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BuHi Lights, a temporary art installation in Pinetree Plaza, will feature large-scale illuminated inflatables with printed work by four female artists of color that will open on Saturday, November 3. The month-long art installation is a follow-up to last year’s Living Walls Conference in Chamblee.

Eat all the chili you can stomach at the Cabbagetown Chomp & Stomp, let your heart melt at the 80th annual Cotton States Cat Show, and run through historic neighborhoods at the Downtown Daffodil Dash 5K.

The project, which is slated to debut in fall 2019, will remove the large, vacant buildings that formerly housed Strip steakhouse, which closed in 2015, and Rosa Mexicano, which shuttered last year.

Georgia earned the dubious honor of being the first in the country to reject the 19th amendment, refusing to officially ratify it until 1970. Today, women are the backbone of the Georgia electorate, nearly 3.4 million strong—53.8 percent, to be exact—more than enough to decide the fate of Peach State politics.

Wake Up Atlanta founders Kavi Vu and Phi Nguyen created the web series last year as a way to inspire Asian Americans in Atlanta to become more civically educated and engaged, with an aim of increasing Asian American voter turnout and informing the community about important issues and policies through fun videos and on-the-ground interviews.

The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep ramps up production in Atlanta, new Samuel L. Jackson flick The Banker begins filming, and Stranger Things once again returns to Gwinnett Place Mall. Plus, how TV and film celebrities are reacting to Georgia's nationally watched upcoming election.

Drake and Migos are playing at State Farm Arena, Cabbagetown plays host to a chili cook-off at Chomp and Stomp Festival, and Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark are performing My Favorite Murder live at the Fox Theatre.

Rick and Daryl fall into a pit; Negan and Michonne have a long conversation; and we all brace ourselves for just how, exactly, Andrew Lincoln is going to leave this show.

Atlanta producer Jermaine Dupri has been tasked with producing nearly a week worth of shows in downtown Atlanta leading up to the Super Bowl in 2019. Officials teased the events will be a "'Welcome to Atlanta' experience like no other.”

After spending the summer closed while crews ripped out walls, applied fresh coats of paint, and added new concessions and entertainment options to the former Philips Arena, the newly rechristened State Farm Arena hosted its first Atlanta Hawks game against the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday evening, showing a sold-out crowd of basketball fans (16,705 of them, to be precise) what the $192.5 million renovation has to offer.