Monday

Indie Coffee and Books: Coffee, Books, Events, High Tea and more!

• 7 pm: Stop by Indie Coffee for a movie and discussion of The Secret. Join Elizabeth Malone, professional life coach for the movie that Oprah is raving about, 404.378.7110
  

Monday

Indie Coffee and Books: Coffee, Books, Events, High Tea and more!

• 7 pm: Stop by Indie Coffee for a movie and discussion of The Secret. Join Elizabeth Malone, professional life coach for the movie that Oprah is raving about, 404.378.7110
  

Monday

Indie Coffee and Books: Coffee, Books, Events, High Tea and more!

• 7 pm: Stop by Indie Coffee for a movie and discussion of The Secret. Join Elizabeth Malone, professional life coach for the movie that Oprah is raving about, 404.378.7110
  

Sunday

Eddie's Attic Benefit

• Noon-5 pm: Last day to see Ancient Americas: The New Galleries at the Carlos Museum. The exhibit spans the ancient through the colonial eras, highlighting works from Mesoamerica, Central Americas and the Northern and Central Andes, 404.727.4282
• 6 pm: Eddie's Attic host a Benefit Concert for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention featuring Angela Motter, Tin Cup Prophette, Adam Klein, Earnest Quarles, Wesley Cook, Buck Buckley Band, Nutria and Steve Reynolds, 404.377.4976
• 7 pm: Several Dancers Core and Emory University Dance Program will present the Spring Fieldwork Showcase. The showcase is a culmination of the ten-week Fieldwork process and will feature works-in-progress by participating local artists. After the performance, the audience is invited to meet the artists and discuss the works viewed that evening, 404.373.4154
  

Sunday

Eddie's Attic Benefit

• Noon-5 pm: Last day to see Ancient Americas: The New Galleries at the Carlos Museum. The exhibit spans the ancient through the colonial eras, highlighting works from Mesoamerica, Central Americas and the Northern and Central Andes, 404.727.4282
• 6 pm: Eddie's Attic host a Benefit Concert for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention featuring Angela Motter, Tin Cup Prophette, Adam Klein, Earnest Quarles, Wesley Cook, Buck Buckley Band, Nutria and Steve Reynolds, 404.377.4976
• 7 pm: Several Dancers Core and Emory University Dance Program will present the Spring Fieldwork Showcase. The showcase is a culmination of the ten-week Fieldwork process and will feature works-in-progress by participating local artists. After the performance, the audience is invited to meet the artists and discuss the works viewed that evening, 404.373.4154
  

Sunday

Eddie's Attic Benefit

• Noon-5 pm: Last day to see Ancient Americas: The New Galleries at the Carlos Museum. The exhibit spans the ancient through the colonial eras, highlighting works from Mesoamerica, Central Americas and the Northern and Central Andes, 404.727.4282
• 6 pm: Eddie's Attic host a Benefit Concert for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention featuring Angela Motter, Tin Cup Prophette, Adam Klein, Earnest Quarles, Wesley Cook, Buck Buckley Band, Nutria and Steve Reynolds, 404.377.4976
• 7 pm: Several Dancers Core and Emory University Dance Program will present the Spring Fieldwork Showcase. The showcase is a culmination of the ten-week Fieldwork process and will feature works-in-progress by participating local artists. After the performance, the audience is invited to meet the artists and discuss the works viewed that evening, 404.373.4154
  

Saturday

• 7-11 pm: Foundation One Gallery presents Groundwork art show exploring emerging trends in progressive contemporary art. The exhibit showcases artists working within the lowbrow/ pop-surrealism movement as well as artists who explore urban contemporary aesthtic. The idea behind the show is to introuduce new trends in progressive contemporary art to the local community of art enthusiasts, 404.806.0925
• 7-11 pm: Art House presents SCAD student works on paper. Come support the broke college students, 404.377.7050
• 8 pm: Eddie's Attic presents Michelle Malone and Abi Tapia, 404.377.4976
• 10:30 pm: Performance artist Theresa Davis, rocker Blair Lott and The Poetry Book, a "verbal anthology" of classic poetry, are featured in Academy Theatre's Late Night Saturday, 404.583.1270
  

