2017 Spring Arts Preview by Gwinnett Daily Post Special Section

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spring arts preview BY VENUE — ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT AURORA THEATRE 128 E. Pike St., Lawrenceville 678-226-6222 www.auroratheatre.com • April 29: Hairspray • Through April 30: Pais De Bicileta/A Bicycle Country • May 4-28: Split in Three • May 6: Korean Drums and Dance • May 12-13: Dan Mengini featuring Jenny Jennings • May 13: Cinderella • May 20: New Adventures of Brer Rabbit • June 5: The Lion King • June 5, 23: The Lion King Jr. • June 7: Flamenco Fantastico for Kids • June 14: S4K: Shrew • June 16: CANTO • June 17: Henry Cho • June 21: The Great Pirate Race! • June 24: Jeff Dauler and Friends HUDGENS CENTER FOR THE ARTS Gwinnett Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Suite 300, Duluth 770-623-6002 www.thehudgens.org • Through April 29: A Creative Adventure in Printmaking: Prints from the Experimental Printmaking Institute Curated by Curlee Holton • Through April 29: Deep South and Down Under Portfolio Exchange Exhibition INFINITE ENERGY ARENA 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth 770-813-7500 www.infiniteenergycenter.com • April 26-28: Orange Conference • May 5: Leadercast • May 6: Clean Culture presents ATL Showdown • June 16: George Lopez and Cedric the Entertainer LIVE

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INFINITE ENERGY THEATER 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth 770-813-7500 www.infiniteenergycenter.com • April 23: Mark of Excellence • May 4: Leadercast Labs • May 6-8: Peter Pan • May 13: “Knotted” A Tale of Three • May 15: All Russian • May 15: Mahler: Symphony Numer 1, “Titan”, and a Massive Performance • May 19: Aladdin • June 16: An Evening of Praise Celebrating Unity in Diversity

KUDZU ART ZONE 116 Carlyle St., Norcross 770-840-9844 www.kudzuartzone.org • Through May 29: Explore with Possibilities • Through June 1: Under the Southern Skies • April 24: Experimenting with Watercolor • May 8-12: Line, Shape, Collage Workshop with Lynn Weisbach • May 22-24: Leslie Saeta • June 24-25: Pastel Plein Air Workshop with Nancy Nowak NEW DAWN THEATER Mall Corners, 3650-A Satellite Blvd., Duluth 678-887-5015 www.newdawntheatercompany. com • April 23, 28-30, May 5-7: A Few Good Men NEW LONDON THEATRE 2338 Henry Clower Blvd., Snellville 770-559-1484 www.newlondontheatre.org • May 5-14: Hansel and Gretel Hansel and Gretel will be New London Theatre’s last show, as it will be closing June 1. SYLVIA BEARD THEATRE Buford Community Center, 2200 Buford Highway, Buford 770-945-6762 www.bufordcommunitycenter.com • Through May 7: Dixie Swim Club presented by Gypsy Theatre Company • June 8-25: The Miracle Worker presented by Gypsy Theatre Company ATLANTA ATLANTA ALLIANCE THEATRE 1280 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta 404-733-4650 www.alliancetheatre.org • May 13: A Tony Evening • June 2 — July 16: The Dancing Granny ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDENS 1345 Piedmont Ave. N.E., Atlanta 404-876-5859 www.atlantabg.org • Through July 15: Ribbit the Exhibit • April 30: Dia del Nino • May 1: Mary Kay Andrews • May 1-14: Mother’s Day Sale • May 6: Woodland Ramble • May 9: Light Bites and Garden Insights

• May 13: Mother’s Day Brunch • May 13-14: Atlanta Rose Show ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER 130 W. Paces Ferry Road N.W., Atlanta 404-814-4000 www.atlantahistorycenter.com • April 25: Elizabeth Kostova, The Shadow Land • April 26: Andrew Carroll, My Fellow Soldiers • May 4: Time Marches Forward: Historical Romance Writer’s Panel • May 10: Stephanie Danler, Sweetbitter • May 13: Nathaniel Philbrick, Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold and the Fate of the American Revolution • May 16: J.D. Vance, Hillbilly Elegy • May 17: Ted Geltner, Blood, Bone and Marrow: A Biography of Harry Crews • May 23: Richard Russo, trajectory

Georgia Swarm

April 29

May 19 & 21 at Theater

Leadercast Live

Daryl Hall & John Oates and Tears for Fears

June 11

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Burford School of Ballet “Peter Pan”

George Lopez & Cedric the Entertainer

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COBB ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway, Atlanta 770-916-2800 www.cobbenergycentre.com • April 29, May 2, 5, 7: The Atlanta Opera — Turandot • May 12-14: Atlanta Ballet — Camino Real • June 14: Travis Wall’s Shaping Sound, After the Curtain • June 15: Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Northeast Atlanta Ballet “Aladdin”

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June 16

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ALL STARS Performing Arts “’Knotted’ a Tale of Three”

Legends Football League

Atlanta Steam vs. Austin Acoustic

May 13

June 17

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Gwinnett Symphony May 15 @ 6:30p & 7:30p at Theater

Rạng Ðông News Dòng Nhạc Trữ Tình Bolero

June 17 at Theater

FOX THEATRE 660 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta 404-881-2100 foxtheatre.org • April 23: Matilda • April 27: Billy Crystal • April 29: Jeff Foxworthy and Larry the Cable Guy • May 5: Riverdance • May 10: Bastille • May 11: Move Beyond Live On Tour • May 16-21: Finding Neverland • May 23: Sigur Ros • June 13-18: Mamma Mia • June 29: Bring It Live FERNBANK MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 767 Clifton Road N.E., Atlanta 404-929-6300 www.fernbankmuseum.org • May 6-7: Breathwalk Workshop • May 12: Fernbank After Dark: Botanicals in Alcohol • May 12: Educator Appreciation

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OLD-SCHOOL ACTS New Kids On The Block will perform at the Infinite Energy Arena on July 14, with Paula Abdul and Boyz II Men also on the bill. (Special Photo)

