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What gardener isn’t interested in some free plants?

In this segment, we learn how to create new plants from existing ones--through the art and science of plant propagation. Garden expert Geri Laufer recently invited us into her garden, to show us how to make plant cuttings, and keep them thriving--and in our web bonus, Geri explains how to propagate potato plants.

In recent times, the urge to understand family history has led people to harness the latest technology from the Internet, to DNA, to testing the cutting-edge software intended to make the job easier and a lot more rewarding.   However, one resource with which many are not familiar could be right under their figurative noses.  It’s your state archives.  In metro Atlanta, we’re lucky to have both the National and State Archives a mere half hour from the city center.  It was at the State Archives that I met genealogist and Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist, Ken Thomas, to talk about exploring one’s ancestry.  In the  first part of the interview, we talked about the state archives and genealogy in general.  In the second part, Ken revealed what he learned about my Georgia roots by usin

Venezuela’s National Youth Orchestra system, known simply as “El Sistema,”  was founded in 1975. Its goal was to provide a real musical education to kids in under-served communities. Inspired by El Sistema, the Atlanta Music Project promotes music education and social change for local at-risk youth.  One of its founders, bassoonist Dantes Rameau, sat down with WABE’s Lois Reitzes for a chat about the Atlanta Music Project, and El Sistema.

The Atlanta Music Project's Spring Concert is this Saturday at the Coan Recreation Center.

The AJC's Shane Harrison talks about budget-friendly events this week in Atlanta:

Ralph Stanley at the Loft

Marietta Greek Festival

Oakland Cemetery's Tunes from the Tombs

Carol Ann Jackson Miller Henrietta Antonin are both in their 70s, and both have spent their lives attending Friendship Baptist Church where Carol Ann’s father was once the minister. When StoryCorps Atlanta came to their church, the two couldn’t help reminiscing about their decades at the church…and its music.