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19th Annual Buried Alive Film Festival

11/05/2026 12:00 AM
BAFF 2025 will take place at the Plaza Theatre on November 5 - 8, 2026
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2026 African Film Festival Atlanta

03/26/2026 12:00 AM
March 26th - 30th
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Georgia Latino International Film Festival 2025

10/02/2025 12:00 AM
October 2 - 5, 2025
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The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

Thursday May 14, 2026 10:00 AM EDT 05/14/2026 10:00 AM
Center For Puppetry Arts Cost: $19-$30
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Arts::Theater, Community::Family
Based on the book by Jon Scieszka & illustrated by Lane Smith

Adapted by Jason Hines  Step into a wildly inventiv… Includes: Performance tickets include the Create-A-Puppet Workshop™, Worlds of Puppetry Museum, and limited free onsite parking.

Includes: Performance tickets include the Create-A-Pup... [click here for more]
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Tot Spot at Atlantic Station

Thursday May 14, 2026 10:00 AM EDT 05/14/2026 10:00 AM
Atlantic Station Cost: Free
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Community::Family, Free Events
Tot Spot is our summer event for our littlest Atlantic Stationers, where they can celebrate fun in the sun, learn about subjects like science or public safety, all in an environment designed just for them! Your little ones can reconnect to the heart of ATL in fun ways they'll always remember. [click here for more]
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Member May Exhibition Tour: Spring at the High Museum

Thursday May 14, 2026 11:00 AM EDT 05/14/2026 11:00 AM
High Museum of Art Cost: High Museum Members Only
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Arts::Visual Arts
Join fellow members on this exclusive thematic tour. Inspired by spring, take a deep dive into the High’s collection to discover our flourishing and bright imagery. Designed for members at the Contributing level and above, this tour offers a fresh perspective on new pieces and old favorites, led by ... [click here for more]
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The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

Thursday May 14, 2026 11:45 AM EDT 05/14/2026 11:45 AM
Center For Puppetry Arts Cost: 20.00 for non-members
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Arts::Theater, Community::Family
Puppet Shows | Ages 4+

A Stinky, Hilarious Folktale Adventure

Based on the book by Jon Scieszka & illustrated by Lane Smith Adapted by Jason Hines

Join us for the world premiere of the Center’s adaptation of this bestselling fan favorite!

Run dates: April 7–May 17, 2026

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Executive MBA Information Session

Thursday May 14, 2026 12:00 PM EDT 05/14/2026 12:00 PM
Kennesaw State University Cost: Free
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Community::Classes and Demos, Free Events
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Drop-In Garden Tours

Thursday May 14, 2026 01:30 PM EDT 05/14/2026 1:30 PM
Atlanta Botanical Garden Cost: Free with Garden Admission
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Community::Nature/Outdoors
Enjoy a one-hour guided tour of the Garden with one of our docents, free with Garden admission.

Schedule: Tuesday – Friday Location: Meet inside the Hardin Visitor Center. Time: Feb. 17 – May 29, 1:30 p.m. | June 2 – Aug. 28, 10:30 a.m. | Sept. 1 – Dec. 18, 1:30 p.m.

Please note: Tours begin earlier... [click here for more]
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Cocktails in the Garden

Thursday May 14, 2026 05:00 PM EDT 05/14/2026 5:00 PM
Atlanta Botanical Garden Cost: Included with Garden Admission
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Nightlife, Community::Nature/Outdoors
The Garden’s popular after-hours event returns with new activities in celebration of Niki in the Garden. Every Thursday through July 30, 5 – 9 p.m., purchase specialty cocktails, enjoy live music, and more while exploring the exhibition dramatically lighted at night. When you arrive, take a pic in... [click here for more]
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17th Annual Atlanta Shorts Fest

Thursday May 14, 2026 05:00 PM EDT 05/14/2026 5:00 PM
7 Stages Theatre Cost: $15 - $40
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Arts, Arts::Film, Community, Festivals
ATL Shorts Fest is back for its 17th year, bringing nearly 100 short films to 7 Stages in Little Five Points.

From May 14 to 16, the festival runs across three packed days of screenings from 5 PM to midnight on Thursday and Friday, and 1 PM to midnight on Saturday.

Each block is curated with a m... [click here for more]
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Thursday May 14, 2026 06:00 PM EDT 05/14/2026 6:00 PM
Buckhead Theatre Cost: $55-$179+
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Music::Concerts
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Lords Of Acid

Thursday May 14, 2026 06:00 PM EDT 05/14/2026 6:00 PM
The Masquerade Cost: $41.25
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Music::Concerts
Known for their iconic mix of industrial, electro, and dance music, Lords of Acid has been shaking the foundations of the music world since the early ’90s with hits like “Pussy” and “I Sit on Acid.” Their live shows are notorious for their energy, boundary-pushing visuals, and relentless dance groov... [click here for more]

Gwinnett Stripers vs. Durham Bulls

Thursday May 14, 2026 06:35 PM EDT 05/14/2026 6:35 PM
Coolray Field Cost: $13.55+
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Sports::Baseball
The Gwinnett Stripers are the Triple-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves, playing in the International League. [click here for more]
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Sundown Social 2026

Thursday May 14, 2026 07:00 PM EDT 05/14/2026 7:00 PM
City Springs Cost: Free
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Nightlife
Sundown Social continues! More details to come. [click here for more]
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Drug Church X White Reaper with Spy and Public Opinion at Terminal West

Thursday May 14, 2026 07:00 PM EDT 05/14/2026 7:00 PM
Terminal West Cost: $35.55
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Music::Concerts
Featuring: Public Opinion Drug Church
Drug Church is a band without fear. For the past ten years, the Albany and Los Angeles-based five-piece have been staunchly creating their own singular path in making distinctly outsider music that’s somehow at once welcoming and instantly satisfying. The band’s songs revel in sonic contradictions, ... [click here for more]
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Emo Orchestra with The Spill Canvas at Center Stage Theater

Thursday May 14, 2026 07:00 PM EDT 05/14/2026 7:00 PM
Center Stage Theater Cost: $50
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Music::Concerts
Emo Orchestra with The Spill Canvas

For emo music lovers and orchestra aficionados alike, Emo Orchestra is a new live  experience that brings some of the most beloved emo songs of your youth to the theater  stage with a full orchestra arrangement. 

