Monday moves
Jan. 27 — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) made arrests Sunday along Buford Highway and in Tucker as part of President Donald Trump’s promised crackdown on illegal immigration.
☔ Expect rain showers early in the day followed by clouds and a high near 50°.
?️ After a week-long recess due to winter weather, the Georgia General Assembly resumes work at the Gold Dome today, with Gov. Brian Kemp continuing his push for tort reform.
? The Fulton County Board of Education voted to move forward with the closure process for Spalding Drive Elementary, with a final vote expected next month.
? The Sandy Springs City Council authorized the Public Works Department to apply for a $9.12 million federal grant for construction and utility work for its Roswell North End Boulevard Project.
?️ Georgia energy regulators voted to put guardrails around the proliferation of power-hungry data centers cropping up across the state.
? The City of Atlanta is looking for volunteers to participate in its second annual “Love Your Park” clean-up initiative in February.
? Noah Centineo, the Duffer Brothers, and Laverne Cox are just some of the names expected to appear at the 2025 SCAD TVfest Feb. 5-7.
ELSEWHERE
? The Kansas City Chiefs will face the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX on Feb. 9 in New Orleans. The Chiefs will try to become the first team to win three straight Super Bowls.
? Here’s what’s in today’s newsletter:
• Your DeKalb Farmers Market
• Sammie’s Sundance postcard
• Global Headlines
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• Look & Listen
Have a great week,
Collin & Sammie
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1. Your DeKalb Farmers Market a go-to since 1977
? Your DeKalb Farmers Market is unlike anywhere else in Metro Atlanta.
The chaotic hum of the market is somehow embraced into order and organization. Multiple languages printed on identification cards reflect flags representing various countries hanging above the meat and seafood counters and rows of produce stands. Immaculate pastries are stationed behind glass, while long lines snake from the rotisserie chicken stand on Wednesdays.
Your DeKalb Farmers Market feels both otherworldly and anachronistic in the best possible way.
➳ Read more about the beloved institution here.
The largest artist market in the Southeast opens tonight
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? 43 Years!
See the work of more than 400 artists from around the country at the annual Spotlight on Art Artists Market at Trinity School, which begins at 6 p.m. tonight and is open through Sat., Feb. 1.
➡ New Art Daily! The Market features an ever-changing variety of art in 6,000 square feet of gallery space!
➡ Free Entry All Week Long! And don’t miss tonight’s Opening Night (6-9 p.m.) and Friday’s Cocktails & Canvases (6-8 p.m.)! Beverages and hors d’oeuvres are complimentary at evening events; no tickets are required.
?️ Click here for details including hours and parking.
2. Sundown on Sundance
? I’m finally back from Sundance (at least, the physical part of things), and I keep asking myself: is there anything I would do differently next time?
The answer? Yes! I had so much fun, but I think if I’m ever lucky enough to go again (hello to all my editors who are reading this!), I would make a point to step out and do more of the non-industry and press screenings. Before going, I didn’t realize how far away the P&I screenings would be from – well, pretty much everything else. It makes it easy to see a ton of movies in rapid succession, but I only really got to explore the rest of Park City one evening, and I didn’t get a chance to see the inside of some of the more famous theaters in town.
I would also try to make at least one reservation for a good restaurant – although shout out to Fresh Market, Starbucks, Sergio’s, and Top of the Main Brew Pub for getting me through the weekend and letting me use your outlets. You were all perfect, no notes.
Later this week, I’ll have the official rundown of my favorite movies that I saw (excluding some online screenings that I’ll be partaking in this weekend; the fun truly never stops!) along with a look into a Georgia-based panel I attended.
? But for now, this is Sammie signing off from Sundance.
3. Colombia-Trump dust-up; Holocaust Remembrance Day
?????? Residents returned to northern Gaza today, even as ceasefires between Hamas, Lebanon, and Israel are teetering with the warring parties disputing the terms of the agreements. On Saturday, Hamas returned four female Israeli soldiers and Israel freed 200 Palestinian prisoners.
?? Colombia agreed to accept deportations of its citizens who entered the U.S. illegally, averting threatened 25% tariffs from President Trump.
?️Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which this year marks the 80th anniversary of the day that Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland.
?? Prosecutors in South Korea have indicted President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges that he led a rebellion by declaring martial law on Dec. 3.
?? ?? Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is leading an international economic mission to Poland and Germany.
? The world’s biggest iceberg — a 130-foot (40-meter) tall wall of ice the size of Rhode Island — is lumbering toward a remote island off of Antarctica that is home to millions of penguins and seals.
?? A doorbell camera in Prince Edward Island, Canada recorded video and audio of a meteorite crashing onto a driveway.
?? American Madison Keys won the Australian Open, picking up her first Grand Slam title. Italy’s Jannik Sinner captured his second-straight men’s title in Melbourne.
?️ Join the World Affairs Council of Atlanta on Sat., April 12 for a Young Leaders volunteer event: Gardening at the Carter Center. Get more information and register here.
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4. Trump’s first week
As expected, President Donald Trump has already caused a global stir with a flurry of executive orders (which are already facing legal challenges), pardons, rhetoric, and trying to make the “Gulf of America” happen. Here are a few pods to get you up to speed.
?️ The All-In podcast gives an overview of Trump’s first week, including his executive order to save, at least temporarily, TikTok.
? The Wall Street Journal’s Washington bureau chief Damian Paletta talks to What’s News about what the president’s actions tell us about his priorities and agenda for the next four years.
?️ The New Yorker’s The Political Scene podcast tries to find the distinction between Trump’s personal grievances and his policy aims, and finds very little daylight.
? Imara Jones talks about the chilling effect of Trump’s executive orders on the transgender community on the latest episode of The Mess.
? Nine Inch Nails are bringing the Peel It Back Tour 2025 to Gas South Arena on Sept. 9. Tickets go on sale this Wed., Jan. 29 at noon.
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? Today’s newsletter was edited by Julie E. Bloemeke.
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