Slip into the holiday spirit at with Outfit’s witty, winning ‘Miss Bennet’

Encore Atlanta 12/6 9:49A Encore Atlanta

MARY BENNET S BACK! Theatrical Outfit reprises this holiday delight with a top-notch cast that is half new and half returning.  Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley  is a witty and winning sequel based...

BEST BETS | Dec. 6-12, 2018

Encore Atlanta 12/5 10:06A Kathy Janich

FESTIVE OUTINGS  await. The bad news: Knead (Alliance) closes Sunday. The good news: Christmas Canteen (Aurora),  A Christmas Carol (Alliance), Atlanta Ballet s new Nutcracker and Frog and Toad...

Holiday fashion goes to the dogs. Literally.

Encore Atlanta 12/3 11:05P E. Vincent Martinez

If nothing is too good for your canine, and you have deep pockets, consider something from the  Moncler Poldo Dog Couture line as a holiday season or winter gift. If not, at least the photos are fun...

Garden acquires Chihuly’s ‘Saffron Tower’

Encore Atlanta 12/2 11:05P Encore Atlanta

TOP PHOTO: Atlanta Botanical Garden :: The neon-yellow Dale Chihuly sculpture on loan to the Atlanta Botanical Garden since 2016 has found a permanent home: the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Photo: Jason...

Garden acquires Chihuly’s ‘Tower’

Encore Atlanta 12/2 11:05P Encore Atlanta

TOP PHOTO: Atlanta Botanical Garden :: The neon-yellow Dale Chihuly sculpture on loan to the Atlanta Botanical Garden since 2016 has found a permanent home: the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Photo: Jason...

Go inside with Santa’s Fantastical to discover an interactive wonderland

Encore Atlanta 11/29 9:05P Encore Atlanta

SANTA S FANTASTICAL brings its family-friendly indoor interactive wonderland to Perimeter Pointe (in Atlanta, near the Sandy Springs MARTA station) this holiday season. The attraction merges art,...

Go inside with Santa’s Fantastical to discover an interactive holiday wonderland

Encore Atlanta 11/29 10:44A Encore Atlanta

SANTA S FANTASTICAL brings its family-friendly indoor interactive wonderland to Perimeter Pointe (in Atlanta, near the Sandy Springs MARTA station) this holiday season. The attraction merges art,...

AJFF 2019: First 8 films, 6 venues named

Encore Atlanta 11/28 11:15P Kathy Janich

TOP: A scene from the award-winning drama Fig Tree, about a Jewish teenager in Ethiopia, her Christian boyfriend and an escape to Israel. :: THE ATLANTA JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL , one of the largest such...

BEST BETS | Nov. 29-Dec. 5, 2018

Encore Atlanta 11/28 11:01A Kathy Janich

CHRISTMAS CANTEEN (Aurora), Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley   (Theatrical Outfit) and the one-actor Knead (Alliance) still top our list of best bets. Consider, too, the national tour of Irving...

HERE WE GO, A-‘CAROL’-ING

Encore Atlanta 11/27 10:09P Kathy Janich

TOP: David de Vries returns as the miserable Ebenezer Scrooge in the Alliance Theatre s A Christmas Carol. Photo: Greg Mooney. Rosemary Newcott, directing her last Dickens as an Alliance staff member,...

A WHOLE NEW ‘NUTCRACKER’

Encore Atlanta 11/26 11:05P Julie Bookman

Atlanta Ballet s first fresh holiday show in 2 decades     was 2 years in the making. Creators hint that it will be brimming with surprises. :: Atlanta Ballet s The Nutcracker runs Dec. 8-24 at the...

BEST BETS | Nov. 21-28, 2018

Encore Atlanta 11/20 10:41A Kathy Janich

The outlook turns tinselly, with holiday shows dominating the calendar. We highly recommend Aurora Theatre s Christmas Canteen and Theatrical Outfit s Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley. If you re...

At Dad’s, the improvised invasion of ‘A Christmas Carol’ commences

Encore Atlanta 11/20 10:02A Encore Atlanta

DAD S GARAGE THEATRE COMPANY kicks classic theater squarely in the backside with its irreverent holiday show. The nimble ensemble again resurrects  Invasion: Christmas Carol , a fine excuse to skewer...

Serenbe in 2019: America’s past, present, future

Encore Atlanta 11/20 6:09A Kathy Janich

TOP: Serenbe Playhouse s 2018 staging of Titanic took place on a ship that sank nightly. Photo: BreeAnne Clowdus :: SERENBE PLAYHOUSE   turns 10 in 2019, and founder/artistic director Brian Clowdus...

10 earn top honors at 2018 Taste of Atlanta

Encore Atlanta 11/18 11:07P Encore Atlanta

IF YOU WERE AMONG  the throngs who noshed and sipped at the 2018 Taste of Atlanta in October, you might be gastronomically interested in which purveyors of food and drink took top honors. This annual...