Atlanta Dance, Film and Culture
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Fall Arts 2020 - Performing Arts Centers Culture, The Arts Issue, Arts Agenda
Monday August 3, 2020 12:30 am EDT
Performing Arts Centers in Atlanta coping with the new reality of the Coronavirus pandemic.
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Fall Arts 2020 - Classical Music The Arts Issue, Music and Nightlife
Monday August 3, 2020 12:20 am EDT
The Atlanta classical music scene adapts to performing during the global pandemic
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Fall Arts 2020 - Theater The Arts Issue, Theater
Monday August 3, 2020 12:10 am EDT
The current status of Atlanta's Theater scene during the global pandemic.
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Fall Arts 2020 - Dance Dance, The Arts Issue
Monday August 3, 2020 12:05 am EDT
An update on the current state of dance performance in Atlanta.
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Fall Arts 2020 - Visual Arts The Arts Issue, Visual Arts
Monday August 3, 2020 12:01 am EDT
An update on the status of the Visual Arts venues in the Atlanta metro area.
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Atlanta’s arts community rises up for the new fall season The Arts Issue
Monday August 3, 2020 12:00 am EDT
The show must go on — in new and innovative ways
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Culture Events Calendar
Saturday January 23, 2021 10:00 am EST
Charis Books & More
Cost: Free
Arts Agenda,
Arts Agenda::Books,
Community,
Community::LGBTQ
The LGBTQ+ Book Club is a group for LGBTQ+ folks and allies to read queer-themed books and books by ...
Free [click here for more]
Free [click here for more]
Saturday January 23, 2021 12:00 pm EST
Red Top Mountain State Park
Cost: $125
Arts Agenda,
User Submitted
Categories: Health & Wellness
The theme of this retreat is “Evergreen Energy”. Like the evergreen tr...
$125 [click here for more]
$125 [click here for more]
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Saturday January 23, 2021 12:00 pm EST
Red Top Mountain State Park
Cost: $125
Arts Agenda,
User Submitted
Categories: Health & Wellness
The theme of this retreat is “Evergreen Energy”. Like the evergreen tr...
$125 [click here for more]
$125 [click here for more]
USER SUBMITTED
Saturday January 23, 2021 03:00 pm EST
Charis Books & More
Cost: Free
Arts Agenda,
Arts Agenda::Film,
Community,
Community::LGBTQ
The Charis Black Feminist Book Club welcomes Nikki Grimes in conversation with Susana Morris for a c...
Free [click here for more]
Free [click here for more]
Saturday January 23, 2021 07:00 pm EST
The Lost Druid Brewery
Cost: Free
Arts Agenda,
Food and Drink,
Food and Drink::Beer Events,
Music
Alex Cavanaugh, a local acoustic artist, will be in the taproom Saturday at 7pm. He will be celebrat...
Free [click here for more]
Free [click here for more]
Saturday January 23, 2021 09:00 pm EST
Online Event
Cost: Free
Arts Agenda,
Arts Agenda::Film,
Arts Agenda::Theater,
Arts Agenda::Visual Arts,
Free Events,
Free Events::Fun and Free,
Nightlife,
Nightlife::Comedy,
User Submitted
Categories: LGBTQ+
Play drinking games with LGBTQ+ comedians as we make jokes over the movie that ta...
Free [click here for more]
Free [click here for more]
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Sunday January 24, 2021 10:00 am EST
Avondale Estates Farmers Market
Cost: No Cover
Arts Agenda,
Community,
Food and Drink,
Food and Drink::Farmers Markets
Every Sunday from 10am - 1pm!
No Cover [click here for more]
PARKING
No Cover [click here for more]
Sunday January 24, 2021 02:45 pm EST
Netherworld Haunted House
Cost: $15-$25
Arts Agenda,
Community,
User Submitted
Categories: Laser Tag
On the hunt for an immersive experience unlike any other? NETHERWORLD’s Laser ...
$15-$25 [click here for more]
$15-$25 [click here for more]
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Sunday January 24, 2021 06:30 pm EST
Charis Books & More
Cost: Free
Arts Agenda,
Arts Agenda::Books,
Community
Charis welcomes Ladee Hubbard in conversation with Susana Morris for a celebration of Hubbard's nove...
Free [click here for more]
Free [click here for more]
Sunday January 24, 2021 06:30 pm EST
From the Earth Brewing Company
Cost: No Cover
Arts Agenda,
Food and Drink,
Food and Drink::Beer Events,
Music
Join us Sundays for music bingo, hosted by the un-containable, @CaseyDPizazz of Krevinghaus Entertai...
