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5 things about Callanwolde’s new executive director Jason Martin

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 05:00:00 Z

(Buckhead Reporter) Callanwolde Fine Arts Center has a new leader. Jason Martin took over as executive director effective Aug. 31. He succeeds Andrew Keenan, who retired after nine years leading the organization. Martin steps into the role as Callanwolde works to...

Sandy Springs sidewalk extension approved, council working to connect to Chastain Park

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 03:34:01 Z

(Buckhead Reporter) Key points: • The Sandy Springs City Council approved two construction contracts on Sept. 1 for sidewalks, one highly anticipated one along Lake Forrest Drive and the other in one of the city’s most trafficked areas just south of I-285. • Council...

Dragon Con returns to Atlanta Sept. 3-7

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 03:04:37 Z

(Buckhead Reporter) Dragon Con, one of the biggest pop culture and gaming conventions in the country, returns to Atlanta Sept. 3-7. The convention will be spread out over five hotels in Downtown Atlanta – the Hilton, Marriott Marquis, and Hyatt Regency (all connected by...

Did you miss these August 2026 Atlanta restaurant openings?

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 07:38:46 Z

(Sandy Springs Reporter) More than two dozen new restaurants opened around metro Atlanta in August, spanning from Dunwoody, Brookhaven, and Midtown, to the Old Fourth Ward, East Atlanta Village, and Fayetteville. Meanwhile, nearly a dozen new restaurants were announced in...

Midtown Atlanta shelter launches new homeless prevention pilot

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 02:00:00 Z

(Buckhead Reporter) A Midtown Atlanta synagogue is at the heart of a new homeless prevention program to provide stable housing to at-risk residents through financial, legal, and supportive services. Piloted in 10 cities across the U.S., Zaban Paradies Center (ZPC) at...

Family, friends hold vigil for victim in fatal Beltline stabbing

Sun, 30 Aug 2026 05:35:10 Z

(Buckhead Reporter) Friends and family are remembering Ramon Harris, the 29-year-old man who died in a stabbing along the Atlanta Beltline on Aug. 23. Channel 2’s Ashlyn Webb spoke to several of his friends at a vigil for Harris on Saturday in Freedom Park, where...

Fulton County Probate Court relaunching free Friday weddings

Sat, 29 Aug 2026 06:45:00 Z

(Buckhead Reporter) Love is back on the calendar in Fulton County! The Fulton County Probate Court is officially relaunching its popular “Forever Fridays” wedding ceremonies beginning Friday, Sept. 4, giving couples a fun, memorable and completely free way to say “I...

Spelman to host lectures by acclaimed artists Amy Sherald and Calida Rawles

Sat, 29 Aug 2026 04:10:00 Z

(Buckhead Reporter) The Atlanta University Center Art History + Curatorial Studies will host its first Distinguished Lecture Series of the academic year on Sept. 1 featuring Atlanta University Center alumni artists Amy Sherald and Calida Rawles at Spelman College. The...

Atlanta volunteers use art to highlight dangerous missing utility covers

Sat, 29 Aug 2026 03:00:00 Z

(Buckhead Reporter) A group of volunteers is highlighting the City of Atlanta’s mismanaged infrastructure by covering public hazards with eye-catching art. Fix-ATL is a grassroots effort to improve dangerous conditions like missing water meter covers , manhole covers,...

Report: DOD orders Emory University to conduct ‘research security audit’ or lose federal funding

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 06:46:46 Z

(Buckhead Reporter) The U.S. Department of Defense has ordered Emory University to conduct a “research security audit” examining its academic, financial and research ties to foreign entities of concern, according to a report from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Emory...

Gladys Knight ‘transitioning into the next stage’ of her life, career

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 04:38:09 Z

(Buckhead Reporter) Atlanta music legend Gladys Knight says she will start cutting back on performing as she looks ahead to the next stage of her life and career. Knight, 82, shared a statement late Thursday night on her social media. “After much soul searching, I’ve...

Kent Jones’ ‘Late Fame’ looks for the lost genius of a different New York

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 04:00:00 Z

(Buckhead Reporter) What it means to reclaim lost genius has always been something that’s interesting to filmmaker Kent Jones, from his days as a film critic to his current days as a working filmmaker. And that idea is all over his latest film, “Late Fame.” Based on...

Bill Chen short film ‘Chicken’ covers difficult topic with sensitivity

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 02:00:00 Z

(Buckhead Reporter) The first movie that made Bill Chen aware of what a filmmaker could achieve was Paul Thomas Anderson’s “There Will Be Blood.” The South African-Chinese filmmaker didn’t grow up watching a lot of movies or television, he said – his parents had very...

