Category: Video

MLK Memorial Marta Station

Past the Pencil Factory buildings, right across the street looms a large, ultilitarian-looking concrete building. Out front, there is a large metal sculpture that hides a massive staircase behind. The station is extremely large in nature, and the architecture looks like it was built in the 1950s. On the opposite end of the station is a large, colorful mural. At the time I went there was no one present (besides my roommate and myself). The emptiness and the dated look of the building contributed to a very eerie, abandoned feeling.

Pencil Factory Flats and Shops

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The old pencil factory on Decatur street has transformed into an active residential and commercial area. Shops and restaurants line the streetfronts, offering everything from Indian food to small boutiques. Located on top of these shops are five stories of apartments and flats, vacated by a lot of students and young adults. The renovation of the factory allowed for a once nearly abandoned area to become active once again.

First Game of the Night

The first game of the night was a game called “Categories”, where the audience provided a category, and the actors had to name things from that category without repeating or hesitating. This first one was alcoholic beverages, and it’s obvious that Max’s knowledge is limited in this field. At the end, the audience shouts “Die!” at Max to signal that he said something that wasn’t actually a part of that category. This game was great to start with to warm up the audience for the kind of participation necessary for the shows held at Dad’s Garage.

Skeleton Mom

This video is a part of one of the scenes performed that night. The object of the game was that when the director, Terry, rang the bell and said “that sounds like a song”, the actor then had to improvise a song on the spot. Max entered the scene and said “I’m skeleton mom” and was then forced to make a song about it. He made up a rap on the spot, which illicited a lot of howling laughter from those of us in the audience!

Splash Fountains

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This video is from the fountains near one of the park entrances. On any given day, you can find children playing in the fountains with their parents watching from the outside of the splash pads. The park is very family-oriented, given the fact that most families that live in the downtown area come here with their children when the weather is nice. When I visited the park, it was still extremely hot, and there were a lot of kids playing in the water to cool off.