9 essential Atlanta arts events this weekend
Each week, ArtsATL curates a selection of the most exciting arts and culture events happening in Atlanta this weekend, highlighting nine must-see experiences.
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Thursday
Dive into a spellbinding world with this acclaimed marionette adventure from Tanglewood Marionettes of Ware, Massachusetts, at the Center for Puppetry Arts. This production invites you beneath the sea to discover why the Dragon King has withheld life-giving rains from a parched world. It runs through January 25.
After a 30-year hiatus, Down Right Theatre is back with a new production of John Patrick Shanley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, directed by company co-founder Scott Ross. Performances run January 15 through January 31, and the production serves as a fundraiser for Merely Players Presents’ new Doraville performance space at 3785 King Ave.
See the remastered version of the concert film documenting Talking Heads at the height of their popularity in 1983, at 8 p.m. January 15 at the Tara Theatre.
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: Schubert
Experience a night of Schubert as the Atlanta Symphony Chamber Chorus sings his sublime Mass No. 2. The orchestra finishes the night with Schubert’s rousing “Great” Symphony No. 9 in C Major. Former ASO Music Director Yoel Levi has stepped in for Nathalie Stutzmann, who had to withdraw from this week’s performances. Concerts take place at 8 p.m. January 15 and January 16.
Friday
The Sun ATL’s first anniversary show features more than 100 original works by 21 international artists spanning four generations. The front gallery showcases three new assemblages by Kosmo Vinyl (former manager of The Clash) in collaboration with Atlanta neon artist Vyvyan Hughes. These pieces anchor the RESIST! protest-art installation, alongside photographs by Jim Alexander and Michael Jackson, as well as works by the late Purvis Young. Ruth Franklin debuts fresh paintings, and there will be recent works by Atlanta-based artists Eben Dunn and Raphael Bahindwa. The gallery’s centerpiece is Amina Buhler-Allen’s spectacular 120-cell (4D dodecahedron) suspended from the skylight. The show opens with a reception from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. January 16; a Kosmo Vinyl meet-and-greet on January 17; the Edgewood Art Walk from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. January 17; and an artist talk with Kosmo Vinyl and Vyvyan Hughes, moderated by Randy Gue, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on January 19. The exhibition will continue through March 21.
This exhibition brings together precise mathematical visuals from Claude-Gerard Jean and Caleb Madrigal, whose optical and sculptural works blend geometry, symmetry and light into an immersive visual experience. See it at the Distillery of Modern Art in Chamblee at 7 p.m. January 16.
Saturday
The former Smiths frontman has become known for frequent cancellations, but, despite two canceled shows in early January, he kicked off this tour in San Antonio last weekend, so things are looking good for his appearance at the Fox Theatre at 8 p.m. January 17.
Soprano Angel Blue’s performances span a wide range of operatic repertoire, emphasizing roles in the works of Verdi, Puccini and Gershwin. She’ll be in recital at Spivey Hall at 3 p.m. January 17, accompanied by pianist Bryan Wagorn.
Sunday
Friends and occasional touring partners for well over a decade, Asheville, North Carolina-based singer-songwriter-guitarist Tyler Ramsey and My Morning Jacket guitarist Carl Broemel recently made their full-length recorded debut with Celestun, which will be released just three days before their 8 p.m. January 18 appearance at Eddie’s Attic. T. Hardy Morris opens the show.
More things to do this weekend and on MLK Day
The Thriving Together Atlanta mobile art experience is a traveling exhibition that brings the stories and themes of Thriving Together Atlanta directly into neighborhoods — allowing communities to engage with an art space right outside their doors. It showcases Atlanta’s visual, musical and performing artists, delivering a vehicle for visibility, voice and change. It will take place at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, in collaboration with the King Center Summit, beginning at 9:30 a.m. January 16. For more things to do to mark the King holiday, check out the Atlanta History Center’s King Day program, I Influence the Dream, and The Time Is Right to Do What’s Right, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. January 19 at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights … The extended edition of the monumental The Lord of the Rings trilogy will screen at the Tara Theatre over two weekends in January — The Fellowship of the Ring on January 16 and January 23; The Two Towers on January 17 and January 24; and The Return of the King on January 18 and January 25.
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