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)