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S. Epatha Merkerson: Legacy, Atlanta and 'Chicago Med'
Emmy and Golden Globe winner S. Epatha Merkerson stopped by WABE Studios after receiving the Black Women Film Network's On Her Shoulders Preservation Award and…
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Gordon Parks 'The South in Color' comes to Atlanta's Jackson Fine Art
enty years after Gordon Parks documented the segregated South for Life Magazine, more than 40 of those photographs are coming to Atlanta. Jackson Fine Art…
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Monica Campana: Frida Kahlo and an act of resistance
As Women's History Month comes to a close, Atlanta artist/activist and Living Walls co-founder Monica Campana shares how Mexican painter Frida Kahlo saved her…
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Callanwolde's Spring Concert Series returns to Atlanta
🎭 Spring arrives with live music at sunset on Callanwolde's estate grounds. WABE Arts and Culture Editor Sherri Daye Scott talks with Executive Director Andrew…
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Dionne Warwick: What's Feeding Her Right Now
onne Warwick has been making hits for nearly six decades — and she's not done yet. Ahead of her March 20 performance at Atlanta Symphony Hall, the…
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Meryanne Loum-Martin: Marrakech, Atlanta, and the Black diaspora
What happens when a world-class cultural destination decides Atlanta is its next partner? 🎧 Meryanne Loum-Martin built Jnane Tamsna, an acclaimed nine-acre…
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WABE Arts: Fab Five Freddy's 'Everybody's Fly'
Cultural icon Fab Five Freddy brings his debut memoir, "Everybody's Fly" to Atlanta's Tara Theatre. He spoke WABE's Sherri Daye Scott about the worlds that…
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Peter Van Sant on the Georgia murder that hooked him
️ A wealthy family. A 10-acre farm in Cherokee County, Georgia. And a murder. Award-winning CBS News correspondent Peter Van Sant covered the Farris family…
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Boris Kodjoe: Purpose, Community and What’s Feeding Him Now
Boris Kodjoe has spent 25 years building a career between Hollywood and the world — from “Madea’s Family Reunion” and “House of…
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Beth Hyland premieres ‘Fires, Ohio’ at the Alliance Theatre
Playwright Beth Hyland on ‘Fires, Ohio,’ a Chekhov-inspired world premiere at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre through March 22. See…
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Bet on Your Future: Atlanta’s Lunar New Year casino night
Lunar New Year celebrations often center family traditions, but Atlanta’s Asian American Advocacy Fund is planning a nightlife-style take. WABE Arts &…
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Inside Atlanta Opera’s future Beltline home
🎭 The Atlanta Opera has broken ground on a new home along the Atlanta Beltline: the Molly Blank Center for Opera and the Arts, backed by a $27.5 million…
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BAM! returns to SCAD with a celebration of Black love
SCAD’s annual Black History Month concert, “BAM! — Black Artists in Music,” is back. This year’s concert centers on Black love…
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Adriane Jefferson on Atlanta arts funding and what’s next
Atlanta’s Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs has issued two big signals: expanded city arts funding and the newly announced 2026 Atlanta Jazz…
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Broadway Sideways at The Breman
Broadway classics, reimagined in Atlanta. “Broadway Sideways” comes to the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum, featuring members of the Atlanta…
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Spike Lee returns to Atlanta for ‘School Daze’ screening at the Fox Theatre
When “School Daze” premiered in 1988, it was controversial before most audiences ever saw it. Written and directed by Spike Lee, the satirical…
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Sarah Higgins on Art Papers’ final year
After nearly five decades of publishing contemporary art criticism from Atlanta outward, Art Papers is preparing for its final year. WABE Arts & Culture editor…
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Reconnecting the Man to the Legacy: Inside AILEY
Ahead of a special screening at Art Farm at Serenbe, WABE Arts goes inside AILEY, the documentary that reconnects choreographer Alvin Ailey to his life, voice…
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WABE Arts: What’s Feeding You? with James Dean
Quiet mornings, creative resets, and playful reinvention. As Pete the Cat takes the stage at the Center for Puppetry Arts, creator James Dean joins WABE Arts…
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Coming home to the King of Pop: ‘MJ the Musical’ in Atlanta
‘MJ the Musical’ returns to Atlanta’s Fox Theatre, and for cast members Michael Nero and Zuri Noelle Ford, it’s a homecoming. The two…
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Blue Man Group’s new ‘Rockstar’ comes to Atlanta
Blue Man Group returns to Atlanta with a refreshed national tour — and a new character audiences are seeing in the U.S. for the first time. WABE Arts…
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“AIM HIGH: Tuskegee Airmen” and the Power of Play
At the Children’s Museum of Atlanta, a new exhibit invites kids to explore aviation history through movement, imagination, and hands-on play. “AIM…
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WABE Arts: Broken Promises and Reconstruction
A new permanent exhibition at Atlanta’s National Center for Civil and Human Rights revisits Reconstruction, one of the most misunderstood eras in…
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WABE Arts: A final frame at Emory Cinematheque
🎧 Film scholar Matthew H. Bernstein marks his final semester at Emory University by curating “Matthew H. Bernstein’s Farewell Favorites,” a…
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WABE Arts: Inside Dad’s Garage’s TheatreSports Tournamen
At Dad’s Garage Theatre, competition isn’t really the point. The TheatreSports Tournament returns Jan. 9–31, turning improv into a fake…
