Shannon Barbour

Innovative and Responsive Fabrication & Conversion Services

Essex Active is a premier provider of fabrication and conversion services, specializing in building strong supplier partnerships, reducing or eliminating redundant processes, and producing rapid prototypes, while using state–of–the–art industrial technology. Essex Active has a proven track record of supporting customers for over 50 years.

Essex Active takes the burden of repetitive and redundant procedures that add unnecessary expend...

A bold new memoir reveals the secret life of public health professionals...

Once billed as “hip-hop’s biggest stage,” this year’s A3C Festival and Conference became the definitive place for all things fueled by the culture.
Nas headlined the thirteenth year of Atlanta based A3C Festival and Conference. The event once billed as “Hip-Hop’s Biggest Stage,” now includes everything from well-known headliners to new artist showcases to panels on everything from the music business, holistic health and fighting racism. The conference portion was held on Oct. 4-6, while the f...

Since their acclaimed 2013 album Shallow Graves for Toys, EarthGang has aimed to bring unforced and melodic, yet thought provoking lyricism to the forefront.
Olu O. “Doctur Dot” Fann and Eian Undrai “Johnny Venus” Parker bonded over shared musical interests at Benjamin E. Mays high school in Atlanta. They continued their education and graduated from Virginia’s Hampton University in 2012, while resolving to make music their primary focus.

Tom P started rhyming at the age of 11, deliberately seeking out classmates with better skills to force him to step up his own lyrical......

Artist’s Art on the Atlanta Beltline installation sparks debate...

Big Boi, petition organizer Mack Williams, and local fans share their thoughts on who, if anyone, should replace the Confederate memorial...