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Where to Find Parking Near Popular Atlanta Attractions

Nicknamed the Big Peach, Atlanta, is undoubtedly one of the most happening cities in Georgia. Here you'll get to experience the fabulous lifestyle of the South. There's always plenty of places to visit and things to do in Atlanta. However, trying to find cheap parking in Atlanta can be rather tiresome. On-street and on-site parking near Atlanta's most popular attractions is almost always costly. If you were wondering where to start from, we've got a list of the top Atlanta attractions and where to find parking near them.

Georgia Aquarium

Visit one of the largest indoor aquariums in the world and enjoy an out-of-this-world experience! With 10 million gallons of water spread out across saltwater and freshwater pools, Georgia Aquarium in the city had to be on the list of top places to visit in Atlanta. Watch giant Beluga Whales and Whale Sharks as they dive underwater. Catch dolphins frolicking and penguins waddling. Get up close and personal with sharks, rays, and starfish at any of the touch pools! This is one Atlanta attraction that you won't get enough of, so we recommend that you book your parking near the Georgia Aquarium in advance. The best places to park near Georgia Aquarium are on Marietta Street and Luckie Street.

Atlanta Botanical Garden

A veritable oasis of greenery, the Atlanta Botanical Garden that stretches 30 acres is a sensory experience not to be missed. Home to over 2,000 rare orchid species, this Atlanta also boasts of a delightful edible garden. Those tempted to have a nibble can chomp down on their favorite picks at the outdoor kitchen, which also offers a cooking demo. You can experience the beauty of a high-rise garden at the Kendeda Canopy Walk. Some of the best parking spots near the Atlanta Botanical Garden can be located on South Spring Street and South Grand Avenue.

Zoo Atlanta

Home to more than 1000 animals, including several endangered species, Zoo Atlanta has to be one of the top places to visit in Atlanta. Watch the playful Giant Pandas playing at the Asian Forest or the orangutans chilling at the Asian Forest (Zoo Atlanta is home to one of the largest zoological populations of orangutans). Take a peek at the baby lemurs in the Living Treehouse! Feed the Parakeets at the 'Boundless Budgie' exhibit or hang out with the creepy crawlies at the reptile house. Kids will have a fun time riding the zoo train or paddling around in the splash fountain. If you want to visit Zoo Atlanta, we recommend that you park either at Edgewood Avenue or Memorial Drive.

World of Coca-Cola

Learn more about the world's favorite fizzy drink at the 120-acre World of Coca-cola in the city. Go through the list of exhibits showcasing the drinks' history and get a selfie taken with the legendary Coca-Cola polar bear. Treat your taste buds to a variety of Coke flavors from the world over. Chill out at the Coke theatre, which screens a six-minute 'Moments of Happiness' movie for visitors. Listen to stories from an interactive wall and go for a virtual secret formula hunt at the sensory 4D theater! If you intend to visit the World of Coca Cola, you can park in one of the lots on Williams Street or Ted Turner Drive North West.

Fox Theatre

You don't need to go all the way to New York to watch a theatrical show! Visit the legendary Fox Theatre, one of the best places to visit in Atlanta, to catch some of the country's finest live entertainment performances. A former movie palace is a performing arts venue that can comfortably seat more than 4000 patrons. While there, check out the 'Mighty Mo,' the second-largest theater organ in the world - a 3,622-pipe organ that was custom-made for The Fox by M.P. Möller. Peachtree Street and North Avenue NE have lots that offer parking near Fox Theatre.

Centennial Olympic Park

Don't miss one of the top things to do in Atlanta- riding the Skyview Atlanta, a 20-story long Ferris Wheel at the city's Centennial Olympic Park. Once you are done with this Atlanta attraction, try to catch a show at the Fountain of Rings, an interactive water fountain with computer-controlled lighting. If you are lucky enough, you can even watch a live concert in style sitting under the stars! You'll find parking lots on William Street of Walton Street if you're looking to park near Centennial Olympic Park.

Fernbank Museum

If you are a dinosaur nerd, visiting the Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Ponce is one of the best things to do in Atlanta! This top Atlanta attraction houses a vast collection of dinosaur fossils. Watch fascinating 3D nature flicks on the biggest movie screens in Atlanta. Go on an adventure quest through its indoor forests. Those with an eye for art can scroll through a massive collection of 18th-century Spanish artifacts. If you plan to visit the Fernbank Museum, we recommend parking on Mclendon Avenue or North Highland Avenue.

Six Flags over Georgia

Move around this amusement theme park covering 290 acres, and you will be amazed at the number of Warner Bros. Characters and themes that you bump into! Taking an amusement trip around the Six Flags theme park located at Cobbs County is highly recommended among the list of top things to do in Atlanta. The park boasts a variety of famed amusement rides, including the rollercoaster Goliath. Those looking to beat the summer heat can visit the nearby waterpark, spread across 7 acres. If you're visiting Six Flags over Georgia, the best places to park nearby can be at the Wyndham Hotel or in the official Six Flags Lot.

CNN Center

Take a trip to the city headquarters of America's first news only television network on an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour. You'll get to take a look inside its special effects studio and catch newsfeeds from CNN bureaus the world over. Watch live news broadcasts in the making and take in action behind the scenes. Going behind the anchor's desk and getting your photograph is definitely one of the top things to do when you are at this major attraction in Atlanta! Some of the best places to park near the CNN Center are Marietta Street or Cone Street.

Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson International Airport

The Atlanta Airport can be considered a destination in itself. With amazing food and drink options, 250 artworks, and tons of shops, Atlanta Airport is a pretty nice place to be in once you're inside. Getting to Atlanta Airport is another thing entirely and can be quite challenging. If you're driving to the airport, on-site ATL parking can pricey and challenging to access. If you are looking for more affordable Atlanta airport parking options, choose parking near ATL instead of at the airport. These parking lots near ATL offer better prices, be booked ahead of your travel, and are more easily accessible.

