1) Subjects/Objects continues at Hagedorn Foundation Gallery.
2) Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band performs at the Earl.
3) Oktoberfest continues in Helen.
4) Mayoral candidates discuss the arts at the Arts & Culture Forum.
5) Fox Trotsky, Jesse Nobody and Tendaberry perform a free show at 529.
(Art by Susan Harbage Page)
1) Atlanta Opera’s The Elixir of Love closes at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.
2) Bear in Heaven performs at the Earl.
3) Radney Foster performs at Eddie’s Attic.
4) Fall Fest continues at Candler Park.
5) Thievery Corporation performs at the Tabernacle.
(Photo by Tim Wilkerson)
1) “Whose Line Is It Anyway’s” Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood perform at the Ferst Center.
2) Taste of Atlanta kicks off at Tech Square.
3) Will Hoge performs at the Loft.
4) Trees Atlanta holds its annual tree sale.
5) Paco Peña performs in A Compras! at the Rialto Center.
(Photo courtesy Ferst Center for the Arts)
1) Lisa Lampanelli discusses and signs Chocolate, Please: My Adventures in Food, Fat, and Freaks at Outwrite Bookstore & Coffeehouse.
2) John Tindel, Matthew Doubek and Mr. Hooper showcases new works at Alcove Gallery.
3) Georgia Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar opens at Conant Performing Arts Center.
4) Michael Gray reads from Hand Me My Travelin’ Shoes: In Search of Blind Willie McTell at Decatur CD.
5) Tortured Soul performs at Apache Cafe.
(Photo © It Books)
1) The Atlanta Philosophy Film Festival includes a series of short films at Plaza Theatre.
2) Tray Butler discusses his book, Moon Atlanta, at Outwrite Bookstore & Coffeehouse.
3) Buy My House … Please! opens at Aurora Theatre.
4) Blitzen Trapper plays the Earl.
5) SCAD hosts Fine Arts Night in conjunction with Atlanta Celebrates Photography and the SCAD Atlanta Gallery Hop.
(© “How They Dance”)
1) The Sty of the Blind Pig opens at Southwest Arts Center.
2) The Dodos play the Earl.
3) Palimpsest Portraits continues at Marcia Wood Gallery.
4) A Place to Bury Strangers plays Drunken Unicorn.
5) Little Tybee plays 529.
(Photo by Horace Henry)
1) Leonardo da Vinci: Hand of a Genius opens at the High Museum of Art.
2) Lane Montgomery discusses Never Again, Again, Again..: Genocide: Armenia, The Holocaust, Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, Darfur at Jimmy Carter Library & Museum.
3) Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles opens at Fox Theatre.
4) Political activist Ann Wright marks the eighth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan with a discussion of her book, Dissent: Voices of Conscience–Government Insiders Speak Out Against the War in Iraq.
5) Wooden Birds play the Earl.
(”A Horseman Fighting a Dragon” by Leonardo da Vinci/© The Trustees of the British Museum)
1) The Out on Film Festival screens Drool, Unraveling Michelle and more at Landmark Midtown Art Cinema.
2) Dysrhythmia plays Drunken Unicorn.
3) Whip It continues in area theaters.
4) Brokencyde plays the Masquerade.
5) Planet Shark: Predator or Prey continues at the Georgia Aquarium.
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1) The Zombie Walk parades through town to close out this year’s Horrorfest.
2) Metallica performs at Philips Arena.
3) Oakland Cemetery hosts Sunday in the Park.
4) Harvest Midtown boast 200 wines at the Georgian Terrace Hotel.
5) Sweet Auburn Heritage Fest wraps up.
(Photo by Jack Babalon)
1) Rakim headlines the A3C Fest at East Atlanta Icehouse.
2) The Syrens of the South present a Halloween Spooktacular at Little Tree Art Studios.
3) Glenwood Park hosts Hotoberfest.
4) Members of the Piñon Canyon Expansion Opposition Coalition talk at Composition Gallery’s The Cowboys vs. The Army.
5) Metropolitan Ballet Theatre performs Graduation Ball.
(Photo courtesy Rakim)
1) Dan Deacon performs at Eyedrum.
2) Le Flash kicks off Atlanta Celebrates Photography.
3) Dead Weather plays the Tabernacle.
4) Greek Fest starts a weekend of festivities at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral.
5) Psychedelic Furs perform at the Masquerade.
(Photo by Josh Sisk)
1) Jarrod Harris performs at Laughing Skull Lounge.
2) The A3C Festival kicks off in East Atlanta with Bobby Ray and the 10th anniversary of “Beatz & Lyrics.”
3) The Movement to End Israeli Apartheid and the Progressive Student Alliance host a screening of Slingshot Hip Hop at GSU’s Cinefest Theater.
4) Robin Kemp reads from This Pagan Heaven at Outwrite Bookstore & Coffeehouse.
5) Joel Leivick: In the Garden opens at Emory Visual Arts Gallery.
(Photo courtesy Laughing Skull Lounge)
1) Changing Shoes continues at 14th Street Playhouse.
2) Magic Apron and Spirits and the Melchizedek Children perform at the Earl.
3) Mayoral candidates chat about the arts at the Woodruff Center’s Arts & Culture Mayoral Forum.
