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Let’s Strut Again
By Carlen Ruth Hultgren “…Let’s Strut again, like we did last autumn,…let’s Strut again, like we did last year…” The East Atlanta Strut, the favorite festival of most East Atlantans, returns for the 28th year in a row, including a couple of COVID years, on September 26. Bigger and better than ever, always the goal,…
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Satellite Stages Star at Makers Festival
By Riki Bolster The first sound Darin Glass and Sarah Foster heard on their porch that Saturday morning was the music of David Bowie. As Ormewood Park residents for almost 20 years, this was something new. “All the musicians were wonderful,” Glass said, describing the musical artists who performed from their front porch during last…
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Raani Coffee Brings South Indian Coffee Culture to Moreland Avenue
By Leslie W. Colley It’s easy to stop into Raani for a beautifully made latte and a pastry. Spend a little more time there, though, and you’ll realize this isn’t just another neighborhood coffee shop. Since opening last November in the former HodgePodge Coffee space on Moreland Avenue, Raani has quickly become one of Atlanta’s…
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Outdoor Swim Access Draws to a Close for 2026
By Friends of Grant Park Pool Sunday August 23 marks the end of the outdoor pool season in Grant Park. We hope that you enjoyed time at the Grant Park pool this summer. The city is operating the pool from 12:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on weekends in August, but is unfortunately ending the pool…
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A Tree Falls
By David Yoakley Mitchell, Executive Director, Atlanta Preservation Center My father served on the Rome (Georgia) City Commission, and he saw civics as our best chance at democracy. He also saw nature as a reminder of our fragility. In the early 1980s, a great tree fell outside Chieftain’s Museum in Rome. He sent a small…
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Rohit Malhotra Makes Case for Local Hope
By Sydney Sevdalis On Thursday July 23, the back room of Manuel’s Tavern felt less like the site of a political campaign launch and more like a family reunion for people who still believe local government can be a force for good. Rohit Malhotra, an Atlanta-raised civic leader and District 4 neighbor, officially launched his…
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Are You Ready to Rock? Join Us for “40 Years on the Porch” This October 24
By Robert M. Sarwark Break out the champagne! This issue of The Porch Press officially marks forty years of our existence. And by “our,” I truly mean it – if you’re reading this, you are who this newspaper is for, however you may engage with us. Thank you for being a part of our shared community. To celebrate such…
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July & August at Oakland Cemetery: Atlanta’s Liveliest Cemetery This Summer
By Kristy Gomez Like the song says, “hot fun in the summertime” is the theme for Atlanta right now and Oakland Cemetery is no different. Despite the hot temperatures, plenty of cool things are happening at Oakland Cemetery. This summer, the Cemetery is the campus and classroom for Atlanta’s youth at Oakland Summer Camp as well as…
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An Ode to Volunteers — And the Need for More
By Riki Bolster Why volunteer? Why give away your time for free? “We live in an amazing community and it only stays that way because people volunteer,” Marina Saffel, volunteer for the Ormewood Park Makers Festival said. Nicole Palmietto, co-chair of the 2026 Makers Festival, said as a new resident to SAND and a new…
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Roots on the Ground
By Christian Trevor Lisa The thinker Robert Pogue Harrison once wrote, “What is a place if not its memory of itself—a site or locale where time turns back upon itself?” Few places in Atlanta offer a better opportunity for a piece of land to “remember itself” than Ormewood Forest. At the corner of Ormewood and…
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Memorial Drive Greenway Open House
By Lyn Hillman The City of Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) held an open house for the Memorial Drive Greenway on June 23 at the Oakland Cemetery visitor’s center. The Greenway is designed to connect the Grant Park neighborhood with downtown Atlanta via pedestrian-friendly sidewalks and bike lanes along Martin Luther King, Jr.…
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Introducing the New East Atlanta Librarian
By Paul Bolster The East Atlanta Library welcomes its new librarian, Hannah Bruce. She “grew up in libraries,” Bruce said. When she was a kid, she asked her parents to drive to the library twice a month so she could check out new books. It took a while to get back to her country home…
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Join Us for Creek Rising on September 17
By Kayla Altland Whether you are new to the South Fork Conservancy, or an old friend, we welcome you to the annual Creek Rising celebration and benefit at Zonolite Park this fall. The event is slated for Thursday, September 17, 2026, from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Zonolite Park is located at 1164 Zonolite Road…
Published by a volunteer staff supporting the neighborhoods of Benteen Park, Boulevard Heights, Custer McDonough-Guice, East Atlanta, Glenwood Park, Grant Park, North Ormewood Park, Ormewood Park, and Woodland Hills.