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5 things to do: Thursday

Amber Robinson — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:45:50 +0000

1) The Swear performs at Andrews Upstairs.

2) Reflections of Culture continues at Fernbank Museum of Natural History.

3) Alison Krauss and Robert Plant perform a sold-out show at Chastain Park Amphitheater.

4) Natalie Chanin discusses and signs Alabama Stitch Book at Whitespace Gallery.

5) Langhorne Slim & the War Eagles perform at the Earl.

(Photo Elizabeth Elkins)

5 things to do: Wednesday

Amber Robinson — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:45:42 +0000

1) Civil Rights activist Dick Gregory speaks on Sen. Barack Obama, health and more at Shrine of the Black Madonna.

2) Soul Asylum and Gin Blossoms perform at Chastain Park Amphitheater.

3) CL hosts a raging party for Best of Atlanta 2008 at Star Bar.

4) Vans Warped Tour comes to Lakewood Amphitheatre.

5) Callanwolde Fine Arts Center hosts Summer Coffeehouse Series Open-Mic Poetry Reading with Kodac Harrison.

(Photo courtesy Dick Gregory)

5 things to do: Tuesday

Amber Robinson — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:45:20 +0000

1) Parish Foods and Goods hosts Savor the South: Farm to Table.

2) Black Angels perform at the Earl.

3) Iris Johansen discusses and signs Quicksand at Margaret Mitchell House & Museum.

4) Joan Armatrading performs at the Variety Playhouse.

5) Sarah Seabolt’s Solo Exhibition continues at Gregg Irby Fine Art.

(Photo by Our Labor of Love for the Reynolds Group)

See & Do: Special event: Atlanta Pride Festival

Amber Robinson — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:00:46 +0000

Although ATLANTA PRIDE FESTIVAL has shifted from drought-stricken Piedmont Park to the less alfresco Atlanta Civic Center, the majority of events, including Saturday’s Dyke March and Sunday’s Pride Parade, will retain their outdoorsy origins. Among this year’s offerings, continuing Sat., JULY 5: a nondenominational commitment ceremony, which gives couples the opportunity to pledge their commitments in front of friends and family; shoutOUT!, Pride’s first foray into slam poetry; the AIDS memorial quilt display, featuring more than 400 panels; a charity poker tournament; the Atlanta Pride Marketplace; and a human rights exhibit in partnership with Georgia Equality that examines intersectionality and the relationships between identities. Performers will include Sonia Leigh, the Athens Boys Choir, Starlight Cabaret, Exposé, CeCe Peniston, Tiffany and more. Through July 6. Free. Fri., 6-11 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center, 395 Piedmont Ave. 404-523-6275. www.atlantapride.org.

(Photo courtesy Atlanta Pride Committee)

5 things to do: Thursday

Amber Robinson — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:45:21 +0000

1) Fiona Zedde (pictured) reads Hungry For It at Charis Books & More.

2) Los Angeles duo No Age performs at Eyedrum Art & Music Gallery.

3) Hector Manuel Sagunto continues at Art Space International.

4) The Five Spot hosts the 4th of U-Lie concert, featuring NY Oil, Ishues, Stacy Epps and more.

5) APEX Museum screens its July Movies with a Mission, The Lion Mountains: A Journey Through Sierra Leone History.

(Photo by Monica Holder)

5 things to do: Wednesday

Amber Robinson — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:53:24 +0000

1) Power Plays Festival continues at Essential Theater.

2) Peter Murphy performs at Center Stage.

3) Sweetwater Brewery hosts a brewery tour that offers up tastes of Hummer, 420 and others.

4) Boz Scaggs, David Jacobs-Strain and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra perform at Chastain Park Amphitheater.

5) War and Peace by Benji Williams, Sid Watters, Leslie Ditto and Cynthia Tollesfrud continues at Alcove Gallery and Studio.

(Photo by Sonny Knox)

5 things to do: Monday

Amber Robinson — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:45:19 +0000

1) Stephen Wing signs and discusses Free Ralph! An Evolutionary Fable at Wordsmiths Books.

2) Elli Perry, Hammer Down and Martha’s Trouble perform at Smith’s Olde Bar.

3) A (new) Genre Landscape continues at Brownwood Park.

4) Silver Apples perform at the Earl.

5) SCAD professor Karen-Sam Norgard’s Perishable Constructions continues at Trois Gallery.

(Image by Karen-Sam Norgard)

See & Do: Special event: Concrete Pandemonium

Amber Robinson — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:00:07 +0000

Atlanta folk music duo Rising Appalachia has cheerfully woven topics of cultural evolution and fusion into its music, bringing the message around the world with its aural globe trotting. Siblings Leah and Chloe Smith take a more direct approach to encouraging themes of social evolution and responsibility when they host the third annual CONCRETE PANDEMONIUM Sun., JUNE 29. Billed as an “urban throwdown,” the topsy-turvy evening features a genre-bucking combination of local art and activism in an earnest attempt to bring the two together in a happy, and hopefully not short-lived, marriage. Scheduled appearances include spoken-word artists Theresa Davis and Stefen Miko of Art Amuk, the Atlanta Circus Art Community, Feminist Outlawz, Alternate Roots, a recycled-fabric fashion show and more. 9 p.m. $5-$25. Eyedrum Art & Music Gallery, 290 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Suite 8. 404-522-0655. www.eyedrum.org.

(Photo by Chad Hess)

5 things to do: Thursday

Amber Robinson — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:45:56 +0000

1) Aslyn performs at Smith’s Olde Bar.

2) The Beam hosts its 2007 Emerging Artist Concert with choreography by Molly Schneider Perez.

3) Merle Haggard performs at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.

4) Ben Jones signs and discusses Redneck Boy in the Promised Land at Manuel’s Tavern.

5) A Common Space by Charlotte Foust and Melissa Stern continues at Barbara Archer Gallery.

(Photo courtesy Aslyn)

5 things to do: Tuesday

Amber Robinson — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:45:22 +0000

1) Journalist Thomas Laird discusses and signs The Story of Tibet, and Columbia University professor Robert Thurman discusses and signs Why the Dalai Lama Matters at Jimmy Carter Library & Museum.

2) Comedian Eddie Izzard performs at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.

3) Chicago, the Doobie Brothers and Nicola Congiu perform at Chastain Park Amphitheatre.

4) Paintings, works in oil by Barry Sons, continues at Watson Gallery.

5) The Toadies and Lions perform at Masquerade.

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