New photos released of ‘armed and dangerous’ suspect in Georgia State MARTA stabbing

Buckhead- Reporter Newspapers 6/3 8:41A WSBTV.com News Staff

MARTA police and Crimestoppers Atlanta have released new surveillance images of a suspect wanted for a stabbing at a rail station. The stabbing occurred May 24 at the Georgia State MARTA station. The...

Robert Wierzel’s lighting design brings Wagner’s ‘Twilight of the Gods’ to life

Buckhead Reporter 6/3 5:00A Sherri Daye Scott

Robert Wierzel has lit opera on stages in Paris, Tokyo, Toronto, San Francisco, and dozens of stops in between. But when the Atlanta Opera opened Twilight of the Gods ( Götterdämmerung ) on May 30 at...

Atlanta City Council considers tax penalties for stalled construction site in Midtown

Buckhead Reporter 6/3 4:24A Logan C. Ritchie

In response to growing concern over a stalled construction site at Peachtree Street and 14th Street in Midtown, the Atlanta City Council is exploring tax penalties equivalent to 25 times the current...

Atlanta filmmaker Deborah Riley Draper honors artist Romare Bearden in new documentary

Buckhead Reporter 6/3 2:00A Sherri Daye Scott

Atlanta filmmaker Deborah Riley Draper named her production company, Coffee Bluff Pictures, after a place many people don’t know, a small enclave in Savannah, Georgia, historically settled by formerly...

Mid-Year Report: ‘Marry the house, date the rate,’ real estate experts advise

Buckhead Reporter 6/3 12:00A Logan C. Ritchie

Driving around Intown, it’s hard to miss the for-sale signs popping up like spring flowers.  Four seasoned real estate agents weighed in on the Intown market: who’s selling and buying, how mortgage...

Atlanta City Council funds $8M trail to connect Westside Beltline and PATH Parkway

Buckhead Reporter 6/2 5:34A Logan C. Ritchie

The Atlanta City Council unanimously voted to fund an $8 million deal to build a .06-mile trail to connect the Westside Beltline Connector trail and the PATH Parkway trail, which runs through Georgia...

Volunteers work to beautify Downtown Atlanta ahead of FIFA World Cup

Buckhead Reporter 6/2 5:12A Rachel Spooner

Under overcast skies, around 600 volunteers from more than 20 companies came together on June 1 to beautify Downtown Atlanta ahead of the FIFA World Cup. Led by the Blank Family of Businesses in...

Pride Across Georgia: Festivals, fundraisers, and music highlight June

Buckhead Reporter 6/2 4:20A Katie Burkholder and Collin Kell

Pride month is here, and while Atlanta’s official festival won’t return to the city until October, there are plenty of opportunities to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. Whether you’re looking for a...

Landmark Pride Series to showcase iconic LGBTQ+ films

Buckhead Reporter 6/1 4:46A Collin Kelley

Landmark Theatres begins its third annual Pride Series on May 30 with the classic “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” at the Midtown Art Cinema in Atlanta. The series of films will be...

Book and mini print vending machines delight shoppers at Krog District

Buckhead Reporter 5/30 5:00A Rachel Spooner

The Krog District in Inman Park is welcoming unconventional small businesses into its retail and dining space thanks to a pair of unique vending machines. Kate Kiefer Lee, owner of soon-to-open Long...

Atlanta Streets Alive returns May 31 with West End to Grant Park route

Buckhead Reporter 5/29 4:37A Rough Draft Staff

Atlanta Streets Alive returns to West End and Grant Park on Sunday, May 31, with 3.5 miles of open streets, live music, and events. This month’s ASA takes place along Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard to Georgia Avenue, between Cherokee Avenue and...

Storyboard artist Mark Simon celebrates 40 years in TV and film

Buckhead Reporter 5/29 2:00A Sammie Purcell

Mark Simon got his first Hollywood job on a small 1987 sexploitation science fiction film called “Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity.” Decades later, he’s worked on everything from “The Walking Dead” to...

‘Two Women’ is a zany sex comedy about middle age malaise

Buckhead Reporter 5/29 12:30A Sammie Purcell

The art of the sex comedy has been lost in recent years, it seems – in America, at least. But this year, the French Canadians are bringing it back with a bullet.  “Two Women,” directed by Chloé...

‘Backrooms’ is disquieting, but runs into third act issues

Buckhead Reporter 5/29 12:00A Sammie Purcell

Have you ever seen something ostensibly normal – say, three shopping carts in the middle of an abandoned parking lot, or an empty, kitschy furniture store – and stared at it just a little too long?...

This week at the Farmers Market

Buckhead Reporter 5/28 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...