B-AWARE Foundation Presents The 4th Annual“A-Town Day“

Updated: Note date change – new date June 26, 2010 (previous post revised to reflect date change)

www.atownday.com – Beginning Saturday, June 26th at 12pm, the family can enjoy fun-filled activities, food and music while receiving free health screenings and information at the 4th annual “A-Town Day.. With over 7,000 in attendance last year at Turner Field, the goal is to raise funds with the proceeds going towards The Diabetes Association of Atlanta & The B-AWARE Foundation. Children 6 and under are free and general admission is only $5. Organizations taking part include: The Diabetes Association Of Atlanta, Atlanta Fire Department, The Red Cross, Fulton County Environmental Health, Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau, Fulton & DeKalb County Health Departments, Fulton County Human Resources, & Aid Atlanta to name a few. A-TOWN DAY also has additional sponsors like McDonald’s, Wal-Mart, V-103, Creative Loafing, Rolling Out, & Peachtree TV helping to spread the word! Entertainment will include performances from artists from every type of music genre – Hip Hop, R&B, Spoken Word, Rock, & Gospel that will share health care and environmental statistics before each performance. With over 100 artists performing – we will be delivering over 100 statistics through out the event. Spreading AWARENESS!

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Tyler Perry’s Madeas Big Happy Family Tickets

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NYE in the ATL 2010 : New Years Eve Atlanta

Hosted by: Frank Ski (V103) . Art Terrell (Kiss104) . Si Man Baby (Majic 107)

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Mary J. Blige, Neil Diamond, Sugarland, Rob Thomas and Usher to Ring in the Holidays with TNT’s Annual Music Concert CHRISTMAS IN WASHINGTON, Hosted by George Lopez

TNT is going to ring in the holidays in musical style with its annual presentation of CHRISTMAS IN WASHINGTON, premiering Sunday, Dec. 20, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT). Mary J. Blige, Neil Diamond, Sugarland, Rob Thomas and Usher are scheduled to join host George Lopez in TNT’s spectacular holiday celebration.

Annually attended by the President and First Lady and other Washington VIPs, CHRISTMAS IN WASHINGTON is a holiday musical celebration benefiting the National Children’s Medical Center. The show will be taped at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. Sunday, Dec. 13. TNT’s Dec. 20 premiere telecast will be the network’s 11th presentation of CHRISTMAS IN WASHINGTON, which is in its 28th year overall. The event will be followed at 9 p.m. (ET/PT) by the network television premiere of the film The Nativity Story (2006), starring Keisha Castle-Hughes and directed by Catherine Hardwicke.

George Lopez is host of TBS’s new late-night series Lopez Tonight and one of the top five highest grossing comedians in the world. His groundbreaking sitcom, George Lopez, remains a hit in syndication. Mary J. Blige has become more involved with her TV and film career. She most recently was a part of the cast for Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself and has appeared on such hit TV shows as 30 Rock and Entourage. Usher, whose latest CD, Raymond v. Raymond, is due in stores Dec. 21.  Rob Thomas embarked on a major, sold-out world tour. In 2007, he reunited with Matchbox Twenty for Exile on Mainstream, their first album in five years.  Sugarland, the country duo comprised of Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush, has sold more than 8 million records since exploding onto the music scene in 2004. Neil Diamond, whose most recent releases include A Cherry Cherry Christmas, Hot August Night NYC and the critically acclaimed #1 album Home Before Dark, has been a fixture in the music world for over four decades.

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Women Own Huge Piece of Multicultural Marketing Pie

Update 11.20.09: Postponed – Stay tuned for new date: TBA

myATLevents — More than just another bloggers’ conference. More than just another industry awards show or annual conference, The Multicultural Marketing Townhall is a unique gathering of new and traditional marketing, communications, PR and media professionals focused on reaching the multicultural audience. This is the only conference where audience builders and audience seekers meet to address issues facing marketers, communicators and the media from a cross-cultural standpoint.

On Friday, November 20 at the Sale Hall Chapel at Morehouse College, the first Multicultural Marketing Townhall will engage audience builders and seekers in a never before forum to bridge the gap in understanding how to best fit the needs of this influential market segment – that makes sense! Early bird registration is $55 through October 30th. Click here to purchase tickets.

Updates:

• Multicultural Marketing Townhall welcomes Pepsi’s We Inspire Editor, Corvida Raven of SheGeeks.net as Panelists

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The World Series performance featuring JAY-Z and Alicia Keys has been rescheduled to take place in Thursday’s pre-game ceremonies, which airs on FOX starting at 7:30 p.m. Eastern.

The performance was changed due to the forecast for inclement weather for Wednesday, October 28. Staging for the performance could adversely impact the field if it is wet, creating damaged and unsafe playing conditions.

via JAY-Z and Alicia Keys World Series Performance Moved to Thursday.

Russell Goings’ epic poem “The Children of Children Keep Coming” will be presented in words, songs and pictures in an extraordinary performance held at The Riverside Church. The event, sponsored by the Ministry of Education and directed by Jeremiah Drake, will be performed by members of The Riverside Church and the National Negro Ensemble Company on Friday, October 16 and Saturday, October 17, at 7:00 p.m. in the Church’s South Hall.

Admission to the performances is $10.00 and includes access to the special exhibition of Romare Bearden artwork on October 16. For more information, the public can visit www.theriversidechurchny.org

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myATLevents — Guerilla Union, Inc, producer of Rock The Bells, The Cypress Hill SmokeOut, and Paid Dues Festival, is proud to present the return of the legendary Goodie Mob.  Goodie Mob will be touring for the first time in ten years, with all original members: Cee-Lo (from Gnarls Barkley), Big Gipp, Khujo, and T-Mo.  The tour will kick off on October 15 in New Orleans and features Scarface as the “very special guest” on all dates. Goodie Mob will offer a sneak peak of what fans can expect from the reunion when they perform live at the BET Awards taping in Atlanta on October 10 (the show is scheduled to air on 10/27). Tour highlights include a stop at The Cypress Hill SmokeOut on October 23 at the San Manuel Amphitheatre and festival grounds in San Bernardino, CA, and the blowout NYC show on November 13 at the Hammerstein Ballroom on which Goodie Mob and Scarface will be joined by Tech N9ne and Slaughterhouse (Joe Budden, Crooked I, Joell Ortiz, Royce da 5’9).

Goodie Mob reunion tour dates are scheduled as follows:

October 15      New Orleans, LA         House of Blues

October 17      Austin, TX                    Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheatre

October 19      Houston, TX                House of Blues

October 20      Dallas, TX                    House of Blues

October 23      San Bernardino, CA     The Cypress Hill SmokeOut

October 24      San Francisco, CA       The Fillmore

October 28      Salt Lake City, UT       The Depot

October 29      Denver, CO                 The Gothic Theatre

November 13   New York, NY            Hammerstein Ballroom

November 14   Washington, DC           The Scene

November 15   New Haven, CT           Toad’s Place

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