Creative Loafing Atlanta

Yes! No growth

New residents are costing each of us 60 cents a day — it's time to say, 'Stop!'

• by John F. Sugg
• Tags: Metropolis, Georgia Population, City Growth, Carrying Capacity Network, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Sonny Purdue, Chattahoochee Basin

The Redneckland Diaries

David Sedaris has nothing on this summer-job-from-hell story

• by Cliff Bostock

Role reversal

Democrats upbeat at annual event while GOP leaders still show signs of frayed nerves

• by Scott Henry
• Tags: News Feature, Cathy Cox, Georgia Democrats, Glenn Richardson, Gwinnett, Jefferson-Jackson Dinner, John Edwards, Mark Kaylor, Republican Covention, Roy Barnes

Letters to the editor

Speaking out against corruption

May 22, 2007, 9:33 a.m.

At 384 Northyards Blvd.

Who is Douglas Lute?

Your War Questions Answered

• by Andisheh Nouraee
• Tags: Don't Panic!... Your war questions answered, George W. Bush, Laura Bush, Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, War, War on Terror, William Bennett

The man who died twice

Death doubled by wrong numbers and Alzheimer's

• by Hollis Gillespie

Strawberries NOW!

Chocolate Strawberry Shortcakes

• by Kim O'Donnel
• Tags: Kitchen Witch, Recipe, Fresh Strawberries, Chocolate Strawberry Shortcakes, Bon Appetit

And the winner is ...

Grazing

• by Cliff Bostock
• Tags: Grazing, Scott Peacock, Watershed, James Beard Foundation, Sothern Cooking, The Gift of Southern Cooking, Otganic Produce, Castlebery Hill, Pearl, Staff Pick

French American Brasserie: Finally, Atlanta Brasserie

F.A.B. sings us a much-needed compilation of French standards

• by Besha Rodell
• Tags: Restaurant Review, Eric Ripert, F.A.B., Fabrice Vengez, French American Brasserie, French Cusine, Ivan Allen Blvd. Seafood, Kaign Raymond, Le Bernardin, Profiteroles, Restaurants

Weekly Wine events

JavaVino and more

Boiling it down

What goes in a beer

• by Jeff Holland
• Tags: Beer Club, Beer, American Light Lagers, Pilsner Malt, Sparten Marzen, Samuel Smith's Nut Brown Ale, Urguell Sweetwater IPA, Rogue Brutal Bitter, Blue Law

Blue Bay seafood restaurant

Cheap Eats

• by Maureen McCarthy
• Tags: Cheap Eats, Blue Bay Seafood Restaurant, Calamari, Duluth, Greek Owned, Restaurants, Seafood, Blue Bay Seafood Mkt & Grill

Dogfish Head Midas Touch Golden Elixir

• by Jeff Holland
• Tags: Beer Pick of the Week, Beer, Midas Touch, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton Del.

Memorial Day Grilling

Corkscrew

• by Taylor Eason
• Tags: Corkscrew, Memorial Day, Grilling, Wines

Partying at Sutra does a Body good

Nightcrawler

• by Casey McIntyre
• Tags: Nightcrawler, Sutra's, Ladies Night

Sa-Ra: Smells like postmodern funk

The Hollywood Recordings represent new black movement

• by Mosi Reeves
• Tags: Music Feature, Postmodern Funk, Black Music, Roots, J-Dilla, Sa-Ra creative Partners, Platinum Pied Pipers, J. davey, Plant Life, Georgia Ann Muldrow, Amp Fiddler, Flying Lotus 1983, Madlib, dudley Perkins, Kudu

Herbie Hancock: Heart of a head hunter

Jazz legend lets his fingers do the talking

• by Grant Britt
• Tags: Music Feature, Music, Jazz Legend, Herbie Hankcock, Head Hunters, Takin Off, Miles Davis Qunitet, New Standard, Joni Mitchell, Gershwin's World

Gil Robertson: Not in My Family

Book and companion CD explore AIDS in African-American community

• by Tamara Palmer
• Tags: Spotlight, Book, Essays, Gospel CD, Gil Robertson, HIV, Not In My Family: Aids IN the African-American Community, Patti LaBelle, Yolanda Adams, Rev. Al Sharpton, Mr. Marcus

CL's picks for the week's best shows

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Jazz Festival, Seal

The little labels that could

Local Music News

• by Mosi Reeves
• Tags: Local Music News, Music, Indie Music, Cee-Lo, Radiculture Records, KC Morton, Tori Alamaze, Kirkland Underwater, Prema Kanay, Eddy Fontan, John Graham, Two Shed Music, Hero Severum, Shen, C'est Mortel, CD Releases, Staff Pick

Top five songs of the summer

Real Life Top Five

• by ELLIS JONES
• Tags: Real Life, Music, Summer Songs, Damon Hare, The Earl, Rockaway Beach, Glad Girls, Teenage Kicks, Stormy Weather, Every Song

Silver Lakes: Swept away in nostalgia

CD Release

• by Mosi Reeves
• Tags: CD Release, Music, CD Releases, Debut Album, Silver Lakes, The Great Pretenders, Seven Satterfield, Marc Topkins, Jim Prible, Todd Lindell, Eric Taylor

