GwinnettForum | Number 25.36 | May 6, 2025
CURIOSITY CORNERS: Peachtree Corners is adding to the footprint of Curiosity Lab. It is planning a new gathering space in Technology Park, at 280 Scientific Drive. The site will include:
* A large turf area for casual games and open-air relaxation;
* Covered seating and shade structures;
* Dedicated stalls for food trucks;
* EV and alternative mobility charging stations; and
* A loading/unloading zone for Gwinnett Transit buses.
Planned since 2022, the project was made possible thanks to a $500,000 Georgia Congressional transportation grant, with additional funding provided by the City of Peachtree Corners. Construction is expected to last six to seven months, with an official opening slated to coincide with the sixth anniversary of Curiosity Lab this fall.
TODAY’S FOCUS: Native Gwinnettian new official of Partnership Gwinnett
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Senators, stand on your hind legs and curtail Trump
SPOTLIGHT: The 1818 Club
FEEDBACK: Appreciates “deep dive” into possible PTC police force
UPCOMING: Two are promoted at Georgia Banking Company
NOTABLE: JEMC Foundation awards $87,500 in local grants
RECOMMENDED: The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Ted Turner starts Goodwill Games after boycott
MYSTERY PHOTO: This antebellum house is famous. Can you tell us why?
CALENDAR: TV’s Zelski speaks May 8 in Peachtree Corners
Native Gwinnettian is partnership economic developer
By Lisa Sherman
DULUTH, Ga. | A new senior vice president for economic development has joined the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce. He is Kevin Carmichael, who was raised in Gwinnett and who will spearhead the strategic vision and execution of Partnership Gwinnett, the community and economic development initiative aimed at driving sustainable economic prosperity in the community. He began his role with the organization on May 5.
Carmichael
Carmichael comes to Partnership Gwinnett from NCR Voyix, where he has been leading community, government and corporate university relations. Previously, he held several key positions at NCR Corporation, where he built and scaled the company’s university and community engagement and later managed a global communications team for its retail and restaurant divisions. Following NCR’s historical corporate split in 2023, he transitioned to a broader external affairs role at NCR Voyix.
Also previously, Carmichael’s work experience encompassed as the director of corporate relations at the University of Georgia, helping establish a new department to connect UGA with leading businesses and industry partners nationwide.
Carmichael also brings more than 12 years of impactful leadership experience from the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, where, as vice president of investor engagement, he managed board relations and statewide membership initiatives, significantly contributing to Georgia’s economic growth and advocacy efforts. At Partnership Gwinnett, he will lead a dedicated team of professionals in attracting, retaining, and growing businesses across targeted industry sectors.
Kevin earned his degree in public relations from the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. He is a graduate of Leadership Georgia, the Regional Leadership Institute and Leadership Gwinnett. He also serves currently as chair of the Executive Committee for GSLT.
A native Georgian and lifelong resident of Gwinnett, Kevin was raised in the local public schools, graduated from Parkview High and has called the community home for more than 34 years. He and his high school sweetheart are raising their three daughters in Dacula—continuing a legacy of deep roots and active involvement in the community. To learn more about the Gwinnett Chamber and Partnership Gwinnett team, visit GwinnettChamber.org/Staff.
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Senators, stand on your hind legs and curtail Trump
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By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
MAY 6, 2025 | Last week, there were two significant votes in the U.S. Senate that may show signs of an initial crack in the Republican Party ranks that might eventually curtail President Trump’s efforts to drastically change our country.
Three Republican senators essentially crossed the aisle and voted with Democrats on a measure that would have stopped a Republican effort to pass a bill declaring that each day for the rest of the congressional session would not “constitute a day for the purpose of the National Emergencies Act.” The vote was 49-49, with one senator in each party not voting.
The Republicans were Rand Paul of Kentucky, Susan Collins of Maine, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.
In another vote, those three senators, plus Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, also voted together with Democrats to block tariffs on imports from Canada. With the Senate voting 51-48, the measure ended Trump’s emergency declaration on fentanyl trafficking on Canadian imports.
