Tag: Things to do

When Beth Hyland first shopped around the script for her play Fires, Ohio, multiple theater companies told her it was unproducible. There wasn’t a problem with the dialogue or the plot; the script, humorous and gripping, had already won both the Kennedy Center’s Paula Vogel Award in Playwriting and the Mark Twain Prize for Comic Playwriting. The setting itself was the issue: a two-story house in an Ohio town, surrounded by a raging wildfire.

The Golden Girls Kitchen, at Pullman Yards through May 10, lets fans walk through recreated versions of the kitchen, living room, and Blanche's bedroom from the hit TV show. Here's what we saw during a preview.

The 26th Atlanta Jewish Film Festival will unfold across the city between February 18 and March 3. Over the course of two weeks, the AJFF will screen 25 narrative features, 24 documentaries, and 16 short films from 20 different countries across the world. 

A few decades ago, romance novels were stereotyped as bodice rippers with hand-painted covers relegated to a corner of the bookstore. Now multiple romance bookstores have opened across metro Atlanta and fill their shelves for every reader—from sports romance superfans to romantasy (aka romantic fantasy) devotees. Readers of all persuasions will gather in Decatur for the third year of Atlanta’s Love Y’All Romance Book Fest from February 13-15.

Serial Killer: The Exhibition, now on display at Pullman Yards, is not intended to be scary or macabre. It’s the result of more than 10 years of research and the collaboration of 60 international collectors, historians, criminologists and forensic specialists and is designed to be factual, rather than speculative. Here's what to know before you go.

F1 Arcade, a new-to-Atlanta entertainment venue, opens February 6 in the Interlock on the Westside. Created by one of the founders of Puttshack and Flight Club, Adam Breeden, the high-energy restaurant, bar, and race car simulator venue first launched in London in late 2022 and recently introduced locations in Denver, Philadelphia, and Las Vegas. Here's what we saw during a media preview.

When Smorgasburg first opened in Brooklyn, New York, in 2011, it was an under-the-radar food festival you had to be in-the-know to attend. Nowadays, it attracts thousands of visitors to set locations in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles. On October 18, it will make its debut in Atlanta. Set in South Downtown, it will run on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., rain or shine. Here's a sampling of what to expect.

The restaurant and bar, opened by the McCray’s Tavern team in Marietta Square in 2021, recently launched a Harry Potter takeover. This is no small spell—the restaurant has been decorated from floor to ceiling and its menus revamped in true the-Boy-Who-Lived style. Available through November 2, offerings include a drink for each house, Thursday night trivia, and a Mandrake Trifle.

Taylor Swift is releasing her 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl, on October 3, and Atlanta is ready for it. Atlanta bars, shops, and even a salon are getting in on the moment with listening parties, complete with themed drinks, dress-up contests, and swag. Here's where you can celebrate.

For its 12th year, Shaky Knees Music Festival moved both its location (from Central Park to Piedmont Park) and its season (from spring to fall). But there was no shortage of talent thanks to headliners like Blink-182, Deftones, Cage the Elephant, Lenny Kravitz, My Chemical Romance, and Vampire Weekend, and certainly no shortage of creative concertgoer outfits. Here, a small sampling of some of the looks we saw while out and about at the festival.