Capsule reviews of recently reviewed movies

Offside, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Valet

• Tags: Film Clips, Movie, movie review, Summer Movies

Offside: Goal of equality

Review

• by Felicia Feaster
• Tags: Movie Review, Offside, The Circle, The White balloon, Film, Foreign Film, Iran, Jafar Panahi, Landmark Midtown Art Cinema, Subtitles

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Review

• by Curt Holman
• Tags: Movie Review, Movie, Summer Movie, Pirates of the Caribbean, Gore Verbinks, Johnny Depp, Geoffery Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley

Creepy crawlies

Review

• by Felicia Feaster

The Valet: Drive my car

Review

• by Curt Holman
• Tags: Movie Review, Film, Francis Verber, Comedy, French, Alice Taglioni, Gad Elmaleh, Daniel Auteuil, Kristin Scott Thomas, Subtitles

Short List

Screen on the Green, Danseomania

Annie Leibovitz: Eye of the beholder

Review

• by Felicia Feaster
• Tags: Visual Arts, Art, Art Exjobotopm, Photographer, Annie Leibovitz, Celebrity Portraits, A Photographer's Life, High Museum of Art, Sarajevo, Rwanda Images

Eddie Levi Lee

Southern Theatre Conspiracy founder

• by Curt Holman
• Tags: Speakeasy with ..., Theatre, Eddie Levi Lee, Larry Larson, Southern Theatre Conspiracy, Charm School, Horizon Theatre, Essential Theatre, Rob Cleveland, Mary Lynn Owen, Staff Pick

Michael Chabon: The frozen chosen

BOOK Review

• by Curt Holman
• Tags: Book Review, Novelist, Michael chabon, Wonder Boys" Pulitzer Prize, Mystery, ficton, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, The Yiddish Policemen's Union

Fahamu Pecou

CULTURE SURFING

• by Felicia Feaster
• Tags: Culture Surfing Column, Fahamu Pecou, Artist, Things Done Changed" Vaknin, Lost" Barack Obama

2007 Summer Guide

Digging for Atlanta's treasures

• Tags: Summer Guide, Movie, bug, William Friedkin, Tracy Letts, Ashley Judd, Harr Connick Jr., Michael Shannon, Lynn Collins

Let's play the Treasure Hunt Game!

Answer these questions, win fabulous summer prizes

• by David Lee Simmons
• Tags: Summer Guide, Game, Treasure Hunt, Summer Guide, Game Clues

The best 10 for the best summer

The golden nuggets in a season of treasured choices

• by David Lee Simmons
• Tags: Summer Guide, AJC Decatur Book Festival, Art, Atlanta Jazz Festival, Atlanta Pride Festival, Classic Chastian, Dragon*con, Georgia Shakespeare, National Black Art Festival, Screen On The Green, Summer Long Fun, Virginia-Highland Summerfest

Voices of Summer: John Feigert

Show producer, Pyrotecnico

• Tags: Summer Guide, Summer Spectacular, John Feigert, Pyrotecnics, Fireworks, Pyrotecnico, Atlanta Braves, Fourth Of July

Third time's the charm ...

What movie marvels lie beyond the sequels and remakes?

• by Felicia Feaster and Curt Holman
• Tags: Summer Guide, Bug, Harry Potter, Movie, movie sequel, Nancy Drew, Ratatouille, Sicko, Stardust, Summer Movies, The Boss of It All, The Simpsons Movie, Transformers

The movies of summer

An updated list of summer action

• by Curt Holman
• Tags: Summer Guide, Movie Release dates, Summer Movies

Voices of Summer: Daniel May

Actor/playwright

• Tags: Summer Guide, Summer Guide, daniel May, Actor, Playwright, Georgia Shakespeare's Summer Season, A Servant Of two Masters, Joe Orton's "Loot

Phantom of the Starlight

Stranded at the drive-in with rocking monster Shane Morton

• by Felicia Feaster
• Tags: Summer Guide, Summet Guide, Shane Morten, Silver Scram Spook Show, Plaza Theatre, Monster Bash, Professor Morten, Starlight Drive-In

The high notes

The 10 music events to make a rocking summer roll

• by Mosi Reeves
• Tags: Summer Guide, ATHFEST, Atlanta Fest, Corndogorama, Drive Invasion, International Soul Music Summit, Justin Timberlake, Music, Music Events, Open Mic Madness, Stone Mountain Gospel Celebration, Van Warped Tour, Wilco

Voices of Summer: Parker Gispert

Lead singer, the Whigs

• Tags: Summer Guide, Josh Rifkind, Local Band, Music, Open Mic Madness, Parker Gispert, Smith's Olde Bar, The Earl, The Whigs

Ride and shine

Peachtree Street on summer cruise control

• by Rodney Carmichael
• Tags: Summer Guide, Cars, Driving, Street Crusing

One night at Chastain

Emmylou Harris and me - alone at last

• by Scott Freeman
• Tags: Summer Guide, Music, Chastain Park, Emmylou Harris, Turner Field, Braves Baseball, Bruce Springsteen

