The Carter Center to host annual mental health forum on May 19

Buckhead Reporter 5/16 5:05A Rough Draft Staff

The Carter Center is hosting the 30th annual Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum on Tuesday, May 19.  The day-long event will look to progress mental health policy and practice in Georgia while also honoring the legacy of the late former...

Theatrical Outfit unveils 50th anniversary season

Buckhead Reporter 5/16 4:00A Rough Draft Staff

Atlanta theater company Theatrical Outfit (TO) has revealed its 50th anniversary season plans: a yearlong celebration of performing arts, under the theme “Changing Generations,” that TO said will reflect its “rich history and exciting future.”...

Questions remain as Kirkwood senior housing project heads for full Atlanta City Council vote

Buckhead Reporter 5/15 10:00A Collin Kelley

A rezoning request to build an apartment building for homeless senior citizens in Kirkwood received approval from the Atlanta City Council’s Zoning Committee on May 11, but with a series of added...

MomoCon brings Wonder Festival to North America

Buckhead Reporter 5/15 3:00A Sammie Purcell

This year, MomoCon, Atlanta’s annual celebration of gaming, comics, and anime, has a new partner on the docket. Wonder Festival, a renowned Japanese figure and modeling event, will hit the floor at...

Travis Willingham and Marisha Ray on MomoCon and Critical Role’s success

Buckhead Reporter 5/15 2:00A Sammie Purcell

Playing Dungeons & Dragons for a living sounds like a kid’s pipedream. But for the team at Critical Role, it’s a reality.  Critical Role is a web series where a group of voice actors play Dungeons &...

‘Obsession’ offers a clever, horror twist on the crazy girlfriend trope

Buckhead Reporter 5/15 12:00A Sammie Purcell

Early on in Curry Barker’s new horror film “Obsession,” Nikki (Inde Navarrette) stands outside the passenger door to her coworker and friend Bear’s (Michael Johnston) car. She leans down into the...

Virginia Highland District Porchfest returns May 16

Buckhead Reporter 5/14 4:21A Sarah Gardiner

On May 16, Virginia Highland District Porchfest returns for its sixth year, turning more than 50 neighborhood homes into stages for over 100 bands and drawing tens of thousands of people from across...

May 14 Quick Bites: New Buckhead Vietnamese restaurant, North Avenue Dairy Queen closes, Nakato chef...

Buckhead Reporter 5/14 12:30A Sarra Sedghi

In this week’s Quick Bites, get details on restaurant openings in Buckhead and the former Bookhouse Pub space, new hotel restaurants in downtown Atlanta, and a fast-food restaurant’s closure on North...

Atlanta’s ‘I’M SO ATL’ campaign brings art to 400+ parks this summer

Buckhead Reporter 5/13 5:00A Sherri Daye Scott

Eric Barnes has spent the better part of a decade building toward this moment. As founder of the Atlanta Music, Arts, and Culture Foundation (AMAAC) , Barnes now launches what might be the most...

Inside CTR Culture Studios: A reimagined space for Atlanta’s artists

Buckhead Reporter 5/13 2:00A Sherri Daye Scott

When CP Group began reimagining Downtown’s former CNN Center as The CTR, they needed someone who understood both Atlanta’s creative community and the weight of what that building represents. They...

Bowie-inspired wine bar Under Pressure opening in Sandy Springs

Buckhead Reporter 5/12 11:11A Beth McKibben

Under Pressure Wine Bar opens this fall at the Fountain Oaks complex in Sandy Springs, just north of Chastain Park. Owned by sommelier Juan Fernando Cortés (The Chastain, Stanky Wine ) and Atlanta...

Atlanta Beltline Lantern Parade to return in September

Buckhead Reporter 5/12 6:46A Rough Draft Staff

After stormy weather caused the cancellation of last year’s Atlanta Beltline Lantern Parade, the event is set to return this fall. Atlanta Beltline Art said in a press release that the annual tradition, which attracts thousands of participants...

‘American Sublime’ brings Amy Sherald home to Georgia for controversial exhibition

Buckhead Reporter 5/12 4:18A Georgia Voice Staff

Georgia native Amy Sherald returns to her roots this week as the High Museum of Art opens “American Sublime,” the acclaimed and controversial retrospective she pulled from the Smithsonian National...

Opponents say proposed second paved Beltline trail for bikes, scooters would kill rail plans

Buckhead Reporter 5/12 2:00A Logan C. Ritchie

Atlanta City Council member Mary Norwood has introduced a plan to add a second paved trail to parts of the Atlanta Beltline to accommodate bikes and scooters, which light rail advocates call “ill-conceived.” Norwood proposed a resolution to pave...

DreamHack gaming festival returns to Atlanta May 15-17

Buckhead Reporter 5/11 1:29A Rough Draft Staff

DreamHack, a gaming lifestyle festival, will come to Atlanta May 15-17 at the Georgia World Congress Center.  According to a press release, DreamHack is a three-day celebration of gaming, creators, and digital content. Attendees can also enjoy...