Creative Loafing Atlanta

Bizarre crimes from Atlanta police reports

• by Lauren Keating
• Tags: The Blotter, Bizarre crime, Atlanta police reports

What does Your DeKalb Farmers Market smell like?

The Last Word

• by CL staff
• Tags: The Last Word, Your DeKalb Farmers Market

Did the creator of the Schmidt Sting Pain Index volunteer to get stung by everything on earth?

• by Cecil Adams
• Tags: Straight Dope, Schmidt Pain Index, Justin O. Schmidt

To sprawl or not to sprawl?

I'm for transit, but the proposed sales tax has serious problems. So how the hell should I vote?

• by Thomas Wheatley
• Tags: Opinion, Atlanta traffic, Beltline, MARTA, Metro Chamber of Commerce, Georgia Chapter of the Sierra Club

Fear and loathing at Six Flags

The scariest thing at an amusement park isn't the rides. It's the teenagers.

• by Gwynedd Stuart
• Tags: Opinion, Six Flags, Six Flags Over Georgia, Goliath, roller coasters, Georgia amusement park

First Look: Campagnolo

Will it survive in Midtown's most cursed building?

• by Cliff Bostock
• Tags: First Look, Campagnolo, Maureen Kalmanson, Peasant Bistro, chef Daniel Chance, Midtown

The R.A.P. on Killer Mike's socially conscious swag

The most buzzed-about hip-hop album of the year ain't just barber shop talk at Graffiti's

• by Gabe Vodicka
• Tags: Music Feature, Killer Mike, R.A.P. Music, Graffitis Swag Shop

Sonic Youth guitarist lets loose Between the Times and the Tides

Lee Ranaldo opens window to a moment in his life

• by Chad Radford
• Tags: Music Feature, Lee Ranaldo, Sonic Youth, Between the Times and the Tides, Buckhead Theatre

Hollywood Product: Battleship

Hasbro and director Peter Berg's latest film has too many holes to stay afloat.

• by Edward Adams

Sacha Baron Cohen's funny, flawed Dictator

You'll laugh without anyone pointing a gun at your head

• by Curt Holman
• Tags: Movie Review, The Dictator, Admiral General Aladeen, Wadiya, Larry Charles, Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris

Atlanta Ballet dancer Tara Lee spreads her wings with 'Pavo'

Ballet veteran Lee premieres fourth piece as part of New Choreographic Voices

• by Andrew Alexander
• Tags: Dance, Atlanta Ballet, Tara Lee, John McFall, Pavo, New Choreographic Voices

A summer reading list for 2012

New books from Richard Ford, Padgett Powell, Jess Walter, and others round out these beach read picks

• by Wyatt Williams
• Tags: Book Review, Richard Ford, Padgett Powell, Jess Walter, Josh Russell, Richard Lloyd Perry, Jenny Lawson, Laurent Binet, Adam Levin, summer reading, summer books

How to have an ATL summer

Time to get you equipped for the summertime. To that end, the CL staff offers warm-weather primers on HOW TO ...

• by Staff
• Tags: Summer Guide, Summer Guide 2012, Cover Story

M83 at Masquerade Music Park

M83, fronted by Spanish-French musician Anthony Gonzalez played to a packed Masquerade Music Park on May 14, 2012.

• by Perry Julien

... Throw the perfect pool party

• by Rodney Carmichael
• Tags: Summer Guide, Atlanta summers, summer 2012, pool parties, Summer Guide 2012- How To, Cover Story

... See fireworks on the Fourth

• by Staff
• Tags: Summer Guide, Summer Guide 2012 - How To, Atlanta summers, summer 2012, Lake Avondale, Avondale Estates, Cover Story

... Pick up a guy at Surf Fest

• by Staff
• Tags: Summer Guide, Summer Guide 2012 - Do It, Atlanta summers, summer 2012, Surf Fest, Cover Story

... Sneak into your neighborhood pool (and not get caught) *

• by Wyatt Williams
• Tags: Summer Guide, Summer Guide 2012 - How To, Atlanta summers, summer 2012, pool, Cover Story

... Turn lemons into lemonade cocktails

• by Staff
• Tags: Summer Guide, lemonade cocktails, cocktails, Atlanta summers, summer 2012, Summer Guide 2012 - Try It, Cover Story

... Watch a soapbox derby

• by Staff
• Tags: Summer Guide, soapbox derby, Piedmont Park, Atlanta summers, summer 2012, Summer Guide 2012 - Do It, Red Bull Soapbox Race, Cover Story

... Grill a steak like Kevin Rathbun (explained by Kevin Rathbun)

• by Staff
• Tags: Summer Guide, Kevin Rathbun, Summer Guider 2012 - How To, grilling, steak recipe, Atlanta summers, Summer 2012, Cover Story

... Get your pup some quality pool time

• by Staff
• Tags: Summer Guide, Splish Splash Doggie Bash, Piedmont Park, Atlanta summers, summer 2012, Summer Guider 2012 - Do It

