A element from “Parable of the Sower” (2025, ink on carved wooden) by Sergio Suarez. His solo present opens at MOCA GA this weekend. (Picture courtesy of MOCA GA and the artist)
Every week, ArtsATL curates a collection of essentially the most thrilling arts and tradition occasions taking place in Atlanta this weekend, highlighting 9 must-see experiences.
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FRIDAY
The improv legend, greatest recognized for his future on the TV present Whose Line Is It Anyway?, will take the stage at Selection Playhouse for an evening of unscripted enjoyable with a few of Atlanta’s greatest improvisers. Anticipate a night fueled by viewers recommendations and traditional improv video games starting at 7 p.m. on June 20.
Sergio Suárez: Traces of an Unseen Fireplace
Working Artist Venture Fellow Sergio Suárez’s solo exhibition on the Museum of Up to date Artwork of Georgia is an train in speculative archaeology. The Working Artist Venture is an awards program to help established visible artists of benefit who reside within the metropolitan Atlanta space, with main funding supplied by the Charles Loridans Basis and the Molly Clean Fund of the Arthur M. Clean Household Basis. The present opens with a reception from 6 p.m. to eight p.m. on June 20 and shall be on view by August 16.
Winners of the Atlanta Opera’s 2023 96-Hour Opera Venture, composer Dave Ragland and librettist Selda Sahin have created a brand new chamber opera titled Steele Roots, a piece impressed by the life and legacy of Carrie Steele Logan, a previously enslaved lady who devoted her life to caring for orphaned youngsters in Atlanta. It is going to be carried out at Morehouse Faculty’s Ray Charles Performing Arts Heart at 7 p.m. on June 20 and three p.m. on June 22.
Lisa Ann Walter and Janelle James
It’s an enormous weekend for Abbott Elementary followers. As of late, you’ll know Lisa Ann Walter as Melissa Schemmenti, the Abbott Elementary trainer who at all times appears to “know a man” to repair any state of affairs. Earlier than her stint on the hit comedy, she had an extended profession in tv, movie and on the stage, together with roles in movies akin to The Dad or mum Lure, Bruce Almighty and Shall We Dance? She’ll be at Helium Comedy Membership on June 20 and June 21. Along with Walter’s look at Helium, Janelle James is on the town together with her stand-up comedy present. James stars as Abbott’s scene-stealing Ava Coleman, the hilariously narcissistic but in some way lovable principal. It’s a job that’s introduced her three Emmy nominations and, alongside together with her castmates, a Display Actors Guild award for excellent efficiency by an ensemble in a comedy collection. Catch her act on the Atlanta Comedy Theater in Norcross June 20 and June 21.
SATURDAY
The Atlanta Opera’s 96-Hour Opera Pageant
Now in its fourth season, the Atlanta Opera’s 96-Hour Opera Pageant celebrates the artistry of rising artistic abilities and provides a path into the artwork of opera, pairing rising composers and librettists to put in writing 10-minute operas. Bringing their accomplished works to Atlanta, the artistic groups are allowed 96 hours to rehearse and develop their productions, with steerage from specialists, adopted by a public showcase at 3 p.m. on June 21 on the Ray Charles Performing Arts Heart at Morehouse Faculty.
Artwork Occasion: Atlantaverse
This 12 months’s theme explores Atlanta’s heritage and boroughs as interconnected universes the place creativity, tradition and neighborhood thrive. Rejoice the artists who showcase the varied aspects of Atlanta’s previous, current and future. There shall be particular performances and open studios, however the night time additionally marks the opening of exhibits that includes work by R. Land, Courtney Brooks and Sayma Hossain, together with the group exhibits Plastic Reimagined and Elegant. The annual Artwork Occasion occurs from 7 p.m. till midnight June 21.
Disney PRIDE in Live performance
This collaboration between the Atlanta Homosexual Males’s Refrain (AGMC) and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) shall be held at Atlanta Symphony Corridor at 7 p.m. on June 21. It options beloved songs from throughout the Disney canon, re-imagined by the lens of queer expertise — each joyful and courageous.
Efficiency artist, creator and actor Alok Vaid-Menon has been a strong voice of kindness and enlightenment in opposition to the violence and hostility surrounding gender nonconformity. They’ve carried out sold-out exhibits on the Edinburgh Fringe Pageant, the Netflix is a Joke Pageant and the Kennedy Heart for the Performing Arts, and their first comedy particular, Biology!, govt produced by Christopher Visitor, was launched on YouTube in December 2024. Anticipate a dose of coronary heart and affirmation with the comedy as ALOK brings Furry State of affairs: A Comedy Present to Heart Stage on June 21.
SUNDAY
Singer-songwriter Aimee Mann is marking the anniversary of her 2002 album Misplaced in Area together with her present tour. And sure, it’s an odd quantity (The remaster of the album proclaims that it’s a 22 1/2 12 months anniversary re-issue). She famous in an interview with the New York Publish that it was purported to mark the twentieth anniversary, “however for quite a lot of causes it took longer.” She’ll play the Selection Playhouse at 8 p.m. on June 22.
Extra issues to do that weekend and past
Empire Arts Gallery proudly presents GAGS, a bunch exhibition that celebrates the unapologetically queer voices of Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ artwork neighborhood. The present, which opens with a reception from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on June 21, highlights the artistic energy of native artists who’re shaping Atlanta’s cultural panorama … The sixteenth annual Atlanta Shortsfest provides compact doses of comedy, drama, animation, horror, documentary and experimental work, that includes work by each rising and established filmmakers at Limelight Theater in downtown Atlanta on June 21 and June 22 … Indiana-bred comic Michael Palascak has been featured on nearly each late-night present and starred in his personal half-hour particular on Comedy Central. He was a finalist on Final Comedian Standing. He’ll carry out on the Punchline on June 19 … HOT 107.9’s annual Birthday Bash ATL options headliner GloRilla at State Farm Enviornment at 7 p.m. on June 21 … The Sandy Springs Performing Arts Heart provides up a summer season of comedy with Humorous Fridays with Joel Byars, a brand new collection showcasing nationally acknowledged comedians with native ties. The exhibits happen on June 20, July 18 and August 22 … Chris Hardwick has a large resume that features internet hosting the Emmy-nominated Speaking Lifeless, the after-show that discusses all issues The Strolling Lifeless, and he’s at present internet hosting the sport present collection The Wall. He’ll be on the Punchline June 20 and June 21 … Carl Payne is understood for his position as Cole on Martin and as Cockroach on The Cosby Present. He’ll convey his stand-up comedy to Atlanta’s Unique Uptown Comedy Nook in Hapeville June 20 and June 22 … The seventh Annual Excessive Honors Artwork Competitors and Exhibition at The Artwork Heart in Johns Creek (6290 Abbotts Bridge Street, Constructing 700) is open to center and highschool college students in Fulton, Forsyth, DeKalb and Gwinnett counties. The work shall be on view starting June 20, with the awards ceremony going down from 5:30 p.m. till 6:30 p.m. July 10 … Gerald Albright headlines the WCLK Jazz Fest on the Fayetteville Amphitheatre (aka The Ville) at 7 p.m. June 21. Kandace Springs and The Dangerfeel Newbies are additionally on the invoice … Southern Fried Queer Pleasure prepares to take over Little 5 Factors for its eleventh annual celebration starting June 23 and persevering with by June 29. Organizers promise the fest’s largest artist market but, with expanded occasions and programming and a grand opening gallery exhibition. Verify their web site for extra particulars on all of the associated occasions.