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<title>Local Georgia News &amp; : Atlanta</title>
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<title>Monir Farmanfarmaian: A Mirror Garden</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/monir-farmanfarmaian-a-mirror-garden</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ This is the first posthumous exhibition at an American museum for Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (1922–2019), one of Iran’s most celebrated and revered visual artists, known internationally for her geometric mirror... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 19:00:06 -0500</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[This is the first posthumous exhibition at an American museum for Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (1922–2019), one of Iran’s most celebrated and revered visual artists, known internationally for her geometric mirror...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Madame Grès: The Art of Draping</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/madame-gres-the-art-of-draping</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Both silent and secretive, determined to the point of spending her entire life in the solitude of the atelier, Madame Grès aspired to be a sculptor and did undoubtedly become... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 19:00:05 -0500</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Both silent and secretive, determined to the point of spending her entire life in the solitude of the atelier, Madame Grès aspired to be a sculptor and did undoubtedly become...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Horst P. Horst: Essence of the Times</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/horst-p-horst-essence-of-the-times</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Horst P. Horst is one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century. Known primarily for his fashion photography and portraiture, Horst assimilated tenets of surrealism and classicism into... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2025 07:00:05 -0500</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Horst P. Horst is one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century. Known primarily for his fashion photography and portraiture, Horst assimilated tenets of surrealism and classicism into...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Seen, Heard and Honored: ‘Hold the Line, Volume III’ at PATH Museum</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/seen-heard-and-honored-hold-the-line-volume-iii-at-path-museum</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ In late September, Hold the Line, Volume III: Ode to the Black Woman exhibit opened at the PATH Museum. When I arrived, I was greeted by a painting of a young girl standing in front of an American flag. She was staring right at me, as if to invite me in, daring me to unearth... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 20:00:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[In late September, Hold the Line, Volume III: Ode to the Black Woman exhibit opened at the PATH Museum. When I arrived, I was greeted by a painting of a young girl standing in front of an American flag. She was staring right at me, as if to invite me in, daring me to unearth...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Review: ‘Wolfman’ is a fun addition to Havoc Movement’s mangled body of work</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/review-wolfman-is-a-fun-addition-to-havoc-movements-mangled-body-of-work</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Following its success with Dracula: The Failings of Men, Havoc Movement brings Atlanta a monster that audiences have long asked for.  Wolfman, running until November 2 at Windmill Arts in East Point, builds upon Havoc’s dark universe, connecting the play to Dracula, but this new work doesn’t often match that bloody dazzling stunt spectacular. Still, with strong performers, clever... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 20:00:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Following its success with Dracula: The Failings of Men, Havoc Movement brings Atlanta a monster that audiences have long asked for.  Wolfman, running until November 2 at Windmill Arts in East Point, builds upon Havoc’s dark universe, connecting the play to Dracula, but this new work doesn’t often match that bloody dazzling stunt spectacular. Still, with strong performers, clever...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Review: Horizon’s ‘Heart Sellers’ is a subtle, powerful study on the importance of friendship</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/review-horizons-heart-sellers-is-a-subtle-powerful-study-on-the-importance-of-friendship</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ It hasn’t taken long for Lloyd Suh’s drama The Heart Sellers to become one of the nation’s most produced plays — more than two dozen stagings have been scheduled across the country since a successful bow at Milwaukee Rep in 2023. It’s easy to see why Horizon Theatre was drawn to the project as well;... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 20:00:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[It hasn’t taken long for Lloyd Suh’s drama The Heart Sellers to become one of the nation’s most produced plays — more than two dozen stagings have been scheduled across the country since a successful bow at Milwaukee Rep in 2023. It’s easy to see why Horizon Theatre was drawn to the project as well;...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Atlanta’s Catfight! fights for reproductive rights</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/atlantas-catfight-fights-for-reproductive-rights</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The band’s multigenerational benefit concert this weekend supports reproductive rights and like-minded female musicians. During a recent conference call with ArtsATL, the three members of the long-standing Atlanta-based band Catfight! had several important issues to discuss. Top of their list was the upcoming benefit “Catfight! For Your Rights,” slated for this coming Saturday afternoon and... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 20:00:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The band’s multigenerational benefit concert this weekend supports reproductive rights and like-minded female musicians. During a recent conference call with ArtsATL, the three members of the long-standing Atlanta-based band Catfight! had several important issues to discuss. Top of their list was the upcoming benefit “Catfight! For Your Rights,” slated for this coming Saturday afternoon and...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Oakland Cemetery’s annual Día de los Muertos festival honors life, death and cultural connection</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/oakland-cemeterys-annual-dia-de-los-muertos-festival-honors-life-death-and-cultural-connection</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Each November, Oakland Cemetery — one of Atlanta’s oldest landmarks — transforms into a community gathering space where families honor loved ones through the Mexican tradition of Día de los Muertos: the Day of the Dead.  Throughout the grounds, cultural touchstones bring the Latin American holiday to life. Brightly colored papel picado (perforated paper) flutters... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 20:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Each November, Oakland Cemetery — one of Atlanta’s oldest landmarks — transforms into a community gathering space where families honor loved ones through the Mexican tradition of Día de los Muertos: the Day of the Dead.  Throughout the grounds, cultural touchstones bring the Latin American holiday to life. Brightly colored papel picado (perforated paper) flutters...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Partners in the Arts: Okorie ‘OkCello’ Johnson and Chaunesti Webb&amp;Johnson’s ‘Big Tent Blackness’</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/partners-in-the-arts-okorie-okcello-johnson-and-chaunesti-webb-johnsons-big-tent-blackness</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ If you talk with them long enough, you’ll discover that Okorie Johnson and Chaunesti Webb-Johnson have a shared artistic vision that was destined to bring them together. The couple wants to expand what Americans — especially Black Americans — think of as Black art and the spaces in which African American artists play and contribute.... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 20:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[If you talk with them long enough, you’ll discover that Okorie Johnson and Chaunesti Webb-Johnson have a shared artistic vision that was destined to bring them together. The couple wants to expand what Americans — especially Black Americans — think of as Black art and the spaces in which African American artists play and contribute....]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Review: ‘Encounters’ at Johnson Lowe Gallery invites slow looking in a fast world </title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/review-encounters-at-johnson-lowe-gallery-invites-slow-looking-in-a-fast-world</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Positioned as a response to fast-paced swipe culture, the fall group exhibition at Johnson Lowe Gallery brings together 12 artists whose work explores Encounters — the act of facing something long enough to be transformed by it. The exhibition text asks, “What does it mean to stand before an image in a society that conditions... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 20:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Positioned as a response to fast-paced swipe culture, the fall group exhibition at Johnson Lowe Gallery brings together 12 artists whose work explores Encounters — the act of facing something long enough to be transformed by it. The exhibition text asks, “What does it mean to stand before an image in a society that conditions...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Atlanta poet Theresa Davis’ queer awakening led to a legacy in neon lights</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/atlanta-poet-theresa-davis-queer-awakening-led-to-a-legacy-in-neon-lights</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/atlanta-poet-theresa-davis-queer-awakening-led-to-a-legacy-in-neon-lights</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Theresa Davis never imagined her words would become a luminous display in red atop one of West Midtown’s cultural hot spots.  A highly lauded poet, educator and author, Davis fought the urge to create as a child. She sought out stability and practicality, which would stifle her self acceptance and delay recognizing her authenticity and... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 20:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Theresa Davis never imagined her words would become a luminous display in red atop one of West Midtown’s cultural hot spots.  A highly lauded poet, educator and author, Davis fought the urge to create as a child. She sought out stability and practicality, which would stifle her self acceptance and delay recognizing her authenticity and...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Choreographer, dancer and Dance Canvas Executive Artistic Director Angela Harris’ 11 Good Things</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/choreographer-dancer-and-dance-canvas-executive-artistic-director-angela-harris-11-good-things</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/choreographer-dancer-and-dance-canvas-executive-artistic-director-angela-harris-11-good-things</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In 2008, Angela Harris conceived and founded Dance Canvas, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing essential opportunities to emerging choreographers in the Atlanta dance scene. Harris is the type of person who sees a problem and sets out to solve it, so, when she saw the lack of career development and youth dance programs in... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 08:00:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[In 2008, Angela Harris conceived and founded Dance Canvas, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing essential opportunities to emerging choreographers in the Atlanta dance scene. Harris is the type of person who sees a problem and sets out to solve it, so, when she saw the lack of career development and youth dance programs in...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Review: Alliance’s ‘Covenant’ builds a sinister tale with a stilted payoff </title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/review-alliances-covenant-builds-a-sinister-tale-with-a-stilted-payoff</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ “Everybody’s got secrets,” says Ruthie (Alaysia Renay Duncan) in the opening line of the new ghost story Covenant, on stage at the Alliance through November 9. The warning proves heartbreakingly true for Ruthie and nearly everyone in this Southern gothic world where faith, family and forbidden longing linger like ghosts. Written by York Walker and... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 08:00:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[“Everybody’s got secrets,” says Ruthie (Alaysia Renay Duncan) in the opening line of the new ghost story Covenant, on stage at the Alliance through November 9. The warning proves heartbreakingly true for Ruthie and nearly everyone in this Southern gothic world where faith, family and forbidden longing linger like ghosts. Written by York Walker and...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Review: When is reflection not enough? On ‘Outside’ At Hawkins HQ</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/review-when-is-reflection-not-enough-on-outside-at-hawkins-hq</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/review-when-is-reflection-not-enough-on-outside-at-hawkins-hq</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Outside, a group exhibition that serves as a homecoming of two Atlanta artists, debuted at the end of September at Hawkins HQ. Curated by Rosa Duffy, the exhibition brought Taylor Simmons and Gerald Lovell, two artists born in Atlanta and now living and working in New York, home to join Jurell Ceyetano in exploring the... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 08:00:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Review:, When, reflection, not, enough, ‘Outside’, Hawkins</media:keywords>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Outside, a group exhibition that serves as a homecoming of two Atlanta artists, debuted at the end of September at Hawkins HQ. Curated by Rosa Duffy, the exhibition brought Taylor Simmons and Gerald Lovell, two artists born in Atlanta and now living and working in New York, home to join Jurell Ceyetano in exploring the...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Cindy goes indie: Cindy Wilson on her new EP and the B&amp;52’s tour</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/cindy-goes-indie-cindy-wilson-on-her-new-ep-and-the-b-52s-tour</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/cindy-goes-indie-cindy-wilson-on-her-new-ep-and-the-b-52s-tour</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The venerable Athens band joins Devo on the Cosmic De-evolution Tour as Wilson releases a new independent solo EP. :: On the last Sunday morning of September, Georgia Bulldog fans were busy making their way out of Athens after game day. Across town, at a secluded recording studio in the suburbs, Cindy Wilson of the... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 08:00:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The venerable Athens band joins Devo on the Cosmic De-evolution Tour as Wilson releases a new independent solo EP. :: On the last Sunday morning of September, Georgia Bulldog fans were busy making their way out of Athens after game day. Across town, at a secluded recording studio in the suburbs, Cindy Wilson of the...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>After more than a century, the Atlanta Writers Club has new stories to tell</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/after-more-than-a-century-the-atlanta-writers-club-has-new-stories-to-tell</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/after-more-than-a-century-the-atlanta-writers-club-has-new-stories-to-tell</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ What’s older than The New Yorker, the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and even the Pulitzer Prizes? It’s right here in town, a kind of well-known secret among Atlanta’s aspiring and established scribblers: the Atlanta Writers Club. “Every year we get more people who come to us and say, ‘I’ve lived here forever and never heard of... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 08:00:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[What’s older than The New Yorker, the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and even the Pulitzer Prizes? It’s right here in town, a kind of well-known secret among Atlanta’s aspiring and established scribblers: the Atlanta Writers Club. “Every year we get more people who come to us and say, ‘I’ve lived here forever and never heard of...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Arts Agenda: Museum and college gallery highlights</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/arts-agenda-museum-and-college-gallery-highlights</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline or venue type in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. Every week, we’ll present a different art form. :: Through December 5 In Tricia Wright: The Naturalist, Wright’s works are a personal... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 08:00:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline or venue type in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. Every week, we’ll present a different art form. :: Through December 5 In Tricia Wright: The Naturalist, Wright’s works are a personal...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Atlanta Regional Commission embraces art through Community&amp;Centered Design program </title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/atlanta-regional-commission-embraces-art-through-community-centered-design-program</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Thoughtful, experiential and radical are all words that could be used to describe the Atlanta Regional Commission’s Community-Centered Design (CCD) program. Now in its third year, the four-month program is attended by artists, culture workers, planners and government officials to explore “ways that culture workers and community-builders can collaborate” through workshops, exchanges and real-world engagements... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 08:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Thoughtful, experiential and radical are all words that could be used to describe the Atlanta Regional Commission’s Community-Centered Design (CCD) program. Now in its third year, the four-month program is attended by artists, culture workers, planners and government officials to explore “ways that culture workers and community-builders can collaborate” through workshops, exchanges and real-world engagements...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Burnaway’s first Book//Zine fair was an escape from digital malaise</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/burnaways-first-bookzine-fair-was-an-escape-from-digital-malaise</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/burnaways-first-bookzine-fair-was-an-escape-from-digital-malaise</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On October 11, Atlanta-based nonprofit contemporary art magazine Burnaway hosted its first annual Book//Zine fair at Goat Farm, which attracted between 700 and 1,000 attendees, according to organizers.  Bringing together creatives from 56 independent and zine presses, along with 33 exhibitors who sold their work at the Fair’s “community room” table, Book//Zine was the first... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 20:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[On October 11, Atlanta-based nonprofit contemporary art magazine Burnaway hosted its first annual Book//Zine fair at Goat Farm, which attracted between 700 and 1,000 attendees, according to organizers.  Bringing together creatives from 56 independent and zine presses, along with 33 exhibitors who sold their work at the Fair’s “community room” table, Book//Zine was the first...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>The Atlanta Beltline unveils new arts programming this fall</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/the-atlanta-beltline-unveils-new-arts-programming-this-fall</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Atlanta Beltline has earned a reputation for being a beacon of art and culture, enticing creatives from all walks of life to view, participate in and create new works along the trail. This autumn there are several opportunities to engage with the arts on the Beltline, so we have gathered a few tidbits to... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 20:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Atlanta Beltline has earned a reputation for being a beacon of art and culture, enticing creatives from all walks of life to view, participate in and create new works along the trail. This autumn there are several opportunities to engage with the arts on the Beltline, so we have gathered a few tidbits to...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Set Life: Location Manager Jonathan Wymer consistently circles back to the page</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/set-life-location-manager-jonathan-wymer-consistently-circles-back-to-the-page</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/set-life-location-manager-jonathan-wymer-consistently-circles-back-to-the-page</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Story is everything, in filmmaking and in life. So if you ask Jonathan Wymer about his work as a location manager in the professional film and television industry in Atlanta, he’ll start with the story and he’ll end there, too. “I like to start off any project by approaching the page, because that’s what I... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 20:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Story is everything, in filmmaking and in life. So if you ask Jonathan Wymer about his work as a location manager in the professional film and television industry in Atlanta, he’ll start with the story and he’ll end there, too. “I like to start off any project by approaching the page, because that’s what I...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>‘Grit’ exhibition highlights artists’ perseverance at Echo Contemporary</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/grit-exhibition-highlights-artists-perseverance-at-echo-contemporary</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/grit-exhibition-highlights-artists-perseverance-at-echo-contemporary</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A new art exhibition adorning the walls of Echo Contemporary Art, located within Guardian Studios at Echo Street West, was unveiled to the public last night. Grit is a group show that offers a variety of works by local artists spanning painting, illustration, sculpture, installation, tech-driven works and even a quilt by legendary local artist... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 20:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>‘Grit’, exhibition, highlights, artists’, perseverance, Echo, Contemporary</media:keywords>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[A new art exhibition adorning the walls of Echo Contemporary Art, located within Guardian Studios at Echo Street West, was unveiled to the public last night. Grit is a group show that offers a variety of works by local artists spanning painting, illustration, sculpture, installation, tech-driven works and even a quilt by legendary local artist...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Review: Synchronicity’s ‘Rocket Men’ launches slowly, reaches emotional impact</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/review-synchronicitys-rocket-men-launches-slowly-reaches-emotional-impact</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/review-synchronicitys-rocket-men-launches-slowly-reaches-emotional-impact</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ “How the rockets were built matters” is both thesis and rallying cry in Crystal Skillman’s The Rocket Men, a new play kicking off its rolling world premiere at Synchronicity Theatre through November 2. This story of complicity, denial and historical revision challenges the foundations of one of our nation’s greatest scientific achievements while asking what... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 20:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Review:, Synchronicity’s, ‘Rocket, Men’, launches, slowly, reaches, emotional, impact</media:keywords>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[“How the rockets were built matters” is both thesis and rallying cry in Crystal Skillman’s The Rocket Men, a new play kicking off its rolling world premiere at Synchronicity Theatre through November 2. This story of complicity, denial and historical revision challenges the foundations of one of our nation’s greatest scientific achievements while asking what...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Atlanta Jewish Film Festival and the ASO celebrate the music of classic films</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/atlanta-jewish-film-festival-and-the-aso-celebrate-the-music-of-classic-films</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/atlanta-jewish-film-festival-and-the-aso-celebrate-the-music-of-classic-films</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Although the 25th annual Atlanta Jewish Film Festival (AJFF) took place way back in February, Executive and Artistic Director Kenny Blank knew he wanted to do something additional later in the year to cap such a significant season. Back in 2010, the Festival collaborated with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) on a concert with scores... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 20:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Although the 25th annual Atlanta Jewish Film Festival (AJFF) took place way back in February, Executive and Artistic Director Kenny Blank knew he wanted to do something additional later in the year to cap such a significant season. Back in 2010, the Festival collaborated with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) on a concert with scores...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Review: Staibdance’s ‘between dog and wolf’ performance is tense, gripping</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/review-staibdances-between-dog-and-wolf-performance-is-tense-gripping</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/review-staibdances-between-dog-and-wolf-performance-is-tense-gripping</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ “It’s the in-between space of teeth and grit, like that moment when your pulse is racing just before you say something you’ve been holding in, and you’re about to explode,” said staibdance company member Anna Bracewell, describing Artistic Director George Staib’s most recent work between dog and wolf. “And that’s the space I am personally... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 20:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Review:, Staibdance’s, ‘between, dog, and, wolf’, performance, tense, gripping</media:keywords>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[“It’s the in-between space of teeth and grit, like that moment when your pulse is racing just before you say something you’ve been holding in, and you’re about to explode,” said staibdance company member Anna Bracewell, describing Artistic Director George Staib’s most recent work between dog and wolf. “And that’s the space I am personally...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Emory’s second Ideas Festival offers the public new perspectives</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/emorys-second-ideas-festival-offers-the-public-new-perspectives</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/emorys-second-ideas-festival-offers-the-public-new-perspectives</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Grammy-winning country music star Rosanne Cash will deliver the keynote address on October 18 at 5 p.m. at the second Ideas Festival Emory on its Oxford College campus. Other notable speakers will be participating in forums throughout the day to promote new conversations about modern issues. Cash’s keynote will inspire people to consider the impact... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 20:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Grammy-winning country music star Rosanne Cash will deliver the keynote address on October 18 at 5 p.m. at the second Ideas Festival Emory on its Oxford College campus. Other notable speakers will be participating in forums throughout the day to promote new conversations about modern issues. Cash’s keynote will inspire people to consider the impact...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Stanley Roberts’ path leads to Coro Vocati</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/stanley-roberts-path-leads-to-coro-vocati</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/stanley-roberts-path-leads-to-coro-vocati</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Atlanta choral ensemble’s new artistic director talks about a new season, which begins October 18. When I last spoke to Mercer University associate dean and professor of choral conducting Dr. Stanley Roberts, he was preparing to appear as guest conductor at Coro Vocati’s May performance of Two Rivers: A Journey Through Life’s Contrasts. At... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2025 08:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Atlanta choral ensemble’s new artistic director talks about a new season, which begins October 18. When I last spoke to Mercer University associate dean and professor of choral conducting Dr. Stanley Roberts, he was preparing to appear as guest conductor at Coro Vocati’s May performance of Two Rivers: A Journey Through Life’s Contrasts. At...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Synchronicity’s upcoming ‘Rocket Men’ wrestles with the haunting cost of scientific advancement</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/synchronicitys-upcoming-rocket-men-wrestles-with-the-haunting-cost-of-scientific-advancement</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/synchronicitys-upcoming-rocket-men-wrestles-with-the-haunting-cost-of-scientific-advancement</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The choice for a play to have an all-female cast is hardly unusual, but when the play is titled The Rocket Men, it captures attention. And playwright Crystal Skillman designed it that way. “From the start, I want the audience to be confronted with the fact that those actors don’t look anything like the [male]... