Items for the calendar may be e-mailed to TravisH@dekalbchamp.com.

Note: Placement is at editor’s discretion and is not guaranteed. 

ART Station

5384 Manor Drive
Stone Mountain

(770) 469-1105

www.artstation.org 

Name That Show – Feb. 9 – 19

Think fast! Here comes an improv show that puts the audience in the driver’s seat.  Based on audience suggestions, seasoned improvisational performers come up with hilarious situations like the popular TV show Whose Line Is It Anyway.  Audiences will be amazed at the versatility of the performers while laughing at the madcap that ensues.

Alliance Theatre

1280 Peachtree St., Atlanta
(404) 733-5000
www.alliancetheatre.org

Main Stage
God of Carnage—Jan. 9-29

A no-holds-barred new play with a worldwide pedigree – and a universal question – What makes you go over the edge?

Ansley Park Playhouse
1545 Peachtree St., Atlanta
(404) 875-1193
www.AnsleyParkPlayhouse.com 

Peachtree Battle — Through Jan. 31 

Billed as Atlanta’s longest-running comedy, Peachtree Battle is now in its 10th year. The play tells the story of the son of an Atlanta socialite who becomes engaged to a Hooters waitress. Performances are Thursdays and Fridays at 8 p.m. General admission tickets are $26 and reserved tickets are $35.

Carpe Diem Café and Bistro

105 Sycamore Place, Decatur

(404) 687-9696

www.apresdiem.com

Julia Olise Johnson: Strata Spheres Exhibit – Through January.

The first public exhibition of the artist’s select recent works, will present a number of abstract-textural pieces.  Certain of the works such as the Branches series and Dozen Red Roses, give the impression that a natural elemental event such as a volcano or a lightning strike—may have stopped the subject in its evolutionary tracks, burning and preserving its image.

Pareidolia by Eddie Carpenter –  Jan. 14 - March 5

Pareidolia, a vague and random stimulus being perceived as significant. Eddie Carpenter’s acrylic paintings are mysterious yet oddly amusing. The proportions play and the blurring of the cartoon into portraiture is really just another way of holding two extremes in balance.  http://www.edsart.org

Michael C. Carlos Museum

571 S. Kilgo Circle, Atlanta

(404) 727-4282

Mandala: Sacred Circle in Tibetan Buddhism — Jan. 21 through April 15

The Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University will showcase the sacred art of Tibet in the special exhibition Mandala: Sacred Circle in Tibetan Buddhism. For the first time in the Southeast more than 100 masterworks will bring to light the intricate, transcendental, and evocative manifestations and functions of the “perfect circle” or mandala used as an aid in meditation and as a tool to obtain enlightenment. The exhibition and accompanying educational programs will celebrate the rich religious and artistic tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and the spiritual significance of the mandala.

Robert W. Woodruff Library

540 Asbury Circle, Atlanta

(404) 727- 6887

http://web.library.emory.edu/news-events 

Portrait and Text: African American Artists of Dance, Music and the Written Word – Through Jan. 24

Featuring portraits by Harlem arts patron and photographer Carl Van Vechten and MARBL’s exceptional collection of African American primary sources, this exhibition offers a unique perspective on many renowned African American writers, actors, singers and dancers. Paired with Van Vechten’s portraits are original documents from MARBL’s collections that reveal the artists’ work or life and demonstrate the social, political and professional networks that existed among these creative individuals. Included are Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Harry Belafonte, Richard Wright, Marian Anderson, Carmen de Lavallade, Pearl Primus, Countee Cullen, Josephine Baker, Paul Robeson and many others.

Cox Hall Computing Center
569 Asbury Circle, Atlanta
creativity@emory.edu
www.creativity.emory.edu

The Mind’s Eye - A Photo Exhibit by Myron McGhee – Jan. 9-May 31

 The Mind’s Eye is an exhibit of Myron McGhee’s photographs of Tibetan monks painting sand mandalas at Emory University. While the monks focus their attention on the artistic elements of creating the sand mandala, they also devote their minds to meditation for the healing of the earth. Observing their sacred practice, our eyes are drawn to the exquisite beauty of their art, and our minds are inspired by their religious devotion. 

Decatur Library
215 Sycamore St.
(404) 370-3070 

Arthur Ratliff exhibit – Through Jan. 31

DeKalb resident, local businessman and noted photographer, Arthur Ratliff, will display his series of photographs from Colombia, South America.

Oglethorpe University Museum of Art 

4484 Peachtree Road Northeast  Atlanta, (404) 364-8555

museum.oglethorpe.edu

 The Sacred Round: Mandalas by the Patients of Carl Jung – Feb. 5 - May 6

Featuring 40 original mandalas created by the Swiss psychoanalyst’s patients during their treatment between 1926 and 1945. Mandalas, meaning “circles” or “holy circles,” were used during therapy to express the conscious and unconscious. Learn about the creative analytical process and the mandalas’ symbolism. Included in the exhibit is a handmade book containing one patient’s dream descriptions and drawings. For more information, call (404) 364-8555.