Infinite Energy Arena to host legendary musicians this summer

By Jon Gallo

Staff Correspondent

Ronald Regan was in the White House, “Die Hard” and “Rain Man” ruled the box office, “The Cosby Show” and “L.A. Law” were mustsee TV and less than 325,000 residents called Gwinnett County home. So much has changed since 1988, except when it comes to summer concerts, as five acts who were touring nearly three decades ago — Darryl Hall & John Oates, James Taylor and Bonnie Raitt, New Kids on the Block, Paula Abdul and Roger Waters — will all stop at Infinite Energy Arena, which wasn’t even around then. But within a little more than a month span, Hall & Oates (June 11), James Taylor with Bonnie Raitt (July 11), New Kids on the Block with Paula Abdul and Boyz II Men (July 14) and Roger Waters (July 16) will all rock Gwinnett County, belting out the hits they rode to fame in the 1980s. Hall & Oates — the No. 1 selling duo in music history — are headlining a show with international multiplatinum selling band Tears for Fears on a 29-city North American tour. Allen Stone will open the show. “Performing with Tears For Fears will be an exciting and musical experience for me and all the fans,” Oates, who sings and plays the guitar and bass, said. Hall, who sings and plays the guitar and keyboard, and Oates recorded their first record together in 1972 and haven’t stopped playing since — cranking out 18 studio records that included six hits that landed atop the Billboard Hot 100: “Rich Girl,” “Kiss on My List,” “Private Eyes,” “I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do),” “Maneater” and “Out of Touch.” Their ability to seamlessly blend soul, rock and pop enabled them to become arguably the greatest duo in music history. Though Hall, 70, and Oates, 68, are not as popular now as they were during the height of their careers when they cranked out 29 Top 40 hits from 1976 to 1990, they remain legends. James Taylor, 69, and Bonnie Raitt, 67, who both have been inducted into the Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame, have also endured time. Taylor has combined his baritone voice and distinctive guitar playing for more than four decades. He has sold more than 100 million albums, earning gold, platinum and multiplatinum awards for classics such as “Sweet Baby James” in 1970 to “October Road” in 2002. In 2015, Taylor released “Before This World,” his first new studio album in 13 years, which earned him his first No. 1 album. In 2012, Taylor was awarded the distinguished Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government and the National Medal of Arts by then-President Barack Obama in a White House ceremony. In 2015, Taylor was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor before receiving the Kennedy Center Honors, which are presented annually to individuals who have enriched American culture by distinguished

Daryl Hall and John Oates perform at Music Midtown in Atlanta in this 2015 file photo. Daryl Hall and John Oates will perform at Gwinnett’s Infinite Energy Arena on June 11. (Staff Photo: Jason Braverman)

IF YOU GO Where: Infinite Energy Arena When: • June 11: Hall & Oates, 7 p.m. • July 11: James Taylor with Bonnie Raitt, 7:30 p.m. • July 14: New Kids on the Block with Paula Abdul and Boyz II Men, 7:30 p.m. • July 16: Roger Waters, 8 p.m. • July 29: Shawn Mendes, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: infiniteenergycenter.com

achievement in the performing arts, a year later. Raitt, who is regarded by Rolling Stone as one of the 100 greatest singers and guitarists of all time, shot to stardom in the late 1980s and early 1990s with Grammy-winning albums “Nick of Time” and “Luck of the Draw,” which featured hits like “Something To Talk About” and “I Can’t Make You Love Me.” The 10-time Grammy winner released her 17th full-length studio album, “Dig in Deep,” to critical acclaim in 2016. However, no throwback to the late 1980s and early 1990s could be complete without New Kids on the Block. The boy band composed of Jordan Knight, Jonathan Knight, Donnie Wahlberg, Joey McIntyre and Danny Wood was created in 1984. But it skyrocketed in popularity in 1988 with the hit song “You Got It (The Right Stuff).” The band’s first chart-topping song was followed by “Hangin’ Tough,” “‘I’ll Be Loving You (Forever)” and “Step By Step.” NKOTB headlines what’s being billed as “The Total Package Tour,” which features Paula Abdul, 54, and Boyz II Men, who like NKOTB, are all in their 40s. “Our fans know we love to bring them a party, and this tour is no exception,” said Wahlberg, 47. “It’s not just a show, it’s an experience. Paula Abdul is such a pop icon and Boyz II Men are one of the best R&B acts of all time. It’s going to be a night of hit

Bonnie Raitt is playing at the Infinite Energy Center on July 11 with James Taylor. (Special Photo)

after hit, and we can’t wait to deliver the ‘Total Package’ to our fans!” NKOTB has been no stranger to touring in recent years, but this summer marks Abdul’s first tour in a quarter century. Abdul took time off to focus on her career as an actress and a judge on the hugely popular “American Idol” TV show but was one of the biggest names in music three decades ago, when she had seven No. 1 hit singles, including “Straight U,” “Cold Hearted, “Forever Your Girl,” “The Promise of a New Day,” “Rush, Rush” and “Opposites Attract.” Four-time Grammy-winners Boyz II Men, who joined NKOTB and 98 Degrees on “The Package Tour” in 2013, is the best-selling R&B group of all time and has been cranking out hits for 25 years, including “Motownphiily,” “I’ll Make Love to You,” “End of the Road” and “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday.” Waters, the 73-year-old former front man for the legendary band Pink Floyd, brings his “Us + Them” tour to coincide with his yet to be released “Is This The Life We Really Want?” album that’s expected to be

out this summer. The tour, which is named after the song on Pink Floyd’s 1973 album “The Dark Side of the Moon,” marks Waters’ first tour since “The Wall Live.” The worldwide tour, which ran from 2010-13, paid homage to Pink Floyd’s transcendent 1979 album “The Wall.” The tour grossed more than $458 million, a record for a solo artist. “Us + Them” will treat audiences to a new audio-visual presentation of material from Waters’ tenure with Pink Floyd, as well the debut of songs from his first studio album since 1992’s “Amused to Death.” “The tour is called ‘Us + Them’ because it is about reaching out, holding hands and understanding — particularly understanding the simple things I have been saying for the last 40 or 50 (expletive) years, which is ‘Building walls is not the answer,’” he told Rolling Stone. “It is particularly appropriate now that we’ve got this lunatic who talks about nothing else, about national exceptionalism — all the things that can be used to destroy all life as we know it.”

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spring arts preview “THE BOOK OF MORMON”

“The Color Purple”

Photo: Joan Marcus

Photo: Matthew Murphy

“Hamilton”

BIG NAMES, BIG SHOWS “Love Never Dies: The Phantom Returns”

“The King and I”

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Photo: Joan Marcus

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“The Lion King”

‘Hamilton’ highlights Fox Theatre’s Broadway in Atlanta season By Jon Gallo

Staff Correspondent

Consider yourself warned: “Hamilton” is coming to town as part of Fox Theatre’s Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta season, and if history is any indication, tickets won’t be cheap. The musical won 11 of the record 16 Tony awards for which it was nominated, as well as the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It revolutionized Broadway at the legendary Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York City, where it grossed more than $3 million during a standard eight-week run. Four years ago, “Wicked” earned $3.2 million in eight weeks, but it gave nine performances a week, one more than the industry standard. “Hamilton” tickets weren’t inexpensive, as it established the mark for the top premium ticket price charged by a Broadway box office, at $998, much higher than the previous mark set of $700 set by “Barry Manilow on Broadway” in 2013. But some spectators spent more than $1,000 to see “Hamilton” by purchasing tickets on the secondary market. “Hamilton’’ is based on Ron Chernow’s biography of Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies who played a key role in the American Revolution and went on to become the nation’s first secretary of the Treasury. The

musical can be controversial, as its politically driven content has been viewed as critical of President Donald Trump. One of the show’s most polarizing lines is, “Immigrants, we get the job done!” Trump took to Twitter to demand the cast apologize to Vice President-elect Mike Pence after a cast member — in a curtain-call speech — allegedly harassed Pence, who was in attendance, for Pence’s questionable stance on diversity. The fame of “Hamilton” has only grown since its national tour launched. It’s scheduled to stop in Georgia from May 22, 2018, to June 10, 2018, as the last of nine Broadway shows that make up the Fox Theatre’s Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta 2017-18 season. “Hamilton” will join Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “The King and I” (Sept. 26 through Oct. 1), “The Color Purple (Oct. 24-29), “Love Never Dies: The Phantom Returns” (Nov. 28-Dec. 3), “Rent” (Feb. 20-25, 2018), “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder” (March-13-18), and “Something Rotten!” (April 17-22). These seven shows are included in season ticket packages, while Disney’s “The Lion King” (Jan. 10-28, 2018) and “The Book of Mormon” (July 17-22, 2018) are “season options.” “This season is truly one for the books!” said Russ Belin, vice president of Broadway in

