Cabbagetown residents are raising cash to turn the historic neighborhood's amphitheater into a performance space echoing the popular area's working-class and musical roots.

Driving the news: The nonprofit — Cabbagetown Initiative — has a $200,000 goal to rebuild the Joyce Brookshire Memorial Amphitheatre in the community's central park.

Catch up quick: Brookshire, who died in 2017, was a singer-songwriter whose music covered her North Georgia mountains upbringing, social issues and the neighborhood she loved.

• She moved to Cabbagetown in the 1940s as a young girl when her mom took a job at the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill.

Why it matters: The design of the performance space draws inspiration from the neighborhood's mill village origins and Appalachian craft traditions like weaving while also celebrating Cabbagetown music history.

Vibes: That history — Appalachian folk songs, Smoke, Cat Power, porch-front playing — is very much part of its present, Carley Rickles of Martin Rickles Studio (MRS), the local firm leading the project, said at a recent fundraiser.

Zoom in: The amphitheater's design includes a woven acoustic backdrop and accessible seating at the top and bottom tiers. The tiers step down into a basin, so MRS has blended stormwater management into the plan.

What they're saying: "It's a stage, literally and figuratively," John Dirga, executive director of Cabbagetown Initiative, told neighbors.

• "It's a place for speaking out, for raising your hands, raising your fist, crying out, calling out, saying things, singing things — things that bind together."

Between the lines: Cabbagetown has fought to preserve its art-focused identity. Residents are protective of the Krog Street Tunnel and the Forward Warrior mural festival keeps walls interesting.

• The amphitheater is an extension of that ethos, Dirga said.

Fun fact: Cabbagetown's other greenspace, Esther Peachy Lefevre Park, is named in honor of a folk singer, artist and former Atlanta City Councilmember who also championed Brookshire's work.

What's next: Atlanta City Council member Liliana Bakhtiari and Park Pride are contributing $150,000 to the effort. Residents are halfway to their $50,000 goal, Dirga told Axios.

Thomas' thought bubble: I like it! Instead of trying to play off Cabbagetown's built environment and aesthetic — tiny mill houses, bungalows and brick industrial — the designers smartly chose to celebrate people and creativity.

Watch an oral history interview with Brookshire

A pro-labor news outlet is putting up eight billboards across metro Atlanta this week to protest the Trump administration's cuts to national parks.

The big picture: More Perfect Union launched a multimillion-dollar national ad blitz in more than 40 cities decrying the gutting of "one of our nation's most treasured assets."

• The billboards warn of the potential consequences of National Park Service layoffs, including longer waits, more trash and dirty bathrooms.

State of play: Georgia has been hit hard by the Trump administration's purge of federal employees at national parks and forests.

Zoom in: Roughly a dozen of the group's 300 billboards are going up in Georgia.

• Several are located along the Downtown Connector, Ponce de Leon Avenue, Ga. 400, I-285 and Austell Road. They're also targeting Augusta.

By the numbers: Roughly 7 million people visited NPS park units in Georgia in 2023, according to the agency's most recent economic impact report.

• Visitors spent an estimated $404 million and supported a total of 5,740 jobs, the agency said.

On the same day André 3000 surprised the Met Gala media with a bespoke piano strapped to his back, the rap legend and Atlanta all-star dropped a new EP.

• Most of the songs on "7 Piano Sketches" — recorded 10 years before the flute-focused "New Blue Sun" — were recorded on an iPhone and in a rented Texas house containing "only a piano, our beds and tv screens."

Fun fact: The original title, he said on Instagram: "The Best Worst Rap Album in History."

• Worst because it has no lyrics. Best because "it's like a palette cleanser for me," he said.

One more: The 30-pound piano is made of foam, lauan plywood and 3D-printed elements, according to Vogue. It is based on a Steinway Model S baby grand.

Brace yourself if you're flying in the coming days and weeks for long lines and delays at the airport.

Why it matters: Wednesday is the first day a Real ID compliant license — or another acceptable document — is needed to board a commercial aircraft in the U.S.

Yes, but: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told a congressional panel yesterday that those who still lack an identification that complies with the Real ID law will still be allowed to fly for now, but "may be diverted to a different line, have an extra step," the Associated Press reports.

Caveat: Georgia started issuing Real ID-compliant permanent licenses in 2012.

• If you recently moved here, however, make sure you're in the clear.

State of play: REAL ID-compliant licenses are typically denoted by a star on the license or the word "enhanced."

What they're saying: Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is posting additional customer service staff to assist travelers.

• But check your ID now, airport general manager manager Ricky Smith said in a statement.

What we're watching: TSA recommends passengers with other forms of ID or questions to allow an extra hour to pass through security.

🍷 The team behind Finca to Filter is opening Side Saddle, a natural wine bar along the Atlanta Beltline in Boulevard Heights. (Eater)

⚽️ Decatur's FIFA World Cup plan includes a monthlong celebration of soccer with outdoor viewing parties and concerts around the renovated downtown square. (Decaturish)

🤢 Vinings residents raised air quality concerns about Cobb County's plan to restart two sludge incinerators at a water reclamation plant on the Chattahoochee River. (AJC)

Attorneys for the suspect in the Apalachee High School shooting have requested a plea hearing leading up to their client's murder trial. (AJC)

🙂‍↔️ Gov. Brian Kemp is the latest governor who's in no rush to become a U.S. senator. (Axios)