Atlanta ShowGuide Holiday 2010

Holiday 2010

Greater Atlanta’s

The Artistry of Master Woodturner Jimmy Lee Creative Process Kenny Leon—Blazing a Trail to Atlanta

Performing Arts Magazine

ShowGuide Spotlights Snapshot of History Remembering Alfredo Barili (1854-1935) ShowGuide Profile Christina Hoff— Fashioning Fabrefaction

Performance Guide October ~ December 2010 ShowGuide Venues

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The Artistry of Master Woodturner Jimmy Lee

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Creative Process Kenny Leon— Blazing a Trail to Atlanta

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Snapshot of History Remembering Alfredo Barili (1854-1935)

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ShowGuide Profile Christina Hoff—Fashioning Fabrefaction

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ShowGuide Spotlights Performance Guide Oct. ~ Dec. 2010 ShowGuide Venues

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THE ARTISTRY OF MASTER WOODTURNER

JIMMY LEE orn in Atlanta in 1960, Jimmy Lee first studied photography and worked in the family photo studio. His documentary photo work garnered awards and has been exhibited in several Atlanta galleries.

Lee has always enjoyed working with his hands, and while working as a photographer, Lee acquired skills in home building and working with wood.

In 2007, Jimmy encountered the woodturning art of master craftsmen Ed Moulthrope and Mark Sillay. He was inspired by the extraordinary varieties of wood color and texture, and soon acquired a lathe of his own. He discovered deep satisfaction and creative expression as he quickly progressed in this discipline and began creating his own wood forms and vessels.

In his first year, Lee had work represented in four Atlanta galleries and was accepted into four juried arts festivals including the Dogwood, Atlanta’s oldest and largest arts festival. His woodturning was showcased by Fox News at the 2009 Virginia Highland Summerfest. Also in 2009, Lee was awarded a scholarship by the Georgia Association of Woodturners—a significant recognition by master craftsmen whose work was Lee’s initial inspiration.

In 2010 he was elected vice president of the Georgia Association of Woodturners.

Lee is currently mentoring with master woodturner Mark Sillay. For more information visit www.jimmylee.biz.

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‘Tis the season to delight in the luxury of your art collection.

Atlanta’s Must-See Gallery welcomes you to join us as we celebrate the season with new works by internationally acclaimed artist Graciela Rodo Boulanger.

Boulanger was honored, in 1979, by UNICEF as the official artist for the “Year of the Child” poster and, in 1990, by the United Nations who commissioned the poster for the World Children’s Summit.

To view available works of Graciela Rodo Boulanger and our portfolio of other artists, please visit us in our Buckhead gallery or online at defineartgallery.com.

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CREATIVE PROCESS

KENNY LEON BLAZING A TRAIL TO ATLANTA

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ulia Hansen award winning and Tony nominated director Kenny Leon is one of the most exciting and acclaimed Directors in American theatre today. In July 2010 his hit Tony Award Broadway show ‘Fences’ garnered 10 Tony Nominations, including best director, the most nominations ever for a play revival, set box office records and received the Tony award for best revival of a play, best actor and best actress. Past Tony nominations include, his Broadway productions of Radio Golf, Gem of the Ocean and Raisin In The Sun, starring Sean Combs, Phylicia Rashad and Audra McDonald. Mr. Leon was nominated for Best Director by the Directors Guild of America for the film version of A Raisin In The Sun which also received Emmy and Golden Globe nominations and won 3 NAACP Image Awards. He is the recipient of many awards including the Drama Leagues, the Julia Hansen Award for a lifetime of excellence in theatre, MIT Eugene McDermott Humanitarian Award, NAACP Theater’s Trailblazer Award as well as the Abby and Christopher Awards. He has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning, CNN, NBC, Charlie Rose and PBS among other shows. He was also featured as People’s magazine 50 most beautiful and the ‘Face of Martell’s’ national and international advertising campaign.

In September, Mr. Leon will direct a world premiere of ‘Every Tongue Confess’ starring Phylicia Rashad at the Arena Stage in D.C. while crisscrossing the country directing Private Photo by Sony Pictures Television / Peter Stranks Practice for ABC at the same time. A familiar face on Broadway, Mr. Leon will return to direct Samuel L. Jackson and Halle Berry in ‘Mountaintop’ winner of London’s Olivier Award for best new play.

Prior to founding Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company, he served 11 years as Artistic Director of the Alliance Theatre. Kenny’s directorial credits span an incomparable range of work, from classic theatre, to drama, to comedy, to opera, to musicals, to musical revues, to film.

He’s directed extensively around the country, including, among others, Chicago’s Goodman Photo by The Horne Brothers Theatre, Boston’s Huntington Theatre, Connecticut’s Long Wharf Theatre and Hartford Stage, Baltimore’s Center Stage, Los Angeles’ Center Theatre Group, Milwaukee Reparatory, New York’s Public Theatre, Atlanta’s Fox Theatre, Seattle Reparatory, Georgia Shakespeare, San Jose Reparatory, Dallas Theatre Center, and The Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Kenny served as Artistic Director of the 10-play August Wilson Century Cycle at the Kennedy Center marking the first time all ten plays were produced in repertory under one roof. Among others, he directed Swimming Upstream with women of New Orleans and the impact of Hurricane Katrina on their lives and city, He worked on ‘Breaking the Silence’ a United Nations event, aimed at bringing awareness to child abduction across the globe. In London he Directed Flashdance: The Musical, which toured the UK through May of 2009, and also 6

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served as Stage director on Alicia Keys’ “As I Am” worldwide tour, which launched in the UK, toured Europe, and finished in North America. He staged the world premiere of Toni Morrison’s opera Margaret Garner, featuring mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves at the Michigan Opera House and the Auditorium here in Chicago. Margaret Garner was also produced at Opera Company of Philadelphia, and Cincinnati Opera.

He has produced works by and for all Americans, including: Disney and Elton John’s Elaborate Lives: The Legend of Aida, Alfred Uhry’s The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Pearl Cleage’s Flying West and Blues For an Alabama Sky among others. He produces the “August Wilson Monologue competition” an annual competition currently in 5 major cities that provide workshops and training to hundreds of teenagers for competition in national finals on Broadway and is currently producing a documentary film about the importance of ‘The Arts’ in our lives.

Holding honorary doctorates from Roosevelt Photo by Jenn Dwyer, True Colors Theatre Company University, among others, Mr. Leon is a graduate of Clark Atlanta University. He has given workshops and has been the featured speaker for many arts organizations, corporations, universities, awards shows, political gatherings and churches, including, Aspen Ideas Festival, Yale, Northwestern, Tish, CocaCola, Grantmakers of America, and Association of Performing Arts in New York, to name a few.

For more information about Kenny Leon and his current endeavors, visit www.truecolorstheatre.org.

