Mark your calendars for the 75th Annual Atlanta Dogwood Festival! From April 15th through 17th the city will celebrate the white and pink flowering trees with events in and around Piedmont Park. This year the festival is partnering with the Atlanta History Center and Margaret Mitchell House to mark the 75th anniversary of Gone With […]
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Chocolate: Seed to Sweet Opens at the Atlanta Botanical Garden
Bring your sweet tooth to the Atlanta Botanical Garden this fall for Chocolate: Seed to Sweet! The new exhibition is fun for chocolate fans of all ages. After passing through a giant cacao pod visitors learn how chocolate is made, starting with the cacao tree and ending with candy factories. At this weekend’s grand opening […]
A Musical Safari at Ultra
“Ultra is like going on safari.” An interesting and accurate observation from will.i.am, who I got to chat with after his Friday night performance at the two day music festival in downtown Miami. As will.i.am explained to me, on a safari you’re not sure where you’re going or what kind of animals you’re going to […]
Snapshots from Ultra Music Festival 2010
More than 200 DJs and a sold out crowd of about 100,000 people helped make the 2010 Ultra Music Festival the biggest and best yet. The 12th edition of the festival rocked Bicentennial Park in downtown Miami with Tiësto headlining on Friday night and Deadmau5 on Saturday night. Performing on 16 stages over the two […]
Celebrating Beatlemania in Miami
Today is September 9, 2009, or 9/09/09. Besides being a cool-looking date, it’s a special day for Beatles fans. Today the digitally remastered versions of the Beatles studio albums will be released, as will “The Beatles: Rock Band,” a video game that lets you play along with the group. Why 9/09/09? Besides songs like “One […]
Miami GuitarTown: Art that Rocks
Downtown Miami is getting a little bit more rock and roll with the debut of Miami GuitarTown. The public art project presented by Gibson Guitar features 70 ten-foot tall guitar sculptures and regular size Epiphone Casino showcase guitars that have been designed by local and nationally acclaimed artists. The guitars and sculptures will be on […]
Tastings that Rock at NYC’s City Winery
When you think Led Zeppelin, you think rock and roll, amazing guitar solos and wine, right? Well, maybe not the wine part. But if you think about how you would describe Led Zeppelin’s music, it’s not far from how you would describe wine. In talking about songs like “The Ocean” and “Heartbreaker” you can use […]
The Black Eyed Peas Debut New Sound at Miami’s Ultra Music Festival
Miami got its first taste of the new Black Eyed Peas Friday night at Ultra Music Festival. After a three-year absence, Fergie, will.i.am, apl.de.ap, and Taboo reunited on the main stage, kicking off their set with a remixed version of their hit “Let’s Get It Started” that featured an electronic dance beat. It was a […]
Highlights from Ultra Music Festival
Looking for Ultra 2010? Click Here I’ve been sick with a sore throat the past couple of days. Perhaps it was from all the cheering at Ultra or trying to shout over the music. Either way, it’s a small price to pay for getting to check out two days of performances by some of the […]
Sights, Sounds and Tastes at Ultra Music Festival
Paul van Dyk, Tiësto, Kaskade, Carl Cox, Moby and more — the biggest names in dance and electronic music are in Miami this weekend for Ultra Music Festival, part of the Winter Music Conference. More than 70,000 people are expected to attend the 11th edition of the festival to watch performances by more than 100 […]