Quick Bites for Aug. 6: Manuel’s turns 70, Atlanta Black Restaurant Week, Tuk Tuk closes, Buc-ee’s...

Buckhead Reporter 8/6 12:30A Sarra Sedghi and Beth McKibben

In this week’s Quick Bites, get updates on an opening in Smyrna, closures in Buckhead and West Midtown, a Buc-ee’s trademark infringement lawsuit, and a pop-up becoming a restaurant in East Atlanta...

Advocates claim proposed Adair Park data center plans mirror historical redlining

Buckhead Reporter 8/5 6:44A Logan C. Ritchie

A dozen residents spoke out against data centers at the Atlanta City Council meeting on Aug. 3 as momentum builds around environmental, health, and equity concerns. The outcry is in response to Digital Realty ‘s $500 million proposal to build a...

New retail space becomes available in West Paces Ferry shopping center

Buckhead Reporter 8/5 5:44A Hayden Sumlin

About 5,000 square feet of retail space within the West Paces Ferry Shopping Center will soon be available to lease after the century-old Wender & Roberts Pharmacy announced its relocation to a new...

Auburn Avenue Research Library hosts Kathleen Cleaver photography exhibit

Buckhead Reporter 8/5 5:00A Sherri Daye Scott

At the Auburn Avenue Research Library, a new photography exhibit is telling the story of the life of Kathleen Cleaver. “The World(s) She Made: Composing the Radical Lives of Kathleen Neal Cleaver,”...

At the High, ‘Paper Trees’ exhibit shows how artists trained to see

Buckhead Reporter 8/5 2:00A Sherri Daye Scott

Take the elevator to the Lower Level of the High Museum of Art’s Wieland Pavilion, turn right, and you’re at the entrance of the Works on Paper Gallery,  home, through next February, to the High...

With new album ‘Rise,’ Melissa Etheridge is letting the audience lean in

Buckhead Reporter 8/3 8:47A Sammie Purcell

If you remember the rocking, rasping stylings of Melissa Etheridge from the 1980s and 1990s – songs like “I’m the Only One” and “Come to My Window” – then the singer/songwriter’s newest album “Rise”...

Did you miss these July 2026 Atlanta restaurant openings?

Buckhead Reporter 8/3 8:00A Beth McKibben

More than 30 new restaurants opened around metro Atlanta in July, spanning from Alpharetta, Dunwoody, and Brookhaven, to Buckhead, Midtown, and Jonesboro. Meanwhile, close to three dozen new...

Historic Rufus M. Rose House on Peachtree Street returns to market

Buckhead Reporter 8/3 6:45A Logan C. Ritchie

A historic Victorian mansion listed on the National Register of Historic Places is for sale on Peachtree Street – again.  The Rufus M. Rose House is a late Victorian/Queen Anne-style house listed for...

Atlanta Pride launches Grand Marshal History Project

Buckhead Reporter 8/1 4:04A Katie Burkholder

Atlanta Pride has announced the launch of the Grand Marshal History Project, a new initiative dedicated to preserving and celebrating Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ legacy. 
 The initiative will create a living historical record of all the individuals and...

Arrest made in 404 Day shooting

Buckhead Reporter 8/1 1:03A WSBTV.com News Staff

Atlanta Police said an arrest has been made in the shooting death of a teen on 404 Day. Kaine Burnette, 17, surrendered to Fulton County Jail on charges related to the April 4 killing at Piedmont...

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...