SNAPSHOT OF HISTORY

REMEMBERING ALFREDO BARILI (1854-1935)

by Ann Boutwell

n Atlanta, November 17, 1935, an elderly distinguished, gentleman accidently stumbled in the path of a city bus on the Ponce de Leon corner of Myrtle Street. Tirelessly, he had given 55 years of musical genius to his adopted city. He died immediately. Alfredo Barili (18541935) was his name.

On August 2, 1854, the native Italian was born in Florence. Four months later, Alfredo immigrated to the United States with his parents. His mother was eighteen-year-old Antoinetta Sampo (1839-1893) and 26-year-old Ettore Barili (1828-1885) was his father. He was a member of the famous Barili-Patti clan, who produced so much musical talent during the 1800s, it was deemed the “Musical America’s First Family.” On February 19, 1855, Ettore, a famous baritone, premiered Italian-born Alfredo Barili move to Atlanta in 1880 the role of Rigoletto in Giuseppe Verdi’s three-act opera at New York’s opulent and played a major role in Academy of Music, which seated 4,600. establishing the foundation for city’s classical music culture.

Alfredo spent his childhood in the Barili-Patti’s New York household, Photo by N. Lee Orr. which included his twelve-year-old aunt Adelina Patti. In 1903, the acclaimed opera diva publically credited her singing foundation to Ettore’s teaching methods. She told the Saturday Evening Post that her half-brother’s method was now taught in Atlanta by her nephew Alfredo Barili.

Under Ettore’s rigid training, ten-year-old Alfredo made his New York debut in Irving Hall, April 7, 1865. The reviews—Herald, Sunday Times, and Evening Post—pointed to proficiency as a pianist. Glowing terms expressed future promises leading to something first-class. “First Class,” said Georgia State University’s N. Lee Orr, author of Alfredo Barili and the Rise of Classical Music in Atlanta “is a phrase that definitely comes to mind when discussing the total picture of Alfredo Barili.”

In Philadelphia, Alfredo studied piano with Carl Wolfsohn (1834-1907). In 1872, he entered Germany’s Cologne Conservatory of Music to work with conductor and composer Ferdinand Hiller (18111885). He also rekindled a relationship with Emily Vezin, a student and former Philadelphia acquaintance.

They married in Newark, N.J. in November 23, 1877.

By August 1880, the couple relocated from Philadelphia to Atlanta. The reason was due possibly to Alfredo’s asthma or other health issues. They both secured teaching positions at Mrs. Ballard’s fashionable Atlanta Female Institute on Peachtree Street. The weekly Sunny South publication noted their arrival and mentioned Alfredo’s impressive reputation as a pianist and composer.

The city’s first musical festival, staged in November 1883 at Laurent DeGive’s Marietta Street opera house was Alfredo’s first public, creative challenge in Atlanta— a milestone in Atlanta’s cultural history. It transformed the way Atlanta music lovers conceived serious music concerts. “Nearly every mention of the festival,” Orr said “paraded Barili’s name as the chief helmsman of the whole enterprise.” Three years later he would open the Barili School of Music.

When he died 75 years ago unexpectedly while taking a quiet Sunday walk, what more could be said of his artistic achievements? Although his burial site is Westview Cemetery, in the family plot, Barili’s eternal present still lives in the music.

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TAIPEI CHINESE ORCHESTRA WITH WU MAN, PIPA Sunday, February 13, 2011, 4 p.m. (SPECIAL TIME)

Witness one of the leading exponents of traditional and contemporary Chinese music perform an outstanding program that includes Tan Dun’s Crouching Tiger Concerto.

Tickets on sale NOW! General public: $42 Discount category members: $36 Emory students: $10

1700 North Decatur Road • Atlanta, GA 30322 Phone: 404.727.5050 • arts.emory.edu Free parking weekdays after 5 p.m. and all day on weekends.

Parking exceptions may apply during major events. Please arrive early.

Taipei Chinese Orchestra photo courtesy of artist, Wu Man photo by Liu Junqi.

SHOWGUIDE PROFILE

CHRISTINA HOFF – FASHIONING FABREFACTION

Photos by Tim Wilkerson

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n 2006, ShowGuide featured an article about 18-year-old Christina Hoff who started a Theatre Ministry at her church, providing middle-school students with opportunities she’d never been afforded. Now only 23, Christina has seen her dream realized as her Theatre Ministry has evolved into Fabrefaction Theatre Company, a theatre located in Atlanta’s Westside that produces professional non-equity shows as well as training and performance opportunities for aspiring theatre artists in grades 1-12.

While studying at the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School through NYU, Christina invited fellow students to Atlanta with the goal of producing a summer season with shows for student and professional actors alike. The next few summers the group performed as many as 6 plays a season in a warehouse turned performance space in the Westside. The company members hailed from universities across the country and brought creative diversity to the devoted group with Christina at the artistic helm.

In 2007 the group decided to become a non-profit organization and chose the name Fabrefaction Theatre Company. Fabrefaction is a lost word meaning “the act of fashioning or making a work of art”. “We chose the name Fabrefaction because it suited us,” said Christina.

“Like the word, our company is eccentric, unique, and complex, but, ultimately, once you understand who we are and what we do, unforgettable.”

To say that Fabrefaction is a multi-faceted organization would be an understatement. The company has produced 22 plays to date and will produce 15 shows as part of their inaugural full year season in their new theatre complex located in the heart of the Westside Arts District. In addition to the Professional Season, FTC offers a number of educational opportunities continuing the mission Christina started during the Theatre Ministry. This season Fabrefaction will present a wide variety of work ranging from popular musicals such as RENT in December to reimagined classics, such as Chekhov’s The Seagull in May. Christina says: “Similar to Jonathan Larson’s vision for the characters in RENT, FTC is building a community, one that we hope will continue to grow and inspire collaboration in Atlanta for years to come.” Visit us at www.fabrefaction.org.

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DALÍ Thanksgiving Weekend & Hands on for the Holidays

Visit HIGH.org for extended holiday hours and special family programming This exhibition is organized by the High Museum of Art in collaboration with the Salvador Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida, and the Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, Spain. Exhibition support provided by Art Partners, The Fay and Barrett Howell Exhibition Fund, The Forward Arts Foundation Exhibition Endowment and indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. Image: Philippe Halsman (American, born Latvia, 1906–1979), Dalí’s Mustache, 1953. © Philippe Halsman Archive. Salvador Dalí’s Right of Publicity Reserved by Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, 2010.

For tickets visit HIGH.org, 404-733-HIGH, or

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Spotlights Actor’s Express Featuring Libby Whittemore

Actor’s Express, one of Atlanta’s most acclaimed theatre companies, dives into the holiday season with a brand new production of the smash yuletide comedy hit Every Christmas Story Ever Told. After breaking box office records around the country, it is Atlanta’s turn to experience this hilarious mash-up of beloved holiday stories turned on their ears! For music lovers, Atlanta legend Libby Whittemore returns to AE with her holiday installment of the popular “Libby’s at the Express” series – Ho, Ho, Home for the Holidays and a Connie Sue Day Christmas. Both shows run various dates throughout December. More information at www.actors-express.com.

