Cross Keys High School to undergo renovation, modernization

Brookhaven Reporter 4/16 4:47A Logan C. Ritchie

The current Cross Keys High School building. (Special) Cross Keys High School is slated to be remodeled, an update that should last for the next 40 or 50 years, according to one DeKalb County School...

Historic Druid Hills Home & Garden Tour returns April 26-28

Brookhaven Reporter 4/16 4:44A Rough Draft

1091 Springdale is one of the homes on this year s Historic Druid Hills Home & Garden Tour. (Provided) The Historic Druid Hills Home & Garden Tour is back April 26-28, and this year our eleven...

Take 5 with playwright and educator Nikki Toombs

Buckhead Reporter 4/15 9:48A Teri Elam

What exactly is art; who defines it; who makes it, and where in Atlanta do poets, thespians, and artists congregate and create? We’ll use this space to catch up with a few for a few…some you may know;...

Bridge closure, detour at North Druid Hills Road expected late April

Brookhaven Reporter 4/4 3:54A Logan C. Ritchie

GDOT is planning a detour when bridge work begins on North Druid Hills Road. Credit: Georgia Department of Transportation The Georgia Department of Transportation is anticipating the project to...

‘Pottery Becomes Robot’ with artist Michael Klapthor

Buckhead Reporter 4/3 8:00A Isadora Pennington

Michael Klapthor with his robots. (Photo: Isadora Pennington) “I try to give them their own personality, a little hidden story,” said Michael Klapthor as we sat down to talk in his basement studio in...

'The Gilded Age' co-executive producer to join Emory University

Atlanta Business Chronicle 4/3 5:48A Rachel Cohen Noebes

Erica Armstrong Dunbar will join the university this fall.

Leaders to gather for State of DeKalb Animals update on April 10

Brookhaven Reporter 3/27 7:12A Logan C. Ritchie

DeKalb County and LifeLine Animal Project have been engaged in a push-and-pull for months over shelter conditions, operations, policies, and funding. DeKalb conducted an external audit in February on...

Interactive art installation reflects Ponce de Leon Avenue

Buckhead Reporter 3/17 8:40A Collin Kelley

Gregor Turk s Assembly is installed outside Druid Hills Presbyterian Church. (Photos courtesy Gregor Turk) Atlanta-based artist Gregor Turk has installed dozens of convex security mirrors on the front...

Brookhaven reduces city hall art budget for new sidewalks

Brookhaven Reporter 3/14 3:40A Logan C. Ritchie

Brookhaven City Hall Brookhaven City Council has voted to redirect $400,000 from the new city hall s art budget to pay for the construction and design of sidewalks.  Brookhaven Arts Commission members...

Carlos Museum welcomes Miranda Kyle as curator of Indigenous Art of the Americas

Buckhead Reporter 3/13 6:00A Isadora Pennington

The Michael C. Carlos Museum. (Provided) The Michael C. Carlos Museum has announced the appointment of Miranda Kyle as the curator of Indigenous Art of the Americas. Kyle, who until recently was the...

Report: Tex McIver pleads guilty to manslaughter charge in wife’s fatal shooting

Buckhead Reporter 1/26 5:25A Collin Kelley

Claud Tex McIver and his wife Diane McIver. (File) Claud “Tex” McIver pleaded guilty on Friday to a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the 2016 shooting death of his wife, Diane McIver. The Atlanta...

ElectroBike Georgia consolidates on the BeltLine

Buckhead Reporter 1/24 4:37A Rough Draft

The exterior of the Atlanta Bicycle Barn, 151 Sampson St. ElectroBike Georgia has consolidated its sales, rentals, and service into one location on the Eastside Trail of the Atlanta BeltLine. Those...

A small sheet music shop in Decatur closes; it’s a sign of the times

Brookhaven Reporter 1/21 5:00A Bo Emerson | Atlanta Journal-Con

Opus 1 Music has been in Decatur for more than 50 years. In the 1990s the sheet music shop moved to the same strip shopping center as Cafe Lily. David Highsmith has owned and operated the shop since...

Sales down at Emory Village bakery due to anti-Israel sentiment, owners say

Buckhead Reporter 1/18 10:30A Logan C. Ritchie

The owners of Ali s Cookies at Emory Village on North Decatur Road said sales have dropped significantly since last year at this time. They blame anti-Israel sentiment. Nofar Shablis and her husband,...

Buford Highway Summit: Corridor ready for redevelopment

Brookhaven Reporter 1/18 7:52A Logan C. Ritchie

Marquita Jackson, executive director of public finance at JP Morgan, speaks during the Buford Highway Redevelopment Summit. Buford Highway, the most diverse corridor in metro Atlanta, is on...