A city loaded with history, fun, and a warm climate, there is no shortage of incredible places to visit in Atlanta, like the Delta Flight Museum. From kids to seasoned art lovers, there are plenty of exciting things to do in Atlanta. So, try to spend your time and money enjoying all the fun things that Atlanta has to offer rather than circling around looking for a parking spot. Parking in Atlanta does not have to break the bank. By booking your Atlanta parking space in advance, you can make your visit to the top attractions in Atlanta easy and hassle-free.

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Elise Cooper’s Interview of Joshilyn Jackson

Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson is an entertaining tale of betrayal, deception, temptation, and love. Although the story starts out a bit slowly, after the third chapter it takes off and soars, never descending.

With secrets, lies, betrayals, and the sins of someone’s youth, Jackson pits two women against each other. It begins when a new neighbor, Angelica Roux, invites herself to a book club. She takes over the book club and shifts the focus to playing a scandalous version of “Never Have I Ever,” a game of spilling secrets after drinking too much. Some think the game is fun, some refuse to play and leave, while Amy Whey realizes that Roux knows her darkest youthful secret.

Roux intends to blackmail Amy and tells her for the sum of a quarter of a million dollars, she will quietly go away. But Amy has no intention of giving her anything and tries to beat Roux at her own game, hoping Roux has underestimated her. Matching wits with her in an escalating war of hidden pasts and unearthed secrets, Amy knows she will lose her family, friends, and even her freedom, if she can’t beat Roux.

Amy has settled into an ordinary life and the simple pleasures that come with it: teaching diving lessons, baking cookies for new neighbors, and helping her best friend, Charlotte, run their local book club. Her greatest joy is her family: her devoted professor husband, her spirited fifteen-year-old stepdaughter, and her adorable infant son. She is a character readers will root for despite her flaws. Contrast her with Roux, a diabolical character who is nasty, calculating, smart, devious, and takes pleasure in being cruel. Together they play a cat and mouse game and the mystery is who will come out with a win.

This story has an exciting plot, great writing, unexpected twists, and memorable characters. A word of warning, do not plan on sleeping because this book is one that no one can put down.

Elise Cooper: How did you get the idea for the story?

Joshilyn Jackson: A scene in the book before this, The Almost Sisters, had a ninety year old woman saying, ‘you can’t go around staring at the worst thing in your hand. It is not a way to live.’ I knew then it was the plot for the next book I was going to write. Also, I teach college level courses at Georgia’s Facility for Women, a maximum security prison. One of my students has been there for thirty years and will likely be paroled soon. She told me, ‘I have done my time and am a changed person.’ She has almost finished her AA college degree. Her worry is that an employer, someone at her Church, or a friend, will look at her and see that one act she had done all those years ago as defining her. What she said knocked around with me and it all came together in this book.

EC: What do you do at the woman’s prison?

JJ: I volunteer for the Reforming Arts Program. The mission is to provide opportunity to lower recidivism and allow people to build livable lives post incarceration. We want them to express themselves in writing that includes their anger, hopes, and fears so that they have access to their own narrative. If someone can control their narrative they can change it. This is a liberal arts program. We teach everything from grammar and writing skills to composition, literature, and creative writing. Students need a high school degree and certain behavioral skills.

EC: In this book there is a scene where each book club member tells of their “spirit animal;” what is yours?

JJ: I am very cat like. I hate to be laughed at. I can trip over dust mounds and I always spill stuff. Cats can leap off a wall gracefully and slide down it. They have dignity when they make mistakes.

EC: How would you describe Roux?

JJ: Amoral, a terrible human being, a predator who likes to intimidate and manipulate. She is an instigator and provocateur. What I find interesting about her is that she believes her narrative, and does not think she is a bad guy. She has this innate ability to justify whatever she wants to do. She baby steps into it. For example, You are happily married and then decide to just have coffee with this interesting guy at work, then just having lunch, and then six months later you think how did that just happen.

EC: How would you describe Amy?

JJ: She wants to be a good person. She is invested in her family and they are the center of her life. Independent, smart, disciplined, has some control issues and a natural facility for lying including to herself. Amy is fierce, determined, warm, supportive, loving, and kind.

EC: Motherhood is at the heart of the story?

JJ: I thought of my mother who told me that once she was a mother she would think ‘what would my parents do,’ and then she would do the opposite. Amy did not have good supportive parents. Yet, my mom and Amy are exceptional mothers. Motherhood is a transformative experience. Amy goes down a dark road, but it isn’t for money or her own convenience. I thought how I am not a person to my daughter yet, but just a mom. First I am a Super Hero, and then a fence that keeps the bad things out. I think once children become independent that is when mother and child can become friends. My mom and I are really good friends.

EC: Amy also draws a line in the sand regarding her children?

JJ: I thought of the classic story where someone fights evil without becoming evil. Roux and Amy are separated by their moral choices. When Amy decides to play she finds herself heading into morally grey territory to fight Roux. She makes a moral choice when she decides not to use her stepdaughter Maddy to help her win. Amy will sacrifice a lot to win but there is one thing she will not sacrifice, her children.

EC: Scuba diving plays a role?

JJ: I did not scuba dive until I wrote this book. I looked at videos and interviewed some people. But then I decided to pick it up with my husband. Over Thanksgiving we are going to scuba dive with my whole family. I learned, which I put in the book, how the ocean is a vast living system that can be silent and huge. There are so many metaphors for a thriller. I thought it would be fun to have action scenes under water. The ocean is large enough to hide everything. There is also the ability when scuba diving to meditate. It is like yoga plus, plus. You move your body using your breath. Everything Amy says about diving is how I feel about it.

EC: Did you experience something like the scene in the book when a shark shows up?

JJ: I would not dive with the Great Whites. We do not dive during shark feeding times or on shark grounds. Besides, they hate the sounds of regulators. I used in the book the big bull sharks because where they were diving that is the type of sharks they would see. Most sharks are not harmful and there are types which are actually cute like what is at the Atlanta Aquarium where children can pet.

EC: What do you want people to get out of the book?

JJ: It is a story of secrets that come out. This book as with all my books are character driven, and ask who are these people and what do they care most about? I am always interested in writing about violence and its aftermath. My plots are centered around a murder mystery. The blackmail shows how someone can use people’s secrets as a sword against them. As a reader, I don’t want to be tricked for most of the book and then at the end have a big single reveal. I prefer books that layer twists and reversals all the way through.

EC: Your next book?

JJ: Just like this book it will be in the domestic noir, psychological suspense genre with a much faster pace than my other books. It is titled Two Truths and A Liar. It comes out in about a year and a half. The first line is “The day my baby disappeared, I woke up to a witch appearing in my bedroom window.”

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Feb. 13, 2019: In other news

MerleFest adds to schedule

MerleFest, presented by Window World, is proud to announce new artist additions for MerleFest 2019: Amos Lee, The Milk Carton Kids, Steep Canyon Rangers, The Del McCoury Band, The Casey Kristofferson Band, and David Holt. The annual homecoming of musicians and music fans returns to the campus of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, April 25-28. MerleFest is pleased to welcome these six distinguished acts to the 2019 lineup:

Amos Lee: Singer-songwriter Amos Lee’s creative take on folk and soul style continues to evolve. Over the course of more than a dozen years and six studio albums, Lee has continued to develop and challenge himself as a musician and now producer. Amos Lee will make his MerleFest debut on Friday evening.

The Milk Carton Kids: It seems cliché to compare two guys singing harmonies in suits to Simon & Garfunkel, but for the pair that make up The Milk Carton Kids, there aren’t many other acts who come close to the harmonizing in their songs. Since 2012, The Milk Carton Kids have been making award-winning folk music (American Music Association’s Duo/Group of the year 2014, GRAMMY nominations in 2013, 2015 and 2019) with just two guitars and two voices. Now the Kids are performing with a larger band and fleshing out their sound with drums, double bass, and keyboards-- the approach they take on their fifth album, All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn’t Do. The change in musical tack abets a set of songs wherein Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale may be at their most personally transparent.The Milk Carton Kids will make their MerleFest debut on Friday evening.

Steep Canyon Rangers:GRAMMY Award-winning Steep Canyon Rangers effortlessly walk the line between festival favorite and sophisticated string orchestra. They’re as danceable as the most progressive, party-oriented string band and equally comfortable translating their songs for accompaniment by a full symphony.

The Steep Canyon Rangers’ set at MerleFest is titled the North Carolina Songbookand is a tribute to this state’s vast musical heritage. The band says, “The influence of North Carolinians can be heard in almost every genre of popular music from Earl Scruggs to John Coltrane. Many of them worked in textile mills by day and played music with friends and family on the weekends. Some were virtuosos who packed up their influences and took the world by storm. All were, like us, a product of the music and people they grew up with in Carrboro, Jacksonville, Eden, Tryon… every corner East to West.”

Doc Watson soaked up and shared more of this state’s music and played fiddle tunes, blues, jazz, country, rock ‘n roll, and everything in between. This has been Doc’s lasting legacy for the Steep Canyon Rangers, and the band is excited to share the North Carolina Songbook for the very first time on Sunday afternoon at MerleFest.

The Del McCoury Band: Even among the pantheon of music’s finest artists, Del McCoury stands alone. From the nascent sound of bluegrass that charmed hardscrabble hillbilly honkytonks, rural schoolhouse stages, and the crowning glory of the Grand Ole Opry to the present-day culture-buzz of viral videos and digital streams, Del is the living link. On primetime and late-night television talk shows, there is Del. From headlining sold-out concerts to music festivals of all genres, including one carrying his name, there is Del.

Almost unimaginable, McCoury’s fifth decade in a half-century of bluegrass bliss brings new triumphs, new collaborations, and new music. With but a single change in membership in twenty years, The Del McCoury Band shows unprecedented stability as well as garnering the respect and admiration of the industry for its unmistakable work: nine IBMA Entertainer of the Year trophies; in 2003, Del’s membership in the cast of the legendary Grand Ole Opry; and the band’s first Best Bluegrass Album GRAMMY award in ’05, followed by a second win in 2014.

On their latest release, Del McCoury Still Sings Bluegrass-- a title that echoes his 1968 debut on Arhoolie Records, Del McCoury Sings Bluegrass-- Del and the boys bring home another stellar collection of traditional bluegrass music. With 14 songs brimming with hot licks, classic songcraft, even some boundary-stretching electric guitar, and once again, Del’s matchless vocal delivery, The Del McCoury Band moves up the gold bar standard of bluegrass yet another notch. Del and the boys will celebrate his 80th birthday at MerleFest with a special Hillside Stage set on Sunday afternoon.

The Casey Kristofferson Band: The Casey Kristofferson Band is a collection of musicians from North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee who blur the line between classic country and a more contemporary sound. The band showcases songs written by Casey Kristofferson, daughter of the legendary Kris Kristofferson, and Andy Buckner (NBC's "The Voice," Season 9) in collaboration with a variety of other talented songwriters.

From foot-stomping rockers to soul-wrenching ballads of love and loss, the songs are reminiscent of the original outlaws she has shared the stage with since childhood. Kristofferson and Buckner trade back and forth seamlessly between lead and harmony vocals while the band adds layered harmonies and blistering instrumental work.

With an all-star cast, CKB consists of Kristofferson on vocals, Buckner on acoustic guitar and vocals, Muddy Welles on banjo and lead guitar, Jim Aaron on harmonica, Zack Page on electric and upright bass, and Nashville’s own Herschel Van Dyke holding down the rhythm. Weaving a story from the nightmares of love and longing through the rise of personal redemption, this band brings a live show not to be missed. The Casey Kristofferson Band will make their MerleFest debut on Friday afternoon.

David Holt: David Holt is a four-time GRAMMY Award winning musician, storyteller, radio, and television host. For more than 45 years, the talented multi-instrumentalist has collected and performed the songs and stories of the Blue Ridge Mountains. He learned this treasure trove of music directly from musical greats, including Doc Watson, Roy Acuff and Etta Baker.

From 1998-2012 Holt toured and performed with the legendary Doc Watson. He says, “Doc was truly a great man. Performing and touring with him was a highlight of my career.” In 2002, the duo won two GRAMMY Awards for their classic Legacy, a three-CD set about the inspiring life and music of Doc Watson. Holt currently tours the country performing solo, with Josh Goforth, and with his band the Lightning Bolts. In 2016, Holt was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame. David Holt will perform Saturday afternoon at MerleFest.

MerleFest is pleased to partner with Come Hear NC, a promotional campaign of the North Carolina Department of Natural & Cultural Resources and the North Carolina Arts Council, to celebrate 2019 as “The Year of Music,” a designation Gov. Roy Cooper announced in November of last year. MerleFest, honoring its locale, has programmed over 35 artists who currently call North Carolina home, each artist representing a different aspect of the state’s great musical history. Come Hear NC was designed to celebrate North Carolinians’ groundbreaking contributions to many of America’s most important musical genres — blues, bluegrass, jazz, gospel, funk, rock and everything in-between. It’s fitting then, with 2019 as “The Year of Music,” that the Steep Canyon Rangers, also proud North Carolinians, would debut theirNorth Carolina Songbook set at MerleFest.

The six artists announced today join the 80+ artists previously released.Headliners include The Avett Brothers, Brandi Carlile, Amos Lee, Wynonna & the Big Noise, Dailey & Vincent, Tyler Childers, Keb’ Mo’, Sam Bush, The Earls of Leicester, Peter Rowan and The Free Mexican Air Force. The Late Night Jam presented by The Bluegrass Situation will be hosted by Chatham County Line. In addition to the above-mentioned artists, the following will be performing at MerleFest ‘19:

American Aquarium, Andy May, Ana Egge & The Sentimentals, Ashley Heath and Her Heathens, AZTEC SUN, Banknotes, Bob Hill, Cane Mill Road, Carol Rifkin, Carolina Blue, Catfish Keith, Charles Welch, David LaMotte, Dirk Powell Band, Donna the Buffalo, Driftwood, Elephant Sessions, Elizabeth Cook, Ellis Dyson & The Shambles, Gordie MacKeeman & His Rhythm Boys, Happy Traum, Irish Mythen, Jack Lawrence, Jeff Little Trio, Jess Morgan, Jim Avett, Jim Lauderdale, Joe Smothers, Jontavious Willis and Andrew Alli, Josh Goforth, Junior Brown, Junior Sisk, Larry Stephenson Band, Laura Boosinger, Lindi Ortega, Mark Bumgarner, Mark & Maggie O’Connor, Maybe April, Michaela Anne, Mile Twelve, Mitch Greenhill and String Madness, Molly Tuttle, Nixon, Blevins, & Gage, Pete & Joan Wernick and FLEXIGRASS, Presley Barker, Professor Whizzpop!, Radney Foster, Roy Book Binder, Salt & Light, Scythian, Sean McConnell, Shane Hennessy, Si Kahn & The Looping Brothers, Steve Poltz, T. Michael Coleman, The Black Lillies, The Brother Brothers, The Gibson Brothers, The Harris Brothers, The InterACTive Theatre of Jeff, The Kruger Brothers, The Local Boys, The Trailblazers, The Waybacks, Todd Albright, Tom Feldmann, Tony Williamson, Uncle Joe and The Shady Rest, Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike, Wayne Henderson, Webb Wilder, and Yarn. The lineup and performance schedule are accessible viaMerleFest.org/lineup.

Tickets for this year’s festival, as well as the Late Night Jam presented by The Bluegrass Situation, may be purchased at www.MerleFest.org or by calling 1-800-343-7857. MerleFest offers a three-tiered pricing structure and encourages fans to take advantage of the extended early bird discount. Early Bird Tier 1 tickets may be purchased until February 17, 2019 and Early Bird Tier 2 tickets will be available February 18 to April 24. Remaining tickets will be sold at the gate during the festival.

About MerleFest

MerleFest was founded in 1988 in memory of the son of the late American music legend Doc Watson, renowned guitarist Eddy Merle Watson. MerleFest is a celebration of "traditional plus" music, a unique mix of traditional, roots-oriented sounds of the Appalachian region, including old-time, classic country, bluegrass, folk and gospel and blues, and expanded to include Americana, classic rock and many other styles. The festival hosts a diverse mix of artists on its 13 stages during the course of the four-day event. MerleFest has become the primary fundraiser for the WCC Foundation, funding scholarships, capital projects and other educational needs.

About Window World

Window World®, headquartered in North Wilkesboro, N.C., is America’s largest replacement window and exterior remodeling company, with more than 200 locally owned offices nationwide. Founded in 1995, the company sells and installs windows, siding, doors and other exterior products, with over 15 million windows sold to date. Window World is an ENERGY STAR® partner and its windows, vinyl siding and Therma-Tru doors have all earned the Good Housekeeping Seal. Through its charitable foundation, Window World Cares®, the Window World family provides funding for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®, which honored the foundation with its Organizational Support Award in 2017. Since its inception in 2008, the foundation has raised over $8 million for St. Jude. Window World also supports the Veterans Airlift Command, a nonprofit organization that facilitates free air transportation to wounded veterans and their families. Window World has flown over 100 missions and surpassed $1 million in flights and in-kind donations since it began its partnership with the VAC in 2008. For more information, visitwww.WindowWorld.com or call 1-800 NEXTWINDOW. For home improvement and energy efficiency tips, décor ideas and more, follow Window World on Facebookand Twitter.

About the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources

The N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (NCDNCR) is the state agency with a vision to be the leader in using the state's natural and cultural resources to build the social, cultural, educational and economic future of North Carolina. NCDNCR's mission is to improve the quality of life in our state by creating opportunities to experience excellence in the arts, history, libraries and nature in North Carolina by stimulating learning, inspiring creativity, preserving the state's history, conserving the state's natural heritage, encouraging recreation and cultural tourism, and promoting economic development.

NCDNCR includes 27 historic sites, seven history museums, two art museums, two science museums, three aquariums and Jennette's Pier, 39 state parks and recreation areas, the N.C. Zoo, the nation's first state-supported Symphony Orchestra, the State Library, the State Archives, the N.C. Arts Council, State Preservation Office and the Office of State Archaeology, along with the Division of Land and Water Stewardship. For more information, please call (919) 807-7300 or visit www.ncdcr.gov.

About the North Carolina Arts Council

The North Carolina Arts Council builds on our state’s long-standing love of the arts, leading the way to a more vibrant future. The Arts Council is an economic catalyst, fueling a thriving nonprofit creative sector that generates $2.12 billion in annual direct economic activity. The Arts Council also sustains diverse arts expression and traditions while investing in innovative approaches to art-making. The North Carolina Arts Council has proven to be a champion for youth by cultivating tomorrow’s creative citizens through arts education. http://www.NCArts.org

For more information, visit www.MerleFest.org.

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gunboatbaylodge · 7 years

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Things to Do in Vancouver this Weekend: July 20, 2017

This weekend you can tickle the exhibitionist inside of you either with a lack of clothing at the Naked Bike Ride, or with a fancy hat (and clothing for the rest of your body as well) at the Deighton Cup. It’s also Shark Week at the Aquarium, the beginning of the Drum is Calling Festival, the African Descent Festival, and Pride Sports day is on Saturday!

Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Ongoing

Friday July 21

BC Lions vs. Blue Bombers

BC Lions vs. Blue Bombers Where: BC Place Stadium What: It’s football – eat, drink, yell, paint yourself orange and black maybe, be entertained.

Playland Nights Where: Playland What: It’s Playland like you (or maybe just I) have always wanted it. Adults only, no kids, alcohol available. And rides!

Indigenous Plant Use Where: Stanley Park What: Walk through the forest with an experienced guide of Coast Salish descent and learn about the traditional and present-day Indigenous relationships with local flora and fauna. While there will be no collecting on these tours, Stanley Park offers a perfect setting to learn about sustainable harvesting. Runs until: Friday August 25, 2017 (Fridays)

Les Contes d’Hoffmann Where: The Cultch What: In a crowded tavern, the poet Hoffmann, urged on by his fellow drinkers, recounts the stories of his wildest, most outrageous loves and losses. Runs until: Saturday July 22, 2017

Magic Giant

Magic Giant Where: Fox Cabaret What: An LA-based alt-folk trio.

Canada 150: Canada Goes Pacific Where: Granville Island What: The Centre culturel francophone de Vancouver presents a three-day program of enriching and significant artistic and cultural experiences in French with both indoor and outdoor activities and shows. Runs until: Thursday July 27, 2017

Sports Where: The Biltmore What: Oklahoma dream pop.

Solaris

Solaris Where: The Cinematheque What: Adapted from Polish author Stanisław Lem’s novel, Tarkovsky’s metaphysical epic is often described as the “Soviet 2001”. A guilt-ridden psychologist is sent to investigate strange occurrences on a space station orbiting Solaris, a mysterious planet with a sentient Ocean. Confronted by the incarnation of his long-dead wife, he is forced to relive the greatest moral failures of his past. A brilliant exploration of love, truth, and what it means to be human. Runs until: Monday July 24, 2017

From the Land of the Moon

From the Land of the Moon Where: VanCity Theatre What: Gabrielle comes from a small village in the South of France, at a time when her dream of true love is considered scandalous, and even a sign of insanity. Her parents marry her to José, an honest and loving Spanish farm worker who they think will make a respectable woman of her. Despite José’s devotion to her, Gabrielle vows that she will never love José and lives like a prisoner bound by the constraints of conventional post-World War II society until the day she is sent away to a cure in the Alps to heal her kidney stones. There she meets André Sauvage (Louis Garrel), a dashing injured veteran of the Indochinese War, who rekindles the passion buried inside her. Runs until: Thursday July 27, 2017

Saturday July 22

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The Drum is Calling Festival

The Drum is Calling Festival Where: Various Locations What: Immerse yourself in this nine-day festival of Indigenous and diverse arts and culture. Highlighting the festival will be stellar performances from iconic artists such as singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie, PowWowStep creator DJ Shub, singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk, country sensation Crystal Shawanda, Juno Award winner William Prince, rising R&B star George Leach, genre-defying artist Kinnie Star, literary giant Tomson Highway, and powerful spoken word poet Shane Koyczan. Runs until: Sunday July 30, 2017

Shark Week at the Vancouver Aquarium

Shark Week at the Vancouver Aquarium Where: Vancouver Aquarium What: During Shark Week, Aquarium visitors can dive into the world of sharks and stingrays, learn about their unique characteristics, gain a better understanding of the challenges they face in the wild, as well as how to help through fin-tastic programs and activities. Runs until: Sunday July 30, 2017

Deighton Cup | Image via The Georgia Straight

Deighton Cup Where: Hastings Racecourse What: Get fancy, choose your best hat, and watch the horse races. All tickets to The Deighton Cup include a lunch prepared by some of Vancouver’s finest chefs, access to the Marquee and Concourse area, as well as the lounge of leisure, picnic area, cigar lounge and champagne stage.

Pride Sports Day Where: Second Beach What: A fun, active, and inclusive day of celebration at Second Beach. This is event free to the public, family-friendly, and will include live music, a variety of sports and recreational activities, a 19+ beer garden, a sober picnic space hosted by Last Door Recovery Society, vendors, food trucks and community groups.

African Descent Festival

African Descent Festival Where: Various Locations What: The African Descent Festival is intended to celebrate the cultural diversity of people of African Descent within Vancouver, while recognizing and promoting attitudes of oneness among all ethnic groups and communities. The event focuses on activating public spaces and bringing a diverse range of programming to connect stakeholders working avidly for the long term sustainability of this population. Runs until: Sunday July 23, 2017

Peak Yoga on Grouse Mountain

Peak Yoga on Grouse Mountain Where: Grouse Mountain What: Enjoy 60 minute yoga classes led by YYoga instructors, every Saturday and Sunday from 10:00-11:00 am. Whether you need a great post-Grind cool down or would just love to experience a different yoga venue at one of the city’s most spectacular locations, these 60-minute class are bound to enhance your physical well-being and kick start your weekend. Runs until: Sunday August 27, 2017

Velo Disco

Velo Disco Where: Second Beach What: Bring your bicycle and prepare for an upbeat exploration with music and flashing lights. Party while overlooking bridges, causeways, and lakes.

Michael Jackson HIStory Show

Michael Jackson HIStory Show Where: The Vogue What: A musical tribute and live concert experience that journeys through Michael Jackson’s vast catalogue of work including his beginnings as a member of the Jackson 5, his groundbreaking theatrics in the 80s and his evolution onward into the 21st century.

World Naked Bike Ride | Image courtesy of Carlos Felipe Pardo | Flickr.com

World Naked Bike Ride Where: Downtown Vancouver What: If you’ve got guts, the ride is open for anyone to join, with a dress code of as bare as you dare. Even if you’re more comfortable in just wearing a bathing suit, you’re free to join the festivities.

Discovering the Seaside Where: Stanley Park What: Enjoy long walks on the beach? Let it take on a new dimension as you learn about life forms along the shoreline and their complex environment. Get to know the intertidal zone and how tides, sun exposure, beach walkers like yourselves, and—in the long run—climate change affect this fascinating habitat.

Divine: Drag Disco Party Where: The Fox Cabaret What: A time warp of opulence, hedonism, and whimsy from the Studio 54 era.

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Grown Ups Read Things They Wrote As Kids

Grown Ups Read Things They Wrote As Kids Where: The Rio Theatre What: Do you still have any of your childhood or teenage writing? Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids is an open-mic evening of book reports, poetry, diary entries, letters from camp, etc. — all read out loud by adults to a room full of strangers.

Jack Johnson

Jack Johnson Where: Deer Lake Park What: Soft acoustic rock by a former professional surfer.

Summer Jam at Trout Lake

Summer Jam at Trout Lake Where: Trout Lake What: This is an inclusive community event for people wanting to jam with strangers. Or friends. Or both. A PA, drum kit and some amps are provided for drop-ins, BYO any other instruments. Hula hoopers, acro-yogis, people with devilsticks slackliners, and circus festies are also invited.

Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Portland Timbers

Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Portland Timbers Where: BC Place Stadium What:Watch some soccer, wave around a souvenir scarf, yell for the team you like.

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The Phantom of the Opera Where: Queen Elizabeth Theatre What: Critics are raving that this breathtaking production is bigger and better than ever before – featuring a brilliant new scenic design by Paul Brown, Tony Award-winning original costume design by Maria Björnson, lighting design by Tony Award winner Paule Constable, new choreography by Scott Ambler, and a new staging by director Laurence Connor. Runs until: Sunday July 23, 2017

African Descent Festival

This is Our Youth Where: Red Gate Revue Stage What: A darkly humorous, bittersweet portrait of youth poised on the cusp of the scary, disillusioning path to adulthood. In Trump-era New York City, three privileged Upper West Side kids – the swaggering, drug-dealing Dennis; his dispirited, free-thinking best friend and whipping boy, Warren; and confused, self-conscious fashion student Jessica – hang out, smoke pot, scheme for cash, challenge each other, and make tentative steps towards an authentic, vulnerable connection, all in a period of less than twenty-four hours in Dennis’ apartment. Runs until: Sunday July 23, 2017

Solaris

From the Land of the Moon

The Drum is Calling Festival

Shark Week at the Vancouver Aquarium

Robson Square Salsa Where: Robson Square What: An annual series of free outdoor salsa dances. Learn, have fun, and show off your moves. Runs until: Sunday August 13, 2017

Ensemble Theatre Festival

Ensemble Theatre Festival Where: Jericho Arts Centre What: Featuring a cast of emerging and established actors performing In the Next Room, A Prayer for Owen Meany, and Master Class, by directors new and returning to the festival: Keltie Forsyth, Ian Farthing, and Evan Frayne. Runs until: Friday August 18, 2017

Oh, Canada – The True North Strong and Funny

Oh, Canada – The True North Strong and Funny Where: The Improv Centre on Granville Island What: Based on audience suggestions, the cast lampoon such Canadian ‘institutions’ as Heritage Minutes, the Mounties, winter, our hunky Prime Minister, hockey, and lumberjacks or other endless possibilities. As this is improv and the show is made up on the spot, no two shows are ever the same. Join us for some distinctively Canadian laughs. You’ll be nicer for it. Runs until: Saturday August 19, 2017

Theatre Under the Stars | Photo by Tim Matheson

Theatre Under the Stars Where: Stanley Park What: Enjoy a delightful dose of entertainment this summer with two Broadway musicals. Mary Poppins and The Drowsy Chaperone will be performed live at the Malkin Bowl. A beloved Vancouver tradition since 1940, TUTS 2017 season promises song & dance in two family-friendly productions celebrating love and imagination. Runs until: Saturday August 19, 2017

Kitsilano Showboat

Kitsilano Showboat Where: Kits beach What: Almost anything can happen at this family friendly showcase of amateur talent dating back to 1935. Runs until: Saturday August 19, 2017

Live Carving of Stó:lō Welcome Figures

Live Carving of Stó:lō Welcome Figures Where: Tourism Chilliwack Visitor Centre (Chilliwack, BC) What: Terry Horne, artist and Chief from Yakweakwioose band, is carving two Stó:lō Welcome Figures at the Chilliwack Visitor Centre. Runs until: August 2017

Story Walks

Story Walks Where: The Shipyards and in Lynn Canyon Park What: Free drop-in walks at The Shipyards are offered Saturdays and Sundays at 11 am and 1:30 pm. Meet at Lonsdale Ave. and Victory Ship Way. Free drop-in walks in Lynn Canyon Park are offered Wednesdays and Thursdays from July 6th to August 24th at 11 am and 1:30 pm. Meet across from the Lynn Canyon Café. Runs until: Sunday August 27, 2017

Peak Yoga on Grouse Mountain

Dance in Transit Where: Various outdoor locations What: A continuous supply of dancing during the warm months —at no cost. Watch it, try it, and see if you love it. Runs until: Sunday August 27th, 2017

Xi Xanya Dzam – Those Who Are Amazing At Making Things Where: The Bill Reid Gallery What: Xi Xanya Dzam (pronounced hee hun ya zam) is the Kwak’wala word describing incredibly talented and gifted people who create works of art. The exhibition is both a showcase and a critical exploration of ‘achievement’ and ‘excellence’ in traditional and contemporary First Nations art. Runs until: Sunday September 4, 2017

Pictures From Here

Pictures From Here Where: Vancouver Art Gallery What: Featuring photographs and video works from the early 1960s to the present that capture the urban environment of the Greater Vancouver region, its citizens and the vast “natural” landscape of the province. Runs until: Sunday September 4, 2017

Jaad Kuujus: Meghann O’Brien

Jaad Kuujus: Meghann O’Brien Where: Bill Reid Gallery What: Meghann takes materials from the natural world and transforms them into pieces of high-level human expression. Working with traditional materials such as mountain goat wool and cedar bark has given her a deep connection to the supernatural world, a connection to her ancestors. She describes working with cedar bark as, “travelling back in time” or “touching the cosmos”. Her creations have a profound impact within contemporary Northwest Coast art and beyond. Runs until: September 2017

Sunday Art Market

Sunday Art Market Where: Jim Deva Plaza What: Local artists, vendors and makers, largely from Vancouver’s West End, along with musical and other live performances and artist-led workshops to drop into. Runs until: September 2017

Panda International Night Market Where: Richmond, BC What: A diverse market in Richmond, with shopping, food, beverages, and a game zone. Runs until: Monday September 11, 2017

Flora and Fauna: A Summer Art Show Where: The Fall Tattooing and Artist Studio What: An artistic summer celebration of all vibrant, colourful, living things. Runs until: Friday September 15, 2017

Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival

Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival Where: Vanier Park What: What do you say to watching a live production of Much Ado About Nothing, The Winter’s Tale, The Merchant of Venice or The Two Gentlemen of Verona in a custom-built tent on the beach while sipping wine, beer, and munching on a picnic lunch themed to the play? Yes! Right? After 28 years, this festival has hit a stride of near perfection (and don’t even get us started on the amazing costumes.) Runs until: Saturday September 23, 2017

A Sublime Vernacular: The Landscape Paintings of Levine Flexhaug

A Sublime Vernacular: The Landscape Paintings of Levine Flexhaug Where: Contemporary Art Gallery What: The first overview of the extraordinary career of Levine Flexhaug (1918 – 1974), born in the Treelon area near Climax, Saskatchewan. It brings together approximately 450 of the artist’s paintings as well as several of his mural-sized works. An itinerant painter, he sold thousands of variations of essentially the same landscape painting in national parks, resorts, department stores and bars across western Canada from the late 1930s through the early 1960s. Runs until: Sunday September 24, 2017

Unbelievable

Unbelievable Where: The Museum of Vancouver What: This exhibition poses provocative questions about our perception of stories by assembling iconic artifacts, storied replicas, and contested objects for a mind-bending exploration of the role stories play in defining lives and communities – and what happens when we question the tales we’ve long relied upon. Unbelievable objects include the Thunderbird totem pole that appeared in controversial filmmaker Edward Curtis’ 1906 work In the Land of the Head Hunters; contemporary ‘totems’, each with contrasting stories about a point in time in Vancouver; and artifacts illustrating the complex narrative around Vancouver’s relationship with First Nations communities. Runs until: Sunday September 24, 2017

Uninterrupted

Uninterrupted Where: Under the Cambie Street Bridge What: After dusk, audiences will witness the extraordinary migration of wild Pacific salmon in a 30-minute cinematic spectacle that explores the connection between nature and our urban environments. Runs until: Sunday September 24, 2017

Be Polite

Be Polite Where: Contemporary Art Gallery What: Working closely with the Estate of Gordon Bennett and IMA Brisbane the exhibition will comprise a selection of rare works on paper including drawing, painting, watercolour, poetry, and essays from the early 1990s through to the early 2000s. Runs until: Sunday September 24, 2017

Works by Anna Milton

Works by Anna Milton Where: VanDusen Gardens What: Anna has been exhibiting and selling her work internationally since her college years. She trained and worked as an art therapist for many years and is interested in symbols and metaphor that are present in visual art. Runs until: Wednesday September 27, 2017

Shipyards Night Marlet

Shipyards Night Market Where: Lonsdale, North Vancouver What: Food, art, music, entertainment, shopping, a beer garden, and you can bring your dog! Runs until: September 29, 2017

ZimCarvings Where: VanDusen Botanical Garden What: Patrick Sephani along with visiting artist Peter Kananji will be showcasing works from over 30 Zimbabwean stone sculptors on the beautiful garden grounds and carving stone sculptures on site. All works will be available for purchase. Runs until: Saturday September 30, 2017

Claude Monet’s Secret Garden

Claude Monet’s Secret Garden Where: Vancouver Art Gallery What: The most comprehensive exhibition of French painter Claude Monet’s work in Canada in two decades, Claude Monet’s Secret Garden will trace the career of this pivotal figure in Western art history. This exhibition will present thirty-eight paintings spanning the course of Monet’s long career from the unparalleled collection of the Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris. Runs until: Sunday October 1, 2017

Stephen Shore: The Giverny Portfolio

Stephen Shore: The Giverny Portfolio Where: Vancouver Art Gallery What: Twenty-five photographs by contemporary American photographer Stephen Shore produced during several visits to Impressionist painter Claude Monet’s famous gardens at Giverny, France. Showing concurrently with the exhibition Claude Monet’s Secret Garden, Stephen Shore: The Giverny Portfolio offers a contemporary perspective on the tranquility originally captured in Monet’s iconic paintings. Runs until: Sunday October 1, 2017

Persistence

Persistence Where: Vancouver Art Gallery What: Persistence draws together three recent contemporary installations to explore the surprising and creative ways that technologies, physical objects and natural processes endure and transform. Runs until: October 1, 2017

Elad Lassry

Elad Lassry Where: Vancouver Art Gallery What: Investigating the nature of perception with a special focus on the photographic image within the digital era, the exhibition includes more than seventy works—films, photographs and sculpture—produced by Lassry over the last decade. Runs until: Sunday October 1, 2017

