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Bo Emerson
I'm an Atlanta native and a long-time AJC feature and news writer. (At my first newspaper job, in South Carolina, we used typewriters, copy paper and glue pots.) I've covered everything from Prince's Purple Rain tour to the Olympic bombing. I'm married to columnist Maureen Downey and we have four children.
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Gorillas live the high life in North Georgia
In the green woods of the North Georgia mountains, behind a computer-controlled electrified fence, an idiosyncratic millionaire keeps a menagerie of huge, powerful creatures. It’s not exactly Jurassic Park. But it’s close. Certainly the giants here are awe-inspiring. They include Kidogo, who, on a recent Tuesday, is reclining in the ...
Sope Creek gets kids moving
As the sound system pounds out “Glad You Came” by The Wanted, the doors to the modest gymnasium at Sope Creek Elementary School fly open and children come streaming into the room, racing to take their place among the line dancers. Suddenly there are 75 third-, fourth- and fifth-graders twisting, ...
Atlantans walk on the wild side
Atlantans are walking on the wild side this spring, enjoying new opportunities for up-close encounters with dolphins, otters, pandas, Komodo dragons and other exotic creatures great and small. At the Georgia Aquarium and at Zoo Atlanta, visitors can order up these boutique experiences with the wildlife on exhibit. Most involve ...
Zoo Atlanta to build reptile house
Zoo Atlanta announced a $25 million capital campaign Wednesday morning to construct a new amphibian and reptile house. The new building would replace the 51-year-old reptile house that is the oldest exhibit structure at the zoo. The capital campaign is already 90 percent complete, zoo CEO Raymond King told a ...
A new take on the tales of Brer Rabbit
Brer Rabbit was a wily creature, but even he had trouble with the Tar Baby, a trap set for him by the dastardly Brer Fox. “Brer Rabbit & Friends,” the sunny, clever and tuneful production by the Center for Puppetry Arts, which opens Thursday, is as wily as the rabbit ...
Tats and bats: Smyrna studio has made its marks in baseball
Tattoo artist Brandon Bond has left his mark on many ballplayers, including members of both teams that met in the home opener Monday at Turner Field. His clients on the Braves and Phillies are sporting new ink this year, some of it visible, some of it undercover. But Bond, 38, ...
“Hopper” bio sketches troubled rebel
Like a stoned Forrest Gump, Dennis Hopper always managed to be where the action was in American pop culture history. When James Dean was inventing the Angry Young Man in “Rebel Without a Cause,” Hopper was on the set (and in the movie). When Andy Warhol was turning the art ...
Dogs: Einsteins of the animal kingdom
Brian Hare’s provocative new book, “The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter Than You Think,” makes the case that Fido (the guy who finds a tennis ball fascinating) is, in fact, an animal Einstein. How else, points out the Atlanta native and Duke University professor of evolutionary anthropology, can ...
New gorilla baby at zoo
Lulu, a western lowland gorilla and the youngest child of Zoo Atlanta’s famous Willie B., gave birth to a healthy baby Thursday evening. Though inexperienced as a mother, Lulu’s instincts were perfect, zoo personnel said. She cleaned up the new arrival and began nursing the baby right off the bat. ...
St. Paddy’s Day fun goes beyond beer
Yes, St. Patrick’s Day is more than malted beverages. A song-writing master, a bed-pushing race and the 131st St. Patrick’s Parade in downtown Atlanta are among the St. Patrick’s Day activities on tap for the weekend. And while there will be plenty of opportunities for partiers to hoist a glass ...
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