Sunday, August 17, 2008
"SP List"
SPecial Events
Arts & Entertainment Calendar
Festivals and Happenings
AN EVENING OF ART, ENTERTAINMENT AND PHILANTHROPY
Benefit for the Grady Foundation, which helps fund Grady Hospital’s medical services, featuring a series of silent auctions on pieces by artist Lew Hagood. Complimentary cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21 at the Defoor Centre. www.defoorcentre.com.
CLIFF VALLEY MUSIC CONSPIRACY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL
Fifth annual evening of bluegrass and barbeque to benefit the Interfaith Children’s Movement. Tickets are $15; children 12 and under are free. Barbeque plates and beverages will be sold. Instrument workshops begin at 2 p.m. Music starts at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23 at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta. For directions and other information, visit www.cliffvalleymusicconspiracy.org.
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.
ROCK-A-BENEFIT
Fundraiser for the Wounded Warrior Project, which aids wounded soldiers, featuring emcee Lexie Kaye and the Tommy Talton Band, Tommy Crain and the Crosstown Allstars, Andrew Black, Jason “Lefty” Williams and the Planet Rock School of Music. The event gets under way at noon at the Memorial Lawn at Stone Mountain Park, and lasts until the park’s 25th anniversary Laser Show Spectacular. For more information, visit www.myspace.com/rockabenefit.
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.
DEKALB CHORAL GUILD
The group performs a farewell concert prior to its upcoming tour of Italy. The program features Italian art songs, Gregorian chant, new works by American composers and more. 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23 at St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church. For tickets and other information, call 678-318-1362 or visit www.dekalbchoralguild.org.
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.
JEFFREY SIEGEL
The acclaimed pianist performs a set of Beethoven favorites, “Basking in Beethoven.” 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17 at the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta’s Morris & Rae Frank Theatre. Tickets are $20, $12 for MJCCA members. www.atlantajcc.org.
MICHAEL O’NEAL SUMMER SINGERS
The group performs “Requiem,” based on Gregorian chant. 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17 at Roswell United Methodist Church. Tickets $12. 770-594-7974. www.mosingers.com.
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.
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.
WILLIS PRUDHOMME AND ZYDECO EXPRESS
Zydeco dance featuring the popular performance group. 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23 at the Knights of Columbus Post 660. Authentic Cajun food for sale; cash bar. For tickets and more information, visit www.aczadance.org.
Family
ENDS OF THE EARTH: FROM POLAR BEARS TO PENGUINS
This 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.
MELANIE STEVENS
The artist presents an exhibit of mixed media works. Through Sept. 9 at Urban Grind Café. 404-724-0605. www.melaniestevensart.com.