Atlanta. “The combination of major Atlanta first-run shows, returning audience favorites and classic Broadway tales makes this season the ultimate experience for any and every theatregoer. Atlanta audiences are accustomed to seeing the best of Broadway right here on Peachtree Street, and the upcoming lineup is no exception.” Here’s a look at the shows coming to the Fox Theatre between now and June 2018: • “The King and I”: The 2015 Tony Award winner for Best Musical Revival, the musical tells the story of the unconventional and tempestuous relationship between the King of Siam and Anna Leonowens, a British schoolteacher whom the king brings to teach his numerous wives and children. The story, which is set in Bangkok, Thailand, in the 1860s, features the songs “Getting To Know You,” “I Whistle a Happy Tune,” “Hello Young Lovers,” “Shall We Dance” and “Something Wonderful.” • “The Color Purple”: The 2016 Tony Award winner for Best Musical Revival, which is directed by Tony winner John Doyle, portrays the journey of a young woman’s quest of love and freedom in the American South. • “Love Never Dies”: The Phantom Returns: Perhaps the greatest love story to ever hit Broadway, this drama serves as the sequel to Andrew Lloyd

Webber’s “The Phantom of the Opera,” which has been seen by more than 130 million people worldwide and has won more than 50 international awards. • “Disney’s The Lion King”: Directed by Tony Award winner Julie Taymor, the story of Simba, Nala, Mufasa, Scar, Rafiki, Timon and Pumbaa comes to life in this six-time Tony Award winner that’s been seen by more 90 million people worldwide. The show features hits “Circle of Life,” “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” and “Hakuna Matata” • “Rent 20th Anniversary Tour”: It’s been 20 years since this transcendent rock musical first hit the stage, and it’s still going strong. Director Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-wining masterpiece follows a year in the lives of seven struggling artists who want to fulfill their dreams on their own terms. The musical’s universal themes of love, courage, perseverance and friendship are just as relevant now as they were two decades ago. The show features an array of hit songs, including “Another Day,” “La Vie Boheme,” “Take Me or Leave Me,” Seasons of Love” and, of course, “Rent.” • “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder”: The comedy and 2014 Tony Award winner for Best Musical tells the story of Monty Navarro, who wants to get rid of eight relatives between him and inheriting his

family’s fortune. • “Something Rotten!”: Brothers Nick and Nigel get a tip that musicals will be the next big thing, so they try to write the first show that combines singing, dancing and acting in this critically acclaimed comedy. The show treats the audience to numerous hit songs, including “A Musical” and “God, I Hate Shakespeare.” • “The Book of Mormon”: Here’s all you need to know: The New York Times calls the nine-time Tony Award winner “the best musical of the century.” The worldwide hit comedy chronicles the journey of two missionaries who travel across the globe to spread God’s word. Season tickets for the seven shows, which can be purchased by calling 800-278-4447 or by visiting BroadwayInAtlanta. com, start at $249, with prices varying depending on show time, day of the week and seat location. Single-show tickets generally go on sale to the general public eight to 12 weeks prior to opening night. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday and at 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, though times are subject to change. An American Sign Language-interpreted performance for the deaf and hearing-impaired is available for a pre-determined Sunday matinee of each engagement.

Radio host Jeff Dauler trying his hand at stand-up comedy By Jon Gallo

to Dauler. “It was like if you Jeff Dauler didn’t know played what he was thinking. He piano had returned home after and Elton eating hamburgers and John said French fries with Jeff Fox- Jeff Dauler he would worthy at Ted’s Montana help you Grill in Alpharetta, where play. You’d be crazy to the state’s most famous turn that down.” comedian had given the Dauler is a lot of things Star 94 morning personal- — co-host of the popular ity more than just his seal morning Jeff and Jenn of approval that October Show with Jenn Hobby on afternoon in 2013. Star 94.1, triathlete, social “He told me that I was media addict, and, yes, really funny and that I controversial considering should do stand-up comthe way he left The Bert edy,” Dauler said of FoxShow after working with worthy, who he met weeks Bert Weiss for more than earlier at the induction 14 years — but he’s not ceremony for the Georstupid. gia Music Hall of Fame. Dauler, a 42-year-old “Then he said, ‘I can help Sandy Springs resident, you.’” took Foxworthy’s advice Dauler, who had been — and he hasn’t looked doing stand-up comback. edy sporadically for two He remains very much decades but hadn’t done committed to his morning much in the past several show with Hobby. But he’s years, told his then-girlbeen spending more nights friend, now-wife, Callie, doing stand up, without a what the “You Might Be co-host, as it’s just him, a a Redneck If” and “Are microphone and an audiYou Smarter Than A Fifth ence he’s looking to make Grader” star told him. laugh. Dauler recently “How can you not do performed in Marietta, it?” Callie said, according and on June 24, he’ll have Staff Correspondent

thing is great, but I won’t know the audience’s reacWhat: Aurora Comedy tion until a month later Nights Presents: Jeff when I see the ratings,” Dauler & Friends Dauler said. “But when Where: Aurora TheI’m on stage, the audiatre, Lawrenceville ence’s response is immediWhen: 7:15 and ate. Are people laughing 9:15 p.m. June 24 or are they quiet? I know Tickets: $25 and can be purchased at right away and if my mateauroratheatre.com rial isn’t working, then I can take a detour and go in another direction.” two shows at the Aurora Those planning on Theatre in Lawrenceville, attending Dauler’s perforwith first starting at 7:15 mance in Lawrenceville p.m. and second two hours can expect to see another later. side of him when he’s on “Radio and stand-up stage. Dauler’s material comedy complement each will never be compared other very well,” Dauler to the barrage of F-bombs said. “I can use my radio and sexual references that show to work out some have helped make Denis material, so it’s pretty help- Leary, Andrew Dice Clay, ful. It also allows me to Amy Schumer and Eddie write my material, which is Murphy famous. But his important because you also stand-up content is also have to write your own geared toward a much difmaterial for stand-up.” ferent demographic than But here’s the big differ- his morning show, which ence: If Dauler’s not funny is suitable for kids and on the radio, his audience abides by Federal Comcan simply turn the dial munications Commission without him knowing it. guidelines. When he’s on stage, a si“I’ve had people ask me lent audience is no laughif it’s cool to bring their ing matter for any comic. kids,” Dauler said. “It’s “On radio, I can think probably not. I use some I’m killing it and everyprofanity. I can also tell the

