This Weekend: The Spinners, jazz at the High, Butterfly Festival, ‘Food for Fish’
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Thursday, July 16, 2009
FRIDAY
Sing along to the hit tunes with the gang from Rydell High at the “Grease” Sing-A-Long, hosted by Lucky Yates. Audience members can add to the fun by dressing up as a favorite character from the film, with prizes to be awarded for the best costumes at each performance.
8 p.m. July 17-18. $12. Plaza Theatre, 1049 Ponce De Leon Ave. NE, Atlanta. 404-873-1939, www.plazaatlanta.com.
It’s a jam-rock lovers dream as Grateful Dead mainstay Bob Weir and his band RatDog are joined by Moe and Perpetual Groove at the outdoor stage behind the Masquerade.
4 p.m. July 17-18. $35 (two day passes $65). Masquerade Music Park, 695 North Ave., Atlanta. 404-577-8178, www.masq.com.
Sorority star Elle Woods is an underestimated blonde who doesn’t take “no” for an answer in “Legally Blonde,” a musical take on the hit movie. Presented by Theater of the Stars.
8 p.m. July 17; 2 and 8 p.m. July 18; 1:30 and 7 p.m. July 19. $20-$62.50. Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta. 404-881-2100, www.foxtheatre.org.
The Spinners were one of the biggest R&B vocal groups of the ’70s, with hits such as “Rubberband Man” and the No. 1 single “Then Came You,” which paired the band with Dionne Warwick. The group still includes founding members Bobbie Smith and Henry Fambrough.
8 p.m. July 17-18. $35-$55. The Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater, 201 McIntosh Trail, Peachtree City. 770-631-0630, www.amphitheater.org.
It’s time again for Friday Jazz at the High, the museum’s monthly celebration of art and music. 5 p.m. July 17. $18. High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta. 404-733-4570, www.high.org.
SATURDAY
It’ll be a funky good old-school time as Morris Day and the Time, SOS Band and the Dazz Band join forces. They’ll probably try to get you shaking what your mama gave you — and they’ll probably succeed.
8 p.m. July 18. $26-$76. The Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center, 395 Piedmont Ave., Atlanta. 404-523-6275, www.atlantaciviccenter.com.
Nature — with some help from the folks at the Chattahoochee Nature Center — puts on a show at the Flying Colors Butterfly Festival.
9 a.m. July 18; noon July 19. $8; free for ages 2 and under. Chattahoochee Nature Center, 9135 Willeo Road, Roswell. 770-992-2055, www.chattnaturecenter.com.
Get your motor running at Motorcycle Madness — Atlanta’s Summer Motorcycle Show.
10 a.m. July 18; 11 a.m. July 19. $10; ages 6-14: $5; ages 5 and under free. North Atlanta Trade Center, 1700 Jeurgens Ct., Norcross. 770-279-9899, www.northatlantatradecenter.com.
“Rockshow 2” spotlights the rock ‘n’ roll photography of Perry Julien and Annette Brown.
Opening reception 7-10 p.m. July 18. Through Aug. 23. Free. Composition Gallery, 1388 McLendon Ave. N.E., Atlanta. 678-982-9764, www.compositiongallery.com.
Georgia Shakespeare presents the Lewis Carroll classic “Alice in Wonderland.” It joins the repertory with its debut performance at 10 a.m. Saturday.
July 18-Aug. 1. $13. Conant Performing Arts Center, 4484 Peachtree Road N.E. (Oglethorpe University), Atlanta. 404-264-0020, www.gashakespeare.org.
Jefferson native and UGA grad Corey Smith melds country, rock and blues and plays to packed houses across the Southeast. He gets the Bulldog faithful going with “Every Dawg” and keeps the spirit of spring break alive for the post-grad crowd with “If I Could Do It Again.”
7 p.m. July 18. $25. Chastain Park Amphitheater, 4469 Stella Dr. N.W., Atlanta. 404-733-5012, www.classicchastain.com.
SUNDAY
Joe Gransden and Audrey Shakir with the Little Tempest Big Band provide the perfect soundtrack to a Sunday evening.
8:30 p.m. July 19. Free. Twain’s Billiards and Tap, 211 E. Trinity Place, Decatur. 404-373-0063, www.twains.net.
Check out the opening of the photography show “Doris K. Derby and Susan J. Ross: Photo-Griots” from 3-6 p.m. July 19. There will be an artists’ talk at 4 p.m.
July 19-Sept. 13. Suggested donation $4 adults; $2 senior citizens, students and children. Hammonds House Museum, 503 Peeples St. S.W., Atlanta. 404-612-0500, www.hammondshouse.org.
The 2009 Essential Theatre Festival is ongoing and on Sunday, you can see two of the three plays that the festival is running. Vynnie Meli’s “Jim Crow and the Rhythm Darlings,” is performed at 2 p.m. and Adam Szymkowicz “Food for Fish” takes the stage at 7 p.m.
Both shows continue until the first weekend of August. $15-$22. Essential Theatre at Actors Express, 887 W. Marietta St., Atlanta. 404-607-7469, www.essentialtheatre.com.
