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A historic marker stands in front of the old Winecoff Hotel (now the Ellis Hotel) with the Equitable Building soaring behind it on the left. The Winecoff burned on December 7, 1946, killing 119. It remains the country's worst hotel fire.
Atlanta’s Winecoff: Deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history, 75 years later
Chuck and Stacy Reece have teamed up to produce a new online publication called Salvation South. Photo: courtesy Chuck Reece
‘Bitter’ no longer, Chuck Reece seeks ‘Salvation’ in new publication
Kevin Harry played Sweeney Todd and Deborah Bowman was Mrs. Lovett in Actor’s Express’ production of Stephen Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.” CONTRIBUTED BY BREEANNE CLOWDUS
Atlanta theater community shares Stephen Sondheim inspiration
The Atlanta Rhythm Section will play the Buckhead Theatre Dec. 5, which will likely cause many audience members to relive their college days from the late 1970s. The current band features (from the left): Rodger Stephan, drums; Dean Daughtry, keys; Rodney Justo, vocals; David Anderson, guitar; Steve Stone, guitar; Justin Jenker, bass. Photo: courtesy Atlanta Rhythm Section
Five questions with Rodney Justo of the Atlanta Rhythm Section
Featured
Tyler Perry was deemed a billionaire; Dolly Parton shot "Christmas in the Square" in Atlanta and local CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta was ubiquitous on TV. (L-R Tyler Perry Studios; Netflix; CNN)
2020 Atlanta movie and TV year in review: Tyler Perry, Netflix, CNN, COVID impact
Taylor Swift released "Folklore" in the summer of 2020 and then her her second album of the year on Dec. 11, "Evermore." Beth Garrabrant
2020 produced memorable music moments to relive
Best of Atlanta winners for 2020
All the food, places and events you voted Best of Atlanta in 2020
To go with black-eyed peas and a pot of greens on New Year's Day, you can try (from left) Erin French’s Slow-Roasted Pork Picnic Shoulder with Cinnamon & Rosemary, Raul Dominguez’s Ropa Vieja, or Toni Tipton-Martin’s Catfish Étouffée. Styling by Wendell Brock / Chris Hunt for the AJC
Recipes: Taking New Year’s Day meals beyond hoppin’ John
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High Museum gets major gift of folk art
"A Glittery Veil" by Ariel Dannielle. The Atlanta painter's first solo exhibition at the Georgia Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCAGA) opened on Nov. 21. The artist primarily uses self-portraits to reflect the interior lives of African American women who are millennials.
Ariel Dannielle’s self-portraits put everyday Black life on full display
James Brown is caped by one of the band members while performing for the Auburn Avenue Festival in Atlanta, GA on April 17, 1992. (Renee Hannans/AJC staff)
Flashback Photos: In concert in Georgia, 1973-1999
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Inez Milholland at the National American Woman Suffrage Association parade in Washington, D.C., March 3, 1913
Podcast: Women’s suffrage movement focus of new photography show at Arnika Dawkins...
Bookshelf: 5 recommended books we almost overlooked in 2021
Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus celebrates its 40th anniversary with holiday concert
From the Sugar Plum Fairy to Scrooge, holiday dance productions are back
Courtesy of Catapult
Padgett Powell conveys ‘whimsical profundity’ in essay collection, ‘Indigo’
‘Tis the season for favorite holiday revivals
Rudolph’s nose isn’t all that shines this holiday at Center for Puppetry Arts
Solve your gift-giving needs with these coffee-table books
Patrons experience the VIP experience in the Grand Theatre for the Lawrenceville Arts Center's grand opening. Photo by Bruce Johnson
Aurora co-founder looks back and forward as Lawrenceville Arts Center opens
Review: Alliance’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ revisits the richer and poorer drama
Kai Lin Art is inclusive, inviting and diverse
Zoo Atlanta debuts new Chinese Lantern Festival for the holidays
Jurell Cayatano's mural is tucked away toward the end of the alley to the right of Noni’s Restaurant at 357 Edgewood Ave.
Discovering the best out-of-the-way murals east and west of downtown Atlanta
ASO inaugurates new music fund with works by living composers
Emory’s Tiphanie Yanique explores family and connection in her latest novel
Theatrical Outfit’s forced ‘Baskerville’ spoof falls flat
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Mexican glassware from Verve Culture. Courtesy of Verve Culture
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Books
Courtesy of Louisiana State University Press / Alfred A. Knopf / Sourcebooks Landmark
Bookshelf: 5 recommended books we almost overlooked in 2021
Courtesy of Catapult
Padgett Powell conveys ‘whimsical profundity’ in essay collection, ‘Indigo’
"Jimmy Carter: Citizen of the South" by Kaye Lanning Minchew. (Courtesy of University of Georgia Press)
Solve your gift-giving needs with these coffee-table books
Emory’s Tiphanie Yanique explores family and connection in her latest novel.
Emory’s Tiphanie Yanique explores family and connection in her latest novel
Theater
Now in its 25th year, Aurora Theatre's annual "Christmas Canteen" (pictured from 2019) opens the company's first season in the new Lawrenceville Arts Center. Courtesy of Chris Bartelski
‘Tis the season for favorite holiday revivals
This image released by Profiles in History shows a Santa Claus puppet used in the filming of the 1964 Christmas special "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." A buyer shouted out with glee that they would pay $368,000 for the Rudolph and Santa Claus figures used in the special. (Profiles in History via AP)
Rudolph’s nose isn’t all that shines this holiday at Center for Puppetry Arts
This year's annual staging of "A Christmas Carol" at the Alliance Theatre, continuing through Dec. 24, features a new adaptation, new costumes and a reimagined set. Courtesy of Greg Mooney
Review: Alliance’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ revisits the richer and poorer drama
John Keabler (left) plays Sherlock Holmes opposite Lala Cochran as Dr. Watson in the farcical mystery "Baskerville," continuing through Dec. 19 at Theatrical Outfit. Courtesy of Casey Ford Photography
Theatrical Outfit’s forced ‘Baskerville’ spoof falls flat
Visual Arts
Works by Joe Camoosa (left) and Cameron Bliss are among those on view at Kai Lin Art in the "Wonder" exhibition, which opens Dec. 3.
Kai Lin Art is inclusive, inviting and diverse
Artist Marryam Moma poses for a photograph in her Alpharetta studio Monday, November 8, 2021. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE AJC
Atlanta artist Marryam Moma cuts her way into telling stories of Blackness
Atlanta-based photographer Sheila Pree Bright is one of the most recent photographers commissioned for "Picturing the South." "Invisible Empire #1" (2019) shows a Southern landscape charged by the region's history of racial oppression.
Podcast: ‘Picturing the South’ with High Museum of Art curator Gregory Harris
Artist Flournoy Holmes, on his back porch, holds the cover of the new Landslide Records compilation. (Photo by Brenda Stepp)
Flournoy Holmes talks Allman Brothers and his famed album covers
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