City of Atlanta will preserve 30 acres of wooded forest in Buckhead

Buckhead Reporter 8/14 8:20A WSBTV.com News Staff

Atlanta City Council Member Mary Norwood says she’ll never forget her friend, renowned artist and photographer Lucinda Bunnen. “She was delightful. Sharp as a tack. Lovely. Charming,” Norwood said. When she passed away in 2022, she left behind a...

City Springs Theatre Company kicks off ninth season with ‘Les Misérables’

Buckhead Reporter 8/14 7:46A Sammie Purcell

The Sandy Springs-based City Springs Theatre Company is heading into its ninth season, kicking things off with the musical “Les Misérables” from Sept. 11-27.  “Les Misérables” is adapted from French...

Visionary Justice StoryLab to celebrate Southeastern filmmakers with screening event on Aug. 20

Buckhead Reporter 8/14 3:00A Sammie Purcell

The Visionary Justice StoryLab is celebrating the work of emerging Southeastern filmmakers with a screening event at the Tara Theatre on Aug. 20 . The Resisting Narratives of Erasure Short Film...

Indie Spotlight: cinematographer Alexxiss Jackson’s journey through the ebbs and flows of Georgia’s...

Buckhead Reporter 8/14 2:00A Sammie Purcell

This story is part of a series of interviews with Atlanta creatives about what it’s like to be working in Atlanta’s independent film scene and film industry at large.   Click here to read more...

‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,’ queer identity, and the flesh and fluids of it all

Buckhead Reporter 8/14 12:30A Sammie Purcell

By the time Kris Williams (Hannah Einbinder) and Billy Presley (Gillian Anderson) sit down to watch the original “Camp Miasma” movie in Jane Schoenbrun’s “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,” the...

MARTA hires interim general manager to lead organization

Buckhead Reporter 8/13 11:18A Cathy Cobbs

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority board of directors named Jonathan Hunt, the interim general manager, as the permanent CEO at its regular board meeting on Aug. 13. A search committee...

Selig Enterprises to bring 375 rental units to Ponce de Leon Avenue

Buckhead Reporter 8/13 9:24A Logan C. Ritchie

Part of Ponce de Leon Avenue in Virginia-Highland is about to get a major makeover now that Selig Enterprises’ proposed development is making its way through the City of Atlanta’s approval process. ...

Atlanta region adds 53,690 residents in past year, according to new report

Buckhead Reporter 8/13 8:20A Rough Draft Staff

The 11-county Atlanta region added 53,690 residents between April 2025 and April 2026, bringing the total population to 5,339,164, according to  estimates released  by the Atlanta Regional Commission...

Equifax settlement: Consumers impacted by 2022 credit score error could receive payments

Buckhead Reporter 8/13 7:50A WSBTV.com News Staff

Atlanta-based consumer credit reporting giant Equifax has agreed to pay $100 million to settle a class-action lawsuit stemming from a 2022 coding error that allegedly impacted millions of consumers’ credit scores and credit attributes. The...

This week at the Farmers Markets

Buckhead Reporter 8/13 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...

Quick Bites for Aug. 13: brunch in Avondale Estates, Tipsy Thaiger’s anniversary in Roswell, new...

Buckhead Reporter 8/13 12:30A Sarra Sedghi and Beth McKibben

In this week’s Quick Bites, get updates on restaurant openings in Alpharetta, Dunwoody, and Brookhaven, the new chef at Madre Selva in Buckhead, and a brunch test run at an Avondale Estates...

Fabian Williams to open immersive sci-fi installation in Atlanta on Aug. 13

Buckhead Reporter 8/12 5:00A Sherri Daye Scott

Atlanta artist Fabian Williams opens the doors this week on what might be his most ambitious project yet. “ Mothership Sirius B: What It Was, What It Is, and What It’s Gon’ Be ,” a three-story...

Two locations of Buckhead steakhouse Hal’s will open in Midtown and Roswell

Buckhead Reporter 8/12 4:52A Sarra Sedghi

A location of Buckhead restaurant institution Hal’s “The Steakhouse” will open at Spring Quarter in Midtown, with another location planned for downtown Roswell. Both of the new Hal’s locations will...

How parents can help children build healthier digital habits

Buckhead Reporter 8/12 12:30A Laura Scholz

As a parent to three young kids, entrepreneur Juliette Blake has seen firsthand how quickly children are exposed to technology once they enter school. That’s why she created Moxies , a dedicated...

Stolen mail, shooting incident, and broken security cameras have Gramercy apartment residents...

Buckhead Reporter 8/11 8:58A Cathy Cobbs

After Gramercy at Buckhead, which has been the target of complaints about its deplorable living conditions, overflowing dumpsters, and appliances strewn about the property, was the subject of a viral...