Atlanta Dance, Film and Culture
Looking for Things to Do of an arts, theatre or cultural bent? Look no more. We've created this Guide to the arts for you. We wanted to create a resource that would be equally useful to locals, visitors, and new residents, so this Atlanta City Guide contains everything from major attractions and annual events to interesting new restaurants and under-the-radar neighborhood hangouts.
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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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Galleries
Museums
Living Walls
Arts Events
Stories
Festivals
Cultural Events in Atlanta - Festivals, Opera, Dance & Theater
