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The legacy of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo - ARTS ATL
Oct 3, 2019 · The legacy of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo -- brown, queer, disabled and revolutionary - ARTS ATL. "I never paint dreams or nightmares," Frida Kahlo once said. "I paint my own reality." The turbulent life and love of the Mexican painter (1907–54) are the subject of The Atlanta Opera's "Frida," with performances October 5, 9, 11 and 13.
Rediscovering Atlanta’s Architecture: Coca-Cola Headquarters
Apr 24, 2017 · Rediscovering Atlanta’s Architecture: Coca-Cola Headquarters. Atlanta is a city often accused of forgetting its past. Indeed, as progress plows ahead and the heart of the city bustles with new development, older buildings are cast aside as worthless, either replaced by or surrounded by monotonous, anonymous gleaming glass towers. Recently ...
Rick Beato brings his YouTube universe to the stage at Variety ...
Sep 25, 2023 · Beato will do a live version of his YouTube show Thursday night at the Variety Playhouse. He will teach, perform, answer audience questions and talk with some of his regular guests. The show also will feature a reunion concert of Billionaire, the band he helped form that originally brought him to Atlanta. Beato’s YouTube channel echoes his ...
Events - ARTS ATL
Southwest Arts Center 2757 E. Point St., East Point, GA, United States. Nine By Nine,” a solo exhibit showcasing sculptures and drawings by Etienne Jackson from October 12 to November 23, 2024. The exhibit will feature nine intricately fabricated metal sculptures and nine large-scale drawings on paper. Exhibit opening and reception: October ...
Review: Playwright Lauren Gunderson reframes “herstory” in “The ...
Mar 15, 2016 · Kelundra Smith reviews Lauren Gunderson's "The Revolutionists" at 7 Stages, about the importance of women being accounted for and written down.
Rediscovering Atlanta’s Architecture: The High Museum - ARTS ATL
Jul 27, 2017 · Rediscovering Atlanta’s Architecture: The High Museum. Atlanta is a city often accused of forgetting its past. Indeed, as progress plows ahead and the heart of the city bustles with new development, older buildings are cast aside as worthless, usurped by monotonous, anonymous gleaming glass towers. As we look back on the losses of the Loew ...
ASO announces 2021-22 season, plans for return of audiences
May 6, 2021. The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra plans to host audiences at Symphony Hall for the 2021–22 season and will also continue to provide virtual broadcasts of subscription concerts. The season was announced as the ASO searches for a permanent music director to replace Robert Spano, who will retire at the end of this season after 20 years ...
Review: Atlanta Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ entertains with ... - ARTS ATL
Dec 12, 2023 · The first time I watched Atlanta Ballet’s high-tech The Nutcracker, the one Yuri Possokhov choreographed for the company in 2018, I felt that the huge video projections and lavish busyness of the set design dwarfed and distracted from the dancers. I often found myself looking at the sets and videos and not at the dancing. I saw the full-length ballet again at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts ...
Racism claims shutter Serenbe Playhouse; Atlanta theater ... - ARTS …
Jul 14, 2020 · And in the past several weeks, artists have shared their experiences with racism at some of the most prestigious theaters across the country. In Chicago, it started with Second City; in New York, it was Broadway; and in Atlanta, it was Serenbe Playhouse. Terrence Smith (in 2019’s “Hair”) worked at Serenbe for five seasons.