The ninth annual Laughing Skull Comedy Festival hits the town April 26-29 | more...

Pop Up Bar, Premium Cigars, Complimentary Buffet from 5:30pm to 6:30pm.

Bottle Specials all day. Special giveaways for Cigar smokers.

Friday, April 20th from 4pm to 8pm

For more information call (404) 634-6396

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Comedian Matt Braunger returns to ATL April 19-22 | more...

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Join your fellow Disney-loving Atlantans for the Enchanted Pub Crawl on April 14 | more...

Welcome warm weather at the second annual ATL Spring Wine Festival April 14 | more...

 
 

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The classic 16th-century themed festival returns April 14 | more...

 

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National Grilled Cheese Day may be on April 12, but you can celebrate all weekend long at the Atlanta Grilled Cheese Festival | more...

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Hart is making a stop at Atlanta's Philips Arena on his 100-plus city circuit, “The Irresponsible Tour,” on April 8

 

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You may take it as a sure sign that Father Time has truly crept up on you when you begin to hear yourself declaring more and more often, “You know, there was a time when … .”
And it’s almost always true. Because being older means you remember that “there was a time when” most things, and the way people did things, were very different, and quite often better.
There was a time, for instance,...

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An exhilarating and lively performance of street sounds by a highly energetic dance troupe | more...

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Embark on a tour beginning at the Civil Rights Movement with stops at several African-American filming locations | more...

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PLUS: Easter weekend kicks off in Atlanta with afternoon brunches and late-night parties | more...

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Home Grown will open its doors and its ovens for Home Grown Comedy Night tonight  | more...

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Carlos Giron, an improvisational comedian, is fondly remembered for his joyous spirit and ability to have the room broken in laughter  | more...

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5 dance studios to check out in Atlanta | more...

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Who needs Cannes or Sundance when you have SCADFILM? | more...

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PLUS: Join fellow Nooksters for The Nook’s MARVELous 9th Anniversary and head over to Farm Burger Decatur for Movie Night | more...

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Jeselnik embarks on his newest nationwide tour, Funny Games, which makes a stop Saturday at Atlanta’s Tabernacle March 24 | more...

Dreamscape blurs the line between dreams and nightmares | more...

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Weekend gathering puts espionage in a modern context | more...

Students and supporters take to the streets | more...

Plus: celebrate St.Patrick’s Day at a 5k and laugh your socks off at An Evening of Tipsy Comedy | more...

Scovel, who recorded his second special for Netflix, Rory Scovel Tries Stand-Up For the First Time, at Atlanta’s Relapse Theatre, returns to the A for a full week of comedy  | more...

A look back at Paschal’s, the soul food restaurant that became a hub for the Civil Rights Movement | more...

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A local’s contribution towards urban beautification | more...

Grab a drink and escape into the fantasy land of D&D at Joystick Gamebar’s Drunks and Dragons, every Monday and Tuesday at 7 p.m | more...

BoccaLupo’s Bruce Logue makes magic with his new pasta extruder | more...

Plus: Blame it on Bianca and cook a new type of soul food | more...

After nearly blowing the roof off the Earl at last September’s Red Clay Comedy Festival opening for Kyle Kinane, the fest favorite is coming back to EAV to headline | more...

When the sun goes down in the ATL, another side of the city rears its head... | more...

Creative Loafing's picks for the best places open after hours. | more...

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Felicia Atkinson of Smyrna’s Original Hot Dog Factory offers gluttony with a side of cheer | more...

An innovative evening of family-fun for Atlanta robot-lovers | more...

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We have partnered with A Cappella Books to provide a space to gather and socialize while analyzing a variety of books | more...

Blink sheds light on the true depths and effects of domestic violence | more...

Vinnie Stigma and Roger Miret join filmmaker Ian McFarland to discuss the band's hardcore legacy  | more...

Plus: Laugh with Trey Moe and experience the thrill of Monster Energy Supercross | more...

The Atlanta Science Festival returns to host family-friendly events throughout the metro Atlanta region | more...

The women of ATL all-female comedy troupe Critical Crop Top take no days off | more...

The ever-busy Thomas swings by his old Southern stomping grounds again for one night at Relapse Theatre on Fri., March 2 | more...

‘We’re faced with a challenge posed by a city developing too quickly’ | more...

The producers behind Migos ‘Slippery’ and ‘Walk It Talk It’ revel in the city’s biggest rap hits | more...

Plus: Laugh with Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias and attend a ‘The Walking Dead’ premiere party | more...

The comedic trio is kicking off their inaugural show with a killer line-up that includes local gems Katie Hughes, Michael Rowland, and ATL’s next break-out star, Yohance’ Collins as the evening’s headliner.   | more...

 The Heartbeeps DJ doesn’t really take requests | more...

