Other Events and Community Service Projects in Decatur

September

Decatur Library Music Series: Veronika Jackson
Sept. 11
The musical programs, sponsored by Friends of the Decatur Library, are held in the Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The programs are free and open to the community. Veronika Jackson is an expressive acoustic guitar player whose Piedmont style is rhythmic, clear and bluesy. She tells stories through her music and makes audiences feel as if they are sitting in her home listening.

'Beat the Street for Little Feet' Returns
Sept. 13 • 9 a.m.
Feet of all sizes are welcome to join Oakhurst Cooperative Preschool families for a Saturday morning of running and fun on Sept. 13, 9 a.m., at Harmony Park.
The race includes a 5K with special jog stroller division, a one-mile race for younger participants and a “fun run” for the youngest runners. The post-race festival features live music for the kids, art tables, food, and a raffle.
In keeping with the preschool’s commitment to the environment, both the race and the festival are being planned to minimize our carbon footprint.
Award-winning local artist James Dean has created another one-of-a-kind “Pete the Cat” race T-shirt for the event. To check out the new T-shirt design and to register for the race, visit www.oakhurstcoop.com. You may also register at www.active.com or at the Big Peach Running Company in downtown Decatur.


Garden of Eatin': A Taste of Decatur
Saturday, Sept. 13 • 4-7 p.m. • Holiday Inn Decatur Conference Center
Tickets $20 in advance; $25 at the door • Discounts for children and families
Decatur Cooperative Ministry presents food samples from more than 25 Decatur restaurants, quality silent auction items, fun activities for children and crowd-pleasing music and entertainment. Proceeds help provide services for homeless and at-risk families, including emergency shelter, transitional housing, financial assistance and education. For information call  404-371-9334  ext 5 or visit www.decaturcooperativeministry.org.

A Back to School Event with Hoopla and Friends
Sunday, Sept. 14 • 4-6 p.m
Hoopla an eclectic children’s store in Decatur is pleased to announce their first ‘Get Healthy with Hoopla’ event on Sunday, Sept 14th from 4-6pm. The fun, interactive afternoon will include; a healthy lunch cooking demonstration, organic baby food samples, information on children’s and prental yoga, and special sales all throughout Hoopla. Free and open to the public it’s a wonderful way to start off the school year. Many of the activities will be presented by local partner businesses. Cooking with Monkeys, an online retailer known for their convenient bento style lunch box will present the cooking demonstrations. Decatur Hot Yoga instructors will lead children in simple poses to help encourage good physical fitness and Jacks Harvest will be offering samples of their organic locally grown baby food. In addition Lotus chiropractic will be talking about alternative ways to keep your kids physically healthy and as an added bonus Hoopla is having a 15% off sale on all fall apparel and a special price of only $26.99 for monogrammed backpacks. For more information about the event visit Hoopla at www.hooplakids.com or 414 Church St. in Decatur  404-371-9485 .

Laughing Stock Produced by Methodist Church
Sept. 18-21
Decatur First United Methodist Church invites the community to its production of Laughing Stock, an affectionate and farcical look into the world of theatres written by Charles Morey and directed by Sharon Brewer.
Performances will be Sept. 18 and 19, 7:30 p.m.; Sept. 20, 5:30 p.m.; and Sept. 21, 1:30 p.m. A nursery will be provided on Friday night and Sunday afternoon. Nursery reservations must be made in advance by calling Phyllis Conard at the church, 404-378-4541.
General admission tickets will be available at the door. Ticket prices are $10 for adults, $8 for youth and seniors, and $5 for elementary children. For more information, please call Melinda Mobley, 404-373-4139.

Enjoy Movies on the Quad at Agnes Scott
Sunday, Sept. 19 • 8:30 p.m.
Agnes Scott College invites the community to the Movie on the Woodruff Quad series. The Sept. 19 feature – “Kung Fu Panda” – will begin at sunset. Bring your picnics and enjoy an evening under the stars on the Agnes Scott College campus. For information visit www.agnesscott.edu.

Fall Fashion Festival in Oakhurst Village
Sept. 20 • 7-9 p.m.
The Oakhurst Village merchants have scheduled a Fall Fashion Festival with live music and a hair/fashion show for Saturday, Sept. 20, in front of Matador Mexican Restaurant, Fresche Salon and Calavino’s Bistro at the corner of Mead and Oakview roads.
Real clients of the merchants will serve as models, presenting classic, chic and funky hairstyles and attire for the fall season. Other highlights include local jewelry artisans and fun-filled gift bags distributed to the first 50 guests.
Guests may dine outside at the local restaurants while enjoying the event.

SkaterAid to Rock East Decatur Station
Sunday, Sept. 21
The fourth annual SkaterAid skateboard, music and art festival will offer something for everyone on Sunday, Sept. 21, 3-8 p.m., at East Decatur Station. The friends and family of Ian Wochatz, a young Decatur High School skateboard enthusiast who died of brain cancer, started the festival four years ago. All proceeds go to the Brain Tumor Foundation for Children. SkaterAid 4 will feature an array of skateboard ramps and jumps, all custom-built and donated to the event by Thomas Taylor of Stratosphere Skateboards in Little Five Points. Live music, activities for younger and older non-skateboarders, food and beverages, and the SkaterAid T-shirt will once again be offered. One of the highlights of SkaterAid is the art deck auction. Last year, more than 20 local artists took old skateboard decks (the part you stand on) and turned them into works of art – some beautiful, some functional, some very edgy but all unique. The art decks will be featured in a preview show at the Brick Store Pub prior to SkaterAid 4, so watch for an announcement of that event. SkaterAid 4 will take place rain or shine. To obtain a skateboard deck to transform, or to volunteer, please visit www.skateraid.net.

