Wednesday

The Gift of Peace play at PushPush

• 6pm: PushPush Theater invites you to the unwrap party of The Gift of Peace. Join them in welcoming the traveling troupe of actors who are bringing The Gift of Peace play to Georgia, a play intended to educate, inspire civic action and draw media/grassroots attention to support the establishment of the U.S. Department of Peace and Non-violence, 404.377.6332
• 7pm: DeKalb Libraries invite you to a discussion on Digging to America by Anne Tyler at the Decatur Library, 404.370.3070
• 8pm: Eddie's Attic presents Erin McKeown and Sean Hayes, 404.377.4976
  

Tuesday

Krishna in Indian Art lecture at the Carlos Museum

• noon: The Carlos Museum hosts its Food for Thought Lunchtime Lecture, 404.727.4282
• 7pm: The Carlos Museum hosts a lecture with Dr. Daniel Ehnbom, an associate professor in the McIntire Department of Art at the University of Virginia. He discusses The Blue God: The Life of Krishna in Indian Art, 404.727.4282
• 8pm: Eddie's Attic hosts the All American Open Jam, 404.377.4976
  

2007 Decatur Arts Festival Poster?

(NOTE: this is not the 2007 Decatur Arts Festival Poster)

Painting by Sergey Cherep

The Decatur Arts Alliance has invited Sergey Cherep to design this year's Decatur Arts Festival Poster. Want to see what it looks like? The poster will be unveiled on Thursday, May 3 at the official Decatur Arts Festival poster unveiling. The event will be free and open to public, so stop by, enjoy some free food, pick up a poster, meet Mr.Cherep, and mingle with Decatur's refreshingly unpretentious art crowd. Until then, take a trip over to the Vinson Gallery on the square to see some of Sergey's work, www.vinsongallery.com.

Sunday

Celebrate Virgin Comics Day at The Carlos Museum

• 2pm: The Carlos Museum celebrates Virgin Comis Day. In 2006 Sir Richard Branson, Deepak Chopra, Shekhar kapur and comic book publisher Sharad Devarajan joined forces to create Virgian Comics. Based in Bangalore, the company works with a brilliant team of artists to explore the vast history of Indian mythology and translate the rich narratives for a new generation raised on MTV and Cartoon Network, 404.727.4282
• 2pm: Last performance of Theatre Decatur's O'Keeffe - Paintings from the Faraway Nearby by Marki Shalloe, 404.373.5311
• 4pm: Emory Music presents Ruth Shelly Unger, basson, 404.727.5050
• 4:30pm: Eddie's Attic hosts the CD release of Mister Eric, 404.377.4976
  

Saturday

Lisa Tuttle's Fence at the intersection of E. College Ave and S. McDonough St.

• Last day to see Agnes Scott College's Lisa Tuttle's Fence, a public work in remembrance of the 1906 Atlanta Race Riots, 404.471.5361.
• Last day of Emory Visual Arts Gallery's Transformative Experience: The Indian Dream Painting, Julia Kjelgaard's mixed media and sculpture, located at 700 Peavine Creek Dr., 404.727.5050.
• 10-3pm: The Carlos Museum hosts The Art of War Symposium, the soldier as athlete, as hero or as lost family member are among the themes explored in an international symposium developed in connection with an exhibition of actual arms and armor, 404.727.4282.
• 6-9pm: Creative Spirit holds its annual Customer and Artist Appreciation Festivity, bring customers and artists together in a party atmosphere, 404.377.0141
• 7:30pm: Eddie's Attic presents Eric Taylor, Fayssoux Mc Lean, and Jeff Talmadge, 404.377.4976.
• 8pm: Emory Music presents Edgar Meyer, doublebass, and Chris Thile, mandolin, 404.727.5050
• 10:30pm: Academy Theatre presents standup comedian Byron Bowers, cabaret singer Anna lea accompanied by Arthur Turner in a tribute to Sarah Vaughn, and African American spoken work troup, the Drama Queen's Word Noir 1: The Electricity of Black Love in its Late Night Saturday series, 404.474.8332
  

