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From WABE Arts and Culture News:

Documentarian Dawn Porter says Luther Vandross’ voice was unsuppressed. The Grammy award-winning R&B singer, songwriter and record producer worked hard to perfect his God-given talent, she says. Moreover, Porter adds, […]

Arts Atlanta:

Danielle Deadwyler is no stranger to the screen, but it’s her stage experiences that shaped how she approaches the subtlety of character-building. :: While she’s a regular fixture of A-list film projects these days, Atlanta’s Danielle Deadwyler got her acting start on local stages, debuting professionally in 2009’s For Colored Girls who have Considered Suicide/when...

Arts Atlanta:

With his latest album, Saratoga, to be released November 22, 9-Volt pays homage to the greats in Southern music while charting new territory in country blues, R&B and more. With its niche sound and limited audience-base, the business of the blues has never been easy. Atlanta’s Eddie 9-Volt, however, somehow manages to pack the house....

Arts Atlanta:

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 in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. Every week, we’ll present a different art form. :: Now open Jamele Wright Sr.’s We Are the Dreamers of Dreams at September Gray...

Arts Atlanta:

The Atlanta Opera’s peppy and graceful staging of Mozart’s The Magic Flute provided a joyful conclusion to the high drama of Election Day Tuesday night. A first-rate cast delivered Mozart’s last opera with luminous singing and nimble comic acting at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center through November 10. The 1791 opera is famously a rather...

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One of classical music’s leading chamber ensembles, the Jerusalem Quartet, will perform at The Temple in Midtown on Nov. 11 in a wide-ranging program from Mozart to Shostakovich. The Israeli […]

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For some artists, Atlanta is a giant canvas. And that seems to be true for VAYNE, one of our city’s most notorious, admiree and internationally recognized graffiti-style writers. You’ve likely […]

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On the “City Lights” series “Speaking of Music,” local musicians share their work and stories in their own voices. In today’s segment, we feature the Atlanta band Internet Islands. Vocalist […]

Arts Atlanta:

Three of Atlanta’s experienced movement artists, Corian Ellisor, Alejandro Abarca and Nicholas Goodly, teamed up with newcomer Olivia Anderson in Ellisor’s new introspective work about joy and belonging. :: Olivia Anderson never imagined she would make her professional debut performing in the choreographer’s backyard. She probably didn’t expect the audience for the two-show run of...

Arts Atlanta:

The Suzi Bass Awards drum up excitement in the Atlanta professional theater community every fall, with nominees waiting for November’s big reveal to find out how they fared. This year, Horizon Theatre’s hit musical Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 was the most nominated production for the 2024 Suzi Bass Awards, earning 15...

Arts Atlanta:

Seinfeld’s Michael Richards will appear at the Book Festival of the MJCCA in Atlanta to discuss his new memoir. What does the book say about the star who’s been out of the public eye since the racist rant that ended his career? :: Actor Michael Richards is best known for two things: his role as...

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The joyous, madcap 1960s fever dream of “Hairspray” is coming to Out Front Theatre in what the company says will be an extravaganza. The hit musical, which has won 8 […]