Atlanta Dance, Film and Culture
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Fall Arts 2020 - Performing Arts Centers Culture, The Arts Issue, 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 The Arts Issue, 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 The Arts Issue, 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, The Arts Issue
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 The Arts Issue, 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 The Arts Issue
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
Thursday October 22, 2020 06:00 pm EDT
High Museum of Art
Cost: $20
Arts Agenda::Visual Arts,
Community,
Community::Lectures
The group will discuss the first-ever comprehensive retrospective of Mehretu’s career, which covers ...
$20 [click here for more]
$20 [click here for more]
Thursday October 22, 2020 07:00 pm EDT
Online Event
Cost: Registration Required
Arts Agenda,
Arts Agenda::Visual Arts
Curator/Photographer Le'Andra LeSeur moderates a panel of four contemporary Queer photographers from...
Registration Required [click here for more]
Registration Required [click here for more]
Friday October 23, 2020 12:00 am EDT
High Museum of Art
Cost: Free-$14.50
Arts Agenda
"Julie Mehretu", co-organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and the Whitney Museum...
Free-$14.50 [click here for more]
Free-$14.50 [click here for more]
Friday October 23, 2020 07:00 pm EDT
Elm Street Cultural Arts Village Event Green
Cost: $5-$46
Arts Agenda::Theater
Take one pair of estranged twin sisters (both named Antiphola), and one pair of estranged twin serva...
$5-$46 [click here for more]
$5-$46 [click here for more]
Saturday October 24, 2020 08:00 pm EDT
Online Event
Cost: Free
Arts Agenda::Theater
Categories: Comedy
Dad’s Garage Presents: Things That Make Us Laugh! Saturday, Oct 24 at 8pm EST on ...
Free [click here for more]
Free [click here for more]
Sunday October 25, 2020 02:00 pm EDT
Oakland Cemetery
Cost: $10-$15
Arts Agenda,
Community,
Community::Family
Preservation team member and pumpkin carver extraordinaire Sean Diaz will show you how to carve the ...
$10-$15 [click here for more]
$10-$15 [click here for more]
Friday October 30, 2020 08:00 pm EDT
Online Event
Cost: Free
Arts Agenda,
Free Events,
Music
Categories: 5 Things to Do, Music Menu, Community Events
"Peaceful Performances for the Pandemic" is...
Free [click here for more]
Free [click here for more]
Friday October 30, 2020 08:30 pm EDT
Arts Agenda::Books,
Arts Agenda::Spoken Word,
Free Events
Join us for a night of chills and thrills as we present “Spooky Storytelling: A Drive-In Experience”...
Free [click here for more]
Free [click here for more]
Saturday October 31, 2020 10:00 am EDT
Center For Puppetry Arts
Cost: Free-$15
Arts Agenda,
Festivals
Categories: Halloween
Come in costume for a kooky, spooky good time! You & your little monsters will...
Free-$15 [click here for more]
Free-$15 [click here for more]
Saturday October 31, 2020 10:00 am EDT
Center For Puppetry Arts
Cost: Free-$15
Arts Agenda,
Festivals
Categories: Halloween
Come in costume for a kooky, spooky good time! You & your little monsters will...
Free-$15 [click here for more]
Free-$15 [click here for more]
Monday November 2, 2020 08:00 pm EST
Intown Jewish Academy
Cost: $25
Arts Agenda
Discover your inner artist! Join a welcoming creative community! Craft your own unique works of wear...
$25 [click here for more]
$25 [click here for more]
Thursday November 5, 2020 05:00 pm EST
Synchronicity Theatre
Cost: $12-$50
Arts Agenda,
Arts Agenda::Film,
Community
Categories: festivals, film
The 15th Annual Atlanta International Documentary Film Festival (Atlanta...
$12-$50 [click here for more]
$12-$50 [click here for more]
Saturday November 7, 2020 10:00 am EST
Chastain Park
Cost: Free
Arts Agenda,
Food and Drink,
Community,
Music,
Free Events
Visitors will enjoy fine art and crafts, a children’s area and local food and beverage concessions i...
Free [click here for more]
Free [click here for more]
Saturday November 14, 2020 12:00 am EST
Pine Lake
Cost: Free
Arts Agenda,
Free Events
Categories: Holiday Pop-Up Shop
Free [click here for more]
Join us in Pine Lake for shopping among the town's local artist
vend...Free [click here for more]
Books
CULTURE CLASH: Emily Wallace, author of 'Road Sides' Book Content, Culture, Homepage
Monday December 16, 2019 02:47 pm EST
A Creative Loafing podcast
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CULTURE CLASH: Steve Gorman Book Content, Homepage
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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Podcast: Abandoned Atlanta Book Content, Culture, Homepage
Thursday June 27, 2019 03:00 pm EDT
Photographer Jeff Hagerman talks about his adventures in photographing Atlanta's forgotten infrastructure
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Dance
Fall Arts 2020 - Dance Dance, The Arts Issue
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 , Cocktails, Homepage
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
Fall Arts 2020 - Classical Music The Arts Issue, 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, Homepage
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, Homepage, 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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Fall Arts Preview 2019: Classical Music The Arts Issue
Friday August 2, 2019 05:33 pm EDT
Symphonic, Choral, Chamber Music (Classical & Contemporary), Opera
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LISTENING POST: A convergence of celli Homepage, Music and Nightlife, Music Features, Show Preview, See and Do Content
Thursday May 2, 2019 02:35 pm EDT
Cello phenoms shine in two different musical realms
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Performance Art
SCENES & MOTIONS: Unity and connection in the theater Culture, A&E Feature, 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 , Cocktails, Homepage
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 , Homepage
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, A&E Feature, 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
Fall Arts 2020 - Theater The Arts Issue, 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, Homepage
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, Homepage
Monday February 3, 2020 12:42 pm EST
A Creative Loafing podcast
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FALL ARTS PREVIEW PODCAST with Rebeca Robles The Arts Issue, Theater
Tuesday September 17, 2019 12:42 pm EDT
An Interview with Rebeca Robles of the Atlanta Theatre Club.
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Film
A3C Festival and Conference 2021 Arts Agenda, Movies, Music and Nightlife, Festivals
Thursday October 15, 2020 11:00 am EDT
Browse the many panels and speakers at A3C Festival and Conference, as well as the musical acts that are a part of the event. CL's critics & readers weigh in on festival activities.
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SCREEN TIME: Georgian dystopia Movies
Thursday October 8, 2020 12:05 pm EDT
‘All In’ presents the nightmare of voter suppression, ‘Only’ a fictional pandemic
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'Twiceborn' Inspires Faith and Purpose Movies, Sponsored Content, See and Do Content
Wednesday September 30, 2020 12:00 am EDT
Japanese biopic illuminates Ryuho Okawa’s metamorphosis from high-powered financial trader to spiritual leader of 12 million believers across 100 countries
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Atlanta Film Festival Movies, Festivals
Thursday September 17, 2020 12:00 pm EDT
This year's film festival has been postponed to Thursday, September 17 – Sunday, September 27, 2020.
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Atlanta Design Festival Arts Agenda, Movies, Festivals
Saturday September 12, 2020 12:00 am EDT
The Atlanta Design Festival is postponed to September 12—20, 2020.
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Cultural Events in Atlanta - Festivals, Opera, Dance & Theater
