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Seasonal retail and dining jobs are opening up at Lenox Square this fall. The mall will hold a Holiday Hiring Event on Saturday, September 19, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Dining Pavilion.
Lenox Square Hiring Event Set for Sept. 19
Participating retailers and restaurants will meet candidates on the spot for part-time, seasonal, and entry-level roles. The event is aimed at people looking for holiday-season work, extra income, or a first step into retail.
Event details
Saturday, September 19
2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Dining Pavilion, Lenox SquareHiring managers from a mix of stores and restaurants will be on hand. Organizers recommend bringing several copies of your résumé, dressing professionally, and being ready to talk about your availability and interest in holiday work.
If you want seasonal hours, weekend shifts, or retail experience before the busy shopping season, this walk-in event is a straightforward way to meet employers in one place. Arrive prepared and give yourself time to speak with more than one recruiter.
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There’s a full slate of talented live music bands happening this weekend in Atlanta. All you’ve got to do is sit back and relax … or dance your butt off.
Check Out These Live Music Acts in Atlanta This Weekend
This weekend leans heavily into holiday vibes with orchestral and themed shows, alongside strong hip-hop and rock options.
Live Music Acts in Atlanta: Friday, September 11
- Air Supply — Atlanta Symphony Hall
- Lucki with Sk8star — Coca-Cola Roxy
- Elder with Bask — The Masquerade (Heaven)
- BLÜ EYES — The Masquerade (Purgatory)
- Sara Landry — Believe Music Hall
- TVBOO with HerShe — Terminal West
- Linea Personal — The Tabernacle
- Kota the Friend — City Winery Atlanta
- Matroda / MPH — District Atlanta
- Luis Alfonso — Atlanta Eagles Arena
- Treppenwitz — Aisle 5Not
- Lö and others — The Drunken Unicorn
- Jazz on the Lawn: Devon Gates + Charles Overton — Callanwolde Fine Arts Center
- ProgPower USA (festival day) — Center Stage
Live Music Acts in Atlanta: Saturday, September 12
- Malcolm Todd with 54 Ultra — Coca-Cola Roxy
- Mike Campbell with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra — Atlanta Symphony Hall
- Arrows in Action — The Masquerade (Hell)
- Ivy Lab with Rohaan and Curra — The Goat Farm
- Scatterbrain / CDSM — Aisle 5
- TVBOO (continuation of tour date) — Terminal WestS
- ound + Vision (live music + experimental program) — Loop / Goat Farm areaProg
- Power USA (festival wrap) — Center Stage
Live Music Acts in Atlanta: Sunday, September 13
- Ken Carson with Xavierso based and DJ Moon — State Farm Arena
- Malcolm Todd (second night) — Coca-Cola Roxy
- Kumar Sanu — Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
- Ron Pope — City Winery AtlantaSoul Brunch: A Luther Vandross Tribute — City Winery Atlanta
- Archers with supporting acts — The Masquerade (Purgatory)
- Gurriers — Vinyl at Center Stage
- Melt-Banana with Slick and Garbage For Lust — The Drunken Unicorn
- Bitchin Bajas — The Goat FarmAcopia — Aisle 5Kontravoid and Buzz Kull — The Earl
- Nicko McBrain’s Titanium Tart — The Loft
This lineup’s got something for every taste, from arena spectacles to divey delights. Atlanta’s music scene never sleeps. Check venue sites for updates, as times and openers can shift. What’s your must-see?
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Buteco
1039 Grant St SE Suite C-10, Atlanta, GA 30315 | (404) 963-2929
Buteco, a Brazilian coffee shop located in the Beacon development in Grant Park, has a cool vibe with different bands during the week.
Apache Cafe
880 Woodrow St SW, Atlanta, GA 30310 | (404) 594-1170
If you want to enjoy one of the city’s musical gems, Apache Cafe is the place to go. Aside from being the venue where India Irie was discovered, patrons will enjoy the daily happy hour, food and drinks.
