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Zoo Atlanta is throwing a final farewell party to say goodbye to four giant pandas before they head off to China later this month. Panda enthusiasts can see Lun Lun, […]

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NETFLIX: Kaos Though he believes his powers to be limitless and lives in a gilded estate only the most money and the worst taste can buy, Zeus (Jeff Goldblum) is petty, paranoid and a sucker for easy flattery. In other words, the king of the gods resembles not only the fallible, infantile figure of Greek...

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The curators of Hold the Line at ArtsXchange in East Point gave 35 Black male artists the chance to do something unusual — be anything they want. :: “I’m a 6-foot-7, dark-skinned, Black male. I’m, quote-unquote, imposing,” artist Ralph “rEN” Dillard says, describing his experience as a Black man and how this shaped the exhibition...

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The Atlanta band Catfight! has been perfecting their unique blend of punk and garage rock since the ’90s. This Saturday, they’re hosting (cat)FIGHT! FOR YOUR RIGHTS, a benefit concert at Eyedrum Art […]

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ART+DESIGN Call it Atlanta’s Artpocolypse or Artmaggedon or Artopia, this week sees a confluence of major visual art and design events rarely seen in any city. Events include Atlanta Art Fair, Atlanta Art Week, Atlanta Design Festival and Elevate. Throw in Atlanta Fashion Week and the offerings can make even the most stalwart art warrior...

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The South is in Malone’s blood, and her new album, Southern Comfort, honors both her Georgia-based family and the importance of friends like fellow musicians Rick Richards, Charlie Starr and the late Billy Pitts. Michelle Malone is a hybrid creature: equal parts clean-cut, radio-ready country and dirty, swaggering blues rock. It’s a signature sound that...

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In this moving play by Cuban American playwright Maria Irene Fornes, an illiterate woman escapes her plight by stepping into her power. :: Experimental theater can challenge, perplex, amuse, educate and even break the hearts of those who are game to attend. The best theater is an engine for compassion and connection. It can show...

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The old adage “behind every great man is a great woman” states it more diplomatically than the title of the hit comedy play “POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are […]

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Early members of Whole World Improv Theatre look back on three decades of humor — as well as the venues and furniture that tested their resolve. :: Back in the 1990s, young members of Whole World Improv Theatre could be seen on the corner of 10th and Piedmont, holding boots and excitedly collecting money from...

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A spectacle of gravity-defying dance and aerial arts awaits visitors of the Art Farm at Serenbe. About 40 minutes south of Atlanta, the peaceful location, known for connecting nature with […]

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T. Lang's new work "Out From the Deep: Unraveling Them Turners" gives viewers a new way to think about lynching victims Mary Turner and her husband Hayes.

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Rapper Rich Homie Quan died from an accidental drug overdose, the medical examiner’s office in Georgia confirmed. The cause of death for the hip-hop performer, born Dequantes Devontay Lamar, was […]