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
BeltLine Lantern Parade
86 Pryor Street, Suite 300, Atlanta, GA, 30303
404-477-3003
Hosted by the Krewe of the Grateful Gluttons, the parade features hundreds of giant puppets, light sculptures, lanterns and glow sticks, and thousands of cheering spectators along its route.
Website: http://beltline.org/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Downtown, Old Fourth Ward
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Arts & Events, Best of Atlanta 2013, Non-Profit Organizations, Outdoor Recreation, Parks & Beaches, Professionals, Sports & Recreation
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
Eddie Owen Presents at Red Clay Theatre
3116 Main Street, Duluth, GA, 30096
404-478-2749
In May 2012 the owners of Eddie’s Attic, the Decatur listening room where John Mayer and Sugarland got their starts, fired its founder, Eddie Owen.
Website: http://www.eddieowenpresents.com
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Arts & Events, Music Venues
Eyedrum
115 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Suite 225, Atlanta, GA, 30303
Hosted by Burnaway arts critic Ed Hall, the Eyedrum Writers Exchange forum allows writers to get feedback on works in progress, or share writing that has influenced them.
Website: http://eyedrum.org
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Downtown
Category: Art, Arts & Entertainment, Arts & Events
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
Georgia Ensemble Theatre
950 Forrest Street, Roswell, GA, 30075
770-641-1260
After more than twenty seasons, Georgia Ensemble Theatre (GET) seems to have found the sweet spot between old and new.
Website: http://get.org
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Arts & Events, Performing Arts
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
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
Alliance Theatre
1280 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA, 30309
404-733-4650
Since 2003 the Midtown theater’s Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition has identified some of the freshest young voices in American theater
Website: http://alliancetheatre.org/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Midtown
Category: Art, Arts & Entertainment, Arts & Events, Museums
Centennial Olympic Park
265 Park Avenue West, Atlanta, GA, 30313
404-223-4412
If there is a lasting and tangible remnant of the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta, it is Centennial Olympic Park. As grass and trees have filled in over the years, the park has evolved from a pile of commemorative bricks into a restful oasis.
Website: http://centennialpark.com/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Centennial Place
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Arts & Events, Best of Atlanta 2013, Parks & Beaches
Legoland Discovery Center
3500 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, GA, 30326
404-848-9452
Phipps Plaza is home to this indoor playground, a creative 35,000-square-foot space—one of only three so far in the U.S.
Website: http://www.legolanddiscoverycenter.com/default-locations.aspx
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Buckhead
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Arts & Events, Local Attractions
WonderRoot
982 Memorial Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30316
404-254-5955
Since opening in 2004, this inspirational nonprofit committed to advocating for arts, artists, and social change has hosted more than 1,000 music shows and 700-plus classes for artists.
Website: http://www.wonderroot.org/
Neighborhood: Atlanta, Reynoldstown
Category: Art, Arts & Entertainment, Arts & Events, Musicians, Non-Profit Organizations, Professionals, Writers