Life University Staff Council Newsletter Volume 8 Issue 2 | Page 3

Local Happenings

MAY 27 Brew at the Zoo
MAY 20 — 21 43rd Grant Park Spring Tour of Homes
Location: Grant Park, Atlanta. Pick up tickets at Erskine Fountain at the intersection of
Cherokee Avenue and Ormond Street
Information: The 43rd annual Grant Park Spring Tour of Homes will take you through a
tour of Atlanta’s backyard. Join Grant Park residents as they welcome you to tour their
homes throughout the neighborhood. Homes on the tour include a Craftsman bungalow,
the Grant Mansion, a stunning Victorian, and stunning new additions to historic homes.
The tour benefits the Grant Park Neighborhood Association. Grant Park is a large
neighborhood, so driving or riding a bike is recommended for this tour.
Tickets: $20 for adults, $10 for children under 18 (children 3 and under free). $25 the day of.
Website: grantpark.org/event/108925?c=5967414

JUNE 3 — 4 18 th Annual Flying Colors Butterfly Festival
Times: Saturday, 10 a.m. — 3 p.m.
Sunday, noon — 5 p.m.
Location: Chattahoochee Nature Center, 9135 Willeo Road, Roswell
Information: Watch live butterfly releases and walk through the
butterfly encounter exhibit with hundreds of butterflies. There will
be a plant sale, crafts, face painting, fairy houses, sidewalk art,
food trucks, live music and more.
Tickets: $12 General Public, $8 CNC Members
Website: chattnaturecenter.org/special-events/festivals/butterfly-
festival/

JUNE 13 — 18 Mamma Mia!
Times: Varied
Location: Fox Theatre, Atlanta
Information: A mother. A daughter. Three possible dads. And a
trip down the aisle you’ll never forget! Over 45 million people all
around the world have fallen in love with the characters, the story
and the music that make Mamma Mia! the ultimate feel-good
show! Writer Catherine Johnson’s sunny, funny tale unfolds on a
Greek island paradise. One the eve of her wedding, a daughter’s
quest to discover the identity of her father brings three men from
her mother’s past back to the island they last visited 20 years ago.
Tickets: $30 — $105
Website: foxtheatre.org/

Tidbits
• In 1907, James Murray Spangler, a janitor, tinkered with an old
fan motor and attached it to a soap box stapled to a broom
handle. Using a pillow case as a dust collector on the contraption,
Spangler invented a portable electric vacuum cleaner.
• A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball of rubber. A ball of
solid steel will bounce higher than one ma de entirely of glass.
• Artificial turf is becoming an increasingly popular choice for
athletic field coverings. While easy to maintain, the rubber
used for shock absorption can cause field temperatures to
climb in excess of 160 degrees!
LIFE AT LIFE VOL 8. Issue 2
Time: 5:30 p.m. — 9:30 p.m.
Location: Zoo Atlanta
Information: Atlanta’s favorite Memorial
Day Weekend tradition, Brew at the Zoo, is
celebrating its 10th anniversary! Enjoy over 70
selections of brews and a limited selection of
wine, all within an exotic outdoor destination
that’s home to more than 1,000 animals from
around the world, including giant pandas and
the largest population of great apes in North
America. Enjoy live music, and access to special
keeper talks and animal demos through the zoo.
Event is for ages 21 plus.
Tickets: General Admission- non-members $50,
members $45
Website: zooatlanta.org/event/brew-at-the-zoo/

Did You Know?
• Ten percent of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment.
• A snail can sleep for more than three years at a time.
• The toaster came before sliced bread and was marketed in 1909. Sliced bread followed soon after.
• The internet was originally designed by the US Department of Defense and called ARPANet (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network). 

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