Saturday

• 7-11 pm: Foundation One Gallery presents Groundwork art show exploring emerging trends in progressive contemporary art. The exhibit showcases artists working within the lowbrow/ pop-surrealism movement as well as artists who explore urban contemporary aesthtic. The idea behind the show is to introuduce new trends in progressive contemporary art to the local community of art enthusiasts, 404.806.0925
• 7-11 pm: Art House presents SCAD student works on paper. Come support the broke college students, 404.377.7050
• 8 pm: Eddie's Attic presents Michelle Malone and Abi Tapia, 404.377.4976
• 10:30 pm: Performance artist Theresa Davis, rocker Blair Lott and The Poetry Book, a "verbal anthology" of classic poetry, are featured in Academy Theatre's Late Night Saturday, 404.583.1270
  

Saturday

• 7-11 pm: Foundation One Gallery presents Groundwork art show exploring emerging trends in progressive contemporary art. The exhibit showcases artists working within the lowbrow/ pop-surrealism movement as well as artists who explore urban contemporary aesthtic. The idea behind the show is to introuduce new trends in progressive contemporary art to the local community of art enthusiasts, 404.806.0925
• 7-11 pm: Art House presents SCAD student works on paper. Come support the broke college students, 404.377.7050
• 8 pm: Eddie's Attic presents Michelle Malone and Abi Tapia, 404.377.4976
• 10:30 pm: Performance artist Theresa Davis, rocker Blair Lott and The Poetry Book, a "verbal anthology" of classic poetry, are featured in Academy Theatre's Late Night Saturday, 404.583.1270
  

Friday

Eddie's Attic hosts An Evening with Shawn Mullins

with guest Matthew Kahler.

Doors open at 6:30 pm, show starts at 8 pm.

$18 in advance, $20 at the door, $90 tables

404.377.4976

Friday

Eddie's Attic hosts An Evening with Shawn Mullins

with guest Matthew Kahler.

Doors open at 6:30 pm, show starts at 8 pm.

$18 in advance, $20 at the door, $90 tables

404.377.4976

Friday

Eddie's Attic hosts An Evening with Shawn Mullins

with guest Matthew Kahler.

Doors open at 6:30 pm, show starts at 8 pm.

$18 in advance, $20 at the door, $90 tables

404.377.4976

Hurray for A.S.C.!

A $10,000 grant from the Kathryn Wasserman Davis "100 Projects for Peace" program will help Agnes Scott students support an Atlanta-wide arts activism project entitled Fighting Domestic Violence, Creating Domestic Peace.

Students helping to plan Agnes Scott's Project for

Peace include, from left, Margaret McMillian '10, Nancy
Thebaut '08, Shannon Yarbrough '09, Rocio Rodriguez
'09 and Meg Beyer '10.

"We hope that Fighting Domestic Violence, Creating Domestic Peace will inspire community building, policy changes and awareness among all Atlantans of how individuals can fight against domestic violence through the decoration of a simple tile," said Nancy Thebault, Agnes Scott student organizer for the Saturday, May 26 project - part of the Decatur Arts Festival.

Of the 65 colleges and universities selected to be affiliated with the KWD 100 Projects for Peace program to confront domestic violence, Agnes Scott is the sole representative from Georgia.

Theatrical performances, musical ensembles, a picnic and the opportunity for each participant to paint a tile depicting how his or her life has been affected by domestic violence will ensure the day's memorable quality.

Read the complete article here.

Hurray for A.S.C.!

A $10,000 grant from the Kathryn Wasserman Davis "100 Projects for Peace" program will help Agnes Scott students support an Atlanta-wide arts activism project entitled Fighting Domestic Violence, Creating Domestic Peace.

Students helping to plan Agnes Scott's Project for

Peace include, from left, Margaret McMillian '10, Nancy
Thebaut '08, Shannon Yarbrough '09, Rocio Rodriguez
'09 and Meg Beyer '10.

