Fulton County offers $56.5M to buy Atlanta city detention center

Buckhead Reporter 8/11 12:45A Alex Jones | WSB-TV

In a letter sent to Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens on Monday, the Fulton County Board of Commissioners has offered to purchase the Atlanta City Detention Center. Commissioners offered to pay $56.5 million for the jail, which they say takes into...

MARTA to name permanent CEO following interviews of three finalists

Buckhead Reporter 8/10 11:35A Cathy Cobbs

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority board of directors interviewed three finalists on Aug. 10 for the job of general manager and CEO and expects to name a permanent leader at its regular...

APS ranks No. 1 among metro area school systems for academic improvement, district says

Buckhead Reporter 8/10 9:15A Sam Sachs | WSB-TV

Atlanta Public Schools ranked first among metro Atlanta school districts in year-over-year academic gains for the current school year. The district achieved its strongest academic growth since the Georgia Milestones Assessment System was...

Criminal Records celebrates 35 years with concerts on Aug. 15

Buckhead Reporter 8/10 6:18A Sammie Purcell

Criminal Records, the popular record store in Little Five Points, is celebrating 35 years in business with a concert on Aug. 15.  Eric Levin first opened Criminal Records in 1991 in a small,...

Live Thrive’s ‘CHaRM’ing Evening’ fundraiser to feature Yacht Rock Revue

Buckhead Reporter 8/8 4:22A Rough Draft Staff

Nonprofit Live Thrive, which operates the two CHaRM locations for hard-to-recycle materials, will hold its annual fundraiser on Oct. 22. Tickets are on sale now. A CHaRM’ing Evening presented by Cox Enterprises , which will feature a performance...

Trademark takes over management of Atlantic Station

Buckhead Reporter 8/8 3:35A Rough Draft Staff

Trademark Property Company, a mixed-use investor, developer, and operator, has assumed management, leasing, and operations of the mixed-use Atlantic Station. Trademark has spent more than 30 years developing and operating mixed-use communities...

‘One Night Only’ is wacky fun you can’t think too hard about

Buckhead Reporter 8/7 12:30A Sammie Purcell

“One Night Only” starts with a banner of text explaining its premise: three years ago, pre-marital sex was outlawed in the United States. “It’s been a lot,” reads the text. I think I can safely say,...

‘The Samurai and the Prisoner’ and morality in a world that demands violence

Buckhead Reporter 8/7 12:00A Sammie Purcell

When looking through Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s filmography – from “Cure,” to “Serpent’s Path,” to “Chime” – there’s a prevailing interest in humanity’s capacity for violence. These films operate in a space...

‘Ice Cream Man’ might be the worst movie of the year

Buckhead Reporter 8/6 11:30P Sammie Purcell

It’s only August, but I’m pretty sure Eli Roth’s “Ice Cream Man” will be the worst movie I see all year. And for the first time in my critical career, I’m a little unsure where to even begin. After...

Quick Bites for Aug. 6: Manuel’s turns 70, Atlanta Black Restaurant Week, Tuk Tuk closes, Buc-ee’s...

Buckhead Reporter 8/6 12:30A Sarra Sedghi and Beth McKibben

In this week’s Quick Bites, get updates on an opening in Smyrna, closures in Buckhead and West Midtown, a Buc-ee’s trademark infringement lawsuit, and a pop-up becoming a restaurant in East Atlanta...

Advocates claim proposed Adair Park data center plans mirror historical redlining

Buckhead Reporter 8/5 6:44A Logan C. Ritchie

A dozen residents spoke out against data centers at the Atlanta City Council meeting on Aug. 3 as momentum builds around environmental, health, and equity concerns. The outcry is in response to Digital Realty ‘s $500 million proposal to build a...

New retail space becomes available in West Paces Ferry shopping center

Buckhead Reporter 8/5 5:44A Hayden Sumlin

About 5,000 square feet of retail space within the West Paces Ferry Shopping Center will soon be available to lease after the century-old Wender & Roberts Pharmacy announced its relocation to a new...

Auburn Avenue Research Library hosts Kathleen Cleaver photography exhibit

Buckhead Reporter 8/5 5:00A Sherri Daye Scott

At the Auburn Avenue Research Library, a new photography exhibit is telling the story of the life of Kathleen Cleaver. “The World(s) She Made: Composing the Radical Lives of Kathleen Neal Cleaver,”...

At the High, ‘Paper Trees’ exhibit shows how artists trained to see

Buckhead Reporter 8/5 2:00A Sherri Daye Scott

Take the elevator to the Lower Level of the High Museum of Art’s Wieland Pavilion, turn right, and you’re at the entrance of the Works on Paper Gallery,  home, through next February, to the High...

With new album ‘Rise,’ Melissa Etheridge is letting the audience lean in

Buckhead Reporter 8/3 8:47A Sammie Purcell

If you remember the rocking, rasping stylings of Melissa Etheridge from the 1980s and 1990s – songs like “I’m the Only One” and “Come to My Window” – then the singer/songwriter’s newest album “Rise”...