Showing posts with label Piedmont Park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Piedmont Park. Show all posts

Friday, July 8, 2016

Will ASO get funky when Piedmont Park fills in for Symphony Hall?

Man Found Hanging From Tree In Piedmont ParkOn Thursday, well find out if the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra can get down.The august ensemble will appear Thursday on Oak Hill at Piedmont Park for one of its popular, free outdoor concerts. In addition to familiar orchestral fare, such as Rossinis overture to The Barber of Seville and Beethovens Symphony No. 5, the ASO plans to get on the good foot with I Feel Good, from James...
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Thursday, July 7, 2016

Piedmont Park Hanging: No, Sam Hyde Did Not Lynch a Black Man in the Atlanta Park

Piedmont Park Music Festival 1970On Thursday, the body of a young black man between the ages of 25-35 was discovered by police hanging from a tree in Piedmont Park, a 185-acre urban green space in Atlanta. Emergency responders pronounced the man dead at the scene.Donald Hannah, a spokesman for the Atlanta Police Department, told the public that a "Fulton County medical examiner concurred that the death was consistent with...
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