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Third-graders send Woodward assistant principal plunging into the pool
Would he or wouldn't he? That was the question third-grade students at Woodward Academy aimed to answer. Would their assistant principal, all 6-foot-1-inch and 220 pounds of him, float across the pool on floats the students built out of recycled materials for a class project? GALLERY: Could floats built by ...
Georgia Renaissance Festival brings joust, turkey legs to Fairburn
Where can you find amazing shows, great music, rides for the kids, demonstrations and turkey legs? It's all at the village of New Castle, present day Fairburn, home to the Georgia Renaissance Festival. "(It's an) eight-week-long festival with the food and the jousting and the staged entertainment and the unstaged ...
Local actors walk the red carpet for Shuler Awards
Is the next Daniel Day-Lewis or Jennifer Lawrence roaming the halls of a Georgia high school? The state's top high school acting talent gathered at the Cobb Energy Centre Thursday night for the Shuler Awards. The awards are named for Tony Award-winner and Marietta native, Shuler Hensley, and honor the ...
Georgia Aquarium unveils new Dolphin Encounter
Did you know dolphins like Jell-O and breathe through their blow hole? Those are just two of the facts participants in the all-new Dolphin Encounter at the Georgia Aquarium learned Monday, the opening day of the experience. "We got to feed them," participant Stacey Dupre told Nelson's News. "They did ...
Falcons pick new cheerleading squad
The Atlanta Falcons will have a number of new faces on the sidelines when the NFL returns to the field later this season. Sure, the Falcons signed Steven Jackson and Osi Umenyiora, but today, it's the new cheerleaders that are making news. GALLERY: Atlanta Falcons cheerleader auditions The Falcons picked ...
The Color Run visits Atlanta
What's blue and green and yellow all over? The thousands of people who participated in the Color Run over the weekend. The Color Run is a 5-kilometer run where participants began the race in white shirts and shorts and end the race doused in color. Organizers bill the event as ...
Final Four included free concerts, autographs, fun for fans
Fans from across the country have gathered in Atlanta for the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament. The weekend was packed full of events, including basketball games, concerts and fun for fans. And there's still a national championship game to be played. GALLERY: Final Four visits Atlanta "We decided yesterday, ...
A bear, tiger and lion live together in Ga. sanctuary
Where can you find a bear playing with a tiger, a lion confiscated from a drug dealer, a monkey named Elvis and more than a thousand other animals? All of them call Noah's Ark Animal Sanctuary home. "All of Noah's Ark's animals are rescued in one form or another," Allison ...
A bear, tiger and lion live together in Locust Grove
Where can you find a bear playing with a tiger, a lion confiscated from a drug dealer, a monkey named Elvis and more than a thousand other animals? All of them call Noah's Ark Animal Sanctuary home. "All of Noah's Ark's animals are rescued in one form or another," Allison ...
Discover amazing history with new Fox Theatre tour
Did you know the Fox Theatre was built by the Shriners as a mosque? Did you know that most of the furniture inside the Fox is original? Did you know Elvis played the Fox 50 years ago? That's just part of the extensive history that participants in a new tour ...
Amazing art is just the start of the things to see, do at High Museum
It's no secret that the High Museum of Art houses one of the most impressive collections of art in the world. But what is a surprise to many is the museum's array of offerings. It starts with paintings, pictures, murals and sculptures, but there's a lot more to love about ...
Supermodel Niki Taylor says thanks to blood donors
As Richard Williams sees it, part of him is now a super model. Model Niki Taylor visited the American Red Cross offices on Wednesday to meet a group of blood donors. The group was some of the 100 people who donated blood that ended up transfused into Taylor following a ...
Costumed characters race beds around Gwinnett Courthouse
The streets around the Gwinnett County Courthouse turned into a raceway Saturday as Family Promise of Gwinnett County hosted its fourth annual Bed Race. Two dozen teams participated in the race. The groups helped to raise funds for Family Promise, built beds, found a driver and four pushers and made ...
Vintage cars live on as furniture in Alpharetta
Ask a vintage car owner what's the best thing about owning a piece of history and some will tell you it's driving it, others report it's showing it off that makes it fun. But in the life of every car, at some point, it becomes too costly too repair, parts ...
Dancing with the Drag Queens
It's another week before "Dancing with the Stars" returns to ABC television, but there's a similar Atlanta-based competition to tide fans over: Dancing with the Drag Queens. "If you've watched ("Dancing with the Stars,") you kind of have an idea as to what's going on," drag queen and co-host Phoenix ...
Busch Gardens visits WSB-TV
WSB-TV routinely hosts guests at its West Peachtree Street studios. But recently, some unusual guests came calling. A quartet of animal ambassadors from Busch Gardens stopped by accompanied by several staff members. The animals included a tawny frogmouth, an akidna, an uromastyx and an anteater. "We have a ton of ...
Special events at the 2013 Atlanta Symphony Decorators Show House and Gardens
Where can you learn about twists on traditional southern dishes from a "Southern Living" contributor, discover stylish ideas so your home and landscape will be a thrilling, yet soothing and inviting place and hear about designing some of America's greatest homes? All three and more are part of the special ...
Bon Jovi rocks Philips Arena
If Wednesday night's show was any indication, there's no slowing down Bon Jovi. The band that was formed 30 years ago and is responsible for hits like "Livin on a Prayer," "Wanted (Dead of Alive)" and "Bad Medicine" brought the "Because We Can" tour to Philips Arena. The tour supports ...
Breakdancing competition visits Atlanta
Breakdancers from across the Southeast made their way to downtown Atlanta over the weekend. They had one thing in mind, to battle on the dance floor. http://bcove.me/mn83t0u1 The participants were in town to participate in Loose Screws 14. It's an annual b-boy jam. B-boy is the term given to males ...
Loganville women swim with the sharks on 'Shark Tank'
A pair of local women went swimming with the sharks Friday night. Not the ones at the Georgia Aquarium; Brittany Hayes and Brooke Bryant went swimming with the sharks in the "Shark Tank" on ABC. "When you walk out there, that's the first time you've seen (the sharks)," Hayes told ...
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