Tag: events
Travel Georgia: Springtime events, festivals, and destinations around the state
A selection of fun ways to celebrate the season, including trips to must-visit museums and a getaway to Macon.
The Balloon Museum at Pullman Yards will blow you away. What to know before you go.
Designed to be immersive, the family-friendly museum takes about an hour and a half to fully experience. Each exhibit is different, with art ranging from black-lit, anime-style punching bags to bubbles that emit smoke when they pop to humongous suspended inner tubes that change height. It’s a series of captivating displays that use sound and movement, as well as texture and color, to garner attention. Here's what to know before you go.
Love Y’all Book Fest brings 67 romance authors to Atlanta
Fake dating, enemies-to-lovers, second chance—these are just some of the romance tropes authors must defend in Battle of the Tropes. It’s part of the first-ever Love Y’all Book Fest, where hundreds of readers descend upon Decatur’s Courtyard Marriott for romance author panels, signings, keynotes, and even exclusive meet-and-greets from February 16-18.
A quick guide to some of Atlanta’s most fun holiday events
Whether kid-friendly, pet-friendly, or strictly for adults, Atlanta’s holiday season has something for everyone. To help to make the most of this year’s festive fun, we’ve rounded up just a few of the metro's great events, from live entertainment to Santa meet-and-greets to festive markets to pop-up holiday bars.
It’s Spooky Season in ATL: Here are October’s not-to-miss Halloween events
From spooky to silly, here's just a few of this month's Halloween happenings, including Boo at the Zoo, a Halloween half-marathon, a Westside pop-up bar, and more.
The Indie Craft Experience returns with a new owner and holiday markets
When Liz Roberts saw that Shannon Mulkey and Christie Petterson, who founded the popular Indie Craft Experience in 2005, were selling the business, her interest piqued. "I literally said to my husband that moment, ‘This is amazing, we have to keep it going,’” says Roberts. “It's just too important to the community. We couldn't let it die.”
ArtsATL’s picks for must-see events this fall
We teamed up with ArtsATL to create a must-do arts calendar for this fall.
What we saw at Dragon Con 2023
Dragon Con 2023 was a Barbiepalooza, and some changes had to be made to accommodate the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Here are the trends and new additions we noticed while attending this year's convention.
In a challenging world, it’s important for authors to have spaces to connect
Creating and imagining better and new worlds is the task of the writer. Especially in the South, stories are our currency, which is why I take heart in the numerous literary events that Atlantans can experience in late summer and early fall. Writing is a vulnerable artform, and it’s important to have spaces for people to connect to each other’s unique life experiences.
What happened to the Decatur Book Festival?
When the Decatur Book Festival launched back in 2006, founder Daren Wang remembers thinking that if 10,000 people attended, “we would have hit it out of the park.” More than four times as many showed up. Over the next decade, the festival continued to grow, eventually drawing as many as 80,000 visitors across three days. DBF became not just one of Decatur’s biggest events, but one of the largest independent book festivals in the country, featuring live music, children’s programming, and parades. The agenda in 2021 and 2022 was less ambitious. And when the DBF board announced its decision to cancel the 2023 festival, it wasn’t a complete surprise. So what’s been going on over the last few years—and will the festival return?