May 2011: 50 Most Influential Atlantans

FEATURES
The 50 Who Made Atlanta
As we celebrate our fiftieth anniversary, we look back at the events, people, and places that have brought our town this far, with:

> Profiles of Atlanta's fifty most influential citizens
> A roundup of our city's more colorful characters
> A look at our scalawags

> A look at five future influential Atlantans

> Video interviews with various Atlanta luminaries

> Photo albums of all the magazine's past covers

> A timeline of the last half century

 

MORE IN THE MAGAZINE Oompa-Loompas · H&F Bottle Shop · Zegna · The Social Goat · Georgia's new river · A quiz by the Science Tavern · Coffee bars · Wines for barbecues · Style finds in honeysuckle · More book reviews >> Get it all in the digital edition >> Learn about the digital edition

FOOD & DINING
Review Buckhead's Bone's
Discovery East Atlanta's Urban Cannibals
Local foods Red Queen Tarts
Recipe Kevin Gillespie's banana pudding
> EXTENDED VERSION of Susan Puckett's Home Plates column

LIFE & STYLE
Style Roswell's ReMixx
> GALLERY: Products from ReMixx
Home Jonathan Adler comes to Westside
Travel Memphis
Culture The Atlanta Science Tavern
Head to toe Kathy Davis
> GALLERY: Candids of Kathy Davis

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Best bets Janelle Monáe, GWTW, and more May events
Art Graffiti goes mainstream
> GALLERY: More street art
Music Laughing Pizza enchants children
Books Q&A with Tayari Jones
> EXTENDED VERSION of Teresa Weaver's column

COLUMNS
Flash back Now, as imagined twenty-five years ago
Editor's note Reflecting on our fiftieth anniversary