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Cornelia Walker Bailey knew Sapelo Island’s history and was determined to get it straight. As the unofficial griot (a West African term for a historian or storyteller) of Hog Hammock, the last remaining of the original African American communities founded by the island’s population of freed slaves and their descendants, she taught it every chance she got.

For Mary Norwood, it must have felt like déjà vu. Back in 2009 at her election night party at the Varsity—with a runoff against Kasim Reed looming and Fulton County results glacially slow to come in—she urged her supporters to save their energy and settle in for the long haul. Tuesday night wasn’t much different. This time, though, her opponent wasn’t Reed, but Reed’s heir apparent, Keisha Lance Bottoms.

Located between two MARTA stations, Pratt-Pullman Yard includes 11 buildings, totaling 153,000 square feet, and is flanked by a small forest, stream, and grassy field. Plenty of big-thinking developers have craved turning it into an adaptive reuse success story, including one nonprofit that envisioned soccer fields and urban farms. It's also been used in movie and television productions including Baby Driver and the Fast and the Furious and Hunger Games series. But its potential has never been tapped.

Jay-Z at Philips, wine at Historic Fourth Ward Park, and get your Christmas shopping in early at Shoppe Holiday Market.

Not sure where to take the visiting in-laws or what to do with the kids on a break? We've updated our list of the 50 Best Things to Do in Atlanta with brand new places to eat, shop, and explore. How many have you checked off your list?

Where do I go to vote? Where do I find results? Where are the candidate parties? This Atlanta election is an important one—don't miss out.

Morgan loses his marbles, again; Rick tries to stay humane; and we witness what may be the most anticlimactic death in TWD history.

There's a lot going on in the Atlanta City Council races, and your time is precious. A quick guide to get you up to speed on what you should know before Tuesday.

Morehouse College sophomore Julien Turner wasn't kidding when he tweeted "I'm about to drop some fire" at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Forty minutes later, he tweeted a video of him rapping about cell division to the beat of Lil Uzi Vert's "XO Tour Llif3." It has since blown up and gone viral—garnering thousands of comments, tens of thousands of retweets, and hundreds of thousands of likes.