Park Pride awards over $3M to park projects across city with focus on equity

Buckhead Reporter 2/4 8:15A Rough Draft

Previous grantee Adams Park in Southwest Atlanta used funding to help build a loop trail around the lake. (Courtesy Park Pride) Park Pride has awarded more than $3 million in grants for 23...

Atlanta City Council advances legislation to amend authority of inspector general

Buckhead Reporter 2/4 7:59A Dyana Bagby

The Atlanta City Council has advanced legislation to restrict some of the responsibilities of the Office of Inspector General (OIG), the independent agency created to fight city corruption. The council unanimously approved on Feb. 3 the first...

Jewish organization hosts event to dispel myths about Israel

Buckhead Reporter 2/4 4:15A Logan C. Ritchie

Provided by You+2. On Thursday, Feb. 6, a Jewish-led organization will invite experts to dispel myths about Israel as portrayed in the media. You+2 is an effort started by co-founder Peri Kaplan to...

Above the Waterline: Georgia’s abundant waterfalls and their new champion

Buckhead Reporter 2/4 3:24A Sally Bethea

Mark Ozboyd holds a copy of his book at Upper Darnell Creek Falls in Dillard. (Provided) Mark Ozboyd is obsessed with waterfalls. On a dark, new moon night in late August of 2023, the intrepid...

Beyoncé bringing ‘Cowboy Carter Tour’ to Mercedes-Benz Stadium July 10-11

Buckhead Reporter 2/3 4:28A Rough Draft

Fresh on the heels of winning Album of the Year at Sunday night s Grammy Awards, details have been released for Beyoncé s Cowboy Carter Tour, which will stop at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on...

16 Black-owned businesses to support around Atlanta

Buckhead Reporter 2/3 2:32A Katie Burkholder

Nourish Botanica is a plant nursery that also sells dried flower arrangements. (Via Nourish Botanica) According to a study from LendingTree, Atlanta is home to the most Black-owned businesses in the...

Atlanta restaurant openings, January 2025

Buckhead- Reporter Newspapers 1/31 7:05A Beth McKibben

New Zealand hand pie restaurant and snack bar Heaps is now open in Decatur. (Provided by Heaps) Check out this brief roundup of recent restaurant openings and announcements of upcoming restaurants you...

Repairs completed on massive water main break in Buckhead

Buckhead Reporter 1/31 1:32A Collin Kelley

A water main break that sent a geyser 20 feet into the air along Peachtree Road in Buckhead on Thursday night has been repaired, according to the Atlanta Department of Watershed Management. DWM crews worked overnight to repair a 107-year-old,...

Clark Hill signs lease in Buckhead for Atlanta office

Atlanta Business Chronicle 1/31 12:39A Amy Wenk

Atlanta’s legal sector has been a bright spot for the still-recovering office leasing market.

‘Riefenstahl’ and the legacy of the most famous propagandist of the 20th century

Buckhead Reporter 1/30 11:00P Sammie Purcell

Leni Riefenstahl in the documentary Riefenstahl. (Photo courtesy of Bavaria Media/AJFF). Early on in Andres Veiel’s documentary “Riefenstahl,” Leni Riefenstahl says that she believes the opposite of...

Quick Bites Jan. 30: more closures, 7th House cocktail omakase, and a Tex-Mex restaurant and market

Buckhead- Reporter Newspapers 1/30 2:00A Beth McKibben and Julie E. Bloem

This story is from Side Dish, our weekly Thursday newsletter about Atlanta’s dining scene. Subscribe for free via the Newsletters tab at the top of this page. Have you heard? It appears the Brickworks complex on Marietta Street on Atlanta s west...

Bank of America offers free admission to local museums

Buckhead Reporter 1/29 7:00A Isadora Pennington

Photo courtesy of the High Museum of Art Bank of America, Merrill, and Bank of America Private Bank credit and debit cardholders are in for a treat this weekend. “Museums on Us” is a program that...

Art from the stars: Gabeaux discusses her “In Astris” series

Buckhead Reporter 1/29 7:00A Isadora Pennington

A close up of the Capricorn piece from In Astris by Gabeaux. Photos provided by Gabeaux. This weekend, local artist Gabeaux will host a closing reception and artist talk for her series “In Astris”...

‘Made in Georgia’ panel talks cultivating state talent at Sundance

Buckhead Reporter 1/29 4:21A Sammie Purcell

The Made in Georgia panel at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival in Park City. (Photo by Sammie Purcell) Georgia film industry professionals gathered in Park City, UT, over the weekend to discuss the...

New podcast, citing leaked docs, reveals details on training center protestor’s killing

Buckhead Reporter 1/29 1:15A Peter Biello | GPB

In January 2023, a protester was killed while opposing the construction of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center known to opponents as Cop City. Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, also known as Tortuguita, was shot by Georgia state troopers after...