{"175961":{"#nid":"175961","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Having Fun Over the Holidays","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EYes, you can have fun over the holidays! So are you ready to get out and get merry? The Atlanta area offers something in the holiday spirit for just about everyone to enjoy.\u0026nbsp; Here are some events that the Office of the Arts can recommend...\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELights! 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So are you ready to get out and get merry? The Atlanta area offers something in the holiday spirit for just about everyone to enjoy.\u0026nbsp; Here are some events that the Office of the Arts can recommend...\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27164","created_gmt":"2012-12-07 17:54:25","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:18","author":"Rachael Pocklington","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-12-07T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-12-07T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"176181":{"id":"176181","type":"image","title":"Holiday Lights","body":null,"created":"1449179022","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:43:42","changed":"1475894819","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:59","alt":"Holiday Lights","file":{"fid":"195868","name":"holidaylights.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/holidaylights_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/holidaylights_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":18455,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/holidaylights_0.jpg?itok=coV2Pl4W"}}},"media_ids":["176181"],"groups":[{"id":"1269","name":"Student Life"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStephanie Lee\u003Cbr \/\u003EDirector of Marketing, Office of the Arts\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:stephanie.lee@arts.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Estephanie.lee@arts.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["studentaffairs@vpss.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}