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2025 08:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The choice for a play to have an all-female cast is hardly unusual, but when the play is titled The Rocket Men, it captures attention. And playwright Crystal Skillman designed it that way. “From the start, I want the audience to be confronted with the fact that those actors don’t look anything like the [male]...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>The prolific profundities of Howard Finster and Harry Underwood in ‘The Art of Belief’</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/the-prolific-profundities-of-howard-finster-and-harry-underwood-in-the-art-of-belief</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/the-prolific-profundities-of-howard-finster-and-harry-underwood-in-the-art-of-belief</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ “Locate your capacity to love” reads a small graphite inscription in the painting Enraptured by Harry Underwood. It’s a concise recommendation swimming in a sea of hand-scribbled prophecy, introspection and sermonizing that makes up The Art of Belief: Howard Finster &amp; Harry Underwood. Currently showing at The Sun ATL, the exhibit presents the work of... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2025 08:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[“Locate your capacity to love” reads a small graphite inscription in the painting Enraptured by Harry Underwood. It’s a concise recommendation swimming in a sea of hand-scribbled prophecy, introspection and sermonizing that makes up The Art of Belief: Howard Finster & Harry Underwood. Currently showing at The Sun ATL, the exhibit presents the work of...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>At three Atlanta museums, Black women present marvelous solo exhibitions</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/at-three-atlanta-museums-black-women-present-marvelous-solo-exhibitions</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/at-three-atlanta-museums-black-women-present-marvelous-solo-exhibitions</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This fall, three standout Black women artists are highlighted at museums across Atlanta. The late Nancy Elizabeth Prophet’s works are presented in I Will Not Bend an Inch at the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art; Ayana Ross opened her Working Artist Project exhibition Saving Our Sacred Selves at MOCA GA; and Shanequa Gay presents... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2025 08:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[This fall, three standout Black women artists are highlighted at museums across Atlanta. The late Nancy Elizabeth Prophet’s works are presented in I Will Not Bend an Inch at the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art; Ayana Ross opened her Working Artist Project exhibition Saving Our Sacred Selves at MOCA GA; and Shanequa Gay presents...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Review: Stage Door Theater’s ‘The Cottage’ opens the door to both realism and absurdity</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/review-stage-door-theaters-the-cottage-opens-the-door-to-both-realism-and-absurdity</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/review-stage-door-theaters-the-cottage-opens-the-door-to-both-realism-and-absurdity</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Where better than a cottage in the English countryside for a romantic getaway filled with rest, relaxation and scandalous reveals? The Cottage, a bawdy comedy running through October 19 at Stage Door Theatre, brings us inside one of these picturesque retreats for an evening of campy drama. The play opens on Sylvia (Charis Sellick) and... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2025 08:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Where better than a cottage in the English countryside for a romantic getaway filled with rest, relaxation and scandalous reveals? The Cottage, a bawdy comedy running through October 19 at Stage Door Theatre, brings us inside one of these picturesque retreats for an evening of campy drama. The play opens on Sylvia (Charis Sellick) and...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Review: At Actor’s Express, the line between real and supernatural proves to be ‘The Thin Place’</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/review-at-actors-express-the-line-between-real-and-supernatural-proves-to-be-the-thin-place</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/review-at-actors-express-the-line-between-real-and-supernatural-proves-to-be-the-thin-place</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ There is so much terror to be found in the dark, and there is nothing more haunted than a traumatized person.  The best horror stories emerge from these notions, like Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House or even Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The origins of the omens are largely unexplained, while we experience the stories... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2025 08:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[There is so much terror to be found in the dark, and there is nothing more haunted than a traumatized person.  The best horror stories emerge from these notions, like Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House or even Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The origins of the omens are largely unexplained, while we experience the stories...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Atlanta Blues Society on a life&amp;affirming musical mission</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/atlanta-blues-society-on-a-life-affirming-musical-mission</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/atlanta-blues-society-on-a-life-affirming-musical-mission</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ When Carlin “C-Note” Smith relocated from Kansas City to Atlanta, he was surprised to discover that a city with such a vibrant blues scene had no blues organization. “There wasn’t an opportunity for people to get together and share their love of the music, so I wanted to provide a kind of forum for that,”... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2025 08:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[When Carlin “C-Note” Smith relocated from Kansas City to Atlanta, he was surprised to discover that a city with such a vibrant blues scene had no blues organization. “There wasn’t an opportunity for people to get together and share their love of the music, so I wanted to provide a kind of forum for that,”...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Atlanta’s Culture is Medicine: ELEVATE Atlanta Festival returns this weekend</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/atlantas-culture-is-medicine-elevate-atlanta-festival-returns-this-weekend</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/atlantas-culture-is-medicine-elevate-atlanta-festival-returns-this-weekend</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Every fall since 2011, artists and cultural leaders come together to celebrate Atlanta’s rich cultural heritage through public art, block parties, music and dance. The three-day 2025 ELEVATE Atlanta Festival is themed “Rooted &amp; Rising” — a nod to the cultural rise of the city from the late ’80s through the early 2000s, a time... ]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Every fall since 2011, artists and cultural leaders come together to celebrate Atlanta’s rich cultural heritage through public art, block parties, music and dance. The three-day 2025 ELEVATE Atlanta Festival is themed “Rooted & Rising” — a nod to the cultural rise of the city from the late ’80s through the early 2000s, a time...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Arts Agenda: Halloween</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/arts-agenda-halloween</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/arts-agenda-halloween</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline or venue type in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. This week, we spotlight some arts-related spooky season happenings. :: October 1-November 2 Scarecrows in the Garden brings dozens of creations by local... ]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline or venue type in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. This week, we spotlight some arts-related spooky season happenings. :: October 1-November 2 Scarecrows in the Garden brings dozens of creations by local...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Review: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra kicks off season with transcendental artistry</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/review-atlanta-symphony-orchestra-kicks-off-season-with-transcendental-artistry</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/review-atlanta-symphony-orchestra-kicks-off-season-with-transcendental-artistry</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra kicked off its 2025-26 season, its fourth with conductor Nathalie Stutzmann, on Friday, October 3, with an evening of Aaron Copland, Edward Elgar and Richard Strauss. It was, on the whole, an electrifying evening and one that ranks high among the ASO’s seasonal openers. Stutzmann took the stage to a standing... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 20:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra kicked off its 2025-26 season, its fourth with conductor Nathalie Stutzmann, on Friday, October 3, with an evening of Aaron Copland, Edward Elgar and Richard Strauss. It was, on the whole, an electrifying evening and one that ranks high among the ASO’s seasonal openers. Stutzmann took the stage to a standing...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Get to know Spruill’s 2025 AMPLIFY finalists</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/get-to-know-spruills-2025-amplify-finalists</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/get-to-know-spruills-2025-amplify-finalists</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Spruill Center for the Arts has announced the three 2025 AMPLIFY finalists: Chloe Alexander, Christina Kwan and Danae Antoine. Launched in 2020, AMPLIFY is an annual creative place-making program which transforms the exterior of the iconic Spruill Smoke House on the Spruill Gallery grounds. The winning artist will receive a $10,000 award and a $1,000... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 20:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Spruill Center for the Arts has announced the three 2025 AMPLIFY finalists: Chloe Alexander, Christina Kwan and Danae Antoine. Launched in 2020, AMPLIFY is an annual creative place-making program which transforms the exterior of the iconic Spruill Smoke House on the Spruill Gallery grounds. The winning artist will receive a $10,000 award and a $1,000...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Steve on TV: Posh trash and an aggressively cozy crowd pleaser</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/steve-on-tv-posh-trash-and-an-aggressively-cozy-crowd-pleaser</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/steve-on-tv-posh-trash-and-an-aggressively-cozy-crowd-pleaser</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ There’s a bumper crop of great acting talent on offer among recent streaming titles. :: Steve Murray’s monthly musings on TV in Atlanta and beyond. PRIME VIDEO Like last month’s leading recommendation (The Hunting Wives), here comes another guilty-pleasure binge — only, you know, like, classy. Amazon Prime’s The Girlfriend isn’t a show you want... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 20:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[There’s a bumper crop of great acting talent on offer among recent streaming titles. :: Steve Murray’s monthly musings on TV in Atlanta and beyond. PRIME VIDEO Like last month’s leading recommendation (The Hunting Wives), here comes another guilty-pleasure binge — only, you know, like, classy. Amazon Prime’s The Girlfriend isn’t a show you want...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Georgia book banners work in secret, but anticensorship movements are growing</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/georgia-book-banners-work-in-secret-but-anticensorship-movements-are-growing</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Just in time for Banned Book Week, running from October 5 through October 11, PEN America announced on Wednesday that an unprecedented 22,810 books have been banned in the United States since 2021. Book censorship may seem less pervasive in Georgia than it is in states like Florida, Iowa and Texas, which dominate PEN’s banned books... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 20:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Just in time for Banned Book Week, running from October 5 through October 11, PEN America announced on Wednesday that an unprecedented 22,810 books have been banned in the United States since 2021. Book censorship may seem less pervasive in Georgia than it is in states like Florida, Iowa and Texas, which dominate PEN’s banned books...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Pride weekend marks a bittersweet goodbye for Adeem the Artist</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/pride-weekend-marks-a-bittersweet-goodbye-for-adeem-the-artist</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Atlanta Pride is usually a launchpad for parades and parties, not bittersweet goodbyes. But this year’s festival will mark a significant farewell. On October 11, Adeem the Artist, the outspoken country singer-songwriter who’s spent the last decade reworking Southern stories through a queer lens, will take the stage for what they’ve announced will be their... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 20:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Atlanta Pride is usually a launchpad for parades and parties, not bittersweet goodbyes. But this year’s festival will mark a significant farewell. On October 11, Adeem the Artist, the outspoken country singer-songwriter who’s spent the last decade reworking Southern stories through a queer lens, will take the stage for what they’ve announced will be their...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Center for Puppetry Arts’ Latine rock musical ‘La Cucarachita Martina’ is a lesson in inclusivity</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/center-for-puppetry-arts-latine-rock-musical-la-cucarachita-martina-is-a-lesson-in-inclusivity</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/center-for-puppetry-arts-latine-rock-musical-la-cucarachita-martina-is-a-lesson-in-inclusivity</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Puppetry is a globally diverse art form, taking inspiration from countless cultures and histories around the world. This year, the Center for Puppetry Arts is taking the opportunity to showcase that diversity with La Cucarachita Martina, a Latine rock ‘n’ roll musical running October 2 through October 12 in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. Based... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 20:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Puppetry is a globally diverse art form, taking inspiration from countless cultures and histories around the world. This year, the Center for Puppetry Arts is taking the opportunity to showcase that diversity with La Cucarachita Martina, a Latine rock ‘n’ roll musical running October 2 through October 12 in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. Based...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Review: ‘Insistent Presence’ explores identity and the body through the eyes of contemporary African artists</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/review-insistent-presence-explores-identity-and-the-body-through-the-eyes-of-contemporary-african-artists</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Not many exhibitions manage to feel both expansive and deeply personal — Insistent Presence does just that and offers instant connection. Insistent Presence: Contemporary African Art from the Chazen Collection, on view at Michael C. Carlos Museum through December 14, is curated by Emory doctoral student Margaret Nagawa. That fact alone is notable: It’s rare... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 20:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Not many exhibitions manage to feel both expansive and deeply personal — Insistent Presence does just that and offers instant connection. Insistent Presence: Contemporary African Art from the Chazen Collection, on view at Michael C. Carlos Museum through December 14, is curated by Emory doctoral student Margaret Nagawa. That fact alone is notable: It’s rare...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>2025 Decatur Book Festival gives student writers a turn in the spotlight</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/2025-decatur-book-festival-gives-student-writers-a-turn-in-the-spotlight</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/2025-decatur-book-festival-gives-student-writers-a-turn-in-the-spotlight</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ One of Ally StoneWright’s first experiences at the Decatur Book Festival was participating in a student reading at Eddie’s Attic as a MFA student at SCAD Atlanta. “It made me feel part of the literary community,” she said. “All the students came out and supported it, and then we were at the Festival, so we... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 20:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[One of Ally StoneWright’s first experiences at the Decatur Book Festival was participating in a student reading at Eddie’s Attic as a MFA student at SCAD Atlanta. “It made me feel part of the literary community,” she said. “All the students came out and supported it, and then we were at the Festival, so we...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>This weekend’s North Georgia New Play Festival speaks to our moment in history</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/this-weekends-north-georgia-new-play-festival-speaks-to-our-moment-in-history</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/this-weekends-north-georgia-new-play-festival-speaks-to-our-moment-in-history</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ “Supporting new work is the only way you get a new canon,” says Woodstock Arts Artistic Director Zach Stolz. “That’s how we, as an industry, continue to grow.”  This belief is what inspired Stolz, who took over as artistic director in January of 2022, to create the North Georgia New Play Festival. The event runs September... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 08:00:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[“Supporting new work is the only way you get a new canon,” says Woodstock Arts Artistic Director Zach Stolz. “That’s how we, as an industry, continue to grow.”  This belief is what inspired Stolz, who took over as artistic director in January of 2022, to create the North Georgia New Play Festival. The event runs September...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Photo Essay: Goat Farm activates 12&amp;acre property with immersive sights, sounds and experiences for SITE 2025</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/photo-essay-goat-farm-activates-12-acre-property-with-immersive-sights-sounds-and-experiences-for-site-2025</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ On Saturday, September 27, the grounds of the Goat Farm in West Midtown Atlanta came alive for SITE, the second annual grand celebration of art and culture. The one-night-only event brought more than 4,200 visitors to experience art in various forms: dance, projection, film, sculpture, interactive art, exhibitions, music and more. Resident artists opened the... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 08:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[On Saturday, September 27, the grounds of the Goat Farm in West Midtown Atlanta came alive for SITE, the second annual grand celebration of art and culture. The one-night-only event brought more than 4,200 visitors to experience art in various forms: dance, projection, film, sculpture, interactive art, exhibitions, music and more. Resident artists opened the...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Review: Ben Kassoy offers surprising, genre&amp;bending performance in ‘The Funny Thing About a Panic Attack’</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/review-ben-kassoy-offers-surprising-genre-bending-performance-in-the-funny-thing-about-a-panic-attack</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ “[Y]ou think you’re dying. But you’re not,” begins Ben Kassoy’s poem “The Funny Thing About a Panic Attack.” His one-man show of the same title, which ran at Emory University’s Schwartz Center for the Arts on Friday, September 19, opened with a recorded reading of the poem. And the poem is funny — so is... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 08:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[“[Y]ou think you’re dying. But you’re not,” begins Ben Kassoy’s poem “The Funny Thing About a Panic Attack.” His one-man show of the same title, which ran at Emory University’s Schwartz Center for the Arts on Friday, September 19, opened with a recorded reading of the poem. And the poem is funny — so is...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Today in Street Art: Atlanta graffiti event Queens of Style celebrates international women style writers</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/today-in-street-art-atlanta-graffiti-event-queens-of-style-celebrates-international-women-style-writers</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/today-in-street-art-atlanta-graffiti-event-queens-of-style-celebrates-international-women-style-writers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Graffiti has the power to consume abandoned properties as naturally as moss covers a damp rock, their artistic transformation serving as visible evidence of a vibrant and often secretive style writing culture. Style writing is considered by many to be the most skillfully executed, intricate and artistic level of graffiti.  In an art-imitates-life moment, the... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 08:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Graffiti has the power to consume abandoned properties as naturally as moss covers a damp rock, their artistic transformation serving as visible evidence of a vibrant and often secretive style writing culture. Style writing is considered by many to be the most skillfully executed, intricate and artistic level of graffiti.  In an art-imitates-life moment, the...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Longtime dinner theater’s new shows involve audience for pop culture mysteries</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/longtime-dinner-theaters-new-shows-involve-audience-for-pop-culture-mysteries</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ For generations of Atlantans, Agatha’s – A Taste of Mystery was the place to celebrate birthdays and to impress out-of-town guests. Opened in 1988 across from the Fox Theatre the dinner theater was listed in just about every guidebook for visitors, even attracting celebrities for five-course dinners and interactive performances. The 1996 Olympics bid —... ]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[For generations of Atlantans, Agatha’s – A Taste of Mystery was the place to celebrate birthdays and to impress out-of-town guests. Opened in 1988 across from the Fox Theatre the dinner theater was listed in just about every guidebook for visitors, even attracting celebrities for five-course dinners and interactive performances. The 1996 Olympics bid —...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>1 Good Question: ATL Art Gals take over Stacks Squares</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/1-good-question-atl-art-gals-take-over-stacks-squares</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/1-good-question-atl-art-gals-take-over-stacks-squares</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Atlanta is full of great street art, and occasionally muralists come together to produce an array of new works in a concentrated area and time frame. One great example of that is Stacks Squares in Cabbagetown. The program, founded in 2017, offers a rotating series of 10 murals adorning 7 feet by 7 feet squares... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 08:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Atlanta is full of great street art, and occasionally muralists come together to produce an array of new works in a concentrated area and time frame. One great example of that is Stacks Squares in Cabbagetown. The program, founded in 2017, offers a rotating series of 10 murals adorning 7 feet by 7 feet squares...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Writer, actor and singer Galen Crawley’s 11 Good Things</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/writer-actor-and-singer-galen-crawleys-11-good-things</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ In this series, ArtsATL asks a member of the Atlanta arts community to share 11 things on their mind. We hope you enjoy getting to know these people better. :: Galen Crawley is an actor, singer and writer based in Atlanta and is currently appearing as Fruma-Sarah in Fiddler on the Roof with the Alliance... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 20:00:09 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[In this series, ArtsATL asks a member of the Atlanta arts community to share 11 things on their mind. We hope you enjoy getting to know these people better. :: Galen Crawley is an actor, singer and writer based in Atlanta and is currently appearing as Fruma-Sarah in Fiddler on the Roof with the Alliance...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>First Look: your mini guide to the second annual Atlanta Art Fair</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/first-look-your-mini-guide-to-the-second-annual-atlanta-art-fair</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Next weekend, the triumphant return of AMP’s Atlanta Art Fair will once again fill the halls of Pullman Yards with exhibitions, panels, discussions, installations and more. Last year’s Fair welcomed more than 12,000 visitors and 3,500 VIP guests, cementing the city as a key cultural nexus for art and culture in the American South.  The... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 20:00:09 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Next weekend, the triumphant return of AMP’s Atlanta Art Fair will once again fill the halls of Pullman Yards with exhibitions, panels, discussions, installations and more. Last year’s Fair welcomed more than 12,000 visitors and 3,500 VIP guests, cementing the city as a key cultural nexus for art and culture in the American South.  The...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Grass, Glitter and Gingham: Victoria Dugger confronts the Southern Gothic in ‘Must Be Nice’</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/grass-glitter-and-gingham-victoria-dugger-confronts-the-southern-gothic-in-must-be-nice</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/grass-glitter-and-gingham-victoria-dugger-confronts-the-southern-gothic-in-must-be-nice</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The mammy was never just a caricature — she was a weapon. The joke that was never funny with Black women at the butt of it. Mascots trapped in white kitchens nursing white children. The mammy has always been a monster, stitched together by white imagination, sold back to America as comfort, made to grin... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 20:00:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The mammy was never just a caricature — she was a weapon. The joke that was never funny with Black women at the butt of it. Mascots trapped in white kitchens nursing white children. The mammy has always been a monster, stitched together by white imagination, sold back to America as comfort, made to grin...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Chamber Cartel speaks contemporary classical music’s special language</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/chamber-cartel-speaks-contemporary-classical-musics-special-language</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The ensemble will perform Morton Feldman’s daunting four-hour-plus trio For Philip Guston at the Goat Farm on September 27. :: It is time once again to give thanks to and for the rich, vital community of musicians and composers in Atlanta who are making post-classical or new classical or whatever label one chooses to identify... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 20:00:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The ensemble will perform Morton Feldman’s daunting four-hour-plus trio For Philip Guston at the Goat Farm on September 27. :: It is time once again to give thanks to and for the rich, vital community of musicians and composers in Atlanta who are making post-classical or new classical or whatever label one chooses to identify...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Henry Cheng radiates infectious charm in debut as Johns Creek Symphony director</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/henry-cheng-radiates-infectious-charm-in-debut-as-johns-creek-symphony-director</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/henry-cheng-radiates-infectious-charm-in-debut-as-johns-creek-symphony-director</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The orchestra’s season opener demonstrates the ensemble’s crowd-pleasing accessibility and internal cohesion. :: “Imagine” is the one-word thesis statement behind the Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra’s 2025-26 season. It’s a bold but simple invitation that opens itself up to a smorgasbord of possibilities. In the case of the orchestra’s September 20 concert at Mount Pisgah Church,... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 20:00:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The orchestra’s season opener demonstrates the ensemble’s crowd-pleasing accessibility and internal cohesion. :: “Imagine” is the one-word thesis statement behind the Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra’s 2025-26 season. It’s a bold but simple invitation that opens itself up to a smorgasbord of possibilities. In the case of the orchestra’s September 20 concert at Mount Pisgah Church,...