"We hope that Fighting Domestic Violence, Creating Domestic Peace will inspire community building, policy changes and awareness among all Atlantans of how individuals can fight against domestic violence through the decoration of a simple tile," said Nancy Thebault, Agnes Scott student organizer for the Saturday, May 26 project - part of the Decatur Arts Festival.

Of the 65 colleges and universities selected to be affiliated with the KWD 100 Projects for Peace program to confront domestic violence, Agnes Scott is the sole representative from Georgia.

Theatrical performances, musical ensembles, a picnic and the opportunity for each participant to paint a tile depicting how his or her life has been affected by domestic violence will ensure the day's memorable quality.

Read the complete article here.

Hurray for A.S.C.!

A $10,000 grant from the Kathryn Wasserman Davis "100 Projects for Peace" program will help Agnes Scott students support an Atlanta-wide arts activism project entitled Fighting Domestic Violence, Creating Domestic Peace.

Students helping to plan Agnes Scott's Project for

Peace include, from left, Margaret McMillian '10, Nancy
Thebaut '08, Shannon Yarbrough '09, Rocio Rodriguez
'09 and Meg Beyer '10.

"We hope that Fighting Domestic Violence, Creating Domestic Peace will inspire community building, policy changes and awareness among all Atlantans of how individuals can fight against domestic violence through the decoration of a simple tile," said Nancy Thebault, Agnes Scott student organizer for the Saturday, May 26 project - part of the Decatur Arts Festival.

Of the 65 colleges and universities selected to be affiliated with the KWD 100 Projects for Peace program to confront domestic violence, Agnes Scott is the sole representative from Georgia.

Theatrical performances, musical ensembles, a picnic and the opportunity for each participant to paint a tile depicting how his or her life has been affected by domestic violence will ensure the day's memorable quality.

Read the complete article here.

Thursday

My Country, My Country showing at Indie Coffee and Books

• 5 pm: Come celebrate Indian culture and join the Agnes Scott community for a "Night Under the Stars!" This year's event will include Indian cuisine (vegetarian and non-vegetarian), mehndi artists, sand mandala making, performing from various Indian dance troups, kite-flying, a live DJ, a Bollywood film and more! Be sure to bring some extra cash, as all proceeds will be donated to the Adolescent Girls Program of the Jamkhed organization), 404.471.6000
• 6:30 pm: Elizabeth Dewberry and Jim Grimsley take part in a reading at Emory's Robert W. Woodruff Library. Dewberry is a nationally known novelist and playwright who is also an alumna of the Emory Department of English, 404.727.6861
• 7 pm: Nicole Chillemi performs at Jazz Nights at Scottish Rite in Oakhurst.
• 7:30 pm: Watch My Country, My Country at Indie Coffee and Books' monthly Indie Movie Night. Filmmaker Laura Poitras' fascinating Oscar-nominated documentary provides an inside look at war-torn Iraq from the perspective of a Baghdad citizen. The film follows Dr. Riyadh, a physician who serves the people in his community both as a health care provider and as an advocate in numerous areas of their lives. A critic of the U.S. occupations, Riyadh nonetheless supports democracy in iraq and decided to run as a candidate in the tumultuous 2005 elections, 404.378.7710
• 8:15 pm: Bollywood film at Agnes Scott's "Night Under the Stars" begins, 404.471.6000
  

Thursday

My Country, My Country showing at Indie Coffee and Books

• 5 pm: Come celebrate Indian culture and join the Agnes Scott community for a "Night Under the Stars!" This year's event will include Indian cuisine (vegetarian and non-vegetarian), mehndi artists, sand mandala making, performing from various Indian dance troups, kite-flying, a live DJ, a Bollywood film and more! Be sure to bring some extra cash, as all proceeds will be donated to the Adolescent Girls Program of the Jamkhed organization), 404.471.6000
• 6:30 pm: Elizabeth Dewberry and Jim Grimsley take part in a reading at Emory's Robert W. Woodruff Library. Dewberry is a nationally known novelist and playwright who is also an alumna of the Emory Department of English, 404.727.6861
• 7 pm: Nicole Chillemi performs at Jazz Nights at Scottish Rite in Oakhurst.
• 7:30 pm: Watch My Country, My Country at Indie Coffee and Books' monthly Indie Movie Night. Filmmaker Laura Poitras' fascinating Oscar-nominated documentary provides an inside look at war-torn Iraq from the perspective of a Baghdad citizen. The film follows Dr. Riyadh, a physician who serves the people in his community both as a health care provider and as an advocate in numerous areas of their lives. A critic of the U.S. occupations, Riyadh nonetheless supports democracy in iraq and decided to run as a candidate in the tumultuous 2005 elections, 404.378.7710
• 8:15 pm: Bollywood film at Agnes Scott's "Night Under the Stars" begins, 404.471.6000
  

