Calendar: October 2012
War in Our Backyards: Discovering Atlanta, 1861-1865
Saturday, August 07, 2010 - Monday, December 31, 2012Created by the Atlanta History Center and designed to complement the History Center's award-winning permanent exhibition, Turning Point: The American Civil War, the new exhibition War in Our Backyards: Discovering Atlanta, 1861-1865 challenges visitors to consider their personal connections to a war that was literally fought in all of our backyards.
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Greetings From Atlanta: A Postcard Retrospective
Friday, April 13, 2012 - Sunday, January 27, 2013Greetings from Atlanta: A Postcard Retrospective draws from the Atlanta History Center’s collection of more than 3,000 postcards to provide glimpses of Atlanta and Georgia, while exploring various styles, printing technology, and social history aspects as uncovered by the unique details of its postmark, its message, its sender, and its recipient.
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AHC Lecture: Ann Uhry Abrams, Formula for Fortune: How Asa Candler Discovered Coca-Cola and Turned It into the Wealth His Children Enjoyed
Saturday, October 06, 2012 2:00 PMFormula for Fortune narrates the life and times of Asa Candler from his ancestral background to the death of the last of his five children. Candler rose from a rural background to reap a fortune. His windfall came from purchasing the Coca-Cola formula in 1888 and establishing the company that became a national phenomenon in less than a decade.
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An Evening with Stacy London: The Truth About Style
Tuesday, October 09, 2012 6:00 PMAs co-host of TLC’s "What Not to Wear," Stacy London’s talent for seeing past disastrous wardrobes to the emotional issues that cause sartorial crises has transformed the look and the life of hundreds of her guests. Now for the first time in print, London turns her insight on herself.
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Homeschool Day: Strange History: Fact or Fiction?
Wednesday, October 10, 2012 1:00 - 4:00 PMThe Atlanta History Center offers special monthly programs for homeschool students and their families. Each month explores a different subject through exhibition tours and a variety of activities for kids from toddler to teen. Admission to Homeschool Days is $8.50 for nonmembers; $6.50 for children of members; and free for adult members.
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My Beverly Hills Kitchen Event with Alex Hitz
Wednesday, October 10, 2012 7:00 PMJoin restaurateur and television personality Alex Hitz at an exclusive presentation with a seated dinner and dancing.
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Alex Hitz in conversation with Angie Mosier, My Beverly Hills Kitchen: Classic Southern Cooking with a French Twist
Thursday, October 11, 2012 7:00 PMAlex Hitz has single-handedly made entertaining fun again. Whether using the extraordinary offerings from his luxury gourmet food line, The Beverly Hills Kitchen, or getting back in the kitchen and cooking from his new book My Beverly Hills Kitchen: Classic Southern Cooking with a French Twist, with Alex as your guide, you are guaranteed to impress.
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Magic Monday: Historic Halloween
Monday, October 15, 2012 10:00 AM - 1:00 PMThis monthly program for toddlers and preschoolers (18 months to five years) engages our youngest visitors in activities that introduce them to history in creative ways. Each Magic Monday has a unique theme and includes a guided exploration of one of our exhibitions, historic houses, or award-winning gardens, as well as demonstrations, arts and crafts projects, and story time.
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Gretchen Rubin, Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon a Project, Read Samuel Johnson, and My Other Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 7:00 PMLOCATION: Margaret Mitchell House
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AHC Insiders Only Event: Inside the Past: Greetings from Atlanta
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 6:30 PMAtlanta History Center Insiders is our upgraded membership program that provides upgraded benefits and one-of-a kind opportunities. Starting in September 2012, we take you “Inside the Past” with monthly events that allow Insiders to experience unique aspects of our exhibitions, gardens, and historic houses that are not offered to the general public.
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Party with the Past (Oakland Cemetery)
Thursday, October 18, 2012 6:30 - 8:30 PMVisit with Atlanta's most famous and infamous residents (alive and dead). Location: Oakland Cemetery
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Cherokee Garden Library Lecture: Mary Palmer Dargan, ASLA, Lifelong Landscape Design
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 4:00 PMTransform your property into the oasis of your dreams! Create nourishing, flourishing home utopias for your family and friends. By landscaping your life, not only will your home environment become a utopia, but you will live a healthy, happier, and inspired life.
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Day of the Dead
Sunday, October 28, 2012 Noon - 5:00 PMVisitors of all ages will learn about and experience a Day of the Dead Festival.
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