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Christopher Quinn

Editor, Living section

Chris Quinn oversees the production of the Living section, focusing on stories about Atlanta's interesting people, fun places and events. He has worked for the AJC since 1999.

Latest from Christopher Quinn

Atlanta among top 10 cities for asthma

Atlanta is among the top 10 on a list of Asthma Capitals chosen by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. The foundation ranks cities yearly based on the prevalence of asthma, environmental risk factors and usage of medical services. Atlanta came in at No. 9. Risk factors contributing to ...

AARP promotes life after 50 at Atlanta convention

Dr. Adam Gazzaley seems to be everywhere talking about your brain. He directs the Gazzaley Lab at the University of California at San Francisco, studying memory, attention, perception and how aging affects them; he is the founding director of the Neuroscience Imaging Center, and he is an associate professor of ...

Faith calendar

Sukkah Serenade, Featuring the Broadway Chorus. 5–7 p.m. Sunday, Marcus Jewish Community Center, Zaban Park, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody. An evening of singing, eating and relaxing with friends in the Sukkah. Bring your own picnic dinner or purchase food directly from Goodfriend’s Grill at a 10% discount. Free and ...

Director Chris Wheeler used local reenactors at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park and other local sites to make a new documentary about the battle and the Atlanta campaign that will premier in Marietta this weekend. Great Divide Pictures

Civil War history highlights busy weekend in Marietta

Those who bleed blue and gray and love Civil War history will have plenty to do in Cobb County Friday, Saturday and Sunday at events surrounding the 150th anniversary of the Marietta Confederate Cemetery. They include the premiere of a documentary about the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, tours of Civil ...

State creates traveling art collection

Nine Georgia communities will host a traveling art exhibit featuring 28 pieces from the state’s art collection.The exhibit of pieces from the 1970s to the 1990s, “Inspired Georgia: 28 Works from Georgia’s State Art Collection,” is the first of its kind in decades. The exhibit will feature a diversity of ...

Breathing easy because of the rain; Only one smog alert so far this year

Tired of complaining about the rain? Here’s a benefit to the summer’s endless showers, storms, downpours, weather fronts and sprinkles that have soaked us seemingly for months on end: Metro Atlanta has had one smog alert day so far this summer. That’s right, one, on July 30. And that day ...

New book offers previously unpublished photos from March on Washington

Stanley Tretick was was of those old-school photographers — he learned the craft as a Marine Corps photographer in World War II — who found himself at the intersection of time and circumstance. After the war, United Press International sent him on the road with presidential candidate John F. Kennedy, ...

Falling trees, like this one that landed on an Atlanta apartment building in March, are a result of years of drought which has weakened trees, and substantial rain, which has softened the soil. That leaves trees susceptible to wind. Experts predict the region will see more of this, as it take trees years to recover after a period like the long years of drought that the state has suffered.

Drought-stricken trees falling due to soaked soil

You can expect more danger from falling trees and limbs like the one that killed a Columbus woman last Wednesday, local tree experts say. Years of drought weakened trees. Now non-stop rain has softened soil, leaving trees susceptible to toppling and disease. Falling trees and limbs in the state and ...

Owner Karen Cobb said that Norman is naturally curious and wants to do everything that kids do. When Norman saw some kids riding a scooter, he wanted to try, too. And the rest, is Guinness Book of World Records history.

Did Norman the Scooter Dog break world record?

Norman the Scooter Dog, a guest on the Late Show with David Letterman, YouTube sensation and star of his own website, should be able to add world record holder to his titles. He became the first dog to break the 30-second mark in riding a scooter 30 meters in Marietta ...

Nirav Ilango of Chattahoochee High School in Johns Creek will represent the U.S. in a national geography competition in Japan later this year.

Geography stars rise in Georgia

What is it about Georgia and geography whizzes this year? In May, Sanjeev Uppalluri, a Roswell fifth-grader, finished third in the National Geographic Bee geography contest. Later this summer, Nirav Ilango of Chattahoochee High School in Johns Creek and Pranav Bhandarkar of North Oconee High School in Bogart will be ...