Alex Katz. White Roses 9, 2012. Oil on linen, 108 x 216 inches. Photography by Paul Takeuchi.

Arts & Entertainment
Aug 28  – Brambles, Roads and Fields – {poem88}
Aug 30 – The BrushWork Society Artist Reception – Roswell Cultural Arts Center (FREE)
thru Aug 30 – Recapitulation, 1963-2015 – Madison-Morgan Cultural Center
thru Sep 6 – Alex Katz, This Is Now – High Museum of Art
thru Sep 6 – Design for Healthy Living – MODA
thru Sep 11 – Kai Lin Art Gallery: Love Marks the Spot
thru Sep 12 – Chastain Arts Center: The Drawing Experiment (FREE)
thru Sep 12 – “Nightingales” & “Portalism” – Museum of Contemporary Art
thru Sep 12 – Soft Eyes – Whitespace
thru Sep 25 – Clear Reflections – Mason Fine Art (video)
thru Sep 26 – Larry Gray – Alan Avery Art Company
thru Oct 3 – Bruce Munro: Light in the Garden – Atlanta Botanical Garden
thru Oct 4 – Sprawl! Drawing Outside the Lines – High Museum
thru Oct 6 – The BrushWork Society Group Exhibition – Roswell Cultural Art Center (Roswell)
thru Oct 18 – Chinese Master Artist I-Hsiung Ju – Millennium Gate Museum
thru Oct 29 – Fernbank IMAX: Robots
thru Nov 20 – Filming the Camps – John Ford, Samuel Fuller, George Stevens: From Hollywood to Nuremberg
thru Nov 30 – Bobby Jones: The Game of Life – Robert Woodruff Library/Schatten Gallery
thru Dec 6 – RITES, Forget Me Not, Anamnēsis, and Maria Artemis Selects Ruth Zuckerman – Zuckerman Museum of Art
thru Jan 3, 2016 – The Waters and the Wild: Alen MacWeeney Photographs of Ireland – Michael C. Carlos Museum

Music
Aug 28 – Asha Bhosle, Talat Aziz – Fox Theatre
Aug 28 – Boyz II Men with Bell Biv Devoe – Chastain Park Amphitheatre
Aug 28 – Hal Ketchum – Eddie Owen Presents/Red Clay Music Foundry
Aug 28 – Melissa Ferrick – Eddie’s Attic
Aug 28 – Planet of the Abts featuring members of Gov’t Mule – Smith’s Olde Bar
Aug 28 – The Mavericks, Los Lobos – Atlanta Botanical Garden
Aug 29 – Grown Folks Music Festival – Mable House Amphitheatre
Aug 29 – Keb Mo – Atlanta Symphony Hall, Woodruff Arts Center
Aug 29 – Lily Rose and Trey Broussard with David Cone – Smith’s Olde Bar
Aug 29 – Rick Springfield with Loverboy and the Romantics – Chastain Park Amphitheatre
Aug 29/30 – Imagine Music Festival – Historic Fourth Ward Park and the Masquerade Music Park
Aug 30 – Mötley Crüe with Alice Cooper – Philips Arena
Aug 30 – Robbie Fulks – Eddie Owen Presents/Red Clay Music Foundry

Performing Arts
Aug 28-29 – Previously Blue: A Poetic Summit on the Mystery of Disaster, Resilience & Beauty – 7 Stages Theatre
Aug 28 – Sep 5 – Driving Miss Daisy – OnStage Atlanta
Aug 28 – Sep 6 – Pericles, Prince of Tyre – Atlanta Shakespeare Company/New American Shakespeare Tavern
Aug 29 – Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Aug 29 – Sharpstone’s Treasure – Aurora Theatre
Aug 29 – Step Afrika: Symphony in Step – Center Stage
thru Aug 30 – Memphis – Aurora Theatre
thru Aug 30 – Peter Pan – Cobb County Civic Center
thru Sep 6 – Pericles, Prince of Tyre – New American Shakespeare Tavern
thru Sep 20 – The Tortoise, the Hare, & Other Aesop’s Fables – Center for Puppetry Arts

Festivals & other fun things
Aug 28 – BYOB Art Class – “Flapper Fridays” at G.A.S. Art Gifts
Aug 28/29 – Mountainfilm festival on tour ATL 2015 – Plaza Theatre
Aug 29 – 8th Annual End of Summer Pig Roast – Cypress Street Pint and Plate
Aug 29 – Alpharetta Art in the Park
Aug 29 – Alpharetta’s Magical Ice Encounter
Aug 29 – Art Party – Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
Aug 29 – Atlanta Ballet Block Party – Michael C. Carlos Dance Centre
Aug 29 – “Frozen” Sing-along – Fox Theatre/Coca-Cola Summer Film Festival
Aug 29 – National Beer Mile – Atlantic Station
Aug 29 – Opening Ceremony for Yurt Village at Sweetwater Creek – Sweetwater Creek State Park
Aug 29 – Pancake and Booze Arts Show – Georgia Railroad Freight Depot
Aug 29 – Sandy Springs Restaurant Council Kickoff Cookout Tailgate – 5 Seasons Brewing
Aug 29 – Simmer Down Block Party – Arts Exchange
Aug 29 – The Big Float: “Save Our Water”
Aug 29 – The Big Float: “Save Our Water” After party at SweetWater Brewery Co
Aug 29 – The Cork Puller’s Beer, Wine, & Spirits Tour – Candler Park
Aug 29/30 – Grant Park Summer Shade Festival
Aug 29/30 – Southern Craft Brewing Symposium – Courtyard Marriott Decatur
Aug 30 – 11th Annual Miss Mary’s Ice Cream Crankin’ – Roswell Town Square
Aug 30 – Atlanta Meatball Festival – Belle Isle Square (Sandy Springs)
Aug 30 – “Foxeria del Sol” Hatch Chile Fest
Aug 30 – Free Om Yoga on the Patio – Osteria Mattone

photo:
Alex Katz. White Roses 9, 2012. Oil on linen, 108 x 216 inches. Photography by Paul Takeuchi. www.high.org