With a weekly schedule of events that features Pangea’s Afrosocial, spoken word, karaoke, art, live music and more, this place is a must-visit. See upcoming events.
Blind Willie’s
828 North Highland Avenue NE Atlanta, GA 30306 | (404) 873-2583
The world-renown Blind Willie’s is the premiere spot in Atlanta for some down-home blues music. See upcoming concerts.
Center Stage / The Loft
1374 W Peachtree St NW, Atlanta, GA 30309 | (404) 885-1365
Center Stage is one of the most accessible places in Atlanta to hear some live music. National acts on the pop music and hip-hop scene regularly come through to perform.
The Loft is a more intimate music venue adjacent to Center Stage. It’s a standing-room only place that allows the venue to transform into a gigantic dance floor. See upcoming shows.
City Winery
650 North Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA 30308 | (404) 946-3791
City Winery in Midtown Atlanta has some of the biggest acts week in and week out. If you want to see a top-notch live show, City Winery is the place to be. See their schedule.
Coca-Cola Roxy
800 Battery Ave SE #500, Atlanta, GA 30339 | (470) 351-3866
The Coca-Cola Roxy is a spacious venue at the Battery across the street from SunTrust Park, where the Atlanta Braves play. The Roxy plays big-name acts and packs a crowd on the weekends. See Coca-Cola Roxy events.
Kat’s Cafe
If you’re looking for a lively night of creative arts, Kate’s Cafe in Midtown Atlanta may be just the thing. Neatly tucked away amid some residential homes at 970 Piedmont Ave NE, a short distance from 10th Street, Kat’s Cafe live music bar and restaurant is definitely one of those cool things to do in Atlanta on any day of the week.
Mable House Barnes Amphitheatre
5239 Floyd Rd SW, Mableton, GA 30126 | (770) 819-7765
The Mable House Barnes Amphitheatre draws some major acts to southern Cobb County. If you live out that way, Mable House packs a crowd. See events here.
Northside Tavern
1058 Howell Mill Rd NW, Atlanta, GA 30318 | (404) 874-8745
Northside Tavern in West Midtown is a great place to catch some live music and enjoy some good food at the same time. This is Atlanta’s unofficial “home of the blues” powered by house band Mudcat. Check out their calendar.
The Tabernacle
152 Luckie St NW, Atlanta, GA 30303 | (404) 659-9022
The Tabernacle in downtown Atlanta draws some big acts every week. You can see their event schedule to find someone you no doubt know. See event information.
Terminal West
887 West Marietta St NW C, Atlanta, GA 30318 | (404) 876-5566
In West Midtown, Terminal West is a best-kept secret when it comes to places with live music in Atlanta. See Terminal West events.
The Masquerade
50 Lower Alabama Street, Atlanta, GA 30303 | (404) 577-8178
The Masquerade is a huge music venue for rockers, metal fans and alternative music. You’ll frequently get the hip-hop groups to perform there as well. See upcoming shows.
Red Light Cafe
553-1 Amsterdam Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30306 | (404) 874-7828
Red Light Cafe in Midtown Atlanta is your place to go to see local rock acts, reggae and other alternative vibes. Check out the Red Light Cafe events calendar.
Variety Playhouse
1099 Euclid Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30307 | (404) 524-7354
This old movie theater acts as a concert hall for local acts as well as visiting musicians. This intimate venue can hold more than 1,000 people and is in a central location. See who’s playing at Variety Playhouse.
Final Word
For many people, live music can enhance the overall dining experience, adding an extra dimension of enjoyment to the meal. During an Atlanta weekend, live music can make the evening feel more special and memorable.
Atlanta has become known for its music, but mostly in the studio and on the radio. But where are the live music venues in Atlanta?
Atlanta has so many things to do no matter what you’re into: live music, sports, recreation, shopping, etc.
