13 stories by "Isadora Pennington"
Thoughtful, experiential and radical are all words that could be used to describe the Atlanta Regional Commission's Community-Centered Design (CCD) program. Now in its third year, the four-m…
"It's the in-between space of teeth and grit, like that moment when your pulse is racing just before you say something you've been holding in, and you're about to explode," said staibdance c…
On Saturday, September 27, the grounds of the Goat Farm in West Midtown Atlanta came alive for SITE, the second annual grand celebration of art and culture. The one-night-only event brought …
"[Y]ou think you're dying. But you're not," begins Ben Kassoy's poem "The Funny Thing About a Panic Attack." His one-man show of the same title, which ran at Emory University's Schwartz Cent…
As recognized in this year's ArtsATL 2025 Ones to Watch, during her first year with Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre, Lenai Wilkerson has not only impressed with her versatility and artistry a…
As it has for the past five years, the Kennesaw State University Department of Dance opened its 2025-26 event programming with Double Exposure, the showcase performance for the annual Eleo P…
How do you celebrate a beloved Civil Rights leader and living legend in Atlanta? Why, you give them their flowers, of course. On August 30, Xernona Clayton turned 95 years old. The Civil…
Re Edahl and Cal O'Brien, the co-artists of Minneapolis-and-Atlanta-based performance company Loom Lab, first met at a party in Minneapolis in 2017. According to Edahl, they spent the entire…
For the first time in the 21st century, the city of Atlanta has a new executive director of the Office of Cultural Affairs: Adriane V. Jefferson. She succeeds Camille Love, who was appointed…
Siddhartha, She, a new opera by Grammy Award-winning composer Christopher Theofanidis and librettist Melissa Studdard, will premiere at the Aspen Music Festival on August 2. The creative pro…
The Windmill Arts Center's black box was nearly dark. One or two dim stationary spotlights barely and imperfectly illuminated fragments of the stage. Into the murky silence, a performer call…
The High Museum of Art presents a stunning collection of works by late multimedia artist and activist Faith Ringgold in Faith Ringgold: Seeing Children. Known for her paintings, sculptures, …
Sisters Umi IMAN and Khadijah Siferllah have been dancing together since they can remember. The two comprise Al Taw'am, an Emmy-nominated dance ensemble, and use the medium of dance to conne…