Short film: summer on the DTM
Another great short film about the DTM from Brian Wimer and Rich Tarbell. So many great little details that make the place special. Sound track is Old Virginia Block by Devon Sproule. You have to check it out!
Landmark gets sold at auction for $6.25 million
Waynesboro-born John Dewberry (photo left), once a starting quarterback for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in the mid-1980s, and now a well-known Atlanta-based real estate developer, submitted the winning bid of $6.25 million for the shell of the Landmark Hotel in Federal bankruptcy court today. READ MORE
Street sounds: say hello to Mr. Durham
Another gem from Amoeba Films–that young man who plays violin on the DTM. His name is Dominic Isador Durham and he’s got a thing or two to say about what he brings to this world.
Love captured on the DTM
Local photographer Rob Garland with a beautiful portrait of an engaged couple on the DTM. Patriotic and sexy at the same time! Garland has shot for the The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Southern Living, among other publications. And, of course, does weddings. Check out his website here.
People watching pick: Baggby’s
Local blogger Ruth Kastenmayer shares one of here favorite places to sit and people watch on the DTM–a window seat at Baggby’s! So where is your favorite spot? From this seat in the comfort of air conditioning one can see City Spaces, City Hall, the carousel, the Free Speech Monument, and the Pavilion – “people…
Aaron Neville to play Paramount
The Paramount Theater just announced that Soul and R&B singer Aaron Neville will perform on June 26. Ticket’s aren’t available just quite yet, but you may want to be vigilant about this one. Those tickets could go fast. Neville has had four top-20 hits in the U.S. as a solo artists, and for many years…
Reading: Saunders’ debut novel Ministers of Fire
Over ten years in the making, local author Mark Saunders’ debut novel Ministers of Fire has finally hit the bookstores, both online and off, and on Friday, May 18 he’ll be reading from the book at the New Dominion Bookshop on the DTM. Novelist Robert Stone calls Ministers a “beautifully written, restrained, and passionate work…
