Colors everywhere March 11  It’s Cathy from Rough Draft with my weekly newsletter on Dunwoody. Welcome to summer, I guess. I don’t know much about gardening, but my cold-loving pansies were finally looking perky, and will now go into a drama-filled, fainting, withering, collapse that makes me so very sad.   Before we get to […] The post A ...

The Atlanta Braves have launched BravesVision, a multimedia platform offering live and on-demand streaming of over 140 regular-season games for $99.99, with a monthly subscription package to be announced before Opening Day. The post Atlanta Braves’ new streaming platform to offer 140 games for $99.99 appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta.

Advocacy and art Mar. 11  In case you missed it, the March issue of Georgia Voice is out now, and you can read the entire issue online or pick up a print copy in Atlanta. The issue features our cover story on Cattle Shed Wine & Steak Bars Executive Chef Liv Hurst, along with stories on LGBTQ+ political candidates, […] The post Advocacy & art ...

The Atlanta Beltline is best known for its trails. But since 2019, it has been quietly building something else along the 22-mile corridor. The Beltlines Business Faade pARTnership Grant puts local artists to work on the storefronts of small businesses, making both more visible, more viable, and more connected to the neighborhoods around them. Now […] The ...

Justin Kalin first heard about Which Way to the Stage, a play by Ana Nogueira, right after it premiered Off-Broadway in 2022, when a normally measured friend in New York posted his thoughts about the show on social media. He posted a story the night he saw it just like, the most effusive, lavish […] The post Director Justin Kalin talks bringing ‘Which ...

The U.S. Postal Service has approved Sandy Springs' request to have its city name appear on the default Preferred Last Line for municipal ZIP codes, which leaders say will help to strengthen economic development, enhance public safety, ensure proper sales tax allocation, and reinforce the city's identity. The post Update: Sandy Springs wins USPS approval ...

Ill be straight with you: six months ago I thought buying Twitter followers was the digital equivalent of paying someone to clap at your comedy show. Sad. Desperate. Fake. Then I watched an account go from 400 followers to 12,000 in three months not mine, a friends and suddenly those followers werent invisible. […] The post 9 Best Sites to Buy Twitter ...

Rome Pride, the largest LGBTQ+ Pride organization in northwest Georgia, is looking for vendors for its fifth annual festival on June 27. The post Applications open for Rome Pride festival vendors appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta.

Wednesday vroom! March 11  Yamaha Motor Co. said it will move its U.S. headquarters to Kennesaw. The Japanese company employs more than 2,000 people in Georgia at its manufacturing plant in Newnan and its marine division in Kennesaw. Partly cloudy with a high of 82 today.  A crowded special election in Georgia’s 14th Congressional […] The post ...

There is something Shannon Morris has learned about pairing artists: the through line eventually comes. You just have to be patient enough to recognize it when it does. For Morris, curator at Spruill Gallery, that moment arrived when she found herself standing in Thomas Flynn IIs Atlanta studio, looking at his layered, swamp-dense paintings, and […] The ...

Atlanta will soon be awash in green as St. Patricks Day celebrations return across the city, bringing parades, pub crawls, live music, and family-friendly festivities to Midtown and beyond. Atlanta St. Patricks ParadeThe parade, a tradition for the past 142 years, will step off at 12 p.m. on March 14 at the intersection of Peachtree […] The post St. ...

Table Talk: A closure, a cookbook, a Nikkei dish March 10 Happy Tuesday! Welcome to the table. Dining news abounds in “Family Meal” this week, which includes an update on the BrewDog sale I reported on last Tuesday. The Atlanta location closed yesterday. Read more about that below.  Dining reporter Sarra Sedghi brings you a profile […] The post Bye ...

Transformation Tuesday March 10  This week brings news of transformations and celebrations. The Georgia Senate recently recognized Meals on Wheels Atlanta for 60 years of service, and Atlanta Botanical Garden is celebrating its 50th anniversary with SUPER Blooms! a display of more than 200,000 spring flowers that will blanket the Great Lawn in March ...

On March 10, LGBTQ+ Georgians and their allies gathered in downtown Atlanta for Pride to the Capitol, a day of advocacy organized by the Human Rights Campaign, Atlanta Pride, Georgia Equality, and more than 30 advocacy groups, to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and advocate for freedom for all Georgians. The post LGBTQ+ Georgians rally for freedom at Pride ...

The Norcross Police Department is hosting its first Law Enforcement Torch Run on March 28, inviting the public to join officers in a 5K run or 1.4-mile walk to raise funds and awareness for Special Olympics Georgia. The post Norcross Police Department to host first-ever Torch Run for Special Olympics appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta.

Cinematographer Roger Deakins and his wife and collaborator James Deakins will host a masterclass for Georgia State University students on March 18.  The masterclass will take place while the couple is in town celebrating the release of Rogers new book, Reflections on Cinematography, and for a series of screenings taking place at the Plaza and […] The ...

Yamaha Motor Co. will move its U.S. headquarters to Kennesaw after more than 50 years in California. According to a press release from Gov. Brian Kemp’s office, Yamaha’s move comes after a meeting between the governor and Yamaha executives last October at the Southeast U.S./Japan (SEUS-Japan) annual gathering in Tokyo. A manufacturer of ATVs, boat […] ...

The Tucker City Council unanimously approved an ordinance amending the city's loitering code while also discussing establishing a Loitering Enforcement Authorization Program with DeKalb County Police Department and the potential impact on unhoused residents and approving contracts for city development projects. The post Tucker approves new loitering ...

The Dunwoody City Council authorized the renewal of its permit to enforce speed limits with the Georgia Department of Transportation, which includes a 10-mile-an-hour reduction for Ashford Dunwoody Road, and discussed several other additions to the list, including designating streets as school zones and adding pedestrian lights. The post Dunwoody City ...

Lazy Betty chef Ron Hsu's debut cookbook "Down South + East" is an homage to his parents' welcoming Southern hospitality at their Chinese restaurants and a reflection of his multicultural upbringing and dining experiences in 1980s metro Atlanta. The post Lazy Betty chef Ron Hsu’s metro Atlanta childhood shapes the tone of his debut cookbook appeared first ...

Earlier this year, a Rough Draft reader requested the recipe for the cacio e pepe from Kevin Rathbun's KR Steakbar in Peachtree Hills. This week, we're honoring that request by sharing the pasta recipe with our readers. The post Recipe: KR Steakbar’s cacio e pepe appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta.

More than 1,000 people attended the third annual Create Dunwoody Holi celebration, a vibrant Indian tradition that marks the arrival of spring and the harvest season. The post ‘Joyful’ Holi celebration in Dunwoody draws 1,000 appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta.

 One thing that Georgias House and Senate can agree on after finishing the first round of this years legislative session is that the state income tax rate should continue falling. Friday was the deadline for lawmakers to vote out the bills they were most serious about, moving them from the House to the Senate and vice […] The post Georgia House and ...

I climbed up into the enormous letter O on the Hollywood sign high in the hills above Los Angeles. This was in 1984 when you could still scamper up the Hollywood Hills goat paths and get close to the huge, world-famous landmark. If you were brave enough to confront the scary precarity and climb up […] The post Performance artist Tim Miller brings ‘A ...

Tuesday in bloom March 10  The NBA canceled the Atlanta Hawks’ planned Magic City Night promotion, citing widespread concern from across the league about the event’s ties to the iconic strip club. A halftime performance by T.I. and lemon pepper wings are still on for the March 16 game against Orlando. After last night’s […] The post NBA nixes ...