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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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Dogwood Festival needs $250K by Nov. 1 or it will have to shutter
The Atlanta Dogwood Festival, which began in 1936 and is now an annual three-day shindig at Piedmont Park, needs $250,000 by Nov. 1.
Fall Arts Guide 2025: 12 don’t-miss arts events in Atlanta this fall
This fall’s big arts and entertainment events feature some of the city’s most beloved recurring festivals as well as some new creative collaborations.
Kelly Osbourne embraced her inner kid hosting ‘Lego Masters Jr.’ in Atlanta
"Lego Masters Jr." is finally airing 20 months after it was taped in Atlanta. Hosted by Kelly Osbourne, it features five teams of two, with kids aged 9 to 14.
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Amid production slowdown, Atlanta soundstage pioneers look to pull back
Times are tough for operators of TV and film production campuses after years of a Hollywood boom in Georgia.
Candidates head for a runoff in north metro state Senate race
A Democrat will move into a runoff election to represent a stretch of Fulton and Cherokee counties that has been a Republican stronghold for decades.
New ‘Leaving Atlanta’ sign pops up after beloved marker goes missing
A new ‘Leaving Atlanta’ sign has popped up on Ponce de Leon Avenue after the original vanished. No one knows who installed either version of the beloved landmark.