CreateATL Family Fun at the Woodruff Arts Center – Nov 27, 2016

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

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Nov. 27, 2016 CONTENTS High Museum Activities ** . . . . . . . . . . 6 All Ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Schedule of Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Ages 0 – 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Ages 5+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 All-Day Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Productions and Exhibitions . . . . . . . . . 10 Arts Center Map & Guide . . . . . . . 12 – 13 ** WITH PAID ADMISSION Scan these augmented reality pages

Front cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Alliance Theatre Drama Camps . . . 14, 16 Southern Lexus Dealer Association . . . . . 15 The Porter Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Whitefield Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 ASO: Music for the Very Young . . . . . . . . 18 Celebrate the Holidays with the ASO . . . . 19 The High Museum of Art First Fridays . . . .20 The High Museum of Art Friday Jazz . . . . . 21 The Woodruff Arts Center . . . . . . . . . . . 22 The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival . . . . . . . 23 WellStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Thank You! CREATE ATL is a three-year initiative designed to provide families greater access to core art and arts education programming at The Woodruff Arts Center through a selection of free activities every Sunday. It is sponsored by the Lettie Pate Evans Foundation, part of the family of foundations that includes the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation. cover PHOTOS BY Alphonso Whitfield

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ALL–DAY ACTIVITIES 1 – 4 p.m.

Sifly Piazza

Steven Selig Black Box Theatre The Rehearsal Room: A Christmas Carol Memorial Arts Building South Alcove

Art Making

Instrument Petting Zoo

Callaway Plaza Meet Santa’s Reindeer

Giant Gingerbread Village Building Instrument Making: Sleigh Bells 1280 Gallery Prop Making: Christmas Caroling Songbooks Galleria Carter’s Pajama Drive

All All Ages Ages

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Ages 0 – 5

Ages Ages5+5+

1:00

1:45

2:30

ASO Brass Quintet – Live Christmas Music South Alcove

Parents and Tots Drama Workshops Studio 3

Reindeer Games — Improv Workshops Event Room

Parents and Tots Drama Workshops Studio 3

Acting Workshops ages 5 – 10 Studio 1

Musical Theater Workshops Rehearsal Hall #1

Acting Workshops ages 5 – 10 Studio 1

Acting Workshops ages 11 – 17 Hamacher Movement Studio

Atlanta Ballet Youth Nutcracker Performance Hill Auditorium

Acting Workshops ages 11 – 17 Hamacher Movement Studio

Move + Groove Workshops Center Space

2:45

Reindeer Games — Improv Workshops Event Room

Reindeer Games — Improv Workshops Event Room

Courtenay Collins Holiday Cabaret Rich Auditorium

1:15

2:15

3:15

Holiday Story Times Conference Room A/B

Holiday Story Times Conference Room A/B

Holiday Story Times Conference Room A/B

1:30

2:30

Parents and Tots Drama Workshop Studio 3

ASO Concert — A Family Holiday Special Symphony Hall (Tickets Required)

Move + Groove Workshops Center Space

Acting Workshops ages 5 – 10 Studio 1

Musical Theater Workshops Rehearsal Hall #1

Parents and Tots Drama Workshop Studio 3

Acting Workshops ages 11 – 17 Hamacher Movement Studio

Acting Workshops ages 5 – 10 Studio 1

Reindeer Games — Improv Workshops Event Room

Acting Workshops ages 11 – 17 Hamacher Movement Studio

3:30

Winter Wonderland Photo Booth Galleria

ASO Concert – A Family Holiday Special Symphony Hall (Tickets Required)

A Christmas Carol Alliance Stage (Tickets Required)

Musical Theater Workshops Rehearsal Hall #1

All All Ages Ages

Ages 0 – 5

Ages Ages5+5+

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ALL AGES

Instrument Making: Sleigh Bells Bring your family and join the creative fun. Stop by our instrument-making station where you can design, create and play music from your very own sleigh bells!

SIFLY PIAZZA Meet Santa’s Reindeer Santa’s reindeer are making an express stop at The Woodruff Arts Center to meet your family.