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stories obviously a lot different than I can do radio.” Stand-up comedy, perhaps, has never been as big in Atlanta as it is right now, as the city is spawning breakout comedians like kudzu. Long known for Foxworthy and Ron White, Atlanta has increased its profile on the national comedic landscape in recent years. Clayton English and Rod Man, who both have roots in the city, were the recent winners of “Last Comic Standing,” a reality TV show for aspiring comedians that’s similar to “American Idol” and “America’s Got Talent.” Dauler said stand-up comedy shows such as the ones hosted by the Aurora Theatre are crucial to the genre’s growth. Comedians’ access to an audience has never been greater, as they can display their wit through Twitter, Facebook and other social media channels — all of which didn’t exist when Eddie Murphy, Jerry Seinfeld, Richard Pryor and Robin Williams were making names for themselves. “The comedy scene in

Atlanta is really robust right now,” Dauler said. “There are just so many really talented comics out there. I feel bad in a way, because there are so many great comedians who don’t have the access to radio like I have.” Dauler said he has no plans of leaving his morning radio show any time soon. But he also acknowledged he can’t reach his potential as a stand-up comic if he remains a morning staple. After all, no great stand-up comics — Jeff Dunham, Kevin Hart, Tracy Morgan, Wanda Sykes, Katt Williams, Larry the Cable Guy, and, yes, Foxworthy — reach the top of the mountain without spending years touring nationally, performing in clubs from Atlanta to Anaheim. “It’s a question that I have never thought about, but it would be a terrific decision to have to make: Would I leave radio to tour nationally?” Dauler said. “It comes down to this: Do I want to wake up at 3 a.m. to do my morning show or go to bed at 3 a.m. after a stand-up show?”

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TRAVELING TROUPE

Alliance Theatre to take shows on the road for 2017-18 season

By Jon Gallo

AT A GLANCE

Staff Correspondent

The Alliance Theatre at the Woodruff Arts Center is undergoing a complete renovation, but the shows will go on — at other venues throughout Atlanta. The Alliance Theatre’s 49th season will feature 12 shows that will be hosted by 13 venues, from Spelman College to the Atlanta History Center to the Atlanta Botanical Garden, while the Alliance Theatre undergoes its first renovation since it opened in 1968. “It never felt like the right choice to simply produce the offcampus season in a single venue — or even in two venues that might approximate our two theaters,” Susan V. Booth said. “We have a once-in-an-organizationallifetime opportunity to truly be Atlanta’s theater. For 48 years, metro Atlanta has supported us by making the trip to our front door. It seemed like we had the opportunity to return the favor, and to do so in a way that celebrated the best of Atlanta by taking our work to a slate of cultural venues across our city. The Alliance renovation project will include a complete transformation of the Alliance Stage, the theater’s rehearsal spaces, education spaces and artist support spaces. The remodeling of the Alliance Theatre will provide significant enhancements to the patron experience, technology and infrastructure before it is reopens as Coca-Cola Stage in time for its 50th anniversary season late next year. “If we do this work right, each work will feel inevi-

The Alliance Theatre at the Woodruff Arts Center is undergoing a complete renovation, but the shows will go on — at other venues throughout Atlanta. (Special Photo)

tably matched to its venue, and we’ll be both taking our loyal supporters on a curated trip around their city and meeting new audiences that we can hopefully bring home with us in the years ahead,” Booth said. “The 2017-18 season is an audacious experiment. We are celebrating our city with the people who make up our city because we believe humans make humans better. We believe the Alliance is more than a building. We want to play everywhere.” The Alliance Theatre’s partners this season span every corner of Atlanta’s

perimeter, from the Fulton County Southwest Arts Center and Porter Sanford III Performing Arts and Community Center on Atlanta’s Southside, to the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta and the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on the Northside and all the venues in-between — Actor’s Express, Spelman College, Dad’s Garage, Atlanta Symphony Hall, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta History Center, The Galloway School, and the Conant Performing Arts Center at Oglethorpe University. “It’s a brave choice to go

to a different venue for each production, and the Alliance Theatre Board of Directors is thrilled to be going on this journey in every corner of our city,” said Hala Moddelmog, president of the Atlanta Metro Chamber and incoming co-chair of the Alliance Theatre Board of Directors. “What better way to meet our neighbors than to perform where they are and invite them to come back with us when we return to our home. We’re also excited to introduce our long time patrons to other cultural organizations they might not have had the opportunity to

visit before.” The Alliance Theatre will also produce four Kathy & Ken Bernhardt Theatre for the Very Young productions and one interactive play space at the Woodruff Arts Center. This season of Theatre for the Very Young will celebrate past and current world premiere productions based on children’s picture books. The Kathy and Ken Bernhardt Theatre for the Very Young produces professional productions designed for children ages up to 5 years old, creating an artistic experience that overcomes age, language

The Alliance Theatre’s 2017-18 season • The Dancing Granny: Conant Performing Arts Center at Oglethorpe University — June 10-18; The Galloway School — June 24 to July 2; Spelman College — July 8-16 • Shakespeare In Love: Conant Performing Arts Center at Oglethorpe University — Aug. 30 to Sept. 24 • Crossing Delancey: Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta — Oct. 7 to Nov. 18 • Hand To God: Dad’s Garage — Oct. 20 to Nov. 12 • Alice Between: Rich Auditorium, Woodruff Arts Center — Nov. 12-19 • A Christmas Carol: Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre — Dec. 8-24 • Native Guard: Atlanta History Center — Jan. 13 to Feb. 4 • The Jungle Book: Porter Sanford III Performing Arts and Community Center — Feb. 8 to March 4 • Sheltered: Actor’s Express — March 1-25 • Hospice and Pointing At The Moon: Fulton County Southwest Arts Center — March 23 to April 15 • Candide: Atlanta Symphony Hall — May 9-20 • A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Atlanta Botanical Garden — Sept. 5 to Oct. 21

and developmental barriers, and expands the consciousness of very young audience members. Season tickets are on sale now at www.alliancetheatre. org, with single-show tickets going on sale in July.

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spring arts preview Wild Weather shows just how unpredictable and powerful Mother Nature can be, as visitors are immersed in winter storms, devastating hurricanes, powerful tornadoes and thunderstorms, and extreme heat as they wander through eight zones.

The Wild Weather exhibit, which runs through May 7, features a series of extreme weather experiences, like left and below, intended to teach the science behind severe weather, its connection to climate change, emerging technologies and forecasting techniques. (Special Photos)

The four seasons

Fernbank Museum lets visitors weather the weather

By Jon Gallo

IF YOU GO

Staff Correspondent

Think you can successfully fly an aircraft through a hurricane? “Let’s just say it’s not easy,” said Kaden Borseth, the Fernbank Museum of Natural History’s director of Teen and Family Programs. “But it’s an experience.” Borseth should know. He’s played a vital role in Wild Weather, a Fernbank exhibit that focuses on extreme weather phenomena — ranging from the hottest of hot to the coldest of cold — to give visitors a unique look at all Mother Nature has to offer. Wild Weather shows just how unpredictable and powerful Mother Nature can be, as visitors are immersed in winter storms, devastating hurricanes, powerful tornadoes and thunderstorms, and extreme heat as they wander through eight zones. The exhibit, which runs through May 7, features a series of extreme weather experiences intended to teach the science behind severe weather, its connection to climate change, emerging technologies and forecasting techniques. “Wild Weather tells the story behind the weather so you will be less scared and you’ll be more prepared when the weather strikes because you will