Thursday

My Country, My Country showing at Indie Coffee and Books

• 5 pm: Come celebrate Indian culture and join the Agnes Scott community for a "Night Under the Stars!" This year's event will include Indian cuisine (vegetarian and non-vegetarian), mehndi artists, sand mandala making, performing from various Indian dance troups, kite-flying, a live DJ, a Bollywood film and more! Be sure to bring some extra cash, as all proceeds will be donated to the Adolescent Girls Program of the Jamkhed organization), 404.471.6000
• 6:30 pm: Elizabeth Dewberry and Jim Grimsley take part in a reading at Emory's Robert W. Woodruff Library. Dewberry is a nationally known novelist and playwright who is also an alumna of the Emory Department of English, 404.727.6861
• 7 pm: Nicole Chillemi performs at Jazz Nights at Scottish Rite in Oakhurst.
• 7:30 pm: Watch My Country, My Country at Indie Coffee and Books' monthly Indie Movie Night. Filmmaker Laura Poitras' fascinating Oscar-nominated documentary provides an inside look at war-torn Iraq from the perspective of a Baghdad citizen. The film follows Dr. Riyadh, a physician who serves the people in his community both as a health care provider and as an advocate in numerous areas of their lives. A critic of the U.S. occupations, Riyadh nonetheless supports democracy in iraq and decided to run as a candidate in the tumultuous 2005 elections, 404.378.7710
• 8:15 pm: Bollywood film at Agnes Scott's "Night Under the Stars" begins, 404.471.6000
  

Wednesday

Melissa Greener performs at Eddie's

• 7 pm: The Georgia Center for the Book presents Stephen Bach, author of Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend, offering a stunning new biography of one of the 20th century's most fascinating and controversial figures, known as Hitler's filmmaker, Leni iefenstahl. In Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl, Bach debates the moral intricacies of this artist working under the Nazi regime, and present evidence that Riefenstalh was herself, part Jewish, 404.370.3070
• 7:30 pm: Several Dancers Core in partnership with Emory University Dance Program present the Spring 2007 Fieldwork. Fieldwork consists of facilitated performing and viewing of works-in-progress for artists of all disciplines, with artist feedback, 404.373.4154
• 8 pm: Eddie's Attic presents Ryan Montbleau Band and Melissa Greener, 404.377.4976
• 10 pm: The Doug Dank Project returns to PushPush Theatre. Each week, guest monologists will be providing the inspiration for a bevy of ground-breakingly funny (or possibly heart wrenching) scenes, 404.377.6332
  

Wednesday

Melissa Greener performs at Eddie's

• 7 pm: The Georgia Center for the Book presents Stephen Bach, author of Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend, offering a stunning new biography of one of the 20th century's most fascinating and controversial figures, known as Hitler's filmmaker, Leni iefenstahl. In Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl, Bach debates the moral intricacies of this artist working under the Nazi regime, and present evidence that Riefenstalh was herself, part Jewish, 404.370.3070
• 7:30 pm: Several Dancers Core in partnership with Emory University Dance Program present the Spring 2007 Fieldwork. Fieldwork consists of facilitated performing and viewing of works-in-progress for artists of all disciplines, with artist feedback, 404.373.4154
• 8 pm: Eddie's Attic presents Ryan Montbleau Band and Melissa Greener, 404.377.4976
• 10 pm: The Doug Dank Project returns to PushPush Theatre. Each week, guest monologists will be providing the inspiration for a bevy of ground-breakingly funny (or possibly heart wrenching) scenes, 404.377.6332
  