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>What to see at the Atlanta Art Fair according to CurateHers ATL</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/what-to-see-at-the-atlanta-art-fair-according-to-curatehers-atl</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/what-to-see-at-the-atlanta-art-fair-according-to-curatehers-atl</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Shannon Morris and Denise Jackson, founding members of CurateHers ATL, along with fellow members Natassha Chambliss, Kate Chesnutt Connell, Cynthia Farnell and Birney Robert, share their thoughts on navigating the 2025 Atlanta Art Fair (AAF). “Last year, the Atlanta Art Fair brought enthusiasm and excitement to our city’s art ecosystem. This year, we are prepared... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 20:00:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Shannon Morris and Denise Jackson, founding members of CurateHers ATL, along with fellow members Natassha Chambliss, Kate Chesnutt Connell, Cynthia Farnell and Birney Robert, share their thoughts on navigating the 2025 Atlanta Art Fair (AAF). “Last year, the Atlanta Art Fair brought enthusiasm and excitement to our city’s art ecosystem. This year, we are prepared...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>‘Uncorked Conversations’ by playwright Bill Balzer centers upon shared stories and connections </title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/uncorked-conversations-by-playwright-bill-balzer-centers-upon-shared-stories-and-connections</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Atlanta playwright Bill Balzer’s autobiographical new work, Uncorked Conversations, is onstage at the Theatrical Outfit venue named for him from September 26 to October 5. The play delves into an unexpected friendship between two retirees as they determine what surprises life might still have for them. Based upon his own interactions with a neighbor named Mike Buscher,... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 20:00:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>‘Uncorked, Conversations’, playwright, Bill, Balzer, centers, upon, shared, stories, and, connections </media:keywords>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Atlanta playwright Bill Balzer’s autobiographical new work, Uncorked Conversations, is onstage at the Theatrical Outfit venue named for him from September 26 to October 5. The play delves into an unexpected friendship between two retirees as they determine what surprises life might still have for them. Based upon his own interactions with a neighbor named Mike Buscher,...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Arts Agenda: Hispanic Heritage Month</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/arts-agenda-hispanic-heritage-month</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline or venue type in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. This week, we spotlight events that mark Hispanic Heritage Month, which takes place September 15 through October 15. :: Through September 28... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 20:00:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Arts, Agenda:, Hispanic, Heritage, Month</media:keywords>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline or venue type in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. This week, we spotlight events that mark Hispanic Heritage Month, which takes place September 15 through October 15. :: Through September 28...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Clashing cultures coalesce in ‘Ayiti&amp;Quisqueya: Nexus of the Taíno’</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/clashing-cultures-coalesce-in-ayiti-quisqueya-nexus-of-the-taino</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/clashing-cultures-coalesce-in-ayiti-quisqueya-nexus-of-the-taino</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Haiti and the Dominican Republic have a contentious history. Once the home of the native Taíno people, the island of Hispaniola has — since the onset of Spanish and French colonizers in the late 15th century — been cleaved in two. The previously unified island was subject to a period of bipolar colonization which lasted... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 20:00:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Clashing, cultures, coalesce, ‘Ayiti-Quisqueya:, Nexus, the, Taíno’</media:keywords>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Haiti and the Dominican Republic have a contentious history. Once the home of the native Taíno people, the island of Hispaniola has — since the onset of Spanish and French colonizers in the late 15th century — been cleaved in two. The previously unified island was subject to a period of bipolar colonization which lasted...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Atlanta’s Improvement Movement gets elevated on the road to Shaky Knees</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/atlantas-improvement-movement-gets-elevated-on-the-road-to-shaky-knees</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/atlantas-improvement-movement-gets-elevated-on-the-road-to-shaky-knees</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Your dad can’t believe they sell vinyl at Urban Outfitters now — or that Improvement Movement isn’t a long-lost ’70s band.  Since releasing their 2022 debut Don’t Delay, Join Today!, Improvement Movement has quickly emerged as one of Atlanta’s most promising acts. Comprised of Marshall Ruffin (The Mount, RUFFIN), Clark Hamilton (klark.sound, Safari Williams), Tony... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 08:00:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Atlanta’s, Improvement, Movement, gets, elevated, the, road, Shaky, Knees</media:keywords>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Your dad can’t believe they sell vinyl at Urban Outfitters now — or that Improvement Movement isn’t a long-lost ’70s band.  Since releasing their 2022 debut Don’t Delay, Join Today!, Improvement Movement has quickly emerged as one of Atlanta’s most promising acts. Comprised of Marshall Ruffin (The Mount, RUFFIN), Clark Hamilton (klark.sound, Safari Williams), Tony...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Review: Topher Payne’s ‘First Lady’ is a win&amp;win for all political audiences. And it’s funny, too.</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/review-topher-paynes-first-lady-is-a-win-win-for-all-political-audiences-and-its-funny-too</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/review-topher-paynes-first-lady-is-a-win-win-for-all-political-audiences-and-its-funny-too</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An old adage states that behind every great man there’s a great woman. In A First Lady’s Guide to Killing the President, the new comedy produced by the Process Theatre Co. at Onstage Atlanta, one great man needs to watch his back. The new period comedy from Atlanta playwright and director Topher Payne is on... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 08:00:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Review:, Topher, Payne’s, ‘First, Lady’, win-win, for, all, political, audiences., And, it’s, funny, too.</media:keywords>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[An old adage states that behind every great man there’s a great woman. In A First Lady’s Guide to Killing the President, the new comedy produced by the Process Theatre Co. at Onstage Atlanta, one great man needs to watch his back. The new period comedy from Atlanta playwright and director Topher Payne is on...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Review: Alliance Theatre’s and Atlanta Opera’s ‘Fiddler’ is a fine&amp;tuned take on a classic</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/review-alliance-theatres-and-atlanta-operas-fiddler-is-a-fine-tuned-take-on-a-classic</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/review-alliance-theatres-and-atlanta-operas-fiddler-is-a-fine-tuned-take-on-a-classic</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Rarely have stories of social unrest, shifting cultural landscapes and people being forced from their homes felt so timely. Despite having its Broadway premiere in the 1960s — and being based on stories written in the 19th century by Sholem Aleichem — this production of Fiddler on the Roof, running at the Alliance Theatre through... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 08:00:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Review:, Alliance, Theatre’s, and, Atlanta, Opera’s, ‘Fiddler’, fine-tuned, take, classic</media:keywords>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Rarely have stories of social unrest, shifting cultural landscapes and people being forced from their homes felt so timely. Despite having its Broadway premiere in the 1960s — and being based on stories written in the 19th century by Sholem Aleichem — this production of Fiddler on the Roof, running at the Alliance Theatre through...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Arts Agenda: Book festivals and events</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/arts-agenda-book-festivals-and-events</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/arts-agenda-book-festivals-and-events</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline or venue type in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. :: September 22 John T. Edge, author of the acclaimed The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South, tells his own story... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 08:00:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Arts, Agenda:, Book, festivals, and, events</media:keywords>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline or venue type in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. :: September 22 John T. Edge, author of the acclaimed The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South, tells his own story...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Review: Tavern’s ‘Shrew’ cast fights the battle of the sexes from a surprising angle</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/review-taverns-shrew-cast-fights-the-battle-of-the-sexes-from-a-surprising-angle</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/review-taverns-shrew-cast-fights-the-battle-of-the-sexes-from-a-surprising-angle</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ It’s a terrific spin to have an all-female cast tackle the Bard’s best, funniest battle of the sexes: The Taming of the Shrew, running through September 28 at the Shakespeare Tavern.  Instead of using the misogyny and abuse baked into the plot for easy laughs at a character’s expense, this production leans into the love... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 08:00:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Review:, Tavern’s, ‘Shrew’, cast, fights, the, battle, the, sexes, from, surprising, angle</media:keywords>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[It’s a terrific spin to have an all-female cast tackle the Bard’s best, funniest battle of the sexes: The Taming of the Shrew, running through September 28 at the Shakespeare Tavern.  Instead of using the misogyny and abuse baked into the plot for easy laughs at a character’s expense, this production leans into the love...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Premiere of indie film ‘We’re So Dead’ set to serve up a lifeline for food service workers</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/premiere-of-indie-film-were-so-dead-set-to-serve-up-a-lifeline-for-food-service-workers</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/premiere-of-indie-film-were-so-dead-set-to-serve-up-a-lifeline-for-food-service-workers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Every 28 minutes. That’s how often a food service worker needs a bit of assistance to keep themselves and their families afloat, according to Leah Melnick, senior director of field operations for Giving Kitchen, an Atlanta-based nonprofit. Giving Kitchen’s mission is to provide support for food service workers when they reach out for help. To... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 08:00:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Every 28 minutes. That’s how often a food service worker needs a bit of assistance to keep themselves and their families afloat, according to Leah Melnick, senior director of field operations for Giving Kitchen, an Atlanta-based nonprofit. Giving Kitchen’s mission is to provide support for food service workers when they reach out for help. To...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Nuestra Creación brings artists together to celebrate artistry and culture in ‘Ojalá’ exhibition</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/nuestra-creacion-brings-artists-together-to-celebrate-artistry-and-culture-in-ojala-exhibition</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/nuestra-creacion-brings-artists-together-to-celebrate-artistry-and-culture-in-ojala-exhibition</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On the evening of August 27, Nuestra Creación’s latest exhibition Ojalá opened to the public. The gallery was abuzz with conversation, lively cumbia beats pulsed in the background, and, as guests steadily filtered, in the energy grew with each passing hour. Seven years ago, Salvadorian artist Patricia Hernandez founded Nuestra Creación to uplift Latine, LGBTQ+... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 08:00:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[On the evening of August 27, Nuestra Creación’s latest exhibition Ojalá opened to the public. The gallery was abuzz with conversation, lively cumbia beats pulsed in the background, and, as guests steadily filtered, in the energy grew with each passing hour. Seven years ago, Salvadorian artist Patricia Hernandez founded Nuestra Creación to uplift Latine, LGBTQ+...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Broadleaf Writers Association celebrates a decade with this weekend’s annual conference</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/broadleaf-writers-association-celebrates-a-decade-with-this-weekends-annual-conference</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/broadleaf-writers-association-celebrates-a-decade-with-this-weekends-annual-conference</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A decade ago, Atlanta author Zachary Steele felt there wasn’t a strong writing community in Atlanta. It’s no secret that writing can be lonesome work, so he decided to do something about it.  “Everybody starts something selfishly, to some degree,” joked Steele, who is now executive director and founder of the Broadleaf Writers Association. The... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 08:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[A decade ago, Atlanta author Zachary Steele felt there wasn’t a strong writing community in Atlanta. It’s no secret that writing can be lonesome work, so he decided to do something about it.  “Everybody starts something selfishly, to some degree,” joked Steele, who is now executive director and founder of the Broadleaf Writers Association. The...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Lenai Wilkerson revives outdoor dance series ‘Wabi Sabi Terminus’</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/lenai-wilkerson-revives-outdoor-dance-series-wabi-sabi-terminus</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/lenai-wilkerson-revives-outdoor-dance-series-wabi-sabi-terminus</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As recognized in this year’s ArtsATL 2025 Ones to Watch, during her first year with Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre, Lenai Wilkerson has not only impressed with her versatility and artistry as a dancer — she has stepped into a leadership role. She is spearheading TMBT’s effort to revive Wabi Sabi, an annual outdoor performance series... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 08:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[As recognized in this year’s ArtsATL 2025 Ones to Watch, during her first year with Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre, Lenai Wilkerson has not only impressed with her versatility and artistry as a dancer — she has stepped into a leadership role. She is spearheading TMBT’s effort to revive Wabi Sabi, an annual outdoor performance series...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Review: Danny Lyon’s ‘The Bikeriders’ cruises into the Booth Museum </title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/review-danny-lyons-the-bikeriders-cruises-into-the-booth-museum</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/review-danny-lyons-the-bikeriders-cruises-into-the-booth-museum</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Leather, chrome, smoke and a Leica camera: Danny Lyon mixed them into an image of America few had seen. When the young photographer embedded with the Chicago Outlaws motorcycle gang in the late 1960s, he didn’t just capture a subculture — he helped invent one. The resulting work shocked and fascinated audiences when his book... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2025 20:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Review:, Danny, Lyon’s, ‘The, Bikeriders’, cruises, into, the, Booth, Museum </media:keywords>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Leather, chrome, smoke and a Leica camera: Danny Lyon mixed them into an image of America few had seen. When the young photographer embedded with the Chicago Outlaws motorcycle gang in the late 1960s, he didn’t just capture a subculture — he helped invent one. The resulting work shocked and fascinated audiences when his book...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Arts Agenda: Visual arts</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/arts-agenda-visual-arts</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/arts-agenda-visual-arts</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline or venue type in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. :: September 13-December 14 At the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Insistent Presence will highlight contemporary African art from the Chazen collection, beginning September 13 and... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2025 20:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline or venue type in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. :: September 13-December 14 At the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Insistent Presence will highlight contemporary African art from the Chazen collection, beginning September 13 and...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>The sober wisdom of Atlanta musician Brandon Reeves’ blues</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/the-sober-wisdom-of-atlanta-musician-brandon-reeves-blues</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/the-sober-wisdom-of-atlanta-musician-brandon-reeves-blues</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Atlanta may be better known for its guitar-dominated, high-energy electric blues, but it’s also home to a quieter style of blues — one in which the musician, lyrics and instrument play equal parts in telling stories of shared experiences and hard-won wisdom. Brandon Reeves plays that type of music, and, while it may not be... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2025 20:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>The, sober, wisdom, Atlanta, musician, Brandon, Reeves’, blues</media:keywords>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Atlanta may be better known for its guitar-dominated, high-energy electric blues, but it’s also home to a quieter style of blues — one in which the musician, lyrics and instrument play equal parts in telling stories of shared experiences and hard-won wisdom. Brandon Reeves plays that type of music, and, while it may not be...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Photographer David Clifton&amp;Strawn’s new book brings Atlanta arts community into focus</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/photographer-david-clifton-strawns-new-book-brings-atlanta-arts-community-into-focus</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/photographer-david-clifton-strawns-new-book-brings-atlanta-arts-community-into-focus</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ After more than two decades away from the lens, Atlanta photographer David Clifton-Strawn picked up a camera again — not to make art but to make sense of himself. He’d initially stopped photographing after losing his partner in the AIDS crisis and, later, his husband to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. As part of his recovery,... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2025 20:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Photographer, David, Clifton-Strawn’s, new, book, brings, Atlanta, arts, community, into, focus</media:keywords>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[After more than two decades away from the lens, Atlanta photographer David Clifton-Strawn picked up a camera again — not to make art but to make sense of himself. He’d initially stopped photographing after losing his partner in the AIDS crisis and, later, his husband to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. As part of his recovery,...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Is this the end or just a hiatus for Atlanta’s sibling metal band Liliac?</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/is-this-the-end-or-just-a-hiatus-for-atlantas-sibling-metal-band-liliac</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/is-this-the-end-or-just-a-hiatus-for-atlantas-sibling-metal-band-liliac</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ There is a scene in the film Blade Runner in which the artificial human Roy Battey learns that his laboratory engineered lifespan is almost at an end and cannot be extended. His creator, the eccentric Eldon Tyrell, offers a simple consolation: “The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long. And you have... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2025 20:00:04 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[There is a scene in the film Blade Runner in which the artificial human Roy Battey learns that his laboratory engineered lifespan is almost at an end and cannot be extended. His creator, the eccentric Eldon Tyrell, offers a simple consolation: “The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long. And you have...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>New LGBTQIA+ arts collective FRANK presents debut exhibition ‘Being FRANK: It is Because I Am’</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/new-lgbtqia-arts-collective-frank-presents-debut-exhibition-being-frank-it-is-because-i-am</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/new-lgbtqia-arts-collective-frank-presents-debut-exhibition-being-frank-it-is-because-i-am</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ FRANK, a new collective of Atlanta-based LGBTQIA+ artists, will debut its first exhibition this weekend in Midtown. Occupying the former Phidippides Running Shoes storefront at Ansley Mall, the exhibition will feature works by the 11 founding members in Being FRANK: It Is Because I Am, which will debut from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on... ]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[FRANK, a new collective of Atlanta-based LGBTQIA+ artists, will debut its first exhibition this weekend in Midtown. Occupying the former Phidippides Running Shoes storefront at Ansley Mall, the exhibition will feature works by the 11 founding members in Being FRANK: It Is Because I Am, which will debut from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Balanchine’s ‘Prodigal Son’ to open Atlanta Ballet fall season</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/balanchines-prodigal-son-to-open-atlanta-ballet-fall-season</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/balanchines-prodigal-son-to-open-atlanta-ballet-fall-season</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ It’s a Friday afternoon in one of Atlanta Ballet’s rehearsal studios and visiting répétiteur Paul Boos is teaching dancer Ángel Ramírez how to crawl.  “You need to crawl through the music, not to it,” he says, as a brief section of Sergei Prokofiev’s score for George Balanchine’s ballet Prodigal Son plays. Angela Agresti, one of... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2025 20:00:04 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[It’s a Friday afternoon in one of Atlanta Ballet’s rehearsal studios and visiting répétiteur Paul Boos is teaching dancer Ángel Ramírez how to crawl.  “You need to crawl through the music, not to it,” he says, as a brief section of Sergei Prokofiev’s score for George Balanchine’s ballet Prodigal Son plays. Angela Agresti, one of...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>KSU’s ‘Double Exposure’ proves that private philanthropy can produce dynamic new works</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/ksus-double-exposure-proves-that-private-philanthropy-can-produce-dynamic-new-works</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ As it has for the past five years, the Kennesaw State University Department of Dance opened its 2025-26 event programming with Double Exposure, the showcase performance for the annual Eleo Pomare–Glenn Conner Choreographic Residency. This year’s bill from internationally emerging choreographers Gianna Burright and Leandro Glory Damasco Jr. offered a well-framed snapshot of how contemporary... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2025 20:00:04 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[As it has for the past five years, the Kennesaw State University Department of Dance opened its 2025-26 event programming with Double Exposure, the showcase performance for the annual Eleo Pomare–Glenn Conner Choreographic Residency. This year’s bill from internationally emerging choreographers Gianna Burright and Leandro Glory Damasco Jr. offered a well-framed snapshot of how contemporary...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Review: ‘The Producers’ at City Springs Theatre wraps Mel Brooks humor in seamless artistry </title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/review-the-producers-at-city-springs-theatre-wraps-mel-brooks-humor-in-seamless-artistry</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/review-the-producers-at-city-springs-theatre-wraps-mel-brooks-humor-in-seamless-artistry</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ City Springs Theatre Company’s eighth season is officially underway with the recent opening of The Producers: A Mel Brooks Musical, on stage through September 21. With music and lyrics by Mel Brooks and book by Brooks and Thomas Meehan, the flashy musical is as absurd as it is irreverent.  Based on the 1967 movie of... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2025 20:00:04 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[City Springs Theatre Company’s eighth season is officially underway with the recent opening of The Producers: A Mel Brooks Musical, on stage through September 21. With music and lyrics by Mel Brooks and book by Brooks and Thomas Meehan, the flashy musical is as absurd as it is irreverent.  Based on the 1967 movie of...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Summer Stories: Larissa Capitanio Dal’Santo &amp;amp; Luiz Fernando Xavier</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/summer-stories-larissa-capitanio-dalsanto-luiz-fernando-xavier</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/summer-stories-larissa-capitanio-dalsanto-luiz-fernando-xavier</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Every year, when the weather gets warmer and the days grow long, the company dancers of the Atlanta Ballet jet off to exotic locations, devote themselves to other hobbies and pastimes and spend time with friends and loved ones. Here at ArtsATL, we wanted to know more about how these talented dancers spend their summers, so we bring to... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 08:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Every year, when the weather gets warmer and the days grow long, the company dancers of the Atlanta Ballet jet off to exotic locations, devote themselves to other hobbies and pastimes and spend time with friends and loved ones. Here at ArtsATL, we wanted to know more about how these talented dancers spend their summers, so we bring to...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Atlanta metro welcomes numerous new book shops for readers of all tastes </title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/atlanta-metro-welcomes-numerous-new-book-shops-for-readers-of-all-tastes</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/atlanta-metro-welcomes-numerous-new-book-shops-for-readers-of-all-tastes</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This year has welcomed an eclectic variety of bookstores, proving that the Atlanta metro has become a true literary hub. These local, independent bookstores offer everything from Books &amp; Brew’s jewelry-making activities to groups such as the Atlanta Neuroqueer Social Group to the midnight book release parties at Sincerely Yours Bookstore.  This year’s newest bookstore... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 08:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[This year has welcomed an eclectic variety of bookstores, proving that the Atlanta metro has become a true literary hub. These local, independent bookstores offer everything from Books & Brew’s jewelry-making activities to groups such as the Atlanta Neuroqueer Social Group to the midnight book release parties at Sincerely Yours Bookstore.  This year’s newest bookstore...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Steve on TV: Sex, guns, crime and a bubbleheaded travelogue</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/steve-on-tv-sex-guns-crime-and-a-bubbleheaded-travelogue</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/steve-on-tv-sex-guns-crime-and-a-bubbleheaded-travelogue</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Steve Murray’s monthly musings on TV in Atlanta and beyond. Usually I’m the one giving out what-to-watch recommendations to people I know — from guilty-pleasure yukfests to lugubrious Nordic serial-killer series. A lot of the time, I’m hours and episodes ahead of what everybody else is binging. But I was a solid month late to... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 08:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Steve Murray’s monthly musings on TV in Atlanta and beyond. Usually I’m the one giving out what-to-watch recommendations to people I know — from guilty-pleasure yukfests to lugubrious Nordic serial-killer series. A lot of the time, I’m hours and episodes ahead of what everybody else is binging. But I was a solid month late to...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Set Life: Director of Photography German Valle is observance on steroids</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/set-life-director-of-photography-german-valle-is-observance-on-steroids</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/set-life-director-of-photography-german-valle-is-observance-on-steroids</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ ArtsATL’s new series, Set Life, focuses on local creatives who work in Atlanta’s film and television industry. We’ll talk to those who work on both sides of the camera and explore their struggles and successes in navigating Georgia’s volatile film and TV scene. :: When German Valle was 7 years old and sitting in a movie theater... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 08:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ArtsATL’s new series, Set Life, focuses on local creatives who work in Atlanta’s film and television industry. We’ll talk to those who work on both sides of the camera and explore their struggles and successes in navigating Georgia’s volatile film and TV scene. :: When German Valle was 7 years old and sitting in a movie theater...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>The Hambidge Hive levels up for the 2025 Hambidge Auction</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/the-hambidge-hive-levels-up-for-the-2025-hambidge-auction</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/the-hambidge-hive-levels-up-for-the-2025-hambidge-auction</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Hambidge Center, a rural artist residency located on 600 acres in rural North Georgia, will present its 30th annual art auction this month. The team has been hard at work transforming a 30,000-square-foot space — the entirety of the 15th floor of The Uptown Atlanta — into an immersive art destination that will soon... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 08:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Hambidge Center, a rural artist residency located on 600 acres in rural North Georgia, will present its 30th annual art auction this month. The team has been hard at work transforming a 30,000-square-foot space — the entirety of the 15th floor of The Uptown Atlanta — into an immersive art destination that will soon...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Ann Hite’s new book about Lucille Selig Frank is a conversation from one ‘Georgia girl’ to another </title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/ann-hites-new-book-about-lucille-selig-frank-is-a-conversation-from-one-georgia-girl-to-another</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/ann-hites-new-book-about-lucille-selig-frank-is-a-conversation-from-one-georgia-girl-to-another</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ It should have been a fine, frivolous Saturday for Lucille Selig Frank in the spring of 1913.  A vivacious socialite, she went to an opera matinee after wheedling her husband, Leo, to accompany her. He was a dutiful workaholic, however, so he retired to his desk at the National Pencil Company to complete a business... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 08:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[It should have been a fine, frivolous Saturday for Lucille Selig Frank in the spring of 1913.  A vivacious socialite, she went to an opera matinee after wheedling her husband, Leo, to accompany her. He was a dutiful workaholic, however, so he retired to his desk at the National Pencil Company to complete a business...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Leia’s Lens: Floyd Hall steps down from Atlanta Contemporary. Please don’t let this be the end.</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/leias-lens-floyd-hall-steps-down-from-atlanta-contemporary-please-dont-let-this-be-the-end</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/leias-lens-floyd-hall-steps-down-from-atlanta-contemporary-please-dont-let-this-be-the-end</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ According to a statement released to me on behalf of Acting Chair of the Board of Directors Amanda Rhein, Floyd Hall has left Atlanta Contemporary. The statement reads as follows: “Atlanta Contemporary Executive Director Floyd Hall submitted his resignation and stepped down effective August 22. We are grateful for Floyd’s service, having guided our organization... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 08:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[According to a statement released to me on behalf of Acting Chair of the Board of Directors Amanda Rhein, Floyd Hall has left Atlanta Contemporary. The statement reads as follows: “Atlanta Contemporary Executive Director Floyd Hall submitted his resignation and stepped down effective August 22. We are grateful for Floyd’s service, having guided our organization...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Atlanta mezzo&amp;soprano Jamie Barton talks about debut recording of Jake Heggie’s ‘Intelligence’</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/atlanta-mezzo-soprano-jamie-barton-talks-about-debut-recording-of-jake-heggies-intelligence</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/atlanta-mezzo-soprano-jamie-barton-talks-about-debut-recording-of-jake-heggies-intelligence</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Barton is one of the leads in the opera about two extraordinary Civil War-era women and their efforts to end slavery. :: When internationally renowned mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton first heard “Look Me in the Eye,” one of the big arias in Jake Heggie’s opera Intelligence, the power of the music left her in tears. The... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 20:00:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Barton is one of the leads in the opera about two extraordinary Civil War-era women and their efforts to end slavery. :: When internationally renowned mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton first heard “Look Me in the Eye,” one of the big arias in Jake Heggie’s opera Intelligence, the power of the music left her in tears. The...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Ethel Cain leans into her Southern Gothic roots at Atlanta’s Eastern</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/ethel-cain-leans-into-her-southern-gothic-roots-at-atlantas-eastern</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/ethel-cain-leans-into-her-southern-gothic-roots-at-atlantas-eastern</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Need a good cry? There’s a time and place for that. And on Thursday night, it was Ethel Cain’s show for 2,300 packed-in fans, the first of two sold-out shows at Atlanta’s The Eastern. Cain, the alias of Perry, Florida–raised Hayden Silas Anhedönia, has carved out a niche with her haunting vocals, dark Americana imagery... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 20:00:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Need a good cry? There’s a time and place for that. And on Thursday night, it was Ethel Cain’s show for 2,300 packed-in fans, the first of two sold-out shows at Atlanta’s The Eastern. Cain, the alias of Perry, Florida–raised Hayden Silas Anhedönia, has carved out a niche with her haunting vocals, dark Americana imagery...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Fifth year of SheATL Arts Festival inspires change through storytelling </title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/fifth-year-of-sheatl-arts-festival-inspires-change-through-storytelling</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/fifth-year-of-sheatl-arts-festival-inspires-change-through-storytelling</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A decade ago, Danielle DeMatteo, the artistic director of SheNYC Arts, was in New York, working a lot of different positions in the Broadway and off-Broadway scene, and met other young women who were doing the same. Through sharing their stories, the women learned that many of them had similar experiences about what was essentially... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 20:00:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[A decade ago, Danielle DeMatteo, the artistic director of SheNYC Arts, was in New York, working a lot of different positions in the Broadway and off-Broadway scene, and met other young women who were doing the same. Through sharing their stories, the women learned that many of them had similar experiences about what was essentially...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Arts Agenda: Classical music</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/arts-agenda-classical-music</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/arts-agenda-classical-music</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline or venue type in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. :: September 6 The Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta’s opening concert of the season will feature the Vega Quartet. Violist Yinzi... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 20:00:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline or venue type in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. :: September 6 The Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta’s opening concert of the season will feature the Vega Quartet. Violist Yinzi...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Atlanta creatives bask in shared glow of 2025 Suzi Bass Award nominations </title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/atlanta-creatives-bask-in-shared-glow-of-2025-suzi-bass-award-nominations</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/atlanta-creatives-bask-in-shared-glow-of-2025-suzi-bass-award-nominations</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nominations for Atlanta’s 2025 Suzi Bass Awards — recognizing the best in professional theater throughout the metro area — were announced last week. Theatrical Outfit received the most nominations this season, gaining 27 nods for shows such as Young John Lewis, The Lehman Trilogy and A Raisin in the Sun, co-produced with Dominion Entertainment. Lawrenceville’s... ]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Nominations for Atlanta’s 2025 Suzi Bass Awards — recognizing the best in professional theater throughout the metro area — were announced last week. Theatrical Outfit received the most nominations this season, gaining 27 nods for shows such as Young John Lewis, The Lehman Trilogy and A Raisin in the Sun, co-produced with Dominion Entertainment. Lawrenceville’s...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Xernona Clayton’s trailblazing legacy honored with new art installation in Downtown Atlanta</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/xernona-claytons-trailblazing-legacy-honored-with-new-art-installation-in-downtown-atlanta</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/xernona-claytons-trailblazing-legacy-honored-with-new-art-installation-in-downtown-atlanta</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ How do you celebrate a beloved Civil Rights leader and living legend in Atlanta? Why, you give them their flowers, of course.  On August 30, Xernona Clayton turned 95 years old. The Civil Rights leader and pioneering broadcaster has led an incredible life and broken many barriers for Black people living in the South and... ]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[How do you celebrate a beloved Civil Rights leader and living legend in Atlanta? Why, you give them their flowers, of course.  On August 30, Xernona Clayton turned 95 years old. The Civil Rights leader and pioneering broadcaster has led an incredible life and broken many barriers for Black people living in the South and...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>‘Spanish Moss’ is a dazzling work of stop&amp;motion animation and Tarantino&amp;like melodrama</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/spanish-moss-is-a-dazzling-work-of-stop-motion-animation-and-tarantino-like-melodrama</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/spanish-moss-is-a-dazzling-work-of-stop-motion-animation-and-tarantino-like-melodrama</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Sebastian Soler’s Kennesaw State University thesis project will screen at the Tara this weekend. :: For a variety of reasons, the new independent feature film Spanish Moss, which will hold a special screening at the Tara Theatre at 2:30 p.m. on August 29, is a remarkable and original artistic feat worthy of the city’s attention.  Created... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 08:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Sebastian Soler’s Kennesaw State University thesis project will screen at the Tara this weekend. :: For a variety of reasons, the new independent feature film Spanish Moss, which will hold a special screening at the Tara Theatre at 2:30 p.m. on August 29, is a remarkable and original artistic feat worthy of the city’s attention.  Created...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Atlanta Black Theatre Festival co&amp;founders see the city as ‘Black theater mecca’</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/atlanta-black-theatre-festival-co-founders-see-the-city-as-black-theater-mecca</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/atlanta-black-theatre-festival-co-founders-see-the-city-as-black-theater-mecca</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The early 2000s set the stage for Atlanta’s Black theater boom. Tyler Perry’s gospel plays were selling out across the South; Jomandi Theater — once a crown jewel of Atlanta’s Black arts scene — had shuttered; and the National Black Arts Festival was fading from its citywide prominence. Meanwhile, an influx of newcomers from Chicago,... ]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The early 2000s set the stage for Atlanta’s Black theater boom. Tyler Perry’s gospel plays were selling out across the South; Jomandi Theater — once a crown jewel of Atlanta’s Black arts scene — had shuttered; and the National Black Arts Festival was fading from its citywide prominence. Meanwhile, an influx of newcomers from Chicago,...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Do art, but bring somebody with you: 90 years with Jim Alexander</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/do-art-but-bring-somebody-with-you-90-years-with-jim-alexander</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/do-art-but-bring-somebody-with-you-90-years-with-jim-alexander</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The room was quiet, the sound of his voice punctuated by the occasional footsteps of passersby, as though they had heard it all before. Ninety years were contained in the pauses between sentences as photographer Jim Alexander reached for memories decades away. Interviewing Alexander and listening to the stories of his photographs, I thought of... ]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The room was quiet, the sound of his voice punctuated by the occasional footsteps of passersby, as though they had heard it all before. Ninety years were contained in the pauses between sentences as photographer Jim Alexander reached for memories decades away. Interviewing Alexander and listening to the stories of his photographs, I thought of...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Token Hearts features familiar Atlanta music scenesters re&amp;inventing themselves</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/token-hearts-features-familiar-atlanta-music-scenesters-re-inventing-themselves</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ A local super group? “At our age, it’s more like a supper group,” says Patrick O’Connor of this collaboration with partner Buffi Aguero. :: At the peak of the pandemic, while most of us were busy baking bread, painting or exploring yoga as we avoided public interaction, Atlanta-based musicians Buffi Aguero and Patrick O’Connor were... ]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[A local super group? “At our age, it’s more like a supper group,” says Patrick O’Connor of this collaboration with partner Buffi Aguero. :: At the peak of the pandemic, while most of us were busy baking bread, painting or exploring yoga as we avoided public interaction, Atlanta-based musicians Buffi Aguero and Patrick O’Connor were...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Collaboration between MARTA Artbound and Lostintheletters builds creativity</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/collaboration-between-marta-artbound-and-lostintheletters-builds-creativity</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ If you’re one of the thousands of Atlantans who use MARTA every day, you may have seen posters advertising Write Down the Line, a weekly creative writing challenge that’s part of a collaboration between MARTA’s Artbound public art program and Atlanta-based creative writing nonprofit Lostintheletters.  The challenge, which began on August 4 and continues to... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 08:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[If you’re one of the thousands of Atlantans who use MARTA every day, you may have seen posters advertising Write Down the Line, a weekly creative writing challenge that’s part of a collaboration between MARTA’s Artbound public art program and Atlanta-based creative writing nonprofit Lostintheletters.  The challenge, which began on August 4 and continues to...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>What to see and do at Dragon Con</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/what-to-see-and-do-at-dragon-con</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Labor Day weekend means it’s time for Dragon Con, Atlanta’s beloved science fiction and fantasy weekend. It’s one of the country’s most well-attended conventions of its kind, and, as always, the annual parade is likely to be a highlight. In addition to a long list of actors, they’ll have comic book artists and illustrators, authors,... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 08:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Labor Day weekend means it’s time for Dragon Con, Atlanta’s beloved science fiction and fantasy weekend. It’s one of the country’s most well-attended conventions of its kind, and, as always, the annual parade is likely to be a highlight. In addition to a long list of actors, they’ll have comic book artists and illustrators, authors,...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Review: Aurora’s ‘Wiz’ overcomes bumps in the road with joy and vocal excellence</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/review-auroras-wiz-overcomes-bumps-in-the-road-with-joy-and-vocal-excellence</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The classic tale of The Wiz has been dazzling audiences for decades, ever since the reimagining of The Wizard of Oz opened in 1974, showcasing Black excellence to audiences around the world. Aurora Theatre’s production, running through September 7, is no different, featuring a supremely talented cast with the energy and charm to carry a... ]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The classic tale of The Wiz has been dazzling audiences for decades, ever since the reimagining of The Wizard of Oz opened in 1974, showcasing Black excellence to audiences around the world. Aurora Theatre’s production, running through September 7, is no different, featuring a supremely talented cast with the energy and charm to carry a...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Arts Agenda: Theater</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/arts-agenda-theater</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline or venue type in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. :: August 28-September 7 Bridget McCarthy, an ArtsATL One to Watch for fall 2025, will perform a return engagement of her award-winning... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 08:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline or venue type in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. :: August 28-September 7 Bridget McCarthy, an ArtsATL One to Watch for fall 2025, will perform a return engagement of her award-winning...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Master puppeteer Raymond Carr’s 11 Good Things</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/master-puppeteer-raymond-carrs-11-good-things</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ In this series, ArtsATL asks a member of the Atlanta arts community to share 11 things on their mind. We hope you enjoy getting to know these people better. :: With an illustrious career spanning more than two decades, Raymond Carr is an award-winning artist, puppeteer, director and founder of Ninja Puppet Productions. He was trained by... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 08:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[In this series, ArtsATL asks a member of the Atlanta arts community to share 11 things on their mind. We hope you enjoy getting to know these people better. :: With an illustrious career spanning more than two decades, Raymond Carr is an award-winning artist, puppeteer, director and founder of Ninja Puppet Productions. He was trained by...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>The 2025 Fall Arts Preview: Ones to Watch</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/the-2025-fall-arts-preview-ones-to-watch</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/the-2025-fall-arts-preview-ones-to-watch</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Seven creative Atlantans with a bright future Our editors selected seven Atlantans who are making waves. Atlanta has no shortage of noteworthy talent, and there are so many more who are doing incredible work. It’s not about who is the best in any given genre, but we think these seven are among the exemplary, and... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 20:00:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Seven creative Atlantans with a bright future Our editors selected seven Atlantans who are making waves. Atlanta has no shortage of noteworthy talent, and there are so many more who are doing incredible work. It’s not about who is the best in any given genre, but we think these seven are among the exemplary, and...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>The 2025 Fall Arts Preview: Our picks in Music</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/the-2025-fall-arts-preview-our-picks-in-music</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ This fall, Atlanta will be blessed with a bounty of chamber music, from classic to contemporary, and one of our most venerable choral groups celebrates a homecoming. :: Atlanta’s chamber music scene is a treasure trove of fresh and fascinating ensembles that aren’t afraid to challenge audiences. Ensemble Vim and the Atlanta Contemporary Music Collective... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 20:00:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[This fall, Atlanta will be blessed with a bounty of chamber music, from classic to contemporary, and one of our most venerable choral groups celebrates a homecoming. :: Atlanta’s chamber music scene is a treasure trove of fresh and fascinating ensembles that aren’t afraid to challenge audiences. Ensemble Vim and the Atlanta Contemporary Music Collective...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>2025 Fall Arts Preview: Our picks in Dance</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/2025-fall-arts-preview-our-picks-in-dance</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ As the temperatures cool down, stages across Atlanta heat up with innovative new performances and contemporary takes on traditional stories, all told through the art of dance. :: In Atlanta, established contemporary dance companies often provide crucial support for independent artists through juried showcases for emerging choreographers. For more than 30 years, Full Radius Dance... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 20:00:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[As the temperatures cool down, stages across Atlanta heat up with innovative new performances and contemporary takes on traditional stories, all told through the art of dance. :: In Atlanta, established contemporary dance companies often provide crucial support for independent artists through juried showcases for emerging choreographers. For more than 30 years, Full Radius Dance...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>The 2025 Fall Arts Preview: Our picks in Art + Design</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/the-2025-fall-arts-preview-our-picks-in-art-design</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ All eyes are on Atlanta this fall as we welcome the return of the Atlanta Art Fair, Atlanta Art Week, plus festivals, murals and exhibitions galore. :: The Atlanta Art Fair (AAF) returns to Pullman Yards from September 25 through September 28 with a robust slate of programming, including panel discussions, artist talks, installations and... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 20:00:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[All eyes are on Atlanta this fall as we welcome the return of the Atlanta Art Fair, Atlanta Art Week, plus festivals, murals and exhibitions galore. :: The Atlanta Art Fair (AAF) returns to Pullman Yards from September 25 through September 28 with a robust slate of programming, including panel discussions, artist talks, installations and...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>The 2025 Fall Arts Preview: Our picks in Theater</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/the-2025-fall-arts-preview-our-picks-in-theater</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Take your pick this season: Classic productions are hitting the stage, as well as world premieres, zany musicals, adult puppetry and more. :: What constitutes an acceptable decision when innovation and progress are on the line? This is the question asked by Crystal Skillman’s The Rocket Men, a new play performing at Synchronicity Theatre from... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 20:00:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Take your pick this season: Classic productions are hitting the stage, as well as world premieres, zany musicals, adult puppetry and more. :: What constitutes an acceptable decision when innovation and progress are on the line? This is the question asked by Crystal Skillman’s The Rocket Men, a new play performing at Synchronicity Theatre from...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>The 2025 Fall Arts Preview: See what’s coming next</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/the-2025-fall-arts-preview-see-whats-coming-next</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ It seems that the fall arts season, like the school year, gets underway earlier every year. That’s one reason we’re doing this fall arts preview in mid-August, but it also allows you to plan. Time is valuable, and when we know what’s coming, we can make the best of those moments where we get to... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 20:00:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[It seems that the fall arts season, like the school year, gets underway earlier every year. That’s one reason we’re doing this fall arts preview in mid-August, but it also allows you to plan. Time is valuable, and when we know what’s coming, we can make the best of those moments where we get to...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Mastodon’s Brann Dailor takes a side trip to the dance floor</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/mastodons-brann-dailor-takes-a-side-trip-to-the-dance-floor</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The drummer and vocalist’s sophomore album with the synth-driven Arcadea is out on August 22. :: In Mastodon, Atlanta’s progressive metal juggernaut, drummer/vocalist Brann Dailor is one of four alchemical chefs that serve up swirling, nightmarishly ethereal journeys into the human psyche and the nature of reality and consciousness. With Arcadea, his collaboration with keyboardist/guitarist... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 20:00:09 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The drummer and vocalist’s sophomore album with the synth-driven Arcadea is out on August 22. :: In Mastodon, Atlanta’s progressive metal juggernaut, drummer/vocalist Brann Dailor is one of four alchemical chefs that serve up swirling, nightmarishly ethereal journeys into the human psyche and the nature of reality and consciousness. With Arcadea, his collaboration with keyboardist/guitarist...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Three exhibitions confront the troubled present through reclamation of the past</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/three-exhibitions-confront-the-troubled-present-through-reclamation-of-the-past</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/three-exhibitions-confront-the-troubled-present-through-reclamation-of-the-past</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Heartthrob music stars, the architecture of public schools and decaying store signage. An icon of rock ‘n’ roll, the structures backing education and a symbol of loss and decay. These three emblems, disparate though they may seem, serve as battlegrounds for reclamation — a struggle to recapture agency.  At Hawkins Headquarters, Isaac Mehki grapples with... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 20:00:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Heartthrob music stars, the architecture of public schools and decaying store signage. An icon of rock ‘n’ roll, the structures backing education and a symbol of loss and decay. These three emblems, disparate though they may seem, serve as battlegrounds for reclamation — a struggle to recapture agency.  At Hawkins Headquarters, Isaac Mehki grapples with...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Summer Stories: Jessica He and Severin Brotschul</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/summer-stories-jessica-he-and-severin-brotschul</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/summer-stories-jessica-he-and-severin-brotschul</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Every year, when the weather gets warmer and the days grow long, the company dancers of the Atlanta Ballet jet off to exotic locations, devote themselves to other hobbies and pastimes and spend time with friends and loved ones. Here at ArtsATL, we wanted to know more about how these talented dancers spend their summers, so we bring to... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 20:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Every year, when the weather gets warmer and the days grow long, the company dancers of the Atlanta Ballet jet off to exotic locations, devote themselves to other hobbies and pastimes and spend time with friends and loved ones. Here at ArtsATL, we wanted to know more about how these talented dancers spend their summers, so we bring to...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Review: ‘Man No One Believed’ author Joshua Sharpe gives readers details but no big picture</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/review-man-no-one-believed-author-joshua-sharpe-gives-readers-details-but-no-big-picture</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ On the evening of March 11, 1985, shots rang out inside Rising Daughter Baptist Church in Camden County, Georgia. When police arrived at the scene, they found 66-year-old church deacon Harold Swain and his 63-year-old wife, Thelma, dead on the floor of the predominantly Black church’s entryway. Though a dozen witnesses were present at the... