“EcoSense For Living” continues Turner family commitment to the environment
Every Wednesday night at 7:30 during April's Earth Month, GPB has aired an episode of "EcoSense For Living," the newest TV venture from producer and host Jennie Garlington. Each week, the fascinating series shows viewers how each of us can impact the environment with the choices we make, whether it's how we choose to clean our windows, what and how we purchase groceries and even where we root for our favorite Atlanta sports team. Tonight's final episode in the series focuses on the power of green buildings, including Georgia's first LEED certified school, Arabia High in Lithonia and even Philips Arena downtown, a massive structure not originally intended as a green building but has achieved LEEDS certification in recent years.
5 Atlanta events you won’t want to miss: February 12-18
Date or no date this Valentine's weekend, there's still plenty to do in Atlanta, including checking out a few new theatrical productions or celebrating SweetWater's 23rd anniversary.
Meet the Other Mayors: Willie Oswalt, Lake City
At 74, Oswalt was first elected to city council in Lake City in 1972. The retired high school teacher and coach says his political tenure reflects his city’s (population: 3,000) old-school ways.
Effects of the APS cheating scandal still ripple through Pittsburgh. This journalism project empowered residents to tell their own story.
The goal of the Pittsburgh Journalism Project was to cultivate journalists in communities that are traditionally underrepresented—or negatively represented—by mainstream news outlets. Their story about the aftermath of the APS cheating scandal made the front page of the AJC.
Stir-crazy kids? Take them to the newly renovated Children’s Museum of Atlanta
“We jokingly say that we’ve invited them to come and destroy property,” says Jane Turner, the museum’s executive director. “It’s well loved, but we knew we needed to renovate.”
Atlanta’s latest coronavirus updates: Sunday, August 30
The state needs more folks to get tested, and cases are rising at Georgia Tech. Here's what you need to know this week.
The AJC’s Rodney Ho watches every reality TV show so you don’t have to
Ho has watched every episode of the Real Housewives of Atlanta and written more than 136,000 words of weekly recaps. And he knows what his audience wants.
“Redneck opera zinger” Jay Hunter Morris stars in Atlanta Opera’s The Flying Dutchman
Jay Hunter Morris’s Texas twang makes him sound more like a country and western singer than a trusted former understudy to Luciano Pavarotti. The tenor stars in The Flying Dutchman, opening November 4 at the Atlanta Opera, in the role of Erik, who loves a woman enamored with the captain of a ghost ship.
The Stitch is not the only project aiming to undo damage caused by interstates
“The Stitch” is one of several potential projects in cities around the country whose primary intent is to restore the links between urban neighborhoods that were severed decades ago by the federal interstate highway system.
Georgia’s Film and TV crew unions prepare to strike
Streaming media is booming, and production crews are working harder than ever. But they say the gains of the digital-entertainment age aren’t being fairly distributed.
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