Holy gouda, local mover and shaker Ian Aber hosts a line-up that features comics from all over the Southeast with Atlanta’s Dedrick Flynn closing out the festivities. | more...

Photographic poetry comes to life at the Hood Alchemy Exhibition.  | more...

Come out to Variety Playhouse to see multimedia journalism stories told live for the first and only time by your favorite writers, radios hosts, photographers, and documentary filmmakers.   | more...

Sip on some ale and laugh til your cheeks hurt at Comedy For a Cause at Eventide Brewing.   | more...

Kick back, relax, and enjoy brunch with the premiere of three dope, local short films. | more...

Canadian turntablist teams up with 'Her' production designer for a night of puppet love | more...

On MLK Day, eight Atlanta teens honor Dr. King's nonviolent principles with a powerful music video | more...

Georgia Hardstark and Karen Kilgariff co-host the true-crime/comedy hybrid podcast | more...

Sip on an Atalanta or a Minotaur and get ready to laugh at Orpheus Brewing's Barrel of Laughs on Wed., Jan. 24. | more...

Guy Branum headlines four nights of laughs at Midtown’s Laughing Skull Lounge. | more...

20 years from now, the question will be, how did Atlanta lose its way? | more...

With 2017 being the hottest of hot dumpster fires, ringing in the new year comes with a whole new wave of enthusiasm this January. Everyone has their New Year traditions, whether it's watching the peach drop in the cold or making pointless resolutions you'll forget about the next week. Atlanta's stand-up comedians have their own annual tradition, 50 First Jokes. A staple in cities all over the... | more...

Cops crack down on feeding the homeless without permits, but some activists remain undeterred | more...

For about eight hours yesterday, the world's busiest airport went without power.

Possibly due to a fire at an underground electrical station, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport had to halt all operations, grounding flights and leaving some passengers in its concourses in total darkness. Others were stuck inside planes, sitting on the tarmac.

The power outage began...

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Georgia's ex-Attorney General Sam Olens is already bowing out of his gig as president of Kennesaw State University. He announced today that he'll be stepping down in February, according to WSB-TV's Aaron Diamant.

When Olens was first appointed to the school's chief post in October 2016, he was met by an uproar from students who said he lacked higher education experience and has "bigoted"...

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Chunklet founder's ‘Micro-Impressions’ 7-inch breaks comedy rules | more...

In a stunning upset late last night, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Doug Jones defeated his Republican rival, an alleged serial pedophile by the name of Roy Moore.

Moore, a former Supreme Court justice had drawn ire across America, after allegations surfaced that he preyed on teenage girls while he was in his 30s. Some even claimed he used his hometown shopping mall to scout his prey,...

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DEAR MS. MAYOR,

Congratulations and happy holidays! Atlanta voters have entrusted you with the reins to the city. Please don't screw it up.

Let's be candid here; this ain't an easy gig, and you're gonna catch some flak. It'd probably be best for you to grow some thick skin and gear up for the onslaught of antagonizing to come. Complaints will be aplenty, and compliments and...

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Elections officials in Fulton and DeKalb counties today certified the results of Atlanta's mayoral runoff race. It looks like Councilwoman Keisha Lance Bottoms is still poised to succeed Mayor Kasim Reed, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Notwithstanding, Bottoms' runoff rival, Councilwoman Mary Norwood, still plans to request a recount, although a recent press conference with...

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"The accusations against Roy Moore are disturbing and 100 percent believable."

That's former state Rep. Stacey Evans, now a candidate for Georgia governor, on Twitter calling for state Republicans to "disavow Roy Moore."

On Facebook, she expounded: "I call on Casey Cagle, Brian Kemp, Hunter Hill, Michael Williams, and Clay Tippins and the Georgia Republican Party to immediately disavow...

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On Saturday, Six Flags over Georgia was set to host the world's largest snowball fight. 1,000 people had geared up to duke it out with fake snow whatever that is.

But then, without warning, the unthinkable happened: Real snow descended upon the metro Atlanta area and beyond.

Six Flags' hands were tied. The park canceled the event, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution....

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A toasty murder mystery emerges from the creative hub of Atlanta | more...

Have you been yearning to hang with the fuzz while you get your caffeine fix? If so, today's your lucky day.
Atlanta Councilwoman Natalyn Archibong invites you to join her and local police officers at Drew Elementary School this evening to discuss, among other things, "a rash of crime experienced in South East Atlanta and South DeKalb.""

If you're concerned about southern Atlanta...

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Atlanta could see some snow flurries tomorrow morning, according to The Weather Channel. You know what that means: The highways will devolve into primal chaos, bread and water will fly off the shelves at...

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Mayoral candidate Mary Norwood wasn't convinced she lost yesterday's runoff election, and she wants elections officials to double-check the results.

