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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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
• 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.
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
