Weekend Arts Agenda: Andrew Alexander goes from critic to curator June 25 2015

Andrew Alexander is the people’s critic, hence why he’s been voted “Best Local Arts Critic” two years in a row by Creative Loafing readers. Well, Mr. Alexander will be rocking the curator hat for Honey, You Know Where to Find Me, a contemporary dance performance from the Lucky Penny, and celebration of vinyl and karaoke. Translation: Alexander will also serve as the DJ to performers, Blake Beckham, Corian Ellisor, T. Lang, MaryGrace Phillips, and Erik Thurmond. It’s all happening Fri., June 26, at 8:30 p.m., in the friendly confines of Digital/Analog (437 Memorial Drive). Tickets are $10-$20 (pay as you wish).

SATURDAY
Guest curated by Dashboard Co-op’s Courtney Hammond and Beth Malone, Rachel’s Killin’ It, on display at the Zuckerman Museum of Art, celebrates five years of arts advocacy. Named after a restaurant server that left quite the impression on Hammond and Malone, Rachel’s Killin’ It, “encourages visitors to appreciate and empathize with the hard work and dedication of others, both those who work in the spotlight and behind-the-scenes.” So, bringing that theme to life are Ben Wolf, Lee Deigaard, Nikita Gale, MSIF, Melanie Manos, Mike Black, Osman, Mike Stasny, and Nate Sharratt. The exhibition runs through July 26, with an opening reception Sat., June 27, from 6-8 p.m.

>> The Southern lit nerds will have their day on Sat., June 27, at 7 p.m. Deer Bear Wolf’s second edition of Transgression: An Unorthodox Reading Series, is coming to Villa de Grip in Inman Park. The literary/performance event curated by local scribes Laura Reylea, and John Carroll of Make Blackout Poetry, is being dubbed Born Under A Bad Sign: Southern Gothic Literature Realized. So what does that entail? Readers such as Write Club’s Nicholas Tecosky and DBW’s Elizabeth Jarrett will personify the characters from the works of Southern authors including William Faulkner, Flannery O’Connor, and Harper Lee.

>> Presented by the DIY, zine-producing folks over at Murmur, and curated by Josephine Figueroa and Christina Humphrey, https://www.facebook.com/events/1621066428162844/Mis-en-Zine: Celebrating and Complicating Women and Girls in Film, is a showcase of short films exploring the presence of women in cinema. It all falls in line with Murmur’s Atlanta Zine Fest’s theme, “girls,” for 2015. On Sat., June 27, from 7-10 p.m., at Eyedrum Music and Art Gallery, will play host to a series of screenings which, “actively works against the erasure of women in film. We highlight diverse female-identified perspectives and showcase the inter-related and intersectional experiences of under-represented groups.”

>> The arts are coming to Old Fourth Ward! The Old Fourth Ward Park Arts Festival is a two-day event taking place Sat., June 27 to Sun., June 28 in Historic Fourth Ward Park. On display: fine arts and crafts, a children’s play area, local food and beverage concessions, live acoustic entertainment in the amphitheater, plus a new “Emerging Artists” pavilion.

ONGOING/LAST CHANCESince emerging in the 1950s figurative painter Alex Katz has both challenged and embraced the idea of
of Abstract expressionism. For the exhibition, This Is Now, which opened last weekend at the High Museum of Art and runs thru Sep. 6, the High delves into the development of landscapes in Katz’s work, “from a seminal subject in his earliest work” to its prevalence in his work over the past quarter century. $12-$19.50.