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 20:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[On the evening of March 11, 1985, shots rang out inside Rising Daughter Baptist Church in Camden County, Georgia. When police arrived at the scene, they found 66-year-old church deacon Harold Swain and his 63-year-old wife, Thelma, dead on the floor of the predominantly Black church’s entryway. Though a dozen witnesses were present at the...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Review: ‘Orange’ at Stage Door takes time to unpeel, reveals themes of freedom </title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/review-orange-at-stage-door-takes-time-to-unpeel-reveals-themes-of-freedom</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Growth and choice are at the center of Aditi Brennan Kapil’s Orange, a coming-of-age play running August 9 through August 24 at Stage Door Theatre. The production, which features superb performances and breathtaking visuals, is quiet and understated. However, for those who resonate with its portrayal of disconnection, overprotection and isolation, it is a deeply... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2025 08:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Growth and choice are at the center of Aditi Brennan Kapil’s Orange, a coming-of-age play running August 9 through August 24 at Stage Door Theatre. The production, which features superb performances and breathtaking visuals, is quiet and understated. However, for those who resonate with its portrayal of disconnection, overprotection and isolation, it is a deeply...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Leia’s Lens: Atlanta Art Week and Atlanta Art Fair – is separate better?</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/leias-lens-atlanta-art-week-and-atlanta-art-fair-is-separate-better</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Atlanta Art Week (AAW) is back. On July 17, the dates for its fourth edition were announced via Instagram and email. Taking place October 3 through October 5, this year’s edition is significantly shorter than the 2024 edition and, most notably, AAW will not coincide with the Atlanta Art Fair (AAF).  For its debut edition... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2025 08:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Atlanta Art Week (AAW) is back. On July 17, the dates for its fourth edition were announced via Instagram and email. Taking place October 3 through October 5, this year’s edition is significantly shorter than the 2024 edition and, most notably, AAW will not coincide with the Atlanta Art Fair (AAF).  For its debut edition...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Partners in the arts: wordsmiths Ralph Ellis and Susan Puckett</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/partners-in-the-arts-wordsmiths-ralph-ellis-and-susan-puckett</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/partners-in-the-arts-wordsmiths-ralph-ellis-and-susan-puckett</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Together, they have spilled vats of ink. Ralph Ellis and Susan Puckett are old-school newspaper people who made the transition to books. Ellis recently became a first-time novelist at age 72 when he published The Accident Report, following Ronald Truluck, a stoner reporter for a small-town paper trying to uncover a scandal in the spirit of Watergate.... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2025 08:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Together, they have spilled vats of ink. Ralph Ellis and Susan Puckett are old-school newspaper people who made the transition to books. Ellis recently became a first-time novelist at age 72 when he published The Accident Report, following Ronald Truluck, a stoner reporter for a small-town paper trying to uncover a scandal in the spirit of Watergate....]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Trey Wright offers a space for the ‘jazz curious’ to learn</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/trey-wright-offers-a-space-for-the-jazz-curious-to-learn</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/trey-wright-offers-a-space-for-the-jazz-curious-to-learn</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Kennesaw State University lecturer and guitarist hosts a monthly series at the Strand Theatre in Marietta. :: It’s rare to encounter teachers so passionate about the topics they teach that they not only deepen their students’ knowledge but also strive to transform their lives. Trey Wright is such a teacher, and, in addition to... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2025 08:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Kennesaw State University lecturer and guitarist hosts a monthly series at the Strand Theatre in Marietta. :: It’s rare to encounter teachers so passionate about the topics they teach that they not only deepen their students’ knowledge but also strive to transform their lives. Trey Wright is such a teacher, and, in addition to...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Summer Stories: Atlanta Ballet’s Carriag New and Georgie Grace Butler</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/summer-stories-atlanta-ballets-carriag-new-and-georgie-grace-butler</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/summer-stories-atlanta-ballets-carriag-new-and-georgie-grace-butler</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Every year, when the weather gets warmer and the days grow long, the company dancers of the Atlanta Ballet jet off to exotic locations, devote themselves to other hobbies and pastimes and spend time with friends and loved ones. Here at ArtsATL, we wanted to know more about how these talented dancers spend their summers, so we bring to... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2025 08:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Every year, when the weather gets warmer and the days grow long, the company dancers of the Atlanta Ballet jet off to exotic locations, devote themselves to other hobbies and pastimes and spend time with friends and loved ones. Here at ArtsATL, we wanted to know more about how these talented dancers spend their summers, so we bring to...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Off the Wall artists extend reality with AI and deepfakes</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/off-the-wall-artists-extend-reality-with-ai-and-deepfakes</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/off-the-wall-artists-extend-reality-with-ai-and-deepfakes</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In March 2023, Pope Francis was famously spotted on the street in a white, Balenciaga-style puffer coat. Except, of course, he wasn’t.  The pope in the puffer coat was the entirely fictional AI creation of Pablo Xavier, a 31-year-old Chicago construction worker who fooled most observers. Suddenly, the media’s hand-wringing over how AI imagery might... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2025 08:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[In March 2023, Pope Francis was famously spotted on the street in a white, Balenciaga-style puffer coat. Except, of course, he wasn’t.  The pope in the puffer coat was the entirely fictional AI creation of Pablo Xavier, a 31-year-old Chicago construction worker who fooled most observers. Suddenly, the media’s hand-wringing over how AI imagery might...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>The continued growth and undeniable success of Black Art in America’s Fine Art Print Fair</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/the-continued-growth-and-undeniable-success-of-black-art-in-americas-fine-art-print-fair</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/the-continued-growth-and-undeniable-success-of-black-art-in-americas-fine-art-print-fair</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Black Art in America (BAIA) was positively teeming with visitors this weekend during the 2025 Fine Art Print Fair. Now in its third year, this annual tradition invites new and experienced buyers to the gallery in East Point for a weekend-long celebration of Black printmakers.  The walls were filled with compelling prints alongside their woodcut... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 20:00:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Black Art in America (BAIA) was positively teeming with visitors this weekend during the 2025 Fine Art Print Fair. Now in its third year, this annual tradition invites new and experienced buyers to the gallery in East Point for a weekend-long celebration of Black printmakers.  The walls were filled with compelling prints alongside their woodcut...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Review: True Colors’ ‘Ain’t No Mo’ depicts Black life in America with equal hope and pain</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/review-true-colors-aint-no-mo-depicts-black-life-in-america-with-equal-hope-and-pain</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/review-true-colors-aint-no-mo-depicts-black-life-in-america-with-equal-hope-and-pain</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company’s Ain’t No Mo,’ running through August 24 at the Balzer Theater in downtown Atlanta, Black people are given the opportunity to stage-left themselves out of America and resettle in Africa. It’s a proposal that many in the African American diaspora have debated for decades, and, with white supremacy... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 20:00:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[In Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company’s Ain’t No Mo,’ running through August 24 at the Balzer Theater in downtown Atlanta, Black people are given the opportunity to stage-left themselves out of America and resettle in Africa. It’s a proposal that many in the African American diaspora have debated for decades, and, with white supremacy...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Jazz guru Jeff Crompton says farewell to Atlanta</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/jazz-guru-jeff-crompton-says-farewell-to-atlanta</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/jazz-guru-jeff-crompton-says-farewell-to-atlanta</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Many of the longtime musical mentor’s collaborators and students will pay tribute with a performance in Candler Park on August 15. :: For five decades, Jeff Crompton has been a major force in Atlanta’s progressive jazz and experimental/improvisational music communities. As a musician, composer, educator, bandleader and concert producer, the 66-year-old saxophone and clarinet specialist... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 20:00:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Many of the longtime musical mentor’s collaborators and students will pay tribute with a performance in Candler Park on August 15. :: For five decades, Jeff Crompton has been a major force in Atlanta’s progressive jazz and experimental/improvisational music communities. As a musician, composer, educator, bandleader and concert producer, the 66-year-old saxophone and clarinet specialist...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>News briefs: INSIGHTS puppetry program; Carlos’ new associate museum director; GMA rebrand; inaugural Gwinnett Creativity Fund</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/news-briefs-insights-puppetry-program-carlos-new-associate-museum-director-gma-rebrand-inaugural-gwinnett-creativity-fund</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/news-briefs-insights-puppetry-program-carlos-new-associate-museum-director-gma-rebrand-inaugural-gwinnett-creativity-fund</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Center for Puppetry Arts recently announced a new partnership with New York University’s INSIGHTS program. The evidence-based social and emotional learning (SEL) program developed by Dr. Sandee McClowry of NYU will enable the Center to expand and deliver engaging experiences for youths through puppet-based performances brought directly to classrooms in select Title I Metro... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 20:00:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Center for Puppetry Arts recently announced a new partnership with New York University’s INSIGHTS program. The evidence-based social and emotional learning (SEL) program developed by Dr. Sandee McClowry of NYU will enable the Center to expand and deliver engaging experiences for youths through puppet-based performances brought directly to classrooms in select Title I Metro...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>26th Essential Theatre Festival puts much&amp;needed spotlight on local playwrights</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/26th-essential-theatre-festival-puts-much-needed-spotlight-on-local-playwrights</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The work of Georgia playwrights has always been the essential ingredient to the Essential Theatre Festival. To celebrate its 26th year, the Festival will showcase the world premiere of A Very Special Hospital, running August 8 through August 31 at 7 Stages. Winner of the 2025 Essential Theatre Playwriting Award, the play is a new... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 20:00:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The work of Georgia playwrights has always been the essential ingredient to the Essential Theatre Festival. To celebrate its 26th year, the Festival will showcase the world premiere of A Very Special Hospital, running August 8 through August 31 at 7 Stages. Winner of the 2025 Essential Theatre Playwriting Award, the play is a new...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Drag entertainer and community activist Taylor Alxndr’s 11 Good Things</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/drag-entertainer-and-community-activist-taylor-alxndrs-11-good-things</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/drag-entertainer-and-community-activist-taylor-alxndrs-11-good-things</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In this series, ArtsATL asks a member of the Atlanta arts community to share 11 things on their mind. We hope you enjoy getting to know these people better. :: Taylor Alxndr (they/she) is a drag entertainer, musician and community organizer. Co-founder of Southern Fried Queer Pride, an Atlanta-based organization that empowers Black and QTPOC communities in... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 20:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[In this series, ArtsATL asks a member of the Atlanta arts community to share 11 things on their mind. We hope you enjoy getting to know these people better. :: Taylor Alxndr (they/she) is a drag entertainer, musician and community organizer. Co-founder of Southern Fried Queer Pride, an Atlanta-based organization that empowers Black and QTPOC communities in...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>‘Brilliant Exiles’ brings the women of Jazz Age Paris to the Georgia Museum of Art</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/brilliant-exiles-brings-the-women-of-jazz-age-paris-to-the-georgia-museum-of-art</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/brilliant-exiles-brings-the-women-of-jazz-age-paris-to-the-georgia-museum-of-art</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ When politics feel grim and the headlines unrelenting, who wouldn’t want to step through a portal into somewhere brighter, bolder and a little more enchanted? Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900–1939, on view at the Georgia Museum of Art (GMA) in Athens through November 2, offers just that: a shimmering doorway into early 20th-century... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 20:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[When politics feel grim and the headlines unrelenting, who wouldn’t want to step through a portal into somewhere brighter, bolder and a little more enchanted? Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900–1939, on view at the Georgia Museum of Art (GMA) in Athens through November 2, offers just that: a shimmering doorway into early 20th-century...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Summer Stories: Atlanta Ballet’s Mikaela Santos and Júlio Santos</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/summer-stories-atlanta-ballets-mikaela-santos-and-julio-santos</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/summer-stories-atlanta-ballets-mikaela-santos-and-julio-santos</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Every year, when the weather gets warmer and the days grow long, the company dancers of the Atlanta Ballet jet off to exotic locations, devote themselves to other hobbies and pastimes and spend time with friends and loved ones. Here at ArtsATL, we wanted to know more about how these talented dancers spend their summers,... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 20:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Every year, when the weather gets warmer and the days grow long, the company dancers of the Atlanta Ballet jet off to exotic locations, devote themselves to other hobbies and pastimes and spend time with friends and loved ones. Here at ArtsATL, we wanted to know more about how these talented dancers spend their summers,...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Danielle Deadwyler makes ‘Woman in the Yard’ worth the watch</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/danielle-deadwyler-makes-woman-in-the-yard-worth-the-watch</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/danielle-deadwyler-makes-woman-in-the-yard-worth-the-watch</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Tyler Perry is back in the gray wig and long housedresses for Madea’s Destination Wedding. :: Steve Murray’s monthly musings on TV in Atlanta and beyond. Starring Atlanta’s Danielle Deadwyler, The Woman in the Yard is a Trojan horse. Marketed in theaters as a horror flick, at its core — and despite the frantic, supernatural... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 08:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Tyler Perry is back in the gray wig and long housedresses for Madea’s Destination Wedding. :: Steve Murray’s monthly musings on TV in Atlanta and beyond. Starring Atlanta’s Danielle Deadwyler, The Woman in the Yard is a Trojan horse. Marketed in theaters as a horror flick, at its core — and despite the frantic, supernatural...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>DeKalb Symphony dismisses musicians amid search for a new home</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/dekalb-symphony-dismisses-musicians-amid-search-for-a-new-home</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ At a time when the organization is preparing for its upcoming new season, the DeKalb Symphony Orchestra (DSO) is navigating a challenging period of change following the dismissal of some of its members. Beginning June 6, Music Director and Conductor Dr. Paul Bhasin, hired in 2022, contacted a significant number of the approximately 60 musicians... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 08:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[At a time when the organization is preparing for its upcoming new season, the DeKalb Symphony Orchestra (DSO) is navigating a challenging period of change following the dismissal of some of its members. Beginning June 6, Music Director and Conductor Dr. Paul Bhasin, hired in 2022, contacted a significant number of the approximately 60 musicians...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Georgia author Sara Omer debuts Turkic&amp;inspired fantasy novel ‘The Gryphon King’</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/georgia-author-sara-omer-debuts-turkic-inspired-fantasy-novel-the-gryphon-king</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/georgia-author-sara-omer-debuts-turkic-inspired-fantasy-novel-the-gryphon-king</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nearly 10 years in the making, The Gryphon King marks a major debut for Georgia author Sara Omer. Out this month from Titan Books, the novel proves that some stories are worth the time it takes to find their voice. In a recent conversation with ArtsATL, Omer opened up about her writing process, the Atlanta... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 08:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Nearly 10 years in the making, The Gryphon King marks a major debut for Georgia author Sara Omer. Out this month from Titan Books, the novel proves that some stories are worth the time it takes to find their voice. In a recent conversation with ArtsATL, Omer opened up about her writing process, the Atlanta...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Arts Agenda: Workshops and learning opportunities</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/arts-agenda-workshops-and-learning-opportunities</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/arts-agenda-workshops-and-learning-opportunities</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline or venue type in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. This week, we take a look at some arts-related learning opportunities in and around Atlanta. :: August 9 Twice monthly, Theresa Davis... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 08:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline or venue type in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. This week, we take a look at some arts-related learning opportunities in and around Atlanta. :: August 9 Twice monthly, Theresa Davis...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Review: ‘Long Lost First Play’ at Tavern has worthy ideas but still feels lost</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/review-long-lost-first-play-at-tavern-has-worthy-ideas-but-still-feels-lost</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/review-long-lost-first-play-at-tavern-has-worthy-ideas-but-still-feels-lost</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Scholars will tell you that Shakespeare’s first work was likely either Titus Andronicus or one of the Henry VI plays. But Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor, the scribes of William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged), will tell you it was an overstuffed Frankenstein’s monster of every play he would go on to write. If... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 08:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Scholars will tell you that Shakespeare’s first work was likely either Titus Andronicus or one of the Henry VI plays. But Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor, the scribes of William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged), will tell you it was an overstuffed Frankenstein’s monster of every play he would go on to write. If...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Afrikan Djeli Cultural Institute and Afriky Lolo bring West African dance and culture to Atlanta</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/afrikan-djeli-cultural-institute-and-afriky-lolo-bring-west-african-dance-and-culture-to-atlanta</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/afrikan-djeli-cultural-institute-and-afriky-lolo-bring-west-african-dance-and-culture-to-atlanta</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ At the Atlanta African Dance &amp; Drum Festival, the steady beat of the drums and the grounded movements of the dancers speak a language older than words, one that restores our connection to home and honors who we are. Hosted by the Afrikan Djeli Cultural Institute, the annual celebration has become one of the most... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 20:00:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[At the Atlanta African Dance & Drum Festival, the steady beat of the drums and the grounded movements of the dancers speak a language older than words, one that restores our connection to home and honors who we are. Hosted by the Afrikan Djeli Cultural Institute, the annual celebration has become one of the most...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>A milestone year for Atlanta Chamber Players — a 50&amp;year labor of love</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/a-milestone-year-for-atlanta-chamber-players-a-50-year-labor-of-love</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/a-milestone-year-for-atlanta-chamber-players-a-50-year-labor-of-love</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Atlanta Chamber Players, the elder statesman of the city’s prodigious chamber music scene, will commence its 50th season this fall. It’s a momentous show cycle that will see performances of classics from Tchaikovsky and Mendelssohn alongside premieres of works by Che Buford and Andrea Casarrubios. But for the organization’s members, it feels more like... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 20:00:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Atlanta Chamber Players, the elder statesman of the city’s prodigious chamber music scene, will commence its 50th season this fall. It’s a momentous show cycle that will see performances of classics from Tchaikovsky and Mendelssohn alongside premieres of works by Che Buford and Andrea Casarrubios. But for the organization’s members, it feels more like...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Review: ‘Strange Loop’ at Actor’s Express turns mirror upon mirror for a fascinating reflection </title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/review-strange-loop-at-actors-express-turns-mirror-upon-mirror-for-a-fascinating-reflection</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/review-strange-loop-at-actors-express-turns-mirror-upon-mirror-for-a-fascinating-reflection</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The first Atlanta production of the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical A Strange Loop, onstage at Actor’s Express through August 31, is a marvelous feat of creativity from writer Michael R. Jackson, who followed the adage to “Write what you know.” So Jackson, a former Broadway usher at The Lion King, wrote a musical... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 20:00:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The first Atlanta production of the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical A Strange Loop, onstage at Actor’s Express through August 31, is a marvelous feat of creativity from writer Michael R. Jackson, who followed the adage to “Write what you know.” So Jackson, a former Broadway usher at The Lion King, wrote a musical...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Black Writers Weekend offers a platform for more Black storytelling </title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/black-writers-weekend-offers-a-platform-for-more-black-storytelling</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ If you’re a Black writer, musician, podcaster or artist and don’t feel like you’re being heard, Tamika Jamison’s got you.  The Atlanta-based author and entrepreneur will host the 2025 Black Writers Weekend later this month at the Auburn Avenue Research Library and the Loudermilk Conference Center in downtown Atlanta. The three-day gathering is a celebration... ]]></description>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[If you’re a Black writer, musician, podcaster or artist and don’t feel like you’re being heard, Tamika Jamison’s got you.  The Atlanta-based author and entrepreneur will host the 2025 Black Writers Weekend later this month at the Auburn Avenue Research Library and the Loudermilk Conference Center in downtown Atlanta. The three-day gathering is a celebration...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Arts Agenda: Festivals, late summer and early fall</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/arts-agenda-festivals-late-summer-and-early-fall</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/arts-agenda-festivals-late-summer-and-early-fall</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ July 31-August 3 The four-day Cobb International Film Festival provides filmmakers with a platform to showcase their work and engage in discussions about the topics presented in the films, as well as explore the filmmaking process to foster and encourage dialogue among attendees. August 8-10 The 22nd annual Atlanta Underground Film Festival spotlights independent filmmaking with... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 20:00:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[July 31-August 3 The four-day Cobb International Film Festival provides filmmakers with a platform to showcase their work and engage in discussions about the topics presented in the films, as well as explore the filmmaking process to foster and encourage dialogue among attendees. August 8-10 The 22nd annual Atlanta Underground Film Festival spotlights independent filmmaking with...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Sculptor Rial Rye’s 11 Good Things</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/sculptor-rial-ryes-11-good-things</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/sculptor-rial-ryes-11-good-things</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In this series, ArtsATL asks a member of the Atlanta arts community to share 11 things on their mind. We hope you enjoy getting to know these people better. :: Rial Rye is a self-taught sculpture artist living and working in Atlanta. Working in the medium of carved wood that is sometimes inlaid with resin and other... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 20:00:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[In this series, ArtsATL asks a member of the Atlanta arts community to share 11 things on their mind. We hope you enjoy getting to know these people better. :: Rial Rye is a self-taught sculpture artist living and working in Atlanta. Working in the medium of carved wood that is sometimes inlaid with resin and other...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>A word with Collective Soul: New doc tells the band’s story</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/a-word-with-collective-soul-new-doc-tells-the-bands-story</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/a-word-with-collective-soul-new-doc-tells-the-bands-story</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A new documentary captures the band at work on their latest album. They’ll play at Ameris Bank Amphitheatre next weekend. :: One of the most prolific bands of the modern rock era is Collective Soul. Not only has the group released a trove of stellar material, they’re also frequently in the process of writing more... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 20:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[A new documentary captures the band at work on their latest album. They’ll play at Ameris Bank Amphitheatre next weekend. :: One of the most prolific bands of the modern rock era is Collective Soul. Not only has the group released a trove of stellar material, they’re also frequently in the process of writing more...