Women-owned bookstores team up for Black Girl Book Fair

Buckhead Reporter 7/7 7:00A Logan C. Ritchie

Six Black women-owned bookstores are teaming up for the Black Girl Book Fair on Saturday, July 11, at Brave + Kind Bookshop, 722 West College Ave., in Decatur. The collection of booksellers from...

AFCRA expands team to support Atlanta LGBTQ+ Community Center

Buckhead Reporter 7/7 5:14A Katie Burkholder

The Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority (AFCRA) has hired new team members to support the development of Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ Community Center. The organization, a public authority created by the...

Atlanta City Council pushes for Morehouse partnership to expand healthcare infrastructure

Buckhead Reporter 7/7 4:11A Logan C. Ritchie

Atlanta City Council is joining Morehouse School of Medicine to expand healthcare infrastructure on the south and west sides, making strides to change the city’s history of “systemic disinvestment.” ...

OnStage Atlanta presents Broadway hit musical ‘A Year with Frog and Toad’

Buckhead Reporter 7/7 2:55A Rough Draft Staff

OnStage Atlanta will present the musical “A Year with Frog and Toad” July 10-26 in Scottdale. The hit Broadway show was nominated for three Tony Awards – including Best Musical. Based on Arnold Lobel’s beloved books and featuring a hummable score...

For Mandy Gonzalez, the musical ‘Basura’ tells a story we all need to hear

Buckhead Reporter 7/6 8:58A Sammie Purcell

I can still remember the first time I heard Mandy Gonzalez sing. It was on the “In the Heights” Broadway cast recording, and the first song I listened to was “Breathe.”  It’s still one of my favorite...

WSB-TV to celebrate 40 years of Family 2 Family initiative

Buckhead Reporter 7/6 6:45A Sammie Purcell

WBS-TV will present a special program on July 12 at 7 p.m. celebrating the 40th anniversary of its Family 2 Family initiative. WSB-TV launched Family 2 Family in 1986, according to a press release. Family 2 Family is an initiative meant to...

Lucille’s gift shop brings body positivity and inclusivity to Candler Park

Buckhead Reporter 7/6 4:30A Logan C. Ritchie

Inclusive, body positive, and soaked in luxurious hues of gold, pink and purple, Lucille’s gift shop is now open in Candler Park at the corner of Clifton Road and McLendon Avenue.  Lucille’s is the...

Investigation ongoing into South River fish kill, officials say no chemical link

Buckhead Reporter 7/6 2:56A Logan C. Ritchie

A chemical spill at the South River Water Reclamation Center did not cause a recent fish kill in the South River, according to a report from the City of Atlanta, but no further information has been released.   Resident Peter Peteet was walking...

Atlanta author duo returns with “Perfect Life,” out July 7

Buckhead Reporter 7/4 4:30A Rachel Spooner

Local Atlanta authors Meredith Lavender and Kendall Shores will release their second novel, “Perfect Life,” as a duo on July 7. The sequel to “Happy Wife” will be celebrated with a launch event at...

Did you miss these June 2026 Atlanta restaurant openings?

Buckhead Reporter 7/3 12:30A Beth McKibben

Restaurant openings exploded in June as Atlanta prepared to host tens of thousands of soccer fans for the World Cup. Nearly 40 restaurants and bars opened for business around Atlanta and the metro...

‘Maddie’s Secret’ pays homage to melodrama and its queer history

Buckhead Reporter 7/3 12:30A Sammie Purcell

I was listening to an episode of The Big Picture podcast recently about the lasting legacy of Mel Brooks (stay with me, here). There is a moment where host Sean Fennessey talks about how, in response...

‘Minions & Monsters’ is for cinephiles with kids, and no one else

Buckhead Reporter 7/3 12:00A Sammie Purcell

About halfway through Pierre Coffin’s “Minions & Monsters,” we see an old-timey news reel. The film is set in the 1920s, and the news reel tells us a few important things about the time we find...

Martin Luther King Jr. Birth Home to welcome visitors after renovation

Buckhead Reporter 7/2 7:57A Rough Draft Staff

On July 4, Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park will reopen the historic MLK Jr. Birth Home to the public, following the completion of a major preservation and rehabilitation project. The rehabilitation project included structural...

Mixed-use 880 North project opens in English Avenue neighborhood

Buckhead Reporter 7/2 7:19A Rough Draft Staff

OaksATL Community Development recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the completion and grand opening of 880 North on the Westside. The first-of-its-kind mixed-use infill development is...

This week at the Farmers Market

Buckhead Reporter 7/2 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...