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Spelman Spotlight, Atlanta, GA
March 4, 1993
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
STAYING HERE FOR SPRING BREAK?
By Kanika Williams
Arts & Entertainment Editor
O.K—So your Spring Break plans
did not turn out the way you had
hoped. Maybe you can’t afford to go to
Jamaica, Daytona Beach or even back
home. Fortunately, there is a less
expensive alternative to those out-of-
town trips. Many people fail to
recognize that Atlanta has a lot to offer
for Spring Fun and relaxation!
Relax, Relate, Release...
* Sydell Salon
Buckhead Plaza/Cumberland Mall
Pamper yourself...Go to a full
service spa featuring massages, facials,
manicures, pedicures, makeovers and
more.
* Bally’s Holiday Fitness Center
(Located in nine area locations in
Atlanta. Call 1-800-695-8111 for the
one nearest you.)
Tone up...Get in shape for the
summer. Take advantage of their free
two-week trial before possible
membership.
Explore American, African American
and Georgian history...
* High Museum of Art
1280 Peachtree Street N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309
This museum houses European and
American paintings, sculptures,
decorative arts, photography and
graphics. Adults $4. Students with I.D.
$2
* African American Panoramic
Experience (APEX) Museum
135 Auburn Avenue N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30303
This museum contains exhibits on
local black history figures and
neighborhoods. It also houses exhibits
that depict the cultural heritage of
African Americans and recognize their
contributions and achievements.
Students $1.
* Scitrek Science & Technology
Museum
295 Piedmont Avenue N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30308
Featuring the Star Trek: Federation
Science exhibit. Adults $6.
* George Beach, Ann Jacob Gallery of
Contemporary Art
March 1-31, Monday-Saturday 10
a.m. - 9 p.m. Sunday 12:30 p.m. - 5:30
p.m.
* Photography Exhibit, Atlanta History
Center
March 1-July 19
Featuring: On the Set of Gone with
the Wind
* Fembank Museum of Natural History
767 Clifton Road N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30307
March 1- April 30
Featuring: A Walk Through Time In
Georgia. Students with I.D. $4.
Take Time To Appreciate Downtown
Attractions...
* CNN Studio Tours
1 CNN Center
Marietta Street at Techwood Drive
Atlanta, GA 30335
45-minute tour of the headquarters of
Cable New Network and Headline
News. Adults $5. Students under 18
$2.50.
* Atlanta Heritage Row
55 Upper Alabama Street
Atlanta GA 30303
Step into Atlanta’s past when the
Indians lived along Peachtree Creek.
Travel through decades that have
molded Atlanta into today’s thriving
"Capitol of the South." Adults $3.
* The "World of Coca-Cola" Pavilion
55 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
Atlanta, GA 30303
Highlights the story of Coca-Cola all
around the world. Innovation and
entertainment are mingled with
memorabilia in this "one of a kind"
attraction dedicated to the century-old
relationship between Coca-Cola and its
consumers. Adults $2.50.
* Georgia State Capitol
Capitol Hill at Washington Street
Atlanta, GA 30344
This 1889 building houses natural
science displays, a Hall of Flags and a
Hall of Fame honoring outstanding
Georgians. No Charge.
Discover why Fortune Magazine in
1956 called Sweet Auburn Street,
"The richest Negroe street in the
world." Visit the street where legends
lived, businesses boomed and
"visionaries turned dreams into
reality with pride and dignity"...
* The Freedom Walk is a 1.2 mile walk
from the Information Center in
Underground Atlanta to the world
famous Martin Luther King Jr. Center
for Nonviolent Social Change.
* APEX Museum
135 Auburn Ave.
* Atlanta Daily World Building
145 Auburn Ave
The site of the nation’s first black-
owned daily newspaper. One of the first
training grounds for black printers.
* Rucker Building
158-160 Auburn Ave.
Atlanta’s first black built and owned
office building. Erected in 1904.
* Wall of Respect
Auburn park
Paints a depiction of prominent black
leaders.
