Aug 2015
first Saturday (thru Sep) – Giggles at Emory Point (FREE)
first full weekend (thru Dec) – Bank of America Museums on Us (FREE *for cardholders)
weekdays (thru Aug 7) – (Roswell) Aurora Theatre: Kid-Friendly Flicks/Hotel Transylvania
Monday – Star Bar: Monday Night Comedy (FREE)
Tuesdays – Atlantic Station: Tot Spot (FREE)
Tuesdays – Historic Fourth Ward Skate Park: King of Pops Yoga (FREE)
Tuesdays & Thursdays (May-Oct) – Centennial Olympic Park Music at noon (FREE)
Wednesdays (thru Sep) – Atlantic Station: Wellness Wed (FREE)
Wednesdays (thru Sep) – Centennial Olympic Park: Wed WindDown
Thursdays (thru Oct 8) – (Alpharetta) AvalOM at Avalon (FREE)
Thursdays – Center for Puppetry Arts: Free Thursdays (FREE)
Thursdays & Fridays – Fernbank Observatory: observations (FREE)
Saturdays – Smith’s Olde Bar: 1AM Secret Show (FREE)
Sundays – Woodruff Arts Center: Family Fun Sunday (FREE)
thru Aug – Atlantic Station: Movies in the Park (FREE)
thru Sep – Guided Walking Tour/Historic Downtown Atlanta #BeDowntown
thru Oct – (Roswell) Chattahoochee Nature Center: River Canoe Trips
thru Aug 1 – Beep Beep Gallery: Crown
thru Aug 1 – Whitespace: “Causa Suiz” (FREE)
thru Aug 15 – TULA Art Center: Undiscovered Territory
thru Aug 23 – Brain: The Inside Story – Fernbank
thru Aug 23 – Mama Bear – Out of Box Theatre
thru Aug 23 – Motown: The Musical – Fox Theatre
thru Aug 23 – The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
thru Aug 23 – The Essential Theatre Play Festival – West End Performing Arts Center
thru Aug 23 – Uprising – Horizon Theatre Company
thru Aug 28 – Brambles, Roads and Fields – {poem88}
thru Aug 30 – Memphis – Aurora Theatre
thru Aug 30 – Peter Pan – Cobb County Civic Center
thru Aug 30 – Recapitulation, 1963-2015 – Madison-Morgan Cultural Center (FREE)
thru Sep 5 – Summer Salon – Sandler Hudson Gallery (FREE)
thru Sep 6 – Alex Katz, This Is Now – High Museum of Art
thru Sep 6 – Design for Healthy Living – MODA
thru Sep 12 – Chastain Arts Center: The Drawing Experiment (FREE)
thru Sep 12 – MOCA: Nightingales
thru Sep 12 – MOCA: Portalism/New Moves by WonderRoot Fellows
thru Sep 12 – Soft Eyes – Whitespace
thru Sep 20 – The Tortoise, the Hare, & Other Aesop’s Fables – Center for Puppetry Arts
thru Sep 25 – Clear Reflections – Mason Fine Art (video)
thru Sep 26 – Larry Gray – Alan Avery Art Company
thru Oct 1 – Fernbank IMAX: Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Secret Ocean
thru Oct 3 – Bruce Munro: Light in the Garden – Atlanta Botanical Garden
thru Oct 4 – Sprawl! Drawing Outside the Lines – High Museum
thru Oct 29 – Fernbank IMAX: Robots
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
thru Jan 10, 2016 – High Museum: Seriously Silly! The art & whimsy of Mo Willems
Aug 7 – Sep 11 – Kai Lin Art Gallery: Love Marks the Spot
Aug 14 -30 – Peter Pan – Atlanta Lyric Theatre
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 30 – Jan 10, 2016 – MODA: Designers, Makers, Users: 3D Printing the Future
1 – High Museum/Sifly Piazza: Alliance Theatre (FREE)
1 – (Duluth) Gwinnett Center: International Film Festival
1 – (Roswell) Chattahoochee Nature Center: Trail Hike
1 – (Winder) Fort Yargo: Paint the Fort
2 – Fox Theatre: The Sound of Music Sing-A-Long
2 – High Museum/Sifly Piazza: Alliance Theatre (FREE)
2 – (Duluth) Gwinnett Center: International Film Festival
2 – (Roswell) Chattahoochee Nature Center: Trail Hike