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Partners In The Arts: Pam Peacock and Ryan Shuckhart — aka RYSHU</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/partners-in-the-arts-pam-peacock-and-ryan-shuckhart-aka-ryshu</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/partners-in-the-arts-pam-peacock-and-ryan-shuckhart-aka-ryshu</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ To say that art has always been important to creative power couple Pam Peacock and Ryan Shuckhart might be an understatement.  Originally from Southern California, Peacock visited Atlanta in 2015 as she was considering a move to Georgia’s burgeoning capital. A graphic designer and artist at heart, one of the very first things she did... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 20:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[To say that art has always been important to creative power couple Pam Peacock and Ryan Shuckhart might be an understatement.  Originally from Southern California, Peacock visited Atlanta in 2015 as she was considering a move to Georgia’s burgeoning capital. A graphic designer and artist at heart, one of the very first things she did...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Loom Lab’s ‘Old Growth’ explores loss, grief and community through movement</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/loom-labs-old-growth-explores-loss-grief-and-community-through-movement</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/loom-labs-old-growth-explores-loss-grief-and-community-through-movement</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Re Edahl and Cal O’Brien, the co-artists of Minneapolis-and-Atlanta-based performance company Loom Lab, first met at a party in Minneapolis in 2017. According to Edahl, they spent the entire evening talking about dance, Edahl’s area of expertise, and theater, O’Brien’s. Both artists wanted to see more hybrid work where text, gesture and spoken word all... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 20:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Re Edahl and Cal O’Brien, the co-artists of Minneapolis-and-Atlanta-based performance company Loom Lab, first met at a party in Minneapolis in 2017. According to Edahl, they spent the entire evening talking about dance, Edahl’s area of expertise, and theater, O’Brien’s. Both artists wanted to see more hybrid work where text, gesture and spoken word all...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Celebrate Dad’s birthday this weekend – the parties are still a blast after 30 years</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/celebrate-dads-birthday-this-weekend-the-parties-are-still-a-blast-after-30-years</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/celebrate-dads-birthday-this-weekend-the-parties-are-still-a-blast-after-30-years</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ To celebrate its 30th birthday, Dad’s Garage Theatre — now an Atlanta comedy institution with many notable alumni and thousands of shows in its history — will host a weekend full of special events, including lots of improv shows and a massive party. “Something that has allowed Dad’s Garage to be around for 30 years... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2025 08:00:09 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[To celebrate its 30th birthday, Dad’s Garage Theatre — now an Atlanta comedy institution with many notable alumni and thousands of shows in its history — will host a weekend full of special events, including lots of improv shows and a massive party. “Something that has allowed Dad’s Garage to be around for 30 years...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Arts Agenda: Outdoor art</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/arts-agenda-outdoor-art</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/arts-agenda-outdoor-art</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline or venue type in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. This week, we’re highlighting art in outdoor spaces. :: Art on the Beltline The Atlanta Beltline features one of the largest temporary... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2025 08:00:09 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline or venue type in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. This week, we’re highlighting art in outdoor spaces. :: Art on the Beltline The Atlanta Beltline features one of the largest temporary...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Review: ‘Siddhartha, She’ offers a powerful retelling of a classic tale</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/review-siddhartha-she-offers-a-powerful-retelling-of-a-classic-tale</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/review-siddhartha-she-offers-a-powerful-retelling-of-a-classic-tale</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Siddhartha, She, a new opera by Grammy Award-winning composer Christopher Theofanidis and librettist Melissa Studdard, will premiere at the Aspen Music Festival on August 2. The creative process for this multi-disciplinary and sprawlingly collaborative work has deep roots in Atlanta. Under the baton of Maestro Robert Spano, music director laureate of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra,... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2025 08:00:09 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Siddhartha, She, a new opera by Grammy Award-winning composer Christopher Theofanidis and librettist Melissa Studdard, will premiere at the Aspen Music Festival on August 2. The creative process for this multi-disciplinary and sprawlingly collaborative work has deep roots in Atlanta. Under the baton of Maestro Robert Spano, music director laureate of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra,...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Local voices, big impact: Atlanta’s burgeoning independent film and TV scene</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/local-voices-big-impact-atlantas-burgeoning-independent-film-and-tv-scene</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/local-voices-big-impact-atlantas-burgeoning-independent-film-and-tv-scene</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The city known as the “Hollywood of the South” has long attracted blockbuster productions with its generous tax credits and expanding studio infrastructure. But a growing group of local filmmakers and writers believe the city’s creative future lies beyond billion-dollar franchises. Their focus? Building independent writers’ rooms that center authentic stories by and for Black... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2025 08:00:09 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The city known as the “Hollywood of the South” has long attracted blockbuster productions with its generous tax credits and expanding studio infrastructure. But a growing group of local filmmakers and writers believe the city’s creative future lies beyond billion-dollar franchises. Their focus? Building independent writers’ rooms that center authentic stories by and for Black...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Two new readings at Theatrical Outfit show the range of Atlanta playwrights</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/two-new-readings-at-theatrical-outfit-show-the-range-of-atlanta-playwrights</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/two-new-readings-at-theatrical-outfit-show-the-range-of-atlanta-playwrights</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This past March, Theatrical Outfit gave four talented playwrights the opportunity to develop and produce their own pieces as part of its Launchpad series. Falling under the umbrella of its Made in Atlanta program, the series was part of its larger mission to empower and uplift Atlanta-based theater artists. On July 21, that mission continues... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2025 08:00:09 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[This past March, Theatrical Outfit gave four talented playwrights the opportunity to develop and produce their own pieces as part of its Launchpad series. Falling under the umbrella of its Made in Atlanta program, the series was part of its larger mission to empower and uplift Atlanta-based theater artists. On July 21, that mission continues...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>How a 1969 police raid sparked a queer resistance movement</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/how-a-1969-police-raid-sparked-a-queer-resistance-movement</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/how-a-1969-police-raid-sparked-a-queer-resistance-movement</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Atlanta Pride and Out on Film team up to present a screening of Lonesome Cowboys, the film that triggered the raid, along with discussions about queer activism in the South. :: Much like the national Pride movement was sparked by the 1969 police incursion at the Stonewall Inn in New York, the Southern demand for... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2025 08:00:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Atlanta Pride and Out on Film team up to present a screening of Lonesome Cowboys, the film that triggered the raid, along with discussions about queer activism in the South. :: Much like the national Pride movement was sparked by the 1969 police incursion at the Stonewall Inn in New York, the Southern demand for...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Community and collaboration at the heart of High Contrast drawing group</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/community-and-collaboration-at-the-heart-of-high-contrast-drawing-group</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/community-and-collaboration-at-the-heart-of-high-contrast-drawing-group</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On July 15, more than two dozen visual artists gathered in Atlanta’s eyedrum gallery, working from sundown into the early hours of the morning. Huddled around tables stacked high with pens, brushes, tablets and books, some were busy sketching while others put finishing touches on their paintings. For many creatives, this kind of all-nighter is... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2025 08:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[On July 15, more than two dozen visual artists gathered in Atlanta’s eyedrum gallery, working from sundown into the early hours of the morning. Huddled around tables stacked high with pens, brushes, tablets and books, some were busy sketching while others put finishing touches on their paintings. For many creatives, this kind of all-nighter is...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Office of Cultural Affairs welcomes new executive director Adriane V. Jefferson</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/office-of-cultural-affairs-welcomes-new-executive-director-adriane-v-jefferson</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/office-of-cultural-affairs-welcomes-new-executive-director-adriane-v-jefferson</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ For the first time in the 21st century, the city of Atlanta has a new executive director of the Office of Cultural Affairs: Adriane V. Jefferson. She succeeds Camille Love, who was appointed OCA director by Mayor Bill Campbell in the 1990s. The typical tenure of a city’s cultural affairs director is eight to 10... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2025 08:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[For the first time in the 21st century, the city of Atlanta has a new executive director of the Office of Cultural Affairs: Adriane V. Jefferson. She succeeds Camille Love, who was appointed OCA director by Mayor Bill Campbell in the 1990s. The typical tenure of a city’s cultural affairs director is eight to 10...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Chloe Kay’s ‘Daddyland’ invites audiences to the world between fathers and daughters </title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/chloe-kays-daddyland-invites-audiences-to-the-world-between-fathers-and-daughters</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/chloe-kays-daddyland-invites-audiences-to-the-world-between-fathers-and-daughters</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Few relationships are as special or as complicated as the one between a girl and her dad. Sometimes, those relationships are so complex as to inspire two acts worth of dramatic interrogation, as playwright and actor Chloe Kay has done. In Kay’s one-woman show, Daddyland, which will have a staged reading July 17 and July... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 20:00:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Few relationships are as special or as complicated as the one between a girl and her dad. Sometimes, those relationships are so complex as to inspire two acts worth of dramatic interrogation, as playwright and actor Chloe Kay has done. In Kay’s one-woman show, Daddyland, which will have a staged reading July 17 and July...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Leia’s Lens: Long live the summer group show</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/leias-lens-long-live-the-summer-group-show</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/leias-lens-long-live-the-summer-group-show</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Summertime. Home of watermelon, blueberries, pool days and backyard barbecues. In the art world, summer also means one thing: Bring on the summer group shows. Although in no way formalized, summer has become the unofficial season of group shows with artist lists as long as summer days themselves.  With themes ranging from size to medium... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 20:00:10 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Summertime. Home of watermelon, blueberries, pool days and backyard barbecues. In the art world, summer also means one thing: Bring on the summer group shows. Although in no way formalized, summer has become the unofficial season of group shows with artist lists as long as summer days themselves.  With themes ranging from size to medium...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Arts Agenda: Open mics</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/arts-agenda-open-mics</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/arts-agenda-open-mics</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline or venue type in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. This week is a little different, as we take a look at places where independent aspiring musicians, comedians, storytellers and poets can... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 20:00:09 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline or venue type in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. This week is a little different, as we take a look at places where independent aspiring musicians, comedians, storytellers and poets can...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Overture Series takes first step toward returning in Lawrenceville </title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/overture-series-takes-first-step-toward-returning-in-lawrenceville</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/overture-series-takes-first-step-toward-returning-in-lawrenceville</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Overture Series, funded in 2019 by Cobb PARKS to present concert versions of rarely staged musicals, may be gone, but Jono Davis — who conceived and produced the original series — hopes it can eventually return to his new home at Aurora Theatre. The first baby step in trying to resurrect the series is... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 20:00:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Overture Series, funded in 2019 by Cobb PARKS to present concert versions of rarely staged musicals, may be gone, but Jono Davis — who conceived and produced the original series — hopes it can eventually return to his new home at Aurora Theatre. The first baby step in trying to resurrect the series is...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Review: Myth meets monochrome in Adam Gabriel Winnie’s ‘Into the Night Land’</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/review-myth-meets-monochrome-in-adam-gabriel-winnies-into-the-night-land</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/review-myth-meets-monochrome-in-adam-gabriel-winnies-into-the-night-land</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Atlanta-based artist Adam Gabriel Winnie’s Into the Night Land (at eyedrum through August 3) draws viewers into a vividly imagined underworld. Mythic, psychological and deeply atmospheric, the show invites quiet engagement and openness to mystery. A 2023 MFA graduate of Georgia State University and BFA graduate of SCAD, Winnie works in painting, sculpture, video and... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 20:00:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Atlanta-based artist Adam Gabriel Winnie’s Into the Night Land (at eyedrum through August 3) draws viewers into a vividly imagined underworld. Mythic, psychological and deeply atmospheric, the show invites quiet engagement and openness to mystery. A 2023 MFA graduate of Georgia State University and BFA graduate of SCAD, Winnie works in painting, sculpture, video and...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Rialto announces 2025&amp;26 season with jazz, tango, country and more</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/rialto-announces-2025-26-season-with-jazz-tango-country-and-more</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/rialto-announces-2025-26-season-with-jazz-tango-country-and-more</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University, located in the heart of Atlanta’s historic Fairlie-Poplar district, has announced its 2025-26 series featuring jazz, tango, a cappella and country performances.  The season begins September 6 with two-time Grammy winner and NEA Jazz Master Dee Dee Bridgewater, followed by the Rialto debut of Voctave, an 11-member a cappella group performing intricate... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 20:00:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University, located in the heart of Atlanta’s historic Fairlie-Poplar district, has announced its 2025-26 series featuring jazz, tango, a cappella and country performances.  The season begins September 6 with two-time Grammy winner and NEA Jazz Master Dee Dee Bridgewater, followed by the Rialto debut of Voctave, an 11-member a cappella group performing intricate...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>New guidebooks offer details on all of metro Atlanta’s parks and trails</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/new-guidebooks-offer-details-on-all-of-metro-atlantas-parks-and-trails</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/new-guidebooks-offer-details-on-all-of-metro-atlantas-parks-and-trails</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Co-authors Jonah McDonald and Zana Pouncey talk about Hiking Atlanta’s Hidden Forests. :: Hikers, lace up your boots or tighten those sandal straps. Some of metro Atlanta’s best-kept hiking secrets might not be a secret much longer. Last month, local naturalists Jonah McDonald and Zana Pouncey released Hiking Metro Atlanta’s Hidden Forests: An Hour or... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 20:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Co-authors Jonah McDonald and Zana Pouncey talk about Hiking Atlanta’s Hidden Forests. :: Hikers, lace up your boots or tighten those sandal straps. Some of metro Atlanta’s best-kept hiking secrets might not be a secret much longer. Last month, local naturalists Jonah McDonald and Zana Pouncey released Hiking Metro Atlanta’s Hidden Forests: An Hour or...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Immersive rock experience is impressive, not enlightening</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/immersive-rock-experience-is-impressive-not-enlightening</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/immersive-rock-experience-is-impressive-not-enlightening</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Designed for broad appeal, Illuminarium’s Rolling Stone Presents: Amplified: The Immersive Rock Experience offers iconic photography and superb sound but could dig deeper. :: In my mind, Rolling Stone has a very particular odor. My most permanent memory of poring over those oversized music magazines in the early ’90s — expansive periodicals with coverage of seemingly everything cool... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 20:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Designed for broad appeal, Illuminarium’s Rolling Stone Presents: Amplified: The Immersive Rock Experience offers iconic photography and superb sound but could dig deeper. :: In my mind, Rolling Stone has a very particular odor. My most permanent memory of poring over those oversized music magazines in the early ’90s — expansive periodicals with coverage of seemingly everything cool...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Pam Longobardi’s ‘INSTAR’ explores the chaos and endurance of nature</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/pam-longobardis-instar-explores-the-chaos-and-endurance-of-nature</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/pam-longobardis-instar-explores-the-chaos-and-endurance-of-nature</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Award-winning contemporary artist, environmentalist, art activist and professor are just some of Pam Longobardi’s titles. A professor of art at Georgia State University since 1997, Longobardi’s extensive CV includes numerous artist residencies, awards and special recognitions and a long list of group and solo shows spanning nearly four decades. Her current exhibition, INSTAR (on view... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 20:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Award-winning contemporary artist, environmentalist, art activist and professor are just some of Pam Longobardi’s titles. A professor of art at Georgia State University since 1997, Longobardi’s extensive CV includes numerous artist residencies, awards and special recognitions and a long list of group and solo shows spanning nearly four decades. Her current exhibition, INSTAR (on view...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Atlanta’s K Michelle DuBois offers a new slice of thoughtful pop</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/atlantas-k-michelle-dubois-offers-a-new-slice-of-thoughtful-pop</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/atlantas-k-michelle-dubois-offers-a-new-slice-of-thoughtful-pop</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Earlier this week, when ArtsATL reached out to K Michelle DuBois, she was busy putting the final touches on her latest video. “The song is called ‘Club Shadow’ and it’s actually the third video from Infinity Sandwich, my new album,” she explained by phone from her Cabbagetown home studio. “I’m really proud of this one, and... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 08:00:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Earlier this week, when ArtsATL reached out to K Michelle DuBois, she was busy putting the final touches on her latest video. “The song is called ‘Club Shadow’ and it’s actually the third video from Infinity Sandwich, my new album,” she explained by phone from her Cabbagetown home studio. “I’m really proud of this one, and...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>These novels set in North Georgia cover everything from suspense to romance</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/these-novels-set-in-north-georgia-cover-everything-from-suspense-to-romance</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/these-novels-set-in-north-georgia-cover-everything-from-suspense-to-romance</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ If you’ve ever gone hiking in North Georgia or spent a weekend in one of its small towns, you know there’s something about the mountains that sticks with you long after descent. From vast, lonesome landscapes and untouched forests to Appalachian culture, the state’s Piedmont region is in equal turns spooky and enchanting. It’s no... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 08:00:10 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[If you’ve ever gone hiking in North Georgia or spent a weekend in one of its small towns, you know there’s something about the mountains that sticks with you long after descent. From vast, lonesome landscapes and untouched forests to Appalachian culture, the state’s Piedmont region is in equal turns spooky and enchanting. It’s no...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>New managing director Brandon Kahn looks forward to building on the Alliance’s legacy</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/new-managing-director-brandon-kahn-looks-forward-to-building-on-the-alliances-legacy</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/new-managing-director-brandon-kahn-looks-forward-to-building-on-the-alliances-legacy</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On August 1, Brandon Kahn begins working as the new managing director of the Alliance Theatre, replacing longtime leader Mike Schleifer, who left after 11 years to become the next managing director of Lincoln Center Theater.  In a recent Zoom interview, Kahn spoke about his enthusiasm for the new job at Atlanta’s Tony award-winning professional... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 08:00:09 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[On August 1, Brandon Kahn begins working as the new managing director of the Alliance Theatre, replacing longtime leader Mike Schleifer, who left after 11 years to become the next managing director of Lincoln Center Theater.  In a recent Zoom interview, Kahn spoke about his enthusiasm for the new job at Atlanta’s Tony award-winning professional...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Second Lavender Fest at Out Front Theatre packs in more of the ‘rainbow aspect’ </title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/second-lavender-fest-at-out-front-theatre-packs-in-more-of-the-rainbow-aspect</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/second-lavender-fest-at-out-front-theatre-packs-in-more-of-the-rainbow-aspect</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In the five years that he was able to travel around the world with his plays A Southern Fairytale and At Birth, actor and playwright Ty Autry was fortunate enough to be part of several performing arts fringe-like festivals. Now he hosts his own here in Atlanta: Lavender Fest, which opens next week with five nights... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 08:00:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[In the five years that he was able to travel around the world with his plays A Southern Fairytale and At Birth, actor and playwright Ty Autry was fortunate enough to be part of several performing arts fringe-like festivals. Now he hosts his own here in Atlanta: Lavender Fest, which opens next week with five nights...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Set Life: Makeup Artist Christelsie Johnson turns beauty inside out </title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/set-life-makeup-artist-christelsie-johnson-turns-beauty-inside-out</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/set-life-makeup-artist-christelsie-johnson-turns-beauty-inside-out</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ ArtsATL’s new series, Set Life, focuses on local creatives who work in Atlanta’s film and television industry. We’ll talk to those who work on both sides of the camera and explore their struggles and successes in navigating Georgia’s volatile film and TV scene. :: Forget the face. Christelsie Johnson sees far beyond it in her craft as... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 08:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ArtsATL’s new series, Set Life, focuses on local creatives who work in Atlanta’s film and television industry. We’ll talk to those who work on both sides of the camera and explore their struggles and successes in navigating Georgia’s volatile film and TV scene. :: Forget the face. Christelsie Johnson sees far beyond it in her craft as...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Entertainment industry tastemaker Fiona Bloom’s 11 Good Things</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/entertainment-industry-tastemaker-fiona-blooms-11-good-things</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/entertainment-industry-tastemaker-fiona-blooms-11-good-things</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Fiona Bloom runs an agency representing talent across the globe called The Bloom Effect, advising and developing careers for some of the most recognized figures in music and entertainment. In her 30-plus-year career, she has done promotions, publicity, management, radio, event planning, venue booking, marketing, hosting, curating and lecturing and is active within the Recording... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 08:00:04 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Fiona Bloom runs an agency representing talent across the globe called The Bloom Effect, advising and developing careers for some of the most recognized figures in music and entertainment. In her 30-plus-year career, she has done promotions, publicity, management, radio, event planning, venue booking, marketing, hosting, curating and lecturing and is active within the Recording...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Review: Lack of specificity both a weakness and a strength in Aaron Kagan Putt’s abstractions</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/review-lack-of-specificity-both-a-weakness-and-a-strength-in-aaron-kagan-putts-abstractions</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/review-lack-of-specificity-both-a-weakness-and-a-strength-in-aaron-kagan-putts-abstractions</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ It is almost as if something exploded. Bits of steel wire support panes of colored resin ranging in form from curvilinear to rectilinear, enclosed to splayed out — these fragments are skeletal structures as porous as breezeways. With such thin elements comprising them, each composition feels nearly weightless, like a balloon of air that’s batted... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 20:00:09 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[It is almost as if something exploded. Bits of steel wire support panes of colored resin ranging in form from curvilinear to rectilinear, enclosed to splayed out — these fragments are skeletal structures as porous as breezeways. With such thin elements comprising them, each composition feels nearly weightless, like a balloon of air that’s batted...