Sunday, August 10, 2008
"SP List"
SPecial Events
This week's arts and entertainment calendar
Festivals and Happenings
CLUB SPORT LEAGUE SIGNUPS
Club Sport, the Atlanta-based recreational league, is currently accepting signups for flag football, volleyball, softball, soccer, basketball, golf and cornhole leagues for the fall season. League play begins Sept. 1. For more information, visit www.usclubsport.com.
DOUG STANHOPE
The standup comic and former “Man Show” co-host performs. Mishka Shubaly and Jason Barnes also appear. 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9 at the EARL. www.badearl.com.
THE WAREHOUSE SALE
Premium denim sample sale featuring such brands as Ed Hardy, Christian Audigier, SMET, William Rast, True Religion, Rock & Republic and more, for up to 80 percent off. 2-8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8 and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9 at the Georgia World Congress Center. For more information, visit www.thewarehousesale.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.
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.
FRANKLIN POND CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT
Free performance by 16 talented young musicians performing the quartets of Haydn, Mendelssohn, Shostakovich, Schumann and Dvorak. Franklin Pond’s faculty quartet, featuring members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, also performs. 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5 at Peachtree Presbyterian Church Kellett Chapel, 3434 Roswell Road NW in Buckhead. For more information, visit www.franklinpond.org.
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.
PASSION & POETRY: SUMMER HEAT—THE REMIX
“Sexy and steamy” music and poetry performances, including poets Spinxx and Haya Reality, Abyss, Ruckus, MReld and C.O.C.O. Brown. Musical guests include Gritz and Jelly Butter, Keisha Jackson, Phillippia, Dirty Rose and R&B Legend Tony Terry. Actor Lamann Rucker (“Tyler Perry’s House of Payne”) is also scheduled to appear. Saturday, Aug. 8 and Sunday, Aug. 9 at Center Stage. For schedules, tickets and other information, visit www.centerstage-atlanta.com.
SKETCH WORLD
The latest from Sketchworks, Atlanta’s premier sketch comedy troupe. Through Aug. 23 at Sketchworks Theatre. Opening weekend tickets are $10; tickets are $15 in advance, $17 at the door the rest of the run. 404-499-8181. www.sketchworkscomedy.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
HENSE & SHIE PRESENT: NEW WORKS
New exhibit of works on paper, canvas and wood by the acclaimed art duo. Through Aug. 16 at the Ballroom Lounge at the Highland Inn 404-874-5756. www.thehighlandinn.com.
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.
NUBIAN DREAMS: IMAGES OF THE SUDAN
Exhibition of work by New York Times photographer Chester Higgins, who documents the spiritual and architectural remains of ancient Nubian civilizations, held in the Schatten Gallery of Emory’s Robert W. Woodruff Library. Through Aug. 15. Free admission. Emory’s Carlos Museum features a sister exhibition of ancient Nubian artifacts, “Lost Treasures of the Nile: Nubian Treasures from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,” through Aug. 30. Admission is $7. For more information, visit www.emory.edu.
Books and Talks
DELIA CHAMPION
The Flying Biscuit founder and chef signs “The Flying Biscuit Café Cookbook.”
The author discusses his new book “Safe at Home,” a blend of baseball, history and fiction. 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5 at the Decatur Library. 404-370-8450, ext. 2225. www.georgiacenterforthebook.org.
MARK BAUERLEIN
The Emory University professor discusses his controversial new book, “The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future.” 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7 at the Decatur Library. 404-370-8450, ext. 2225. www.georgiacenterforthebook.org.
Upcoming
MONTHLY CELIAC DINNER
Special dinner series hosted by Chef Shaun Doty catering to those with celiac disease, which interferes with absorption of nutrients from food. The evening features a prix fixe, gluten- and wheat-free menu for $45; a menu with gluten-free beer pairings is $65. Sunday, Aug. 10 at Shaun’s Restaurant. For reservations and other information, call 404-577-4358 or visit www.shaunsrestaurant.com.