No Cover [click here for more]
No Cover [click here for more]
Sunday January 24, 2021 07:00 pm EST
Virtual Book Club
Cost: Donations
Arts Agenda,
Community,
User Submitted
Please join us (virtually on Zoom) as Holocaust survivor, Stephen Jacobs, recounts his story as a su...
Donations [click here for more]
Donations [click here for more]
USER SUBMITTED
Monday January 25, 2021 10:00 am EST
Online Event
Cost: Free
Arts Agenda,
Arts Agenda::Visual Arts,
User Submitted
Join us for The O/Art and the City Atlanta Virtual auction. It is an online art auction, featuring o...
Free [click here for more]
Free [click here for more]
USER SUBMITTED
Monday January 25, 2021 01:00 pm EST
Online Event
Cost: $12
Arts Agenda,
Community,
Community::Lectures
Certified instructor June Puett will share warm up, six basic movements and cool down exercises suit...
$12 [click here for more]
$12 [click here for more]
Monday January 25, 2021 05:32 pm EST
Online Event
Cost: Free
Arts Agenda,
Community
It's you versus the cult of Cat-Thulhu! Can you stop them before they finish their adorable and diab...
Free [click here for more]
Free [click here for more]
Monday January 25, 2021 06:00 pm EST
Online Event
Cost: Free
Arts Agenda,
Arts Agenda::Spoken Word
Poetry Slam Live On Downtown Hott Radio.
Free [click here for more]
Free [click here for more]
Monday January 25, 2021 10:00 pm EST
Red Martini Restaurant and Lounge
Cost: Free
Arts Agenda,
Community,
Food and Drink
JOIN US FOR THE #1 MONDAY NIGHT VIBE IN THE CITY @ RED MARTINI HOOKAH + BOTTLE SPECIALS 90s 00s RNB ...
Free [click here for more]
Free [click here for more]
Tuesday January 26, 2021 08:00 pm EST
Online Event
Cost: $99
Arts Agenda,
User Submitted
Categories: Community
Who hasn’t wondered what happens when we die? We know what happens to the body...
$99 [click here for more]
$99 [click here for more]
USER SUBMITTED
Thursday January 28, 2021 10:30 am EST
The Breman Museum
Cost: $10
Arts Agenda,
User Submitted
Join Steve Oney, the foremost historian on the Leo Frank case, as he discusses a devestatingly tragi...
$10 [click here for more]
$10 [click here for more]
USER SUBMITTED
Thursday January 28, 2021 12:00 pm EST
Intown Jewish Academy
Cost: $99
Arts Agenda,
User Submitted
Categories: Community
Who hasn’t wondered what happens when we die? We know what happens to the body...
$99 [click here for more]
$99 [click here for more]
USER SUBMITTED
Saturday January 30, 2021 08:00 pm EST
Online Event
Cost: $18
Arts Agenda,
User Submitted
Categories: Workshop
After all the books and podcasts offering to explain intimacy, there is still o...
$18 [click here for more]
$18 [click here for more]
USER SUBMITTED
Books
Culture Clash: Diane Capriola of Little Shop of Stories Arts, Book Content
Thursday November 5, 2020 07:14 pm EST
a Creative Loafing podcast
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CULTURE CLASH: Emily Wallace, author of 'Road Sides' Book Content, Culture, Homepage
Monday December 16, 2019 02:47 pm EST
A Creative Loafing podcast
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CULTURE CLASH: Steve Gorman Book Content, Homepage
Monday December 9, 2019 03:15 pm EST
A Creative Loafing Podcast
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CULTURE CLASH: Author Peter McDade Book Content
Monday December 9, 2019 10:37 am EST
A Creative Loafing Podcast
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AJC Decatur Book Festival 2019 Book Content, Festivals
Thursday August 29, 2019 02:03 pm EDT
2019
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Dance
Fall Arts 2020 - Dance Dance, The Arts Issue
Monday August 3, 2020 12:05 am EDT
An update on the current state of dance performance in Atlanta.
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SCENES & MOTIONS: Dance performances spring eternal Culture, Dance
Monday March 2, 2020 01:32 pm EST
Give in to the mysteries
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SCENES & MOTIONS: Not me. Us: six chances to connect Culture, Dance, Theater
Tuesday February 4, 2020 01:51 pm EST
These plays may reflect our all-too-human longings
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THE MOVE: Plan Accordingly. Culture, After Hours, Arts Agenda, Comedy, Dance, Performance Art, Visual Arts , Distillers/Cocktails, Homepage
Saturday November 2, 2019 09:54 am EDT
Hey, y’all! What’s the move?
