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…
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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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…