate: We need monetary d onations and supplies to continue caring for this many animals each day. Y ou can help by donating here or sending us much-needed items from our Amaz on wishlists. Help lost pets: Most pets are found within a mile of their h ome. If they come to a shelter\, their chances of being reunited greatly d eclines. If you find a pet\, follow these steps or become a friendly finde r. Spay/Neuter: Unlike humans\, dogs and cats give birth to 4-to-6 animals in one litter. Also\, dogs can give birth up to twice a year and cats up to 5 times a year! Because they can produce so many offspring each year\, it is important to spay/neuter your pet as soon as possible to reduce pet overpopulation. Learn more here about the benefits and how to book an appo intment with one of our Spay/Neuter clinics. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 202 2 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We wish we had bette r news to share\, but right now\, the shelters are still struggling. There is a lot of pressure right now on the county shelters to be the lifeline for more pets than the shelters have space to house. The reason for this o vercrowding is simple: more animals are coming in than are leaving. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In August\, we saw a total of 601 dogs adopted\, but 863 came in du ring that same time. That’s 262 more dogs entering our already full buil dings.  \nNumber of dogs that need homes: \n\n337 dogs in need at our Ful ton County shelter\n526 dogs in need at our DeKalb County shelter\n81 dogs in need at our Community Animal Center\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The situation is dir e. We are urging our communities in Fulton and DeKalb Counties to please n ot bring healthy pets they find straight to the shelter as first response. Please take a few steps in the first 48 hours to get lost pets back home where they belong. This does not mean pets will be without support in the community. Those injured or sick are always a top priority. We’re tryin g to make more space for those most in need. And\, we are also trying to f ind solutions for humans in emergency situations who have run out of optio ns. Here are a few things anyone can do to help during this crisis: Adopt a petFoster a pet. 200 emergency fosters are needed at our shelters right nowDonate to support pets in the shelterCollect newspaper\, towels and bla nkets to drop off at any locationCheck the shelter wishlist for items most in needHelp a neighbor who can’t keep their pet find a new home – her e’s howFollow our social channels and help us get the word out by sharin g posts from your preferred platform\, Facebook\, Instagram and Twitter.Wr ite an article in your local neighborhood paper about adopting/fostering s helter petsIf you find a lost pet\, fill out a found pet report\, follow t hese steps or become a friendly finder \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n June 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n You are the next chapter in animal w elfare. \n \n \n \n Animal shelters have never been\, and will never be\, the ideal solution for the animals. They have always b een a flawed answer to a bigger community challenge of how to best help lo st\, stray and unwanted pets.  Across the nation\, all communities are fa cing the aftershocks of the pandemic. For animal shelters\, those challeng es include overpopulated and understaffed facilities\, higher intake and f ewer adopters\, and a substantial decrease in rescue transfer support. In Atlanta\, we’ve had to restrict intake at varying levels due to the seve re overcapacity status at both county shelters.  But over the last few ye ars\, and through the recent challenges\, we’ve begun to see how a criti cal shift\, and a different path forward\, can actually save the lives of the animals in our community without having animals languish in shelters. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Over 60% of the animals in a shelter are stray/lost pets. Imagine if the shelters d idn’t exist to collect all the lost and stray pets of a community. What if the community itself was able to help those pets find and reunite with their families?  63% of animals are found just a mile from their home (26 % are just a block away). If neighbors could reunite pets with their famil ies\, instead of bringing them to the shelter\, our shelters would always have space to help those with nowhere to go. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What if the community could help struggling neighbors rehome their pets instead of turning them over to a shelter? Wha t if more resources were spent on keeping pets and people together instead of housing pets in a crowded shelter? If we\, as a community\, could shif t the focus to support each other in creative and practical ways\, the she lters wouldn’t be overcrowded with lost pets missing their families\, or abandoned pets looking for new homes. There will always be a need for she lters to help animals in emergency situations and victims of animal cruelt y\, but the real safety net for pets is a caring community – neighbors h elping neighbors.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Especially now\, when the need continues to exceed available sh eltering resources\, we believe we must find more community-centric soluti ons by working together with pet-lovers and good samaritans to get more pe ts home where they belong.  LifeLine does not believe killing healthy and treatable pets to make more space in a shelter is ever the right answer. Population management through euthanasia has never worked. Reliance on eut hanasia constrains the development of lifesaving solutions\, and the resul ts are always tragic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n When faced with external pressure to euthanize healthy and treatabl e animals to create more shelter space last month\, we turned to our anima l-loving community and in one week found foster and adoptive homes for 300 + pets. Atlanta\, you are the ideal solution. With your help\, we can weav e together a new safety net for the animals in need. Whether you are a vet eran rescuer or new to animal welfare\, help us shift the response when we find lost and stray pets\, so that more pets can be returned to their hom es. If you hear of situations where people need help with a found pet\, he lp them find options\, contact friends to find a foster home and help canv as the neighborhood to reunite families. Share this page.If you read about someone needing to rehome a pet\, share these resources and ask your neig hbors and friends if anyone can help. The pet owner\, rather than the shel ter\, will be able to find the best match for a loved pet. If someone is missing a pet\, check the lost pet pages of our website to see if the pet ended up at the shelter.If you can’t adopt\, foster. If you can’t fost er\, donate. If you can’t donate\, volunteer. If you can’t volunteer\, become an ambassador and share information and resources. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Please continue to suppor t our county shelters. Know that the staff is making the best decisions fo r every individual animal and human who comes to our doors with the resour ces that are available.  \nPlease extend the benefit of the doubt to lear n more about decisions that are being made. The people who dedicate our li ves to help animals in the shelter are not perfect\, but we are doing thei r very best in every situation\, for every individual pet\, and we are wor king with very limited resources and the most challenging of circumstances .  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Right now\, we are at a pivotal moment to change the course of animal welfare and lif esaving in our city. Animals deserve to be in homes and people deserve the love of a pet. Will you join us in committing to turn to each other to fi nd ways to help the animals in your community? Are you in?  We are. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n May 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availabili ty ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n Metro Atlanta County Animal Shelters are Out of Space! \n \n \n \n The county shelters have reached peak capacity and no longer have kennel space to house dogs. Because of the sheer volume\, we have had to set up temporary crates to house new arrivals but this is n ot a sustainable or acceptable solution.  This year we have seen a declin e in adoptions by 14% and a 37% decline in the number of animals leaving w ith rescue partners (compared to 2019 pre-pandemic levels). We also saw a decline in the number of lost pets finding their families again. Not only are there more animals currently in the shelters\, but they are staying lo nger which impacts their physical and mental wellbeing.  We URGENTLY need help to place our medium to large dogs into homes so that the shelters do not have to face difficult life or death decisions. We currently need to find 250 homes for dogs living at the DeKalb shelter. The Fulton County an imal shelter is facing a similar situation and needs to find 150 homes thi s week.  Here’s what we are experiencing currently across metro Atlanta . \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb Coun ty Animal Services \n \n \n \n Today\, there are 560 d ogs in our DeKalb facility*. In May 2019\, prior to the pandemic the shelt er held 440 dogs. Fewer animals are leaving the shelter\, and animals are staying longer looking for homes. They’re waiting an average of 80 days at DeKalb County Animal Services. Due to this critical status\, Dekalb Cou nty and LifeLine Animal Project\, in conjunction with the Georgia Departme nt of Agriculture\, are enacting emergency only intake protocols. This mea ns the DeKalb shelter is only able to accept animals from emergency situat ions or in critical need (injured animals\, animals involved in bite cases or cruelty situations). DeKalb County Animal Enforcement will also enforc e these emergency protocols and will only respond to high priority calls. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n *As of May 25\, 2022\, with the help of our community\, the number of dogs housed at DeKalb County Animal Service s has decreased to 433. We are making slow\, but steady\, progress towards reducing the number of pets housed at the shelter to a more comfortable t hreshold of 320. However\, the situation remains critical and your continu ed help is needed to find homes for the pets in our care. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n There are currently 360  dogs in our Fulton facility**\, which was bui lt to house only 80 dogs. Dogs are waiting an average 40 days to be placed in a home\, which is longer than previous years and is very stressful for the animals. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n **As of May 25\, 2022\, thanks to our community’s help in response to an urgent plea for fosters and ad opters\, the number of dogs housed at Fulton County Animal Services has di pped below 300. Additionally\, a generous volunteer has pledged to sponsor 100 dog adoptions this May at Fulton County. We always want to provide hu mane housing for the animals in our care and at the levels we are experien cing\, that is extremely challenging. Our community’s continued help at this critical time is needed to find homes for the pets in our care. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Animal C enter \n \n \n \n Our Community Animal Center takes in pets from our county shelters to help alleviate space constraints. Right now\, the center is full and can only take in more dogs when dogs currentl y in our care are adopted or head to foster homes.  Last week\, 128 cats arrived from our DeKalb and Fulton shelters. If you are looking for a cat\ , there are many available at the LifeLine Community Animal Center. There are also over 100 dogs available for adoption at this location. \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n Let's save lives together. \n \n \n \n Please share this blog with your community and network to help more pets find the homes they deserve today. \n \n \n \n Ways to Help \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n March 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel spa ce\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangero usly full\n \n \n \n \n \n Crit ical Needs This Week: Adopters and Fosters \n \n \n \n This February\, we saw the highest intake levels on record for the mont h since LifeLine took over shelter management in 2013. Both of our county shelters are in the red zone for space availability!  As we continue to f ace a growing space crisis\, we turn our attention to the impact of crowdi ng and the shelter environment on the health of our pets. It is a common m isconception that pets may fare better in a shelter than in a home where t he pet parent has to leave daily for work or doesn’t have a yard. There is no place like a home when it comes to animals. Even with the incredible support of our staff and volunteers\, it is impossible to replicate the c alm and one-on-one attention a pet will receive in a home. Shelters\, part icularly at the capacity level we currently face\, can be loud and overwhe lming for many pets. Though they are safe and fed\, the close proximity to so many other pets can lead to a spread in medical conditions. Ultimately \, we see a deterioration of our pets the longer they spend in the shelter \, along with added strain for our veterinary teams.  Our goal is to see all of our pets find their way to a warm and loving home. We need help giv ing our shelter pets a break\, including taking them out for a day or a we ekend\, while they await the arrival of their new family. We immediately s ee an improvement in our pet’s health and happiness when they are in a h ome. Plus\, you can provide key insights on the dog or cat’s personality (which tends to shine beyond the shelter walls) to share with potential a dopters! We are facing a particular need for fosters for our pets that hav e medical needs\, are part of an ongoing court case\, and dogs that are la rger in size. To find out more and help give our pets a break\, check out our Foster page. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \n There ar e currently 471 dogs at DeKalb County Animal Services\, 253 MORE than the ideal number of dogs that should be housed in our shelter here and putting us in the RED ZONE!  The need for special care fosters is imperative. Ce rtain pets\, such as those that have just given birth\, are undergoing med ical treatment or are part of a court case\, deserve a quiet space and may need a little extra care. This can include receiving regular doses of med icine\, restricted or regulated exercise regimes or extra space to care fo r their puppies. It is important that they have a home where they can rela x\, heal and rest stress-free.  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n The Fulton County Animal Services shelter is in the RED ZONE! There are 265 dogs in the shelter\, an alarming 115 dogs over the ideal number of 150. This means some runs have up to five dogs s haring a space. As a result\, the shelter is seeing an uptick in medical i ssues\, particularly contagious ailments like upper respiratory infections . \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n In Feb ruary 2022\, the LifeLine Community Animal Center brought in 222 pets to h elp create space at our two county shelters. 94 dogs and 84 cats are waiti ng for a place to call home\, with many more patiently waiting in foster h omes. Our animals are showing tremendous resilience\, but we need urgent h elp from our community to provide these precious pets with homes! Our miss ion remains\, as always\, to save the lives of all healthy and treatable a nimals. We appreciate the support of our community! \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \ n \n \n \n \n \n Help us save lives together! \n \n \n \n Share this blog with your community\, and help get mor e pets into homes today! \n \n \n \n Ways to Help \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n January 2022 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Availability ofkennel space\n \n \n \n \n Good amount\n Dangerously full\n \n \n \n \n \n We are kicking off the new year with an unfamiliar sight for this time of the year: shelters that are stil l full from this summer. Shelter space is unfortunately\, yet typically\, limited during the summer months\, but this is the first time we have expe rienced such a continued strain on our shelter capacity and team. The numb er of animals coming in our doors has increased by 12% over last year whil e the number of dogs adopted has decreased. People are also struggling to care for their pets and have been facing evictions and other challenges. T his means more pets have been surrendered. Over the last two years\, we ha ve seen a 39% decline in the number of animals our rescue partners have be en able to help pull to safety\, largely due to factors resulting from the COVID pandemic. All of these challenges would be difficult alone but\, li ke so many others\, we are also facing severe labor shortages. We currentl y have 34 open positions across three locations\, which means we are missi ng 13% of our workforce. Between the staffing challenge and the number of staff who have been out sick due to the latest wave of the COVID-19 virus\ , we are struggling. Animal care is always our top priority. Our understaf fed teams and volunteers are working doubly hard to care for all the anima ls in need\, covering extra shifts and taking on additional responsibiliti es. In these times\, we must depend even more so on our community’s supp ort. By adopting\, donating\, volunteering\, helping lost animals back hom e and finding new homes for those alone in the shelter\, our community off ers real and sustained hope for the animals in our care. We are continuing to take in animals for emergency situations and for those who do not have any other options. Our Animal Service Officers and community support team s continue to provide resources\, including access to veterinary care and pet supplies\, pet lost and found assistance and self-rehoming options for animals in non-emergency situations. We always work with individuals faci ng financial hardship who need help for their pets. We often reduce or wai ve reclaim and surrender fees in the hopes of helping people and finding t he best outcomes for the animals. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DeKalb County Animal Services \n \n \n \ n The ideal number of dogs that should be housed at DeKalb County Animal Services is 218. This allows us to house one dog per kennel with ac cess to both sides of the kennel. We are currently in the red zone with 48 0 dogs in the building. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fulton County Animal Services \n \n \n \n With Fulton County Animal Services being a smaller\, older building\, there is space to optimally house only 150 dogs. As of la st week\, there were 221 dogs in the shelter. This forces us to house mult iple dogs in most of the kennels. Not only does this make cleaning the she lter a logistical challenge\, but it means the environment is less than id eal for our animals. Our goal is to safely house a large population while mitigating risk of disease and shelter stress on the animals. If we had fe wer dogs in the building\, we could provide larger\, single kennels for 26 of our larger breed dogs\, who need individual housing\, and who are curr ently residing in smaller cages. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Community Animal Center \n \n \n \n In December 2021\, the LifeLine Community Animal C enter transferred in 170 pets from Fulton and DeKalb to help make space at the our two county shelters. We currently have 95 dogs and 102 cats looki ng for homes\, and even more are waiting to find families while they live in foster homes. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We believe space limitations alone are an unacceptable reason to euthani ze healthy and treatable animals. LifeLine has been able to achieve “no- kill\,”  saving 90% or more of all the animals who enter our shelters\, but we are only able to maintain this lifesaving achievement with the com munity’s support and advocacy. We know our community has the ability to provide the support needed to save precious lives.  Their lives depend on it. \n \n \n \n Make a difference today! \n \n \n \n Share this blog post with your community\, and help g et more pets into homes today. LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T061439Z URL:https://lifelineanimal.org/lifeline-events/take-em-home-tuesday-at-lif eline-animal-project/2026-09-29/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&ut m_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:LifeLine Animal Project X-SOURCE-URL:https://lifelineanimal.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Open Mic Night - Monday September 28 at 8:00PM DTSTART:20260929T000000Z DTEND:20260929T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260910T181003Z UID:10001781-1790625600-1790631000@laughingskulllounge.com CATEGORIES:music LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T181003Z LOCATION:Laughing Skull Lounge\, 878 Peachtree Street\, Atlanta\, GA\, 303 09\, United States URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com/event/open-mic-night-monday-september- 28-2026-at-800pm/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atla nta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Laughing Skull Lounge X-SOURCE-URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:College of Law Fall 2026 - Spring 2027 Clinic & Externship Applic ation Period DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260929 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260930 DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52922638426352 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Spring 2027 Clinic & Externship Application Period\n\nSeptembe r 16-30 2025\n\nThe application for Spring enrollment for all clinics and externships opens on Wednesday\, September 16th and closes on Wednesday\, September 30th at 11:59 p.m. To apply\, visit the Clinical Programs page o r the Externships page. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-college-of-law-fall-2025-spring -2026-clinic-externship-application-period?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_med ium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Withdrawal Period - Full Semester DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260929 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260930 DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52328748793791 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Withdrawal Period begins via PAWS at 8 a.m.\n\nWithdrawn c lasses appear on the official transcript with the grade of W or WF.\n\nFor detailed information on withdrawals\, refer to the "Revision of Class Sch edule" section of the University Catalog. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-classes-begin-mmii?utm_source=c aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Withdrawal Period - MMII DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260929 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260930 DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52328767057296 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Withdrawal Period begins via PAWS at 8 a.m.\n\nWithdrawn c lasses appear on the official transcript with the grade of W or WF.\n\nFor detailed information on withdrawals\, refer to the "Revision of Class Sch edule" section of the University Catalog. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-withdrawal-period-mmi?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fine Line Pen for Botanical Illustration DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260929 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261028 DTSTAMP:20260917T005411Z UID:10008725-1790640000-1793145599@atlantabg.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Fine line pen is the ideal medium for botanical illustration b ecause it reproduces so beautifully in books and publications. Learn the b asic techniques and tools for working with a fine line pen. Prior drawing experience is very helpful. This class is part of the annual Botanical Dra wing Certificate Program. \nDates: Tuesdays\, September 29 – October 27 \nTime: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. OR 6 – 9 p.m.  \nFee: $230 (Member $220) \nR egistration Deadline: September 27 \nInstructor: Carol Sutherland\, Artist \n*Class materials are not included in the class fee. Please see the supp lies list below. \nvIEW THE CLASS SUPPLIES LIST  \nMember Registration  \nNon-member Registration LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T005411Z LOCATION:Atlanta Botanical Garden\, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/fine-line-pen-botanical-illustration/?u tm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Botanical Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/category/atlanta END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Panthers Commitment to Consent 2026-2027 Academic Year DTSTART:20260929T040000Z DTEND:20260930T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53547032043829 CATEGORIES:wellness DESCRIPTION:Take the Georgia State Commitment to Consent and help create a culture of respect\, communication\, and positive sexual wellness across our Panther community. \nConsent is enthusiastic\, communicated\, specific \, informed\, and reversible. It means making sure everyone is able and wi lling to participate\, communicating clearly\, respecting boundaries\, and understanding that anyone can change their mind at any time. \nHow it wor ks (less than 2 minutes!): \n\nRSVP to this event during the 2026–2027 a cademic year. \nShare your name and affirm your commitment to practicing t he Student Wellness Five Components of Consent in your sexual and intimate interactions. \nComplete the virtual commitment to demonstrate your suppo rt for a culture where consent\, communication\, and respect are valued. \ n\nYour attendance will be recorded in PIN\, making you eligible to earn P ounce Rewards and contribute toward your Health & Wellness Advocate proces s. \nTake a moment to make the commitment. Your participation helps promot e respect\, healthy communication\, safety\, and positive sexual wellness at Georgia State University. 🐾 \nLearn more about consent by registerin g for the Your Sexual Wellness Matters iCollege Course\n \n\nHosted by: B e Well Panthers Health & Wellness\n\nAdditional Information can be found a t: https://pin.gsu.edu/event/12526520 LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/yes-to-consent-panthers-pledge-2026-202 7-academic-year?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlant a-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sukkot with sukkah on the patio DTSTART:20260929T050000Z DTEND:20260930T035000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T123708Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53998494123950 CATEGORIES:holiday DESCRIPTION:Sukkot is a weeklong Jewish holiday that comes five days after Yom Kippur. Sukkot celebrates the gathering of the harvest and commemorat es the miraculous protection G‑d provided for the children of Israel whe n they left Egypt. We celebrate Sukkot by dwelling in a foliage-covered bo oth (known as a sukkah) and by taking the “Four Kinds” (arba minim)\, four special species of vegetation. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T123708Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL Butler Patio URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/sukkot-with-sukkah-on-the-patio? utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Paint Chip Poetry Contest DTSTART:20260929T120000Z DTEND:20260930T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260908T123434Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53883419029422 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:"In celebration of Latine Heritage Month\, Latinas UNIDES and McCain Library are partnering to host a paint chip poetry contest. To part icipate\, pick up a paint chip from the Check Out Desk in McCain Library. Write your poem on the paint chip\, and then place it in the submission bo x. All entries will be reviewed by Latinas UNIDES. A prize will be given t o the winner\, and all entries will be displayed in McCain Library. LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T123434Z LOCATION:McCain Library\, Main Reading Room (1st Floor Lobby) URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/paint-chip-poetry-contest?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Campus Coffee -- the last Tuesday of each month! DTSTART:20260929T133000Z DTEND:20260929T143000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T122637Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52582848019441 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Campus Coffee is a chance for faculty\, staff and students to connect casually on the last Tuesday of each month. Coffee and tea are pro vided\, as well as iced coffee or hot cocoa\, depending on the weather.\n\ nLocation: Alston Campus Center Front Patio (Rain Location: Alston Lobby)\ n\nThe first 20 people can get a free mug\, but you are welcome to bring y our own.\n\nEach month is sponsored by a different department that will ha ve information about programs and can answer questions.\n\nEnjoy our beaut iful campus\, share with colleagues\, engage with friends and chat with me ntors. We are Agnes! LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T122637Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, First Floor Lobby URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/campus-coffee-the-last-tuesday-o f-each-month?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-g a X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:25Live Requestor Training DTSTART:20260929T133000Z DTEND:20260929T143000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53759402404624 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Join us for training on our new event management system\, 25Li ve\, where we’ll cover the following key topics: \n\nEvent Form \n\n\nHo w to Look Up Location Availability \n\n\nLocation Search \n\n\nEvent Searc h \n\n\nHow to Edit an Event \n\n\nImportant Things to Know About 25Live \ n\n \n\nHosted by: *RSO Resources and Training\, Student Center\n\nOnline Location: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZjE0OWI5M GYtZjNiNi00NTNkLTkxNTgtMDlkMzk3ZWU4NGNi%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22 %3a%22515ad73d-8d5e-4169-895c-9789dc742a70%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%223ec2b46a-b4 c6-4e99-9045-a64b2c8f5a12%22%7d\n\nAdditional Information can be found at: https://pin.gsu.edu/event/12603247 LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/25live-requestor-training-9758?utm_sour ce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:New Exhibit Opening - 75 Years of the NHRA DTSTART:20260929T140000Z DTEND:20260929T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260814T180157Z UID:10006394-1790676000-1790701200@savoymuseum.org CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Heart-Pounding Horsepower: 74 Years of the NHRA \nSeptember 29 \, 2026 – January 31\, 2027 \n  \nThe first drag race probably occurred in an unknown town when two cars lined up\, side by side\, to see which w as the fastest. \nPost-WWII\, the world of “hot rodding” exploded\, an d with it\, an increase in street racing. \nDry lake beds became an altern ative\, but as they disappeared\, a solution was desperately needed. \nIn 1951\, the National Hot Rod Association\, in conjunction with Hot Rod Maga zine\, was formed. \nInitially an umbrella organization for car clubs\, th e Association recognized that the “need for speed” warranted a structu re that provided safe venues for races\, rules\, classes\, insurance\, and good relations with local law enforcement. \nSeventy-five years later\, t he NHRA is still the premier governing body of a sport that has grown far beyond the realm of hot rods. \nThis exhibit showcases race cars from vary ing classifications in the NHRA drag racing series. LAST-MODIFIED:20260814T180157Z LOCATION:Savoy Automobile Museum\, 3 Savoy Lane\, Cartersville\, GA\, 3012 0\, United States URL:https://savoymuseum.org/event/new-exhibit-opening-75-years-of-the-nhra /?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Savoy Automobile Museum X-SOURCE-URL:https://savoymuseum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:National Coffee Day DTSTART:20260929T140000Z DTEND:20260929T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260801T121458Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53582420970596 CATEGORIES:drink DESCRIPTION:Hello Coffee Lovers!\nJoin PAC as we celebrate National Coffee Day!\nEnjoy hot or iced coffee in the Student Center from 10 am- 12 pm.\n \nHosted by: Perimeter College Student Life\, Panther Activities Council\n \nAdditional Information can be found at: https://pin.gsu.edu/event/124752 81 LAST-MODIFIED:20260801T121458Z LOCATION:Student Center NB 2000 URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/national-coffee-day?utm_source=caldisco very&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Weekly Walking Club DTSTART:20260929T140000Z DTEND:20260929T144500Z DTSTAMP:20260902T000354Z UID:24073-1790676000-1790678700@piedmontpark.org CATEGORIES:outdoors DESCRIPTION:Join the Conservancy and fellow park fans for a weekly group w alk in Piedmont Park! \nEvery Tuesday\, we host a 45-minute walk on Tuesd ays at 10am. Each walk will feature different popular paths while answerin g any questions you may have about Piedmont Park or the Conservancy. \nFor questions\, please contact Kaycee Walker at programs@piedmontpark.org. \n Meet in front of Dockside near the 12th gate entrance\, five minutes prior to departure. Walk up\, no RSVP required. LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T000354Z LOCATION:Dockside\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30357\, United States URL:https://piedmontpark.org/event/weekly-walking-club-3/2026-09-29/?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Piedmont Park Conservancy\, Inc. X-SOURCE-URL:https://piedmontpark.org/green-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:St. Vincent de Paul Georgia: Adult Life Skills Class DTSTART:20260929T140000Z DTEND:20260929T153000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T064023Z UID:10036718-1790676000-1790681400@metroatlantaexchange.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Vincent de Paul Georgia hosts an Adult Life Skills Class on Tu esdays\, from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM\, at St. Vincent de Paul Georgia. \nThi s class offers participants the chance to start building a healthier\, mor e fulfilling life.  Guided by a certified instructor in counseling\, coac hing\, and crisis response\, this class will equip attendees with essentia l tools and insights to help navigate life’s challenges. \nClick here to learn more and register. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T064023Z LOCATION:St. Vincent de Paul Georgia\, 2050-C Chamblee Tucker Road\, Atlan ta\, 30341\, United States URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/st-vincent-de-paul-georgia-adul t-life-skills-class/2026-09-29/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm _campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:MAX X-SOURCE-URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/georgia-chamber-of-com merce-future-of-energy-and-sustainability END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20260929T140000Z DTEND:20260929T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T064023Z UID:10036801-1790676000-1790697600@metroatlantaexchange.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Metro Atlanta eXchange for Workforce Solutions (MAX) is ho sting MAX Academy on Walking in Their Shoes on Tuesday\, September 29th\, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. \nWhat if you could experience the barriers your customers face – not just hear about them? Walking in Their Shoes: A Po verty Simulation Experience immerses participants in the daily challenges faced by families with lower incomes. By assuming the role of a strugglin g individual or family\, participants navigate real-world scenarios involv ing housing\, employment\, healthcare\, childcare\, and public assistance. \nThis MAX Academy – Presented by Google and Powered by Georgia State U niversity’s Andrew Young School of Social Work\, Professional Excellence Program – will help customer-facing workforce professionals experience how quickly everyday challenges can become overwhelming – and how system s\, policies\, transportation\, childcare\, housing\, healthcare\, and une xpected crises can affect a person’s ability to pursue work and achieve economic mobility. \nThis is more than an empathy exercise. It’s a oppor tunity to reflect on how we serve customers\, recognize the strengths peop le bring to challenging circumstances\, and consider how our own interacti ons can either create barriers or help people move forward. \nClick here t o learn more and register. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T064023Z URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/81295/?utm_source=caldiscovery& utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:MAX X-SOURCE-URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/georgia-chamber-of-com merce-future-of-energy-and-sustainability END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Garden Playtime DTSTART:20260929T140000Z DTEND:20260929T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T065324Z UID:10011389-1790676000-1790683200@atlantabg.org CATEGORIES:family,outdoors DESCRIPTION:Introduce your little one to the joys of nature! Join us for f un activities that will stimulate your child’s interest in the natural w orld. With a new theme each month and activities that engage the senses an d spark creativity\, Garden Playtime is an enjoyable and enriching activit y for families throughout the spring\, summer and fall. \nDates: Tuesdays\ , March – Oct.\nTime: 10 a.m. – noon\nFree with Garden admission \nSug gested ages: 6 months – 5 years. Weather permitting. We will cancel if r ain or inclement weather makes outdoor programming impractical. To check t he status\, email classes@atlantabg.org. \n\nMarch: Joyful Movement \nKic k off Garden Playtime with music\, movement\, and hands-on fun! Dance at o ur music party station\, create a colorful wind sock to take home\, and ex plore a variety of sounds at our sensory bins. Families can also explore i nstruments made from plants and experiment with sounds inspired by nature. \nApril: Patterns Everywhere! \nCelebrate National Haiku Poetry Day with us this April as we combine art with nature. Come learn how natural patter ns create interesting textures and then mimic those textures in art. Explo re forest scenes in our sensory bins\, paint with natural items at our mur al station\, and create your own recycled art mosaic to take home. \nMay: Mythical Creatures \nWhat magical creatures might you discover in Niki de Saint Phalle’s bold and playful sculptures? Venture with us into a fant astical world of mythical animals and imaginative forms inspired by her ar t. Visit the mermaids in our sensory bins\, uncover hidden dragon treasure in kinetic sand\, and create your own slithering snake at the art station . \nJune: Pollinator Friends \nCelebrate National Pollinator Week with us this June. Learn about the valuable role of diverse pollinator species in our ecosystems\, and investigate these fascinating critters up close. Join us for a bug tic-tac-toe game\, dig your hands into our “bees in a hive ” sensory bins and homemade scented playdough\, and decorate a “bug ro ck” to take home!   \nJuly: Animal Adventures \n \nThis July\, Garden Playtime takes inspiration from the lively animal sculptures found in Niki de Saint Phalle’s artwork. Families are invited to dress up as animals\ , create a shared animal print mural\, and design your own unique animal t o take home. \nAugust: Wonderful Water \nFrom fountains to flowing forms\, Niki de Saint Phalle’s art celebrates the joyful movement of water. Fam ilies can enjoy water sensory bins\, water lily art\, frog pond shaving cr eam exploration\, and frog games on the Children’s Garden lawn. Be sure to cool down in the Splash Pad before you head home! \nSeptember: Golden G rows \nIn honor of the Garden’s 50th Anniversary\, September’s Garden Playtime celebrates the golden colors found throughout the landscape. Fami lies are invited to make sunflower art\, scoop and pour in sunflower rice sensory bins\, and paint with corn cobs at our mural station. \nOctober: H arvest Time \nThis month’s activities are inspired by the harvest season . From delicious food aromas to the crunching sounds of leaves\, relax int o the nostalgia of autumn as we wind down Garden Playtime for the year. Sa ve some time to hunt around for your favorite Scarecrows in the Garden. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T065324Z LOCATION:Atlanta Botanical Garden\, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/garden-playtime/2026-09-29/?utm_source= caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Botanical Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/category/atlanta END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:M.I.S. in Criminal Justice Administration Webinar DTSTART:20260929T140000Z DTEND:20260929T150000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53975936332477 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Discover how to address the complex challenges in the criminal justice system and develop essential leadership skills with our M.I.S. in Criminal Justice Administration program at the Andrew Young School of Pol icy Studies.\n\nJoin our live webinar with the Program Director\, Dr. Davi d Snively\, who will provide an in-depth overview of the program and answe r your questions.\n\nClick here to register! LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/mis-in-criminal-justice-administration- webinar-615?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Newton's Homecoming Brunch DTSTART:20260929T150000Z DTEND:20260929T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260801T121458Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53582420983914 CATEGORIES:food DESCRIPTION:Happy Homecoming Panthers! Start Homecoming week off right wit h brunch on us (while supplies last)! We would love to see your Panther Pr ide all week long! Go State! \n\nHosted by: Georgia State Homecoming\, Per imeter College Student Life\, Panther Activities Council\, POUNCE Rewards Program\n\nAdditional Information can be found at: https://pin.gsu.edu/eve nt/12486409 LAST-MODIFIED:20260801T121458Z LOCATION:1N Patio/Lobby URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/newtons-homecoming-brunch-7557?utm_sour ce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Pumpkin Patch DTSTART:20260929T150000Z DTEND:20260929T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T061357Z UID:10018900-1790679600-1790708400@thequestatlanta.com CATEGORIES:community,family DESCRIPTION:Fall is here and it’s time to get your pumpkins! They are a fun part of everyone’s celebration and make for great decorations. \nCom e check out some of the family fun we have including the ‘Singing Pumpki ns’\, photo ops\, and gifts for the kids. Come and decorate with a free pumpkin on Sunday afternoons. \nThe pumpkin patch is a Knights of Columbu s fundraiser. Located under the tent at the church parking lot. \nPrices s tart from $2 to $25 \nSeptember 26 – October 31\n11:00 a.m.- 7:00 p.m. – Weekdays\n9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. – Weekends LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T061357Z LOCATION:St. Brendan the Navigator Catholic Church\, 4633 Shiloh Rd.\, Cum ming\, GA\, 30040 URL:https://thequestatlanta.com/event/pumpkin-patch-7/2026-09-29/?utm_sour ce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:The Quest Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://thequestatlanta.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Kennesaw State University: Technology & Engineering Fair DTSTART:20260929T150000Z DTEND:20261001T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T064032Z UID:10036700-1790679600-1790866800@metroatlantaexchange.org CATEGORIES:civic DESCRIPTION:Kennesaw State University is hosting a Technology & Engineerin g Fair on Tuesday\, September 29th through Thursday\, October 1st\, from 1 1:00 AM to 3:00 PM. \nThe location will be disclosed upon registering. Thi s three-day event will offer job seeking students from across a diverse po ol of technical\, engineering\, and applied science disciplines\, an oppor tunity to meet with employers directly. Full-time\, part-time\, and intern ship opportunities will be available. \nClick here to learn more and regis ter. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T064032Z URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/kennesaw-state-university-techn ology-engineering-fair/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaig n=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:MAX X-SOURCE-URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/georgia-chamber-of-com merce-future-of-energy-and-sustainability END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Clarkston's Homecoming Spirit Sunrise Treats DTSTART:20260929T150000Z DTEND:20260929T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53551741167622 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Clarkston's annual free Homecoming Breakfast returns. Kick off Homecoming Week with breakfast\, fun and Panther pride\; but come early\, as the food goes fast. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:TBA URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/clarkstons-homecoming-spirit-sunrise-tr eats?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Learn to Airbrush - EXLAB - Atlanta DTSTART:20260929T150000Z DTEND:20260929T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_54007157482125 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Come join the EXLAB community to learn how to airbrush!\n\nIn this beginner’s workshop\, you’ll learn the basics of airbrushing\, in cluding applications\, types of paint\, and how to use a compressor\, spra y booth\, and airbrush gun.\n\nOnly Georgia State University students\, fa culty\, and staff may attend this workshop. Please note that there can be a maximum of eight attendees at this workshop\, on a first come first serv ed basis\, so please make an effort to arrive early. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:EXLAB @ Arts & Humanities URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/learn-to-airbrush-exlab-atlanta-8978?ut m_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Next-Level PowerPoint DTSTART:20260929T153000Z DTEND:20260929T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T120019Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53892119239203 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:We’ve all been forced to sit through really boring and ineff ective presentations. PowerPoint doesn’t have to be that way! We’ll sh are and practice using design tips to help you transform your presentation s from boring to brilliant. We’ll cover features used in both the PC and Mac versions.\n\nWorkshop Topics\n\nPowerPoint best practicesDesign tipsP owerPoint slide analysis and transformationWorking with multimediaDesignin g with SmartArt LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T120019Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/next-level-powerpoint-8655?utm_source=c aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Spirit Plaza DTSTART:20260929T160000Z DTEND:20260929T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T170246Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53551741543432 CATEGORIES:food,music DESCRIPTION:In partnership with GSU Athletics\, Spotlight transforms Unity Plaza into Spirit Plaza for a pep rally with food\, music and more. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170246Z LOCATION:Unity Plaza URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/homecoming_spirit_plaza?utm_source=cald iscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Introduction to iCollege Accessibility DTSTART:20260929T160000Z DTEND:20260929T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260805T000740Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53612951163820 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Join us for a practical workshop focused on iCollege accessibi lity tools. Learn how to ensure that your digital materials are usable by everyone\, including students with disabilities.\n\nBy the end of this wor kshop\, you will be able to:\n\nRecognize accessibility standards for digi tal and online content Utilize the accessibility checker and setup speci al access in iCollegePractice accessible formatting in iCollege \n\nDon't miss this opportunity to learn what features and tools are available in iC ollege to make courses accessible!\n\nWe recommend having files to explore with open when following along with this workshop. You can also use this form to request an iCollege Building Section to test out different feature s. LAST-MODIFIED:20260805T000740Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/icollege-accessibility-9-29-26-12p?utm_ source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Public Interest: Food for Thought DTSTART:20260929T160000Z DTEND:20260929T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260826T122426Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53799201044623 CATEGORIES:food DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Public Interest Law Association LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T122426Z LOCATION:College of Law\, 242 URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/public-interest-food-for-thought?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PILA Lunch & Learn DTSTART:20260929T160000Z DTEND:20260929T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260831T182138Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53850304443482 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Board panel on what PILA is and insight into Public Interest c areers. LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T182138Z LOCATION:College of Law URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/pila-lunch-learn?utm_source=caldiscover y&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Information Session with Orleans Public Defender DTSTART:20260929T160000Z DTEND:20260929T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T002728Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53870116056852 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:College of Law students are invited to attend an info session with an attorney from Orleans Public Defenders. Limited spaces are availab le\, please register via PantherLaw Pathways to attend on Tuesday\, Septem ber 29 at noon. LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T002728Z LOCATION:College of Law\, Room 144 URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/information-session-with-orleans-public -defender?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Scotties Vote Coalition DTSTART:20260929T170000Z DTEND:20260929T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260821T122414Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53759516312666 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:1st Scotties Vote Coalition Meeting! LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T122414Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Meeting Room 205 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/scotties-vote-coalition-9895?utm _source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Making Thoughtful and Informed Decisions DTSTART:20260929T170000Z DTEND:20260929T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260827T182425Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53815715417182 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This online\, self-guided course explores how our interpersona l preconceptions and assumptions affect thoughtful and informed decisions about others.\n\nThis course is offered through VectorSolutions and availa ble for current staff and faculty at Georgia State University.\n\nAfter yo u register for the virtual event\, you will be assigned the online course through Vector LMS. Therefore\, there is no workshop on the date and time listed.\n\nYou will not be assigned the online course if you are not a cur rent staff or faculty member. LAST-MODIFIED:20260827T182425Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/making-thoughtful-and-informed-decision s?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Recital Hour: Creative Arts Department DTSTART:20260929T170000Z DTEND:20260929T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260831T122445Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53759516337245 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Join the Creative Arts department for recital hour\, a space f or applied music students to perform. Music students that wish to perform during recital hour should sign up in Presser Hall. LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T122445Z LOCATION:Presser Hall\, PR-Maclean Auditorium URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/recital-hour-creative-arts-depar tment?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Run\, Hide\, Fight-Active Shooter Training DTSTART:20260929T170000Z DTEND:20260929T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53921254403041 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:An active shooter is defined as an armed individual who has us ed deadly force and continues to pose a threat by having access to additio nal victims. While active shooter incidents on college campuses are uncomm on\, past tragedies at Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University high light the importance of being prepared for emergencies.\n\nThis training p rogram\, developed for all 35 institutions within the University System of Georgia\, includes a 10-minute instructional video and a training scenari o. Its purpose is to equip faculty and staff with practical emergency resp onse options should they encounter an active shooter situation on campus o r within the community. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/run-hide-fight-active-shooter-training- 3179?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Designing QuestionPro Surveys to Capture and Analyze Data DTSTART:20260929T170000Z DTEND:20260929T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T184536Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53991566780220 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Surveys have always been a vital part of teaching and research \, especially at a leading institution like GSU. While Qualtrics has long served as our primary survey tool\, GSU remains committed to innovation an d continuous improvement. In alignment with this commitment\, the universi ty will transition to QuestionPro as our official survey platform beginnin g next year. QuestionPro is a robust\, user-friendly survey platform desig ned to streamline data collection\, analysis\, and reporting making it an invaluable asset for both course evaluation and scholarly research. \n\nIn this webinar\, you will learn how to\n\nDesign tailored surveys that alig n with specific learning objectivesGather student feedback on course conte ntCollect data from diverse populationsView and analyze data results to un cover meaningful patternsCapture both quantitative and qualitative data us ing various question types (multiple-choice\, open-ended\, matrix scales\, etc.)Create effective surveys and leverage the platform’s advanced feat uresAre you ready to unlock the full potential of QuestionPro? Register to day! LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T184536Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/fall2026-questionpro?utm_source=caldisc overy&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sensory Friendly Afternoon DTSTART:20260929T180000Z DTEND:20260929T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T194337Z UID:10000809-1790690400-1790701200@southernmuseum.org CATEGORIES:arts,family DESCRIPTION:Join the Southern Museum for a Sensory Friendly Afternoon! Fro m 2 PM to 5 PM\, the museum is transformed into a sensory-friendly environ ment. We welcome visitors with Autism Spectrum Disorder\, sensory processi ng issues or special needs to explore the Museum at their own pace. All ag es are welcome. Included with general admission and free for members! \nSe nsory Friendly afternoon has added two themed story times at 3 PM and 4 PM \, along with an exhibit connection. Visitors will still be able to explor e the museum if they choose not to participate in the programming. \nFebru ary 24 – Proud to be a Pullman Porter \n\nTopic: African American Histor y Month – Sleeper Cars\nBook: Night Train\, Night Train\, by Robert Burl eigh\nExhibit Connection: Pullman Car and Case\n\nMarch 31 – Famous Stea m Locomotives \n\nTopic: Women’s History Month\nBook: Flying Scotsman an d the Best Birthday Ever\, by Michael Morpurgo\nExhibit Connection: Genera l Gallery \n\nApril 28 – Underground Rails \n\nTopic: Subway Trains\nBo ok: Subway by Anastasia Sue\nExhibit Connection: Demonstrating how electri city flows through a piece of Lionel track using battery and light\n\nMay No Program \nJune 30 – Owney\, The Postal Dog \n\nTopic: Animals and the Railroad\nBook: Owney the Postal Dog\nExhibit Connection: Owney Case\n\nJ uly 28 – Trains\, Trucks\, and Ships \n\nTopic: Intermodal Transportatio n\nBook: A Container Ships Colossal Journey by Kelly Rice Schmitt\nExhibit Connection: Naval Case\n\nAugust 25 – Touch-a-Train \n\nTopic: Model Tr ain Scales\nBook: Snakes on a Train\, by Kathryn Dennis\nExhibit Connectio n: Touch model train cars of different scales\, train scales exhibit\n\nSe ptember 29 – Parts and Pieces \n\nTopic: Building Trains\nBook: Let’s Build a Little Train\, by Julia Richardson\nExhibit Connection: Glover Exh ibit\n\nOctober 27 – I’ve Been Working on the Railroad \n\nTopic: Trac k Work\nBook: I Saw an Ant on the Railroad Track by Joshuas Prince\nExhibi t Connection: Track Work Tools by General’s Tender\n\nNovember No Progra m \nDecember 29 – Happy Holidays \n\nTopic: Holiday Trains\nBook: A True Story\, by Thomas Monson\nExhibit Connection: Holiday Layout LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T194337Z LOCATION:Southern Museum\, 2829 Cherokee Street NW\, Kennesaw\, GA\, 30144 \, United States URL:https://southernmuseum.org/event/sensory-friendly-afternoon-57/?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Southern Museum X-SOURCE-URL:https://southernmuseum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fall 2026 Tabling Tuesdays - Part-Time Jobs Only DTSTART:20260929T190000Z DTEND:20260929T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260910T182306Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53939049991448 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Looking for a part-time job or internship while in school? Join us for Tabling Tuesdays and connect with employers hiring GSU stu dents for part-time jobs\, internships\, and seasonal opportunities. Stop by 25 Park Place between classes to learn about available positions\, meet recruiters\, and explore opportunities that fit your schedule. Locatio n: 25 Park Place\, 1 st Floor Time: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Dates: Septem ber 22\, September 29\, and October 27 Opportunities may include: Part-time jobs Part-time internships Seasonal positions Customer ser vice and retail roles Administrative support Hospitality and recreation Education and childcare Marketing and brand ambassador positions Other student-friendly employment opportunities Whether you're looking to earn income\, gain experience\, or build your professional network\, we encour age you to attend. LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T182306Z LOCATION:25 Park Place Northeast URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/fall-2026-tabling-tuesdays-part-time-jo bs-only?