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News Articles: Arts & Culture News

Comedian Michelle Buteau is bringing her “Surviving and Thriving” tour to Atlanta’s Tabernacle on May 15.

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'We have to find our joy no matter what.' Michelle Buteau says happiness has a place in comedy, too

Comedian and Netflix's "Survival of the Thickest" star Michelle Buteau talks about rejecting comedy stereotypes, finding joy after years of IVF struggles, and what audiences can expect when her "Surviving and Thriving" tour stops in Atlanta.

May 08, 2026
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  • Pamela Kirkland
A pair of actors in Revolutionary War-era costumes

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The Georgia Capitol celebrates America's 250th anniversary year

It was a patriotic celebration at the state Capitol as political leaders, lawmakers, and the general public gathered to celebrate the 250th anniversary of American independence.  

April 02, 2026
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  • Sarah Kallis
Dionne Warwick during her "One Last Time" tour in Perth, Australia in January 2025.

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'It’ll be Dionne': Legendary singer Warwick brings decades of music and her final album to Atlanta

Dionne Warwick reflects on six decades of music, her final album DW Duets, and what still brings her joy on stage ahead of her performance with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in Atlanta.  

March 20, 2026
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  • Pamela Kirkland
The Freedom Plane will transport original founding-era documents to eight U.S. cities as part of the National Archives’ 2026 tour. Courtesy of the National Archives Foundation

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America’s most important documents are on tour, and GA is one of the few 2026 stops. Here’s when

The National Archives’ “Freedom Plane National Tour: Documents That Forged a Nation” arrives at the Atlanta History Center on March 27 and runs through April 12.

March 11, 2026
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  • Sundi Rose and
  • The Ledger Enquirer
Hindsight Film Festival founder Pat Longstreth interviews filmmaker Nicole London during a preview event at the Savannah Cultural Arts Center on June 6, 2025.

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Historical documentaries rarely get top billing. Savannah’s Hindsight Festival hopes to change that

Hindsight Film Festival founding director Pat Longstreth talks about launching a new Savannah film festival devoted entirely to historical documentaries.

March 06, 2026
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  • Pamela Kirkland
The Devil is busy offers an intimate look inside a women’s healthcare clinic in Atlanta, where Tracii leads security to ensure safety and care amid protests and restrictions.

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Inside the Atlanta clinic at the center of the Oscar-nominated film 'The Devil Is Busy'

Co-director Christalyn Hampton talks about documenting a day inside an Atlanta women’s health clinic serving patients from across the Southeast.

March 05, 2026
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  • Pamela Kirkland
The cover of Kin, a new novel by author Tayari Jones.

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In her return to Atlanta, Tayari Jones' new novel 'Kin' explores family and friendship

Bestselling author and Emory professor Tayari Jones discusses how coming home to Atlanta reshaped her writing.

February 25, 2026
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  • Pamela Kirkland
An old Black man in a black leather chair covers his face with a thin white scarf

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'We’ve always been here.' High Museum adds Black Appalachian photography to collection

For the past 10 years, photographer Chris Aluka Berry has been documenting Black communities in Appalachia. Now his work is in the High Museum collection and a new book, Affrilachia: Testimonies.

February 19, 2026
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  • Amanda Andrews
A portrait of Spike Lee

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‘That’s the legacy’: Filmmaker Spike Lee brings 'School Daze' back to Atlanta 38 years later

During a Black History Month screening in Atlanta, Spike Lee reflected on how School Daze continues to shape conversations about HBCUs, identity and education nearly four decades after its release.

February 13, 2026
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  • Pamela Kirkland
The artists of the Georgia Women to Watch: A Book Arts Revolution show opening at the Atlanta Contemporary on Jan. 31, 2026. Clockwise from left: Eileen Wallace, Cynthia Lollis, Serena Perrone, Hannah Israel and Eliza Bentz

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What is 'book arts'? 5 Georgia artists explain the form

Women from across the state are exhibiting artists' books in a new show from the Georgia Committee for the National Museum of Women in the Arts, which opens Feb. 1 at Atlanta Contemporary.

January 23, 2026
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  • Kristi York Wooten
The house in Fayeteville, G.a. used in the exterior shots of the Byers family home in Netlifx's "Stranger Things" is available to rent on Airbnb.

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A visit to an iconic 'Stranger Things' location on the eve of the show's final season

The Netflix original series Stranger Things, filmed almost entirely in Georgia, is back on Nov. 26 for its fifth and final season.

November 26, 2025
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  • Sofi Gratas
Minnie Evans at Gatehouse, Airlie Gardens Nina Howell Starr (American, 1903–2000), Minnie Evans at Gatehouse, Airlie Gardens, 1962, gelatin silver print, collection of Nathan Kernan. © 2025 Estate of Nina Howell Starr. Courtesy of MARCH gallery.

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Minnie Evans' 'Lost World' is a reminder of the stories art tells about the South

The High Museum's Minnie Evans exhibition examines the beauty of the artist's mystical visions — and the injustices and progress of the era that inspired them.

November 14, 2025
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  • Kristi York Wooten
Brooklyn artist and writer Poest tags a wall in 2016. He will participate in a panel discussion about public art at the 2025 Emory Ideas Festival.

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Atlanta's street art: 'style writing' or graffiti? Ideas Festival Emory explains

The annual Ideas Festival Emory is back this year with a full-slate of in-person programming at its Oxford campus on Oct. 18, including discussing graffiti and murals in Atlanta, and a live taping of the Sing for Science podcast with Grammy winner Rosanne Cash.

October 17, 2025
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  • Kristi York Wooten
Mannequins represent different eras of André Leon Talley's life in fashion at the SCADFASH Museum in Atlanta on Oct. 14, 2025

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Atlanta is flexing its fashion muscle in major events this fall

Shows and exhibitions are opening in Atlanta this month, featuring fashion as fine art from local and global designers. GPB’s Kristi York Wooten takes us directly to the catwalk and behind the scenes.

October 17, 2025
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  • Kristi York Wooten
The Rome Symphony Orchestra will perform composer John Williams' score for the film 'Star Wars' Sept. 12 to 14 , 2025.

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Across the state, Georgia's symphony orchestras promise American favorites and new works this fall

From Rome to Valdosta, Augusta to Savannah, Macon, Atlanta and beyond, GPB's City Café host John Lemley joins Kristi York Wooten to preview highlights of Georgia's symphony orchestra concert season, which kicks off this weekend. 

September 11, 2025
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  • Kristi York Wooten and
  • John Lemley
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