Finalists announced for 2025 Townsend Prize for Fiction

Buckhead Reporter 1/19 2:00A Rough Draft

The Atlanta Writers Club and Georgia Writers Museum have announced the novels and short story collections selected as finalists for the 2025 Townsend Prize for Fiction. Denene Millner,  One Blood  (Forge Books) Chika Unigwe,  The Middle Daughter...

A guide to MLK Jr. Day events and activities around Metro Atlanta

Buckhead Reporter 1/13 9:53A Rough Draft

Atlanta The King Center The King Center is hosting several events to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Details can be found on the website. The Beloved Community virtual children s book reading is...

Inclement weather prompts school closures and event cancellations

Buckhead Reporter 1/9 6:03A Rough Draft

(file photo) Our Rough Draft team is compiling a list of closures, delays and cancellations that affect our coverage area, as well as a list of restaurant-related opening delays and closures due to...

Intown real estate expected to remain strong in 2025

Buckhead Reporter 1/5 11:00P Kathy Dean

This home was recently for sale in Old Fourth Ward. (Courtesy Carolyn Calloway) Intown’s real estate market has stayed active through the challenges of higher interest rates and an election year....

Former President Jimmy Carter dies at 100

Buckhead Reporter 12/29 9:10A Collin Kelley

President Jimmy Carter (Courtesy The Carter Center) President Jimmy Carter died Sunday at his home in Plains, GA at the age of 100. The former 39 th president, Georgia governor, and senator entered...

How does one measure Elton John’s impact on Atlanta? By the books, say Emory University librarians

Buckhead Reporter 12/27 4:00A Kristi York Wooten | GPB

Sir Elton John (left) lived in Atlanta for more than 30 years. After moving away from the city in 2023, the singer donated his photography book collection (right) to Emory University in 2024....

Artists being considered for interior, exterior projects at Brookhaven City Centre

Brookhaven Reporter 12/18 3:54A Logan C. Ritchie

Several artists are being considered for two major art installations at Brookhaven s new City Centre , a $78 million city hall being built at the intersection of Peachtree Road and North Druid Hills Road. City Centre is scheduled to open in...

Brookhaven approves $1.2 million contract for final phase of Peachtree Creek Greenway

Brookhaven Reporter 12/9 1:56A Logan C. Ritchie

The Brookhaven City Council has approved a $1.2 million contract with Heath and Linebeck to design the final phase of the Peachtree Creek Greenway. In April, the council approved a motion to decline federal funds for phase III of the Peachtree...

Winterfest dashes into Virginia Highland Dec. 13-14

Buckhead Reporter 12/7 3:00A Rough Draft

Virginia Highland’s iconic Winterfest is back for its fourth year, bringing holiday cheer to one of Atlanta’s favorite neighborhoods. On Friday, Dec. 13, and Saturday, Dec. 14, the historic district...

November restaurant openings: Bankhead Seafood, Nite Owl, Ganji, Kanpai BBQ, Durty Birds, and more

Buckhead Reporter 11/22 7:51A Beth McKibben

Aviva by Kameel is now open at Buckhead Landing. (Courtesy of Aviva by Kameel) Check out this brief roundup of recent restaurant openings and coming soon announcements of upcoming restaurants you...

Holiday Festivities: Tree lightings, theater, music and more

Brookhaven Reporter 11/18 4:25A Lola McGuire

Metro Atlanta is bustling with events for the holidays from now until January. Here are some of the most popular events around town suitable for the whole family. Some events and activities are free,...

Theater Emory to perform minimalist production ‘The Other Shore’

Buckhead Reporter 11/14 1:54A Rough Draft

Theater Emory will present  The Other Shore, an experimental and improvisation-based minimalist production written by Gao Xingjian.  The story follows the journey of one central character, The Man,...

How I launched Atlanta Intown 30 years ago

Buckhead Reporter 11/10 1:00A Chris Schroder

Atlanta Intown founder Chris Schroder with a framed cover of the first 1994 issue (when it was called Atlanta 30306) and the little Apple laptop that started it all. In October 1994, I was driving to...

GDOT project causes lane closures on I-85, North Druid Hills Road

Brookhaven Reporter 11/7 2:42A Logan C. Ritchie

The continuation of the Georgia Department of Transportation s massive project at North Druid Hills Road and I-85 is bringing land closures to the Brookhaven throughway Nov. 7-10. Designed to reduce crash frequency and congestion, GDOT s project...

Home Depot co-founder, philanthropist Bernie Marcus dies at 95

Brookhaven Reporter 11/5 5:44A Logan C. Ritchie

Bernie Marcus, co-founder of The Home Depot and Jewish philanthropist. (Photo courtesy of the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta) Bernard Bernie Marcus, the co-founder of retail giant The Home...