Arts Agenda: Classical music – October/November 2024
Oct 10, 2024 · Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. Every week, we’ll present a different art form. :: October 11,12 Atlanta Master Chorale at Schwartz Center for…
Roderick Cox promises depth and beauty in ASO program
Oct 23, 2024 · For the opener, Cox chose Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings,” the mournful meditation well-known for its iconic appearance in Oliver Stone’s classic war film Platoon. “Even though it doesn’t have a storyline and doesn’t necessarily deal with death, it represents Barber’s sense of melancholy.”
Arts Agenda: Jazz and Blues – November/December 2024
Nov 21, 2024 · Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. Every week, we’ll present a different art form.:: November 22. Joe Alterman Trio at All Saints’ Episcopal Church.The master jazz pianist known for performances at the Lincoln Center and ...
Artadia’s 2024 Atlanta awardees have joined a very small club
Nov 19, 2024 · The Artadia art grant is one of a few national grants that supply not only money but a heap of art-world attention as well.:: Since 1999, the national arts funding nonprofit Artadia has been awarding unrestricted grants to visual artists in seven cities specifically chosen for their high concentration of creative workers: Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, the San Francisco ...
New Atlanta Opera complex was architect Allen Post’s dream job
Oct 11, 2024 · Atlanta Opera’s recently announced plan for a $45-million complex on Woodward Way in Buckhead evokes many childhood memories for architect Allen Post.
Partners in the Arts: Tinashe Kajese-Bolden and Keith Arthur …
Nov 15, 2024 · As individuals, Tinashe Kajese-Bolden and Keith Arthur Bolden are highly respected leaders in their fields -- but, as a duo, they are an undisputed Atlanta power couple. Tinashe is the co-artistic director of the Alliance Theatre, while Keith is the associate professor of theater and performance at Spelman College. Both actors as…
Review: Atlanta Opera’s superb ‘La Bohème’ and ‘Rent’ shine in ...
Sep 25, 2024 · Viva la vie Bohème!. A big gamble by the Atlanta Opera has paid off splendidly. Opening its 45th season, the company is offering its Bohème Project, alternating Puccini’s ever-popular 1896 La Bohème with Jonathan Larson’s Tony-award winning 1994 adaptation of the same story, Rent.. These two dynamic and often poignant productions have been staged in an evocative warehouse setting at ...
The ultimate guide to Atlanta Art Week, Atlanta Art Fair and more
Sep 30, 2024 · Selections from Cinqué Hicks, our Editor-in-Chief, for the week’s best art experiences. Monday, September 30. 12:00 Tour of Jeffrey Gibson: They Teach Love, From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation.Bernard A. Zuckerman Museum of Art exhibition of first Native American representative of the …
In ‘Hold the Line’ at ArtsXchange, Black men speak on their own …
Oct 4, 2024 · The weight of history looms over the exhibit, but it’s never crushing. There is grief but there is also joy. Through the exhibition we see Black men and boys in various expressions: as boxed in by society yet resilient in Darius Parker’s The View; as a graceful dancer like in Arthur Tafawa Hicks’ work John Parkers, Dancer; and as utterly …
Theater Emory’s ‘Other Shore’ captures tension between self and …
Nov 21, 2024 · When asked about any moments of discomfort she has seen, Traylor points to the heightened, nonrealist nature of the script. While technically falling under the umbrella of symbolism, The Other Shore draws a lot on absurdism and surrealism, neither of which undergrad actors typically have much experience with. Gestures, vocalizations and facial expressions must be more exaggerated than a ...