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Practical effects save the day in ‘Primate’
8+ mon, 4+ day ago (801+ words) Michael Myers. Freddy Krueger. Ghostface. All iconic slasher villains who made their mark by hunting and killing terrified teens. Now, with the film “Primate,” a new name has joined their ranks: Ben. As you probably guessed, Ben is the titular…...
🌊 'Blue Heron' + processing grief
4+ mon, 4+ day ago (1040+ words) Friday, May 8 — Happy Friday, everyone! I hope you’re gearing up for a relaxing weekend, and hopefully not planning to drive anywhere outside of a two-mile radius from your home. If you need some homebody plans this weekend, the Atlanta Film Festival…...
Artistry Soars at Flight of Butterflies
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (571+ words) As spring blossoms burst open and the days turn warmer, let your spirit take wing at the Flight of Butterflies, an outdoor exhibit open now through June 7, 2026 at Fernbank Museum featuring 25 striking butterfly sculptures. Set along the paths of WildWoods,…...
‘Blue Heron’ is a beautiful treatise on memory and grief
4+ mon, 4+ day ago (172+ words) “Thank you for the memories. They’re all that I have now.” This line, at the beginning of Sophy Romvari’s feature film debut “Blue Heron,” offers the perfect encapsulation of what you’re about to see. Although, you don’t know quite how…...
Above the Waterline: Atlanta's disappearing tree canopy
21+ hour, 51+ min ago (184+ words) Local news for metro Atlanta Twenty-seven years ago, I bought a house because I fell in love with a tree. The huge silver maple growing through the elevated deck attached to the back of the house captured my heart the…...
City of Atlanta will preserve 30 acres of wooded forest in Buckhead
4+ week, 1+ day ago (224+ words) “She was delightful. Sharp as a tack. Lovely. Charming,” Norwood said. When she passed away in 2022, she left behind a 7,000-square-foot home in the middle of Buckhead that sits in the middle of 30 acres of forest. “In our part of…...
Birds Georgia celebrating 100 years in 2026
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (322+ words) ONGOING COVERAGE Winter Storm Fern >> Birds Georgia will celebrate its 100th anniversary of bird conservation efforts in 2026 with a yearlong series of events and programs throughout the state. Among the plans the organization announced include guided birding trips, habitat restoration workdays,…...
Atlanta secures 50-acre Tatum Lakes property for nature preserve
7+ mon, 2+ day ago (351+ words) Rough Draft Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens announced the acquisition of the 50-acre Tatum Lakes property, the first step in transforming the urban forest into a publicly accessible park and nature preserve. Located in Southwest Atlanta and loosely bound by Boulder…...
Preservationists release a formerly endangered woodpecker to new home in South Georgia
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (270+ words) On Dec. 18, a group of preservationists released groups of previously endangered woodpeckers to their new home in South Georgia. The red-cockaded woodpecker, or RCW for short, is a small, black-and-white bird that primarily lived in Georgia’s longleaf pine savannas, which…...
Decatur recognized as Georgia's first 'Bird City"
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (340+ words) Decatur recently made history by becoming the first location in Georgia to earn the official “Bird City” designation. The Atlanta suburb received the title amidst the launch of “Bird City Georgia,” a statewide initiative started by the Bird City Network…...