Candlelight Nights at Atlanta History Center Tuesday, December 14, 2010 and Thursday, December 16, 2010 5:30 – 9:00 pm

Grab your family and friends and enjoy one of Atlanta’s classic holiday offerings! Escape the hustle and bustle of the holiday season while you enjoy the winter landscape of the History Center’s 33 acre Buckhead campus at dusk as beautiful candlelit paths illuminate gardens, trails, and historic homes with holiday cheer.

For more information on this program, admission prices or to purchase tickets, visit AtlantaHistoryCenter.com/programs.

Funding for this program is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance of Fulton County Arts Council.

Kingsized Holiday Jubilee & Toy Drive Saturday, Dec. 11t at 8:30pm – Variety Playhouse KingsizedHolidayJubilee.com

The 5th Annual Kingsized Holiday Jubilee features Big Mike Geier with Kingsized and the

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Dames Aflame Dancers performing all your holiday favorites like “Silent Night”, “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” and “Little Drummer Boy”. The finale of this family-friendly spectacular includes snow machines blasting from the stage as the Dames Aflame distribute cookies to the audience. The local ROTC is on site collecting toys. Folks who donate a toy can have their holiday portrait taken with Santa and the Dames Aflame before the show.

DE Fine Art Gallery

Founded in the early 1980’s, DE Fine Art Gallery is a leading source for original, European paintings. Presenting the finest examples of representational painting, drawing and sculpture in the Southeast, DE Fine Art Gallery features a collection of works ranging from the classically inspired to the contemporary by over 30 leading European artists.

After years of being an art source to some of America’s leading galleries, in 2007 DE Fine Art Gallery opened the doors of its Peachtree Corners location to the public. In April 2009, DE Fine Art Gallery launched its Buckhead gallery.

Visit us online at www.defineartgallery.com.

Decatur Civic Chorus

The Decatur Civic Chorus is one of the oldest continuing choral groups in the Southeastern U.S and is celebrating 63 years of outstanding concerts. Directed by Mary Anne Sharp, the Chorus has been heard throughout Europe and Mexico.

U.S. appearances include Spoleto; Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center and the National Cathedral in Washington.

For its commitment to community and benefit concerts, the DCC has been recognized by 3 U.S. Presidents, 3 Georgia Governors, the Georgia 15

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Senate and House, and the U.S. House of Representatives.

Annual Christmas Concert: December 12, 3:00pm First Baptist Church of Decatur www. decaturcivicchorus.org

located on the Georgia Tech campus, adds to the audience experience by hosting free discussions before or after most performances.

For information visit www.ferstcenter.org or call the Box Office at 404-894-9600.

RENT – Presented by Fabrefaction Theatre Company

THEATRE ARTS GUILD at Georgia Perimeter College

Join Fabrefaction for our production of the iconic Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning rock opera RENT! Based on Puccini’s opera La bohème, Jonathan Larson’s epic creation became one of Broadway’s most beloved and long running shows. Larson brilliantly transported Puccini’s story from 1830’s Paris to the East Village of New York in the late 1980’s. RENT translates the timeless issues that affect humanity to the modern age and infuses the audience with fervor for life and the desire to “live for today”. RENT performs at Fabrefaction December 3 through 22nd.

For tickets or info call 404-876-9468 or visit fabrefaction.org.

Theatre Arts Guild [TAG] presents Leonard Bernstein’s CANDIDE, Oct 29-Nov 7. The fast-paced and uniquely funny musical is based on Voltaire’s novella of the same name. Sally J. Robertson stage directs, with musical direction by Susan J. McEwen.

Performers include GPC students, alumni and staff, as well as community actors and musicians.

Produced by the Department of Fine Arts at the Clarkston campus, TAG offers a diverse season of classical and contemporary works, providing GPC students with a creative theatrical environment, professional standards and involvement with the Atlanta theatre community.

The 2010-2011 season also includes Michael Frayn’s COPENHAGEN (February 1020) and Ibsen’s GHOSTS (April 15-24). TAG auditions and performances: 678-891-3572; GPC theatre classes: 678-891-3564.Visit www. gpc.edu or follow TAG on Facebook.

Great Music and Dance Hit the Ferst Center Stage

Fall at the Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech is filled with great music and dance. Spend “An Evening with Branford Marsalis” on Nov. 5, and then enjoy San Francisco’s visually stunning Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company on Nov. 12.

Christmas music fills the air, first with Kathy Mattea’s Dec. 5 concert featuring songs from her two popular and classic holiday albums, and then with the return of audience favorite “A Peter White Christmas” on Dec. 10 featuring holiday jazz with Peter White, Rick Braun and Mindi Abair. Tickets are on sale now for all performances. The Ferst Center,

Georgia Shakespeare

This December, Georgia Shakespeare brings a new holiday tradition to Atlanta when they present A Christmas Story live on stage!

Jean Shepherd’s story of young Ralphie Parker and his quest for an official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle (adapted for the stage by Philip Grecian) is a modern American classic. Can 16

Ralphie survive the last days before Christmas when he’ll endure bunny pajamas, double-dog dares, and the dreaded words, “You’ll shoot your eye out, kid”?

It’s fun for the whole family. A Christmas Story runs December 7-26 at the Conant Performing Arts Center at Oglethorpe University. gashakespeare.org

studies. The School annually presents over 250 recitals, music workshops and community music concerts including performances by guest artists, faculty and students at the Rialto Center for the Arts and the newly renovated Florence Kopleff Recital Hall. Musical offerings range from jazz ensembles to string quartets—including performances by the University choruses and orchestras. The majority of concerts are FREE and open to the public.

Rain on Stage and Underwear in Winter: GTA gives audiences Technical and Artistic WOWs

GTA, the nationallyacclaimed collaboration of Gainesville State College, Brenau University and theatre professionals, is preparing THREE dazzling and very different shows. Nov. 9-20, the 1952 film classic Singin’ in the Rain performs LIVE, with big dance numbers and technical effects that will get the same WOWs that “talkies” got in the story line. Then a February 8-19 Festival, offers two plays in repertory focused on underpinnings: Lynn Nottage’s Intimate Apparel tells the heart-wrenching story of a 1910 African American seamstress who stitches beautiful undergarments for other women’s intimate moments, and on alternate nights, Steve Martin’s hilarious adaptation of The Underpants, where loose bloomers cause instant celebrity for a butcher’s wife. www.gainesvilleTHEATREalliance.org.

Holidays at the High!

Holidays are a great time to visit the High!

