‘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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
‘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 […]
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 […]
‘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 […]
‘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 […]
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 […]
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 fundraiser. But the activist and actress had a very good reason — she and longtime pal Lily Tomlin were in the middle of shooting the […]
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 50 years. Successful songwriters who, due to their sexual orientation in the male dominated country music industry, had to remain invisible in order to make […]
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 expanding the definitive tome on film noir. In stores now, the new 2021 edition of Muller’s classic film book “Dark City: The Lost World of […]
The Summer of 2020 was supposed to be the summer of the much-anticipated film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award winning semi-autobiographical musical. When the global pandemic hit, Warner Bros. promptly scratched that time line. The move turned out to be a blessing. When the two-and-a-half hour Jon M. Chu (“Crazy Rich Asians”) directed spectacle finally hits […]
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 became real for him. “The most important thing is to be in the moment and that’s how I try to live my life,” says Anderson. […]
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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.
After racking up runner up nods in the Best Narrative and Best First Film categories at last fall’s Out on Film festival, Writer-Director Emma Seligman’s hilarious “Shiva Baby” returns to Atlanta this weekend virtually as part of the 2021 Atlanta Jewish Film Festival. The film stars Rachel Sennott (now appearing weekly on the new Kyra […]
She’s appeared on Broadway in Michael Bennett’s “Dream Girls,” Stephen Sondheim’s “Into the Woods,” and Kurt Weill’s “Three Penny Opera.” She’s graced the Alliance Theatre stage with her one-woman show “Ethel.” But nothing could properly prepare singer and actress Terry Burrell for flirting with a 123-foot long, 100-ton Argentinosaurus at Atlanta’s Fernbank Museum of Natural […]
Due to the ongoing COVID crisis, like most of us this holiday season, singing siblings Mellody Reed Winfield, Michael and Francine Reed are struggling with fewer familial hugs, less face time and more FaceTime. But thanks to Phoenix pianist Nicole Pesce, singer Renee Patrick, drummer Dowell Davis and a little internet streaming technology, the remaining […]
Since April, Atlanta cabaret icon Libby Whittemore has unexpectedly produced and performed more than 30 original weekly shows, making 2020 one of the musically busiest of her 40-year career. With the COVID crisis immobilizing the world’s stages, Whittemore, along with her longtime musical director Robert Strickland, have transformed her Atlanta living room into a public […]
Thankfully for us, James Beard award-winning Atlanta cookbook author Cynthia Graubart is a planner. This fall, in less time than it takes some of us to change a printer cartridge, Graubart has written “Thanksgiving for Two (Or Four): 20 Easy Holiday Favorites,” (Empire Press, $9.99 paperback, $3.99 for the digital download), a cookbook created specifically […]
As Election Day 2020 looms, the timing could not be more perfect for the re-opening of iconic Atlanta comfort food emporium, Mary Mac’s Tea Room. The legendary 75-year-old Southern restaurant known for its fried chicken, meatloaf, fried green tomatoes, collards, its custardy macaroni and cheese and those addictive yeast rolls officially re-opened Monday, Nov. 2 […]
The first time I saw Richard was in the summer of 1988 onstage at the Little Five Points Pub. Having just fled a high school reunion, I was desperately in need of a sonic nightcap capable of removing the reunion’s Joe Cocker/Jennifer Warnes-laced soundtrack from my head. Bicknell’s band The Lost Angels, full of fiddle, […]
The photograph, shot in an unguarded moment backstage at the 1990 Newport Jazz Festival, is equal parts mesmerizing and menacing. In a single frame, photographer Herb Snitzer manages to capture jazz giant Miles Davis, just months from death at age 65, in all of his volatility, complexity and genius. “I knew the moment I took […]
Surprisingly, author Jonathan Alter’s “His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life,” in stores today, is the first definitive biography of our 39th president. The Georgia-born politician, who will turn 96 on Oct. 1, is the prolific author of dozens of books, including a presidential memoir and a White House diary. As a result, Carter has […]
As pandemic-related quarantine keeps most music venues shuttered for now, one of Atlanta’s most-loved singers is coming home. At least virtually. On Tuesday night at 8 pm, blues vocalist Francine Reed steps back onto stage for the first time in six months via a one-hour streaming show broadcast from Phoenix, her current hometown. Technically speaking, […]
‘A Dream Come True’: Remembering Ronnie Spector, 1943-2022