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>ImmerseATL mentors next generation of contemporary dancers in Atlanta</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/immerseatl-mentors-next-generation-of-contemporary-dancers-in-atlanta</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/immerseatl-mentors-next-generation-of-contemporary-dancers-in-atlanta</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Windmill Arts Center’s black box was nearly dark. One or two dim stationary spotlights barely and imperfectly illuminated fragments of the stage. Into the murky silence, a performer called, “Where are we going?” Another cried out, “Hello, is anybody there?” The multi-textured minimalism of Orchestral Drone C by the Paris Opera House Orchestra expanded... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 20:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Windmill Arts Center’s black box was nearly dark. One or two dim stationary spotlights barely and imperfectly illuminated fragments of the stage. Into the murky silence, a performer called, “Where are we going?” Another cried out, “Hello, is anybody there?” The multi-textured minimalism of Orchestral Drone C by the Paris Opera House Orchestra expanded...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>News briefs: BLVDNEXT debuts; Callanwolde’s artist&amp;in&amp;residency; Art Calendar ATL joins GULCH Magazine</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/news-briefs-blvdnext-debuts-callanwoldes-artist-in-residency-art-calendar-atl-joins-gulch-magazine</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/news-briefs-blvdnext-debuts-callanwoldes-artist-in-residency-art-calendar-atl-joins-gulch-magazine</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The former site of the Atlanta Medical Center, which closed for good back in 2022, has a new life thanks to the arts collective and cultural strategy studio NEXT. On June 30, the public was invited to attend a groundbreaking of its new rotating public art series on the property as part of Boulevard NEXT... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 20:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The former site of the Atlanta Medical Center, which closed for good back in 2022, has a new life thanks to the arts collective and cultural strategy studio NEXT. On June 30, the public was invited to attend a groundbreaking of its new rotating public art series on the property as part of Boulevard NEXT...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Arts Agenda: Independent films, fests and special screenings</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/arts-agendaindependent-films-fests-and-special-screenings</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/arts-agendaindependent-films-fests-and-special-screenings</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. Every week, we’ll present a different art form. :: July 15 The 1959 King Vidor film Solomon and Sheba launches a new film series honoring... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 20:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. Every week, we’ll present a different art form. :: July 15 The 1959 King Vidor film Solomon and Sheba launches a new film series honoring...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>‘The Many Passions of Michael Hardwick’ chronicles a landmark gay rights case</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/the-many-passions-of-michael-hardwick-chronicles-a-landmark-gay-rights-case</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/the-many-passions-of-michael-hardwick-chronicles-a-landmark-gay-rights-case</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Michael Hardwick never envisioned himself as an activist or a public figure, but, by fate, he became one. Although he’s known widely as being at the epicenter of one of the most substantial gay rights cases of all time, few know much about the man outside of the court case. Author Martin Padgett wanted to... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 08:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Michael Hardwick never envisioned himself as an activist or a public figure, but, by fate, he became one. Although he’s known widely as being at the epicenter of one of the most substantial gay rights cases of all time, few know much about the man outside of the court case. Author Martin Padgett wanted to...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Steve on TV: Taraji P. Henson elevates Tyler Perry’s latest film</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/steve-on-tv-taraji-p-henson-elevates-tyler-perrys-latest-film</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/steve-on-tv-taraji-p-henson-elevates-tyler-perrys-latest-film</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Echo Valley doesn’t earn its talented acting ensemble; Mountainhead overestimates our tolerance for fabulously wealthy tech bros. :: Steve Murray’s monthly musings on TV in Atlanta and beyond. You might say it’s a low bar to clear, but Straw is one of the better movies written and directed by Atlanta’s media machine, Tyler Perry. (Yeah,... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 08:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Echo Valley doesn’t earn its talented acting ensemble; Mountainhead overestimates our tolerance for fabulously wealthy tech bros. :: Steve Murray’s monthly musings on TV in Atlanta and beyond. You might say it’s a low bar to clear, but Straw is one of the better movies written and directed by Atlanta’s media machine, Tyler Perry. (Yeah,...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Arts Agenda: Jazz and blues</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/arts-agenda-jazz-and-blues</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/arts-agenda-jazz-and-blues</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline or venue type in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. Every week, we’ll present a different art form. :: In addition to the shows listed below, Atlanta boasts several venues where you... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 08:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Melissa Huang’s ‘No Doll’ confronts femininity and societal expectations at Whitespace</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/melissa-huangs-no-doll-confronts-femininity-and-societal-expectations-at-whitespace</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/melissa-huangs-no-doll-confronts-femininity-and-societal-expectations-at-whitespace</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The movie Barbie debuted in theaters in the summer of 2023. Featuring a quirky, feminist backstory about the iconic doll, the movie follows Stereotypical Barbie as she grapples with the picture-perfect fictional life, the feminine ideals she symbolizes and the unnerving reality of life for women. Throughout this tale, Barbie learns about the oppressive structure... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 08:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The movie Barbie debuted in theaters in the summer of 2023. Featuring a quirky, feminist backstory about the iconic doll, the movie follows Stereotypical Barbie as she grapples with the picture-perfect fictional life, the feminine ideals she symbolizes and the unnerving reality of life for women. Throughout this tale, Barbie learns about the oppressive structure...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Beloved children’s books highlighted in ‘Faith Ringgold: Seeing Children’ at the High </title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/beloved-childrens-books-highlighted-in-faith-ringgold-seeing-children-at-the-high</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The High Museum of Art presents a stunning collection of works by late multimedia artist and activist Faith Ringgold in Faith Ringgold: Seeing Children. Known for her paintings, sculptures, mixed media works, performances and activism, she is perhaps most remembered for her narrative story quilts. Some might not know that she was a prolific award-winning... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 08:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The High Museum of Art presents a stunning collection of works by late multimedia artist and activist Faith Ringgold in Faith Ringgold: Seeing Children. Known for her paintings, sculptures, mixed media works, performances and activism, she is perhaps most remembered for her narrative story quilts. Some might not know that she was a prolific award-winning...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Playwright and screenwriter Topher Payne’s 11 Good Things</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/playwright-and-screenwriter-topher-paynes-11-good-things</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/playwright-and-screenwriter-topher-paynes-11-good-things</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In this series, ArtsATL asks a member of the Atlanta arts community to share 11 things on their mind. We hope you enjoy getting to know these people better. :: Topher Payne has been writing plays and screenplays from his home in Atlanta for more than 25 years. His latest comedy, A First Lady’s Guide to Killing... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 08:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Playwright, and, screenwriter, Topher, Payne’s, Good, Things</media:keywords>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In this series, ArtsATL asks a member of the Atlanta arts community to share 11 things on their mind. We hope you enjoy getting to know these people better. :: Topher Payne has been writing plays and screenplays from his home in Atlanta for more than 25 years. His latest comedy, A First Lady’s Guide to Killing...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Ralph Ellis’ ‘The Accident Report’ is a humorous ode to old news</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/ralph-ellis-the-accident-report-is-a-humorous-ode-to-old-news</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/ralph-ellis-the-accident-report-is-a-humorous-ode-to-old-news</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Newspaper reporters were once powerful enough to topple a government using only their typewriters. Watergate sent countless scruffy idealists to J-school to emulate Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. Atlanta newsman Ralph Ellis was one of them, and, for his fiction debut, he draws upon his halcyon memories in The Accident Report, a cagey, comic novel... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 08:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Ralph, Ellis’, ‘The, Accident, Report’, humorous, ode, old, news</media:keywords>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Newspaper reporters were once powerful enough to topple a government using only their typewriters. Watergate sent countless scruffy idealists to J-school to emulate Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. Atlanta newsman Ralph Ellis was one of them, and, for his fiction debut, he draws upon his halcyon memories in The Accident Report, a cagey, comic novel...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>ABV Gallery partners with Center for Puppetry Arts for whimsical pop&amp;up exhibition</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/abv-gallery-partners-with-center-for-puppetry-arts-for-whimsical-pop-up-exhibition</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/abv-gallery-partners-with-center-for-puppetry-arts-for-whimsical-pop-up-exhibition</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On June 21, ABV Gallery hosted opening receptions for three exhibitions: Locals Only, featuring Georgia-themed artworks by more than 80 local artists; Through the Lens, highlighting four photographers, and an unconventional but fitting partnership with the Center for Puppetry Arts. A handful of puppets on loan from the Center are displayed in the main gallery,... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 08:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[On June 21, ABV Gallery hosted opening receptions for three exhibitions: Locals Only, featuring Georgia-themed artworks by more than 80 local artists; Through the Lens, highlighting four photographers, and an unconventional but fitting partnership with the Center for Puppetry Arts. A handful of puppets on loan from the Center are displayed in the main gallery,...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Portrait of a leader: Monica Campana of Living Walls</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/portrait-of-a-leader-monica-campana-of-living-walls</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/portrait-of-a-leader-monica-campana-of-living-walls</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In the early aughts, Atlanta’s art scene was on the cusp of an explosion of creativity, marked by plentiful DIY art spaces and innovative arts initiatives across the city. Up-and-coming artists cultivated an altogether new creative ecosystem through festivals, pocket galleries and a burgeoning street art scene. One such creative undertaking that got its start... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2025 20:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Portrait, leader:, Monica, Campana, Living, Walls</media:keywords>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In the early aughts, Atlanta’s art scene was on the cusp of an explosion of creativity, marked by plentiful DIY art spaces and innovative arts initiatives across the city. Up-and-coming artists cultivated an altogether new creative ecosystem through festivals, pocket galleries and a burgeoning street art scene. One such creative undertaking that got its start...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Local artists explore the concepts of home, familial connections and identity</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/local-artists-explore-the-concepts-of-home-familial-connections-and-identity</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/local-artists-explore-the-concepts-of-home-familial-connections-and-identity</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Home, both as a concept and as a place, has long been the subject of artistic inquiry. From Carrie Mae Weems’ Kitchen Table series to Do Ho Suh’s ongoing series of textile reproductions of domestic spaces, “home” takes many forms and is interpreted many ways.  Home can be a place to rest your head or... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2025 20:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Local, artists, explore, the, concepts, home, familial, connections, and, identity</media:keywords>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Home, both as a concept and as a place, has long been the subject of artistic inquiry. From Carrie Mae Weems’ Kitchen Table series to Do Ho Suh’s ongoing series of textile reproductions of domestic spaces, “home” takes many forms and is interpreted many ways.  Home can be a place to rest your head or...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Saeed Jones and Angie Thomas will speak at the 2025 Decatur Book Festival</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/saeed-jones-and-angie-thomas-will-speak-at-the-2025-decatur-book-festival</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/saeed-jones-and-angie-thomas-will-speak-at-the-2025-decatur-book-festival</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This month, the organizers of the Decatur Book Festival announced Saeed Jones and Angie Thomas this year’s keynote and “kidnote” speakers, respectively, giving bookish Atlantans more reasons to anticipate the beloved event. Both Jones and Thomas are known for their activism and writing about social justice themes, working to promote empathy through sharing their struggles... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2025 20:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[This month, the organizers of the Decatur Book Festival announced Saeed Jones and Angie Thomas this year’s keynote and “kidnote” speakers, respectively, giving bookish Atlantans more reasons to anticipate the beloved event. Both Jones and Thomas are known for their activism and writing about social justice themes, working to promote empathy through sharing their struggles...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>WABE announces winner of inaugural honor named for Lois Reitzes</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/wabe-announces-winner-of-inaugural-honor-named-for-lois-reitzes</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/wabe-announces-winner-of-inaugural-honor-named-for-lois-reitzes</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ WABE has announced the establishment of a new award named in honor of retiring City Lights host and longtime Atlanta arts advocate Lois Reitzes. The inaugural Lois Reitzes Leader of the Arts Award is being given to Chris Escobar, Atlanta theater owner and executive director of the Atlanta Film Society. The announcement of the award... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2025 20:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[WABE has announced the establishment of a new award named in honor of retiring City Lights host and longtime Atlanta arts advocate Lois Reitzes. The inaugural Lois Reitzes Leader of the Arts Award is being given to Chris Escobar, Atlanta theater owner and executive director of the Atlanta Film Society. The announcement of the award...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Illustrator Barry Lee’s ‘Gentle Reminders’ journal encourages tender care for ourselves and each other</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/illustrator-barry-lees-gentle-reminders-journal-encourages-tender-care-for-ourselves-and-each-other</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/illustrator-barry-lees-gentle-reminders-journal-encourages-tender-care-for-ourselves-and-each-other</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A pressure-relieving tube protruded from Barry Lee’s skull the day their partner visited the hospital with an early test printing of Gentle Reminders, the Atlanta illustrator’s dazzlingly colorful oracle deck. The couple shuffled the cards, drew one at random and were stunned by the ironic timing.  “Little moments of decompression can help cultivate expansion!” read... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2025 20:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[A pressure-relieving tube protruded from Barry Lee’s skull the day their partner visited the hospital with an early test printing of Gentle Reminders, the Atlanta illustrator’s dazzlingly colorful oracle deck. The couple shuffled the cards, drew one at random and were stunned by the ironic timing.  “Little moments of decompression can help cultivate expansion!” read...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>IMLS cuts create uncertainty at Georgia libraries</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/imls-cuts-create-uncertainty-at-georgia-libraries</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/imls-cuts-create-uncertainty-at-georgia-libraries</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Trump’s dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services is harmful to programs Georgia residents depend on. :: Thirty years ago, Lisa MacKinney was a recent college graduate looking for a job when she walked into her local library, where she’d volunteered to fulfill a community service requirement for her degree. “They knew me... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2025 20:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Trump’s dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services is harmful to programs Georgia residents depend on. :: Thirty years ago, Lisa MacKinney was a recent college graduate looking for a job when she walked into her local library, where she’d volunteered to fulfill a community service requirement for her degree. “They knew me...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>‘Milo’ actor Jordan Patrick uses improv and music to explore imagination</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/milo-actor-jordan-patrick-uses-improv-and-music-to-explore-imagination</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/milo-actor-jordan-patrick-uses-improv-and-music-to-explore-imagination</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ By any stretch of the imagination, actor Jordan Patrick has accomplished quite a lot on Atlanta stages since moving here in 2017. He currently appears in the Alliance Theatre’s young audience production of Milo Imagines the World, running through July 27, as one of the members of the Imagi-Nation. Milo excites Patrick because it’s directed... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2025 20:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[By any stretch of the imagination, actor Jordan Patrick has accomplished quite a lot on Atlanta stages since moving here in 2017. He currently appears in the Alliance Theatre’s young audience production of Milo Imagines the World, running through July 27, as one of the members of the Imagi-Nation. Milo excites Patrick because it’s directed...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Atlanta&amp;based musician among competition hopefuls in new conducting contest </title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/atlanta-based-musician-among-competition-hopefuls-in-new-conducting-contest</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/atlanta-based-musician-among-competition-hopefuls-in-new-conducting-contest</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ You might call Justin Han a people person. A concert pianist by trade, he slowly found himself gravitating toward the communal aspect of singing in choirs — so much so that after receiving his undergraduate music degree from the University of Georgia in 2017, he turned to a choral conducting degree from Georgia State University.  ... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2025 20:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Atlanta-based, musician, among, competition, hopefuls, new, conducting, contest </media:keywords>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[You might call Justin Han a people person. A concert pianist by trade, he slowly found himself gravitating toward the communal aspect of singing in choirs — so much so that after receiving his undergraduate music degree from the University of Georgia in 2017, he turned to a choral conducting degree from Georgia State University.  ...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Arts Agenda: family&amp;friendly events</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/arts-agenda-family-friendly-events</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/arts-agenda-family-friendly-events</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Ongoing At the Goizueta Children’s Experience at the Atlanta History Center, kids can experience the city through play, exploration and storytelling. The immersive design will delight children from crawlers (ages 1 to 3) to second graders (ages 6 to 8). There will be a new theme each year, but this year it’s Our Great Big City, exploring Atlanta’s history,... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2025 20:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Ongoing At the Goizueta Children’s Experience at the Atlanta History Center, kids can experience the city through play, exploration and storytelling. The immersive design will delight children from crawlers (ages 1 to 3) to second graders (ages 6 to 8). There will be a new theme each year, but this year it’s Our Great Big City, exploring Atlanta’s history,...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Katie Mitchell’s ‘Prose to the People’ honors Black bookstores beyond the pages</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/katie-mitchells-prose-to-the-people-honors-black-bookstores-beyond-the-pages</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/katie-mitchells-prose-to-the-people-honors-black-bookstores-beyond-the-pages</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The book is a celebration of spaces, past and present, where Black intellect, activism and community flourish. :: In the words of Toni Morrison: “If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” Moved by Morrison’s wisdom, surprised by the absence of a comprehensive... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 08:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The book is a celebration of spaces, past and present, where Black intellect, activism and community flourish. :: In the words of Toni Morrison: “If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” Moved by Morrison’s wisdom, surprised by the absence of a comprehensive...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Hear OkCello’s new Juneteenth anthem, the title track on his upcoming album</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/hear-okcellos-new-juneteenth-anthem-the-title-track-on-his-upcoming-album</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/hear-okcellos-new-juneteenth-anthem-the-title-track-on-his-upcoming-album</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ If the phrase mournful beauty strikes your fancy, you need to hear the new track from OkCello, aka Atlanta cellist, songwriter and producer Okorie Johnson.  “Funny How Things Work Out” will be the title track on his upcoming album, but the single was released on Juneteenth. The cello is predisposed to evoking feelings of longing,... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 08:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[If the phrase mournful beauty strikes your fancy, you need to hear the new track from OkCello, aka Atlanta cellist, songwriter and producer Okorie Johnson.  “Funny How Things Work Out” will be the title track on his upcoming album, but the single was released on Juneteenth. The cello is predisposed to evoking feelings of longing,...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Review: MADFest celebrates Atlanta’s diversity through dance</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/review-madfest-celebrates-atlantas-diversity-through-dance</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/review-madfest-celebrates-atlantas-diversity-through-dance</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In 1993, Douglas Scott created the Modern Atlanta Dance Fest (MADFest), intending to showcase the diversity and excellence of Atlanta’s dance scene. During this year’s event, the lobby of the Emory Performing Arts Studio was bursting with excitement. Guests mingled and collected their tickets before the doors opened, after which they filed in and spilled... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 08:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[In 1993, Douglas Scott created the Modern Atlanta Dance Fest (MADFest), intending to showcase the diversity and excellence of Atlanta’s dance scene. During this year’s event, the lobby of the Emory Performing Arts Studio was bursting with excitement. Guests mingled and collected their tickets before the doors opened, after which they filed in and spilled...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Review: Ezrom Legae’s first U.S. solo show renders quiet resistance in spare, striking lines</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/review-ezrom-legaes-first-us-solo-show-renders-quiet-resistance-in-spare-striking-lines</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/review-ezrom-legaes-first-us-solo-show-renders-quiet-resistance-in-spare-striking-lines</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Ezrom Legae: Beasts, on view at the High Museum through November 16, marks the late South African artist’s first solo U.S. museum exhibition. Featuring 40 drawings and two sculptures, the show lands with quiet power, like a heavy stone in still water. The power here comes not from monumentality but rather from intimacy. Graphite and... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 08:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Ezrom Legae: Beasts, on view at the High Museum through November 16, marks the late South African artist’s first solo U.S. museum exhibition. Featuring 40 drawings and two sculptures, the show lands with quiet power, like a heavy stone in still water. The power here comes not from monumentality but rather from intimacy. Graphite and...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Review: Synchronicity’s ‘Dark Lady’ sheds light on the woman behind the Bard’s sonnets </title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/review-synchronicitys-dark-lady-sheds-light-on-the-woman-behind-the-bards-sonnets</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/review-synchronicitys-dark-lady-sheds-light-on-the-woman-behind-the-bards-sonnets</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Exactly who Emilia Bassano was has long been disputed, but there’s no mistaking that she is the thoroughly intriguing center of the new play The Dark Lady, making its U.S. premiere at Synchronicity Theatre.  Written by Jessica B. Hill and directed here by Alexis Kulani Woodard, The Dark Lady closes out Synchronicity’s 27th season and... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 08:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Exactly who Emilia Bassano was has long been disputed, but there’s no mistaking that she is the thoroughly intriguing center of the new play The Dark Lady, making its U.S. premiere at Synchronicity Theatre.  Written by Jessica B. Hill and directed here by Alexis Kulani Woodard, The Dark Lady closes out Synchronicity’s 27th season and...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Disney, Pride and the power of song: A magical night with the Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/disney-pride-and-the-power-of-song-a-magical-night-with-the-atlanta-gay-mens-chorus</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/disney-pride-and-the-power-of-song-a-magical-night-with-the-atlanta-gay-mens-chorus</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ What do The Lion King, Mary Poppins and Frozen have in common with Atlanta Pride? This June, they all come together in Disney PRIDE in Concert, a heart-swelling collaboration between the Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus (AGMC) and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO). The performance, held at Atlanta Symphony Hall, features beloved songs from across the... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 08:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[What do The Lion King, Mary Poppins and Frozen have in common with Atlanta Pride? This June, they all come together in Disney PRIDE in Concert, a heart-swelling collaboration between the Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus (AGMC) and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO). The performance, held at Atlanta Symphony Hall, features beloved songs from across the...