Visitors can learn about tornadoes as they wander through eight zones.

understand the science behind it.” Visitors will experience Wild Weather through interactive exhibits, multimedia activities, models and largescale graphics. But they’ll also see if they can fly a research aircraft through a hurricane, in addition to viewing the devastation left by tornadoes and following turbulent cloud formations and lightning strikes. Visitors can be “struck” by lightning in slow motion and learn how lightning, as well as hail, are formed. “You also can be a scientist and study the weather and learn how weather is forecasted and see what implications climate change has on the

weather pattern,” Borseth said. “It’s a great exhibit for all ages.” Visitors can also make their own storm in the “Experience the Weather” zone, where the more they dance and move, the more energy they create to fuel a thunderstorm. “Wild Weather is incredibly pertinent to Atlanta residents because we experience everything from winter storms to tornadoes to heat waves in our region — all of which are featured in the exhibition,” Borseth said. “Fernbank is excited to offer the opportunity for guests to delve into current severe weather science, discover cutting edge technology and investigate the stories

What: Wild Weather Where: Fernbank Museum of Natural History, 767 Clifton Road N.E., Atlanta When: Through May 7; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, noon to 5 p.m. Sundays Tickets: Wild Weather is included with museum admission. Tickets are $18 for adults, $17 for seniors, $16 for children ages 3-12, free for children 2 and under, and free for Fernbank members. Value Pass tickets, which include museum admission and a giant screen film, are $22-$26. They are available at fernbankmuseum.org or by calling 404-929-6400.

of scientists, forecasters and passionate enthusiasts.” The exhibit is complemented by “Extreme Weather 3-D, which is Fernbank’s first Giant Screen 3-D film. The film, which requires an additional ticket to view, takes the audience with storm chaser and filmmaker Sean Casey, who documents extreme weather phenomena, including wildfires and tornadoes. “Weather is very hard to teach in a classroom,” Borseth said. “But it connects everyone because it impacts everyone wherever they live. “

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37 MAIN 37 E. Main St., Buford 678-288-2030 www.buford.37main.com • April 29: Appetite for Destruction (Guns N Roses) • May 5: Reverned Rollo’s Shake-A-Booty Klub (’70s Disco and Minnesota Sounds) • May 6: Head Games (Foreigner Tribute) • May 7: American Bikini Showdown (charity event for Operational Rally Point) • May 12: Electric Avenue (’80s MTV Experience) • May 13: Slippery When Wet (Bon Jovi Tribute) • May 19: UZOO (A Tribute to U2) • May 20: Generation Idol (Billy Idol Tribute) • May 26: Klaus Band Kamp (A Spoonful of the ’80s) • May 27: Wrocksnake (A Tribute to Whitesnake) • June 15: Michael Sweet (The Voice of Stryper) 40 WATT CLUB 285 W. Washington St., Athens 706-549-7871 www.40watt.com • Ongoing: DJ Immuzikation, Twin Powers • April 25: Rak the Watt • April 26: Midnight Madness Volume 2 hosted by DJ Ky • April 27: Mosaic, The Vinyl Suns — Design Company • April 28: Nihilist Cheerleader and The Hernies • April 29: Russian Circles • May 9: Shonen Knife • May 11: Brandy Clark and Charlie Worsham • May 12: Oak House and Five-Eight • May 20: Is/Ought Gap Flash to Bang Time • May 27: The Music Tapes • June 3: Athens Face/Off • June 9: Dressy Bessy, The Split Squad • June 15: Lee Ranaldo, Steve Gunn, Meg Baird • June 16: Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, Andrew Leahey • June 22: The Darnell Boys, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Daniel Romano • June 24: of Montreal, Lingua Franca, Pansy AARON’S AMPHITHEATRE AT LAKEWOOD 2002 Lakewood Ave., Atlanta 404-443-5000 www.livenation.com/venues/14086/aaron-s-amphitheatre-at-lakewood • May 3: Def Leppard • May 5, 9: Future, Migos, Tory Lanez, and Kodak Black • May 11: Kings of Leon and Deerhunter • June 2: Train: Play That Song Tour • June 6: MUSE with Thirty Seconds to Mars • June 11: Chance the Rapper • June 13: Dead and Company • June 29: Vans Warped Tour presented by Journeys • July 8: 8 Tour — Incubus with Jimmy Eat World • Aug. 10: John Mayer • Aug. 12: Kiss 104.1 Annual Flashback Festival • Aug. 13: Matchbox Twenty and Counting Crows: A Brief History of Everything Tour ATLANTA SYMPHONY HALL 1280 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta 404-733-4900 www.atlantasymphony.org • Ongoing: Casual Fridays • Ongoing: Music for the Very Young • April 23: Todrick Hall • April 24: Ben Folds • April 27, 29: Vasily Petrenko Leads the Orchestra in R. Strauss and Dvorak • May 4-6: Nicholas McGegan leads the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in Mozart, Rameau and Haydn • May 11, 13: Robert Spano leads the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Debut of Gluck’s Orfeo • May 19-20: An Orchestral Tribute to Music of the King, Elvis Presley • May 25, 27: Donald Runnicles leads an All-French Program • June 1, 3: Robert Spano closes the season with Britten, Wagner and World Premiere • June 9-10: Singin’ in the Rain Movie with the Orchestra performing the Live Score • June 11: Plundering Pirates of Symphony Hall • June 23: Chris Botti with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra THE BOWL @ SUGAR HILL 5039 W. Broad St., Sugar Hill 770-945-6716 www.thebowlatsugarhill.com • April 29: Georgia Natives Music Festival

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spring arts preview by venue — music

