Category: Feature
From the Crates: Chastain Park Amphitheater was the place to see live music
On a beautiful May morning in 1978, I was an excited, nervous 25-year-old on the way to my new job...
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Veteran journalist has seen the changes in Georgia politics up close
It’s more and more unusual for a print journalist to make almost an entire career from working at...
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Promoter Eddie Owen sees the market for live music suffer during the pandemic
For more than a few singer/songwriters/musicians, the road to success has run straight through...
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Atlanta doctor honored for COVID-19 work
Atlanta physician Dr. Dominic Mack has focused for years on the eradication of health disparities....
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Older actors are finding their paths to big and little screens
It’s a late November Tuesday night, and Nick Conti’s students are making their way through a windy...
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Mountain Foliage Blazes with Reds, Oranges and Yellows
If you’re looking for a socially distanced weekend outing this fall, a drive through the North Georgia mountains or North Carolina to see the leaves changing color couldn’t be more perfect.
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Pandemic Doesn’t Have to Slow Seniors Down
Keeping active is a priority for this 75-year-old. Fulton County’s Department of Senior Services is helping her, and many other seniors, reach their fitness goals — even while maintaining social distancing.
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Woman’s Club Restores 150 Vintage Hats for Theater Company
The Women’s Club also cleaned, restored and repaired about 150 hats estimated to be between 60 and 80 years old. The hats were donated to ART Station over the past couple of decades by the families of four women — including three GFWC Stone Mountain Woman’s Club members — who have passed away.
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Looking Up! Seeing the Beauty of the Night Sky
Several observatories in Georgia, most of them associated with academic institutions, offer observation and research opportunities for students and others seeking astronomical knowledge / degrees, and almost all throw open the doors to the public during non-pandemic times. But what’s more, a healthy number of amateurs — seniors well-represented among them — are increasingly taking astronomy up as a hobby, sometimes spending thousands of dollars on gear.
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Former TV Anchor Monica Pearson Stays Busy in her ‘Rewirement’
Monica Pearson no longer graces metro Atlanta’s TV screens nightly, but she remains a significant presence on the local landscape. Pearson arrived in Atlanta after TV and newspaper reporting jobs in her native Louisville and became the first African American and the first woman to anchor a major Atlanta evening newscast, at WSB-TV in 1975. After a 37-year career, countless major stories and a veritable truckload of awards, she stepped away in 2012.
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Some Ghost Tours Return Despite Pandemic
Still, it’s hard to keep a good ghost story buried, and some metro guides and tour-hosting institutions are going ahead with their shows, which can offer a good way to learn a little local history. Some tours have moved online, while participants in other tours are being asked to don masks and socially distance themselves for in-person strolls through their haunted hometowns.
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Waiting for the Curtains to Rise Again part 2
People who bring Atlanta theater to life
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