The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
10 Days Out
What’s happening in your community. By Shane Harrison, sharrison@ajc.com
DON’T MISS INTOWN ATLANTA Aug. 19-20 Piedmont Park Arts Festival brings approximately 250 artists to the Midtown green space. Free. Charles Allen Drive and 10th Street, Atlanta. piedmontparkartsfestival.com. DEKALB Aug. 19 Experience the colors of nature at Dunwoody Nature Center’s
Butterfly Festival. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $10; $5 ages 4-12. 5343 Roberts Drive, Dunwoody. dunwoodynature.org. FULTON & SOUTHSIDE Aug. 19 Sample delicious morsels at
Taste of Johns Creek. 4-9 p.m. Samples $1-$4. Chattahoochee High School, 5230 Taylor Road. www.thetasteofjohnscreek. com. COBB & CHEROKEE Aug. 25-26 Celebrate two of Georgia’s favorite things with City of Kennesaw’s Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival. Free. Adams Park. 2753 Watts Drive. www. pigsandpeaches.com. GWINNETT Aug. 19
Sister Hazel performs as part of Duluth’s Summer Stage Series. 8 p.m. Free. Duluth Town Green, 3142 Hill St., Duluth. www. auroratheatre.com. LIVE MUSIC Aug. 19
Lyle Lovett and His Large
Band (with Atlanta favorite Francine Reed) plays Symphony Hall. 7:30 p.m. $39.50-$125.50. 1280 Peachtree St. N.E. www. atlantasymphony.org. Aug. 25 Grammy-winning singersongwriter Jim Lauderdale performs. 7 p.m. $20-$26. Eddie’s Attic, 515-B N. McDonough St., Decatur. 1-877-725-8849, www. eddiesattic.com. Aug. 19 Earth, Wind & Fire will be joined by Chic and Nile Rodgers.
8 p.m. $27.50-$175. Verizon Amphitheatre, 2200 Encore Parkway, Alpharetta. www. vzwamp.com. Aug. 18 Relive great ’70s pop with the tribute ABBA the Concert.
8 p.m. $36-$79. Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway. www. cobbenergycentre.com. Aug. 25-26 Mega-popular singer and songwriter Ed Sheeran performs. 7:30 p.m. $39.50$99.50. Infinite Energy Arena, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth. www.infiniteenergycenter.com. ARTS & THEATER Through Aug. 27 Blues-tinged “Blackberry Daze” is set following World War I and stars TC Carson. $25-$35. Horizon Theatre, 1083 Austin Ave. N.E.. www.horizontheatre. com. Through Aug. 27 Berlin comes to Serenbe with the musical “Cabaret.” $35-$40. Serenbe Playhouse, 10950 Hutchesons Ferry Road, Chattahoochee Hills. www. serenbeplayhouse.com. Through Sept. 2 Marietta Theatre Company presents the musical revue
“Forever Plaid.” $25. Lyric Studio on the Square, 12 Powder Springs St., Marietta. mariettatheatre.com. Through Aug. 27 Aurora Theatre presents “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” with songs from the Disney film. 128 E. Pike St., Lawrenceville. 678-226-6222, www. auroratheatre.com. KIDS & FAMILY Through Sept. 17 Theatre for the Very Young (for ages 2 and up) goes in search of a lost “Mother Goose.” $19.50. Center for Puppetry Arts, 1404 Spring St., Atlanta. www. puppet.org. Aug. 19 Check out the Dinosaur
Birthday Bash at Fernbank Museum of Natural History. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. $16-$18. 767 Clifton Road. www.fernbankmuseum. org. Aug. 27 Chill out at Miss Mary’s Ice Cream Crankin’. 2-4 p.m. $6; families (up to 6) $25. Roswell Square Park, 610 Atlanta St., Roswell. missmarysicecream. org. Aug. 19 Earl Smith Strand Theatre offers a screening of the beloved classic “The Princess Bride.” 8 p.m. $7-$8. 117 N. Park Square, Marietta. earlsmithstrand.org. Aug. 26
Get on board for the Atlanta Model Train and Railroadiana
Show and Sale. 9 a.m. $9. Infinite Energy Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth. www.infiniteenergycenter.com. ETC. Through Aug. 27 “Ada and the Memory
Engine” is about the first computer programmer. $15-$25. Essential Theatre, 945 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd. www. essentialtheatre.com. Aug. 18 Asheville, N.C.-based singersongwriter David Wilcox returns. 7 p.m. $30-$36. Eddie’s Attic, 515-B N. McDonough St., Decatur. 1-877-725-8849, www. eddiesattic.com. Through Aug. 27 Newnan Theatre Company presents the stage version of the Harper Lee classic “To
Kill a Mockingbird.” $10-$17. 24 First Ave., Newnan. www. newnantheatre.org. Aug. 18-Sept. 3 Atlanta Lyric Theatre stages the Lerner and Loewe musical
“My Fair Lady.” $33-$58. Jennie T. Anderson Theatre, 548 S. Marietta Parkway, Marietta. atlantalyrictheatre.com. Aug. 25 Musician and author Dan Cowan presents the book and soundtrack “Somewhere Called
Now.” 8 p.m. Free. Eddie Owen Presents, 3116 Main St., Duluth. eddieowenpresents.com.