This won't be her first recount rodeo. The Atlanta councilwoman, who ran unsuccessfully against Mayor Kasim Reed in 2009, had called for the votes to be re-tallied then, too.

Just after midnight this morning, she did it again. But could this...

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Ex-Fulton County Commissioner Robb Pitts will soon be back on the board. Only this time, he'll be the boss.

During a runoff election yesterday, Pitts bested former state Rep. Keisha Waites in a contest to become chairman of Fulton's board of commissioners. Starting in January, he'll be filling the seat vacated by Fulton's former leader John Eaves, who resigned in August to run for mayor a...

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Republican U.S. Sens. Johnny Isakson and David Perdue aren't fretting about a report that the GOP's newest tax plan could tack on a trillion dollars to federal deficits. Their support of the Senate's tax reform bill is looking like a sure thing.

Says Isakson in a statement: "Americans are the big winners in this once-in-a-generation opportunity. This plan will empower Americans by allowing...

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Mary Norwood just tapped rival-turned-ally Peter Aman to lead the team that could soon help move her administration into City Hall.

His role, of course, hinges on a Norwood win in tomorrow's mayoral runoff election against her fellow councilwoman Keisha Lance Bottoms.

Aman, the city's ex-chief operating officer and a former mayoral contender who served as a thorn in Norwood's side on...

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Two prominent Democrats cruised through Atlanta this past weekend to plug their support for Keisha Lance Bottoms' mayoral campaign.

U.S. Sens. Cory Booker and Kamala Harris, Dems from New Jersey and California, respectively, stopped by on Sunday, each hosting their own rally for the councilwoman's mayoral bid. Both senators could also be eyeing 2020 presidential runs, according to the...

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During what could be best described as a pep rally for Atlanta mayoral candidate Mary Norwood, a passerby Friday pressed her for a plan to increase the city's affordable housing stock. Norwood then unveiled an 18-point initiative for affordable housing something she never mentioned on the campaign trail and promised to elaborate on the idea after the press conference.

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A shooting near the Atlanta University Center around midnight left one person critically injured, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Some outlets, according to the AJC, have reported that the shooting victim is a student at the AUC, which is a consortium of three historically black colleges. However, police have not confirmed the person's identity. "We are still working to confirm that...

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Gee whilickers; do we really need to remind you? Atlanta's early voting period ends at 8 p.m., and you're just sitting on your rump reading Creative Loafing?

Here's what you need to do: Peer out from your cubicle to see if your boss is around. Once the coast is clear, you need to slip out the back door of the office and slink to a polling place (I guess you can drive, but it's more fun to...

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The Cherokee County Sheriff's office today found a teenager who'd been missing for more than two weeks. 

16-year-old Destin Nobles ran away from his Canton home on Nov. 11, after a dispute with his stepfather. He was returned to his family unharmed.

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Ex-mayoral candidate Cathy Woolard has endorsed Atlanta City Councilman Alex Wan's bid for council president.

Wan is up against Councilwoman Felicia Moore in the Dec. 5 runoff election.

Woolard, a former council president herself, said at a mayoral candidate panel discussion Tuesday that next week's vote will play a pivotal role in the future of LGBT representation at City Hall. "If Alex...

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The Southern Carpenters Regional Council just endorsed mayoral contestant Keisha Lance Bottoms, according to 11 Alive.

Counciwoman Mary Norwood, Bottoms' runoff race competitior, still has the support of a laundry list of labor unions, such as those of local police and firefighters.

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Mayoral candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms made a pretty penny last year $165,738 in adjusted gross income according to the tax returns she released last night.

The publication of the councilwoman's tax documents comes after her runoff rival, councilwoman Mary Norwood, released her own 10 days ago and challenged Bottoms to do the same. Norwood, however, made public both her personal and business...

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Atlanta police just released a new clue in the robbery that left a young Barcelona Wine Bar employee dead, according to 11 Alive.

Police found near Georgia Tech a black hooded sweatshirt emblazoned with a large black '88' on its front. The hoodie is believed to be connected to the robbery in which three men stormed the Howell Mill wine bar, held the employees hostage, and shot and killed one...

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Pro-LGBT group Georgia Equality yesterday plugged its support for Councilwoman Mary Norwood's bid for mayor.

The organization says the move came after the trillion-candidate discussions illuminated Norwood's commitment to LGBT-related issues, such as her promise to create a cabinet-level LGBT liaison job at City Hall competitor and council colleague Keisha Lance Bottoms shares that same...

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At long last, former mayoral candidate Cathy Woolard has made an endorsement in the Atlanta mayoral race: councilwoman Mary Norwood.

The move comes just six days before the runoff election, when Atlanta voters will choose between Norwood and her city council colleague Keisha Lance Bottoms.