Friday

Onstage Atlanta presents Social Security

• noon: The Carlos Museum hosts virtuoso pianist Aquiles Delle Vigne from Belgium as he makes his Emory debut in a program of solo piano music by Liszt and Chopin, 404.727.5050
• 7pm: The Carlos Museum hosts The Art of War Symposium, the soldier as athlete, as hero or as lost family member are among the themes explored in an international symposium developed in connection with an exhibition of actual arms and armor, 404.727.5050
• 7pm: Eddie's Attic presents Chris Hillman (of the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Bros) and Herb Pederson, Rod Picott opens, 404.377.4976
• 8pm: Opening night of Onstage Atlanta's Social Security, a real honest to goodness hit Broadway comedy written by one of Hollywood's top comedy screenwriters, 404.897.1802
• 9pm: Mocha Match hosts it Acoustic Soul night featuring Samletric, 404.377.7788
• 10pm: Eddie's Attic's late show will feature Chris Hillman, Herb Pederson and Rod Picott, 404.377.4976
  

Decatur CD Presents Papa Mali

Where: Decatur CD
When: This Friday, January 26th, 5pm
What: In-store performance
Who: New Orleans singer-songwriter, Papa Mali
Why: Because you'll get to hear some great music for free at the best CD store in ATL

Thursday

Super Size Me showing at Indie Coffee

• 7:15pm: Georgia Center for the Book presents a special evening of poetry with David Bottoms, the former Georgia Poet Laureate, and prize-winning author of nine poetry volumes, Decatur Library, 404.370.8450
• 7:30pm: Indie Coffee and Books continues its Indie Movie Night series with Super Size Me, 404.378.7110
• 8pm: Eddie's Attic presents Scott Miller and Sandra McCracken, 404.377.4976
• 8pm: Mocha Match hosts Leaf Cool Eclectic's concert featuring Jennifer Bliss, Jason Pure, Chimere and Kaameron Corvet, 404.377.7788
  

Wednesday

Georgia center for the Book hosts Thomas Laird

• 7pm: Georgia Center for the Book presents journalist Thomas Laird, author of The Story of Tibet, a vibrant historical narrative drawn from more than 60 hours of conversation with the Dalai Lama over the last three years, Jimmy Carter Library, 404.370.8450
• 7:30pm: Eddie's Attic presents Steve Baskin, David Martin, and Kuku, 404.377.4976
• 8pm: Indie Coffee and Books hosts musician Ronnda Cadle, 404.378.7110
  

Tuesday

Comedy Night at Eddie's

• 7:30pm: Eddie's Attic hosts its Comedy Night featuring Karen Waygood, Clarissa Windham, Debra Cole, Nicole Blizek and Mia Jackson, 404.377.4976
  

Join Us!

For those of you who would like to become members of the Decatur Arts Alliance, here's the what, when, how of it all:

As a member of the Decatur Arts Alliance, you'll receive these benefits:

• invitations and opportunities to participate in Decatur Arts Alliance activities and events
• discounts with the presentation of your DAA Membership card, including performances at Beacon Dance events, performances at the Schwartz Center's Music at Emory series and selected items at Vinson Gallery
• subscription to the Decatur Arts Alliance e-newsletter
• subscription to the DeKalb Council for the Arts newsletter
• a Decatur Arts Festival lapel pin
• the satisfaction of supporting the arts in Decatur, GA

Membership levels start at $25 for individuals. Interested? Click here to join.

Sunday

Spicy Hot Chocolate at the Carlos Museum

• 1-5pm: The Carlos Museum invites you to Divine Drink: Chocolatl, a workshop for children ages 8-12. Atlanta ceramic artist Ana Vizurraga will work with children to creat their own decorated cylinder cups for hot chocolate and participants will make spicy hot chocolate from an ancient Mayan recipe and Jake's Ice Cream will share their popular Mexican chocolate ice cream and amous hot chocolate! 404.727.4282
• 1pm: Rising Appalachia performs at Decatur CD, 404.371.9090
  
• 4pm: Emory Music presents Mark Bernat, double bass, 404.727.5050
  

Saturday

Last day of Ragny Boz and the Bedtime Monsters, a children's play at
Onstage Atlanta
11am
404.897.1802

