Eyedrum Gallery is hosting a Day of the Dead art show that opened on Oct. 23 and will run through Nov. 29. Patrons of the art gallery were treated to a performance from Uncle Daddy and the Kissin’ Cousins along with the portrayal of a colorful part of Mexican culture.
(Photo by Alan Friedman)
Crystal Johnson marches down Peachtree Street in protest against police brutality.
A spirited group of demonstrators showed up at Woodruff Park on Oct. 22 to rally and march as part of the National Day of Protest Against Police Brutality. Organizers cited seven deaths in Georgia at the hands of police officers since March 2009 as a sign of the “epidemic of police brutality in Georgia” according to their press release.
Following the rally at Woodruff Park more than 50 protesters marched to the Atlanta Detention Center briefly shutting down one side of Peachtree Street. Outside the Detention Center a “speakout” was held. Some of the topics referenced by speakers outside the jail included the Kathryn Johnston murder, the Atlanta Eagle Raid and the need for an independent citizen police review board. As protesters spoke, cheers could be heard from prisoners inside the Detention Center.
Check out a gallery of photographs from the rally and march.
(Photo by Joeff Davis)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Leonard Cohen performed at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta Oct. 20.
Check out more photos from the concert.
(Photo by Perry Julien)
The highland games took place Oct. 17-18 in Stone Mountain, GA. The event featured a Scotch-Irish family clan banner march, bagpipe band marches, sheep dog demonstrations, and Highland Man competitions that involved throwing heavy things as far or high as possible.
Check out more photos depicting incredible feats of strength at the Games.
(Photo by Dustin Chambers)
Chicago Bears Quarterback Jay Cutler stretches for a first down last night at the Georgia Dome. The Falcons beat the Bears 21-14 with the Falcon defense coming up huge with several key defensive stands.
(Photo by Joeff Davis)
Despite the cold, hordes of Atlantans spilled into the streets of Little Five Points to show off their best zombie imitations among other frightening monster facsimiles during the Halloween Parade Oct. 17.
Check out more photos from the parade.
(Photo by Ryan Purcell)
B.o.B. performed at Smith’s Old Bar Oct. 16 for a Whynatte sponsored event. The Atlanta rapper signed to T.I.’s label went on around midnight.
(Photo by Dustin Chambers)
Participants in the notorious Little Five Points Halloween Parade let their freak flag fly high last year, leading some parents to cover their children’s eyes. It’s pretty much that intense every year and it’s coming up this weekend.
(Photo by Joeff Davis)
Cooper Sanchez hosted Oakland: In the Greenhouse Ruins, a one-day art show of paintings and installations, last Friday at Oakland Cemetery.
(Photo by Dustin Chambers)
Taste of Atlanta brought all the flavors of the city to Technology Square for your eating pleasure Oct. 10-11.
Check out more shots from Taste of Atlanta.
(Photo by Ryan Purcell)
For CL’s cover story this week “Atlanta Ballet defies gravity for 80 years” CL photographer Joeff Davis was invited inside the Atlanta Ballet rehearsal studios on West Peachtree Street as the company rehearsed. Atlanta Ballet is the longest continually operating ballet company in America and the dancers are preparing for the first show of its 80th season.
Check out more photos from the cover shoot.
(By Joeff Davis)
Grizzly Bear played the Variety Playhouse on Oct. 5 with Beach House opening.
Check out more images from the concert.
(Photo by Dustin Chambers)
Yesterday was the eighth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan. A group of Atlanta activists, who are part of a state wide “counter recruitment” effort, gathered on Ponce de Leon Avenue after a day of protesting recruitment tactics at various military recruitment centers around the city, as well as at Grady High School. At the recruitment stations they delivered an ACLU drafted resolution that called on recruiters to comply with International Protocol on the Rights of the Child which forbids any contact between military recruiters and children younger than 17.
