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5 things to do today: Sunday

Sunday, November 9th, 2008

1) The Seen Gallery hosts opening weekend for Manuel Llaneras’ 2004: Atlanta to Baghdad.

2) Tina Turner performs at Philips Arena.

3) Altar Boyz continues at Horizon Theatre.

4) Pelican plays the Drunken Unicorn.

5) Cadillac Sky plays Smith’s Olde Bar.

(Image by Manuel Llaneras)

5 things to do today: Saturday

Saturday, November 8th, 2008

1) The Bench hosts Atlanta Indie Music Festival.

2) Cabbagetown holds its annual Chomp and Stomp.

3) For Against plays the Earl.

4) The Murs play the Masquerade.

5) Of Montreal plays the Tabernacle.

(Image courtesy Atlanta Indie Music Festival)

5 things to do today: Friday

Friday, November 7th, 2008

1) Lily Tomlin brings her act to the Ferst Center.

2) Patty Loveless plays at Variety Playhouse.

3) Comedian Greg Fitzsimmons performs at the Punchline.

4) Phosphorescent and Virgin Forest play Drunken Unicorn.

5) Role Models opens at area theaters.

(Photo courtesy Ferst Center)

5 things to do today: Thursday

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

1) Magic Slim plays Blind Willie’s.

2) Wendy Burns-Ardonlino celebrates her book, Jiggle: (Re)Shaping American Women, and Charis Circle’s 34th birthday.

3) The Widow’s Blind Date opens at Relapse Theatre.

4) Young Blood Gallery & Boutique hosts Kraftwork.

5) Throw Pitchfork opens at 7 Stages.

(Photo by Chris Jacobs)

5 things to do today: Wednesday

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

1) True Colors Theatre Company’s Swimming Upstream opens at 14th Street Playhouse.

2) British lads Coldplay visit Philips Arena.

3) Laura Claridge discusses her book, Emily Post: Daughter of the Gilded Age, Mistress of American Manners, at Margaret Mitchell House & Museum.

4) Sammy Kershaw plays Andrew’s Upstairs.

5) Signs of Reappropriation continues at Atlanta College of Art Gallery.

(Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Wire Image/V-Day)

Things to do today: Election parties

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Georgia Democratic Party and the Obama campaign at the Hyatt Regency downtown
Jim Martin at Park Tavern
GOP bashes at the Intercontinental Hotel in Buckhead
Libertarians at the Mansour Center in Marietta
• The Watchtower at Sugarhill
DeKalb County Democratic Election Night Celebration at the Holiday Inn Conference Center in Decatur
• The usual suspects at Manuel’s Tavern
Election Day Costume Party at Cenci
Election Party at 595 North Ave.
Huge Election Watch Party at Amsterdam Atlanta
Stonewall Democrats Election Night Party at Halo Lounge
Barack Obama Official Yes We Did Final Watch Party at Fox Sports Grill
Yes We Have! Obama Presidential Election Results Celebration at Verve Restaurant and Lounge
Presidential Election Watch Night Party at Encore in Duluth
One Nation Under a Change Election Night Party at Luella’s Restaurant in Jonesboro
Election Results Party at McCray’s Tavern on the Square in Lawrenceville

Did we miss one? Leave it in the comments for your fellow election watchers.

5 things to do today: Monday

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

1) Public Enemy co-founder Chuck D discusses race and media at Agnes Scott College.

2) The Ninja Puppet Extravaganza opens at Eyedrum.

3) Duncan Sheik and Lauren Pritchard play Smith’s Olde Bar.

4) Cutting Fine, Cutting Deep continues at the Robert C. Williams Paper Museum.

5) Sonic Generator performs at the Georgia Tech Alumni House.

(Image courtesy Agnes Scott College)

5 things to do today: Sunday

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

1) Atlanta Printmaker Studio’s The Art of Democracy continues at Java Monkey.

2) Rev. Horton Heat, Nashville Pussy and Reckless Kelly play Variety Playhouse.

3) Sharon Willis’ operetta Pink Lady honors Breast Cancer Awareness Month at 14th Street Playhouse.

4) Franklin Pond String Quartet and Robert Spano perform at Trinity Presbyterian Church.

5) Lots of theater closing today: Antigone, Managing Maxine, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Wicked and The Second City: Too Busy to Hate … Too Hard to Commute.

(Image by Debra Santini)

5 things to do today: Saturday

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

1) Legendary Pink Dots play the Earl.

2) Zoetic Dance Ensemble’s Dirty Pretty closes at 7 Stages.

3) The Hold Steady and Drive-By Truckers play the Tabernacle.

4) Young Blood Gallery & Boutique hosts an opening party for Day of the Dead.

5) Jay Reatard, Poison Arrows and Twin Targets play Lenny’s Bar.

(Photo by Alena Boikova)

Things to do today: Halloween!

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Our 5 best bets:

Funkenstein at Smith’s Olde Bar with Collective Efforts
Nightmare on 6th Street: All Purpose Party at HALO Lounge and Cypress Pint & Plate
Undead Invasion in various downtown locations
Halloween Ball at Eyedrum
EAV-O-Ween in East Atlanta Village

Lots more below the jump.

(Photo by Chad Hess)

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5 things to do today: Thursday

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

1) Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? continues at 7 Stages.

2) WNBA star Lisa Leslie and her husband Michael Lockwood discuss their books at Charis Circle.

3) Jaspects, Rahbi and lyana play Sugarhill.

4) St. Nicholas opens at Onstage Atlanta.

5) Deadly Sins and Other Matters opens at Emory Visual Arts Gallery.

(Photo by John Kundert-Gibbs)

5 things to do today: Wednesday

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

1) A Lesson Before Dying opens at Theatrical Outfit.

2) Squirrel Nut Zippers play Variety Playhouse.

3) Psychic medium Reese Christian discusses Ghosts in Atlanta: Phantoms of the Phoenix City at Charis Circle.

4) Recompas, Sole and Skyrider play the Earl.

5) Changing Faces: Moving Dreams continues at Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History.

(Photo by Bill DeLoach)

5 things to do today: Tuesday

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

1) Netherworld continues at Georgia Antique & Design Center.

2) Jaguar Love, Polysics and Black Gold play the Earl.

3) Gregory Maguire discusses A Lion Among Men at Outwrite Bookstore & Coffeehouse.

4) Paul Shambroom’s Picturing Power continues at Atlanta Contemporary Art Center.

5) Isaac Mizrahi discusses How to Have Style at Borders Buckhead.

(Photo courtesy Netherworld Haunted House)