‘Love, Patrick: Nothing is Impossible’ remembers a forgotten icon

Buckhead Reporter 9/30 11:56A Sammie Purcell

Before he signed on to make a documentary about him, Ryon Horne didn’t know who Patrick Kelly was. But, as soon as he saw him, he began to realize he’d seen his influence everywhere through the ‘80s...

Mule Train brings Southern-leaning cuisine and open-door hospitality to Atlanta

Buckhead Reporter 9/30 10:46A Sarra Sedghi

Mule Train , the first restaurant from husband-and-wife duo Mike and Shyretha Sheats, opened to the public Sept. 30 in Downtown Atlanta. The pair boasts a combined 26 years in the industry, spanning...

Atlanta Fashion Week and Atlanta Art Fair coincide for a weekend of creativity

Buckhead Reporter 9/30 6:53A Collin Kelley

Fashion and visual art are in the spotlight to kick off October, with Atlanta Fashion Week scheduled for Oct. 1-4 and the Atlanta Art Fair bringing galleries and artists to Pullman Yards during the same weekend. Fashion takes the runway Atlanta...

This week at the Farmers Market

Buckhead Reporter 9/30 4:30A 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...

Goat Farm SITE festival brings one night of experimental art to Atlanta

Buckhead Reporter 9/30 2:00A Sherri Daye Scott

SITE’s art is meant to be temporary. The annual experimental art festival returns to Goat Farm’s 12-acre West Midtown campus Saturday, Oct. 3, with six hours of installations, live performance and...

Did you miss these September 2026 Atlanta restaurant openings?

Sandy Springs Reporter 9/30 12:30A Sarra Sedghi

Billy s reopened in Avondale Estates in September. Photo provided by Billy s. Nearly 20 new restaurants opened around metro Atlanta in September, ranging from a Trinidadian food truck s...

Georgia voters have until Oct. 5 to register for the November election

Brookhaven Reporter 9/29 5:28A Hayden Sumlin

The last day for Georgia residents to register to vote or update their address for the November general election is Oct. 5 . Voters must be registered by the deadline to cast a midterm ballot. Metro...

‘Reel Portraits’ from Michael Kalish heads to Atlanta Art Fair

Buckhead Reporter 9/29 5:14A Sammie Purcell

Artist Michael Kalish is getting back to his roots with his newest venture, “Reel Portraits,” which will be unveiled at the Atlanta Art Fair Oct. 1-4.  Kalish is an Atlanta native who now resides in...

Scholarship fund created to honor Ole Miss student from Atlanta

Buckhead Reporter 9/29 2:58A WSBTV.com News Staff

A memorial scholarship fund has been established in honor of Robert Strang to support Ole Miss Phi Delta Theta students in need of financial aid. The Robert Tudor Strang IV Memorial Scholarship Fund will provide annual support to a student who...

How Atlanta’s sushi chefs source fresh fish from Japan

Buckhead Reporter 9/29 12:30A Sarra Sedghi

Fish used for sushi travels a long way before ending up between a pair of chopsticks in Atlanta. That’s because most top-tier sushi restaurants and omakase operations opt for sourcing fish straight...

APS celebrates AP Exam gains as scores more than double since 2022

Buckhead Reporter 9/28 8:31A Rough Draft Staff

Atlanta Public Schools’ expansion of Advanced Placement (AP) opportunities is producing “record achievement across the district,” according to a news release from APS. More students are taking AP exams, the percentage earning scores of 3 or...

Recycle vapes and medical equipment at CHaRM

Buckhead Reporter 9/26 4:13A Rough Draft Staff

The nonprofit Center for Hard to Recycle Materials (CHaRM) is now accepting medical equipment and will begin accepting vapes on Oct. 1. Live Thrive has launched a new partnership with Friends of Disabled Adults and Children (FODAC) to help give...

Georgia Tech gets new residence hall, dining hall upgrade

Buckhead Reporter 9/26 3:00A Rough Draft Staff

Georgia Tech opened its new student residence hall at the start of the fall semester. The Bud & Val Peterson Residence Hall, located at 920 Curran St., is an eight-story, 191,000-square-foot building...

‘Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty’ is a delightfully odd ode to the power of movement

Buckhead Reporter 9/25 12:30A Sammie Purcell

In the opening sequence of Josef Kubota Wladyka’s “Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!” Haru (Rinko Kikuchi) tells her husband and dance partner, Luis (Alejandro Edda), that he’s pigeon-toed.  She’s watching a...

‘Primetime’ is a surreal reckoning with reality

Buckhead Reporter 9/25 12:00A Sammie Purcell

The first time you see Chris Hansen in action in “Primetime,” he’s framed like God himself. We spend a little bit of time with Chris (Robert Pattinson) ahead of this moment, but this marks the first...