There is a specific kind of magic and a specific kind of mayhem that exists only in your 20s. BLKS captures both masterfully by not easing into anything. It throws you headfirst onto the sofa — a holy ground of early-20s survival — where heartbreak, bad decisions, good weed and better friends pile up, all…
When hip-hop legends live long enough, there often comes a moment in their journey when the tough exterior and street-legend persona cracks open, and what pours out is not bravado or bling but vulnerability. In Episodes: Diary of a Recovering Mad Man, Atlanta-based artist Gucci Mane displays exactly that. He trades the imagery of a…
The early 2000s set the stage for Atlanta’s Black theater boom. Tyler Perry’s gospel plays were selling out across the South; Jomandi Theater — once a crown jewel of Atlanta’s Black arts scene — had shuttered; and the National Black Arts Festival was fading from its citywide prominence. Meanwhile, an influx of newcomers from Chicago,…
The book is a celebration of spaces, past and present, where Black intellect, activism and community flourish. :: In the words of Toni Morrison: “If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” Moved by Morrison’s wisdom, surprised by the absence of a comprehensive…
Wrapped in the bustle of sightseers snapping pictures, blaring car horns and workers on their lunch break, a collection of unique figures stand peacefully — and playfully — in the center of the city. The sculptures compose Memory in the Material, a collection of works by Olu Amoda presented as part of the Art in…
A lifetime can be captured in a quarter of a second. The Lost Family: Summoning the Courage, Making the Cobbler, photographer Stephanie Hanlon’s first solo exhibit, is a paradoxical and intimate glimpse into the lives of more than 20 Atlanta families through long-exposure, black and white photography. It will be on view at Atlanta Photography…
With its chief characteristic being a breakaway from form, abstraction grants Black artists and Black viewers something they don’t always have in the material world – complete freedom. “It’s about the freedom to be, and the freedom to interpret,” says Clarke Brown, special projects curator at the Clark Atlanta University Art Museum. And it’s a…
If you think line dancing went out of style after its big moment in movies and TV in the 1980s and ’90s, think again. From soul line and zydeco-backed dances to the classic Electric Slide, line dancing is alive and kicking in Atlanta. :: Whether at cookouts or clubs, churches or community centers, line dancing,…
When history is written by the victor, the truth often gets lost, and many people’s stories are buried. A new podcast aims to uncover the full story of one of Georgia’s ugliest truths and honor the memory of the people affected. 1912: The Forsyth County Expulsion and its Aftermath, a production of the Atlanta History…
The musician never knew his grandfather but was inspired to develop a musical program based on the courageous man’s life and career as a journalist during the Civil Rights Movement. Adam W. Sadberry didn’t have the chance to meet his maternal grandfather. Thirty-six years filled the space between the elder’s death and Sadberry’s birth, but…
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