On July 17 the High Museum of Art will bring another fanciful installation to its outdoor Sifly Piazza.A series of mesh tents supported by a metal superstructure, “Murmuration,” will go on view July 17 , and remain through Nov. 29.A “murmuration” is a flock of starlings, and the structure at the High is intended to echo the city’s famous tree canopy and perhaps provide a place for Atlanta’s many bird species to perch.Beneath this man-made canopy, guests can use the space as a shaded respite and participate in their own “nesting and perching” by using benches and “pods” suspended...…On July 17 the High Museum of Art will bring another fanciful installation to its outdoor Sifly Piazza.A series of mesh tents supported by a metal superstructure, “Murmuration,” will go on view July 17 , and remain through Nov. 29.A “murmuration” is a flock of starlings, and the structure at the High is intended to echo the city’s famous tree canopy and perhaps provide a place for Atlanta’s many bird species to perch.Beneath this man-made canopy, guests can use the space as a shaded respite and participate in their own “nesting and perching” by using benches and “pods” suspended...WW…

Edward Aguilar has a network of hundreds of drivers under his command, but when he commutes to work in the morning, he travels by skateboard.Aguilar is the CEO of Paralink, a charitable organization that has become a significant supplier of protective gear to hospitals in Atlanta.He is also 16 years old. He doesn’t have a driver’s license yet.Aguilar, his best friend Shourya Seth, also 16, and three fellow classmates at Alpharetta High School, created Paralink in April, as they saw health care workers risking infection and death in the fight against COVID-19. Paralink was created to provide...…Edward Aguilar has a network of hundreds of drivers under his command, but when he commutes to work in the morning, he travels by skateboard.Aguilar is the CEO of Paralink, a charitable organization that has become a significant supplier of protective gear to hospitals in Atlanta.He is also 16 years old. He doesn’t have a driver’s license yet.Aguilar, his best friend Shourya Seth, also 16, and three fellow classmates at Alpharetta High School, created Paralink in April, as they saw health care workers risking infection and death in the fight against COVID-19. Paralink was created to provide...WW…

The fight against COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, has been hobbled by the scarcity of accurate testing and the slow return of results.This may change.On Tuesday, Gov. Brian Kemp’s office and the state’s public colleges and universities announced plans to dramatically increase coronavirus test processing capacity in Georgia by some 3,000 tests per day.The state has obtained equipment and testing supplies to expand capabilities and will begin ramping up as soon as Wednesday, according to a news release. Fuller capacities are expected to be operational within five to...…The fight against COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, has been hobbled by the scarcity of accurate testing and the slow return of results.This may change.On Tuesday, Gov. Brian Kemp’s office and the state’s public colleges and universities announced plans to dramatically increase coronavirus test processing capacity in Georgia by some 3,000 tests per day.The state has obtained equipment and testing supplies to expand capabilities and will begin ramping up as soon as Wednesday, according to a news release. Fuller capacities are expected to be operational within five to...WW…

Carole Cash Stemley had waited a long time for this moment, the dramatic peak in “Imitation of Life,” when Annie (played by Juanita Moore) is given a lavish funeral and Mahalia Jackson sings the wrenching lament, “Trouble of the World.”At that very instant some joker opened the front door of the Ashby Theater, erasing the screen with a wash of light. “Close the door!” hollered the teenaged Carole from her seat in the audience, thinking to herself, “you have ruined my life!”Yes, she was a teenager, and a little histrionic. But that experience, in 1959, stays with Stemley, along with many...…Carole Cash Stemley had waited a long time for this moment, the dramatic peak in “Imitation of Life,” when Annie (played by Juanita Moore) is given a lavish funeral and Mahalia Jackson sings the wrenching lament, “Trouble of the World.”At that very instant some joker opened the front door of the Ashby Theater, erasing the screen with a wash of light. “Close the door!” hollered the teenaged Carole from her seat in the audience, thinking to herself, “you have ruined my life!”Yes, she was a teenager, and a little histrionic. But that experience, in 1959, stays with Stemley, along with many...WW…

The most famous reindeer of all has flown to Atlanta.The puppet hero of the 1964 animated children’s feature, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and his boss Santa have piloted their sleigh to Midtown’s Center for Puppetry Arts.An anonymous donor bought them for $368,000 at auction Nov. 13 and gave them to the center on semi-permanent loan.Rudolph’s stop-motion Christmas special is perhaps the most successful Rankin/Bass production ever, and one of the most durable traditions of holiday television-watching.In 2014, on the film’s 50th anniversary, the U.S. Postal Service issued stamps in its...…The most famous reindeer of all has flown to Atlanta.The puppet hero of the 1964 animated children’s feature, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and his boss Santa have piloted their sleigh to Midtown’s Center for Puppetry Arts.An anonymous donor bought them for $368,000 at auction Nov. 13 and gave them to the center on semi-permanent loan.Rudolph’s stop-motion Christmas special is perhaps the most successful Rankin/Bass production ever, and one of the most durable traditions of holiday television-watching.In 2014, on the film’s 50th anniversary, the U.S. Postal Service issued stamps in its...WW…