Woolard, who is also the city's former council president, said she made her decision based on...

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A poll published yesterday by Fox 5 shows Atlanta's two remaining mayoral contenders are nearly neck and neck.

Of the 500 prospective voters surveyed, 41.5 percent picked Councilwoman Keisha Lance Bottoms for the mayor's office. Councilwoman Mary Norwood, her colleague and competition, took home about 39 percent of the tally.

The other 20ish percent of the people remain undecided....

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Mayoral candidate Mary Norwood says a recording of her asking Republicans to call her an Independent was edited to show her in a negative light, according to WSB-TV.

The TV station received an audio recording from "political sources" who claimed Norwood had asked Fulton County's Republican party to call her an Independent, a move that would ease some people's worries that the councilwoman...

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The Adamsville Natatorium and Recreation Center could soon be renamed to honor long-time Atlanta Councilman C.T. Martin, according to a city press release."

The city council's community development committee yesterday approved legislation drafted by Councilman Michael Bond which would honor Martin, who's overseen the Adamsville neighborhood for almost three decades.

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Atlanta rapper B.o.B. is a total nutcase.

When the musician, born Bobby Ray Simmons, Jr., first declared some years ago that the world is flat, we rolled our collective eyes. 'Eh, maybe he's just trying to scam NASA into hooking him up with free space travel,' we thought. He even later proclaimed that the planet we live on is not, in fact, a tangible thing, according to to WSB. "Earth is not...

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Don't be startled if you find yourself Downtown next year, strolling beneath a massive metal man who looks like he could knock Godzilla out cold. That's just Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed's way of paying tribute to boxing legend Evander Holyfield.

Reed recently announced that Holyfield, one of Atlanta's "most accomplished residents," will soon be immortalized with a nine-foot-tall bronze statue...

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Former mayoral candidate and Fulton County Chairman John Eaves is about to endorse Councilwoman Mary Norwood's campaign for the chief seat. That just leaves two of the ex-major candidates undecided about who they want to replace Kasim Reed.

Vincent Fort has remained mum on his favorite in this race, and Cathy Woolard is hosting a candidate forum this evening to help not just herself, but her...

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Councilwomen Keisha Lance Bottoms and Mary Norwood are set to face off yet again. And just a week before the runoff election, early votes are already being counted to determine which of these ladies will succeed Kasim Reed for Atlanta's mayoralty.

Cathy Woolard is hosting and moderating this evening's showdown at the Carter Center. The #FightingForAtlanta forum, "a Conversation of Issues,...

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New York Times Atlanta Bureau Chief Richard Fausset is catching flak for his recent profile of an avowed white nationalist.

Fausset had spent some time with Tony Hovater, an Ohio-based organizer of alt-Right initiatives, and documented the day-to-day life of the millennial bigot. Critics say the piece, titled "A Voice of Hate in America's Heartland," "normalizes" the hateful ways of...

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On Saturday, the New York Times published an in-depth look at the lives of metro Atlanta's undocumented immigrants. The story details the fear and anxiety that people experience every day in a city that bills itself as "welcoming to all."

"Few places in the United States have simultaneously beckoned undocumented immigrants and penalized them for coming like metropolitan Atlanta, a boomtown...

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In less than one year, Georgia voters will take to the polls to pick Gov. Nathan Deal's successor.

Right now, the race consists of a seven-strong slate of candidates, according to the Gainesville Times. But in late May, the state's primary elections will narrow the pool of five Republicans and two Democrats to just one from each party. Next November, Georgia residents will choose from the...

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In a report published yesterday, the Wall Street Journal chronicled the trials of longtime Kirkwood residents who are worried that major development trends will soon yank them from their homes. The story uses the eastern Atlanta neighborhood to illustrate the widespread concerns of rising property values and the property tax hikes that tend to follow.

The article also offers insight to the...

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Former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin is about to endorse mayoral candidate Mary Norwood, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Franklin, from Atlanta City Hall's front stoop, stands with Norwood, as well as Peter Aman, a former mayoral contender who's also throwing his weight behind her, and Council President Ceasar Mitchell, who endorsed the hizzoner hopeful on Tuesday.

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Mayoral candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms has com under the state's microscope because of questionable campaign expenses, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Stefan Ritter, head of the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission, said Wednesday that Bottoms' camp had logged multiple hefty payments to unspecified "campaign staff." The total of those expenses,...

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A.J. Burgess, best known as "Baby A.J.," finally got the kidney he needed, according to CNN.

Burgess was born premature and without working kidneys. His father, Anthony Dickerson, was set to donate one of his own to help his son, although a parole violation threw a wrench in those plans. Emory Healthcare said, due to U.S. Department of Health codes, the hospital couldn't transplant an organ...