Friday

Live music at Mocha Match

• 7:30pm: Eddie's Attic presents the Dappled Grays and Pea Ridge Ramblers, 404.377.4976
• 9pm: Mocha Match presents Que's Joint LIVE!!! Come groove with the Que, 404.377.7788
• 10:30pm: Eddie's Attic presents the Dappled Grays and Pea Ridge Ramblers, 404.377.4976
  

Thursday

Works by Lois Curtis at Temple Gallery

• 6-9pm: Last day of The Temple Gallery's Lois Curtis: That's a Pretty Picture exhibit, artist talk and closing reception, 404.371.8826
• 8pm: Eddie's Attic presents Sam Shaber, Kyler England, and Claudia Schmidt, 404.377.4976
  

Wednesday

Janie Chu performs at Eddie's Attic

• 7:15pm: Georgia Center for the Book presents prize-winning author Mark Kurlansky, discussing his latest book Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell, 404.370.8450
• 7:30pm: Eddie's Attic presents Lindsay Rakers Band, Janie Chu, and Adam James, 404.377.4976.
  

Tuesday

Bringing Up Baby showing at the Decatur Library

• 10am: Decatur Library's Golden Classic Film Series, especially designed for those 55 and older, will be showing Bringing Up Baby starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and Charles Ruggles, 404.370.3070
• 7:15pm: Georgia Center for the Book presents Atlanta's popular mystery author, Patricia Sprinkle, returning with a fun, exciting new novel Death on the Family Tree, the first volume in a new series set in Buckhead around the fascinating - an occasionally deadly - world of family genealogy, 404.370.8450
• 8pm: Eddie's Attic hosts the All American Open Jam, 404.377.4976
  

Call for Fine Artists!

Kathy Yancey's The King and Princess Lisa at Graceland in 1964 was featured in the 2006 Decatur Arts Festival Fine Arts Exhibition at the Dalton Gallery

The Decatur Arts Alliance invites artists working in all media to participate in the Fine Arts Exhibition at the 19th Annual Decatur Arts Festival. The exhibition is a juried multimedia presentation that contributes a fresh and unique perspective to the festival every year. The Decatur Arts Festival draws approximately 50,000 people to downtown Decatur for a celebration of the arts that includes a juried Artists Market, Children's Festival, New Dance, Literary Arts, Performing Arts Stage, and a Concert on the Square, as well as the Fine Arts Exhibition. This large audience represents a broad spectrum of knowledge and appreciation for the arts, the Fine Arts Exhibtion addresses this spectrum with a diversity of styles and media. Works selected for the show reflect a wide range of artists' experiences and view points, with excellence as a common thread.

2007 Fines Arts Exhibition: May 22 - June 3

If you are interested in applying, click here.

Questions or comments? Call us at 404.371.9583

Sunday

Discover Rome at the Carlos Museum

• 12-5pm: Last day of the Carlos Museum's Discovering Rome: Maps and Monuments of the Eternal City, 404.727.4282
• 4:45pm: Eddie's Attic presents Laughing Pizza, and Henslee & Kenslee, 404.377.4976
  

Saturday

Welcome Art House to Decatur!

• 7-11pm: Come to the Art House's Official Grand Opening. Located at 111 New Street, Suite B in East Decatur Station, Art House is a new artist co-op, 404.556.8178
• 8pm: Eddie's Attic presents Willy Porter, Stephen Simmons and Christopher Williams, 404.377.4976
• 8pm: Birdi's is hosting a Georgia Humane Society Benefit with a concert and silent clebrity auction. Come to Birdi's on the Square and enjoy raffles, music, drinks and watch some of the biggest names in Atlanta and National Music Scene for FREE, 404.371.9906
• 10:30pm: The Academy Theatre's Late Night Saturdays kick off 2007 with The Blacktop Circus, guitarist/singer Dolph Amick and theatre troupe Gateway performance Productions, 404.583.1270
  

Friday

Wishing Chair performs at Eddie's

• 8pm: Eddie's Attic presents Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart, Wishing Chair and Robert Kelly, 404.377.4976
• 8pm: PushPush Theater presents The Inspector-General by Nikolai Gogol. Being mistaken for someone who knows what he's doing can make you a powerful fellow, an all-ages show, 404.377.6332
• 10pm: PushPush Theater presents Dailies Project: Dogme. AughtSix, uniting filmmakers explore their craft through community creation, 404.377.6332.
  

