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With the right bra, a woman’s self-esteem is up here
By Michelle Hiskey Now is the bosom of advertising season, after the new Super Bowl commercials reveal what we “need” to feel really good about ourselves, and right before the Sports Illustrated...
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Andrew Crawford’s metal gates are passages of his own creative risks
By Michelle Hiskey A garden gate by Andrew T. Crawford is a frame of beauty and a joy of metal. It’s also a sign of the artist’s mid-career transformation. Blacksmith and metal sculptor Andrew T....
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Away from Facebook’s social circle, a connection to sacred circles
Nearly a billion people are on Facebook, which helps us track and take part in our social circles. So what happens when you unplug? Sunday is the last day to see "Mandala: Sacred Circle in Tibetan...
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While battling Vietnam scars, memoirist receives nearly $5,000 in city water...
By Michelle Hiskey A good memoirist roots out details and meaning from the dark corner of a life. Her work shines light on a universal truth. Christal Presley (Photo by Lindsey Lingenfelter) While...
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Broken cell phone, local lifeline and the powerful need to connect
By Michelle Hiskey The iPhone’s marimba beat woke me as usual, only the direction was very wrong. The sound came from the floor, where the phone had fallen. A broken smart phone screen reveals the deep...
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From a straight Young Republican to a gay Democrat delegate
By Michelle Hiskey In 1972, Georgia Tech student Bob Gibeling cheered Pat Nixon’s arrival at the Republican Convention in Miami. He gave interviews to national media about his generation’s support of...
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Jeff Galloway: For health and success, schedule frequent breaks — and there’s...
By Michelle Hiskey Walkers in the Kaiser Permanente 5K event, scheduled Thursday at 7 pm. Downtown streets will be blocked off. Traffic alert: On Thursday at 7 pm, 16,000 people will run and walk 3.1...
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Behind 100 miles and $10K, an endurance to care for men on foot
By Michelle Hiskey Someone ran 100 miles and showed up last week at the Central Night Shelter downtown with a pocketful of checks totaling $10,000, an eye-popping climax to a story of one man trying to...
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Cicadas to pervade eastern U.S., but not Atlanta
By Ben Smith All that buzz about locusts descending soon is just that. They aren’t coming here, the experts say—because Atlanta has cut down too many trees and laid down too many parking lots. Credit:...
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A bartender’s faith and the death of Robert Berry
By Ben Smith When Kimberly “Berly” Logan became a bartender at Houston’s Peachtree, she expected to hear stories from those she served. But when one customer turned into a friend who was determined to...
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Looking in plain sight for Atlanta’s random signs of optimism
By Michelle Hiskey Smiley footprint in pavement on Decatur Street near Little Five Points Every day, a block from Five Points MARTA station, hundreds of people walk by or over a deep heel print in the...
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For warped lives, re:loom and Spanx weave new hope
By Ben Smith When Fred Brown’s ex-girlfriend went to prison in 2011 and left their son in his care, he knew he had to change the pattern of his life. Fred Brown, 29, weaves a rug at re:loom. First the...
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A circular journey into one’s soul through an Atlanta labyrinth
By Ben Smith The labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral in France. The emblem of a winding path bound by a circle caught the attention of the convenience store clerk. “It’s a maze,” she said, smiling and...
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Gutsy voices of teen writers help VOX survive
By Ben Smith VOX homecoming king Mahmood Thompson, who wrote about Asperger’s Syndrome. After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1989 that schools could censor student newspapers, teenagers responded by...
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On Super Bowl week, Kavin Caruso challenges his odds
By Ben Smith The week before the Super Bowl, Kavin Caruso showed off his stellar memory by naming every NFL title winner in the 1960s and the teams they defeated. With a mental vise grip for dates and...
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Young playwright brings comic touch to Atlanta
By Ben Smith The main challenge of a young playwright, Tennessee Williams said, is to not bore the audience. “Even if you have to resort to totally arbitrary killing on stage, or pointless gunfire, at...
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Rules help ground Georgia’s largest hands-on farmers market
The Peachtree Road Farmers Market opened for its 8th season at The Cathedral of St. Philip on April. 5th. The Saturday market will remain open until December 13th. By Ben Smith Through all the ice,...
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Happiness for free, courtesy of little ukulele
By Ben Smith George Harrison once said the ukulele “is the one instrument you can’t play and not laugh.” No wonder he spent his last days on earth playing one together with close friends. As the days...
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Getting a strategy to cope with holiday (diabetic) stress
Christmas desserts are red alarm foods for diabetics who aren’t controlling their blood sugar. Ben Smith Ding dong merrily on high. Welcome to my nightmare. For a Type 2 diabetic and compulsive...
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Lights, garden, action: Is personal change possible in 2015?
By Ben Smith The sun sets over downtown Atlanta and this giant topiary butterfly, a symbol of transformation emblazoned with lights, at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens on New Year’s Eve. At the Atlanta...
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