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Susan V. Booth, artistic director of the Alliance Theatre since 2001, is moving to Chicago to take up the reins at the Goodman Theatre, that city's largest not-for-profit theater. Photo: Joe Mazza

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Susan V. Booth, leaving Alliance Theatre to lead Chicago’s Goodman
A rendering of the planned Good Trouble John Lewis Park, which would be at the base of the current John Lewis HERO Mural on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia.

Credit: Butler Street CDC

Lot beneath John Lewis Atlanta mural to become small park
The expanded Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre performing in Wildflower Meadow at Serenbe. The company will be moving into a new space. (Photos by Christina Massad)

Credit: Christina Massad

Terminus school and company leap from crisis to creative new start in Buckhead
Songwriter and producer Big Boi will play at Pullman Yards in August. He's seen here at ONE Musicfest on Oct. 10, 2021. Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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News briefs: Emory Arts Fellows for 2022-23 named; 404 Festival announced
Featured
Tyler Perry was deemed a billionaire; Dolly Parton shot "Christmas in the Square" in Atlanta and local CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta was ubiquitous on TV. (L-R Tyler Perry Studios; Netflix; CNN)

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2020 Atlanta movie and TV year in review: Tyler Perry, Netflix, CNN, COVID impact
Taylor Swift released "Folklore" in the summer of 2020 and then her her second album of the year on Dec. 11, "Evermore." Beth Garrabrant

Credit: Beth Garrabrant

2020 produced memorable music moments to relive
Best of Atlanta winners for 2020

All the food, places and events you voted Best of Atlanta in 2020
To go with black-eyed peas and a pot of greens on New Year's Day, you can try (from left) Erin French’s Slow-Roasted Pork Picnic Shoulder with Cinnamon & Rosemary, Raul Dominguez’s Ropa Vieja, or Toni Tipton-Martin’s Catfish Étouffée. Styling by Wendell Brock / Chris Hunt for the AJC

Credit: Chris Hunt

Recipes: Taking New Year’s Day meals beyond hoppin’ John
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High Museum gets major gift of folk art
"A Glittery Veil" by Ariel Dannielle. The Atlanta painter's first solo exhibition at the Georgia Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCAGA) opened on Nov. 21. The artist primarily uses self-portraits to reflect the interior lives of African American women who are millennials.

Credit: Ariel Dannielle

Ariel Dannielle’s self-portraits put everyday Black life on full display
James Brown is caped by one of the band members while performing for the Auburn Avenue Festival in Atlanta, GA on April 17, 1992. (Renee Hannans/AJC staff)

Credit: Renee Hannans

Flashback Photos: In concert in Georgia, 1973-1999
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Romance author Tamika Newhouse is founder of the annual Black Writers Weekend, taking place Aug. 4-7 in Atlanta.

Tamika Newhouse teaches how to make success happen at Black Writers Weekend
Book Notes: Black authors and theirs fans converge in Atlanta next weekend
Love the “Mean Girls” film? The musical aces this popularity contest
Arts briefs: Inaugural Atlanta Art Week set for fall; Contemporary gets Warhol grant
Paul Bhasin takes the baton of the DeKalb Symphony Orchestra.

Credit: Stephen Salpukas

Emory’s Paul Bhasin named new music director of DeKalb Symphony Orchestra
Plenty to chew on in Alliance’s “Incredible Book Eating Boy” premiere
Michael Harris, scholar, creator, inspired with his research, artwork
Out of pandemic pause, Untethered Theatre Project took wing with fresh talent
Hannah Michelle Turner receives her diploma from Principal Bo Ford at Brookwood High School's graduation ceremony. (Handout)

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Brookwood High School grad accomplishes her goal of becoming a published author
Conyers businesswoman Tamara Gatson opens The Book Cellar in Olde Town
Q&A: Former NBA All-Star Joe Barry Carroll takes his art to the heights
Book Review: Revolutionary-era tale of rape painfully relevant today
Local composer, pianist and vocalist, CC Sunchild is interviewed as the NEXT Movement films local artists and musicians on a MARTA train at MARTA’s Railyard, Tuesday, July 12, 2022, in Atlanta. In partnership with MARTA Artbound, the High Museum of Atlanta and others, the campaign will feature a photo exhibit/digital poster series and performances produced the media partners' digital platforms this fall. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)

Credit: Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com

The NEXT Movement rolls into MARTA
New funding, Kennedy Center debut give Ballethnic strong footing for future
Bookshelf: Quest for identity, family drive ‘After the Hurricane’
With first big film role in ‘Don’t Make Me Go,’ Atlantan Mia Isaac is on the go
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Books
Romance author Tamika Newhouse is founder of the annual Black Writers Weekend, taking place Aug. 4-7 in Atlanta.

Tamika Newhouse teaches how to make success happen at Black Writers Weekend
Atlanta author Daniel Black will appear at the National Book Club Conference, and Terry McMillan will receive an award at Black Writers Weekend in Atlanta.

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Book Notes: Black authors and theirs fans converge in Atlanta next weekend
Hannah Michelle Turner receives her diploma from Principal Bo Ford at Brookwood High School's graduation ceremony. (Handout)

Credit: Handout

Brookwood High School grad accomplishes her goal of becoming a published author
Tamara Gatson, a successful insurance agent, decided to pursue her love of reading by opening a bookstore, The Book Cellar, on June 1st in Conyers. (Courtesy of Alice Queen)

Credit: Alice Queen

Conyers businesswoman Tamara Gatson opens The Book Cellar in Olde Town
Theater
Jasmine Rogers as Gretchen, Nadina Hassan as Regina, Morgan Ashley Bryant as Karen and English Bernhardt as Cady Heron star in the national touring company of Tina Fey’s “Mean Girls.” Courtesy Jenny Anderson

Credit: Jenny Anderson

Love the “Mean Girls” film? The musical aces this popularity contest
Tina Fey and Jeff Richmond attend the 2018 Tony Awards Meet The Nominees press junket on Wednesday, May 2, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

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West Side Story - City Springs Theatre Company

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‘West Side Story’ feels its age at City Springs
Jasmine Rogers as Gretchen, Nadina Hassan as Regina, Morgan Ashley Bryant as Karen and English Bernhardt as Cady Heron star in the national touring company of Tina Fey’s “Mean Girls.” Courtesy Jenny Anderson

Credit: Jenny Anderson

‘Mean Girls’ gets a fetch musical update
Visual Arts
Former NBA star and self-taught artist Joe Barry Carroll gives his works brief stories: For "Man" he writes: "I came here because this is the only place I know ..."

Credit: Courtesy of Joe Barry Carroll

Q&A: Former NBA All-Star Joe Barry Carroll takes his art to the heights
Candler Park has freshly painted electrical utility boxes — those usually plain, stainless steel things at traffic light intersections — that brighten the area.

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Four muralists turn Candler Park tax dollars into vibrant art
Francesco Clemente's "Self-Portrait with Gun Hole in the Head" (1981).

Credit: Courtesy of the artist

Decatur art professor publishes her first book at age 75
Fahamu Pecou's painting "Back O'Da Bus" is on show this month in his solo exhibit at Backslash Gallery in Paris. (Photos courtesy of the artist and Backslash)

Credit: Courtesy of Fahamu Pecou and Backslash Gallery

Fahamu Pecou on his Paris show, cowrie shells and Nikes, and raising a Black son
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