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Published 5 hours ago'Love Is All Around' at SCAD's Mary Tyler Moore exhibition
The only one of its kind, this pop-up is a partnership between the fashion brand Frances Valentine and the Mary Tyler Moore Vision Initiative aims to raise awareness of diabetes-related vision loss and blindness.
Cobb County Courier
Published 5 hours ago“My name is Henry. Are you here to adopt me?”
The Cobb County Courier’s Cat of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a male orange tabby domestic long hair. The following information on this potential...
Cobb County Courier
Published 5 hours ago“My name is Daisy, and I’m in need of a loving home!”
The Cobb County Courier’s Dog of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a female tri-color spaniel. The following information on this potential family member is...
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Published 6 hours agoHero for Hope: Chris Womack
For more than 35 years, Chris Womack has served in the U.S. energy sector, becoming a visionary leader – meeting surging energy demands, prioritizing reliability for customers, and championing groundbreaking technologies. Outside of the U.S. energy sector, Chris maintains that…
Cobb County Courier
Published 8 hours agoAtlanta Ballet Names Zachary Brown Chief Development Officer, Ushering in New Era of Growth Ahead of Centennial
Seasoned arts and culture leader brings more than 15 years of executive experience in philanthropy, community engagement and organizational growth The Atlanta Ballet distributed the following announcement: The Atlanta Ballet...
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Published 10 hours agoA new anti-ICE compilation album benefits immigrants rights organizations
The Contra-ICE Vol. 1: ICE OUT album features contributions from over 30 artists, including Kathleen Hanna, Fred Armisen and Tom Morello to create a historical and artistic record of this moment.
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Published September 27Playing 'La Bamba' for an hour? Must be a Mexican fandango!
A 300-year-old Mexican musical tradition is finding new life around the world — one sweaty, joyous, all-night fandango at a time.
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Published September 25Documentary revisits Atlanta’s 1906 race massacre with a warning for today
Filmmaker Trent Frank posed the question to the audience following the screening of his documentary, “Never Again: The 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre:” Could this happen again? His film recounts the cultural and political climate in September 1906 that led to four days of violent…
Cobb County Courier
Published September 26New Cobb County Business Licenses Issued Sept. 20-27
Cobb County issued 29 new business licenses in unincorporated areas during the Sept. 20-27 reporting period, with the list ranging from restaurants and retailers to contractors, consultants and personal-service businesses....
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Published 45 minutes agoKyle MacLachlan says he was David Lynch's 'submersible' into dark places
MacLachlan was 23 when he auditioned for Lynch's adaptation of Dune. The two would go on to work together on the cult classics Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks. MacLachlan's new memoir is Fictional Selves.
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Published 46 minutes agoI didn't think 'Pachinko' could be topped. Then I read 'American Hagwon'
Min Jin Lee's new novel is the third in a planned four-novel series about the Korean diaspora. Nearly 10 years in the making, this sweeping-but-intimate 600+ page book is overwhelming — in a good way.
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Published 105 minutes agoProsecutors are reexamining a Cornell fraternity rape case. Here's what we know
New York prosecutors are reopening an investigation into an alleged rape case at Cornell University in 2024. The alleged victim recently filed a lawsuit against seven members of Chi Phi fraternity.