Discounts on Alvin Ailey tickets
If you’ve never attended the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performance at the Fox Theatre, you should treat yourself. It’s beautiful and well worth the money. This year, it comes to the Fox Feb. 18-21. You can save $10 per ticket on opening night, Feb. 18, with the WSB-TV Family 2 Family discount. Use promo code FAMILY to save $10 on all ticket pricing levels. Tickets can be purchased at the box office, through Ticketmaster. com or at any Ticketmaster outlet. To really save, skip the exorbitant Ticketmaster fees and call or stop by the box office directly to buy your tickets.
Student tickets are only $10 for the opening night performance Feb. 18, but they must be purchased at the Fox box office at least two hours before show time. For the Saturday, Feb. 20, 2 p.m. show, you can buy one adult ticket and get the second for 50 percent off.
Half off at the High
The opportunities to see the High’s Leonardo da Vinci exhibit are running out …
25% off “The Last Cargo Cult”
Tickets to see The Last Cargo Cult, playing at the Alliance Theatre’s Hertz Stage March 19 through April 11, are 25 percent off if purchased by Feb. 28 using promo code HERTZ25. Nationally acclaimed solo performer Mike Daisey, with edgy humor, takes on two worlds: One is a religious practice focused on obtaining the wealth, power and goods of another culture through rituals and magical thinking. The second is that of another culture that remains on a remote South Pacific island and struggles to maintain its foothold in America. In the end, which can survive the longest?
Free “Big Read” Kickoff Party
The Big Read free kickoff party is Wednesday, Feb. 17, from 6-8:30 p.m. at the Atlanta History Center. Celebrating the Harlem Renaissance, the event includes a living history performance by Yvonne Singh as author Zora Neale Hurston, a musical performance by Kyshona Armstron and guided tours of “Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American …
A nice vacation or shopping trip could be in order if you came across an additional $2,900.
That was the approximate amount the average American received on their 2008 tax refund a nine percent increase over 2007. If you were among those recipients and you’re expecting a similar check this time around, chances are you’re already trying to figure out what you’ll do with the money.
That is not necessarily an easy decision. Mounting debt and slim savings each pull on the pocket. In an unstable job market, having an emergency savings fund is important. However, as interest rates threaten to skyrocket, it’s just as important to pay off unsecured debt.
So, what should you do? A check in with two certified financial planners revealed the same answer: get rid of debt first. Individual circumstances clearly means there are variations, but in general, paying off or reducing debt is paramount.
“Revolving debt is rarely if ever a good thing,” said CFP Charles Steele. “So, when the …
She always wore designer labels, dined at fine restaurants and indulged in any entertainment extravagance she desired.
Yet there she was begging her mother for money to pay a utility bill, just as she’d done as an addict 20 years before. This time it was spending, not drugs, dogging her.
Compulsive spending is referred to by Debtors Anonymous as a “disease.” Research shows that no fewer than 17 million Americans buy things they don’t need with money they don’t have. And they do it obsessively.
Left untreated, it drives wedges in relationships, sends debts spiraling and ruins lives.
“I’ve made some good choices in my life,” said Angie, who has a master’s degree and a plum government job. Her last name, along with that of other debtors in this story, is not being used by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution due to the anonymous nature of the program. “I tend to have my head on straight. But if I share with you some of the decisions I’ve made about money, …
Send surprise Daytona 500 winner Jamie McMurray a thank you card for this one.
Thanks to him, NASCAR is practically giving away tickets to the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported:
The speedway will sell 2,000 tickets for $1, the first 1,000 offered to fans in line at the Speedway ticket office at 7:30 a.m. and another 1,000 going to phone and online customers, beginning at 9 a.m.
Two dozen roses for $5
Does she love you any less if you bring home roses today? Probably not. Whole Foods is overstocked with roses from Valentine’s Day. So, today roses are $5 for two dozens. That’s enough for all of the leading ladies in your life. You can pick them up at any Atlanta area Whole Foods store.
To read more details, click here.
