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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 ...
Smithsonian director talks of challenges ahead
After five years as head of the Smithsonian Institution, former Georgia Tech president Wayne Clough has discovered that a skill common to all university presidents — fund-raising — has become one of the critical elements of his toolkit. Federal spending cuts took $42 million out of the Smithsonian’s budget in ...
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 ...
Charles Wadsworth to give farewell concert in Newnan
Charles Wadsworth, perhaps the second-most famous musician to come out of Newnan, has two bits of hometown real estate that carry his name, one to give him honor and the other to give him a laugh. On Saturday, he will perform at the first of those eponymous locations — the ...
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 ...
Tougher laws on teen drivers recommended by teens themselves
Caleb Sorohan was watching his cell-phone instead of the road when his life ended. While the Rutledge teenager was texting his friends, his Saturn crossed the center line and collided with a Toyota Sequoia pulling a horse trailer. The 18 year old was killed instantly. “The state patrol officer came ...
Dragon-Con critics promote a boycott
Dragon-Con, Atlanta’s yearly convention devoted to science fiction, comics and fantasy seems on the brink of being confronted with a harsh reality. With new child molestation charges against co-founder Ed Kramer lodged by Connecticut authorities, and his re-arrest and extradition to Georgia, a nascent boycott campaign against the Labor Day ...
Clouded leopard at Zoo Atlanta dies
An aging clouded leopard named Moby was euthanized at Zoo Atlanta Friday, following a sharp decline in his health. Moby, 16, came to Zoo Atlanta in 2004 from the Seneca Park Zoo in Rochester, N.Y. He was born in captivity at the Buffalo Zoo. Veterinarians at Zoo Atlanta had been ...
Georgia’s children are out of shape
Only 16 percent of a million Georgia schoolchildren were able to pass five basic tests of physical fitness, and 20 percent were unable to pass any of the tests, the state’s top public health leader said in a speech this week. “Not only couldn’t they walk a mile, but they ...
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 ...
Concussion victims urge legislation
Rachel Havens shouldn’t have returned to the soccer field in the fall of 2011. A Peachtree Ridge High School freshman at the time, she had taken a knock to the head the previous spring and had never really healed from that impact. But, as her mother says, “My daughter is ...
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. ...
Civil rights center reaches initial fundraising goal
The National Center for Civil and Human Rights reached its initial $76 million fundraising goal this week with the final coin in the kettle supplied by a $1 million gift from the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation. The center, slated to open in 2014, will house the Morehouse College collection ...
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 ...
Penguin chicks add to Georgia Aquarium’s growing family
African penguin chicks may be the most huggable bird in creation. Their portly profiles and soft juvenile feathers give them the look of over-sized Beanie Babies. And if they seem to cry out for cuddling, it is Jennifer Odell’s job to cuddle them, to get them accustomed to contact with ...
Comedian Jerry Farber, Atlanta entertainer for a half century, gets birthday roast
If Sam Massell is the Mayor of Buckhead, then Jerry Farber is the Court Jester.Farber’s tenure as a comedian/pianist/club owner/impresario in Buckhead and Sandy Springs goes back almost 50 years.And some of his jokes are even older than that.“I’ve got to warn you that Jerry does a lot of adult ...
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