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TO DO: National Black Arts Festival's "Celebrating World Music, The Best of Atlanta"

ADW News - September 13, 2017

September 23 Family Day/Culture Fest at the Auburn Avenue Historic District Musical performances include African drumming, Afrobeat, Caribbean steel pan, reggae, soca and calypso and more. September...

CLOSE-UP: Kaytranada Remixed

ADW News - September 8, 2017

A handful of stellar SoundCloud remixes is all it took to launch ONE Musicfest 2017 performing artist, Kaytranada, into the musical stratosphere. Louis Kevin Celestin,...

"Lines of Influence:" Jacob Lawrence in 100 years

ADW News - September 7, 2017

The SCAD Museum of Art and the Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation present "Lines of Influence," a group exhibition to commemorate the centennial celebration of...

The Jazz Tree: “From Its Roots to Its Limbs,” with the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Sextet

ADW News - September 7, 2017

From its roots in New Orleans to its branches in cities such as Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh, and New York, jazz is uniquely identified by...

Black Pioneers, Counter-Revolutions and the Associated Negro Press: An Afternoon with Dr. Gerald Horne

ADW News - August 31, 2017

The Baton Foundation, Inc., in partnership with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, will host a lecture and book...

MLK Statue to be Unveiled at Georgia State Capitol Today

ADW News Desk - August 28, 2017

Today, 54 years after Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I have a dream" speech, a statue of the iconic civil rights leader...

Pioneer Director Julie Dash Joins Spelman College as a Distinguished Professor in the Arts

ADW News - August 21, 2017

Pioneer director Julie Dash is set to join Spelman University as a Distinguished Professor in the Arts this fall, positioned to leave a mark...

Study shows nonprofit arts and culture industry is an economic boon for metro Atlanta region

ADW News - August 7, 2017

The Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, Fulton County, the Atlanta Regional Commission and the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta released findings that prove the...

Elisabeth Omilami as Pivotal Matriarch in New Atlanta Play

ADW News - July 28, 2017

Actress, Playwright, Daughter of Activist Hosea Williams and Rep. Juanita Williams Actress Elisabeth Omilami will take on the compelling role of Miss Emma Glenn in of "A...

Foodies Unite

ADW News Desk - July 27, 2017

Atlanta foodies unite; Atlanta Black Restaurant Week will kick off in the city this weekend. The inaugural summer culinary series, which originated in Texas last...

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