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ATLANTA BALLET: Love Fear Loss, with Keaton Leier and Airi Igarashi. PHOTO CREDIT: Charlie McCullers

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Fall Arts 2020 - Performing Arts Centers Culture, The Arts Issue, Arts Agenda

Monday August 3, 2020 12:30 am EDT 08/03/2020 12:30 am

Performing Arts Centers in Atlanta coping with the new reality of the Coronavirus pandemic. | more...

ATLANTA CHAMBER PLAYERS: Performing at the Shakespeare Tavern November 18, 2019, before the canceling of their season are Helen Hwaya Kim (violin), Catherine Lynn (viola), Elizabeth Pridgen (piano), Brad Ritchie (cello), Brice Andrus (horn), and Ted Gurch (clarinet).

Fall Arts 2020 - Classical Music The Arts Issue, Music and Nightlife

Monday August 3, 2020 12:20 am EDT 08/03/2020 12:20 am

The Atlanta classical music scene adapts to performing during the global pandemic | more...

Fall Arts 2020 - Theater The Arts Issue, Theater

Monday August 3, 2020 12:10 am EDT 08/03/2020 12:10 am

The current status of Atlanta's Theater scene during the global pandemic. | more...

Fall Arts 2020 - Dance Dance, The Arts Issue

Monday August 3, 2020 12:05 am EDT 08/03/2020 12:05 am

An update on the current state of dance performance in Atlanta. | more...

Fall Arts 2020 - Visual Arts The Arts Issue, Visual Arts

Monday August 3, 2020 12:01 am EDT 08/03/2020 12:01 am

An update on the status of the Visual Arts venues in the Atlanta metro area. | more...

Atlanta’s arts community rises up for the new fall season The Arts Issue

Monday August 3, 2020 12:00 am EDT 08/03/2020 12:00 am

The show must go on — in new and innovative ways | more...

Culture Events Calendar

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Masterworks & Mindfulness

Monday October 26, 2020 03:00 pm EDT 10/26/2020 3:00 pm

High Museum of Art Cost: $15-$120

Arts Agenda, Arts Agenda::Visual Arts, Community

Masterworks & Mindfulness takes place on Zoom on Mondays (October 12–November 23, 2020) from 3 to 4 ...
$15-$120 [click here for more]

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Downtown Hott Radio

Monday October 26, 2020 06:00 pm EDT 10/26/2020 6:00 pm

Online Event Cost: Free

Arts Agenda, Arts Agenda::Spoken Word

Poetry Slam Live On Downtown Hott Radio.
Free [click here for more]

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Taste of India ToGo dinner

Monday October 26, 2020 06:30 pm EDT 10/26/2020 6:30 pm

Dr. Bombay's Underwater Tea Party Cost: $20

Arts Agenda, Community, Food and Drink

The Learning Tea and Dr. Bombay’s need your support on Monday October 26th for our “Taste of India t...
$20 [click here for more]

Peaceful Performances for The Pandemic

Friday October 30, 2020 08:00 pm EDT 10/30/2020 8:00 pm

Online Event Cost: Free

Arts Agenda, Free Events, Music

Categories: 5 Things to Do, Music Menu, Community Events "Peaceful Performances for the Pandemic" is...
Free [click here for more]

Spooky Storytelling: A Drive-In Experience Tales for the Not-So-Faint of Heart

Friday October 30, 2020 08:30 pm EDT 10/30/2020 8:30 pm

Forsyth County Public Library - Sharon Forks Library Cost: Free

Arts Agenda::Books, Arts Agenda::Spoken Word, Free Events

Join us for a night of chills and thrills as we present “Spooky Storytelling: A Drive-In Experience”...
Free [click here for more]

The Monster Mash

Saturday October 31, 2020 10:00 am EDT 10/31/2020 10:00 am

Center For Puppetry Arts Cost: Free-$15

Arts Agenda, Festivals

Categories: Halloween Come in costume for a kooky, spooky good time! You & your little monsters will...
Free-$15 [click here for more]

The Monster Mash

Saturday October 31, 2020 10:00 am EDT 10/31/2020 10:00 am

Center For Puppetry Arts Cost: Free-$15

Arts Agenda, Festivals

Categories: Halloween Come in costume for a kooky, spooky good time! You & your little monsters will...
Free-$15 [click here for more]

