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Jan 16, 2025 | 
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A captivating panorama of landscapes and skies invites us on a journey through the worlds of two collaborating artists at Gallery 1740 inside Christ Church Presbyterian. “Through Windows and Across Parks” showcases paintings and multimedia works by Savonna Nicole Atkins and Rachel Grant, both SCAD graduates and devotees of impressionist landscape art. Their works explore themes of motherhood, memory and our relationships with the natural world. The exhibition is on view through Feb. 7.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
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Elizabeth Koch Tiscione joined the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra as principal oboist in 2007-2008 season. During those years, the orchestra made 18 commercial recordings — mainly with music director laureate Robert Spano, in addition to those with then-guest conductor Sir Donald Runnicles, and most recently a new release with music director Nathalie Stutzmann conducting. Tiscione recently joined Lois Reitzes on “City Lights” as part of our series celebrating 50 years of ASO broadcasts on WABE.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
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If you’ve ever felt scared about going to the dentist, “Doctor De Soto” is the story for you. The lovable 1982 children’s book by William Steig, is a tale of a mouse dentist who’s more nervous about his patients than they are about him – no wonder, given that some might be inclined to eat mice! Now adapted for the stage by playwright Idris Goodwin, “Doctor de Soto” will be on the Hertz Stage at the Alliance Theatre, Jan. 18 — March 2.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
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Atlanta’s dance scene is vibrant and eclectic, and we are honored to highlight some of the many local dancers who move us with their movements in our ongoing series “Speaking of Dance.”This edition highlights Atlanta performer, Frankie Mulinix, the founder and artistic director of Burning Bones Physical Theatre.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
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Musical scores enrich the content they accompany, whether in film, television or even video games. Composers write music to support or enhance emotional moments and to help establish an overall mood or tone. “City Lights” music contributor Dr. Scott Stewart has been studying and teaching this genre of music for decades.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
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A Georgia-born superstar in the world of opera and vocal music, Jamie Barton, is returning home for an intimate performance at Spivey Hall. The internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano will join violinist Matthew Lipman and pianist Tamar Sanikidze in a program of chamber music by Johannes Brahms and Clara Schumann, along with a world premiere work by another celebrated Atlantan in classical music, Joel Thompson. The Spivey Hall concert takes place on Jan.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
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Two new art spaces debut in the King Historic District this weekend when One Contemporary Gallery and The Sun ATL open their doors, joining nearly a dozen galleries and art organizations in the area, including the Atlanta Center for Photography and Whitespace. Grand opening celebrations begin on Friday with One Contemporary Gallery’s “The Start of Something,” a group show of millennial artists who are at pivotal moments in their practice.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
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Known for its inclusive atmosphere, eclectic music and lack of pretension, MJQ has been a staple of Atlanta’s nightlife since its founding in 1994. Now, the dance club is moving from its longtime home in Poncey-Highland to Underground Atlanta in the former space of Dante’s Down the Hatch, an eccentric and storied fondue restaurant that had another location in Buckhead. Co-owners Ryan Purcell and Ryan Murphy recently joined “City Lights,” managing producer Kim Drobes, to discuss the move.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
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“Electric,” “beautifully portrayed,” and “coolly furious” – are a few of the descriptions critics have written about Atlanta actor and film star Danielle Deadwyler in “The Piano Lesson.” The film adapts a Pulitzer-prizewinning play by August Wilson for the screen. It’s produced by Denzel Washington, written and directed by his son Malcolm, and stars his son John David. Deadwyler plays Berniece, the keeper of a storied piano, a symbol of a painful family history and host, perhaps, to a few ghosts.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
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Christina Smith has been with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra since 1991, when she was hired to be the principal flutist. In addition to her role as principal, she is an active chamber musician, a dedicated teacher and guest soloist with major orchestras and ensembles at home and abroad. She recently joined “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes to reflect on her decades with the orchestra and 50 years of the ASO on WABE.
