The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Cathedral Antiques Show returns Feb. 5
The Cathedral Antiques Show is back for the 46th year Feb. 5-12.
Organized by the Episcopal Church Women of the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Philip in Buckhead, festivities include a speaker series, antiques show, flower festival, two home tours and a patron preview gala.
Things kick off Feb. 5, with the Young Collectors’ Home Tour, showcasing five homes decorated with antique furnishings. The concluding Tour of Homes on Feb. 12 features five Atlanta stately residences.
In between, there’s the patron preview gala on Feb. 8, giving collectors a chance to sample cocktails and hors d’oeuvres while taking in the collections of period furniture, jewelry, art and accessories from participating dealers. The show is open for general admission Feb. 9-11.
“New highlights this year include contemporary art, a gardening boutique, and a Young Collectors’ Booth,” said Cathedral Antiques Show co-chair Laura Cullen. “These exciting additions, combined with our phenomenal speaker lineup, promise to enhance this year’s show and broaden its appeal to a variety of audiences.”
She also noted a new partnership with the Antiques Council, a professional nonprofit association of antiques dealers that advises leading U.S. antiques shows.
Speakers scheduled to give presentations this year include Alexa Hampton, Rebecca Vizard, Chuck Chewning, Laura Dowling, Margot Shaw, Cathy Kincaid and James Farmer.
All show events are held at the Cathedral, at 2744 Peachtree Road N.W. in Buckhead. Since its founding in 1969, the antiques show has raised more than $5 million to benefit Atlanta-area human services charities. This year’s beneficiary is First Step Staffing, which helps secure employment for people transitioning from homelessness, incarceration and other situations.
General-admission tickets to the show are $15. Speaker tickets are $25. Young Collectors’ Home Tour Tickets are $20. Tickets to the concluding Tour of Homes are $30. Friday Flower Bouquet tickets, offering general show admission in addition to talks on floral design, are $45. Tickets to the preview gala are $250.
For complete details and to order tickets, see www. cathedralantiques.org.
Celebrating ‘Hidden Figures’ triumph
Octavia Spencer had reason to rejoice when discussing Atlanta-filmed movie “Hidden Figures” during a visit to “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” this week.
“Congratulations, I think the movie was No. 1 last weekend,” DeGeneres began, saluting the movie’s box-office triumph.
“Yessss!!” responded Spencer, who with Taraji P. Henson and Janelle Monae portrayed African-American women integral to NASA’s early missions. The movie, set in Hampton, Va., but filmed in Atlanta, at locations including downtown Canton, East Point and the Morehouse College campus, is based on the nonfiction book by Margot Lee Shetterly.
Spencer earned a Golden Globes nomination for her role as brilliant mathematician Dorothy Vaughan. Among the movie’s many highlights are the scene depicting Vaughan mastering the enormous new computer that NASA installed (it took up a whole room) but couldn’t figure out how to use at first.
“We love being No. 1 at the box office, but the most rewarding thing is we got to see it with Mary Jackson’s family, with Dorothy Vaughan’s family and with Katherine Johnson and her family,” Spencer said. (Henson played Johnson, and Monae portrayed Jackson.) “They all loved the portrayal of their family members. It was the most rewarding thing about this whole process.”