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Wine enthusiasts and arts supporters are invited to celebrate the 31st annual High Museum Atlanta Wine Auction with four event-filled days, March 22nd through the 25th.
The Wine Auction is the largest fundraising event for the Museum and the biggest wine auction in the United States benefiting the arts, boasting more than $37 million raised over the last 30 years. Approximately 145 wineries and restaurants will participate this year as the Auction celebrates its 2023 theme, “Party with a Purpose,” in the tents at Atlantic Station.
Since it launched in 1993, the Auction has provided significant funding for the High’s exhibitions and education programs. The Paddle Raise, benefiting the Museum’s Art Access program, has raised more than $1.9 million since it began in 2006. These funds provide teacher resources and museum access to more than 125,000 students throughout the state each year. The 2023 Wine Auction co-chairs are Audra Dial and Sandy Moon. Dial and her husband have attended the Auction for years, and they also served as Benefactor co-chairs of the event in 2022, which raised more than $3 million. Serving as an officer for both the Commanderie de Bordeaux and the Chaîne des Rotisseurs wine and food societies, Moon is well versed in the wine world and has been a part of the Wine Auction for the past 17 years.
The 2023 Special Guest of Honor is Sam Lando, owner of Lando Wines. After working with several global wine producers, Lando discovered his passion was working with Pinot Noir. In the middle of the 2012 vintage, Lando and his wife, Jennifer, decided to focus their efforts solely on winemaking. This year’s Special Guest Chefs are Duane Nutter and Reggie Washington of Southern National. After departing One Flew South — the award-winning restaurant in Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport — in 2016, the pair founded Southern National’s first location in Mobile, Alabama, which earned a 2020 James Beard Award finalist title. Returning to Atlanta was always the plan, and they’re now opening a second location on Georgia Avenue in Atlanta’s Summerhill neighborhood. This edition of the restaurant is slated to offer Northwest- and Louisiana-inspired food, pulling inspiration from local cuisines of Nutter’s former hometowns in Washington and Louisiana.
For more information, visit High Museum Wine dot Org.
Sandy Springs has set its sights on making City springs into a walkable and livable community over the next 10 years.
Sandy Springs Assistant City Manager Kristin Smith and developers Pond and Company Project Manager Jonathan Corona, presented the City Springs Master Plan Draft during the Dec. 20 mayor and city council meeting. The goal is to create something that will truly represent Sandy Springs.
City Springs Master Plan is a culmination of initiatives and themes from previous plans, intended to build upon the “legacy” of the Sandy Springs City Center Master Plan and city accomplishments over the past 10 years.
To do so, the city and Pond and Company reached out to Sandy Springs residents for feedback. From April to November, stakeholder roundtables, public open houses and pop-up events, were hosted to gain feedback on City Springs development. Residents also had the opportunity to provided feedback online.
The proposed mixed-use center will have retail, office and residential offerings, while striving to maintain a neighborhood feel. Destination restaurants, brewery cluster, artist studios and co-working spaces and town homes could find a home at City Springs. The plan also suggests expanding open spaces and improved connectivity to the rest of the city.
City Springs Master Plan includes plans to incorporate multi-modal paths, encouraging walking and bicycling as transportation methods. All recommendations are intended to be complementary to the area and environment.
The Gregory R. Ammon Family Foundation has made a donation of $200,000 to the Northside Hospital Cancer Institute Breast Cancer Program.
Through the financial contribution, the Ammon family hopes to help lessen the financial impact of breast cancer on patients and their families, creating a more personalized and intimate experience as they navigate their path through the cancer journey and alleviating some of the outlying stressors of daily life in addition to the already stressful experience of battling cancer.
The cause is especially close to the heart of the Foundation and the family behind it. Stacy Ammon, wife of Foundation trustee Greg Ammon, was diagnosed with breast cancer just after her 30th birthday, almost two years ago, and received treatment at Northside Hospital Atlanta. The donation will help patients and the families of patients, who are currently going through breast cancer treatment and are having a hard time paying for the essentials of life such as groceries, transportation and childcare. Northside Hospital Cancer Institute’s Breast Cancer Program is among the largest breast cancer programs in the country and one of the nation’s leading providers of breast cancer diagnostic and treatment services. Each year, more than 3,100 patients choose Northside as their trusted provider of high-quality breast cancer care.
Class AAA state champion Wesleyan led the way among local softball squads as several of its standouts were among the local players selected to the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association All-State teams.
Wesleyan swept the top honors in the AAA team, with junior Macey Cintron selected player of the year and senior Ryley Kutter pitcher of the year. Cintron has committed to play college softball at Duke, while Kutter is a College of Charleston commitment.
