5 things to do: The City Too Busy to Laugh - July 12 2017
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Elizabeth Catlett: Sculpting the Truth
Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History - 101 Auburn Ave. Atlanta, GA 30303 Free. 4 p.m.
The Auburn Avenue Research Library in collaboration with NJoysArt will host a screening of the documentary film Elizabeth Catlett: Sculpting the Truth. Catlett’s seamless wooden sculptures of the body’s form brought her concerns for the African American woman’s struggle with social justice and dignity. The screening will be followed by a discussion with artist Joy Ballard Peters, who knew Catlett personally.
CCI Summer Improv Benefit: The City Too Busy to Laugh
Center for Civic Innovation - 115 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive S.W., Third Floor Atlanta, Ga. 30303 $50-$500. 6 p.m.
We’re only halfway through 2017 and so much has already happened. With a focus on the recent elections, the Center for Civic Innovation’s Summer Benefit Improv Comedy show invites guests to laugh it off and take a break from the seriousness of politics. Doug Hooker and Doug Shipman battle it out for your laughs.
Thursday Movie Night: Ghostbusters and Beetlejuice
Nexto - 828 Ralph McGill Blvd. N.E. Atlanta, GA 30306 Free. 6 p.m.
Every Thursday in July, NEXTO’s movie nights are paired with Reformation brews and rotating burger, wings and ramen specials. Catch a spooky double feature with Ghostbusters and Beetlejuice.
Mattiel 7-inch release party
Criminal Records - 1154-A Euclid Ave. N.E. Atlanta, GA 30307 Free. 7 p.m.
Joe Zimmerman
Laughing Skull Lounge - 878 Peachtree St. N.E. Atlanta, GA 30309 $17-$33. 8 p.m.
Comedian Joe Zimmerman made waves in the South as one fourth of the Beards of Comedy collective and has been leaving larger and larger wakes behind him in his new home in New York. His calm demeanor and clever wit has lit up “Conan,” “The Tonight Show,” “The Late Late Show” and “Last Comic Standing.” In 2014, Zimmerman recorded a half-hour special for Comedy Central as well as his debut solo album, Smiling at Wolves. You have six chances to fill your heart with laughter and Southern pride when Zimmerman stops by Laughing Skull Lounge this weekend.