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Tara Roberts spent the last few years following and diving with Black scuba divers as they document slave shipwrecks around the world. She retold those stories in her six-part podcast series, Into the Depths, and, in the process, found a way to honor the lives of lost ancestors

Each week, we comb through the guts of The Walking Dead, much like a horde of hungry walkers, to bring you the episode’s best moments, surprises, and other post-apocalyptic curiosities. This week: a seminar on sexual harassment in the workplace, excessive symbolism, and, wait, what just happened on the show?

Editor’s Note: Georgia congressman and civil rights legend John Lewis has added another item to his resume: bestselling author. March: Book One, the first volume of his memoir-as-comic trilogy with Marietta-based Top Shelf Productions, grabbed the top spot in its category on the New York Times bestseller list. Lewis, who will deliver the keynote address at the 2013 Decatur Book Festival, is in Washington this week to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom; he notably is the only living speaker from the 1963 event.

Joyce Carol Oates brings an unparalleled body of work to discuss as the keynote speaker, but don’t stop with the marquee event.

The Falcons battle the Saints at home on Thanksgiving, Ponce City Market decks out for the holidays, and Chaka Khan performs at State Farm Arena.

Publications as geographically and ideologically diverse as the Guardian, Fox News, Variety, the Hill, and others ran stories or segments about Oprah Winfrey’s campaign appearances with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams. Yet regardless of the depth of coverage, the two events held in auditoriums in the Atlanta suburbs likely impacted the local crowds in a much deeper way than what could be conveyed to national viewers.

Along with movies Baby Driver and Hidden Figures, a new comedy, Office Christmas Party, starring Olivia Munn and Jason Bateman, is filming in Atlanta. Plus, find out which TV pilots are in town and which major Marvel hero you might soon see on the city's streets.

Atlanta Ballet recently moved its headquarters from a dilapidated space in Midtown to a modernized location nearly twice the size on the cusp of the Westside. Architect Steve Munro envisioned great possibilities for the manufacturing plant with sloping, twenty-four-foot ceilings. The space would be his greate

A resident of Decatur’s Oakhurst neighborhood for 20 years, Scott Doyon founded Oakhurst Porchfest in 2015 as a weekend afternoon when local stoops can become music stages and neighbors can walk around, listen to music, and sip a beer.

Vince Williams says Union City’s slogan, “You’ll like what U.C.,” has been particularly true for companies like Amazon and Keurig, as well as key players in Georgia’s film and TV industry, who’ve recently brought jobs to this South Fulton city of 23,400.