2 – (Sandy Springs) Concerts by the Springs/The Return (FREE)
3 – (Alpharetta) Punchline Comedy Club featuring Mia Jackson: Avalon (FREE)
3-7 – (Roswell) Chattahoochee Nature Center: The Chattahoochee: Re-Imagine Our River
4 – Carmike Cinemas: Summer Kids Series/Paddington
4 – (Powder Springs) National Night Out on the Lawn (FREE)
4 – (Roswell) Chattahoochee Nature Center: Artists in the Wild
5 – Zoo Atlanta: Adventure Cubs (ages 3-4 years)/Animal Appetites
6 – Atlantic Station: Movies in Central Park/Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (FREE)
4 – Carmike Cinemas: Summer Kids Series/Paddington
6/7 – (Roswell) Chattahoochee Nature Center: Creature Feature
7 – Atlanta Botanical Garden: Suntrust Concerts/Colbie Caillat w/Rachel Platten
7 – Fox Theatre: My Morning Jacket
7 – Fox Theatre: New Madrid
7 – High Museum/Sifly Piazza: Ben Coleman (FREE)
7 – (Buford) Mall of Georgia: Monthly Music Jam/The Woody’s Unplugged (FREE)
7 – (Lawrenceville) Lawrenceville Live on the Historic Square (FREE)
7 – (Monroe) Groovin’ on the Green/Deacons of Swing (FREE)
8 – Fox Theatre: My Morning Jacket
8 – Zoo Atlanta: Adventure Cubs (ages 3-4 years)/Animal Appetites
8 – (Roswell) Chattahoochee Nature Center: Trail Hike
9 – High Museum/Sifly Piazza: The Institute of Mexican Culture (FREE)
9 – (Alpharetta) SUNDAY BRUNCH w/Emrah Kotan’s Latin Jazz Trio: Avalon (FREE)
9 – (Roswell) Chattahoochee Nature Center: Trail Hike
10-14 – (Roswell) Chattahoochee Nature Center: The Chattahoochee: Re-Imagine Our River
11 – (Roswell) Chattahoochee Nature Center: Artists in the Wild
12 – Fox Theatre: Culture Club
13 – Atlantic Station: Movies in Central Park/The Wizard of Oz (FREE)
13 – Masquerade: Official Stand Up Tour 2015: Deleasa + The House On Cliff
13 – Whitespace: Short Shorts video festival
13 – Zoo Atlanta: Wild on the Rocks
13 – (Roswell) Chattahoochee Nature Center: Creature Feature
13 – (Roswell) Chattahoochee Nature Center: Sunset Sips/Butterfly Nights
13 – (Sandy Springs) Rhythm & Brews Concert: Cigar Store Indians (FREE)
14 – Monday Night Brewing Company: Atlanta Brew for the Family
14 – (Roswell) Chattahoochee Nature Center: Creature Feature
14 – (Lawrenceville) Movies on the Lawn: Guardians of the Galaxy (FREE)
14 – (Norcross) Summer Concert Series: 7 Bridges (FREE)
14/15 – Atlantic Station: Atlanta BBQ Festival
14-16 – Piedmont Park: Arts Festival (FREE)
15 – Dunwoody Nature Center: Butterfly Festival
15 – Fox Theatre: Saturday Morning Cartoons
15 – Fox Theatre: Coca-Cola Summer Film Festival/Braveheart
15 – Zoo Atlanta: Adventure Cubs (ages 3-4 years)/Animal Appetites
15 – Zoo Atlanta: Family NightCrawlers Night Under the Stars
15 – (Decatur) Blues, BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
15 – (Roswell) Chattahoochee Nature Center: Trail Hike
15 – (Winder) Fort Yargo: Fun at the Fort
16 – Fox Theatre: Legends of Silent Film w/Mighty Mo
17-21 – (Roswell) Chattahoochee Nature Center: The Chattahoochee: Re-Imagine Our River
18 – (Roswell) Chattahoochee Nature Center: Artists in the Wild
18-23 – Fox Theatre: Motown the Musical (Touring)
20 – Booth Museum: dinner & musical guests Jim Dunham and Jim Dorsett
20 – (Powder Springs) Summer Concert Series/JCru Band (FREE)
20 – (Roswell) Alive After 5 & Alive in the Park (FREE)
20 – (Roswell) Chattahoochee Nature Center: Creature Feature
21 – Atlanta Botanical Garden: John Hiatt and the Combo & The Taj Mahal Trio
