Roy Cohen remembers Aseel Aslih with documentary ‘Far From Maine’

Buckhead Reporter 5/1 3:00A Sammie Purcell

In 1997, 13-year-old Roy Cohen and 14-year-old Aseel Aslih became friends while attending Seeds for Peace, a summer camp in rural Maine meant to cultivate conversation between kids on opposite sides...

Local filmmakers turn experience with grandfather into short film ‘Temple’

Buckhead Reporter 5/1 2:00A Sammie Purcell

Truth is often stranger than fiction. And no one knows that better than local filmmakers Tony and Joshua Gary. The brothers have taken their strange truth and turned it into a new short film. “Temple”...

‘Swapped’ delivers a heartfelt story without the sensory overload

Buckhead Reporter 5/1 12:30A Sammie Purcell

There is a certain type of kids’ entertainment that seems to be getting increasingly popular. I like to think of it as the sensory overload genre.  You see it in movies like “The Super Mario Galaxy...

Horror film ‘Hokum’ blends human and supernatural terror

Buckhead Reporter 5/1 12:00A Sammie Purcell

“Hokum” doesn’t begin how you might expect a horror film set at a remote Irish hotel to begin. Instead, it starts in a sandy desert, with two parched and sunburned travelers making their way over the...

‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ – the nostalgia machine comes for us all

Buckhead Reporter 4/30 11:30P Sammie Purcell

From the moment “The Devil Wears Prada 2” starts – with a Dua Lipa needledrop, following Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway) as she struts her way through the crowded streets of New York City – I was...

April 30 Quick Bites: new coffee shops and restaurants, an Alpharetta card game lounge, vegan...

Buckhead Reporter 4/30 12:30A Sarra Sedghi

May is on the horizon, and metro Atlanta’s dining scene is heating up. This week’s Quick Bites includes details on new coffee shops in Grant Park and Midtown, a card game lounge coming to Alpharetta,...

Did you miss these April 2026 Atlanta restaurant openings?

Brookhaven Reporter 4/28 4:00A Beth McKibben

Restaurant openings ramped up again in April, with nearly three dozen restaurants opening for business around Atlanta and the metro area. Close to 20 new restaurants were also announced for the coming...

Summer camp promotes friendships between teens and the elderly

Buckhead Reporter 4/28 2:15A Rachel Spooner

Instead of waterparks and beach vacations with their friends, some Atlanta teens are spending part of their summer with residents four or five times their age.  Generation Connect is a week-long...

APD apprehends one of its 10 most wanted fugitives in fiery crash

Buckhead- Reporter Newspapers 4/26 10:23A Collin Kelley

Atlanta Police officers arrested one of the department s 10 most wanted fugitives on April 24. Atlanta Police Zone 3 officers responded just before 3 a.m. to a larceny report on Milton Avenue in southeast Atlanta. An off-duty officer requested...

Piedmont Park Conservancy raises $700,000 at luncheon

Buckhead Reporter 4/26 3:00A Cathy Cobbs

Mayor Andre Dickens speaks at the 29th Annual Landmark Luncheon on April 23. (Photo by DVPhotoVideo)  The Piedmont Park Conservancy raised more than $700,000 at its 29th Annual Landmark Luncheon on...

Night of Ideas returns to Atlanta on April 29

Buckhead Reporter 4/25 4:05A Sammie Purcell

Presented by Villa Albertine, the fifth edition of Night of Ideas comes back to Atlanta April 29 .  Night of Ideas is a free evening of discussion and debate, bringing together different voices from the civic, cultural, and policy spheres,...

Atlanta Jazz Festival announces free concert series at local parks this May

Buckhead Reporter 4/25 3:15A Rough Draft Staff

The Atlanta Jazz Festival is bringing free live music to parks across the city this May through its annual Neighborhood Jazz Series. Taking place over the course of three consecutive weekends beginning May 1, the series will feature shows in...

Unity event brings Black and Jewish students together

Buckhead- Reporter Newspapers 4/23 7:45A Logan C. Ritchie

Dr. Michael L. Lomax, Lisa Rayam, and Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Photo by Logan C. Ritchie) The sanctuary of The Temple on Peachtree Street in Midtown Atlanta was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. “Be...

Invest Atlanta approves $2 million grant for Andrew Young Peace Institute

Buckhead- Reporter Newspapers 4/23 6:40A Collin Kelley

Invest Atlanta approved a $2 million Westside Tax Allocation District (TAD) grant to support the development of the Andrew Young International Institute for Peace and Reconciliation in the Vine City...

Family affair ‘Mudville’ premieres at Atlanta Film Festival

Buckhead Reporter 4/23 5:44A Sammie Purcell

Ten years ago, Atlanta filmmaker Adam Pinney’s film “The Arbalest” won the SXSW Film Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Film. It’s an award that puts you in good company. As pointed out by an ArtsATL...