Find them outside to say hello!

CALLAWAY PLAZA Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet Join members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s Brass Quintet as they perform a miniconcert of holiday favorites on the Galleria Steps.

1:00 P.M. | SOUTH ALCOVE Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: A Family Holiday Special It’s time to sparkle and shine for the holidays!

Dance along to music from The Nutcracker, join in our sing-along and have a holly jolly Christmas with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the whole family. If you’re very good, maybe Santa will make an appearance!

1:30 P.M. | ATLANTA SYMPHONY HALL TICKETS REQUIRED

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Move + Groove Workshops with Kristin Pugliese of Note Knacks Music Come move to the music with us! Early Childhood Music Specialist Kristin Pugliese of Note Knacks Music will walk your family through this workshop focusing on moving to the beat of holiday favorites.

1:45 AND 2:30 P.M. | CENTER SPACE Get a Move On Art Making Work with High Museum of Art teaching artists to create your own masterpiece.

SIFLY PIAZZA A Christmas Carol: Tickets required Directed by Rosemary Newcott Join the Alliance Theatre for one of Atlanta’s most treasured holiday traditions. On Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by ghosts offering him a chance at a better future and learns that it’s never too late to change. With an all-Atlanta cast and beautiful live music, this Broadway-scale production will warm your heart with joy, whether you’re coming again or for the first time.

2:30 P.M. | ALLIANCE STAGE Holiday Story Times Did you know holidays are celebrated in many ways across the world? Hear a song or story from a different culture and learn all the ways people celebrate with their loved ones.

1:15, 2:15 & 3:15 P.M. | CONFERENCE ROOM A/B

ALPHONSO WHITFIELD

Courtenay’s Cabaret: Family Holiday Vacation Atlanta favorite Courtenay Collins brings her popular holiday cabaret show to the Rich Auditorium for an exclusive engagement. Join us for an afternoon of music, stories and laughter.

Accompanied by a live pianist, Courtenay sings holiday classics and new favorites with the wit and quirky Southern charm that has won her fans from Atlanta to New York City.

2:45 P.M. | RICH AUDITORIUM

The Atlanta Ballet Centre Youth Ensemble Performance Join us for a magical trip into the Land of Sweets as the Atlanta Ballet Centre Youth Ensemble performs excerpts from The Nutcracker. Each youth ensemble student auditions for the chance to perform audience favorites from The Nutcracker just for you!

2:30 P.M. | HILL AUDITORIUM

Reindeer Games — Improv Workshops Discover the freedom of acting without a net!

Create spontaneous holiday scenes with your family through the exciting world of improv.

1, 1:45, 2:30 & 3:15 P.M. | EVENT ROOM Prop Making: Christmas Caroling Songbooks Deck the halls with boughs of cheese? Create a Christmas caroling songbook and fill in your own lyrics for a new spin on holiday classics.

1 – 4 P.M. | 1280 GALLERY GIANT Gingerbread Village Building Build it, build it, fast as you can! Create an enormous gingerbread village from found objects on our Sifly Piazza.

1 – 4 P.M. | SIFLY PIAZZA

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ALPHONSO WHITFIELD

AGES 5+

Instrument Petting Zoo Wondering what it might be like to play in an orchestra? Stop by the Instrument Petting Zoo, where we’ll have violins, a cello, a flute, a trombone and a trumpet on hand for you to try.

Come explore your orchestral talent with us!

SOUTH ALCOVE Musical Theater Workshops Experience a triple threat! Alliance Theatre teaching artists lead a workshop in acting, singing and dancing for beginners.

1:30, 2:30 & 3:30 P.M. | REHEARSAL HALL #1 Acting Workshops Be a part of the action! Alliance Theatre teaching artists host an exciting acting workshop for all experience levels.

1, 1:45, 2:30 & 3:15 P.M. | STUDIO 1 (AGES 5 – 10) MOVEMENT STUDIO (AGES 11+)

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The Rehearsal Room: A Christmas Carol Ever wondered what it’s like to sit in on a rehearsal? This interactive exhibit demonstrates exactly that. Be an actor and walk like Scrooge.