This Spring, Emo Orchestra welcomes THE SPI... [click here for more]
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Papa Jack Couch at Eddie's Attic

Thursday May 14, 2026 07:00 PM EDT 05/14/2026 7:00 PM
Eddie's Attic Cost: $20
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Music::Live-Music
Featuring: Papa Jack Couch
Papa Jack Couch with the Standard Electric Band: Micah Cadwell, Matt Wauchope, Robert Green, & Mike Dana live at Eddie's Attic! Come join in the celebration of joys and heartaches, of lovers’ dreams and losers’ laments. Roll with us through songs that range from the dirt tracks of south Georgia to... [click here for more]
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Kathryn Stockett in conversation with Peter Biello - The Calamity Club

Thursday May 14, 2026 07:00 PM EDT 05/14/2026 7:00 PM
The Garden Club at Wild Heaven West End Cost: $42.44 includes book
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Arts::Books

CRITIC'S PICK:
Thu., May 14
Kathryn Stockett, The Calamity Club, Wild Heaven West End - Kathryn...

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Lavahi: Live

Thursday May 14, 2026 07:00 PM EDT 05/14/2026 7:00 PM
The Roswell River Landing Cost: Price: $33.06
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
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Featuring: Lavahi

CRITIC'S PICK:
Thurs., May 14
Lavahi, Roswell River Landing - This young chanteuse doesn't have...

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Sterling Elza at Smith's Olde Bar

Thursday May 14, 2026 07:00 PM EDT 05/14/2026 7:00 PM
Smith's Olde Bar Cost: $22+
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Music::Live-Music
Sterling Elza is a Red Dirt singer/songwriter raised deep in the Texas Panhandle. Born into a ranching family that already had 3 musicians, Sterling took to music from the beginning with guitar lessons starting at the age of 5. Drawing influences from his parents' music which could range from "old s... [click here for more]
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Hawthorne Heights

Thursday May 14, 2026 07:00 PM EDT 05/14/2026 7:00 PM
The Masquerade Cost: $42.30
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Music::Concerts
“I couldn’t sleep at all while making this record,” admits HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS frontman JT Woodruff of his band’s eighth full-length, THE RAIN JUST FOLLOWS ME, due out September 10, 2021 via Pure Noise Records. “It was an 18-year breakdown in the making.” Throughout their long and storied career as on... [click here for more]
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Kenny Howes & The Wow with Mathis Hunter & The Rinse

Thursday May 14, 2026 07:00 PM EDT 05/14/2026 7:00 PM
The Garden Club at Wild Heaven West End Cost: $17.29
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Music
An evening of power pop goodness for your ears. [click here for more]
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Paint & Pint @ Social Fox Brewing

Thursday May 14, 2026 07:00 PM EDT 05/14/2026 7:00 PM
Social Fox Brewing Cost: $60
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Arts, Community, Food and Drink, Holidays and Special Events, Music, Nightlife
Paint & Pint @ Social Fox Brewing

Get ready for some summer fun & celebrations going down at @socialfoxbrewing in @cityofnorcross Thursday, May 14th! 

They will be celebrating their 6 year anniversary this weekend & to keep the party going, we want to paint a cute sunset scene featuring a fox wi... [click here for more]
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Atlanta Braves vs. Chicago Cubs

Thursday May 14, 2026 07:15 PM EDT 05/14/2026 7:15 PM
Truist Park Cost: $13.90+
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Sports::Baseball
Atlanta Braves vs. Chicago Cubs. The Atlanta Braves play at Truist Park, located at 755 Battery Ave SE in Atlanta, Georgia. [click here for more]
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The Lasting Laugh at Woodstock Arts Theatre

Thursday May 14, 2026 07:30 PM EDT 05/14/2026 7:30 PM
Woodstock Arts Theatre Cost: $10-$14
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Nightlife::Comedy
About

May 14th at 7:30 p.m!

Come get your live comedy fix with The Lasting Laugh! Hosted by Jessica It's All Good, this comedy show will be featuring Atlanta's favorite clean comics and not so clean comics who just cleaned up for this show. It is a series, so there will be a new set of comics ... [click here for more]
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Atlanta Shakespeare Company presents Emma (In Collaboration With Belle Esprit)

Thursday May 14, 2026 07:30 PM EDT 05/14/2026 7:30 PM
Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse Cost: $35-$49
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Arts::Theater
Featuring: The Atlanta Shakespeare Company @Shakespeare Tavern
Join us for a unique reimagining of Jane Austen's beloved novel, produced by the ASC in collaboration with Belle Esprit. Emma Woodhouse has it all: beauty, wealth, status, wit. She also has a talent for matchmaking, and delights in pairing off the eligible men and women in town, much to the chagri... [click here for more]
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Lumiere Lounge Jazz Talk with Trey Wright

Thursday May 14, 2026 07:30 PM EDT 05/14/2026 7:30 PM
Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre Cost: $35.60
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Community::Lectures, Music
Join us for our first interactive Jazz Talk with KSU Professor Trey Wright presented in partnership with the Jazz At The Strand series. There are four scheduled presentations to come starting with the February event:

Thursday, February 12, 2026: “The Making of Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue”.

... [click here for more]

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