This holiday season bring friends and family to see the blockbuster “Dalí: The Late Work,” as well as Venetian Masterpieces from the National Galleries of Scotland. To accommodate busy schedules, the High is offering special holiday extended hours and family programming. The High’s Museum Shop is also a great place for unique gifts to satisfy all your holiday shopping needs. With the widest variety of art-themed publications, exhibitionrelated products, and gift memberships, there is something for everyone on your list. Visit www.

High.org for more information and to buy your tickets today!

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Georgia State University School of Music

Meet guest host; Jessica Black, Miss United Located in downtown Atlanta, the Georgia State University School of Music offers one of the most comprehensive music programs in the Southeast, including studies in performance, composition, music management, music education, recording/technology and jazz

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Michael O’Neal Singers

Capitol City Opera Celebrates 27 years

The Michael O’Neal Singers (MOS) organization has established itself as one of the premier community choruses in the Southeastern United States and is now celebrating its 22nd concert season. Comprised of a symphonic chorus of over 130 auditioned voices and a chamber ensemble of 24 voices, MOS provides a unique opportunity to the north metropolitan Atlanta community to experience choral presentations of artistic excellence and programmatic variety. Our 2010-2011 season continues with two holiday community favorites, our traditional Christmas concert and our 5th annual Messiah Sing-Along. Visit www. mosingers.com for more information about The Michael O’Neal Singers.

Capitol City Opera is celebrating 27 years of educating and entertaining through our outreach school programs to elementary, middle and high schools, our monthly Dinner and a Diva™ series and our Mainstage productions using local talent.

Don’t miss upcoming Dinner and a Diva™ highlights of La Traviata favorites in November and our ever popular Holiday Boar’s Head Feast in December.

Capitol City Opera is always performing!

More information at www.ccityopera.org or by calling 678-301-8013

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MICHAEL BOLTON Thursday, October 28 8 p.m.

LILY CAI CHINESE DANCE Friday, November 12, 8 p.m.

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Sat, Dec 4, 8pm & Sun, Dec 5, 3 pm

GALA HOLIDAY CONCERT

Georgia State University School of Music • www.music.gsu.edu Featuring over 200 student, faculty and community musicians — including the GSU Symphony Orchestra, Choruses and Jazz Band — performing traditional holiday favorites and music with an international twist!

TICKETS: 404-413-9TIX www.rialtocenter.org

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Dec. 4-19, 2010 Gwinnett Performing Arts Center Gwinnett Center, Duluth, GA

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The Gwinnett Ballet Theatre Orchestra Predrag Gosta, Conductor

Sunday, Dec. 12, 2010 3:00 PM First Baptist Church of Decatur 308 Clairemont Ave, Decatur

Photography by Richard Calmes

For performances of Dec. 10-19 Tickets available through Ticketmaster locations, by calling 404-249-6400, or by visiting the Gwinnett Center Box Office

Gwinnett Ballet Theatre 770-978-0188 www.gwinnettballet.org

Free and open to the public.

770-388-9536 • www.decaturcivicchorus.org

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MACBETH 10/28 - 11/18 Prices: $12 to $32 New American Shakespeare Tavern 499 Peachtree St NE TIX: 404-874-5299 www.shakespearetavern.com

Theatre PYLER TERRY’S THE DEAD HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA 7/29 - 11/3 Prices: $60 to $62.50 incl five-course meal Agatha’s-A Taste of Mystery 161 Peachtree Ctr Ave. Atlanta TIX: 404-522-2255 www.agathas.com

Music Theatre GUT BUCKET BLUES 9/28 -11/7 Prices: $18 to $45 Balzer Theater at Herren’s 84 Luckie St NW TIX: 1-877-725-8849 www.truecolorstheatre.org

THE ODYSSEY: A JOURNEY HOME 10/8 -10/31 Prices: $15.00 - $45.00 Georgia Shakespeare, Conant Performing Arts Center, Oglethorpe University 4484 Peachtree Rd NE TIX: 404-264-0020 www.gashakespeare.org

CANDIDE 10/29 - 11/7 Prices: $5.00 - $20.00 Theatre Arts Guild @ Georgia Perimeter College, Cole Auditorium 555 North Indian Creek Dr., Clarkston TIX: 678-891-3572 www.gpc.edu/~clafa/

MEET MY HUSBANDS 10/8 - 11/7 Prices: $14-$18; Seniors/Students: $12-$16 Kudzu Playhouse 10743 Alpharetta Hwy. Ste. 140-B Roswell TIX: 770-594-1020 www.kudzuplayhouse.org

Concerts CHORAL GEMS 10/24 only Prices: $20.00 The Michael O’Neal Singers, Roswell United Methodist Church 814 Mimosa Blvd, Roswell TIX: 770-594-7974 www.mosingers.com

YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU Oct 12 ~ Nov 21 Prices: $0.00 - $18.00 Theater Emory, Mary Gray Munroe Theater Emory University Campus TIX: 404-727-5050 www.theater.emory.edu/

DINNER AND A DIVA CAPITOL CITY OPERA 5/18 ~ 12/21 Prices: $55.00 Petite Auberge 2935 North Druid Hills Rd TIX: 404-634-6268 6/17 ~ 12/16 Prices: $65.00 Sugo Historic Roswell Clocktower Place 408 S. Atlanta Street, Roswell TIX: 770-641-9131 www.ccityopera.com

KNOCK ‘EM DEAD 10/15 - 1/7/2011 Prices: $12 to $18 Kudzu Playhouse 10743 Alpharetta Hwy. Ste. 140-B Roswell TIX: 770-594-1020 www.kudzuplayhouse.org AMADEUS 10/15 - 11/13 Prices: $14 to $18 Rosewater Theatre, The 633 Holcomb Bridge Rd Roswell TIX: 478-994-0443 www.rosewatertheatre.com

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC Mauricio Kagel: Film Music, Music/Film Performance,10/29 only Prices: Free Faculty/Guest Artist Recital - Three Pianos 10/30 only Prices: Free Florence Kopleff Recital Hall 10 Peachtree Ctr Ave TIX: 404-413-5901 www.music.gsu.edu

THE NACIREMA SOCIETY REQUESTS THE HONOR OF YOUR PRESENCE AT A CELEBRATION OF THEIR FIRST ONE HUNDRED YEARS 10/20 - 11/14 Prices: $20 to $50 Alliance Theatre’s Main Stage 1280 Peachtree St NE TIX: 404-733-5000 www.alliancetheatre.org

SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA WITH PIOTR ANDERSZEWSKI, PIANIST AND CONDUCTOR 10/29 only Prices: $10.00 - $52.00 Arts at Emory, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts 1700 N. Decatur Rd Emory University TIX: 404-727-5050 www.arts.emory.edu

ALBATROSS 10/21 - 11/20 Prices: $15 to $40 Actor’s Express King Plow Arts Center 887 W. Marietta St, Ste. J-107 TIX: 404-607-7469 www.actors-express.com

