Tag: Cobb County
Love Letter: Some things change, but Minato stays wonderfully the same
Even after 31 years in business, Minato hasn’t changed much, starting with an aesthetic that now—three decades on—feels a bit Rainforest Cafe–lite.
ASW Distillery opens its third location at the Battery, where it’ll produce a new vodka and gin
ASW's 4,914 square-foot space at the Battery features a large tasting room with a cocktail bar, a private event space, and a small distillery for the production of two new ASW spirits: Bustletown Vodka and Winterville Gin.
It’s “duh-CAB,” and other things out-of-towners need to know about Atlanta and Georgia
For everyone who will be studying Atlanta, its suburbs, and the rest of the great state of Georgia for the next several weeks, here’s a quick glossary of terms, places, and things you should know.
How a tiny gay activist group defied the odds to push the Olympics out of Cobb County
I was told by many friends not to get involved in this because there was no way we could possibly win. This was a global entity. It would be like kicking a giant in the toe. That response mystified me. I said, "I didn’t know we chose our battles according to the ones we knew we could win."
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.
Do Georgia teachers worried about in-person learning during a pandemic have any recourse?
While many parents, students, and school leaders applaud it, thousands of Georgia teachers are fretting the prospects—or realities—of face-to-face learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
What you need to know to vote on June 9 in metro Atlanta
When do the polls open? Can I still cast my absentee ballot? What if my absentee ballot never came? We answer your June 9 primary election day questions.
Atlanta’s latest coronavirus updates: Wednesday, March 25
On Tuesday, more cities enacted "stay at home" orders, the Waffle House index rose, and MARTA made some changes. Here’s your Wednesday morning update.
Atlanta’s latest coronavirus updates: Tuesday, March 24
On Monday, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms called for Atlantans to stay at home unless absolutely necessary to leave, while Governor Brian Kemp called for only called for high-risk persons to shelter in place. Here’s your Tuesday morning update:
The Passion of Jen Jordan: How an unlikely politician became the new voice of Georgia’s Democratic party
Jen Jordan is now approached constantly by women—“it’s almost always women,” she says—telling her how much her speech meant to them and sharing their own stories of reproductive trauma: infertility, miscarriage, stillbirth, abortion. Still, although she is strongly pro-choice, Jordan says she never wanted to be known as “the abortion speech lady.”