Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School gets a new lease on life—and a new building
When classes resume this month, 525 students—more than triple the number enrolled when Cristo Rey opened in 2014—will walk into a new home that’s double the size of its former location.
Tech-savvy bike rental programs are rolling far beyond the BeltLine
The February debut of Carrollton’s 50-bike fleet was one of the strongest launches that Zagster, the system’s Massachusetts-based provider, had ever seen. Nationwide, only Kennesaw’s bike-share program had more rides per bike straight out of the gate. As of March, 2,200 people—nearly 10 percent of Carrollton’s population—had signed up.
Don’t Miss List: Our top 5 event picks for July
Kendrick Lamar plays Infinite Energy Center, the 9th annual Attack of the Killer Tomato Festival, and the world's largest 10k
5 local beach reads you need this summer
Small town mysteries, YA rom-coms, suspenseful crime fiction—get lost in a good book while you're lost in paradise
Derek Trucks: Music should be about “lifting people up and stirring something in their souls”
Derek Trucks, the cofounder of Tedeschi Trucks Band—which he formed in 2010 with his wife, musician Susan Tedeschi—has strong family ties to Georgia. His uncle, Butch Trucks, was one of the founding members of the Allman Brothers Band, and Derek played with the reunited ABB from 1999 to 2014. We recently chatted with the renowned guitarist about the band’s latest album and the state of rock music today.
With a Leica camera, a visually impaired photographer showed Cabbagetown to the world
Oraien Catledge might not have been able to see that well—a childhood illness left him with impaired vision—but he knew where to look.
Jaguar on Wednesday, Lexus on Thursday, Porsche on Friday—welcome to Clutch!
Clutch is a Buckhead business that believes that our binary approach to automobiles (do I buy or lease?) leaves out a third option: subscribe.
50 years of Six Flags: Looking back at the highs and lows
Four years before Orlando welcomed Walt Disney World, the Southeast’s first theme park—Six Flags Over Georgia—debuted. Now roughly 300 acres, the park counts 12 roller coasters and a half-century of highs (and a few lows).
Atlantan Tori Tinsley uses art to cope with the slow loss of her mother to dementia
Two bubblegum-pink blobular creatures stand in an unfamiliar woods in Tori Tinsley’s acrylic painting, “Forest Hug.” One reaches toward the other, who looks away without reaching back. The eye-popping work may look cartoonish, but it’s an artistic expression of Tinsley’s grief.
Beacon Atlanta will transform Grant Park warehouses into office and retail
By early 2018, the southern fringes of Grant Park can expect restaurants, bars, artist studios, a chiropractor, dentist, fitness studio, childcare facility, and plenty of offices—all of which will be punctuated by a 65-foot decorative metal tower.