Bruce Springsteen and…

The E Street Band will land in Philips this April. “The Boss” has just released his 24th album
“Work­ing On A Dream” which was recorded and mixed here in Atlanta.

Reviews on this upbeat album have been very pos­i­tive and ranks as one of his best. Bruce’s “Queen of the Super­mar­ket” is a roman­tic sto­ry­telling song of a guy and a check­out girl. “The Last Car­ni­val” is Springsteen’s farewell to long time asso­ciate and friend Fred­erici who passed away last year due to melanoma. Another track worth men­tion­ing is his gri­ity acoustic on “The Wrestler” in which Mickey Rourke was nom­i­nated for best actor at the Acadamy Awards.

For those of you who don’t already know, “The Boss” Bruce Spring­steen, is still around because of his great music and abil­ity to put on an out­stand­ing show. His age­less youth at 59 and the E Street Band’s pro­gres­sive rythms, gui­tar leads, and key­boards bring us back to the heart and soul of hon­est music. For more on Atlanta’s music scene go here Atlanta Con­certs.

Date: April 26, 2009
Time: 7:30pm
Loca­tion: Philips Arena
More Info: www.PhilipsArena.com

Centennial Olympic Park

Over three mil­lion vis­i­tors annu­ally come to the 21 acre Cen­ten­nial Olympic Park. It is located in the heart of down­town Atlanta and is sur­rounded by other Atlanta land­marks such as the Geor­gia Aquar­ium, the New World of Coca-Cola and the CNN Cen­ter. This park was built for the 1996 Olympic Games hosted by Atlanta and hosts many events and fes­ti­vals through­out the year.

There’s a lot to do this sum­mer at Cen­ten­nial Olympic Park start­ing with the Fourth Sat­ur­day Fam­ily Fun Days. This event occurs once a month until fall and designed to be edu­ca­tional, enter­tain­ing and theme based. A dif­fer­ent theme is fea­tured each Saturday.

Other events include the 4th of July Cel­e­bra­tion, Music@ Noon, Wednes­day Wind­Down, and the ones so beloved by kids — The Foun­tain of Rings, the 4th of July Cel­e­bra­tion, and Hol­i­day in Lights.

4th of July Cel­e­bra­tion at Cen­ten­nial Olympic Park is Atlanta’s best fire­works dis­play. Get their early to secure a spot. Kids activ­i­ties run from 5:00pm — 9:00pm on the south end of the park.

Music @ Noon fea­tures a vari­ety of music by local artists. Styles include Jazz, Pop, and R& B and shows at 12:00pm — 1: 00pm every Tues­day and Thurs­day April through October.

Fourth Sat­ur­day Fam­ily Fun Days is a fun event for kids as well as par­ents to par­tic­i­pate in.
Cen­ten­nial Park invites enter­tain­ers, per­form­ers, and orga­ni­za­tions from all over the South to join the program.

Pop­u­lar activ­i­ties include children’s art and crafts, family-friendley per­for­mances, life-size chess, tour­ing shows, and edu­ca­tional events. There’s even con­test and prizes that are awarded. Be sure to bring the fam­ily and this fes­tive event occur­ing every fourth Sat­ur­day of the month from April through September.

Wednes­day Wind­Down fea­tures live music per­for­mances every Wednes­day at the South­ern Com­pany Amphithe­atre located inside of Cen­ten­nial Olympic Park. This is Atlanta’s longest run­ning free con­cert series and runs at 5:30pm to 8:00pm May through September.

Billed as the world’s largest inter­ac­tive foun­tain fea­tur­ing the Olympic Ring Sym­bol, the Foun­tain of Rings is one of the most rec­og­nized and famous land­marks in the State of Geor­gia. The Foun­tains Of Rings goes on every­day, 365 days a year at 12:30pm, 3:30pm, 6:30pm and 9:00pm.

Songs fea­tured in this amaz­ing show include:

1812 Over­ture — Tchaikovsky
Char­i­ots of Fire — Elec­tronix
Danc­ing in the Streets — Martha Reeves and the Van­del­las
Sir Duke — Ste­vie Won­der
Sum­mon the Heroes — John Williams
Twist and Shout — The Bea­t­les
Under the Sea — Samuel E. Wright
William Tell Over­ture — Gioacchino Rossini
Fly Me to the Moon — Frank Sina­tra
Cir­cle of Life — Lion King / Elton John

A fes­tive Atlanta tra­di­tion starts again this hol­i­day sea­son as the 11th annual Hol­i­day in Lights gets under­way. Cen­ten­nial Olympic Park becomes a win­ter won­der­land illus­trated by a spec­tac­u­lar show of lights.

Thr Hol­i­day in Lights also fea­tures Atlanta’s only out­door ice skat­ing rink on the great lawn. Mar­vel at the sparkling lights and join in on the Hol­i­day spirit Novem­ber 14 through Jan­u­ary 3rd. Park hours are 7:00am — 11:00pm ever­day, includ­ing Christmas.

Related Arti­cles:
Cen­ten­nial Olympic Park Becom­ing Tourist Mecca
The Ice Rink at Cen­ten­nial Olympic Park

The Peachtree Road Race…

is the largest and most pres­tigous 10k race in the United States. This year on July 4th, over 50,000 run­ners will line up across form Lenox Square Mall for the 40th Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race. The 6.2 mile race trav­els south down Peachtree Rd past Pied­mont Hos­pi­tal (Car­diac Hill) and will fin­ish at Pied­mont Park.

For the first time in his­tory, run­ners can reg­is­ter for the race online begin­ning at 7 a.m. on March 15th at www.ajc.com/peachtree. The tra­di­tional reg­is­tra­tion will appear the fol­low­ing Sun­day (March 22) in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution News­pa­per. It is expected that the first 45,000 appli­cants will be cho­sen for online reg­is­tra­tion, and the first 10,000 from the tra­di­tional paper applications.

Some facts of the AJC Peachtree Road Race are the 55,000 run­ners will burn 34 mil­lion calo­ries and drink 550,000 recy­clable cups of water. Joseph Kimani from Kenya set the men’s fastest time in 1996 post­ing a record 27:04. The fastest woman’s time is 30:32 and was set in 2002 by Kenya’s Lor­nah Kiplagat.

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