Atlanta ShowGuide Winter 2022

Warm Up Your Winter with Performances at the Center for Puppetry Arts

Abrave grandmother searches for a mystical creature to cure the drought that has fallen on her land, a cool cat helps a Jazz musician save his score before a career-defining perfor mance, and an electric showdown sizzles between the fathers of modern technol ogy, and all are warming up the stage at the Center for Puppetry Arts.

Kicking off the new year is The Dragon King, a Chinese folklore tale of a fearless Grandmother determined to find out why the mysterious Dragon King is holding back the rain her drought-ridden land so desperately needs. All performances will include a Create-A-Puppet Workshop™ activity where guests can create their own Chinese Dragon Marionette puppet. Running January 5-29, come see this underwater fantasy featuring a mix of marionette and rod-style puppetry.

Also at the Center from January 31-March 12 is Duke Ellington’s Cat, a mixed puppetry style tale about the feline friend of musical great, Duke Ellington, and how he saves the day by helping Duke before a special royal performance. Guests can also create their very own Cool Cat

Ultraviolet Puppet through the Create-APuppet Workshop™, which is included in all performances.

The new year also brings a new production to the Center with the debut of Tesla vs Edison, an electrifying account of Nikolas Tesla and Thomas Alva Edison and how their differing and extraordinary visions of the future oftentimes clashed, but ultimately created the world in which we live in today. Show dates are February 22-March 12 and are recommended for ages 12+.

Rounding out our winter lineup is a special temporary museum exhibition showcasing puppetry from the 2009 Spike Jonze film, Where the Wild Things Are, based on the beloved children’s book of the same name by Maurice Sendak. Admission to the special exhibition is included in the cost of tickets to the Worlds of Puppetry Museum.

This January, the Center for Puppetry Arts has the cure for your post-holiday blues with our exciting winter season! To learn more about live performances and the Where the Wild Things Are special museum exhibition, visit www.puppet.org.

Center for Puppetry Arts, SPACE

Photo by Clay Walker

Anne-Sophie Mutter, Béla Fleck, esperanza

spalding

Join Schwartz Center’s 20th Anniversary Celebration at Emory

On February 1, 2003, the Donna and Marvin Schwartz Center for Performing Arts opened its doors, providing a focal point for the arts on Emory’s campus and filling a niche in the Atlanta arts scene for a mid-size concert venue to showcase internationally acclaimed classical and jazz artists. Offering a home for practice studios, classrooms, Tharp Rehearsal Hall, a Theater Lab, and a 125-seat Dance Studio, the center’s main attraction is the Emerson Concert Hall. An 825-seat hall with a choral balcony and flexible stage, the concert hall has welcomed performances ranging from a solo recital with pianist Hélène Grimaud to the 100-member New York Philharmonic. In celebration of this year’s milestone, the anniversary season features artists at the pinnacle of classical, jazz, and crossover music: the exquisite violinist AnneSophie Mutter on February 2 — followed by a post-concert celebratory toast; a new song cycle from Schwartz Artist-inResidence Lawrence Brownlee on March 17; and the masterful genre-benders Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, and Edgar Meyer with flutist Rakesh Chaurasia on April 20.

“Coming together as a community for these world-class artists gives us all the opportunity to connect, to learn, to be inspired, and to be transformed through extraordinary performances,” says Rachael Brightwell, managing director. Other highlights from this season in clude the duo of jazz pianist Fred Hersch  and vocalist esperanza spalding taking the stage on Jan. 19; the West-Eastern Divan Ensemble with violinist Michael Barenboim on March 2; and pianist  Chad Lawson with Judy Kang (violin) and  Seth Parker Woods (cello) on March 25. Also celebrating a 20-year milestone, Director of Jazz Studies Gary Motley presents the Emory Jazz Festival on February 8–10. Motley will mark the special occasion with an all-star lineup of musicians performing and giving master classes during the festival. Featured artists include vibraphonist Warren Wolf, saxophonist Greg Tardy, drummer  Clarence Penn, and bassist Edwin Livingston.

Join the celebration with the Schwartz Center in 2023 by ordering single tickets or a money-saving Build-Your-Own subscription package online at schwartz.emory.edu or by calling 404.727.5050.

Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Zakir Hussain, with Rakesh Chaurasia Photo by Sachyn Mital

Fred Hersch and esperanza spalding, Photo by Erika Kapin Photography

Anne-Sophie Mutter and the Mutter Virtuosi, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, November 2021 Photo by Sebastian Madej

The Historic Rialto Center for the Arts’

Season of Power + Spirit moves into “The Age of Aquarius” with legendary performances!

Georgia State University’s Rialto Center for the Arts’ Season of Power + Spirit, a curated journey through the arts, officially moves into “Aquarius” on January 21, 2023, at 8 p.m., with the “First Couple of Pop & Soul,” Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. The renowned former members and co-founders of the legendary group The 5th Dimension, have enjoyed tremendous success through the years as recording artists, performers and authors. In addition to “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In,” their Pop/ Soul classics include “Up, Up and Away, ” “One Less Bell to Answer” and “Wedding Bell Blues,” to name a few. The couple was recently celebrated in Questlove’s Oscarand Grammy-winning directorial feature, “Summer of Soul (…Or, when the Revolution Could Not be Televised).”

McCoo and Davis have staying power, with a career and marriage spanning more than 50 years. Married 53 years, the couple has written a book about their marriage — “Up, Up and Away, How we found love, faith and lasting marriage in the entertainment world.” They have received seven Grammy

Awards, earned 15 gold records and three platinum records, played starring roles on television and stage and performed at soldout concerts around the world.

The Season of Power + Spirit continues in the spirit of the legendary Martha Graham with the Martha Graham Dance Company, a world leader in modern dance since 1926, on February 5, at 3 p.m. The company will showcase masterpieces by Graham and newly commissioned works by contempo rary artists. This is a rare opportunity to see this world-renowned company in its first Atlanta performance in 84 years!

Last, but by no means least, Grammywinning Hall of Famer, Mavis Staples, will “…Take You There” on February 11. For the first time, we have an opening act for the headliner — the phenomenal Southern Soul group The Lamont Landers Band. The spirit of the Blues, Rock and Southern Soul will fill the Rialto.

Free parking is provided for Rialto Series shows at the 100 Peachtree Parking Garage. For the full season lineup and tickets visit rialto.gsu.edu.

Mavis Staples

Photo by Myriam Santo

Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. Photo by Denise Rose

Martha Graham Dance Company

Explore Ballet with Atlanta Ballet Centre Dance Education’s Summer Day Programs

As the official school of Atlanta Ballet, Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education is known as one of the top training facilities for young dancers in Atlanta. Every day, aspiring dancers take part in the Centre’s programs, moving closer to achieving their dreams. Many of these students are featured in Atlanta Ballet’s Nutcracker and the Company’s February family ballet each year.

The Centre’s Summer Day Programs offer a variety of dance classes for dancers at beginner and intermediate levels. Creative Movement, for dancers ages 2 through 6, will introduce your child to dance in a fun and safe setting, while developing body awareness, rhythm, flexibility, coordination and confidence. Intermediate students will enjoy ballet technique classes with opportunities to explore other dance styles

and genres including pre-pointe/pointe, jazz, tap, modern, hip-hop, musical theatre and international dance styles. One-week sessions start in June and are now enrolling. The Centre also offers a variety of dropin classes for adults (ages 18 and up) who wish to start dancing, return to a passion for dance, or are looking for a new form of exercise. Classes are offered at three studio locations: West Midtown, Buckhead, and Virginia-Highland. There’s no contract or major commitment, so you can take a class when it fits your schedule, Monday through Saturday. There are classes for everyone — from the person trying ballet for the first time to experienced professional dancers! Visit centre.atlantaballet.com to explore the full schedule and pricing details for Summer Day Programs and Adult Open Division classes.

Atlanta Ballet Summer School Class

Photo © Kim Kenney

Atlanta Ballet 2018 Beauty and the Beast, Photo © Kim Kenney

Atlanta Master Chorale Presents Settings of Magnificat

A unique blend of a hymn of praise and a prayer for justice. March 10 and 11, 2023 at 8 p.m.

