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Mayer gets the really big room this time
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Former Buckhead Boy and Eddie’s Attic graduate John Mayer will have a considerably bigger stage when he returns to town Aug. 5.
The singer-songwriter is booked in Philips Arena. Opening the date will be songwriter-pianist-gymnast Ben Folds and Brit soul phenom James Morrison, who just released debut disc “Undiscovered” stateside. Tickets, $45.50-$55.50, go on sale Saturday at noon.
VICK COMMITS TO EATERY — MOM’S LASAGNA, TOO
The development of the Tasting Room, the East Point restaurant recently opened by Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, has been in the works for six months.
But one of the main dishes on the menu has been around for a lot longer than that.
Vick, majority shareholder in the trendy eatery/wine bar’s three-person investment group, used his influence to get his mother Brenda’s lasagna offered up for public consumption.
In fact, it might have been tougher for Vick to get her to give up the recipe than it was to persuade his co-owners to make it available as an entree.
The chefs preparing the dish might have to make extra on game days.
“I’m going to bring the whole team in,” Vick said. “We’ll come by after a big game — win, lose or draw — and have a nice meal, taste some wine and have a good time.”
Vick also said he’s not going to be an absentee owner.
“I’ve got to come by the restaurant and check things out,” he said. “I’ve got to make time. This is a part of my life now, and it’s an obligation to me.”
Photos: Vick at The Tasting Room launch
HONORARY THRASHER
Singer Josh Groban not only sold out his Saturday night gig at Philips, he also scored a Thrashers jersey from arena rep Kevin Preast and Live Nation exec Peter Conlon.
THE MOREHOUSE MEN
Atlanta author John Eaves will officially unveil his much-anticipated “Speakers of the House: Morehouse Men Reflect on Their Journey to Manhood” Tuesday night at Manuel’s Tavern in Poncey-Highland. The book profiles 30 of the Atlanta institution’s more notable graduates in the diverse fields of medicine, law, politics, ministry and entertainment. The tome even touts a photograph of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s charming 1948 Morehouse commencement photo. Among the folks who give their first-person accounts: former Godfather’s Pizza CEO now radio host Herman Cain, former NBA player Harold Ellis, U.S. Olympian Edwin Moses, former Surgeon General David Satcher, fashion guru Marcellous Jones, filmmaker Spike Lee and Atlanta City Councilmen Caesar Mitchell and H. Lamar Willis. Explains Morehouse President Walter Massey in the book’s foreword: “This book could not have been written at a more propitious time — a time when the overwhelming majority of stories we read and hear about black men in America are negative. In stark contrast, the stories these Morehouse men tell about their lives and their success … are truly inspirational.” Tonight’s reception is 6-9. To RSVP, go to www.johneavesbooks.com.
MONEY FOR THE KIDS
Children were on the minds of many of the 325 guests at Saturday night’s Down Under Ball at the InterContinental Hotel in Buckhead. The black-tie event, a fund-raiser for UNICEF and its children’s programs, was hosted by the Australian-New Zealand-American Chamber of Commerce.
One hot item for sale was UNICEF’s School-in-a-Box, which went for a donation of $250. The portable aluminum box, which can be delivered to impoverished sites around the world, contains basic supplies and materials for a teacher and 80 children. It also includes a wooden teaching clock and plastic cubes for counting, and the box lid can double as a blackboard when coated with paint included in the kit. According to Barron Segar, UNICEF’s Southeastern director, 80 kits were sold, raising $20,000. The rest of the proceeds, including that from the live and silent auctions, were still being added up.
Segar said the ball was probably the only one in Atlanta this year to book a live kangaroo, a python and a singing kookaburra for guests to ogle.
The evening also honored five Atlantans for their humanitarian work: A.D. Frazier; Angela and Pano Karatassos; Wayne Kraska and Pamela Smart.
HIP-HOP AND WOMEN
Let’s hope that Spelman College’s Cosby Auditorium is open 24 hours. It may be occupied that long this evening as the school hosts a national panel and town hall meeting on the topic “Does Hip-Hop Hate Women?” at 6:30.
Part of a national tour called Rap Sessions, the panel will look at the conflicts within the hip-hop community over the portrayal of women in videos and lyrics, which has been a source of controversy at Spelman.
Participants include rapper Yo-Yo; Duke University professor Mark Anthony Neal; former Essence magazine editor Joan Morgan; Vanderbilt professor Tracy Sharpley Whiting; and Bakari Kitwana, author of “Why White Kids Love Hip-Hop.”
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Producer Carl Reiner is 85. Drummer Carl Palmer (Emerson, Lake and Palmer) is 57. Spike Lee (below) is 50. Actress Holly Hunter is 49. Singer Chester Bennington of Linkin Park is 31.
Contributing: Marylin Johnson, Phil Kloer, Steve Wyche and news services
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