Out on Film announces 2026 festival theme and first films

Buckhead Reporter 7/10 5:25A Sammie Purcell

Out on Film, Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ film festival, has announced the theme for its 2026 event as well as a few of the films that will be screening.  The theme of the 39th annual festival is “The World We’re Making.” The festival will run from Sept. 24...

Concert Review: Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine tour holds space for trauma, regret, and...

Buckhead Reporter 7/10 5:09A Sarra Sedghi

Ariana Grande does not tour often. So when she does, her fans, understandably, flip out. The overall ticket buying experience for The Eternal Sunshine Tour echoed that of other big-name artists, with...

Atlanta History Center opens new Civil War exhibition

Buckhead Reporter 7/10 4:44A Collin Kelley

As part of its centennial celebration , the Atlanta History Center in Buckhead is opening “More Perfect Union: The American Civil War Era” on Friday, July 10. The expansive new exhibition debuts in...

Georgia Aquarium to receive two beluga whales from closed Canadian theme park

Buckhead Reporter 7/10 3:59A Orlando Montoya | GPB

Georgia Aquarium will be getting two beluga whales from a shuttered theme park in Canada. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration this week approved an emergency request to move 28 whales still living at Marineland of Canada to the...

DOSSIER Real Estate names Valerie Levin as SVP of Operations

Buckhead Reporter 7/10 3:39A Rough Draft Staff

Atlanta-based DOSSIER Real Estate named Valerie Levin as Senior Vice President of Operations. Levin will lead operational strategy for DOSSIER as the firm continues its growth trajectory,  with plans...

‘Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass’ is silly and stupid, and all the better for it

Buckhead Reporter 7/10 12:00A Sammie Purcell

“There is not a day that goes by that I don’t think about ‘The Wizard of Oz.’” David Lynch once said this during a Q&A at the New York Film Festival . And looking through his filmography, pretty much...

A runner’s 2026 Peachtree Road Race hot dog challenge could become an annual tradition

Buckhead Reporter 7/9 8:50A Ansley Kelly

More than 56,000 people participated in the Northside Hospital Peachtree Road Race on July 4, considered the world’s largest 10K. Thousands lined Peachtree to cheer runners, walkers, and wheelchair...

Business Briefs: New retail, real estate, and business openings around Metro Atlanta

Buckhead Reporter 7/9 5:47A Collin Kelley

As part of an expansion of Walmart’s initiative to reskill in-store associates for more specialized and higher-paying roles, the retailer is opening a new training hub for its Associate to Technician...

This week at the Farmers Market

Buckhead Reporter 7/9 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...

Artist Billy Clifton-Strawn explores the beauty of pixels in ‘Pixels at Play’

Buckhead Reporter 7/8 5:00A Sherri Daye Scott

In the basement of Atlanta’s Central Library,  in his latest solo exhibition, artist Billy Clifton-Strawn is asking visitors to look closer at the smallest unit of a digital image, the pixel. His...

Artist Petie Parker brings new work to Zucot Gallery

Buckhead Reporter 7/8 2:00A Sherri Daye Scott

Petie Parker didn’t set out to be a painter. Yet, five years after picking up a brush during the pandemic, he’s showing new work this summer as part of ZuCot Gallery’s “Palette Cleanse, ” a show the...

Women-owned bookstores team up for Black Girl Book Fair

Buckhead Reporter 7/7 7:00A Logan C. Ritchie

Six Black women-owned bookstores are teaming up for the Black Girl Book Fair on Saturday, July 11, at Brave + Kind Bookshop, 722 West College Ave., in Decatur. The collection of booksellers from...

AFCRA expands team to support Atlanta LGBTQ+ Community Center

Buckhead Reporter 7/7 5:14A Katie Burkholder

The Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority (AFCRA) has hired new team members to support the development of Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ Community Center. The organization, a public authority created by the...

Atlanta City Council pushes for Morehouse partnership to expand healthcare infrastructure

Buckhead Reporter 7/7 4:11A Logan C. Ritchie

Atlanta City Council is joining Morehouse School of Medicine to expand healthcare infrastructure on the south and west sides, making strides to change the city’s history of “systemic disinvestment.” ...

OnStage Atlanta presents Broadway hit musical ‘A Year with Frog and Toad’

Buckhead Reporter 7/7 2:55A Rough Draft Staff

OnStage Atlanta will present the musical “A Year with Frog and Toad” July 10-26 in Scottdale. The hit Broadway show was nominated for three Tony Awards – including Best Musical. Based on Arnold Lobel’s beloved books and featuring a hummable score...