Atlanta Master Chorale’s March concerts will feature variations on the Magnificat, an ancient liturgical text that is both a hymn of praise and a prayer for justice. The Magnificat is attributed to Mary, mother of Jesus, upon meeting her relative Elizabeth when both were pregnant. It has fascinated composers for centuries, and there are hundreds of great choral settings of the text. One of the most famous is by Johann Sebastian Bach, calling for the full orchestra of his day — strings, flutes, oboes, bassoons, trumpets, and timpani, along with choir and soloists. Our performance will include such an orchestra, and a selection of other Magnificat settings from the Renaissance to the present day, including those of Byrd, Rachmaninoff, Stanford, Howells and Pärt.

Since its inception in 1985, Atlanta Master Chorale has grown from a community chorus into an exemplar of choral performance. Under the direction of Dr. Eric Nelson of Emory University and with an active Board and steadfast audience of arts patrons, Atlanta Master Chorale concerts routinely now include commissioned and premier choral works from vibrant young composers like Joel Thompson and Jake

Runestad, the area’s most talented orchestral performers, and soloists like the world famous mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton.

During the shuttered stages of the pandemic, we pivoted to serve audiences near and far, offering Spirited Conversations — a live interview series with composers, reaching over 1.6 million YouTube views worldwide, sending weekly email videos of past performances, and featuring holiday virtual concerts for patrons. Today, the Chorale’s organization and its artistry are models for similar groups.

We perform four times a year at the acoustically brilliant Schwartz Center for Performing Arts at Emory University. Many faithful donors support the Chorale, with ticket sales making up the remainder of our funding. A recent initiative offers complimentary tickets for teachers, students, and others who otherwise would not be able to attend a concert.

Visit www.atlantamasterchorale.org for additional information, tickets, or to donate. Our Atlanta ShowGuide patrons receive a $5 discount on individual adult concert tickets by using the code AMCShowguide at checkout.

Performances are at 1700 North Decatur Rd. Atlanta, GA. Free parking.

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Atlanta Opera’s Don Giovanni dons Seductive Shades of Film Noir

The Atlanta Opera’s groundbreaking 2022-23 Mainstage Series continues with a scintillating film noir adaptation of Mozart’s Don Giovanni January 21 - 29 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. Stage director Kristine McIntyre brings this imaginative production to Atlanta as bass-baritone Brandon Cedel, soprano Mané Galoyan, and mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano lead a brilliant cast of singers. The familiar elements of the film noir style present new opportunities to reexamine the traditional roles of characters in this storied opera. The cynical, ill-fated anti-hero presents a more stark reality of the consequences of the title character while the dangerous and seductive femme fatale reframes characters previously portrayed as lacking license and liberty. These familiar tropes take a story whose relevance may be lost on a new audience and reinterprets it through a quintessentially American lens. Friday’s performance of Don Giovanni will be streamed live on Spotlight Media, The Atlanta

Opera Film Studio’s platform for all-original content. The second of four Mainstage productions for the 2022-23 season, Bernstein’s adventurous Candide and Wagner’s epic Das Rheingold round out a transcendent season of opera at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. The Atlanta Opera’s Discoveries series will conclude this spring with The Anonymous Lover, an 18th century opera by trailblazing Black composer Joseph Bologne, and Chevalier de Saint-Georges, to be presented at the Ray Charles Performing Arts Center at Morehouse College.

Don Giovanni, Photos by Cory Weaver

Roswell Roots is a community wide, month long festival that honors our diverse community and celebrates Black History Month through programs, events and activities focused on raising cultural awareness and engaging the community. roswellroots.com

Experience the Spirit of Hope and Love at The Historic Holly Theatre

The Holly Theatre in Dahlonega ventures on to complete its first full season in three years, following a successful season opener with “Into The Woods”. The Holly continues to showcase the regional talent in their 2022-2023 MainStage Season — “Hope Endures and Love Conquers All”, as they open their next show of the season, the musical “She Loves Me”, a hilarious and touching Christmas finale fit for December. Their season will continue in the spring with Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” just in time for Valentine’s Day, leading into the folksy musical “The Spitfire Grill” in the spring, and the beloved “Matilda”, which concludes the season.   With the new year approaching, the Holly is excited to welcome Taylor Jarrard as their new Artistic Director. Taylor has been a volunteer at the Holly for 12 years and The Holly is excited to welcome her into her new role. “It’s a privilege to lead the Holly”, says Jarrard, “The rest of this season is sure to be heartwarming, filled with stories of hope, some familiar to us and some new, but all equally lovable. We’re excited to share the rest of this season with our audiences!” (For show and ticket information go to hollytheater.com or call 706-530-5162.)

In addition to full-scale, main-stage

productions, the children’s program, Holly Performance Academy, is in full swing. Over the first weekend in November, youth performers put patrons into the holiday spirit with “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”. The delightful “101 Dalmatians Kids” will follow in March. In addition to full productions, the Holly performance academy also offers a wide array of camps in the summer. From playwriting to performance, the Holly Performance Academy has something for every child.  The historic Holly Theatre remains a staple in the North Georgia community. The beautiful and relaxed atmosphere of the Holly, with no seat more than 70 feet from the stage, offers an intimate and inviting setting for guests to relax and escape through the magic of theater.

She Loves Me, December 2022

Photo by Taylor Jarrard

Into the Woods - October 2022

Photo by Stephanie Garrett

McGill & Pacifica

ArtsKSU Begins 2023 with Strong Lineup of Events

The College of the Arts at Kennesaw State University will start the year off right with numerous ArtsKSU events, from innovative dance choreography to classical musical performances and engaging live theatre, and with inspirational art exhibitions.

Artwork from students in the School of Art and Design will be on display in the Zuckerman Museum of Art’s New Visions Annual Juried Student Exhibition, juried by Ben Butler. Patrons are invited to attend the free opening reception January 18 from 5 to 7 p.m.; the exhibition runs January 17-February 25 in the Fine Arts Gallery.

The Department of Dance welcomes New York-based company Boca Tuya and its production of “Amor.” Enjoy an evening of dance by acclaimed choreographer Omar Román de Jesús. “Amor” features breathtaking movement vocabulary, drama, fantasy, and humor. Elements of this work are derived from a long lineage of events and practices that may be tracked back to personal and collective experiences.

The Bailey School of Music at KSU will host Anthony McGill and The Pacifica Quartet on February 3. One of classical

music’s most recognizable and brilliantly multifaceted figures, McGill serves as the principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic — that orchestra’s first African American principal player — and maintains a dynamic international solo and chamber music career. Recognized for its virtuosity, exuberant performance style, and often daring repertory choices, the Pacifica Quartet has achieved international recognition as one of the finest chamber ensembles performing today.

In our world that is increasingly virtual, how do we traverse the devastating gap between our longing for love and our addictive need for information? Find out when the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies presents Caryl Churchill’s “Love and Information” February 21-26 at the Onyx Theater. In this fascinating kaleidoscope of 57 short plays, more than 100 characters try to find true human connection — and make sense of what they know and don’t know.

For more information on these events and to make reservations or buy tickets, please visit https://www.kennesaw.edu/ arts/concerts-events/index.php.