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ATLANTA PERFORMANCE GUIDE GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 10/31 only Prices: Free Georgia State University School of Music, Rialto Ctr for the Arts 80 Forsyth St NW TIX: 404-413-5901 www.music.gsu.edu MICHAEL BOLTON 10/28 only Prices: $65.00 - $95.00 Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech 349 Ferst Dr. NW TIX: 404-894-9600 www.ferstcenter.org

Kids Shows CHARLOTTE’S WEB 10/2 - 10/31 Prices: $16.00 Center for Puppetry Arts 1404 Spring St NW TIX: 404-881-5132 www.puppet.org HOW I BECAME A PIRATE 10/9 - 11/7 Prices: $8 Kudzu Playhouse 10743 Alpharetta Hwy. Ste. 140-B, Roswell TIX: 770-594-1020 www.kudzuplayhouse.org MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE MUSICAL 10/23 - 10/30 Prices: Free Alliance Theatre, Woodruff Arts Ctr 1280 Peachtree St, TIX: 404-733-5000 www.alliancetheatre.org

Galleries & Museums DE FINE ART GALLERY Exhibition on going Prices: Free 309 East Paces Ferry Rd, TIX: 404-841-1184 www.defineartgallery.com ATHOS MENABONI: PORTRAIT OF A PAINTER 5/1/ - 12/2 Prices: Free Kennesaw State University, Bailey Performance Center 1000 Chastain Rd, Kennesaw TIX: 770-423-6650 www.kennesaw.edu/visual_arts DE SOTO’S FOOTSTEPS: NEW ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FROM GEORGIA 5/22 - 3/11/2011 Prices: $13 to $15; Kids (2 & under): Free Fernbank Museum of Natural History 767 Clifton Rd NE TIX: 404-929-6300 www.fernbankmuseum.org HIGH MUSEUM OF ART Signs of Life: Photographs by Peter Sekaer 6/5 - 1/9/2011 Dali: The Late Work 8/7 - 1/9/2011 The Wave Portfolio 9/21 - 12/5/2010 Moustache 9/28 - 5/29/2011 Titian and the Golden Age of Venetian Painting 10/17 - 1/2/2011 Prices: Adults: $11 to $18; Kids (5 & under): Free 1280 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-5000 www.high.org

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shows ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER War in Our Backyards: Discovering Atlanta 8/7 - 10/1/2011 With Malice Toward None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition 9/4 -11/7 The Face of America: Early Photographic Portraits From the Collections of George and Susan Whiteley 10/9 -1/29/2011 Prices: $11 to $16.50; Kids (3 & under): Free 130 West Paces Ferry Rd NW TIX: 404-814-4000 www.atlantahistorycenter.com

AGAINST ALL ODDS 9/19 - 1/3/2011 Prices: $3 to $10; Kids (under 3): Free Breman Jewish Museum, The, 1440 Spring St NW TIX: 678-222-3700 www.thebreman.org

EMORY’S ROBERT W. WOODRUFF LIBRARY FREE African Origins: Africa’s History in a Name 8/28 - 2/13/2011 After: Images From Haiti 10/1 - 9/9/2011 540 Asbury Circle TIX: 404-727-6861 www.web.library.emory.edu

SPIRITED CALLIGRAPHY: TEXTS, MARKS AND MEANINGS - EAST AND WEST 10/7 - 11/19 Prices: Free GSU Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design Gallery 10 Peachtree Ctr Ave. TIX: 404-413-5230 www.gsu.edu

TESTAMENTS OF THE HEART: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE ASHES OF AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU 9/15 - 11/12 Prices: Free Emory Visual Arts Gallery, Emory University 700 Peavine Creek Dr., Atlanta TIX: 404-727-6315 www.visualarts.emory.edu WONDROUS TRANSFORMATIONS: PHOTOGRAPHS BY MICHAEL A. SMITH 9/18 - 1/16/2011 Prices: $6 to $8 Kids (5 & under): Free Michael C. Carlos Museum 571 South Kilgo Cir, Atlanta TIX: 404-727-4282 www.carlos.emory.edu

TWINROCKER: 40 YEARS OF HAND PAPERMAKING 9/23 - 12/17 Donation requested: $2 to $3 Robert C. Williams Paper Museum, Georgia Tech 500 10th St NW TIX: 404-894-7840 www.ipStgatech.edu/amp

CHRISTIAN BRADLEY WEST EXHIBIT 10/15 -11/8 Prices: Free Matre Gallery 65 Bennett St TIX: 404-351-3620 www.matregallery.com BILL LOWE GALLERY FREE Madness and Reason: An Interpretation of Don Quixote 10/22 - 11/26 Geoff Mitchell: New Works 10/22 - 11/27 1555 Peachtree St NE, Ste. 100, Atlanta TIX: 404-352-8114 www.lowegallery.com

DECEMBER - The Tony Award-winning 42nd Street is an all singing, all dancing extravaganza inspired by the 1933 Busby Berkeley film of the same name.

The Strand Theatre

404.377.9948 www.AtlantaLyricTheatre.com

Holiday

ATLANTA PERFORMANCE GUIDE

November Theatre

TIMON OF ATHENS 11/4 - 11/28 Prices: $12 to $32 New American Shakespeare Tavern 499 Peachtree St NE TIX: 404-874-5299 www.shakespearetavern.com

LOBBY HERO 11/3 - 11/28 Prices: $12 to $30 14th St Playhouse 173 14th St TIX: 404-733-5000 www.14thstplayhouse.org

OVO 11/4 - 12/5 Prices: $35 to $355 Atlantic Station 171 17th St TIX: 1-800-450-1480 www.cirquedusoleil.com/ovo

WE ARE PLEASING TO MEET YOU 11/3 - 12/1 Suggested donation: $5 to $15 PushPush Theater 121 New St Number 4, Decatur TIX: 404-377-6332 www.pushpushtheater.com

THE STORY OF TEA 11/5 - 1/6 Prices: $20 to $25 7 Stages Theatre 1105 Euclid Ave. NE TIX: 404-523-7647 www.7stages.org

THE STENCH WHO STANK-UP CHRISTMAS 11/4/2010-1/12/2011 Prices: $60 to $62.50 (incl fivecourse meal).