Four Wesleyan players were selected to the AAA first team — junior catcher Marjee Williams, senior infielder Christina McCoy and freshmen outfielders Shayla Bahr and Avery Tucker — while Wesleyan sophomore Sarah Wren was a second-team selection. The seven Wesleyan all-state selections led the Wolves (32-2) to their second consecutive state championship and fourth in six years.
Mount Vernon also has a big presence on the Class A, Division I team, with junior pitcher Grace Westmoreland, junior catcher Reagan Hickey and sophomore infielder Reese Hickey selected to the first team and junior infielder Lauren Dove chosen for the second team.
Westmoreland, Reagan Hickey, Reese Hickey and Dove led Mount Vernon (26-7) to the state tournament for the second year in a row.
A number of Northside standouts were selected to the AAAAAA team, with two North Atlanta players, junior catcher Leela Langston and senior infielder CeCe Smith, along with St. Pius X junior Nina Parker chosen for the first team and Riverwood junior infielder Jaden James and Marist senior infielder Katelyn Deguire named to the second team.
Two Northside players were named to the AAAA team — Pace Academy sophomore catcher Kate Grice for the first team and Lovett junior Ana Gore for the second team.
Three Atlanta schools have been selected for a grant to solve real world problems identified by the United Nations.
Atlanta Public Schools has collaborated with Ciena Corporation and Digital Promise to provide a unique learning opportunity for Benjamin E. Mays High School, Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy, and B.E.S.T. Academy 9-12 educators and students.
Through an application process, these three schools were awarded a $45,000 grant to provide digital tools and resources to engage students in the Ciena Solutions Challenge, where students solve real-world problems identified in the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals that impact them and their individual communities.
Students will collaborate with each other to come up with a real-world problem they want to solve and use various tools and processes such as digital fabrication, coding, robotics, and media production that support student creativity, innovation, and invention to solve that problem.
Through this program, Benjamin E. Mays High School, Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy, and B.E.S.T. Academy now join a cohort of model schools participating in the Ciena Solutions Challenge. Teachers will gain professional learning experiences to guide their students through the creation of solutions to problems that affect them and the world that they live in.
Students that are a part of this initiative are encouraged to think critically about their lives both inside and outside of school to gain an understanding that they truly can make a change to those things that matter most to them.
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By BG Podcast NetworkWine enthusiasts and arts supporters are invited to celebrate the 31st annual High Museum Atlanta Wine Auction with four event-filled days, March 22nd through the 25th.
The Wine Auction is the largest fundraising event for the Museum and the biggest wine auction in the United States benefiting the arts, boasting more than $37 million raised over the last 30 years. Approximately 145 wineries and restaurants will participate this year as the Auction celebrates its 2023 theme, “Party with a Purpose,” in the tents at Atlantic Station.
Since it launched in 1993, the Auction has provided significant funding for the High’s exhibitions and education programs. The Paddle Raise, benefiting the Museum’s Art Access program, has raised more than $1.9 million since it began in 2006. These funds provide teacher resources and museum access to more than 125,000 students throughout the state each year. The 2023 Wine Auction co-chairs are Audra Dial and Sandy Moon. Dial and her husband have attended the Auction for years, and they also served as Benefactor co-chairs of the event in 2022, which raised more than $3 million. Serving as an officer for both the Commanderie de Bordeaux and the Chaîne des Rotisseurs wine and food societies, Moon is well versed in the wine world and has been a part of the Wine Auction for the past 17 years.
The 2023 Special Guest of Honor is Sam Lando, owner of Lando Wines. After working with several global wine producers, Lando discovered his passion was working with Pinot Noir. In the middle of the 2012 vintage, Lando and his wife, Jennifer, decided to focus their efforts solely on winemaking. This year’s Special Guest Chefs are Duane Nutter and Reggie Washington of Southern National. After departing One Flew South — the award-winning restaurant in Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport — in 2016, the pair founded Southern National’s first location in Mobile, Alabama, which earned a 2020 James Beard Award finalist title. Returning to Atlanta was always the plan, and they’re now opening a second location on Georgia Avenue in Atlanta’s Summerhill neighborhood. This edition of the restaurant is slated to offer Northwest- and Louisiana-inspired food, pulling inspiration from local cuisines of Nutter’s former hometowns in Washington and Louisiana.
For more information, visit High Museum Wine dot Org.
Sandy Springs has set its sights on making City springs into a walkable and livable community over the next 10 years.
Sandy Springs Assistant City Manager Kristin Smith and developers Pond and Company Project Manager Jonathan Corona, presented the City Springs Master Plan Draft during the Dec. 20 mayor and city council meeting. The goal is to create something that will truly represent Sandy Springs.
