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Free and Cheap Entertainment in Atlanta: An Amusement Park, Art Openings and Atlanta Landmarks
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Kyle Carpenter’s salt and soda fired pottery is on view at MudFire Clayworks and Gallery beginning Saturday, March 7.
Looks like it’s going to be a beautiful weekend, so you’ll probably want to get out of the house. It’s a great time on the money-saving front, too, with Six Flags offering half-price admission (with a blanket donation), free art openings galore and a Purim parade in Toco Hills. Here’s to sun and savings.
SIX FLAGS SAVINGS
Last weekend was supposed to be Six Flags Over Georgia’s opening weekend, but then came the blanketing snows of March. They’ll try again this weekend, and the weather forecast couldn’t be better. And speaking of blanketing, to celebrate the opening, guests can donate a new or gently used blanket for United Way and receive 50 percent off one-day admission. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. March 7-8. Regular prices are $39.99; $29.99 online; ages 2 and younger free. During the rest of March, the park will be open weekends only. 275 Riverside Parkway, Austell. 770-739-3400.
ATLANTA RISING
The Phoenix Flies: A Citywide Celebration of Living Landmarks offers an insider’s view of many of Atlanta’s historic venues through guided walking tours, lectures and open houses. And it’s all free. Among the places that will be visited are the newly renamed Emory University Hospital Midtown, known as Crawford Long Hospital until the recent name change, Grant Park, Rhodes Hall, the Margaret Mitchell House and approximately 30 more. Times vary; call or check Web site. March 7-22. 404-688-3353.
COMPLIMENTARY CULTURE
Art openings are a great way to get a little culture without very little cash. There are many shows getting under way this weekend with opening receptions. Here are just a few, all of them free:
“Continental Drift.” Paintings and sculpture by Robby Pope. 5-7 p.m. March 6. Free. Carrollton Cultural Arts Center, 251 Alabama St., Carrollton. 770-838-1083.
“Fire & Water.” Artists Teresa Barnes, fused glass; Nancy Suffolk Guerine, mixed media paintings; and Elizabeth Carr, watercolor. 6-9 p.m. March 6. Free. Gallery 4463, 4463 Cherokee St., Acworth. 404-808-9971.
One-woman show of works by local artist Kenson. 6-8 p.m. March 6. Free. Bennett Street Gallery, 22-F Bennett St. N.W., Atlanta. 404-352-8775.
“Then and Now.” Multiple artists present an early work alongside a recent one. 6:30-8:30 p.m. March 6. Free. Abernathy Arts Center, 254 Johnson Ferry Road N.W., Sandy Springs. 404-303-6172.
”Expressions of Difference.” Group show. 7-9 p.m. March 6. Free. Kudzu Art Zone, 116 Carlyle St., Norcross. 770-840-9844.
“Surface.” Salt and soda fired pottery by Kyle Carpenter. 5-9 p.m. March 7. Free. MudFire Clayworks and Gallery, 175 Laredo Drive, Decatur. 404-377-8033.
“Baggage un/claimed.” Emerging artists create work addressing the theme “baggage.” 7-9 p.m. March 7. Free. NAVO Church, 630 East Lake Drive, Decatur. 678-764-2492.
New work by Ben Roosevelt. 7-11 p.m. March 7. Free. Get This Gallery, 662 11th St. N.W., Atlanta. 678-596-4451.
”Birds of a Feather.” Paintings by David Hale and soft sculpture by Abby Glassenberg. 7-10 p.m. March 7. Free. Young Blood Gallery, 636 N. Highland Ave. N.E., Atlanta. 404-254-4127.
The Seen Gallery celebrates its new location in downtown Decatur with new works in various mediums by several gallery artists. 7-10 p.m. March 7. Free. 415 Church St., Suite A, Decatur. 404-377-0733.
New works by Mario Schambon. 7-9 p.m. March 7. Free. Eyedrum, 290 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive S.E., Atlanta. 404-522-0655.
ARTY GRAS
Roswell Art Center West’s Mardi Gras Clay Festival will have indoor and outdoor activities with ongoing wheel throwing and kiln firing demonstrations, clay competitions, mask and bead painting and tent sale. Chicken gumbo or chili offered with the purchase of a handmade pottery bowl. 12:30-5 p.m. March 7. Free admission. 1355 Woodstock Road, Roswell. 770-641-3990.
ESTHER EXTRAVAGANZA
The festive Jewish holiday of Purim commemorates the escape from annihilation by Jews living in the Persian Empire in the 6th century B.C., as recounted in the book of Esther. The occasion will be celebrated in the Toco Hills neighborhood with a parade of marching bands, colorful floats and a festival at parade’s end at Congregation Beth Jacob,/ 1855 LaVista Road. The parade begins in the Pike’s Nursery parking lot. 11 a.m.-noon March 8. Free. Toco Hills Shopping Center, LaVista Road at North Druid Hills Road, Atlanta. 404-917-6466.
FREE JAZZ
Trumpeter Joe Gransden supplements his usual Tuesdays at Twain’s Billiards and Tap in Decatur with a Monday gig with vocalist Audrey Shakir and the Tempest Little Big Band. 9 p.m. March 9. No cover. 211 E. Trinity Place, Decatur. 404-373-0063.
Read other money saving tips at Your Money, and see a list of all of more upcoming free and cheap events.
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