21 – High Museum/Sifly Piazza: Atlanta Ballet’s Wabi Sabi (FREE)
21 – Larry Gray (opening reception) – Alan Avery Art Company
21 – (Loganville) Groovin’ on the Green: Too MUCH SylviA (FREE)
21 – (Roswell) Chattahoochee Nature Center: Creature Feature
21/22 – Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival – Adams Park (Kennesaw)
22 – 12th Annual German Bierfest – Woodruff Park
22 –(Alpharetta) Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Dog Show Off – Avalon
22 –(Duluth) Festival of India – Gwinnett Convention Center
22 – Meet the Past Festival – Margaret Mitchell House
22 – (Roswell) Chattahoochee Nature Center: Beginning Canoe
22 – new exhibitions open at Zuckerman Museum of Art
22/23 – (Dahlonega) Dahlonega Wine Trail Weekend
22/23 – (Roswell) Chattahoochee Nature Center: Trail Hike
23 –(Marietta) Annual Charity Car/Bike Show
23 – Festival Peachtree Latino 2015 – Piedmont Park
23 – Health and Wellness Reggae Musik Festival – Wren’s Nest
24-28 – (Roswell) Chattahoochee Nature Center: The Chattahoochee: Re-Imagine Our River
25 – (Roswell) Chattahoochee Nature Center: Artists in the Wild
27 – Carlos Museum: Free Admission Day (FREE)
27 – Centennial Park: Brew on the Bricks
27 – (Gainesville) Atlanta Botanical Gardens: Wine in the Woodlands
27 – (Roswell) Chattahoochee Nature Center: Creature Feature
27 – (Roswell) Chattahoochee Nature Center: Sunset Sips/Butterfly Nights
28 – Atlanta Botanical Garden: The Mavericks and Los Lobos
28 – BYOB Art Class – “Flapper Fridays” at G.A.S. Art Gifts
28 – Fox Theatre: Asha Bhosle & Talat Aziz
28 – (Chamblee) Summer Concert Series/Ricochet (FREE)
28 – (Lawrenceville) Summer Concert Series/Shawn Mullins (FREE)
28 – (Norcross) Summer Concert Series/7 Banks & Shane (FREE)
28 – (Roswell) Chattahoochee Nature Center: Creature Feature
28/29 – Mountainfilm festival on tour ATL 2015 – Plaza Theatre
29 – 8th Annual End of Summer Pig Roast – Cypress Street Pint and Plate
29 – Art Party – Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
29 – Atlanta Ballet Block Party – Michael C. Carlos Dance Centre
29 – “Frozen” Sing-along – Fox Theatre/Coca-Cola Summer Film Festival
29 – National Beer Mile – Atlantic Station
29 – Opening Ceremony for Yurt Village at Sweetwater Creek – Sweetwater Creek State Park
29 – Pancake and Booze Arts Show – Georgia Railroad Freight Depot
29 – Sandy Springs Restaurant Council Kickoff Cookout Tailgate – 5 Seasons Brewing
29 – Sharpstone’s Treasure – Aurora Theatre
29 – Simmer Down Block Party – Arts Exchange
29 – Step Afrika: Symphony in Step – Center Stage
Aug 29 – The Big Float: “Save Our Water”
Aug 29 – The Big Float: “Save Our Water” After party at SweetWater Brewery Co
29 – Zoo Atlanta: Deluxe Family NightCrawlers Leaping Lemurs
29 – The Cork Puller’s Beer, Wine, & Spirits Tour – Candler Park
29 – (Norcross) Jazz in the Alley (FREE)
29/30 – Grant Park Summer Shade Festival (FREE)
29/30 – Historic Fourth Ward Park: Imagine Music Festival
29/30 – Southern Craft Brewing Symposium – Courtyard Marriott Decatur
29/30 – (Roswell) Chattahoochee Nature Center: Trail Hike
30 – 11th Annual Miss Mary’s Ice Cream Crankin’ – Roswell Town Square
30 – (Sandy Springs) Atlanta Meatball Festival – Belle Isle Square
30 – “Foxeria del Sol” Hatch Chile Fest
30 – Free Om Yoga on the Patio – Osteria Mattone (FREE)
30 – Atlanta Meatball Festival
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