Drop a comment below—we’re all ears (and eyes on the stage). Stay tuned for more AtlantaFi.com music coverage!
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The new freshman class of Hillman College just gave Jasmine Guy her flowers — and the moment happened right here in Atlanta.
Netflix dropped an emotional clip this week of the incoming cast of its A Different World sequel surrounding Guy with white roses, hugs, and words of gratitude. Guy, who created the iconic Southern belle Whitley Gilbert-Wayne, is visibly moved, dabbing her eyes as the young actors tell her she is “such a light,” that her energy on set matters every day, and that they love her.
The video captures more than a nice on-set surprise. It is a passing of the torch that unfolded on the real campuses that helped inspire the original show — and now serve as its new home.
Hillman, rebuilt in the Atlanta University Center
The sequel, which premieres September 24, 2026 — exactly 39 years after the original series debuted — follows Deborah Wayne (Tony winner Maleah Joi Moon), the youngest daughter of Whitley and Dwayne Wayne. She arrives at Hillman as a free-spirited artist trying to step out of her parents’ long shadow.
This time, Hillman is not a soundstage recreation. Production filmed across the Atlanta University Center — Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, and Spelman College — from February through May 2026. “Hillman College” signs went up on the Clark Atlanta campus last year, and university president George T. French Jr. called the sight “beautiful.”
Showrunner Felicia Pride, who lives in Atlanta, said shooting at the AUC gave the series texture the original multi-camera sitcom could never achieve. About 59 to 70 percent of the background performers are actual HBCU students or alumni from those schools. Guy herself noted the excitement on set: “All these young people are so excited to be a part of the show.”
The original series used some Spelman exteriors, but the new version lives on those quads, in those cafeterias, and among the students who walk those paths every day
Why Atlanta was the only choice
Atlanta has long been the “Hollywood of the South,” and this production leaned into that identity in a way that feels personal. The original A Different World is credited with helping boost HBCU enrollment by 26 percent during its run. Bringing the sequel to the AUC — the same cluster of schools that influenced the writers decades ago — closes a circle.55
Pride and executive producer Debbie Allen (who directed the original series and helms three episodes of the new one, including the premiere) wanted authenticity over nostalgia. The result is a single-camera show that can actually show campus life instead of suggesting it. Local extras, local talent, and the daily rhythm of Atlanta’s HBCU community are baked into the production.
Guy has stayed connected to the city. The original cast launched its 2024 HBCU tour at the Atlanta University Center. She recently led an acting masterclass in Atlanta tied to the new series. The city that helped shape Hillman on screen is now shaping its next chapter in real life.
The new class and the legends in the room
In the Netflix video, the freshmen — including Moon as Deborah, Alijah Kai as Rashida, Cornell Young IV as Shaquille (Ron Johnson’s son), Jordan Aaron Hall as Amir, Kennedi Reece as Hazel, and Chibuikem Uche as Kojo — stand around Guy and other returning originals. Cree Summer (Freddie), Charnele Brown (Kimberly), and others appear to be there as well, holding flowers of their own.
The scene is exactly what the show has always been about: one generation seeing itself in the last and choosing to honor it while they’re still here.
A Different World returns to Netflix on September 24. For Atlanta, it already feels like homecoming. The flowers were given on set. The real gift is that Hillman is back on the campuses that helped make it matter in the first place.
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Are you looking for some fun-filled activities this weekend in Atlanta? The city offers some great events this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, including outdoor and indoor festivals in neighborhoods like Midtown and Buckhead.
At AtlantaFi.com, we’ve curated the best things for you to do in Atlanta this weekend.
Check Out the Best Things To Do in Atlanta This Weekend
Whether you’re into arts, music, comedy, or just exploring the city, here’s our curated list of the top things to do this weekend.
Atlanta Food & Wine Festival
Photo credit: Facebook / Atlanta Food & Wine Festival The Atlanta Food & Wine Festival, the city’s signature food festival, kicks off this weekend. It’s happening in Midtown and Downtown Atlanta. Get the details.
