Eight new Atlanta restaurants that captured our attention this spring and summer

Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven 9/3 9:52A Beth McKibben

Wood-grilled Maine scallops and peach-glazed pork belly at Nàdair. (Provided by Nàdair) Spring and summer in Atlanta saw many new restaurants hit the scene, kicking off with a handful of hotly...

Children’s Healthcare to close Egleston when patients transfer to new Arthur M. Blank Hospital

Brookhaven Reporter 9/3 9:37A Logan C. Ritchie

An increase in police and ambulances is to be expected on Sunday, Sept. 29 when Children s Healthcare of Atlanta will conduct a 12-hour critical care patient move from Egleston Hospital at Emory...

Farmers & Fishermen founder cooks up recipe for successful family business

Atlanta Business Chronicle 9/3 7:11A Crystal Edmonson

There isn’t a singular recipe for running a successful family-owned business. But done well, the sector packs a nice punch for the economy and the families who operate them. For Kirk Halpern — who along with his son, Ben, founded Farmers &...

PHOTOS: Dragon Con 2024 has come and gone. See how it looked

Buckhead Reporter 9/3 7:03A Allexa Ceballos | GPB News

Star Wars stormtroopers cosplayers walk in the 2024 Dragon Con parade on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. (Photo by Allexa Ceballos/GPB News) Dragon Con 2024 took place over the long Labor Day weekend in...

Take 5 with Megan Rogers, author of the children’s book ‘Rosie Finds Her Shine’

Sandy Springs Reporter 9/3 6:00A Teri Elam

What exactly is art; who defines it; who makes it, and where in Atlanta do poets, thespians, and artists congregate and create? We’ll use this space to catch up with a few…some you may know; others we...

Out on Film announces 37th festival lineup

Buckhead Reporter 9/3 4:10A Sammie Purcell

A production still from Young Hearts, a movie from filmmaker Anthony Schatteman. The film will play at this year s Out on Film festival (Photo provided by festival). Out on Film has announced the...

NCCHR expansion, renovation reaches halfway mark

Buckhead Reporter 9/3 2:48A Collin Kelley

Aerial view of the expanded National Center for Civil and Human Rights from Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd. (Courtesy NCCHR) The expansion and renovation of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights (NCCHR)...

Food, beer and fun planned for Harvest on the Hooch festival

Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven 9/3 2:27A Rough Draft

The Chattahoochee Nature Center (CNC) will host its 9th annual Harvest on the Hooch festival celebrating local food, craft beer, and the organization s Unity Garden. This event returns Sept. 22 from 1 to 5 p.m. after a five-year hiatus to support...

Georgia legislators in the thick of a season of peering ahead to next session

Brookhaven Reporter 9/3 2:08A Jill Nolin | Georgia Recorder

College football is back, pumpkin-flavored everything has returned, and the legislative study committee schedule is loaded with meetings. Fall must be creeping in. Lawmakers, industry leaders and subject matter experts are huddling together to...

Uptown Atlanta announces Music on Main event series

Buckhead Reporter 9/2 3:00A Rough Draft

Sailing to Denver will open the series on Sept. 5. (Courtesy Sailing to Denver) This fall, live music and globally inspired tastes are taking over Main Street at Uptown Atlanta, the 47-acre mixed-use destination anchored by the Lindbergh MARTA...

Georgia Power biomass projects spark opposition

Sandy Springs Reporter 9/2 2:00A Dave Williams | Capitol Beat

An energy supply resource generally considered renewable and in plentiful supply in Georgia is running into opposition from environmental groups. Atlanta-based Georgia Power is seeking approval from the state Public Service Commission (PSC) to...

Atlanta Beltline to host quarterly briefing, entrepreneurship panel

Buckhead Reporter 9/1 6:09A Rough Draft

Atlanta Beltline, Inc. will host its third quarterly briefing of 2024, featuring a moderated conversation on Atlanta’s culture, community, and economic empowerment. The event will bring together a panel of business professionals as well as...

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer sets date for Oct. 12

Buckhead Reporter 9/1 3:00A Rough Draft

Courtesy American Cancer Society The American Cancer Society will be bringing the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk back to Atlantic Station on Saturday, Oct. 12. The event is expected to draw together nearly 10,000 Metro Atlanta residents...

Fernbank Museum’s 2024 fundraiser will be ‘A Timeless Affair’

Buckhead Reporter 9/1 2:00A Rough Draft

Fernbank Museum will host its annual fundraising gala, A Timeless Affair, on Saturday, Oct. 5. This evening will highlight Fernbank’s new exhibit, Armored Animals, and raise funds to support Fernbank in presenting world-class exhibitions,...

Fulton bus driver reflects on 40 years behind the wheel

Sandy Springs Reporter 8/31 3:00A Bob Pepalis

Joanne Wright has been driving children and their parents before them to school for 40 years. (Provided by FCS) Joanne Wright has been driving school buses for 40 years, first in New York and now for...