The Atlanta History Center examines the cultural impact of the Harlem theater. Event Site

Emory’s Michael C. Carlos Museum displays more than 100 masterworks featuring the traditional symbol. Monks will also create a sand mandala. Event Site

This year the Atlanta Botanical Garden’s Orchid Daze is a Babylonian-inspired hanging garden. The Fuqua Conservatory, which boasts the largest collection of species orchids in the U.S., will feature curtains and suspended structures dripping with flora. Event Site

Founded in 1923, North Carolina’s Penland School of Crafts hosts some 1,200 students and 14,000 visitors every year at its scenic compound in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Works in various media by sixty-eight of its artists are on display and for sale at the Signature Gallery—Atlanta’s preeminent fine craft gallery, which is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary. Proceeds support scholarships for future Penland clay and metal students. Event Site

Brooklyn-based street artist KAWS will paint a twenty-two-foot-high mural in the High’s Wieland Pavilion as part of this multisite exhibition. Event Site

Synchronicity Theatre presents a zydeco-infused spin on Little Red Riding Hood. Event Site

Jangle-pop quartet reunite. Event Site

If you’re an Academy Awards junkie, why celebrate alone? Attend the Oscar Night America party at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre with 700 of your closest friends for $30. One of only fifty soirees officially sanctioned by the Academy, the viewing party provides guests with a complimentary drink and dessert. Proceeds benefit the Center for Family Resources, which assists low-income families with employment, education, and housing. Dress is “red carpet chic.” Event Site

Robert Spano, André Watts, and the ASO Debuting "La Luna Azul" by Adam Schoenberg—the youngest member of the Atlanta School of Composers. Event Site

“As good luck would have it,” this comedy runs the entire month. Event Site

Atlanta Opera’s The Golden Ticket, a two-act comedy based on Roald Dahl’s classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, opens at the Cobb Energy Centre. Memorable characters like Willie Wonka, Veruca Salt, Augustus Gloop, and the young hero Charlie Bucket introduce opera to a new generation of fans. Event Site

Atlanta playwright Pearl Cleage’s tale of four former slaves in the post–Civil War West. Event Site

The American Craft Council again brings the Southeast’s largest juried craft show to the Cobb Galleria Centre. More than 200 artisans display contemporary jewelry, clothing, furniture, and home decor. Proceeds benefit the council and the Hambidge Center, a nonprofit artists community in North Georgia’s Rabun Gap. Event Site

Based on the internationally acclaimed film and boasting a score by part-time Atlantan Elton John, Billy Elliot: The Musical hits the boards at the Fox. This exuberant story of a small-town teenage boxer–turned–ballet dancer won ten Tonys in 2009, including Best Musical. Event Site

Legoland opens Legoland Discovery Center, the “biggest box of Lego bricks in the world,” debuts in Phipps Plaza. Only the third U.S. location, this interactive, 30,000-square-foot attraction includes a play area, a 4-D cinema, rides, and replicas of local landmarks such as the High Museum and Turner Field. Event Site

Bruce Springsteen kicks off another world tour right here at Philips Arena in support of his seventeenth studio album, Wrecking Ball, released on March 6. This will be Spring­steen’s first tour since the death of Clarence “the Big Man” Clemons last year—whose loss was “immeasurable,” according to the Boss—and no replacement saxophonist has yet been announced, perhaps as a tribute. Event Site

Ballet meets Johnny Cash. Seriously. Event Site

Marking the forty-fifth anniversary of their classic LP Days of Future Passed. Event Site

Twentieth anniversary of the High’s largest fundraising event. Event Site