A likely tornado touched down in metro Atlanta just before midnight Tuesday. As the sun rose, the cleanup in Rockdale County began. GPB’s Pamela Kirkland reports.
The 2024 Savannah Music Festival runs through April 13 at various venues in the city. The festival supports year-round educational programs and presents a wide variety of musical genres, including performances by soprano Renée Fleming, pianist Emanuel Ax, Rosanne Cash, Rebirth Brass Band and others.
The U.S. Postal Service says local management is aware of concerns that some Georgians have over mail delays and reports of undelivered mail, with a general primary coming up in May — and absentee voting along with it. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger joined GPB’s Morning Edition host Pamela Kirkland to share his thoughts about the problem and what actions voters should take to minimize delays.
Atlanta Symphony Music Director Nathalie Stutzmann is the second woman to lead a major U.S. orchestra. She joined ASO in 2022 and is in the middle of the 2023-2024 season, which debuted this week on GPB Radio and airs Thursdays and Sundays and streams across the state of Georgia on GPB Classical. This weekend, GPB TV will air the documentary, My Boléro, about Stutzmann's first time conducting the famous 1928 orchestral work by French composer Maurice Ravel.
Sunday is the 96th annual Academy Awards. Big-name films like Oppenheimer and Killers of the Flower Moon are up for honors this year. For Georgians, there are a couple categories to watch as movies and actors from the Peach State are up for nominations.