The great(est) outdoors

10 invigorating ways to get out and about

• by Casey McIntyre
• Tags: Summer Guide, Summer Outdoors Activities, Hiking, Camping, Cycling, Fishing, Running, Swimming, canoeing, Sports

Voices of Summer: Peter Jenkins

Founder, Atlanta-based Tree Climbers International (www.treeclimbing.com)

• Tags: Summer Guide, Tree Climbing, Peter Jenkins, Arbonist, Lake Claire, Tree Climbers Intermational

Toss up

For Mira Walker, summer of ultimate competition hangs in the air

• by Casey McIntyre
• Tags: Summer Guide, Frisbee, Mira Walker, Ultimate Frisbee, Atlanta Flying Disc Club, Georgia Tech, Agnes Scott College

The summer of glove

A die-hard Braves fan recalls the way we were

• by Scott Freeman
• Tags: Summer Guide, Baseball, Atlanta Braves, 1995 World Series, Bobby Cox, Greg Maddix, Tom Glavine, John Smoltz, Steve Avery

Out and about

Five fairs and festivals that keep the summer moving

• by Laura McMillan
• Tags: Summer Guide, Festivals, Fairs, Georgia Renaissance Festival, Decatur Arts Festival, Decatur Beach Party, Folk Fest 2007, Festival Peachtree Latino

Voices of Summer: Sarah Petermann

Performing artist; Renaissance Festival subcontractor

• Tags: Summer Guide, Summer guide, Voices Of summer, Sarah Petermann, Renaissance festival

Picnic with a beat

House in the Park casts old school in a new light

• by Mosi Reeves
• Tags: Summer Guide, Apache Cafe, Dj Kemit, DJ Ryze, Family- Friendly, Glenn Underground, House In The Park, Kai Alce, Michael Alen, Perkinson Park, Raymon Rawsoul, Salah Annanse, Summer Guide, Sylvan Hills

Coasting through life

The Great American Scream Machine still thrills

• by Mara Shalhoup
• Tags: Summer Guide, Summer Guide, Six Flags Over Georgia, Roller coasters, Wooden Roller Coasters, Great American Scream Machine, Errol McKoy, John C. Allen

Conspicuous consumption

The summer's five best events for food and drink

• by Laura McMillan
• Tags: Summer Guide, Summer Guide, Summer's Best, Food & Drink, Atlanta Botanical Garden, JCT Kitchen, Georgia Organic, Local Food Guide, Stone Mountain Village walking and Wine Tour, Downtown Atlanta Restaurant Week, Decatur BBQ Blues & Bluegrass

Summer of Voices: Alice Rolls

Executive director, Georgia Organics

• by Laura McMillan
• Tags: Summer Guide, Food, Local Food, Organic Food, Georgia Organics, Farmer Markets

Fill 'er up

A summer of outdoor drinking, dining and debauching

• by Besha Rodell and Mara Shalhoup
• Tags: Summer Guide, Atlanta fresco, JCT bar, Six Feet Under, Brewhouse CafŽ, Estoria, Park Tavern, Shaun's, Krog Bar, Loca Luna, Eclipse Luna, Eclipse di Sol, Canoe, Wahoo

High-fiving the arts

10 easy steps toward a more cultural summer

• by Felicia Feaster and Curt Holman
• Tags: Summer Guide, ACA Gallery, Actor's Express, Arts, Centennial Olympic Park, Dad's Garage Theatre, Essenitial Theatre, Eyedrum Art & Music Gallery, Garth Johnson, Get This Gallery, Horizon Theatre, Indie Craft Experience, Modern Atlanta Dance Festival, Power Plays Festival, Rick Forberg, Summertime, Theatre, Wangechi Mutu

Voices of Summer: Skip Elsheimer

Educational film archivist

• Tags: Summer Guide, A/V Geeks, Archivist, Art, Crash Bang Boom, Drugs Are Like That, Educational Film, Eyedrum Theatre, Film, Shake Hands With Danger, Skip Elsheimer

Crosstown traffic

Scott and Sloane Warren share the wheel for Drove

• by Curt Holman
• Tags: Summer Guide, Summer Guide, Scott Warren, Slone Warren, Kindertransport" Appalachian State University, Dad's Garage, Drove

The Redneckland Diaries

David Sedaris has nothing on this summer-job-from-hell story

• by Cliff Bostock
• Tags: Summer Guide, Summer Job Stories

Book smart

Ten author appearances to make the summer letter-perfect

• by Casey McIntyre and David Lee Simmons
• Tags: Summer Guide, Summer Guide, Authors, Summer Apperances, Michael Fhabon, Marisha Pessl, Jack Pendravis, Lynne Olson, Ann Rule, Marita Golden, Ferrol Sams, Drew Curtis, Karen Abbot, Stephen L. Cater

Summer reading

Author appearances for the summer of '07

• by Casey McIntyre and Laura McMillan
• Tags: Summer Guide, Summer Reading, Authors, Appearances, Arts, Summer Guide

The Listings

What to do and when to do it

• Tags: Summer Guide, Listing, Schedules, Local Festivals, Summer Events, Holiday Ceremonies, Music, Museums