Getting back to visceral feeling with Boots Riley in ‘I Love Boosters’

Buckhead Reporter 5/22 3:00A Sammie Purcell

One of my favorite scenes in “I Love Boosters” happens very early on in the film’s runtime.  Two boosters (shoplifters, with the intent of reselling their wares for profit), Corvette (Keke Palmer) and...

‘Saccharine’ director Natalie Erika James on the horrors of diet culture

Buckhead Reporter 5/22 2:00A Sammie Purcell

After years of the culture beginning to shift away from the idea that being skinny is the only way to be beautiful, lately I am inundated with social media posts that give me the sinking feeling that...

‘Blue Film’ is an act of harrowing provocation

Buckhead Reporter 5/22 12:30A Sammie Purcell

Early on in “Blue Film,” Aaron Eagle (Kieron Moore), a young Los Angeles camboy, is explaining to a high-paying client ($50,000 for the night, to be exact) exactly how he became entangled in the world...

Film Review: ‘Passenger’ hits a dead end

Buckhead Reporter 5/22 12:00A Sammie Purcell

Raise your hand if you’ve ever thought of running away – of quitting your job, breaking your lease, buying a van, and leaving it all behind. For anyone stuck in a rut, the nomadic lifestyle probably...

Atlanta airport expects 2.7 million passengers during Memorial Day travel period

Buckhead Reporter 5/21 3:01A Rough Draft Staff

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) expects to welcome about 2.7 million passengers during the upcoming Memorial Day travel period. According to a press release, the Memorial Day travel period kicked off on Wednesday and...

Inside Sanithna Phansavanh’s ‘A Forest of You’ public art installation

Buckhead Reporter 5/20 4:59A Sherri Daye Scott

You have four days left to walk underneath it. “A Forest of You,” the fourth edition of Dashboard’s Alleywave public art installation in Fairburn, Georgia, closes May 24. Produced by Dashboard in...

Gov. Kemp vetoes bill to strengthen Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit

Buckhead Reporter 5/20 4:16A Logan C. Ritchie

The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation expressed deep disappointment after Gov. Brian Kemp vetoed HB 376 , legislation that would have strengthened the state’s Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit program. In place since 2002, HRTC has driven...

Highlights from the High Museum’s ‘American Sublime’ conversation with Amy Sherald

Buckhead Reporter 5/20 2:00A Sherri Daye Scott

Two nights before “ Amy Sherald: American Sublime ” opened at the High Museum of Art, celebrated painter and Georgia native Amy Sherald took the stage with Academy Award-nominated filmmaker and writer...

Atlanta Board of Education considers approving tax allocation review committee

Buckhead Reporter 5/20 1:56A Rachel Spooner

The Atlanta Board of Education announced May 18 that it will consider establishing the Tax Allocation District Investment Review Committee (TADIRC) at its Board meeting on June 1. The proposed committee will review Tax Allocation District (TAD)...

Atlanta considers private security screening at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport

Buckhead Reporter 5/19 6:47A Logan C. Ritchie

Is Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International the next airport to privatize security? The Atlanta City Council unanimously supported on Monday, May 18, a resolution to study the potential of privatizing...

Atlanta mayor scales back $10 billion affordable living plan

Buckhead Reporter 5/19 2:01A Logan C. Ritchie

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens is scaling back a plan to funnel up to $10 billion to affordable housing and wrap around services through the Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative (NRI), a plan that’s been under scrutiny for a year. NRI was created to...

Skybridge installation at Georgia State Capitol draws criticism

Buckhead Reporter 5/18 3:44A Logan C. Ritchie

Key points: • A $10 million pedestrian bridge is being installed at the Capitol next month. • Critics say the bridge will prevent elected officials from interacting with constituents. A controversial...

The Carter Center to host annual mental health forum on May 19

Buckhead Reporter 5/16 5:05A Rough Draft Staff

The Carter Center is hosting the 30th annual Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum on Tuesday, May 19.  The day-long event will look to progress mental health policy and practice in Georgia while also honoring the legacy of the late former...

Theatrical Outfit unveils 50th anniversary season

Buckhead Reporter 5/16 4:00A Rough Draft Staff

Atlanta theater company Theatrical Outfit (TO) has revealed its 50th anniversary season plans: a yearlong celebration of performing arts, under the theme “Changing Generations,” that TO said will reflect its “rich history and exciting future.”...

Questions remain as Kirkwood senior housing project heads for full Atlanta City Council vote

Buckhead Reporter 5/15 10:00A Collin Kelley

A rezoning request to build an apartment building for homeless senior citizens in Kirkwood received approval from the Atlanta City Council’s Zoning Committee on May 11, but with a series of added...