Arts & Culture

Atlanta's ‘BEST WORLD MUSIC ACT’ Salutes Men on Father's Day

Submitted by Jen Farris, Arts, Culture & Entertainment Writer and Producer

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012, 8:47pm

Atlanta's ‘BEST WORLD MUSIC ACT’ Salutes Men on Father's Day

ATLANTA -- You have seen them on NBC television network reality series “America’s Got Talent” and if you are a reality-show junkie, you remember them sharing their high-energy dance experience with singer/songwriter Kandi Burruss and Attorney Phaedra Parks in connection with their travels to South Africa on BRAVO cable network top-rated reality series “Real Housewives of Atlanta”.

Now, the 19-year Atlanta-based ensemble GIWAYEN MATA, is going to bring their ‘contagious’ high energy drum and dance to the Southwest Arts Center for Father's Day. Between educating audiences about African traditions and breaking barriers as an all-sistah ensemble in a male dominated percussion industry, its no wonder Creative Loafing Magazine named them "Best Local World Music Act" three times!

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Counting Crows Rock the Tabernacle

Submitted by Emily Butler, Photographer

Monday, May 7th, 2012, 11:42am

Emily Butler

Counting Crows rocked Atlanta's Tabernacle to a sold-out crowd on Friday, May 4th.

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Spice Market Announces “Artful Thursdays” and “Après Art” Packages

Submitted by Mandy Betts, Social Media Manager

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012, 11:01am

Spice Market Announces “Artful Thursdays” and “Après Art” Packages

Spice Market, located inside the W Atlanta-Midtown, is rolling out two new promotions with the High Museum of Art in Midtown beginning the week of April 16 in order to encourage guests to support the arts and to offer a convenient and free parking option for museum-goers.

The restaurant’s Artful Thursdays will take place every Thursday evening beginning at 5 p.m. and includes the following:

· Complimentary valet at the W Atlanta-Midtown (guests most present their High Museum ticket and their Spice Market receipt upon leaving to receive valet services free of charge)

· Half-priced tickets to the High Museum of Art, which can be purchased at the Museum. The Museum is open until 8 p.m. on Thursdays.

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City Councilman Kwanza Hall awarded the 2012 Rialto Pioneer Award

Submitted by Marc Richardson, Where U Live Producer

Tuesday, April 24th, 2012, 11:38am

City Councilman Kwanza Hall awarded the 2012 Rialto Pioneer Award

ATLANTA -- Georgia State University's Rialto Center for the Arts awarded Councilman Kwanza Hall, representative of District 2, their 2012 Pioneer Award.

The Rialto's Pioneer Award is given annually to distinguished leaders who have contributed significantly to the health and vitality of the city's arts and cultural communities and/or Georgia State's far-reaching mission as a great university in the heart of a major city. It was named to honor the "pioneering spirit" of the remarkable vision that led to the renovation of the Rialto by Georgia State in the early 1990s.

The award was presented before the start of The Idan Raichel & Vieux Farka Touré Quartet - Two Cultures, One Voice: Israel Meets Mali on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 8 PM.

Kwanza's vision for the city and the visionary music created by the half Israeli-half Mali band, made for a great evening of entertainment at the Rialto.

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High-Demand BROADWAY Choreographer to Teach Community Dance Class in East Atlanta

Submitted by Jen Farris, Arts, Culture & Entertainment Writer and Producer

Wednesday, April 11th, 2012, 1:02am

High-Demand BROADWAY Choreographer to Teach Community Dance Class in East Atlanta

Atlanta’s Award-Winning ‘Best Local International World Music Act’ GIWAYEN MATA continues their ‘DanceAfrica Atlanta’ Community Dance Series

Renowned for his choreography in some of Broadway’s most popular productions and on internationally acclaimed dance companies, New York-based choreographer Ronald K. Brown, Artistic Director and Choreographer of EVIDENCE: A Dance Company lands his dancing feet in East Atlanta for a ONE DAY ONLY. Learn to dance from him in one of the "DanceAfrica 2013" Community Dance Classes presented by GIWAYEN MATA, Atlanta’s award-winning all-sistah dance, percussion, and vocal ensemble on Sunday, April 15 from 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m, Dance 411 Studios 475 Moreland AVE Atlanta, GA 30316.