Sunday, July 20, 2008
"SP List"
Arts & Entertainment Calendar
What's going on this week in Atlanta
Festivals and Happenings
2008 ATIONAL BLACK ARTS FESTIVAL
This 20th annual celebration of black music, film, theater, art and culture features a host of events and attractions including actor Charles S. Dutton’s one-man show “From Jail to Yale … Serving Time On Stage”; a conversation with Dr. Cornel West, Carrie Mae Weems and Wynton Marsalis; the Pan African Film Festival; a World Music Festival featuring Hugh Masekela, Los Hombres Calientes and Roy Ayers; author and playwright Pearl Cleage with Alvin Ailey Artistic Director Judith Jameson; and many more. Festival also includes an artist market at the Georgia World Congress Center and Embrace, the fine arts fair, at Mason Murer Fine Art. Through July 27. For more information, including a full schedule of events, appearances and locations, visit www.nbaf.org.
CHINA ADOPTION SEMINAR
Free workshop held by Great Wall China Adoption, a nonprofit committed to placing abandoned girls from China. Learn about eligibility requirements and the home study process while meeting families who have gone through the process. 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 22 at the Vinings Library. Register online at www.gwca.org.
WHITE LINEN AFFAIR
Seventh annual event designed to stimulate the mind, body and soul. Includes dance classes, jazz and poetry, and a Literary Café with book signings, writer’s workshops, panel discussions and more. Special guests include bestselling author Kendra Norman-Bailey, former Atlanta Brave Brian Jordan, 10-time Grammy Award-winning producer Kevin Bond, civil rights activist Rev. Joseph Lowery and others. July 25-27 at the Hilton Atlanta. For tickets, visit www.hankstewart.net/whitelinenweb.
Theater, Dance, Music and Opera
ANITRA HOLLEY & HANK BARBEE
The duo performs live acoustic music. 6-9 p.m. every Wednesday on the patio at Aiko in Buckhead. 404-869-4800. www.aikoatlanta.com.
AS YOU LIKE IT
A new take on a classic Shakespeare comedy. Georgia Shakespeare sets the play against the backdrop of the “Summer of Love.” Tickets range from $15-$40. Through Aug. 1 at the Conant Performing Arts Center, Oglethorpe University. 404-264-0020. www.gashakespeare.org.
COUCH PARTY
This weekly improv event takes place every Thursday night at the Laughing Skull Lounge at the Vortex on Peachtree Street. The doors open at 8 p.m. and the laughs start at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. 404-875-1667. www.thevortexbarandgrill.com.
EDNALDO QUEIROZ
The acclaimed gypsy flamenco guitarist performs. Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Olde Mill Steakhouse at 2960 Cobb Parkway, 6:30-9:30 p.m. 770-952-6042. www.oldemillsteakhouse.com.
JAZZ JOURNEYS
Series showcasing variety of jazz artists. 7 p.m. Friday nights through December in the atrium of the Georgia Aquarium. Tickets are $19.50-$26, or free with purchase of a Friday general admission. Free for annual pass members. www.georgiaaquarium.org.
LAUGHING MATTERS 23-YEAR REUNION SHOW
Atlanta’s first professional improv comedy troupe celebrates its 23rd anniversary with 10 of the original cast of 13 performers. 8 p.m. Saturday July 19 at the Academy Theatre. Tickets are $15. Call 404-474-8332 for reservations. www.laughingmatters.com.
THE MYSTERY TRIP
The Beatles tribute band performs. Saturday, July 26 at Trackside Tavern. 404-378-0504.
ORGANIZED TIME
The local Hammond B-3 organ jazz combo, featuring vocalist Kayla Taylor, performs. 8 p.m.-midnight every Thursday at the Catch & Blue Olive Lounge at 4665 Lower Roswell Road in Marietta. Admission is free. www.catchseafoodrestaurant.com.
SUNDAY IMPROV SUNDAY
Check out funny stuff from Highland Project Company and Freeze Dried Monkey at this weekly event. 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays at the 10 High. Admission is $5. www.freezedriedmonkey.com.
WHOLE WORLD THEATRE
The improv group presents a variety of shows each week. Ladies Night takes place at 8 p.m. Thursday, with free admission for women between 7 and 7:30 p.m. Regular tickets are $16. The MainStage Improv Show starts at 10:30 p.m. Friday and at 8 and 10:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $21. On Sunday, the “All You Can Eat Comedy” show features local and up-and-coming comedians. Tickets are $8. 404-817-7529. www.wholeworldtheatre.com.
Family
ENDS OF THE EARTH: FROM POLAR BEARS TO PENGUINS
This new Fernbank Museum of Natural History exhibit uses hands-on interactives and dioramas to investigate the Earth’s two poles, the Arctic and Antarctic. Runs through Jan. 2, 2009. 404-929-6300. www.fernbankmuseum.org.
UNDER THE BIG TOP: YOU’RE THE RINGMASTER
Circus-themed, interactive exhibit teaches children the important role they play in keeping their bodies strong and healthy. Through Sept. 14 at Imagine It! The Children’s Museum of Atlanta. 404-659-5437. www.imagineit-cma.org.
Exhibitions and Gallery Shows
THE LOUVRE AND THE ANCIENT WORLD
More 70 works from the cultures of Greece, Rome and Egypt, through Sept. 7, 2008 at the High Museum of Art. “Street Life: American Photographs from the 1960s and ’70s” continues through Aug. 20. “Houdon at the Louvre: Masters of Enlightenment,” featuring portraiture by Jean-Antoine Houdon, continues through Sept. 7. “Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement” and “After 1968: Contemporary Artists and the Civil Rights Legacy” continue through Oct. 5. Admission is $18. 404-733-5000. www.high.org.
NUBIAN DREAMS: IMAGES OF THE SUDAN
Exhibition of work by New York Times photographer Chester Higgins, who documents the spiritual and architectural remains of ancient Nubian civilizations, held in the Schatten Gallery of Emory’s Robert W. Woodruff Library. Through Aug. 15. Free admission. Emory’s Carlos Museum features a sister exhibition of ancient Nubian artifacts, “Lost Treasures of the Nile: Nubian Treasures from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,” through Aug. 30. Admission is $7. For more information, visit www.emory.edu.
Books and Talks
STEPHEN CARTER
The Yale law professor and author of “The Emperor of Ocean Park” discusses his new thriller, “Palace Council.” 7 p.m. Monday, July 21, at the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum Theater. Free and open to the public. 404-865-7100. www.jimmycarterlibrary.org.