Yvonne Zusel

1 month ago | ajc.com | Yvonne Zusel |DeAsia Paige

More than 1,200 journalists, historians and music industry professionals vote for who should be inducted. The final number varies each year, but it’s typically the top six to seven nominees. Outkast joins Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Soundgarden, the White Stripes and Cyndi Lauper as inductees in the performer category. Atlanta rock band the Black Crowes was also nominated.

1 month ago | ajc.com | Yvonne Zusel |DeAsia Paige

The 2025 class of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees will be announced Sunday. Georgia acts Outkast and the Black Crowes are among this year’s 14 nominees, competing against artists like Mariah Carey, Cyndi Lauper and Billy Idol. More than 1,200 journalists, historians and music industry professionals vote for who should be inducted. The final number varies each year, but it’s typically the top six to seven nominees.

1 month ago | ajc.com | Yvonne Zusel

Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre’s upcoming season will feature several classics and new works, including the world premiere of a musical cowritten by music legend Gloria Estefan. The 2025-26 season, the theater’s 57th, will kick off this summer with “Milo Imagines the World,” a musical for young audiences based on the book by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson. The musical’s songs come from Christian Magby and Christian Albright, with a book by Atlanta native Terry Guest.

2 months ago | ajc.com | Yvonne Zusel

Atlanta’s largest theater will lose its managing director at the end of the year. Mike Schleifer will leave the Alliance Theatre after more than a decade to become the managing director of Lincoln Center Theater in New York. He started at the Alliance as general manager in 2014, and was appointed managing director in 2016.

Feb 22, 2025 | ajc.com | Olivia Wakim |Yvonne Zusel

Superhero-themed pizzeria Savage Pizza will open its downtown Norcross location next week. The newest outpost at 7 Jones St. NW will be open for dinner service on Friday, Feb. 28. Savage Pizza has been an Atlanta staple since 1990 when it first opened in Virginia-Highland, then moved a few years later to Moreland Avenue in Little Five Points. A second location opened in 2009 in Avondale Estates.