Agatha’s–A Taste of Mystery 161 Peachtree Ctr Ave TIX: 404-522-2255 www.agathas.com

THE SECOND CITY: MIRACLE ON 1280 PEACHTREE ST 11/5 - 2/12 Prices: $30 to $40 Alliance Theatre’s Hertz Stage 1280 Peachtree St NE TIX: 404-733-5000 www.alliancetheatre.org

CROSSING THE LINE 11/4 - 11/4 Prices: $15 to $25 7 Stages Theatre 1105 Euclid Ave. NE TIX: 404-523-7647 www.7stages.org

AMERICA’S GOT TALENT LIVE 11/6 - 11/6 Prices: $39.50 to $97.50; VIP Meet/Greet Pkg: $125 Cobb Energy Performing Arts Ctr 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy TIX: 770-916-2800 www.cobbenergycentre.com

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shows 6TH ANNUAL SUZI BASS AWARDS 11/8 only Prices: $15.00 - $40.00 The Suzi Bass Awards, Inc. Conant Performing Arts Center, Oglethorpe University 4484 Peachtree Rd NE TIX: 404-264-0020 www.suziawards.org VINCE VAUGHN AND KEVIN JAMES COMEDY ROADSHOW 11/11 -11/11 Prices: $38 to $63 Cobb Energy Performing Arts Ctr 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy TIX: 770-916-2800 www.cobbenergycentre.com YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU 11/11 - 11/21 Prices: $18 Emory’s Munroe Theatre, Dobbs University Center Emory University 605 Asbury Circle TIX: 404-727-5050 www.arts.emory.edu OEDIPUS THE KING 11/12 - 1/21 Prices: $10 Georgia Perimeter College - Dunwoody Campus 2101 Womack Rd, Dunwoody TIX: 678-891-3556 www.gpc.edu/~clafa HUMORISTA VENEZOLANO - LAUREANO MARQUEZ 11/14 - 1/14 Prices: $25 Ferst Center for the Arts 349 Ferst Dr. NW TIX: 404-894-9600 www.ferstcenter.gatech.edu

AN EVENING WITH GARRISON KEILLOR 11/17 only Prices: $35.50 to $73 Cobb Energy Performing Arts Ctr 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy TIX: 770-916-2800 www.cobbenergycentre.com KEVIN HART: LAUGH AT MY PAIN 11/19 only Prices: $35.50 to $55.50 Fabulous Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St NE TIX: 1-800-745-3000 www.foxtheatre.org A DICKENS’ CHRISTMAS CAROL: A TRAVELING TRAVESTY IN TWO TUMULTUOUS ACTS 11/26 - 12/19 Prices: $12 to $15 Act1 Theatre Company 180 Academy St, Alpharetta TIX: 678-371-3079 www.act1theater.com A CHRISTMAS CAROL 11/26 - 12/24 Prices: $12 to $16 Kudzu Playhouse 10743 Alpharetta Hwy. Ste. 140-B, Roswell TIX: 770-594-1020 www.kudzuplayhouse.org A CHRISTMAS CAROL 11/26 - 12/24 Prices: $21 to $60 Alliance Theatre’s Main Stage 1280 Peachtree St NE TIX: 404-733-5000 www.alliancetheatre.org

ATLANTA PERFORMANCE GUIDE CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE 11/30 - 12/5 Prices: $20 to $63 Cobb Energy Performing Arts Ctr 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy TIX: 770-916-2800 www.cobbenergycentre.com

Dance INTRODUCING THE NEXT GENERATION 11/5 -11/6 Prices: $20 to $25 14th St Playhouse 173 14th St TIX: 404-733-5000 www.dancecanvas.com BALLET PRELJOCAJ - FRENCH CONTEMPORARY DANCE 11/7 only Prices: $38 Rialto Center for the Arts 80 Forsyth St NW TIX: 404-413-9849 www.rialtocenter.org BAYANIHAN PHILIPPINE NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY 11/9 only Prices: $15 to $35 Fabulous Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St NE TIX: 1-800-745-3000 www.foxtheatre.org LILY CAI DANCE ENSEMBLE 11/12 only Prices: $20 to $38 Ferst Center for the Arts 349 Ferst Dr. NW TIX: 404-894-9600 www.ferstcenter.gatech.edu

Holiday Shows D-MAN IN THE WATERS 11/17 - 11/20 Prices: $18 Kennesaw State University, Stillwell Theater 1000 Chastain Rd #3103, Kennesaw TIX: 770-423-6650 www.kennesaw.edu/theatre CORAZON ABRIENDO (HEART OPENING) 11/18 - 11/21 Prices: $0.00 CORE Balzer Theatre ~ Theatrical Outfit 84 Luckie St TIX: 678-528-1500 www.coredance.org EMORY DANCE COMPANY FALL CONCERT 11/18 - 11/20 Prices: $8 to $12 Emory’s Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts 1700 North Decatur Rd TIX: 404-727-5050 www.arts.emory.edu URBAN NUTCRACKER 11/18 - 11/21 Prices: $29 to $39 Ferst Center for the Arts 349 Ferst Dr. NW TIX: 404-894-9600 www.ballethnic.org ATLANTA BALLET’S NUTCRACKER 11/27 - 12/26 Prices: $20 to $88 Fabulous Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St NE TIX: 1-800-745-3000 www.atlantaballet.com

Music Theatre

Tis the Season with Luna’s Lillies 25 Years of Holiday Decorating

Extensive Tree Decorating Interior/Exterior Lighting Personalized Themed Settings, Christmas Ribbons & Bows Unique Yard Designs Handmade Fresh Greenery Call Luna’s Lillies 678-410-1440 • 770-o991-3112 www.Lunaslillies.com

IRVING BERLIN’S WHITE CHRISTMAS 11/2 -11/7 Prices: $20 to $65 Fabulous Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St NE TIX: 1-800-745-3000 www.foxtheatre.org THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE 11/4 - 11/21 Prices: $21.50 to $36 Roswell Cultural Arts Center 950 Forest St, Roswell TIX: 770-594-6232 www.get.org PETER PAN 11/19- 12/24 Prices: $30 to $48 Alabama Shakespeare Festival 1 Festival Dr., Montgomery, Al. 36117 1-800-841-4273 www.asf.net SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN 11/9 ~ 11/20 Prices: $14.00 - $22.00 Gainesville Theatre Alliance, Hosch Theatre, Brenau University 429 Academy St, Gainesville TIX: 678-717-3624 www.gainesvilleTHEATREalliance.org BLACK NATIVITY 11/23 - 12/30 Prices: $18 to $45 Southwest Fulton Arts Ctr 915 New Hope Rd SW. TIX: 1-877-725-8849 www.truecolorstheatre.org