Be the costume designer and pull pieces together from stock. Be the director and tell everybody what to do! Featuring items from the real rehearsal room of A Christmas Carol.

1 – 4 P.M. | STEVEN SELIG BLACK BOX THEATRE

AGES 0 – 5

Parents and Tots Drama Workshops Journey through imaginary settings with your child in this multisensory creative play workshop for toddlers. Bring popular stories and fables to life and engage in the big world around you. These 30-minute classes are designed with your child’s milestones in mind and encourage a lifelong love of the arts.

1, 1:45, 2:30 & 3:15 P.M. | STUDIO 3

SARA KEITH

ALPHONSO WHITFIELD

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ALPHONSO WHITFIELD

FAMILY-FRIENDLY CONCERTS, PRODUCTIONS & EXHIBITIONS Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

ATLANTA SYMPHONY HALL Music for the Very Young: Meet Our Families December 3 – 4 This season, Music for the Very Young offers a series called Meet Our Families: An Introducation to the Instruments of the Orchestra. This series of performances will take you and your family on a journey to discover and learn all about members of the Woodwind, Brass, String and Percussion families throughout the season in four programs — each highlighting a specific family of instruments. Then, at the end of the season, these same musicians will join forces to offer performances together as an ensemble ... or as we like to think of it, one big family.

Christmas With the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra December 9 – 10 Started many years ago by the beloved Music Director Robert Shaw, this concert has become a staple for Atlanta families during the holiday season. No one can resist everyone’s favorite Christmas carols and hymns sung by the ASO Chorus and special guests, the Gwinnett Young Singers. And you’ll thrill when the Morehouse College Glee Club sings their holiday signature piece, Betelehemu.

A Very Merry Holiday POPS! December 16 – 17 Every year, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra makes this annual holiday extravaganza bigger and better — what will happen this season?

Get your tickets to this amazingly delightful program, complete with a full orchestra, chorus, guest vocalists and, if you’re very nice, a visit from Santa and his reindeer. There’s something for the entire family. These concerts sell out early so get your seats now!

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Alliance Theatre

ALLIANCE STAGE A Christmas Carol

By Charles Dickens Adapted by David H. Bell Directed by Rosemary Newcott Through December 24 Join the Alliance Theatre for one of Atlanta’s most treasured holiday traditions. On Christmas Eve, Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by ghosts offering him a chance at a better future — his old partner Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future — who teach him it is never too late to change. Celebrate the holidays with the beloved Dickens classic in this Broadway-scale production with beautiful live music and an all-star Atlanta cast. It will warm your heart with joy whether you’re coming again or for the first time.

High Museum of Art

SIFLY PIAZZA Tiovivo: Whimsical Sculptures

by Jaime Hayon Through March 5, 2017 Designer Jaime Hayon created this work as the third in a series of large-scale, interactive installations on the Sifly Piazza. The colorfully patterned sculptures feature slides that are just the right size for children.

HIGH MUSEUM of art

These activities are free with paid admission to the High Museum of Art WIELAND PAVILION I See a Story: The Art of Eric Carle Through January 8, 2017 The exhibition includes more than 80 of Carle’s signature collages from The Very Hungry Caterpillar and 14 of his other most popular books, including original works of art rarely on view.

Thomas Struth: Nature & Politics Through January 8, 2017 The High is the first museum in the United States to present this new body of work by German photographer Thomas Struth, featuring more than 30 works by the renowned artist.

TIMED ACTIViTIES

Get a Move On Bilingual Story Times 1:30, 2:30 & 3:30 P.M. One of our most engaging storytellers will visit the High to bring your favorite stories about movement to life. Expect audience participation!

Docent-Led Family Tour 2 P.M. MEET IN THE GREENE FAMILY LEARNING GALLERY, STENT FAMILY WING Explore the High Museum as a family on this interactive, guided adventure in the galleries.

