John Lemley

The AJC's Shane Harrison tells us about the following budget-friendly events coming up around Atlanta.

Tunes from the Tombs takes place at Oakland Cemetery this Saturday, June 8th from 1 to 8 pm.

Scenes from  the operas of Benjamin Britten will be onstage at the Rialto Theater as part of their Harrower Summer Opera Workshop on Wednesday, June 12th at 12 pm.

  Starting today, two online arts resources for the metro area are joining forces.

Arts ATL is an online magazine that features articles and critical reviews of events taking place in Atlanta’s arts community. Atlanta Plan-It is a comprehensive online arts calendar.

The AJC's Shane Harrison tells us about the following budget-friendly events coming up around Atlanta.

The Atlanta Audubon Society holds their bird walk in Piedmont Park on Saturday June 1 at 8 am.

The AJC's Shane Harrison tells us about the following budget-friendly events coming up around Atlanta.

The silent film classic "Metropolis," with a live score performed by Sonic Generator, screens at the Woodruff Arts Center Tuesday, May 28 at 8 pm.

Photographer Sandra-Lee Phipps' exhibition "Safe" is open at whitespace gallery through June 15.

Atlanta is seen around the country as an innovator in the practice of reclaiming and repurposing abandoned land known as “brownfields.” The site of the former steel mill which is now home to Atlantic Station is one well-known example. Another is Atlanta’s BeltLine project.

WABE’s Jim Burress has been covering the BeltLine for over 5 years now, and recently had an experience in one of the developing pedestrian corridor’s parks which illustrated to him how much progress has been made in reclaiming the 22-mile loop of abandoned rail lines.

The AJC's Shane Harrison tells us about the following budget-friendly events coming up around Atlanta.

The Marietta Greek Festival is Friday through Sunday at Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church.

Atlanta Streets Alive takes place Sunday, begining at 2 pm at the intersection of Peachtree Street and Ralph McGill Boulevard. 

  The Brookwood Train Station which stands on Peachtree Street above the downtown connector is now home to Amtrak. But when it opened in April of 1918, it was one of three major stations in the city.

We met with Dr. Tim Crimmins, Director of the Center for Neighborhood and Metropolitan Studies at Georgia State University, to talk about how both the station and the role of rail transit has changed over the last century.

The Atlanta Braves’ home of Turner Field may be a state-of-the-art park, with giant LED screens and an enormous sound system, but as you’re watching a game—even though you may not be aware of it—the sound of the traditional organ can still be heard pumping up the crowd as players make their way to the batter’s box.  We paid a visit to Turner Field to meet Matthew Kaminski, the man behind the keys.

The AJC's Shane Harrison tells us about the following budget-friendly events coming up around Atlanta.

The Fernbank Museum of Natural History's Butterfly Bash takes place Saturday May 4 at 10 am.

Tinsley Ellis performs at the Variety Playhouse Saturday at 8:30 pm.

The AJC's Shane Harrison tells us about the following budget-friendly events coming up around Atlanta.

Eddie's Attic presents two upcoming classical music groups--Atlanta Symphony Musicians perform at 7:30 pm on Sunday and the Riverside Chamber Players perform at 8 pm on Tuesday, April 30.

 These days, when we think of garden herbs, we might consider rosemary for our chicken or a little basil for our pizza. But in William Shakespeare’s time, herbs were hardly limited to the kitchen.

Today, on Shakespeare’s birthday, horticulturist Geri Laufer takes us for a walk through the herb garden as the sixteenth-century playwright might have seen it.
 

Thanks to actor Veronika Duerr of the Atlanta Shakespeare Company, for providing dramatic readings.

The AJC's Shane Harrison tells us about the following budget-friendly events coming up around Atlanta.

500 Songs for Kids kicks off tonight at Smith's Olde Bar and runs at various venues through May 18th.

Dunwoody's Lemonade Days is currently going on and runs through April 21st.

The AJC's Shane Harrison tells us about the following budget-friendly events coming up around Atlanta.

The Spring Festival on Ponce takes place in Olmstead Linear Park this Saturday and Sunday.

The Georgia Renaissance Festival opens this Saturday the 13th at their festival grounds in Fairburn and runs through June 2nd.

  Even with Turner Field's stadium-shaking sound system and Jumbotron, the humble organ still plays a major role during games, and the man behind the keys is Matthew Kaminski.

The Atlanta Braves' organist paid us a visit and brought his instrument with him to discuss the job and to talk about his new album of stadium organ music.

Humorist and author Hollis Gillespie visited the studio to chat with WABE's John Lemley about three of her favorite books.  Hollis is herself the author of several works of essays, and writes a humor column that runs each month in Atlanta Magazine.

In this segment, she talks about how two of her own favorite books got her through a stint living overseas, while a third gets her through ordinary tough days.

Hollis Gillespie's Picks:

The AJC's Shane Harrison tells us about the following budget-friendly events coming up around Atlanta.

Atlanta will take part in the International Pillow Fight this Saturday in Freedom Park at 11:30 am.

 the Georgia Old-Time Fiddlers Conventions Centennial Celebration takes place in Dahlberg Hall at Georgia State University this Saturday beginning at noon.

  Tonight, PBA30 will premiere a new world travel series hosted by one of Atlanta's most-recognizable TV news anchors, Monica Pearson—who spent 37 years on the Channel 2 news team.

The AJC-Decatur Book Festival's Philip Rafshoon, in for Daren Wang, drops by to fill us on the week's book events.

On Tuesday Mar. 26, James B. Hunt, reads at the Georgia Center for the Book. He reads from his book Restless Fire, which provides a detailed rendering of environmentalist forefather John Muir's thousand mile walk through the Southeast to the Gulf. The book particularly examines Muir's witnessing of the impact of the Civil War on the region, as well as efforts towards Reconstruction.

The AJC's Shane Harrison tells us about the following budget-friendly events coming up around Atlanta.

The Blue Grassroots Music & Arts Fest takes place in Stone Mountain Village this Saturday and Sunday.

Conyers' Cherry Blossom Festival opens at 10 am Saturday and Sunday at the Georgia International Horse Park.

  An anarchist with a bomb, a plot to create civil unrest, a love triangle—these might all be parts of a new thriller hitting the multiplex. But in reality, they’re part of the jigsaw puzzle that is The Secret Agent—a new opera having its world premier this weekend.

We sat with City Café regular Dr. Tim Crimmins, Director of the Center for Neighborhood and Metropolitan Studies at Georgia State University for a look at Atlanta’s first volley in the Civil Rights movement.

The AJC's Shane Harrison tells us about the following budget-friendly events coming up around Atlanta:

The Great British Car Fayre begins at 10am on February 23 in downtown Alpharetta.

The All Ives Chamber Concert takes place Saturday and Sunday at Emory's Schwartz Performing Arts Center.

The AJC's Shane Harrison tells us about the following budget-friendly events coming up around Atlanta:

The Wedding Present play their classic album "George Best" at the EARL on Monday, February 11.

The William Butler Festival Singers of Atlanta perform at St. Benedict's Episcopal Church on Sunday, February 10. (Admission is free)