Amor

Love and Information

Anthony

Sat, Jan 21, 2023 // 8pm

Marilyn Mccoo & Billy DaviS Jr. 7-time Grammy award-Winning couple PoP claSSicS With StayinG PoWer

SUn, FeB 5, 2023 // 3pm

Martha GrahaM Dance coMPany a World leader in Modern Dance Dance in the SPirit oF Martha GrahaM

Sat, FeB 11, 2023 // 8pm MaviS StaPleS With opening act laMont lanDerS BanD the SPirit oF the BlUeS anD SoUthern SoUl

Sat, Mar 4, 2023 // 8pm Johnny Mercer triBUte Featuring Joe Gransden with the Georgia State University Jazz Band celeBratinG the SPirit oF Johnny Mercer

The Alliance Theatre Presents

“The Hot Wing King”

The second half of the Alliance Theatre’s 54th season begins with the regional premiere of THE HOT WING KING. Written and directed by P-Valley creator, Katori Hall, winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, THE HOT WING KING is a fierce new comedy about the risks and rewards of celebrating who you are.

nephew into the mix, it quickly becomes a recipe for disaster. Suddenly, the first-place trophy isn’t the only thing that Cordell risks losing. THE HOT WING KING runs on the Coca-Cola Stage February 10 through March 5, 2023. For tickets and info, visit www.alliancetheatre.org/hotwingking

THE HOT

It’s time for Memphis’ annual “Hot Wang Festival,” and Cordell knows he has the wings that’ll make him king.  Supported by his beau Dwayne and best friends who serve as his fry crew “The New Wing Order,” the group settles in for a fun night of pre-competition prep.  But when a family emergency forces Dwayne’s troubled

Founded in 1968, the Alliance Theatre is the leading producing theater in the Southeast, reaching more than 165,000 patrons annually. The Alliance is a recipient of the Regional Theatre Tony Award® for sustained excellence in programming, education, and community engagement. Known for its high artistic standards and national role in creating significant theatrical works, the Alliance has premiered more than 116 productions including nine that have transferred to Broadway. The Alliance education department reaches 90,000 students annually through performances, classes, camps, and inschool initiatives designed to support teachers and enhance student learning.

WING KING is a fierce new comedy about the risks and rewards of celebrating who you are.

Head to Decatur for the Best of Atlanta Dining and Shopping

Just east of the Atlanta BeltLine trail is the city of Decatur, selected by Southern Living magazine as a Best Small Town in the South, and a Top Ten Public Square by USA Today. Our storefront boutiques, galleries, salons and eateries welcome you with plenty of “Best of” experiences.

Looking for a memorable meal?

EaterAtlanta.com considers The Deer and the Dove and Kimball House “essential”. Trendy hotspots include Iberian Pig, Leon’s Full Service, and White Bull. Did you say “beer”? We’ve got you covered with pubs, three breweries, and a brewpub, too: Twain’s Billiards and Tap. Want something spicy and new? Drop in to La Chiquiada for modern Mexican and fancy drinks, or Tortuga y Chango, an intimate mezcal bar offering cuisines from Acapulco to Oaxaca City. Indian? Chai Pani’s parent restaurant in Asheville earned a James Beard Award. Like umbrellas and/or fire in your cocktails? Duck into the SOS Tiki Bar. Cremalosa has got the metro area’s best ice cream (gelato, actually) according to Food & Wine magazine.

Remember when you wanted cereal all the time? Well, you’re an adult now, so make it happen at Cereal Lab, a dessert shop where everything builds on your childhood devotion to sweet and crunchy.

In the Shopping Mood? Newcomer Sole Play II serves up the hottest footwear along with special gaming events. Browse local favorites Little Shop of Stories for books for kids (and adults, too) and Worthmore Jewelers (best jewelry store). Find Insta-worthy goods at Ecodenizen, Vivid Boutique, and SQ/FT. For fashion it’s Squash Blossom, Boutique Karma and little sister shop Trés Jolie.

Art it Up

See sculptures all around town — part of our Artway public art program. Browse art of all kinds at Wild Oats and Billy Goats, Aimée Jewelry and Fine Art Gallery, Gallery Regina, HomeGrown, and Decatur Glassblowing.

Make it a Stay Book a room at the Hampton Inn and Suites or the Marriott Courtyard Decatur. Both are just north of the square. Start the morning with breakfast or brunch a short stroll from your hotel.

Know Before You Go Get the latest details at visitdecaturga.com, and connect with us on Instagram (@visitdecaturga), and Facebook.com/VisitDecaturGa.

Alabama Shakespeare Festival Igniting Audiences with Jubilee and The Tempest

Alabama Shakespeare Festival kicks off 2023 with playwright and director Tazewell Thompson’s Jubilee on the Festival Stage in January. The innovative and heart-stirring score is an uplifting a cappella tribute inspired by the real lives of the Fisk Jubilee Singers. The world-renowned vocalists shattered racial barriers in the U.S. and abroad, entertaining kings and queens. For more than 150 years, the bold African American ensemble born on the campus of Fisk University, one of the nation’s premiere HBCUs, has blended their rich voices together to share a heritage of suffering, strength, and endurance. Featuring more than 30 uplifting spirituals and hymns, including “Wade in the Water,” “Ain’t That Good News,” “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” and “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen,” this performance will ignite audiences of every generation. Jubilee is recommended for ages 12 and older.

William Shakespeare’s The Tempest returns to the Festival Stage in February, directed by ASF Artistic Director Rick Dildine and starring ASF alumnus Greta Lambert as Prospero. The Bard’s final play is a story of adventure, magic, music, and forgiveness. Prospero has been exiled on an island with his daughter for more

than a decade when he conjures a storm that crashes his enemies on the island in a violent shipwreck. What follows is a story that asks, “How do we forgive and move on after we have been harmed?” The Tempest is recommended for ages 13 and older. Atlanta ShowGuide readers can receive a 15% discount (on zones A, B, or C) with promo code ATLSHOWGUIDE. Ticket prices range from $25 – $64. Buy tickets online any time at ASF.net or call the ASF Box Office at 334-271-5353 from noon to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday, for an associate to assist you. ASF offers a military discount, senior discount, and special rates for groups over 10 — call today to book your group with the official State Theater of Alabama!

Roswell Gets Back to its Roots

Roswell Roots is a community-wide, month-long festival that honors our diverse community and celebrates Black History Month, each and every February. Roswell Roots aims to educate, impact, and promote cultural awareness. Programs and events focus on welcoming all community members and offering an opportunity for all ages to engage and participate.

This year’s Roswell Roots Celebration presents a variety of events covering a wide range of subjects, including Health & Wellness, Sports, Literature, and History. Music and poetry take center stage on January 29 with Lyrics and Lyre: An Evening of Poetry & Music. Featuring performances by poets Ashlee Haze, Adán Bean, Mia Willis, & Jon Goode, this one-ofa-kind experience will showcase musical accompaniment by cellist Okorie “OkCello” Johnson, harpist Rayn, bassist Téja Veal, and violinist Carey Durham. Merging literature and music, this evening is sure to elevate your senses and engage you with stories from a lineup of artists living and working in the metro Atlanta area.

Headlining the music and theatre portion of the 2023 series will be Black Opry Revue and Leslie McCurdy’s powerful and personal one-woman show, The Spirit of Harriet Tubman. Black Opry is home for Black artists, fans and industry professionals working in Country, Americana, Blues, and Folk Music. This stellar line-up of performers brings the long-overlooked contributions of Black Country artists to the forefront in a celebratory evening of music and storytelling. Running in rep with Black Opry Revue, Leslie McCurdy invokes the ‘spirit’ of Harriet Tubman as she portrays the famous Underground Railroad conductor, recreating stories familiar and some rarely told, using words said to have been Harriet Tubman’s own. Through it all we learn of the faith and conviction that drove Harriet Tubman to follow her dreams; the spirit of the past connecting with the present, inspiring her charges to have the courage to do the same in envisioning their future. Find more information about these programs and many more at www.roswellroots.com.

Téja Veal

Carey Durham

Rayn

Jon Goode

Mia S. Willis

Okorie “OkCello”

Johnson

The Black Opry Revue

Adan Bean

Ashlee Haze

A Small University with a Dynamic Lineup: Oglethorpe University Presents its 2022-23 Arts Season

Discover Oglethorpe University’s thriving arts community! Here, it’s all about the experience — for our students and our audiences.

The university’s premier venue, the Conant Performing Arts Center, stages student theatre productions and music performances throughout the year. The Oglethorpe University Theatre production of Shakespeare’s classic play “The Tempest” is on stage October 21-30. A fantastical story of magic and mystery, “The Tempest” is one of the Bard’s final tales.

