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ParkGrounds.
Coffee. Unleashed.
Coffee. Unleashed.
Who was man's best friend first? The dog? Or the coffee bean? We couldn't make our minds up, so we opened ParkGrounds – the perfect mid-dogwalk destination for Atlantans seeking a pick-me-up, a bite to eat, a quick chat with the neighbors, or in the case of those who own Huskies – a place to catch their breath.
We also have a delicious Pour-Over coffees from Counter Culture Coffee, fresh locally baked goods, some fancypants reading material (if you're into that), and quite possibly the coolest staff in town. Got a computer? Let it loose on our free Wi-Fi connection. Whether you do or don't like coffee or have a dog, you're bound to find something you dig at ParkGrounds. Pop in sometime. We won't bite. Promise.
We're hosting the following events you won't want to miss:
$1 Per Dog Admittance to Off-Leash Area
Effective 5/14/2010 (our 3 year anniversary) we will be charging $1 per dog for the off-leash area. This money will go toward improving the park. We want it to be a nice, safe, and clean park. Over time we will make it just that. Please pay inside at the register.
Thank you for your continued support!
Dog Park Improvement Project
Thank you for your continued support!
Dog Park Improvement Project
12.15 Evolver Spores: Take Back the Power
Evolver Atlanta presents
Evolver Spores: Take Back the Power
Tues, Dec. 15
7 PM
Will the end of the oil age mark the end of civilization as we know it? Will we descend into Mad Max mayhem as pumps run dry? Or can the threat of a post-Peak Oil dystopia inspire communities to institute new sustainable models of energy production, conservation, and sharing?
A growing number of institutions, researchers, and DIY pioneers propose new ways to create and conserve power and transfer to using renewable energy in our lives. Innovations in technology have led to a flowering of wind farms, new fuel cells, rapid improvements in photovoltaiic systems, hydroelectric, and biomass energy solutions like Biochar. Visionaries like The Resonance Project’s Nassim Haramein work toward harnessing the energy of the vacuum, or the quantum field, to access infinite power.
For this Spore, we invite Atlanta Evolvers to discuss the future of energy, from radical innovations and renewable technologies to conservation through upgraded environmental design. When we know the situation we face and the options available to us, we can work together to prepare a soft landing for the fossil fuel power-down.
Special guest:
Gail Tverberg – Editor of TheOilDrum.com
and more TBA
We hope to see you there!
Evolver Atlanta presents
Evolver Spores: Take Back the Power
Tues, Dec. 15
7 PM
Will the end of the oil age mark the end of civilization as we know it? Will we descend into Mad Max mayhem as pumps run dry? Or can the threat of a post-Peak Oil dystopia inspire communities to institute new sustainable models of energy production, conservation, and sharing?
A growing number of institutions, researchers, and DIY pioneers propose new ways to create and conserve power and transfer to using renewable energy in our lives. Innovations in technology have led to a flowering of wind farms, new fuel cells, rapid improvements in photovoltaiic systems, hydroelectric, and biomass energy solutions like Biochar. Visionaries like The Resonance Project’s Nassim Haramein work toward harnessing the energy of the vacuum, or the quantum field, to access infinite power.
For this Spore, we invite Atlanta Evolvers to discuss the future of energy, from radical innovations and renewable technologies to conservation through upgraded environmental design. When we know the situation we face and the options available to us, we can work together to prepare a soft landing for the fossil fuel power-down.
Special guest:
Gail Tverberg – Editor of TheOilDrum.com
and more TBA
We hope to see you there!
10.29.2009 Climate Cover-up
Jim Hoggan and Greenpeace are partnering up to present an evening with Jim Hoggan, author of Climate Cover-up; The Crusade to Deny Global Warming. Please join us for an evening of inspiring and thought provoking conversation with a Q&A to follow.
Climate Cover-up is a bold critique of the unsavory PR campaign that has perverted the public conversation about climate change. For two decades, when the world should have been tackling the greatest environmental threat ever to face humankind, we have been paralyzed by doubt and indecision. That’s no accident. As Jim shows in page after carefully documented page, we’ve been stalling because some seedy and self-interested people have worked extremely hard to convince us the problem may not be real. Climate Cover-up rips the lid off that disinformation campaign. It exposes early strategy documents in which oil and coal companies at times working with the tobacco industry describe how they plan to undermine the integrity of science.
Leveraging four years of work on Jim’s DeSmogBlog, Climate Cover-up names names, analyzes tactics and illuminates strategies. It shows how easily reporters and politicians have been bamboozled and how badly the public has been deceived.
It’s time to end the Climate Cover-up.
For more information on the book click here http://desmogblog.com/climate-cover-up
See Jim on Democracy Now here: http://www.democracynow.org/2009/10/20/pr_executive_james_hoggan_on_james
Looking forward to seeing you!
