First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta

An evening of improvised music in a variety of styles.

Klimchak & Stuart Gerber Percussion Duet Three Way Mirror Sax, Tuba & Conga Jazz Trio Pink Lady Quartet Free Jazz from North Carolina

Cost: $10

Seattle saxophonist Wally Shoup joins Chattanooga bass player and Shaking Ray Levis cohort Evan Lipson for a night of improved music. It's rare for Shoup to make an Atlanta appearance these days, but his Southern roots run deep. "I got turned on to free jazz and improvisation through WREK, particula...

Cost: $10

Cost: $10

This month Elise Witt and friends will come out to entertain. Elise Witt’s concerts and workshops create and connect singing communities around the world. Born in Switzerland and raised in North Carolina, the Atlanta-based folk singer, songwriter and musician speaks five languages fluently, sings...

Cost: $8-$10

Is there a better way to celebrate releasing your first 7-inch than by assembling a 12-piece ensemble to play a selection of your compositions from the last three decades? That’s the plan, according to saxophonist Jeff Crompton, who’s leading the Edgewood Big Band, featuring current and itineran...

Cost: $10

What happens to life in the universe when we find it?How fundamentally would our understanding shake if we found microbial life in our solar system, or if we heard an intelligent signal from a distant star? How should we even responsibly approach the search for such things when our investigations co...

Cost: FREE

The Frank Hamilton Folk School proudly announces its first concert, presenting Carla Ulbrich. Carla is a comical singer-songwriter and guitarist from Clemson, South Carolina and currently living in New Jersey. Carla tours all over the U.S. and England and has appeared on ABC, USA Network, the BBC, ...

Cost: $10 gen. adm., $8 AAFFM members. Cash, check or credit card at door.

The Goat Farm Arts Center present Chamber Cartel performing music by George Crumb, whose profoundly humanistic music includes programmatic, symbolic, mystical and theatrical elements. On this concert will be performed some of the most beautiful works of the 20th century: An Idyll for the Misbegott...

Cost: $10 suggested

Cost: $10

Existential Moment Coffeehouse with music by Scott Hooker & Janna Nelson, Janet Metzger, Shelia Pattee, Phyllis Free, Aviva, Craig Rafuse, Aubrey Cox, Ted Pettus.Spoken word by Alice Lovelace, Margo Smith, Anne Michelle Lynch, Brother Obediah. Emcee Gail Reeder. Food, drink, fun silent auction. Door...

Cost: $5 and up for adults -- sliding scale.

Cost: $20

THIRD FRIDAY FILM SERIESFirst Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta Friday, 2/20/2015, 7:30 pm Sponsored by First E's Social Justice Guild with Wells For Hope, Inc. (http://www.wellsforhope.org/) Philippe Falardeau’sThe Big Lie (2014) Feature film detailing some Sudanese orphans surviving bloody ...

Cost: $1-$10, sliding scale, no one turned away

The Sunday Assembly is a life-celebrating congregation without deity, dogma, or doctrine. Our motto: Live Better, Help Often, Wonder More.The theme of this month's service is Mindfulness, and our featured speaker is Atlanta psychotherapist Dr. Norma Harris. For more information, check our website fo...

Cost: FREE

THIRD FRIDAY FILM SERIESFirst Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta470 Candler Park Dr., NE, Atlanta, GA 30307 Friday, January 16, 2015;, 7:30 PM Sponsored by the Social Justice Guild Harry & Joe Gantz’sAmerican Winter (2013) Documentary feature film follows families struggling in the aftermath o...

Cost: sliding scale, no one turned away

The Third Friday Film Series at First Existentialist Congregation presents Jim Hubbard’s *United in Anger: A History of ACT UP* (2012) on Friday, November 21, at 7:30 p.m. at First E. This documentary won the Grand Jury Prize at the Milan International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. Co-sponsored by ...

Cost: $1-$10 sliding scale, no one turned away.

“An Evening of Storytelling” at First Existentialist Congregation Saturday, November 8, 7-10:00 p.m. Storytellers Barry Stewart Mann, Dorothy Kirk, Gail Reeder, and Nita Roberts will spin yarns to move you to smiles and laughter, and special guest musicians Aviva and the First E Street Band will...

Cost: donations $15-$20 sliding scale

First Existentialist Congregation's Third Friday Film Series presents Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone (2013) Friday, October 17. An Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her crystal meth-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact. 4-stars by Roger E...

Cost: Suggested donation $1-10.00 sliding scale; no one turned away.

First Existentialist Congregation's Third Friday Film Series presents Rick Rowley’s Dirty Wars (2013) on September 19. Documentary follows investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill into the hidden world of America's covert wars. Co-sponsored by Drone Task Force (https://www.facebook.com/dronetaskforce...

