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07/02/2025

The new Accessible ATL logo. (Graphic via Instagram.) July is Disability Pride Month, and the Mayor’s Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion’s Division of Disability Access and ADA Compliance is hosting events all month long to recognize and celebrate disabled Atlantans. The city kicked off the month with the launch of the new logo and branding for AccessibleATL as a symbol of its ongoing commitment to equity, inclusion, and accessibility for all....

Atlanta celebrates Disability Pride Month during July with logo launch, events, and recognition of disabled Atlantans.

07/02/2025

Welcome to Crash Zoom, a podcast where we take a deep dive into film and entertainment industry news! Each week, join Rough Draft Atlanta Associate Editor Sammie Purcell and indie filmmaker Aaron Strand as they explore how things happening at the highest level trickle down and affect the independent artist. This week, Sammie and Aaron discuss the outcomes of some AI law copyright lawsuits, the dismal performance of Pixar's "Elio," and more....

Welcome to Crash Zoom, a podcast where hosts Sammie Purcell and Aaron Strand take a deep dive into film and entertainment industry news!

07/02/2025

featured in Brilliant Exiles include Marion Beckett’s painting of playwright Theresa Helburn, Michel Gyarmathy’s vibrant poster of Josephine Baker, and Frances Cranmer Greenman’s 1923 self-portrait. (Courtesy of Georgia Museum of Art). In the first decades of the 20th century, a generation of convention-defying American women left home behind to reinvent themselves in France. They painted and performed, published and protested, shaping modernism—and themselves....

On view July 19–Nov. 2, 2025, Brilliant Exiles at the Georgia Museum of Art explores how 65 American women artists found freedom.

07/02/2025

Teens at MODA’s summer design camp take a break between sessions at Georgia Tech’s Hinman Building. (Courtesy of MODA). So your kid’s a creative. The type who turns Amazon boxes into race cars, draws on the walls (again), or insists on hot-gluing feathers to everything. Good news: Metro Atlanta still has plenty of art camps and classes this July and August that will help channel that big imagination....

7 Atlanta art camps and classes for kids still open this summer. From murals to mixed media, these July–August 2025 programs spark creativity.

07/02/2025

Check out Avondale Estates bakery and cafe Leftie Lee's recipe for Korean braised beef, a twist on galbi-jim, a Korean short rib dish served on special occasions. ...

Check out Avondale Estates bakery and cafe Leftie Lee's recipe for Korean braised beef, a twist on galbi-jim, a Korean short rib dish served on special occasions.

07/02/2025

The Roof at Ponce City Market (Courtesy PCM) If you’re looking for fun, food, and fireworks, then metro Atlanta is the place to be this 4th of July. We’ve rounded up some can’t-miss events. Atlanta Independence Day kicks off with the 56th running of the AJC Peachtree Road Race with more than 51,000 participants this year. The world's largest 10K sprints from Lenox Square to Piedmont Park starting at 6:50 a.m....

Experience the best of Atlanta's 4th of July celebrations with fireworks, food, and fun activities. Don't miss out on these amazing events!

07/02/2025

Well, it's Wednesday July 2 — Atlanta-based Waffle House has dropped its 50-cent egg surcharge as prices normalize following an avian flu outbreak that forced farmers to cull tens of millions of chickens and made "eggflation" a political issue. 🌂 A 50% chance of rain and 88° today. 🗳️ Advance voting dates for the July 15 Georgia Public Service Commission…...

Discover the latest news and updates from Georgia, including a 50-cent egg surcharge drop and new restaurants to try.

07/02/2025

Table Talk: Top Restaurant Openings + Peaches and Cream Pound Cake July 1 — Just like that, it's July. Welcome to the table! In today's "Family Meal," I'm rounding up the top five spring restaurant openings – the restaurants I have my eye on as possible contenders for the best new restaurants of 2025. Rough Draft Dining Reporter Sarra Sedghi and I will award the winners in early December after spending the year eating at each restaurant multiple times and evaluating our meals and service experiences....

Discover the top restaurant openings in Atlanta for 2025 and enjoy a recipe for Leftie Lee's Korean braised beef.

07/02/2025

Rough Draft Editor in Chief and Dining Editor Beth McKibben selected her top five restaurant openings from the spring, including Sammy's, Side Saddle Wine Saloon, Communidad Taqueria, Laghman Express, and Phew's Pies....

Rough Draft Editor in Chief and Dining Editor Beth McKibben selected her top five restaurant openings from the spring, including Sammy's, Side Saddle Wine Saloon, Communidad Taqueria, Laghman Express, and Phew's Pies.

07/02/2025

Tuesday talk July 1— Welcome to July, Silver Streak readers! This week, we have details on the newly released "Made in Doraville" documentary. While no additional screenings have been announced just yet – it debuted on June 21 – Sammie Purcell has specifics on how the project went from concept to completion in just a year. 📍 We also have news on the fire that destroyed Furniture Bank, a nonprofit that supplies families in need with furnishings and household items....

07/01/2025

File photo An arrest has been made by the Brookhaven Police Department in connection with the June 14 fatal shooting of a 16-year-old man on Clairmont Road near Buford Highway. BPD detectives arrested Enrique Mendoza, 18, of Riverdale, GA, on June 30. According to DeKalb County Jail records, Mendoza was charged with felony murder and aggravated assault with a weapon....

Brookhaven Police Department arrests suspect in fatal shooting of 16-year-old. Additional arrests possible as investigation continues.

07/01/2025

Out Front Theatre has announced its 2025/26 season lineup with a slew of LGBTQ+ musicals, plays, and performances to look forward to. The season opens with the Tony Award-nominated “9 to 5 the Musical” on Oct. 23. Based on the music of Dolly Parton, the show follows the lives of three female coworkers as they concoct a plan to get even with their sexist, bigoted, and deceptive boss and transform the company that had always kept them down....

Out Front Theatre announces its 2025/26 season lineup with LGBTQ+ musicals and plays. Season opener: '9 to 5 the Musical' on Oct. 23.