Atlanta Dance, Film and Culture
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Fall Arts 2020 - Performing Arts Centers Culture, Arts Agenda
Monday August 3, 2020 12:30 am EDT
Performing Arts Centers in Atlanta coping with the new reality of the Coronavirus pandemic.
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Fall Arts 2020 - Classical Music Music and Nightlife
Monday August 3, 2020 12:20 am EDT
The Atlanta classical music scene adapts to performing during the global pandemic
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Fall Arts 2020 - Theater Theater
Monday August 3, 2020 12:10 am EDT
The current status of Atlanta's Theater scene during the global pandemic.
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Fall Arts 2020 - Dance Dance
Monday August 3, 2020 12:05 am EDT
An update on the current state of dance performance in Atlanta.
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Fall Arts 2020 - Visual Arts Visual Arts
Monday August 3, 2020 12:01 am EDT
An update on the status of the Visual Arts venues in the Atlanta metro area.
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Atlanta’s arts community rises up for the new fall season Article
Monday August 3, 2020 12:00 am EDT
The show must go on — in new and innovative ways
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Culture Events Calendar
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Celebrating Nurses Awards 2021
Tuesday May 11, 2021 12:00 pm EDT
Online Event
Cost: Registration Required
Arts Agenda,
Community,
Community::Benefits
We received more than 1,000 nominations, and the 16th annual awards celebration will honor the top 1...
Registration Required [click here for more]
Registration Required [click here for more]
Decatur Short Docs Festival
Tuesday May 11, 2021 12:00 pm EDT
Online Event
Cost: Free
Arts Agenda,
Arts Agenda::Film
The Decatur Short Docs ***virtual*** festival will feature two days of screenings (May 11-12) with a...
Free [click here for more]
Free [click here for more]
Molly Greeley and Vanessa Riley in conversation with Nicki Salcedo
Tuesday May 11, 2021 07:00 pm EDT
Eagle Eye Book Shop
Cost: Free
Arts Agenda,
Arts Agenda::Books
Join us for the 2021 Joshilyn Jackson Summer Reading Series presented by the Georgia Center for the ...
Free [click here for more]
Free [click here for more]
Working: A Musical (Under the Tent)
Tuesday May 11, 2021 08:00 pm EDT
The Woodruff Arts Center
Cost: $65
Arts Agenda,
Arts Agenda::Theater
“Everyone should have something to point to, something to be proud of.” WORKING: A Musical explores ...
$65 [click here for more]
$65 [click here for more]
SCAD FASHION 2021
Thursday May 13, 2021 12:00 am EDT
Gallery See at SCAD
Cost: Free
Arts Agenda,
Free Events
TRANSCEND THE RUNWAY AT SCAD FASHION 2021, MAY 13 - 16
Free [click here for more]
Free [click here for more]
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Pinocchio
Friday May 14, 2021 10:00 am EDT
Center For Puppetry Arts
Cost: $16-$22
Arts Agenda,
Festivals
Categories: puppetry
In Pinocchio, upcycled thrift store finds get new life in this unique retelling...
$16-$22 [click here for more]
$16-$22 [click here for more]
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Black Audacity Art Exhibition
Friday May 14, 2021 07:00 pm EDT
City of Ink tattoos
Cost: Free
Arts Agenda,
Free Events
Categories: Art Show
A group exhibition exploring the strength and tenacity of the black experience ...
Free [click here for more]
Free [click here for more]
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Chastain Park Spring Arts & Crafts Festival 2021
Saturday May 15, 2021 10:00 am EDT
Chastain Park
Cost: Free
Arts Agenda,
Festivals,
Food and Drink,
Free Events,
Music
Chastain Park Spring Arts & Crafts Festival 2021
Free [click here for more]
FESTIVALS ARE BACK!
The Atlanta Foundation for ...
Free [click here for more]
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Dahlonega Arts & Wine Festival
Saturday May 15, 2021 10:00 am EDT
Dahlonega
Cost: Free
Arts Agenda::Visual Arts,
Food and Drink::Food Festivals and Events,
Festivals
Formerly known as the Mountain Flower Art Festival, the Dahlonega Arts & Wine Festival features high...
Free [click here for more]
Free [click here for more]
Live Storytelling
Saturday May 15, 2021 11:00 am EDT
The Wren's Nest House Museum
Cost: $6-$10
Arts Agenda
Categories: Family
The Wren’s NestThe historic home of Joel Chandler Harris, and the birthplace of ...
