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If you’ve ever wanted to skateboard up & down Peachtree Street, this is your chance:
From 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Skate Peachtree, a skateboard parade, will take place at the intersection of Peachtree Street & Ponce de Leon Avenue. Anyone with a board can join in the parade as it rolls down Peachtree (lineup at 10:30 a.m., the parade rolls off at 11:00 a.m.). Once the parade arrives at MODA, you’ll be treated to an outdoor skate show featuring the 5BORO NYC skate team. Oh, and food trucks will be on hand selling snacks if you get hungry.
The festivities continue inside MODA from 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. (regular museum admission applies to indoor visitor, but outdoor activities are free). You can view the guests can view the Skate It or Hang It!? The Evolution of Skateboard Art exhibition, which includes hundreds of decks, a fine art display, video projections and more. And skateboard artists Sean Cliver, Andy Howell, Wes Humpston, Lance Mountain, Michael Sieben, and Steve Olson, as well as curator W. Todd Vaught, will be at MODA to answer questions and to sign decks.
Admission is regularly $10 for adults, and $5 for children and students with ID, and $8 seniors, military, and educators.
To save a bit, check out this deal: On $20 buys you two tickets to MODA + a $20 gift card to Escorpion restaurant (46 available as of June 15). The tickets & gift cards will be mailed, but if you email shop@poshdealz.com, they’ll send you a code that will zero out shipping & let you pick up the deal at the office during regular business hours: 180 Allen Road NE, Suite 200 North Building in Sandy Springs.
MODA is located at 1315 Peachtree Street, Atlanta. 404-979-6455
–Jennifer Maciejewski
