Week of 31 May 2010
Playing Hooky
Just in time for Friday, that most productive of workdays: All week we’ve been asking listeners, “What was a time that you played hooky?” Here are some of the responses that we got.
Thanks to everyone who phoned in for this week’s Have Your Say.
Thursday, June 3rd
Reel Atlanta
A look at the city’s cinematic offerings with arts journalist, David Lee Simmons.
Thursdays, through July 29th - Movies & the Market
Saturdays, through July 26th - Movies Under The Stars
Sunday, June 6th - Rock ‘n Roll MonsterBash
This Week’s Best Bets from Shane Harrison
Atlanta Journal Constitution “Best Bets” writer Shane Harrison talks about what’s going on around the city this week.
Saturday, June 5th - Monteverdi In Venice
June 4th through 6th - Atlanta Tattoo Arts Festival
Sunday, June 6th - Taste of Latin Atlanta
Opens Friday, June 4th - Loot
Wednesday, June 2nd
Remembering the 1962 Orly Plane Crash
June 3rd, 1962 is a historical date for the city of Atlanta. On that date, 130 people were killed in a Paris plane crash—including 122 members of the Atlanta Arts Association. After the tragedy, an outpouring of sympathy for the survivors came from all over the world. Within a short time, millions of dollars had been donated to the Association. That led to the construction of the Memorial Arts Center—which later became the Woodruff Arts Center.
Milton Bevington’s wife and mother-and-law were killed in the Orly crash, and he knew many other people on the plane that day, too. Producer David Barasoain spoke with Bevington and others—and has this look back.
Photo: Bronze casting of Auguste Rodin’s “The Shade,” in front of the Woodruff Arts Center.
This Week in Independent Music
Paste Magazine’s Kevin Keller stops by to tell us what’s happening this weekend in Atlanta’s independent music scene.
Wednesday, June 2nd - Ari Hest - Eddie’s Attic
Friday, June 4th - Reverend Horton Heat - The Masquerade
Friday, June 4th - Toubab Krewe - Variety Playhouse
Tuesday, June 1st
StoryCorps Atlanta - Helen Kim Ho & Rodney Ho
If you’re a fan of pop culture here in Atlanta, you’ve probably heard of Rodney Ho, entertainment writer for the Atlanta-Journal Constitution. But he’s also newly married to Helen Kim Ho, executive director of the Asian American Legal Advocacy Center. They came to StoryCorps Atlanta as part of May’s Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage month. Both are Asian-American. But as Helen tells Rodney, that doesn’t say much about their backgrounds.
Music for Vets
This Memorial Day week, we pay a visit to the Atlanta V.A. Medical Center for a special Atlanta Sounds Extended Play. Nearly every day for three years at the hospital’s parking deck, Edward Griffin has taken advantage of the impressive acoustics to play original compositions on his trumpet.
To hear more Atlanta Sounds, and to submit your own idea, click here.
Monday, May 31st
Remembering Georgia Veterans
Here in Georgia, there are over 250,000 active and reserve service members and nearly 800,000 veterans. One of several monuments honoring Georgia Veterans can be found downtown near the State Capitol Building. WABE’s David Barasoain visited the site and has this report.
Local Book Events
Executive Director of the Decatur Book Festival and curator of verb.org Daren Wang stops by to talk about local area books and book events.
Tuesday, June 8th - Carolyn Jessop - Triumph: Life After A Cult
Wednesday, June 2nd - Paul Guest - One More Theory About Happiness: A Memoir
Thursday, June 3rd - Lee Harris - The Next American Civil War