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Around lunchtime today, Atlanta activist group Resist Trump Tuesdays (RTT) will converge on Republican U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson's office. The goal? To call foul on the GOP's tax overhaul plan, which they've dubbed the "#TrumpTaxScam."

The organization will join other anti-Trump groups, such as the Georgia Alliance for Social Justice, in the march on the senator's Atlanta office, while...

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It seems like only yesterday that we were pestering you to get out and vote. Guess what? It's time to get out and do it all again.

At 8:30 this morning another round of ballot-casting kicked off for Atlanta's mayoral race and a few city council contests. There are also a few elections to fill some recently-vacated state Legislature spots and select Fulton County's next chairman.

Early...

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The Federal Communications Commission could soon skewer your web-browsing rights, and some people are scrambling to maintain freedom to surf the net unencumbered by telecom giants.

Perhaps, in this dark time, we can look to an expert on blocking major implosions: MARTA, maybe?

Luckily, Facebook genius Armand Saramout has stepped up to the plate to help save us from the impending implosion...

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Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed yesterday said the Atlanta Journal-Constitution had attempted to "inflame voters," shortly after he called Ceasar Mitchell and Mary Norwood "losers."

The sharp language came during a press conference hosted to announced the sale agreement of the Civic Center. Asked by reporters about former mayoral candidate Mitchell's endorsement of Norwood's bid, Reed responded:...

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Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed today announced the sale of the Civic Center has been finalized. The Atlanta Housing Authority takes hold of the 19-acre plot, after writing the city a check for $31 million.

About 40 percent of the land will be used for mixed-income, multi-family residences, 30 percent of which are slated to be affordable housing units. With about 250 affordable units expected, this...

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Mayoral candidate Mary Norwood just released nearly a decade's worth of her tax returns, and she's challenging competitor Keisha Lance Bottoms to do the same.

Norwood says the cloud hanging over city hall, cast by the federal investigation into corruption at City Hall, prompted the move. In a Monday Facebook post, Norwood raised an eyebrow at Bottoms' proximity to people involved in the...

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The University System of Georgia's Board of Regents says students who kneel during the national anthem at school sporting events are protected by the First Amendment.

'Meh,' says Secretary of State Brian Kemp.

In a statement penned by Kemp, a candidate for Georgia governor, he decries the higher education oversight arm's "opinion" of the trend, adding that it's "insulting" to military...

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State Sen. Elena Parent, D-Atlanta, just lobbed one of the first legislative proposals to be debated at the 2018 Georgia General Assembly. Her goal: To make it easier or possible, rather to remove publicly-owned monuments to the Confederate army.

Currently, it's a misdemeanor in Georgia to "mutilate, deface, defile, or abuse contemptuously any publicly owned monument, plaque, marker, or...

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A young woman is dead after three men raided a west Atlanta wine bar.

The robbers stormed Barcelona Wine Bar on Howell Mill Road as it was closing, according to Eater Atlanta. They tied up some of the staff and forced 29-year-old Chelsea Beller to open a safe for them. Then, as the thieves absconded, they shot Beller, ultimately killing her.

Atlanta police say they're following up on...

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At about 7:30 this morning, explosives experts sent the Georgia Dome to its grave.

The Atlanta Falcons' former football arena is now but a mess of rubble, mangled steel, and, for a short time, a dust cloud memory of 25 years worth of fan-filled wonder.

Less than a football field's length away, the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium, chuckling at its younger sibling's demise, stood proudly over the...

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In the past year, Atlanta has spent more than $1.4 million for legal help with cooperating with the federal bribery investigation, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

That, more-or-less, means taxpayers paid about a dollar for every piece of paper Mayor Kasim Reed turned over in the infamous document dump and that doesn't include printing costs. He called the move some weeks ago...

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WSB-TV anchor Jovita Moore took to Reddit yesterday to entertain questions from Atlanta web-surfers. She fielded nearly 70 inquiries, covering topics such as the state of journalism, the fate of Stone Mountain, and whether chickens do in fact have large talons she didn't catch the Napoleon Dynamite reference.

She said Atlanta rappers deserve their own mammoth monument not one carved into...

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Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed has ousted and replaced the interim head of the city's public defender office, according to Law.com's Daily Report.

Rosalie Joy's tenure as Atlanta's lead public defender began in 2010, when Reed tapped her predecessor, Candace Byrd, to be his chief of staff. Before that, Joy had worked in the PD office for just over two decades. Now, Kenneth Days III will take be...

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Brandon English is a longtime pal of us Creative Loafers. The 28-year-old photojournalist, a former CL intern and now a frequent contributor, has shot many a portrait, plenty of concerts, and more protests than we can count.

Earlier this week, he spent some time in NPR's StoryCorp Atlanta booth to discuss his infatuation with tense situations, a sense of intrigue that's carried him and his...