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Empire Arts Gallery builds community through exhibitions and tattoos</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/empire-arts-gallery-builds-community-through-exhibitions-and-tattoos</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/empire-arts-gallery-builds-community-through-exhibitions-and-tattoos</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Empire Arts Gallery takes up space — literally. While nestled among cafés and shops on both sides of Hosea L. Williams Drive in Kirkwood, the gallery sits slightly apart in its own corner. Light streams through the big glass windows, illuminating the art-filled walls within.  Inside, the gallery’s three spaces — art gallery, tattoo studio... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 08:00:04 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Empire Arts Gallery takes up space — literally. While nestled among cafés and shops on both sides of Hosea L. Williams Drive in Kirkwood, the gallery sits slightly apart in its own corner. Light streams through the big glass windows, illuminating the art-filled walls within.  Inside, the gallery’s three spaces — art gallery, tattoo studio...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Photo essay: Luca Fine Art opens in West Midtown</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/photo-essay-luca-fine-art-opens-in-west-midtown</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/photo-essay-luca-fine-art-opens-in-west-midtown</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This weekend, a fine art gallery will open its doors for the first time in West Midtown. Luca Fine Art is a new exhibition space presented by founder and owner Rodney Kazemi, a career arts professional with 29 years of experience working as an artist agent and dealer. Though based in Atlanta, much of his... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 20:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[This weekend, a fine art gallery will open its doors for the first time in West Midtown. Luca Fine Art is a new exhibition space presented by founder and owner Rodney Kazemi, a career arts professional with 29 years of experience working as an artist agent and dealer. Though based in Atlanta, much of his...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Brayan Enriquez explores family, distance, reconnection in ‘Like Hills Made of Sand’</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/brayan-enriquez-explores-family-distance-reconnection-in-like-hills-made-of-sand</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/brayan-enriquez-explores-family-distance-reconnection-in-like-hills-made-of-sand</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Brayan Enriquez‘s solo exhibition Like Hills Made of Sand is currently on view at the Atlanta Center for Photography. Captured during the artist’s first visit to Mexico, when he reunited with his extended family, the resulting exhibition is part travel documentary and part personal diary.  On this trip, Enriquez met many family members for the... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 20:00:06 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Brayan Enriquez‘s solo exhibition Like Hills Made of Sand is currently on view at the Atlanta Center for Photography. Captured during the artist’s first visit to Mexico, when he reunited with his extended family, the resulting exhibition is part travel documentary and part personal diary.  On this trip, Enriquez met many family members for the...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>See how art transforms community in ArtsXchange film program</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/see-how-art-transforms-community-in-artsxchange-film-program</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/see-how-art-transforms-community-in-artsxchange-film-program</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ ArtsXchange Executive Director Alice Lovelace knew she wanted to stage a film festival this season, but she didn’t quite know how to proceed with it. So she did the next best thing — reached out to her friends and colleagues at South Fulton Arts (SFA) and BronzeLens Film Festival to help her present Art in Action,... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 20:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ArtsXchange Executive Director Alice Lovelace knew she wanted to stage a film festival this season, but she didn’t quite know how to proceed with it. So she did the next best thing — reached out to her friends and colleagues at South Fulton Arts (SFA) and BronzeLens Film Festival to help her present Art in Action,...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Partners in the Arts: Micah and Whitney Stansell</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/partners-in-the-arts-micah-and-whitney-stansell</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/partners-in-the-arts-micah-and-whitney-stansell</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Micah and Whitney Stansell are a married couple who frequently collaborate on artistic projects. Though in their youth they both lived for a time just outside of Atlanta, the two actually met as freshmen at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama in the Fine Arts program. They became friends due to taking foreign language classes at... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 20:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Micah and Whitney Stansell are a married couple who frequently collaborate on artistic projects. Though in their youth they both lived for a time just outside of Atlanta, the two actually met as freshmen at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama in the Fine Arts program. They became friends due to taking foreign language classes at...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Artist and curator Courtney Brooks’ 11 Good Things</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/artist-and-curator-courtney-brooks-11-good-things</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/artist-and-curator-courtney-brooks-11-good-things</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In this series, ArtsATL asks a member of the Atlanta arts community to share 11 things on their mind. We hope you enjoy getting to know these people better. :: Courtney Brooks wears many hats. She’s a multidisciplinary artist, a curator, a muralist and now a gallerist. She opened CBROOKS Gallery on June 12 following a decade... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 20:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[In this series, ArtsATL asks a member of the Atlanta arts community to share 11 things on their mind. We hope you enjoy getting to know these people better. :: Courtney Brooks wears many hats. She’s a multidisciplinary artist, a curator, a muralist and now a gallerist. She opened CBROOKS Gallery on June 12 following a decade...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Today in Street Art: East Atlanta’s Street Art Collection expands with four recent installations</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/today-in-street-art-east-atlantas-street-art-collection-expands-with-four-recent-installations</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/today-in-street-art-east-atlantas-street-art-collection-expands-with-four-recent-installations</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Pop Quiz: Which Atlanta neighborhood has the highest incidence of llama sightings? If you guessed East Atlanta, you would be correct!  East Atlanta is not only home to a llama preserve, you can also find llama pub crawls, llamas featured in the annual neighborhood parade and the animal has also been adopted as one of... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 20:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Pop Quiz: Which Atlanta neighborhood has the highest incidence of llama sightings? If you guessed East Atlanta, you would be correct!  East Atlanta is not only home to a llama preserve, you can also find llama pub crawls, llamas featured in the annual neighborhood parade and the animal has also been adopted as one of...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Review: Authenticity Theater’s ‘Uncle Vanya’ depicts tension between ideals and limitations</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/review-authenticity-theaters-uncle-vanya-depicts-tension-between-ideals-and-limitations</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/review-authenticity-theaters-uncle-vanya-depicts-tension-between-ideals-and-limitations</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Life doesn’t always turn on what happens but on what doesn’t happen: missed opportunities, unspoken feelings, the things we wished we’d said.  That sense of inertia, slow erosion and helpless waiting runs deep through Anton Chekhov’s master work Uncle Vanya, and it’s captured with clarity and restraint in an intimate new production by Authenticity Theater,... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 20:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Life doesn’t always turn on what happens but on what doesn’t happen: missed opportunities, unspoken feelings, the things we wished we’d said.  That sense of inertia, slow erosion and helpless waiting runs deep through Anton Chekhov’s master work Uncle Vanya, and it’s captured with clarity and restraint in an intimate new production by Authenticity Theater,...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Leia’s Lens: What Melissa Messina’s appointment reveals about the Atlanta Art Fair</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/leias-lens-what-melissa-messinas-appointment-reveals-about-the-atlanta-art-fair</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/leias-lens-what-melissa-messinas-appointment-reveals-about-the-atlanta-art-fair</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Atlanta Art Fair (AAF) is set to return to Pullman Yards from September 25 to September 28. Though still several months away, the planning for this year’s edition is well underway. Part of the process involves selecting this year’s guest curator. In its inaugural edition, the AAF hosted 60 galleries, had an advisory board... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 20:00:04 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Atlanta Art Fair (AAF) is set to return to Pullman Yards from September 25 to September 28. Though still several months away, the planning for this year’s edition is well underway. Part of the process involves selecting this year’s guest curator. In its inaugural edition, the AAF hosted 60 galleries, had an advisory board...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Arts Agenda: Book events</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/arts-agenda-book-events</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/arts-agenda-book-events</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline or venue type in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. Every week, we’ll present a different art form. :: June 20 Victoria Christopher Murray is the next author featured in a monthly... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 20:00:04 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline or venue type in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. Every week, we’ll present a different art form. :: June 20 Victoria Christopher Murray is the next author featured in a monthly...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Yong Takahashi is on a literary journey – and her latest stop is the Indie Author Book Fair</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/yong-takahashi-is-on-a-literary-journey-and-her-latest-stop-is-the-indie-author-book-fair</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/yong-takahashi-is-on-a-literary-journey-and-her-latest-stop-is-the-indie-author-book-fair</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ When Yong Takahashi picked up a pen just before her 39th birthday, she had no idea she was lighting a fuse. What started as a quiet act of self-discovery — writing longhand on legal pads — would eventually lead her to become one of Atlanta’s most engaged and dynamic literary voices.  Her next major event,... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 20:00:04 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[When Yong Takahashi picked up a pen just before her 39th birthday, she had no idea she was lighting a fuse. What started as a quiet act of self-discovery — writing longhand on legal pads — would eventually lead her to become one of Atlanta’s most engaged and dynamic literary voices.  Her next major event,...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Review: ‘Ninja Puppet Shenaniganza’ keeps audiences guessing and laughing</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/review-ninja-puppet-shenaniganza-keeps-audiences-guessing-and-laughing</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/review-ninja-puppet-shenaniganza-keeps-audiences-guessing-and-laughing</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Ninja Puppet Shenaniganza, a new puppet variety show at the Center for Puppetry Arts, is advertised as coming from “the deeply unhealthy mind of Raymond Carr.” Whether healthy or unhealthy, we can certainly surmise from the eccentric nature of the production that the mind in question is possessed of wild, idiosyncratic creativity. Running through... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 08:00:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Ninja Puppet Shenaniganza, a new puppet variety show at the Center for Puppetry Arts, is advertised as coming from “the deeply unhealthy mind of Raymond Carr.” Whether healthy or unhealthy, we can certainly surmise from the eccentric nature of the production that the mind in question is possessed of wild, idiosyncratic creativity. Running through...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Photo essay: Artful ATL comes alive at Atlanta Contemporary</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/photo-essay-artful-atl-comes-alive-at-atlanta-contemporary</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/photo-essay-artful-atl-comes-alive-at-atlanta-contemporary</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The rain let up just in time for the festivities to kick off during Artful ATL, which debuted at Atlanta Contemporary on Saturday, June 7. The concept for this art social was dreamed up by none other than Esohe and George Galbreath. A true curatorial dream team, the Galbreaths are no strangers to art collecting... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 08:00:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The rain let up just in time for the festivities to kick off during Artful ATL, which debuted at Atlanta Contemporary on Saturday, June 7. The concept for this art social was dreamed up by none other than Esohe and George Galbreath. A true curatorial dream team, the Galbreaths are no strangers to art collecting...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Nicholas Tecosky steps down as host of Write Club Atlanta to pursue new projects</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/nicholas-tecosky-steps-down-as-host-of-write-club-atlanta-to-pursue-new-projects</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/nicholas-tecosky-steps-down-as-host-of-write-club-atlanta-to-pursue-new-projects</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This week, the longtime emcee will conclude a 15-year era. :: On June 11 at 8 p.m., Write Club Atlanta — the literary monthly event now at Dad’s Garage Theatre where local writers compete against one another in front of a raving crowd — marks the end of an era. Nicholas Tecosky, the host and... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 08:00:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[This week, the longtime emcee will conclude a 15-year era. :: On June 11 at 8 p.m., Write Club Atlanta — the literary monthly event now at Dad’s Garage Theatre where local writers compete against one another in front of a raving crowd — marks the end of an era. Nicholas Tecosky, the host and...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Review: Theatrical Outfit’s ‘Young John Lewis’ is a fun way to learn Civil Rights history</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/review-theatrical-outfits-young-john-lewis-is-a-fun-way-to-learn-civil-rights-history</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/review-theatrical-outfits-young-john-lewis-is-a-fun-way-to-learn-civil-rights-history</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ When John Lewis first sings about “good trouble” in Theatrical Outfit’s Young John Lewis, his dad scoffs. “That don’t make no sense. That’s like cold fire,” his father replies to him in a backbeat, sending the audience into rousing laughter, knowing, of course, that the phrase is now synonymous with John Lewis’ name. So goes... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 08:00:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[When John Lewis first sings about “good trouble” in Theatrical Outfit’s Young John Lewis, his dad scoffs. “That don’t make no sense. That’s like cold fire,” his father replies to him in a backbeat, sending the audience into rousing laughter, knowing, of course, that the phrase is now synonymous with John Lewis’ name. So goes...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Connecting culture through dance at the Atlanta Afroindigenous Peoples Festival </title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/connecting-culture-through-dance-at-the-atlanta-afroindigenous-peoples-festival</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/connecting-culture-through-dance-at-the-atlanta-afroindigenous-peoples-festival</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Sisters Umi IMAN and Khadijah Siferllah have been dancing together since they can remember. The two comprise Al Taw’am, an Emmy-nominated dance ensemble, and use the medium of dance to connect with and honor their roots as Black, Tsalagi Native American, Jamaican and Muslim women.  IMAN and Siferllah were born and raised in Minneapolis but... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 08:00:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Sisters Umi IMAN and Khadijah Siferllah have been dancing together since they can remember. The two comprise Al Taw’am, an Emmy-nominated dance ensemble, and use the medium of dance to connect with and honor their roots as Black, Tsalagi Native American, Jamaican and Muslim women.  IMAN and Siferllah were born and raised in Minneapolis but...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Atlanta band Mother’s Finest is a true rock ‘n’ roll survival story</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/atlanta-band-mothers-finest-is-a-true-rock-n-roll-survival-story</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/atlanta-band-mothers-finest-is-a-true-rock-n-roll-survival-story</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The band, which has been performing since the early 1970s, plays shows in two very different venues this weekend. :: Mother’s Finest rose to international prominence nearly a half-century ago. But the self-described “funk-rock” band has an incredible history that precedes the tumultuous ’70s. The venerable group has survived the Vietnam Era, the Nixon years,... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 08:00:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The band, which has been performing since the early 1970s, plays shows in two very different venues this weekend. :: Mother’s Finest rose to international prominence nearly a half-century ago. But the self-described “funk-rock” band has an incredible history that precedes the tumultuous ’70s. The venerable group has survived the Vietnam Era, the Nixon years,...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Arts Agenda: Comedy</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/arts-agenda-comedy</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/arts-agenda-comedy</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one area in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. This week, we offer a look at a few of the biggest comedy shows of the summer. Many of the venues below offer a large... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 08:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one area in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. This week, we offer a look at a few of the biggest comedy shows of the summer. Many of the venues below offer a large...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Love, death and summer vacation unite in ‘Murder on Vavianna Island’ at Dad’s Garage</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/love-death-and-summer-vacation-unite-in-murder-on-vavianna-island-at-dads-garage</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/love-death-and-summer-vacation-unite-in-murder-on-vavianna-island-at-dads-garage</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Just in time for summer, this sexy show starts the second audience members park their car. :: Dad’s Garage ventures into uncharted waters for its latest stage spectacle, Murder on Vavianna Island, the comedy theater’s first foray into an immersive audience experience.  The new scripted show, running June 6 through June 28, stars Amber Nash... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 20:00:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Just in time for summer, this sexy show starts the second audience members park their car. :: Dad’s Garage ventures into uncharted waters for its latest stage spectacle, Murder on Vavianna Island, the comedy theater’s first foray into an immersive audience experience.  The new scripted show, running June 6 through June 28, stars Amber Nash...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Arts Agenda: Free outdoor movies</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline or venue type in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. Every week, we’ll present a different art form. :: Atlanta Movies on the Square at Colony Square (1197 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta).... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 20:00:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>9 essential Atlanta arts events this weekend</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/9-essential-atlanta-arts-events-this-weekend</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Each week, ArtsATL curates a selection of the most exciting arts and culture events happening in Atlanta this weekend, highlighting nine must-see experiences.  :: Thursday Young John Lewis Written by hip-hop and spoken word playwright Psalmayene 24 and featuring all original music composed by Atlanta composer Eugene H. Russell IV, this world premiere spotlights the early years... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 20:00:10 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Each week, ArtsATL curates a selection of the most exciting arts and culture events happening in Atlanta this weekend, highlighting nine must-see experiences.  :: Thursday Young John Lewis Written by hip-hop and spoken word playwright Psalmayene 24 and featuring all original music composed by Atlanta composer Eugene H. Russell IV, this world premiere spotlights the early years...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Tony nominated ‘Dead Outlaw’ star Andrew Durand discovered theater as a kid in Roswell </title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/tony-nominated-dead-outlaw-star-andrew-durand-discovered-theater-as-a-kid-in-roswell</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ For Andrew Durand, the community stage led to Broadway. :: If you were a theater kid in Roswell in the 1990s, you knew Roswell Village Playhouse. Tucked in the back of a shopping center on the corner of Highway 9 and Highway 92, it presented full seasons of plays for children and adults with volunteer... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 20:00:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[For Andrew Durand, the community stage led to Broadway. :: If you were a theater kid in Roswell in the 1990s, you knew Roswell Village Playhouse. Tucked in the back of a shopping center on the corner of Highway 9 and Highway 92, it presented full seasons of plays for children and adults with volunteer...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>The reclamation of Black hair in Nneka Kai’s ‘On Unstable Grounds’</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/the-reclamation-of-black-hair-in-nneka-kais-on-unstable-grounds</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Emerging from discarded cans, strung across a salvaged frame and coiling to make a vessel — hair, specifically Black hair, is the defining medium of Nneka Kai’s solo exhibition On Unstable Grounds at Day &amp; Night Projects.  The exhibition begins with The Signal is the Sign (2025). A nearly 6-foot sculpture composed of braided hair... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 20:00:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Emerging from discarded cans, strung across a salvaged frame and coiling to make a vessel — hair, specifically Black hair, is the defining medium of Nneka Kai’s solo exhibition On Unstable Grounds at Day & Night Projects.  The exhibition begins with The Signal is the Sign (2025). A nearly 6-foot sculpture composed of braided hair...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Greek fantasy meets modern innovation in Atlanta Opera’s ‘Semele’</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/greek-fantasy-meets-modern-innovation-in-atlanta-operas-semele</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Soprano Lauren Snouffer, who plays the lead, talks about this colorful new production and the timeless themes that still resonate centuries later. :: George Frideric Handel had many successful works during his life, but Semele wasn’t one of them. The use of English in the libretto was unorthodox, and the work as a whole was... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 20:00:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Soprano Lauren Snouffer, who plays the lead, talks about this colorful new production and the timeless themes that still resonate centuries later. :: George Frideric Handel had many successful works during his life, but Semele wasn’t one of them. The use of English in the libretto was unorthodox, and the work as a whole was...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Review: Horizon’s ‘Laughs in Spanish’ keeps it lighthearted, could go deeper </title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/review-horizons-laughs-in-spanish-keeps-it-lighthearted-could-go-deeper</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ It’s billed as a comedy, and Horizon Theatre’s new Laughs in Spanish certainly does what it can to make its audience chuckle. Ironically, though, it’s the dramatic moments of the work that are more memorable in this well-meaning but uneven production closing out the Little Five Points company’s 40th season.  Running through June 22, Laughs... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 20:00:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[It’s billed as a comedy, and Horizon Theatre’s new Laughs in Spanish certainly does what it can to make its audience chuckle. Ironically, though, it’s the dramatic moments of the work that are more memorable in this well-meaning but uneven production closing out the Little Five Points company’s 40th season.  Running through June 22, Laughs...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Set Life: Film grip Michael Sannuti is a master strategist with a laser focus</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/set-life-film-grip-michael-sannuti-is-a-master-strategist-with-a-laser-focus</link>
<guid>https://www.localganews.com/set-life-film-grip-michael-sannuti-is-a-master-strategist-with-a-laser-focus</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ ArtsATL’s new series, Set Life, focuses on local creatives who work in Atlanta’s film and television industry. We’ll talk to those who work on both sides of the camera and explore their struggles and successes in navigating Georgia’s volatile film and TV scene. :: “Any time the camera is moving, there’s a grip standing beside it,” says... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 20:00:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ArtsATL’s new series, Set Life, focuses on local creatives who work in Atlanta’s film and television industry. We’ll talk to those who work on both sides of the camera and explore their struggles and successes in navigating Georgia’s volatile film and TV scene. :: “Any time the camera is moving, there’s a grip standing beside it,” says...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>Photo essay: an afternoon at the Emma Darnell Aviation Museum &amp;amp; Conference Center</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/photo-essay-an-afternoon-at-the-emma-darnell-aviation-museum-conference-center</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The afternoon sun shone on the sprawling Emma Darnell Aviation Museum &amp; Conference Center when I arrived at the front doors today. That glow wasn’t limited to the facade — a vibrant array of colorful artworks awaited me just inside the doors. Established in 2010, the 16,200 square-foot facility was initiated by a community advisory... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 20:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The afternoon sun shone on the sprawling Emma Darnell Aviation Museum & Conference Center when I arrived at the front doors today. That glow wasn’t limited to the facade — a vibrant array of colorful artworks awaited me just inside the doors. Established in 2010, the 16,200 square-foot facility was initiated by a community advisory...]]> </content:encoded>
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<title>ASO wraps up the season with a stellar Shostakovich, lengthy Mahler</title>
<link>https://www.localganews.com/aso-wraps-up-the-season-with-a-stellar-shostakovich-lengthy-mahler</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ For a season that saw the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra tackling eight of Beethoven’s nine symphonies and all the raging fury they contain, Thursday’s concert was the orchestra ending the season not with a bang but a contented sigh. The ASO closes out its 2024-25 season with Concerto No. 1 in C minor for Piano, Trumpet... ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 20:00:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[For a season that saw the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra tackling eight of Beethoven’s nine symphonies and all the raging fury they contain, Thursday’s concert was the orchestra ending the season not with a bang but a contented sigh. The ASO closes out its 2024-25 season with Concerto No. 1 in C minor for Piano, Trumpet...]]> </content:encoded>
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