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“Ghosts of Segregation”: Photographs by Rich Frishman

Friday April 19, 2024 09:00 AM EDT 04/19/2024 9:00 AM

David J. Sencer CDC Museum Cost: Free

CRITIC’S PICK: Seattle-based photographer Rich Frishman’s one-man show delves into the legacy of... [click here for more]

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Earth Day

Friday April 19, 2024 10:00 AM EDT 04/19/2024 10:00 AM

Atlanta Botanical Garden Cost: free with garden admission

Community

April 19: Celebrate nature! Enjoy special activities for little ones at the Garden in honor of our beautiful earth. [click here for more]

The Annual Green Hat Classic Golf Tournament Tees Up for an Epic Third Year

Friday April 19, 2024 10:00 AM EDT 04/19/2024 10:00 AM

Heritage Golf Links Cost: https://givebutter.com/GreenHatClassic2024

Community, Sports

Get ready for an un-fore-gettable day on the greens as The Georgia Hemp Company and its sporting brand, Sympleaf Sport CBD, present the third annual Green Hat Classic Golf Tournament on Friday, April 19, 2024, starting at 10 a.m. The Atlanta-born brand known for prioritizing bringing awareness of ca... [click here for more]

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Dutch Art in a Global Age: Masterpieces from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Friday April 19, 2024 10:00 AM EDT 04/19/2024 10:00 AM

High Museum of Art Cost: Free-$18.50

Arts::Visual Arts

CRITIC’S PICK: Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750) was a still life painter from the Netherlands who became... [click here for more]

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Dan E. Sweat Lecture Series Presents: THE ANATOMY OF SCHOOL SPENDING EFFECTIVENESS

Friday April 19, 2024 10:30 AM EDT 04/19/2024 10:30 AM

Georgia State University Cost: Free

Community::Public Agenda, Community::Lectures

The Andrew Young School of Policy Studies hosts a lecture by Dr. Rucker Johnson as part of the Dan E. Sweat Lecture Series.

Who: Dr. Rucker Johnson, University of California

When: Friday, April 19, 2024, at 10:30am

Where: 9th Floor Andrew Young Sc... [click here for more]

2024 Biology Distinguished Rhodes Lecture

Friday April 19, 2024 11:00 AM EDT 04/19/2024 11:00 AM

Emory Rollins School of Public Health Cost: Free

Community::Lectures

Title: Leveraging evolutionary trade-offs in the development of phage therapy [click here for more]

Tech Arts Festival 2024

Friday April 19, 2024 11:00 AM EDT 04/19/2024 11:00 AM

Tech Green Cost: Free

Arts, Festivals

Event Details

Through creative workshops, programming, and arts cultivation + collaboration, the annual Tech Arts Festival aims to highlight the power of arts, belonging, and community at Georgia Tech. View full schedule at https://arts.gatech.edu/tech-arts-fest-2024

Location Arts Plaza

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LifeLine PETCO Spring Fling FREE Adoption Weekend

Friday April 19, 2024 11:00 AM EDT 04/19/2024 11:00 AM

LifeLine Animal Project Cost: FREE

Free Events

Love is in bloom during our Spring Fling FREE Adoption Weekend April 19-21.

Thanks to Petco Love, adoptions are fee-waived for all LifeLine Animal Project locations:

Lifeline Community Animal Center 3180 Presidential Drive Atlanta, Ga., 30340

Fulton County Animal Services

1251 Fulton Industria... [click here for more]

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Bach’s Lunch: Zuill Bailey

Friday April 19, 2024 12:00 PM EDT 04/19/2024 12:00 PM

First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta Cost: Free

Music, Music::Soundboard Digital

About this event

1 hour Mobile eTicket

Zuill Bailey, Grammy award-winning cellist, returns to Atlanta and joins the Vega Quartet for one of the greatest works in the chamber repertoire, the glorious Schubert Quintet for Strings.

C o-presented by Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta

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Bach’s Lunch: Zuill Bailey and Vega Quartet, Schubert’s Quintet

Friday April 19, 2024 12:00 PM EDT 04/19/2024 12:00 PM

First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta Cost: Free

About this event

1 hour

Zuill Bailey, Grammy award-winning cellist, returns to Atlanta and joins the Vega Quartet for one of the greatest works in the chamber repertoire, the glorious Schubert Quintet for Strings.

Co-presented by Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta

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TAG Media & Entertainment Society Presents: AI and Innovation in Media

Friday April 19, 2024 12:30 PM EDT 04/19/2024 12:30 PM

Georgia State University Cost: Free

Community::Public Agenda, Community::Lectures

An InnovateSTATE Event

Join the TAG Media & Entertainment Society for a panel discussion on AI and Innovation in Media, moderated by Creative Media Industries Institute (CMII) Senior Lecturer Elizabeth Strickler.

“Abigail”

Friday April 19, 2024 01:00 PM EDT 04/19/2024 1:00 PM

Atlanta Area Theaters Cost: See site.

Arts::Film

CRITIC’S PICK: A group of kidnappers seize a crime lord’s daughter only to get much, much more... [click here for more]

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Kitten Craze & Taylor Swift Haze

Friday April 19, 2024 01:30 PM EDT 04/19/2024 1:30 PM

Atlanta Humane Society Cost: Free

Community::Pets

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CMII Spring 2024 Student Showcase

Friday April 19, 2024 02:00 PM EDT 04/19/2024 2:00 PM

Georgia State University Cost: Free

Arts

Join us on Friday, April 19 from 2 – 4 p.m. at the Creative Media Industries Institute (CMII) Spring 2023 Student Showcase, proudly presented by FanDuel. Explore the latest game design and media entrepreneurship projects by CMII undergraduate students, as well as graduate student digital filmmaking,... [click here for more]

Enter the small screen writers’ room at SCAD TVfest: Screenwriting

Friday April 19, 2024 02:00 PM EDT 04/19/2024 2:00 PM

SCADshow Cost: $10.00

Arts

Since the emergence of television as a dominant medium for entertainment in the 1950s, the writers’ room has been its heartbeat, scripting comedy, drama, late-night, and sketch shows for the delight of viewers around the globe. SCADFILM is partnering with the Writers Guild Foundation, which preserve... [click here for more]

Handmade Market at Round Trip Brewing

Friday April 19, 2024 04:00 PM EDT 04/19/2024 4:00 PM

Round Trip Brewing Cost: Free

Arts, Food and Drink, Music, Free Events

Join us for a fun Friday evening Handmade Market going down at the lovely @roundtripbeer

We’re SO stoked to be working with @roundtripbeer It’s going to be a great way to start your weekend with good, cold beer & handmade, local art!

Shop 20+ local artisans @callelatina slinging food

10+ craft b... [click here for more]

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Flatirons, Fires and Early Atlanta: Historic Downtown Atlanta Tour

Friday April 19, 2024 04:00 PM EDT 04/19/2024 4:00 PM

Georgia Pacific Center Cost: From $9.50

Community

About this event See Atlantaâ€™s first skyscrapers and learn how this early business district developed through efforts of the businessmen, architects, and prominent families of the 19th and 20th centuries. Tour the exteriors of several of Atlantaâ€™s Landmark structures and their environs. Atlant... [click here for more]