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Fleurs de Villes, a traveling international immersive floral show, returns to Atlanta this week after a successful show last spring. This year, it showcases floral interpretations of costumes from the popular television series Downton Abbey.

Something larger than life is coming to the Fernbank Museum of Natural History—and it’s not another dino. It’s “Spirit Guides,” a vibrant display of six to eight-feet tall hybrid animal sculptures.Created by Oaxacan artists...

Renowned indie-folk musician Gregory Alan Isakov will be making his return to Atlanta at the Atlanta Symphony Hall on March 23 and 24. Aside from being a farmer and owner of Starling Farms, Isakov is more widely known for his tender ballads and crushingly beautiful lyrics, including “The Stable Song,” “Big Black Car,” and “Amsterdam.”

For one weekend this month, Atlanta, like Chicago, will flood with green. But lacking a river as we do, it’s Peachtree Street that will run emerald when the Irish and their friends march in celebration of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. This year marks the 141st St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Atlanta, making it one of the longest continuously running parades in the city.

Comedian and musician Tim Heidecker will perform at Terminal West February 17

Hazlehurst native and American Idol season 22 runner-up Will Moseley says he’s “super excited” about opening for the Zac Brown Band at State Farm Arena on New Year’s Eve. “I think the fact that we get to play our first arena show in Georgia on New Year's Eve with Zac is just absolutely special,” he says.

Ponce City Market is widely known for its support of local art and artists. Its next pop-up gallery, however, has a particularly special meaning. Titled Love Asheville from Afar, the month-long exhibit will help Asheville artists gain reach and sales after the devastating loss of their physical spaces and financial well-being due to Hurricane Helene. One hundred percent of the proceeds will go toward artists affected by the hurricane.

Dozens of local designers and trade professionals gathered on November 7 at the PDI Kitchen, Bath & Lighting showroom in Atlanta to celebrate the release of Quintessential Kitchens and Collaborations by Matthew Quinn, which is volume three in the author’s Quintessential Kitchens series.

Once the fog of childhood nostalgia lifts, many Atlantans are prone to admit that one of the city’s oldest holiday traditions—the riding of Rich’s department store’s famed Pink Pig—was also pretty damn terrifying.

“I’m sorry for the mess,” Ben Armstrong says to me, stepping over a zombie head and vampire dress that still need gluing. We’re walking through one of this season’s attractions, Wake the Dead, where apocalyptic warriors must seal the Netherworld from element-stealing ghosts. Netherworld’s haunts change each year, building on decades of proprietary lore.