{"id":357,"date":"2009-01-26T12:00:55","date_gmt":"2009-01-26T18:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=357"},"modified":"2009-02-05T13:31:37","modified_gmt":"2009-02-05T19:31:37","slug":"sro-crowds-celebrate-president-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2009\/01\/26\/sro-crowds-celebrate-president-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"SRO crowds celebrate President Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-359\" title=\"silke\" src=\"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/silke-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"silke\" width=\"210\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/silke-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/silke.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/>Silke\u2019s Old World Breads on College Street was the place to be Saturday night (Jan. 24).<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate the inauguration of President Obama and \u201cchange\u201d for America, Silke\u2019s offered an all-you can eat after-hours\u00a0 buffet, which in tandem with the extensive art on exhibit in this shop, made the $8 per person event a popular choice. The crowds proved it.<\/p>\n<p>Advance tickets were sold, and little more than a half-hour into the event, Silke\u2019s was turning away people (who had not purchased advanced tickets) at the door.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_360\" style=\"width: 298px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-360\" class=\"size-full wp-image-360\" title=\"a-full-house-at-silkes\" src=\"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/a-full-house-at-silkes.jpg\" alt=\"a-full-house-at-silkes\" width=\"288\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/a-full-house-at-silkes.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/a-full-house-at-silkes-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A full house at Silke&#39;s<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The SRO crowd was vibrant, chatting about the election and taking a &#8220;yes we can&#8221; attitude toward the new presidential administration.\u00a0 Around the room, interspersed with works by local artists, were images of the January 20 inauguration. Here are images from this unique event.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Photos by Bill Larson<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silke\u2019s Old World Breads on College Street was the place to be Saturday night (Jan. 24). 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