Run for the Park will kick off Summer Shade Festival in Grant Park on Aug. 22

Buckhead- Reporter Newspapers 7/25 5:44A Rough Draft Staff

The 24th annual Adams Realtors Run for the Park 5K  returns Saturday, Aug. 22, kicking off  Summer Shade Festival  weekend with a morning run through the historic neighborhood in support of the Grant Park Conservancy. Open to runners, walkers,...

Tickets on sale for ASO performance of ‘Rhapsody in Blue’

Buckhead Reporter 7/25 4:26A Rough Draft Staff

The music of one of the great American composers, George Gershwin, will fill Atlanta Symphony Hall this October. Jazz pianist Sullivan Fortner joins the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra to perform “Rhapsody in Blue” in a concert led by conductor...

Chef Anne Quatrano opens Summerland at Upper West Market

Buckhead Reporter 7/25 2:00A Beth McKibben

Chef Anne Quatrano just opened her latest restaurant at Upper West Market in Underwood Hills. Located on Collier Road in the northwest Atlanta neighborhood, Summerland serves breakfast and lunch...

Out on Film appoints Cindy L. Abel as new executive director

Buckhead Reporter 7/24 6:00A Sammie Purcell

Out on Film, Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ film festival, has named former nonprofit executive Cindy L. Abel as its new executive director.  Out on Film launched the search for its new executive director back in...

‘The Dink’ feels like an afterthought of a comedy

Buckhead Reporter 7/24 12:00A Sammie Purcell

I have a patchy relationship with Josh Greenbaum-directed narrative comedies. In 2021, he directed the Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo vehicle “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar,”  an undersung hero of...

Theatre Review: ‘Spamalot’ is a fantastic, fourth-wall-breaking frenzy

Buckhead Reporter 7/23 4:44A Katie Burkholder

“ If life seems jolly rotten, there’s something you’ve forgotten, and that’s to laugh and smile and dance and sing.”  The North American tour of “Spamalot” , the award-winning comedy musical “lovingly...

This week at the Farmers Markets

Buckhead Reporter 7/23 4:00A 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...

Invest Atlanta and Atlanta Beltline launch mortgage assistance program

Buckhead Reporter 7/23 3:17A Rough Draft Staff

Invest Atlanta and Atlanta Beltline, Inc. have launched a new down payment assistance program designed to help legacy residents and public sector employees buy homes in Beltline neighborhoods. Eligible long-term residents and public servants...

Quick Bites for July 23: Nick’s Food To Go owner dies, Anne Quatrano opens new restaurant, a Danish...

Buckhead Reporter 7/23 12:30A Beth McKibben

In this week’s Quick Bites, get updates on several new restaurant openings, along with a few upcoming restaurants just announced. We also share sad news on the passing of Nick Poulos, the owner of...

Technology adds digital layers to Atlanta mural tour

Buckhead- Reporter Newspapers 7/22 5:00A Sherri Daye Scott

Point your phone at the mural under the Edgewood Avenue bridge — a red face with piercing brown eyes set against a background of boldy colored flora, — and the e underpass changes. A second layer...

Atlanta breaks ground on $18.5M Monroe Drive project as neighbors raise traffic concerns

Buckhead Reporter 7/22 4:03A Eryn Rogers | WSB-TV

Atlanta is moving forward with a major road redesign on Monroe Drive that city leaders say will improve safety, but some neighbors worry it could make traffic worse and create new problems for...

Local artists invited to apply for several metro Atlanta open calls

Buckhead Reporter 7/22 2:00A Sherri Daye Scott

Right now, a handful of open calls across the metro area (and just beyond it) are inviting local artists to showcase work, whether that means hanging a painting in a Gainesville gallery or setting up...

Why scalp care is the next big beauty trend

Buckhead Reporter 7/22 12:30A Laura Scholz

At a time when people are spending more money on self-care and wellness experiences, scalp care is becoming one of the next big beauty trends. Fancy serums and moisturizing masks aren’t just for...

Recipe: Quiche Florentine from Bistro Niko

Buckhead Reporter 7/21 5:00A Sarra Sedghi

This week, we re sharing the recipe for the quiche Florentine from Bistro Niko in Buckhead. Quiche, as we know it today, first appeared during the 19th century. But due to the ingredients used at the...

Your taxes could go up to help fund $1.3B Fulton County Jail overhaul

Buckhead Reporter 7/21 2:41A Eryn Rogers | WSB-TV

Financing for Fulton County’s more than $1.3 billion jail overhaul is moving forward after a little-known regional jail authority voted Monday night to approve the next step in the process. The South Fulton Municipal Regional Jail Authority voted...