Thursday

O'Keeffe - Paintings from the Faraway Nearby at Theatre Decatur

• 7pm: Dr. Ruby Lal, assistant professor of South Asian Studies at Emory introduces The Great Mughals of India, at the Carlos Museum, 404.727.4282
• 8pm: Eddie's Attic presents Blake Guthrie, Ken Wil Morton, and Bob Livingston, 404.377.4976
• 8pm: Opening night of Theatre Decatur's O'Keeffee - Paintings from the Faraway Nearby by Marki Shalloe. After premiering during Theatre Gael's Marki Shalloe Theatre Festival this tale of the legendary Georgia O'Keeffe whose intimate expressions of the natural world and fierce independence of spirit made her one of the most popular artists of the 20th Century. Atlanta actress Josie Burgin Lawson portrays Georgia O'Keeffe, 404.373.5311.
  

Wednesday

Molly Bancroft performs at Eddie's Attic

• 7:15pm: Georgia Center for the Book presents former Decatur resident and author Annabelle Robertson. She offers some hilarious, down-home advice in her new book, The Southern Girl's Guide to Surviving the Newlywed years: How to Stay Sane Once You've Caught Your Man, Decatur Library, 404.377.4976
• 7:30pm: Eddie's Attic presents Butterfly Stitch, Adrianne, and Molly Bancroft, 404.377.4976
  

Tuesday

The Sweet Potato Queen visits Atlanta

• 7pm: Georgia Center for the Book presents Jill Connor Browne with her latest Queens book, The Sweet Potato Queens' First Big-Ass Novel, which is all about how Jill became The Sweet Potato Queen and launched an empire, Georgia Perimeter College, 404.370.8450
• 8pm: Eddie's Attic hosts the All American Open Jam, 404.377.4976
  

Monday

Ted Tademy from Lalita Tademy's Red River

• 7:15pm: Georgia Center for the Book presents author Lalita Tademy, whose 2001 book Cane River was an Oprah selection and national bestseller. The author revisits her fascinating family history in a new fictionalized account of surviving a bloody 1873 race riot in Louisiana with Red River, Decatur Library, 404.370.8450
  

Sunday

Mike Killeen performs at Eddie's

• 5pm: PushPush Theater presents Dailies Project: Dogme.AughtSix, uniting fiilmmakers explore their craft through community creation, 404.377.6332
• 8pm: Eddie's Attic presents Mike Willis and Mike Killeen, 404.377.4976
  

Saturday

OnStage Atlanta presents Ragny Boz

• 11am: First day of Ragny Boz and the Bedtime Monsters, a children's play at Onstage Atlanta, 404.897.1802
• 8pm: Eddie's Attic hosts In the Round with Marshall Chapman, Tim Krekel and Tommy Womack, 404.377.4976
• 8pm: PushPush Theater presents Dailies Project: Dogme.AughtSix, uniting filmmakers explore their craft through community creation, 404.377.6332
  

Happy New Year!

by Maira Kalman

New Year Resolution:
Put More Art in Your Life!

Friday

PushPush Theater regularly hosts the Dailies Project

• 8pm: Eddie's Attic presents Fred Eaglesmith and Sunny Sweeney, 404.377.4976
• 8pm: PushPush Theater presents Dailies Project: Dogme.AughtSix, uniting filmmakers explore their craft through community creation, 404.377.6332
  

Thursday

Brian Webb


Eddie's Attic presents Brian Webb and Larry Zarella at 8pm, 404.377.4976

Tuesday

Last Day of Erik Berkule's exhibit at Jill Celeste Gallery, this exhibition of paintings features caricatures sketched on long thin canvases, 404.373.4702.