Beltline Activities
The Eastside Trail (especially around Ponce City Market and Krog Street) buzzes with people grabbing food/drinks from spots like the 9 Mile Station food hall or nearby breweries. Expect informal World Cup watch parties at BeltLine-adjacent bars and patios amid the ongoing FIFA festivities.
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Atlanta Weekend Events: Friday, September 11, 2026
- Atlanta Food & Wine Festival (Home Depot Backyard at Mercedes-Benz Stadium): Multi-day Southern food-and-drink event with tasting tents, chef demos, and special programs (including a Friday “Flavors of Atlanta” night). Day passes available.
- Yellow Daisy Festival (Stone Mountain Park): Large outdoor arts-and-crafts show with 400+ vendors, live music, food, a kids’ zone, and a beer garden. Hours typically 9 a.m.–6 p.m. Friday. Park admission/parking required.
- Atlanta Braves vs. Philadelphia Phillies (Truist Park, 7:15 p.m.): Home series opener against a division rival.
- Hamilton (Fox Theatre, evening): Broadway hit still running.
- Air Supply (Atlanta Symphony Hall): Classic pop concert.
- Marc Maron (Buckhead Theatre): Stand-up comedy.
- Other options: Atlanta Home Show (Cobb Galleria; free admission Friday), Purpose at Alliance Theatre, Les Misérables in Sandy Springs, or smaller shows (Lucki at Coca-Cola Roxy, Elder at The Masquerade).
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Atlanta Weekend Events: Saturday, September 12, 2026
- Georgia Tech vs. Tennessee (Bobby Dodd Stadium): Big college football matchup.
- Atlanta Braves vs. Phillies (Truist Park, 7:15 p.m.): Night game.
- Yellow Daisy Festival and Atlanta Food & Wine Festival: Both continue (Yellow Daisy typically 9 a.m.–6 p.m.).Kirkwood Wine Stroll: Neighborhood wine tasting with local businesses, food, and live music.
- Matcha Fest (Piedmont Park): Matcha, food, wellness, and culture festival.
- Mike Campbell with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Atlanta Symphony Hall).
- Hamilton (Fox Theatre; afternoon and/or evening performances).Other options: Monster Jam (Gas South Arena), Patrick Warburton at Variety Playhouse, Malcolm Todd at Coca-Cola Roxy, Atlanta International Auto Show (Georgia World Congress Center), or Sound + Vision experimental event.
Hamilton at Fox Theatre
Photo credit: Instagram Hamilton is back in Atlanta for a limited run. This is one event you won’t want to miss.
Atlanta Weekend Events: Sunday, September 13, 2026
- Atlanta Braves vs. Phillies (Truist Park, 1:35 p.m.): Day game to close the series.
- Yellow Daisy Festival and Atlanta Food & Wine Festival: Final day (Yellow Daisy typically 9 a.m.–5 p.m.).Atlanta Home Show and auto/antique markets continue.
- Hamilton (Fox Theatre).Family-friendly: High Museum of Art (UPS Second Sunday often means free or special access), Zoo Atlanta encounters, or Stone Mountain Park (lasershow in the evening if running).
- Explore neighborhoods – Brunch in Buckhead or East Atlanta, then wander historic sites like the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park or check out a neighborhood festival.
- Bonus relaxing options: Head to Atlanta museums like the High Museum or Zoo Atlanta (post-IllumiNights season), catch a puppet show, or enjoy casual park hangs and dining.
Traffic tip: Use MARTA for Midtown spots. What’s your pick? Drop us a line in the comments! Stay tuned for more updates.
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Hamilton still lands like a thunderclap. This past weekend at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s revolution felt newly urgent—less a greatest-hits package than a living argument about ambition, belonging, and what a country chooses to remember.
