Former news anchor, actor, and author Mark Pettit discusses his new memoir, “ANKRBOY.” Plus, guitarist Mdou Moctar and bassist/producer Mikey Coltun join “City Lights” ahead of their June 13 show at Terminal West, and Laura Flusche, executive director of Museum of Design Atlanta, details their new exhibition, “Al Dente: The Design of Pasta.”

Former news anchor, actor, and author Mark Pettit discusses his new memoir, “ANKRBOY.” Plus, guitarist Mdou Moctar and bassist/producer Mikey Coltun join “City Lights” ahead of their June 13 show at Terminal West, and Laura Flusche, executive director of Museum of Design Atlanta, details their new exhibition, “Al Dente: The Design of Pasta.”

"City Lights" explores the creative fabric of Atlanta - our expressive, diverse, influential city. WABE host Lois Reitzes covers pop culture, music, theater, dance, visual arts, food and more.

"City Lights" explores the creative fabric of Atlanta - our expressive, diverse, influential city. WABE host Lois Reitzes covers pop culture, music, theater, dance, visual arts, food and more.

City Lights with Lois Reitzes

“ANKRBOY” / Mdou Moctar / “Al Dente: The Design of Pasta”

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and principal flutist Christina Smith details her upcoming performance of C.P.E. Bach’s Flute Concerto in D Minor on November 14 and November 16 at Atlanta Symphony Hall. Plus, “Resident Alien” star Sara Tomko discusses Indigenous representation alongside ethnic ambiguity, and artist Melvin Toledo and curator Madeline Beck detail “The Stars of America,” which is on view through December 3 at the Mezzanine Galleries at the Marietta Cobb Museum of Art.

<a>Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and principal flutist Christina Smith details her upcoming performance of C.P.E. Bach’s Flute Concerto in D Minor </a>on November 14 and November 16 at Atlanta Symphony Hall. Plus, “Resident Alien” star Sara Tomko discusses Indigenous representation alongside ethnic ambiguity, and artist Melvin Toledo and curator Madeline Beck detail “The Stars of America,” which is on view through December 3 at the Mezzanine Galleries at the Marietta Cobb Museum of Art.

Christina Smith / Sara Tomko / “The Stars of America”

Dr. Fahamu Peacou details his new solo exhibition, “We Didn’t Realize We Were Seeds: We the Roses,” on view through November 23 at Johnson Lowe Gallery. Plus, Smith-Gilbert Gardens Education and Exhibits manager Vanita Keswani and “Opossum and the Season Stone” lead instructor and playwright Nicole Adkins detail the children’s interactive play, and we hear about the “First Voices Festival,” a month-long celebration of Indigenous cultures in Little Five Points.

Dr. Fahamu Peacou details his new solo exhibition, “We Didn’t Realize We Were Seeds: We the Roses,” on view through November 23 at Johnson Lowe Gallery. Plus, Smith-Gilbert Gardens Education and Exhibits manager Vanita Keswani and “Opossum and the Season Stone” lead instructor and playwright Nicole Adkins detail the children’s interactive play, and we hear about the “First Voices Festival,” a month-long celebration of Indigenous cultures in Little Five Points.

Dr. Fahamu Pecou / “Opossum and the Season Stone” / “First Voices Festival”

Chef Deborah VanTrece discusses her new venture as host of the FYI Network show “Global Soul Kitchen.” Plus, author Neesha Powell-Ingabire shares the history behind her new book, “Come by Here, A Memoir in Essays from Georgia Geechee Coast”

Chef Deborah VanTrece discusses her new venture as host of the FYI Network show “Global Soul Kitchen.” Plus, author Neesha Powell-Ingabire shares the history behind her new book, “Come by Here, A Memoir in Essays from Georgia Geechee Coast”

“ANKRBOY” / Mdou Moctar / “Al Dente: The Design of Pasta”

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