Atlanta – Here’s what was featured on today’s Good Day Atlanta.
Rum-Ba Fest celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
Spanish-Latin restaurant Fogón and Lions is hosting its first-ever Rum-Ba Festival this Sunday, September 17, featuring food, drinks, live music and dancing.
The Alpharetta restaurant will host the Rum-Ba festival this weekend: A popular Alpharetta restaurant is hosting a major event to kick off this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month — and you’re invited to join this delicious celebration! Spanish-Latin restaurant Fogón and Lions is hosting its first-ever Rum-Ba Festival this Sunday, September 17, featuring food, drinks, live music and dancing. And this morning on Good Day Atlanta, we got a “first taste” of the event with restaurant owner and chef Julio Delgado, who whipped up some of his famous family recipes and talked about his vision for a block party style celebration in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.
The key trends of New York Fashion Week
Dr. Courtney Hammonds has been called the “doyenne of fashion” and has followed all the ins and outs of New York Fashion Week. He sits down with Alyse Eady to talk about the biggest trends for the upcoming season and examines the highs and lows of the MTV Video Music Awards.
Dr. Courtney Hammonds talks New York Fashion Week highlights and MTV VMA looks: Today is the last day of New York Fashion Week, and several fashion highlights were celebrated. The MTV VMAs took place last night in New Jersey and there were some hits and some misses. The dean of fashion gives us his opinion.
Bernard Owens on Unlocking Your Potential
Author, inspirational speaker and mental health coach, Bernard Owen is on a mission to help others embrace their past and reinvent themselves. He talks with Natalie McCann about his upcoming talk at the immersive TEDx experience in Buckhead and how he found his purpose.
Mental health expert and “human connection warrior” Bernard J. Owens Jr. talks suicide prevention and more: Bernard’s mission is to eradicate the epidemic of human loneliness that erodes our minds, our bodies and our relationships. It transforms lives by sharing tools that generate empathy, compassion and greater human-to-human connection through the sharing of stories, personal experiences and authentic dialogue. He will be a speaker at TEDxBuckheadAve on September 16, 2023
Food and Fun at the Atlanta Greek Festival
Want to take a trip to Greece without leaving Atlanta? You need to prepare yourself for all that the annual Atlanta Greek Festival has to offer at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation. Father Paul Kaplanis and Marietta Diner owner Gus Tselios talk about the festival and showcase some of the delicious treats found there.
Your Atlanta Greek Festival is back at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation: This year’s theme “Your Great Greek Tour” will offer you a way to travel to Greece without leaving Atlanta! For more than four decades, our Greek Orthodox Christian community has opened its doors to host one of the city’s signature cultural events, the Atlanta Greek Festival. This year we are excited to welcome you to a whole new experience with the same fascinating world of culture, faith, tradition and Greek cuisine. We will welcome you with the same philoxenia (meaning love of hospitality to strangers) and kefi (meaning pleasure) that Atlanta has come to know and love. For tickets and more information Click here.
Niecy Shaw returns to the MTV Video Music Awards
From Taylor Swift’s big wins to an NSYNC reunion, the MTV Video Music Awards had no shortage of memorable moments. Radio personality Niecy Shaw joined Joanne Feldman to talk about all the moments you need to know about.
Niecey Shaw talks about the latest entertainment news: The VMAs took place last night on MTV. Niecey Shaw recaps the evening. Find her weekdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Classix 102.9
