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Auburn Avenue Research Library administrator Victor Simmons and music and pop culture archivist Brittany Newberry detail Georgia State’s Hip-Hop archives. Plus, Adam Klein takes the spotlight in our series, “Speaking of Music,” and Atlanta Contemporary Executive Director and curator Veronica L. Hogan and Atlanta-based artist and curator Y. Malik Jalal discuss 50 years of Atlanta Contemporary. 

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Travel guru Rick Steves joins us for ‘ATL Up and Away’ and discusses using credit cards overseas, early bird specials, and November travel. Plus, eyedrum board chair Will Lawless, musician Bill Taft, and fire artist Charlie “Blackcat” Smith tell us about eyedrum’s upcoming 25th birthday celebration, and Ryan Walks, Talent Development Program manager at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and tubist Joshua Williams detail the TDP and detail their upcoming concert, “Talent Development Program Musicale: An Alumni Celebration” on November 18.

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Beverly Lee, founding member of The Shirelles, discusses the new book, “BUT WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW? An Oral History of the ‘60s Girl Groups.” Plus, Alex Spitzer takes the spotlight in our series, “Speaking of Dance,” and Atlanta Opera’s artistic director Tomer Zvulun details their production of Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” on stage at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre November 4 through 12.

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Jazz pianist Joe Alterman discusses his new tribute album to Les McCann and shares some valuable life from his best friend and mentor. Plus, we learn how NaNoWriMo encourages writers, why comedian Holden Schneider is comfortable saying anything on stage, and then event organizer Haya Baumstark-Ullom and harm reduction nurse Andy Gish detail the upcoming benefit concert for Georgia Overdose Prevention featuring a reunion performance from “The Judies.”

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Actor, author, and producer Henry Winkler joins us with stories from his new book, "Being Henry: The Fonz...and Beyond." Winkler will be in Atlanta on November 5 as part of the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta Book Festival. Plus, artist Antonio Scott Nichols discusses "The Wayward Passage," on view at UTA Artist Space, and we hear about GSU Opera Theater's presentation of Buoso's Nightmare & Redemption.

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Comedian, writer, director, and actor Bill Burr stops by ahead of his upcoming performance at State Farm Arena. Plus, photographer Richard Frishman and curator Louise Shaw discuss “Ghosts of Segregation: Photographs by Richard Frishman,” on view at the CDC Museum through next May.

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“City Lights” celebrates Halloween with some real-life accounts of Atlanta Hauntings. Plus, we have a report on the upcoming ATL Jam, a visit with Mama Koku, and Curators Dr. Andi McKenzie and Pilar Tompkins Rivas share details on the exhibition, “You Belong Here: Place, People and Purpose in Latinx Photography.”

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Sonic Youth co-founding guitar player and vocalist Thurston Moore joins City Lights music contributor Chad Radford to discuss his new memoir, “Sonic Life.” Plus, Ashlee Haze takes the spotlight in our series, “Speaking of Poetry,” and we hear the annual IrishFest coming to Historic Roswell this weekend.

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John Hodgman and Jesse Thorn, co-hosts of the "Judge John Hodgman" podcast, join us ahead of their live show on October 29 at Variety Playhouse. Plus, WABE photojournalist Matthew Pearson recaps his recent story about the Atlanta Hair and Makeup Artists' labor dispute, artist Vanna Black takes the spotlight in our series, "Speaking of Art," and the co-hosts of "How Do You Atlanta" share some weekend events.

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Acclaimed actor and director Ethan Hawke discusses his new film, “Wildcat,” which stars his daughter, Maya Hawke, as writer Flannery O'Connor. Plus, Zakiya Harmony takes the stage in our series, “Speaking of Music,” and director Heidi McKerley tells us about Horizon Theatre’s production of “Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812.”

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Dr. Mindy Stombler, professor of sociology and pedagogy, as well as principle senior lecturer at Georgia State University takes the spotlight in our series, “The Art of Teaching.” Plus, we hear about International Production Design Week, and we profile artist Britney Bongang for our series, “Speaking of Art.”

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Brandi Hoyos, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, details the ASO’s Día de los Muertos festival and concert on October 29th.

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Composer Michael Shapiro discusses his new, original score to the film “Frankenstein” which will be performed by the Atlanta Opera alongside the classic horror movie on October 28 at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.

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Director Rachel May and actor Bethany Lind discuss Synchronicity Theatre’s production of “Home, I’m Darling” on stage through October 29. We hear about “Atlanta Hip-Hop Innovators,” the new 4-week course at the Museum of Design Atlanta.

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“That’s My Stop,” a project that aims to transform bus stops in Midtown with functional, custom art pieces, is looking for artist submissions, and we explain how to apply. Plus, Tommy Bottoms takes the spotlight in our series, “Speaking of Poetry, and artist Olu Amoda and curator Kate Driscoll discuss “Scavenging and Scanning: Sculptural Exploration of the Earth’s Belly,” on view at the Hudgens Center through October 28th.

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Chef Benny Vega of Citizens Market Atlanta stops by to help celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. Plus, we’ll hear about the Grand Marshalls of this year’s Atlanta Pride Parade, “Voices of Note,” and learn how the Billionaire Boys Club Creator’s Lab at Cam Kirk Studios is helping to provide Atlanta Creatives with free access to innovative equipment.

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Director Shuler Hensley discusses City Springs Theatre's "Fiddler on the Roof" production on stage at the Byers Theatre through October 22. Plus, Dwayne Wiggins, Raphael Saadiq, and Timothy Christian Riley of the R&B super-band "Tony! Toni! Tone!" join us ahead of the performance at the Fox on October 22, and City Lights producers Kim Drobes, Jeannine Etter, and Summer Evans present some upcoming Atlanta Halloween events.

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Dr. Richard Banz, Executive Director of Southern Museum and Kennesaw Museum Foundation, discusses “The Great Locomotive Chase.” Plus, Elizabeth Grove of “Edible FX” takes the spotlight for our series, “Speaking of Y’allywood,” and curator Cynthia Thompson and artist David Antonio Cruz detail “{UNDER}flow, A Group Exhibition,” on view through December 9 at the Zuckerman Museum.

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Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter Macy Gray discusses her new album, “The Reset” ahead of her live show in Atlanta on Friday. Plus, we’ll revisit our conversation about “Carterland.” The film is currently screening at the Plaza Theater and then moves to the Tara Theater on Friday.

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Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” movie is breaking box office records, and today, we discuss the film with local film scholars Dr. Maura Ryan Bernales, Dr. Matthew Bernstein, and Dr. Michele Schreiber. Plus, we hear commentary from local moviegoers about the film, and Chris Escobar, executive director of the Atlanta Film Society and owner of the Plaza and Tara Theaters, gives his thoughts on the intersection of Barbie and Oppenheimer, aka “Barbenheimer.”

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