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Sticking by Komen, Fashion Cares celebrates 20 years of stylish giving

As always, supporters eagerly anticipating the city's 20th annual Jeffrey Fashion Cares Monday night at the American Cancer Society Center downtown will likely spend the weekend searching for just the right outfit to wear to the unofficial start of the fall social season. But for others, who have traditionally supported Atlanta and New York retailer Jeffrey Kalinsky's yearly evening of fun, fashion and charitable giving for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure of Greater Atlanta and the Atlanta AIDS Fund, the decision to attend this year is more complicated.

G-CAPP turns 18: You only do this kind of work well if it’s in your gut

Perennial interviewee Jane Fonda will be the one asking the questions at tonight’s annual Empower Party benefit for Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power and Potential. In front of a sold-out crowd in the Georgia Aquarium ballroom, G-CAPP’s founder will interview CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta as the nonprofit advances its teen pregnancy prevention mission to include adolescent health and well being. In an exclusive interview with Atlanta magazine, the 75-year-old two-time Oscar winner discusses what’s on her notepad for Dr. Gupta, what’s next for G-CAPP, shooting that Twitter trending “You will resign when I fire you out of petty malice and not before!” Newsroom scene and how ex-hubby Ted Turner introduced her to the stupid joys of Dumb and Dumber.

WonderRoot proves CSAs aren’t just for vegetables anymore

For now, WonderRoot is headquartered in a charmingly shabby bungalow on a gritty stretch of Memorial Drive. But never mind the urban setting; this ten-year-old community arts organization has taken a cue from farmers. Subscribers to community-supported agriculture (or CSA) programs pay growers a fee at the start of the season in exchange for baskets of locally harvested bounty. Four seasons ago, WonderRoot launched its own CSA—“community-supported art.”

What are you doing this weekend? May 22-26

If you’re staying in town this Memorial Day weekend, you’ll find a lot more happening than just picnics and barbeques. Take in some jazz, travel back in time with Dr. Who, or even sip a beer with Mei Lun and Mei Huan. The possibilities are endless.
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Atlanta native Quiantae Thomas’s Hamilton homecoming

The 25-year-old College Park native shares her journey from couch surfing in Manhattan to being in the room where it happens with an ensemble role in Hamilton's touring cast, which performs in Atlanta at the Fox Theatre this month.

A preview of the seventeenth annual Pure Heat Community Festival

At least 30,000 attendees will jet in for the seventeenth annual Pure Heat Community Festival, Atlanta’s black gay pride event held at venues across the city. Pure Heat co-coordinator Avian Watson provided a preview.

We like NYE, religion, and learning pole dancing

Here's an event idea: a NYE party in a church with plenty of columns that the waitresses use for pole dancing. It should sell out in a minute. At least according to Eventbrite.

Mark DeRosa joins MLB Network

This season our own Mark DeRosa joins the likes of Harold Reynolds and Al Leiter behind the desk of MLB Tonight, the MLB Network’s signature nightly highlight and analysis show.

Hear: The surprising Big Boi, Game of Thrones mashup

Big Boi just released "Mother of Dragons," a track inspired by The Game of Thrones character Khaleesi. It is the first song released from Catch the Throne, a Thrones-themed hip-hop mixtape. We've listened to the track multiple times and have concluded that the experience is only complete if you watch these GIFs while listening. #teamKhaleesi

Thanks to funding from fans, Uncle Green’s “Rycopa” to become a reality 14 years (!) after it was recorded

The irony is not lost on former Uncle Green drummer Peter McDade. "Leave it to us to have an album saved by technology that didn't exist when we recorded it," says McDade. Last week in just 36 hours, the long-disbanded Atlanta rock quartet's fans came together via the fundraising website kickstarter.com to raise the necessary $4,000 to finance the mixing, mastering and distribution of the act's last recording "Rycopa." The band originally sent out word via the Uncle Green Facebook fan page. Thanks to those efforts, "Rycopa" will finally be released this fall to fans a full 14 years after its creation. An Uncle Green reunion gig/"Rycopa" album release party is also being planned in Atlanta.

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