Following last fall’s co-production of “Heathers: The Musical,” Actor’s Express and Oglethorpe are partnering once again for a 2023 production of “Urinetown.” In the not-so-distant future, a twenty-year drought has depleted the land of water and all citizens must pay the corrupt “Urine Good Company” megacorporation for the privilege to pee. When a young idealist decides enough is enough, he leads a ragtag revolution to reclaim their right to pee freely! The show will run February 2-19 on the Conant stage and will feature OU Theatre students alongside professional actors.

On November 4 at 8 p.m., Oglethorpe’s student music groups will take the Conant stage for a Fall Music Gala, featuring the OU Symphony, OU Singers and Chorale, and the university’s jazz ensemble, The Jazzy Petrels. A sweeping display of musical talent, the concert will feature

Internationally acclaimed Atlanta artist and activist Shanequa Gay is Oglethorpe’s 2022-2023 visualartist-in-residence. The residency includes lectures and special events and a spring 2023 exhibition of her work.

music by both classical and contemporary composers, from Brahms and Mozart to Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk. The Fall Music Gala is free and open to all.

Located in historic Lowry Hall, the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art hosts free exhibitions throughout the year, plus concerts, lectures, and workshops. The current exhibition “Mattie Lou O’Kelley: The Long Journey to Success” presents the works of the self-taught Georgia folk artist.

A small museum dedicated to serving a wide community, the museum recently announced a commitment to accessibility, including a partnership with local health or ganization Art Pharmacy. As a cultural partner with the organization, the museum is now included on a registry of locations around Georgia that may be prescribed to help man age stress, anxiety, and sadness, while offer ing a way to connect with community.

View Oglethorpe’s full calendar of performing arts events, plus museum exhibi tions, lectures, book and poetry readings, and more at connect.oglethorpe.edu.

Cozy Up to City Springs’ Winter Events

City Springs brings a wide assortment of events to the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center for the turn of the year. The third concert in the Studio Series features rock ‘n roll pioneer Glenn Phillips and his band on December 29. A New Year’s Eve spectacular that includes both a concert and an afterparty (December 31) rounds out 2022 with a swingin’ performance of holiday favorites, featuring Sandy Springs native, trumpeter Joe Gransden with special guest Francine Reed (a Georgia Hall of Famer and frequent collaborator with Lyle Lovett) and Joe’s 16-member big band. That’s followed immediately by an afterparty, just steps away in our Studio Theatre, where you can enjoy dancing, light bites, coffee and desserts, entertainment on the large lobby screen, or just take in the City Green holiday lights from the Arcade. Tickets start at $40 for the concert, and afterparty tickets are $55, available at citysprings.com/events. January

brings one of our Signature events, an art and craft festival honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 16), our 16th annual tribute to Dr. King at City Springs, 1-4 p.m. The familyfriendly Art & Craft Festival will celebrate Dr. King with interactive art projects and a film designed to celebrate, educate, and share his teachings. CityBar will also offer kid-friendly menu items for purchase. Next is a January Studio Series event featuring Heather Luttrell with The Possumden (January 19), bringing a big sound, witty lyrics, and a one-of-a-kind experience with their whiskey-soaked traveling show of Blues and Americana. Tickets start at just $20. And, in partnership with Neranenah, an evening with Michael Feinstein, ambassador of the Jewish American Songbook, is February 5  in the Byers Theatre, featuring music by the Gershwins, Jerome Kern, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Lerner & Loewe, and more.

Find details on all these events at citysprings.com/events.

Glenn Phillips

Francine Reed and Joe Gransden

Michael Feinstein

Heather Luttrell and The Possumden

Seasons of Love

Pinch ‘N’ Ouch Theatre will present Jonathan Larson’s iconic Pulitzer Prize-winning musical that shaped a generation of audiences and taught us all to measure our life in love. Grant McGowen is a Founder and Producing Artistic Director of Pinch ‘N’ Ouch Theatre. He has produced theatre and films in Atlanta for the past 12 years. He is currently directing and starring in RENT, performing at 7 Stages this holiday season.

A note from the Director: The holidays are a time to reflect and reconnect with our chosen families. On the east coast, it’s cold. We bring blankets to the homeless, wondering if we’ve done enough. We light candles and set our sights on the new year in hopes of something better. RENT celebrates a diverse culture of artists who fight for their individuality while navigating through a scary world

of violence, discrimination, and a deadly virus. The characters in RENT want to form deep emotional bonds and save their neighborhood from gentrification, all while facing the very real threat of AIDS, that has taken the lives of so many in their community. I discovered the word ’rent’ means shredded in grief or rage. It means split apart when it describes communities, families, or other relationships — something nearly every character in the show feels. RENT glimmers with magic on stage and gives us a perspective on the value of time, but perhaps what I find most meaningful is that it reminds us that the holidays are in fact a season of love. On behalf of the cast & crew, we hope you will share your holiday season with us in celebrating this masterpiece by the late Jonathan Larson. Viva La Vie Boheme!

— Grant McGowen

Grant McGowen as “Roger” in

ATLANTA SPOTLIGHTS WINTER

7 Stages collaborates on Pinocchio like you’ve never seen it in March 2023.

STAGES

Dive into a reimagined Pinocchio with surprises around every corner. Brought to life as an immersive performance in multiple spaces, with puppetry, dance, video projections, and performers, by three of Atlanta’s most risktaking companies: The Object Group, Sky Creature Productions, and 7 Stages. Look for tickets at 7Stages.org

Save the Dates for Summer Drama Camps On-Sale

Take center stage this summer! With 250+ camps to choose from at 8 convenient Metro Atlanta locations, your young actor will build character, grow confidence, and exercise imagination. Camps for Age 4Grade 12 go on sale January 10th. Save 40% during the annual One Day Sale January 17th. For more information, visit https://www. alliancetheatre.org/content/drama-camps

Our spring concerts continue Atlanta Master Chorale’s tradition of wonderful and original programming. Join us March 10 and 11 at 8 PM at the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts for a journey through a variety of settings of the Magnificat from Renaissance to the present day. The Magnificat is an ancient liturgical text that is both a hymn of praise and a prayer for justice. It has fascinated composers for centuries, and hundreds of great choral settings exist. Bach’s Magnificat is among the most famous, and it calls for the full orchestra of his day. Tickets, and livestreaming information can be found at AtlantaMasterChorale.org/concerts.

The Atlanta Opera’s Don Giovanni dons the seductive shades of film noir

Atlanta Ballet 2

Presents Beauty and the Beast

Atlanta Ballet 2 will take the stage February at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre for four performances of Beauty and the Beast. This magical, short production is perfect for younger audiences, giving children ages 12 and under the opportunity to be immersed in the captivating world of dance. Dating back to 1740, this classic fairytale will tell the story of adventure, unlikely friendships and the power of true love. Atlanta Ballet 2 represents the highest level of the Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education and provides a training ground for the next generation of dancers. atlantaballet.com

Unforgettable style meets unforgettable opera as anti-heroes and femme fatales grace the stage for The Atlanta Opera’s production of Don Giovanni January 21-29! Experience Mozart’s quintessential opera in a brand new way as the lecherous murderer deceives and seduces with impunity. Will he see the error of his ways or will greater forces exact their justice? Irresistible intrigue awaits all with the freshly styled adaptation of a classic opera! Tickets and flex packages are available — reserve your seat today. atlantaopera.org

This Winter the Atlanta Shakespeare Company brings you The Merry Wives of Windsor (January) and Romeo and Juliet (February).

The year starts off with one of Shakespeare’s zaniest comedies featuring one of literature’s classic characters, Falstaff, as he sets his sights on the wives of Windsor, leading to a side splitting evening

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filled with mischief, schemes, a buck (laundry) basket, a forest full of fairies and one giant pair of horns. Next up revel in the incredibly luscious poetry of young love and deep loss as Romeo and Juliet follow their hearts in spite of their warring families. shakespearetavern.com

The Atlanta Chamber Players are honored to return to Ahavath Achim Synagogue for their second public concert of the season.

