Monday matters
Nov. 18 — Kambera, a western lowland gorilla at Zoo Atlanta, delivered the 26th gorilla born at the zoo last week. The infant, a female, appears healthy and is displaying positive signs such as a strong grip and normal vocalizations.
☀️ Sunny and 75° today.
🚨 Brookhaven Police arrested and charged three suspects with murder and armed robbery in connection with a Nov. 9 homicide at Blackburn Park.
📰 After fourteen years in the suburbs, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution moves into new Midtown offices today. NPR has more on the plan to rebuild the daily paper.
🚇 We have more details on MARTA’s compromise with the City of Atlanta to proceed with major renovations to the busy Five Points Station.
🏨 The 145-room Atlanta Element Perimeter Center hotel is the latest addition to Dunwoody’s Campus 244 complex.
🏈 Georgia jumped to No. 8 in the AP Top 25 rankings after beating Tennessee on Saturday. The College Football Playoff rankings will be released tomorrow.
💰 A University of Georgia student’s perfect 33-yard field goal kick on ESPN College GameDay won $800,000 — half of which will go to hurricane relief.
ELSEWHERE
✈️ Spirit Airlines filed for bankruptcy protection this morning.
🚨 Masked individuals carrying Nazi flags marched through Columbus, OH shouting racist and antisemitic slurs on Saturday.
➡ House Speaker Mike Johnson signaled support for recess appointments to allow President-elect Donald Trump to fill his Cabinet.
🎗️ Bela Karolyi, the legendary coach who transformed U.S. gymnastics into an international powerhouse, died at 82.
🕖 Here’s what’s in today’s newsletter:
• Beltline food tours
• Artist Ren Dillard
• Global Headlines
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• Look & Listen
Have a great week,
Collin & Sammie
🎁 Buckhead is brimming with celebrations this holiday season! A holiday market, afternoon teas with Santa, hot chocolate crawls, Christmas tree lighting, and wreath decorating are just a few highlights of Miracle on Peachtree, Buckhead’s annual season of festivities. Check out the full lineup of celebrations! SPONSOR MESSAGE
1. BiteLines offers a taste of the city’s Beltline restaurants
🥑 Nicole Gustin grew up in Marietta and lived elsewhere for years before returning to Atlanta in 2011. She leased an apartment on the newly opened Eastside Beltline and observed the fresh energy the pedestrian trail was bringing to the city.
After going on a food tour while vacationing in Miami, Gustin was inspired to create BiteLines Atlanta Food Tours in 2018, but the actual launch was delayed until 2021 by the pandemic.
Since she started the Food and Street Art Tour, Gustin has added two more tours to the lineup: Barks and Bites Doggie Crawl and the Atlanta Pizza and Beer Crawl.
🥖 Learn more about BiteLines here.
MORE RESTAURANT NEWS
🧆 Popular Middle Eastern restaurant Delbar opens today in Buckhead. Taking over the space once home to King & Duke on Peachtree Road, the Buckhead location of Delbar will serve a menu similar to the Inman Park and Alpharetta locations.
Experience holiday magic in Buckhead during Miracle on Peachtree festivities
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🎄 Buckhead is brimming with celebrations this holiday season! A holiday market, afternoon teas with Santa, hot chocolate crawls, Christmas tree lighting, and wreath decorating for Atlanta first responders are just a few highlights of Miracle on Peachtree, Buckhead’s annual season of festivities.
Whether you are looking for a memory-making experience for the family or a unique setting for date night or a celebration with friends, Buckhead has something to fit the bill.
📅 Events begin Nov. 22 – check them out and mark your calendar for festive fun!
2. Modern-day alchemy with artist Ren Dillard
🎨 Ever since he was a child, Ren Dillard has been an artist. His first memory is of creating a piece of artwork on the cover of a phone book which his mother proudly hung up on the fridge before calling all her friends and relatives over to take a look. “I remember thinking to myself, ‘Wow, I’m an artist,’” Dillard recalled.
Dillard grew up in Savannah, GA, and attended Savannah State University where he majored in mass communications. After graduation, he found his way to working in radio, before eventually relocating to Philadelphia.
He came to Atlanta for reasons he could have never anticipated. In the years since he returned, he has been steadily working to get his name out there, network with fellow artists and gallerists, and continue pushing his art to evolve and grow along with him.
➡️ Learn more about Dillard and his work here.
3. US green lights long-range missle use in Ukraine; Denmark’s first Miss Universe
🇺🇦 Ukraine’s military will be allowed to use Western weapons to strike inside Russia. The Biden Administration reportedly changed its policy in response to North Korean soldiersjoining Russian troops.
🇮🇳 India successfully tested its first hypersonic missile, which can fly at over 3,000 mph and maneuver midflight, becoming the fourth nation after the U.S., Russia, and China to demonstrate the capability.
🇿🇦 A court in South Africa has ordered that emergency workers be allowed to reach hundreds of miners who’ve been hiding underground illegally for months, many without food and water.
🇧🇩 At least 400 people have died of dengue fever in Bangladesh as the country struggles with the worst outbreak in years.
🇨🇴 Top lawmakers in Colombia voted to outlaw child marriage. Under the new law, which is designed to protect minors, the minimum age of consent to marry would be 18.
🇧🇷 Leaders of the world’s top economies are meeting in Brazil for the G20 Summit. The G20 comes on the heels of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, or APEC, in Peru.
🇸🇧 Scientists found the world’s largest standalone coral off the Solomon Islands.
🇦🇺 A couple in Australia came home to find a koala in their bed.
🇩🇰 Denmark’s Victoria Kjær Theilvig made history as her country’s first Miss Universe winner, with Nigeria’s Chidimma Adetshina as first runner-up.
🗓️ Save the date for March 7, 2025, for the World Affairs Council of Atlanta’s 10th Annual International Women’s Day breakfast featuring Edible Brands’ Asma Farid. She’ll share her inspiring story from growing up in Pakistan to launching multinational businesses in the U.S.
🎁 Buckhead is brimming with celebrations this holiday season! A holiday market, afternoon teas with Santa, hot chocolate crawls, Christmas tree lighting, and wreath decorating are just a few highlights of Miracle on Peachtree, Buckhead’s annual season of festivities. Check out the full lineup of celebrations! SPONSOR MESSAGE
4. Eyes and ears on Georgia
🎙️The Atlanta History Center and WABE will debut 1912: The Forsyth County Expulsion and Its Aftermath, a six-episode podcast uncovering the devastating story of more than 1,000 Black residents forced out of Forsyth County, and the enduring impact on their descendants.
📺 The new six-part Max documentary “Call Me Ted” follows Atlanta media mogul Ted Turner’s career and colorful travails, including the creation of Turner Broadcasting, CNN, and his marriage to Jane Fonda.
🎧 Horticulturist, historian, writer, and Atlanta native Abra Lee is the guest on the latest episode of the Archive Atlanta podcast discussing the rise and impact of Black Garden Clubs.
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📧 Today’s newsletter was edited by Julie E. Bloemeke.
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