Creative Loafing Atlanta

Where is your favorite summertime watering hole?

• by Jeff Slate

JULY 6, 2007, 12:39 P.M.

AT 750 FERST DRIVE

Atlanta’s 2007 crime wave

• by Andisheh Nouraee
• Tags: News Briefs, Atlanta's Crime Rate 2007, Atlanta Police Department, SOPO Bicycle CO-OP, Staff Pick

What is al-Qaeda?

Don't Panic ... your war questions answered

• by Andisheh Nouraee
• Tags: Don't Panic!... Your war questions answered, War on Terror, Iraq, Al-Qaeda, President Bush, U.S. Naval War College, Newport R.I., Afghanistan, Pakistan, Ayman al-Zawahiri

Stars behind bars

• by Taylor Barnes

Grady is Sicko

Michael Moore's film unfolds in our own city

• by Cliff Bostock
• Tags: Headcase, Young Blood Gallery, Staff Pick

Thinking right, double vision

• by Scott Henry
• Tags: Word, Al Sharpton, Genarlow Wilson, Scooter Libby, Jim Wooten, AGA. Thurbert Baker

Race doesn't matter (ha!)

Crime wave and the bleaching of Atlanta pose huge hurdles for multiculturalism

• by John F. Sugg
• Tags: Metropolis, Atlanta Housing Authority, Atlanta Mayoral Contest, Mary Norwood, Re'nee Glover, Shirley Franklin

'My pussy ass is staying put'

Sailing off to the damn sunset

• by Hollis Gillespie
• Tags: Moodswing, The Trim Shop, Staff Pick

The student trap

As American InterContinental University fights to keep its accreditation, students on the Buckhead campus wonder if they've received the education they paid for

• by Alyssa Abkowitz
• Tags: Cover Story, Accreditation, American InterContinental University, Steve Bostic, American College of Applied Arts, Career Education Corp, George Miller, SEC

Letters to the editor

Sicko, atheists and more

BMF leaders' trial could be pushed back

Fate of 16 other co-defendants in Black Mafia Family case uncertain

• by Mara Shalhoup
• Tags: News Feature, Federal Indictment, Black Mafia family, Demetrius Flenory, Terry Flenory, Detroit Mi, Drew Finding, Benjamin Anthony Johnson, Eric Wayne Bivens, Arnold Boyd, Mark Whaley, William Marshall, Ron Canyon

Terri Montague

Poet, artist and Beltline visionary

• by Mara Shalhoup
• Tags: Profile, Wax 'N Facts, Wax 'N' Facts, Staff Pick

Mayor's ex-husband wanted for questioning in lawsuit

Bonding company seeks to depose David Franklin in case against his daughter

• by Mara Shalhoup
• Tags: News Feature, David Franklin, Kai Franklin, Tremayne Graham, Shirley Franklin, Free at Last Bonding, Leon Jones

Sultan's: Something sultry in Sandy Springs

Cheap Eats

• by Maureen McCarthy
• Tags: Cheap Eats, Fried Kibbey, Lebanese, Sandy Springs, Shawarma Karma, Sultan's, Turkish Cusinie, Aric C. Cosmetics, Staff Pick

The birth of a grape

Corkscrew

• by Taylor Eason
• Tags: Corkscrew, Wine Grapes, Wines, Grape Vines

You got served

How restaurants sometimes forget who's paying the bill

• by Besha Rodell
• Tags: Restaurant Review, Restaurant Critic, Restaruant Service, Judith of Budapest Skincare Salon, Staff Pick

Reaping relief at Repast

Grazing

• by Cliff Bostock
• Tags: Grazing, Repast, Joe Truex, Mihoko Obunai, Foie Gras, Veal Saltimbocca, Bernadette Seacrest, Daddy D'z, Village Pizza

Creole Stuffed Tomatoes

Summer, New Orleans style

• by Kim O'Donnel
• Tags: Kitchen Witch, Summer Recipe, Creole Stuffed Tomato, New Orleans, The Creole Tomato Festival, Blue Medspa, Staff Pick

Events around the city

Ben and Bordeaux at the Atlanta History Center

Three Philosophers Belgian Blend

• by Jeff Holland
• Tags: Beer Pick of the Week, Beer, Belgian-Style Ale, Three Philosophers, Brewery Ommegang

Road trip

Beer festivals within a day's drive

• by Jeff Holland
• Tags: Beer Club, Portland International Beerfest, Oregon Brewers Festival, Music City Brewers' Festival, German Bier Fest, Southern Brewers Festival, Brewgrass festival, Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery, Mash House Restaurant & Brewery Olde Hickory Brewery, 5 Seasons North

