Here are Atlanta’s 2025 James Beard Awards semifinalists

Buckhead- Reporter Newspapers 1/22 4:13A Beth McKibben

Kimball House in Decatur is a semifinalists for Outstanding Restaurant. (Via Kimball House Facebook) And just like that, the 2025 awards season is underway. This includes nominations for the...

Malik Brown will be project director of Atlanta LGBTQ+ community center study

Buckhead Reporter 1/22 3:14A Katie Burkholder

After stepping down as Director of LGBTQ Affairs for the City of Atlanta, Malik Brown has announced his new position as the Project Director of the LGBTQ+ Community Center Feasibility Study at the Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority. I’m...

Celebrating 20 Years of MetroFresh at Midtown Promenade

Buckhead Reporter 1/22 2:39A Katie Burkholder

MetroFresh opened at Midtown Promenade in 2005. (Via MetroFresh Facebook) This story is part of a series highlighting LGBTQ+-owned restaurants in Atlanta. Twenty years ago, Mitchell Anderson embarked...

Andy Lipman, CF warrior and author, dies at 51

Buckhead- Reporter Newspapers 1/21 3:25A Logan C. Ritchie

Cystic Fibrosis warrior Andy Lipman was a well-known runner. (Photo courtesy of Wish for Wendy Foundation) Author, public speaker, Olympic torch bearer, and Cystic Fibrosis Warrior Andrew Cary Lipman died at age 51 on Jan. 17. Lipman was known...

Children’s Museum of Atlanta to award Stephanie Blank with Power of Play Award

Buckhead Reporter 1/20 3:00A Rough Draft

Stephanie Blank will be honored by Children’s Museum of Atlanta at its upcoming Imagination Ball event. (Courtesy CMoA) Credit: Photo courtesy of Children’s Museum of Atlanta Children’s Museum of...

MARTA invites public input on proposed redesign of bus routes

Buckhead Reporter 1/20 1:00A Rough Draft

MARTA is hosting over 30 public meetings in early 2025 to gather community feedback on its proposed NextGen Bus Network. Currently in the “draft engagement” phase, the NextGen Bus Network is a major redesign of more than 100 bus routes in...

18 Atlanta Public Schools honored by state for academic excellence

Buckhead Reporter 1/20 12:00A Rough Draft

The Georgia Department of Education ( GaDOE ) recently honored 18 Atlanta Public Schools with distinctions for their respective academic achievements in 2024. The first distinction, titled “Title I Reward Schools,” was given to Title I schools...

Bernice King on the urgency of Martin Luther King Jr. Day: ‘This is a reminder of who we are to be’

Buckhead Reporter 1/19 6:10A Kristi York Wooten | GPB

Dr. Bernice King stops by the GPB Talk Studio on Jan. 8, 2025, for an interview about the year s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations. Credit: GPB As Atlanta prepared to celebrate the Martin Luther...

Finalists announced for 2025 Townsend Prize for Fiction

Buckhead Reporter 1/19 2:00A Rough Draft

The Atlanta Writers Club and Georgia Writers Museum have announced the novels and short story collections selected as finalists for the 2025 Townsend Prize for Fiction. Denene Millner,  One Blood  (Forge Books) Chika Unigwe,  The Middle Daughter...

The Lovett School announces new Head of Middle School

Buckhead Reporter 1/19 1:00A Rough Draft

The Lovett School has hired Alisha Fisher for the Head of Middle School position (Courtesy Lovett) Credit: Photo courtesy of The Lovett School After a nationwide search, The Lovett School officially...

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s King Celebration Concert is back. Here’s how to watch it on MLK...

Buckhead Reporter 1/18 3:00A Kristi York Wooten | GPB

Conductor Jonathan Taylor Rush directs the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Chorus during the King Celebration Concert at Ebenezer Baptist Church on Jan. 4, 2025. Credit: Rand Lines Friday, Jan....

Georgia launches U.S. sesquicentennial commission

Buckhead Reporter 1/18 2:00A Dave Williams | Capitol Beat

Gov. Brian Kemp has established a state commission to promote the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence next year. Congress established the U.S. Sesquicentennial Commission in 2016 and encouraged the creation of...

Georgia State appoints new dean for College of Arts & Sciences

Buckhead Reporter 1/18 1:00A Rough Draft

Todd Rosenstiel is the new dean of College of Arts & Sciences at Georgia State University. (Courtesy GSU) Credit: Georgia State University Georgia State University (GSU) has appointed Todd Rosenstiel...

Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Foundation announces new leadership, board members

Buckhead Reporter 1/18 12:00A Rough Draft

The Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Foundation ( AFPLF ), a nonprofit that provides funding for the Fulton County Library System, has announced significant updates to its board of directors, including new leadership and several fresh-faced board...

Kemp warns of special session to pass lawsuit limits, pitches income tax cut and disaster relief

Buckhead Reporter 1/16 5:12A Jill Nolin | Georgia Recorder

Gov. Brian Kemp said “doing nothing is no longer an option” when it comes to passing new limits on lawsuits in his State of the State speech Thursday. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder In a speech...