From visual arts to music to theater, the metro Atlanta area has an active arts scene offering something for nearly everyone. Highlights this upcoming week include Illumine, which transforms Oakland Cemetery with art installations by Atlanta artists, as well as jazz performances at the Breman in Midtown, Marietta’s Strand Theatre and in Decatur’s Oakhurst neighborhood.
Credit: Photo courtesy of Stage Door Theatre/Casey Gardner Ford
Credit: Photo courtesy of Stage Door Theatre/Casey Gardner Ford
“Steel Magnolias”
Written by Robert Harling and directed by Jaclyn Hofmann, this timeless classic reminds audiences that in the face of loss, love and laughter endure.
Continuing through Sunday, April 19. $15-$32. Dunwoody Cultural Arts Center, Stage Door Theatre, 5339 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody. 770-396-1726, ext. 1, stagedoortheatrega.org.
Reel Art
Original film installations — a contemporary art form combining video technology with installation art — make use of storefront windows at Core Dance on the Decatur Square. This month’s series features Douglas Rosenberg’s “Miniatures” and “The Sea.”
Continuing nightly dusk-midnight through Friday, May 1. Core Dance, 133 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-373-4154, coredance.org.
Credit: Photo courtesy of Cat Eye Creative
Credit: Photo courtesy of Cat Eye Creative
“Generation Error”
Erin Nicole Henry’s solo exhibition at Cat Eye Creative is a response to artificial intelligence that’s not a rejection but is instead a reckoning.
Continuing through Saturday, May 9. Cat Eye Creative, 1173 Commerce Drive, Decatur. 404-547-8638, cateye-creative.com.
Credit: Photo courtesy of Gwen Hughes
Credit: Photo courtesy of Gwen Hughes
Oakhurst Jazz Nights
Now in its 22nd year, this week’s picnic-style concert series installment features a performance by Gwen Hughes, who melds fresh takes on jazz, soul and pop favorites plus eclectic original songs.
7-9 p.m. Thursday, April 16. Free lawn seating, $25 for table for four. Lawn in front of The Solarium, 321 W. Hill St., Decatur. oakhurstjazznights.com.
Our World in Design: Immortal Spaces
This one-day design summit brings together change makers and thought leaders from across diverse disciplines to explore the spaces that make us human as well as the legacies we leave behind and the future we build together.
9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 16. $250 with scholarships available, registration required. High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta. 404-733-4400, high.org.
Illumine
This annual event transforms Oakland Cemetery with art installations and dramatic lighting by Atlanta artists including Vanna Black, Marcia R. Cohen, Jordan Graves, Christina Kwan, Eddie Farr, Daniel Phelps, Vayne, Fabian Williams as well as the Neon Company, Atlanta Downtown’s MAP Rover public art projection program on wheels and the late photographer Ralph Eugene Meatyard.
7:30-11 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays, April 16-19 and 23-26. $15-$25. Oakland Cemetery, 374 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SE, Atlanta. 404-549-8932, oaklandcemetery.com.
“Ascension Oratorio”
The Atlanta Baroque Orchestra’s Metamorphosis series continues with Bach’s “Ascension Oratorio” and his Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor. For this series finale, the orchestra is joined by tenor Thomas Cooley and the Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church Chancel Choir directed by Michael Dauterman.
7:30 p.m. with 6:45 pre-concert talk, Friday, April 17. Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church, 1660 N. Decatur Road NE, Atlanta. 3 p.m. with 2:15 pre-concert talk, Saturday, April 18. Lassiter Concert Hall, 2601 Shallowford Road, Marietta. $15-$50. atlantabaroque.org.
“Hansel and Gretel”
Georgia State University’s voice students are directed by Kathryn Hartgrove in performances of this fully staged opera from 19th century composer Engelbert Humperdinck based on the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale.
7 p.m. Saturday, April 18 and 3 p.m. Sunday, April 19. $17-$36. Georgia State University, Rialto Center for the Arts, 80 Forsyth St. NW, Atlanta. 404-413-2000, calendar.gsu.edu.
Olmsted Plein Air Invitational
Experience the beauty of outdoor painting as you enjoy the works of 30 invited artists as well as discussion panels and awards.
Saturday, April 18-Sunday, April 26. Olmsted Plein Air Invitational Exhibition Gallery, 1380 Atlantic Drive, Suite 14125, Atlanta. 404-282-8283, olmstedartsinc.org.
Credit: Photo courtesy of Joe Alterman
Credit: Photo courtesy of Joe Alterman
Raise the Roof! The Fiddler Jazz Sessions
The second concert in the Levinson Family Music Series at the Breman features pianist Joe Alterman as he plays every song from the soundtrack rearranged and reimagined for his piano trio.
4 p.m. reception, 5 p.m. concert, Sunday, April 19. $50 (includes a catered pre-show reception). The Breman, 1440 Spring St. NW, Atlanta. 678-222-3700, thebreman.org.
Choral Guild of Atlanta Spring Concert
The Choral Guild of Atlanta presents its spring concert, “Of Sea, Sky and Stars” featuring classics, contemporary compositions and a tribute to America’s 250th anniversary.
4 p.m. Sunday, April 19. $15-$25. Peachtree Presbyterian Church, 3434 Roswell Road, Atlanta. 404-223-6362, cgatl.org.
Jazz at the Strand: The Music of Ray Charles
The Strand’s ongoing jazz series features vocalist Cleveland Jones interpreting Ray Charles’ biggest hits including “Georgia on My Mind” and “Hit the Road Jack.”
4 p.m. Sunday, April 19. $32.24-$77.04. Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre, 117 N. Park Square, Marietta. 770-293-0080, earlsmithstrand.org.
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