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Police have arrested the man suspected of shooting four people at the Masquerade on Sunday night.

Jonathan Bautista, 23, was picked up Wednesday in Social Circle, a city 45 miles east of Atlanta. He was charged with two counts of murder, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. No other details were immediately available about the arrest.

The manhunt bore fruit about two days after...

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Secretary of State Brian Kemp has set his sights on a new target.

No, we're not talking about the gun-loving gubernatorial candidate's newest hunting fascination. Kemp says he plans to "battle" a Democratic activist one of many who are calling for Kemp to be "recalled" from his post as Georgia's elections systems czar.

Check out the post from his campaign Facebook page below:

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Once Clarkston's Election Day winners are sworn into the city council, the municipality will have the first millennial-run government in the nation, according to Mayor Ted Terry.

On Nov. 7, 34-year-old Terry was re-elected to mayoralty, while two young politicos were picked for city council posts. Andrea Cervone, a communications specialist with the Center for Civic Innovation, will replace...

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UPDATED Nov. 15, 2017 at 1:10 p.m. to clarify there's no foundation in claims that media outlets are attempting to silence the accuser.

Fox News analyst Jehmu Greene says state Rep. Calvin Smyre, D-Columbus, sexually assaulted her at the 1996 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

In a barrage of tweets posted Nov. 10, Greene stated that Smyre, "the monster," had forced himself upon...

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During Attorney General Jeff Sessions' questioning today by the House Judiciary Committee, the topic of pot smoking arose. In a Senate hearing last April, Sessions testified that "good people don't smoke marijuana." During today's hearing, he was again asked about what he meant by "good people." The questioner threw former Georgian politician Newt Gingrich and Georgia native Supreme Court... | more...

A Cumming businessman just swiped the city's mayoral seat from a man who's held it for nearly 50 years, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 

Troy Brumbalow will succeed H. Ford Gravitt, who took the helm of the city in 1970, before the mayoral newcomer was born.

Check out the AJC's profile on Cumming's rookie mayor here.

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In a Twitter poll conducted late last week, Creative Loafing readers told us they want to see Confederate street signs and statues removed from the public domain. Our study garnered about as many participants as did most mayoral race polls and we didn't contact people via landline telephone, either.

At Atlanta City Hall, the Confederate Monuments Advisory Committee has been compiling a list...

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U.S. Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) isn't quite ready to condemn Roy Moore over accusations that the Alabamian sexually assaulted teenage girls.

Perdue's Republican senate cohort, Johnny Isakson, however, said the five accusers' accounts of alleged sexual misconduct by Moore, a candidate for a U.S. Senate seat, hold more water than does his denial, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution....

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Tomorrow marks the unofficial start of Georgia's legislative session. The General Assembly won't actually convene until Mon., Jan. 8., but state lawmakers can start lobbing legislative pitches as soon as Nov. 15. So over at Creative Loafing, we're anxiously tapping our feet.

Last year, lawmakers expanded the state's medical marijuana registry, they legalized guns on college campuses, they...

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The Atlanta Police Department's homicide unit has identified a couple persons of interest in Sunday night's quadruple shooting at the Masquerade.

APD officials are disseminating video footage from the incident, a dispute among concertgoers which ended with two people dead and two injured from gunshot wounds. A screen grab from the video focuses on two men in plaid shirts who are believed to...

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Atlanta Councilman Kwanza Hall is gearing up to stump for City Hall colleague Keisha Lance Bottoms' mayoral bid, according to a tweet by former CL contributor Maggie Lee.

Hall, formerly a contender for mayor himself, plans to announce his endorsement at a 10 a.m. press conference at John Wesley Dobbs Plaza in Martin Luther King Jr.'s old Sweet Auburn stomping grounds.

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MARTA wants federal monies to help stretch its heavy rail lines further east, according to WABE.

Currently, the transit system's East-West train tracks run from Bankhead to Stone Mountain. MARTA officials want to add five stops on its blue line to cart passengers as far as Stonecrest Mall in south DeKalb County.

Heavy rail typically costs about $250 million per mile, says MARTA's...

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Former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is cruisin' through the ATL on her national book tour. Swing by the Fox Theatre at 7:30 p.m. to catch Clinton discuss her new memoir, What Happened.

Check out HillaryClintonBookTour.com for more details.

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A new study reveals the Atlanta Beltline is still spiking property values in low-income, predominantly Black neighborhoods, according to urbanist blog ThreadATL.

Dan Immergluck and Tharunya Balan, city planning professors at Georgia State and Georgia Tech, respectively, recently published a report showing median sale prices had skyrocketed 68 percent from 2011 to 2015.

Now, Immergluck...

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Two people are dead, and two are injured after a stageside dispute at the Masquerade erupted in gunfire.

