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Global Village Project is a Decatur-based humanitarian outreach program and a specialized middle school for refugee girls. Their students come from Afghanistan, Congo, Syria, Burma and other nations where displaced […]

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Though playwright Topher Payne originally wrote The Attala County Garden Club for Onstage Atlanta in 2006, the updated Process Theatre Company production at Onstage — running through September 29 — feels like a fun and fresh new work from one of the city’s favorite voices. And this Mississippi-set comedy about a group of social outcast...

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On the back cover of R.E.M.’s 1983 album, Murmur, is its namesake: a disused wooden railway trestle, featured in a wide shot, carrying the track listing as if down the line. In Jason Thrasher’s book of photographs, Murmur Trestle (University of Georgia Press, 2024), a more dynamic presence emerges, as his images document the wild,...

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“A dancer dies twice,” is Martha Graham’s famous assessment of a dancer’s life. They die at the end of their days just like the rest of us, but the other death she speaks of — and judged the more painful — is when a dancer stops dancing. The notion seemed to hover somewhere in the...

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Flux Projects is a public art initiative that is deeply committed to the subject of water. The organization’s multi-year project “FLOW” has enlisted artists to bring Atlantans into conversation about […]

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Atlanta artist and entrepreneur Greg Mike launched ABV in 2010. It is a gallery and artists’ agency that coordinates a hive of activities uniting artists, art spaces, neighborhoods and walls […]

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Asked for his personal “know before you go” advice regarding Atlanta Ballet’s 2024-25 season opener, Fall Into Rhythm, company Artistic Director, Gennadi Nedvigin, suggested audiences set aside expectations about the three works on the bill based on their order in the program. “Each of these dances should be accorded the same weight, and I hope...

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American Art, Modern and Contemporary Art, and European Art — central pillars of canonical Western art history, all of which have staff vacancies at the High Museum of Art. With the departure of Dr. Claudia Einecke from the role of European Art Curator, and the promotion of Katherine Jentleson and Michael Rooks to Senior Curator...

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A Raisin in the Sun is one of the great classics in American theater, produced year-round across the nation. The strength of the story means it’s difficult to do a poor job with Lorraine Hansberry’s seminal work, but, due to its ubiquity, individual productions have to work harder to differentiate themselves. Now running through October...

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On the “City Lights” series “Speaking of Music,” local musicians share their work and stories in their own voices. In today’s segment, we feature Atlanta multi-instrumentalist John Michael Young, also […]

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“Pianos for Peace” is one of Atlanta’s largest public art projects, created by composer and pianist Malek Jandali. Each year, the organization aims to spread the message of peace by […]

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The Atlanta Opera staged a beloved classic this year in its production of Puccini’s “La Bohème,” but artistic director Tomer Zvulun felt there was still more to probe. “The Bohème […]