ART|DBF STAGE
Decatur High School Performing Arts Center, 310 N. McDonough St.
SATURDAY
11:15 a.m.-noon: Push Push Theatre, "The Hillary Game," a thriller involving operators playing a game involving unmanned drones, Hillary Clinton and "the moral issues of our time."
12:30-1:15 p.m.: Staibdance, excerpt from work-in-progress "Chamber," about how simple decisions/actions can give rise to tremendous life shifts.
1:45-2:30 p.m.: 7 Stages, "Adapting Literature to the Stage," with Tom Key, Margaret Baldwin and Michael Haverty.
3-3:45 p.m.: Film Love, presenting a selection of classic experimental works that involve written instructions for their projection — considered an under-recognized mode of "film literature."
4:15-5 p.m.: Art Papers Live presents Emory Douglas, artist, activist and former Black Panthers minister of culture, credited with creating its punchy graphic style, who will discuss the power of print and ways text and image can engage, educate and empower communities.
5:30-6:15 p.m.: #weloveatl and Vouched Books, "worth a thousand" pairs four writers and four photographers to explore the Southern narrative through their combined mediums.
SUNDAY
Noon-12:45 p.m.: Theatrical Outfit, scenes and songs from "The Gifts of the Magi" followed by panel discussion with executive artistic director Tom Key, director Heidi Cline McKerley, cast.
1:15-2 p.m.: Horizon Theatre, excerpts from New South Play Festival plays-in-development as well as season shows "Right On," "Detroit."
2:30-3:15 p.m.: Théâtre du Rêve, adaptation of Fanny Britt's "Jane, the Fox and Me," followed by talk-back with actress Caitlin E. Roe.
3:45-4:30 p.m.: Serenbe Playhouse, "The Sleepy Hollow Experience."
5-5:45 p.m.: Alliance Theatre, discussion between Alliance Theatre Director of New Projects Celise Kalke and Natasha Trethewey on the world premiere production of the former U.S. Poet Laureate's "Native Guard."
COMMUNITY BANDSTAND
SATURDAY
10:45-11:15 am.: Serenbe Playhouse Acting Apprentice Company, cabaret with songs from Gaga to Gershwin.
Noon-12:30 p.m.: Vivian Clifton, singer.
1:15-1:45 p.m.: Théâtre du Rêve, storytelling (employing music and object puppetry and audience participation) for all ages.
2:30-3 p.m.: Alliance Theatre, performance of songs from world premiere of "Tuck Everlasting."
3:45-4:15 p.m.: Possum Hunters, old-time music, country-blues, work songs and spirituals.
5-5:30 p.m.: Ashley Filip, Billy Gewin and Allison Adams, singer-songwriters.
6:15-6:45 p.m.: Lily and the Tigers, indie folk.
SUNDAY
2-2:30 p.m.: Tracy Walker, storytelling.
3:15-3:45 p.m.: Alliance Theatre's Theatre for the Very Young, "Roob and Noob," about two overly curious scientists on an interactive adventure.
4:30-5 p.m.: Atlanta Ballet's Wabi Sabi, contemporary dance (performance on lawn area adjacent to bandstand).
5:45-6:15 p.m.: Soul Food Cypher, hip-hop performance.
POP UP PERFORMANCES
Celli: A quartet of cellists (Nan Kimberling, Mary Beth Bryant, Erin Cassel and Jessica Messere).
Atlanta Shakespeare: Professional apprentice program performers present scenes/monologues from Shakespeare canon.
7 Stages: Roaming characters in costume.
Serenbe Playhouse: Characters from "The Sleepy Hollow Experience."
Emory A Cappella: Musical performances by Emory University groups Ahana, No Strings Attached and Chai Tunes.
Staibdance: Short dance pieces to the sound of festival-goers reciting lines from favorite literary works.
Synchronicity Theatre: Teaser from its family series show "Stinky Kids, the Musical."
Theatrical Outfit: Monologues or songs from Athol Fugard's "My Children! My Africa!" Evan Smith's "The Savannah Disputation," Lauren Gunderson's "Silent Sky" and John Patrick Shanley's "Storefront Church."
DECATUR LIBRARY STAGE
Kevin Sipp: Atlanta artist discusses his new graphic novel, "The Amazing Adventures of David Walker Blackstone," 4:15-5 p.m. Saturday.
90-Second Newbery Film Festival: Best-of screening from the annual contest in which kid filmmakers create videos that tell the entire stories of Newbery-winning books in 90 seconds or less. 3:45-4:30 p.m. Sunday.
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