The concert will take place on Sunday, February 5, 2023 at 3 p.m. The program features ambitious masterpieces in unique instrumentations featuring clarinet, piano and strings. Highlights include the Meyerbeer Clarinet Quintet featuring former ASO Principal Clarinet Laura Ardan with Helen Hwaya Kim, Kenn Wagner, Catherine Lynn and Brad Richie. The Meyerbeer will be paired with Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet featuring ASO Concertmaster David Coucheron and our Artistic Director, Elizabeth Pridgen, joining Helen Hwaya Kim, Catherine Lynn and Brad Ritchie. Tickets are available through our website at www. atlantachamberplayers.com.

Alabama Shakespeare Festival brings playwright and director Tazewell Thompson’s Jubilee to the Festival Stage this January.

The innovative and heart-stirring musical is inspired by the real lives of the world-renowned African American a cappella Fisk Jubilee Singers. The score features spirituals and hymns, including “Wade in the Water,” “Ain’t That Good News,” and “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.” Then in February, Shakespeare returns to ASF’s Festival Stage with The Tempest, a story of adventure, magic, music, and forgiveness. ASF Artistic Director Rick Dildine directs, and ASF alumnus Greta Lambert stars as

Prospero. For more information, visit ASF. net or call 334-271-5353.

Callanwolde Fine Arts Center is proud to host the 2023 Spring Concert Series in our beautiful outdoor amphitheater, starting March 31st!

The Callanwolde Amphitheater provides an intimate atmosphere to spend time with friends, unwind, and experience an evening of live music surrounded by the natural beauty of the Callanwolde Estate. The 2023 lineup of talented performers in one of Atlanta’s most historic venues is not to be missed! Purchase single show tickets or join us for the entire five show series with season tickets. For more information and to buy tickets, visit www.Callanwolde.com/events

Michael C. Carlos Museum Presents A Very Incomplete Self-Portrait

A Very Incomplete SelfPortrait, on view at the Michael C. Carlos Museum from February 18 to July 23, 2023, presents never before exhibited works by renowned photographer Thomas Dorsey. Widely known for his intimate portraits of African American families in their homes in Chicago and Atlanta, Dorsey also photographed the streets, homes, and buildings of his childhood neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side. This portfolio of black and white photographs, taken while Dorsey was enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago, reveal the barren infrastructure of an underserved community and the resilience and stark beauty that can be discovered amidst bleak circumstances. Visit http:// carlos.emory.edu

This March City Springs Theatre Company presents the Tony-winning Best Musical Monty Python’s Spamalot, March 10-26. Based on the classic film comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot reimagines the Arthurian legend as a hilarious musical-comedy filled with dancing knights, cheerleaders, flying cows and one killer rabbit. Then CSTC wraps up the season with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic Cats, May 5-21, directed and choreographed by Tony Award-recipient Baayork Lee. For info visit CitySpringsTheatre.com

Visit Oglethorpe’s small, historic campus for theatre, concerts, and visual arts on a different scale. A teaching museum with a growing permanent collection, the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art hosts worldclass exhibitions, lectures and chamber concerts. Oglethorpe’s 550-seat Conant Performing Arts Center stages productions by the university’s acclaimed music and theatre programs, as well as guest lecturers and student-led theatre and art exhibitions. Top Atlanta arts organizations also grace our stage! Atlanta theatre company Actor’s Express annually partners with Oglethorpe Theatre to co-produce a musical featuring both professional and student actors. Details about upcoming events at oglethorpe.edu/arts

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North Atlanta’s premier performing arts company, City Springs Theatre Company, continues its 2022-23 PNC Bank Season

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City Springs brings a wide assortment of events to the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center

City Springs brings a wide assortment of events to the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center for the turn of the year: a Studio Series concert featuring rock ‘n roll pioneer Glenn Phillips and his band (Dec 29); a New Year’s Eve spectacular that includes both a concert and an afterparty (Dec 31); an art & craft festival honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Jan 16); a January Studio Series event featuring Heather Luttrell with The Possumden (Jan 19); and, in partnership with Neranenah, an evening with Michael Feinstein, ambassador of the Jewish American Songbook (Feb 5). Find details on all these events at citysprings.com/events

DanceMax Dancewear/Threaded Embroidery & Printing

DanceMax is your one stop dance shop located in Marietta, GA! Our dancewear specialists assist you diligently to ensure you purchase the best fit in everything you need for dance, from beginner to professional. Customers travel from near and far for our vast inventory, and the service provided by our experienced, well-trained staff. DanceMax is celebrating our 10th anniversary this season! Our owner, Lorna Handy, has over 40 years of experience in dance retail. We also offer full embroidery and printing services through our newest division, Threaded By DanceMax! Visit our websites today to order the best in dancewear! www.dancemaxdancewear.com www.threadedstore.com

It’s Greater in Decatur

Get dinner and drinks before the show at awardwinning chef-driven dining spots. Restaurant hopping? Take your drink along within our designated entertainment zones. Browse your way around shops on the square offering everything from folk art to fashion to fine jewelry. Or stretch your legs and take in our Artway sculpture series, and new murals all around downtown and Oakhurst Village. Make it a stay at one of our hotels near our downtown square, and start the morning with a delicious brunch and coffee (or mimosas!), just a pleasant stroll away.

DeKalb History Center’s 15th Annual Black History Month Celebration

Extraordinary gospel singer, Crissy Collins and her accompanist, will resurrect the voices of the most powerful spiritual and gospel legends, both past and present. Mrs.

Velma Fann (author and historian at New South Associates) and Dr. Marva Carter (professor of music history and literature at GSU’s School of Music) will give riveting talks about the role Black Church music has played in Georgia’s social and political arenas. Lunch is included. The celebration will take place on Thursday, February 9 from 11am – 1pm at the Historic DeKalb Courthouse. Tickets will go on sale in January. Visit dekalbhistorycenter.org for details.

Celebrate Black History Month with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at the Fox!

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater dazzles with technical brilliance and passionate energy, bringing audiences to their feet at every performance. The repertory chosen by Artistic Director Robert Battle for this season puts audiences back in touch with some of the richest, deepest works Alvin Ailey ever choreographed and introduces thrilling premieres that find reservoirs of love and resilience in our complicated lives and times. Ailey presents five performances, February 16-19 at the Fox Theatre. Tickets starting at $29 are on sale at The Fox Theatre box office, 660 Peachtree Street NE, www.alvinailey.org, www. foxatltix.com, or by calling 855-285-8499.

The Holly Provides a Choice for Every Taste

The Holly Theatre, Dahlonega, is a historic, 300-seat community theater featuring small-town charm and big-town quality. From our current musical productions like the holiday-themed She Loves Me to Shakespearean classics like Much Ado About Nothing, the Holly provides a choice for every taste. We showcase the vast talents of our Georgia mountains region: old-timey traditions of singin’, fiddlin’, and strummin’ translate into musical

experiences that give Broadway a run for its money. Some of our stars have grown up in our Holly Performance Academy, which features several fully-staged junior musicals each year (101 Dalmations in March 2023).

ArtsKSU’s Bailey School of Music to host Anthony McGill and the Pacifica Quartet on Feb. 3, 2023

One of classical music’s most recognizable and brilliantly multifaceted figures, clarinetist Anthony McGill serves as the principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic — the orchestra’s first African American principal player — and maintains a dynamic international solo and chamber music career. Over the past 27 years, the Pacifica Quartet has achieved international recognition as one of the finest chamber ensembles performing today for its virtuosity, exuberant performance style, and often daring repertory choices. For tickets, please visit ArtsKSU.com.

Out Front Theatre Company Kicks Off 2023 with a Hilarious Southeastern Premiere

Out Front’s brand new season continues into 2023 with the Southeastern Premiere of I Wanna F***ing Tear You Apart by Morgan Gould. Following Samantha and Leo — best friends and roommates, fat girl and gay guy against the world — their relationship is put to the test as a new friend upends their cozy co-dependent diet of mutual self-loathing and Grey’s Anatomy marathons. An ode to the complications of friendship in its many forms, with a special nod to a kind of love that sometimes looks a lot like rage, don’t miss this fusion of sitcoms such as Will and Grace and Friends. Performances February 2-18. Tickets and more at www.OutFrontTheatre.com

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Out of Hand is pleased to announce that our 2023 Shows in Homes production is Shirley Chisholm: Unbossed and Unbowed.

