Brookhaven panel transfers $264,000 for City Centre finishes

Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven 2/25 3:18A Cathy Cobbs

The Brookhaven Urban Redevelopment Agency on Feb. 24 approved a $264,949 transfer of SPLOST II funds to finish out its city centre construction. The panel approved the expenditure without discussion....

Future of All Saints’ century-old Egleston Hall in flux, added to Places in Peril list

Buckhead Reporter 2/24 7:00A Collin Kelley

All Saints Episcopal Church has stood at the corner of North Avenue and West Peachtree Street in Midtown for 120 years, making it one of the city s oldest and most enduring structures. While All...

Phoenix Flies celebrates Atlanta’s historic preservation during March

Buckhead Reporter 2/24 3:10A Katie Burkholder

Phoenix Flies , an annual celebration of the preservation of Atlanta’s history, returns this March. Created by the Atlanta Preservation Center in 2003 to honor the rescue of the Fox Theatre , Phoenix Flies has showcased Atlanta’s historic and...

Nina Rosenblum and Dan Allentuck talk the making of ‘They Fight with Cameras’

Buckhead Reporter 2/24 1:30A Sammie Purcell

One of Walter Rosenblum s photos of D-Day on Omaha Beach (Photo provided by AJFF). In 1999, Nina Rosenblum made a movie called “Walter Rosenblum: In Search of Pitt Street,” about her father, a wartime...

Israeli Consulate pulls funding for Atlanta Jewish Film Festival over juror’s social media posts

Buckhead Reporter 2/23 5:30A Sammie Purcell

The Consulate General of Israel to the Southeastern United States announced that it will end its partnership and financial support of the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival over a juror’s views on the state of Israel and the war in Gaza posted to...

Vintage, rare book show coming to Oglethorpe University Feb. 27-March 1

Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven 2/23 2:34A Rachel Spooner

Fine Book Fairs will host its first event of the year at Oglethorpe University in Brookhaven, Feb. 27 through March 1, marking its first fair in Atlanta. “There will be things there that belong in a museum, but there ll also be plenty of things...

Atlanta Opera bringing Mozart’s ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ to the stage

Buckhead Reporter 2/22 3:00A Rough Draft

One of the most beloved operas of all time is coming to the Atlanta stage in March. W.A. Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro features a sharp comedic plot, unfolding over a single, eventful day as servant Figaro fights to marry his true love. Atlanta...

SCAD founder Paula Wallace honored with knighthood from France

Buckhead Reporter 2/22 2:02A Rough Draft

Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) founder and president Paula Wallace has been named a Chevalier in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters), one of France’s highest civilian honors. The knighthood,...

Broaden your horizons at Atlanta Science Festival

Buckhead Reporter 2/21 3:04A Rough Draft

Atlanta will be celebrating all things science when the Atlanta Science Festival returns to the city in March. All ages are invited to experience around 150 interactive and educational events across 80 metro Atlanta venues. “You can stroll with...

Open Hand appoints 2026 board leadership

Buckhead Reporter 2/21 2:45A Rough Draft

Open Hand, a nonprofit that provides home-delivered meals and nutrition services to Atlantans, recently announced the officers that will make up its 2026 board of directors. Carmen Titelman, the executive director of compliance at Piedmont...

Alliance Theatre to showcase new true-crime-inspired musical, ‘Like Father’

Buckhead Reporter 2/21 1:50A Rough Draft

Atlanta s Alliance Theatre announced that it will be presenting the world premiere of Like Father, a new coming-of-age musical centered on America’s fascination with true-crime, as part of its 2026–27 season. Created by Jacob Ryan Smith, with...

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...