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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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Truth and fiction blend in latest account of a literary marriage gone bad
Novelist Hannah Pittard's latest work blends truth and fiction about a literary marriage gone bad.
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From Shon Gables’ absence to Southeast Emmy Award wins and new Friends of Georgia Radio Hall of Fame inductees, here’s what’s happening in Georgia’s TV and radio world.
Artists and historians collaborate to bring hidden stories to life in Hapeville
Depot Museum incorporates empathy and relatability in its telling of the town’s history.
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UPS said in a written statement it is navigating “an unprecedented business landscape.”
Kneeling man impaled by giant straw? Towering mural leaves public mystified.
A towering mural on the side of the Connally Hotel has mystified Atlanta since 2011. Who is the kneeling man, and what's piercing him? Is it a beam of light? A drinking straw?
I just graduated college. Will I be able to buy a house like my parents did?
A recent college grad asks: Am I going to be able to buy a home like my parents did less than 30 years ago?