Zac Brown Band will perform at the Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre at Encore Park in Alpharetta on May 12 and 13. (Special Photo) • May 26: Collective Soul • June 10: Boz Scaggs • July 15: KC and the Sunshine Band • Aug. 12: Josh Turner • Sept. 2: Ben Folds • Nov. 11: Atlanta Rhythm Section BUCKHEAD THEATRE 3110 Roswell Road, Atlanta 404-843-2825 www.thebuckheadtheatre.com • May 1: NAO • May 2: Silversun Pickups • June 6: Ann Wilson of Heart • June 10: Banks • July 16: Chevelle • Aug. 18: The Magpie Salute • Aug. 19: Roxie Watson — CD Release Party • Sept. 20: Hanson CENTER STAGE THEATER 1374 W. Peachtree St., Atlanta 404-885-1365 www.centerstage-atlanta.com • Ongoing: Afton Showcase • April 24: Steel Panther • April 25: Desiigner • April 28: Slavash Ghomayshi • April 29: Dough E Fresh and Kool Moe Dee • May 4: Playboi Carti • May 5: Eric Robertson Live • May 6: Midnight Oil • May 9: Citizen Cope • May 12: X Ambassadors • May 13: Benyamin Bahadori • May 19: Damien Escobar • May 20: NF • May 30: Todd Rundgren • June 2: Kindred the Family Soul • June 3: Mon Laferte • June 16: Isaac and Joel • June 17: An Evening with Keke Watt • June 23: Cece Winans COBB ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway, Atlanta 770-916-2800 www.cobbenergycentre.com • April 29, May 2, 5, 7: The Atlanta Opera — Turnadot • June 11: Paul Shaffer and the World’s Most Dangerous Band • June 23: Gregory Porter EDDIE’S ATTIC 515-B N. McDonough St., Decatur 404-377-4976 www.eddiesattic.com • Ongoing: Eddie’s Attic Songwriter’s Open Mic • April 23: Bob Sima • April 23: Angie Keilhauer • April 25: TFDI features Tony Lucca, Jay Nash and Matt Duke • April 25: Chely Wright • April 26: Bombadil • April 26: Joshua James • April 27: Jillette Johnson • April 27: Ari Hest • April 28-29: Erick Baker • April 29: The Steel Wheels • April 30: Bobby Long • April 30: Amplify presents: Bob Dylan vs. The Band • May 5: Susan Werner • May 6: Sean Rowe • May 6: AJ Ghent Band • May 7: K Phillips • May 7: Melodime • May 9-10: Mother’s Finest • May 11: Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas • May 11: Tony Furtado • May 12: Charlie Mars • May 13: “Mama Jan” Smith with Peter Vogl • May 13: BJ Barham (of American Aquarium) • May 14: Secret Sisters • May 14: Joe Hertler and the Rainbow Seekers • May 15: Ruth B • May 17: Kip Winger • May 18: Kim Richey • May 18: Haas Kowert Tice • May 19: Maggie Rose • May 19: Barry Waldprep and Friends • May 20: The Bitteroots 9th Anniversary Show • May 20: Cereus Bright • May 21: Jenny and Tyler • May 21: The Harmaleighs • May 23-24: Angie Aparo • May 25: David Cone and Alannah McCreedy • May 25: Channing Wilson • May 26: Ryan Horne • May 26: Tyler Lyle • May 27: Anna and Sami +

Sean • May 27: Sonia Leigh • May 28: Tristan McIntosh • May 28: Colby Dee • May 30: Michael Magno, Kevin So and Anita Aysola • May 31: Troubadours 2.0 featuring DAYSHAWNx, Chelsea Shag and Kameron Corvet • June 1: Tom Russell • June 2: Joe Grandsen Band • June 3: Michelle Malone • June 3: Delta Moon • June 4: Muscadine Bloodline • June 6: Bobby Whitlock and Coco Carmel • June 6: Reeve Carney • June 7-8: Suzy Bogguss • June 9: Porter Nickerson • June 9: Bruce Robison • June 10: 46th Annual Open Mic Shootout • June 11: Ray Fulcher • June 11: Emily Kopp • June 13: Joan Shelley • June 15: Kelly McFarling • June 16: Seth Walker • June 17: Garrison Starr, P.J. Pacifico • June 17: Col. Bruce Hampton • June 18: A Night with Francine Reed • June 18: Lilly Winwood • June 20: The Joe Taylor Group • June 20: Guthrie Brown • June 21: Adron • June 21: Josh Kelley • June 22: Mipso • June 23: Robbie Fulks • June 23: Jack’s River Band CD Release • June 24: The Roosevelts • June 25-26: The Station Breaks • June 27: Sam Lewis • June 30: Macy Todd EVERETT’S MUSIC BARN 4055 Stonecypher Road, Suwanee 678-858-5363 everettsmusicbarn.net • May 13: Frances Mooney and Fontanna Sunset • May 27: Barbwire • June 10: The Bankesters • June 17: The Hinson Girls INFINITE ENERGY ARENA 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth 770-813-7500 www.infiniteenergycenter.com • June 25: Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull • July 14: New Kids on the Block • July 11: James Taylor with Bonnie Raitt • July 16: Roger Waters • July 29: Shawn Mendes THE LOFT 1374 W. Peachtree St., Atlanta 404-885-1365 www.centerstage-atlanta.com/ shows/the-loft • April 23: Oddisee and Good Company • April 29: AB-Soul • May 3: Mick Jenkins • May 12: Matt Schultz • May 13: Sampha • May 15: Kings Kaleidoscope • May 19: Vamps • June 11: M.Fect Showkase Tour THE MASQUERADE 695 North Ave. N.E., Atlanta 404-577-8178 www.masqueradeatlanta.com • April 23: Sorority Noise; Radiate Atlanta • April 24: Slothrust • April 25: R.LUM.R, #4way Shad; Brant Bjork; Maybird • April 26: The Loud House “Final Exam” College Takeover • April 27: Hell or Hightower; Affiance; Starset • April 28: Charly Bliss; In This Moment • April 29: SB IV Short; AbSoul; Rival Sons; Russian Circles • April 30: Rise to Slaughter; Emarosa • May 1: Black Map • May 2: All That Remains; NARRA • May 3: State Champs; Flaw • May 4: Oceano; A Lot Like Birds • May 5: illenium; Ganja White Night; Snails • May 6: Little Dragon; Mija; Slushii • May 8: Holy Golden • May 9: The Besnard Lakes,

The Life and Times; The Sword • May 10: The Elovaters • May 11: Toni Romiti; Jesus Piece, Malice at the Palace • May 11: The Damned • May 12: Cloud Nothings, Preoccupations, Highly Suspect, The Bronx • May 13: PUP, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Car Seat Headrest • May 14: A Boogie • May 15: New Found Glory • May 15: Art of Dying; Veil of Maya • May 16: PEARS; X • May 17: Atlas Greene, IntelliGENT x Freshmen • May 17: Terror, God’s Hate • May 18: The Sonics • May 19: Teebs; Vallis Alps; Emo Nite Atlanta • May 19: Torch • May 20: Mayday Parade • May 21: In Flames • May 23: Real Friends; Deal Casino, dollys • May 23: Okilly Dokilly • May 24: As It Is; Tigers Jaw • May 25: Morbid Angel; Michael Barr; Kilroy Kobra • May 26: Bayside, Say Anything; Icon for Hire • May 27: Cryptopsy • May 28: Natewantstobattle; Lincoln Durham • May 29: Hot Mulligan, Belmont • May 30: Rian Adkinson • May 31: Zakk Sabbath • June 1: Hail the Sun • June 3: Lost Stars; Doyle • June 4: Destruction • June 5: Animal Flag; Tuxedo • June 6: Freddie Gibbs; (Sandy) Alex G • June 7: Otep • June 8: H09909 • June 9: Torch • June 10: Sleeping Bear; Skinlab; Great Good Fine OK • June 11: To Speak of Wolves • June 12: PWR BTTM • June 14: The Birthday Massacre; Girlpool • June 15: Miss May I • June 16: Free Throw; Mutoid Man • June 18: Merchandise, B Boys • June 19: Gorguts • June 20: Dead Rabbitts • June 22: Civil Youth • June 27: Chastity Belt; The Movement • June 28: SayWeCanFly • July 1: Otherwise, Through Fire PHILIPS ARENA 1 Philips Drive N.W., Atlanta 404-878-3000 www.philipsarena.com • April 27: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers • April 30: Neil Diamond • May 2: Chris Brown • May 13: The Weeknd • Nov. 28: Lady Gaga RED CLAY MUSIC FOUNDRY 3116 Main St., Duluth 678-957-7283 www.eddieowenpresents.com • Ongoing: Songwriters Open Mic • April 28: Grateful Dead Night with Dead Affect and Hollywood • April 29: Levi Lowrey and The Antique Rodeo Show • May 4: Shannon McNally • May 5: Gwen Hughes with ACME and Melissa Ellen • May 6: Mayberry Moments • May 11: Tim Easton with Alex Hall • May 12: Jacob Harshman with Many Mammals and Ayo River • May 13: Emmett O’Hanlon • May 17: Reckless Kelly with Blue Water Highway • June 2: Bill Hart Band • June 3: Barry Waldrep and Ffriends featuring Jimmy Hall • June 7: Gaelynn Lea with Heart Hunters • June 9: Winston Slade Single and Video Release • June 10: Jennifer Knapp • June 16: Paul Byrom • June 30: The Currys RED LIGHT CAFE 553 Amsterdam Ave., Atlanta 404-874-7828 redlightcafe.com • Ongoing: Jazz Jam with the Gordon Vernick Quartet • Ongoing: Atlanta Songwriters Club Meet Up

