Just five weeks before the presidential election, America’s worried about high finance, which most of us don’t understand. So how will we vote?

This week in Atlanta's live music scene

Things to do this week in and near the city

People much, much wealthier than you or I are also feeling the financial pinch.

Somebody inquired of me last week, “Why do you always end your column with ‘Happy times’?"

From bohemian rhapsody and American classic to romantic swoons and tech-inspired cool, we’re rounding up the best bets of fall 2008.

“THE WAY I SEE IT”
(COLUMBIA)

“THE BEAT GOES ON”
(ORIGINAL SIGNAL)

Black comedy likely to stimulate your gag reflex

The only thing epic about 'Miracle at St. Anna' is its two-and-a-half-hours-plus running time

She thinks it’s love, but he sees marriage as a contract—and her end of the transaction is to provide a male heir...

Three current productions bring the noise

Fast-paced ‘Eagle Eye’ stuck on autopilot

Outing your friend’s kid and cheating online

Get in shape and adopt a healthy lifestyle in 30 days

Morton’s the Steakhouse offers wine lockers and charitable dining opportunities

Crisp, cooler weather brings out a different type of eater in all of us...

Neo is a modern Italian paradise

Adam Murphy exposes health code violations

Nova Scotia lobster nachos at the Palm

The news media have been shamefully stoking the idea that the only way Barack Obama could possibly lose the presidential election is if American racists have their way...

“It doesn’t require you to have an Internet connection, which Liberians within the country don’t have. You can record your story at the kiosk and watch the stories of your peers.”—Michael Best on Georgia Tech’s social justice kiosk

Ever wonder whatever happened to Iraq? No one talks about it...

Politics has not just eclipsed but replaced traditional entertainment as our primary source of pop-cultural obsession.

This week in live music

The neocon talent scouts spotted Sarah Palin, their political Eliza Doolittle, back in the summer of '07...

It may seem like I’m living a sunny life on the road, but the truth is that I tend to have really bad luck...

A Quick Q&A

You haven’t tried Pilates until you’ve been on a Reformer. It makes mat class look like playtime

Is it possible to be cheated on before you’re an official item, and how’s a newly single gal with conservative values supposed to date in this town?

Post office closing? Too bad.

Alpharetta-based ChoicePoint finalized its approximately $4 billion sale last week...just after being tapped for several humanitarian awards.

‘Finn’ takes audience on impenetrable journey

Ricky Gervais reveals a sixth sense for comedy

‘Towelhead’ tackles adolescence, sex and race with mixed results

“EXIT STRATEGY OF THE SOUL”
(YEP ROC)

“SOUNDTRACK TO TEAR US APART”
(SELF-RELEASED)

Starting your day out right means all sorts of different things to everyone...

The Depot showcases elements of former rail center

Miso-glazed sea bass

Committed to serving “food with integrity,” Chipotle Mexican Grill proves that fast food doesn’t have to be unhealthy

On the day Suicide Prevention Week began earlier this month, Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young was booed by his hometown fans...

Both the Democrats’ Hillary Clinton and the Republicans’ Sarah Palin have been dragged through the latrine. Why do we treat female candidates so badly?

John McCain insists that the present financial crisis is the direct result of Wall Street's "unbridled corruption and greed." Sarah Palin says likewise...

Speeches will be made, vittles consumed and a ribbon cut...

A Quick Q&A

Presenting the fourth annual SP 100: The Sunday Paper staff’s thoroughly researched, hotly debated and extremely opinionated list of Atlanta’s finest entertainers, restaurants, philanthropists, nightspots and more.

As his entertainment empire continues to expand, filmmaker Tyler Perry remains committed to bringing Hollywood to the ATL

Alliance brings two August Wilson plays to life

I'm 27. I was born in Mexico but I’ve lived here my entire life. My friends always make fun of my American (white) girlfriend and say she really does not love me, but only likes being around me because her parents don't like me and I'm taboo...

A fall harvest dessert

A visit to Bone Garden Cantina

The Waffle House opens a museum

If you want to get sexy and sweaty with your partner, head to Evening at Emory’s hot Latin dance classes

Thread House owner Scott Cannon’s diverse lifestyle leads to edgy boutique

League of morons drives the Coen Brothers’ latest

“Righteous Kill” is supposed to be a morality play dressed up as a crime thriller

Diane English’s 2008 remake of George Cukor’s 1939 “The Women” is a missed opportunity...

“THE HAWK IS HOWLING”
(MATADOR)

“EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS WILL HAPPEN TODAY”
(TODOMUNDO)

Yes, two holidays are upon us this week...

This week in live music around Atlanta

Arts and Entertainment Calendar

In the space of 10 days, she's succeeded in distracting the entire country from the horrific George Bush record...

“Historically candidates have had trouble if they are not married and not parents.”—Elaine Tyler May, sociologist, University of Minnesota

How does my freedom to have an abortion make up for a lifetime of unequal pay?

The 20 most shocking moments in Georgia music history

Last time a major hurricane hit Georgia’s coast, it killed about 2,000 people. Next time could be worse

 A U.S. government report released in May claims that wind can satisfy 20 percent of the nation’s energy demand by 2030. But the federal tax credits slated for wind research will expire in December.

This summer, one Atlantan was mugged in London and another detained by hotel security in Nigeria. Both were left starving and alone on foreign streets, without ever leaving the country. This is their story. 

She understands energy policy far better than Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama...

Veteran plays receive elementary treatment

Edgy ‘Heaven’ a rewarding journey

“HOTEL ROOMS AND HEART ATTACKS”
(SELF-RELEASED)

“LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, LOOKOUT SEA”
(DRAG CITY)

Atlanta's arts and entertainment calendar for this week

Atlanta's live music this week

When unmarried friends aren’t allowed to bring guests to the big day

From Roman ruins to contemporary car factories and from pretty palaces to Papal playgrounds...

Ready to lose weight, but hate the thought of huge crowds at those mass-market gyms? Fitness Together might be the solution

Artistic bartender Alli Royce Soble talks wines, cocktails and creativity

Amidst the glam garb, baubles and bling...

Lobster gnocchi at Lobby at Twelve

The Melting Pot

A Quick Q&A

Napoleon Bonaparte helped establish what would be known as the first lost and found office...

Even without George Bush in the Twin Cities, the GOP cannot escape its miserable record...