Events
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Events Spoleto kicks off this weekend, celebrating Philip Glass' 75th
Posted by Andrew Alexander on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 3:02 PM
Composer Philip Glass turns 75 this year, and among the many performances slated for Charleston's annual Spoleto Festival is the American premiere of Glass' opera Kepler which will commemorate his birthday and his long relationship with the arts event, now in its own 36th year. Many of Glass' operatic works had their US or world premiere at Spoleto, including 2007's The Book of Longing based on the writings of Leonard Cohen and Hydrogen Jukebox, his opera based on the poetry of Allen Ginsberg, which was a festival commission in 1993.
Monday, May 21, 2012
Events Memorial Day weekend events
Posted by Bryan Cronan on Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:15 PM
5th Annual Blues, Brews, and BBQ Festival Memorial Day weekend is synonymous with lots of beer, music, and barbecue, and there's no better place to find that than the fifth annual Blues, Brews, and BBQ Festival at Park Tavern. Sun., May 27, 2 p.m. $20. Park Tavern, 500 10th St. 404-249-0001. www.parktavern.com.
Brew at the Zoo Zoo Atlanta hosts its fifth annual Brew at the Zoo, where attendees can enjoy music from Arrested Development as they sample various beers and wines at different stations and goggle the zoo’s 1,500-plus animals. Come thirsty because samples are unlimited. Sat., May 26, 5:30-9:30 p.m. $38-$48. Zoo Atlanta, 800 Cherokee Ave. 404-624-5600. www.zooatlanta.org.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Books / Events Author readings and Chris Verene performance at Five Points Literary Journal spring release party
Posted by Debbie Michaud on Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 2:30 PM
- 5ptsjournal.wordpress.com
- Author Lauren Watel
Co-edited by Megan Sexton and Georgia poet laureate David Bottoms, the Five Points Literary Journal is published three times a year and includes poetry, essays. fiction, interviews and artwork. One of the issue's centerpieces is the trio of poems by Andrea Carter Brown, the journal's most recent James Dickey Prize for Poetry winner. Brown's “Cloud Studies: Hudson River School – Homage to Constable,” “Ars Poetica – After 9/11,” and “In the Desert” are pieces of a larger manuscript titled September 12, the poet's reckoning with September 11 that included a cross-continental move from her "contaminated home a block from the WTC" to Southern California following the attack. Brown discusses her inspiration for the series in a blog post for Five Points.
Tonight, the publication partners with local arts nonprofit Possible Futures for a spring issue release party at Inman Park's Whitespace Gallery. Watel, along with other Georgia-based contributors Gregory Fraser and Anya Silver will read and former Atlantan Chris Verene, whose photographs are featured in the issue, will give a musical performance.
More info on the writers and event details after the jump.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Events 5 things today: New Animal, Left Field Experiment
Posted by Wyatt Williams on Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 7:00 AM
1. New Animal and Million Young play Drunken Unicorn
2. The Left Field Experiment returns to 529
3. CAConrad, Magdelena Zurawski, Kate Zambreno, and others read at Beep Beep Gallery
4. Phillip March Jones signs copies of Points of Departure at Poem 88
5. Kevin Wilson reads from The Family Fang at The Georgia Center for the Book
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Events 5 things today: Color Me Obsessed, Rua Wulf
Posted by Wyatt Williams on Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 7:00 AM
1. Color Me Obsessed, a documentary about the Replacements, screens at the Earl
2. Rua | Wülf continues at the Goat Farm
3. Ghost Brothers of Darkland County continues at the Alliance Theatre
4. The People's Crisis screens at GSU
5. Missing Cat plays Smith's Olde Bar
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Events 5 things today: Heroes x Villains, Austin Kleon
Posted by Wyatt Williams on Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 7:00 AM
1. Heroes x Villains at Opera
2. Austin Kleon discuses Steal Like an Artist at the Decatur Library
3. The Motherfucker with the Hat continues at Actor's Express
4. Amber Dermont reads from The Starboard Sea at Charis Books
5. Winston Groom discusses Shiloh, 1862 at the Carter Center
Monday, April 9, 2012
Events 5 things today: Trevor Dunn, Kebbi Williams
Posted by Wyatt Williams on Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 8:00 AM
1. Trevor Dunn and Endangered Blood play the Goat Farm
2. Kebbi Williams plays 529
3. Crafting for Guys at Kai Lin Gallery
4. Bone Lick BBQ at P'Cheen
5. Masks, Medicine, Memory, and Myth continues at the Hammonds House
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Events 5 things today: Cursive, Easter
Posted by Wyatt Williams on Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 7:00 AM
1. Cursive plays The Ends
2. Get an Easter brunch (or just eat some candy?)
3. Plants and Animals play 529
4. The Atlanta Fair concludes near Turner Field
5. The Motherfucker in the Hat continues at Actor's Express
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Events 5 things today: Of Montreal, The Ends
Posted by Wyatt Williams on Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 7:00 AM
1. Of Montreal play Variety Playhouse
2. Jason Kofke and Chris Chambers exhibit The Ends at Beep Beep Gallery
3. School of Seven Bells play The Earl
4. Jarrod Harris performs at the Laughing Skull Lounge
5. Hotel Restaurant Week concludes
Friday, April 6, 2012
Events 5 things today: Dash Rip Rock, Vouched Books
Posted by Wyatt Williams on Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 7:00 AM
1. Dash Rip Rock play Smith's Olde Bar
2. Matt Bell, Melysa Martinez, and others read for Vouched Books ATL
3. Pacific UV plays Drunken Unicorn
4. Speed-the-Plow at Pinch 'n Ouch Theatre
5. Rock Most and others at 529
