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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.
Mike Geier and the origins of Puddles Pity Party - ARTS ATL
Oct 25, 2019 · Editor’s note: In the summer of 2013, when ArtsATL’s Jeff Stafford sat down to chat with singer Mike Geier, he was preparing for a club performance with the Kingsized Jazz Trio and had just developed the alternate character of a clown named Puddles who had a cabaret act called Puddles Pity Party.By 2017, Puddles was being cheered in living rooms across America due to Geier’s performances ...
Atlanta quilt festival - ARTS ATL
Aug 4, 2023 · Atlanta quilt festival. August 4, 2023 - September 2, 2023. The festival runs from August 4 – September 2, and viewing hours are Monday – Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. The Opening Reception is Sunday, August 6th from noon – 4 p.m and is free and open to the public. The festival also features quilt making classes every Friday and Saturday in ...
Black Nativity: A Gospel Christmas Musical Experience
Dec 15, 2023 · Black Nativity is an African-American telling of the Nativity story, based on the song-play written by acclaimed African-American poet and playwright, Langston Hughes. The show opens in a modern day African-American church on Christmas Day, filled with testifying deacons, sanctified ladies, and down-home preaching, and ultimately recreates the journey of…
Aurora Theatre opens Lawrenceville Arts Center with public tours …
October 20, 2021. After much anticipation, the curtain rises this week on the $35 million, 59,500-square-foot Lawrenceville Arts Center, as it hosts grand opening tours Friday through Sunday. Completing a city block for the arts in downtown Lawrenceville, the complexis the product of a remarkable partnership between Aurora Theatreand the City ...
“From the Village to Vogue: The Modernist Jewelry of Art ... - ARTS …
Jul 16, 2015 · Calder’s mobiles, in fact, inspired the late artist’s most famous necklace, Patina, (c. 1959), one of 20 designs featured in From the Village to Vogue: The Modernist Jewelry of Art Smith at the High Museum through September 13. It is an abridged version of the eponymous 2008 exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum organized by Barry Harwood ...
A look behind the curtain at the true decadence of the iconic Fox …
June 8, 2016. Image by David Cro, courtesy the Fox Theatre. Two Moorish castles are built into the ceiling of Atlanta’s iconic Fox Theatre. Connecting them is an ancient-looking stone bridge, which serves to form the proscenium arch for the theater. A series of rugs draped over the bridge resemble flying carpets left to air out after a journey.
Events - ARTS ATL
Herndon Plaza 142-148 Auburn Ave. NE, Atlanta, United States. "ICONoclasts" is a powerful new installation that spotlights six influential Black Atlantans who have shaped our city's artistic and social landscape. Created by Atlanta-based artist Marryam Moma, the installation features stunning collage portraits of Ricci de Forest, Mtamanika ...
Acclaimed choral piece “Considering Matthew Shepard” makes its …
Jun 25, 2019 · Acclaimed choral piece “Considering Matthew Shepard” makes its local debut. It was — and still is — one of the most shocking hate crimes of all time. Matthew Shepard, a University of Wyoming student, was beaten and left to die late one night by two young men he met in a bar in Laramie. His subsequent death on October 12, 1998, stunned ...