Arts & Events
Music Midtown
Piedmont Park, Atlanta, GA, 30309
Late in the afternoon of Music Midtown’s second and final day in 2012, organizer Peter Conlon cut off ticket sales before, as the AJC reported, “capacity bordered on uncomfortable.”
Website: http://musicmidtown.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Midtown
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Arts & Events, Performing Arts
Newtown Dream Dog Park
3150 Old Alabama Road, Johns Creek, GA, 30022
Fortunately for Johns Creek’s four-legged residents, there’s the Newtown Dream Dog Park, opened in 2011 after a local won the first Beneful Dream Dog Park contest.
Website: http://johnscreekga.gov/home.aspx
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Arts & Events, Parks & Beaches, Pet Services, Pets & Animals
Oakland Cemetery
248 Oakland Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30312
404-688-2107
Oakland was a nineteenth-century hot spot; couples cruised the grounds in spiffy carriages and families picnicked near their forebears’ final resting places.
Website: http://www.oaklandcemetery.com
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Grant Park
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Arts & Events, Parks & Beaches
Plaza Theatre
1049 Ponce de Leon Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30306
404-873-1939
The Plaza’s fortunes have risen and fallen over the decades, and this year marked another rebirth for the 1939 movie house.
Website: http://plazaatlanta.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Poncey-Highland
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Arts & Events, Best of Atlanta 2013, Cinema
Poem 88
1100 Howell Mill Road, Suite A04, Atlanta, GA, 30318
While many still think of the contemporary art gallery as a place to view new work and sip free wine, Poem 88 has moved beyond such a limited interpretation to embrace a variety of creatively augmented events.
Website: http://poem88.net/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Westside / Home Park
Category: Art, Arts & Entertainment, Arts & Events
Reign Nightclub and Vanquish
1021 and 1029 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA, 30309
404-898-1704
Michael Gidewon, the man behind Vision, opened up Reign and Vanquish, side by side. The Peachtree complex has marble floors, strobe lights, and VIP areas everywhere.
Website: http://reignatlanta.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Midtown
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Arts & Events, Dance Clubs
Rotknee Presents
437 Moreland Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30307
404-934-6598
At Little Five’s Star Community Bar, some of Atlanta’s best comics use the open mic to hone their chops.
Website: http://starbaratlanta.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Little Five Points
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Arts & Events, Comedy Clubs
Serenbe Playhouse
9110 Selborne Lane, Suite 210, Chattahoochee Hills, GA, 30268
770-463-1110
Executive and artistic director Brian Clowdus deftly taps the theater’s bucolic Chattahoochee Hills landscape to dreamy effect.
Website: http://www.serenbeplayhouse.com/
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Arts & Events, Live Theatre, Performing Arts
Stone Mountain Park
1000 Robert E. Lee Drive, Stone Mountain, GA, 30083
770-498-5690
The verdant vista from atop Stone Mountain (just a 1.3-mile climb) enables hikers to forget the crazy traffic bustling under the treetops.
Website: http://www.stonemountainpark.com
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Arts & Events, Family Fun, Local Attractions, Parks & Beaches, Recreation Facilities, Sports & Recreation
Terminal West
887 West Marietta Street, Studio C, Atlanta, GA, 30318
404-876-5566
Westside’s King Plow complex once housed a foundry and shipped farm implements all over the United States and Latin America.
Website: http://www.terminalwestatl.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Westside / Home Park
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Arts & Events, Music Venues