Top 5 worst bands hipsters like

Real Life Top Five

• by Drennen Quinn
• Tags: Real Life, Wax N facts, Paul Kustera, LCD Soundsystem, Of Montreal, M.I.A., Peaches, Can, City Cafe, Staff Pick

Alternative Black Arts Festival

A different point of view

• by Mosi Reeves
• Tags: Spotlight, Afro-Punk, documentary, Hawkeye Pierce, James Spooner, Kyp Malone, Michael Person, Mike Ladd, PM Productions, The Alternative Black Arts Festival, Urban Body Studios, Balance Yoga, Staff Pick

Charles Mingus

Tijuana Moods

• by James Kelly
• Tags: Album Reviews, Jazz, Charles Mingus, Tijuana Moods, Instrumentalist, Earwax Records, Staff Pick

Spoon

Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

• by Corey Licht
• Tags: Album Reviews, Spoon, Kill the Mooonlight, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, Jon Brion, Oakdale Ace Hardware, Staff Pick

Ananda Project

CD release

• by Mosi Reeves
• Tags: CD Release, Chris Brann, Underground Soul, Ananda Projects, Fire Flower, Wandye Project, Terrance Downs, Carl E. Sanders YMCA, Staff Pick

Corndogorama: A sticky situation

Corndogorama won't go limp in a year of change, says founder

• by Chad Radford
• Tags: Music Feature, Cordogorama 11, David Railey, Lenny's, The Earl, Thumbs Up CafŽ

Ronnda Cadle: Stick a fork in it

Atlanta folk guitarist quits her day job to pursue dream

• by Lee Valentine Smith
• Tags: Music Feature, Ronda Cadle, Classical- Folk, Guitarist, The River, Runs, After, Moe Loughran, Carol Statella, The String Poets

The Dynamites featuring Charles Walker

KABOOM!

• by James Kelly
• Tags: Album Reviews, The Dynamites, Charles Walker, KABOOM, Soul Album., La Libereria Discolandia, Staff Pick

Orishas

Antidiótico

• by Alejandro A. Leal
• Tags: Album Reviews, French Cuban Hip-Hip, Orishas, Antidiotico

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Hollywood Product

• by Curt Holman
• Tags: Hollywood Product, Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix, Daniel Radcliffe, David Yates, Imeld Staunton, J.K. Rowling, Michael Gambon, Ralph Fiennes, Summer Movie

Short subjectives

Capsule reviews of recently released movies

Triad Election: Mob rule

Review

• by Curt Holman
• Tags: Movie Review, Movie, Crime Thriller, Triad Election, Hong Kong, Johnny To, Election

Rescue Dawn: The great escape

Review

• by Felicia Feaster
• Tags: Movie Review, Aguirre, Rescue Dawn, The Wrath of God, Christian Bale, Dieter Dengler, Fitzcarraldo, Grizzly Man, Movie, Steve Zahn, Summer Movie, Werner Herzog

The Treatment: Wooden delivery

Review

• by Curt Holman
• Tags: Movie Review, Movie, The Treatment, Chris Eigeman, Famke Janssen, Oren Rudavsky, Hiding and Seeking, Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust, Ian Holm

Joshua: Sibling devilry

Review

• by Felicia Feaster
• Tags: Movie Review, Thriller Movie, Joshua, George Ratliff, Jacob Kogan, Sam Rockwell, Vera Farmiga, Celia Weston, Sundance Film Featival, Rosemary's Baby

Short List

Asian Cultural Experience, Strings and more

Delightful Too: Mutual admiration

Review

• by Felicia Feaster
• Tags: Visual Arts, Minneapolis, Artist, Amy Rice, Jennifer Davis, Delightful Too, The Young Blood Gallery

Ghosts of the past

Review

• by Curt Holman
• Tags: Theater Review, Essential Theatre, New-plays Festival, Peter Hardy, Essential Theatre Playwriting Award, Fix Me So I Can Stand, Mrs Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge

Drew Curtis

Culture Surfing

• by Laura McMillan
• Tags: Culture Surfing Column, Drew Curtis, Fark.com, It's Not News, It's Fart: How Mass Media Tries to Pass Off Crap as News, A Cappella Books, Manuel's Tavern

Kasi Lemmons

Director of Talk to Me

• by Felicia Feaster
• Tags: Speakeasy with ..., Kasi Lemmon, Talk to Me, Eve's Bayou, DJ Petey Green, Don Cheadle, Washington D.C., Asiabyanka, Forsyth Fabrics, Northside Material Brokers, Staff Pick

Sarah Susanka

Interview

• by Ken Edelstein
• Tags: Speakeasy with ..., Sarah Susanka, The Not So Big House, The Not So Big Life: Making Room for What Really Matters, Georgia Tech

More Car conundrums

Karma Cleanser: Will it come back to bite you?

• by Tray Butler