This one-woman play by Ingrid Griffith focuses on Chisholm’s life, historic run for president, and the importance of political engagement and action. Learn more about Unbossed and Unbowed at www.unbossedunbowed.com Get up to date information about ticket sales and performance locations at www.outofhandtheater.com.

Celebrate excellence in arts education with students at Pace Academy.

The independent college-preparatory school serves 1,150 students in Pre-First through 12th grade and provides the highest level of artistic experience and knowledge by embedding study of the visual and performing arts in its curriculum for all ages. Pace’s 2022-2023 theater season will conclude with an Upper School production of the musical comedy Something Rotten! Learn more at paceacademy.org/arts

Center for Puppetry Arts Reveals an Innovative, Exciting Debut

The Center will kick off the new year with The Dragon King from Janu ary 5th-29th, and the return of Duke Ellington’s Cat, run ning from January 31 - March 12. In February, the Center will debut its newest original production for adult audiences, Tesla vs Edison, from February 22 -March 12t. Beginning February 21, the Center’s Where The Wild Things Are special museum exhibition will wow guests with puppets from the 2009 Spike Jonze feature film. Special museum exhibitions are included in the ticket price to the Worlds of Puppetry Museum.

To buy tickets, visit www.puppet.org

The Martha Graham Dance Company in its first Atlanta performance in 84 years at the Rialto!

The Rialto Center’s 2022-2023 Rialto Series, Season of Power + Spirit, is a curated journey through the arts — dedicated to the power of positive change and the spirit that unites us through the arts. The Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University proudly presents the Martha Graham Dance Company, Sunday, February 5, 2023, at 3 p.m. The company will showcase masterpieces by the legendary Martha Graham and newly commissioned works by contemporary artists. This is a rare opportunity to see this world-renowned company in its first Atlanta performance in 84 years! Tickets and information are available at rialto.gsu.edu

Leap into the 2023 Roswell Roots festival with performances that honor our community and celebrate Black History Month

Music and poetry launch the Roswell Roots festival with Lyrics and Lyre: An Evening of Poetry & Music, featuring performances by Ashlee Haze, Adán Bean, Okorie “OkCello” Johnson, bassist Téja Veal, and more! Next up, writer and performer Leslie McCurdy presents The Spirit of Harriet Tubman, in which she portrays the famous Underground Railroad conductor in this engaging and personal show for young audiences. Rounding out the performances is Black Opry Revue, a stellar line-up of acclaimed country and folk musicians coming together in a celebratory evening of music and storytelling. roswellroots.com

Raise a glass to celebrate 20 years of the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts!

The new year kicks off with the unique pairing of jazz pianist Fred Hersch and vocalist esperanza spalding on January 19 at 8 p.m. Next, the Schwartz Center and Emory Jazz Fest celebrate 20th anniversaries — on February 2, audiences are invited to a post-concert toast following the exquisite Anne-Sophie Mutter and the Mutter Virtuosi, and Jazz returns to the stage on February 9 with Warren Wolf and the Emory Jazz Fest All-Stars! There’s still time to join the Schwartz Center subscriber family with build-your-own-package options. Visit schwartz.emory.edu, or call 404.727.5050.

This January at Stage Door Theatre

Rom-Coms get a reboot with this fresh, smart, and nerdy story of love, probability, and everything that makes a heart complete. When Elliot builds a computer program to help Molly with her research project, the variables in their evolving relationship shift as rapidly as the terms of their experiment. This deft and imaginative new ROM-comedy shows that even the most sophisticated algorithm may freeze in the face of life’s infinite possibilities. Completeness runs January 27th through February 12th. Tickets available at: https:// ci.ovationtix.com/36385/production/1127854

Gwinnett Ballet Presents Carmen and Paquita, March 4-5, 2022

Celebrate the “Romance of Spain” with Gwinnett Ballet Theatre with two short ballets in one production. Join GBT as the impetuous, hot-tempered and cold-hearted Carmen plots with her gypsy smugglers to circumvent the city guard. This iconic story of love and jealousy is performed in sequence with Paquita. In Paquita, another Spanish gypsy girl who

finds out she is really of noble birth and was abducted by gypsies when she was an infant after the death of her parents. Performances are held on March 4 and 5 at the Gas South District theater in Duluth. Tickets and additional information is available at GwinnettBallet.org

The New South Festival Singers Present “Tribute to the American Black Composer”

For nearly 40 years, the New South Festival Singers have celebrated and cham pioned the music of black composers and of the African-American experience. The Festival Singers “Tribute to the American Black Compos er” each February offers Atlantans a unique experience reflecting our community’s rich diversity. Music Director Lynn Swanson leads Atlanta’s beloved a cappella choir and musi cal guests in songs, spirituals, classics, and gospels reflecting some of America’s greatest contributions to the art of music. For infor mation on the 2023 Tribute to the American Black Composer with the New South Festival Singers on February 19, please visit www. FestivalSingers.org/concerts

Measure Your Life in Love with RENT

Pinch ‘N’ Ouch Theatre will present Jonathan Larson’s iconic Pulitzer Prize-winning musical that shaped a generation of audiences and taught us all to measure our life in love. Set in the East Village of New York City, RENT is about falling in love and living for today. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, RENT has become a pop cultural phenomenon. Based loosely on Puccini’s La Boheme, Jonathan Larson’s RENT follows a year in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York’s Lower East Side, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. For Tickets and info: www.pnotheatre.org

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KIDS SHOWS

THE DRAGON KING, FAMILY PERFORMANCE

1/5-29/23 Prices: $22 Tanglewood Marionettes Center for Puppetry Arts 1404 Spring St NW, Atlanta, GA 30309 TIX: 404-873-3391 Website: puppet.org

DUKE ELLINGTON’S CAT, FAMILY PERFORMANCE

1/31-3/12/23 Prices: $15 - $22 Center for Puppetry Arts 1404 Spring St NW, Atlanta, GA 30309 TIX: 404-873-3391 puppet.org

MUSICAL THEATRE

RENT

12/23/22-1/21/23 Prices (range): $45 - $90 Pinch ‘N’ Ouch Theatre @ 7 Stages Theater 1105 Euclid Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30307 TIX: 678-701-6114 www.pnotheatre.org

JUBILEE

1/5-29/23 Prices: $25 – $64 Alabama Shakespeare Festival – Festival Stage 1 Festival Drive, Montgomery, Alabama 36117 TIX: 334-271-5353  ASF.net

HADESTOWN

1/10 -1/15/23 Prices: $32.00 - $154.00 The Fox Theatre 660 Peachtree St, NE Atlanta, 30308 TIX: 855-285-8499  foxtheatre.org

DON GIOVANNI

1/21, 24, 27, 29/23 Prices: $50 - $175 The Atlanta Opera Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy, Atlanta, GA 30339 TIX:(404) 881-8885 www.atlantaopera.org

LYRICS & LYRE

1/29/23 Prices: $18 Ashlee Haze & Philosophy Media Group Roswell Cultural Arts Center 950 Forrest Street, Roswell, GA 30075 TIX: 770-594-6232  www.roswellcac.com

URINETOWN

2/2-29/23 Prices: $20-$40 Actor’s Express & Oglethorpe University Conant Performing Arts Center 4484 Peachtree Road, Brookhaven, GA 30319 TIX: 404-607-SHOW Tickets at  actors-express.com

THE HOT WING KING

2/10-3/5/23  Prices: $10 - $78 Alliance Theatre Coca Cola Stage 1280 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA 3009 TIX: 404-733-4600   www.alliancetheatre.org/ hotwingking

32 SOUNDS: AN IMMERSIVE FILM AND SENSORY EXPERIENCE

2/10/23 Prices: $15 Sam Green with JD Samson Ferst Center for the Arts 349 Ferst Dr. NW Atlanta GA 30332 TIX: 404.894.9600  arts.gatech.edu

TINA: THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL

2/21-2/26 Prices: $109.00-$39.00 Fox Theatre 660 Peachtree St, NE Atlanta, 30308 TIX: 855-285-8499  foxtheatre.org