Wednesday

Melissa Greener performs at Eddie's

• 7 pm: The Georgia Center for the Book presents Stephen Bach, author of Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend, offering a stunning new biography of one of the 20th century's most fascinating and controversial figures, known as Hitler's filmmaker, Leni iefenstahl. In Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl, Bach debates the moral intricacies of this artist working under the Nazi regime, and present evidence that Riefenstalh was herself, part Jewish, 404.370.3070
• 7:30 pm: Several Dancers Core in partnership with Emory University Dance Program present the Spring 2007 Fieldwork. Fieldwork consists of facilitated performing and viewing of works-in-progress for artists of all disciplines, with artist feedback, 404.373.4154
• 8 pm: Eddie's Attic presents Ryan Montbleau Band and Melissa Greener, 404.377.4976
• 10 pm: The Doug Dank Project returns to PushPush Theatre. Each week, guest monologists will be providing the inspiration for a bevy of ground-breakingly funny (or possibly heart wrenching) scenes, 404.377.6332
  

Tuesday

Emory Big Band

• 7:30 pm: Eddie's Attic hosts its Comedy Night, 404.377.4976
• 8 pm: Kenny Barron and Gary Motley perform with the Emory Big Band. Barron and Motley first share the stage on duo pianos, and then Barron performs with Big Band as Motley directs, 404.727.5050
  

Tuesday

Emory Big Band

• 7:30 pm: Eddie's Attic hosts its Comedy Night, 404.377.4976
• 8 pm: Kenny Barron and Gary Motley perform with the Emory Big Band. Barron and Motley first share the stage on duo pianos, and then Barron performs with Big Band as Motley directs, 404.727.5050
  

Tuesday

Emory Big Band

• 7:30 pm: Eddie's Attic hosts its Comedy Night, 404.377.4976
• 8 pm: Kenny Barron and Gary Motley perform with the Emory Big Band. Barron and Motley first share the stage on duo pianos, and then Barron performs with Big Band as Motley directs, 404.727.5050
  

Monday

Paula Deen comes to Decatur

The Georgia Center for the Book hosts Paula Deen. The TV chef will talke about her focky road to fame and fortune in her new book, Paula Deen: It Ain't About the Cookin' (written with Sherry Suib Cohen). This is not a cooking demonstration. The event takes place at Emory's Glenn Memorial Auditorium. Doors open at 6 pm, event starts at 7 pm, 404.370.3070

Monday

Paula Deen comes to Decatur

The Georgia Center for the Book hosts Paula Deen. The TV chef will talke about her focky road to fame and fortune in her new book, Paula Deen: It Ain't About the Cookin' (written with Sherry Suib Cohen). This is not a cooking demonstration. The event takes place at Emory's Glenn Memorial Auditorium. Doors open at 6 pm, event starts at 7 pm, 404.370.3070

Monday

Paula Deen comes to Decatur

The Georgia Center for the Book hosts Paula Deen. The TV chef will talke about her focky road to fame and fortune in her new book, Paula Deen: It Ain't About the Cookin' (written with Sherry Suib Cohen). This is not a cooking demonstration. The event takes place at Emory's Glenn Memorial Auditorium. Doors open at 6 pm, event starts at 7 pm, 404.370.3070

Sunday

Story Hill performs at Eddie's

• Oakhurst welcomes everyone to the Earth Day Celebration. Visit www.oakhurstgarden.org for a schedule of events, 404.377.0494
• 6 pm: Imitation As Art at Emory's Performing Arts Studio. The Arts at Emory invites you to night of music as Emory's Early Music Ensemble performs. Canzonas, fugues and other imitative works fill out the program of music written before 1750, 404.727.5050
• 7 pm: Eddie's Attic presents Kate Campbell and Storyhill, 404.377.4976
  

Sunday

Story Hill performs at Eddie's

• Oakhurst welcomes everyone to the Earth Day Celebration. Visit www.oakhurstgarden.org for a schedule of events, 404.377.0494
• 6 pm: Imitation As Art at Emory's Performing Arts Studio. The Arts at Emory invites you to night of music as Emory's Early Music Ensemble performs. Canzonas, fugues and other imitative works fill out the program of music written before 1750, 404.727.5050
• 7 pm: Eddie's Attic presents Kate Campbell and Storyhill, 404.377.4976
  