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2026 Atlanta Jewish Storytelling Festival
Jewish storytelling is rooted in tradition, but it isn’t fixed. As the Atlanta Jewish Storytelling Festival returns Jan. 8–11, WABE Arts explores…
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Gregor Turk’s ‘Myriad’ at Piedmont Park
A new permanent public artwork is now part of Piedmont Park. Atlanta artist Gregor Turk walks WABE Arts through “Myriad,” his latest mirrored…
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‘A Drag Queen Christmas’ returns to Atlanta
Holiday traditions don’t look the same for everyone. “A Drag Queen Christmas,” now in its 11th year, has become a seasonal ritual for…
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WABE Arts: Curating André Leon Talley’s legacy after loss
A final exhibition, finished without its creator. At SCAD FASH in Atlanta, “André Leon Talley: Style Is Forever” reflects years of…
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Marlon Wayans: Atlanta, Legacy, and Building an Industry
Marlon Wayans has been coming to Atlanta for 30 years—and now he's considering making it permanent. The comedian and actor discusses filming “Scary…
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WABE Arts- ‘La Orquesta’ and the Buford Highway Orchestra
A new PBS/POV Shorts documentary is shining national attention on a youth orchestra rooted along one of Atlanta’s most diverse immigrant corridors…
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Jason Orr restores FunkJazz Kafé documentary with AI
Filmmaker Jason Orr returns to his 2011 documentary "Diary of a Decade" with AI-assisted restoration tools that didn't exist when he first captured the early…
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Doug Shipman leads South Arts into its 50th year
South Arts — the nine-state regional arts organization based in Atlanta — has named outgoing Atlanta City Council President Doug Shipman as its…
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Ryan Wilson on Mentoring HBCU Founders
🎧 Atlanta entrepreneur Ryan Wilson — co-founder and CEO of The Gathering Spot — joins Season 5 of REVOLT’s “Bet on Black,” where…
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Atlanta Holiday Classics: ‘A Christmas Carol’ + ‘Nutcracker Suite’
🎭 Two Atlanta holiday traditions return with renewed energy. At the Alliance Theatre, director Amanda Watkins leads this year’s “A Christmas…
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Donnell Rawlings on Comedy, Longevity, and Atlanta
🎤 Comedian Donnell Rawlings — known for his roles on “Chappelle’s Show,” and appearances on the “Kill Tony” podcast and…
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WABE Arts: Music, Memory, and Solidarity
Six-time Grammy-nominated folk musician John McCutcheon headlines A Song for Ukraine at the Lawrenceville Arts Center. The benefit concert, organized by…
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WABE Arts: Revolution and Reimagination
The Atlanta Opera reimagines “La Belle et la Bête,” Philip Glass’s hypnotic fusion of live performance and Jean Cocteau’s 1946…
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WABE Arts: Lois Reitzes & Norman Mackenzie on Beethoven’s Ninth
Episode Description): 🎧 WABE’s beloved Lois Reitzes sits down with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus Director Norman Mackenzie to explore…
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WABE Arts: IrishFest Atlanta & Debbie Gibson: Tradition and Transformation
🎧 Two creative journeys converge in metro Atlanta. As IrishFest Atlanta returns Nov. 7–9, founder Teresa Finley and musician Kieran O’Hare share…
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WABE Arts: A Dream Deferred & The Man of Many Fathers: Two Atlanta Stories on Power and Legacy
Two Atlanta stages, two perspectives on power and legacy. CNN anchor Abby Phillip talks about her new book “A Dream Deferred: Jesse Jackson and the Fight…
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WABE Arts: Soul, Stage & Civic Sound: Ruby Velle’s Call to Action & Brian Jordan Jr.’s Riley Mixtape
Atlanta’s creative pulse runs through two new releases. 🎶 Soul frontwoman Ruby Velle & The Soulphonics step up for democracy with “Step Right…
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WABE Arts: Photographer James Hicks - Moments: Icons, Legends & Muses | Oct. 28, 2025
From the flash of a camera to the rhythm of a beat — Atlanta photographer James Hicks reclaims fashion history through a Black lens in his new exhibit…
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WABE Arts: Oakland’s After-Dark Tradition & The Roots’ Black Thought on Creativity
Atlanta, past and present, in one quick listen: editor Sherri Daye Scott visits Oakland Cemetery’s after-dark tradition Capturing the Spirit with…
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WABE Arts: Roseanne Cash to keynote Ideas Festival Emory 2025
Ideas Festival Emory turns the university’s Oxford College campus’s historic quad into an open-air forum for conversation, performance, and…
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WABE Arts: Horizon Theatre’s “Heart Sellers” centers Asian storytelling and Atlanta collaboration
When “Heart Sellers” opens at Horizon Theatre, it brings a rarely heard story to the local stage—two immigrant women finding friendship in…
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WABE Arts: Karyn Kusama on Girlfight's 25th Anniversary & Ice Cube on Legacy and Lyrics | Oct. 9, 2025
In this episode of WABE Arts: Filmmaker Karyn Kusama reflects on her groundbreaking debut Girlfight twenty-five years later, ahead of its special screening at…
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Viktor&Rolf at the High Museum and The Crown Classic Hair Showdown at ELEVATE featured on WABE Arts
Hear from curator Thierry-Maxime Loriot on his vision around Viktor&Rolf: Fashion Statements at the High Museum of Art, and from Atlanta creatives Tracee…
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Carolyn Curry, Neil deGrasse Tyson & Atlanta Arab Festival | Oct. 1, 2025
In this episode of WABE Arts: 📚 Author and historian Carolyn Curry discusses her new novel Trudy’s Awakening and her upcoming appearance at the 2025…