Creative Loafing Atlanta

Legal weed coming to Georgia?

The state's dormant medical marijuana program is primed for revival ... or maybe not

• by Scott Henry
• Tags: News Feature, marijuana, medicinal marijuana, pot therapy, Jimmy Carter, Newt Gingrich, Medical Marijuana Necessities Act, Paul Cornwell

Did the Middle Ages not really happen?

• by Cecil Adams
• Tags: Straight Dope, Straight Dope, Middle Ages, The New Chronology, The Phantom Time Hypothesis

Free Will Astrology

TAURUS: In his book on intuition, psychologist David G. Myers defines it as "the capacity for direct knowledge and immediate insight, without any observation or reason."

• by Rob Brezsny
• Tags: Free Will Astrology, Free Will Astrology, Rob Brezsny, horoscope

Bizarre crimes from Atlanta police reports

Flying sauces, taxing smackdown and more

• by Lauren Keating
• Tags: The Blotter, The Blotter, Creative Loafing Blotter, Atlanta crimes

Veto Georgia's immigration bill

Don't send Georgia down Arizona's same path

• by Editorial Board
• Tags: Opinion, immigration, House Bill 87, Arizona, Nathan Deal

Show the local music scene some love

The city's artists have put in years of work here but only get recognition from those in the know

• by T. Chante LaGon
• Tags: Opinion, hip-hop, concerts, local music, local artists

Who would you like to see rise from the dead?

The Last Word

• by CL staff
• Tags: The Last Word, Man on the Street, Facebook, Twitter, social media, Easter

Review: Miso Izakaya

A serious surge in quality on Edgewood Avenue

• by Besha Rodell
• Tags: Restaurant Review, Miso Izakaya, Edgewood Ave., Old Fourth Ward, Japanese

Southern comfort

Visits to JCT Kitchen and Cakes & Ale

• by Cliff Bostock
• Tags: Grazing, JCT Kitchen, Cakes & Ale, Cakes & Ale (Restaurant)

Hide ya kids, hide ya wife! The Gregory Bros. are here

Co-starring Antoine Dodson, Charlie Sheen, and that great democratizer, Auto-Tune

• by Ben Westhoff
• Tags: Music Feature, Gregory Brothers, Auto-Tune the News, Bedroom Intruder, Antoine Dodson

Of Montreal: Controller Sphere

The third installment in a trilogy of indulgence marks the end of a long examination of leader Kevin Barnes' most hedonistic headspaces

• by Chad Radford
• Tags: Album Reviews, media mashups, Of Montreal, Sphere Polyvinyl

Buddy Miller: The Majestic Silver Strings

Recognized as one of the finest guitarists in the Americana field, Miller collaborates with three other iconic players on this release

• by James Kelly
• Tags: Album Reviews, media mashups, Buddy Miller, New West Records

Cubana lust in Havana Club

The kitsch is mega-thick at Buckhead's cultured digs

• by J. Winter
• Tags: Barfly, Havana Club, Atlanta, nightlife, Buckhead, The Havana Club

tUnE-yArDs: w h o k i l l

Beneath tUnE-yArDs' pounding drum loops and stunning, elastic vocals lies one of the keenest pop sensibilities around

• by Gabe Vodicka
• Tags: Album Reviews, media mashups, tUnE-yArDs, 4AD

In a Better World takes cold, hard look at origins of violence

Danish Oscar winner wrestles with the moral challenges that accompany revenge

• by Curt Holman
• Tags: Movie Review, Movies, In a Better World, Susanne Bier, Best Foreign Language Film Oscar

Out of Hand Theater experiments with flash mobs in Group Intelligence

What's the environment got to do with it?

• by Curt Holman
• Tags: A&E Feature, Theater, Group Intelligence, Out of Hand Theater, The Lunatics

The Colour of Her Dreams puts mental illness under the looking glass

Puppeteer Michael Haverty reflects on his late mother in his latest play

• by Curt Holman
• Tags: Theater Review, Theater, Haverty Marionettes, The Colour of Her Dreams, Keturah Curbow

Should bisexuals lie to get laid?

Insisting on telling gay men that he's bisexual instead signals he's probably a closet case

• by Michael Alvear
• Tags: The Sexorcist, Atlanta sex, Atlanta dating, bisexuality

Caryn Grossman and Chris Buxbaum, Old Fourth Ward

A swank live/work Telephone Factory loft with dramatic neo-baroque polish

• by Bobby Feingold and Amber Robinson
• Tags: Home + Style Issue, Caryn Grossman, Chris Buxbaum, Telephone Factory Lofts, Old Fourth Ward, Home, design

Matthew Allen, Midtown

A Midtown house proves a lesson in organized clutter with a killer collection of tchotchkes

• by Bobby Feingold and Amber Robinson
• Tags: Home + Style Issue, Matthew Allen, Midtown, Coca-cola, Home, design

Susan Bridges, Inman Park

A refurbished Victorian that also harbors Whitespace Gallery in the former carriage house

• by Bobby Feingold and Amber Robinson
• Tags: Home + Style Issue, Susan Bridges, Whitespace Gallery, Inman Park

Joy Phrasavath, Virginia-Highland

This apartment's sunny disposition comes through bright walls and mod furnishings

• by Bobby Feingold and Amber Robinson
• Tags: Home + Style Issue, Joy Phrasavath, Virginia-Highland, Home, design

Michelle and Cooper Sanchez, Clarkston

This house's sprawling outdoor space seems, mercifully, miles away from the city

• by Bobby Feingold and Amber Robinson
• Tags: Home + Style Issue, Michelle Sanchez, Cooper Sanchez, Clarkston, Home, design

Bem Joiner, West End

A crazy cool commercial space in West End's Metropolitan Lofts anchored by Never graffiti

• by Bobby Feingold
• Tags: Home + Style Issue, Bem Joiner, West End, Metropolitan Lofts, Home, decor

Home + Style Issue: Room raiders

Invading Atlanta's coolest spaces, one pad at a time

• by Bobby Feingold and Amber Robinson
• Tags: Home + Style Issue, Cover Story

Shops to write home about

The best home decor stores in Atlanta on every budget

• by Bobby Feingold and Amber Robinson
• Tags: Home + Style Issue, Home + Style, home design, shopping, IKEA, City Issue, Traders, Room & Board, Highland Row Antiques, Antique Factory, Paris on Ponce, Last Chance Thrift Store, Kudzu Antique Market, Scott Antique Market, Pieces, CB2, West Elm, HomeGoods, Iron-Works International, Atlanta Salvage Outlet, Savvy Snoot, Savvy Snoot, Biggar Antiques