CHARLIE BROWN’S XXX RATED COUGARS. Saturday Nights @ 9pm Prices: $5 Eagle Atlanta (Upstairs) 1492 Piedmont Ave Atlanta GA 30309 TIX: atlantaeagle.com

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MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT

3/10-26/23 Prices: $40-$100

City Springs Theatre Company

Byers Theatre (Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center) 1 Galambos Way, Sandy Springs, GA 30328

TIX: 404-477-4365 CitySpringsTheatre.com/tickets

THEATRE

ORDINARY DAYS

1/6-8/23, Fri. & Sat. @8 pm, Sun. @ 2 pm   Prices: $15 - $30

The Holly Theatre Company

69 W Main St, Dahlonega, GA 30533

TIX: 706-530-5162 hollytheater.com

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR

1/7-1/29/23  Prices: $25-$45

Atlanta Shakespeare Company The Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse 499 Peachtree St NE Atlanta GA 30308

TIX: 404-874-5299  www.ShakespeareTavern.com

KIM’S CONVENIENCE

1/19-2/19/23 Prices: $18-$35 Aurora Theatre 128 E Pike St Lawrenceville, 30046

TIX: 678-226-6222 auroratheatre.com

TREVOR NOAH: OFF THE RECORD

1/20-1/22/23 Prices: $45.00 - $135.00 Fox Theatre 660 Peachtree St, NE Atlanta, 30308

TIX: 855-285-8499  foxtheatre.org

COMPLETENESS

1/27-2/12/23 Prices: $15 - $35

Stage Door Theatre

Dunwoody Cultural Arts Center 5339 Chamblee Dunwoody Rd. Dunwoody, Ga, 30338

TIX (770) 396-1726 https://stagedoortheatrega. org/completeness/

LYRICS & LYRE

1/29/23  Prices: $18

Ashlee Haze & Philosophy Media Group

Roswell Cultural Arts Center 950 Forrest Street, Roswell, GA 30075 TIX: 770-594-6232  www.roswellcac.com www.roswellroots.com

I WANNA F***ING TEAR YOU APART

2/2-18/23  Prices: $15-$25 Out Front Theatre Company 999 Brady Ave NW. Atlanta, GA 30318 TIX: (404) 448-2755   www.OutFrontTheatre.com

THE SPIRIT OF HARRIET TUBMAN

2/3-4/23 Prices: $12 Roswell Arts & Cultural /Roswell Roots Roswell Cultural Arts Center 950 Forrest Street, Roswell, GA 30075 TIX: 770-594-6232  www.roswellcac.com

ROMEO AND JULIET

2/4-3/4/23  Prices: $25-$45 Atlanta Shakespeare Company

The Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse 499 Peachtree St NE Atlanta GA 30308 TIX: 404-874-5299   www.ShakespeareTavern.com

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

2/10-26, 2023, Fri. & Sat. @8 pm, Sun. @ 2 pm       Prices: $15 - $30

The Holly Theatre Company 69 W Main St, Dahlonega, GA 30533 TIX: 706-530-5162 hollytheater.com

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DISNEY’S FREAKY FRIDAY - ONE ACT EDITION

2/17-18/23 Prices: $5-$10

Pace Academy Middle School Drama Pace Academy Fine Arts Center 966 W. Paces Ferry Road NW, Atlanta, GA 30327

TIX: pace.booktix.com

TESLA VS EDISON, ADULT PERFORMANCE

2/22-3/12/23 Prices: $22 - $30 Center for Puppetry Arts 1404 Spring St NW, Atlanta, GA 30309 TIX: 404-873-3391 puppet.org

LOVE AND INFORMATION

2/21-2/26/23 Prices: $10-$12

Department of Theatre and Performance Studies

Onyx Theater 462 Prillaman Way, Kennesaw, GA 30144 TIX: (470)-578-6650 https://calendar.kennesaw.edu/event/love_and_ information

THE TEMPEST

2/23-3/12 Prices: $25 – $64

Alabama Shakespeare Festival – Festival Stage 1 Festival Drive, Montgomery, Alabama 36117 TIX: 334-271-5353  ASF.net

SHIRLEY CHISHOLM: UNBOSSED & UNBOWED

2/27/2023-4/7/2023 Prices: $30 & $22 students Out of Hand Theater Living rooms across Metro-Atlanta TIX: 404-462-8836  www.outofhandtheater.com

CONCERTS

VIVALDI’S FOUR SEASONS

1/4/23 Prices: $20-$75 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Atlanta Symphony Hall 1280 Peachtree St NE Atlanta, GA 30309 TIX: 404-733-5000  www.aso.org

LESLIE ODOM, JR.

1/14/23 Prices: $39.50-$79.50

Atlanta Symphony Hall Live 1280 Peachtree St NE Atlanta, GA 30309 TIX: 404-733-5000  www.aso.org

STUDIO SERIES WITH HEATHER LUTTRELL & THE POSSUMDEN

1/19/23  Prices: $20+ City Springs

Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center 1 Galambos Way, Sandy Springs, GA 30328 TIX: (770) 206-2022  citysprings.com/events

AN EVENING WITH FRED HERSCH AND esperanza spalding

1/19/23, @ 8 p.m. Prices: $10-$55 Schwartz Artist-in-Residence Program Schwartz Center for Performing Arts 1700 North Decatur Rd, Atlanta, GA 30322 TIX: 404.727.5050 schwartz.emory.edu

MARILYN MCCOO & BILLY DAVIS JR.

1/21/23,@ 8 PM Price: $59 to $120 Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University 80 Forsyth St, NW Atlanta (FREE/Validated Parking at 100 Peachtree Garage) TIX: 404-413-9849 rialto.gsu.edu

FACULTY RECITAL: CHARAE KRUEGER, CELLO & ROBERT HENRY, PIANO

1/23/23 @7:30pm Prices: $10-12 (Students $5) https://calendar.kennesaw.edu/event

FACULTY RECITAL: VOICE 1/30/23 7:30pm Prices: $10-12 (Students $5) https://calendar.kennesaw.edu/event/faculty_ recital_voice

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ARTSKSU PRESENTS: ANTHONY MCGILL & THE PACIFICA QUARTET

2/3/23 8pm Prices: $24-30 (Students $5)

https://calendar.kennesaw.edu/event/artsksu_ presents_anthony_mcgill_the_pacifica_quartet

FACULTY RECITAL: JUSTIN STANLEY, CLARINET

2/6/23 7:30pm Prices: $10-12 (Students $5)

https://calendar.kennesaw.edu/event/

COLLAGE CONCERT

2/11/23 8pm Prices: $24-30 (Students $5)

https://calendar.kennesaw.edu/event/collage_ concert

WIND SYMPHONY

2/15/23 7:30pm Prices (range): $10-12 (Students $5)

https://calendar.kennesaw.edu/event/wind_ symphony_2296

THE BLUEPRINT: #BACKTOBLACK

2/17/23 7:30pm Prices : $5-$8

https://calendar.kennesaw.edu/event/the_ blueprint_backtoblack

MOVING FORWARD, TOGETHER - BLACK HISTORY

MONTH FESTIVAL: KSU FACULTY JAZZ PARLIAMENT PLAYS TYRONE JACKSON

2/20/23 7:30pm Prices: $12-15 (Students $5) Bailey School of Music Morgan Concert Hall, Bailey Performance Center 488 Prillaman Way, Kennesaw, GA 30144 TIX: (470)-578-6650

https://calendar.kennesaw.edu/event/moving_ forward_together

NATHALIE STUTZMANN CONDUCTS PROKOFIEV & SHOSTAKOVICH

2/2 & 3/23 Prices: $23-$103

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Atlanta Symphony Hall 1280 Peachtree St NE Atlanta, GA 30309 TIX: 404-733-5000  www.aso.org

ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER AND THE MUTTER VIRTUOSI 20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE SCHWARTZ CENTER

2/2/23 @ 8 p.m. Prices: Tickets $10–$90 Concert followed by a champagne toast Candler Concert Series Schwartz Center for Performing Arts 1700 North Decatur Rd, Atlanta, GA 30322 TIX: 404.727.5050 schwartz.emory.edu

