On the “City Lights” series “Speaking of Comedy,” Atlanta’s funniest locals share insights on the perks and perils of their profession. This edition features Atlanta-based comedian Roadrunner Raph. He first […]
Thursday ASO: Beethoven’s Triple Concerto The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s Beethoven Project continues with the Triple Concerto, a piece unlike any other in the composer’s oeuvre. ASO Concertmaster David Coucheron is on violin, his sister, Julie Coucheron, is the pianist and ASO Acting/Associate Principal Cellist Daniel Laufer rounds out the trio of soloists. Performances are at 8...
Among Beethoven’s concerto compositions, “The Triple Concerto” is the work that is least often played and is something of a rarity. Classical music lovers in Atlanta will have the chance […]
Visual artist and music enthusiast Kosmo Vinyl bought his first LP when he was nine. He spent the next several decades immersed in music and began his professional career at London’s pioneering […]
As an all-women band playing blues-influenced music, Blue Velvet Atlanta has heard the naysayers, but, as the band’s bassist notes, “nothing motivates me more than someone telling me I can’t do something.” :: There’s a difference between a group of musicians performing together and one that becomes a “band.” Blue Velvet Atlanta is a band....
Through April 19 Made in Space: Paintings from 1992-2001 by Herbert Creecy is on view at Johnson Lowe Gallery. Most of the paintings have never been exhibited before. Atlanta-based artist Elizabeth Lide has gathered objects — both made and found (or acquired) — from four decades and 14 installations of work (1980-2020) in Oddments of the...
LOS ANGELES — Val Kilmer, the brooding, versatile actor who played fan favorite Iceman in “Top Gun,” donned a voluminous cape as Batman in “Batman Forever” and portrayed Jim Morrison […]
Since 1973, John Snyder has spent his career deeply embedded in the music industry. He has produced well over 700 albums, been nominated for 32 Grammys and won five. For […]
Racism, colonialism and moral superiority shape the physical athletic ideal in Western dance, Ramsey-Borunov says. Her work Disform challenges the concept of an ideal body for dance; it will be presented as part of Beacon Dance’s program at The B-Complex April 4 through April 6. :: Contemporary American dance artist Liz Lerman famously and persistently...
Audiences familiar with Ken Ludwig fare such as Lend Me A Tenor and Moon Over Buffalo will more than likely know exactly what they’re getting themselves into with Aurora Theatre’s The Gods of Comedy. Sophisticated, cutting-edge theater it’s not — instead, it’s a monumentally silly show that doesn’t take itself too seriously and only wants...
When thinking about travel expert and public broadcasting host Rick Steves, we may picture him on a hilltop overlooking the city of Florence, inside the Basilica of St. Peter’s in […]
Nick Turbo Benson is an Atlanta-based artist who paints murals of dinosaurs, birds, banjo-playing frogs and other creatures. He is also an illustrator who has created illustrations for books such […]