... Make Jack and Coke Slushies

• by Staff
• Tags: Summer Guide, Jack and Coke Slushies, Atlanta summers, summer 2012, Summer Guide 2012 - How To, Cover Story

... Enjoy Grant Park to the fullest

• by Staff
• Tags: Summer Guide, Grant Park Summer Shade Festival, Grant Park, pool, Atlanta summers, summer 2012, Summer Guide 2012 - Do It, Cover Story

... Eat and drink your weight in tomatoes

• by Staff
• Tags: Summer Guide, JCT's Attack of the Killer Tomato Festival, JCT Kitchen, Summer Guider 2012 - Do It, Atlanta summers, Summer 2012, Cover Story

... Find an acceptable (less-crowded) substitute for Lake Lanier

• by Staff
• Tags: Summer Guide, Lake Allatoona, Atlanta summers, summer 2012, Summer Guide 2012 - Do It, Cover Story

... Ride rides at Six Flags whilst high

• by Staff
• Tags: Summer Guide, Atlanta summers, Summer 2012, Summer Guider 2012 - Do It, Six Flags Over Georgia, Cover Story

... Make Root Beer Barrel Jelly Shots

• by Staff
• Tags: Summer Guide, Root Beer Barrel Jelly Shots, Atlanta summers, summer 2012, Summer Guide 2012 - Try It, Cover Story

... Engage in parking lot pimpin' at the park

• by Staff
• Tags: Summer Guide, cars, Atlanta summers, summer 2012, Summer Guide 2012 - Do It, Cover Story

... See a bluegrass show at Cumberland Caverns in Tennessee

• by Staff
• Tags: Summer Guide, Cumberland Caverns, Tennesee, Bluegrass Underground., Summer Guider 2012 - Do It, Atlanta summers, Summer 2012, Cover Story

... Watch outdoor movies

• by Staff
• Tags: Summer Guide, Atlantic Station, Movies in the Park, Atlanta summers, summer 2012, Summer Guide 2012 - Do It, Cover Story

... Get cabin fever

• by Staff
• Tags: Summer Guide, North Georgia, cabin rentals, Atlanta summers, summer 2012, Summer Guide 2012 - Do It, Cover Story

... Make a friend with a boat

• by Gwynedd Stuart
• Tags: Summer Guide, Summer Guide 2012 - How To, Atlanta summers, summer 2012, How to make a friend with a boat, Cover Story

... Enjoy an ice cream brain freeze

• by Staff
• Tags: Summer Guide, Slow Food Atlanta, ice cream, Ice Cream Social, Peachtree Road Farmers Market, Cover Story

... Hike up Stone Mountain

• by Staff
• Tags: Summer Guide, Atlanta summers, Summer 2012, Summer Guider 2012 - Do It, Stone Mountain, Stone Mountain Village, Cover Story

... Match your mood to the patio

• by Staff
• Tags: Summer Guide, Atlanta restaurant patios, Summer Guider 2012 - Do It, Atlanta summers, Summer 2012, Cover Story

... Become one with Chattanooga

• by Chad Radford
• Tags: Summer Guide, Rock City, Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, Atlanta summers, summer 2012, Summer Guide 2012 - Do It, Cover Story

... Drink mead at the Renaissance Festival

• by Staff
• Tags: Summer Guide, Renaissance Festival, Atlanta summers, summer 2012, Summer Guide 2012 - Do It, Georgia Renaissance Festival, Fairburn, medieval, costumes, Shakespeare, cosplay, Cover Story

... Live the life aquatic

• by Debbie Michaud
• Tags: Summer Guide, hot tub boats, Inflatable Relaxation Pool Raft, Atlanta summers, summer 2012, Summer Guide 2012 - Do It, Cover Story

... Make a summer rock 'n' roll road-trip mix

• by Wyatt Williams
• Tags: Summer Guide, mix tapes, How to make a road-trip mix tape, Atlanta summers, summer 2012, Summer Guide 2012 - How To, Cover Story

... Get in shape for free

• by Eric Celeste
• Tags: Summer Guide, Summer body recipe, weight loss, health, Atlanta summers, summer 2012, Summer Guide 2012 - How To, Cover Story

... Sip through summer

• by Austin L. Ray
• Tags: Summer Guide, summer beers, Atlanta summers, summer 2012, Summer Guide 2012 - How To, Dale's Pale Ale, Oskar Blues, Prima Pils, Pilsner, Oberon, Beer, Long Day Lager, Lager, Red Hare, Hefe-Weissbier, Paulaner, Golden Wing, Allagash White, SweetWater, Dogfish Head, Rodenbach, Terrapin, Cover Story

... Find a really fun man-made waterfall in Roswell

• by Gwynedd Stuart
• Tags: Summer Guide, Summer Guide 2012 - Do It, Atlanta summers, summer 2012, Roswell, man-made waterfall, Cover Story