“Backyard Triptych” by John Lengthy is among the many works you will see within the Atlanta Pictures Group’s “Phoso as Object” exhibition, opening this week. (Picture courtesy of Atlanta Pictures group and the artist)
Every week, ArtsATL curates a choice of probably the most thrilling arts and tradition occasions taking place in Atlanta this weekend, highlighting 9 must-see experiences.
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Thursday
MomoCon is Atlanta’s annual celebration of anime, animation, comedian books and gaming. This self-described “geek tradition conference” is occurring on the Georgia World Congress Middle Might 22 by means of Might 25. Don’t miss the ANX Kpop Battles, the place followers compete in a dance occasion by performing modified or authentic choreography.
A musician and DJ skilled in classical, jazz and musical theater, Sudie Abernathy (or, merely, Sudie) fuses conventional and modern disciplines to create soundscapes that reference Sade as a lot as Sondheim. Sudie performs at 9 p.m. on Might 22 at Eddie’s Attic.
The Tony Award-winning musical Shucked is on its inaugural nationwide tour, which is able to carry it to the Fox Theatre by means of Might 25. The present’s e book is by Tony Award winner Robert Horn (Tootsie), with a rating by the Grammy Award–profitable songwriting staff of Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally.
Atlanta Pictures group exhibits
Up subsequent from Atlanta Pictures Group are Picture as Object and iVisual 2025: Cell Cellphone Photographic Artwork. Each exhibits will probably be on view Might 20 by means of June 21, with a gap reception from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Might 22. Take a look at the most recent in our Companions within the Arts sequence on Atlanta Pictures Group Government Director David Clifton-Strawn and his husband and fellow visible artist Billy Clifton-Strawn.
Jenna, a waitress and pie maker, is caught in a rocky marriage when a pie-baking contest in a close-by county affords a approach out. Aurora Theatre presents the musical primarily based on the movie by the late Adrienne Shelly, with tunes by Grammy winner Sara Bareilles. It opens Might 22 and continues by means of June 15.
We Are Music: Images by Jim Alexander & Sue Ross
This exhibition paperwork 5 many years of Black musical excellence. Alexander, who celebrates his ninetieth birthday in August, was mentored by Gordon Parks. The work of Alexander and Ross paperwork pivotal moments in Atlanta’s musical historical past on this exhibition at The Solar ATL on Edgewood Avenue, with a gap reception from 5 p.m. to eight p.m. on Might 22. The present will probably be on view by means of July 26.
Friday
This annual celebration of jazz returns to Piedmont Park Memorial Day weekend with a lineup full of expertise, each native and nationwide. As at all times, the outside music occasion is free. Derrick Hodge, Dianne Reeves, Russell Gunn and Joe Gransden are among the many headliners on the three-day fest, which occurs Might 24 by means of Might 26. This 12 months’s particular occasions embody a pre-festival live performance on Might 23 at Atlanta Symphony Corridor that includes Robert Glasper and Child Rose.
Saturday
Be a part of moderator and curator Faron Manuel at 2 p.m. Might 24 for a panel dialogue with artists Samuel Dunson, Michael Reese, Jennifer Mack-Watkins and Ellex Swavoni at One Modern Gallery. They’ll discuss in regards to the gallery’s present exhibition, Y3K: Black Quantum Futures, which has been prolonged by means of Might 24. The present explores modern concepts about Afrofuturism, greater than 30 years after the time period was coined.
Sunday
Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra
You recognize him primarily as an actor, director and producer, however Jeff Goldblum launched the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra 30 years in the past, taking part in modern preparations of basic jazz and American Songbook requirements. He’ll carry the ensemble to Atlanta Symphony Corridor at 7 p.m. on Might 25.
Extra issues to do that weekend
The Grove at Wills Park in Alpharetta will host greater than 100 artisans on the Alpharetta Arts Streetfest on Memorial Day Weekend, together with avenue performers, meals distributors, youngsters’s actions and extra. It’s taking place 10 a.m. till 5 p.m. on Might 24 and Might 25 … Take a look at Australian punk rock phenomenon Amyl and The Sniffers on the Japanese at 7 p.m. on Might 22 … Puerto Rican musician and Latin Grammy winner Rauw Alejandro performs State Farm Area at 8 p.m. on Might 24.
