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Thousands to volunteer during Hands On Atlanta Week

Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven 9/28 4:54A Rough Draft

Courtesy Hands On Atlanta From Saturday, Sept. 30, through Oct. 7, thousands of volunteers will gather across metro Atlanta to fight food insecurity, increase educational equity and protect and...

CentraArchy Restaurants to raise money for breast cancer awareness

Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven 9/28 4:00A Sammie Purcell

The restaurant group CentraArchy Restaurants will host its 13th annual “Pink Kiss for the Cure” campaign this October. CentraArchy Restaurants will host its 13th annual “Pink Kiss for the Cure”...

Indigo Girls jukebox musical ‘Glitter & Doom’ premieres at Out on Film festival

Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven 9/28 3:52A Sammie Purcell

Alex Diaz (left) and Alan Cammish in Glitter & Doom (photo courtesy of SPEAKproductions) If there’s one musical group that makes every Atlantan want to sing along, it s Indigo Girls. We already saw...

Two residential properties request annexation into Brookhaven

Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven 9/27 1:55P Logan C. Ritchie

An annexation application for two properties was submitted to the city of Brookhaven on Sept. 18. An application for annexation of two properties in DeKalb County was submitted to the city of...

How does a government shutdown affect you?

Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven 9/27 11:49A Anna Helhoski | NerdWallet

With days left until a possible federal government shutdown, you might be wondering what this has to do with you. Every year Congress approves 12 appropriations bills to keep...

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Bridging the Digital Divide: The YWCA’s Women’s Digital Literacy aims to even the playing field

Education - The Atlanta Voice 9/28 2:19A Noah Washington

Are You Ready To Take Your Career to New Heights in The Digital Era? This is the mantra that the YWCA holds as they aim to make strides in bridging the digital divide to empower women with the...

HBCU Week to return to Atlanta next month

Education - The Atlanta Voice 9/27 2:07A Janelle Ward

Left to right: U.S Congressman Hank Johnson, CAU President and Moderator George French, and House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries talking with Clark Atlanta University students about how they can...

Art Institute of Atlanta abruptly closes, leaving students with tough decisions to make

Education - The Atlanta Voice 9/25 7:11A Donnell Suggs

Clayton County native Morgan Bolton takes one last look at the email she received Friday about the school closing. I m going to do the whole process over again, she said. Photo by Kerri Phox/The...

Ali at Lakewood hosts first 2023 Atlanta school board candidate debate

Education - The Atlanta Voice 9/21 1:35P Isaiah Singleton

During the community Q A, community members brought up questions regarding Atlanta Public School properties, board meeting awareness, produce when it comes to student lunches, resources, and more....

LIDL launches ‘grocers that give back’ campaign for metro Atlanta high schools

Education - The Atlanta Voice 9/19 12:00A Isaiah Singleton

Lidl, one of the nation’s top-ranked grocers, will be launching a fundraising campaign from Sept. 13 to Nov. 7 to support athletic and extracurricular programs at metro Atlanta high schools. Photo by...

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Ford Fry’s Little Sparrow flies into the Westside on October 2

Atlanta Magazine 9/28 4:05A Carly Cooper

Chilled artichokes Courtesy of Little Sparrow When Ford Fry announced he was closing Westside darling JCT Kitchen in late 2021, there was nothing but shock and horror. Why shutter a restaurant that...

Saturated color and meaningful art add soul to this Grove Park abode

Atlanta Magazine 9/28 3:30A Lisa Mowry

With help from designer Amber Guyton, Shanelle Walker (above) turned her art collection into gallery walls. Photograph by Lajoy Lewis Photography When interior designer Amber Guyton first visited...

Tayari Jones on her literary lineage and choosing Atlanta

Atlanta Magazine 9/26 7:17A Atlanta Magazine

Tayari Jones Photograph by Ben Rollins Tayari Jones —author, professor, and griot of the American South—has a lot on her plate. She teaches a creative writing class at Emory University, she has book...

A book lover’s guide to Atlanta

Atlanta Magazine 9/26 7:17A Betsy Riley

Independent bookstores 44th & 3rd 451 Lee Street Southwest, West End This family-owned source presents “the richness, diversity, and genius of Black expression.” A Capella Books 208 Haralson Avenue...

Whether on stage, at a library, or at a bookstore, these Atlantans know the power of narratives

Atlanta Magazine 9/26 7:16A Tess Malone

Kimberly Jones and Vania Stoyanova Photograph by Ben Rollins YATL Creating YA community through fun and games Kimberly Jones and Vania Stoyanova were young adult (YA) book influencers before the role...

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It’s Last Call for the Rusty Nail, Closing After Nearly 50 Years on Buford Highway

Eater Atlanta 9/19 7:59A Beth McKibben

The Rusty Nail The dive bar known for its 18-foot gun-shaped smoker out front is closing for good September 23 Billed as “the South’s version of Cheers,” dive bar the Rusty Nail , with its giant...

Black Business Profile: Scotch Boyz

Food - The Atlanta Voice 9/19 6:54A Isaiah Singleton

Scotch Boyz, a Black-owned Jamaican sauce brand started in 2012 from humble beginnings with four childhood friends, including one of the foundersNeil Hudson (above), who shared a passion for cooking...

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CAU Lady Panthers split double header

Sports - The Atlanta Voice 9/27 1:58A Menra Mapfumo

The CAU Lady Panthers were on fire coming into Tuesday s double header, winning four out of their last five games during the SIAC Volleyball Crossover Tournament last week. However, Tuesday’s matches...

Red Bull wins constructors’ championship following Max Verstappen’s victory at Japanese Grand Prix

Sports - The Atlanta Voice 9/24 2:00A Issy Ronald and CNN

(CNN) — The Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday provided yet another opportunity for Red Bull and Max Verstappen to stamp their authority on this Formula One season. Verstappen streaked away from the field...

ALC Day 3: Black women and girls in gymnastics deserve props

Sports - The Atlanta Voice 9/22 7:41A Donnell Suggs

WASHINGTON, D.C. Fisk University gymnast Morgan Price made the decision to not be the only Black woman on her team for the first time in her career. A five-star recruit while growing up in Dallas,...

Deion Sanders’ ‘audacious Blackness’ makes him the hero African Americans want right now

Sports - The Atlanta Voice 9/22 4:11A Analysis by John Blake and CNN

(CNN) — After his team’s first victory earlier this month, University of Colorado football coach Deion Sanders said something remarkable. He talked bluntly about racism and football in a way that few...

AP Top 25: No. 13 Alabama is out of the top 10 for the first time since 2015. Georgia remains No. 1

Sports - The Atlanta Voice 9/18 3:03P Ralph D. Russo | The Associated

No. 13 Alabama is out of the top 10 of The Associated Press college football poll for the first time in eight years, and Georgia remained No. 1 on Sunday. Georgia received 57 first-place votes in the...

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What Are the Links Between Pollen Allergies and Food?

Food Allergies Atlanta 9/26 1:00A Dr. Thomas Chacko

As one of the most common allergies, the signs of hay fever caused by pollen are known to many people. However, the cross-reactive condition called oral allergy syndrome (OAS)...

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