ANNE COX CHAMBERS WING Fever Within: The Art of Ronald Lockett Through January 8, 2017 This exhibition is the first retrospective of Southern artist Ronald Lockett, a passionately inspired figure whose work challenges the boundaries between self-taught and mainstream contemporary American art.

ONGOING ACTIVITIES

Art-Making Robinson Atrium Work with High Museum of Art teaching artists to create your own masterpiece (best for all ages).

Get a Move On Gallery Guide Pick up a guide from the admissions desk (Wieland Pavilion) or the Greene Family Education Center (Stent Family Wing).

I See a Story: The Art of Eric Carle Scavenger Hunt Wieland Pavilion, Lower Level Pick up a scavenger hunt in the exhibition and explore the world of Eric Carle at your own pace.

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Memorial Arts Building

First Level

Piazza

Second Level

Room

DINING options Twelve Eighty – Inspired Dining offers a menu featuring global cuisine with a Southern twist, while the High Café and CJ’s have new, expanded menus — all with family-friendly food

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options. Octane Coffee, new to the Woodruff Arts Center, boasts an offering of coffee drinks, snacks, desserts, light fare and alcoholic beverages.

FOOD TRUCKS/ TENTS/CARTS Sifly Piazza CONCESSION STANDS Levels 1 & 2 Memorial Arts Building

Sifly Piazza

café

café Open until 3:30 P.M.

Open until 4:30 P.M.

Open until 5 P.M.

Open until 10 P.M.

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Winter Break

Drama Day Camps Monday, December 19 to Friday December 23, 2016 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

Join us for drama camp this holiday season!

Alliance Theatre presents a brand new camp opportunity for young actors kindergarten through 5th grade.

Students can take a one day camp, or spend their whole week learning drama skills and having fun!

Register Today! alliancetheatre.org/dramacamps 404.733.4700 Photo by Greg Mooney.

Summer

40% 0ff One Day Sale JANUARY 17, 2016 All Summer Camps

Sale begins at 9:00 a.m.

Register for camps!

Photo by Greg Mooney.

alliancetheatre.org/dramacamp 404.733.4700

A Christ-centered college preparatory school for grades PreK4 through 12 Located in Smyrna, Whitefield Academy provides students with a well-rounded school experience including over 50 athletic teams and an awardwinning arts program.

678.305.3027 whitefieldacademy.com

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra 2016/17 Season

Music for the Very Young is a chamber music series for children approximately 3-5 years old and their grown-ups.

Fun and engaging, this musical experience will surely delight our young audience.

An Introduction to the Instruments of the Orchestra.

This series of performances will take your family on a fabulous journey to hear the fascinating instruments that make up the Woodwind, Brass, String, and Percussion families.

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aso.org/families Support for this program is provided by The Lettie Pate Evans Foundation.

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Woodruff Arts Center Box office 404.733.5000

On the first Friday of every month, you can count on the High for drop-in art making led by Indie Craft Experience and a featured Atlanta-area artist, live performances, drinks for purchase, drawing in the galleries, and more.

December 2, 6–9 p.m.

We’ll celebrate Howard Finster’s 100th birthday, create personalized wrapping paper, see gingerbread creations made by Atlanta-area artists, enjoy holiday music, and explore the galleries with a gift-themed self-guided tour.

January 6, 6–9 p.m.

Lay your New Year’s resolutions to rest at our R.I.P. Resolutions party, featuring ways to indulge and relax. Enjoy performances from Dad’s Garage, drawing in the galleries, live music, and more!

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UPCOMING PERFORMERS The third Friday of every month, 6–10 p.m.

DWIGHT ANDREWS THE CONVERGENCE BEVERLY WATKINS DAVID POTTER

December 16 January 20 February 17 March 17

FREE with Museum admission TICKETS: HIGH.ORG OR 404-733-5000 | MEMBERS ALWAYS FREE!

Explore, play, learn, and create art in an interactive, family-friendly environment. woodruffcreateATL.org | 404.733.5000

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