Cost: donations - $1 to $10 sliding scale No one turned away

GIGANTIC First Existentialist Book and Bake Sale Saturday, August 23, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta, 470 Candler Park Drive NE, Atlanta, GA 30307. Wide selection of BOOKS of EVERY GENRE donated by bookstores, philosophers, academics, collectors, publishers, a...

Cost: $1/paperbacks, $2/hardbacks and trade paperbacks

First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta presents George Clooney’s Good Night & Good Luck (2005) on Friday, July 18th, 2014 in its THIRD FRIDAY FILM SERIES at First Existentialist Congregation of Atlanta, 470 Candler Park Dr., NE, Atlanta, GA 30307. Co-sponsored by Atlanta Democratic Socialist...

Cost: $1-$10.00 sliding scale, no one turned away

First Existentialist Congregation's Third Friday Film Series presents Persepolis, an animated story of a young girl's coming of age in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Doors open 7:00 pm, film starts 7:30 sharp. Donations $1-$10.00, no one turned away. Popcorn and refreshments available. Discussi...

Cost: Donation $1-$10.00, no one turned away.

First Existentialist Congregation’s Third Friday Film Series presents Inequality for All, documentary following former US Labor Secretary Robert Reich as he looks to raise awareness of the country's widening economic gap. The film puts a human face on the situation, focusing on several families wh...

Cost: $1-$10 sliding scale, no one turned away

Edgewood Sax Trio is the demented notion of Jeff Crompton, whose mad saxophone skills have graced stages across the city for decades, most recently with the 4th Ward Afro-Klezmer Orchestra. Accompanied by Ben Davis (tenor sax) and Bill Nittler (baritone sax), Crompton has charted a harmonically enth...

Cost: $5-$12

Third Friday Film SeriesARRANGED (2007) When Rochel and Nasira, an Orthodox Jew and a Muslim, meet as new teachers at a Brooklyn school, co-workers and students expect friction. But the women discover they have a shared expectation of arranged marriages. As they experience tension between their trad...

Cost: $1-10.00 sliding scale, no one turned away

An Evening of Southern Storytelling with storytellers Maryann Hopper, Dorothy Kirk, Gail Reeder, and Nita Roberts, and singer Tia Rix at First Existentialist Congregation on Saturday, Nov. 9 at 7:00 pm. Drinks and snacks available. $10 donation, more if you can, less if you can't. Benefit for First ...

Cost: $10.00 donation, sliding scale

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Four Atlanta musicians, Alan Dynin - piano, Marshall (Mac) Isseks - saxophones, Scott Glazer - bass and Adrian Ash - drums, team up to honor the late, great jazz ambassador Dave Brubeck. An afternoon of top-notch jazz.

Cost: $10

This concert was meant to feature the Shaking Ray Levis and the Edgewood Saxophone Trio. But the unexpected death of Dennis Palmer meant that it was not to be. Bob Stagner of the Shaking Rays, the amazing improvisers Duet for Theremin and Lap Steel, who have played and recorded with the Shaking Rays...

Cost: $7

The film based on Ntozake Shange’s groundbreaking prose-poem-theatre For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf.

Cost: $5

Saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer Jeff Crompton leads Bill Nittler, Ben Davis, and Eric Fontaine through a set of free jazz originals, along with a few numbers by Ornette, Lacy, Monk, and Bird.

Cost: $7

Co-Sponsored by the Atlanta Pride CommitteeDocumentary about the way it was back in the 1960’s & the Stonewall riots that started the modern gay rights movementDoors open 7:00 pm – film starts at 7:30 pm sharpPopcorn and refreshments availableWe welcome donations - $1 to $10 sliding scaleNo one turn...

Cost: 1.00 - 10.00

A play about a traveling faith healer who piles his trade among the abject souls in the rural areas of the British isles.

Cost: $16-$20

Michael Moore’sCapitalism: A Love Story (2009)Co-Sponsored by First E SJG and Occupy Atlanta Everyday People!What is the price that America pays for its love of capitalism? Nominated for Best Documentary at seven film festivals Doors open 7:00 pm – film starts at 7:30 pm sharpPopcorn and refreshment...

Cost: $0 to $10

A documentary on gay, lesbian and transgender Muslims around the world(12 countries and 9 languages)Winner for Best Documentary atThe Milan and Torino Lesbian & Gay Film Festivals& the 2009 GLAAD Media AwardDoors open 7:00 pm – film starts at 7:30 pm sharpPopcorn and refreshments availableWe welcome...

Cost: $1 - $10 donation

The debut of this experimental music ensemble. Percussionist/founder Caleb Herron, pianist Ipek Brooks, and flutist Colleen McHugh perform Morton Feldman's haunting, 90-minute Crippled Symmetry

Cost: $10

An award-winning film about love between women in modern India. Refreshments available. A discussion will be held after.

Cost: $1-$10