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Visual Arts
Shoes: Pleasure and Pain: SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film presents
this exhibit that explores the creativity, cultural significance and transformative
power of shoes. Closes Aug. 13. Free to $10. scadfash.org
Salon Styl e: TEW Galleries shows buyers
how to group several works of art together
to give spaces a more ecclectic, individual
looks in it’s summer exhibit. Closes Aug.
19. Free, tewgalleries.com
Piedmont Park Arts Festival: More than
250 art vendors flood Piedmont Park for
this annual festival that also includes artist
demonstrations, live acoustic music, a street
market, childrens play area plus festival foods
and beverages with healthy alternatives. Aug.
19 and 20. Free, affps.com
Threads of Time: Tradition and Change in
Indigenous American Textiles: The Michael
C. Carlos Museum at Emory University
hosts a new exhibit that showcases the
staggering breadth and depth of indigenous
American fiber arts ranging from weavings in
cotton and camelid hair, to feather work and
items made from plant. Opens Aug. 17. Free
to $8. carlos.emoty.edu
Expanding Roots Exhibition: In this body
of oil paintings on view at the Decatur Arts
Alliance Gallery, artist Shannon Willow
created “Talking Trees” to remind viewers
to stand rooted in the practice of self-care
and authenticity. Closes Aug. 26. Free.
decaturartsalliance.org
Mammoths and Mastodons: Joust with
mammoth tusks, touch the teeth of the
colossal mastodon, and feel mammoth
fur between your fingertips in this
exhibit at Fernbank Museum of Natural
History. Closes Aug. 27. Free to $18.
fernbankmuseum.org
Anne Morgan’s War: American Women
Rebuilding France, 1917—1924: Atlanta
History Center showcases photographs and
rare silent film footage that bring to life
the extraordinary work undertaken by 350
American women — all volunteers — who
left comfortable lives in the United States
to devote themselves to humanitarian aid
in France during the Great War. Daily.
Free to $16.50. atlantahistorycenter.com
Ebola: People + Public Health + Political
Will: This exhibition at the David J.
Sencer CDC Museum is an investigation
of the historic 2014-16 Ebola Fever Virus
epidemic in West Africa, the United States,
and around the world. Monday through
Friday. Free, cdc.gov/museum
Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: Journey to
Goblin City: In celebration of the 30th
anniversary of Jim Henson’s fantastical film
Labyrinth, Center for Puppetry Arts invites
guests to journey into the magical world of
the Goblin King with its immersive special
exhibit. Tuesday through Sunday. Free to
$10.50. puppet.org
Painter and Poet: The Wonderful World
of Ashley Bryan: This exhibition at the
High Museum of Art showcases the breadth
and depth of Ashley Bryan’s creative output,
from the dynamic figure drawings he made
while serving as a soldier in World War II,
to his first published book in 1967, to his
2016 book Freedom Over Me. Tuesday
through Sunday. Free to $14.50. high.org
Rwandan Reconciliation: Four Rwandan
artists whose lives were impacted by the
violence of 1994 present their most recent,
vibrantly colorful paintings that joyfully
celebrate the rebirth of Rwandan culture
in this exhibit at Oglethorpe University
Museum of Art. Tuesday through Sunday.
Free to $5. museum.oglethorpe.edu
the room for tender choreographies:
For her solo exhibition at the Museum
of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Lauri
Stallings offers a show and meditation on
choreography at the intersection of what is
social, political, timely and sincere, and the
moving artists of glo will occupy the space
daily during the exhibit. Tuesday through
Saturday. $5 to $8. mocaga.org
Performing Arts
Nickelback: See Nickelback in concert
with Daughtry and Shaman’s Harvest at
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre. Aug. 2.
$25 to $125. vzwamp.com
BET Presents Celebration Of Gospel:
Hosted by comedian and actor Jonathan
Slocumb, the Gospel music extravaganza
will include performances from award
winning and chart-topping performers
from Gospel and R&B at the Cobb Energy
Performing Arts Centre. Aug. 4. $46.50 to
$86.50. cobbenergycentre.com
Coca-Cola Summer Film Festival: See all
eight films in the Harry Potter series on
the Fox Theatre’s big screen over the course
of three days. Aug. 5 through 13. $12.50
per film, foxtheatre.org
3 Doors Down: Hailing from the small
town of Escatawpa, Mississippi, 3 Doors
Down hit their peak in the 2000s with a
string of post-grunge singles, most notably
“Kryptonite,” “When I’m Gone,” and the
ballad “Here Without You.” See them at the
Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. Aug.
11. $33 to $66.50. cobbenergycentre.com
An American
In Paris: An
American in
Paris presented
at Atlanta’s
Fox Theatre
is the new hit
musical about
an American
solider, a
mysterious
French girl
and an indomitable European city, each
yearning for a new beginning in the
aftermath of war. Aug. 15 through 20. $30
to $125. foxtheatre.or
Mother Goose:
Humpty
Dumpty, Little
Bo Peep, Jack
& Jill and
all the other
citizens of
Rhymeville
need as much
help as possible
to look for
clues and solve
the mystery of Mother Goose’s whereabouts
in this show at Center for Puppetry Arts.
Opens Aug. 15. $19.50. puppet.org
Graceland Presents Elvis: Live in
Concert: As Graceland prepares to mark
the milestone 40th anniversary of Elvis’
passing this August, it has announced the
U.S. debut of “Elvis: Live in Concert,” an
all-new concert production featuring Elvis
Presley on the big screen accompanied
by a live orchestra, coming to 12 cities,
including Chastain Park Amphitheater,
this August. Aug. 17. $45 to $258.
classicchastain. com
Little Shop
of Horrors:
Don’t miss
Actor’s Express’
horrifically
hilarious take
on one of the
longest-running
musicals in off-
Broadway history
in which budding
botanist Seymour
Krelbourn discovers a new species of plant
that he thinks will bring him unending
fame and fortune but turns out to be
a bloodthirsty carnivore bent on world
domination. Closes Aug. 20. $21 to $45.
actors-express.com
Joe Rogan: Visit the Tabernacle to see
Joe Rogan, a standup comedian for over
20 years with an inquisitive and intense
comedic style, who is host of The Joe
Rogan Experience, a comedy podcast
on iTunes. Aug. 25. $39.50 to $65.
tabernacleatl. com
Yacht Rock Revival: The Yacht Rock
Revue calls itself the greatest show on surf
and the finest tribute to ‘70s light rock
to ever perform anywhere, including this
show at The Tabernacle. Aug. 26. $35 to
$40. tabernacleatl.com
Blackberry Daze: In Horizon Theatre’s
play it is the end of The Great War and a
small Virginia town is rocked by secrets
and seduction as Herman Camm, a
provocative gambler, weaves his magic
on the lives of three unsuspecting
women. Closes Aug. 27. $25 to $35.
horizontheatre.com
Glengarry Glen Ross: Pinch ‘n’ Ouch
Theatre’s show depicts cutthroat real estate
salesmen trying to grind out a living by
pushing plots of land on reluctant buyers
in a never-ending scramble for their share
of the American dream. Thursday through
Saturday. $20 to $30. pnotheatre.org
The Taming of the Shrew: The wild and
unwed Katherine is thrown together with
the boisterous and charismatic bachelor
Petruchio and thus begins Shakespeare’s
fiercest and most controversial battle of
the sexes in this play at New American
Shakespeare Tavern. Opens Aug. 26. $15
to $39. shakespearetavern.com IE]
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