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Travel guru and PBS host Rick Steves joins City Lights for our monthly series, “ATL Up and Away,” with advice on booking fall travel. Plus, City Lights producer Summer Evans shares ideas for family staycation fun, and comedian Paul Ollinger takes the spotlight for our series, “Speaking of Comedy.”
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Louise Shaw, curator at the CDC Museum, and contributing artist Richard Nielsen discuss “Stand and Witness: Art in the Time of COVID-19.” The collection of topical works in painting, poetry, prose, performance, and video is on view at the David J. Sencer CDC Museum through October 25. Plus, Candle House Collective founder Evan Neiden details “Lenox Mutual,” the newest offering from the remote theater company, designed for an audience of one, performed over the telephone in an interactive choose-your-own-adventure style, and then we hear why the Atlanta Track Club officials say they’ll double the entertainment along the route of this year’s AJC Peachtree Road Race.
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Hammonds House artistic chair and curator Halima Taha details the new exhibition, “Rhythm of Resilience: The Artistry of Sam Middleton,” which is on view through August 18. Plus, Georgia author Stephen Hundley discusses his new novel, “Bomb Island,” and curator Tony Casadonte shares the history behind “Visions of Society: The Photographic Insight of Ruth-Marion Baruch,” which is on view at The Breman Museum through September 1.
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Atlanta-based 2024 Guggenheim fellow Jessica Blinkhorn discusses her future artistic plans. Plus, food historian Akila McConnell and chef Asata Reid from the WABE podcast “Savory Stories” discuss the culinary history of Chinese food in Atlanta, and we listen back to Lois’s conversation with legendary Atlanta broadcaster Monica Pearson.
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Mellow Mushroom co-founder Marc “Banks” Weinstein discusses the 50-year history of Atlanta’s hometown pizza chain. Plus, singer and multi-instrumentalist Benjamin J. Davidow takes the spotlight in our series, “Speaking of Music,” and Munir Meghjani and David Perdue detail the next installment of Comedy and Conversations, which takes place at the Margaret Mitchell House at Atlanta History Center Midtown this Thursday, June 27.
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Ray Kim, cellist and former member of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra, and former musical director Jere Flint discuss the 50th anniversary of the ASYO. Plus, we hear about this week’s Southern Fried Queer Pride Festival, taking place at various locations around Little Five Points.
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Chef Deuki Hong and journalist Matt Rodbard discuss their new cookbook, “KOREAWORLD,” and their upcoming celebratory dinner at Chai Pani on June 25th. Plus, we listen back to Lois’s 2021 conversation with author and cultural historian Caseen Gaines about the 1921 history-making musical, “Shuffle Along.” Gaine’s book is “Footnotes: The Black Artists Who Rewrote the Rules of the Great White Way.”
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Mo Rocca, the beloved “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!” panelist and CBS Sunday Morning correspondent, recently joined City Lights host Lois Reitzes on stage at First Baptist Church of Decatur for a conversation about his latest book, “Roctogenarians: Late in Life Debuts, Comebacks, and Triumphs.” The event was recorded in front of a live audience and presented by WABE, Georgia Center for the Book, the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, and A Cappella Books.
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Artists Reginald C. Adams and Fabian Williams detail the “Absolute Equality” Juneteenth Mural Project. Plus, children’s book author Allison Hill discusses “Lolly the Left-Out Lobster,” and Quasi drummer Janet Weiss and multi-instrumentalist Sam Coomes stop by ahead of their upcoming show at the EARL on June 22.
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Fahamu Pecou, founder of the African Diaspora Art Museum of Atlanta, discusses their new exhibition, "A Shield Against the Darkness: The Art and Scholarship of Pellom McDaniels III," which is on view through June 28. Plus, Atlanta-based fashion designer Christian Allana details her involvement in the new incubator program from the fast-fashion company Shein called "Shein X Rescued." The program has designers use deadstock materials to help reduce global carbon dioxide emissions.
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Music producer John Snyder discusses his role as project coordinator for the New Orleans Jazz Museum expansion. Plus, WABE’s H. Johnson stops by for the newest edition of our series, “H Johnson’s Jazz Moment,” and Sally Westmoreland details the upcoming Elizabeth B. Stephens International Organ Competition.
