Young Harris College is known for its strong academics and famous alumni, including Georgia Governor Zell Miller, Georgia First Lady Shirley Miller, country music star Trisha Yearwood, Puppeteer Wayland Flowers, Ronnie Milsap, Oliver Hardy of Laurel and Hardy, and Waffle House founder Tom Forkner. Now, the college adds another notable name to that list: Carl Cleveland.
When did the NFL become this titan of American culture? New York Times writer Ken Belson's new book, “Every Day Is Sunday," chronicles the rise of the league and three men who made it happen.
Along with Virginia Taylor, Barbara Ray, Adele Northrup and Virginia Gaddis, Mary Davis saved Atlanta from itself, rescuing Intown from I-485 destruction, fighting the city, the state, and government. Their unexpected, long shot victory changed City Hall and how we are governed.
Above busy North Druid Hills Road, an extraordinary mythical kingdom of fantasy and metal. The Decatur home of Clark Ashton is unlike anything in DeKalb County.
Discover how a Michigan artist who never set foot in Atlanta ended up creating the Santa we all know. His Coca-Cola illustrations didn’t just sell a drink. They reinvented Christmas.
John Bruce “Johnny” Pizza, the maestro of Hoboken Cafe located off Whitlock Avenue in Marietta, had a relationship with Frank Sinatra that later helped establish a beloved artistic collaboration that might never have occurred.
Chamblee looks nothing like it did a century ago, but its past is still there if you know where to look. Long before the studios, apartments and traffic on Peachtree Boulevard, the city was home to one of the country’s biggest World War I training camps.
The ghosts of Atlanta neighborhoods long gone, supplanted by the expansion of Hartsfield Jackson International Airport. There are reminders of these once bustling communities in the shadows of runaways, terminals, and car rental counters but decades later, you really must look hard to find evidence of local lives long gone but not forgotten.
The Synchronicity project — a gateway mural bringing vibrancy to Gwinnett’s downtown — is the vision of Atlanta-based Artist JONESY. The 21,000-square-foot mural is one of the largest in the United States and the biggest in Georgia.
