Atlanta

In-Person: Atlanta Dream Center’s Be the Light Benefit Event. 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19. $100/ticket, $180/two tickets. AMC Phipps Plaza 14, Phipps Plaza, 3500 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta. This benefit includes all-you-can-eat concessions. Hear from a surprise comedian, then testimonials and stories of impact from this past year. Atlanta Dream Center, a Christian-based nonprofit headquartered in downtown Atlanta, serves on the frontlines every day, rescuing men and women out of sex trafficking and homelessness and preventing vulnerable children from falling victim. development@AtlDreamCenter.com Tickets and sponsors: AtlDreamCenter.com/benefit
Online: Acting Workshop - Creating Three-Dimensional Characters by the Atlanta Film Society (ATLFS). 10 a.m. to noon Dec. 5. $50/nonmember, $40/ATLFS member. Join Karen Ceesay (actress, writer and producer known for her work on “The Walking Dead,” “Stranger Things” and “Black Lightning”) for an acting workshop designed to hone your craft and improve your audition techniques. emma@AtlantaFilmSociety.org Register: AtlantaFilmSociety.org/calendar/2020/12/5/acting-workshop-creating-three-dimensional-characters
Online: 10 for 10 - Ten Weeks of Giving for Ten Years of Community Farmers Markets (CFM). Through mid-December. Based in Atlanta, CFM is seeking to raise $50,000 for CFM staff, vendor support, outreach programs and capacity building for CFM’s future. Donations of $110 or more will be eligible to receive a weekly Locavore Lesson + Love Box with a limit of 50 boxes per week. Donations: DonorBox.org/cfm-10th-anniversary-season

About the Author

Carolyn Cunningham

Man sentenced to life in slayings of Cherokee firefighter, wife

The deaths of Amber and Justin Hicks shocked their family and community. On Friday, Matthew Lanz was sentenced to life in prison.

CobbLinc first public transit agency to deploy AV tech with Cumberland shuttle

8 driverless shuttles on a roughly 3-mile route will connect key landmarks, including Truist Park and The Battery, Cumberland Mall and the Chattahoochee River Recreation Area

‘I hope we don’t die’: Kids recount elevator rescue, reunite with firefighters

After being trapped for hours in an Atlanta high-rise elevator, two children were rescued by firefighters who rappelled down a blind shaft during frigid weather.

The Latest

Credit: AJ Willingham/AJC

Sweet Tea: A world of magic

Man sentenced to life in slayings of Cherokee firefighter, wife

CobbLinc first public transit agency to deploy AV tech with Cumberland shuttle

Featured

Credit: Miguel Martinez

‘Worst nightmares come true.’ Atlanta confronts shift in homelessness funding.

Trump’s overhaul threatens permanent housing for an estimated 600 Atlanta households and 170,000 people nationwide, advocates warn.

Microsoft’s newest AI ‘superfactory’ opens at sprawling Fayetteville campus

One of the largest data center campuses under construction in Georgia has its first operational tenant, and it’s one of the most recognizable names in technology.

Atlanta officials quietly rebrand city’s DEI office

The city of Atlanta office overseeing diversity, equity and inclusion is getting a rebrand amid assaults at the federal level on such initiatives.