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From WABE Arts and Culture News:

For over a decade, Lois Reitzes made City Lights a welcoming home for Atlanta’s artists. Now, we’re opening the doors even wider and carrying on her legacy with a chorus […]

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Echo Valley doesn’t earn its talented acting ensemble; Mountainhead overestimates our tolerance for fabulously wealthy tech bros. :: Steve Murray’s monthly musings on TV in Atlanta and beyond. You might say it’s a low bar to clear, but Straw is one of the better movies written and directed by Atlanta’s media machine, Tyler Perry. (Yeah,...

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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 or venue type in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. Every week, we’ll present a different art form. :: In addition to the shows listed below, Atlanta boasts several venues where you...

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The movie Barbie debuted in theaters in the summer of 2023. Featuring a quirky, feminist backstory about the iconic doll, the movie follows Stereotypical Barbie as she grapples with the picture-perfect fictional life, the feminine ideals she symbolizes and the unnerving reality of life for women. Throughout this tale, Barbie learns about the oppressive structure...

From WABE Arts and Culture News:

After more than 45 years at WABE, Lois Reitzes hosted her final episode of City Lights ahead of her retirement. In a special live broadcast from WABE’s Studio 4, Lois […]

Arts Atlanta:

The High Museum of Art presents a stunning collection of works by late multimedia artist and activist Faith Ringgold in Faith Ringgold: Seeing Children. Known for her paintings, sculptures, mixed media works, performances and activism, she is perhaps most remembered for her narrative story quilts. Some might not know that she was a prolific award-winning...

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In this series, ArtsATL asks a member of the Atlanta arts community to share 11 things on their mind. We hope you enjoy getting to know these people better. :: Topher Payne has been writing plays and screenplays from his home in Atlanta for more than 25 years. His latest comedy, A First Lady’s Guide to Killing...

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This month, the organizers of the Decatur Book Festival announced Saeed Jones and Angie Thomas this year’s keynote and “kidnote” speakers, respectively, giving bookish Atlantans more reasons to anticipate the beloved event. Both Jones and Thomas are known for their activism and writing about social justice themes, working to promote empathy through sharing their struggles...

From WABE Arts and Culture News:

Award-winning radio host Lois Reitzes has worked at WABE for 45 years. The veteran broadcaster made her mark as a signature voice of arts and culture in Atlanta through her […]

Arts Atlanta:

WABE has announced the establishment of a new award named in honor of retiring City Lights host and longtime Atlanta arts advocate Lois Reitzes. The inaugural Lois Reitzes Leader of the Arts Award is being given to Chris Escobar, Atlanta theater owner and executive director of the Atlanta Film Society. The announcement of the award...

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A pressure-relieving tube protruded from Barry Lee’s skull the day their partner visited the hospital with an early test printing of Gentle Reminders, the Atlanta illustrator’s dazzlingly colorful oracle deck. The couple shuffled the cards, drew one at random and were stunned by the ironic timing.  “Little moments of decompression can help cultivate expansion!” read...

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Trump’s dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services is harmful to programs Georgia residents depend on. :: Thirty years ago, Lisa MacKinney was a recent college graduate looking for a job when she walked into her local library, where she’d volunteered to fulfill a community service requirement for her degree. “They knew me...