News across Greater Atlanta

MJCCA features Joseph Bau exhibit, film and book talk
An art exhibit, film screening and book talk highlighting the life and work of Holocaust survivor and artist Joseph Bau will take place this fall at the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta. Bau, a graphic artist born in Krakow, Poland, survived the Plaszów concentration…

“My name is Gomez, and I’m in need of a loving home!”
The Cobb County Courier’s Cat of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a female grey tabby/white domestic short hair. The following information on this potential...

“I’m a doggy in need of a permanent loving home!”
The Cobb County Courier’s Dog of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a male tri-color great Pyrenees. The following information on this potential family member...

Film version of Colleen Hoover’s ‘Verity’ simply isn’t trashy enough
Since 2024, there have been four feature film adaptations of Colleen Hoover novels. But the most recent, “Verity,” is a bit of a different animal than Hoover’s standard romantic fare. Directed by Michael Showalter with a screenplay from Nick Antosca, “Verity” stars Dakota Johnson…

Eddie 9V teases gritty new album at Oct. 16 show
Atlanta musician Brooks Mason, better known as Eddie 9V, is having quite a moment now. His new album, Down Here, is weeks away from release.

Last call for the forgotten: The Pogues’ ‘Rum Sodomy & The Lash’
We have always liked records that feel as though they might spill their pint before the first song is over. Rum Sodomy & The Lash is one of them. It staggers into the room with scraped knuckles, a broken smile, and a century of inherited memory slung across its shoulders. Loud…

Shanequa Gay’s new Beltline monument begins with the women and stories that shaped Atlanta
Before Shanequa Gay’s newest work becomes a monument on the Atlanta Beltline, it begins with something less permanent but just as powerful: a conversation. Gay, an Atlanta-based multidisciplinary artist and Spelman College professor, has been selected by Atlanta Beltline Art to…

She can communicate with ghosts. Here's what she learns from the 'Sad Dead'
My Sad Dead is about an Argentinian doctor who can speak with ghosts. The Spanish-language miniseries blends creepiness, melancholy, sarcastic humor and political anger unlike anything else on TV.

Sheryl Crow says she's found 'great liberation' in not chasing the next hit
After selling tens of millions of records worldwide, the singer-songwriter says she's finally aged out of pop music — and she's OK with that. Crow's latest album is Pick You Up.

“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 grey domestic short hair. The following information on this potential family...

“I’m a doggy in need of a permanent loving home!”
The Cobb County Courier’s Dog of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a female fawn labrador retriever. The following information on this potential family member...

Reporter’s Notebook: Park Pride grants; Spelman exhibition; Butterflies at Ball Ground
Park Pride awards more than $20,000 for nine park improvement projects Park Pride has awarded more than $20,000 to support nine community-led park improvement projects across Atlanta and DeKalb County through its Small Change Grants Program. The annual grants, supported by an…