• April 27: John Kadlecik Solo Acousti-Lectric • April 29: Ben Wade Band, Void Luna and Shreeps • April 30: Songs and Stories: Frankie Boots, Matthew Pendrick and Brian Revels in the Round • May 1: ScriptKiddie with Theadora • May 2: Art Amok Slam! • May 4: In the Round: Emmy Law, Katie Kuffel and Paige Hargrove • May 5: Greg Presmanes and the FOG • May 6: Mary and Friends: Mayday May-Day! • May 7: Ben Farmer’s Music Student Open Mic Spring 2017 • May 7: Free Spin Atlanta • May 11: Lennon Jones Band with Aaron Lebos Reality • May 18: Donna Hopkins Band, Robert Bidney and Heidi Pollyea • May 23: Juliana Finch and Kittens Slay Dragons • May 25: Beau, Luci and Robot Jurassic with Horrible Idea and The Ain’t Sisters • June 10: Mark Miller Band • June 24: Sweet Lu Olutosin CD Release Show: ‘Meet Me at the Crossroads’ SMITH’S OLDE BAR 1578 Piedmont Ave., Atlanta 404-875-1522 www.smithsoldebar.com • Ongoing: DJ Sky • April 24: The Van Lears and Taylor Scott and Macy Todd • April 25: Doug Stanhope • April 25: The Txlips Band, Howling Star, Conkrete God • April 26: Ex Wives, Rude!, Mo Lowda and The Humble, It’s What’s For Breakfast • April 27: Mahogany Marie and The 11th Hour Band • April 27: Derek Wayne Martin, Towne, Hughes Taylor • April 28: Sarah and The Safe Word, Fable Cry, Survival Kit, Eddie Rascal • April 29: Crystal Alicia Garrett and Kate Schettler • April 29: The Copper Children, The Evergreen Family Band, Rob Agocs • April 30: Leisure McCorkle, Margolious and Rowen • May 3: The Trongone Band • May 5: Dead Affect • May 9: Branches, The Ain’t Sisters • May 10: The New Up, Atom and The Molecules, John the Fruitman • May 11: The Vagabond Summer, Kareen Lomax, Hank and Brendan, Linnie and Amy Joy • May 11: From Hendrix to Hip Hop featuring Elliot Holden • May 12: Casual Cadenza, My ninja, The Paper Arcadia • May 12: Chase Mitchell • May 13: 3 People, Farm Dog • May 13: Kween and Nu Experiance • May 14: Heathen Sons, The Dirty Soul Revival, The Ides of June, The Buzzards of Fuzz • May 14: Wolves Among Ravens, Radiator King, Jesse Mariah • May 16: The Antarcticats, Those Manic Seas, The Texas KGB, The Pussy Willows • May 17: Peter Ciluzzi • May 18: Foxtrax • May 18: The David Mayfield Parade and the Railsplitters • May 19: Vices of Vanity, Slumberjack, LJ13 • May 19: Avenue of the Giants, A Slow Boat to China • May 20: Michael C. Smith • May 20: Rataid 2017 • May 20: Live By Satellite, Cody Marlowe, Ricky Thade Cole • May 21: Keller Williams Battle of the Bands • May 22: Luke Wade • May 23: Royalty Tour with J Tubbs • May 24: Aidan Connell, The Love Agenda, The Wild Now • May 25: Rude!, The Brian Rigby Band, Sempre Soul • May 25: Lanco • May 26: Sojourn, The Warsaw Clinic, Harvey Funkwalker • May 27: Austin Coleman, Wyatt Espalin • May 27: Cosplayground Con-A-Thon Nerdlesque Extravaganza and Dance Party

with DJ Robby Rob • May 27: Control This! • May 28: Band Together for Barbara • May 30: Dee Villain, Rod McCoy, J-Coop, Lingua Franca • May 31: Hurr and Madd Cosplay Extravaganza • June 1: The Dround Hounds, HDPSC, Whiskey Tango • June 1: Nick Moss Band • June 2: Cloudland, Tastebud, Ben Grant, The Todd Prusin Experience • June 2: El Ecorcho and Stone Tribute Pilots • June 3: Automatic Slim Blues Band, Lahar • June 3: Recycled Shotguns, The Heatbunnies, Bottle Kids • June 3: Bird Dog Jubilee • June 4: Burning Altar, Goodfires, Silver Tongued Devils, Soultrap • June 5: Katie Martin, Brown Kid, Joe Garner • June 6: Eryn Woods, Catrell, The Sagas • June 8: Foxtrot and The Getdown, The Ghost Wolves • June 9: Breakthrough Even, 4 Daze Dead, Days to Come • June 9: Deadphish Orchestra • June 10: Nameless Nameless (Nirvana Reincarnated) • June 10: Kevin Dunbar, Woody Earwood, Daniel Lieving • June 11: Electric Glitterland • June 12: Sweetbay, Beach Casino, Cody Oliver, How to Fly • June 12: Jarabe de Palo • June 13: Lanes, Lukr • June 13: The Grass is Dead • June 14: Distopia and Miss Mojo • June 15: Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers • June 16: Steve Gunn and Lee Ranaldo • June 17: The Vinyl Suns and Votive • June 23: Ron Funches: Funch-A-Mania • June 24: The Joey Stuckey Band, Origin Mile • June 24: The Charlie Fog Band • June 24: Unbreakable Bloodline • June 28: Micah Scott, The Julie Gribble Band, Magnolia Wind • June 29: Alexandria Lushington, Faith Evans Ruch • June 30: Zoso Risong, Canibal Joe, Lars Nagel • July 1: Jesse Owen Astin, Paige Hargrove • July 1: Carl Culpepper Band, Bill Hart Band, Bending Light • July 1: Balanze and Rezur THE TABERNACLE 152 Luckie St., Atlanta 404-659-9022 tabernacleatl.com • May 2: Coheed and Cambria • May 5: Wale • May 6: Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals • May 11: blackbear • May 12: Ali Wong • May 18: Korn • May 19: Rufus Du Sol • May 20: Mac DeMarco • May 21: Trey Songz • May 23: Ninja Sex Party • May 25: David Gray • May 27: Kehlani • May 28: Imparables - Adrian Uribe y Omar Chaparro • June 1: Billy Currington • June 6: Russ • June 10: Ghost VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATRE AT ENCORE PARK 2200 Encore Parkway, Alpharetta www.vzwamp.com • May 2: A Perfect Circle with Prayers • May 5-6: Chris Stapleton with Brothers Osborne and Lucie Silvas • May 7: Kidz Bop • May 12-13: Zac Brown Band • May 31: Dave Matthews, Tim Reynolds • June 15-17: Luke Bryan with Brett Eldredge and Lauren Alaina • June 16: 2017 Country Megaticket • June 23: Chicago and the Doobie Brothers