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Minions & Monsters 3PM | 5PM | 7PM DTSTART:20260929T190000Z DTEND:20260930T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53573568343154 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Movie showing of Minions & Monsters held at Cinefest\, 2nd flo or\, Student Center West. All shows are general seating. The movie theater lobby opens 10 minutes prior to the scheduled screening. Seating is first -come\, first-served.\n\n\n\n \n\n\nHosted by: POUNCE Rewards Program\, Sp otlight Programs Board\n\nAdditional Information can be found at: https:// pin.gsu.edu/event/12514673 LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:Cinefest URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/minions-monsters-3pm-5pm-7pm?utm_source =caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Patient Haircuts DTSTART:20260929T200000Z DTEND:20260929T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260906T185334Z UID:10002926-1790697600-1790704800@shepherd.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Shepherd Center offers complimentary haircuts for patients\, p rovided by volunteer hairstylists. Enjoy this opportunity to relax and fee l refreshed during your recovery journey.This service is reserved for curr ent inpatients only. Check with your care team for additional information. LAST-MODIFIED:20260906T185334Z LOCATION:Shepherd Center\, 2020 Peachtree Road NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://shepherd.org/event/patient-haircuts-8/2026-09-29/?utm_source=c aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Shepherd Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://shepherd.org/treatment/services-clinics/recreation-th erapy/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PC Clarkston Lunch and Learn with Piedmont Health DTSTART:20260929T200000Z DTEND:20260929T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53939119683437 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:A representative will come to Clarkston to speak with healthca re students regarding preparing for their next steps. Students are encour aged to bring their resumes to have them reviewed. Be prepared to ask que stions. Health Science Professions\, Pre-nursing\, and Respiratory Therap y students are welcome. Registration is required to attend. If you want to have your resume reviewed before the visit\, come by the office or sche dule an appointment with career services. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:555 North Indian Creek Drive URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/pc-clarkston-lunch-and-learn-with-piedm ont-health?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Taco Tuesday with Pico's DTSTART:20260929T200000Z DTEND:20260930T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T061015Z UID:10000069-1790697600-1790715600@stillfirebrewing.com CATEGORIES:food DESCRIPTION:Your Tuesday just got a whole lot Tastier – Pico’s is serv ing up bold street food flavors today! \nSink your teeth into their signat ure bacon-wrapped dogs\, the fan-favorite Pico Dog loaded with grilled oni ons and jalapeños\, or grab a few carne asada tacos piled high with fresh cilantro and lime. \nPico’s is here with the kind of flavors that make any month worth celebrating. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T061015Z URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com/event/picos-hot-dogs-tacos/2026-09-29/?ut m_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:StillFire Brewing X-SOURCE-URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mortar Board Meeting DTSTART:20260929T203000Z DTEND:20260929T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260902T122454Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53865720445167 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Mortar Board Meeting LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T122454Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Meeting Room 205 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/mortar_board_meeting?utm_source= caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Weekly -Tues Cruise In at The Varsity-Dawsonville\, 73 Bethel Dr DTSTART:20260929T203000Z DTEND:20260929T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260914T061810Z UID:14037-1790699400-1790710200@shiftatlanta.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:WOOOO HOOO … it’s time for the Weekly Tues Evening Cruise In at The Varsity – Dawsonville 73 Bethel Dr Dawsonville ga( across Ga 4 00 from Outlet Mall.)See ya there🍔🌭🥗🍟🥤🕶️😁🇺🇸(N ote— not my Event .. just adding as FYI .. Enjoy! ) \nhttps://www.facebo ok.com/events/1236989821419390/?event_time_id=1236989838086055 LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T061810Z LOCATION:The Varsity @ Dawsonville 73 Bethel Dr Dawsonville Ga URL:https://shiftatlanta.org/atlanta-car-event/weekly-tues-cruise-in-at-th e-varsity-dawsonville-73-bethel-dr-23/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium= ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:ShiftAtlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://shiftatlanta.org/atlanta-car-events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Family Dinner DTSTART:20260929T210000Z DTEND:20260929T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260909T013230Z UID:10001511-1790701200-1790708400@shepherd.org CATEGORIES:community,food DESCRIPTION:Share a warm\, home-cooked meal with your loved ones at Family Dinner. This event brings patients and families together for a comforting and communal dining experience that feels like home.Family dinners are of fered weekly on Tuesdays\, beginning at 5 p.m.This event is for current in patients and their families/caregivers only. LAST-MODIFIED:20260909T013230Z LOCATION:Shepherd Center\, 2020 Peachtree Road NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://shepherd.org/event/family-dinner-2/2026-09-29/?utm_source=cald iscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Shepherd Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://shepherd.org/treatment/services-clinics/recreation-th erapy/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:College to Career Research DTSTART:20260929T210000Z DTEND:20260929T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53706338081075 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Attend this online workshop to learn how to research GSU's lib rary research databases regarding various careers\, resume writing\, netwo rking\, and so much more! This workshop is great for those who are writing College to Career essays for English 1101\, 1102\, and any other courses requiring this assignment.\n\nBy: Alvin Blount LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/college-to-career-research?utm_source=c aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fulton County Library System: Helping Hands - Free Academic Peer H elp for K-12 Students DTSTART:20260929T210000Z DTEND:20260929T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T064032Z UID:10036777-1790701200-1790708400@metroatlantaexchange.org CATEGORIES:civic,free DESCRIPTION:The Fulton County Library System hosts Helping Hands: FREE Aca demic Peer Help for K-12 Students on Tuesdays\, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM\, at the Sandy Springs Branch. \nEvery Tuesday\, a dedicated group of teen i nstructors is available to provide students grades K-12 with a free\, 30-m inute\, in person learning session. \nClick here to learn more and registe r. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T064032Z LOCATION:Sandy Springs Library\, 395 Mount Vernon Highway\, NE\, Sandy Spr ings\, GA\, 30328\, United States URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/fulton-county-library-system-he lping-hands-free-academic-peer-help-for-k-12-students/2026-09-29/?utm_sour ce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:MAX X-SOURCE-URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/georgia-chamber-of-com merce-future-of-energy-and-sustainability END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Spring 2027 Advising Information Session DTSTART:20260929T210000Z DTEND:20260929T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_54001960527497 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Informational session to aid students in curriculum planning\, held in anticipation of Spring 2027 class registration. Repeat sessions will be held\, and students welcome to attend any one or more. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:College of Law\, 241 URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/spring-2027-advising-information-sessio n-8347?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Anime Club DTSTART:20260929T213000Z DTEND:20260929T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T123708Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53865718816897 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Individuals who love anime and manga all gather together to ha ve fun! LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T123708Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Meeting Room 205 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/anime-club-5635?utm_source=caldi scovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Black First-Gen Experience DTSTART:20260929T213000Z DTEND:20260929T223000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T182536Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53865720041666 CATEGORIES:community,education DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation on what it means to navigate colleg e as a Black first-gen student. Hear directly from students sharing their stories\, the challenges they've faced\, and the ways they've built commun ity and found their footing along the way. This is a space to learn\, ask questions\, and connect with others who understand the journey.\n\nOpen to all who want to listen\, learn\, and show up in support. LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T182536Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Luchsinger Lounge URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/black-first-gen-experience?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Council District 3 Comprehensive Transportation Plan Open House DTSTART:20260929T213000Z DTEND:20260929T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T134200Z UID:10000117-1790703000-1790708400@atldot.atlantaga.gov CATEGORIES:civic DESCRIPTION:Maintaining more than 1\,400 miles of roadway across Atlanta r equires more than responding to potholes.  It requires knowing where infr astructure is deteriorating\, understanding which improvements should come first and making informed decisions about where transportation dollars ca n have the greatest impact. The Atlanta Department of Transportation (ATLD OT) has partnered with Cyvl to do exactly that.  Cyvl is an AI-powered i ntelligence platform that uses LiDAR sensors\, advanced imagery\, and art ificial intelligence (AI) to collect detailed information about the cond ition of transportation infrastructure. The technology is helping teams p rioritize maintenance and make data-backed infrastructure investments.   Traditionally\, assessing a large roadway network can require extensive m anual surveys and months of work. Cyvl’s technology allows ATLDOT to sc an and analyze the City’s 1\,450-mile road network in days.  As vehicl es equipped with Cyvl’s technology travel Atlanta’s streets\, informat ion about the roadway is captured. AI then analyzes that information to identify pavement conditions. The result is objective data showing what infrastructure exists\, where it is located\, and what condition it is in . \n \n \n \n Better Pavement Across Downtown Atlanta \n \n \n \n Cyvl first worked with ATLDOT in 2024 to conduct a roadway assessment that established a baseline for pavement cond itions. A follow-up assessment helped guide the City’s 2025 Downtown Pav ement Program and identify where improvements were needed.\n\nBetween 2024 and 2026\, 85% of downtown roads were repaired and potholes decreased by 60%. By 2026\, 97% of downtown streets were classified as “great\,” up from 47% before the program began. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Taking the Approach Citywide \n \n \n \n Building on t he results of the Downtown Pavement Program\, Atlanta has expanded its par tnership with Cyvl citywide. The expanded program covers roadways\, sidewa lks\, curb ramps\, and street signs.“The Downtown Pavement Program resul ts show what data-driven infrastructure management can do\,” ATLDOT Comm issioner Solomon Caviness said. “By using reliable\, continuously update d information\, we reduced potholes\, improved pavement conditions\, and m ade smarter investments. Expanding this approach citywide will help us str etch every infrastructure dollar\, prioritize where the need is the greate st\, and stay ahead of issues in every neighborhood.” \n \n \n \n Building a Better Transportation Network \n \n \n \n Atlanta’s downtown improvements received added attention as the city prepared to welcome visitors for the 2026 FIFA World Cup\, but the value of the work extends well beyond a major event. \n\nThe larger g oal is creating a more proactive way to manage Atlanta’s infrastructure. Instead of simply identifying a street that needs work today\, continuous ly updated data can help ATLDOT understand how conditions are changing acr oss the city and plan accordingly. \n\nFor residents\, the technology its elf may largely operate behind the scenes. Its impact is much easier to se e – fewer potholes and improved pavement. As ATLDOT expands this approac h across the city\, data is becoming another tool for building and maintai ning transportation infrastructure that better serves every Atlanta neighb orhood. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T134200Z LOCATION:Hollis Innovation Academy\, 225 James P Brawley Dr NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30314\, United States URL:https://atldot.atlantaga.gov/atldotevent/council-district-3-comprehens ive-transportation-plan-open-house/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics &utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Department of Transportation X-SOURCE-URL:https://atldot.atlantaga.gov/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Royalette Practice DTSTART:20260929T220000Z DTEND:20260930T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260820T002325Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53689367534103 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Radiant Royalette's Practice LAST-MODIFIED:20260820T002325Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Student Involvement Room 313 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/royalette-practice?utm_source=ca ldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Where Being Takes Root: Artist Talk DTSTART:20260929T220000Z DTEND:20260929T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T060036Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53886429715474 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:In connection with the Welch Galleries exhibition "Where Being Takes Root: Works by Southern Artists from the Larry M. and Gwendolyn E. Walker Collection\," curator Lauren Jackson Harris moderates a discussion among artists\, friends\, and mentees of the late Larry Walker who are fea tured in the show. Artists include Joe Camoosa\, InKyoung Chun\, Annette C one-Skelton\, and Eleanor Neal.\n\n"Where Being Takes Root: Works by South ern Artists From the Larry M. and Gwendolyn E. Walker Collection" celebrat es the artistic vision\, mentorship and lasting cultural influence of accl aimed artist\, GSU professor emeritus and former Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design Director Larry M. Walker (1935–2023)\, whose personal coll ection of over 300 works was gifted to the university following his death. \n\nCurated by Lauren Jackson Harris\, the exhibition considers the South not merely as a geographic location but as a lived experience that shapes artistic methods and ways of seeing. Drawing from the Walker Collection\, the exhibition presents works by artists whose practices are deeply rooted in the region’s history\, culture and environment. The exhibition is ge nerously supported by Forward Arts Foundation and the David\, Helen\, and Marian Woodward Fund. LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T060036Z LOCATION:Florence Kopleff Recital Hall URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/where-being-takes-root-artist-talk?utm_ source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Guided Workshop: Painting Flowers DTSTART:20260929T223000Z DTEND:20260930T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260902T000354Z UID:26681-1790706600-1790713800@piedmontpark.org CATEGORIES:arts,education DESCRIPTION:Flourish this fall by learning a fresh perspective on painting flowers! Join us for this beginner workshop\, all materials provided. All you need to bring is your creative spirit! We begin by drawing our flower s upside down\, making it much easier to draw while offering a completely new way of seeing shapes. Next\, we’ll flip the canvas right side up and paint our flowers in shades of black and white to create a really cool\, fun painting! Your instructor\, Beth Blackwell Cullen\, has been painting and drawing for more than 10 years. She enjoys helping new artists develop their confidence using tried and true academic principles in exciting\, n ew ways. LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T000354Z LOCATION:Community Center URL:https://piedmontpark.org/event/guided-workshop-painting-flowers/?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Piedmont Park Conservancy\, Inc. X-SOURCE-URL:https://piedmontpark.org/green-market END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SOLD OUT: Well-Seasoned Chef: Tal Baum DTSTART:20260929T223000Z DTEND:20260930T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T065324Z UID:10011625-1790706600-1790713800@atlantabg.org CATEGORIES:food DESCRIPTION:Join Chef Tal Baum of Oliva Restaurant Group for an intimate a nd relaxing culinary experience in the Outdoor Kitchen. \nSchedule: Selec t Tuesdays\, April – October\, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.\nFee: $150 per dinner \; $840 for six dinners\nRegistration: Call 404-876-5859 ext. 2559 \nJoin the waitlist \nSee the Full Schedule \n\nAbout Chef Tal Baum \n \nTal Bau m is the founder and proprietor of Oliva Restaurant Group. In 2015\, she o pened Bellina Alimentari at Ponce City Market\, launching what would becom e a collection of restaurants exploring her cross-cultural upbringing. Tod ay\, the group encompasses some of Atlanta’s most beloved restaurants\, including Bellina Alimentari and Atrium at Ponce City Market\, Carmel at B uckhead Village and Rina. \nBorn and raised in Haifa\, Israel\, Baum moved to Florence\, Italy at the age of 21 to study architecture at Florence Un iversity. She remained in Italy for seven years\, where she mastered the l anguage and developed an intimate knowledge and love of Italian cuisine. H er culinary journey\, coupled with her architecture background\, inspired Baum to become a restaurateur. \nOliva restaurants represent chapters of B aum’s life and the various places she’s lived. Bellina Alimentari is a n ode to her years living in Italy and is inspired by cafes and alimentari shops in the northern part of the country. Guests can enjoy a seasonal me al\, sip unique wines\, shop the market or learn how to make pasta in a co oking class at the award-winning restaurant. \nRina symbolizes her early l ife and growing up in Israel. Rina offers casual\, Middle Eastern street f ood on the Atlanta Beltline’s Eastside Trail in Old Fourth Ward. The fun \, colorful restaurant space welcomes guests to enjoy modern takes on Midd le Eastern street food made with local ingredients and inspired by Baum’ s traditional family recipes. Diners can expect mezze\, hummus varieties\, pita sandwiches\, platters like Amba Chicken\, a Spiced Lamb Burger and J affa Fried Fish\, and more for lunch and dinner. \nAtrium and Carmel are m anifestations of Tal’s current chapter\, showcasing the evolution of din ing in America. Atrium is an American bistro and martini bar offering seas onally driven appetizers\, salads\, flatbreads and larger entrees. For wee kend brunch\, guests can expect a tight selection of entrees\, plus caffei ne-infused cocktails\, mimosa bottle service and more. Located in Buckhead Village\, Carmel is a modern\, wood-fired seafood restaurant and oyster b ar that transports guests to their favorite seaside destinations. Blending vibrant\, coastal-inspired design with effortless\, elegant service\, Car mel offers two distinct but complementary experiences: an elevated dinner menu centered on bold\, ocean-forward flavors cooked over an open flame\, and a lively all-day Oyster Bar serving timeless coastal fare.  \nAs one of only a few women-led restaurant groups in Atlanta\, Oliva prioritizes w orking with small businesses\, providing opportunities to local talents an d expanding culinary perspectives. While each location presents its own un ique experience and showcases work by local artisans\, guests can immediat ely feel Baum’s sense of style\, creativity and attention to detail radi ating through each restaurant space. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T065324Z LOCATION:Atlanta Botanical Garden\, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/well-seasoned-chef-tal-baum/?utm_source =caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Botanical Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/category/atlanta END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:OASIS Mixer DTSTART:20260929T224500Z DTEND:20260929T234500Z DTSTAMP:20260905T121642Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53892274739970 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Join OASIS for a chance to meet the board\, learn more about J apan\, and hang out with us! We’ll be talking about Japanese culture and traditions while enjoying snacks from different parts of Asia. LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T121642Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Hub URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/oasis_mixer?utm_source=caldiscov ery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Suki Waterhouse at Coca-Cola Roxy DTSTART:20260929T230000Z DTEND:20260930T033000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T182313Z UID:10005214-1790708400-1790724600@batteryatl.com CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Suki Waterhouse is coming to Coca-Cola Roxy on Tuesday\, Septe mber 29th! \n🎟️ Get your tickets Here! \n❓ Make sure to check the Roxy’s Know Before You Go page before visiting for the latest venue in fo\, policy\, and protocol. \n🚗 Please be advised that road closures wi ll go into effect prior to large events. \n⚠️ Event day parking inform ation can be found Here. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T182313Z LOCATION:The Coca Cola Roxy\, 800 Battery Avenue Southeast #500\, Atlanta\ , GA\, 30339\, United States URL:https://batteryatl.com/event/suki-waterhouse-at-coca-cola-roxy/?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:BatteryATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://batteryatl.com/events-calendar/tag/live-music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Alexis Gumbs: Primary After and With Alma Thomas DTSTART:20260929T230000Z DTEND:20260930T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260827T182512Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53564923721984 CATEGORIES:arts,literary DESCRIPTION:The Departments of Creative Arts and Women's\, Gender and Sexu ality Studies and Charis Books & More welcome Alexis Pauline Gumbs for a d iscussion of her new (first) book of visual art history/biography: Primary : After and With Alma Thomas. The book is an exploration of sisterhood\, c reativity\, and community inspired by the artist Alma Thomas’s life and work\, from the award-winning poet Alexis Pauline Gumbs. Alma Thomas (1891 –1978) was an influential figure in twentieth-century modern art\, best known for her bright\, mosaic-like abstract paintings. Although some criti cs have seen Thomas’s emphasis on beauty\, color\, and abstract art as a way to divorce her work from her life as a Black woman\, Alexis Pauline G umbs reveals how Thomas’s art was\, in fact\, deeply rooted in the Black community in which she lived. Black\, in other words\, was one of Thomas ’s primary colors. Gumbs sheds light on Thomas’s experience as a junio r high school teacher in the still-segregated schools of Washington\, D.C. \, where Thomas—as educator\, mentor\, and advocate—established commun ity art programs for Black schoolchildren and galleries to showcase Black artists’ work. In this volume of poems and prose\, Gumbs becomes a stude nt of Thomas\, allowing the wonder in Thomas’s work to open her to wonde r about her own creativity\, sistering\, daughtering\, and practice of com munal transformation. Alexis Pauline Gumbs is a poet\, scholar\, educator\ , and community builder. Her books include Survival Is a Promise: The Eter nal Life of Audre Lorde and Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals. She has received the Whiting Award in Nonfiction and the Windham- Campbell Literature Prize for Poetry. Gumbs lives in Durham\, NC. Read mor e and secure your ticket: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/primary-after-and-w ith-alma-thomas-alexis-pauline-gumbs-bettina-judd-tickets-1997091727116?af f=oddtdtcreator LAST-MODIFIED:20260827T182512Z LOCATION:Dana Fine Arts Building\, Winter Theater URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/alexis-gumbs-primary-after-and-w ith-alma-thomas?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlant a-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Blackfriars Student Theatre Rehearsals DTSTART:20260929T230000Z DTEND:20260930T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T123428Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53821450159028 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:Rehearsals for the student led show for the semester. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T123428Z LOCATION:Dana Fine Arts Building\, Dana 101 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/blackfriars-student-theatre-rehe arsals?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Small Group for all Young Adults DTSTART:20260929T230000Z DTEND:20260930T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T210112Z UID:10011206-1790708400-1790713800@napc.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Small Group for all Young Adults – Tuesdays 7pm 3rd Floor L ibrary LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T210112Z LOCATION:GA URL:https://napc.org/event/small-group-for-all-young-adults/2026-09-29/?ut m_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:North Avenue Presbyterian X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.napc.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fuqua Lecture: Dr. Katharine K. Wilkinson - Climate Wayfinding DTSTART:20260929T230000Z DTEND:20260930T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T004919Z UID:10011736-1790708400-1790708400@atlantabg.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Climate Wayfinding  \n \nWhen maps come up short and the path ahead is uncertain\, how do we find our way? In her new book Climate Wayf inding: Healing Ourselves and the Planet We Call Home\, Dr. Katharine K. W ilkinson offers a compassionate and empowering guide for navigating throug h ache to action\, doubt to possibility. Each of us is a node of possibili ty for healing the climate crisis—whoever we are and whatever we’ve go t to give. Bill McKibben calls the book “invaluable.” \nDr. Katharine K. Wilkinson is a bestselling writer\, teacher\, and climate expert\, who Time magazine named one of fifteen “Women Who Will Save the World.” Sh e has inspired hundreds of thousands of climate journeys through transform ational projects that shift our cultural narratives about what’s possibl e and nurture engagement in renewing our world. Her other books include th e bestselling anthology All We Can Save\, the New York Times bestseller Dr awdown\, and Between God & Green. Dr. Wilkinson co-founded and leads The A ll We Can Save Project and co-hosts the podcast A Matter of Degrees. She l ives with her loves in Atlanta\, Georgia\, and holds a doctorate in geogra phy and environment from the University of Oxford\, where she was a Rhodes Scholar. \nFree\, open to the public\, and registration is not required. Day Hall doors will open at 6 p.m. This program will be live-streamed on t he Garden’s Facebook\, and a book signing will follow at the Garden’s Gift Shop. If you have any questions or concerns about this program\, plea se contact classes@atlantabg.org. \nThe Dorothy Chapman Fuqua Lecture Seri es is made possible by the generous support of the families of Edwina and Tom Johnson\, and Duvall and Rex Fuqua. \n\nFacebook live LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T004919Z LOCATION:Atlanta Botanical Garden\, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/fuqua-lecture-dr-katharine-k-wilkinson- climate-wayfinding/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=at lanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Botanical Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/category/atlanta END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:36th Annual IEEE Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processin g (MLSP 2026) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260930 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261001 DTSTAMP:20260729T170246Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53013849605089 CATEGORIES:education,tech DESCRIPTION:The 36th IEEE Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processi ng (MLSP 2026) will bring together researchers\, engineers\, and industry practitioners from around the world for four days of technical exchange at the intersection of machine learning and signal processing. The workshop will take place in Atlanta\, Georgia\, from September 28 through October 1 \, 2026\, with Centennial Hall on the downtown campus of Georgia State Uni versity serving as the conference venue.\n\nMLSP has long been one of the IEEE Signal Processing Society’s key forums for emerging methods and app lications in learning-driven signal processing. MLSP 2026 will continue th at tradition with a program designed to highlight both foundational advanc es and practical impact across academia and industry. The technical progra m is organized around several core themes that reflect the evolving landsc ape of the field\, including: Foundation and Generative Models for Signals \; Temporal and Sequential Signal Learning\; Agentic and Multimodal Learni ng\; Machine Learning for Neuroimaging\, Neuroscience\, and Biomedical Sig nals\; and Responsible\, Causal\, and Federated Signal Intelligence.\n\nTh ese themes are complemented by a broad call for contributions spanning dee p learning\, Bayesian and probabilistic inference\, graph representation l earning\, federated and distributed learning\, privacy and fairness\, mult imodal machine learning\, large language models\, learning from biosignals \, and applications in areas such as healthcare\, neuroscience\, wireless communications\, disaster management\, and financial engineering. Together \, the program reflects both the rapid methodological advances in the fiel d and their increasing importance across real-world systems and industry a pplications.\n\nThe workshop will also include tutorials and special sessi ons intended to expose attendees to fast-moving topics and cross-disciplin ary opportunities. The tutorial program is designed to be valuable to both industry and academic participants\, with formats ranging from 1.5-hour s hort tutorials to 3.5-hour in-depth sessions. Special sessions are being s olicited on emerging topics expected to have substantial near-term impact\ , providing a platform for focused discussion and community building.\n\nM LSP 2026 is led by Conference Co-Chairs Sergey Plis and Vince Calhoun\, su pported by an international organizing committee overseeing the technical program\, tutorials\, keynotes\, publications\, finance\, and publicity. T he workshop will feature keynote talks from leaders in the field\, includi ng confirmed keynote speaker Tülay Adali\, known for her contributions to statistical signal processing and machine learning. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170246Z LOCATION:Centennial Hall URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/36th-annual-ieee-workshop-on-machine-le arning-for-signal-processing-ieee-mlsp-2026?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_me dium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Line Dance Lesson: "Backroad Tipsy (Where We Go)" (Improver Level) DTSTART:20260930T000000Z DTEND:20260930T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260831T123944Z UID:1088s640t27a7ckjass6od74ob@google.com CATEGORIES:dance DESCRIPTION:Line Dance Lesson: "Backroad Tipsy (Where We Go)" (Improver Le vel) w/Andrew LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T123944Z LOCATION:Atlanta Eagle\, 1492 Piedmont Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA 30309\, USA X-SOURCE-NAME:danceoutatl@gmail.com X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.danceoutatlanta.com/lesson-schedule END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PASSING THE TORCH: A Whitney Houston Tribute — Starring Melanie Amaro DTSTART:20260930T000000Z DTEND:20260930T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260909T002704Z UID:6a9b07fcbc9aa4661456835d CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:City Winery Atlanta and DonJuan & MYRHBS presents PASSING THE TORCH: A Whitney Houston Tribute — Starring Melanie Amaro live on Tuesda y\, September 29th at 8pm!\nTicket URL: https://tickets.citywinery.com/eve nt/donjuan-myrhbs-present-passing-the-torch-a-whitn-7ho43y LAST-MODIFIED:20260909T002704Z LOCATION:City Winery Atlanta\, 650 North Ave NE\, Atlanta\, 30308\, US URL:https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/donjuan-myrhbs-present-passing-th e-torch-a-whitn-7ho43y?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign =atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City Winery Events X-SOURCE-URL:https://citywinery.com/atlanta/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Open Mic Night - Tuesday September 29 at 8:00PM DTSTART:20260930T000000Z DTEND:20260930T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260911T060925Z UID:10001785-1790712000-1790717400@laughingskulllounge.com CATEGORIES:music LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T060925Z LOCATION:Laughing Skull Lounge\, 878 Peachtree Street\, Atlanta\, GA\, 303 09\, United States URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com/event/open-mic-night-tuesday-september -29-2026-at-800pm/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atl anta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Laughing Skull Lounge X-SOURCE-URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:College of Law Fall 2026 - Spring 2027 Clinic & Externship Applic ation Period DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260930 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261001 DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52922638427377 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Spring 2027 Clinic & Externship Application Period\n\nSeptembe r 16-30 2025\n\nThe application for Spring enrollment for all clinics and externships opens on Wednesday\, September 16th and closes on Wednesday\, September 30th at 11:59 p.m. To apply\, visit the Clinical Programs page o r the Externships page. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-college-of-law-fall-2025-spring -2026-clinic-externship-application-period?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_med ium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Withdrawal Period - Full Semester DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260930 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261001 DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52328748794816 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Withdrawal Period begins via PAWS at 8 a.m.\n\nWithdrawn c lasses appear on the official transcript with the grade of W or WF.\n\nFor detailed information on withdrawals\, refer to the "Revision of Class Sch edule" section of the University Catalog. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-classes-begin-mmii?utm_source=c aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Withdrawal Period - MMII DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260930 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261001 DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52328767058321 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:The Withdrawal Period begins via PAWS at 8 a.m.\n\nWithdrawn c lasses appear on the official transcript with the grade of W or WF.\n\nFor detailed information on withdrawals\, refer to the "Revision of Class Sch edule" section of the University Catalog. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-withdrawal-period-mmi?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Georgia Fall 2026 Mission Trip - FULL DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260930 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261012 DTSTAMP:20260914T061546Z UID:10001856-1790726400-1791763199@www.prumc.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Georgia Fall Adult Trip Details\nSeptember 30 – October 11\ , 2026\n$2\,750 (includes airfare and lodging)\n18+ or 15-17 if accompanie d by parent \nLynn Banks and Edith Barnes will co-lead our life-changing m ission to the country of Georgia.  PRUMC has been serving the Imereti reg ion of Georgia since 1999. We work closely with our partner\, Georgia for Georgia\, to break the cycle of generational poverty through education. Ou r efforts focus on keeping kids healthy enough to remain in school\, (thro ugh our Sponsor a Child program that provides nutritious meals\, clothing\ , medical and dental care)\, and providing the skills and training student s need to ultimately support their own families. On this trip we will inte ract with students of all ages at our partner schools with arts and crafts \, science projects\, musical activities\, and field days\,  as we contin ue to provide our support and developmental aid. \nGeorgia for Georgia se rves in the rural and impoverished western region of Georgia. When the Sov iets left in 1991\, they demolished once-thriving factories\, leaving most residents to rely on small family farms for income. Residents now survive by selling homegrown fruits or vegetables or by bartering services. Most homes do not have electricity\, gas or indoor plumbing\, and most familie s are food insecure and struggle to keep their children fed and warm. Sinc e 1999\, Georgia for Georgia has steadfastly supported more than 400 chi ldren. The children attend one of four schools\, three of which are K-12\, while the other is a special needs school. The program provides a daily m eal\, sometimes the only meal the child will receive\, and a winter coat f or the brutal winters. \nhttps://media.blubrry.com/prumc_sermons/content.b lubrry.com/prumc_sermons/2026-09-13.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Downl oad LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T061546Z LOCATION:PRUMC\, 3180 Peachtree Road\, NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30305\, United States URL:https://www.prumc.org/event/georgia-fall-2026-mission-trip-full/?