The Week Ahead in Decatur and Avondale Estates

Here are five things to do this week in Decatur and Avondale Estates. For a full list of ideas, go to the Patch calendar of events.

A Literary Feast. Dine with local authors and benefit the Decatur Education Foundation. The authors are Susan Puckett, author of Eat Drink Delta: A Hungry Traveler's Journey Through the Soul of the South;  Amber Dermont author of The Starboard Sea; Kevin Young, author of The Hungry Ear, Poems of Food and Drink and Susan Rebecca White, author of A Soft Place to Land and Bound South. 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Iberian Pig. $95.

Discuss a development. The City of Decatur will hold a public meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at city hall for people who own property near the proposed 315 West Ponce development. Free.

Black History Month celebration. This event starts at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the DeKalb History Center at 101 E Court Square. $20.

Talk about prayer. David and Jeanie Gushee discuss their book ”Yours is the Day, Lord, Yours is the Night: A Morning and Evening Prayer Book" at 7 p.m. Thursday at Dectur First Baptist Church. Free.

An Irish shindig. The Decatur Book Festival is partnering with the American Conference for Irish Studies, whose Southern Region group is holding its annual meeting in Decatur.  This will be an informal event with Irish music, poetry, and a cash bar. 5 p.m. Friday at The Brick Store Pub. Free and open to the public.