Friday, April 12, 2013
The world-famous comic actor is filming "A Friggin' Christmas Miracle" with Lauren Graham and others.
There's another film crew in Tucker. This one is shooting a comedy called A Friggin' Christmas Miracle and features Robin Williams, Lauren Graham, Candice Bergen, Joel McHale and Oliver Platt, among others. It's about a man who drives around on Christmas eve with his father looking for replacement gifts after realizing he forgot his son's presents, according to IMDB. The director is Englishman Tristram Shapeero. The set is in the Smoke Rise neighborhood and started filming early on Tuesday morning. A house with 1970s architecture is being used for principal photography for the next three weeks. The house belongs to Tucker lawyer Richard Foxworth, who told Patch: "They were just looking for a '70s-built, split-level house. We had received a…
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
The nationally known comedian and actor signed copies of his new book "Point Your Face at This" on April 3.
Nationally known funnyman and actor Demetri Martin stopped by Eagle Eye Book Shop on April 3 to sign copies of his new book Point Your Face at This.
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Monday, April 8, 2013
Shallowford Presbyterian Church has a Prayer Shawl Ministry – volunteers who create prayer shawls that are given to show the care and concern of God and of the Shallowford Presbyterian Church family.
Saturday, April 6, 2013
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Theater group left Suburban Plaza because of the Walmart development.
OnStage Atlanta, the theater group that called Suburban Plaza home for 11 1/2 years, has moved to its new location at 2969 East Ponce de Leon Ave. in Decatur. The theatre will open its first show, The 39 Steps, in its new space later this month. OnStage Atlanta had to move from its Suburban Plaza digs because of the planned and controversial Walmart for that site, Barry West, the theater's managing director, told Patch. The landlord told them they'd have to find a new location. In the end, it ended up being a blessing in disguise as the new spot is larger than the old location, he said. Even so, the some construction and building delays have pushed back some plans. The 39 Steps, based on the Alfred Hitchcock film, was to have opened next …
Monday, April 1, 2013
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The New York comedian is promoting his book "Point Your Face at This" at the North Decatur bookstore.
Comedian Demetri Martin will arrive in North Decatur on Wednesday to promote his new book Point Your Face at This. Martin, a New Yorker, will arrive at Eagle Eye Book Shop at 4 p.m. to sign copies of his book before he performs two shows at The Punchline in Atlanta. Here's a synopsis of the book from Martin's website: In his first book, This Is A Book, Demetri Martin introduced fans and readers to his unique brand of long-form humor writing. Now Demetri returns with an eclectic volume devoted entirely to his trademark one-liners and drawings, as well as short prose and poetry, leaving the longer-form material for his next hardcover. Like an indie stepchild of Gary Larson, and Jack Handey, POINT YOUR FACE AT THIS contains hundreds of …
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013
The production is apparently using Suburban Plaza, according to recent Internet chatter Monday.
Walmart isn't the only big player with designs on Suburban Plaza. Will Ferrell and his Anchorman: The Legend Continues production do as well, according to Internet chatter Monday afternoon. The comedy film production, which has been seen filming throughout the Atlanta metro area recently, has been using the shopping center in some capacity, according to the Kitsch'n 155 Facebook page and several posters on it.
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Linda Cortright travels, travels, and travels some more. She travels to places most of us wouldn't dream of going, and she travels to honor "the heart of natural fibers; the animals and people."
Friday, March 22, 2013
The May 5 festival will be held in Vista Grove Shopping Center.
The first Oak Groove Festival comes to Vista Grove Shopping Center on May 5, and the festival has launched a website and is looking for sponsors. Some new highlights about the festival, courtesy of the website: A previous blog about the festival in North Druid Hills-Briarcliff Patch:
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2:07 pm on Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Saw him later that night at Punchline. Awesome set and cool guy. more ›