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MAY

Every Saturday
Lasershow Spectacular 2002
Enjoy our spectacular Lasershow, projected onto the Mountain's north face in Surround Sound. Relax on the lawn as it is transformed into a natural amphitheater and enjoy a dazzling display of laser lights featuring characters, stories, graphics and special effects choreographed to popular music.
Stone Mountain Park
www.stonemountainpark.com
770/498-5690

1
Kid's Chance Fundraiser
Lincoln Tennis Center
www.lincolntenniscenter.com
770/469-0108

1,8,15,22,29
Blue Sky Concerts
Enjoy a mid-week, mid-afternoon music break. Bring your lunch or purchase a special to-go lunch from nearby restaurants and enjoy a concert on the square every Wednesday in May.
On the Square Downtown Decatur
www.decaturga.com
404/371-8386

1-17
Expressions 2002
Annual juried students' show
Spruill Center for the Arts
www.spruillarts.org
770/394-3447

1-18
Small is Gorgeous
Very small scale works by local artists
Spruill Center for the Arts
www.spruillarts.org
770/394-3447

1-19
Misery
Stephen King's bestselling novel, about a writer trapped in a country farmhouse with his dangerously insistent "number one fan," has been adapted for the stage. Join us for the evening of thrills, anxious excitement and quiet terror that King is famous for.
Neighborhood Playhouse
www.nplayhouse.org
404/373-5311

MAY CONTINUES
1-19
Grace & Glorie
Grace a 93-year-old mountain woman is still sharp as a tack and as vibrant as ever despite recent health setbacks. Gloria arrives on the scene to help Grace whether she likes it or not. These two formidable women take on encroaching developers, shady bankers, lazy relatives, and life's challenges with humor and heart. Favorites Suzi Bass and Karen Howell return to ART Station to give "Grace and Glorie" their gusto.
ART Station
www.artstation.org
770/469-1105

1-19
Sleepwalkers
In this beautiful new play, the frustrations and desires of one Havana family simmer in the shadow of the Castro Regime. First appearing in GroundWorks, the Alliance''s program for new play development, Sleepwalkers pursues its own American dream.
Alliance Theatre Company
www.alliancetheatre.org
404/733-5000

1-23
Majestic White Horses
This exciting new IMAX® film focuses on the world famous Lipizzan horses and their home -- the internationally famous Spanish Riding School of Vienna. The film traces the history of the Lipizzan tradition and showcases the dancing stallions as they hoof it through Morocco, the Arabian Peninsula, Spain and Austria. Complete with amazing photography, beautiful scenery and a compelling story, the film sheds light on these majestic and graceful creatures.
Fernbank Museum of Natural History
www.fernbank.edu/museum
404929-6400

1-31
Ancient Empires
Syria: Land of Civilizations
Embark on a fascinating journey to the ancient Near East and encounter some of the world's oldest cultures. Ancient Empires features more than 450 archaeological treasures including prehistoric stone tools, ancient cuneiform tablets, jewelry and sculpture from Roman times, and medieval manuscripts. Trace the succession of early farming villages, emerging cities, prosperous city-states and powerful empires. Witness their amazing artifacts, many of which have been on display in the United States until now. From the earliest farming settlements 10,000 years ago to medieval times, learn why historic Syria was a birthplace of civilizations and a center for trade, metallurgy, religion and writing. Celebrate the inventiveness of a land and its people, and the rich cultural and scientific legacy they left behind in this once-in-a lifetime exhibition.
Fernbank Museum of Natural History
www.fernbank.edu/museum
404-929-6400

MAY CONTINUES
1-31
Galleries of Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
This new installation will feature the important Carlos Museum acquisition of a collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts purchased primarily with funds donated by the citizens of Atlanta. Coming from the Niagara Falls Museum in Canada, the objects include sumptuously decorated coffins-among the finest known from ancient Egypt-10 mummies, Canopic jars, amulets, shawabtis, jewelry, reliefs and more. The objects represent an overview of the development of funerary art in ancient Egypt at its most inventive and prolific period. Extensive programming will accompany this stellar permanent exhibit of ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern art at the Carlos.
Michael C. Carlos Museum
www.emory.edu/CARLOS/
404/727-4282

