Happy Thanksgiving! What’s the weirdest thing you’re thankful for? News Features
Thursday November 23, 2017 06:26 PM EST
Spoiler alert: Some of our pals are grateful for the government
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How to give back for Thanksgiving News Features
Monday November 20, 2017 02:50 PM EST
Feeling generous? Check out these holiday week outreach opportunities
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The Thank You Issue News Features
Wednesday November 21, 2012 12:00 PM EST
Pausing to say thanks to those fighting the good fight
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A manner of speaking News Features
Wednesday November 21, 2012 12:00 PM EST
Putting a little thought behind the Thank You
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Arvella Hadley, upside-down septuagenarian homeowner gets back on her feet News Features
Wednesday November 21, 2012 12:00 PM EST
‘I think of all the people that I’ve helped, and now someone’s helping me.’
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That our street characters are committed News Features
Wednesday November 21, 2012 12:00 PM EST
Atlanta is blessed with a rich and colorful array of street characters — many of whom would make great action figures — that keep the rest of us working stiffs on our toes, be it Bicycle Shorts Man, Baton Bob, the Urban Cowboy, Ronnie (even though he cut off that one gigantic pancake dreadlock, or maybe it fell off), the guy with all the dogs wearing the sunglasses, or the creepy Silence of the... |
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That not all social media is totally narcissistic News Features
Wednesday November 21, 2012 12:00 PM EST
It started with a simple concept: Connect those in need with the people in their community willing to help. But how do you do that, exactly? The answer is as simple as the question. How do people connect today? The Internet. How can you, I, or anyone else put information in front of people with the click of a button? The Internet. What’s the easiest and fastest way to spread a message? OK, you... |
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That Atlanta’s even a city in the first place News Features
Wednesday November 21, 2012 12:00 PM EST
Shortly after the Civil War, Ohio newsman Whitelaw Reid visited Atlanta and encountered barren land and madmen.
“The soil of the country, for many miles in all directions, is poor,” he wrote. “But the people were infected with the mania of city building.”
This line, plucked from the archives by author LeeAnn Lands for her book The Culture of Property: Race, Class, and Housing Urban Landscapes...
| more...That we have passionate local agriculture advocates News Features
Wednesday November 21, 2012 12:00 PM EST
Whether providing educational resources to local farmers through Georgia Organics’ Farmer-to-Farmer Mentoring Program, Slow Food’s Defense of Biodiversity initiative, or Wholesome Wave’s pledge to double the value of federal and state benefit (SNAP, WIC, SFMNP) dollars at partner markets, these nonprofits are at the forefront of the local food movement, increasing Atlanta’s access to healthy... |
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That we know back roads News Features
Wednesday November 21, 2012 12:00 PM EST
Sure, Atlanta can be a transportation clusterfuck, its main thoroughfares getting congested faster than you can say “downtown convention” or “crash on the Connector.” But we’re thankful that we know our transit tangle well enough to get creative when it’s time to get to work. The shortcuts may not get us to our destination any faster, but a proactive approach to sidestepping traffic helps... |
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That the Falcons are rising up News Features
Wednesday November 21, 2012 12:00 PM EST
Whether it’s the loss of the Atlanta Thrashers, post-season woes for the Atlanta Hawks, or dashed hopes of a Braves playoff run, times have been tough for the loyal Atlanta sports fan. But this year, Matt Ryan and the 9-1 Falcons are a beacon of hope for local sports lovers. So frequently faced with disappointment, we’re thankful that this year our Falcons have strung together the most... |
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That we’re learning to like bikes News Features
Wednesday November 21, 2012 12:00 PM EST
Atlanta Bicycle Coalition, the city’s largest bike advocacy group, has long worked behind the scenes toward making the A an increasingly bike-friendly town. Since 1991, it’s fostered a burgeoning two-wheeled community by raising public awareness, organizing annual events, and even teaching classes on effective bicycling. Share the Road, one of the organization’s key legislative initiatives, has... |
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That there are neighborhoods within our neighborhoods News Features
Wednesday November 21, 2012 12:00 PM EST
There’s Blandtown, which was apparently named after a freed slave. And the teeny-tiny Just Us community along the Atlanta Beltline. And Carver Hills, the appropriately named neighborhood deep in northwest Atlanta that offers one of the most breathtaking views of the downtown skyline. In addition to the Old Fourth Wards, Inman Parks, Midtowns, and other well-known villages within the city... |
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That we have a city hall that gets it when it comes to transit and sustainability News Features
Wednesday November 21, 2012 12:00 PM EST
Atlanta might be the capital of what’s fast becoming the most backward state in the country, but the city’s way ahead of our Georgia brethren when it comes to thinking about transit, sustainability, and making Atlanta a better place to live. In the next four years, city leaders plan to double Atlanta’s 60 miles of bike lanes and paths. Civic groups and the local government have teamed up to... |