DIY MAGICAL GEMSTONE JEWELRY ONLINE WORKSHOP

Monday November 2, 2020 08:00 pm EST 11/02/2020 8:00 pm

Intown Jewish Academy Cost: $25

Arts Agenda

Discover your inner artist! Join a welcoming creative community! Craft your own unique works of wear...
$25 [click here for more]

Atlanta Docufest

Thursday November 5, 2020 05:00 pm EST 11/05/2020 5:00 pm

Synchronicity Theatre Cost: $12-$50

Arts Agenda, Arts Agenda::Film, Community

Categories: festivals, film The 15th Annual Atlanta International Documentary Film Festival (Atlanta...
$12-$50 [click here for more]

Chastain Park Arts Festival 2020

Saturday November 7, 2020 10:00 am EST 11/07/2020 10:00 am

Chastain Park Cost: Free

Arts Agenda, Food and Drink, Community, Music, Free Events

Visitors will enjoy fine art and crafts, a children’s area and local food and beverage concessions i...
Free [click here for more]

Cultivating Brave Spaces: An exploration of race, equity, and visions for the future

Thursday November 12, 2020 07:30 pm EST 11/12/2020 7:30 pm

Oglethorpe University Cost: Free

Arts Agenda, Free Events

Oglethorpe Theatre Program presents the virtual performance Cultivating Brave Spaces: An exploration...
Free [click here for more]

A Socially-Distanced Artists' Pop-Up Market

Saturday November 14, 2020 12:00 am EST 11/14/2020 12:00 am

Pine Lake Cost: Free

Arts Agenda, Free Events

Categories: Holiday Pop-Up Shop

Join us in Pine Lake for shopping among the town's local artist

vend...
Free [click here for more]

Books

CULTURE CLASH: Emily Wallace, author of 'Road Sides' Book Content, Culture, Homepage

Monday December 16, 2019 02:47 pm EST 12/16/2019 2:47 pm

A Creative Loafing podcast | more...

CULTURE CLASH: Steve Gorman Book Content, Homepage

Monday December 9, 2019 03:15 pm EST 12/09/2019 3:15 pm

A Creative Loafing Podcast | more...

CULTURE CLASH: Author Peter McDade Book Content

Monday December 9, 2019 10:37 am EST 12/09/2019 10:37 am

A Creative Loafing Podcast | more...

AJC Decatur Book Festival 2019 Book Content, Festivals

Thursday August 29, 2019 02:03 pm EDT 08/29/2019 2:03 pm

2019 | more...

Podcast: Abandoned Atlanta Book Content, Culture, Homepage

Thursday June 27, 2019 03:00 pm EDT 06/27/2019 3:00 pm

Photographer Jeff Hagerman talks about his adventures in photographing Atlanta's forgotten infrastructure | more...

Dance

Fall Arts 2020 - Dance Dance, The Arts Issue

Monday August 3, 2020 12:05 am EDT 08/03/2020 12:05 am

An update on the current state of dance performance in Atlanta. | more...

SCENES & MOTIONS: Dance performances spring eternal Culture, Dance

Monday March 2, 2020 01:32 pm EST 03/02/2020 1:32 pm

Give in to the mysteries | more...

SCENES & MOTIONS: Not me. Us: six chances to connect Culture, Dance, Theater

Tuesday February 4, 2020 01:51 pm EST 02/04/2020 1:51 pm

These plays may reflect our all-too-human longings | more...

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THE MOVE: Plan Accordingly. Culture, After Hours, Arts Agenda, Comedy, Dance, Performance Art, Visual Arts , Cocktails, Homepage

Saturday November 2, 2019 09:54 am EDT 11/02/2019 9:54 am

Hey, y’all! What’s the move? | more...

SCENES AND MOTIONS: ‘fence’ allows painful memories to escape Culture, Dance

Thursday October 3, 2019 11:59 am EDT 10/03/2019 11:59 am

The give and take of power | more...

Symphony/Opera

Fall Arts 2020 - Classical Music The Arts Issue, Music and Nightlife

Monday August 3, 2020 12:20 am EDT 08/03/2020 12:20 am

The Atlanta classical music scene adapts to performing during the global pandemic | more...

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LISTENING POST: Opera unbound Culture, Opera, Homepage

Tuesday March 3, 2020 11:33 am EST 03/03/2020 11:33 am

The Atlanta Opera‘s 2020-21 season reaches for next-level performance | more...

