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 the government going before the fiscal year ends after Sept. 30. This...

Finster Fest 2023 in photos

Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven 9/27 8:30A Isadora Pennington

Finster Fest 2023, photographs by John E. Ramspott. The 2023 Finster Fest brought more than 2,400 visitors to Paradise Garden, the former home of late preacher and folk artist Howard Finster in...

Nuestra Creación brings Latine art to Castleberry Hill’s Old Rabbit Gallery

Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven 9/27 8:30A Isadora Pennington

Patricia Hernandez and Diego Torres at the 2022 Nuestra Creación event at MINT Gallery. Photograph by Isadora Pennington. Now in its fifth year, Nuestra Creación is bringing an exhibition of Latine...

Atlanta Arts Alliance presents first city-wide Open Studio Weekend

Buckhead Reporter 9/27 8:30A Isadora Pennington

This past spring, a group of talented and passionate art professionals from small and mid-sized arts organizations gathered together at Eyedrum Art & Music Gallery to revive the Atlanta Arts Alliance....

WABE Studios launches ‘(re)Defining History’ series with Atlanta Race Massacre episode

Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven 9/27 3:00A Sammie Purcell

Dr. Maurice Hobson in (re)Defining History: Uncovering the 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre. With a new series called “(re)Defining History,” WABE Studios hopes to take a closer look at unexamined parts of...

Peachtree Creek Greenway appoints Josh White as executive director

Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven 9/27 2:37A Logan C. Ritchie

Josh White has been appointed the new executive director of Peachtree Creek Greenway , the 1.3-mile waterfront trail that will eventually connect 12 miles of Atlanta, Brookhaven, Chamblee, and...

Attorneys spar over Georgia’s voting law after federal judge temporarily blocks some provisions

Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven 9/26 10:15A Stanley Dunlap | Georgia Recorde

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit will determine whether to continue blocking provisions of Georgia’s 2021 election law overhaul that civil rights groups say discriminates against Black and disabled voters. The Georgia Republican...

A Taste of Chamblee returns Oct. 14

Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven 9/26 8:15A Sammie Purcell

A Taste of Chamblee will celebrate the city’s culinary scene this Oct. 14. A Taste of Chamblee will celebrate the city’s culinary and arts scene this Oct. 14 in downtown. This marks the 14th year...

Jewish volunteers do their part to help environment during Day of Service

Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven 9/26 8:04A Logan C. Ritchie

Scraplanta Executive Director Jonelle Dawkins (left) and Adamah Atlanta Hub Director Joanna Kobylivker. At Congregation Shearith Israel’s community-wide Day of Service, dozens of volunteers...

Georgia students again best the nation on SAT

Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven 9/25 11:02A Dave Williams | Capitol Beat

Georgia public-school students outperformed their counterparts in the nation’s public schools on the SAT this year for the sixth year in a row. The Georgia public-school Class of 2023 recorded a mean SAT score of 1045, 42 points above the...

Okefenokee Swamp refuge will be nominated for high-profile World Heritage designation

Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven 9/25 10:57A Jill Nolin | Georgia Recorder

The Okefenokee Swamp attracts some 650,000 visits each year and is a major economic driver in Ware, Clinch and Charlton counties. Photo contributed by Joe Cook/Georgia River Network The National Park...