1-31
Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African-American Identity
This groundbreaking exhibition, organized by the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History and The Newark Museum examines and celebrates the role of Ghanaian kente cloth as a worldwide expression of African and African-American identity. Accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue, Wrapped in Pride explores both African sides of kente —— the roots of kente in the Asante and Ewe cultures of Ghana and its widespread use in Africa, as well as the roles of kente as adopted in the United States, beginning in the 1950s - 1960s and continuing to the present. The exhibition will include a section on the diverse meanings and uses of kente cloth in Atlanta, based on community research currently being conducted.
Michael C. Carlos Museum
www.emory.edu/CARLOS/
404/727-4282

1-31
The Arts of India and the Himalayas: Recent Acquisitions
Aided principally by the Nathan Rubin-Ida Ladd Family Foundation, the Museum has acquired works of Asian art with a special interest in South Asia, the focus of the gallery's inaugural installation. Featured works include a majestic late 1st-early 2nd century seated Buddha from Mathura in India, one of the most important such works in an American museum, and an 11th-12th century high relief sculpture of a rare, cosmic form of eighteen-armed Vishnu with numerous swaying attendants, a stunning example of the elegance and sophistication of Indian medieval sculpture.
Some of the finest bronze sculptures ever created were produced by artisans working under the Chola Dynasty of South India between the ninth and thirteenth centuries; a sophisticated dancing Krishna from late in this period can be seen in The Arts of South Asia and the Himalayas. A 10th-century bronze Jain altar representing the Jina Rishabhanatha enshrined, a gift of Kellstadt Professor of Marketing Jagdish Sheth of Emory's Goizueta Business School and his wife Madhu, offers eloquent testimony of the third great religious tradition to originate in India.
Michael C. Carlos Museum
www.emory.edu/CARLOS/
404/727-4282

MAY CONTINUES
2-4
Masterworks Concert
Rachmaninov Tchaikovsky
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
www.atlantasymphony.org
404/733-4900

3-4
NAIA Region 13 Championships
Lincoln Tennis Center
www.lincolntenniscenter.com
770/469-0108

3-5
Midtown Music Festival
Midtown
www.musicmidtown.com
404/577-8686

3, 10, 17, 24, 31
Martinis and IMAX
Martinis & IMAXÒ has become one of the most popular Friday night events in Atlanta, where guests can enjoy a martini or cocktail, eat dinner, watch the fascinating IMAXÒ films and hear live music. The event kicks off every Friday at 6:30 p.m. with films starting each hour from 7-10 p.m.
Fernbank Museum of Natural History
www.fernbank.edu/museum
404/929-6400

4
Appraisal Fair
Chamblee Antique Dealers offer a free antique appraisals on the first Saturday each month. Appraisals are conducted in the Broad Street Antique Mall.
Chamblee's Antique Row
770/458-6316

4,11,18,25
Concerts on the Square
Pack your picnic, bring your quilts & blankets and enjoy an evening of musical entertainment every Saturday night in May & September. Concerts kick off with DeKalb Symphony Orchestra and feature a variety of bands.
On the Square Downtown Decatur
www.decaturga.com
404/371-8386

6-10
National Christian Collegiate Athletic Assoc. Championship
Lincoln Tennis Center
www.lincolntenniscenter.com
770/469-0108

MAY CONTINUES
7-12
Saturday Night Fever
Based on the phenomenal 1977 movie which prompted a cultural revolution and became the largest-selling soundtrack in history, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER is a coming-of-age tale about young Tony Manero, who learns the value of life in 1977 Brooklyn.
Fox Theatre
www.broadwayseries.com
404-881-2000

9-11
Masterworks Concert
Higdon Beethoven Rachmaninov
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
www.atlantasymphony.org
404/733-4900

9-31
Woody Guthrie`s American Song
Woody Guthrie`s American Song chronicles the folk singer`s early years in oil-boom Oklahoma, his freight-train journey west to California, and his adventures in New York City in the 1940`s. The musical mixes two dozen of Guthrie`s songs with his own words. In addition to the beloved anthem This Land is Your Land, the music includes the classic hit songs Hard Travelin`, Bound for Glory, Nine Hundred Miles, Ain`t Gonna Be Treated this Way, Union Maid and Pastures of Plenty.
Alliance Theatre Company
www.alliancetheatre.org
404/733-5000