$6-$10 [click here for more]
$6-$10 [click here for more]
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3hr Beginner Salsa Class Atlanta
Saturday May 15, 2021 12:35 pm EDT
Dance It Off
Cost: $35-$45
Arts Agenda
Categories: Dance Class
$35-$45 [click here for more]
3hr Beginner Salsa Boot Camp @Dance it Off
- Dance Partner Required / face m...$35-$45 [click here for more]
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Dance Canvas Skyline Series performance
Saturday May 15, 2021 07:30 pm EDT
Skyline Park
Cost: $20-$120
Arts Agenda::Dance
Join Dance Canvas as we return to the stage for LIVE performance through the Skyline Series at Geor...
$20-$120 [click here for more]
$20-$120 [click here for more]
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Dahlonega Arts & Wine Festival
Sunday May 16, 2021 10:00 am EDT
Dahlonega
Cost: Free
Arts Agenda::Visual Arts,
Food and Drink::Food Festivals and Events,
Festivals
Formerly known as the Mountain Flower Art Festival, the Dahlonega Arts & Wine Festival features high...
Free [click here for more]
Free [click here for more]
Downtown Decatur Chalk Walk
Sunday May 16, 2021 10:00 am EDT
Downtown Decatur
Cost: Free
Arts Agenda,
Festivals,
Free Events,
Music
Categories: Family Friendly
Free [click here for more]
Sunday, May 16 • 10 am to 4 pm • West Ponce de Leon Avenue
Come celebr...
Free [click here for more]
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Sophie Scholl in Atlanta, America, and the World
Monday May 17, 2021 07:30 pm EDT
Online Event
Cost: Free
Arts Agenda,
Free Events
Nazi resistance fighter Sophie Scholl (9 May 1921 – 22 February 1943) was a member of the group The ...
Free [click here for more]
Free [click here for more]
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W/ar/t Panel Discussion with U.S. Military Veterans Turned Artists
Thursday May 20, 2021 08:00 pm EDT
Online Event
Cost: Free
Arts Agenda,
Arts Agenda::Visual Arts
Conceptual artist Joseph Beuys (12 May 1921 – 23 January 1986) and writer Wolfgang Borchert (20 May ...
Free [click here for more]
Free [click here for more]
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Duluth Spring Arts Festival 2021
Saturday May 22, 2021 10:00 am EDT
Duluth Town Green
Cost: Free
Arts Agenda,
Festivals,
Food and Drink,
Free Events
With an emphasis on the visual arts and family fun, the Atlanta Foundation presents this two-day eve...
Free [click here for more]
Free [click here for more]
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Sounds of Summer - The Eileen Howard Band
Saturday May 22, 2021 06:30 pm EDT
Grace United Methodist Church
Cost: $15 suggested donation
Arts Agenda,
Free Events,
Music
Welcome summer with an outdoor concert!
Join the Eileen Howard Band for a magical night of music un...
$15 suggested donation [click here for more]
$15 suggested donation [click here for more]
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Storytime Cabaret
Saturday May 22, 2021 08:30 pm EDT
Heck House
Cost: $15
Arts Agenda,
Music,
Nightlife
Come join us for the launch show of Storytime Cabaret at the fabulous outside venue of Heck House in...
$15 [click here for more]
$15 [click here for more]
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Abundance Dance Company Presents: The Soul Therapy Project
Sunday May 23, 2021 03:30 pm EDT
The Windmill Arts Center
Cost: $15-$20
Arts Agenda,
Music,
Nightlife
Categories: Dance, Performing Arts, Arts Atlanta, Choreography, Poetry
$15-$20 [click here for more]
(Physical and Virtual)
Abun...
$15-$20 [click here for more]
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Books
Culture Clash: Diane Capriola of Little Shop of Stories Arts, Book Content
Thursday November 5, 2020 07:14 pm EST
a Creative Loafing podcast
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CULTURE CLASH: Emily Wallace, author of 'Road Sides' Book Content, Culture
Monday December 16, 2019 02:47 pm EST
A Creative Loafing podcast
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CULTURE CLASH: Steve Gorman Book Content
Monday December 9, 2019 03:15 pm EST
A Creative Loafing Podcast
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CULTURE CLASH: Author Peter McDade Book Content
Monday December 9, 2019 10:37 am EST
A Creative Loafing Podcast
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AJC Decatur Book Festival 2019 Book Content, Festivals
Thursday August 29, 2019 02:03 pm EDT
2019
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Dance
Fall Arts 2020 - Dance Dance
Monday August 3, 2020 12:05 am EDT
An update on the current state of dance performance in Atlanta.