NPR's Steve Goss is Chef du Jour at Voila
Sept. 21
Steve Goss, host of NPR’s (WABE, 90.1 FM) “Morning Edition,” will be Chef du Jour at the second annual benefit dinner for Woodlands Garden, Sept. 21, at Voilà, 410-B W. Ponce de Leon Ave.
Woodlands Garden is a seven-acre greenspace given by the Morse family to the Decatur community in 2002. Its mission is to preserve a woodland garden as an urban sanctuary for educating and engaging the community in the natural world.
The Chefs du Jour program at Voilà features people who love to cook but are not professional chefs. They serve as chef for a day to benefit their favorite charity. Mr. Goss’s menu will feature his favorite recipe, Shrimp and Scallops Scampi.
Dinner is at 7 p.m. Tickets are $50 and reservations are required. For more information or for reservations, call 404-371-4444 or email susan@decaturpreservationalliance.org.

Decatur Library Music Series: Old Enough To Know Better
Sept. 25
The musical programs, sponsored by Friends of the Decatur Library, are held in the Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The programs are free and open to the community. Old Enough to Know Better is a Decatur group known for singing songs in wide variety of styles and tongues, all with rich, close harmonies. Their repertoire includes pop, folk, shape-note hymns, bluegrass gospel, Beach Boys, a Sea Island hymn and folk ballads.

Fall Plant Sale at Oakhurst Community Garden
Sept. 27 • 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sept. 28 • Noon-5 p.m.
Vegetable, flower, and herb transplants plus drought-hardy flowering perennials will be available for sale at Oakhurst Community Garden the Decatur Garden Tour. Oakhurst Garden is at 435 Oakview Rd. For information call  678-642-4977 .

October

Beacon Hill Artist Studio Tour
Oct. 24 •  4-9 p.m.
The third annual Artist Studio Tour to raise funds for the arts at Decatur High School will be held at Beacon Hill Studios, 410 W. Trinity Place., on Saturday, Oct. 4. Nine Beacon Hill artists and a number of guest artists will show their works in ceramics, clay sculpture, photography, jewelry design, video, mixed media, painting, drawing and fabric arts.
For more information and directions, contact, Rodney Grainger,  404-210-9846 , or visit www.decaturartsalliance.org.

Decatur Education Foundation Hosts Low Country Boil
Oct. 23 •  6:30 p.m.
The sixth annual Low Country Boil benefiting the Decatur Education Foundation (DEF) will take place Oct. 23, at the Solarium in Oakhurst. For the first time, this event will be open to the public. For the last five years, the event was held at a private home in Decatur, but the crowd had grown so large over the years, it was time to make a change.
The Decatur Education Foundation has worked hard to give Decatur’s students and teachers added support they would not have received from any other source. A few examples of DEF’s impact in its first seven years:
• $150,000 in mini-grants to support innovative teaching and 150 professional development scholarships for teachers.
• Nearly 19,000 new books purchased for economically disadvantaged students in pre-K through 5th grade.
• 600 scholarships for students attending summer school, summer camps and after-school academic support.
• $32,000 in annual college scholarships for Decatur High graduates.
Tickets will go on sale in early September for this year’s Low Country Boil. Mark your calendar now for an evening of great food, live music, and festivities – all for a great cause. Visit www.decaturlowcountryboil.com for full event details, sponsorship information and ticket sales.

Old House Fair Coming in October
Saturday, Oct. 25 • 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
The City of Decatur, DeKalb History Center, and Decatur Preservation Alliance announce their inaugural Old House Fair at the Holiday Inn Decatur Conference Plaza, 130 Clairemont Ave.The event will feature a large exhibition space with vendors of home improvement, historic preservation, renovation, interior furnishing, and construction products and services. A variety of seminars will include hands-on demonstrations on restoring historic windows, improving an old house’s energy efficiency, developing an old-house maintenance plan, researching old houses, and tax incentives for certified rehabilitation.
Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door (cash or check only for tickets). They may be purchased at Decatur City Hall, 509 N. McDonough St.; Smith Ace Hardware, 601 E. College Ave.; Intown Hardware, 1404 Scott Blvd.; 17 Steps, 235-M Ponce de Leon Place; Kudzu, 2928 E. Ponce de Leon Ave.; Mission Motif, 1963 Hosea Williams Dr.; and Intown Ace Hardware, 854 N .Highland Ave.
For more information visit www.decaturoldhousefair.com.
 

For a current schedule of Agnes Scott College’s sports events visit the school’s athletics webpage.

www.agnesscott.edu/athletics

Anne Frank in the World: 1929-1945 is on exhibit at the Old Court House on the Square and is open to the public. The exhibit contains more than 600 photographs. Tours include a video, “The Short Life of Anne Frank.”

The exhibit is is presented by DeKalb County, the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust, and the DeKalb History Center. It is open Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Sundays, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free.

Volunteers help bring the story and lessons of the Holocaust and Anne Frank to life. No experience is needed to become a volunteer and all training is provided. To volunteer, call 678-839-6281 for more information or to register for a training session. For more information on the Anne Frank in the World Exhibit, call 404-370-3056 or visit holocaust.georgia.gov.