In our country, Trump’s continual bombastic outbursts seem to be swaying away some of his former supporters. Worldwide in Australia and Canada, voters turned away from Trump-like candidates to give big victories to liberal parties, showing what the world thinks of our president.
It was back in 1976, that the National Emergencies Art (NEA) was passed, giving the president broad powers to take actions in emergencies. The NEA came because of congressional concerns about the continuing nature of invoked emergency authorities and the absence of congressional review after their activation.
The legislation allowed termination of existing national emergencies and created a pair of mechanisms for congressional oversight of future presidential emergency declarations. This oversight includes procedures for expedited consideration of legislation terminating a national emergency, and continuous six-month review periods for Congress to consider taking up such legislation.
The law establishing the ability of presidents to declare a national emergency, confers on presidents an unusually flexible authority. But the law also provides a fail-safe mechanism for Congress to ensure the president doesn’t, in lawmakers’ eyes, go too far.
But this year, the U.S. House has thrown a monkey wrench into this law, by saying that essentially Congress cannot act on this law during the remaining time of this congressional session.
Republicans in the Congress have shown little resistance to the many efforts of President Trump’s drastic changes. If these Republicans would show leadership, and invoke the National Emergencies Act repeal of his executive powers, the president would be halted at his efforts to change the country via tariffs, disregarding approved congressional spending measures, seeking to change Social Security, curtailing many government programs, et al.
But no. These congressional Republicans are scared to death that if they oppose Trump, he will spend millions to defeat them in their next election. They sit mutely, doing nothing to help our country, only wanting to perpetuate themselves in Congress. That’s not worthy of a statesman.
Our hopes are that more congressional Republicans, particularly in the Senate, will see that their lack of action is hurting the country, and will get tired of Mr. Trump’s bullying them.
If one more Republican senator jumps ship and starts voting with the Democratic side, and eliminates the president’s ability to act under a national emergency, President Trump’s pronouncements could be null and void.
This could get our country to return to a more-normal pace, thwart Trump’s radical efforts, and allow many Americans to breathe a sigh of relief.
So the question is: when will more elected Republicans show a sign of life, stand on their two hind legs, and help bring our country back to a more normal state? Their honor and legacy will suffer if these lawmakers don’t stand up to Donald Trump.
Thank you, Senators Rand Paul, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and even Mitch McConnell. Keep together and vote with Democratic senators to return our government to normalcy.
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Appreciates “deep dive” into possible PTC police force
Editor, the Forum:
Let me say I read your “What will a Peachtree Corners police force cost?” article and appreciate your deep dive into the costs by other Gwinnett cities for their police services.
A few comments and corrections:
- Near the end of the third paragraph, you write “Out of its [Peachtree Corners] $62 million overall budget.” That amount is the total operating, capital, and special fund budget. However, in the rest of the article, you use the other cities’ Operating Budget as the benchmark when comparing police costs. The Peachtree Corners operating budget is $19.9 million, which is a better apples-to-apples comparison.
- At the very end of the third paragraph, you write “[Peachtree Corners] allocates $1.2 million for police protection.” Since we don’t directly fund police services, Peachtree Corners residents pay for police services via the county government property tax. The better term for the $1.2 million is “Public Safety” and is primarily composed of funding for our City Marshals.
- You also write “Braselton spends the least, $8.2 million.” Per your table, that is Braselton’s total operating budget, their police budget is $4.1 million per your data.
– Eric Christ, city councilman, Peachtee Corners
Dear Eric: You noted that we re-printed the chart about police in the last edition, to clarify. Thanks for clearing up that bit about police protection. The city’s website doesn’t make that distinction about the marshals when using the term “Police protection.”–eeb
How about merging two nearby police forces?
Editor, the Forum:
Good to see this article on Peachtree Corners upcoming meeting on police. I know there’s more to this issue (Gwinnett County, police staffing, crime rates), but what would prevent PTC from merging with Norcross for police service? Why does each mini-city have to have its own force? I’m certain this isn’t unprecedented but given the need for a building, cars, etc, why not join “forces” (pun intended)?
– Mike Davis, Peachtree Corners
Dear Mike: Interesting idea, but I would hate to be the police chief with two bosses. –eeb.