Jim Hoggan and Greenpeace are partnering up to present an evening with Jim Hoggan, author of Climate Cover-up; The Crusade to Deny Global Warming. Please join us for an evening of inspiring and thought provoking conversation with a Q&A to follow.
Climate Cover-up is a bold critique of the unsavory PR campaign that has perverted the public conversation about climate change. For two decades, when the world should have been tackling the greatest environmental threat ever to face humankind, we have been paralyzed by doubt and indecision. That’s no accident. As Jim shows in page after carefully documented page, we’ve been stalling because some seedy and self-interested people have worked extremely hard to convince us the problem may not be real. Climate Cover-up rips the lid off that disinformation campaign. It exposes early strategy documents in which oil and coal companies at times working with the tobacco industry describe how they plan to undermine the integrity of science.
Leveraging four years of work on Jim’s DeSmogBlog, Climate Cover-up names names, analyzes tactics and illuminates strategies. It shows how easily reporters and politicians have been bamboozled and how badly the public has been deceived.
It’s time to end the Climate Cover-up.
For more information on the book click here http://desmogblog.com/climate-cover-up
See Jim on Democracy Now here: http://www.democracynow.org/2009/10/20/pr_executive_james_hoggan_on_james
Looking forward to seeing you!
10.25.09 The Beatles: Rock Band at ParkGrounds
We do it every month! This Sunday at 8pm, come down to ParkGrounds to hang out and play some Rock Band!
There will be adult beverages for a small donation and also BYOB for a small corkage fee.
# Please Please Me (1963)
* I Saw Her Standing There
* Boys
* Do You Want to Know a Secret?
* Twist and Shout
# With the Beatles (1963)
* I Wanna Be Your Man
# A Hard Day's Night (1964)
* A Hard Day's Night
* Can't Buy Me Love
# Beatles For Sale (1964)
* Eight Days a Week
# Help! (1965)
* Ticket to Ride
# Rubber Soul (1965)
* Drive My Car
* I'm Looking Through You
* If I Needed Someone
# Revolver (1966)
* Taxman
* Yellow Submarine
* And Your Bird Can Sing
# Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club (1967)
* Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club/With a Little Help from My Friends
* Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
* Getting Better
* Good Morning Good Morning
# Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
* I Am the Walrus
* Hello Goodbye
# The Beatles White Album (1968)
* Dear Prudence
* Back in the U.S.S.R.
* While My Guitar Gently Weeps
* Birthday
* Helter Skelter
# Yellow Submarine (1969)
* Hey Bulldog
# Abbey Road (1969)
* Come Together
* Something
* Octopus' Garden
* I Want You (She's So Heavy)
* Here Comes the Sun
# Let It Be (1970)
* Dig a Pony
* I Me Mine
* I've Got a Feeling
* Get Back
# Love (2006)
* Within You/Tomorrow Never Knows
We do it every month! This Sunday at 8pm, come down to ParkGrounds to hang out and play some Rock Band!
There will be adult beverages for a small donation and also BYOB for a small corkage fee.
# Please Please Me (1963)
* I Saw Her Standing There
* Boys
* Do You Want to Know a Secret?
* Twist and Shout
# With the Beatles (1963)
* I Wanna Be Your Man
# A Hard Day's Night (1964)
* A Hard Day's Night
* Can't Buy Me Love
# Beatles For Sale (1964)
* Eight Days a Week
# Help! (1965)
* Ticket to Ride
# Rubber Soul (1965)
* Drive My Car
* I'm Looking Through You
* If I Needed Someone
# Revolver (1966)
* Taxman
* Yellow Submarine
* And Your Bird Can Sing
# Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club (1967)
* Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club/With a Little Help from My Friends
* Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
* Getting Better
* Good Morning Good Morning
# Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
* I Am the Walrus
* Hello Goodbye
# The Beatles White Album (1968)
* Dear Prudence
* Back in the U.S.S.R.
* While My Guitar Gently Weeps
* Birthday
* Helter Skelter
# Yellow Submarine (1969)
* Hey Bulldog
# Abbey Road (1969)
* Come Together
* Something
* Octopus' Garden
* I Want You (She's So Heavy)
* Here Comes the Sun
# Let It Be (1970)
* Dig a Pony
* I Me Mine
* I've Got a Feeling
* Get Back
# Love (2006)
* Within You/Tomorrow Never Knows
10.24.09 Cosmic Origins of Halloween presentation at Parkgrounds
Randall Carlson and SacredGeometryAtlanta.Com are proud to present
"The Cosmic Origins of Halloween"
Saturday, October 24th - 7:30 - 10:30pm
$7 Suggested Donation
@ ParkGrounds Coffee Shop
142 Flat Shoals Ave
Atlanta, GA 30316
A multimedia presentation on the esoteric origins of Halloween
and the worldwide celebration of The Day of the Dead.
