Atlanta Living & Arts

Blue Man Group is back at the Fox Theatre for the first time since 2015 in a new show July 8-10.
(Courtesy of Evan Zimmerman)

Credit: Evan Zimmerman

Blue Man Group is still blue, but the rest is new

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Dusty Gannon, also know as Goth Dad, practices with his band, Vision Video, in the week leading up to AthFest, the beloved outdoor music festival in Athens. Vision Video headlined the Saturday night performances for the first time, a big step for the band. which includes bass player Dan Geller, Emily Fredock on vocals and synthesizer and drummer Jason Fusco. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Dusty Gannon aka Goth Dad brings humor, therapy, glam to Athens music

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Credit: WolfieVibes Publications/She Writes/Schroder Media

Bookshelf: Check out these 3 indie books

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Bob Thompson's "LeRoi Jones and his Family," (1964), oil on canvas.
Courtesy of High Museum of Art / Cathy Carver. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

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Bob Thompson exhibit at High Museum dazzles with color and déjà vu

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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)

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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

Credit: Beth Garrabrant

2020 produced memorable music moments to relive

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

Credit: Chris Hunt

Recipes: Taking New Year’s Day meals beyond hoppin’ John

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.

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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)

Credit: Renee Hannans

Flashback Photos: In concert in Georgia, 1973-1999

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Karen Comer Lowe has been named the inaugural curator-in-residence at the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Spelman College Museum of Art names Karen Comer Lowe curator-in-residence

Carlos Museum commits to diversity, social change with hiring of new director

The ‘Book Eating Boy’ and his incredible creator, Oliver Jeffers

Sam Gilliam, abstract artist of Drape paintings, dies at 88

“Ann,” a one-woman show (by Holland Taylor) featuring Clarinda Ross as former Texas governor Ann Richards, continues through July 3 at ART Station in Stone Mountain.
Courtesy of Michael Hidalgo

Credit: Courtesy of Michael Hidalgo

Actress channels late Texas governor Richards in ART Station’s ‘Ann’

The AJC’s Ernie Suggs chronicles the rich life of Andrew Young in new book

Celebrate Fourth of July at smaller, community events

Book Notes: 5 books about America for your July 4th reading list

Fahamu Pecou's painting "Back O'Da Bus" is on show this month in his solo exhibit at Backslash Gallery in Paris. (Photos courtesy of the artist and Backslash)

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Fahamu Pecou on his Paris show, cowrie shells and Nikes, and raising a Black son

Solo True Colors show spotlights activist Hamer

Briefs: SCAD donates art to Meals on Wheels Atlanta; Jazz on the Lawn returns

TV-film star Holland Taylor turned playwright to honor a Texas political star

Credit: Spalding Nix Fine Art

A spirit of joy and experimentation define Spalding Nix group show

Killer Billy Sunday Birt was a father who left behind a family divided

Dense ‘Ulysses’ proves a daunting task for Aris

Beltline’s Westside Trail is a flourishing new mural hotspot

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Books

Credit: WolfieVibes Publications/She Writes/Schroder Media

Bookshelf: Check out these 3 indie books

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In celebration of Andrew Young's 90th birthday, the release of the book and opening of the exhibit of "The Many Lives of Andrew Young" took place at the Millennium Gate in Atlantic Station on Friday, March 11, 2022. Ernie Suggs, of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution wrote the book after hours of interviews and decades following the Ambassador's life and career. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Credit: Jenni Girtman

The AJC’s Ernie Suggs chronicles the rich life of Andrew Young in new book

Courtesy of W.W. Norton/Penguin Random House

Credit: W.W. Norton/Penguin Random House

Book Notes: 5 books about America for your July 4th reading list

Stoney Birt, right, with son Stone Birt on the construction site for a new subdivision in Sugar Hill, contends that his father, Billy Sunday Birt, was a good father despite also being a serial murderer. Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Credit: Jenni Girtman

Killer Billy Sunday Birt was a father who left behind a family divided

Theater

Credit: Evan Zimmerman

Blue Man Group is still blue, but the rest is new

6h ago

Credit: Courtesy of Michael Hidalgo

Actress channels late Texas governor Richards in ART Station’s ‘Ann’

Robin McGee plays civil rights activist and gospel singer Fannie Lou Hamer in the one-woman show “Fannie,” a True Colors Theatre presentation continuing through July 10 at the Southwest Arts Center.
Courtesy of Greg Mooney

Credit: Greg Mooney

Solo True Colors show spotlights activist Hamer

Aris Theatre’s production of “Ulysses,” a stage adaptation of the famous James Joyce novel, features Kara Cantrell and Jeffery Zwartjes.
Courtesy of Jessica Fern Hunt

Credit: Jessica Fern Hunt

Dense ‘Ulysses’ proves a daunting task for Aris

Visual Arts

Credit: Courtesy of Fahamu Pecou and Backslash Gallery

Fahamu Pecou on his Paris show, cowrie shells and Nikes, and raising a Black son

Credit: Spalding Nix Fine Art

A spirit of joy and experimentation define Spalding Nix group show

Na’iim Shareef's "Game. Blouses" was inspired by a skit by Dave Chappelle and Charlie Murphy.

Credit: streetartmap.org

Beltline’s Westside Trail is a flourishing new mural hotspot

"Costco" by Julie Blackmon.
Courtesy of Jackson Fine Art

Credit: Julie Blackmon

Photographer Julie Blackmon turns reality on its head in new exhibition.