WABE Arts
Jon Batiste: What's Feeding Him Before His Atlanta Date
🎹 Eight-time Grammy winner Jon Batiste brings his 2026 Fantastical Tour Saturday to Chastain Park with the Atlanta Pops Orchestra, a rare orchestral date. He tells WABE Arts what keeps him grounded on the road, why all music is folk music, and what Atlanta means to him. 🎧
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Visual Artist Donna Mintz Claims the Title of Writer
After more than 30 years as a visual artist, Donna Mintz has written her first book, 'Stars at Noon,' out now from Mercer University Press. Her path from artist to published author began with a reading of James Agee's “Let Us Now Praise Famous Men,” alone on a Tennessee porch, a decade ago. WABE A…
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Mike Jordan Brings Literary Karaoke Night Lit Back to Atlanta
Mike Jordan and his wife and fellow writer Jacinta Howard created the Lit literary karaoke series back in 2014. The premise was simple: readers take the mic to perform uncensored excerpts from their favorite books over a live music bed. Then COVID hit. Now, after a six-year hiatus, Lit is back. WAB…
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T. Lang Launches 'Ursa Major' Academy for Teen Dancers
T. Lang, founder of T. Lang Dance and inaugural chair of Dance Performance and Choreography at Spelman College, is opening a new academy for teenage dancers. Ursa Major is a conservatory-style program for ages 13 to 18, built around movement invention, choreographic process, and what Lang calls "an…
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Center for Puppetry Art Brings 'Tesla vs. Edison' Back to the Stage
Center for Puppetry Arts Artistic Director Jason Hines has been fascinated by the rivalry between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla since building a Tesla coil for a junior high science fair. Now his award-winning puppet spectacle "Tesla vs. Edison" returns to the stage, complete with a live Tesla coi…
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Nick Benson Paints ‘Next Stop’ Mural in English Avenue
Atlanta muralist Nick “Turbo” Benson is leading a team of four painting “Next Stop,” a new Atlanta Beltline Art mural going up under an overpass on Cameron M. Alexander Boulevard in English Avenue. On this episode of WABE Arts, Sherri Daye Scott talks with Benson about honoring the Reverend Cameron…
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Alif Institute Brings Arabic Music and Dance to the Park
Atlanta’s Alif Institute, a nonprofit focused on preserving and sharing Arab cultures, had the idea to take some of its most popular arts workshops out of its Chamblee-Tucker building for a pop-up event at Johns Creek's Newtown Park. On this episode of WABE Arts, Sherri Daye Scott talks with Alif e…
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VIVO Summer Strings Institute Culminates in Free Concert at Symphony Hall
VIVO, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's Summer String Institute, wraps up today with a free concert at Atlanta Symphony Hall. WABE Arts and Culture Editor Sherri Daye Scott stopped by the ASO this week to see what five days of rehearsal taught a group of young musicians from different backgrounds a…
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Atlanta Storytellers turns one with ‘The Songs That Shape Us’
Atlanta Storytellers marks one year with its fifth show, “The Songs That Shape Us,” pairing live personal stories with live music at Eddie’s Attic. On this episode of WABE Arts, Sherri Daye Scott talks with founder and director Josh Cuthbertson about how a standing Moth date with his daughter turne…
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John Simmons photography exhibit wraps at Mason Fine Art
Emmy-winning cinematographer and photographer John Simmons has spent six decades documenting Black life in America — starting at 15, shooting for the Chicago Defender. Now, a selection of that work is on view at Mason Fine Art in Atlanta, in a solo exhibition called “It Started in the 60s,” running…
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