Other considerations of a new police force
Editor, the Forum:
Let me point out some other things that could be looked at in determining whether Peachtree Corners should have its own Police Department.
- What is the fee Peachtree Corners currently has to pay the county for police services? I assume it’s not free, so how much would PC’s budget for a Police Department be offset by not having to pay that fee anymore?
- For Auburn, Braselton and Loganville, are you only using the population inside Gwinnett? If not, wouldn’t that be a fairer comparison, since outside Gwinnett has different zoning rules and is generally more rural why?
- Are residents happier or better off with the smaller–possibly more personal– Police Department, or with the large county department that has the benefit of a very much larger budget? I think Sandy Springs is happy with their municipal department, but Camden, N.J. went back to the county, saying that the municipal department had become inefficient and corrupt.
- Finally, what is the intent of the move to create a PD for PC? Crime rate? Response time? Is there some faction that wants to control the police department? (As always, follow the money! There is probably somebody expecting to get rich.)
– Tom Fort, Snellville
Dear Tom: Good insight. Some partial answers:
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- Residents in Peachtree Corners pay the same tax for police services as do residents of other towns without a police force. That comes out of their ad valorem tax bill directly to the county.
- Total population was used for these three cities, since the police force covers the entire area.
- We’ve seen no study such as you mention. All we know of Camden is that it has had a very corrupt municipal government.
- Who started this idea of a police force for Peachtree Corners. We do not know. One or two horrible incidents may have contributed.–eeb
Enjoyed recent headrights history by Charlotte Nash
Editor, the Forum:
Excellent work recently on history from a great source, Charlotte Nash. Keep up the good work.
– Avery Headd, Buford
When will harassment of all of us and colleges end?
Editor, the Forum:
My opinion is that under the Trump Administration we have lost our democracy.
I am a graduate of a small liberal arts college in Worcester, Mass., Clark University , which currently has 4,148 graduate and undergraduate students.
Donald Trump is currently intervening in its affairs. The college’s president is a homosexual male. Also, Clark has a strong D.E.I. commitment.
In our country we have freedom of speech. This does not hold true any longer for larger colleges such as Columbia. Now smaller colleges are also being harassed. When will this stop, or must we endure it for another four years.
– Marilyn Haritos, Duluth
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Two are promoted at Georgia Banking Company
Georgia Banking Company (GBC) has announced the appointment of Jeff Kraus to Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Margaret Whieldon to Chief Experience Officer (CXO). These strategic appointments to the executive team underscore GBC’s commitment to driving financial excellence and enhancing the customer and employee experience.
Whieldon
Kraus
raus, who has been with GBC since 2021, has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer following the retirement of Rob Cochran. Jeff’s extensive knowledge of GBC’s strategic goals and vision and his diverse background make him exceptionally well-suited for this role.
Over the past 25 years, Jeff has held various positions, including Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at other financial institutions. As CFO, Jeff will oversee all financial operations, ensuring fiscal responsibility, strategic financial planning, and continued growth. His commitment to excellence and collaborative approach have earned him the respect and trust of his colleagues and industry peers. Jeff holds his bachelor’s degree in accounting from Liberty University.
In addition, GBC announces that Margaret Whieldon has been promoted to Chief Experience Officer (CXO). Margaret brings a wealth of experience and leadership, having served community banks as a senior marketing professional for over 25 years. She has been with GBC since 2021.
The new role of Chief Experience Officer is pivotal in shaping a high-performance culture and aligning strategies with GBC’s vision to be the bank of choice. Whieldon will be responsible for developing and executing customer and employee experience strategies to align with the company’s goals, fostering a collaborative culture, and championing the voice of the customer at the executive level. Her strategic vision and passion for excellence will drive efforts to ensure exceptional customer and employee experiences. She earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration and marketing from Tennessee Tech University.
Bartow Morgan, Jr., CEO says: “I am pleased to welcome Jeff and Margaret to the bank’s executive team. Their extensive experience and leadership will be invaluable as we drive our continued success together.”
Georgia Banking Company (GBC) is a community bank headquartered in Atlanta. As of March 31, 2025, GBC had approximately $2.5 billion in total assets.
