🎉 Happy Juneteenth!

Juneteenth Thursday June It s the official Juneteenth holiday which means post offices banks and the stock area are closed Programs and events to mark the end of slavery in the U S are happening around Atlanta in current times so check out our guide and we have specific Juneteenth dining traditions below A chance of afternoon thunderstorms and this day Federal administrators unsealed an indictment charging that former Fulton County Jail Sgt Khadijah Solomon used excessive force against pretrial detainees and wrote false reports about the incidents Independent journalist Mario Guevara arrested Saturday covering the No Kings rallies in DeKalb County is now in the custody of ICE and facing deportation Atlanta Beltline Inc approved a million budget for with a focus on having miles of trail completed by the FIFA World Cup next summer The Decatur Book Festival will celebrate its th anniversary Oct - with keynote speaker Saeed Jones and kidnote speaker Angie Thomas The Sandy Springs Conservancy will host a celebration on Saturday for the opening of the first section of the Springway Trail The Brookhaven Chamber of Commerce declared CEO Alan Goodman will step down from his role due to ongoing strength challenges ELSEWHERE A hospital in Southern Israel and several residential buildings near Tel Aviv were hit by Iranian missiles the present day When appealed whether the U S might join Israel in striking Iran President Trump reported Nobody knows what I m going to do The U S Supreme Court upheld a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged forecasting a surge in inflation The Los Angeles Lakers will be sold for a record billion Here s what s in in contemporary times s newsletter Summer at Oakland Cemetery Collab Capital Juneteenth diningAND Quick Bites Sometimes the best summer moments are the quiet ones rocking on a porch swing listening to the water lap against the dock or feeling the warmth of the sun on your face with nowhere to be At Lake Oconee relaxation isn t just encouraged it s part of the lifestyle Find your reason to linger longer this summer at Lake Oconee SPONSOR MESSAGE Photo courtesy of Oakland Cemetery Oakland Cemetery s summer programs With its plethora of summer initiatives for kids and adults alike Atlanta s Oakland Cemetery is so much more than just a final resting place Each week of Oakland s summer camp for kids is built around a unique theme like gardening and cooking machine science or outdoor art These themes are meant to represent Oakland s identity as a historical site green space and more For the grown-ups there s a slate of events including Malts Vaults and special programs on Atlanta s baseball history and Gone With the Wind author Margaret Mitchell You can find out more here Rewind Relax A nostalgic summer vacation at Lake Oconee SPONSORED BY VISIT LAKE OCONEE Whether you re craving the simple pleasures of berry-picking and dock jumping or hoping to share the magic of a good old days summer with your kids or grandkids Lake Oconee offers the perfect backdrop for making memories old and new There s something magical about summer especially through the eyes of a child think cannonballs into the lake windows-down road trips and chasing fireflies after dark In Georgia s Greene County just miles from Atlanta those timeless summer moments are still alive Find your reason to linger longer this summer at Lake Oconee Photo courtesy of Hypepotamus Collab Capital looks to back founders solving real-world problems Collab Capital Atlanta s early-stage venture capital firm run by managing partners Jewel Burks Solomon and Barry Givens pictured officially closed its second fund this week with million in committed capital The firm had raised its first million fund in which invested in Southeast-based firms like Goodr Boxed Up FilmHedge Hairbrella Healthy Hip Hop and UScope Technologies Collab has already written checks into six startups from the new fund including Massachusetts-based EV charging company SparkCharge Minneapolis-based telehealth platform River Wellbeing and San Francisco-based AI and mobile app startup A Read the whole story from Hypepotamus here Photo courtesy of Marcus Bar Grille The celebratory food traditions of Juneteenth One of the preponderance prominent techniques people celebrate Juneteenth is through food Juneteenth festivities typically incorporate red foods and usually offer red drinks and cocktails Red drinks connect Black people across the globe from West Africa to Egypt to Negril Jamaica to Brooklyn to Texas to Atlanta mentioned Nicole A Taylor a James Beard-nominated food writer and cookbook author whose greater part fresh book Watermelon Red Birds A Cookbook for Juneteenth and Black Celebrations published in It s also the first and only cookbook dedicated to Juneteenth Whenever there is a celebration you re going to find red soda pop hibiscus or sorrel Taylor added Read more of Sarra Sedghi s story here Sometimes the best summer moments are the quiet ones rocking on a porch swing listening to the water lap against the dock or feeling the warmth of the sun on your face with nowhere to be At Lake Oconee relaxation isn t just encouraged it s part of the lifestyle Find your reason to linger longer this summer at Lake Oconee SPONSOR MESSAGE Photo courtesy of Little Bear Quick Bites VIA SIDE DISH A WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIBE HERE For this week s Quick Bites Rough Draft dining editor Beth McKibben has details on the closure of Mellow Mushroom in Decatur and the opening of Wa haka in Dunwoody Plus learn where to watch and celebrate How Crispy s debut on Diners Drive-Ins and Dives this Friday in Summerhill there may be a Guy Fieri look-alike contest Here s the full roundup of this week s dining news from Beth Sometimes the best summer moments are the quiet ones rocking on a porch swing listening to the water lap against the dock or feeling the warmth of the sun on your face with nowhere to be At Lake Oconee relaxation isn t just encouraged it s part of the lifestyle Find your reason to linger longer this summer at Lake Oconee SPONSOR MESSAGE Don t miss News Word Atlanta our new daily word tournament Presented by Oglethorpe University Atlanta s premier undergraduate learning experience Connect with us on Bluesky The post Happy Juneteenth appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta