Tag: Macon
Your ultimate guide to concerts in Atlanta: Summer 2018
Who's on tour in Atlanta this summer? Among the highlights on this summer's concert calendar: Beyoncé & Jay-Z, Janelle Monáe, Taylor Swift, Nine Inch Nails, Smashing Pumpkins, Zac Brown Band, Journey, and more.
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Visit Macon
Weekend getaway: 10 reasons to visit Macon
When you're tired of the rush of the city, pack up the car, and head south to visit the historic town of Macon just 83 miles southeast of the hustle and bustle of Atlanta.
Browse the Allman Brothers Band’s treasures
Hippies use front door! From 1969 to 1973, members of the Allman Brothers Band lived—and jammed—in a circa-1900 Tudor-style Macon home.
View Macon’s cherry blossoms from the top of the Hay House
Completed in 1859 in Italian Renaissance Revival style, this elaborate residence was the “smart” house of its day.
Atlanta Must Reads for the Week: Future, Perdue’s happier chickens, and an escaped Georgia convict
The best stories each week about Atlanta, from Atlanta-based writers, and beyond.
My Style: Rose Lane Leavell, wardrobe liaison and “band mom” to The Rolling Stones
On the heels of the Stones’ Latin American tour, Rose Lane Leavell, 67, chatted about her glam life as the “go-to girl backstage,” where she helps wrangle band members and assists with hair and makeup.
Star Turn: There She Is
There has never been a Miss America quite like Betty Cantrell. For one thing, the twenty-one-year-old from Warner Robins, Georgia, is comfortable driving a full-size tractor.
Who has the better Cherry Blossom Festival—Washington D.C. or Macon?
The National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C., may draw more than a million visitors, but the city’s 3,750 cherry trees pale in comparison to Macon’s 350,000. Here’s how the Southern celebration stacks up to its counterpart in the nation’s capital.
Q&A: Lucinda Williams on her new I-20-inspired album, Bernie Sanders, and dub remixes
From her home in Los Angeles, Lucinda Williams chatted with us about how Georgia played a role in the creation of her new record, how the South has changed over the decades, her support for Bernie Sanders, and her newfound fascination with dub remixes.
Tina McElroy Ansa’s Thoughts of Home: The view from out front
I know it is cliche, the wide Southern porch where one is always being served or serving a cool drink on a hot summer day. Well, cliche be damned! For a girl who liked to daydream and read more than she enjoyed running around outside, porches were essential.
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