5+ hour, 21+ min ago  (167+ words) Spelman College is recognized as a global leader for education with women of African descent for its highly regarded academic programs, distinguished alumni, and vibrant student body life. Abolitionists Sophia B. Packard and Harriet F. Giles founded the college in 1881 as the…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (744+ words) 🌤️ Partly sunny with a high of 85° today. Expect a very hot weekend. 🗣️ Family and friends of a man killed by an off-duty Atlanta police officer continue to pressure the city to fire him. 🚧 Residents opposed to Brookhaven’s plan to rebuild…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (250+ words) Agnes Scott College’s oldest building, Agnes Scott Hall (also known as Main Hall), was recently recognized for “Excellence in Sustainable Rehabilitation” by The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation. Agnes Scott Hall’s rehabilitation honor comes off the heels of it earning…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (527+ words) Wednesday, April 22 — There is a kind of seeing that many of us never learn. It is a way of looking at a broken CD, a scrap of plastic, a painting that didn’t pan out, a bottle fragments buried under decades…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (412+ words) As you enter the High Museum’s latest exhibition, “Isamu Noguchi: ‘I am not a designer,'” a small placard at the entrance poses a question to carry through the galleries: Was Noguchi indeed a designer, despite his proclamations to the contrary?...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (408+ words) Conceptual design plans for the new Midtown Green on 14th Street were unveiled April 14 during the Midtown Alliance annual meeting. Planned as an open, programmed public space, the project will include immersive art, a pavilion and outdoor performance venue, a restaurant…...

5+ mon, 4+ day ago  (353+ words) The Spruill Center for the Arts announced on Feb. 9 its plans to open Spruill Studios, a new studio facility in the former Chamblee City Hall, focused on providing affordable creative space for artists in metro Atlanta. “With so much upheaval…...

5+ mon, 5+ day ago  (232+ words) Atlanta nonprofit Moving in the Spirit announced that it has taken full ownership of its arts and youth development facility at the Edgewood/Candler Park MARTA station. The ownership transfer completes a multi-year partnership the organization had with MARTA, Columbia…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (984+ words) SUBSCRIBE: Our daily newsletter >> Jan. 28 — The Red Cross is in urgent need of blood donors due to canceled blood drives due to Winter Storm Fern. Learn how you can help here.⛅ Partly cloudy and a bit warmer, with a high…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (602+ words) SUBSCRIBE: Our daily newsletter >> When Kris White earned a bachelors degree in civil engineering from Auburn University, she was one of two women in her class. When she went on to study environmental and structural engineering at Georgia Tech, she…...