By Manning Harris
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The Alliance Theatre is ushering in the season for us with “Holidays with the Chalks,” at a down-home, guitar-pickin’, finger-lickin’, low-rent country honky-tonk dive called Tubby’s, really the Hertz Stage.  The Chalk …

By Kyle Brooks
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Are We Breaking Up? is the new album by Atlanta band, Noel Stephen & the Darlings. It is a gentle melodious album, pink and fluffy. Reminiscent of a past time. A few truck-stop …

By Manning Harris
Oprah Winfrey once told Madonna that the megastar wasn’t merely famous, she defined fame.  This  type of renown and success, especially if maintained nearly 30 years as Madonna has done, has its pitfalls …

By Manning Harris
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Steve Yockey’s “Wolves” is a sucker punch of a play that will shock, disturb, delight and may even induce nightmares.  Its world premiere, directed by Melissa Foulger, is now playing at Actor’s Express …

By Timothy George
Olmsted, a new lunch and brunch-only restaurant, has opened in the Symphony Tower, at 1180 Peachtree Street. Olmsted aims to be the go-to place for the Midtown business crowd and those seeking bistro …

By Manning Harris
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The Alliance Theatre’s “Next to Normal” is haunting and powerful, perfectly cast and executed.  It’s the most riveting, don’t-miss play at the Alliance since “August: Osage County.” It will only run through …