Lawrenceville seeks honorees for Medallion Trail
The City of Lawrenceville’s Heritage Trail Medallion Commission began accepting nominations for 2025 honorees on May 1, 2025, via the city website. The nomination period will remain open for 60 days, closing at 5 p.m. on June 30, 2025.
A maximum of two honorees are selected annually by the Commission. Final selections will be approved in the fall, with a new medallion installed in spring 2026.
Heritage Trail Medallions honor individuals who have made significant contributions to the City of Lawrenceville throughout its 204-year history. The trail begins at the Fallen Heroes Memorial, winds through Downtown Lawrenceville, and concludes at Rhodes Jordan Park, showcasing the names and legacies of those who helped shape the community.
Mayor David Still says: “The Heritage Trail Medallion program reflects the heart and history of our city. Each honoree represents a piece of Lawrenceville’s story, and we are deeply grateful to the Heritage Trail Medallion Commission for their thoughtful and diligent work in preserving that legacy for future generations.”
The 2025 Heritage Trail Medallion Commission members are: Michelle Bachelor Robinson, Chair; Dawnya Fischer Lindsey, Vice-Chair; Marshel (Moses) Abney; Theresa Bailey; Elliott Brack; Gloria James; and Nancy (Patsy) Price.
- Community members interested in submitting nominations can find application information here on the City’s website:
Norcross photo contest open; deadline is July 31
Norcross residents and visitors are invited to enter this year’s “From Bees to Trees” photo contest free of charge by submitting their photos celebrating the beauty of nature in Norcross.
Take advantage of the beauty of nature in Norcross and submit photos of the city. Registration is open now in the city’s 2025 contest. Entries are due July 31. Selected photos will be on exhibit from August 28–September 27 at Norcross Gallery and Studios. The contest is open to both Norcross residents and visitors.
As an official Bee City and Tree City, Norcross offers many picture perfect locations in its public parks, green spaces, trails, arboretum, Discovery Garden Park and all around the city.
Peachtree Corners’ farmers market opens Saturday
Peachtree Farm will partner with the City of Peachtree Corners to offer the Peachtree Corners Farmers Market. The first market of the year will be Saturday, May 10, from 8-11 a.m. The Saturday markets will continue through August 30.
The event will be in front of Firebirds and Fire and Stone Pizza in Town Center. Come by and support the event as we work to “Grow” into the future and expand in future years. The weekly farmers market provides fresh produce and artisan goods for sale. The market consists of 10 or more market booths selling produce, artisan goods and food.
County crime response center wins award
Gwinnett County was recently recognized with a 2025 Georgia County Excellence Award for its Situational Awareness and Crime Response Center (SACRC). Hosted jointly by the Association County Commissioners of Georgia and Georgia Trend magazine, the awards program honors innovative and cost-effective county programs that meet the needs of residents while enhancing their quality of life.
The Center provides analysis for active 911 calls and responds to alerts related to public safety events in real time with the help of flock cameras, license plate readers and other technology. In 2024, SACRC, which supports the Gwinnett Safe Communities program, expanded analytical support by incorporating community-based cameras to help inform first responders headed to crime scenes or searching for missing individuals. In 2024, the SACRC located nearly 80 stolen vehicles, assisted with 250 arrests and located 12 missing persons.
JEMC Foundation awards $87,500 in local grants
The Jackson EMC Foundation board of directors awarded a total of $107,500 in grants for organizations during its recent meeting, including $87,500 to organizations serving Gwinnett County.
- $10,000 to the American Red Cross, to provide immediate and supplemental financial assistance, health assistance for families in Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson, Lumpkin, Madison and Oglethorpe counties after experiencing a house fire, and for local disaster response.
- $10,000 to Athens Parent Wellbeing, Inc., Athens, which promotes the mental well-being of mothers and families in the Jackson EMC counties throughout pregnancy and postpartum period by providing education, resources and support for psychological evaluations for uninsured and underinsured clients.
- $10,000 to Bethel Haven, which provides help and healing to distressed children, teenagers, adults and families in all counties served by Jackson EMC to provide counseling sessions.