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SCENES & MOTIONS: Dance performances spring eternal Culture, Dance
Monday March 2, 2020 01:32 pm EST
Give in to the mysteries
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SCENES & MOTIONS: Not me. Us: six chances to connect Culture, Dance, Theater
Tuesday February 4, 2020 01:51 pm EST
These plays may reflect our all-too-human longings
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THE MOVE: Plan Accordingly. Culture, After Hours, Arts Agenda, Comedy, Dance, Performance Art, Visual Arts , Distillers/Cocktails
Saturday November 2, 2019 09:54 am EDT
Hey, y’all! What’s the move?
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SCENES AND MOTIONS: ‘fence’ allows painful memories to escape Culture, Dance
Thursday October 3, 2019 11:59 am EDT
The give and take of power
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Symphony/Opera
Living in a threepenny world Culture, Opera, News
Monday April 5, 2021 10:36 am EDT
The Atlanta Opera extends its Big Tent Series into spring
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LISTENING POST: Pagliacci — The Atlanta Opera isn’t clowning around Culture, Opera, Music and Nightlife, Listening Post
Friday October 30, 2020 03:24 pm EDT
Outside and outta sight!
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Fall Arts 2020 - Classical Music Music and Nightlife
Monday August 3, 2020 12:20 am EDT
The Atlanta classical music scene adapts to performing during the global pandemic
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LISTENING POST: Opera unbound Culture, Opera
Tuesday March 3, 2020 11:33 am EST
The Atlanta Opera‘s 2020-21 season reaches for next-level performance
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LISTENING POST: Ear Pollen spawns experimental music Culture, Music and Nightlife
Wednesday January 1, 2020 04:07 pm EST
A new monthly concert series at 378 will feature adventurous musicians from Atlanta and beyond
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Performance Art
SCENES & MOTIONS: Unity and connection in the theater Culture, Performance Art
Tuesday December 3, 2019 05:54 pm EST
‘We have more in common, than we have differences’
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THE MOVE: Plan Accordingly. Culture, After Hours, Arts Agenda, Comedy, Dance, Performance Art, Visual Arts , Distillers/Cocktails
Saturday November 2, 2019 09:54 am EDT
Hey, y’all! What’s the move?
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SCENES & MOTIONS: Sleepless nights Culture, Performance Art, Theater, Theater Feature, Visual Arts
Thursday May 2, 2019 12:39 pm EDT
'The Hero's Wife' and 'Harold and the Purple Crayon' onstage
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SCENES & MOTIONS: A working class hero is something to be Culture, Performance Art
Monday March 4, 2019 01:38 pm EST
‘Skeleton Crew’ and ‘The Pitmen Painters’
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'Pop-Up Magazine' takes over Variety Playhouse Culture, Arts Agenda, Performance Art, Theater
Friday February 8, 2019 02:55 pm EST
Live magazine pops up with a Winter Issue
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Theatre
Cleage’s ‘Sit-In’ premieres as an animated stream Culture, Theater Feature
Friday January 1, 2021 11:03 am EST
The Atlanta playwright’s new work is reimagined for the safety of audiences in these COVID-19 times
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Fall Arts 2020 - Theater Theater
Monday August 3, 2020 12:10 am EDT
The current status of Atlanta's Theater scene during the global pandemic.
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SCENES & MOTIONS: Rachel May and David Thompson Culture, Arts Agenda, Theater
Friday February 21, 2020 12:45 pm EST
A Creative Loafing Podcast
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SCENES & MOTIONS: Not me. Us: six chances to connect Culture, Dance, Theater
Tuesday February 4, 2020 01:51 pm EST
These plays may reflect our all-too-human longings
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CULTURE CLASH: Topher Payne Culture, Theater
Monday February 3, 2020 12:42 pm EST
A Creative Loafing podcast
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Film
SCREEN TIME: ‘Bad Trip,’ Good Samaritans Movies and TV, Movie Review
Wednesday May 5, 2021 10:27 am EDT
Unsuspecting Atlantans prove to be the real heroes of the hidden-camera comedy
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Screen Time: ‘A Fire Within’ burns at ATLFF Movies and TV
Tuesday April 6, 2021 11:24 am EDT
45th Atlanta Film Festival brings world cinema close to home
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SCREEN TIME: Oscars® still so white? Movies and TV
Wednesday March 3, 2021 04:31 pm EST
Does it take a pandemic to make the Academy Awards more diverse?
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SCREENTIME: Holiday markdowns Movies and TV
Monday December 7, 2020 06:03 pm EST
Looking for laughs in Christmas movies
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Screen Time: When everything is television Movies and TV
Sunday November 8, 2020 03:34 pm EST
The Object Group’s ‘The Stranger’ and David Byrne’s ‘American Utopia’ bring live performances to the small screen
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Galleries
Museums
Living Walls
Arts Events
Stories
Festivals
Cultural Events in Atlanta - Festivals, Opera, Dance & Theater
