Thursday

View "An Inconvenient Truth" at Indie Coffee

• 7:15pm: Georgia Center for the Book hosts James Alexander Thom. The acclaimed historical novelist takes an incident from the Mexican-American War when a group of immigrant Americans deserted Gen. Zachary Taylor's army and fought for the other side, 404.370.8450
• 7:30pm: Eddie's Attic presents Jeff Talmadge and Amy LaVere, 404.377.4976
• 8pm: Opening Night of PushPush Theater's production Holiday on Thin Ice III & The Most Wonderful Time of the Year Festival, through December 31, 404.377.6332
• 8pm: Indie Coffee and Books presents Thursday Indie Movie Nights with Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, 404.378.7110
  

Wednesday

Emory Youth Symphony

• 7:30pm: Eddie's Attic presents Billy Gewin, Abe Okie and Austin Harris, John Leinweber and Pat Walsh, 404.377.4976
• 8pm: Emory Music presents the Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra, 404.727.5050
  

Tuesday

Amy Sedaris

• 7:15pm: Georgia Center for the Book hosts Amy Sedaris. No matter the style or size of the gathering - from the straightforward to the bizarre - Amy provides recipes and solid advice laced with her blisteringly funny take on entertaining in I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence, 404.370.8450
• 7:30pm: Eddie's Attic hosts Comedy Night, 404.377.1976
• 8pm: Agnes Scott presents it Chamber Music Concert, 404.471.5314
• 8pm: Emory Music presents the Emory Chamber Ensembles, 404.727.5050
  

Monday

Poet Thomas Lux

• 7:15pm: Georgia Center for the Book hosts distinguished poet Thomas Lux. The holder of the Henry C. and Margaret Bourne Chair in Poetry at Georgia Tech reads from The Cradle Place and talks about the art of poetry with a panel of talented young Atlanta poets, Travis Denton and Chelsea Rathburn, 404.370.8450
  

Sunday

Laughing Pizza

• 5:30pm: Eddie's Attic presents Laughing Pizza and Hensley & Kenslee, 404.3774976
  

Saturday

Kristian Bush will perform at Eddie's Attic

• 7:30pm: Eddie's Attic presents In the Round with Ellis Paul and special guest appearance by Sugarland's Kristian Bush, Matthew Kahler and the Open Mic Shootout winner, 404.377.4976
• 8pm: Academy Theatre hosts Laughing Matter's Improv Comedy, 404.474.8332
  

Friday

• 7:30pm: Eddie's Attic presents the 25th Bi-Annual Open Mic Shootout, 404.377.4976
  

Thursday

Pencil on Paper. Artist: Paul Manship
Smithsonian American Art Museum

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wednesday

Sonia Leigh at Eddie's Attic

• 8pm: Eddie's Attic hosts the CD release of South 70 and Sonia Leigh, 404.377.4976
  

Tuesday

• 8pm: Eddie's Attic hosts All American Open Jam. This is not an Open Mic - this is strangers playing together. All are welcome - just sign up at the door. Garrett Freireich hosts this jam session that was formerly based out of Mulligans in Oakhurst. Come participate or come listen, for more information visit www.myspace.com/aaoj,
  404.377.4976

Monday

Ross McElwee

• 7pm: Agnes Scott College presents Bright Leaves with filmmaker Ross McElwee. Journey through the social, economic and psychological tobacco terrain of North Carolina with a native whose great-grandfather created the "Bull Durham" brand, 404.471.6430
  

Sunday

Emory Theater's Spring Awakening

• 1pm: Emory Music presents the Emory 2006 Concerto & Aria Competition, 404.727.5050
• 2pm: 2pm: Last performance of Emory Theater's Spring Awakening, a play centered around the sons and daughters of a small German town in 1890, 404.727.5050
• 7pm: Eddie's Attic presents Anais Michell, Peter Bradley Adams and Rachel Ries, 404.377.4976
  

Saturday

Emory Dance Company Concert

• 11-7pm: Make sure to visit Creative Spirit, today is the last day to view the gallery's Kindred Spirits exhibition, 404.377.0141
• 2-8pm: Mudfire Gallery's Asheville in Atlanta exhibit ends today, 404.377.8033
• 2pm: Emory Dance Company Fall Concert of faculty and guest choreography, 404.727.5050
• 7-10pm: The Seen Gallery invites you to the opening reception of Migrations, a solo show featuring mixed media works by Kimberely Dean, 404.377.0733
• 7:30pm: Eddie's Attic presents Will Kimbrough Band, Tommy Womack and Blake Guthrie, 404.377.4976
  

Decatur CD celebrates with The Selmanaires

The Selmanaires

Decatur CD is celebrating its third birthday this Friday at 7pm with a live performance by The Selmanaires. Don't miss this great chance to hear one of Atlanta's most popular local bands!

