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‘A Dream Come True’: Remembering Ronnie Spector, 1943-2022

‘A Dream Come True’: Remembering Ronnie Spector, 1943-2022

Darlene Love, her fellow “Wall of Sound” singing sister, perhaps expressed it best Wednesday night upon learning of Ronnie Spector’s death: “I’m in total shock! Did not see this one […]
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Race, War and the Art of Resigning: Why Paul Hemphill’s Reporting Still Resonates

Race, War and the Art of Resigning: Why Paul Hemphill’s Reporting Still Resonates

Paul Hemphill didn’t live to witness our current pandemic-propelled “Great Resignation.” And yet, nearly 50 years ago in the pages of Southern Voices magazine, he might have penned the perfect […]
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Q&A: Mitchell Anderson and Courtenay Collins on Staging ‘You Better Call Your Mother’

Q&A: Mitchell Anderson and Courtenay Collins on Staging ‘You Better Call Your Mother’

Last week, after a five-hour rehearsal of his one-man show “You Better Call Your Mother” with director Courtenay Collins, Mitchell Anderson says the memorized words of the two-act play finally […]
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Jane Fonda, GCAPP Deliver Impact, a Career-Spanning Q&A and Dolly Dish at Annual Gala

Jane Fonda, GCAPP Deliver Impact, a Career-Spanning Q&A and Dolly Dish at Annual Gala

For the first time in the 26-year history of the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power and Potential, the nonprofit’s founder Jane Fonda was unable to fly in for the annual […]
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During COVID, I Watched ‘Mary Tyler Moore’ For The First Time. Here’s What I Learned.

During COVID, I Watched ‘Mary Tyler Moore’ For The First Time. Here’s What I Learned.

A confession: It took a global pandemic and a half century for me to finally discover “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.” It’s even more shameful to admit this as a […]
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‘Invisible’: An Out on Film Q&A With the Cast of the Powerful New Gay Women in Nashville Doc

‘Invisible’: An Out on Film Q&A With the Cast of the Powerful New Gay Women in Nashville Doc

Director T.J. Parsell’s emotional and eye-opening new documentary “Invisible” finally lifts the veil on a group of gay women songwriters responsible for some of Nashville’s biggest hits over the last […]
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After 23 years, Eddie Muller’s Definitive ‘Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir’ Gets a New Lease on Life

After 23 years, Eddie Muller’s Definitive ‘Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir’ Gets a New Lease on Life

While the rest of us tried to figure out what to do with sourdough starter last year in the throes of a global pandemic, Eddie Muller was busy revising and […]
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‘The Rachel’? Joey & Chandler’s Recliners? They’ll Be There For You at the Atlanta ‘Friends’ Experience

‘The Rachel’? Joey & Chandler’s Recliners? They’ll Be There For You at the Atlanta ‘Friends’ Experience

As the familiar lavender-hued, yellow plastic picture frame-accented door slid open to reveal an iconic burnt orange sofa in front of a fountain during a media preview of the Atlanta […]
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‘A Complete Original’: Remembering Atlanta Drag Legend Lily White, 1948-2021

‘A Complete Original’: Remembering Atlanta Drag Legend Lily White, 1948-2021

Atlanta drag legend Lily White has toasted her adored adopted city for the final time. White, born Kyle Dennis Souder, died late Wednesday afternoon, from complications of cancer in hospice […]
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‘A Dream Come True’: Remembering Ronnie Spector, 1943-2022

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Race, War and the Art of Resigning: Why Paul Hemphill’s Reporting Still Resonates

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Q&A: Mitchell Anderson and Courtenay Collins on Staging ‘You Better Call Your Mother’

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Jane Fonda, GCAPP Deliver Impact, a Career-Spanning Q&A and Dolly Dish at Annual Gala

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During COVID, I Watched ‘Mary Tyler Moore’ For The First Time. Here’s What I Learned.

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‘Invisible’: An Out on Film Q&A With the Cast of the Powerful New Gay Women in Nashville Doc

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VIDEO: Jane Fonda, Teen Leaders Inspire at First-Ever G-CAPP Youth Empowerment Summit

School buses filled with middle and high school students were greeted with healthy “Empower Food” breakfast snacks, swag bags, free hair care products, a live DJ and an octogenarian activist two-time Oscar winner as they arrived Friday morning at the Fairmont in West Midtown for the first-ever Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power & Potential Youth […]

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With an Uplifting New Album and Tour, Candi Staton is ‘Unstoppable’

With “Unstoppable,” soul legend Candi Staton’s 30th album out Friday, the singer has created the perfect album for these troubled, Trumpian times. The record is filled with empowering anthems written by Staton, including “Confidence” and “Revolution of Change,” along with her soulful interpretations of Nick Lowe’s hit for Elvis Costello “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace […]

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Life Lessons From Aretha and the Art of the Backwards Exit Shimmy

It was December of 1988 and thanks to hits like “Freeway of Love,” Aretha Franklin was cruising on into the better-than-ever street of a comeback. I was two months into my first job as an associate editor at the monthly city magazine in Atlantic City and the Queen of Soul was headed in our direction […]

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Tunes For These Times: Al Green, “I Can’t Stop,” 2003

Editor’s Note: Like many of us self-isolating during the COVID-19 pandemic, I’ve been turning to music. As I pulled out albums from my collection, I discovered a consistent theme — I was selecting favorites that have long brought me joy. I’ve decided to share some of these —and the stories behind them — on a […]

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Tipple + Rose Tea Parlor Offers a Refuge From Routine. And Your Laptop.

I’m standing in front of a beautiful wooden tea sniffing bar built by owner Doria Roberts at the brand-new Tipple + Rose Tea Parlor and Apothecary in Virginia-Highland. She pulls out silver box No. 17 labeled “Black Forest” from the rack, gently lifts its lid and instructs me to inhale. Immediately, the sharp tang of […]

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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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Margaret Cho Gets Serious About Going “PsyCHO”

Honorary Atlantan Margaret Cho returns to her adoptive city this Thursday, October 29 when she brings her latest politically charged show “PsyCHO” to the Tabernacle downtown. Not since the George W. Bush administration has a period in U.S. history proved so deliciously ripe for Cho’s trademark topical, thought-provoking, insightful and edgy comedy. In “PsyCHO,” Donald […]

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“The Best Teacher You Ever Had” : Tom Key Takes Audiences Inside The Mystical World of Buckminster Fuller

  Tom Key is eternally grateful to his neighbors for not calling the cops this fall as he wandered his Oak Grove neighborhood, babbling aloud about geodesic domes and Dymaxion cars. This month, in perhaps his most ambitious one-man show yet, the iconic Atlanta actor is tackling the role of inventor, architect and Green Movement […]

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Q&A with Emily Saliers: Partying at Ponce, Finding “One Lost Day”

Four years ago, Indigo Girls headlined the inaugural Party at Ponce fundraiser when the future Ponce City Market was basically Atlanta’s ultimate cobwebbed one-million-square-foot fixer-upper. When Atlanta’s favorite Grammy-winning Emory University grads return to the venue Saturday night to introduce fans to songs from the duo’s new album, “One Lost Day,” Party at Ponce attendees […]

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Atlanta LGBT Icons Gather for Heart-Stopping “Queer Moxie” World Premiere

  “Queer Moxie” directors Heather Provoncha and Leo Hollen Jr. had a few heart-stopping moments Sunday afternoon at the world premiere of their Atlanta-set documentary, “Queer Moxie” at the Out on Film festival. Twice during the sold-out inaugural screening at Landmark Midtown Arts Cinema, the film froze onscreen as the doc’s directors, cast members, family […]

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