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

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

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Cocktails With Vanessa No. 3: Manhattan Cafe’s Orange Blossom Special

Vanessa Briscoe Hay first became acquainted with the Manhattan Cafe when she ducked into the bar in 2005, attempting to ditch an overzealous Pylon fan who had followed her from the 40 Watt club. Recalls Hay, laughing: “I walked over to the table where Michael and Curtis were drinking PBR tallboys and said, ‘Oh, look! […]

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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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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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From Debate Coach James Dickey to Fan Boy Hunter S. Thompson, the 11 Most Bizarre Moments from Jimmy Carter’s Wild 1976 Presidential Race

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 […]

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With ‘Stranger in the Lake,’ Atlanta Author Kimberly Belle Offers a Thrilling Getaway for Our Shut-In Summer

With summer vacations largely cancelled due to the pandemic, the thrilling getaway Atlanta author Kimberly Belle has chartered for us via her latest novel, “Stranger in the Lake” is a perfectly timed escape in these quarantined times. With each of her six novels, Belle, the Midtown Atlanta resident, who first captured mainstream attention with her […]

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Mark Kendall’s Right-on-Time Cobb County MARTA Sketch Delivers The Laughs We Need Right Now

In a summer filled with harrowing headlines, Dad’s Garage improv performer and writer Mark Kendall’s brand-new YouTube comedy sketch, “If MARTA Came to Cobb County” has become a welcome respite in Atlanta social media news feeds this week. The hilarious sketch, set in an alternate reality Cobb County (one where residents finally voted to approve […]

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