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Lisa Cupid with her arm around Linda Brackner

Mableton March 14, 2022

Green Room of Mableton holds grand opening and ribbon-cutting Friday

The Green Room of Mableton held its grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony last Friday before an enthusiastic crowd of neighbors. The business is located at 1391 Veterans Memorial Hwy SW…

The Deemsters: a five piece band on stage

Food January 17, 2022

Another visit to the Green Room of Mableton

It’s been a while since I’ve paid a visit to The Green Room of Mableton, the restaurant and music venue located at 1391 Veterans Memorial Hwy SW Suite 114 on…

Three musicians on a small stage: mandolin, banjo and guitar

Second Helpings November 9, 2021

Creative Food, Intimate Music, Uncommon Venue

By Brian Benefield For more articles on food in Cobb County follow this link to all our Second Helpings columns by Brian Benefield. Tucked away amongst towering trees, there is…

Pigs & Peaches BBQ featuring a band on stage with brightly colored lights shining on them

Kennesaw July 19, 2021

Kennesaw’s annual Pigs & Peaches BBQ returns for 20th year

The popular Pigs & Peaches BBQ festival is coming on August 20 and 21 in Adams Park in Kennesaw. The festival includes a competition sanctioned by both the Kansas City…

Kennesaw State University March 9, 2021

Cellist Jesús Castro-Balbi named director of KSU school of music

Kennesaw State University announced in a news release that educator and cellist Dr. Jesús Castro-Balbi has been named the director of the Dr. Bobbie Bailey School of Music. The appointment…

Photos of children at a Sensory Friendly Concert

Art and Culture January 16, 2020

GSO receives National Endowment for the Arts grant for Sensory Friendly Concert

The Marietta-based Georgia Symphony Orchestra as been approved for a $10,000 Challenge America grant for the GSO Sensory Friendly concert. The concert will take place on Saturday March 7 at…

Linda and Ben Brackner in the Green Room, with ongoing work to the unfinished space in the background

Art and Culture, Food December 23, 2019

The Green Room — a new restaurant and music venue coming to Veterans Memorial Highway

For Linda and Ben Brackner The Green Room is an obvious labor of love. The upcoming restaurant and music venue will be located at 1391 Veterans Memorial Highway SW, Suite…

The Georgia Symphony Orchestra Chorus performing America Vol 5(photo by Tom Kells, courtesy of the GSO)

Art and Culture April 9, 2019

Georgia Symphony Orchestra presents America, Vol 5

The Georgia Symphony Orchestra Chorus and the Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra Chorus will continue a multi-year, multi-ensemble GSO series exploring music of America in a performance at Kennesaw State University….

Cobb County Public Library April 22, 2018

Watch hundreds of live concert videos with Quello on the Cobb County Public Library website

Cobb County residents with a library card have online access to an amazing array of streaming live musical performances in dozens of genres. With Quello, you can watch Bob Marley’s…

Music, Whittier Mill Village October 11, 2015

Whiskey Shivers — Blue grass music with a whole lot of punk rock fun

Blue grass music with a whole lot of punk rock fun, best seen at a live show, is how I’d describe this year’s headliner for Parktoberfest. Whiskey Shivers is a…

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Elections November 2, 2024

With Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk and Donald Trump, Republicans’ ‘strict father’ has become the creepy uncle

by Karrin Vasby Anderson, Colorado State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] When Tucker Carlson, the reactionary pundit fired in 2023 from Fox News, preceded…

International November 2, 2024

Foreign countries are helping autocracies repress exiled dissidents in return for economic gain

by Rebecca Cordell, University of Pittsburgh and Kashmiri Medhi, University of Texas at Dallas, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Governments, even democratic ones, are willing…

Elections November 2, 2024

Rust Belt voters aren’t all white, but election coverage of the region often ignores the concerns of people of color there

by Christabel Devadoss, Middle Tennessee State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Every four years, national media turn their attention to the Rust Belt, a…

Elections November 2, 2024

U.S. Justice Department stresses protection of voters’ rights

by Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] October 30, 2024 WASHINGTON — With less than a week before the polls close…

Health Care November 2, 2024

‘A Pressure Campaign’: Beverly Hills Settles After Allegedly Blocking Abortion Clinic

This article by Christine Mai-Duc first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Christine Mai-Duc Updated October 31, 2024 Originally Published October 31, 2024 The city of Beverly Hills…

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Green Room of Mableton holds grand opening and ribbon-cutting Friday

Another visit to the Green Room of Mableton

Creative Food, Intimate Music, Uncommon Venue

Kennesaw’s annual Pigs & Peaches BBQ returns for 20th year

Cellist Jesús Castro-Balbi named director of KSU school of music

GSO receives National Endowment for the Arts grant for Sensory Friendly Concert

The Green Room — a new restaurant and music venue coming to Veterans Memorial Highway

Georgia Symphony Orchestra presents America, Vol 5

Watch hundreds of live concert videos with Quello on the Cobb County Public Library website

Whiskey Shivers — Blue grass music with a whole lot of punk rock fun