According to American Friends Service Committee organizer Tim Franzen, this is a common practice by recruiters in high schools around the country. At Grady, Franzen said, they passed out counter recruitment literature with a couple of current Grady students which he says exposes some of the negative truths about recruitment practices and veterans lives after serving their country — including that 40 percent of homeless men in the United States are veterans. Another of their goals, according to Franzen, is to promote non-military options for low-income youth. The “counter recruitment” effort was sponsored by the Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition and the American Friends Service Committee.
Their campaign comes against the backdrop of last weekend’s ambush of American marines that caused eight American military deaths — the biggest loss of American military lives in Afghanistan in over a year. Last week in another military combat death, Staff Sgt. Alex French IV from Milledgeville, Ga., was killed in Afghanistan. It is expected that President Obama will soon announce his decision on his strategy for the Afghanistan war.
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Le Flash opened to an excited Atlanta for its second year of light-based installation works, gallery showings and street performance art. The event kicked off Atlanta Celebrates Photography’s month of showings, lectures, and art events.
Le Flash’s biggest crowd-pleaser was an intricate street performance work. Bright balloons carried by black-clad improvising dancers melded with dancers from Lauri Stallings’ new company gloATL as they traversed the streets through a massive following crowd.
See more photos from Le Flash.
(Photo by Joeff Davis)
Chair lifting on Marietta Street — all in a day’s work for this dude.
(Photo by Joeff Davis)
Criminal Records brought the band in for another one of the record store’s popular in-store performances on Sept. 30.
Check out more photos from the Phoenix show.
(Photo by Perry Julien)
Laura Veirs opened for the Decemberists as the band rocked and rolled the Classic Theatre of Athens on Sept. 26.
Check out more photos from the Athens Decemberists concert.
(Photo by Dustin Chambers)
Cabbagetown Market held its third annual pig roast on Sept. 26. There were local pigs, locally grown sides and locally brewed beer, plus local music. Rain forced this year’s event to sheltered space so it was held at the Cabbagetown Community Center, but a little rain didn’t stop everyone from getting their roast on.
Check out more photos from the Pig Roast.
(Photo by Alan Friedman)
Kid Congo — formerly of The Gun Club and The Cramps — and his band The Pink Monkey Birds rocked the Star Bar Sept. 26.
(Photo by Perry Julien)
The second Allstate HBCU Step Showdown returned to Atlanta to build upon the momentum of last year’s show. The best nine teams faced off at the Atlanta Civic Center on Sept. 25.
Check out more photos from the Step Showdown.
(Photo by Alan Friedman)
Firefighter and paramedic Ronnie Garcia demonstrates to students at Grady High School what he goes through far too often in a typical drunk-driving scene. Grady student Darius Williams, 17, volunteered to play the victim. Many students are killed or seriously and permanently injured by either carelessly not wearing a seat belt or driving while intoxicated.
(Photo and text by Jeff Slate)
I saw this car parked in a North Avenue parking lot late last week. When I approached the car the officer turned and told me to back up because there might be a bomb in the car.
(Photo by Joeff Davis)
The respective heart and soul of Goodie Mob, Khujo (left) and Cee-Lo, performed for a near capacity crowd of almost four thousand, along with members T-Mo and Big Gipp, at the Masquerade Music Park on Saturday night.
After a full day of rain, the weather eased up to an occasional drizzle as fans near the front of the stage obliged those behind them by closing their umbrellas so everyone could witness the onstage reunion of Atlanta’s hip-hop legends.
The highlight came near the end when the Mob performed one of its biggest hits “Cell Therapy,” from the debut album Soul Food, to the head-banging tune of Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man.” They had a Goodie bag full of surprise guests on deck, too, including Dungeon Family members Backbone, Sleepy Brown and Big Boi.
But the audience itself seemed to serve as the fifth member, with fans reciting lyrics and throwing ’bows as if they, too, were onstage and happy to be reunited. And when Cee-Lo asked at the close of the show if the audience was ready for a new Goodie Mob album, a thunderous response rang out into the night sky.
Check out more photos of Goodie Mob at Masquerade Music Park
(Photo by Perry Julien)
