🇫🇷 Happy Bastille Day
Bon Lundi! July 14 — It’s Bastille Day, marking the 1789 start of the French Revolution. You can celebrate locally at Saint-Germain Bakery, Bar Blanc, The Select, Bistro Niko, Brasserie Margot, and Anis Bistro. Sunny and 95° today, but it will feel close to 100°. Atlanta attorney Josephine Hardin and her mother have been identified as two of the victims in the July 4 flash floods in Texas. It’s a good week to observe speed limits as “Operation Southern Slow Down” begins today through Sunday across Georgia and four other states, targeting speeding and aggressive driving. UPS vacated an office building on Glenlake Parkway and relocated approximately 500 employees to its headquarters next door and a location in Alpharetta. Pierce County Library in South Georgia is under pressure to hire back Lavonnia Moore, a librarian who was fired for displaying a book about a transgender child. The City of Atlanta and nonprofit Showcase Atlanta have launched a vendor directory to connect local businesses to economic opportunities that are tied to major events, including the FIFA World Cup. ELSEWHERE ⛆ Heavy rains across Central and North Texas yesterday suspended search efforts for victims of the July 4 deadly Hill Country floods. Stocks are set to open lower this morning after President Donald Trump announced 30% tariffs on EU and Mexican imports starting Aug. 1. Chelsea beat PSG 3-0 to win the FIFA Club World Cup. Larry David is teaming up with Barack and Michelle Obama for a new HBO sketch comedy show. Here’s what’s in today’s newsletter: • Little Bear’s rescue dog• Alliance Collision Project• Global HeadlinesAND• Look & Listen Get ready for Buckhead Restaurant Week! From July 21-26, explore curated menus at Atlanta’s finest restaurants. An unforgettable dining experience awaits. Reserve your spot now here! SPONSOR MESSAGE Photo via Little Bear/Facebook 1. Owners of Summerhill restaurant Little Bear and their new rescue dog find a second chance together Fernando Stieber wasn’t just a Great Pyrenees. He was one of Atlanta’s favorite dogs and the face of the award-winning Summerhill restaurant Little Bear. A Fernando sighting in Atlanta was common. He became a local celebrity, often greeting people at coffee shops like Chrome Yellow or on restaurant patios like Staplehouse. But on Feb. 17, after 10 years and hundreds of photographs with the Stieber family and Little Bear guests, Fernando succumbed to osteosarcoma. The last thing the Stiebers were thinking of was getting another dog, but the universe had other plans. Diego, another Great Pyrenees, joined their family earlier this year. Learn more about Diego here. Experience the Culinary Magic of Buckhead SPONSORED BY LIVABLE BUCKHEAD Join us for Buckhead Restaurant Week from July 21-26! Get ready to savor the best flavors Atlanta has to offer. With prix fixe menus, curated cocktails, and exclusive specials from top-notch restaurants, this is a food lover’s paradise. Whether you’re in the mood for fine dining or a relaxed bite, we’ve got it all. Reserve your spot now and treat your taste buds to an unforgettable journey! Click here for details. Photo courtesy of Alliance Theatre 2. Alliance Theatre hosts 24th annual Palefsky Collision Project The Alliance Theatre is hosting 20 Atlanta-area teenagers this month for its annual Palefsky Collision Project. The initiative tasks high school and post-secondary students with creating their own unique theatrical piece, drawing inspiration from Octavia E. Butler’s classic novel “Parable of the Sower.” The participants undergo two weeks of workshops, working with guest artists to help craft their story, which will be presented at the Woodruff Arts Center on July 25 and 26. ➳ Find out more and get tickets here. 3. Backpacker found after 12 days in Australian outback; Sinner, Świątek win Wimbledon President Trump announced the U.S. will send sophisticated military equipment to Ukraine, including Patriot missile systems, while expressing frustration that Putin “talks nice and then bombs everybody.” Ten people died in an Israeli airstrike on a Gaza water distribution point Sunday, with Israel citing a “technical error” targeting an Islamic Jihad militant. July marks the 30th anniversary of the killing of thousands of Bosnian Muslim men and boys in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the first genocide in Europe since the Holocaust. Indian investigators’ preliminary report suggests cut fuel lines caused last month’s Air India crash that killed 260 people moments after takeoff. Portugal’s parliament voted to designate rape as a public crime, allowing law enforcement to investigate regardless of whether the victim wants to press charges. Benin’s Angélique Kidjo became the first Black African to be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. A 26-year-old German backpacker was found alive after missing for 12 days in Western Australia’s outback, suffering minor injuries and mosquito bites. A report said Cricket’s Indian Premier League is worth nearly $19 billion. Thailand’s viral pygmy hippo Moo Deng celebrated her first birthday last week with a massive fruit “cake” and thousands of fans at Khao Kheow Open Zoo. Poland’s Iga Świątek dominated American Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 to win the ladies’ championship at Wimbledon. Italy’s Jannik Sinner won the men’s title in four sets. How do government staffing and budget cuts at national security and foreign policy institutions affect America’s ability to lead through diplomacy rather than force? Join the World Affairs Council of Atlanta on July 17 for “Diplomacy Disrupted: How Cuts to U.S. Agencies are Reshaping Foreign Policy” – a free, public webinar with experts from the American Foreign Service Association. Register today! Eddiver Rodriguez discovered something through Georgia’s Work-Based Learning program that many adults never find: exactly what he wanted to do with his life. While classmates were filling out college applications, he was splicing underground power cables. Learn how WBL connected him with his career at Georgia Power before graduation. SPONSOR MESSAGE 4. Lights, camera, action! VIA SCENE, A WEEKLY FILM NEWSLETTER | SUBSCRIBE Scene editor Sammie Purcell has some suggestions for her favorite film and entertainment podcasts. One of my favorite podcasts, TCM’s “The Plot Thickens,” is back next week with another killer season. This time, Ben Mankiewicz and the folks at TCM are tackling “Cleopatra,” the 1963 film starring famed lovers Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, and one of the most complicated, storied productions in Hollywood history. IndieWire has a preview of the season here. “Blank Check,” my favorite movie podcast, has ended its series on the films of Amy Heckerling and launched a new director series. First up for the Coen Brothers? “Blood Simple.” You can listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you saw “Materialists,” or read my review of the film from a few weeks ago, you know that the movie isn’t really a traditional romantic comedy in any meaningful sense of the term. The romantic comedy, it seems, is in a constant state of evolution, and on a recent episode of “Critics at Large” from The New Yorker, the hosts discuss that evolution and how artists are interested in depicting modern love. Indulge in Buckhead Restaurant Week, July 21-26! Savor exclusive menus and chef specials from Atlanta’s top spots. Book now for a culinary journey that will ignite your taste buds. Click here for details! SPONSOR MESSAGE Don’t miss News Word Atlanta, our new, daily word game. Connect with us on Bluesky. The post 🇫🇷 Happy Bastille Day appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta.
