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SITE | Weekly comedy round-up | Author Edda Fields-Black | Solid State Radio | “Caminos Compartidos”

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Goat Farm reopens bigger than ever and welcomes SITE Festival back to its 12-acre campus

Since 2010, The Goat Farm has served as home to artists of all types in Atlanta. After a brief period of renovations, it reopened in 2024 and is now bigger and better than ever. You can see it in all of its glory at this year’s second annual SITE festival. Spanning the entire 12 acres of the Goat Farms property will be exhibitions and installations of all kinds. “City Lights Collective” producer Josh Thane spoke with The Goat Farm’s design and creative director, Allie Bashuk, about the upcoming SITE festival on Sept. 27.

This week’s comedy lineup includes Holly Ballantine headlining “Moms Unhinged” show

“City Lights Collective” member and award-winning Atlanta comedian Joel Byars is one of the hardest-working people in the business. He hosts many comedy events around town, and his podcast, “Hot Breath Pod,” aims to uplift his fellow comedians. Byars joins us weekly to share his picks for this week’s must-see comedy, and today his mix includes an Atlanta version of “Moms Unhinged” and two nights of Josh Johnson at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.

Pulitzer Winner Edda Fields-Black brings Harriet Tubman’s untold Civil War story, “COMBEE” to Atlanta

Harriet Tubman was more than just the operator of the Underground Railroad. She also led a Civil War raid that freed more than 700 enslaved people in a single day. That dramatic chapter of the war is the focus of “COMBEE,” the Pulitzer Prize–winning book by historian and Emory alum Edda Fields-Black. The author returns to Atlanta on Monday, Sept. 29, at the Georgia Center for the Book. Fields-Black recently spoke with “City Lights Collective” member Alison Law about the Pulitzer Prize and bringing COMBEE’s untold stories to life.

“I always like to start with the Underground Railroad, and the fact that after Tubman liberates herself in 1849, she went back 13 times. Harriet Tubman is not the only person who was born in bondage who liberated herself to go back and liberate other people. However, she is the only one that we know of to go back 13 times,” said Fields-Black. She continued, “The Civil War breaks out, and Harriet Tubman heads down to South Carolina. She arrives in May of 1862 and is attached to the command of General Isaac Stevens at first. And then agrees to accompany Colonel James Montgomery on what will become the Combee River Raid.”

Spotlighting Atlanta cinematic pop band Solid State Radio in “In Their Own Words”

It’s time now to hear from our artistic community “In Their Own Words.” This is where they tell us who they are, what they do, what they love, and a few things you might not see coming. Today, we shine a light on the band Solid State Radio.

“Caminos Compartidos” showcases the diverse works by artists of Latin origin

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, which began on Sept. 15, The Gallery at Abernathy Arts Center presents “Caminos Compartidos.” Showcasing vibrant and diverse works by artists of Latin origin, the exhibition is on view through Oct. 30. WABE arts reporter Summer Evans spoke with the curator of the exhibit, Carol Santos.

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