28th annual East Atlanta Strut returns Sept. 26

Buckhead Reporter 9/24 6:53A Rough Draft Staff

East Atlanta Strut returns Saturday, Sept. 26, with a twist on the usual community festival. The event runs from noon until 6 p.m. with the annual Strut parade with marching bands, floats, and more at...

Atlanta detention center sale sparks heated debate

Buckhead Reporter 9/24 3:42A Logan C. Ritchie

A contentious work session over the City of Atlanta’s plan to sell the Atlanta City Detention Center to Fulton County ended in a shouting match on Sept. 23. Community advocates and agencies, Atlanta and Fulton County police, and elected officials...

First suburban location of Chops Lobster Bar opening in Johns Creek

Buckhead Reporter 9/23 5:56A Beth McKibben

Chops Lobster Bar will open in Johns Creek in 2028.  Buckhead Life Restaurant Group announced this week that Chops will open at a hotel planned for the Medley development in Johns Creek. This marks...

Delphine Diallo on AI art, ancestry and the body

Buckhead Reporter 9/23 5:00A Sherri Daye Scott

French-Senegalese artist Delphine Diallo says she uses artificial intelligence (AI) “not as a tool, but as a ritual collaborator.” At an African Diaspora Art Museum of Atlanta (ADAMA) Arts Salon talk...

Artist Keith Duncan brings ‘Battle of the Bands’ to the College Football Hall of Fame

Buckhead Reporter 9/23 3:00A Sherri Daye Scott

New Orleans artist Keith Duncan’s “Battle of the Bands” opened Aug. 29 at the Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame, timed to Atlanta’s MEAC/SWAC Challenge Kickoff and the start of HBCU football...

How EMS workout suits provide high-intensity strength training in 20 minutes

Buckhead Reporter 9/23 12:30A Laura Scholz

When Tom Holland wanted to get in peak shape for his leading role in Marvel’s “Spider-Man” series, he turned to electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) training. Like his superhero alter-ego, the...

Theatrical Outfit launches 50th anniversary season with ‘Fences’

Buckhead Reporter 9/19 6:16A Rough Draft Staff

Theatrical Outfit (TO) has launched its 50th anniverary season with a staging of August Wilson’s “Fences,” onstage now through Oct. 4. Joining TO for the production are Dominion Entertainment Group...

Invest Atlanta approves tax breaks for Amsterdam Walk and Trestletree Village

Buckhead Reporter 9/18 7:27A Logan C. Ritchie

Invest Atlanta , the City of Atlanta’s economic arm, gave the green light to two major redevelopment projects: Amsterdam Walk near Piedmont Park and Trestletree Village Apartments in Ormewood Park....

Buckhead Forward launches five-year plan to improve livability

Buckhead Reporter 9/18 3:31A Logan C. Ritchie

Katharine Kelly, CEO of the Buckhead Coalition and CID, has announced a five-year roadmap to increase livability in the community. Buckhead Forward is a plan focusing on walkability, infrastructure, public safety, traffic mitigation, and...

Raymond Creamer on becoming a horror filmmaker with ‘Goody Goody’

Buckhead Reporter 9/18 2:00A Sammie Purcell

Years ago, one of filmmaker Raymond Creamer’s family members decided to have a home birth. As anyone who has ever considered that possibility knows, if things don’t go as planned – if even a yellow...

‘The Weight’ is a straightforward, dependable thriller

Buckhead Reporter 9/18 12:30A Sammie Purcell

“The Weight” starts off quietly, with a wide shot on a picturesque country road. Birds are chirping, the dulcet tones of nature are humming, and all is peaceful. Until a car comes roaring down the...

Zach Cregger’s ‘Resident Evil’ is a video game adaptation done right

Buckhead Reporter 9/18 12:00A Sammie Purcell

There is a moment early on in “Resident Evil” when Bryan (Austin Abrams) is on the run from his first zombie – but the chase isn’t taking him very far.  In this early sequence, Bryan, cornered up...

Atlanta City Council member Mary Norwood endorses Rick Jackson for governor

Buckhead Reporter 9/16 9:23A Logan C. Ritchie

Atlanta City Council member Mary Norwood has gone public with her “wholehearted” endorsement of Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson.  Norwood said in a statement and video that she believes Jackson has the background needed to run the...

‘Toy Factory’ exhibit coming to Pullman Yards Sept. 30

Buckhead Reporter 9/16 7:34A Sammie Purcell

“Toy Factory,” a family-friendly, immersive exhibit taking you behind the scenes of a working toy factory, will premiere at Pullman Yards on Sept. 30 and continue through the end of the year.  “Toy Factory,” according to an online description , is...

Forward Warrior mural festival returns to Cabbagetown with new light show

Buckhead Reporter 9/16 5:00A Sherri Daye Scott

Cabbagetown’s walls are about to get a lot more paint — and light. Forward Warrior, the neighborhood’s annual mural festival, returns Sept. 18–20 with 80 murals along Wylie Street, plus a new Friday...