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Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.
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Corporate art collections enrich office culture and signal status
King & Spalding, Coca-Cola and other Atlanta companies have bought millions of dollars in artwork from local and international artists.
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John Driskell Hopkins, part of Atlanta country act Zac Brown Band, was diagnosed with ALS in 2022 and created a nonprofit that has raised $4 million for ALS research.
Time is ticking as Dogwood Festival seeks $179K more to survive in 2026
The clock is ticking as the Dogwood Festival scrambles to raise $250K to enable it to operate in 2026. So far, it has raised $71,000 with three weeks to go before deadline.
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Congresswoman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s supporters are sticking with her even as she splits from Republican Party leadership
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