During a Sunday evening hip-hop show at the Masquerade's "Hell" venue, a disgruntled concertgoer pulled a pistol on others who were attempting to jump on stage before rapper Cousin Stizz's performance, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

One victim, shot in the chest, died...

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Stephe Koontz says "transgender youths need a role model and to be able to see that they do have a future," according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Doraville voters recently elected Koontz to a city council post, making her the only transgender elected official in Georgia. She's not the first ever trans person picked to hold public office in the state, but she doesn't want her gender...

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Have you ever wanted to spend almost a whole minute chatting up Mayor Kasim Reed? Well, now you can! Sort of. I mean, if you're lucky.

On his Twitter page, the 59th mayor of Atlanta started the hashtag #59SecondsWith59 so social media users can press Hizzoner with their burning inquiries. But there's a catch; he'll only be answering one question per week. Check below to see the feed of...

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Former City Council President Cathy Woolard isn't stepping away from Atlanta's mayoral race.

Ever since Election Day, when Atlanta voters picked Councilwomen Keisha Lance Bottoms and Mary Norwood to face off in a December runoff, Woolard, the third best vote-getter in that contest, has been fielding questions of who she'd support. Neither, she says.

"I've heard and considered calls for me...

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Money from Atlanta airport vendors comprises roughly a third of mayoral candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms campaign contributions, according to Bloomberg Politics.

Bottoms is destined for a runoff election versus city council colleague Mary Norwood, and some strategists say these contestants will need to highlight ethics reform in the weeks leading up to the vote. Bottoms' campaign donors have...

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The Georgia Dome opened its doors in September 1992. Now, a quarter-century later, Atlanta has replaced the Falcons' football arena with a bigger, badder, more brazenly-branded stadium.

"The Dome wasn't very old," reported SB Nation, "but Falcons owner Arthur Blank wanted a state-of-the-art facility for his NFL and MLS teams." And we know if a billionaire owner wants something, he gets it,...

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Both white and black Atlantans are protesting the removal of the city's Confederate monuments and street signs. That's not to say they want to protect memorials to the Civil War's white supremacists; they just think the city's Confederate Monuments Advisory Committee needs to individually evaluate each street sign and effigy with a Rebel namesake, rather than making a blanket decision to scrap... | more...

One of the more interesting results in national politics from Tuesday's elections was the passage of a referendum in Maine that expanded the state's Medicaid system, yielding the potential of an estimated 80,000 more people access to health care coverage. Maine is the first state in the country to expand Medicaid with a referendum vote, which passed by a sizable margin. The vote reversed five... | more...

"Keisha Lance Bottoms should stay hungry, because eight years ago, Ms. Mary Norwood was in exactly the same position she's in, and look what happened."

That's Harvey Newman, a Georgia State University political scientist, weighing in on yesterday's mayoral race results.

In 2009, Councilwoman Norwood's mayoral bid came down to a runoff with a state senator named Kasim Reed. We all know who...

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Despite all the hubbub about how jam-packed Atlanta's mayoral contest has been, this amazing map of Fulton County Atlanta mayor election results paints a different picture, one of strikingly little variety of candidate wins. This graphic clearly shows that just three candidates dominated very specific areas areas of Fulton County.

- Mary Norwood (orange, 21.66 percent of vote) clearly...

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Georgia voters just drafted two Democrats to the state House, a move that shifts some power to the left side of the Republican-dominated Legislature.

Deborah Gonzales will take hold of the District 117 seat, the vacant Athens area post previously filled by Republican Rep. Regina Quick. In the nearby District 119, Jonathan Wallace won Tuesday's special election to take the chair once...

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Thank god for Brian Kemp and the Secretary of State's office for working to improve voter turnout. Today's Atlanta election is no different. According to a WABE article, Georgia's elections czar initially posted inaccurate information for polling hours, listing Atlanta polls as closing at 7:00 p.m. on the My Voter Page, where Georgia voters are encouraged to go to find information about... | more...

It's finally Election Day!

After today, six of the eight mayoral candidates will have some time to take a breather. You might think they'd be relaxing already, but I found some campaign propaganda stuffed into my door jamb just this morning, and my email inbox is filled to the brim with last ditch efforts to win my vote and e-vites to candidates' "victory parties."

Of course, only two...

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Atlanta Councilman Kwanza Hall says he's 'rededicated' to "common-sense" gun law reform, after hearing of Sunday's massacre at a Texas church.

"While we don't know all the facts, what we do know is that on average, 93 people are killed every day in the U.S. by firearms, whether accidental or intentional," he says in a statement emailed to Creative Loafing.

Atlanta's government doesn't...

