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Friday, October 24, 2025

Partners in the Arts: Okorie 'OkCello' Johnson and Chaunesti Webb-Johnson's 'Big Tent Blackness' by Shane Harrison

If you talk with them long enough, you'll discover that Okorie Johnson and Chaunesti Webb-Johnson have a shared artistic vision that was destined to bring them together. The couple wants to …

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Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Arts Agenda: Book festivals and events by Shane Harrison

Each week,Â ArtsATLÂ delivers a critic's short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline or venue type in the kaleidosco…

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Friday, August 29, 2025

Atlanta mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton talks about debut recording of Jake Heggie's 'Intelligence' by Shane Harrison

Barton is one of the leads in the opera about two extraordinary Civil War-era women and their efforts to end slavery. :: When internationally renowned mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton first heard …

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Ethel Cain leans into her Southern Gothic roots at Atlanta's Eastern by Shane Harrison

Need a good cry? There's a time and place for that. And on Thursday night, it was Ethel Cain's show for 2,300 packed-in fans, the first of two sold-out shows at Atlanta's The Eastern. Cain, …

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Tuesday, August 26, 2025

'Spanish Moss' is a dazzling work of stop-motion animation and Tarantino-like melodrama by Shane Harrison

Sebastian Soler's Kennesaw State University thesis project will screen at the Tara this weekend. :: For a variety of reasons, the new independent feature filmÂ Spanish Moss, which will hol…

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Wednesday, August 6, 2025

9 essential Atlanta arts events this weekend by Shane Harrison

Each week,Â ArtsATLÂ curates a selection of the most exciting arts and culture events happening in Atlanta this weekend, highlighting nine must-see experiences.Â :: Thursday The Natio…

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Thursday, July 24, 2025

How a 1969 police raid sparked a queer resistance movement by Shane Harrison

Atlanta Pride and Out on Film team up to present a screening of Lonesome Cowboys, the film that triggered the raid, along with discussions about queer activism in the South. :: Much like the…

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Thursday, June 19, 2025

Hear OkCello's new Juneteenth anthem, the title track on his upcoming album by Shane Harrison

If the phrase mournful beauty strikes your fancy, you need to hear the new track from OkCello, aka Atlanta cellist, songwriter and producer Okorie Johnson.Â "Funny How Things Work Out" wi…

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Tuesday, June 17, 2025

See how art transforms community in ArtsXchange film program by Shane Harrison

ArtsXchange Executive Director Alice Lovelace knew she wanted to stage a film festival this season, but she didn't quite know how to proceed with it. So she did the next best thing " reached…

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