Category: Arts & Entertainment
Rosin Up the Bow: Jamming on the old tunes in Sandy Springs
Learning to play her new open-backed banjo led her to “old-time” music, the slice of American folk music associated with songs and string bands of the Appalachians. “The old tunes are pretty,” the 57-year-old Cobb County resident said. “They’re simple melodies. They’re historic. It kind of links you with the past.” It links her with like-minded musicians, too, which is why one recent Saturday afternoon she joined nine other instrumentalists in the back room at Slope’s BBQ in Sandy Springs to play old tunes.
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December Holiday Event Planner
Holiday merriment runs from November, through December and into January. Here are a few special events that celebrate the season.
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These Days: Looking back with a laugh through a classic movies club
Last year, she discovered the MJCCA’s Classics Film Club shows. The club started showing classic films in the fall of 2017 and now draws small groups of film buffs to its monthly Sunday afternoon gatherings.
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The Long and Many Lives of A Christmas Carol
What accounts for the continuing success of “A Christmas Carol” in its many forms? “People just love the story, the story of redemption and hope,” said Kathleen Covington, the Alliance’s brand content strategist.
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Book Nooks
If your reading materials are getting out of control, the Balance Design team suggests making the storage solution part of the presentation.
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Fun Is in Fashion at Decatur Christian Towers
On August 24, a Crazy Fashion Show was presented at Decatur Christian Towers.
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Late Summer Reading
Here’s a suggested list of books perfect for reading while you’re catching those last rays of the summer sun.
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European Masterworks: Showstopper Exhibition at the High Museum
After the rapturous reception and sold out run of “Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors,” the High Museum of Art has mounted a new exhibition that is equally showstopping in its sheer star power. “European Masterworks: The Phillips Collection” is a greatest hits collection on loan from the Washington DC museum created in 1921 by art collector and critic Duncan Phillips and his wife, the artist and collector Marjorie Acker Phillips.
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Funky, fearless, footloose and fancy free: The Marching Abominable
The Seed and Feed Marching Abominable band is celebrating its 45th year of fun and quirkiness.
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Cyclorama is back, telling its story in a new way
Cyclorama is now in its new location, Atlanta History Center, and has been renovated to tell a more complete story.
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Not Your Regular Book Club
The Irregular Book Club in Kennesaw shares their love of Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle.
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A club for writers is in its second century
The Atlanta Writers’ Club is now over 100 years old.
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