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Weekend Arts Agenda
Catch up with some of the summer's best shows before they close this weekend and then head over to Gather Atlanta like you know what you're talking about.
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Visual Arts
Photographer Peter Sekaer finds a home at the High
The High has amassed the largest collection of the artist's work in the United States
Cover Story
A-Town beat down
Platinum Championship Wrestling stages a theater of the scars
State of the Arts
In Defense of Platinum Championship Wrestling 1
'PCW is art'
Visual Arts
This is Shana Robbins. Be careful. 1
Artist readies for the biggest exhibition of her career
Visual Arts
Artists exchanges ideas, techniques in Seepages
Caroline Lathan-Stiefel, curator and participating artist for Seepages, is joined by six artist friends and colleagues from Atlanta and Philadelphia
Q&A
Artist Pete Bregman resurrects forgotten Phantom of the Opera scenes
Graphic novel The Trap-Door Maker offers interesting prequel to popular musical
Reviews
Book Review
Georgia's Poet Laureate finds a resting place for his essays and interviews
David Bottoms' new collection of essays and interviews has a whiff of darkness
Theater Review
MLK story sings in sprawling musical I Dream 1
Douglas Tappin's play encompasses not just the life but also the influence of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Book Review
Kevin Sampsell lives out of a suitcase in A Common Pornography
Through the memoir, Sampsell makes sense of his life of jumbled snapshots
Theater Review
Bless this mess
Horizon succeeds in Shakin' the Mess Outta Misery
Arts Agenda
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Hamlet! The Musical @ The New American Shakespeare Tavern
- Thursdays-Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. and Sundays, 6:30 p.m. Continues through Aug. 8
- 1 going/interested
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The Human Centipede @ Plaza Theatre
- Through Aug. 3, 9:30 p.m. and Thu., Aug. 5, 9:30 p.m.
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Rafe Esquith @ Decatur Library
- Mon., Aug. 2, 7 p.m.
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Coca-Cola Film Festival @ Fox Theatre
- Through Aug. 12
- Comments (2)
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Pressure Luck @ Get This! Gallery
- Wednesdays-Saturdays, 12-5 p.m. Continues through Sept. 4
- Comments (4)
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Hairspray @ Earl Smith Strand Theatre
- Mondays-Saturdays, 8 p.m. and Sundays, 2 p.m. Continues through Aug. 8
- Comments (1)
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Girls, Grillz, and Guns @ Sandler Hudson Gallery
- Tuesdays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturdays, 12-5 p.m. Continues through Aug. 14
- 1 going/interested
Another Comedy Podcast
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Another Comedy Podcast: Andy Sandford
Atlanta's own comic-on-the rise stopped by CL to discuss how pitch and pace affect punch lines, why "The Regular Guys" audience hates him, and what his facial hair has to do with a new comedy revolution
Andy Sandford
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Top Viewed Locations
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Everett's Music Barn
- Buford Stoneycypher Road
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Clayton County Performing Arts Center
- Jonesboro 2530 Mt. Zion Parkway
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770-473-2950
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Buckhead Theatre
- Buckhead/Brookhaven 3110 Roswell Road NE
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404-891-6168
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Readers' Favorites
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Southwest Arts Center
- West End/Atlanta University 915 New Hope Road
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404-505-3220
- www.fultonarts.org
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(based on 1 user review)
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Sam Stone Studio's
- Inside Perimeter 860 Hank Aaron Dr.
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678-732-6337
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(based on 3 user reviews)
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14th Street Playhouse
- Midtown 173 14th St.
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404-733-4750
- www.14thstplayhouse.org
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(based on 5 user reviews)
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Alliance Theatre
- Midtown 1280 Peachtree St., Woodruff Arts Center
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404-733-5000
- www.alliancetheatre.org
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(based on 4 user reviews)
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Holdcell
- Midtown Chastain Park Ampitheatre
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(based on 1 user review)
Top Commenters
Slideshows
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Wrestlers compete at the Jungle for recognition within Atlanta's burgeoning wrestling scene. (Photos by Joeff Davis/Text by Jonathan Williams)
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Photos by Joeff Davis and Brook Hewitt; Photo illustrations by Alejandro A. Leal
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Actors Daniel Cudmore and Cameron Bright greet Twilight fans at events all over Metro Atlanta.
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The contemporary dance company presented aerialists, cyclists, dancers and percussionists as part of an installation art piece on the Beltline June 27.
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