Sunday

Story Hill performs at Eddie's

• Oakhurst welcomes everyone to the Earth Day Celebration. Visit www.oakhurstgarden.org for a schedule of events, 404.377.0494
• 6 pm: Imitation As Art at Emory's Performing Arts Studio. The Arts at Emory invites you to night of music as Emory's Early Music Ensemble performs. Canzonas, fugues and other imitative works fill out the program of music written before 1750, 404.727.5050
• 7 pm: Eddie's Attic presents Kate Campbell and Storyhill, 404.377.4976
  

Saturday

Stop by Art House in East Decatur Station

Celebrate Earth Day at Oakhurst this weekend

• Oakhurst welcomes everyone to the Earth Day Celebration on April 21 and 22. The Decatur Recreation Department, the Oakhurst Business Association, the Oakhurst Community Garden Project and the Oakhurst Presbyterian Church are sponsoring the events throughout the weekend, 404.37730494
• 8 am-12 pm: Birding at the Carlos Museum. A virtual aviary exists within the walls of the Carlos Museum and birders of all ages are invited to search the galleries for feathered friends. No binoculars are required, just a scavenger hunt as a guide and a keen eye to spot osprey, falcons, condors, ibis, pelicans and vultures wherever they may perch. Atlanta ceramic artist Ana Vizurraga demonstrates how to shape birds from clay, then ornithologist Chris Showalter and biologist Trecia Neal of Fernbank Science Center show native birds captured briefly in their mist nets. Birds will be released back to the woods, 404.727.4282
  
• 11-5 pm: Last day of Alejandro Aguilera and Radcliffe Bailey: Pitching at Emory's Visual Arts Building and Gallery. Atlanta artists Aguilera and Bailey present their installation on Black and Cuban baseball leagues, 404.727.6315
• 7-11 pm: April Showers at Art House's opening reception. The artist collective known as MINT joins forces with Art House to bring forth an innovative group show. Using umbrellas for their sculptural quality, each artist brings a different feeling to the collection of work, 404.377.7050
• 8 pm: The History of Short Film Improv 101 at the Academy Theatre. Improv at its best! Join Laughing Matters as they take your suggestions of people, places and things and develop scenes, skits, poems, operas, songs and sketches. All is unrehearsed, on the fly and performed once and only once. Every show is different and is customized for your group, 404.525.4111
• 10:30 pm: Academy Theatre's Late Night Saturdays offer its usual unusual mix of entertainment. Free form jazz combo Night Flight, storyteller Sharon Mathis and vocalist Chimere, 404.583.1270
  

Saturday

Stop by Art House in East Decatur Station

Celebrate Earth Day at Oakhurst this weekend

• Oakhurst welcomes everyone to the Earth Day Celebration on April 21 and 22. The Decatur Recreation Department, the Oakhurst Business Association, the Oakhurst Community Garden Project and the Oakhurst Presbyterian Church are sponsoring the events throughout the weekend, 404.37730494
• 8 am-12 pm: Birding at the Carlos Museum. A virtual aviary exists within the walls of the Carlos Museum and birders of all ages are invited to search the galleries for feathered friends. No binoculars are required, just a scavenger hunt as a guide and a keen eye to spot osprey, falcons, condors, ibis, pelicans and vultures wherever they may perch. Atlanta ceramic artist Ana Vizurraga demonstrates how to shape birds from clay, then ornithologist Chris Showalter and biologist Trecia Neal of Fernbank Science Center show native birds captured briefly in their mist nets. Birds will be released back to the woods, 404.727.4282
  
