The City Lights Collective
The City Lights Collective
Discover the best of Atlanta's arts and culture on The City Lights Collective from WABE. Short stories, rich voices, and innovative ideas, presented by a team of local contributors. From music and theater to spoken word, food, film, and festivals, this is the pulse of Atlanta’s creative world.Social links:
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DEVO at Shaky Knees ✦ Sunday in the Park featuring Tunes from the Tombs ✦ East Atlanta Strut ✦ Atlanta comedian Dante Quitman ✦ "Braiding Time, Memory and Water" ✦ Atlanta comedian Dante Quitman ✦ Urban Grind Open Mic Night
✦ The band DEVO has been holding up a funhouse mirror to America for nearly fifty years. They broke out of Akron, Ohio, in the late '70s with a sound that was part punk, part art experiment, and all warning signs. Their concept of 'de-evolution'—that instead of progressing, society was actually reg…
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✦ "Southern Ground: The Legacy of Radcliffe Bailey and the Future of Black Southern Art" ✦ ArtsATL weekly cultural calendar ✦ "If It Makes You Happy" ✦ Kosmo's Vinyl of the Week ✦ "Where the Weird Things Are"
✦ The late great Radcliffe Bailey was a painter, sculptor, and mixed media artist who produced work that was personal, global, beautiful, complex, and resonated in a way that stayed with you long after you'd seen it. He was a citizen of the world and Atlanta's own. On September 26, the Auburn Avenu…
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SITE ✦ Weekly comedy round-up ✦ Author Edda Fields-Black ✦ Solid State Radio ✦ “Caminos Compartidos”
✦ Since 2010, The Goat Farm has served as home to artists of all types in Atlanta. After a brief period of renovations, it reopened in 2024 and is now bigger and better than ever. You can see it in all of its glory at this year's second annual SITE festival. Sprawling over the whole 12 acres of the…
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✦ aKAZI ATL ✦Southern Surf StompFest ✦ GULCH ✦ “Nature Embroidered” ✦ Raphael Saadiq
✦ But first, one of the special things about the Atlanta art scene is the small and intimate art galleries that focus on a particular artistic style. City Lights Collective member Katina Pappas-DeLuca sat down with Anja and Jumbe Sebunya, the founders and curators of aKAZI ATL, to learn more about …
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✦ Tyriq Withers ✦ Eat My Biscuits ✦ We’re So Dead ✦ Music in Media ✦ Artist Eddie Farr ✦ John T. Edge
✦ From a memorable guest appearance in the hit TV show "Atlanta" to a leading role in the slasher "I Know What You Did Last Summer," Atlanta resident Tyriq Withers has spent the past three years skyrocketing into one of Hollywood's most desired newcomers. Now, he's taking on his most anticipated ro…
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Out on Film Festival ✦ Charmaine Minniefield's "Praise House" Project ✦ ArtsATL weekly cultural calendar ✦ Kosmo's Vinyl of the Week ✦ Improvement Movement
✦ The Out on Film festival has not only been a place where the diverse voices of the LGBTQ+ community can see themselves on the big screen, but it has also served as a safe haven, a place of education, and a family reunion. City Lights Collective co-host Jon Goode sat down with Festival Director Ji…
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"Fiddler on the Roof" ✦ The National Center for Civil and Human Rights update ✦ "Remote" ✦ Weekly Comedy Round-up ✦ The Strand Theater turns 90
✦ When two of Atlanta's most innovative arts institutions—the Atlanta Opera and the Alliance Theatre—join forces, the result is bound to be something extraordinary. Their latest collaboration is a powerful new production of Fiddler on the Roof, the musical that has captivated audiences for generati…
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✦ 'Joy Deficit' ✦ Jazz Night at Serenbe with Rhonda Thomas ✦ The Made in Italy Expo ✦ GULCH weekly visual arts calendar ✦ Wine Not: Magic City meets Chateau Elan
✦ On the 4th Monday of each month at Red Light Café, there's a variety show dedicated to chaotic goodness. It's called 'Joy Deficit' and the show always starts with a communal primal scream. City Lights Collective member Katina Pappas-DeLuca recently caught up with Joy Deficit's founder and host, G…
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Beyond the Gates ✦ Atlanta artist Demetri ✦ ivri ✦ Moving Day ✦ Vega Quartet ✦ F.Punk Junkies
✦ Produced at Assembly Studios in Atlanta, CBS's "Beyond the Gates" follows the relationships, rivalries, and secrets that follow the residents of the fictional gated community of Fairmont Crest. The fall season of the first African American daytime soap opera kicked off on Monday and features a di…
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✦ Conductor Gemma New ✦ ArtsATL Weekly Cultural Calendar ✦ Forward Warrior ✦ Kosmo’s Vinyl of the Week ✦ “All the Roads Taken” ✦ Run Clubs
✦ Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will perform a special one-night-only concert on Friday, September 19, and everything on the program is special. Superstar pianist Lang Lang will be the soloist for Beethoven's Majestic Emperor Concerto, and the internationally acclaimed conductor Gemma New will direct …
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