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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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My Show Of Shows: The Night Louis Armstrong Redeemed Athens

My Show Of Shows: The Night Louis Armstrong Redeemed Athens

By Susan Percy, Eldredge ATL Guest Contributor A brisk February evening in 1965 was not a bad time to be a 20-year-old University of Georgia student heading to the Georgia […]
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20 Years in the Making, Jazz Fans Celebrate the Release of ‘Becoming Ella Fitzgerald,’ a New Biography

20 Years in the Making, Jazz Fans Celebrate the Release of ‘Becoming Ella Fitzgerald,’ a New Biography

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 […]
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In ‘Welcome Home, Franklin,’ a Trailblazing Peanuts Character Scores the Spotlight and a Back Story

In ‘Welcome Home, Franklin,’ a Trailblazing Peanuts Character Scores the Spotlight and a Back Story

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 […]
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As ‘General Hospital’ Says Goodbye to Jacklyn Zeman, Kin Shriner Remembers Their 46-Year Friendship

As ‘General Hospital’ Says Goodbye to Jacklyn Zeman, Kin Shriner Remembers Their 46-Year Friendship

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

‘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 […]
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‘A Booze & Vinyl Christmas’ Pairs Beloved Holiday LPs with Cocktails

‘A Booze & Vinyl Christmas’ Pairs Beloved Holiday LPs with Cocktails

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

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

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

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20 Years in the Making, Jazz Fans Celebrate the Release of ‘Becoming Ella Fitzgerald,’ a New Biography

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In ‘Welcome Home, Franklin,’ a Trailblazing Peanuts Character Scores the Spotlight and a Back Story

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Cocktails With Vanessa No. 4: Go Bar Cosmopolitan

As Stan Getz’s bossa nova period drifts out of the speakers overhead, Go Bar bartender Tom is enjoying the calm before the storm this Saturday night. It’s a few minutes after the club, located at 195 Prince Street, has opened its doors. This is when Vanessa Briscoe Hay and her musician husband Bob Hay usually […]

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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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‘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 “Friends” Experience Tuesday afternoon, someone audibly gasped. Yes, even the most cynical and grizzled of veteran Atlanta media types were beaming like the Grinch as […]

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‘In The Heights’ is the Life-Affirming Big Screen Summer Movie We All Need Right Now

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 […]

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Terry Burrell’s Alliance Theatre ‘A Very Terry Christmas’ is ‘A Love Letter to the City’

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 […]

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Keeping a 50-Year Tradition, Francine, Michael and Mellody Reed Reunite for Christmas Live Stream

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 […]

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In a Pandemic, Libby Whittemore Debuted a Cabaret in Her Living Room. And She’s Just Warming Up.

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 […]

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Cynthia Graubart Saves Thanksgiving: ‘Right-Sized’ Recipes for Holiday Cooking During COVID

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 […]

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Mary Mac’s is Back! 11 Things You Didn’t Know About Atlanta’s Legendary Tea Room

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 […]

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