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That the fruit doesn’t have to fall far from the tree News Features
Wednesday November 21, 2012 12:00 PM EST
Some property owners in Atlanta have too much of a good thing when it comes to the fruit- and nut-bearing trees on their land. Thankfully, the folks at Concrete Jungle are at the ready so all that good bounty doesn’t go to waste. With permission, of course, Concrete Jungle visits neighborhood yards, roadside spots, and building locations to shake the trees, scoop up the harvest, and donate it... |
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That Atlanta played a key role in the Civil Rights Movement News Features
Wednesday November 21, 2012 12:00 PM EST
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was born here, preached here, and lived in Vine City on Sunset Avenue (and was arrested outside the former downtown Rich’s store). A young John Lewis ate his first meal in Atlanta at Paschal’s, which he said “helped to fortify” him and other civil rights foot soldiers “to go out and do battle.” We have statues and plaques honoring civil rights figures,... |
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That boxers have their own music festival News Features
Wednesday November 21, 2012 12:00 PM EST
Many of Atlanta’s animals need help. Some simply need a warm bed and a family to love, while others are in desperate need of life-saving medical attention. Thankfully, there are many local organizations and people dedicated to helping neglected animals get a second chance. One such organization, the Atlanta Boxer Rescue, goes above and beyond to care for the popular breed. Since 2008, it has... |
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That we’ve got radicals News Features
Wednesday November 21, 2012 12:00 PM EST
We love the freaky activists of the world. People like Tim Franzen, a self-proclaimed community organizer (formerly of Occupy Atlanta) who has slept in public parks and outside people’s homes, and has been arrested five times in the last year while fighting to stop bank foreclosures and corporate layoffs. People like journalist/advocate/publisher Matthew Cardinale of Atlanta Progressive News,... |
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That no one’s taken down the Sci-Trek sign News Features
Wednesday November 21, 2012 12:00 PM EST
People who grew up in metro Atlanta in the late 1980s to early 2000s have a special place in their hearts for the Science and Technology Museum of Atlanta, more commonly known as Sci-Trek. The janky museum located next to the Boisfeuillet-Jones Civic Center on Piedmont Road was a frequent field trip for local students, and filled with cool-for-the-time science trinkets, most of which were sold... |
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That the weather is great News Features
Wednesday November 21, 2012 12:00 PM EST
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Atlanta has four distinct seasons, and that’s awesome. |
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That, for once, we don’t want to tear a building down News Features
Wednesday November 21, 2012 12:00 PM EST
When the state and the Atlanta Falcons started signaling that they were going to build a new football stadium and demolish the Georgia Dome, the immediate response wasn’t “woo hoo!” but rather “the current one is perfectly fine.” |
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That we’ve got a little piece of the rainforest right here News Features
Wednesday November 21, 2012 12:00 PM EST
Who would think that a rainforest exists in the middle of the city? But the Fuqua Conservatory Rainforest at the Atlanta Botanical Garden is just that — a gigantic greenhouse packed with tons of plants, towering trees, hanging vines, and choking heat. As the sunlight filters through the trees, and the piped-in mist engulfs you and a massive leaf brushes your leg, it’s possible to experience a... |
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That we have pockets of vibrant street life News Features
Wednesday November 21, 2012 12:00 PM EST
There’s Broad Street in downtown, where office workers come on break for falafel or burritos. There’s Decatur, where young parents compete with college students for a spot at the bar. At the intersection of Virginia and Highland avenues, shoppers roam the sidewalks during the day until the partiers take over at night. Little Five Points is full of characters. And there’s the West End, where... |
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That public art can transport us News Features
Wednesday November 21, 2012 12:00 PM EST
The City View Sculpture Park is nestled deep behind the sprawling Metropolitan arts complex in southwest Atlanta, and features six kinetic sculptures by Atlanta-born artist Zachary Coffin. The view from the park spreads out from downtown, over the gold dome of the Capitol and the Olympic flame, to Midtown. Our favorite of the moving artworks is “Rock Spinner,” a massive boulder perfectly... |
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For Mona Bennett, Program Manager, Atlanta Harm Reduction Center News Features
Wednesday November 21, 2012 12:00 PM EST
“Sometimes you have to say, ‘Fuck the law, we’re going to save lives,’” Mona Bennett told Creative Loafing in 2001. For more than a decade, Bennett has walked a legal tightrope every time she’s gone to work as program manager for the Atlanta Harm Reduction Center. Technically, Bennett and other workers are distributing drug paraphernalia when they exchange dirty syringes for clean ones during... |
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