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Pining for the days when music told a story When I was almost 17 and started my career in media by hosting a weekend radio show on a country music station, I was no stranger to country music and the great stories told in its songs. It was at my sixth birthday party that my friends and I did the twist — a dance born from rock ’n’ roll — to the twang of a Loretta Lynn album. She became my musical hero, so my childhood was spent singing songs like “You Ain’t Woman Enough” and “Don’t Come Home A-Drinkin’.” For some reason, this did not cause my tee-totaling, Jesusloving, arrow straight parents to lift an eyebrow or worry about what road I was headed down. Mama always bought me the latest Loretta record.

player named Clayton Delaney. To tell a strong story in three minutes is, to me, the most admirable ability of any kind of writing. In the days when my radio career began, Dolly Parton had just released an album produced in Los Ronda Angeles, (Nashville was Rich horrified but she had just struck the first powerBeing a country muful chord on her way to sic disc jockey — as we becoming iconic), and were called in those days the Oak Ridge Boys, a — came as natural to me once-popular Southern as drinking sweet tea. I gospel quartet, were broke loved the music. I loved and struggling financially the singers, common and because their long hair, down-to-earth, who had beards and hip huggers mostly sprung up from weren’t selling to the dirt poor, and the musichurch crowd. cians, particularly steel “We had to do someguitar players. I especially thing,” lead singer Duane loved the story songs like Allen told me frankly in those written by Tom T. an interview. That “someHall who told of a waitress thing” was a country named Ruby or a guitar album called “The Y’all

Come Back Saloon,” which would give the Oak Ridge Boys the last laugh and launch them into a huge country career. It was country music’s original male quartet, though, that would be the ones who planted the seed that taught me to write a column like this. Their songs, primarily written by brothers Don and Harold Reid, often took a nostalgic look on life, and always there was a clever twist or take on words. They are probably the only act in country music who did not have a No. 1 or even a top 10 song about drinking, cheating or lying. While working around the house recently, I listened to Statler Brothers music. For hours. Over and over. Then, hours

turned to days. I couldn’t stop listening to the clever lyrics and perfect harmonies. It became so repetitive that Tink, who was working on a Hallmark movie, could not write unless “Flowers on the Wall” was playing on the Bose. “Put that song on again,” he’d call from upstairs. One of the first songs I played in my radio career was “The Official Historian of Shirley Jean Berrell.” It is a quick tempo, clever song that always had me happily singing along in the studio. It tells the story of a man who knows everything about a woman he loves such as her daddy’s middle name and why she’s scared of the dark. After making a convincing case for all he knows, the song ends

with, “The only thing that I don’t know is where she is right now.” After two weeks of listening to that album over and over, I realized that my own storytelling, particularly as it relates to this column, was seeded by the songs of the Statlers. Their snapshots of a simple time in a small town with friends and neighbors have always hugged my heart so tightly. It wasn’t Faulkner or Harper Lee who influenced me but a country music group. To quote one of their other hits, “It carries me back.” And that’s what we all love. Ronda Rich is the bestselling author of “There’s A Better Day A-Comin’.” Visit www.rondarich.com to sign up for her free weekly newsletter.

Your job is cake Do you like cake? I love cake. Give me a piece of cake, and I’m happy. A good job is kind of like cake. One piece is excellent. Two pieces are good. But if you eat a whole cake, you’re going to stop liking cake. A lot of people are burned out at work. We’ve seen the Gallup numbers, over half the workforce is disengaged. Much of the widespread disengagement is traced to lack of autonomy and purpose. There’s also a third issue at play: fatigue. It’s why many people who used to like work now hate it. They’re exhausted from an overdose of something they used to enjoy. It’s like cake, 24/7. You wake up, there’s coconut cake by your bed. You get served up a big slice of chocolate cake at 10 a.m., there’s angel food for lunch. Afternoon brings raspberry with cream cheese frosting, on your way home fluffy white cupcakes pop up on your cellphone, there’s a big heaping of red velvet waiting for you on the kitchen counter, and after dinner, the people on the West Coast give you three big slices of carrot cake to eat before bed. By the end of the day, you hate cake. By the end of the week even the thought of cake makes you nauseous. You’re in cake prison. Everywhere you look is more cake. I recently got an email from a colleague apologizing for a three-day response time. “Apologies for the lag in responding,” she wrote. “The joy and pain of escaping to an island is often because the things we take for granted are unavailable. In this case of course, it simply forced me to unplug.” I wasn’t annoyed; I was cheering for her. When was the last time you fully unplugged? My colleague accurately described her escape as “joy and pain.” When you’re in the hyper-connected wheel of productivity, moving

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away from it, even for a day feels uncomfortable. How long can you go without Lisa McLeod your phone before your fingers start twitching? I’m old enough to remember a time before email. When people went on vacation, they were unavailable. My father said in banking, people were required to take two consecutive weeks of vacation each year. The thinking was if someone was doing anything illegal or sneaky, it would show up in the second week. The unintended consequence was my father and his colleagues all had the chance to completely unplug for two weeks a year. Flash forward a few decades, we’re in a culture where people apologize for a three-day response time. I confess; I’m a person who tends to overindulge. When I was 10, I went to a church cake party. I was so excited, I dreamt about it for weeks. There was a table for every month of the year, and on every table were cakes representing that month. You could eat as much as you wanted. And the best part? I was going with friends, not my mom, so there was no one to reign me in. I ate so much cake I was sick for days. It was a full year before I even wanted to look at cake again. I learned my lesson on cake at age 10. It’s taken a few decades longer for me to learn the same lesson about work. If you run around eating everything on the table, it’s only a matter of time before you loathe the thing you used to love. Lisa McLeod is the creator of the popular business concept Noble Purpose and author of the bestseller “Selling with Noble Purpose.”

PETS OF THE WEEK

Each week the Gwinnett Daily Post will feature an animal available for adoption at the Georgia SPCA, which is located at 1175 Buford Highway, Suite 109, Suwanee, GA 30024. The hours of operation are Mondays through Fridays 11 a.m. until 7 p.m., Saturdays 11 a.m. until 5 p.m., and Sundays 1 until 4 p.m. You can see the rest of the adoptable cats and dogs at www.georgiaspca.org. 475817-4

These two adorable tuxedo girls, Amelia and Mavis, are

waiting for a family to cuddle. They need to go to a home together to comfort and snuggle with each other and their new family. They will prosper in an adult household and will integrate well with dogs and other cats. Screened-in porches are the favorite chill zone for these two indoor nature lovers. If you are looking for a friendly addition to your family, come on over to the Georgia SPCA, located at 1175 Buford Highway or contact 678-765-2726.

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