Monday, July 07, 2008
"SP List"

Arts & Entertainment Events

What's going on this week in Atlanta

Festivals and Happenings

13TH ANNUAL HERITAGE ARTS FESTIVAL
Six-day celebration of African-American artists featuring merchants, beauty products, food, clothing, jewelry, African artifacts and live entertainment including blues, gospel, smooth jazz and R&B from some of Atlanta’s finest performers. Other activities include a film festival July 12-13 and the Collegiate Step Show July 12. July 9-14 throughout Underground Atlanta. Admission is free. www.heritageartsfestival.com.

BASTILLE DAY 2008
Fundraising event for Alliance Francais, Atlanta’s premier French language school, with the theme “A Summer Evening in France with Friends.” Features catering from the Epicurean and live and silent auctions. 7 p.m. Saturday, July 12 at the Foundry at Puritan Mill. For more information, visit www.afatl.com.

DICK GREGORY
The comedian, author and activist discusses Sen. Barack Obama, health and surviving the gas crisis. 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 9 at the Shrine of the Black Madonna bookstore. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door, free for children under 12. For further information, call 404-250-4703.

GUTTERBALL: STRIKE FOR A CAUSE
The Atlanta chapter of Cable Positive, the cable TV industry’s AIDS action organization, hosts its fifth annual fundraiser for HIV/AIDS awareness and education at Midtown Bowl. Registration is $225 for a team of five bowlers or $50 for individual bowlers. Non-bowlers can also join in the fun for $45. Registration includes bowling, shoe rental, food and beverages. Proceeds benefit Cable Positive and AID Atlanta. For registration and other information, visit www.cablepositive.org/chapter-atl.html.

POWER 30 UNDER 30 AWARDS
Fourth annual celebration of Atlanta’s brightest young professionals who excel in their careers and give back to the community. 7 p.m. Thursday, July 10 at the Rialto Center for the Arts. www.power30under30.com/tickets.

VANS WARPED TOUR 2008
The annual summer festival of punk, punk-pop, skate and alternative culture returns with Angels and Airwaves, Relient K, Gym Class Heroes, The Academy Is …, As I Lay Dying, From First to Last, Against Me! and many more. 12 noon Wednesday, July 9 at Lakewood Amphitheatre. www.livenation.com.

Theater, Dance, Music and Opera

ANITRA HOLLEY & HANK BARBEE
The duo performs live acoustic music. 6-9 p.m. every Wednesday on the patio at Aiko in Buckhead. 404-869-4800. www.aikoatlanta.com.

AS YOU LIKE IT
A new take on a classic Shakespeare comedy. Georgia Shakespeare sets the play against the backdrop of the “Summer of Love.” Tickets range from $15-$40. Through Aug. 1 at the Conant Performing Arts Center, Oglethorpe University. 404-264-0020. www.gashakespeare.org.

COUCH PARTY
This weekly improv event takes place every Thursday night at the Laughing Skull Lounge at the Vortex on Peachtree Street. The doors open at 8 p.m. and the laughs start at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. 404-875-1667. www.thevortexbarandgrill.com.

EDNALDO QUEIROZ
The acclaimed gypsy flamenco guitarist performs. Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Olde Mill Steakhouse at 2960 Cobb Parkway, 6:30-9:30 p.m. 770-952-6042. www.oldemillsteakhouse.com.

JAZZ JOURNEYS
Series showcasing variety of jazz artists. 7 p.m. Friday nights through December in the atrium of the Georgia Aquarium. Tickets are $19.50-$26, or free with purchase of a Friday general admission. Free for annual pass members. www.georgiaaquarium.org.

ORGANIZED TIME
The local Hammond B-3 organ jazz combo, featuring vocalist Kayla Taylor, performs. 8 p.m.-midnight every Thursday at the Catch & Blue Olive Lounge at 4665 Lower Roswell Road in Marietta. Admission is free. www.catchseafoodrestaurant.com.

SUNDAY IMPROV SUNDAY
Check out funny stuff from Highland Project Company and Freeze Dried Monkey at this weekly event. 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays at the 10 High. Admission is $5. www.freezedriedmonkey.com.

WHOLE WORLD THEATRE
The improv group presents a variety of shows each week. Ladies Night takes place at 8 p.m. Thursday, with free admission for women between 7 and 7:30 p.m. Regular tickets are $16. The MainStage Improv Show starts at 10:30 p.m. Friday and at 8 and 10:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $21. On Sunday, the “All You Can Eat Comedy” show features local and up-and-coming comedians. Tickets are $8. 404-817-7529. www.wholeworldtheatre.com.

Family

ENDS OF THE EARTH: FROM POLAR BEARS TO PENGUINS
This new Fernbank Museum of Natural History exhibit uses hands-on interactives and dioramas to investigate the Earth’s two poles, the Arctic and Antarctic. Runs through Jan. 2, 2009. 404-929-6300. www.fernbankmuseum.org.

UNDER THE BIG TOP: YOU’RE THE RINGMASTER
Circus-themed, interactive exhibit teaches children the important role they play in keeping their bodies strong and healthy. Through Sept. 14 at Imagine It! The Children’s Museum of Atlanta. 404-659-5437. www.imagineit-cma.org.

Exhibitions and Gallery Shows

THE LOUVRE AND THE ANCIENT WORLD
More 70 works from the cultures of Greece, Rome and Egypt, through Sept. 7, 2008 at the High Museum of Art. “Street Life: American Photographs from the 1960s and ’70s” continues through Aug. 20. “Houdon at the Louvre: Masters of Enlightenment,” featuring portraiture by Jean-Antoine Houdon, continues through Sept. 7. “Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement” and “After 1968: Contemporary Artists and the Civil Rights Legacy” continue through Oct. 5. Admission is $18. 404-733-5000. www.high.org.