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Fall Arts Preview
Intown’s venues have full calendars even as COVID-19 cases spike
By Collin Kelley
ost venues are moving full-
speed ahead with pro
ductions, concerts, and
exhibitions after more than
a year of virtual events or
dormancy, but the new surge of CO-
VID-19 cases has put a big question mark
over the start of the fall arts season.
Many venues will require proof of
vaccination or a negative COVID test
before entry, while social distancing and
masks will be required at others. Be sure
to check with the venue before you go and
to find out about any postponements or
cancellations.
In the meantime, here’s some of
the events happening over the next few
months that we think are worth your
attention. You can always find more art
and culture events at AtlantalntownPaper.
com and at Rough Draft at calendar.
roughdraftatlanta.com.
Center for Puppetry Arts
Live in-person performances, customized
online programming, new special
exhibitions, holiday events, and more are
part of the Fall and Winter season at the
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Midtown venue. On stage now through
Sept. 26 is “Mother Goose,” while “The
Ghasly Dreadfuls” return Oct. 13-30 for
FFalloween. Starting Oct. 15 is “Everybody
Loves Pirates,” and “Rudolph the Red-
Nosed Reindeer” is back for the holidays
starting Nov. 10. For tickets and the full
schedule of events, visit puppet.org.
▲ Flux Projects
The world premiere of “Field” by critically
acclaimed vertical dance group Bandaloop
is set for Oct. 1-3 on the facade of the
725 Ponce building. The free outdoor
event will see a wall of the building along
the BeltLine’s Eastside Trail turned into
a performance space that will address the
ancestral technique of fabric creation and
the ecological and social impact of the
globalized textile industry. For more, visit
fluxprojects.org.
American Craft Council Pop-Up
Buckhead Village will
host the American
Craft Council’s Atlanta
Southeast Craft Week
Pop-Up Sept. 23-35. The
event will feature one-of-
a-kind production, gallery
and installation works by
over 35 leading crafters
from across the southeast.
Hammonds House
Museum
Exhibiting Culture:
Highlights from the
FFammonds FFouse Museum Collection,
curated by executive director and chief
curator Karen Comer Lowe, is on show
now through Jan. 30. Featured in the
exhibition are works by Romare Bearden,
Benny Andrews, Elizabeth Catlett, Sam
Gilliam, Richard FFunt, FFale Woodruff,
Jacob Lawrence, and many more. Find out
more at hammondshouse.org.
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
The ASO has a full lineup of events this
fall, including some newly announced
shows featuring jazz pianist Brian
Culbertson (Nov. 11), disco icon Gloria
Gaynor (Nov. 13), Gipsy Kings with
Nicolas Reyes and Mikaela Davis (Nov.
21), and ring in the new year with Indigo
Girls (Dec. 30-31). Tickets and details at
aso.org.
▲ Breman Museum
The William Breman Jewish FFeritage
Museum is pleased to announce the
establishment of The Walter and Frances
Bunzl Family Foundation Exhibition
Fund. The $400,000 gift is supporting
the 25th anniversary exhibition, FFistory
with Chutzpah, which opens Sept. 22.
Recounting the stories of Jews in Georgia
and Alabama through more than 250
objects, documents, photographs and
oral histories, the exhibit also is being
supported by The Rich Foundation
and Breman Foundation. For more
information, visit thebreman.org.
High Museum
“Picturing the South: 25 Years” opens
Nov. 5, which will bring together for the
first time nearly 200 works from all the
past commissions by artists including
Dawoud Bey, Sally Mann and Richard
Misrach and will debut new work by the
latest photographers selected for the series,
Sheila Pree Bright, Jim Goldberg and An-
My Le. For more, visit high.org.
The Virginia-Highland Summerfest
The delayed 37th annual event Sept. 25-
26 with local and regional music on two
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