European Masterworks: The Phillips Collection
April 6 through July 14
Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Paul Cézanne, and other masters headline this exhibition—the Southeast’s only showing of the famous works—from Washington, D.C.’s Phillips Collection, the country’s first museum of modern art. Acquired by art collector and critic Duncan Phillips, the pieces on display span the 19th and early 20th centuries and include seminal works by Wassily Kandinsky, Henri Matisse, and Pierre Bonnard.
Photograph by Steve Eberhardt
Atlanta Streets Alive
April 7
More than three miles of Peachtree Street become a playground for bicyclists and pedestrians at Atlanta Streets Alive, the Atlanta Bicyclist Coalition’s semiregular celebration of car-free streets. Modeled after the hugely popular Ciclovía in Bogotá, the four-hour, open-street event includes vendors, games, and the freedom of the open road.
Photograph by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images
Mike Epps
April 12
Friday and All About the Benjamins co-star Mike Epps—plus friends Chico Bean, Mark Curry, and others—stops at State Farm Arena for the Funny As Ish comedy tour.
The Millennium Tour
April 4-5
Fifteen years after calling it quits, Omarion, Lil’ Fizz, J-Boog, and Raz-B of R&B boy-band B2K reunite for the Millennium Tour. The evening of R&B music includes appearances by Mario, Pretty Ricky, Bobby Valentino, and others.
Amplify Decatur Music Festival
April 13
Mavis Staples, Jeff Tweedy, and Kevn Kinney come to downtown Decatur to raise cash to combat poverty in the city and greater DeKalb County. The festival has raised more than $200,000 over the past four years to support the Decatur Cooperative Ministry.
This article appears in our April 2019 issue.
