Maegan Smith

Atlanta is home to the KPOP STORE in USA, which is owned and operated by a family that emigrated from South Korea 15 years ago. The business, located on Buford Highway, has been selling K-pop cultural goodies, such as CDs, posters and glow sticks, for five years after transitioning from operating as a long-running video rental store. “My whole family likes K-pop, which I think helps us a lot in this business,” Daniel Lim, manager of the KPOP STORE in USA, said. “When I first moved here, there

When Rufus M. Rose, the possible namesake of Four Roses Bourbon, decided he wanted to build a home for his family in Atlanta, he turned to architect E.C Seiz. A wealthy businessman — he founded R. M. Rose Co. Distillery in Vinings — Rose wanted a home with all the modern conveniences that the early 1900s could offer, including gas, electricity and running water. Seiz delivered, constructing for him a grand Queen Anne Victorian-style mansion at 481(now 537) Peachtree Street, wrapped in deep red

Patti Phillips remembers feeling like she had lost her purpose. After six years of pouring everything she had into caring for her youngest daughter Stephanie, the quiet, 18-year-old softball star died from the bone cancer she’d been fighting. But the first Thursday of every month, Phillips finds a renewed sense of purpose. Fourteen years after the death of her own daughter, Phillips sees it as her role to help those for whom the loss of a child is fresh. She knows how it feels in that moment

Freaknik made springtime in Atlanta unforgettable during the mid-‘90s. “I say it’s a cultural phenomenon where we had a group of 200,000 plus at one time, African-American youth in the city for a fun, leisure and entertainment weekend,” former Underground Atlanta General Manager George Hawthorne said. “I think the Freaknik name as you know is a brand that is recognizable across the country.” Related: Freaknik Returns To Atlanta For One Day>> The yearly festival in Atlanta began in 1982 as a

It was all about the children. Black children, mostly boys, were missing and found dead throughout Atlanta. In some cases they were strangled, in others stabbed and shot. Monica Kaufman Pearson, then a nightly anchor on WSB-TV, would come on television every night and recite the common phrase: “It’s 10 o’clock do you know where your children are?” And though that phrase was used across the nation, in Atlanta, particularly in 1979, it had more resonance. Knowing where your children were at n

Atlanta is bursting with culture. From its dining scene to its breakout performers and tech landscapes, Atlanta is on the map — and other big cities are paying attention. But with all the strides we’ve made, there’s one industry the city has struggled to get a firm foothold in: fashion. “Fine fashion” has a presence here, sure — you can throw a rock in Buckhead and hit a dozen luxury boutiques, from Gucci, Dior and Céline at Phipps Plaza to Tom Ford and Hermès at The Shops at Buckhead Atlanta.