- $10,000 to Eagle Ranch, Inc., which provides a whole-family approach to restoring and renewing relationships for children and families in Jackson EMC counties, for counseling sessions for clients in its First Step Counseling Program.
- $10,000 to Step by Step Recovery, Inc., Lawrenceville, which provides a safe and structured residential program for men and women suffering from homelessness, drug and alcohol abuse, and recently-paroled people for its Residential Recovery Program.
- $7,500 to Acceptance Recovery Center, Inc., Athens, which provides peer support recovery services to individuals in all counties served by Jackson EMC recovering from substance use disorders.
- $7,500 to Fresh Wind Recovery Ministry, Inc., Athens, which is a residential ministry for men in all counties served by Jackson EMC struggling with substance abuse to support counseling sessions and meals for clients.
- $7,500 to Judy House Ministry, Inc., Lawrenceville, which provides a safe environment for men and women in Gwinnett County facing homelessness for housing for its Transfer Program.
- $7,500 to NSPIRE Outreach Ministries, Inc., Lawrenceville, which helps those in Gwinnett and Hall counties facing a cycle of homelessness, addiction, domestic violence, abuse and neglect.
- $7,500 to Palm House Recovery Centers, Inc., Athens, which helps people in all counties served by Jackson EMC struggling with addiction for client intake fees and rent for individuals in its Helping Hands Program.
The Frozen River, by Ariel Lawhon
From Susan J. Harris, Stone Mountain: In 1789 Maine, the Kennebec River freezes over entombing a man in ice. Martha Ballard is asked to examine the body. She is the area midwife and healer. Martha records all births and people she attends to which creates a record of her work that spans decades. She attended to a woman who was raped by two of the most respected men in the community, one of whom was the man buried in the ice. A Harvard graduate physician declares the death accidental, but Martha believes otherwise. She takes it upon herself to investigate every possible avenue to what she believes is murder. When her records become part of the trial, she is faced with a test of loyalty. The stunning ending of this book is well worth the reader’s time, especially since it is based upon the life of Martha Ballard, a midwife who lived in 18th century Maine.
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Turner starts Goodwill Games after boycott
CNN founder Ted Turner established the Goodwill Games in response to the United States’ boycott of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, Russia, and the Soviet Union’s boycott of the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
Turner envisioned the Goodwill Games both as a balm to soothe cold war tensions between the world’s two superpowers and as premium sports programming for WTBS, his Atlanta-based television station. Moscow hosted the inaugural Goodwill Games in 1986, with subsequent events hosted by Seattle, Wash. (1990); St. Petersburg, Russia (1994); New York City (1998); and Brisbane, Australia (2001). A winter version of the games was staged in Lake Placid, N.Y., in 2000.
The games showcased nearly 20,000 athletes from 100 countries in its six meetings. Although Turner Broadcasting reportedly lost hundreds of millions of dollars by producing and broadcasting the competitions, Turner claimed that the friendships forged between athletes and officials of different countries, as well as the millions of dollars raised for such charitable organizations as UNICEF, made the games successful.
The 1986 Moscow games featured 3,500 athletes competing in 18 sports. Many American athletes declined to participate, citing concerns over the recent Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Competitors from Israel were not invited. Turner’s meeting with Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev during the games was a highlight for the organizer, but few sports fans attended the 15-day event and even fewer watched the festivities on television. Turner reportedly lost $26 million on the charter Goodwill Games, but he was determined to carry on.
U.S. track star Carl Lewis and the U.S. women’s basketball team, which won a gold medal, made the 1990 Seattle Goodwill Games memorable with their performances, but the games again failed to attract a large audience and lost $44 million. The 1994 St. Petersburg Games lost about $39 million, again apparently due to lack of fan support.
The 1998 New York City Games scored a 25 percent larger television audience than did the St. Petersburg event. These games featured popular figure skaters Michelle Kwan and Todd Eldredge, as well as track and field athletes Michael Johnson, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, and Dan O’Brien, yet attendance still lagged at the venues. The 1998 games were also marred when Chinese gymnast Sang Lan suffered a paralyzing spinal-cord injury during a practice session.