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Peachtree Road United Methodist Church X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.prumc.org/event/an-evening-with-tom-johnson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Conexión Divina – Grupo de Estudio y Oración / Divine Connecti on – Prayer and Study Group DTSTART:20260930T000000Z DTEND:20260930T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T203106Z UID:10005838-1790712000-1790715600@unityatl.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Conexión Divina – Grupo de Estudio y Oración\n \nÚnete a nosotros para explorar un espacio de renovación y crecimiento espiritual a través de lectura y discusión de libros interesantes durante las reuni ones que tenemos los martes de 8 a 9pm EDT con la Revda. Xiomara. \nLibro “El poder de la Intención”\, por el Dr. Wayne Dyer” \nLa intención no es solo un deseo personal\, sino una fuerza universal de energía con la que puedes conectar para transformar tu vida. El Dr. Dyer profundiza en el tema describiendo las siete caras de la intención: creatividad\, bond ad\, amor\, belleza\, expansión\, abundancia ilimitada y receptividad. \n Sept. 1\, 8\, 15\, 22 y 29\; oct. 6\, 13\, 20 y 27\; nov. 3\, 10\, 17 y 24 \, y dic. 1 y 8. De vacaciones del 12 diciembre al 5 de enero 2027. \nPara recibir enlace Zoom por favor solicítelo vía email a xioma735@gmail.com \nDivine Connection – Prayer and Study Group\nJoin us to explore a spac e for spiritual renewal and growth through reading and discussion of inter esting books during our meetings with Rev. Xiomara\, every Tuesday from 8: 00 to 9:00 PM EDT. \nBook “The Power of Intention” by Dr. Wayne Dyer \ nIntention is not just a personal desire\, but a universal energy force th at you can connect with to transform your life. Dr. Dyer elaborates with a description of the seven faces of intention: creativity\, kindness\, love \, beauty\, expansion\, unlimited abundance\, and receptivity. \n Sept  1\, 8\, 15\, 22 and 29\; Oct. 6\, 13\, 20 and 27\; Nov. 3\, 10\, 17 and 24 \, and Dec. 1\, 8. On vacation from December 12 to January 5\, 2027. \nTo receive a Zoom link\, please request it via email to xioma735@gmail.com LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T203106Z LOCATION:Unity Atlanta Church\, 3597 Parkway Lane\, Peachtree Corners\, 30 092\, United States URL:https://unityatl.org/events/conexion-divina-grupo-de-estudio-y-oracion -divine-connection-prayer-and-study-group-5/2026-09-29/?utm_source=caldisc overy&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Unity Atlanta Church X-SOURCE-URL:https://unityatl.org/events/congregational-care-team-training END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Suki Waterhouse: The Loveland Tour DTSTART:20260930T000000Z DTEND:20260930T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T204448Z UID:19945-1790712000-1790712000@atlantaconcertreviews.com CATEGORIES:music LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T204448Z LOCATION:Coca-Cola Roxy\, 800 Battery Ave SE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30339 URL:https://atlantaconcertreviews.com/event/suki-waterhouse-the-loveland-t our/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Concert Reviews X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantaconcertreviews.com/concert-calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Line Dance Lesson: "Delulu" (Intermediate Level) DTSTART:20260930T003000Z DTEND:20260930T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260831T123944Z UID:0stpjs72u8d2jpcvvtjf8488tl@google.com CATEGORIES:dance DESCRIPTION:Line Dance Lesson: "Delulu" (Intermediate Level) w/Raq LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T123944Z LOCATION:Atlanta Eagle\, 1492 Piedmont Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA 30309\, USA X-SOURCE-NAME:danceoutatl@gmail.com X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.danceoutatlanta.com/lesson-schedule END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Country Night DTSTART:20260930T010000Z DTEND:20260930T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T170249Z UID:15ngi6uoganbfq5hmtnm7bmt8p@google.com CATEGORIES:dance,free DESCRIPTION:Country Night: Open Dancing w/DJ Dice. 8pm - 12am. 21+ Only. N o Cover! LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170249Z LOCATION:Atlanta Eagle\, 1492 Piedmont Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA 30309\, USA X-SOURCE-NAME:danceoutatl@gmail.com X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.danceoutatlanta.com/lesson-schedule END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Panthers Commitment to Consent 2026-2027 Academic Year DTSTART:20260930T040000Z DTEND:20261001T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53547032055094 CATEGORIES:wellness DESCRIPTION:Take the Georgia State Commitment to Consent and help create a culture of respect\, communication\, and positive sexual wellness across our Panther community. \nConsent is enthusiastic\, communicated\, specific \, informed\, and reversible. It means making sure everyone is able and wi lling to participate\, communicating clearly\, respecting boundaries\, and understanding that anyone can change their mind at any time. \nHow it wor ks (less than 2 minutes!): \n\nRSVP to this event during the 2026–2027 a cademic year. \nShare your name and affirm your commitment to practicing t he Student Wellness Five Components of Consent in your sexual and intimate interactions. \nComplete the virtual commitment to demonstrate your suppo rt for a culture where consent\, communication\, and respect are valued. \ n\nYour attendance will be recorded in PIN\, making you eligible to earn P ounce Rewards and contribute toward your Health & Wellness Advocate proces s. \nTake a moment to make the commitment. Your participation helps promot e respect\, healthy communication\, safety\, and positive sexual wellness at Georgia State University. 🐾 \nLearn more about consent by registerin g for the Your Sexual Wellness Matters iCollege Course\n \n\nHosted by: B e Well Panthers Health & Wellness\n\nAdditional Information can be found a t: https://pin.gsu.edu/event/12526520 LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/yes-to-consent-panthers-pledge-2026-202 7-academic-year?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlant a-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sukkot with sukkah on the patio DTSTART:20260930T050000Z DTEND:20261001T035000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T123708Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53998494144431 CATEGORIES:holiday DESCRIPTION:Sukkot is a weeklong Jewish holiday that comes five days after Yom Kippur. Sukkot celebrates the gathering of the harvest and commemorat es the miraculous protection G‑d provided for the children of Israel whe n they left Egypt. We celebrate Sukkot by dwelling in a foliage-covered bo oth (known as a sukkah) and by taking the “Four Kinds” (arba minim)\, four special species of vegetation. LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T123708Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL Butler Patio URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/sukkot-with-sukkah-on-the-patio? utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Pickleball DTSTART:20260930T100000Z DTEND:20260930T120000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T063345Z UID:10003595-1790762400-1790769600@friendshipatl.org CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:"If my people\, which are called by my name\, shall humble the mselves\, and pray\, and seek my face\, and turn from their wicked ways\; then will I hear from heaven\, and will forgive their sin\, and will heal their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14 \n \n As we step into a new s eason\, we’re reminded of the beauty of walking together through every m oment. We’re reflecting on what it means to bring our pain to God throu gh prayer\, celebrate His faithfulness\, and remain expectant for what He has ahead. From learning to lament in the midst of hardship\, staying stea dfast in the wilderness\, to celebrating God’s faithfulness\, there is s o much to be grateful for. \n \n We invite you to stay connected\, lean in\, and join us for all that’s happening in the weeks ahead! LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T063345Z LOCATION:DEB Family Life Center\, Atlanta\, GA\, United States URL:https://friendshipatl.org/event/pickleball-2/2026-09-30/?utm_source=ca ldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Friendship Community Church X-SOURCE-URL:https://friendshipatl.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Paint Chip Poetry Contest DTSTART:20260930T120000Z DTEND:20261001T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260908T123434Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53883419041711 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:"In celebration of Latine Heritage Month\, Latinas UNIDES and McCain Library are partnering to host a paint chip poetry contest. To part icipate\, pick up a paint chip from the Check Out Desk in McCain Library. Write your poem on the paint chip\, and then place it in the submission bo x. All entries will be reviewed by Latinas UNIDES. A prize will be given t o the winner\, and all entries will be displayed in McCain Library. LAST-MODIFIED:20260908T123434Z LOCATION:McCain Library\, Main Reading Room (1st Floor Lobby) URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/paint-chip-poetry-contest?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:National Coalition of Advanced Technology Centers (NCATC): 2026 Co nference DTSTART:20260930T120000Z DTEND:20261002T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T064032Z UID:10035767-1790755200-1790960400@metroatlantaexchange.org CATEGORIES:civic DESCRIPTION:The National Coalition of Advanced Technology Centers (NCATC) is hosting its 2026 Conference starting Wednesday\, September 30th through Friday\, October 2nd\, in Tacoma\, WA. More information will be available next year. \nClick here to learn more. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T064032Z URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/national-coalition-of-advanced- technology-centers-ncatc-2026-conference/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medi um=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:MAX X-SOURCE-URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/georgia-chamber-of-com merce-future-of-energy-and-sustainability END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Volunteer Project DTSTART:20260930T130000Z DTEND:20260930T150000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T210208Z UID:10001340-1790758800-1790766000@www.woodlandsgarden.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to come volunteer. More details about how to register here: https://www.woodlandsgarden.org/come-volunteer/ LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T210208Z URL:https://www.woodlandsgarden.org/event/volunteer-project-35-2/2026-09-3 0/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Woodlands Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.woodlandsgarden.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Goodwill of North Georgia: NorthStar Testing Session DTSTART:20260930T130000Z DTEND:20260930T140000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T064032Z UID:10035303-1790758800-1790762400@metroatlantaexchange.org CATEGORIES:civic DESCRIPTION:Goodwill of North Georgia is hosting a NorthStar Testing Sessi on every Wednesday\, from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM\, at the Woodstock Career Ce nter. \nFor more information\, call 770-874-0901. \nClick here to learn mo re and register. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T064032Z LOCATION:Goodwill of North Georgia – Woodstock Career Center\, 9425 High way 92\, Woodstock\, GA\, 30188\, United States URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/goodwill-of-north-georgia-north star-testing-session/2026-09-30/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&ut m_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:MAX X-SOURCE-URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/georgia-chamber-of-com merce-future-of-energy-and-sustainability END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Storybook Time DTSTART:20260930T140000Z DTEND:20260930T151500Z DTSTAMP:20260918T004919Z UID:10011423-1790762400-1790766900@atlantabg.org CATEGORIES:family DESCRIPTION:Nature-inspired stories come to life during Storybook Time wit h Ms. Ally\, where little ones hear\, engage\, and interact with stories a bout bees\, flowers\, butterflies\, and other garden friends. Join us for Storybook Time led by Ms. Ally where little ones can hear and engage with reading and interactive storytelling.  \nSuggested ages: 1 – 4 years\nD ates: Wednesdays\, March – Oct.\nTime: 10 & 10:45 a.m. \nFree with Garde n Membership or Admission\; no show reservations are required. \n\n\nThis program is located in the Children’s Garden Amphitheatre.\n\nWeather per mitting. We will cancel if rain or inclement weather makes outdoor progra mming impractical. To check the status\, email classes@atlantabg.org.  \ nThis program is for children accompanied by an adult. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T004919Z LOCATION:Atlanta Botanical Garden\, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/storybook/2026-09-30/?utm_source=caldis covery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Botanical Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/category/atlanta END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Alpharetta Homecoming Fest DTSTART:20260930T150000Z DTEND:20260930T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T170246Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53551743067147 CATEGORIES:festival,food DESCRIPTION:Happy Homecoming Panthers. Join us in showing your blue and wh ite pride. Come out for food\, fun\, games and giveaways (while supplies l ast)! We would love to see your Panther Pride all week long. Go State! LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170246Z LOCATION:AA Parking Lot/Patio (Lot 7) URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/alpharetta-homecoming-fest?utm_source=c aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Free HIV Testing with WestCare DTSTART:20260930T150000Z DTEND:20260930T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260820T122329Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53750673421692 CATEGORIES:community,free DESCRIPTION:Free HIV Testing with WestCare LAST-MODIFIED:20260820T122329Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Hub URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/free_hiv_testing_with_westcare?u tm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Pumpkin Patch DTSTART:20260930T150000Z DTEND:20260930T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T061427Z UID:10018901-1790766000-1790794800@thequestatlanta.com CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Fall is here and it’s time to get your pumpkins! They are a fun part of everyone’s celebration and make for great decorations. \nCom e check out some of the family fun we have including the ‘Singing Pumpki ns’\, photo ops\, and gifts for the kids. Come and decorate with a free pumpkin on Sunday afternoons. \nThe pumpkin patch is a Knights of Columbu s fundraiser. Located under the tent at the church parking lot. \nPrices s tart from $2 to $25 \nSeptember 26 – October 31\n11:00 a.m.- 7:00 p.m. – Weekdays\n9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. – Weekends LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T061427Z LOCATION:St. Brendan the Navigator Catholic Church\, 4633 Shiloh Rd.\, Cum ming\, GA\, 30040 URL:https://thequestatlanta.com/event/pumpkin-patch-7/2026-09-30/?utm_sour ce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:The Quest Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://thequestatlanta.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:JobFairX: Atlanta Healthcare Virtual Job Fair DTSTART:20260930T150000Z DTEND:20260930T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T064032Z UID:10036699-1790766000-1790780400@metroatlantaexchange.org CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:JobFairX is hosting an Atlanta Healthcare Virtual Job Fair on Wednesday\, September 30th\, from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM. \nThis event will c onnect job seekers directly with employers online. Attendees will be able to apply through the platform to employers posting open positions. \nClick here to learn more and register. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T064032Z URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/jobfairx-atlanta-healthcare-vir tual-job-fair-2/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlan ta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:MAX X-SOURCE-URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/georgia-chamber-of-com merce-future-of-energy-and-sustainability END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Lunch with Lawyers DTSTART:20260930T160000Z DTEND:20260930T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53790694334700 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Lunch with Lawyers connects Georgia State Law students with pr acticing attorneys in an informal\, small-group setting over lunch. These conversations allow students to hear real stories about career paths\, pra ctice areas\, and lessons learned from the field. Each session features a different guest\, offering a wide range of perspectives across traditional and nontraditional legal careers. To ensure a meaningful experience and a llow for deeper connections\, each Lunch with Lawyers session will be held on Wednesdays at noon and will be limited to 5-10 students. LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:College of Law\, 144 or 139 URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/lunch-with-lawyers?utm_source=caldiscov ery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Wednesday Lunch DTSTART:20260930T160000Z DTEND:20260930T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260914T061546Z UID:10001873-1790769600-1790773200@www.prumc.org CATEGORIES:food DESCRIPTION:This Week’s Menu\n\nBeef Tacos on Flour Tortillas\nLettuce\, Tomatoes\, Sour Cream\, Cheese\nChips & Salsa\nTex-Mex Chopped Salad\nSop apilla Cheesecake Bars\n \n\nhttps://media.blubrry.com/prumc_sermons/conte nt.blubrry.com/prumc_sermons/2026-09-13.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | D ownload LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T061546Z LOCATION:Grace Hall\, 3180 Peachtree Rd NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30305\, United States URL:https://www.prumc.org/event/wednesday-lunch-4/?utm_source=caldiscovery &utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Peachtree Road United Methodist Church X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.prumc.org/event/an-evening-with-tom-johnson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:EXLAB Dunwoody - Sewing Basics DTSTART:20260930T160000Z DTEND:20260930T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260916T123414Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53989456701046 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Come join the EXLAB community to learn how to sew!\n\nLearn th e basics of sewing machines and how to use them. A quick introduction will be given followed by a mini hands on activity to "test" your new found sk ills.\n\nThis workshop is only open to Georgia State University students\, faculty\, and staff. Please note that there can be a maximum of eight att endees at this workshop\, on a first come first served basis\, so please m ake an effort to arrive early. LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T123414Z LOCATION:EXLAB Dunwoody URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/exlab-dunwoody-sewing-basics-3389?