Magnapop will carry out at the Backyard Membership at Wild Heaven West Finish on Saturday, July 26. (Picture by Pieter Verhaeghe)
Every week, ArtsATL curates a number 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
Summertime is mostly gentle on theater choices, however this week marks the opening of A Unusual Loop at Actor’s Specific. The winner of each the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award for finest new musical, A Unusual Loop is an progressive exploration of the internal lifetime of an aspiring playwright. Whereas ushering for Broadway musicals, a younger, homosexual, Black author decides to put in writing a musical a few younger, homosexual, Black author who decides to put in writing a musical a few younger, homosexual, Black author. The present opens Thursday, July 24, and continues by August 31.
James Austin Johnson is a comic and actor who has been within the solid of Saturday Evening Reside since 2021, the place he’s performed each Joe Biden and Donald Trump. He additionally voiced the character Pouchy in Inside Out 2 and appeared within the Dylan biopic A Full Unknown. He’ll carry out at Helium Comedy Membership on Thursday, July 24.
Friday
Atlanta African Dance & Drum Pageant
The Afrikan Djeli Cultural Institute presents the Atlanta African Dance & Drum Pageant at Tri-Cities Excessive Faculty in East Level on Friday by Sunday, July 25, July 26 and July 27. Along with the African dance and drum performances, the occasion will characteristic a market, courses targeted on the music and dance of West Africa and the Caribbean, a various vary of music and motion workshops, an African-inspired craft market, meals distributors and a finale live performance on Saturday evening.
Assist a terrific trigger and luxuriate in one among our metropolis’s most celebrated musicians. Atlanta singer-songwriter Shawn Mullins, finest identified for his 1998 Grammy-nominated hit “Lullaby,” will play a profit for the volunteer-run Hero Canine Rescue at Crimson Clay Music Foundry in Duluth. There will probably be a VIP meet-and-greet at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, July 25, and doorways open for basic admission at 7 p.m.
He first gained discover as an authentic solid member on Mad TV, however he’s gone on to rack up a protracted checklist of tv and film credit. One in every of his highest-profile gigs was taking part in Coach Mellor on each The Goldbergs and Schooled on ABC. He’ll be on the Helium Comedy Membership Friday, July 25 by Sunday, July 27.
Brill Adium: Discovering My Rhythm
One Modern’s first solo exhibition will probably be a survey of works by Atlanta-based artist Brill Adium. Adium’s work negotiates private narratives and “the histories we stay in” and combines components of portray, combined media and assemblage. The present opens with a reception from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on July 25.
Saturday
Ice cream is scrumptious any time of the 12 months, nevertheless it’s particularly welcome when the temperature in Atlanta reaches fiery underworld ranges. You’ll discover loads of frozen enjoyable on the annual Atlanta Ice Cream Pageant. Relax in Piedmont Park with indulgent goodies each from native distributors and nationwide favorites. Along with the candy treats, there will probably be stay music and dance performances all through the day. And since there will probably be health actions taking place within the park as nicely, you’ll be able to go forward and seize seconds (and perhaps even thirds) with out guilt. It’s taking place at Piedmont Park from 11 a.m. till 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 26.
Magnapop, 5 Eight and Anna Kramer and Straightforward Now
This weekend gives a chance to see a few of our best Georgia bands sharing the stage on the Backyard Membership at Wild Heaven West Finish. Magnapop and 5 Eight have been gracing native phases for greater than three many years. The gritty power-pop of Magnapop, led by Linda Hopper and Ruthie Morris, remains to be a strong presence right this moment. “Open the Door,” “Slowly, Slowly” and “Lay It Down” make any playlist higher. The band launched its self-titled debut album again in 1992 however gained wider discover with 1994’s Sizzling Boxing, and so they stay a well-liked live performance attract Europe, particularly in Belgium and the Netherlands. 5 Eight has been round even longer, releasing their debut album on the tail finish of the Nineteen Eighties. The band’s storied profession, partially impressed by seeing the Athens, GA: Inside/Out documentary, is chronicled in a latest documentary referred to as Weirdo: The Story of 5 Eight, which takes its title from the band’s 1994 album. Anna Kramer, herself a longtime Atlanta staple, has been performing in Atlanta for greater than twenty years now, and she or he and her band Straightforward Now, which incorporates Magnapop bassist Shannon Mulvaney, will open the present at 8 p.m. on Saturday, July 26.
Sunday
Jeff Weiss: Ready for Britney Spears
Creator Jeff Weiss will probably be at A Cappella Books this weekend to speak about his new e book, Ready for Britney Spears, an account of Spears’ historic rise and tragic fall. Rolling Stone describes the e book as “a semi-autobiographical, semi-fictional, virtually 400-page look into America’s most well-known pop star on the daybreak of the twenty first century, as informed by the eyes of a younger, hungry, ethically conflicted tabloid journalist.” The dialogue and e book signing occasion with Weiss begins at 3 p.m. on Sunday, July 27.
Further occasions from WABE’s The Metropolis Lights Collective and extra issues to do that weekend
On The Metropolis Lights Collective on WABE, ArtsAtl’s Shane Harrison gives a listing of finest bets, airing within the 1 p.m. hour each Wednesday. This week, along with among the occasions listed above, he discusses an area look by Maurice Benard, finest identified for his Daytime Emmy-winning 30-year run because the mobster Sonny Corinthos on Common Hospital. He’s additionally the host of a YouTube present referred to as State of Thoughts and is the creator of the New York Occasions bestseller Nothing Common About It: How Love and Lithium Saved Me On and Off Common Hospital. Benard will probably be on the Atlanta Comedy Membership on Thursday, July 24, at 7:30 p.m. … The Outlaw Music Pageant tour with Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan involves Ameris Financial institution Amphitheatre on Friday, July 25. Issues get underway at 4 p.m., with earlier units by Turnpike Troubadours, Charles Wesley Godwin and Willow Avalon.