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Have you voted yet? No? Well, why the hell not?! The clock is ticking, ATLiens, and we want to see those peach stickers stuck to everyone's chest today. If you're still mulling over your options, check out Creative Loafing's handy dandy Election Day resources below. And don't forget to chime on Twitter with #VoteATL as we track the incoming results.

Mayor's Race FAQ

Mayoral Madness pt. 1,...

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The Atlanta Hawks whooped the Cleveland Cavaliers last night, but that's not the news today. Here at Creative Loafing, we're racking our brains trying to determine what in the hell bounced out of Cavs coach Tyronn Lue's mouth.

Lue was bellowing out play directions when a mysterious, seemingly silver ring rolled off his tongue and onto the court. Some say it was a Lifesaver, but do you know...

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Mere hours after a mass shooting rattled a small Texas town, Twitter users shifted their focus to mindless reality television. #RHOA (Real Housewives of Atlanta) quickly overshadowed coverage of the heinous crime, and some web surfers were up in arms.

Shaun King, a columnist for The Intercept, voiced his disappointment with the social media site's short attention span. "Last month 1 man w/...

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Last Tuesday's terror attack in Manhattan has Atlantans abuzz about the potential for similar incidents to occur close to home.

The New York City bike path that hosted last week's violent act is reminding locals of a comparable stretch of concrete frequently packed with pedestrians: The Atlanta Beltline.

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal said Wednesday that an assault on Beltline-users is very...

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A Hall County teenager is charged with murder after shooting a young man on his break from work, according to FOX 5.

19-year-old Talon Lowery is now behind bars after he allegedly pulled up to the gas station where 18-year-old Bryan Ramirez was relaxing and shot him in the back with a rifle. Ramirez was pronounced dead soon after the attack.

Authorities were first alerted to the shooting...

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Shortly after a crazed gunman tore through a Texas congregation with an assault rifle, killing more than two dozen, a conservative candidate for Georgia governor called for churchgoers to lock and load.

In a tweet posted yesterday afternoon, state Sen. Michael Williams, a gubernatorial hopeful, wrote "Church goers must be vigilant next wk & conceal carry sic."

Williams, known for his...

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Mayoral race front-runner Keisha Lance Bottoms is under the microscope for logging questionable campaign donations, according to a report by The Intercept.

Bottoms, an Atlanta councilwoman who recently overtook council colleague Mary Norwood in the polls, is no stranger to tallying sketchy donations. She recently returned more than $25,000 in campaign cash given by contractors implicated...

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Parents of A.J. Burgess, the 2-year-old denied a much-needed organ transplant by Emory Healthcare, will meet again with hospital officials today, in hopes of brokering a deal to save the toddler's health.

"Baby A.J." Burgess, born without working kidneys, was set to undergo transplant surgery early last month, but Emory canceled his appointment due to his donor father's criminal history. The...

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Mayoral candidate Cathy Woolard says the time is now to discuss "common sense gun law reform."

In the past 35 days, two of the five deadliest massacres in modern American history were carried out by armed attackers. More than 50 people were slaughtered by a gunman with a rediculous arsenal in Las Vegas. More than two dozen were slain by the shooter in yesterday's attack on a small town...

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The U.S. Department of Energy just shelled out $400,000 to a Georgia State University physicist to study how plants use the sun's rays to make energy.

With the federal grant, Dr. Gary Hastings aims to "gain a molecular-level understanding of how replacing the pigment that plays a key role in photosynthesis with pigments of varying structures changes the rate at which electrons travel across...

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Dishonest lock-pickers are saturating a market that relies on key-holders' misfortune. Now, metro Atlanta's legitimate locksmith community is frustrated that predatory companies are taking their business and inconveniencing customers who are already down on their luck, according to CBS46.

"All of these sites advertise 'We'll be there in fifteen minutes,'" said genuine locksmith Burt...

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Republican U.S. Sen. David Perdue said Congress needs to take control of the climbing national debt the total bill just climbed passed $20 trillion.

The Georgian legislator blamed the Government Accountability Office for some of the $700 million he says the county wasted with bureaucratic errors, but he offered a few remedies to the predicament:

"The way to fix it is in our grasp. No. 1,...

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Darin Givens and Matt Garbett, proprietors of urbanist blog ThreadATL, have kept their ears to the ground this election season more so than most news outlets. They've been shooting the breeze with mayoral hopefuls and hashing out policy plans with council contenders, in a effort to find the best-equipped pols to tackle their urbanist ambitions.

The duo recently ranked hizzoner wannabes based...

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On Tuesday, nine seats in Georgia's General Assembly are up for the taking, and Democratic would-be lawmakers are gunning for a change at the GOP-dominated Gold Dome.

"Democrats are in the running to represent districts covering parts of Athens, Cumming, Dalton and Watkinsville that haven't seen a Democratic challenger since the maps were redrawn in 2012," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution...

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