The Fox is the right house for it. That gilded, slightly over-the-top Midtown palace already looks like a set for founding-era pageantry; when the turntable starts and the company floods the stage, the building itself seems to lean in. The touring production still has the lean, athletic snap that made the show famous: Andy Blankenbuehler’s choreography remains a language of its own, half battlefield, half cabinet meeting. The score—hip-hop colliding with R&B, jazz, and old-school Broadway—doesn’t sound like a 2015 artifact. It sounds like a country still arguing with itself.
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What stirred me most wasn’t any single number, though “Yorktown,” “Satisfied,” and the duel sequence still devastate. It was the way the company sold the idea that history is not a marble statue. Hamilton wants everything at once: love, power, a name that outlives him. Burr wants the room without the risk. Washington wants the experiment to survive its founders. Eliza wants the man and the country to become something gentler than the violence that made them. Those tensions still crackle. You leave humming, then you leave thinking about who gets to write the story.
The audience this weekend was the other half of the night: first-timers gasping at the cabinet rap battles, veterans mouthing every word, teenagers who have known the soundtrack longer than some of the actors have been touring. That mix is part of why the show endures. It is popular art that still treats the audience as if they can handle speed, density, and moral complication.
Hamilton is at the Fox Theatre through September 20, 2026—a limited Atlanta stand as part of the North American tour and the Broadway in Atlanta season. If you can get in the room while it’s still here, go. A decade on, it has not become safe. It has become necessary.
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Phaedra Parks and Chris “CT” Tamburello made their first official red-carpet appearance as a couple at Night 1 of the 2026 Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Saturday, September 5, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
The outing came one day after Parks confirmed on SiriusXM’s Jeff Lewis Live that their relationship was “not” platonic. She told host Jeff Lewis she had already been out with Tamburello and that she would attend as his date while he presented an award.
Phaedra Parks, Chris ‘CT’ Tamburello Go Public
They met while competing on Season 2 of Peacock’s The Traitors, filmed in late 2023 and aired in 2024. Viewers and fellow contestants noticed their chemistry at the time. Recent social-media exchanges, including Tamburello’s August request for an Emmys plus-one and Parks’ reply “Baby I’m already yours,” kept the speculation going until her on-air confirmation.
On the carpet, Parks wore a black velvet halter gown with crystal-lined cutouts and a leg slit (described in some reports as Jovani Couture), paired with a flipped blonde bob and diamond jewelry. Tamburello wore a classic black tuxedo. Photos show him with his arm around her waist as they posed; they kept public displays of affection limited. Tamburello also posed with fellow The Challenge and Traitors alum Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio, who presented as well.
The Traitors swept all six of its Creative Arts categories that night, including Outstanding Host for Alan Cumming. The timing gave the new couple a celebratory backdrop. The next day Parks posted photos from the event with the caption, “Some came for the awards. I came with the prize. Thank you to the real trophy for making a beautiful night even better.”5
Parks and Tamburello planned to travel together to New York afterward. The appearance marked the public step after weeks of flirtation that traced back to their Traitors days. Fans who shipped the pairing finally saw it on a major awards-show carpet.
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Atlanta native T-Boz of TLC is recovering at home after a sickle cell crisis forced her off the road, as the group’s hometown date at Chastain Park approaches.
Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, 56, was hospitalized after a sickle cell crisis and is now “recovering and regaining her strength,” her representative Christal Jordan said in a statement first reported this week.
T-Boz Sickle Cell Crisis: What We Know
The flare-up pulled her from multiple dates on TLC’s It’s Iconic Tour with Salt-N-Pepa and En Vogue. Bandmate Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas has been performing the group’s catalog solo, with fans and fellow acts filling in T-Boz’s parts and offering prayers from the crowd.
TLC manager Bill Diggins later said the condition is not considered life-threatening and that Watkins is improving each day. Recovery from a crisis can take days or weeks. She will return only when fully recovered and medically cleared. Chilli will continue the remaining dates in the meantime.
