September
3–10/5 Bull Durham, Alliance Theatre
4–10/5 Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Actor’s Express
6 John Hodgman, Erikson Clock
6–11/15 Art on the Atlanta BeltLine, multiple venues
12–12/7 God Spoke the Earth: Stories of Genesis in Prints and Drawings, Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University
13–14 Atlanta Arts Festival, Piedmont Park
15–10/31 Atlanta Celebrates Photography, multiple venues
18 Atlanta Ballet’s Wabi Sabi, Atlanta Botanical Garden
19-27 Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, Philips Arena
20 Whoopi Goldberg, Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
22 Julian Sands: A Celebration of Harold Pinter, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts at Emory University
23–28 Mamma Mia!, Fox Theatre
26–28 Outkast, Centennial Olympic Park
26-28 TomorrowWorld, Chattahoochee Hills
26–10/19 Native Guard, Alliance Theatre’s Hertz Stage
27–11/29 E.K. Huckaby, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia
30 Jethro Tull by Ian Anderson, Atlanta Symphony Hall
October
1–31 Lainey Papageorge, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia
2, 4, 5 Beethoven’s Ninth, Atlanta Symphony Hall
2–26 The Doctor, the Devil, and My Dad, 7Stages
3–11/30 Cirque du Soleil’s Amaluna, Atlantic Station
4 Black Lips, Goat Farm
8–26 The Wizard of Oz, Center for Puppetry Arts
9 Gary Shteyngart, Highland Ballroom
11 Sweet Honey in the Rock, Rialto Center for the Arts
11–1/18/15 The Forty Part Motet, High Museum
12 Season 5 premiere, The Walking Dead
16–18 Spices, Perfumes, Toxins!, Atlanta Symphony Hall
17–23 Elevate, multiple venues
18 Vertigo: Israeli Dance Messengers, Rialto Center for the Arts
19–1/4/15 Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of “Ebony” Fashion Fair, MODA
22–11/2 The Phantom of the Opera, Fox Theatre
22–11/9 Steel Magnolias, Alliance Theatre
24–11/9 Chicago, Lyric Theatre
26 Susan Boyle, Atlanta Symphony Hall
30–11/16 The Elephant Man, Georgia Ensemble Theatre
31–11/1 Music from the Films of Tim Burton, Atlanta Symphony Hall
November
1 Chomp and Stomp, Cabbagetown Park
1–2 Chastain Park Arts Festival, Chastain Park
5–12/7 Murder Ballad, Actor’s Express
14 Rick Bragg, Carter Library
14–12/28 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Center for Puppetry Arts
14–2/21/15 Geometric Aljamia: A Cultural Transliteration, Zuckerman Museum of Art
15 Anne-Sophie Mutter and Mutter Virtuosi, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts at Emory University
21 Opening, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay—Part 1
25–30 Dirty Dancing, Fox Theatre
28–29 Sci-Fi Spectacular, Atlanta Symphony Hall
December
4–5 Handel’s Messiah, Atlanta Symphony Hall
11–28 Atlanta Ballet’s Nutcracker, Fox Theatre
13 Atlanta Boy Choir, Monastery of the Holy Spirit
13-14 Fahamu Pecou, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia
17 Fleetwood Mac, Philips Arena
18–20 A Very Merry Holiday Pops!, Atlanta Symphony Hall
20 Justin Timberlake, Gwinnett Arena
Photo credits: Walking Dead: Frank Ockenfels 3/AMC; Goldberg: courtesy of Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre; Brooks: Garth Brooks tour; Cirque du Soleil: Laurence Labat; Hodgman: Brantley Gutierrez; Hunger Games: courtesy of lionsgate; Timberlake: (c) Featureflash | Dreamstime.com; The Wizard of Oz: CPA; Wabi Sabi: Jonah Hooper
This article originally appeared in our September 2014 issue.