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Multi-instrumentalist and producer Kabir Sehgal discusses his new album, “Guitar Spring: Music for a New Season,” as well as his many collaborations, including his meditation album with Lil Jon. Plus casting director Clifton Guterman takes the spotlight for our series, “Speaking of the Boom,” we hear about the upcoming “No Tables, No Chairs” event, and artist Artemus Jenkins details his new exhibition at Hidden Gallery, on view through the end of June.
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Director Ty Autry and featured playwright and performer Chayton Pabich Danyla discuss the first inaugural Lavender Fest at Out Front Theatre from June 19th through 23rd. Plus, we hear about Cooper Music School’s DIY musical instruments; Michelle C. takes the spotlight for our series, “Speaking of Music,” and “A Room of Her Own: Women Studio Artists from AXC’s 40-Year History.”
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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.”
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Monica Campana, executive director of Living Walls, and Drew Borders, curator of the new Living Walls public mural project “I Am Mine / We Are Ours,” detail the artwork on the underpass at Arizona Avenue and Dekalb Avenue. Plus, composer Marcus Norris and librettist Adamma Ebo discuss the world premiere of their new opera, “Forsyth County is Flooding with the Joy of Lake Lanier,” on stage at the Ray Charles Performing Arts Center on June 15, guitarist Quinn Sullivan stops by ahead of his upcoming Atlanta performance, and we hear about the non-profit “Books for Africa.”
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Tugboat the Queen and Ginger Minj discuss “The Golden Gals LIVE” on stage at Out Front Theatre through June 16. Plus, Michael Myerz takes the spotlight for our series, “Speaking of Music,” author Lisa Frank details her new book, “MYCO-TOWN: A Magical Mushroom Fantasy Novel,” and we learn about a new audiobook project that aims to raise money for Ukraine.
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Erika Miranda, the founder of Cafecito Productions, and Brooke Sonenreich, founder and organizer of ATLFilmParty discuss their event “A Night of Latine Filmmakers” at the downtown Switchyards. “City Lights” producer Summer Evans speaks with retired Airforce Staff Sergeant Stacy Pearsall about her PBS series “After Action.” Plus, we listen back to Lois Reitzes’ conversation with Atlanta farmer Jamila Norman discuss her HBO Max series “Homegrown,” which is now in its fourth season.
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Two new exhibitions are now on view at the Madison-Morgan Cultural Center in Madison, Georgia; that of Atlanta’s congressman John Lewis, and the prolific painter and multimedia artist Benny Andrews. Andrews produced a series of portraits called the John Lewis Series, currently on loan from the National Center for Human and Civil Rights. The works are being shown through next April as part of the Andrews Family Legacy Project and a permanent exhibition of art, writings and other archival collections from Benny, George “The Dot Man,” Raymond and other members of the remarkable Andrews family. The Atlanta Music Project’s Summer Series is a training camp where young musicians can learn alongside professional players, including world-class virtuosos. AMP’s co-founder, Dantes Rameau, and artist-in-residence Titus Underwood discuss the upcoming Summer Series and Underwood’s masterclass. We also hear from WABE music contributor Dr. Scott Stewart in our series “Music in Media.”
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Travel aficionado, TV host, and guidebook author Rick Steves shares his insights on incorporating live music into your travel itinerary. This is part of “City Lights’” recurring series “ATL Up and Away: Travel Tips with Rick Steves.” Plus, Jonathan Rockefeller, the creator of the show “Sesame Street the Musical” discusses why he wanted to bring the show to the Center for Puppetry Arts June 5-August 4. We listen back to Lois Reitzes’ conversation with Dope Coffee co-owners and co-founders Michael and Michelle Lloyd.
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Journalist, theatre critic and playwright Kelundra Smth and actor Tanya Freeman discuss the play “The Wash.” A story about the Atlanta Washerwomen’s Strike of 1881. Plus, we listen back to Lois Reitzes’ 2020 conversation with Dr. Eric Cervini. He’s the author of: “The Deviant’s War: The Homosexual vs. The United States of America.”
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