11
Georgia High School State Championship
Lincoln Tennis Center
www.lincolntenniscenter.com
770/469-0108

15
Lunchtime in the Studio
Join Sue Schroeder, the Artistic and Executive Director of Several Dancers Core and CORE Performance Company, the professional dance company of Several Dancers Core for a behind the scenes look as they prepare for their upcoming performance season at the 14th Street Playhouse. Free lunch will be provided on-site each month, donated by local Decatur establishments and volunteers to the first 40 audience members.
Several Dancers Core
www.severaldancerscore.org
404/373-4154

MAY CONTINUES
17-18
Sun Trust SuperPOPS
Burt Bacharach
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
www.atlantasymphony.org
404/733-4900

17-30
The Fishkin Touch
Promising ""a happy ending or your money back,"" aging matinee idol Boris Fishkin leads his Yiddish Theatre troupe through such classics as ""The Scarlet Aleph"" and a ""Romeo and Juliet"" in which Romeo McCoy and Juliet Edelvein work out their religious differences and live happily ever after. When Reuben, a young upstart actor/playwright, joins Fishkin''s company, chaos and melodrama worthy of the greatest Yiddish Theatre drama ensue, making for a hilarious and delightful musical comedy.
Jewish Theatre of the South
www.atlantajcc.org
770/395-2609

18-19
GA State Adult Wheelchair Doubles
Lincoln Tennis Center
www.lincolntenniscenter.com
770/469-0108

21
All Orchestral Concert
This concert features Thomas Anderson, conductor
DeKalb Symphony Orchestra
www.dekalbsymphony.org
404-299-4341

MAY CONTINUES
21-27
Decatur Arts Festival & Garden Tour
Tuesday, May 21-31, 2002 – Fine Arts Exhibition Opens – Dalton Gallery at Agnes Scott College. Opening reception for annual Visual Arts Exhibition. 5 – 7 p.m. Free. Fine Arts Exhibition runs through June 2, 2002.
Wednesday, May 22 & Thursday, May 23, 2002 – Film Festival – the Film Festival returns this year to the annual Arts Festival and will feature independent films and a reception and talks with the filmmakers. 7 p.m. Free.
Friday, May 24, 2002 – ArtWalk – Over 20 participating galleries & shops feature special art and artists and receptions in each location. 5-10 p.m. Free.
Saturday & Sunday, May 25 & 26, 2002 – Arts Festival & Garden Tour – includes Artists Market with over 100 artists, Acoustic Music Performance Stage, International Stage, Dance, Literary Arts, Garden Tour ($10), Children's Arts Festival (Saturday May 25 only), Fine Arts Exhibition at Agnes Scott College, Concert on the Square Sunday night closes out the event. Most events are free.
Monday, May 27, 2002 – Enjoy the last day of the Garden Tour and the Fine Arts Exhibition at Agnes Scott College.
On the Square Downtown Decatur
www.decaturga.com
404/371-8386

23-25
Masterworks Concert
Singleton Mendelssohn
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
www.atlantasymphony.org
404/733-4900

24-31
Midsummer Nights Dream
A comic myth of fairies, magic, lovers and shenanigans
Stage Door Players
www.stagedoorplayers.com
770/396-1726

24-31 Nightly
Lasershow Spectacular 2002
Enjoy our spectacular Lasershow, projected onto the Mountain's north face in Surround Sound. Relax on the lawn as it is transformed into a natural amphitheater and enjoy a dazzling display of laser lights featuring characters, stories, graphics and special effects choreographed to popular music.
Stone Mountain Park
www.stonemountainpark.com
770/498-5690

MAY CONTINUES
25
Grand Opening of Crossroads
Stone Mountain Park
www.stonemountainpark.com
770/498-5690

30-31
Masterworks Concert
Prokofiev Holst
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
www.atlantasymphony.org
404/733-4900

30
Thursday Thunder Legends Series
Atlanta Motor Speedway
www.atlantamotorspeedway.com
770/707-7904