Entrepreneur combines love of trendy athleticwear with desire to help community
When Anthony “T.J.” Bennett was an undergraduate at Troy University in Troy, Alabama, he took a job in a sneaker
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Author: Kathy Mitchell
Things we used to laugh at
There are lessons to be learned from watching old movies and television shows. One shift in cultural norms that can
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Officials break ground for 40-unit housing development in East Lake
Atlanta’s easternmost neighborhood, East Lake, has a history worthy of an epic novel. It has gone from a country club
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End of summer won’t be the same without Decatur Book Festival
The Decatur Book Festival has been a staple of metro Atlanta’s literary scene for some 15 years, attracting thousands to
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Easter spending now more likely to be for brunch than bonnets
Easter Sunday for many generations was celebrated by showing off new spring finery—dresses, suits, shoes, and hats—a tradition immortalized in
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Novice pastor seeks to build church-community ties
There are many things taught in theological school to prepare a new minister for a first position as a pastor,
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Local student to represent Georgia in poetry recitation competition
Molly Pitra said she enjoys that poetry speaks through time and cultures. In reciting poems, she said, she is able
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New Create Dunwoody leader aspires to connect arts, business, community
Art and business are very much connected, commented Jennifer Long, newly appointed founding executive director of Create Dunwoody, an organization
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Fernbank exhibit explores natural and manmade aspects of color
A current exhibit at Fernbank Museum of Natural History explores something that’s all around—that is, in fact, so common that
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Jointly owned power plant in final steps before going into operation
Georgia will soon have an additional 1,215 megawatts in electrical capacity available because of a corporate partnership that includes Oglethorpe
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Business seeks to provide sustainable food source for a growing population
Akissi Stokes-Nelson and her husband Karim Nelson laugh as they explain how they started encouraging people to eat bugs. “It’s
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Stone Mountain St. Patrick’s Day party returns to raise more green
ART Station in Stone Mountain in 2020 was taking final steps toward its annual St. Patrick’s Day-themed fundraiser—its biggest financial
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Rise in Black homeownership slow, but slightly faster locally
A report released in February by Apartment List, an online apartment listing service that also does research in the national
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