• 11-5 pm: Last day of Alejandro Aguilera and Radcliffe Bailey: Pitching at Emory's Visual Arts Building and Gallery. Atlanta artists Aguilera and Bailey present their installation on Black and Cuban baseball leagues, 404.727.6315
• 7-11 pm: April Showers at Art House's opening reception. The artist collective known as MINT joins forces with Art House to bring forth an innovative group show. Using umbrellas for their sculptural quality, each artist brings a different feeling to the collection of work, 404.377.7050
• 8 pm: The History of Short Film Improv 101 at the Academy Theatre. Improv at its best! Join Laughing Matters as they take your suggestions of people, places and things and develop scenes, skits, poems, operas, songs and sketches. All is unrehearsed, on the fly and performed once and only once. Every show is different and is customized for your group, 404.525.4111
• 10:30 pm: Academy Theatre's Late Night Saturdays offer its usual unusual mix of entertainment. Free form jazz combo Night Flight, storyteller Sharon Mathis and vocalist Chimere, 404.583.1270
  

Saturday

Stop by Art House in East Decatur Station

Celebrate Earth Day at Oakhurst this weekend

• Oakhurst welcomes everyone to the Earth Day Celebration on April 21 and 22. The Decatur Recreation Department, the Oakhurst Business Association, the Oakhurst Community Garden Project and the Oakhurst Presbyterian Church are sponsoring the events throughout the weekend, 404.37730494
• 8 am-12 pm: Birding at the Carlos Museum. A virtual aviary exists within the walls of the Carlos Museum and birders of all ages are invited to search the galleries for feathered friends. No binoculars are required, just a scavenger hunt as a guide and a keen eye to spot osprey, falcons, condors, ibis, pelicans and vultures wherever they may perch. Atlanta ceramic artist Ana Vizurraga demonstrates how to shape birds from clay, then ornithologist Chris Showalter and biologist Trecia Neal of Fernbank Science Center show native birds captured briefly in their mist nets. Birds will be released back to the woods, 404.727.4282
  
• 11-5 pm: Last day of Alejandro Aguilera and Radcliffe Bailey: Pitching at Emory's Visual Arts Building and Gallery. Atlanta artists Aguilera and Bailey present their installation on Black and Cuban baseball leagues, 404.727.6315
• 7-11 pm: April Showers at Art House's opening reception. The artist collective known as MINT joins forces with Art House to bring forth an innovative group show. Using umbrellas for their sculptural quality, each artist brings a different feeling to the collection of work, 404.377.7050
• 8 pm: The History of Short Film Improv 101 at the Academy Theatre. Improv at its best! Join Laughing Matters as they take your suggestions of people, places and things and develop scenes, skits, poems, operas, songs and sketches. All is unrehearsed, on the fly and performed once and only once. Every show is different and is customized for your group, 404.525.4111
• 10:30 pm: Academy Theatre's Late Night Saturdays offer its usual unusual mix of entertainment. Free form jazz combo Night Flight, storyteller Sharon Mathis and vocalist Chimere, 404.583.1270
  

Mark Your Calendar!

Dear DAA Blog Readers,

You are cordially invited to the Decatur Arts Festival Poster Unveiling on Thursday, May 3, 5-7 pm, at the Depeaux (the Cajun restaurant moving into the Old Depot by the tracks in downtown Decatur).

We’ll have a large outdoor tent, free food, free wine and free beer. Plus you can meet the poster artist and take home a FREE, signed 2007 Decatur Arts Festival poster!

Mark Your Calendar!

Dear DAA Blog Readers,

You are cordially invited to the Decatur Arts Festival Poster Unveiling on Thursday, May 3, 5-7 pm, at the Depeaux (the Cajun restaurant moving into the Old Depot by the tracks in downtown Decatur).

We’ll have a large outdoor tent, free food, free wine and free beer. Plus you can meet the poster artist and take home a FREE, signed 2007 Decatur Arts Festival poster!

Mark Your Calendar!

Dear DAA Blog Readers,

You are cordially invited to the Decatur Arts Festival Poster Unveiling on Thursday, May 3, 5-7 pm, at the Depeaux (the Cajun restaurant moving into the Old Depot by the tracks in downtown Decatur).

We’ll have a large outdoor tent, free food, free wine and free beer. Plus you can meet the poster artist and take home a FREE, signed 2007 Decatur Arts Festival poster!

