Community Corner
Buckhead Weekend Choices
Start early with kickoff dinner for Freedom Ride Thursday night
Where/When: , 3376 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, Saturday, 9 p.m.
Why go: Get over to the Mansion Lounge to see Grammy-award-winner Tony Rich perform in Atlanta. You must be 21 and older to attend this event and your valet parking is complimentary with lounge purchases.
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Pricing: Free/no cover/pricing may vary with purchases.
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Where/When: , 3405 Lenox Road, Thursday, 6 p.m.
Why go: DJ Soul will spin hits from the '90s and there will be trivia on the patio, concert ticket giveaways and drink specials and more at this end-of-summer patio party.
Pricing: Varies with purchases.
Where/When: Cherokee Town Club, 155 W, Paces Ferry Road, Sunday; cocktail reception starts at 5 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m.
Why go: Help end childhood hunger in Atlanta and across the country as you eat a dinner fit for a king, supporting a national program called Share Our Strength. This five-course dinner — complete with commentary —will be prepared by 10 of Georgia's top chefs with wine paired by five of Georgia's best sommeliers.
Pricing: $275 per person/$2,500 per table of 10/for more information: www.strength.org/givemefive/.
When/Where: 8 a.m. Friday, Terminus Building, Buckhead.
Why go: , embark upon a 1,035-mile bicycle ride from Atlanta to New York for the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11th, 2001, attacks. The event begins with entertainment at 8 a.m., then a ceremony at 9 a.m. and a moment of silence at 9:11 a.m. begins at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at i, featuring pasta, drinks and salads for four for $22.
Pricing: Free, with at in Buckhead.
When/where: 11 a.m. Saturday, , 2900 Peachtree Road.
Why go: The weekly storytime unfolds again, this week with the story of the CookieBot, who helps Harry and Horsie get those sweet morsels.
Pricing: Cost of purchased books.
