Best dishes to try at restaurants around metro Atlanta

Sandy Springs Reporter 7/31 12:45A Beth McKibben and Sarra Sedghi

Each month, Rough Draft’s dining team, Beth McKibben and Sarra Sedghi, share their favorite restaurant dishes to try, along with a few restaurant discoveries and cool pop-ups to put on your radar....

Gregg Araki explores young people’s sexual anxiety in ‘I Want Your Sex’

Buckhead Reporter 7/31 12:00A Sammie Purcell

“You’re all dying to f*ck. But you’re just too chicken sh*t to admit it.” When Erika Tracy (Olivia Wilde) says this in “I Want Your Sex,” you can almost feel filmmaker Gregg Araki screaming into the abyss. Erika, a contemporary artist whose work...

Above the Waterline: The view from Venice in a heat wave

Buckhead Reporter 7/30 8:00A Sally Bethea

The sweeping view before me is said to be one of the most iconic waterscapes in Venice. Ferries, vaporettos, and wooden boats speed across the surface of St. Mark’s Basin with the city’s skyline as an...

This week at the Farmers Markets

Buckhead Reporter 7/30 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...

Metro Atlanta schools back in session beginning Aug. 3

Buckhead Reporter 7/30 3:42A Collin Kelley

Students across metro Atlanta will head back to classrooms next week as the region’s largest public school districts begin the 2026-27 academic year. Schools in Fulton County, DeKalb County, City Schools of Decatur, and Atlanta Public Schools...

Report: Dewberry takes full ownership of stalled Campanile building in Midtown

Buckhead Reporter 7/30 3:08A Collin Kelley

Developer John Dewberry has regained full ownership of the long-stalled Campanile building in Midtown after a lender released its interest in the property, according to a report by Bisnow . A quitclaim deed filed in February in Fulton County...

July 30 Quick Bites: Restaurant openings, Manuel’s Tavern turns 70, Kamayan ATL relocates, Jovita...

Buckhead Reporter 7/30 12:30A Sarra Sedghi and Beth McKibben

In this week’s Quick Bites, get details on indoor farmers markets in Underwood Hills and Peoplestown, a new Middle Eastern cafe in Sandy Springs, and the opening of Kamayan ATL at its new location on...

Georgia loves Googling folk art. Here’s where to buy it.

Buckhead Reporter 7/29 5:00A Sherri Daye Scott

A new study from online art gallery Crib of Art claims Georgia overindexes on interest and exploration of American folk art.  According to Crib of Art , analysis of more than 2.2 million Google...

Inside Dr. Dax’s “Love Is / Love Was” at Downtown Atlanta’s The CTR

Buckhead Reporter 7/29 2:00A Sherri Daye Scott

Just after 5 p.m., before doors officially open for that evening’s “A Celebration, With Love” reception, five or six of us are gathered inside Gallery FC . The magic hour sun is coming straight...

5 years after Katie Janness murdered in Piedmont Park, friends still desperate for answers

Buckhead Reporter 7/27 1:58A Candace McCowan | WSB-TV

Friends of Katie Janness gathered in Piedmont Park on Sunday to mark five years since she and her dog Bowie were killed in July 2021, a case that remains unsolved by authorities. The gathering served...

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...