Friday

Bobby Yang at Eddie's Attic

• 7pm: Eddie's Attic presents Bobby Yang with Walton High School's String Break opening, 404.377.4976
• 8pm: Emory Music presents Bach-Bartok Cycle, Part III with the Vega String Quartet, 404.727.5050
• 8pm: Emory Dance Company Fall Concert of faculty and guest choreography, 404.727.5050
• 9:30pm: Eddie's Attic's late show features Bobby Yang and birds&wire, 404.377.4976
  

Thursday

• 6-9pm: Third Thursday Decatur Gallery Tour, visit each participating gallery and fill out a raffle ticket to win a pendant at Alexia Gallery, 404.371.9583. In conjunction with the Gallery Tour, Sycamore Place Gallery will be hosting the band Operation Download-Uplift along with the current gallery show The Perspectives of the Fandango, work by photographer and dancer Jose Romero of Sao Paulo, 404.378.9011
• 7:30pm: Eddie's Attic presents Blair Lott, Evan McHugh and Eryn McHugh, 404.377.4976
• 8pm: Opening night of Theatre Decatur's holiday production, The Third Howl, three rascally dogs and a streetwise cat learn during Thanksgiving and New Years that coopoeration and respect can overcome the mightiest of obstacles, through December 15, 404.373.5311
• 8pm: Indie Coffee and Book presents Thursday Indie Movie Nights with Pieces of April staring Katie Holmes, Oliver Platt and Patricia Clarkson, 404.378.7110
• 8pm: Emory Music presents Early Advent & Christmas featuring the Emory Early Music Ensemble, 404.727.5050
• 8pm: Emory Dance Company Fall Concert of faculty and guest choreography, 404.727.5050
  

November Third Thursday Gallery Tour

Third Thursday Decatur Gallery Tour
New! Monthly Art Raffle
The Great Art Escape
November 16, 6-9pm

Win a pendant by Caryn Hetherston at Alexia Gallery (valued at $480)

What is The Great Art Escape?
Visit each gallery and fill out a raffle ticket to win an original artwork. The more galleries you visit, the better your chances of winning! (One ticket per gallery visited). Bring your tickets to Alexia Gallery where the drawing will be held after 8:45pm. Winner need not be present at the drawing.

Participating galleries: Alexia Gallery, Creative Spirit Gallery, Foundation One Studios, Jill Celeste Gallery, Mudfire Gallery, The Seen Gallery, Sycamore Place Gallery and Studios, Temple Gallery and Vinson Gallery

Wednesday

Jay Clark at Eddie's Attic

• 7:15pm: Georgia Center for the Book presents the "godfather of the historical novel" and one of America's legendary authors (North and South, Love and War, Savannah, The Kent Family Chronicles). John Jakes makes a rare Atlanta appearance with The Gods of Newport, his delightful new generational saga set in one of the East Coast's elit enclaves, 404.370.8450
• 7:30pm: Eddie's Attic presents In the Round with Karen E. Reynolds, Jay Clark and Jimmy Davis, 404.377.4976
  

Workshops at Mudfire

by Louise Radochonski

Mudfire's 2007 Workshop Schedule

• March 24-25, 2007, $125: Molding A Playful Depth with Lisa Orr
• April 28-29, 2007, $245: Exploring Naked Raku with Wally Asselberghs
• May 5-6, 2007, $165: Friends Reflecting on 35 Years with Rick Berman and Ron Meyers
• June 8-10, 2007: $295: Figurative Intuition with Cristina Cordova
  
• June 23-24, 2007, $125: Functional Compositions with Judith Duff
• July 6-8, 2007, $295: Expressing Your Figure with Louise Radochonski
• August 4-5, 2007, $125: Photo/Graphic Imaging In Clay with Mark Burleson
• August 25-26, 2007, $195: Functional Delicacies: Handbuilding in Porcelain with Annette Gates
• October 6-8, 2007, $295: Reduction Firing and Ceramic Glazes with John Britt
• November 9-11, $295: Dreaming in Clay With Metal with Lisa Clague
  

Please call Mudfire to purchase tickets or with any questions at 404.377.8033. A pay-as-you-go payment plan is offered to those making multiple reservations. Most of the 2006 workshops sold out, please purchase tickets early!

