5 things to do: Our Revolution DeKalb: Candidate Forum - August 15 2017
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Black in My Days
Hammonds House Museum - 503 Peeples St. S.W. Atlanta, GA 30310 Free-$5. 10 a.m.
Hammonds House Museum will showcase the art of contemporary artist and illustrator Frank Morrison in his exhibition Black in My Days. Morrison’s technique draws on the styles of surrealism and abstraction and finds inspiration in street art and graffiti in order to create images reminiscent of his childhood in Brooklyn. The work portrays images of black love, playfulness and urban imagination in his signature style of exaggerated body parts and flowing motion.
BBQ and beer party
Staplehouse - 541 Edgewood Ave. S.E. Atlanta, GA 303012 $20. 5:30 p.m.
Join Creature Comforts Brewing, B’S Cracklin BBQ, Jester King Brewery and more for a neighborhood barbecue at Staplehouse. No tickets required; plates and beer are sold at the door. The party goes until food runs out.
Our Revolution DeKalb: Candidate Forum
The Phillip Rush Center - 1530 DeKalb Ave., Suite A Atlanta, GA 30307 Free w/ RSVP. 6:30 p.m.
Our Revolution DeKalb is hosts a forum for candidates for district and municipal offices in DeKalb County. Sachin Vargese, Bee Nguyen and Monique Keane for House District 89, Tamara Johnson-Shealey and Sally Harrell for Senate District 40, Liliana Bakhtiari for City Hall and Ted Terry for mayor of Clarkston will discuss their plans for office and hear constituents’ concerns.
New Mavericks Filmmaker Labs & Fellowships
Manuel’s Tavern - 602 N. Highland Ave. N.E. Atlanta, GA 30306 Free. 7 p.m.
Television director Angela Barnes Gomes (“The Quad,” “Life In Pieces”) and writer/director Katie Orr (Fake Wood Wallpaper, Poor Jane) sit down for a panel discussion. Linda Burns, producer at Plexus Pictures, moderates.
Stoop Kids, Trash Panda, Poison Coats
The Masquerade - 75 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive S.W. Atlanta, GA 30303 $10. 7:30 p.m.