

Sunday, January 25
I haven’t swooned for a chick singer so hard since Zooey Deschanel. Anya Marina is playing tonight at the Drunken Unicorn. A little funky, a little raspy, a little jazzy, a lot of awesome.
[mp3] Anya Marina – All The Same To Me
Monday, January 26
Reclaiming Atlanta’s Neighborhoods! A Rally for Action, Awareness, & Change
Findley Plaza at Intersection of Moreland Avenue & Euclid Avenue | Little Five Points | 5-7pm
ATAC is hosting the first in a monthly series of neighborhood rallies around the city in an effort to build awareness to the growing threat of violent crime in the city and to tell communities, businesses, and city leadership it’s time to get creative in finding solutions.
Tuesday, January 27
Learn a new skill at WonderRoot for free! Classes this Tuesday include New Roots (Youth Only) from 4-6PM and Adobe Illustrator from 6-8PM. Visit the WonderRoot site for a full schedule of classes and events.
Wednesday, January 28
Atlanta restaurants and businesses will be participating in a Dine Out event on Wednesday, January 28th, 2009. Proceeds from this event will be donated to Crime Stoppers Atlanta and go directly to increasing the reward for information leading to the apprehension and arrest of the individuals involved in the murder of John Henderson at Standard Food & Spirits in Grant Park a few weeks ago.
You can find the complete list of participating businesses on ATAC’s website.
Thursday, January 29
Christian Lander of Stuff White People Like will be hanging out and signing books at Euclid Avenue Yacht Club in Little Five Points.
More info available from Fresh Loaf.
Friday, January 30
A week of great music continues with M83 and The Killers at the Atlanta Civic Center. Be sure to arrive in time for M83, on tour with The Killers following a sold-out U.S. fall tour, in support of their fifth album “Saturdays = Youth“.
[mp3] M83 – Kim & Jessie
[mp3] M83 – Kim & Jessie (Montag Remix)
Saturday, January 31
China On Screen opens at the High Museum of Art. The three-part series of award-winning films presented in coordination with The First Emperor: China’s Terracotta Army, features dramatic works by leading Sixth Generation figures and a celebrated documentary from a Canadian director of Chinese descent.
January 26th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Guess I’m going out to eat on Wednesday!
January 29th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
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February 6th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
Yay Anya! Glad to see her getting some recognition, saw her performing at a press conference and she was quite engaging even with all these people coming in and out looking for the buffett.
Anya is also going to be on Rockville, CA (http://www.thewb.com/shows/rockville-ca/)Â which will have two full length video performances of her and the other bands listed, you can also sign up for the email list there.
February 25th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
[...] Anya Marina has added a few more dates to round out her tour, book-ending her debut at this year’s SXSW. She just wrapped a tour with The Virgins and Lissy Trullie, and will be opening for Greg Laswell once again this time accompanied by fellow folkie, Jay Nash. Anya has been driving herself all over the US (sans tour bus) for the true road trip experience and so fans can see her in action, playing in-stores and coffee houses alike. [...]