4) OvO and Subarachnoid Space play Drunken Unicorn.
5) Digital Leather performs at 529.
(Photo courtesy Tina Sloan)
Mistakes were made: The Arts & Culture Mayoral Forum was moved to Oct. 12. You only get four things to do today. Sorry.
1) Drivin’ n Cryin’ performs at Smith’s Olde Bar.
2) Bishop John Shelby Spong discusses Eternal Life: A New Vision at Outwrite Bookstore & Coffeehouse.
3) School of Seven Bells plays Drunken Unicorn.
4) Dinosaurs opens at the Center for Puppetry Arts.
5) Cheap Time plays 529.
(Photo courtesy Thirty Tigers)
1) Netherworld Haunted House continues at Georgia Antique & Design Center.
2) The Pains of Being Pure at Heart play the Earl.
3) Mischief and Melancholy closes at Trois Gallery.
4) NPR’s Garrison Keillor discusses his book, Pilgrims: A Wobegon Novel, at Agnes Scott College.
5) Kirkwood Ballers Club is at Lenny’s Bar.
(Photo courtesy Netherworld Haunted House)
1) Atlanta Rollergirls host the final day of the Southern Fried Smackdown.
2) The Minus Five, Baseball Project and Steve Wynn IV play the Earl.
3) Decatur Garden Tour explores 12 private and public gardens.
4) Emory University opens its dance season with … me so much nearer home.
5) The Grant Park Tour of Homes features 13 homes, with a low country boil right down the street at Six Feet Under afterward.
(Photo by John Ramspott)
1) Kid Congo Powers plays the Star Bar.
2) Support the kiddies and pick up some sweet deals at the Neighborhood Charter School yard sale in Grant Park.
3) The Sounds perform at Variety Playhouse while the Butthole Surfers play the Masquerade.
4) The Castleberry Hill Loft Tour kicks off.
5) Sunn O))) plays Legends Banquet & Special Events Center.
(Photo courtesy 2:30 Publicity)
1) A Hawk and a Hacksaw play the Earl.
2) The Latin American Film Festival opens at the High Museum of Art with Insignificant Things.
3) Kevin Pollak performs at the Punchline.
4) HBCU students compete against one another at the Step Showdown.
5) This Is Us vs. the Soup Line opens at Studioplex.
(Photo by Tamir Kalifa)
1) Gary Pomerantz discusses The Devil’s Tickets: A Night of Bridge, a Fatal Hand, and a New American Age at the Carter Center.
2) The International Soul Music Summit starts.
3) On the Flip Side opens at Spruill Gallery.
4) Gojira, Burst, Scale the Summit and Zoroaster play Heaven at the Masquerade while MONO and Maserati hold it down in Hell.
5) Boom continues at Aurora Theatre.
(Photo © Crowne Publishing Group)
1) Theaters across town screen a high-def version of The Wizard of Oz to celebrate its 70th anniversary.
2) Peter Moruzzi discusses Havana Before Castro: When Cuba Was a Tropical Playground at Outwrite Bookstore & Coffeehouse.
3) Come Fly With Me opens at Alliance Theatre with a red-carpet reception.
4) Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, Amnesty International and the Campaign to End the Death Penalty present Teach In for Troy Davis at Georgia State University.
5) Shannon Wright and Lyonnais play the Earl.
(Photo © 2009 Turner Entertainment Co./Warner Bros.)
1) The Books play Eyedrum.
2) John Baker discusses Chicken Noodle News: A CNN Whodunit at the Jimmy Carter Library & Museum.
3) The Intelligence plays the Earl.
4) Comedian Tommy Davidson performs at Uptown Comedy Corner.
5) Datarock plays the Masquerade.
(Photo courtesy Biz 3)
1) Inman Park Restaurant Week kicks off at such restaurants as Sotto Sotto.
2) The Informant! continues in area theaters.
3) Philippa Gregory discusses her book, The White Queen, at Agnes Scott College.
4) The Notion of Family continues at Hagedorn Foundation Gallery.
5) The NEC, Living Rooms and Roman Photos play 529.
(Photo by Lou Freeman Photography)
1) The Pinx perform at the Georgia Lawyers for the Arts benefit.
2) Works Progress Administration plays Eddie’s Attic.
3) The Atlanta Braves face the Philadelphia Phillies at Turner Field.
4) JapanFest continues at the Gwinnett Center.
5) Peelander-Z plays the Earl.
(Photo by Adam Bennett)
1) The East Atlanta Strut parades through the EAV.
2) Goodie Mob performs at the Masquerade.
3) The International Black Docufest continues at the High Museum of Art.
4) Little Five Points hosts the Other Sound Festival.
5) The Black Box Improv Festival’s Big Show features performances by the Naked Stage and Upright Citizens Brigade.
(Photo by Michelle Rice)
1) Hal Sparks performs at Laughing Skull Lounge.
2) A New Slant on the South opens at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center.
3) Medeski, Martin & Wood perform at Variety Playhouse.
4) All Purpose Party brings The Tent: Gypsy Party to Halo Lounge.
5) Hair: The American Tribal-Rock Musical continues at 7 Stages.
(Photo by Keith Munyan)
