Tonight the city held the annual Summer Art Walk. They closed the main intersection downtown, shunted traffic from all four directions and let vendors put tables in the streets. They built a small riser stage in the intersection for music. Stores stayed open a bit later hoping for a little more revenue. The weather was perfect and a nice crowd came out for a relaxed evening.
We walked by Samford Hall on the way to the party. Beautiful as ever:
Kids were just rolling around in the road. An entire block on one side had given way to a chalk explosion:
Kids of all ages:
We enticed friends to come out. Jeremy brought his oldest daughter. We ran into the famous Sara “War Eagle” Willis. We met some of her friends, a graphic design graduate and others. We had lemonade. We played behind the trees at Toomer’s:
Local band Muse, who have been jamming here for almost 40 years, played a nice long set at Center Paw. Kids danced. College kids had a sit-in. The old people, milled about visiting and shopping.
It was a beautiful night.
They should do this every week.
