Piedmont Park Conservancy hosting annual Landmark Luncheon on April 23

Buckhead Reporter 4/18 6:19A Rough Draft Staff

The Piedmont Park Conservancy announced that it will host its annual Landmark Luncheon on April 23 at The Promenade in the park. Now in its 29th year, the annual event will bring together community leaders, supporters and park advocates — along...

Fulton County Library System reveals novel for this year’s ‘One Book, One Read’ program

Buckhead Reporter 4/18 5:26A Rough Draft Staff

The Fulton County Library System is inviting residents to once again take part in its annual “ One Book, One Read ” program. Each year, the initiative encourages readers across Fulton County to read...

Local actress Emma Elizabeth Smith returns home with ‘Six’ at the Fox Theatre

Buckhead Reporter 4/18 4:30A Sammie Purcell

Like most kids who began doing musical theater from a young age, Emma Elizabeth Smith loved the titular sassy orphan from the musical “Annie.”   The Alpharetta native played Annie at the age of 10 and...

Big Tigger’s ‘BikeFest’ returns to Atlanta Beltline for fourth year

Buckhead Reporter 4/18 3:24A Rough Draft Staff

Atlanta Beltline announced that it will once again be teaming up with local radio personality Big Tigger for the fourth annual “Big Tigger’s Beltline BikeFest” on May 2. Taking place along the Beltline’s Southwest Trail, the free, family-friendly...

MARTA to launch first bus rapid transit line connecting Downtown to Beltline Southside Trail on...

Buckhead Reporter 4/17 8:58A Rough Draft Staff

MARTA’s Rapid A-Line, the city’s first bus rapid transit (BRT) line connecting Downtown to the Atlanta Beltline Southside Trail, will launch on Saturday, April 18. The five-mile  Rapid   A-Line  will...

$1.3 billion funding for Fulton County Jail renovations, new facility approved

Buckhead Reporter 4/17 7:04A WSBTV.com News Staff

The Fulton County Board of Commissioners gave the green light for $1.3 billion plan to improve conditions at the Fulton County Jail. The board voted unanimously on Wednesday to approve the financing for the jail capital improvement program. The...

Marissa Read and Selyna Warren capture 90s sitcom nostalgia with a twist in ‘Step-Friend’

Buckhead Reporter 4/17 2:00A Sammie Purcell

Sometimes, it feels like Marissa Read and Selyna Warren share the same brain.  When I interviewed the writing partners, whose project “Step-Friend” will be playing in the Episodic section of this...

Art is a relationship in ‘The Christophers’

Buckhead- Reporter Newspapers 4/17 12:00A Sammie Purcell

“The Christophers” opens with a shot of a drawing. Our protagonist, Lori Butler (Michaela Coel), is sitting on a bench, sketching the building across from her. She’s passing time (she works at the...

Earth Day observances will include festivals, cleanups, music and more

Buckhead Reporter 4/16 9:00A Rachel Spooner

Earth Day is April 22, but events to mark this year s observance will begin this weekend, including festivals, cleanups, markets, and more. Check out our roundup of upcoming events below. EAV Earth...

MARTA launching updated bus routes on April 18

Buckhead Reporter 4/16 7:19A Rough Draft Staff

MARTA will officially launch its  NextGen Bus Network  on Saturday, April 18 – the first time the entire system has been redrawn from scratch since service began in 1972. According to a press release, the cornerstone of the NextGen Network is a...

Man accused of shooting 5 women inside Midtown medical clinic competent to stand trial

Buckhead Reporter 4/16 7:17A WSBTV.com News Staff

A judge has ruled the man accused of shooting five women inside a Midtown medical office in 2023 is now fit to stand trial. Deion Patterson appeared before Judge Eric K. Dunaway in Fulton County Superior Court on Thursday morning. Dunaway ruled on...

Busy weekend includes Sweetwater 420 Fest, Atlanta Streets Alive, and free ASO concert

Buckhead Reporter 4/16 5:00A Collin Kelley

Atlanta is gearing up for a busy weekend of festivals, outdoor concerts, sports, and immersive art experiences taking place across the city this weekend, April 17-19. Here’s a roundup of the major...

This Week at the Farmers Market

Buckhead Reporter 4/16 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...

Isamu Noguchi designed modern America. Atlanta’s High Museum shows how.

Buckhead Reporter 4/15 5:00A Sherri Daye Scott

As you enter the High Museum’s latest exhibition, “Isamu Noguchi: ‘I am not a designer,'” a small placard at the entrance poses a question to carry through the galleries: Was Noguchi indeed a...

Acclaimed poet Danez Smith returns to Atlanta for readings

Buckhead Reporter 4/15 4:34A Jim Farmer

Danez Smith has been writing for more than half of their life now, starting in high school, and it’s a field that has given them a vehicle to express their feelings. It was in a poem that they felt...