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ATLANTA PERFORMANCE GUIDE

Concerts KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY School of Music Collage Concert 11/6 only Prices: $15 The Next Generation 11/7 only Prices: $5 KSU Concert Band and Philharmonia Strings 11/9 only Prices: $15 Mixed Chamber Ensembles 11/10 only Prices: Free KSU Faculty Vocal Chamber Recital 11/13 only Prices: Free KSU Choral Ensembles 11/15 only Prices: $5 KSU Jazz Ensembles 11/16 only Prices: $5 KSU Gospel Choir 11/17 only Prices: Free School of Music Ensembles Concert 11/18 only Prices: $5 KSU Opera Gala 11/19 only Prices: $15 KSU Wind Ensembles 11/22 only Prices: $5 KSU Percussion Ensemble 11/29 only Prices: Free KSU Classical Guitar Ensemble 11/30 only Prices: Free Bailey Performance Ctr 1000 Chastain Rd, Kennesaw TIX: 770-423-6650 www.baileycenter.kennesaw.edu RIALTO CENTER FOR THE ARTS Percussion Ensemble 11/2 only Prices: Free Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Metropolitan Atlanta Youth Wind Ensemble 11/8 only Prices: Free University Jazz Band 11/11 only Prices: Free Angelique Kidjo 11/13 only Prices: $41 to $67 Wind Orchestra 11/16 only Prices: Free University Symphony Orchestra 11/19 only Prices: Free John McLaughlin and The 4th Dimension 11/20 only Prices: $45 to $71 80 Forsyth St NW TIX: 404-413-9849 www.rialtocenter.org BRANFORD MARSALIS QUARTET 11/5 only Price: $39 to $59 Ferst Center for the Arts 349 Ferst Dr. NW TIXS: 404-894-9600 www.ferstcenter.gatech.edu KOPLEFF RECITAL HALL AT GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY Friday Student Concert Series 11/5 only Prices: Free Amp Ensemble 11/5 only Prices: Free 24-Hour Opera Project Concert 11/7 only Prices: Free Jazz Combos 11/8 - 11/15 Prices: Free neoPhonia New Music Ensemble 11/9 only Prices: Free Opera Scenes Prices: Free 11/12 - 11/13 University Choral Ensembles 11/16 only Prices: Free Brass Ensembles 11/17 only Prices: Free Les Violoncelles 11/21 only Prices: Free Guitar Ensembles 11/29 only Prices: Free Jazz Band II 11/30 only Prices: Free 10 Peachtree Ctr Ave. NE TIX: 404-413-5901 www.music.gsu.edu CHELSEA CHEN 11/7 only Prices: Free Emory’s Glenn Memorial Auditorium 1652 North Decatur Rd TIX: 404-727-5050 www.arts.emory.edu

Holiday GEORGIA PERIMETER COLLEGE (CLARKSTON) Tamara Watson Harper and Susan J. McEwen 11/11 only Prices: Free DeKalb Symphony Orchestra With Paolo André Gualdi 11/16 only Prices: $10 to $22 Student Vocal Recital 11/17 only Prices: Free DeKalb Youth Symphony Orchestra Concert 11/17 only Prices: Free Student Instrumental Recital 11/19 only Prices: Free Georgia Perimeter College Jazz Ensemble 11/22 only Prices: Free Georgia Perimeter College Chorale Concert 11/30 only Prices: Free Auditorium 555 North Indian Creek Dr., Clarkston TIX: 678-891-3556 www.gpc.edu/~clafa VEGA STRING QUARTET 11/12 only Prices: Free Michael C. Carlos Museum 571 South Kilgo Circle TIX: 404-727-4282 www.carlos.emory.edu EMORY’S SCHWARTZ CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Emory Concerto and Aria Competition 11/13 only Prices: Free The Seasons Project: Venice Baroque Orchestra With Robert McDuffie 11/19 only Prices:: $56 David Coucheron 11/21 only Prices: $20 1700 North Decatur Rd TIX: 404-727-5050 www.arts.emory.edu PREMIERES THEN AND NOW 11/14 only Prices: $30 Spivey Hall 2000 Clayton State Blvd., Morrow TIX: 678-466-4200 www.atlantachamberplayers.com 14TH ST PLAYHOUSE An Evening with Priyadarsini Govind 11/14/2010 11/14/2010 Prices $15 to $25 BBC Concert Orchestra with Keith Lockhart 11/15/2010 11/15/2010 Prices: $15 to $75 Celtic Thunder 11/20 only Prices: $44.50 to $54.50 173 14th St TIX: 404-733-5000 www.14thstplayhouse.org FRIDAY JAZZ 11/19 only Prices: $15 to $18 High Museum of Art 1280 Peachtree St NE TIX: 404-733-5000 www.high.org COBB ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE Dave Koz & Friends Smooth Jazz Christmas 2010 11/27 only Prices: $26 to $76 Vienna Boys Choir: Christmas in Vienna 11/28 only Prices: $28 to $34 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy TIX: 770-916-2800 www.cobbenergycentre.com

shows Kid Shows NIGHTINGALE 11/2 - 11/14 Prices: $16 Center for Puppetry Arts1404 Spring St NW TIX: 404-873-3391 www.puppet.org RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER 11/16 - 1/2/2011 Prices: $8 to $16 Center for Puppetry Arts 1404 Spring St NW TIX: 404-873-3391 www.puppet.org

RUSSELL PETERS 12/10 only Prices: $43 to $58 Cobb Energy Perf Arts Ctr 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy TIX: 770-916-2800 www.cobbenergycentre.com LOUIS C.K.: WORD 12/11 only Prices: $30.50 Cobb Energy Perf Arts Ctr 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy TIX: 770-916-2800 www.cobbenergycentre.com

Galleries & Museums

MARGARET CHO 12/12 only Prices: $25 adv Tabernacle, The 152 Luckie St NW TIX: 404-659-9022 www.tabernacleatl.com

WINTER WONDERLAND: CELEBRATIONS & TRADITIONS AROUND THE WORLD 11/17 - 1/5/2011 Prices: $13 to $15; Kids (2 & under): Free Fernbank Museum of Natural History 767 Clifton Rd NE TIX: 404-929-6300 www.fernbankmuseum.org

A CHRISTMAS CAROL 12/14 only Prices: $16 to $20 Reinhardt University, The Falany Performing Arts Center 7300 Reinhardt Circle, Waleska TIX: 770-720-9167 www.reinhardt.edu/fpac

INNOCENCE AND EXPERIENCE: AN EXHIBITION OF ARTIST BOOKS 11/30 - 1/22/2011 Prices: Free Emory Visual Arts Gallery, 700 Peavine Creek Dr. TIX: 404-727-6315 www.visualarts.emory.edu

A CHRISTMAS MEMORY 12/15 - 12/23 Prices: $15 to $30 Balzer Theater at Herren’s 84 Luckie St NW TIX: 678-528-1500 www.theatricaloutfit.org

December Theatre A CHRISTMAS CAROL 12/1 - 12/23 Prices: $12 to $32 New American Shakespeare Tavern 499 Peachtree St NE TIX: 404-874-5299 www.shakespearetavern.com EVERY CHRISTMAS STORY EVER TOLD 12/1 -12/23 Prices: $15 to $40 Actor’s Express King Plow Arts Center 887 W. Marietta St, Ste. J-107 TIX: 404-607-7469 www.actors-express.com