City Springs Master Plan is a culmination of initiatives and themes from previous plans, intended to build upon the “legacy” of the Sandy Springs City Center Master Plan and city accomplishments over the past 10 years.
To do so, the city and Pond and Company reached out to Sandy Springs residents for feedback. From April to November, stakeholder roundtables, public open houses and pop-up events, were hosted to gain feedback on City Springs development. Residents also had the opportunity to provided feedback online.
The proposed mixed-use center will have retail, office and residential offerings, while striving to maintain a neighborhood feel. Destination restaurants, brewery cluster, artist studios and co-working spaces and town homes could find a home at City Springs. The plan also suggests expanding open spaces and improved connectivity to the rest of the city.
City Springs Master Plan includes plans to incorporate multi-modal paths, encouraging walking and bicycling as transportation methods. All recommendations are intended to be complementary to the area and environment.
The Gregory R. Ammon Family Foundation has made a donation of $200,000 to the Northside Hospital Cancer Institute Breast Cancer Program.
Through the financial contribution, the Ammon family hopes to help lessen the financial impact of breast cancer on patients and their families, creating a more personalized and intimate experience as they navigate their path through the cancer journey and alleviating some of the outlying stressors of daily life in addition to the already stressful experience of battling cancer.
The cause is especially close to the heart of the Foundation and the family behind it. Stacy Ammon, wife of Foundation trustee Greg Ammon, was diagnosed with breast cancer just after her 30th birthday, almost two years ago, and received treatment at Northside Hospital Atlanta. The donation will help patients and the families of patients, who are currently going through breast cancer treatment and are having a hard time paying for the essentials of life such as groceries, transportation and childcare. Northside Hospital Cancer Institute’s Breast Cancer Program is among the largest breast cancer programs in the country and one of the nation’s leading providers of breast cancer diagnostic and treatment services. Each year, more than 3,100 patients choose Northside as their trusted provider of high-quality breast cancer care.
Class AAA state champion Wesleyan led the way among local softball squads as several of its standouts were among the local players selected to the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association All-State teams.
Wesleyan swept the top honors in the AAA team, with junior Macey Cintron selected player of the year and senior Ryley Kutter pitcher of the year. Cintron has committed to play college softball at Duke, while Kutter is a College of Charleston commitment.
Four Wesleyan players were selected to the AAA first team — junior catcher Marjee Williams, senior infielder Christina McCoy and freshmen outfielders Shayla Bahr and Avery Tucker — while Wesleyan sophomore Sarah Wren was a second-team selection. The seven Wesleyan all-state selections led the Wolves (32-2) to their second consecutive state championship and fourth in six years.
Mount Vernon also has a big presence on the Class A, Division I team, with junior pitcher Grace Westmoreland, junior catcher Reagan Hickey and sophomore infielder Reese Hickey selected to the first team and junior infielder Lauren Dove chosen for the second team.
Westmoreland, Reagan Hickey, Reese Hickey and Dove led Mount Vernon (26-7) to the state tournament for the second year in a row.
A number of Northside standouts were selected to the AAAAAA team, with two North Atlanta players, junior catcher Leela Langston and senior infielder CeCe Smith, along with St. Pius X junior Nina Parker chosen for the first team and Riverwood junior infielder Jaden James and Marist senior infielder Katelyn Deguire named to the second team.
Two Northside players were named to the AAAA team — Pace Academy sophomore catcher Kate Grice for the first team and Lovett junior Ana Gore for the second team.
Three Atlanta schools have been selected for a grant to solve real world problems identified by the United Nations.
Atlanta Public Schools has collaborated with Ciena Corporation and Digital Promise to provide a unique learning opportunity for Benjamin E. Mays High School, Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy, and B.E.S.T. Academy 9-12 educators and students.
Through an application process, these three schools were awarded a $45,000 grant to provide digital tools and resources to engage students in the Ciena Solutions Challenge, where students solve real-world problems identified in the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals that impact them and their individual communities.
Students will collaborate with each other to come up with a real-world problem they want to solve and use various tools and processes such as digital fabrication, coding, robotics, and media production that support student creativity, innovation, and invention to solve that problem.
Through this program, Benjamin E. Mays High School, Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy, and B.E.S.T. Academy now join a cohort of model schools participating in the Ciena Solutions Challenge. Teachers will gain professional learning experiences to guide their students through the creation of solutions to problems that affect them and the world that they live in.
Students that are a part of this initiative are encouraged to think critically about their lives both inside and outside of school to gain an understanding that they truly can make a change to those things that matter most to them.