Friday the 13th

Sept. 13 — Today’s date and the gloomy weather make it a perfect time for a “Friday the 13th” marathon. Entertainment Weekly has all the Jason Voorhees movies ranked from worst to first.

🌧️ The remnants of Hurricane Francine will bring rain and 75° today and all weekend.

🎞️ Atlanta is out of the running to host the Sundance Film Festival, which has narrowed its list to Park City/Salt Lake City, UT, Boulder, CO, and Cincinnati, OH.

🗳 Presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz are off the Georgia ballot after judges said their electors didn’t file the proper paperwork.

⚖️ Fulton Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee dismissed three more charges in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump. 

✏️ Fulton County Schools is considering closing Spalding Drive Elementary due to low enrollment and building deterioration. 

🏠 The Tucker City Council is mulling changes to multifamily density, townhome widths, and building heights in several downtown districts. 

🇮🇱 Anat Sultan-Dadon, Consul General of Israel to the Southeastern U.S., spoke about her role as one of the few women diplomats at a recent Jewish Women’s Fund of Atlanta event. 

🏃‍♂️ Black Men’s Wellness Day on Sat., Sept. 14 offers free health screenings and more as it aims to raise awareness about health disparities and encourage prevention.

🎨 “Giants,” featuring 115 objects from Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys’ collection, opens today at the High Museum. The exhibition, which debuted at the Brooklyn Museum, runs through Jan. 19.

🚲 Atlanta Streets Alive returns Sunday from 1-5 p.m. on a new route connecting West End to Grant Park.

ELSEWHERE

🗳️ Former President Donald Trump said he will not debate Vice President Kamala Harris again. Tuesday night’s debate drew 67 million viewers, 31% more than the Biden-Trump June debate.

⚖️ Abortions are now legal in North Dakota after the state Supreme Court ruled its near-total abortion ban was unconstitutionally vague. 

🚀 Billionaire Jared Isaacman took the first private spacewalk on Thursday after funding the SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission.  

📺 Dan and Eugene Levy, the father-and-son duo behind “Schitt’s Creek,” host the Emmy Awards on Sun., Sept. 15 at 8 p.m. on ABC.

🕖 Here’s what’s in today’s newsletter:

• Top food finds
• Spruill expands programs
• Film Review: ‘Speak No Evil’
•  The Sports Section
AND
•  Top Stories of the Week 

Have a good weekend,
Collin & Sammie

🎉 Don’t miss Party on the PATH, an evening of live music, delicious food, and fun benefiting Livable Buckhead’s programs to create a vibrant community where people want to live, work, and play. On Oct. 6 at Eclipse di Luna, it includes tapas, sangria, and dancing to the sounds of 3rd Stream Big Band. Buy tickets today. (SPONSOR MESSAGE)

1. Top food finds for September

🍕 Rough Draft’s senior food editor Beth McKibben has your monthly top food finds from around the metro.

For September, she visited Ruby Chow’s in Old Fourth Ward (pictured), S’Pizzeria in Roswell, and Mascogo Tacos in Decatur. 

➡️ Check out Beth’s recommendations from each restaurant here.

FOOD EVENTS

😋 The Atlanta Food & Wine Festival starts tonight and runs through Sunday at Historic Fourth Ward Park. Tickets are available for the tasting tents featuring more than 60 local chefs and restaurants. 

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2. Spruill Center expands free community programs, adds scholarship

🎨 The Spruill Center for the Arts in Dunwoody will hold a series of free community-based programming beginning in September and continuing through the end of the year. 

According to an announcement made by the center, the programs include “A Taste of Spruill” art workshops, a community mixer in conjunction with the center’s annual fall bowl sale, and the availability of an unprecedented number of scholarships totalling $20,000  for every class and workshop offered by the organization. 

➡️ Click here for more on this story.

3. Remake of ‘Speak No Evil’ is entertaining, but lacks edge of original film 

WEEKLY FILM REVIEW | BY SAMMIE PURCELL

✂️ A couple of years ago, “Speak No Evil” – a Danish horror film from director Christian Tafdrup – premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, making more than a bit of a splash in the horror world for its razor-sharp satire and even sharper depravity.

A little over a year later – as is wont to happen – an American remake was announced. For most of its runtime, “Speak No Evil” stays fairly true to its 2022 predecessor, but those little differences – and then some really big ones – add up.

There’s no reason to remake a movie two years later and do the exact same thing, and James Watkins’ film is well-directed, acted, and entertaining. But that conventionality does take a tremendous amount of sting out of the story. 

👅 Read Sammie’s full review here. 

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4. Dawgs start SEC schedule; Falcons on MNF

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⚽ Atlanta United hosts Nashville FC on Sat., Sept. 14 at 7:30 p.m. in a sold-out match. On Wed., Sept. 18, the Five Stripes host league-leading Inter Miami CF. (Apple TV+; 92.9 FM)

⚾ The Braves host the Dodgers in a critical four-game series starting tonight at 7:20 p.m. Atlanta must figure out how to contain Japanese phenom Shohei Ohtani to keep their playoff hopes alive. (TV: BSS)

🏀 With only four games left in the regular season, the Atlanta Dream is eyeing the final playoff spot as they host the Washington Mystics tonight at 7:30 p.m. (TV: Fubo)

🏈  Here are Saturday’s local college football games:

• No. 1 Georgia opens its conference schedule on the road against Kentucky at 7:30 p.m. (ABC; 95.5 FM)
• Georgia Tech hosts VMI at 3:30 p.m. (ESPN+; 93.7 FM)
• Georgia State hosts Vanderbilt at 7 p.m. (88.5 FM)
• Kennesaw State at San Jose State at 7 p.m. (truTV)
• Mercer at Chattanooga at 6 p.m.
• Georgia Southern hosts South Carolina State at 6 p.m.
• Morehouse at Howard at 3 p.m.
• West Georgia at Eastern Kentucky at 6 p.m.
• Clark Atlanta is off this week.

🏈 After a disappointing loss last weekend, the Falcons will face the Eagles on Monday Night Football. (8:15 p.m., TV: ESPN)

🏈 The Drive for the GHSA State Title continues tonight with Class 6A No. 7 Buford (2-1) playing Class 6A No. 1 Douglas County Tigers (4-0) live on the Peachtree Sports Network at 8 p.m. 

📻 Joe Hamilton, Georgia Tech’s radio analyst and former Yellow Jacket star is no longer employed by Dickey Broadcasting. His departure was first reported by the AJC.

🎨 Experience the 3rd Annual Art Pop-Up + Shop in Town Brookhaven, running Thursdays through Sundays, Sept. 12 – 29. This year’s event features 40 artists covering multiple mediums. The event is for the seasoned collector as well as the first-time buyer. (SPONSOR MESSAGE)

5. Top Stories of the Week

A look back at this week’s most-read stories from our website.

① Longtime regulars purchase The Colonnade

② NFA Burger announces expansion, first COO

③ Family remembers Dunwoody man’s tumultuous life and death

④ Waffle House CEO Walter Ehmer dies at 58 (pictured)

⑤ Dunwoody High students cited for homecoming pranks

💭 Test your knowledge of the week’s news in tomorrow’s News Quiz. Keep an eye out for our email tomorrow morning or bookmark this page! 

📧 Today’s newsletter was edited by Julie E. Bloemeke.