Rough Draft plans forums for Sandy Springs runoff election

Sandy Springs Reporter 11/11 2:10A Bob Pepalis

Key Points: • Rough Draft will host online candidate forums for the Sandy Springs mayoral and District 4 council runoff elections on Nov. 20. • Mayoral candidates Rusty Paul and Dontaye Carter will begin at 3 p.m., with council candidates...

Community calls for new APD Zone 6 precinct

Buckhead Reporter 11/11 1:00A Katie Burkholder

Zone 6 Community Safety Leaders are calling on the City of Atlanta to commit to a new Atlanta Police Department precinct serving the city s east side. The Zone 6 Community Safety Leaders represent neighborhood associations, community groups, and...

Actor Tim Blake Nelson and filmmaker Ari Selinger talk ‘On the End’

Buckhead Reporter 11/10 8:15A Sammie Purcell

(L-R) Tim Blake Nelson, director Ari Selinger, and moderators French and Vanessa Stewart at a Q A for Selinger s film On the End. (Photo by Sammie Purcell) The first thing Ari Selinger remembers...

Disruptions continue at Hartsfield-Jackson amid shutdown

Buckhead Reporter 11/10 7:41A Ty Tagami | Capitol Beat

Hundreds of flights in and out of Atlanta were cancelled or delayed Monday amid the ongoing government shutdown. At 41 days, this shutdown was longer by nearly a week than the prior record of 35 days set during President Donald Trump’s first...

RIFF honors Jerusha Hess with Flannery O’Connor Award for Storytelling

Buckhead Reporter 11/10 7:10A Sammie Purcell

Jerusha Hess is the recipient of this year s Rome International Film Festival s Flannery O Connor Award for Storytelling (Photo by Sammie Purcell). When actor Tim Blake Nelson began thinking about who...

Deconstruction of concrete canopy underway at MARTA Five Points Station

Buckhead Reporter 11/10 5:25A Collin Kelley

Courtesy Skanska Removal of the concrete canopy over the MARTA Five Points Station is underway as part of a major renovation of the transit hub. Skanska said in a press release that its surgical...

SouthState Bank opens new regional headquarters in Buckhead

Buckhead Reporter 11/10 2:29A Rough Draft

SouthState Bank  has moved into its new 87,000-square-foot regional headquarters at Prominence in Buckhead. The relocation consolidates several Atlanta offices into one central location and establishes SouthState as the building’s largest tenant....

Chattahoochee Brick Co. team shares project history, timeline at open house

Buckhead Reporter 11/9 5:49A Katie Burkholder

Key Points: Consultants on the Chattahoochee Brick Co. and Atlanta Riverlands project discussed the historical, archeological, and architectural plans for the project at a community open house on Nov....

Tallest tower in three decades tops out in Midtown

Buckhead Reporter 11/7 6:52A Katie Burkholder

The final beam is raised at 1072 West Peachtree in Midtown. (Photo by Katie Burkholder) The Rockefeller Group and Turner Construction celebrated the topping out of 1072 West Peachtree, the 60-story...

Theatre Review: Theatrical Outfit’s powerful and poetic production of ‘The Glass Menagerie’

Buckhead Reporter 11/7 4:59A Manning Harris

Devon Hales in Theatrical Outfit s production of The Glass Menagerie. (Photo by Casey G. Ford) “Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of...

Suzannah Herbert talks confronting the Antebellum South in ‘Natchez’

Buckhead Reporter 11/7 2:07A Jim Farmer

Tracy Rev Collins, one of the subjects of Suzannah Herbert s documentary Natchez. (Photo provided by Oscilloscope Pictures) When she was invited to a plantation wedding in 2017, director Suzannah...

Choreographer T. Oliver Reid talks bringing ‘Hadestown’ to Atlanta

Buckhead Reporter 11/7 2:00A Sammie Purcell

Hadestown tour choreographer T. Oliver Reid. (Photo provided by BRAVE Public Relations) T. Oliver Reid knows “Hadestown” better than most. He was an original cast member, and also served as the...

Back to the polls Dec. 2 for Atlanta municipal election runoff

Buckhead Reporter 11/6 6:20A Collin Kelley

The City of Atlanta Municipal Clerk s Office has officially announced the city council and board of education seats heading for a runoff election on Dec. 2. The positions include two Atlanta City Council races and three Atlanta Board of Education...

Cabbagetown Chomp & Stomp returns Saturday with chili cook-off, music and more

Buckhead Reporter 11/6 5:35A Rough Draft

Courtesy Cabbagetown Chomp & Stomp The Cabbagetown Chomp & Stomp, one of Atlanta’s most anticipated fall festivals, is returning this November with an expanded lineup of activities. For the first time...

IrishFest Atlanta returns to showcase traditions Nov. 7-9

Buckhead Reporter 11/6 4:58A Rough Draft

IrishFest Atlanta returns Nov. 7-9 for its 13th year, bringing a weekend of Ireland traditions to the Roswell Cultural Arts Center and City Hall Fairgrounds. This year’s lineup of live performances include music from Irish bands Téada and Open...