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Spring 2027 Advising Information Session DTSTART:20260930T160000Z DTEND:20260930T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T004403Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_54001971451597 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Informational session to aid students in curriculum planning\, held in anticipation of Spring 2027 class registration. Repeat sessions will be held\, and students are welcome to attend any one or more. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T004403Z LOCATION:College of Law\, 345 URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/spring-2027-advising-information-sessio n-5262?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Decatur's Homecoming Playdate DTSTART:20260930T160000Z DTEND:20260930T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53551746118673 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Tap into your playful side and join us for the Homecoming Play Date! Enjoy games\, music\, and nostalgic fun. Come play\, laugh\, and ce lebrate Homecoming! LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:Decatur Campus Quad URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/decaturs-homecoming-playdate?utm_source =caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Student Success Panel with APALSA DTSTART:20260930T160000Z DTEND:20260930T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53745663734264 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Join APALSA for a panel discussion on professionalism\, networ king\, and succeeding in law school on September 30th from noon - 1 p.m. i n Room 242. Hear from 2L and 3L law students as they share their experienc es building professional relationships\, navigating law school\, and achie ving their goals. Panelists will offer their experiences and insight for s tudents to build confidence needed to succeed throughout law school and be yond. We will provide food and drinks\, serving around 50 students.\n\nRSV P in PIN: https://pin.gsu.edu/event/12557997 LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:College of Law\, Room 242 URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/student-success-panel-with-apalsa?utm_s ource=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Virtual Office Hours with Corey Geer (MSAIBT and Graduate Certific ates) DTSTART:20260930T160000Z DTEND:20260930T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53736533958184 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Drop-in during this 60-minute group chat with Associate Direct or of Graduate Recruiting\, Corey Geer\, to gain insight into the followin g Robinson graduate business programs\, receive answers to frequently aske d questions and get admissions tips and insights to assist you in achievin g your graduate education goals. Corey is the recruiter for the following programs:\n\n- Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence and Business T ransformation\n- Graduate Certificates LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/copy-of-virtual-office-hours-with-corey -geer-msaibt-and-graduate-certificates-6907?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_me dium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Adaptive Strength Class DTSTART:20260930T170000Z DTEND:20260930T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260909T193240Z UID:10002100-1790773200-1790776800@shepherd.org CATEGORIES:wellness DESCRIPTION:Join Adaptive Wellness Collective for an in-person Adaptive St rength Class — a dynamic\, adaptive strength training session focused on building muscle\, improving bone health\, and enhancing functional moveme nt. Whether you prefer to work seated\, standing\, or a mix of both\, this class offers modifications to support your goals and abilities. Using res istance bands\, weights\, and bodyweight exercises\, you’ll gain the str ength and confidence to move through daily life with greater ease. All equ ipment is provided.Cost to Attend: $20First class is complimentary!For qu estions\, please contact adaptivewellnesscollective@shepherd.org. \n\n\n\n \n \n \n Register on CampDoc\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n Parking instructions for Adaptive Well ness Collective classes\nFree\, covered parking is available in a dedicate d parking deck for the Marcus Center for Advanced Rehabilitation. For GPS \, use the address 2060 Peachtree Road NW\, Atlanta\, GA (at the corner of Peachtree Road and Peachtree Valley Road). \n\nADA-accessible parking is available on all levels.\nTake a ticket when entering the deck — patient s and visitors with appointments at the Marcus Center for Advanced Rehabil itation can validate their ticket inside.\nUse the parking elevators to re ach Level 1\, where you’ll find the building entrance.\nTake the elevato r floor 11 and look for the waiting area. A volunteer or staff member will escort you to the studio.\n\nPlease note: The MCAR building is not easil y accessible from Shepherd Center’s main parking deck on Manderson Drive . \nPatient drop-off and pick-up\nPatient drop-off and pick-up for the MCA R building takes place under the awning at the building’s main entrance on the right side of the circle on Manderson Drive. For GPS\, use the addr ess 2020 Peachtree Road NW\, Atlanta\, GA. \nStaff will be available duri ng business hours to assist if needed. LAST-MODIFIED:20260909T193240Z LOCATION:Best Health Suite at MCAR\, 2060 Peachtree Rd NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://shepherd.org/event/adaptive-strength-class/2026-09-30/?utm_sou rce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Shepherd Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://shepherd.org/treatment/services-clinics/recreation-th erapy/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Excel: Getting Started DTSTART:20260930T170000Z DTEND:20260930T183000Z DTSTAMP:20260913T000039Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53883278116737 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:his workshop will get you started with Microsoft’s powerful Excel spreadsheet software. We’ll cover features used in both the PC and Mac versions.\n\nWorkshop Topics\n\nNavigating ExcelFormatting basicsAddi ng and editing dataIntroduction to formulas and functionsCharting basicsFi ltering basicsPrintingPrerequisites: None LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T000039Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/excel-getting-started-7493?utm_source=c aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Teaching with AI: Examples Across Disciplines DTSTART:20260930T170000Z DTEND:20260930T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T004403Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_54002484143315 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:CETLOE’s Teaching with AI: Examples Across Disciplines serie s launches September 30 with a virtual session featuring Associate Profess or Brown from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. Brown will sha re simple\, practical examples of how she is using AI in her teaching and with her students\, including how these approaches are supporting her teac hing and student learning.\n\nDesigned for faculty who are new to AI and l ooking for practical ideas they can adapt or replicate\, the series focuse s on the what and how of AI implementation rather than theoretical or ethi cal discussions. The goal of the session is to make it easy for faculty to take what they see and try it in their own classrooms. Resources\, exampl es\, and implementation materials will be shared after each session to hel p faculty adapt the ideas and put them into practice in their own courses. \n\nEach one-hour session will include 30 minutes of conversation with the featured faculty member\, exploring what they are doing\, how they are do ing it\, while the second half of the session will be dedicated to Q&A and questions from faculty who’d like to implement the shared idea. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T004403Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/teaching-with-ai-examples-across-discip lines?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:M.S. and Ph.D. in Criminal Justice Webinar DTSTART:20260930T170000Z DTEND:20260930T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53975776330485 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Gain professional and academic preparation needed in the crimi nal justice system and academia with our M.S. Criminal Justice and Ph.D. C riminal Justice & Criminology programs at the Andrew Young School of Polic y Studies.\n\nJoin our program director\, Dr. Thaddeus Johnson\, who will discuss these programs and answer your questions live during the webinar.\ n\nClick here to register! LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/ms-and-phd-in-criminal-justice-webinar- 2943?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Introduction to Research DTSTART:20260930T180000Z DTEND:20260930T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53706338094397 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Learn basic concepts of research to prepare you for any course and review library resources available to you throughout the process.\n\n By: McKenzie Culberson LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/introduction-to-research-356?utm_source =caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:25Live Requestor Training DTSTART:20260930T190000Z DTEND:20260930T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53759402421014 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Join us for training on our new event management system\, 25Li ve\, where we’ll cover the following key topics: \n\nEvent Form \n\n\nHo w to Look Up Location Availability \n\n\nLocation Search \n\n\nEvent Searc h \n\n\nHow to Edit an Event \n\n\nImportant Things to Know About 25Live \ n\n \n\nHosted by: *RSO Resources and Training\, Student Center\n\nOnline Location: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZTU5OWVlZ jktODcxMS00YTc0LTk1NTEtYjE5NTc4YWIwNTRl%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22 %3a%22515ad73d-8d5e-4169-895c-9789dc742a70%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%223ec2b46a-b4 c6-4e99-9045-a64b2c8f5a12%22%7d\n\nAdditional Information can be found at: https://pin.gsu.edu/event/12603348 LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/25live-requestor-training-9528?utm_sour ce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Minions & Monsters 3PM | 5PM | 7PM DTSTART:20260930T190000Z DTEND:20261001T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53573568351347 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Movie showing of Minions & Monsters held at Cinefest\, 2nd flo or\, Student Center West. All shows are general seating. The movie theater lobby opens 10 minutes prior to the scheduled screening. Seating is first -come\, first-served.\n\n\n\n \n\n\nHosted by: POUNCE Rewards Program\, Sp otlight Programs Board\n\nAdditional Information can be found at: https:// pin.gsu.edu/event/12514673 LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:Cinefest URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/minions-monsters-3pm-5pm-7pm?utm_source =caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fulton County Library System: F.Y.I. Wednesdays DTSTART:20260930T193000Z DTEND:20260930T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T064032Z UID:10036785-1790782200-1790787600@metroatlantaexchange.org CATEGORIES:civic DESCRIPTION:The Fulton County Library System is hosting Y.I Wednesdays eve ry Wednesday\, from 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM\, at the Metropolitan Branch. \nHav e a question about homework?  Struggling with resources for that research project?  The Library is here to help!  Drop into the Teen Area on Wedn esday afternoons during the school year\, where you can learn about availa ble academic databases (and some fun resources too!). This event is open t o teens ages 13-17 years old. \nClick here to learn more. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T064032Z LOCATION:Metropolitan Branch\, 1332 Metropolitan Parkway\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30310\, United States URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/fulton-county-library-system-f- y-i-wednesdays/2026-09-30/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_camp aign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:MAX X-SOURCE-URL:https://metroatlantaexchange.org/event/georgia-chamber-of-com merce-future-of-energy-and-sustainability END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PC Newton Tabling DTSTART:20260930T193000Z DTEND:20260930T203000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53939121826685 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Stop by the UCS table to connect with our team and learn about resources available to you! UCS Tabling is a chance for students to disco ver career services\, upcoming events\, and job opportunities—both on an d off campus. Whether you’re looking for a job\, exploring career option s\, or just have questions\, we’re here to help. Swing by\, say hello\, and get connected! LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:239 Cedar Lane URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/pc-newton-tabling?utm_source=caldiscove ry&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Eats & Beats @ East Point Farmers Market DTSTART:20260930T200000Z DTEND:20260930T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T170245Z UID:45253-1790784000-1790794800@eastpointga.gov CATEGORIES:food,market LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170245Z LOCATION:Downtown Commons\, 2714 East Point Street\, East Point\, GA\, 303 44\, United States URL:https://eastpointga.gov/event/eats-beats-east-point-farmers-market-13/ ?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City of East Point\, Georgia X-SOURCE-URL:https://eastpointga.gov END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Hole in the Wall DTSTART:20260930T200000Z DTEND:20261001T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T063340Z UID:10000300-1790784000-1790802000@stillfirebrewing.com CATEGORIES:food DESCRIPTION:Chicken and waffles. Shrimp and grits. Jerk chicken wings with a sauce that means business. \nHole in the Wall is rolling up with a menu that reads like a greatest-hits list\, and every item earns its spot. Gra b a fried fish plate or a loaded cheeseburger\, then let a StillFire pour or two do the rest of the work. \nComfort food\, done right\, parked right outside your favorite taproom. \nCome hungry. Leave full. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T063340Z URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com/event/da-hole-in-the-wall-4/2026-09-30/?u tm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:StillFire Brewing X-SOURCE-URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:LOL BURGER BAR DTSTART:20260930T200000Z DTEND:20261001T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T063340Z UID:10000313-1790784000-1790802000@stillfirebrewing.com CATEGORIES:food DESCRIPTION:LOL Burger Bar is bringing its culture-driven\, chef-inspired burgers to StillFire. \nFounded in Atlanta by Cassidy Jones\, this bold\, community-first brand serves up gourmet burgers\, wings\, and loaded fries \, all made fresh to order. \nCreative\, unapologetic flavor combinations built for people who don’t do boring food. \nPair one with a cold StillF ire pint and live a little louder. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T063340Z URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com/event/lol-burger-bar-6/2026-09-30/?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:StillFire Brewing X-SOURCE-URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Data Literacy Basics: Making Sense of Numbers in Everyday Life DTSTART:20260930T200000Z DTEND:20260930T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53706338109767 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Make sense of numbers in everyday life! Learn how to read char ts\, ask smart questions\, and spot misleading data.\n\nBy: Lindsay Wong LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/data-literacy-basics-making-sense-of-nu mbers-in-everyday-life-2222?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_cam paign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:King Neptune Night DTSTART:20260930T200000Z DTEND:20261001T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53054208306043 CATEGORIES:community DESCRIPTION:Celebrate a night of seaside-inspired flavors and festive fun. Enjoy a variety of ocean-themed dishes in a lively\, nautical atmosphere filled with festive décor and upbeat music. It’s the perfect chance to gather with friends\, relax and indulge in a themed dining experience that captures the spirit of the sea. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:Piedmont North Dining Hall URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/king-neptune-night-4172?utm_source=cald iscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Peachtree Pathways DTSTART:20260930T210000Z DTEND:20260930T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260914T061546Z UID:10001822-1790787600-1790794800@www.prumc.org CATEGORIES:education,free DESCRIPTION:An open-house with more than 27 independent and public schools representatives. \n\nCreated to serve families across Atlanta\, this uniq ue event brings together a wide range of educational options in one conven ient setting\, helping parents learn more about the many pathways availabl e for their children’s academic journey. \nThis year\, more than 27 inde pendent and public schools will participate in an open-house style showcas e\, providing families the opportunity to meet school representatives\, as k questions\, and gather information about programs and admissions. Whethe r families are beginning to explore school options or planning for future transitions\, Peachtree Pathways offers a valuable opportunity to connect with schools from across the Atlanta community. \nPeachtree Pathways is fr ee and open to the public. We are honored to provide this resource as part of our commitment to supporting children and families both within our pre school community and throughout Atlanta. \nhttps://media.blubrry.com/prumc _sermons/content.blubrry.com/prumc_sermons/2026-09-13.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T061546Z LOCATION:Grace Hall\, 3180 Peachtree Rd NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30305\, United States URL:https://www.prumc.org/event/peachtree-pathways/?utm_source=caldiscover y&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Peachtree Road United Methodist Church X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.prumc.org/event/an-evening-with-tom-johnson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Spring 2027 Advising Information Session DTSTART:20260930T210000Z DTEND:20260930T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T004403Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_54001971453646 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Informational session to aid students in curriculum planning\, held in anticipation of Spring 2027 class registration. Repeat sessions will be held\, and students are welcome to attend any one or more. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T004403Z LOCATION:College of Law\, 345 URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/spring-2027-advising-information-sessio n-5262?