After the 2000 winter games in Lake Placid and the 2001 games in Brisbane, officials from Time-Warner, the communications conglomerate that had merged with Turner Broadcasting in 1996, decided to terminate the Goodwill Games.
Other world-class athletes who competed in the Goodwill Games over its sixteen-year run included figure skater Oksana Baiul, track and field athletes Marion Jones and Sergei Bubka, basketball player Tim Duncan, and boxer Oscar De La Hoya.
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This antebellum house is famous. Can you tell us why?
Today’s mystery is an antebellum house, somewhat famous. Try to pinpoint its location, then send your answer to ebrack2@gmail.com, and tell us your hometown.
Pat Bruschini of Peachtree Corners recognized the last Mystery Photo, telling us it was “the Vanderbilt Mansion along the Hudson River in Hyde Park, N.Y. I was just there on a Road Scholar trip in October 2024.” Unfortunately, we have lost who sent in this photo.
Others recognizing it included Jay Altman, Columbia, S.C.; George Graf, Palmyra, Va,; Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill; Lou Camerio, Lilburn; and the reliable Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas, who wrote: “Today’s mystery photo is of the Vanderbilt Mansion, a striking remnant of America’s Gilded Age, located on a 211-acre estate beside the Hudson River in Hyde Park, N.Y. Built between 1896 and 1899 for Frederick William Vanderbilt (1856 – 1938), a shrewd investor and philanthropist, this 54-room Beaux-Arts masterpiece was a statement of opulence, innovation, and power. But it has a strangely eerie history, as well as a recent, unsolved mystery which contributes to an enigmatic aura surrounding the Vanderbilts.
“One tragic tale dates back to 1900, when a young cook, just weeks into her job, mistook an elevator shaft for a pantry door and fell to her death. Since then, staff and visitors have reported flickering lights, unexplained footsteps, and an odd energy near the old dumbwaiter—fostering legends that the mansion may be haunted.
“More recently, on December 6, 2024, a hiker discovered the body of a 69 year old woman lying face down near the eastern shore of the Hudson River, within the grounds of the Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site. After about a month, authorities were able to identify the woman. Despite the identification, however, the circumstances surrounding her death remain unclear, and the investigation is ongoing, adding a modern mystery to the property’s already storied past.”
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TV’s Zelski speaks May 8 in Peachtree Corners
Snellville Commerce Club will meet Monday, May 6 at noon at the City Hall. Recipients of scholarships from the Future Business Leaders of America and Distributive Education Clubs of America will be presented with scholarships. Reservations are required. Visit the web site to make reservations.
Bestselling author Emily Carpenter will discuss her newest psychological thriller, Gothictown, on May 8 at 7 p.m. at the Suwanee Branch of Gwinnett County Public Library. Books will be available for sale and signing.
Producer David Zelski of Georgia Public Broadcasting, will be guest speaker on May 8 at the Thursday Though Leader’s breakfast buffet at the Northwest Hilton in Peachtree Corners at 8 a.m. He will highlight some of Georgia’s most unique destinations and explain how local farms, food and outdoor experiences are helping power Georgia’s economy. Register online before May 6 to hold your space.
Law enforcement community meeting on the possible creation of a police force in Peachtree Corners is scheduled for May 8 at 7 p.m. at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 5775 Peachtree Parkway. Featured will be findings of a police analysis and staffing study funded by the city. Attendance is limited to 300 on a first come, first seated basis. The program will be livestreamed here.
Join acclaimed author Nancy Johnson in discussing her newest novel, “People of Means,” about a mother and daughter each seeking justice and following their dreams in 1960s Nashville and 1990s Chicago. This will be at the Lawrenceville Branch of Gwinnett County Public Library on Friday, May 9, at noon.
The season finale of the Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra will be May 10 at 7:30 p.m. at the Johns Creek Methodist Church. The theme will be “A Kaleidoscope of American Music,” playing music from Hitchcock and Hermann films, from John Williams and Gershwin. This concert will include the world premiere of a piece by Atlanta composer Michael Kurth. Los Angeles Philharmonic Principal Trumpet Tom Hooten, formerly with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, will be the featured performer.
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