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SCENES AND MOTIONS: ‘fence’ allows painful memories to escape Culture, Dance
Thursday October 3, 2019 11:59 am EDT
The give and take of power
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Symphony/Opera
LISTENING POST: Pagliacci — The Atlanta Opera isn’t clowning around Culture, Opera, Homepage, Music and Nightlife, Listening Post
Friday October 30, 2020 03:24 pm EDT
Outside and outta sight!
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Fall Arts 2020 - Classical Music The Arts Issue, Music and Nightlife
Monday August 3, 2020 12:20 am EDT
The Atlanta classical music scene adapts to performing during the global pandemic
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LISTENING POST: Opera unbound Culture, Opera, Homepage
Tuesday March 3, 2020 11:33 am EST
The Atlanta Opera‘s 2020-21 season reaches for next-level performance
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LISTENING POST: Ear Pollen spawns experimental music Culture, Homepage, Music and Nightlife
Wednesday January 1, 2020 04:07 pm EST
A new monthly concert series at 378 will feature adventurous musicians from Atlanta and beyond
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Fall Arts Preview 2019: Classical Music The Arts Issue
Friday August 2, 2019 05:33 pm EDT
Symphonic, Choral, Chamber Music (Classical & Contemporary), Opera
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Performance Art
SCENES & MOTIONS: Unity and connection in the theater Culture, A&E Feature, Performance Art
Tuesday December 3, 2019 05:54 pm EST
‘We have more in common, than we have differences’
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THE MOVE: Plan Accordingly. Culture, After Hours, Arts Agenda, Comedy, Dance, Performance Art, Visual Arts , Distillers/Cocktails, Homepage
Saturday November 2, 2019 09:54 am EDT
Hey, y’all! What’s the move?
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SCENES & MOTIONS: Sleepless nights Culture, Performance Art, Theater, Theater Feature, Visual Arts , Homepage
Thursday May 2, 2019 12:39 pm EDT
'The Hero's Wife' and 'Harold and the Purple Crayon' onstage
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SCENES & MOTIONS: A working class hero is something to be Culture, A&E Feature, Performance Art
Monday March 4, 2019 01:38 pm EST
‘Skeleton Crew’ and ‘The Pitmen Painters’
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'Pop-Up Magazine' takes over Variety Playhouse Culture, Arts Agenda, Performance Art, Theater
Friday February 8, 2019 02:55 pm EST
Live magazine pops up with a Winter Issue
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Theatre
Cleage’s ‘Sit-In’ premieres as an animated stream Culture, A&E Feature, Theater Feature
Friday January 1, 2021 11:03 am EST
The Atlanta playwright’s new work is reimagined for the safety of audiences in these COVID-19 times
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Fall Arts 2020 - Theater The Arts Issue, Theater
Monday August 3, 2020 12:10 am EDT
The current status of Atlanta's Theater scene during the global pandemic.
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SCENES & MOTIONS: Rachel May and David Thompson Culture, Arts Agenda, Theater, Homepage
Friday February 21, 2020 12:45 pm EST
A Creative Loafing Podcast
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SCENES & MOTIONS: Not me. Us: six chances to connect Culture, Dance, Theater
Tuesday February 4, 2020 01:51 pm EST
These plays may reflect our all-too-human longings
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CULTURE CLASH: Topher Payne Culture, Theater, Homepage
Monday February 3, 2020 12:42 pm EST
A Creative Loafing podcast
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Film
SCREENTIME: Holiday markdowns Movies
Monday December 7, 2020 06:03 pm EST
Looking for laughs in Christmas movies
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Screen Time: When everything is television Movies
Sunday November 8, 2020 03:34 pm EST
The Object Group’s ‘The Stranger’ and David Byrne’s ‘American Utopia’ bring live performances to the small screen
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A3C Festival and Conference 2021 Arts Agenda, Movies, Music and Nightlife, Festivals
Thursday October 15, 2020 11:00 am EDT
Browse the many panels and speakers at A3C Festival and Conference, as well as the musical acts that are a part of the event. CL's critics & readers weigh in on festival activities.
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SCREEN TIME: Georgian dystopia Movies
Thursday October 8, 2020 12:05 pm EDT
‘All In’ presents the nightmare of voter suppression, ‘Only’ a fictional pandemic
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'Twiceborn' Inspires Faith and Purpose Movies, Sponsored Content, See and Do Content
Wednesday September 30, 2020 12:00 am EDT
Japanese biopic illuminates Ryuho Okawa’s metamorphosis from high-powered financial trader to spiritual leader of 12 million believers across 100 countries
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Cultural Events in Atlanta - Festivals, Opera, Dance & Theater