Category: Arts & Entertainment
Groove On
Posted by Atlanta Senior Life Staff | Feb 18, 2021 | Arts & Entertainment, Feature | 0 |
From Big Bird to rock and roll to the circus, the ...
Posted by Kelly McCoy | Feb 16, 2021 | Arts & Entertainment, Feature, Music | 0 |
From the Crates: Chastain Park Amphitheater was th...
Posted by Kelly McCoy | Jan 19, 2021 | Arts & Entertainment, Feature, From the Crates | 0 |
Older actors are finding their paths to big and li...
Posted by Mark Woolsey | Dec 23, 2020 | Arts & Entertainment, Feature | 0 |
Woman’s Club Restores 150 Vintage Hats for Theater...
Posted by Donna Williams Lewis | Nov 5, 2020 | Arts & Entertainment, Feature | 0 |
From the Crates: Variety Playhouse became a mainstay of Little Five Points
by Kelly McCoy | Mar 26, 2021 | Feature, From the Crates, Music | 0 |
There are parts of Atlanta that we cherish maybe a bit more than others. When you’re in the city...
Read MoreGroove On
by Atlanta Senior Life Staff | Feb 18, 2021 | Arts & Entertainment, Feature | 0 |
Record shops weather the pandemic as vinyl popularity flourishes The dark-haired young lady knew...
Read MoreFrom Big Bird to rock and roll to the circus, the Omni hosted them all
by Kelly McCoy | Feb 16, 2021 | Arts & Entertainment, Feature, Music | 0 |
In 1972, a new structure appeared downtown. It was called the Omni. This Omni Complex, now home...
Read MoreFrom the Crates: Chastain Park Amphitheater was the place to see live music
by Kelly McCoy | Jan 19, 2021 | Arts & Entertainment, Feature, From the Crates | 0 |
On a beautiful May morning in 1978, I was an excited, nervous 25-year-old on the way to my new job...
Read MorePromoter Eddie Owen sees the market for live music suffer during the pandemic
by Atlanta Senior Life Staff | Jan 6, 2021 | Arts & Entertainment, Feature | 0 |
For more than a few singer/songwriters/musicians, the road to success has run straight through...
Read MoreWant to be a star?
by Atlanta Senior Life Staff | Dec 23, 2020 | Arts & Entertainment | 0 |
Brush up that acting resume Are you interested in joining the fun and landing a part in a local...
Read MoreOlder actors are finding their paths to big and little screens
by Mark Woolsey | Dec 23, 2020 | Arts & Entertainment, Feature | 0 |
It’s a late November Tuesday night, and Nick Conti’s students are making their way through a windy...
Read MoreFor its 29th Year, the MJCCA’s Book Festival Goes Virtual
by Atlanta Senior Life Staff | Nov 8, 2020 | Arts & Entertainment, Books | 0 |
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.
Read MoreWoman’s Club Restores 150 Vintage Hats for Theater Company
by Donna Williams Lewis | Nov 5, 2020 | Arts & Entertainment, Feature | 0 |
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.
Read MoreWaiting for the Curtains to Rise Again part 2
by Atlanta Senior Life Staff | Oct 13, 2020 | Arts & Entertainment, Feature | 0 |
People who bring Atlanta theater to life
Read MoreWaiting for the Curtains to Rise
by Atlanta Senior Life Staff | Oct 13, 2020 | Arts & Entertainment, Feature | 0 |
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.
Read MoreAtlanta’s Parrot Heads Know a Good Party
by Atlanta Senior Life Staff | Sep 2, 2020 | Arts & Entertainment | 0 |
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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