Actress Cecelia Specht talks new role on daytime soap ‘Beyond the Gates’

Buckhead Reporter 2/20 1:00A Sammie Purcell

Actress Cecelia Specht has a new role on the daytime soap Beyond the Gates. (Photo by Paul Smith) Over 25 years after making her first soap opera appearance on “Neighbours,” actress Cecelia Specht is...

‘This Is Not a Test’ gives less than the bare minimum

Buckhead Reporter 2/19 11:00P Sammie Purcell

Olivia Holt in This is Not a Test. (Photo provided by IFC Films) The beginning of Adam MacDonald’s “This Is Not a Test” is disorienting – and not in the way you expect a zombie apocalypse movie to...

Atlanta Police investigating shooting of four men at Midtown apartment building

Buckhead Reporter 2/19 7:52A Collin Kelley and WSBTV.com News

Atlanta Police are investigating the Wednesday night shooting of four men at a high-rise apartment building in Midtown. According to the police report, officers were called to the 903 Peachtree tower just before midnight on Feb. 18. Upon arrival...

Nordstrom Rack to open this fall at Atlantic Station

Buckhead Reporter 2/19 5:37A Collin Kelley

Fashion retail store Nordstrom Rack will open a new location at Atlantic Station this fall. The 28,000-square-foot store Nordstrom Rack is the off-price division of Seattle-based Nordstrom department stores, offering apparel, accessories, beauty...

Frank Van Passel talks visualizing sound in ‘The Soundman’

Buckhead Reporter 2/19 3:59A Sammie Purcell

A still from Frank Van Passel s The Soundman, playing at this year s Atlanta Jewish Film Festival. (Photo provided by AJFF) Before the Nazis invaded in May of 1940, Belgium had publicly declared its...

Newlywed trips to Israel foster understanding of Jewish traditions and values

Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven 2/19 3:05A Logan C. Ritchie

Atlanta-based Honeymoon Israel trip participants in January 2026. (Photo provided by HMI) Honeymoon Israel (HMI), a program to promote newlyweds making new connections to the Holy Land, is celebrating...

This week at the Farmers Markets

Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven 2/19 3:00A 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, along with a...

Makeda Lewis-Kinuthia joins Day & Night Projects as co-director

Buckhead Reporter 2/18 4:00A Sherri Daye Scott

Makeda Lewis-Kinuthia has joined Day & Night Projects as co-director, alongside founders William Downs and Steven L. Anderson. Credit: Amanda Edmondson Corbett. Makeda Lewis-Kinuthia has joined Day &...

Atlanta Center for Photography hosts Puerto Rican nonprofit Beta–Local

Buckhead Reporter 2/18 3:00A Sherri Daye Scott

A Spanish-language publication props against a heavy metal object on a Reading Room shelf—one of Beta—Local’s pairings of text and material in the residency installation. Credit: Atlanta Center for...

Brookhaven to celebrate Women’s History Month with celebration March 7

Brookhaven Reporter 2/17 5:27A Rough Draft

Chit Chat Communications, in collaboration with the City of Brookhaven and the Office of the DeKalb County CEO, will present its 15th Annual Women’s History Month Celebration, themed “Celebrating...

New transit project breaks ground in South Metro Atlanta

Buckhead Reporter 2/16 5:42A Rough Draft

The ATL Airport Community Improvement Districts ( AACIDs ) broke ground on a new public transportation project planned for the South Metro Atlanta region. Referred to as the “Automated Transit Network...

Above the Waterline: Chattahoochee Riverkeeper’s decades-long fight for clean water pays off

Buckhead Reporter 2/16 1:00A Sally Bethea

I reached my diamond jubilee earlier this year: a three-quarter-century birthday that hit me harder than I expected. The frightening state of our country and the world was (and continues to be) a significant factor in my angst – joining the...

Shop for a cause at Canopy Thrift’s semi-annual sale in Sandy Springs

Sandy Springs Reporter 2/15 1:00A Rough Draft

The Community Assistance Center invites deal seekers, thrift lovers, and sustainable fashion shoppers to Sandy Springs for the Canopy Thrift Semi-Annual Sale and Spring Reveal, Feb. 24 through March...

APS athletics executive director honored with Congressional Pioneer Award

Buckhead Reporter 2/14 4:30A Rough Draft

Atlanta Public Schools Executive Director of Athletics Gregory Goodwin has been named as a 2026 Congressional Pioneer Award recipient in the Fourth Congressional District of Georgia. The award, which...

Decatur Book Festival appoints Bailee Yarbrough as new executive director

Buckhead Reporter 2/14 3:00A Rough Draft

The Decatur Book Festival has appointed Bailee Yarbrough as its new executive director.  A Decatur resident, avid reader, and dedicated festival volunteer, Yarbrough holds a Ph.D. in chemical...