Questions to be discussed include:
1. What is the meaning of Halloween, Samhein, or "The Day of the Dead"?
2. How could ancient cultures across the globe "coincidentally" celebrate this theme of The Day of the Dead at the same time of year, assuming they had no contact with each other?
3. What are the origins of the symbols and superstitions associated with Halloween? (witches on brooms, apparitions, graves and the dead, Lucifer, Satan, candlelight, etc)
4. How do the Pleiades star cluster relate to Halloween?
...and much more!
10/28 Evolver Atlanta presents Evolver Spore: "Spreading the Network"
Join Evolver Atlanta at ParkGrounds every third Wednesday for our new monthly series: Evolver Spores.
Evolver Spores are community meet-ups, creative salons, hubs of ecological activation and social inspiration. Evolver Spores bring people and groups together who share the ideal of a more beautiful and equitable world, and help them find the collaborators and tools they need to manifest their vision.
The theme of our first Evolver Spore gathering on June 17 will be “Spreading the Network”. We ask you to consider what it will take to build a grassroots network of awakening consciousness and pragmatic optimism during this time of economic meltdown, environmental assault, and endless war.
How do we communicate with people who are constrained by old belief systems and thought patterns? How do we grow, develop, and spread a resilient network that outmodes the current blockades through direct action and inspired activism? And how can we bring together diverse groups and organizations working for change, creating new collaborative networks that improve our communities? Evolver Spores will explore these questions, tapping into our collective strengths and ideas to find the solutions.
Evolver Spores are community meet-ups, creative salons, hubs of ecological activation and social inspiration. Evolver Spores bring people and groups together who share the ideal of a more beautiful and equitable world, and help them find the collaborators and tools they need to manifest their vision.
The theme of our first Evolver Spore gathering on June 17 will be “Spreading the Network”. We ask you to consider what it will take to build a grassroots network of awakening consciousness and pragmatic optimism during this time of economic meltdown, environmental assault, and endless war.
How do we communicate with people who are constrained by old belief systems and thought patterns? How do we grow, develop, and spread a resilient network that outmodes the current blockades through direct action and inspired activism? And how can we bring together diverse groups and organizations working for change, creating new collaborative networks that improve our communities? Evolver Spores will explore these questions, tapping into our collective strengths and ideas to find the solutions.
9/25 & 10/2 - Lunar Mysteries @ 7:30pm-10:00pm $7/Suggested Donation
Many scientists and scholars have pondered the numerous physical properties of our moon, yet no satisfying conclusions have been reached. Please join us as Randall discusses the perplexing anomalies and controversies surrounding our lunar neighbor.
Why is only one side of the moon visible to us on Earth?What is special about the Earth, Sun, Moon geometry, and its relation to eclipses?What has been the role of the moon in metaphysical and esoteric traditions throughout history?How is lunar symbolism embedded in our modern mythologies?How do modern scientific discoveries about the nature of the moon relate to ancient understanding of the moon?What relationship do lunar cycles have to The Great Year and cycles of catastrophe?
This is only the second time that Randall has presented this unique presentation. Definitely not one to be missed!All proceeds go to fund Randall's upcoming trip to the CPAK conference in San Diego. Please help us further this extremely important research by inviting your friends and donating at the event our online.
Thank you!!
-Sacred Geometry Atlanta
Why is only one side of the moon visible to us on Earth?What is special about the Earth, Sun, Moon geometry, and its relation to eclipses?What has been the role of the moon in metaphysical and esoteric traditions throughout history?How is lunar symbolism embedded in our modern mythologies?How do modern scientific discoveries about the nature of the moon relate to ancient understanding of the moon?What relationship do lunar cycles have to The Great Year and cycles of catastrophe?
This is only the second time that Randall has presented this unique presentation. Definitely not one to be missed!All proceeds go to fund Randall's upcoming trip to the CPAK conference in San Diego. Please help us further this extremely important research by inviting your friends and donating at the event our online.
Thank you!!
-Sacred Geometry Atlanta
What're you waiting for? Get out of the (dog)house and play!
Pit Bull/Aggressive Breed Disclaimer
ParkGrounds' baristas are not trained to handle canines, conduct temperament tests, or monitor the off-leash area. Therefore, in an effort to prevent adding to the bad rap aggressive breeds such as Pit Bulls and Pit mixes already have - they are not allowed inside the off-leash area. This is best for everyone and has nothing to do with your little snookums. Email pitpolicy@parkgrounds.com for more information.Download a copy of the Dog Park Rules (PDF, 109 Kb). To view this document, you will need to install the Acrobat Reader, available from Adobe.