Local actress Akira Jackson on the existential horror of ‘It Ends’

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 01:15:00 Z

(Buckhead Reporter) The first time actor Akira Jackson filmed “It Ends,” she was 19 years old. Now, promoting the film – which finally hits theaters in Atlanta this weekend – she’s 23. Directed by Florida State University alum Alexander Ullom, “It Ends” follows...

Tabernacle music venue introduces new partnership, new name

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 08:42:28 Z

(Buckhead Reporter) One of Atlanta’s most popular live music venues is getting a new name. Tabernacle, located in Downtown Atlanta, will now be known as Tabernacle presented by iTHINK Financial, according to a press release. The music venue was originally built as a...

Self-taught artist André René Epps Jr. pitches 10-painting series

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 05:00:00 Z

(Buckhead Reporter) Atlanta artist André René Epps Jr. started one of the 10 paintings in his “Everything They Didn’t Tell Me” series on the back of a car dealership receipt, marking up the list of customers due that day in Sharpie between appointments, while he waited...

Artist Selorm Attikpo explores Ghanaian hip-hop history at ADAMA exhibit

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 02:00:00 Z

(Buckhead Reporter) On a warm Friday evening at the African Diaspora Art Museum of Atlanta, in a room filled with the low hum of conversation, artist Selorm Attikpo, known in Accra’s hip-hop scene as Selormjay, moved through a crowd that had come to see “Mending to...

Atlanta Beltline stabbing death: Suspect’s family releases statement, victim identified

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:54:07 Z

(Buckhead Reporter) The family of the man accused of stabbing and killing someone on the Atlanta Beltline on Sunday has issued an apology on his behalf. Johnathan Hamby, 54, is accused of stabbing 29-year-old Ramon Harris in the neck, killing him on Sunday afternoon...

Crate-diggers alert! VinylCon record fair returns Aug. 29-30

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 03:41:48 Z

(Buckhead Reporter) VinylCon! makes its long-awaited return to Atlanta this weekend with a two-day celebration of vinyl culture at the Yaarab Shrine Center on Aug. 29-30. After drawing thousands of music lovers to their first Atlanta event back in February, VinylCon!...

Drew Droege brings ‘Theatre Idiot’ to Out Front on Aug. 29

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 02:45:48 Z

(Buckhead Reporter) On Dec. 14, 2025, Patti LuPone attended a performance of Drew Droege’s show, “Messy White Gays.” A drunken audience member disrupted the show, and afterwards, LuPone told them to “never go back to the theater again.” The New York Post ran the...

Morehouse, Atrium Health to open new teaching hospital in Southwest Atlanta

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 06:08:33 Z

(Buckhead Reporter) Morehouse School of Medicine and Atrium Health have received approval to open a new teaching hospital at 675 Metropolitan Parkway SW, which will include a network of primary, urgent, and specialty care. According to a press release from the City of...

CHRIS 180 raises more than $915K at its annual CHRIStal Ball

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 03:32:00 Z

(Buckhead Reporter) Atlanta-based mental health nonprofit CHRIS 180 raised more than $915,000 at its 2026 CHRIStal Ball, held on Aug. 15 at Curate in Atlanta. More than 550 community members, sponsors and partners gathered in support of CHRIS 180’s work to heal...

Decatur Book Festival announces 2026 festival lineup with more than 80 authors

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 07:41:55 Z

(Buckhead Reporter) The Decatur Book Festival (DBF) has unveiled the full lineup for its 21st annual festival, taking place Oct. 2–3 in downtown Decatur. Free and open to all, the festival takes place Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in various locations, including the...

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra returns to Piedmont Park for free concert on Sept. 9

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 03:54:48 Z

(Buckhead Reporter) The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has announced its much-anticipated return to Piedmont Park on Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 7:30 pm with a free performance of orchestral favorites celebrating Atlanta, “The City in the Forest.” Finan Jones will conduct works...

‘A Beautiful Lie’ to play at BronzeLens Film Fesitival on Aug. 23

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:00:00 Z

(Buckhead Reporter) This article contains spoilers for the film “A Beautiful Lie.” Tarnesha Small and Tiffany Yvonne Cox have a lot in common. They’re both military brats. They both started their journeys in the film industry in the acting world. And they’ve both...

Coming-of-age drama ‘Tony’ depicts Anthony Bourdain’s formative summer

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 Z

(Buckhead Reporter) Anthony Bourdain had a discerning eye. Anyone who has watched him on “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown,” or read his musings in “Kitchen Confidential,” can see that. Part of what made Bourdain so fun to watch was his sense of curiosity – about...