Culture Briefs
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Live Review: Beautiful Musical Celebrates Carole King's Legacy
Photo Credit: Joan Marcus
Everyone knows Carole King’s music, even if they don’t know they know Carole King’s music. The critically acclaimed songwriter wrote (with her then-husband Gerry Goffin) her first No. 1 hit at age 17—“Will You Love Me Tomorrow,” famously sung by The Shirelles. Her repertoire from the 1960s and '70s is full of hits like “Some Kind of Wonderful” by The Drifters, "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” by Aretha Franklin, “Chains” by The Beatles and more. It wasn’t until 1971 that King released a full album, Tapestry, of songs written and performed by herself.
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Avid Bookshop Is Closing Its Prince Location
Photo Credit: Blake Aued/file
Avid Bookshop owner Janet Geddis at the Prince Avenue location in 2014.
Sad news for Cobbham residents: Avid Bookshop is closing its Prince Avenue location at the end of the year, owner Janet Geddis announced in her monthly newsletter to customers.
Geddis reassured readers that Avid is not in danger of going out of business, and the newer Five Points location will remain open. But sales declining and a recession looming, she wrote that she made the difficult decision to downsize out of an abundance of caution.
She chose to keep the Five Points store over Prince because it's larger, with an office and storage in back, and because of challenges negotiating a long-term lease for the Prince space.
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Photo Gallery: 2019 Downtown Parade of Lights
Thursday evening, the annual Downtown Parade of Lights filled the streets of Athens with holiday cheer. Check out a few photos from the parade below:
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Athens Symphony Christmas Concert Tickets Available Nov. 25
Photo Credit: Athens Symphony
Complimentary tickets to the Athens Symphony's two-day Christmas Concert series will be available for pickup at the Classic Center box office on Monday, Nov. 25 at 10 a.m., the Classic Center announced today. The concerts will take place Saturday, Dec. 7 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 8 at 3 p.m.
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Photo Gallery: 2019 Wild Rumpus Parade
The Wild Rumpus Parade and Spectacle celebrated its 10th anniversary last weekend, with thousands of costumed partiers taking it to the streets of downtown Athens to celebrate Halloween. Check out photos from the event below, courtesy of Flagpole's Whitley Carpenter:
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Photo Gallery: 2019 Boo-le-Bark on the Boulevard
Dogs in Halloween costumes roamed the streets of the Boulevard neighborhood Sunday for the fourth annual Boo-le-Bark on the Boulevard parade and contest. Flagpole photographer Whitley Carpenter was there to capture the canine cuteness:
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Photo Gallery: Athens PRIDE 2019
This year's Athens PRIDE celebration took place Sunday, Sept. 29, and Flagpole photographer Whitley Carpenter was there to document the day. Check out photos below:
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Photo Gallery: LatinxFest 2019
This year's LatinxFest celebration took place downtown on Saturday, and Flagpolephotographers Whitley Carpenter and Anika Chaturvedi were there to capture the action. Check out photos from the festival below:
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