LISTENING POST: Ear Pollen spawns experimental music Culture, Homepage, Music and Nightlife

Wednesday January 1, 2020 04:07 pm EST 01/01/2020 4:07 pm

A new monthly concert series at 378 will feature adventurous musicians from Atlanta and beyond | more...

Fall Arts Preview 2019: Classical Music The Arts Issue

Friday August 2, 2019 05:33 pm EDT 08/02/2019 5:33 pm

Symphonic, Choral, Chamber Music (Classical & Contemporary), Opera | more...

LISTENING POST: A convergence of celli Homepage, Music and Nightlife, Music Features, Show Preview, See and Do Content

Thursday May 2, 2019 02:35 pm EDT 05/02/2019 2:35 pm

Cello phenoms shine in two different musical realms | more...

Performance Art

S&M Out Front Christmas With The Crawfords Diane Haymes Photography Resized

SCENES & MOTIONS: Unity and connection in the theater Culture, A&E Feature, Performance Art

Tuesday December 3, 2019 05:54 pm EST 12/03/2019 5:54 pm

‘We have more in common, than we have differences’ | more...

THE MOVE: Plan Accordingly. Culture, After Hours, Arts Agenda, Comedy, Dance, Performance Art, Visual Arts , Cocktails, Homepage

Saturday November 2, 2019 09:54 am EDT 11/02/2019 9:54 am

Hey, y’all! What’s the move? | more...

SCENES & MOTIONS: Sleepless nights Culture, Performance Art, Theater, Theater Feature, Visual Arts , Homepage

Thursday May 2, 2019 12:39 pm EDT 05/02/2019 12:39 pm

'The Hero's Wife' and 'Harold and the Purple Crayon' onstage | more...

SCENES & MOTIONS: A working class hero is something to be Culture, A&E Feature, Performance Art

Monday March 4, 2019 01:38 pm EST 03/04/2019 1:38 pm

‘Skeleton Crew’ and ‘The Pitmen Painters’ | more...

Laurel Braitman Closeup Credit Jon Snyder

'Pop-Up Magazine' takes over Variety Playhouse Culture, Arts Agenda, Performance Art, Theater

Friday February 8, 2019 02:55 pm EST 02/08/2019 2:55 pm

Live magazine pops up with a Winter Issue | more...

Theatre

Fall Arts 2020 - Theater The Arts Issue, Theater

Monday August 3, 2020 12:10 am EDT 08/03/2020 12:10 am

The current status of Atlanta's Theater scene during the global pandemic. | more...

SCENES & MOTIONS: Rachel May and David Thompson Culture, Arts Agenda, Theater, Homepage

Friday February 21, 2020 12:45 pm EST 02/21/2020 12:45 pm

A Creative Loafing Podcast | more...

SCENES & MOTIONS: Not me. Us: six chances to connect Culture, Dance, Theater

Tuesday February 4, 2020 01:51 pm EST 02/04/2020 1:51 pm

These plays may reflect our all-too-human longings | more...

CULTURE CLASH: Topher Payne Culture, Theater, Homepage

Monday February 3, 2020 12:42 pm EST 02/03/2020 12:42 pm

A Creative Loafing podcast | more...

FALL ARTS PREVIEW PODCAST with Rebeca Robles The Arts Issue, Theater

Tuesday September 17, 2019 12:42 pm EDT 09/17/2019 12:42 pm

An Interview with Rebeca Robles of the Atlanta Theatre Club. | more...

Film

A3C Festival and Conference 2021 Arts Agenda, Movies, Music and Nightlife, Festivals

Thursday October 15, 2020 11:00 am EDT 10/15/2020 11:00 am

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. | more...

SCREEN TIME: Georgian dystopia Movies

Thursday October 8, 2020 12:05 pm EDT 10/08/2020 12:05 pm

‘All In’ presents the nightmare of voter suppression, ‘Only’ a fictional pandemic | more...

'Twiceborn' Inspires Faith and Purpose Movies, Sponsored Content, See and Do Content

Wednesday September 30, 2020 12:00 am EDT 09/30/2020 12:00 am

Japanese biopic illuminates Ryuho Okawa’s metamorphosis from high-powered financial trader to spiritual leader of 12 million believers across 100 countries | more...