Tuesday

The Carolina Chocolate Drops perform at Decatur Library

• 4pm: Emory's Carlos Museum hosts an AntiquiTEA Lecture, serving free tea and scones, 404.727.5050
• 7pm: Free concert at the Decatur Library with The Carolina Chocolate Drops, three young African-American musicians carrying on the rich tradition of black string bands that were born in the Piedmont region of the Carolinas, 404.370.3070
• 7pm: Agnes Scott presents Storytelling Through Song and Spoken Word, 404.471.6430
• 7:30pm: Eddie's Attic presents Clumsy Lovers, 404.377.4976
  

Sunday

• 11-5pm: Church Street Studio Holiday Show, 810 Church St
• 3pm: Agnes Scott presents the Collegiate Chorale and Sotto Voce concert, 404.471.5314
• 4pm: Emory Music presents the Third Annual Atlanta Trumpet Festival Gala Concert featuring The Atlanta Trumpet Ensemble, 404.727.5050
• 4pm: Eddie's Attic hosts a songwriter workshop with Ed Roland (from Collective Soul), $25 for the workshop, dinner and entry to the 7:30pm show
• 7:30pm: At Eddie's Attic BMI presents Ed Roland, Georgia and Peter Bradley Adams, 404.377.4976
  

Saturday

3rd Annual Atlanta Trumpet Festival

• 11-5pm: Church Street Studio Holiday Show, clay sculpture, jewelry, original paintings, custom pet portraits, 810 Chruch St
• 11-7pm: Alexia Gallery invites you to a trunk show and artist reception, 404.373.1969
• 6-8pm: Mocha Match invites you to the debut showing of local artist Hafeezah S. Mahdi, 404.377.7788
• 7pm: Late Night Saturdays at the Academy Theatre. Singer, dancer, bon vivant and cabaret entertainer Gary Casten; Marian X, poet, playwright essayist and spoken word artist and Taboore, a slightly irreverent journey into the world of opera, featuring a comic dual between soprano "divas" Ms. Minka Wiltz and Mr. Clarke Harris, 404.583.1270
• 8pm: Emory Music presents the Third Annual Trumpet Festival, featuring Michael Anderson, Mark Clodfelter and Vincent DiMartino, 404.727.5050
• 8pm: Eddie's Attic presents Matthew Perryman Jones, Jeremy Lister, Sandra McCracken and Katie Herzip, 404.377.4976
  

Boswell Gallery's Dual Purpose Opening Reception

painting by Ellen King

Friday, November 10, 6-10pm

You are invited to Boswell Gallery's opening of Dual Purpose. The gallery will feature new works from artists Ellen King and Dawn Kinney Martin. Come mingle with the artists and friends of Boswell Gallery. Beyond the visual feast on the gallery's walls, refreshments will also be provided for party guest. The exhibition and opening reception are free and open to the public. The show runs through December 29.

Friday

Marshall Chapman performs at Eddie's Attic

• Noon: Emory Music presents Ransom Notes at the Carlos Museum, 404.727.5050
• 6-9pm: Alexia Gallery invites you to a trunk show and artist reception, 404.373.1969
• 6-10pm: Boswell Gallery invites you to the opening reception for Dual Purpose, a dual exhibition featuring artists Dawn Kinney Martin and Ellen King, 404.377.4778
• 7:30pm: Eddie's Attic presents Marshall Chapman and Time Krekel, 404.377.4976
  

Thursday

The English Concert performs at Emory

• 7pm: Agnes Scott College presents folk guitarist Joe Hickerson, 404.471.6430
  
• 7:30pm: Eddie's Attic presents Larry Jon Wilson, 404.377.4976
• 8pm: Academy Theatre will hosts the Keller William Realty Metro Atlanta's Annual Silent Auction that raises money to provide emergency financial assistance to any members of the Keller William family during times of extreme hardship, 404.525.4111
• 8pm: Emory Music presents The English Concert; director Andrew Manze, violin, 404.727.5050
• 8pm: Indie Coffee and Books presents Thursday Indie Movie Nights with 911 Mysteries Part 1 Demolitions followed by an open discussion afterwards, 404.378.7110
  

Lunchtime in the Studio

Several Dancers Core Studios in downtown Decatur
Wednesday, November 8, 2006
noon-1pm

Lunchtime in the Studio is a program that offers a free "backstage pass" to audience members who witness and participate in the internationally acclaimed collaborative process of CORE Performing Company. On November 8th, participants will see a preview of the company's upcoming performance of Corazon Abriendo.

For directions visit the Several Dancers Core website at www.severaldancerscore.org.

