Category: Arts & Entertainment
From the Crates: Variety Playhouse became a mainstay of Little Five Points
There are parts of Atlanta that we cherish maybe a bit more than others. When you’re in the city...
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From Big Bird to rock and roll to the circus, the Omni hosted them all
In 1972, a new structure appeared downtown. It was called the Omni. This Omni Complex, now home...
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From the Crates: Chastain Park Amphitheater was the place to see live music
On a beautiful May morning in 1978, I was an excited, nervous 25-year-old on the way to my new job...
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Promoter Eddie Owen sees the market for live music suffer during the pandemic
For more than a few singer/songwriters/musicians, the road to success has run straight through...
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Want to be a star?
Brush up that acting resume Are you interested in joining the fun and landing a part in a local...
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Older actors are finding their paths to big and little screens
It’s a late November Tuesday night, and Nick Conti’s students are making their way through a windy...
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For its 29th Year, the MJCCA’s Book Festival Goes Virtual
The Book Festival of the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta (MJCCA), known for bringing bestselling authors into Dunwoody, is going virtual for its 2020 program.
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Woman’s Club Restores 150 Vintage Hats for Theater Company
The Women’s Club also cleaned, restored and repaired about 150 hats estimated to be between 60 and 80 years old. The hats were donated to ART Station over the past couple of decades by the families of four women — including three GFWC Stone Mountain Woman’s Club members — who have passed away.
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Waiting for the Curtains to Rise Again part 2
People who bring Atlanta theater to life
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Waiting for the Curtains to Rise
We present a half-dozen metro Atlantans who have devoted their careers to building theatrical groups and bringing stirring performances to the community. Their paths to Atlanta’s stages have varied widely — from writing plays to acting in plays to building an audience by staging Shakespeare year-round.
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Atlanta’s Parrot Heads Know a Good Party
They’re the Jimmy Buffett fans called Parrot Heads. They’re fans of chilled cocktails and Hawaiian shirts. You find them by the ocean and in landlocked states, getting lost in Buffett’s music. You find them in Canada, France, Australia, Mexico and Belize — just about anywhere. Including, of course, metro Atlanta.
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