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Visitor's Guide

Sergio Suarez: Traces of an unseen Fire
Celebration: The Past Forward – Deepening Our Scope, James Herbert
Best Tourist Spots
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Five Things to Do Today
Tourist/Visitor Lists
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Creative Loafing is an intensely local guide. We've been publishing a newspaper in the area since 1972 and just about all of the culture has been reported in the newspaper or on this website. Looking for things to do in the area? We can direct you.

Here's our suggestion. Work off this page - start with the 5 Things to Do list below which are our recommendations for today's events - one of these might catch your fancy. We've got a full City Guide of suggestions for locals if you want to go native. We have also included a list of tourist-oriented suggestions below as well as our favorite local attractions. If you are looking for events at the neighborhood level, take a look at our What's Going On to get the best local information available.

Five Things to Do Today

JULY 8, 2025

Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA) Summer Exhibits (Tuesdays)

Sergio Suarez: Traces of an unseen Fire

Jun 21, 2025 - Aug 16, 2025

About the Exhibition

Fire, in its perpetual becoming, does not only c...

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Photo Walk: Framing Architecture in Midtown

07/08/2025 10:00 AM

High Museum of Art

Engage the world through your camera! We will discuss the relationship between photography and perception in the works on view in Photography’s New Vi...

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Glom & Drook

07/08/2025 7:00 PM

The Masquerade

Glom is an indie-rock band based in Brooklyn, NY by way of Washington, DC. Their sound combines the anthemic choruses of 90s alternative rock, the ric...

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Undiscovered Artist Showcase

07/08/2025 7:30 PM

MadLife Stage & Studios

Undiscovered Artists Performing:

Chip Mcguire
Carly Lyon
Dylan Kight
Brian Russ
Andrew Katter
Leonard Rose
Joseph Piper

What is the Undiscovered Ar...

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Ab-Soul

07/08/2025 8:00 PM

The Loft

CRITIC’S PICK:
Tues., July 8
Ab-Soul, The Loft — This month, head-spinning lyricist and TDE...

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Tourist/Visitor Lists

Best Tourist Spots

03/26/2021 10:31 AM

Our list of the best tourist spots in Atlanta. For locals and out of towners.

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10 history lessons you'll find in Atlanta

12/26/2020 4:00 AM

Educational landmarks from the museum to the grave

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Atlanta's surviving hip-hop haunts

10/21/2019 3:08 PM

Explore these rap-related cultural landmarks in Atlanta

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Tourist Spots

Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA)

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Atlanta History Center

Founded in 1926, the center includes the Atlanta History Museum featuring signature and traveling exhibitions, the Smith Family Farm, the 1928 Swan Ho...

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Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum

Presidential Library system and museum with special exhibitions and a permanent collection that features photographs and historic memorabilia from the...

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Atlanta Botanical Garden

Atlanta's most fragrant attraction blooms with more than 3,000 ornamental plants spread over 30 acres adjacent to Piedmont Park, including a rare 15-a...

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Delta Flight Museum

Housed in Delta's two 1940s aircraft hangers. Includes Ship 41, the first Douglas DC-3 to carry Delta passengers in 1940; the Spirit of Delta, Delta's...

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