Wednesday

The everybodyfields perform at Eddie's Attic

• 7:15pm: Georgia Center for the Book hosts Jeff Shaara. The New York Times bestselling author of Gods and Generals and the Glorious Cause arrives for the national launch of his new book, The Rising Tide: A Novel of World War II. Shaara tells an unforgettable story of men at war, from North Africa to Sicily, through the voices of history's greatest figures including Churchill, Eisenhower and Patton, 404.370.8450
• 7:30pm: Eddie's Attic presents The everybodyfields, Adam Carroll and Gordy Quist, 404.377.4976
  

Tuesday

Rod Picott

• 7:15pm: Georgia Center for the Book hosts Prize-winning biographer David Nasaw. The author of The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst provides a mesmerizing life-and-times portrait of the legendary Schottish-born industrial titan whose career stretched from the Industrial Revolution to World War I in Andrew Carnegie, 404.370.8450
• 7:30pm: Eddie's Attic presents Slaid Cleaves, Rod Picott and Peter Bradley Adams, 404.377.4976
• 8pm: Opening night of Theater Emory's Spring Awakening, a play centered around the sons and daughters of a small German town in 1890, who deal with problems of adolescence, runs through November 19, 404.727.5050
• 8pm: Emory Music presents the Emory Chamber Ensembles, 404.727.5050
  

Monday

John Guare

• 6:30pm: Theater at Emory hosts a reception for John Guare, playwright, Lincoln Center Theater Review co-editor and Yale University professor at Emory's Woodruff Library, 404.727.5050
  

Sunday

Susana Baca

• 4pm: Emory Music presents Volodymyr Koshuba on the organ, 404.727.5050
• 6pm: Eddie's Attic hosts the Jan Smith Studios Student Showcase, 404.377.4976
• 7pm: Agnes Scott College presents Peruvian Folk Singer, Susana Baca, 404.471.6000
• 8pm: Agnes Scott's Blackfriars presents Uncommon Women and Other written by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein, 404.471.6000
  

Saturday

• 1-4pm: Decatur Wine Tasting Festival on the Square, all proceeds go to the Decatur Arts Alliance, 404.371.9583
• 7pm: Eddie's Attic presents Ben Wakeman, 404.377.4976
• 8pm: Emory Music presents Maya Beiser, cello, performing Almost Human, artist reception follows, 404.727.5050
• 8pm: Agnes Scott's Blackfriars, the oldest theatre troupe in Atlanta, presents Uncommon Women and Other written by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright Wendy Wassertein, 404.471.6000
• 9:30pm: Eddie's Attic's Late Show will include performances by SONiA & Disappear Fear and Jen Foster, 404.377.9476
  

Friday

• 4pm: Emory Music presents Maya Beiser Lecture/Demo on Performing Contemporary Music at the Schwartz Center, 404.727.5050
• 8pm: Eddie's Attic hosts In the Round with Matthew Ryan, David Mead, Michelle Malone and Thad Cockrell, 404.377.4976
• 8pm: Opening night for OnStage Atlanta's production of The Kill of the Spider Woman, a musical about a compelling friendship between Molina and Velentin, who share a claustrophobic jail cell, running through November 25, 404.897.1802
• 8pm: Agnes Scott's Blackfriars, the oldest theatre troup in Atlanta, presents Uncommon Women and Other written by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein, 404.471.6000
  

"Moving Sale" at Jill Celeste Gallery

Photographer and owner of Palate Wine Bar and Jill Celeste Gallery, Jill Alikonis, is having a "Moving Sale" (she's moving, not the wine bar or gallery). Join Jill on Thursday, November 2 at Jill Celeste Gallery and Palate Wine Bar to view her entire inventory of printed images. The exhibition will feature framed and matted work dating from 2000 to the present - all listed at 50% off the original price.

Date: Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006 (One night only)
Time: 7-10pm
Location: Jill Celeste Gallery and Palate Wine Bar, 321 W Hill St., Decatur, GA 30030

Wine Festival Tickets Are Sold Out!

5th Annual Decatur WineFestival
November 4, 2006
1-4pm
$30

Featuring Over 150 wines for tasting
Sample food from Decatur restaurants

Thank you to all of you who purchased a ticket to the Decatur Wine Festival this Saturday. We look forward to seeing you all there!

The Wine Festival is a fund-raiser for the Decatur Arts Alliance, which produces the annual Decatur Arts Festival free to the public.

Thursday

• 6pm: The Woodruff Library at Emory presents Alice Quinn, Book Talk on Edgar Allen Poe & the Juke Box by Elizabeth Bishop, 404.727.5050
• 8pm: Eddie's Attic presents Jason Wilber and Mike Willis, 404.377.4976
  

Wednesday

• 7:00pm: Agnes Scott College hosts speaker Charlotte Hill O'Neal in Art, Youth and Public Service in Tanzania. O'Neal is an artist, writer, community activist and Co-Director at United African Alliance Community Center based in Tanzania, East Africa, 404.471.6000
• 7:15pm: Georgia Center for the Book hosts Pulitzer Prize-winning Kudzu cartoonist Doug Marlette, affirming his literary gifts with Magic Time: A Novel, a legal thriller spiced with romance, as a journalist retraces a tortuous racial history in his native Mississippi, searching for a killer his father may have protected, 404.370.8450
• 7:30pm: Eddie's Attic presents Common Rotation, Joey Lemon and Samantha Crain, 404.377.4976