BLACK OPRY REVUE

2/3/23 Prices: $25 - $32.50 Roswell Arts & Culture /Roswell Roots Roswell Cultural Arts Center 950 Forrest Street, Roswell, GA 30075 TIX: 770-594-6232  www.roswellcac.com www.roswellroots.com

ACP WINTER CONCERT

2/5/23 Prices: $15-$25 (students free w ID)

Atlanta Chamber Players Ahavath Achim Synagogue 600 Peachtree Battle Ave NW, Atlanta, GA 30327 TIX: 404-594-3445 https://atlantachamberplayers.com/concerts_ tickets#winter

NERANENAH PRESENTS MICHAEL FEINSTEIN

2/5/23 Prices: $20+ City Springs

Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center 1 Galambos Way, Sandy Springs, GA 30328 TIX: 770-206-2022  citysprings.com/events

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EMORY JAZZ FEST 2023

FEATURING WARREN WOLF AND THE EMORY JAZZ

FEST ALL-STARS

2/9-11/23 Prices: Free–$30 Schwartz Artist-in-Residence Program Schwartz Center for Performing Arts 1700 North Decatur Rd, Atlanta, GA 30322 TIX: 404.727.5050 schwartz.emory.edu

JOHN MELLENCAMP: LIVE AND IN PERSON

2/10/23 Prices: $49.50 - $139.50

Fox Theatre

660 Peachtree St, NE Atlanta, 30308 TIX: 855-285-8499  foxtheatre.org

DANCING WITH THE STARS: LIVE! 2023

2/11/23 Prices: $59.50 - $125.00

Fox Theatre 660 Peachtree St, NE Atlanta, 30308 TIX: 855-285-8499  foxtheatre.org

MAVIS STAPLES W OPENING ACT LAMONT LANDERS BAND

2/11/23, @8 PM Price: $59 to $120 Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University 80 Forsyth St, NW Atlanta (FREE/Validated Parking at 100 Peachtree Garage) TIX: 404-413-9849 rialto.gsu.edu

LET MY LOVE BE HEARD - KALEIDOSCOPE IN CONCERT

2/12/23,@ 3 p.m. Prices: $20 general admission

The Michael O’Neal Singers Kingswood UMC 4896 N Peachtree Rd, Dunwoody, GA 30338 TIX: 770.594.7974   https://www.mosingers.com

ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER

2/16-2/19/23 Prices: $29.00 - $79.00

Fox Theatre 660 Peachtree St, NE Atlanta, 30308 TIX: 855-285-8499  foxtheatre.org

ANNUAL TRIBUTE TO THE AMERICAN BLACK COMPOSER

February 19, 2023 Prices (range): $5 - $75 New South Festival Singers St. John United Methodist Church 550 Mount Paran Road Atlanta, GA 30327 TIX: 913-488-7524 www.FestivalSingers.org/concerts Facebook: New South Festival Singers - Atlanta, GA

WEST-EASTERN DIVAN ENSEMBLE WITH MICHAEL BARENBOIM

3/2/23 @ 8 p.m. Prices: $10–$50 Candler Concert Series Schwartz Center for Performing Arts 1700 North Decatur Rd, Atlanta, GA 30322 TIX: 404.727.5050 schwartz.emory.edu

JOHNNY MERCER TRIBUTE FEATURING JOE GRANSDEN WITH ROBIN LATIMORE AND THE GSU JAZZ BAND

3/04/2023, 8 PM Price: $24- $52 Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University 80 Forsyth St, NW Atlanta (FREE/Validated Parking at 100 Peachtree Garage) TIX: 404-413-9849 rialto.gsu.edu

MAGNIFICAT

3/10/23 at 8 PM & 3/11/23 @ 8 PM Prices: $38 (adult) $10 (youth) Atlanta Master Chorale Schwartz Center for Performing Arts 1700 N Decatur Road, Atlanta, GA 30307 TIX: 404-727-5050 AtlantaMasterChorale.org/ concerts

SPRING CONCERT SERIES 2023

3/31, 4/14, 4/28, 5/12 Prices: $35 - $480 Callanwolde Fine Arts Center 980 Briarcliff Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30306 TIX: (404) 872-5338  www.callanwolde.org

DANCE

SHEN YUN

Now - 1/6-1/8/23 Prices: $90-$220 Falun Dafa Association of Atlanta Atlanta Symphony Hall 1280 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, 30309 TIX: 877-285-7469 shenyun.com/ATL

AMOR BY BOCA TUYA

1/27/23 8pm & 1-28-23 8pm Prices: $15-$20 Department of Dance KSU Dance Theater on Marietta Campus 860 Rossbacher Way, Marietta, GA 30060 TIX: (470)-578-6650 https://calendar.kennesaw.edu/event/amor_boca_ tuya_8500

RIVERDANCE

1/27-1/29/23 Prices: $34.00 - $89.00 Fox Theatre 660 Peachtree St, NE Atlanta, 30308 TIX: 855-285-8499 foxtheatre.org

MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY

2/05/2023 @3 PM Price: $46 to $81 Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University 80 Forsyth St, NW Atlanta (FREE/Validated Parking at 100 Peachtree Garage) TIX: 404-413-9849 rialto.gsu.edu

MIDWINTER DREAMS

2/10-12/23 Prices: $35 - $150 Atlanta Ballet Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway, Atlanta GA 30339 TIX: 1-800-982-2787  www.atlantaballet.com

ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER

2/16-2/19/23 Prices: $29.00 - $79.00 Fox Theatre 660 Peachtree St, NE Atlanta, 30308 TIX: 855-285-8499 foxtheatre.org

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: A SHORT FAMILY BALLET

2/18-19/23 Prices: $25 - $130

Atlanta Ballet 2

Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy, Atlanta, 30339 TIX: 800-982-2787  www.atlantaballet.com

CARMEN & PAQUITA

3/4, 3/5/23 Prices: $15-$35

Gwinnett Ballet Theatre

Gas South Theater 6400 Sugarloaf Pkwy, Duluth, 30097 770-813-7500 gwinnettballet.org

EXHIBITS, FESTIVALS, MORE

200 YEARS OF DEKALB COUNTY

Open now until 2024 Prices: Free  DeKalb History Center, 1st floor 101 E Court Square, Decatur GA 30030 TIX: dekalbhistory.org

FELLINI AND FANTASY

Now thru 1/8/23 Price: $8

Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University 571 South Kilgo Circle Atlanta TIX: carlos.emory.edu/exhibition/fellini-andfantasy

LIFE AND THE AFTERLIFE: ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ART FROM THE SENUSRET COLLECTION

2/4-8/6/23 Prices: $8 adults, $6 seniors, students, & children

Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University 571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322

TIX: 404-727-4282  carlos.emory.edu

MID-WEEK MONITOR NIGHT WORKSHOP FOR ADULTS,AGES: 18+ 2/15/23 & 5/10/23    Prices: $15.00 or Buy 4 Workshops get 20% Off Center for Puppetry Arts 1404 Spring St. NW at 18th Atlanta, GA 30309 TIX: 404-873-3391

puppet.org/programs/mid-week-monitor-night-2/

A VERY INCOMPLETE SELF-PORTRAIT: TOM DORSEY’S CHICAGO PORTFOLIO

2/18-7/23/23

Prices (range): $8 adults, $6 seniors, students, & children

Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University 571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322 TIX: 404-727-4282  carlos.emory.edu

RING IN THE NEW YEAR HERE!

Support local in 2023 at our 200+ restaurants, cafés, shops, and services Stroll-worthy Art: Decatur Artway sculptures in downtown Decatur and Oakhurst Village, Secret Doors Decatur, Decatur Arts Alliance Gallery, Aimée Jewelry and Fine Art Gallery, Wild Oats and Billy Goats, HomeGrown, and Worthmore Jewelry. Valentine’s pop-up: Join us on the square Feb. 14 for special giveaways and V-Day fun!

For more information: City of Decatur Visitors Center 113 Clairemont Ave. Decatur, Georgia 30030 678-615-0915

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