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Get Out: Weekend Planner

Events and happenings around the Patch this weekend.

 

 

FRI – Sept. 21:

  • Atlanta BeltLine Tour. Reservations are required for Atlanta BeltLine Tours and can be made after the 15th of each month for the following month's tour. Tours depart from and return to the Inman Park Marta Station with a brief stop in the West End for a bathroom break. There are no bathrooms at the Inman Park Station. Tours provide access to Bellwood Quarry, the future site of Westside Reservoir and Park. This stop will involve minimal walking. Water bottles are provided but lunch is not provided - participants are welcome to bring their own lunch or snacks. Book a tour here.
  • Playground Palooza. The Springvale Park Playground Committee hosts Playground Palooza at the Wrecking Bar‘s new event space, the Biergarten. Enjoy three bands, a silent auction, complimentary appetizers and a cash bar featuring Wrecking Bar beer and cocktails. Ticket and auction proceeds will go to the construction of the new Springvale Park Playground.

 

  • Chefs in the Garden. Every Friday through November locally  minded chefs will be a the Wheat Street Garden preparing recipes to get you connected to your food and the land.

 

  • Wyclef Jean at Shrine of the Black Madonna Bookstore. The Shrine of the Black Madonna Bookstore proudly presents the multi-platinum musician, producer, and activist Wyclef Jean. Jean will accompany himself on the acoustic guitar and sign his new book “Purpose.” Purchase your book at the Shrine Bookstore. Don’t miss this free event. For more information, call 404-549-8676. 
   
  • Time Stands Still. Widely hailed as one of the best new plays on Broadway, this Atlanta premiere is a moving and often hilarious story of relationships, mid-life crisis, and friendship, from Pulitzer Prize-winner Donald Margulies. Sarah and James, a photojournalist and foreign correspondent, have been together for years and share a passion for documenting the realities of war. When a bomb blast in Iraq sends them home, they are caught in a tug-of-war between returning to their dangerous, exhilarating careers and downshifting to the contentment of family life. To complicate matters, cohort and editor Richard is plotting to keep them home as he pursues a new simpler life with his much younger girlfriend Mandy.   
    • 8 p.m.  
    • Horizon Theatre Company, 1083 Austin Ave. NE
    • $20.00 


SAT – Sept. 22:

  • 6th Annual Walk of HEROes 5k & Tot Trot. In celebration of National Recovery Month, the Brighter Tomorrows Foundation will host the 6th Annual Walk of HEROes 5K and Tot Trot in the historic Kirkwood community. This charity event includes refreshments, music, drawing prizes and awards and will benefit DeKalb residents with mental illnesses, substance addictions and developmental disabilities served by DeKalb Community Service Board. To register as a participant or sign up to have a vendor booth, visit www.walkofheroes5k.com or contact Michelle at (404) 508-7875. Pre-registration fee is $20 for general public, $15 for DeKalb CSB staff and $15 for anyone receiving mental health, developmental disabilities or substance addiction services. Pre-registration fee for Tot Trot is $7. Fees increase the day of the race. Race Day Schedule: Registration from 7:45 to 8:45 am, 5K at 9 a.m. and Tot Trot at 10 a.m.

 

  • The Neighborhood Summit. The Neighborhood Fund, an initiative of The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, will host the fourth annual Neighborhood Summit. Co-developed by citizen groups and regional nonprofits, the Summit will bring over 400 residents from 23 regional-Atlanta counties (Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Morgan, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Rockdale, Spalding and Walton) together to meet, exchange ideas and explore opportunities for collaboration. Who should attend? All are welcome to attend, especially neighborhood and community leaders, activists, associations, and community members. A limited number of scholarships are available. Click here for more information.
  • Crime and Pun-ishment - A murder mystery dinner. A traditional murder mystery set in the world of 1920s gangsterland. Mobsters, murder and comic mayhem ensues after a mysterious death happens to a member of “The Family.” Channel your inner thug in one of The Murder Mystery Company’s most popular shows!

 

 SUN - Sept. 23:

  • Raise a Stein to Oktoberfest at Wrecking Bar Brewpub. Beginning Saturday, Sept. 22, the Wrecking Bar Brewpub will be raising our steins and chanting, "Oans, zwoa, g'suffa," (one, two, drink!) along with the rest of Munich, Germany! In true German fashion, we'll be serving up specials including Bernhard's Bavarian Pretzels with grain mustard, Delia's Chicken and Patak Bratwurst with house kraut, Jaeger Schnitzel with German potato salad, Schweinhaxe with rotkraut (red cabbage) and herb spatzle, and Zwetschgenkuchen (plum cake). We'll also be paying homage to German brewing, which is detailed in written texts dating back to 800 B.C., with a small batch of Oktoberfest beer in addition to pouring our Rauchbier, Kölsch and Hefeweizen.
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