Chilli addressed the absence onstage at the Aug. 28 show at Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut. “As you guys know, my sister T-Boz has sickle cell… sometimes those flare-ups come, and this is that time,” she told the audience, asking fans to “hold her down.” Similar messages followed at later Northeast stops.
Atlanta roots and a hometown date still on the calendar
Watkins was born in Des Moines, Iowa, and moved to the Atlanta area at age 9. TLC formed in Atlanta in the early 1990s and became one of the city’s defining musical exports, with hits including “Waterfalls,” “No Scrubs,” and “Creep.” Watkins has long been open about living with sickle cell disease since childhood; doctors once told her she would not live past 30. She has written about the illness in her memoir A Sick Life.
The tour itself launched Aug. 15 in Franklin, Tennessee. It is scheduled to play Atlanta’s Synovus Bank Amphitheater at Chastain Park on Oct. 2. That hometown date remains on the books, though whether Watkins will be cleared to perform is not yet known. Promoters have not canceled remaining shows.
September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month. Watkins has spoken for years about the pain, organ-risk, and unpredictability of crises, which can be triggered by stress, dehydration, or infection. Representatives have asked fans to keep prayers coming and thanked audiences for singing her parts and surrounding the group with support.
Friends including Jodeci’s Mr. Dalvin have also publicly asked for prayers. The group’s statement emphasized gratitude: “The love shown for T-Boz has been overwhelming.”
Atlanta fans hoping to see the full original pairing of T-Boz and Chilli on the Chastain Park lawn will have to wait for a medical update closer to Oct. 2. For now the official word is cautious optimism and rest.
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Atlanta moms are being invited outside — strollers, sneakers, and all.
Rapper, reality star, and mother of four Sukihana has launched a women’s walking meetup in Atlanta built around movement, sisterhood, and the messy, often-lonely stretch of postpartum life.
Sukihana Walking Club: What We Know
Marketed as “Mommy Walk with Sukihana,” the gathering is baby- and stroller-friendly, open to kids five and under, and framed as a low-pressure way for mothers to get fresh air, talk, laugh, and actually leave the house together.
That pitch lands differently in Atlanta than it might in a generic wellness brochure. This is a city where walking culture already has a social life of its own — Beltline loops, park meetups, women’s clubs that treat a few miles as both exercise and community. What’s new here is the host and the focus: a public figure who just had her fourth child and is using her platform to pull other mothers into the same routine she’s crediting with a better postpartum season.
A celebrity mom who keeps saying the quiet part out loud
Sukihana — born Destiny Jones — has never sold a polished “perfect mom” brand. She has talked for years about motherhood as the part of her life she would not trade, even as fame, reality TV, and music pulled her into a louder public lane. In 2026 she welcomed her fourth child, a daughter she referred to during pregnancy as “Peaches,” and has been unusually open about the physical and emotional work that follows birth.
That candor is the point of the walk. Comments under her announcement made the need obvious: women two months postpartum, swollen and insecure, saying they needed the support and missed the date. Others asked her to make it weekly. The hunger is not for a photo op. It is for a village that does not require a babysitter, a gym membership, or a performance of having it all together.
Atlanta has long been part of her story. She has lived and worked here, hosted local events, and recently packed fitness programming into the city — including a “Coochie Girls” workout class at The Loft Atlanta with a black-and-pink dress code, dumbbells, and merch. The mommy walk sits next to that energy but on a gentler setting: morning hours, limited spots, RSVP-only location, water bottle and comfortable shoes.
Why a walk, and why here
Postpartum recovery is not a single six-week finish line. Walking is one of the few forms of movement many new mothers can start with after medical clearance: it is joint-friendly, stroller-compatible, and social without forcing small talk in a fluorescent gym. Pair that with Atlanta’s outdoor infrastructure — parks, trails, and neighborhoods where a group of women with babies does not look out of place — and the format makes practical sense.
