‘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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
‘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 […]
Inside a packed advance screening held at the Rialto Center for the Arts in downtown Atlanta on Tuesday night, director Clint Eastwood unveiled his latest drama, “Richard Jewell,” just a few blocks away from Centennial Olympic Park. The film, depicting the Olympic Park bombing and its aftermath in the summer of 1996, was shot on […]
Inside a packed advance screening held at the Rialto Center for the Arts in downtown Atlanta on Tuesday night, director Clint Eastwood unveiled his latest drama, “Richard Jewell,” just a few blocks away from Centennial Olympic Park. The film, depicting the Olympic Park bombing and its aftermath in the summer of 1996, was shot on […]
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 ago. Like her fellow Atlanta female impersonation icons Rachel Wells and Charlie Brown, Hot Chocolate created her high energy stage persona onstage at the Sweet […]
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 first introduced young listeners to the Atlanta New Wave act. Songs like “The Bells Ring,” “Some New Highway,” “Pull Back My Spring” and “She’s Bringing […]
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 their forged prescriptions. If she refuses their demands, they’ll throw a vial of acid into the face of Dimples, the adorable abandoned baby left on […]
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 mother-in-law and her nine-year-old daughter. And sitting in the brass rail-accented courtroom balcony beside 27 other reporters was Atlanta Constitution reporter Celestine Sibley. By then, […]
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 of 13-year-old Mary Phagan at the National Pencil Factory in downtown Atlanta felt like both a cautionary tale and a powerful history lesson. Tuesday night’s […]
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Even though it falls on Nov. 28 this year, many of us will still procrastinate and then panic about hosting or preparing dishes for Thanksgiving. There are decisions to make about selecting a frozen or organic free-range turkey or to brine or not to brine the bird. How to nimbly side step your drunk Uncle […]
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.
You could say author Judith Tick has been preparing to write Ella Fitzgerald’s biography her entire life. She grew up in a house where the iconic jazz singer’s LPs were front and center below the hi-fi (Tick’s mother, born in 1918, a year after Fitzgerald’s birth, would go to see Fitzgerald and her old band […]
Eleven days after the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Los Angeles school teacher Harriet Glickman wrote a letter to Peanuts creator Charles Schulz asking him to consider integrating his popular comic strip. Their correspondence that spring led to the debut of Franklin, the strip’s first Black character on July 31, 1968. Now […]
Millions of “General Hospital” viewers will gather this week to mark the passing of iconic “General Hospital” actress Jacklyn Zeman and her equally iconic character, nurse Barbara Jean Spencer. Zeman’s death last May at age 70, after a brief bout with cancer, shocked friends and fans alike. As the residents of Port Charles come together […]
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 […]
Author Andre Darlington laughs when asked if his successful “Booze & Vinyl” book series can now be officially categorized as a franchise. “I think so, fortunately or unfortunately!” says Darlington. The lifelong record collector, music historian and food and drink writer launched the series with his co-author sister Tenaya Darlington in 2018 with “Booze & […]
As a 17-year-old Chamblee High School student in 2003, Angela Vara still vividly remembers being invited by her Aunt Vicki Vara to ride atop the Backstreet Atlanta float in the city’s Pride parade. “I remember coming down Peachtree Street and seeing a sea of people wearing pride clothing and holding rainbow flags,” Vara recalls. “I […]
For Atlanta craft beer lovers, a new Thanksgiving tradition arrives on taps and in stores this week, inspired by brotherhood, friendship and a creative collaboration with Athens’ own Creature Comforts Brewing. Seeds Take Up the Soil, an inviting amber-hued sweet potato ale with notes of vanilla, sorghum, cinnamon and nutmeg is the first mass-produced beer […]
While Richard Blais is best known these days as a James Beard Award-nominated cookbook author, “Top Chef All-Stars” winner and co-hosting Fox’s “Next Level Chef,” longtime Atlanta diners will fondly recall his years spent here in the early 2000s. He first hit town taking a job as executive chef at Fishbone in 2001. By 2004, […]
It was a moment that makes you grateful to be a daytime viewer. In a scene that aired late last month, there they were, Emmy winners all — Cynthia Watros, Maura West and Laura Wright, standing next to each other in a classic reaction shot as Maurice Benard’s Port Charles resident mob boss coffee importer […]
For over three decades, Atlanta radio morning man Steve McCoy woke us up and made us laugh, even on the mornings we sat idling behind jack knifed tractor-trailers on Spaghetti Junction on the way to work. McCoy’s voice welcomed visitors from around the globe during the 1996 Centennial Summer Olympics, introduced an impromptu in-studio morning […]
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‘History Unfolding’: Author Martin Padgett on Why Michael Hardwick’s Story is More Important Than Ever