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GPB News
Published 1 hour agoPlaying 'La Bamba' for an hour? Must be a Mexican fandango!
A 300-year-old Mexican musical tradition is finding new life around the world — one sweaty, joyous, all-night fandango at a time.
SaportaReport
Published September 25Documentary revisits Atlanta’s 1906 race massacre with a warning for today
Filmmaker Trent Frank posed the question to the audience following the screening of his documentary, “Never Again: The 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre:” Could this happen again? His film recounts the cultural and political climate in September 1906 that led to four days of violent…
GPB News
Published September 25'The Disappearers' is a fiercely personal novel that hits like a tidal wave
Marlon James' new novel chronicles the events surrounding a vicious anti-gay attack in Jamaica in the late 1980s. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, The Disappearers churns with passion and ideas.
GPB News
Published September 25Looking for iconic Georgia musicians? They're in Marietta
The Legendary Georgia Musicians exhibition at the Marietta Cobb Museum features watercolor portraits of two dozen hitmakers, including Indigo Girls, Big Boi and members of R.E.M. and the B-52s.
GPB News
Published September 25Julia Jacklin on her latest album, 'The Gem'
The Australian musician's newest album is named for a neighborhood bar in Melbourne that just so happens to have a recording studio upstairs.
Cobb County Courier
Published September 25“My name is Mouse. Are you here to adopt me?”
The Cobb County Courier’s Dog of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a female tri-color shepherd. The following information on this potential family member is...
Cobb County Courier
Published September 25“I’m a kitty in need of a permanent loving home!”
The Cobb County Courier’s Cat of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a female tabby/white domestic short hair. The following information on this potential family...
SaportaReport
Published September 24The places we almost forgot: ‘The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society’
Every city has a building that somehow survived the wrecking ball. Surrounded by newer glass and wider roads, it quietly reminds everyone that progress always leaves something behind. The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society turns that tension into music. By the time…
SaportaReport
Published September 24Reporter’s Notebook: Jazz, outdoor learning grants; Party on the PATH; ARTober Gwinnett
South Arts awards $15,000 grants to 11 jazz artists for rural tours Atlanta-based South Arts has selected 11 jazz artists and ensembles for the inaugural Jazz Road Rural Tours pilot, awarding each up to $15,000 to develop tours serving rural communities across the country. The…
SaportaReport
Published September 24Tackling the loneliness crisis among adults with intellectual disabilities: How Atlanta’s faith communities may be a solution
At 22, while his childhood friends were beginning the next chapter of their lives after graduation, Troy sat at home. Alone. Troy is an adult with intellectual disabilities, and for many people like him, the transition out of high school marks the end of their most consistent…
GPB News
Published September 24Tubman Museum teams up with Bibb schools to provide beds
Good things tend to happen when Macon’s arts community joins with others to help fill a community need. Sometimes it can be very practical, as with The Tubman African American Museum’s decision to partner with Bibb County Schools to help get beds for children without them.
Cobb County Courier
Published September 24“I’m a kitty in need of a permanent loving home!”
The Cobb County Courier’s Cat of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a female black/white domestic short hair. The following information on this potential family...