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...

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...