A KRAMPUS CHRISTMAS 12/16 - 12/18 Prices: $20 to $25 7 Stages Theatre1105 Euclid Ave. NE TIX: 404-523-7647 www.7stages.org NBC’S LAST COMIC STANDING LIVE TOUR 12/31 only Prices: $25 to $47 Cobb Energy Perf Arts Ctr 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy TIX: 770-916-2800 www.cobbenergycentre.com

Music Theatre 42ND ST 12/3 -12/19 Prices: $22.20 to $48.70 Strand Theatre, The 117 North Park Square, Marietta TIX: 770-293-0080 www.atlantalyrictheatre.com

CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE 12/2 - 12/ 5 Prices: $50.00 - $100.00 Gas South Broadway Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre 2 Cobb Galleria Parkway TIX: 770-916-2800 www.cobbenergycentre.com

RENT 12/3 -12/22 Prices: $15 to $30 Fabrefaction Theatre 999 Brady Ave. TIX: 404-876-9468 www.fabrefaction.org

YOU PASSED ME BY: A SOULFUL RESPONSE TO HIV 12/4 only Prices: $15 to $20 14th St Playhouse 173 14th St TIX: 404-733-5000 www.14thstplayhouse.org

A CHRISTMAS SURVIVAL GUIDE 12/4 -12/19 Prices: $12 to $26 Stage Door Players 5339 Chamblee Dunwoody Rd, TIX: 770-396-1726 www.stagedoorplayers.net

A CHRISTMAS STORY 12/7 -12/24 Prices: $12 to $50 Conant Perf Arts Ctr Oglethorpe Univ 4484 Peachtree Rd NE TIX: 404-264-0020 www.gashakespeare.org

A CHRISTMAS STORY – GEORGIA SHAKESPEARE 12/7 - 12/24 Prices: $15-50 Conant Perf Arts Ctr Oglethorpe Univ 4484 Peachtree Rd NE TIX: 404.264.0020 www.gashakespeare.org

Holiday Shows

ATLANTA PERFORMANCE GUIDE A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS CAROL 12/10 - 12/19 Prices: $10 - $12 Centerstage North Theatre, The Art Place - Mountain View 3330 Sandy Plains Rd, Marietta TIX: 770-516-3330 www.centerstagenorth.org

FERST CENTER FOR THE ARTS Kathy Mattea - Songs and the Season 12/5 only Prices: $20 to $46 A Peter White Christmas 12/10 only Prices: $39 to $59 349 Ferst Dr. NW TIX: 404-894-9600 www.ferstcenter.gatech.edu

Dance

THE MICHAEL O’NEAL SINGERS Christmas Memories 12/5 3 pm Prices: $15-$22 Messiah Sing-Along 12/19 3 pm Prices: $10 Roswell United Methodist, 814 Mimosa Blvd Roswell 770.594.7974 www.mosingers.com

THE GEORGIA BALLET’S THE NUTCRACKER 12/3 - 12/5 Prices: $15 to $38 Jennie T. Anderson Theatre Cobb County Civic Center Complex 548 South Marietta Pkwy, Marietta TIX: 770-528-0881 www.georgiaballet.org

KINGSIZED HOLIDAY JUBILEE & TOY DR. 12/11 only Prices: $25 advance, $27 day of show Variety Playhouse 1099 Euclid Ave. TIX: www.kingsizedholidayjubilee.com (venue: www. variety-playhouse.com)

THE NUTCRACKER 12/4 -12/19 Prices: $18.50 to $29.50 Gwinnett Perf Arts Ctr 6400 Sugarloaf Pkwy, Duluth TIX: 770-813-7600 www.gwinnettballet.org

DECATUR CIVIC CHORUS 12/12 3:00 PM Free First Baptist Church of Decatur, 308 Clairemont Ave 770-388-9536 or www.decaturcivicchorus.org

FIELDWORK SHOWCASE 12/5 only Prices: $7 Emory’s Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts 700 North Decatur Rd TIX: 404-727-5050 www.severaldancerscore.org

CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE 12/12 only Prices: $10 to $15 Kids (12 & under): Free Roswell Cultural Arts Center 950 Forest St, Roswell TIX: 770-641-1260 www.atlantawindsymphony.org

Concerts GEORGIA PERIMETER COLLEGE (CLARKSTON) Jazz Combos Concert 12/1 only Prices: Free Georgia Perimeter College Wind Ensemble Concert 12/2 only Prices: Free Student Chamber and Opera Scenes Concert 12/ 3only Prices: Free Auditorium 555 North Indian Creek Dr., Clarkston TIX: 678-891-3556 www.gpc.edu/~clafa

CANDLELIGHT NIGHTS 12/14 & 12/16 Prices: $5-$15 Reservations recommended.

Atlanta History Center130 W Paces Ferry Rd NW 404.814.4000 www.AtlantaHistoryCenter.com 18TH ANNUAL ATLANTA CELTIC CHRISTMAS CONCERT 12/18 - 12/19 Prices: $10 to $25 Emory’s Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts 1700 North Decatur Rd TIX: 404-727-5050 www.arts.emory.edu

WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER Handel’s Messiah 12/2 - 12/4 Prices: $29 to $59 ASO Gospel Christmas 12/3 - 12/4 Prices: $15 to $42 Christmas With the ASO 12/9 - 12/11 Prices: $29 to $62 A Very Merry Holiday Pops 12/17 - 12/18 Prices: $20 to $59 Symphony Hall 1280 Peachtree St NE TIX: 404-733-5000 www.atlantasymphony.org

STRAIGHT NO CHASER 12/19 only Prices: $30 to $34 Cobb Energy Perf Arts Centre 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy TIX: 770-916-2800 www.cobbenergycentre.com

Kids Shows

FESTIVAL OF NINE LESSONS & CAROLS 12/3 - 12/4 Prices: $15 Emory’s Glenn Memorial Auditorium 1652 North Decatur Rd TIX: 404-727-5050 www.arts.emory.edu

YES, VIRGINIA, THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS 12/2 - 12/12 Prices: $12 to $15 Southside Theatre Guild 20 W. Cambellton St, Fairburn TIX: 770-969-0956 www.stgplays.com

RIALTO CENTER FOR THE ARTS Gala Holiday Concert 12/4 - 12/5 Prices: $22 to $48 Holiday Jazz Vespers 12/11 only Prices: $41 to $67 80 Forsyth St NW TIX: 404-413-9849 www.rialtocenter.org

A PLACE IN THE CHRISTMAS CHOIR 12/2 - 12/18 Prices: $8 Kudzu Playhouse10743 Alpharetta Hwy., Ste. 140-B, TIX: 770-594-1020 www.kudzuplayhouse.org

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Theater In The Square – Marietta Alliance Theater 14th Street Playhouse Center for Pupperty Arts Horizon Theatre Atlanta Shakespeare Tavern The Strand Theater, Marietta Square Roswell Cultural Arts Center Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts at Emory University Serenbe Playhouse

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