Club Rio’s 25th lures city’s reformed punks, yuppies
Atlanta mayor Andrew Young boogied there on his 55th birthday, RuPaul’s visage was painted on the walls, and after a visit to Club Rio at 195 Luckie Street in downtown Atlanta in 1988, Village Voice columnist Michael Musto proclaimed the hipster nightspot New York City’s best new nightclub, airfare not included.
Mumford, Sons kicked out of Clermont Lounge
They may have performed in front of thousands of adoring fans in Centennial Olympic Park Tuesday night, but Mumford & Sons later got unceremoniously booted from Anthony Bourdain’s fave Atlanta hang out after breaking the Clermont Lounge’s cardinal rule — absolutely no photos. Complete with grainy video of the ejection, TMZ.com first broke the story online early Thursday morning. Apparently, the skirmish occurred after the band’s triumphant Instagram selfie-inducing show for fans in the downtown park and Ben Lovett and the boys boarded the Fur Bus for the Ponce de Leon Avenue club.
The Retro Fun of Westminster Inc. Toys
Today’s third graders may turn up their noses at any toy that doesn’t contain a microchip, but fortunately for Atlanta-based Westminster Inc., their parents have no such scruples. Apparently whoopee cushions and potato guns are timeless.
With A Tony Evening, Stephanie Blank unites a pair of passions
Stephanie Blank has a secret. No, not that. Even TMZ has reported on the ridiculously civilized parting of the ways between the veteran Atlanta charitable fundraiser and her husband of 16 years, Home Depot co-founder and Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank. We’re talking about a real secret here.
Love and law at the drive-in, kissing, and telling
Q: Is heavy petting legal at drive-in theaters? What about making whoopee? I hear they look for rocking cars at the Starlight.
Having fogged up a few windows in my day, I share your concern—though not your fondness for outdated sex slang. I’ve consulted three lawyers (well, two eager law students and one retired attorney) and have concluded that, as one member of my crack legal team says, “It looks like you could get away with a fair bit.”
The Gay Scene
Named the gayest city in the nation earlier this year by the Advocate, Atlanta will celebrate its fortieth Pride on October 9 and 10. The festivities will include a headlining performance by Idol finalist Kimberley Locke on the main stage in Piedmont Park, plus a kickoff party at the Georgia Aquarium the Friday before. For the uninitiated, explore the world of disco balls and drag queens by perusing these superlative nightlife destinations.
For one night only, reliving Rich’s Fashionata
Of his legendary style sense, Rich’s fashion director Sol Kent once wryly observed to Atlanta Constitution columnist Celestine Sibley, “There’s nothing so unchic as a woman who looks too new.” Kent’s genius at merging the new with the traditional and his eye for discovering future classics will be on dazzling display at tonight’s tribute to his career, “Be Divine: A Tribute to Fashionata” at the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum in Midtown. The evening benefiting the Breman also serves as a social set finale for the museum’s six month-long “Return to Rich’s: The Story Behind the Store” retrospective set to close on May 27.
Tyler Perry spokesman on alleged “Boondocks” lawsuit: “Don’t believe anything you read on a blog”
Despite entertainment blog reports to the contrary, Intel learned Wednesday that Atlanta director Tyler Perry has not filed suit against the producers of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim animated series, "The Boondocks."
MediaTakeout.com initially posted a rumor online Tuesday stating that the Atlanta-based entertainment mogul was poised to file suit against "Boondocks" creator Aaron McGruder over a recent episode titled, "Pause," which aired June 20
Jagged Edge Makes a Comeback
Known for smooth ballads and mellow love songs, such as 2000’s chart-topper “Let’s Get Married” and 2001’s “Promise,” multiplatinum R&B group Jagged Edge has returned from a three-year break with a new album on a new label. The Grammy-nominated quartet’s seventh studio a
Marla Lawson Put a Face to Crime
Marla Lawson’s artwork ranks among the most realistic and recognizable in the country, but no sane collector wants to hang her masterpieces above the mantel. Blame her unwitting models, who have varied in size, coloring, tattoos, and scars but generally share the same gleam in the eye—that look of desperate, crazy malice, with pupils unnaturally dilated or constricted, depending on the drugs.
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