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weekend guide
Art & comedy
- Everyone receives FREE admission to the High Museum of Art on the second Sunday of each month. Enjoy special family-friendly programming from 1 to 4 pm.
- Cyndi Lauper is at State Farm Arena this weekend.
- IrishFest Atlanta 2024 – 11.8.2024-11.10.2024 at Roswell Cultural Arts Center
- The Atlanta Opera brings Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” to life at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center. See it on Friday or Sunday.
- First Voices Festival, a celebration of indigenous cultures, opens at 7 Stages Theatre on Thursday and continues through Nov. 24. Events include a performance about what it means to be multiracial in America; a pow-wow; and a screening of “Bad River.”
- See “Hamlet, Prince of Denmark” at Shakespeare Tavern Saturday through Dec. 1.
- The Alliance Theatre’s annual production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” begins on Saturday and runs through Dec. 24.
- “Murder, She Improvised” is on stage at Dad’s Garage Theatre Fridays through Nov. 15.
- The Indie Craft Experience Holiday Shopping event is set for 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Yaarab Shrine Center. Shop more than 100 craft, art and vintage vendors and local food vendors The first 100 shoppers get a tote bag. Santa Steve will drop by as well. Admission is $5. Children 12 and younger get free admittance.
- The Georgia O’Keeffe exhibit, “My New Yorks,” is on display at the High Museum of Art.
- “Hairspray‘ is on stage at Out Front Theatre Thursday through Nov. 9.
- A new exhibit, “Golden Opportunity: Botanical Illustration,” is at Fernbank Museum through Jan. 1, 2025.
- The exhibit, “Giants from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys” is open at the High Museum of Art through Jan. 19, 2025.
More things to do:
- The 8th Annual Highlands Food & Wine festival will feature renowned chefs from across the Southeast, fine wine, spirits and live music from artists including Greensky Bluegrass, Lee Fields & The Expressions, Love Canon and Wilder Woods. Tickets are on sale now starting at $270 per person. For more information and ticket sales, visit highlandsfoodandwine.com
- City Winery Atlanta and WUSSY Mag presents The Wicked Wiz of Oz Drag Brunch on Saturday, November 9th at 12:30pm!
- The annual holiday extravaganza Stone Mountain Christmas begins on Saturday at Stone Mountain Park and continues through Jan. 5, 2025.
- Did you know Mint Mobile Detail is a Veteran-Owned business? Atlanta Veterans Day Parade steps off at 11 a.m. Saturday, starting on Peachtree Street near the High Museum of Arts/Woodruff Arts Center and ends near the Fox Theatre. The parade starts at 11 a.m. There will be an Observance Ceremony at the Galleria, inside the Alliance Theatre, at 9:30 a.m. The Veterans Expo will be at Calloway Plaza, outside of the Woodruff Arts Center, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.
- Join us at the Babe Walls Mural Festival as we celebrate the power and creativity of women and non-binary artists! This four-day mural festival starts November 7-10, 2024, stretching along the Chamblee Rail Trail from the Keswick Softball Field and the Clairmont Bridge Piano (behind Walmart). 30 artists will come together to celebrate women and non-binary folk through the transformative power of public art on 20 murals. This free and unique festival will feature live mural creation, artsy vendors, and a variety of food trucks. Let’s honor creativity without boundaries!
- NETHERWORLD Haunted House is open through Nov. 9.
- Atlantic Station hosts Creator’s Market from 11 a.m. until 9 p.m. Saturdays and noon until 7 p.m. Sundays, every weekend through December.
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For the family:
- Calling all Girl Scouts! Join your troop and others for a day at Fernbank Museum made just for you. Explore the museum to find activities and games designed to help you earn badges, visit exhibits, including our special exhibit Armored Animals, and see a film in our Giant Screen Theater.You can even sign up for a guided hike in Fernbank Forest led by a Ranger and earn your Trail Adventure or Hiker badge.Self-guided activities will be available all day.
- See “Pinocchio” at the Center for Puppetry Arts beginning Wednesday and running through Nov. 10.
- The Armored Animal exhibit at Fernbank Museum of Natural History tells a story of protection and defense through artifacts, spiny displays and casts from animals like fish and dinosaurs. The exhibit will be on display through Jan. 5, 2025.
- Children’s Museum of Atlanta’s fall featured exhibit, “Wallace & Gromit: Get Cracking,” The exhibit will educate and entertain kids through Jan. 12, 2025.
Sports, fitness & outdoors:
- The Atlanta Hawks play at home Saturday when the Chicago Bulls come to State Farm Arena for a 7:30 p.m. game.
- The Georgia Tech women’s basketball team takes on the Georgia State team at McCamish Pavilion Friday at 7 p.m.
- The Georgia Tech men’s basketball team plays North Florida at 1 p.m. Sunday at McCamish Pavilion.
- The Georgia Tech football Yellow Jackets play the Miami Hurricanes at Hyundai Field at Bobby Dodd Stadium Saturday at noon.
- The Clark Atlanta University Panthers and the Morehouse College Maroon Tigers meet at 1 p.m. Saturday at B.T. Harvey Stadium.
- Hank Aaron Exhibit at Atlanta History Center.
- Sign up for a Cornhole League this fall: https://cornholeatl.leaguelab.com/leagues?sport=Cornhole
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