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‘History Unfolding’: Author Martin Padgett on Why Michael Hardwick’s Story is More Important Than Ever

‘History Unfolding’: Author Martin Padgett on Why Michael Hardwick’s Story is More Important Than Ever

“The Many Passions of Michael Hardwick: Sex and the Supreme Court in the Age of AIDS” author Martin Padgett’s fascinating, deeply researched new book sheds fresh light on a pivotal […]
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With Its Inclusive Story, ‘The Ones We Love’ Invites Us to Love Westerns Again

With Its Inclusive Story, ‘The Ones We Love’ Invites Us to Love Westerns Again

At a slim 165 pages, “The Ones We Love,” Jonathan Sayer’s debut novel, grabs readers on page one and doesn’t let go. In an era when many viewers now scroll […]
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Drag Legend Hot Chocolate Returns to Her Atlanta Roots

Drag Legend Hot Chocolate Returns to Her Atlanta Roots

While she now knocks them dead nightly on the Las Vegas strip performing as Tina Turner and Patti LaBelle, drag legend Hot Chocolate was born in Atlanta over 50 years […]
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Actor Michael Tacconi Discusses the Power of ‘Parade’ in 2025 America

Actor Michael Tacconi Discusses the Power of ‘Parade’ in 2025 America

When the Tony Award-winning “Parade” first played the Fox Theatre 25 years ago this summer, the musical by Atlanta native Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown depicting the 1913 murder […]
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In 1976, Celestine Sibley Covered Jimmy Carter’s Nomination With a Dry Cleaner’s VIP Tag

In 1976, Celestine Sibley Covered Jimmy Carter’s Nomination With a Dry Cleaner’s VIP Tag

Editor’s Note: This excerpt from a 1976 Democratic Convention dispatch by Celestine Sibley, who among her other tasks, covered the Georgia state legislature for years, was originally published in the […]
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With the Repro Rights Doc ‘No One Asked You,’ Ruth Leitman Brings a Powerful Election 2024 Closing Argument to Atlanta

With the Repro Rights Doc ‘No One Asked You,’ Ruth Leitman Brings a Powerful Election 2024 Closing Argument to Atlanta

For 25 years now, filmmaker Ruth Leitman has been making powerful, evocative social justice documentaries. But her latest, “No One Asked You,” a film that follows repro rights activists as […]
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Q&A: 40 Years Later, The Bells Ring On for The Swimming Pool Q’s

Q&A: 40 Years Later, The Bells Ring On for The Swimming Pool Q’s

Cranking up a crackling vinyl copy of the 1984 eponymous Swimming Pool Q’s A&M Records debut can transport an entire generation back to the hip college radio station airwaves that […]
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Socko! The Daring Rescue of Betty Brown, Ph.G. From the Clutches of Obscurity

Socko! The Daring Rescue of Betty Brown, Ph.G. From the Clutches of Obscurity

In one of Betty Brown, Ph.G.’s most harrowing 1935 continuities, the plucky blond pharmacist faces down a gang of ruthless narcotics peddlers who are forcing her at gunpoint to fill […]
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‘Murder Queens’: A New Film Recalls Celestine Sibley’s Death Row Interview With a Serial Killer

‘Murder Queens’: A New Film Recalls Celestine Sibley’s Death Row Interview With a Serial Killer

In the fall of 1958, Macon restaurant operator Anjette Lyles became a state-wide sensation when she went on trial, charged with the gruesome arsenic poisoning deaths of two husbands, her […]
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‘History Unfolding’: Author Martin Padgett on Why Michael Hardwick’s Story is More Important Than Ever

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Singer-Songwriter Chip McGuire Plots His Future by Examining His Past

Like the rest of us, metro Atlanta singer-songwriter Chip McGuire is emerging from the pandemic a changed person. Over the past 26 months, his act, The Chip McGuire Band, an Americana-NuGrass unit once on the cusp of regional success, broke up. McGuire is also currently navigating the end of his marriage. And during lockdown, the […]

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Duluth High Grad Omar Lopez-Cepero Plays Judas in ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’

As theatre-goers flock to the Fox Theatre this week to see the 50th anniversary staging of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s iconic rock musical “Jesus Christ Superstar, the friendship displayed onstage by Omar Lopez-Cepero as Judas and Aaron LaVigne in the title role isn’t just acting. The pair have been friends for 15 years […]

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‘Unparalleled Joy’: ‘A Christmas Gift For You’ at 60

For six weeks in the scorching Los Angeles summer of 1963, the members of The Ronettes, The Crystals, Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans and Darlene Love were holed up around the clock at Gold Star Studios on Santa Monica Boulevard working on a Christmas album. Their 23-year-old producer and Philles record label owner […]

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About Richard L. Eldredge

With lengthy stints at both the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Atlanta magazine, Richard L. Eldredge has been covering Atlanta’s arts, entertainment, political, dining and charitable fundraising scenes since 1990. In 2015, he launched Eldredge ATL, a daily digital magazine dedicated to the city’s ever-evolving arts, entertainment, cuisine and cultural landscapes. Since 2011, he has worked as senior editor at VOX Teen Communications, supporting Atlanta’s next generation of journalists. In recognition of this work, Eldredge received the Atlanta Press Club Impact Award in 2015.

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Why Mysterio Remains the Perfect Villain for 2019 in ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’

Why Mysterio Remains the Perfect Villain for 2019 in ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’

In one of “Spider-Man: Far From Home’s” most chillingly prescient scenes, Quentin Beck aka Mysterio, tells Queens’ favorite neighborhood webslinger, “Nowadays, people will believe anything.” For a hero/villain first created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko for Amazing Spider-Man #13 in 1964, Mysterio remains eerily relevant in modern America. A digitally addicted modern American landscape […]

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‘The Prom’s’ Improbably Perfect Timing, from Atlanta premiere to Broadway hit

In theatre, timing is everything. Broadway nerds like me received a master class in this old adage a few weeks ago when FX’s remarkable limited run series “Fosse/Verdon” revealed that the now-iconic Broadway musical “Chicago,” Gwen Verdon’s long-gestating pet project with husband/choreographer/director/chief cad Bob Fosse nearly closed during its Broadway debut in 1975. That was, […]

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Sammy & Buddy at The Sands: The Inside Story of the Las Vegas Live Recording You’ve Never Heard

According to Jimmy Bowen, one of the best live albums ever recorded in Las Vegas nearly didn’t happen. The Reprise Records producer who had just delivered chart-topping hits for his boss Frank Sinatra and his pallie Dean Martin via “Strangers in the Night” and “Everybody Loves Somebody” at the height of Beatlemania was hoping lightning […]

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‘After Forever’ Wins 5 Emmys, Including Best Digital Drama

“After Forever,” the Amazon Prime digital series co-created by Kevin Spirtas and Michael Slade and co-starring Atlanta’s Mitchell Anderson netted five Emmy Awards Friday and Sunday night in Pasadena, California at the 46th annual Daytime Emmy Awards. The series also picked up Emmys for Outstanding Writing for Slade and Spirtas, Outstanding Direction for Jennifer Pepperman, […]

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