Friday

See it at Onstage Atlanta

• 8 pm: Onstage Atlanta presents Bash (latterday plays) by Neil La Bute, writer of The Shape of Things and In the Company of Men. This is a lurid trilogy of modern day horror stories from the darkest side of human nature. Seemingly earnest all-American good-hearted people making confessions in the dark lead to startling and unnerving revelations about the potential for lust, amibtion and hatred in all of us, 404.897.1802
• 8 pm: Eddie's Attic hosts Clay Cook's Birthday Bash, 404.377.4976
• 8 pm: PushPush presents DeLuxe Vaudeville Orchestra 2nd Annual Farewell Concert. Described as having "one foot in the 30's and one foot on Mars," the DeLuxe Vaudeville Orchestra is the ultimate in self-contained variety show band, 404.377.6332
• 8 pm: Emory Symphony Orchestra and University Chorus perform at the Schwartz Center. The two groups along with soloist will team up to perform a program that includes Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, 404.727.5050
• 8 pm: Theatre Decatur presents The Dixie Shticks for one night only! The hottest musical parody troupe in the South sings familiar tunes like you've never heard them before. From Bush to Hillary, from Suicide Bombers to Botox, nothing is safe from their twisted wit! 404.373.5311
  

Friday

See it at Onstage Atlanta

• 8 pm: Onstage Atlanta presents Bash (latterday plays) by Neil La Bute, writer of The Shape of Things and In the Company of Men. This is a lurid trilogy of modern day horror stories from the darkest side of human nature. Seemingly earnest all-American good-hearted people making confessions in the dark lead to startling and unnerving revelations about the potential for lust, amibtion and hatred in all of us, 404.897.1802
• 8 pm: Eddie's Attic hosts Clay Cook's Birthday Bash, 404.377.4976
• 8 pm: PushPush presents DeLuxe Vaudeville Orchestra 2nd Annual Farewell Concert. Described as having "one foot in the 30's and one foot on Mars," the DeLuxe Vaudeville Orchestra is the ultimate in self-contained variety show band, 404.377.6332
• 8 pm: Emory Symphony Orchestra and University Chorus perform at the Schwartz Center. The two groups along with soloist will team up to perform a program that includes Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, 404.727.5050
• 8 pm: Theatre Decatur presents The Dixie Shticks for one night only! The hottest musical parody troupe in the South sings familiar tunes like you've never heard them before. From Bush to Hillary, from Suicide Bombers to Botox, nothing is safe from their twisted wit! 404.373.5311
  

Friday

See it at Onstage Atlanta

• 8 pm: Onstage Atlanta presents Bash (latterday plays) by Neil La Bute, writer of The Shape of Things and In the Company of Men. This is a lurid trilogy of modern day horror stories from the darkest side of human nature. Seemingly earnest all-American good-hearted people making confessions in the dark lead to startling and unnerving revelations about the potential for lust, amibtion and hatred in all of us, 404.897.1802
• 8 pm: Eddie's Attic hosts Clay Cook's Birthday Bash, 404.377.4976
• 8 pm: PushPush presents DeLuxe Vaudeville Orchestra 2nd Annual Farewell Concert. Described as having "one foot in the 30's and one foot on Mars," the DeLuxe Vaudeville Orchestra is the ultimate in self-contained variety show band, 404.377.6332
• 8 pm: Emory Symphony Orchestra and University Chorus perform at the Schwartz Center. The two groups along with soloist will team up to perform a program that includes Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, 404.727.5050
• 8 pm: Theatre Decatur presents The Dixie Shticks for one night only! The hottest musical parody troupe in the South sings familiar tunes like you've never heard them before. From Bush to Hillary, from Suicide Bombers to Botox, nothing is safe from their twisted wit! 404.373.5311
  

Decatur Arts Festival Brochures

The Decatur Arts Festival Program will be out on May 3rd.
Until then, check out the information on this lovely brochure.

The Decatur Arts Festival brochures are here!
What's that? The images are too fuzzy?
Then get your own clear, crisp copy.
Stop by a Decatur business sometime night week or email us
and we'll send you as many Arts Festival brochures as your
little heart desires.