Monday mood
Sept. 16 —The Falcons return to “Monday Night Football” tonight, facing the Eagles in Philadelphia at 8:15 p.m. on ESPN and 92.9 FM.
⛅ Partly cloudy and 83° today.
🗳️ Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance headlines tonight’s Georgia Faith & Freedom Coalition dinner at the Cobb Galleria Centre. Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz campaigns in Macon and Atlanta tomorrow.
➡ Fulton County DA Fani Willis defied a subpoena on Friday issued by a Georgia Senate committee investigating her election interference indictment against former President Donald Trump.
🤝 The City of Atlanta and Atlanta Public Schools have entered an agreement to redevelop eight surplus properties, starting with the shuttered Lakewood Elementary School.
🌳 Brookhaven City Council voted to spend $500,000 to acquire an empty, half-acre lot to expand Lynwood Park.
💼 LaChandra Burks has been named the City of Atlanta’s new chief operating officer.
🐾 Our colleague Cathy Cobbs has a bittersweet update on the tale of Jasper, a terrier who went missing during fireworks in Tucker.
🎤 Contributor Jacob Nguyen has a review of Meghan Trainor’s sold-out Friday concert at Ameris Bank Amphitheater.
🏈 After struggling to beat Kentucky, Georgia fell to No. 2 in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll. The undefeated Dawgs have a bye week before playing at No. 4 Alabama.
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🚨 The FBI is investigating a possible assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump yesterday in West Palm Beach, FL. Police arrested 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh. Here are live updates from the BBC.
⭐ “Shogun” made history with 18 wins, including outstanding drama, at last night’s Emmy Awards. “Hacks” won outstanding comedy, and “The Bear” claimed 11 trophies, including actor in a comedy series for Jeremy Allen White, and supporting actress in a comedy series for Liza Colón-Zayas.
🎗️ Tito Jackson, an original member of the Jackson 5 and a brother of Michael Jackson, has died at 70. The cause of death is unknown.
🕖 Here’s what’s in today’s newsletter:
• Narcan fundraiser
• Atlanta Design Festival
• Global Headlines
• Look & Listen
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• Rough Draft events
Have a great week,
Collin & Sammie
🌎 Come Togäther, the week of German-speaking countries, returns to Atlanta Sept. 19-28! Join us in celebrating the language, culture, diverse traditions, and modern lifestyles of German-speaking countries. The week will feature various cultural, educational, and business events!
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1. Dunwoody High student exceeds Narcan fundraising goal
💵 Dunwoody High School junior Mady Cohen has not only met her goal, but more than doubled it in an effort to raise $5,000 so that opioid-reversing Narcan could be available in every classroom at the school.
Cohen reported that more than $11,000 has been raised so far, not only fulfilling the original goal but also allowing for the expansion of drug education for students, teachers, and parents.
“It felt so great going to classrooms and handing it [supplies of Narcan] out directly to teachers,” she said. “We have begun discussions for an educational piece for students, teachers, and parents on the dangers of opioid addiction and overdose prevention.”
➳ Find out more about the fundraiser here.
Don’t miss dECOlonial Feelin this week
SPONSORED BY MICHAEL C. CARLOS MUSEUM
🗓️ On Sept. 19-21, Emory College, Emory University Libraries, the Carlos Museum, and Clark Atlanta University Art Museum will host dECOlonial Feelin, an international symposium led by Emory’s Tiphanie Yanique.
This symposium raises awareness of lingering coloniality in the Virgin Islands and offers a space to engage with ecological thought and anticolonial practice through art, poetry, archives, philosophy, storytelling, and spiritual practice.
➡️ A key aspect of the symposium is the opening of exhibitions by acclaimed artist La Vaughn Belle at the Carlos Museum and Clark Atlanta University Art Museum.
2. Atlanta Design Festival returns
🏠 The Atlanta Design Festival returns from Sept. 28-Oct. 6 with film screenings, conference panels, exhibitions, and design tours all led by industry leaders.
The event includes the annual MA! Architecture Tour with both guided and individual opportunities. Some highlights are the Solar RED-y House, Old Ivy Residence, The Blair Building, and West Wesley House (pictured).
Industry professionals from Morris Adjmi Architects, Futurist, Central Atlanta Progress, The Lola, Amazon, Google Cloud Consulting and Georgia Tech will be at the festival on Sept. 28 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. for the Creative Futures Conference.
➳ Find out more about the festival here.
3. Venezuela accuses CIA; Brigitte Macron’s ‘Emily in Paris’ cameo
🇻🇪 Venezuela claims the CIA plotted to assassinate President Nicolás Maduro, arresting six foreigners including three Americans. The U.S. dismissed the allegations as “categorically false.”
🇵🇬 At least 20 people are likely dead in violent clashes in Papua New Guinea. Police have been granted emergency powers, including use of lethal force, to contain the violence.
🇯🇴 King Abdullah II appointed technocrat Jafar Hassan as Jordan’s new prime minister after accepting Bisher al-Khasawneh’s resignation. The move follows parliamentary elections dominated by frustrations over economic woes and the Israel-Hamas war.
🇱🇰 Sri Lankans head to the polls this week to elect a president.
🇬🇧 British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with President Joe Biden in Washington, D.C. on Friday.
🇲🇽 Drug cartels have started a war in the northern Mexican state of Sinaloa.
🇸🇸 The government of South Sudan has delayed presidential elections for another two years.
🇨🇳 China, along with Chinese communities around the world, will celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival by feasting with family and friends and eating mooncakes.
🇫🇷 Brigitte Macron, the First Lady of France, made a cameo appearance in the fourth season of “Emily in Paris.”
🗓️ On Wed., Sept. 25, the World Affairs Council of Atlanta welcomes Helene Gayle, M.D. MPH, for a fireside chat breakfast about international influence as a model of single-sex higher education for women of African descent. Sponsored by Bank of America. Register today!
🦋 Mark your calendar for the Mulberry Fields Gone Wylde fundraiser Sept. 21 from 4-8 p.m. at Mulberry Fields Garden in Candler Park! Enjoy kids’ activities, live music, great food, s’mores, and more. Proceeds support Wylde Center’s environmental education programs. Don’t miss out!
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4. Atlanta pods and reads
🎙️ Atlantans Greer Mendel and Simonie Levy found a common thread in being widowed. Now the fast friends are hosting a podcast to normalize grief called “Grief & Grit.”
🎧 Archive Atlanta takes a deep dive into the history of Cheshire Bridge Road and its significant LGBTQ history.
🎙️Nikki and Chad Strickland’s Atlanta-based pod, Culture Edit, dishes on everything from Taylor Swift, old vs. new movies, and “underconsumption core.”
🎗️ Our condolences to the friends, family, and colleagues of late Creative Loafing food critic and Georgia Voice columnist Cliff Bostock, who died last week after a long battle with cancer. You can read some of his often snarky reviews here.
The Rough Draft team will be at a handful of local events in the coming days and weeks. Here’s where you can find us this week:
💬 Our publisher Keith Pepper moderates “Staying Connected: How Text-Based News Services Can Broaden Rural Reporting” at ONA24 on Thurs., Sept. 19 at 10:30 a.m. (Registration required).
💡 Keith and Collin are on panels a next weekend’s free Ideas Festival Emory:
📧 Today’s newsletter was edited by Julie E. Bloemeke.
