The Atlanta weather isn't the only thing heating up this Agusut. The arts and culture scene around town is in full swing. Check out these events below and get cultured, Atlanta.
Art
"Michi Meko, Pursuit: Almost Drowned." Through Aug. 8. Alan Avery Art Company, 315 E. Paces Ferry Road. 404-237-0370, www.alanaveryartcompany.com. Read our review of "Michi Meko, Pursuit: Almost Drowned" here.
"Filming the Camps, John Ford, Samuel Fuller, George Stevens: From Hollywood to Nuremberg." Through Nov. 20, 2015. $16.50 adults, $13 seniors 65+, students 13+, $11 youth 4-12, free for members and children under 4. Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Road, NW. 404-814-4000,www.atlantahistorycenter.com. Read our review here.
"Alex Katz, This Is Now." Through Sept. 6. $19.50, adults; $16.50, students and seniors; $12, ages 6-17; free, children 5 and younger and members. High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta. 404-733-4444, www.high.org. Read our review of "Alex Katz, This Is Now" here.
"Seriously Silly! The Art & Whimsy of Mo Willems." Through Jan. 10. $12-$19.50. High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta. high.org. Read more about Mo Willems here.
"Los Trompos" ("The Spinning Tops"). An installation from Mexican designers Ignacio Cadena and Héctor Esrawe featuring more than 40 three-dimensional, larger-than-life tops/rides in a variety of colors and shapes. Through Nov. 29. Free. Outside the High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta. www.high.org. Read more about Los Trompos here.
“Bodies … The Exhibition.” Ongoing. $16-$24. Premier Exhibition Center at Atlantic Station, 265 18th St., Atlanta. 866-866-8265, www.atlanticstation.com.
Dance
Wabi Sabi's ballet performances. 7 p.m. Aug. 21: "Whim" amid the High Museum of Art's outdoor "Los Trompos" installation. Free. 1280 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta.5 p.m. Aug. 23: "Whim" at Serenbe Open Air Function Room. $30. 10950 Hutcheson Ferry Road, Chattahoochee Hills.5:30 p.m. Aug. 29: Atlanta Ballet Block Party at Atlanta Ballet's Michael C. Carlos Dance Centre. Free (suggested donation of $20 will support the Dancers' Resource Fund). 1695 Marietta Blvd. N.W., Atlanta. www.atlantaballet.com/wabisabi
Step Afrika! "Symphony in Step," 6 p.m. Aug. 29. A Washington D.C.-based company, Step Afrika!, specializes in the step dance tradition popularized in "Drumline": $30 and up ($20 students); Center Stage Theater, 1374 West Peachtree St. NW. www.stepafrika.org
Music
Youth Ensemble of Atlanta Gala, "A Taste of YEA." 7 p.m. Aug. 8 (VIP event begins at 5 p.m.). Rialto Center for the Arts, 80 Forsyth St. NW. Evening includes a recpetion, the honoree's ceremony for actress Wendy Racquel Robinson, and a YEA performance. Tickets start at $35. www.rialtocenter.org/buytickets
Engelbert Humperdinck. 8 p.m. Aug. 16. Woodruff Arts Center, 1280 Peachtree St. Tickets start at $39.50. Find tickets here. 404-733-4900. www.atlantasymphony.org
Keb' Mo'. 8 p.m. Aug. 29. Woodruff Arts Center, 1280 Peachtree St. Tickets start at $25. Find tickets here. 404-733-4900. www.atlantasymphony.org
Theater
"The Tortoise, the Hare, and Other Aesop's Fables." Aug. 13-Sept. 20: Thursday and Friday at 10 a.m and 11:30 a.m; Saturday at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.; and Sunday at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.$9.25 for members, $16.50 for non-members. www.puppet.org
"Rent." Through Aug. 9. $20-$45. Actor's Express, 887 W. Marietta St., Suite J-107, Atlanta. www.actors-express.com.
"Uprising." Through Aug. 23. $25-$35. Horizon Theatre Company, 1083 Austin Ave. N.E., Atlanta. www.horizontheatre.com.
