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First Friday
March 1 —?Today is International Women's Day, and IWF of Georgia is hosting a half-day forum, including a tribute to co-founder Rosalynn Carter.
????Rain with a high of 48° today. Temperatures will rebound into the low 60s this weekend, but the clouds will persist.?
??? On Crossover Day under the Gold Dome, the Senate passed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and a bill to sever ties with the American Library Association, as debates on culture war issues continue. A similar religious freedom proposal was vetoed by then-Gov. Nathan Deal in 2016.
???Another deadline set by hacking group LockBit to release stolen Fulton County data came and went on Thursday. Commission Chairman Rob Pitts said no ransom had been paid to the hackers.
?? The family of a 19-year-old mother shot and killed near the RaceTrac adjacent to the Georgia State campus last October has?filed a lawsuit against the convenience store.?
?? Carl Northrop of coffee shop?Black Coffee ATL?will open Everyday People Caffeine and Cocktails and Saint Jawns at the new Switchman Hall in Peoplestown.
?? The High Street project in Dunwoody has added five new retail and restaurants, including Nando's and Velvet Taco.?
?? Livable Buckhead will use a $40,000 grant from Park Pride to install exercise equipment along PATH 400 near Old Ivy Park.
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???? Heavy police presence surrounds the funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny today?in Moscow.?
???The Smokehouse Creek fire, now the largest in Texas history, has grown to 1,700 square miles as it ravages the rural Panhandle.
?? Major stock indices closed up for the fourth month in a row as the Nasdaq hit a record yesterday after gaining 6% in February. Bitcoin rose for the sixth consecutive month.??
?? Here's what's in today's newsletter:
? New Fourth Ward development
? Read Across Atlanta
? Film Review: 'Dune: Part Two'
? ?The Sports Section
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? ?Top Stories of the Week?
Have a good weekend,
Collin & Sammie
?? Join us March 3-9 for a culinary journey through Alpharetta's best eateries! From international cuisine to Southern classics, there's something for everyone. Plan your culinary journey now! Visit our?website?for a list of participating restaurants and their mouthwatering menus.
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1. FORTH to include hotel, dining concepts, social club at Fourth Ward development
?? Atlanta-based?New City Properties?and?Method Co.?have announced that the mixed-use FORTH Atlanta will open in June at the Fourth Ward development along the Atlanta BeltLine’s Eastside Trail.
The $150 million, 16-floor building will include a 196-room luxury boutique hotel with 39 apartment-style rooms dedicated for extended stays. In addition, there will be four separate food & beverage concepts, an elevated outdoor pool and state-of-the-art fitness center, and a members-only social club.
New City has selected Philadelphia-based Method Co. to operate the property, which was designed by Morris Adjmi Architects.
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2. WABE hosts 'Read Across Atlanta' for National Reading Month
?? March is National Reading Month, and to celebrate, WABE is hosting a citywide storytelling event called “Read Across Atlanta.”
On March 16, bookstores and libraries across metro Atlanta will celebrate the debut of a new WABE podcast aimed at young listeners called?“The Podcast Where They Read Stories.”??
“WABE’s inaugural READ ACROSS ATLANTA event is intended to not only connect our community to the power of storytelling but also to amplify the role area bookstores and libraries play as gathering spots for all,” said Aisha Greenlee, WABE director of community outreach and partnerships.
3. 'Dune: Part Two' and the simultaneous rise and fall of a hero
WEEKLY FILM REVIEW | BY SAMMIE PURCELL?
??? “Dune: Part One” left Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) and his mother, Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson) adrift in the desert, the last remaining members of House Atreides. By the time “Dune: Part Two” begins, they’ve acclimated to their new, arid surroundings, but find themselves on opposite sides of a prophecy.?
Jessica takes the stance of a religious zealot – literally. After she and Paul take up with the Freman (the native people of the desert planet Arrakis, where Paul’s father was once upon a time named Duke before he was murdered), Jessica becomes Reverend Mother to a tribe led by Stilgar (Javier Bardem). She’s made it her personal mission to convince the Freman her son is the subject of an ancient prophecy – a messiah destined to bring peace to Arrakis, ending years of colonial rule.? But House Atreides is part of that long-standing rule, and the prophecy itself was seeded throughout the Fremen by the Bene Gesserit, a mysterious, magical sisterhood to which Jessica belongs. She claims the prophecy was meant to bring the Freman hope – but hope that’s managed and controlled by an outside force isn’t really hope at all.?
Ideas about the nature of prophecy, authoritarianism, and power can be found all over “Dune: Part Two,” Denis Villeneuve’s follow-up to his 2021 adaptation of Frank Herbert’s seminal science fiction work. If “Part One” was a stylistic achievement, a hypnotic look into the construction of a cinematic world, “Part Two” is a titanic feat of deconstruction. Throughout the “Dune” series, Herbert takes the construct of a hero and completely dismantles it. With his first film, Villeneuve took the time to build out Herbert’s world in detail, a world we will now watch begin to fall in this second installment. Villeneuve uses characters and their relationships as representations of the larger political and social themes, his tale of a hero’s rise and fall is ultimately one and the same.
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4. GHSA basketball semis; new coach for GSU
? Atlanta United has a week off before its home opener on March 9 against New England. The Five Stripes lost to Columbus last Saturday in the season's first match.?
?? The Hawks, who are playing without guard Trae Young, scored only 16 points in the first quarter as they lost by 27 points to the Nets last night in Brooklyn. The teams play again on Saturday at the Barclays Center.
?? Iowa star Caitlin Clark will enter the WNBA draft.?
???♂?With The Masters six weeks away, the PGA Tour rolls into Palm Beach Gardens, FL for the?Cognizant Classic this weekend.??
?? Dell McGee, a Columbus, GA native who won back-to-back national titles as running backs coach for the Georgia Bulldogs, has been tapped as head football coach at Georgia State.
?? Four locations across the state will host the GHSA basketball semifinals this weekend. Cherokee, Woodward,?Mount Paran Christian,?Riverwood, Marist, Maynard Jackson, Galloway, Paideia, Mount Vernon,?Holy Innocents’, Milton, and?Wesleyan are among the local teams that are still alive.?
?? Join us March 3-9 for a culinary journey through Alpharetta's best eateries! From international cuisine to Southern classics, there's something for everyone. Plan your culinary journey now! Visit our?website?for a list of participating restaurants and their mouthwatering menus.
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5. Top Stories of the Week
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