* The Top Hat/Royal Peacock Club
184-186 Auburn Ave
One of the major black entertainment
centers in the country during the 1940s.
Cab Calloway, Gladys Knight, James
Brown, Diana Ross and Louis
Armstrong were among the many black
entertainers who performed there.
* Big Bethel A.M.E. Church
220 Auburn Ave.
This church has been the center of
the community and the focal point for
social action throughout the country.
* YMCA
20-24 Butler Street
Built in 1920. The "Y" is the home
of the Hungry Club luncheons, a
weekly forum for white and black
politicians and community leaders.
* Herndon Building
231-245 Auburn Ave.
Alonzo F. Herndon’s home, founder
of the black-owned Atlanta Life
Insurance Company. This 15-room
mansion was completed in 1910. It
contains furnishings, art work and
photographs.
* Ebenezer Baptist Church
407-413 Auburn Ave.
The home church of Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr.
* The Center for Nonviolent Social
Change
Auburn Ave and Blvd.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s gravesite
*The home where Martin Luther King
Jr. was bom
501 Auburn Ave.
Splurge!...Dine out at new and
different places...
* A Taste of New Orleans
889 W. Peachtree St.
874-5535
Ranked one of Atlanta’s top 10
dining spots. Serves Cajun cuisine in a
relaxed setting. Specialties include
seafood, red beans with rice and
andouille sausage.
* Bridgetown Grill
689 Peachtree St
873-5361
Queen
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as a young black woman trying to raise
a child by herself.
The second black man in Queen’s
life served as her husband, true love
and the father Abner never had. He
gave her his name and protection,
which was needed in order to be
recognized by society.
In those times, we were invisible
and insignificant unless someone could
claim us. In our long and turbulent
history with black men, sometimes we
were the mothers of their children, their
legal partners or their sexual conquests.
After watching Queen, the most
important question we should ask
ourselves is "Who are we?" Do we see
ourselves solely through the eyes of
white men, white women and black
men?
If we accept society’s perception of
us as the "mules of the world," we are
letting someone else define who we are
Jamaican restaurant. Jerk porks, jerk
chicken, jerk seafood along with hot
chicken wings, skewers, patties and
black beans and rice are menu
mainstays.
* Lettuce Souprise You
595 Piedmont Ave. (six other Atlanta
locations)
874-4998
Atlanta’s premiere soup and salad
bar including pasta salads, a variety of
soups, chili, baked potatoes with
toppings, fruit and 45 varieties of made-
from-scratch muffins. Special vegetarian
recipes daily.
* Pittypat’s Porch
25 International Blvd., N.W.
525-8228
Southern themed restaurant has been
a downtown stop for 25 years. Updated
menu featuring pork tenderloin with
apple and sweet potato puree, Savannah
crab cakes. Bourbon Street bread
pudding and their famous peach cobbler.
Reservations suggested.
and as a result we place limitations on
ourselves. Even with all of the men in
Queen’s life, she was the mistress of
her own fate. With her limited power,
she decided who she was and what she
was not willing to accept.
Even if you were offended by the
depiction of black people in Queen,
Queen should have been watched
within the context of the time it took
place. We should recognize the
constraints placed on our actions as
African women, in that period, and we
should acknowledge those actions as
revolutionary. We must see Queen as a
reality of the time during and aftv
slavery.
We must accept all our history, not
just the portions we would like to
remember. As the twentieth century
comes to a close, we must define who
we are and where we are going, in order
to progress as African American
women.
( Ifie Atlanta IBacE Ctioti
Porter Remington, Conductor
MASS
IN
B MINOR
Johann Sebastian Bach
Saturday, March 20, 1993
8:15 pm
Spivey Hall, Clayton State College
Call (404) 961-3683 for tickets. * $15 *
Sunday, March 21, 1993
3:00 pm
Druid Hill Presbyterian Church
1026 Ponce deLeon Ave. * Atlanta * $15 *
Call (404) 872-BACH for more info.