Sukihana has posted about touching grass and keeping a schedule that has made this postpartum stretch feel better than expected. The club is an extension of that message: get outside, move your body, stop isolating. For mothers who feel they disappeared into feeding schedules and swelling and comparison, a Friday 9 a.m. walk is a small, concrete invitation back into public space.
Sisterhood is the other half of the pitch. Atlanta already has women’s walking groups — Social Steps, Beltline clubs, body-positive hike meetups — but few are branded specifically for mothers in the fourth trimester and beyond, with little kids welcome and no expectation that anyone leave the baby at home. That matters in a city full of transplants, blended families, and women whose support systems are a flight away.
What the first meetups look like
The announced format is simple on purpose. Meet in Atlanta after RSVP. Bring water. Wear shoes you can actually walk in. Babies and strollers are part of the scene, not an inconvenience. Spaces are limited, which is both logistics and a way to keep the group from turning into a mob.
That restraint is useful. Celebrity wellness events can collapse into content farms. A capped morning walk with kids underfoot is harder to fake. If it becomes weekly, as some Atlanta moms already asked, it could settle into the same rhythm other local clubs have: a standing date, familiar faces, and a reason to get dressed and go.
Sukihana’s brand is loud. This project is quieter. The two can coexist. Fitness classes, nightlife appearances, and a stroller brigade on a Friday morning are all versions of the same person insisting that motherhood does not require disappearing — and that Atlanta mothers do not have to rebuild their bodies or their social lives alone.
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The Georgia Bulldogs enter the 2026 college football season as the preseason No. 3 team in the AP Top 25 and the highest-ranked program in the SEC, with Kirby Smart in his 11th year as head coach.
Coming off a 12-2 campaign in 2025 that included a second straight SEC championship (a 28-7 win over Alabama) and a College Football Playoff appearance that ended in a Sugar Bowl loss to Ole Miss, Georgia returns quarterback Gunner Stockton and looks to contend again for a national title.
Smart’s record at Georgia stands at 117-21 with two national championships and four SEC titles.
Georgia Bulldogs 2027 Football Schedule
The 2026 slate features nine SEC games for the first time in conference history, a mix of home nights Between the Hedges, tough road environments, and a relocated World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. Non-conference games include FCS Tennessee State, Western Kentucky, and the traditional season-ending rivalry with Georgia Tech. A bye week falls on Oct. 24.
2026 Georgia Football Schedule
Opponent Date Location Score Tennessee State Sat, Sept. 5 Sanford Stadium, Athens, GA (Home) W 63-3 Western Kentucky Sat, Sept. 12 Sanford Stadium, Athens, GA (Home) TBD at Arkansas Sat, Sept. 19 Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville, AR TBD Oklahoma Sat, Sept. 26 Sanford Stadium, Athens, GA (Home) TBD Vanderbilt Sat, Oct. 3 Sanford Stadium, Athens, GA (Home) TBD at Alabama Sat, Oct. 10 Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa, AL TBD Auburn Sat, Oct. 17 Sanford Stadium, Athens, GA (Home) TBD vs. Florida Sat, Oct. 31 Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA (Neutral) TBD at Ole Miss Sat, Nov. 7 Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, MS TBD Missouri Sat, Nov. 14 Sanford Stadium, Athens, GA (Home) TBD at South Carolina Sat, Nov. 21 Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, SC TBD Georgia Tech Sat, Nov. 28 Sanford Stadium, Athens, GA (Home) TBD Key Storylines and Notable Games
Kickoff times and networks for later games remain TBA or fall into announced windows (early, afternoon, night, or flex). Confirmed times include Tennessee State (3 p.m. ET, SEC Network+), Western Kentucky (12:45 p.m. ET, SEC Network), Arkansas (12 p.m. ET, ABC), and Florida (3:30 p.m. ET, ABC).0
Georgia opens at home against Tennessee State, a first-time opponent and FCS program coming off a 0-1 start. The Bulldogs are heavy favorites in a game that will introduce new offensive pieces after significant turnover at wide receiver. Stockton, an All-SEC quarterback in his second year as starter, returns along with tailbacks Nate Frazier and Chauncey Bowens. The defense, particularly the back seven, is viewed as a strength.
