New ‘70s gangster drama: biographical blunder
Director Scott Cooper (“Crazy Heart”) recants the stunning biography of James “Whitey” Bulger (Johnny Depp, “Pirates of the Caribbean”), an exceedingly power-hungry gangster boss operating...
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Guitars reign supreme at Midtown
Early last weekend, Sept. 18 and Sept. 19, Piedmont Park was flooded by thousands of music enthusiasts eager to see their favorite bands perform. Returning...
Annual JapanFest shares heritage and culture
From kimonos and bicycle-riding robots to anime shops and samurai demonstrations, the annual Japanese Festival (JapanFest for short) celebrates the beauty of the Japanese culture....
Trebel trades ad views for free music downloads
Released in the App Store last week and currently available to Tech students for free, Trebel Music is a service to deliver free music downloads...
Affordable Mexican food comes to 10th Street
Midtown Atlanta is no stranger to Southwestern cuisine. Between Moe’s, Willy’s and Chipotle, Tech students have a myriad of options to choose from when it...
Local businesses inspired to ‘Pop-up’
Atlanta’s resident Root City Market self-describes its quarterly pop-up markets as the “London weekend market meets the Brooklyn Flea.” After attending, “southern charm” would also...
Parade lights up for Art on the Atlanta BeltLine
The city of Atlanta is often overlooked when large U.S. cities are mentioned, but it definitely has its fair share of events and places to...
Metal Gear Solid series ends with a bang
After 17 years, the “Metal Gear Solid” saga has finally come to an end. On Sept. 1, Konami released the eighth and final installment of...
Festival lacks jazz influence
This past weekend, Emory University hosted the 12th annual Atlanta Trumpet Festival. As the specialized nature of the event suggests, the festival was not the...
Helen’s new album evokes multiple emotions
Liz Harris, donning the moniker “Grouper,” has been making waves in modern ambient music for the past decade. Her sound is openly melancholy on record...
Iachimo steals spotlight at Shakespeare Tavern
The New American Shakespeare Tavern has graced Atlanta with original practice renditions of William Shakespeare’s works for more than twenty years. This stage ignores the...
Wandering through the land of the dragons
For the uninitiated few, Dragon Con, founded in 1987, is a convention which celebrates all things nerdy such as anime, comics, anything related to science...
New cafe reveals modern flair and fine coffee
Atlanta is home to countless blossoming neighborhoods. Old Fourth Ward is host to massive apartment and retail projects such as Ponce City Market as throngs...
Panels, competitions and games, oh my!
While there are plenty of activities to do and sights to see at Dragon Con, the emphasis of the actual convention is on its scheduled...
Musings from the convention floor
After six years of attending anime conventions, it is pretty easy for me to feel like I have seen it all. However, like many people...
RAW allows eclectic artists a stage
RAW: Natural Born Artists is an international arts organization that spotlights independent artists in visual art, film, fashion, music, hair and makeup, photography, modeling and...
Cranekiss displays Tamaryn’s new retro sound
Tamaryn are a dream pop music group formed in 2008 in San Francisco, CA consisting of vocalist and namesake Tamaryn Brown and multi-instrumentalist Rex Shelverton...
Karaoke Night draws in unexpected singers
Last Wednesday, Sept. 2, from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. in the evening, Tech Rec hosted their first Karaoke Night of the semester. In conjunction...