5 things to do: CL’s 2017 Best of Atlanta Celebration - September 27 2017

The Harvest: A Conversation With Douglas Blackmon and Rose Scott

Robert W. Woodruff Library, AUC - 111 James P. Brawley Drive S.W. Atlanta, GA 30314 5:30 p.m.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Douglas Blackmon and WABE’s Closer Look host Rose Scott are in town to discuss Blackmon’s documentary The Harvest. The film explores the struggle to integrate schools in a small, Mississippi Delta town and the paradoxical nature of modern race relations in the United States.

Party in the Kitchen

American Spirit Works - 199 Armour Drive N.E. Atlanta, GA 30324 $250. 7 p.m.

Back in 1988, an Atlantan named Michael Edwards rallied a group of friends together with a simple mission: to cook healthy meals for neighbors dying of HIV/AIDS. Thus, Project Open Hand was born. And nearly 30 years later, the nonprofit is going stronger than ever, providing comprehensive nutritional education and an estimated 4,500 meals daily to people living with disabilities and chronic disease. To help fund their daily outreach, Open Hand hosts Party in the Kitchen, a fundraising event that brings together Atlanta’s top chefs and restaurants for an evening of live entertainment, auctions, cocktails and fantastic nosh. Now in its 14th year, the annual extravaganza puts one hundred percent of its proceeds back into Open Hand’s programming. Expect bites from toques like Gerry Klaskala, Kevin Rathbun, Hilary White, Justin Anthony, Shaun Doty, Eddie Hernandez, Nick Leahy, Fuyuhiko and Lisa Ito, Zeb Stevenson, Todd Ginsberg and many more.

Abigail/1702

Aurora Theatre - 128 East Pike St. Lawrenceville, GA 30045 $20-$55. 8 p.m.

Aurora Theatre presents this sequel to the American classic The Crucible, which takes place 10 years after the Salem witch trials. Abigail Williams, a well-known accuser, seeks salvation in Boston, but finds herself haunted by the past.

CL’s 2017 Best of Atlanta Celebration

Terminal West - 887 West Marietta St. N.W. Atlanta, GA 30318 $25. 8 p.m.

The best part of Creative Loafing’s Best of Atlanta issue is CL’s Best of Atlanta Celebration. A long-standing tradition at CL, the party brings together voters, winners and everyone in between to celebrate our favorite parts of our favorite city. This year, the party will be sponsored by the Atlanta Hawks, Red Brick Brewing Co. and Comcast and will feature ATL Collective performing ATL inspired songs, live music from Alex Guthrie and Okcello, a dance party, an art installation, food trucks and even a live activation with the Atlanta Hawks themselves.

Red Clay Comedy Festival

East Atlanta Village - Glenwood and Flat Shoals avenues Atlanta, GA 30316 $30+. 8 p.m.

Like your Music Midtown and Shaky Knee musical shindigs, comedy festivals aim to overload your senses with the cream of the crop of stand-up comedy. East Atlanta is no stranger to comedy, but it’ll become hot bed of laughter when it hosts the Red Clay Comedy Festival. Veritable stage destroyers Kyle Kinane and Nikki Glaser headline the three-day comedy takeover alongside various must-see acts from around the country like Joel Kim Booster, Joe Firestone, The Puterbaugh Sisters, and ATL gems Mia Jackson, Samm Severin, Yohanc̩ Collins and more. VIP pass holders can also sneak an exclusive musical performance by Patterson Hood of Drive-By Truckers.