Queer-friendly plant show brings community to Atlantic Station Oct. 16-18

Buckhead Reporter 10/13 5:09A Katie Burkholder

The weekend after Atlanta Pride, queer-owned event company The Greenhouse Social is hosting a weekend full of plants, pride, and entertainment.  From Oct. 16 to 18, the inaugural Dirt and Glitter Plant Show will take over the former site of...

Here’s what you need to know about early voting in the City of Atlanta

Buckhead Reporter 10/13 2:55A Rough Draft Staff

Advance voting for the Nov. 3 midterm elections is open now through Oct. 30 in the City of Atlanta. Early voting takes place Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 17 and 24 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, Oct. 18 and 25...

Atlanta City Council reviews proposed ban on robotic police technology

Buckhead Reporter 10/13 2:24A Logan C. Ritchie

The City of Atlanta is exploring restrictions on autonomous and remotely operated weapons through the Human Authority over Lethal Technology (HALT) Act proposed by City Council member Liliana Bakhtiari. The legislation would prevent the City from...

Atlanta Pride Parade, marketplace and entertainment set for Sunday

Buckhead Reporter 10/10 9:06A Collin Kelley

Atlanta Pride was forced to cancel Saturday’s entertainment and events in Piedmont Park due to Hurricane Isaias, but Sunday’s parade and activities are set to go ahead as scheduled. In a social media post, organizers said, Atlanta, did you really...

J. Tom Morgan releases memoir on the murder of DeKalb Sheriff Derwin Brown

Buckhead Reporter 10/10 3:00A Joe Earle

For J. Tom Morgan, it started with a simple page to call his office. When he called back, he was told that DeKalb Sheriff-elect Derwin Brown had been shot. Morgan first thought there had been some...

Best dishes to try at restaurants around metro Atlanta

Buckhead- Reporter Newspapers 10/9 5:28A 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....

Atlanta Neighborhood Collective launches to accelerate Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative

Buckhead Reporter 10/9 3:05A Rough Draft Staff

The City of Atlanta and the Atlanta Committee for Progress launched the Atlanta Neighborhood Collective on Oct. 8 to advance Mayor Andre Dickens’ Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative (NRI). According...

Writer Russell T. Davies on his new series, ‘Tip Toe’

Buckhead Reporter 10/9 2:00A Jim Farmer

The idea for the new series “Tip Toe” came about, as writer Russell T. Davies recalls, because of the current political climate of the world. “This [show] rose up in a passion and an anger and...

‘The Social Reckoning’ fails on every level

Buckhead Reporter 10/9 12:30A Sammie Purcell

“The Social Reckoning” is billed as a sequel to “The Social Network,” the 2010 masterpiece written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by David Fincher, starring Jesse Eisenberg as Facebook (now Meta) CEO...

Oct. 8 Quick Bites: Smorgasburg ends early, new burgers on Edgewood, Pollo Primo opening soon on...

Buckhead- Reporter Newspapers 10/8 12:30A Sarra Sedghi

In this week’s Quick Bites, get details on a burger residency above an Edgewood Avenue dance club, Smorgasburg ending its 2026 season early in South Downtown, Pollo Primo’s Ponce location, and the...

Spelman Museum of Fine Art marks 30 with ‘Between Here & Infinity’

Buckhead Reporter 10/7 5:00A Sherri Daye Scott

For three decades, the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art has collected, archived and preserved art by and about women of the African diaspora. Its latest anniversary exhibition, Between Here &...

Filmmaker and GSU grad Arfat Sheikh detained by ICE

Buckhead- Reporter Newspapers 10/7 4:33A Sammie Purcell

Filmmaker and Georgia State University graduate Arfat Sheikh was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers while getting off a plane on Sept. 26.  According to a GoFundMe started...

Louder & Prouder: 2026 Atlanta Pride Guide

Buckhead Reporter 10/7 2:00A Georgia Voice Staff

Happy Pride, Atlanta! Every year, I am reminded that Pride is not just a festival. Pride is a promise — a promise that this community keeps showing up for one another, no matter what might be...

The High at 100: Museum to celebrate centennial with new galleries, acquisitions and events

Buckhead Reporter 10/6 2:00A Collin Kelley

The High Museum of Art will celebrate its 100th anniversary this fall with new collection galleries, more than 200 acquisitions, public art activations, and community events. The Atlanta museum traces...

The Berkeley adaptive reuse project begins construction along Beltline

Buckhead Reporter 10/3 4:48A Rough Draft Staff

Construction is underway on The Berkeley, The Atlantic Companies’ adaptive reuse development at 1500 Northside Drive. The newly-named project will transform the historic former Myers Carpet building...