Atlanta Public Schools seeks community input on school closures, programs in new comprehensive plan

Buckhead Reporter 8/8 2:59A Amanda Andrews | GPB

Atlanta Public Schools is rolling out a new comprehensive plan to address overcrowding and low enrollment. The plan includes closing some schools and repurposing them to serve the community in other ways. The district is gathering community...

Local producer selected for 2025 Sundance Institute Producers Lab

Buckhead Reporter 8/8 2:00A Sammie Purcell

April S. Chang Credit: Sundance Institute April S. Chang, a Los Angeles-based producer who grew up in Gwinnett County, was one of 11 producers chosen to participate in this year’s Sundance Institute...

The horror of community apathy comes through in ‘Weapons’

Buckhead Reporter 8/8 12:00A Sammie Purcell

Julia Garner in Weapons. (Photo provided by Warner Bros. Pictures) Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures There’s a scene in 1978’s “Halloween” where Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis), running from Michael...

The cast of ‘Freakier Friday’ brings the heat

Buckhead Reporter 8/8 12:00A Sammie Purcell

(L-R) Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis in Freakier Friday. (Photo courtesy of Disney) Credit: Disney Come with me on a journey back to 2003, and answer me this: what was the magic sauce that made...

This week at the Farmers Market

Brookhaven Reporter 8/7 4:00A Sammie Purcell

Rough Draft Atlanta is partnering with Community Farmers Markets to let you know what’s in season at your local market. Each week, we’ll share a list of ingredients that are farm fresh as well as a...

Sandy Springs $50.5 million bond issue for fire stations gets pushback

Sandy Springs Reporter 8/7 12:59A Bob Pepalis

This concept drawing shows what a new Fire Station No. 1 could look like (Provided by Sandy Springs) Sandy Springs City Council heard opposition on Aug. 5 on the $50.5 million bond issue for two new...

Aug. 7 Quick Bites: Surprise restaurant reopenings, closures in Inman Park, new Virginia-Highland...

Sandy Springs Reporter 8/7 12:30A Beth McKibben

Get the 411 on Atlanta’s dining scene, including restaurant openings and closings, need-to-know industry intel, and upcoming food events to attend, via Rough Draft’s “Quick Bites” news roundup ,...

Recipe: Minhwa Spirits’ volcano hot dog

Brookhaven Reporter 8/6 5:30A Sarra Sedghi

Courtesy of Lino Yi. This week, we re bringing you a recipe for Minhwa Spirits volcano hot dog. You may have noticed a familiar face serving food at Minhwa Spirits lately. Chef Lino Yi (formerly TKO...

Fall 2025 art exhibitions: Calls for submissions across Georgia

Buckhead Reporter 8/6 4:00A Sherri Daye Scott

Official open call posters for Fall 2025 art exhibitions and submission opportunities across metro Atlanta and beyond. From moody portraits to fiber installations to freaky Halloween vibes, Georgia’s...

Edible Intentions: Jocelyn Dubuke’s bonbons blend art and culinary science

Buckhead Reporter 8/6 4:00A Sherri Daye Scott

Edible art meets handcrafted design in these bonbons from JARDÍ Chocolates, an Atlanta-based chocolatier featured in MODA’s BITTERSWEET: The Design of Chocolate exhibition. / Courtesy of MODA Bonbons...

Meet some of the Atlanta restaurants participating in Black Restaurant Week

Sandy Springs Reporter 8/6 3:30A Sarra Sedghi

Photo by Bevs and Bites Media. Black Restaurant Week is back in Atlanta for the ninth year in a row, running now through Aug. 17. Since its inception in Houston, Black Restaurant Week has expanded to...

Coffee, Collaboration, Community: How Atlanta entrepreneurs are defying what it means to ‘network’

Sandy Springs Reporter 8/6 3:00A Julie E. Bloemeke

A recent Atlanta Marketing Mixer at Dr. Scofflaw s at The Works. (Photo via Rootstock/Ryan Klee) With a little fuel from LinkedIn posts, a passion for spotlighting independent businesses, and a call...

‘Playfully Perimeter’ aims to foster fun, connectivity with community

Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven 8/5 9:45A Cathy Cobbs

Envision Perimeter in May kicked off the PCID s efforts to shine a light on all the offerings in the area. (Photo by Cathy Cobbs) On Aug. 27, a new program called Playfully Perimeter will launch an...

Cascade Road business owners seek support amid ongoing construction, road closure

Buckhead Reporter 8/5 7:51A Katie Burkholder

Business owners say road closures due to construction on Cascade Road have harmed their businesses. (Photo via Instagram @atldot.) Years into still incomplete construction along the Cascade Road...

Fulton County grand jury rejects indictment in Johnny Hollman case

Buckhead Reporter 8/5 3:34A Collin Kelley

A Fulton County grand jury declined to indict a former Atlanta police officer in the death of Johnny Hollman during a 2023 traffic stop. The Fulton County District Attorney s office presented an indictment against the former officer, Kiran...