As we begin the fall season, now is a great time to take a stroll outdoors around town. Here’s a few ways to enjoy your Monday:
SELF-GUIDED ATLANTA STREET ART WALKING TOURS
Atlanta Features an abundance of street art, spray art, murals, and graffiti. Streetartmap.org will take you on free self-guided walking art tours of Atlanta’s Cabbagetown, Little Five Points, and East Atlanta neighborhoods.
The online directions are easy to follow and you can take the tours whenever you want. Along the tours you will see artwork by internationally acclaimed and local Atlanta artists in this quirky, colorful neighborhoods. Streetartmap.org also catalogs and maps over 300 works of public art throughout Atlanta.
HIKE THE ARABIA MOUNTAIN TRAIL
Featuring 7,000 acres of green space southeast of Atlanta, the Arabia Mountain PATH network meanders through rock outcroppings, colorful wildflower fields, rushing streams, and towering pines as it makes its way from the Mall at Stonecrest into Panola Mountain State Park and beyond. The trail system is over 33 miles long, and plans are underway to extend the trails.
How to get there: From I-285 and I-20 East, go east on I-20 to the Evans Mill Road exit. Turn right on Evans Mill Road. Go straight through the light at Mall Parkway onto Woodrow Road. Woodrow Road will dead-end into Klondike Road. Turn right on Klondike Road. There is a trailhead on the left less than one-quarter mile and on the right at 1.25 miles.
ANNA POPOVIC AT CITY WINERY
Ana Popovic. 8 p.m. Monday. $18-$24. City Winery, 675 Ponce de Leon Ave. NE, Atlanta. www.citywinery.com/atlanta.
SIMPLE MINDS AT TABERNACLE
Simple Minds. 8 p.m. Monday. $35.50-$79.50. Tabernacle, 152 Luckie St., Atlanta. 1-800-745-3000, livenation.com.
Looking for more suggestions? Listen to our weekly accessAtlanta podcast, for features on the arts and entertainment and ideas for things to do.
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