Monday, December 24, 2012
This 25-year-old full service music store now offers group lessons for children and adults.
Sheet music of Charlie Brown’s Christmas, beginner Lanikai ukuleles in bright primary colors, a range of percussion instruments, and acoustic and electric guitars wait for the hands of musicians to bring them to life. Jennings Music and Education Center on Canton Road is open until 3 p.m. today for last minute Christmas shoppers. When discussing the role of music in Christmas celebrations, store co-owner Phil Niverson replies, “Music has been there from the beginning. Hark the herald angels sing.” Two large rooms, in the 8,700 sq. ft. freestanding store, are home to group music lessons. Individuals can join a piano, guitar or glee class that meets as a collective. Niverson says, “You never hear of anyone saying ‘I wish that my mother never…
Monday, November 19, 2012
This Marietta artist creates permanent body art and offers piercing service, possibilities for memorable bonding experiences with relatives this holiday season.
Family Tradition Tattoo owner James Tuck’s tattoos start with cyan swirls that run the length of his right bicep and forearm. He doesn’t have a count on the designs that rest under his skin, and he doesn’t show them off, at least not while at work in his small shop in an understated plaza on Shallowford Road, just west of Trickum Road. Tuck is also a tattoo artist, a craft he’s been practicing for 16 years. When not using an electric needle to create, the Marietta High School Class of 1988 graduate writes dark urban fantasy novels and novelettes. Deacon Chalk: Occult Urban Bounty Hunter, is Tuck’s series published by Kensington Press. Two new releases are scheduled for first quarter of next year. Readers can find tastes of Tuck’s …
Monday, August 27, 2012
Rock or roll, there is no coasting at this pioneering international unicycle retailer, wholesaler, manufacturer, designer in Northeast Cobb.
The world headquarters of Unicycle.com is an unpretentious, multifunction space in an industrial park off of Shallowford Road in Northeast Cobb. A retail storefront welcomes shoppers to acquaint themselves with a variety of unicycles falling into three broad categories: street; free style; and ultimate wheel, a ride-able wheel without a seat or frame. Yes, there is video of an ultimate wheel in action. Unicycle.com has ten franchises, each in a different country and a sister site in the United Kingdom. Unicycle.com CEO Amy Drummond said the principal partner in Britain is a computer assisted designer and is involved in design and manufacturing arms of their house brand, Nimbus. Josh Torrance, general manager, is a unicyclist with an eye …
Robbie Huck
9:59 am on Tuesday, August 28, 2012
SPELLING CORRECTION- Josh Torrans is general manager of Unicycle.com. more ›