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Bob Ross Painting Night DTSTART:20260930T213000Z DTEND:20260930T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T122637Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53874559154661 CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Come make happy accidents with us and Bob Ross! We will follow along 1-2 Bob Ross tutorial videos for night of relaxation\, creativity\, and fun. Painting materials and light refreshments provided! LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T122637Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Hub URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/bob-ross-painting-night?utm_sour ce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Latinas in Corporate Panel: Breaking Stereotypes in the Workplace DTSTART:20260930T213000Z DTEND:20260930T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T122637Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53874565712904 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Join us for an inspiring evening of conversation\, representat ion\, and resilience as Latina professionals from a variety of industries share their experiences navigating the workplace and building successful c areers.\n\nFrom healthcare to finance and beyond\, panelists will discuss their professional journeys\, the challenges they have faced\, and how the ir cultural backgrounds\, perspectives\, and strengths have helped them su cceed. This is a great opportunity for students to gain career insights\, ask questions\, and connect with professionals from diverse fields.\n\nCom e learn\, be inspired\, and build your network while enjoying complimentar y food.\n\nSponsored by the CGDI\, Department of Hispanic and Latine Studi es\, and ALPFA. LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T122637Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Luchsinger Lounge URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/latinas-in-corporate-panel-break ing-stereotypes-in-the-workplace?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&ut m_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Agnes Scott College Women's Volleyball at Clark Atlanta University DTSTART:20260930T220000Z DTEND:20261001T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260912T183221Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53573788762271 CATEGORIES:sports DESCRIPTION:Agnes Scott College Women's Volleyball at Clark Atlanta Univer sity\nStreaming Video: https://siacnetwork.tv/caupanthers/ LAST-MODIFIED:20260912T183221Z LOCATION:Atlanta\, GA URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/agnes-scott-college-womens-volle yball-at-clark-atlanta-university-1135?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium= ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Academic Tutoring DTSTART:20260930T220000Z DTEND:20261001T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T063345Z UID:10002872-1790791200-1790791200@friendshipatl.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:"If my people\, which are called by my name\, shall humble the mselves\, and pray\, and seek my face\, and turn from their wicked ways\; then will I hear from heaven\, and will forgive their sin\, and will heal their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14 \n \n As we step into a new s eason\, we’re reminded of the beauty of walking together through every m oment. We’re reflecting on what it means to bring our pain to God throu gh prayer\, celebrate His faithfulness\, and remain expectant for what He has ahead. From learning to lament in the midst of hardship\, staying stea dfast in the wilderness\, to celebrating God’s faithfulness\, there is s o much to be grateful for. \n \n We invite you to stay connected\, lean in\, and join us for all that’s happening in the weeks ahead! LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T063345Z LOCATION:Friendship Community Church\, 4141 Old Fairburn Rd\, Atlanta\, GA \, 30349\, United States URL:https://friendshipatl.org/event/academic-tutoring-2/2026-09-30/?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Friendship Community Church X-SOURCE-URL:https://friendshipatl.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mountain Bike Group Ride DTSTART:20260930T220000Z DTEND:20260930T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T202202Z UID:303b2cj1g7u3frg9svvo7r232p@google.com CATEGORIES:outdoors DESCRIPTION:Join us every Wednesday at 6 pm for a relaxed and enjoyable ev ening mountain bike ride at Blankets Creek Park! THIS IS NOT A RIDE TO HUN T THOSE KOMs\, (I'm talking to you e-bikers) this is a relaxing no drop gr oup ride! LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T202202Z LOCATION:Blankets Creek Mountain Bike Trails\, 2261 Sixes Rd\, Canton\, GA 30114\, USA X-SOURCE-NAME:freeflitega@gmail.com X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.freeflite.com/articles/upcoming-events-pg1420.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Celebrity Wannabe DTSTART:20260930T220000Z DTEND:20260930T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T124110Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53551744592910 CATEGORIES:comedy,community,music DESCRIPTION:Inspired by viral look-alike contests\, students compete by fu lly embodying their favorite artist or celebrity mannerisms\, stage presen ce\, iconic songs and all. Expect an evening that feels half concert\, hal f comedy show\, with food and high energy throughout. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T124110Z LOCATION:Speaker's Auditorium: Student Center East URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/celebrity-wannabe-9090?utm_source=caldi scovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:PTC ride out to Dogwood (MTB) DTSTART:20260930T221500Z DTEND:20260930T234500Z DTSTAMP:20260915T202214Z UID:0l9bjbv7krhechb0f1dt08n2am@google.com CATEGORIES:outdoors LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T202214Z X-SOURCE-NAME:Trek Bicycle Store of Peachtree City Weekly Events X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.atlantatrek.com/about/atlanta-trek-mcdonough-pg88 2.htm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Stretch + Sound at Sundown-Sonic Yoga at Oakhurst Garden DTSTART:20260930T223000Z DTEND:20260930T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260825T182602Z UID:10005898-1790793000-1790796600@www.wyldecenter.org CATEGORIES:music,wellness DESCRIPTION:Stretch + Sound at Sundown with Sonic Yoga\nJoin us at Oakhurs t Garden for a relaxing mid-week reset! Hosted by Sonic Yoga\, this all-le vels yoga class pairs Felipe Mejia’s mindful instruction with live cosm ic soundscapes by Benjamin J. Davidow from Gas Hound\, creating a one-of- a-kind\, grounding experience.\nExpect to move\, breathe\, stretch\, and r eset—surrounded by nature\, good people\, and the gentle pulse of live m usic.  \nDetails:\n\nWhere: Oakhurst Garden\, 435 Oakview Road\, Decatur\ , GA\, 30030\nWhen: October 29th\, 2025\nWhat to Bring: Yoga mat\, water\, and an open heart. (Mat’s provided upon request)\n\nSuggested Donation: $30 \nSign Up LAST-MODIFIED:20260825T182602Z LOCATION:Oakhurst Garden\, 435 Oakview Rd.\, Decatur\, GA\, 30030\, United States URL:https://www.wyldecenter.org/event/stretch-sound-at-sundown-sonic-yoga- at-oakhurst-garden-2/2026-09-30/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&ut m_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Wylde Center X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.wyldecenter.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Corinthians Conversation DTSTART:20260930T223000Z DTEND:20260930T234500Z DTSTAMP:20260914T061546Z UID:10001790-1790793000-1790797500@www.prumc.org CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:Explore Paul’s guidance for church\, conflict\, and unity. \ n\nFacilitated by Dr. Elizabeth Arnold\, Scholar in Residence\, The Candle r Foundry\n5 weeks \nIn this course\, we will explore the issues that the church in Corinth faced and the Apostle Paul’s conversations with them. We’ll also look at the particulars of the situations and how Paul consis tently emphasizes the “big picture” – The Corinthians’ embodiment of Jesus. Finally\, we will ask how the conversation between Paul and Cori nth can offer support and guidance to the church in our context as the chu rch navigates particular conflicts of the 21st century. \nSponsored by Dee p Waters \nhttps://media.blubrry.com/prumc_sermons/content.blubrry.com/pru mc_sermons/2026-09-13.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T061546Z LOCATION:Grace Hall\, 3180 Peachtree Rd NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30305\, United States URL:https://www.prumc.org/event/the-corinthians-conversation/?utm_source=c aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Peachtree Road United Methodist Church X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.prumc.org/event/an-evening-with-tom-johnson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Planning Your Raised Bed Garden DTSTART:20260930T223000Z DTEND:20261001T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T064930Z UID:10011754-1790793000-1790800200@atlantabg.org CATEGORIES:tech DESCRIPTION:Learn practical steps needed to establish a garden that maximi zes growing space and efficiency\, create a fall planting plan\, and plan for a harvest of diverse crops. This class will cover various raised garde n bed options (from prefab to DIY)\, adaptable planting plans and tips to get your growing season off to a good start.  \nSchedule: Wednesday\, Se pt. 30\nFee: $40 ($35 Members)\nDeadline: Sept. 27\nInstructor: Moe Hemm ings\, Community Outreach Manager  \nMember Registration \nNon-Member Re gistration LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T064930Z LOCATION:Atlanta Botanical Garden\, 1345 Piedmont Ave NE\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30309\, United States URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/planning-your-raised-bed-garden/?utm_so urce=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Botanical Garden X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantabg.org/calendar/category/atlanta END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Using PubMed and CINAHL for Nursing Research DTSTART:20260930T230000Z DTEND:20261001T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260815T122206Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53706338123089 CATEGORIES:education DESCRIPTION:This workshop will demonstrate how to use the PubMed and CINAH L databases for nursing research.\n\nBy: Joanna Paleveda LAST-MODIFIED:20260815T122206Z LOCATION:Online URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu/event/using-pubmed-and-cinahl-for-nursing-res earch?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Georgia State University Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.gsu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Wednesday Lessons: Advanced West Coast Swing Lesson #5 DTSTART:20260930T230000Z DTEND:20261001T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260831T123944Z UID:08mtf1htosv0u2rofsblgcfdgk@google.com CATEGORIES:dance DESCRIPTION:Wednesday Lessons: Advanced West Coast Swing Lesson #5 w/Josep h LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T123944Z LOCATION:The Heretic Atlanta\, 2069 Cheshire Bridge Rd NE\, Atlanta\, GA 3 0324\, USA X-SOURCE-NAME:danceoutatl@gmail.com X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.danceoutatlanta.com/lesson-schedule END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Blackfriars Student Theatre Rehearsals DTSTART:20260930T230000Z DTEND:20261001T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T123428Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53821450170293 CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:Rehearsals for the student led show for the semester. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T123428Z LOCATION:Dana Fine Arts Building\, Dana 101 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/blackfriars-student-theatre-rehe arsals?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:15th Annual Georgia Latino International Film Festival DTSTART:20260930T230000Z DTEND:20261001T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T004406Z UID:10041523-1790794800-1790809200@www.globalatlanta.com CATEGORIES:festival,film DESCRIPTION:The Georgia Latino International Film Festival kicks off its 1 5th anniversary season on Thursday\, October 1\, 2026\, at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta with an evening themed around a milestone “quinceañera” c elebration of Latino cinema and culture. \nThe night begins at 5:00 p.m. w ith red carpet arrivals on the Fox Theatre’s front steps\, featuring pre ss\, photographers\, and fans along the barricade. At 6:00 p.m.\, the Open ing Ceremony and Changemaker Awards take place in the Grand Salon\, with r emarks from Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens\, presentation of the 2026 Changem aker Awards\, and a live musical performance. \nThe Opening Night Film scr eens at 8:30 p.m. in the Fox Theatre’s Main Auditorium\, with the festiv al’s official 2026 selection to be announced. The evening closes with th e Opening Night Afterparty at 11:00 p.m. in the Egyptian Ballroom\, featur ing a DJ\, open bar\, and Latin music. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T004406Z LOCATION:The Fox Theatre\, 660 West Peachtree St NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30308 \, United States URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/event/15th-annual-georgia-latino-interna tional-film-festival/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign= atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Global Atlanta X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.globalatlanta.com/events/category/culture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:team trivia DTSTART:20260930T230000Z DTEND:20261001T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T063340Z UID:10000127-1790794800-1790802000@stillfirebrewing.com CATEGORIES:food DESCRIPTION:Some people peaked in high school. Others are saving it all fo r Team Trivia night. \nBring your squad\, order a round\, and chase house cash prizes for the top three teams. Bragging rights are nice. Bragging ri ghts with free beers hit different. \nGame on at 7 PM. Snag your table\, g rab your favorite beer\, and let’s find out who actually knows things. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T063340Z URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com/event/team-trivia/2026-09-30/?utm_source= caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:StillFire Brewing X-SOURCE-URL:https://stillfirebrewing.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fiber Arts Club General Body Meeting DTSTART:20260930T233000Z DTEND:20261001T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260828T122727Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53821452145736 CATEGORIES:arts,education DESCRIPTION:Join the Fiber Arts Club for a general body meeting! Supplies and instruction are provided\; no experience necessary. LAST-MODIFIED:20260828T122727Z LOCATION:Alston Campus Center\, AL-Meeting Room 304 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/fiber_arts_club_general_body_mee ting_6152?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Kacey Musgraves DTSTART:20260930T233000Z DTEND:20261001T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T204448Z UID:19951-1790796600-1790796600@atlantaconcertreviews.com CATEGORIES:music LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T204448Z LOCATION:State Farm Arena\, 1 State Farm Drive\, Atlanta\, GA URL:https://atlantaconcertreviews.com/event/kacey-musgraves/?utm_source=ca ldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Atlanta Concert Reviews X-SOURCE-URL:https://atlantaconcertreviews.com/concert-calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Brett Dennen - Art Is Life DTSTART:20261001T000000Z DTEND:20261001T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T170243Z UID:6a18b21461d83942ac7e0c93 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:City Winery Atlanta presents Brett Dennen live on September 30 th at 8pm. Known for his warm vocals\, thoughtful lyrics\, and rich blend of folk\, Americana\, and roots-inspired sound\, Dennen has spent more th an two decades crafting songs that connect deeply with audiences around th e world. Touring in support of his latest album\, If It Takes Forever\, De nnen delivers a moving collection of songs shaped by reflection\, resilien ce\, and personal loss following the passing of his father. The album show cases his signature heartfelt writing through vivid storytelling\, acousti c-driven arrangements\, and meditative folk-rock melodies that invite list eners into an intimate emotional journey. From uplifting moments to intros pective reflections\, Dennen’s live performances create a powerful atmos phere that feels both personal and communal.\nTicket URL: https://tickets. citywinery.com/event/brett-dennen-j5vtw7 LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T170243Z LOCATION:City Winery Atlanta\, 650 North Ave NE\, Atlanta\, 30308\, US URL:https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/brett-dennen-j5vtw7?utm_source=ca ldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:City Winery Events X-SOURCE-URL:https://citywinery.com/atlanta/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Wednesday Lessons: Beginner West Coast Swing Lesson #5 DTSTART:20261001T000000Z DTEND:20261001T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260831T123944Z UID:40lhn90euep77m69cia03m80gl@google.com CATEGORIES:dance DESCRIPTION:Wednesday Lessons: Beginner West Coast Swing Lesson #5 w/Josep h LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T123944Z LOCATION:The Heretic Atlanta\, 2069 Cheshire Bridge Rd NE\, Atlanta\, GA 3 0324\, USA X-SOURCE-NAME:danceoutatl@gmail.com X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.danceoutatlanta.com/lesson-schedule END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Luchsinger A Cappella Rehearsal DTSTART:20261001T000000Z DTEND:20261001T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T182536Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53874561856219 CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Luchsinger rehearsal in preparation for our fall concert. LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T182536Z LOCATION:Presser Hall\, PR-Presser G-17 URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu/event/luchsinger-a-cappella-rehearsal- 4376?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Agnes Scott College Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://calendar.agnesscott.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Open Mic Night - Wednesday September 30 at 8:00PM DTSTART:20261001T000000Z DTEND:20261001T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260912T180959Z UID:10001789-1790798400-1790803800@laughingskulllounge.com CATEGORIES:music LAST-MODIFIED:20260912T180959Z LOCATION:Laughing Skull Lounge\, 878 Peachtree Street\, Atlanta\, GA\, 303 09\, United States URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com/event/open-mic-night-wednesday-septemb er-30-2026-at-800pm/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=a tlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:Laughing Skull Lounge X-SOURCE-URL:https://laughingskulllounge.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Karaoke at Park Bench DTSTART:20261001T000000Z DTEND:20261001T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260917T000323Z UID:10005591-1790798400-1790809200@batteryatl.com CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Featuring KARAOKE NIGHT\, where you become the star!  Or just come enjoy the fun! Step into the spotlight at our Karaoke Night! Whethe r you’re a shower-singer superstar or a seasoned stage pro\, this is you r chance to grab the mic\, belt out your favorite tunes\, and rock the cro wd. Join us for a night of laughter\, camaraderie\, and unforgettable perf ormances! \nDoors Open: 5:00 pm \nShowtime: 8:00 pm \nClick here for more information! LAST-MODIFIED:20260917T000323Z LOCATION:Park Bench\, 900 Battery Ave\, Ste 1060\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30339 URL:https://batteryatl.com/event/karaoke-sing-along-at-park-bench-10/?utm_ source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=atlanta-ga X-SOURCE-NAME:BatteryATL X-SOURCE-URL:https://batteryatl.com/events-calendar/tag/live-music END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR