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MUSIC
Atlanta jazz pianist Joe Alterman and legendary saxophonist Houston Person join forces for a concert Sunday at 5 p.m. at the Breman Jewish Heritage Museum. Alterman is a rising force in jazz, and is finishing up a new album devoted to the music of Les McCann. Person, 88, led his own group for years and also has recorded with Ron Carter, Lena Horne, Lou Rawls, Horace Silver, Grant Green and many others. The concert will be preceded by a reception at 4 p.m. that includes Kosher Cajun food. Tickets start at $18.
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Ten years ago, singer/songwriter Kathleen Edwards was a rising young Americana artist with four albums under her belt and praise from The New York Times and Rolling Stone. But she also battled depression and in 2014, she stepped away from music and opened a coffee shop called Quitters in a small Canadian town. After several years of retirement from music, a songwriting session with Maren Morris revived her passion for creating music. That led to her fifth album, Total Freedom, in 2020 and a return to music. Edwards performs tonight (Thursday) and Friday at Eddie’s Attic at 7 p.m. Tickets start at $31.64.
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Eric Benét, the contemporary R&B singer (and ex-husband of Halle Berry), comes to City Winery for shows tonight (Thursday) and Friday at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. The four-time Grammy Award nominee first hit the charts in 1999 with “Spend My Life With You,” which rose to No. 1 on the R&B charts. His other hits include “Sometimes I Cry” and “You’re The Only One.” Tickets start at $75.
ART+DESIGN
The Bill Lowe Gallery is now Johnson Lowe Gallery, acknowledging current director Donovan Johnson. Now showing is The Alchemists, a blockbuster group show co-curated by Johnson and art critic and curator Seph Rodney. It features works by 29 artists rooted in the Black experience and ancestral legacies. Artists include Sanford Biggers, Mark Bradford, Thornton Dial, William Downs, Leonardo Drew, Rico Gatson, Shanequa Gay, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Ashanté Kindle, Masela Nkolo, Yanique Norman and Masud Olufani. Through April 29.
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Sandler Hudson Gallery’s new show with P. Seth Thompson, Hypnocil Dreams, opens Saturday with a reception from 2-5 p.m. Hypnocil is a fictitious medical drug introduced in the 1987 horror movie A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. The imagined FDA classification states the drug will create dreamless sleep, thus avoiding night terrors (and, of course, Freddy Krueger). Thompson uses this concept as jumping off point: If we don’t dream in our sleep, do dreams sneak into our waking life? Through April 22.
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The High Museum of Art presents a panel Thursday evening in conjunction with the Joseph Stella: Visionary Nature exhibit. Joining museum curator Stephanie Heydt are two artists whose work brings people and nature together: Charmaine Minniefield and Rev. Houston R. Cypress. Andrew Westover, the High’s director of education, will moderate. They will consider how artists engage with nature as a source of inspiration, release and refuge. Registration required. Free for members. $20 for non members. 7 p.m.
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Atlanta ceramic artist Krista Grecco has an exhibit opening this weekend at Signature Gallery on Miami Circle. Inspired by nature, Art Deco and vintage toys, Grecco imbues her ceramic sculptures with emotion, saturated color and Wonder, the title of her show. Opening reception Saturday 5-8 p.m.
THEATER
Good Bad People is on stage for the final weekend at True Colors Theatre. Depicting the struggles of the Johnson family after 23-year-old Amari is shot by the police, Good Bad People asks audiences to consider how grief and political activism coexist. ArtsATL critic Luke Evans’ review praises character development from writer Rachel Lynett, comedic performances from the cast and appealing lighting and design. Tickets start at $15.
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On Tuesday, the nonprofit Compassionate Atlanta partners with the Candler School of Theology at Emory to present an original play by Candler alumna Cassandra Henderson titled Re-storying Dignity from Stigma to Compassion. The performance weaves the stories of five Black women who were forced to find more accepting communities in the wake of personal challenges. A discussion will follow the performance. Admission is free, but registration is required.
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The Alliance Theatre will host the 2022-23 Poetry Out Loud State Finals on Tuesday in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, the Poetry Foundation and Georgia Council for the Arts. Poetry Out Loud is a dynamic recitation competition for high school students, and the 2022-23 program included 27 schools, 150 educators and almost 2,000 poets. Pearl Cleage, the Alliance’s artist-in-residence and Atlanta’s first poet laureate, will speak at the event. Admission is free, but registration is required.
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