Mount Pleasant Farmers Market Where: Dude Chilling Park What: Amble over and pick up some afternoon picnic supplies, groceries for the week, and Sunday dinner fixings from 25+ farms and producers. Each week you’ll find a fresh selection of just-picked seasonal fruits & veggies, ethically-raised meats & sustainable seafood, artisanal bread & prepared foods, craft beer, wine, & spirits, handmade craft, and coffee & food trucks. Runs until: Sunday October 8, 2017

Traces of Words: Art and Calligraphy from Asia

Traces of Words: Art and Calligraphy from Asia Where: UBC Museum of Anthropology What: Words and their physical manifestations are explored in this insightful exhibition, which will honour the special significance that written forms. Varied forms of expression associated with writing throughout Asia is shown over the span of different time periods: from Sumerian cuneiform inscriptions, Qu’ranic manuscripts, Southeast Asian palm leaf manuscripts and Chinese calligraphy from MOA’s Asian collection to graffiti art from Afghanistan and contemporary artworks using Japanese calligraphy, and Tibetan and Thai scripts. Runs until: Monday October 9, 2017

Richmond Night Market

Richmond Night Market Where: Richmond, BC What: There’s a dinosaur park! Anamatronic dinosaurs! Also – live performances, carnival games, over 200 retail stalls and over 500 food choices from around the world. Runs until: October 9, 2017

Onsite / Offsite Tsang Kin-Wah

Onsite / Offsite Tsang Kin-Wah Where: Vancouver Art Gallery What: This large-scale composition transforms English texts to form intricate floral and animal patterns. The work draws from discriminatory language that appeared in newspapers and political campaigns in Vancouver during the 1887 anti-Chinese riots, the mid-1980s immigration influx from Hong Kong and most recently, the heated exchanges around the foreign buyers and the local housing market. Runs until: Sunday October 15, 2017

West End Farmers Market Where: 1100 Comox St What: Located in the heart of Vancouver’s busy West End, this laid-back Saturday market looks onto beautiful Nelson Park and adjacent community gardens. Each week, shop for the best in local, seasonal produce, artisanal bread & prepared foods, craft beer, wine, & spirits, ethically raised meat, eggs, & dairy, sustainable seafood, wild crafted product, and handmade craft. Hot food & coffee on-site as well. Runs until: Saturday October 21, 2017 (Saturdays)

Trout Lake Farmers Market Where: Trout Lake What: This is where you’ll find the vendors who have been doing it since the beginning; what started as 14 farmers ‘squatting’ at the Croatian Cultural Centre back in 1995 has grown into Vancouver’s most well-known and beloved market. Visitors come from near and far to sample artisan breads & preserves, stock up on free-range and organic eggs & meats, get the freshest, hard-to-find heirloom vegetables and taste the first Okanagan cherries and peaches of the season. Runs until: Saturday October 21, 2017 (Saturdays)

Kitsilano Farmers Market

Kitsilano Farmers Market Where: Kitsilano Community Centre parking lot What: A great selection of just-picked, seasonal fruits & vegetables, ethically raised and grass fed meat, eggs, & dairy, sustainable seafood, fresh baked bread & artisanal food, local beer, wine, & spirits, and beautiful, handmade craft. Kids and parents alike can enjoy entertainment by market musicians, a nearby playground and splash park, and coffee and food truck offerings each week. Runs until: Sunday October 22, 2017 (Sundays)

The Lost Fleet Exhibit Where: Vancouver Maritime Museum What: On December 7, 1941 the world was shocked when Japan bombed Pearl Harbour, launching the United States into the war. This action also resulted in the confiscation of nearly 1,200 Japanese-Canadian owned fishing boats by Canadian officials on the British Columbia coast, which were eventually sold off to canneries and other non-Japanese fishermen. The Lost Fleet looks at the world of the Japanese-Canadian fishermen in BC and how deep-seated racism played a major role in the seizure, and sale, of Japanese-Canadian property and the internment of an entire people. Runs until: Winter 2017

Bill Reid Creative Journeys | Image via the Canadian Museum of History

Bill Reid Creative Journeys Where: The Bill Reid Gallery What: Celebrating the many creative journeys of acclaimed master goldsmith and sculptor Bill Reid (1920–1998), this exhibition provides a comprehensive introduction to his life and work. Runs until: Sunday December 10, 2017

Amazonia: The Rights of Nature

Amazonia: The Rights of Nature Where: UBC Museum of Anthropology What: MOA will showcase its Amazonian collections in a significant exploration of socially and environmentally-conscious notions intrinsic to indigenous South American cultures, which have recently become innovations in International Law. These are foundational to the notions of Rights of Nature, and they have been consolidating in the nine countries that share responsibilities over the Amazonian basin. Runs until: January 28, 2018

Emily Carr: Into the Forest

Emily Carr: Into the Forest Where: Vancouver Art Gallery What: Far from feeling that the forests of the West Coast were a difficult subject matter, Carr exulted in the symphonies of greens and browns found in the natural world. With oil on paper as her primary medium, Carr was free to work outdoors in close proximity to the landscape. She went into the forest to paint and saw nature in ways unlike her fellow British Columbians, who perceived it as either untamed wilderness or a plentiful source of lumber. Runs until: March 4, 2018

Chief Dan George: Actor and Activist Where: North Vancouver Museum What: An exhibition exploring the life and legacy of Tsleil-Waututh Chief Dan George (1899- 1981) and his influence as an Indigenous rights advocate and his career as an actor. The exhibition was developed in close collaboration with the George family. Runs until: April 2018

In a Different Light

In a Different Light Where: Museum of Anthropology What: More than 110 historical Indigenous artworks and marks the return of many important works to British Columbia. These objects are amazing artistic achievements. Yet they also transcend the idea of ‘art’ or ‘artifact’. Through the voices of contemporary First Nations artists and community members, this exhibition reflects on the roles historical artworks have today. Featuring immersive storytelling and innovative design, it explores what we can learn from these works and how they relate to Indigenous peoples’ relationships to their lands. Runs until: Spring 2019

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