See Harold and the Purple Crayon on the Heart for Puppetry Arts (Picture courtesy of Heart for Puppetry Arts)
Every week, ArtsATL curates a collection of essentially the most thrilling arts and tradition occasions occurring in Atlanta this weekend, highlighting 9 must-see experiences.
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Thursday
Southern Fried Queer Delight takes over Little 5 Factors for its eleventh annual celebration. Organizers promise the fest’s largest artist market but on June 28 and June 29, with expanded occasions and programming and a Cinequeer Movie Night time on the Plaza Theatre on June 29. Occasions are occurring each night time via June 29. Test their web site for extra particulars on all of the associated occasions.
Take an imaginative journey with Harold and the Purple Crayon, as Harold brings to life a world restricted solely by his creativeness. The Heart for Puppetry Arts presents this colourful adaptation of the books of Crockett Johnson via August 3, with sensory-friendly performances on July 6 and audio-described performances on July 20.
Milo is a curious boy with a vivid creativeness and a sketch pad filled with goals. Within the Alliance Theatre’s new musical, Milo Imagines the World, he transforms subway passengers into larger-than-life characters. With playful songs by Atlanta’s personal Christian Magby and Christian Albright (The Unimaginable Guide Consuming Boy) and a guide by Atlanta native Terry Visitor, the present celebrates how we see ourselves and others. The present is on the Hertz Stage via July 27.
Friday
Along with being the son of one other nice comedic actor, Damon Wayans Jr. is understood for his character Coach on The New Woman and as Brad Williams on the sensible however short-lived ABC sitcom Pleased Endings, for which he was nominated for the Critics’ Selection Award for greatest supporting actor. He’ll be at Helium Comedy Membership June 27 via June 29.
Metropolis Springs Theatre Conservatory presents Footloose: The Musical, based mostly on the 1984 movie. It options the title music and extra music from the unique soundtrack, together with “Let’s Hear It For The Boy,” together with new songs written for the stage adaptation. Performances are June 27 via June 29.
American artist Religion Ringgold (1930-2024) could also be identified greatest for her work, quilts and multimedia artwork, however she was additionally an award-winning kids’s guide creator. Seeing Youngsters, opening on June 27 on the Excessive Museum of Artwork, will showcase greater than 100 unique work and drawings Ringgold made for greater than a dozen of her books, together with some which have by no means been beforehand exhibited. The present can be on view via October 12.
Saturday
Christina Kwan made her solo debut final 12 months at Cat Eye Inventive in downtown Atlanta, and now she’s again at their new gallery in downtown Decatur with her newest assortment known as Aloft. The present opens with a reception from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on June 28. The present can be on view via July 27.
The Atlanta Modern is internet hosting two performances by OkCello, aka Okorie Johnson, this weekend. At 4 p.m. June 28, The Providing is a totally improvised, four-act live performance. Later that night, at 7:30 p.m., OkCello: Reside will consist of recent and traditional works, and it’s positive to incorporate a tackle his just-released Juneteenth anthem, “Humorous How Issues Work Out.” Learn extra about that music and have a hear right here.
Sunday
Atlanta’s fundamental Delight celebration might happen within the fall, however June remains to be Delight Month, and there are many methods to rejoice, together with at It’s Giving Edgewood: O4W Delight Crawl. This pub and artwork crawl hybrid brings collectively a few of Edgewood’s favourite spots, together with Pisces, Lore, Sister Louisa’s Church, Joystick and Dad’s Storage. The pub crawl portion of the occasion occurs from 3 p.m. to eight p.m. June 29, with an artist market that includes native creatives from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Extra issues to do that weekend
Metro Montage XXV brings collectively work by a big selection of native artists for a bunch present on the Marietta Cobb Museum of Artwork. It opens with a reception from 6 p.m. to eight p.m. on June 28 and continues via August 31 … Kidz Bop leads the pack with regards to kids’s music. These gifted children supply family-friendly variations of immediately’s pop hits. The Kidz Bop Children’ present lineup is heading out on tour with Kidz Bop Reside, taking the stage at 6 p.m. on June 28 at Ameris Financial institution Amphitheatre.