Creative Loafing Atlanta

Who knew redistricting was like Twilight?

Georgia lawmakers can't be trusted to do the right thing in redistricting

• by William Perry
• Tags: Opinion, politics, redistricting, Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee, Georgia Redistricting Alliance, Common Cause Georgia, Twilight

Thank God for the Voting Rights Act

Georgia lawmakers can't be trusted to do the right thing in redistricting

• by Editorial Board
• Tags: Opinion, politics, redistricting, Roy Barnes, 1965 Voting Rights Act

Life after the projects

GSU study suggests Atlanta Housing Authority demolition only shifted pockets of poverty

• by Gwynedd Stuart
• Tags: News Feature, Georgia State University, Atlanta Housing Authority, Deirdre Oakley, Bowen Homes, Renee Propes

Bizarre crimes from Atlanta police reports

Teed off

• by Lauren Keating

What would it be like walking around on a cube-shaped planet?

• by Cecil Adams
• Tags: Straight Dope, Straight Dope, Cecil Adams

Neighborhood News: Lawyers are not safe in the Downtown streets

Also: Food Not Bombs will celebrate two years of providing vegetarian meals to the homeless this September in Midtown

• by Gwynedd Stuart
• Tags: Neighborhood News, DECATUR, Downtown, Midtown, ROSWELL, Sandy Springs, Dunwoody

What's your craziest Dragon*Con/Drive Invasion/Black Gay Pride/Decatur Book Festival memory?

The Last Word

• by CL staff
• Tags: The Last Word, Social media, man on the street, Twitter, Facebook, Clusterfest

Chefs to watch 2011

Five Atlanta culinary talents to keep an eye on

• by Besha Rodell
• Tags: Food Feature, ASHA GOMEZ, Spice Route, Cardamom Hill, JOSE REGO, Escorpion, RICHARD BLAIS, Top Chef, Flip Burger, Haute Doggery, DOUG TURBUSH, Seed, TOM NAITO, Tomo, Robert Phalen, Ford Fry, Drew Belline, Whitney Otawka, Hugh Acheson, Dan Latham, Nick Melvin, Cover Story

Of hipsters and hanger steak at Top Flr

Plus 5 Seasons and La Pietra Cucina revisited

• by Cliff Bostock
• Tags: Grazing, Top Flr, Midtown, 5 Seasons Brewery, La Pietra Cucina

Cheap Eats: Kitsch'n 155 in Decatur

Retro diner has a taste for simpler times

• by Brad Kaplan
• Tags: Cheap Eats, Kitsch’n 155, diner, Decatur, Kitsch'n 155

Manchester Orchestra reps its city from a distance

Two MTV VMA nods for 'Simple Math' bring Atlanta band that much closer to 'global domination'

• by Christopher Hassiotis
• Tags: Music Feature, Andy Hull, Manchester Orchestra, Simple Math, MTV VMAs

Atlanta music news: Phife Dawg in sync with ONE MusicFest

Atlanta fest tightens focus on progressive vibes and stuff

• by Chad Radford
• Tags: Local Music News, Phife Dawg, A Tribe Called Quest, ONE Musicfest, Chrisette Michelle, the Pharcyde, the Cool Kids, Anthony David, the Foreign Exchange, Tortured Soul, Park Tavern

Hella: Tripper

Of all the bands ever labeled "math rock," Hella is the only one that honestly seems to rise to the term

• by Gabe Vodicka
• Tags: Album Reviews, media mashups, Hella, Sargent House

Bosco: Pacer EP

The second offering from Atlanta-based Bosco weaves a tapestry of nocturnal moods

• by Chad Radford
• Tags: Album Reviews, media mashups, Brittany Bosco, Bosco

The Bo-Keys: Got to Get Back!

You've gotta love the deep soul revival, especially when the music comes from the originators

• by James Kelly
• Tags: Album Reviews, media mashups, The Bo-Keys, Electraphonic Recording

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark dusts off vintage TV terrors

Guillermo del Toro's latest is moody but shallow

• by Curt Holman
• Tags: Movie Review, Movies, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, Guillermo del Toro

Paul Rudd proves too smart for Our Idiot Brother

Film OD's on Hollywood rom-com

• by Curt Holman
• Tags: Movie Review, Movies, Our Idiot Brother, Paul Rudd

The daring, ambitious, heartfelt creativity of Micah and Whitney Stansell

Husband-and-wife artist team pairs up again for new exhibit at MOCA GA

• by Felicia Feaster
• Tags: A&E Feature, The Water and the Blood, Micah Stansell, Whitney Stansell

The Green Book takes a page from Civil Rights era

Theatrical Outfit production too heavy on history and light on drama

• by Curt Holman
• Tags: Theater Review, Theatrical Outfit, The Green Book, Theater Review, Calvin Alexander Ramsey

Snow White, snow fright

Lisa Stock's production of Snow, Glass, Apples takes a bite out of the EAV Farmers Market

• by Jonathan Williams
• Tags: Q&A, Snow White, Lisa Stock, Snow, Glass, Apples, East Atlanta Village Farmers Market

Waiting for an obsession to peter out

This man is infatuated with his much younger co-worker

• by Michael Alvear