More than 10,000 visitors are expected to attend the 6th Annual Rice Festival to be held at Stone Mountain Park from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 9....
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Fukuoka and Prefectures Featured at JapanFest 2010
JapanFest 2010, which celebrated its 24th year Sept. 18-19, was held this year at Gwinnett Center in Duluth. The event is the largest Japanese festival east of Houston and south...
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Two Atlanta Men Convicted in Mexican Guns-Drug Swap
Guns and cash from the United States, drugs from Mexico. Two Atlanta men thought that was the trade they were making with Mexican drug traffickers, who turned out instead to...
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Local Groups to Celebrate Mexico’s 200th Birthday
Mexican groups in Atlanta are gearing up for local events celebrating the country's bicentennial independence day on Sept. 16. El Club de Comerciantes, which provides online training for Hispanic entrepreneurs...
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Japan-America Society of Georgia Celebrates 30 Years
The Japan-America Society of Georgia celebrated its 30th anniversary Sept. 2 with an evening of reminiscences at Consul General Takuji Hanatani’s residence in Buckhead, which was attended by some 70...
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Video: Atlanta Warehouse Exports Books to Africa
On the outside, it looks like any other industrial building. But inside this Atlanta warehouse are cardboard boxes full of knowledge soon to be exported across the world. Minnesota-based Books...
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Deadline Approaching for Delta Prize Nominations
Nominations are being accepted until Sept. 1 for the 2012 Delta Prize for Global Understanding. Endowed by the Delta Air Lines Foundation and administered by the University of Georgia, the...
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Airport Train Gets Its Name
Don Auensen of Marietta edged out more than 600 other entrants in a social-media contest to name the automated people mover train at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. From now on,...
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Finally, 22,000 Books Headed From Atlanta to Africa
After more than a year in limbo, 22,000 books will be shipped Tuesday from Atlanta to rural Kenya to establish libraries in villages where none exist. Atlanta nonprofit inABLE, formerly...
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Global Soap Project Makes Pitch for Funds
The Atlanta-based Global Soap Project, which recycles used soap from hotels for use in Africa, is making a pitch for financial contributions as it enters the "heavy lifting" stage of...