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roughdraftatlanta.com > 09/12/2026 > atlanta-out-local-lgbtq-nightlife-app

New app OUT Local is a centralized platform for Atlanta's LGBTQ+ nightlife

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (236+ words) Local news for metro Atlanta In time for Pride, Atlanta will be getting a new app dedicated to LGBTQ+ nightlife. OUT Local is the one-stop shop for all things LGBTQ+ in Atlanta. After doing marketing for the Pride Run ATL…...

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roughdraftatlanta.com > 09/01/2026 > puerto-rican-beef-empanadas-raul-thomas-recipe

Recipe: Puerto Rican-style beef empanadas

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (212+ words) This week, we’re sharing a recipe for Puerto Rican-style beef empanadas from Chef Raul Thomas. You may have encountered his empanadas at Theater in the Square. Thomas owns the theater and sells the empanadas as a concession. “Empanadas take me…...

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roughdraftatlanta.com > 08/28/2026 > marta-settlement

Atlanta and MARTA reach $52 million settlement

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (829+ words) Friday, Aug. 28 — Amid rising trade tensions, President Donald Trump ordered Lake Ontario renamed “Lake America,” calling Canadian officials “nasty people.” Prime Minister Mark Carney said the name was more than four centuries old, predating both countries. ☁️ Cloudy with a high…...

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roughdraftatlanta.com > 08/28/2026 > local-actress-akira-jackson-on-the-existential-horror-of-it-ends

Local actress Akira Jackson on the existential horror of 'It Ends"

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (872+ words) The first time actor Akira Jackson filmed “It Ends,” she was 19 years old. Now, promoting the film – which finally hits theaters in Atlanta this weekend – she’s 23. Directed by Florida State University alum Alexander Ullom, “It Ends” follows Jackson, Phinehas Yoon,…...

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roughdraftatlanta.com > 08/26/2026 > tabernacle-music-venue-introduces-new-partnership-new-name

Tabernacle music venue introduces new partnership, new name

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (149+ words) One of Atlanta’s most popular live music venues is getting a new name. Tabernacle, located in Downtown Atlanta, will now be known as Tabernacle presented by iTHINK Financial, according to a press release. The music venue was originally built as…...

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roughdraftatlanta.com > 08/26/2026 > atlanta-artist-dre-epps-jr

Self-taught artist André René Epps Jr. pitches 10-painting series

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (275+ words) And Epps is on a mission to change that. Every canvas in the series starts with the same yellow-ochre wash background, a shade similar to what Crayola called “Flesh,” until 1962. For Epps, using the color is a rejection of the…...

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roughdraftatlanta.com > 08/21/2026 > pataaka-indian-restaurant-opens-spring-quarter-midtown-atlanta

Family-style Indian restaurant Pataaka opens at Spring Quarter in Midtown

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (470+ words) Pataaka, a family-style Indian restaurant from Chef Anish Nair (Jai Ho), opens at the Spring Quarter development in Midtown on Aug. 22. Located on the ground floor of the Sora residential tower, Pataaka, the Hindi word for “firecracker,” will serve tapas-style…...

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roughdraftatlanta.com > 08/18/2026 > nakato-atlanta-miso-soup-recipe

Recipe: Miso soup from Nakato

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (222+ words) This week, we’re sharing a recipe for the miso soup from Nakato, Atlanta’s oldest Japanese restaurant. Miso, or fermented soybean paste, is a quintessential ingredient in Japanese cuisine thought to have arrived in the country 1,300 years ago from China. According…...