The non-conference portion stays relatively light after the opener, with Western Kentucky visiting in Week 2. SEC play begins immediately on the road at Arkansas, followed by a high-profile home game against No. 10 Oklahoma—the second meeting in the series after Georgia’s 54-48 overtime Rose Bowl win in the 2018 College Football Playoff.
Other marquee matchups include a night-window trip to Alabama (Oct. 10), the annual Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry with Auburn at home, and a rare change of venue for Florida. For the first time since 1995, the Georgia-Florida game leaves Jacksonville due to renovations at EverBank Stadium and will be played at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Later road tests at Ole Miss and South Carolina, plus home games against Vanderbilt and No. 25 Missouri, round out a demanding conference slate. The season closes with Georgia Tech in Athens.
Georgia faces four preseason ranked opponents: Oklahoma (No. 10), Alabama (No. 13), Ole Miss (No. 9), and Missouri (No. 25). The schedule’s balance of home games (seven, including the Atlanta neutral site) and four true road contests gives the Bulldogs a path to another 10-plus-win season and CFP berth if they avoid multiple losses in the gauntlet of SEC play.45
Expectations remain high in Athens. With Stockton leading the offense, an experienced defense, and Smart’s consistent program building, Georgia is positioned as a top national contender once again.
Results will fill in starting today as the Bulldogs take the field against Tennessee State.
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MARKHAM, Ill. — Filmmaker and philanthropist Tyler Perry has paid a nearly $18,000 mechanic’s lien on the home of 81-year-old Brenda Daurham, clearing a major financial obstacle after the longtime homeowner was displaced for more than six months amid an unresolved insurance dispute.
Daurham has lived in her Markham house for more than four decades. On Valentine’s Day, a pipe burst beneath her kitchen sink and flooded the property. Restoration crews began mitigation work, but Allstate later denied the claim, citing policy exclusions related to wear and tear, deterioration, and seepage.
Tyler Perry Pays Nearly $18,000 Lien for 81-Year-Old Homeowner
The restoration company then recorded a lien of $17,827.96, plus potential interest and fees, against the property. Daurham said she did not have the money to pay it and has been unable to return home.
The story reached a wide audience after FOX 32 Chicago reported on her situation. Viewers tagged Perry, who responded on Instagram by calling out the insurer: “Hey Allstate, step to the front real quick. This woman is 81 years old. You call this being in good hands?” He added a direct message to Daurham: “Don’t worry Ms. Daurham, help is on the way.”
Perry followed through by paying the lien. Reports also indicate he has offered additional assistance—reported in some accounts as $25,000—to help her get back on her feet and make the house livable again. Daurham expressed astonishment and gratitude. “I couldn’t believe it,” she said. She added that she was not entirely surprised, noting Perry’s history of helping others, especially older people.
The payment lifts a concrete burden. A lien on a home can stall repairs, complicate ownership, and deepen the stress of displacement, especially for an elderly homeowner living on a fixed income. One private act of generosity has removed that immediate threat.
Daurham and her family have made clear that gratitude toward Perry does not close the larger issue. They say she has continued paying premiums and that the original claim remains unresolved. “Tyler Perry paid the lien and we appreciate it, but we do not feel like Allstate should get away free,” Daurham said. The restoration company has argued the damage stemmed from a sudden plumbing failure that should have been covered. Allstate has said it is reviewing the matter.
Perry’s intervention does not substitute for a fair insurance resolution. It does, however, give Daurham a chance to move forward while that dispute continues. For an 81-year-old woman who spent decades maintaining her home and paying for coverage, the remaining questions—why the claim was denied and whether the policy will still be honored—deserve a clear and timely answer.
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