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Deals of the day
Tanning:
The snow has thawed and soon enough the weather will be warm enough to break out the sleeveless tops, shorts and other skin revealing attire. You might as well look your best when you do it. Groupon.com is helping you do the prep work with $50 worth of UV tanning, mystic tans and products at Hollywood Tans — all for $20. You have until midnight to secure the deal.
Dining Deals:
Halfoffdepot.com has a special offer for dinner at Brookwood Grill in Roswell — $20 for $50 worth of food and drinks.
Mydailythread.com has a deal today for a meal at Taverna Fiorentina. It’s $20 for a $45 value. As always, there’s a bonus deal here — when 40 people make the purchase, everyone gets buy one, get one free for Tuesday night wine tastings at the Italian restaurant. That’s an additional $18 value.
Living Social has $25 worth of food and drinks at St. Angelo’s Pizza in Smyrna for only $10.
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The idea of keeping track of every penny we spend is a good one. However, it is sometimes easier said than done.
Writing down every expenditure, forecasting what needs to be spent when and always knowing what your bottom line is can be a challenge. Fortunately, there are tools that help us more than the notes we write in spiral notebooks, the spreadsheets we make up ourselves and the other workarounds we’ve fashioned to help us become more financially prudent.
The best part is that these tools are free. Web sites like Mint.com, Yodlee, Geezeo, Buxfer and Wesabe are among the most popular and helpful. Right now, the Quicken money management software is free with a rebate when you purchase it from Fry’s, and Best Buy has a $10 instant rebate.
To learn more about Mint.com, which allows you to break down even the most rudimentary expenses in addition to credit card payments and other bills, read this Dallas Morning News story by clicking here.
One excerpt says:
Mint.com’s free …
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Save on World of Coca-Cola tickets
I’ve been in Atlanta for six years now and surprisingly, I’ve never been to the World of Coca-Cola. I still have some work to do, don’t I? They just emailed me this discount ticket alert. Through this offer, tickets are $3 off, making adult tickets $12, youth tickets $7 and senior tickets $10. The discount is valid through Feb. 28, and tickets must be used by March 31.
Free Symphony
The Georgia State University Symphony Orchestra will give a free performance on Sunday, Feb. 14 at the Rialto Center for the Arts. The performance begins at 3 p.m. with conductor Michael Palmer welcoming special guests Christina Smith (principal flute) and William Pu. The Valentine’s Day celebration also celebrates Chinese New Year’s Day, featuring works by CPE Bach, Tchaikovsky, Bernstein and others.
Atlanta Braves Caravan
The Atlanta Braves Caravan has made its way all over the southeast, doing charity work and hanging out with fans and season-ticket holders. …
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Quicken money management software
I saw this sale in today’s Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Fry’s electronics is giving away the Quicken starter simple money management program. No, they aren’t handing them out at the door, but if you buy it for $29.99 in the store, you get a $30 mail-in rebate. After rebate, you pay nothing! Similar deals apply to Norton Antivirus 2010 and SpywareDoctor 2010, both free after rebates.
Georgia appliance rebate program starts
This is a reminder that the Georgia rebate program begins today for energy efficient appliances. Georgia has received $8.6 million in federal stimulus money as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The funds will go toward purchases for Energy Star refrigerators, washing machines, dishwashers and other select household appliances. The program launches Feb. 12. For more details on the program that has rebates ranging from $25 to $199, click here.
Clothing and department store sales to watch
It takes hours and sometimes lots of money to prepare for college entrance exams. Luckily, there is free SAT and ACT help for students currently available through eKnowledge, as well as a grassroots effort by a group of students at Emory University promising to soon deliver free test preparation to local students.
Georgia lags behind much of the country on SAT scores. According to the College Board, which administers the test, Georgia students’ 2009 average score of 1,460 was 49 points lower than the national average.
Even the brightest students want to improve their scores, thus increasing their chances for earning academic scholarships and entering the colleges of their choice. The problem is, in this economy, few people have the resources to drop hundreds of dollars into improving results.
And they shouldn’t have to, said David Winchem, a sophomore at Emory and one of a group of students behind the pending fall launch of the nonprofit, Esnpire.org.
“Our premise is that …
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