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February 1 – 20 (on Select Days)
Snow Mountain
Location: Stone Mountain Park
Address: Take Exit 39B off I-285 and Travel East on Hwy 78 to Exit 8
Website: www.snowmountainpark.com
Phone Number: 1-866-633-5252 ext. 3370
Take a Snow Day in Atlanta! Atlanta’s Stone Mountain Park transforms into a winter wonderland with Snow Mountain, Atlanta’s only snow park. Bundle your family up and get ready for snow tubing, snowballs, snowmen and snow angels. Based at Stone Mountain Park’s famous Laser Lawn, Snow Mountain keeps your entire family busy for hours. A 400’ foot tubing hill and a snow play area filled with a blizzard of snow activities make Snow Mountain Atlanta’s not-to-be-missed winter attraction. There’s even a play zone reserved for your littlest snow bunnies. With two Mountain SnoLifts to get you up the tubing hill, you’ll want to go again and again! Take a break from the activity at many spots throughout the park. Or check out SnoFire Point for warming your toes, roasting marshmallows and making everyone’s favorite winter treat—S’mores!
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February 1 – May 18
Film in IMAX® – Born to be Wild
Location: Fernbank Museum of Natural History
Address: 767 Clifton Road Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30307
Website: www.fernbankmuseum.org
Phone Number: 1-866-633-5252 ext. 3354
Narrated by Academy-Award® winner Morgan Freeman, Born to be Wild is an inspiring story of love, dedication and the remarkable bond between humans and animals. This film documents orphaned orangutans and elephants and the extraordinary people who rescue and raise them—saving endangered species one life at a time. Stunningly captured in IMAX®, this film is a heartwarming adventure transporting moviegoers into the lush rainforests of Borneo with world-renowned primatologist Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas, and across the rugged Kenyan savannah with celebrated elephant authority Dame Daphne M. Sheldrick, as they and their teams rescue, rehabilitate and return these incredible animals back to the wild.
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February 1 – April 15
Mandala: Sacred Circle in Tibetan Buddhism
Location: Michael C. Carlos Museum
Address: 571 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322
Website: www.carlos.emory.edu
Phone Number: 1-866-633-5252 ext. 3359
The Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University will showcase the sacred art of Tibet in the special exhibition Mandala: Sacred Circle in Tibetan Buddhism from January 21 through April 15, 2012. For the first time in the Southeast more than 100 masterworks will bring to light the intricate, transcendental, and evocative manifestations and functions of the “perfect circle” or mandala used as an aid in meditation and as a tool to obtain enlightenment. The exhibition and accompanying educational programs will celebrate the rich religious and artistic tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and the spiritual significance of the mandala.
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February 1 – April 19
Film in IMAX® – The Greatest Places
Location: Fernbank Museum of Natural History
Address: 767 Clifton Road Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30307
Website: www.fernbankmuseum.org
Phone Number: 1-866-633-5252 ext. 3354
Take an educational and entertaining journey to seven of the most geographically dynamic locations on Earth, including Greenland, Madagascar, Namib, Okavango, Tibet, Iguazu and the Amazon. The Greatest Places features spectacular land forms, diverse wildlife and the people and cultures indigenous to these locations. Comprehensive aerial and remote location cinematography, along with computer animation, bring viewers to examples of seven distinct geographic place types including our greatest island–Madagascar; and our greatest desert–the Namib.
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February 3
Family Storytelling: Emerging Voice
Location: Callanwolde Fine Arts Center
Address: 980 Briarcliff Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30306
Website: www.callanwolde.org
Phone: 1-866-633-5252 ext. 3334
Celebrate the power of storytelling as Callanwolde showcases the South’s best stories, storytellers and storytelling traditions. Black History Month will feature stories from historical African and African-American traditions. This spirited show includes dynamic performers from the Kuumba Storytellers of Georgia. Coordinated by popular local storyteller Esther Culver. Audiences of all ages will enjoy this evening.
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February 3,10,17,24
Martinis & IMAX®
Location: Fernbank Museum of Natural History
Address: 767 Clifton Road Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30307
Website: www.fernbankmuseum.org
Phone Number: 1-866-633-5252 ext. 3354
Who says a museum needs to be quiet? Shake it up with Atlanta’s perfect mix of culture and cocktails! Enjoy cool cocktails, stunning films, live music or a DJ, and creative cuisine beneath the world’s largest dinosaurs from 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.
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February 4 – May 6
Wildlife Rescue Exhibit
Address: 767 Clifton Road Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30307
Website: www.fernbankmuseum.org
Phone Number: 1-866-633-5252 ext. 3354
Join the rescue effort and explore the efforts of everyday people dedicating their lives to helping animals survive in this wildly interactive exhibition. Discover how waterfowl are being saved from oil spills, to how orphaned elephant calves and baby orangutans are being raised and released back into the wild and more.
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February 5
Callanwolde Dance Ensemble Snow White Tea
Location: Callanwolde Fine Arts Center
Address: 980 Briarcliff Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30306
Website: www.callanwolde.org
Phone: 1-866-633-5252 ext. 3334
We invite you to a charming children’s afternoon tea in the elegant historic mansion. Enjoy beautifully decorated tables filled with delicious tea sandwiches and desserts. The cast of their spring ballet, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, will meet and greet your children in their their fairytale cottage!
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February 8
Poetry Reading
Location: Callanwolde Fine Arts Center
Address: 980 Briarcliff Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30306
Website: www.callanwolde.org
Phone: 1-866-633-5252 ext. 3334
Join two guest poets, Louise Runyon and Megan Volpert, as Callanwolde celebrates the art and performance of poetry with readings in the unique setting of the Callanwolde Library.
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February 10
Tango Night – Valentine Tango!
Location: Callanwolde Fine Arts Center
Address: 980 Briarcliff Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30306
Website: www.callanwolde.org
Phone: 1-866-633-5252 ext. 3334
Learn about the rhythm and movement of authentic Argentine Tango! Focus on connecting with the music and your partner and learn how two bodies can move as one. Dancers of all skill levels are welcome and no partner is necessary. The evening begins at 8:00 pm with an introductory lesson from the expert instructors of Tango Rio (www.tango-rio.com).
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February 17 – March 10
The Drowsy Chaperone
Location: OnStage Atlanta
Address: 2597 N. Decatur Rd. Atlanta, Georgia 30033
Web Site:www.onstageatlanta.com
Phone Number: 1-866-633-5252 ext. 3365
The hilarious show-within-a-show begins when a die-hard musical fan plays his favorite cast album, a 1928 smash hit called “The Drowsy Chaperone” and the show magically bursts to life. Audiences are immersed in the glamorous, hilarious tale of a celebrity bride and her uproarious wedding day, complete with thrills and surprises that take both the cast and the audience soaring into the rafters. Don’t miss the show critics announced as “delightful and sparkling entertainment!” You’ll be over the moon!
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February 17 & 18
30th Annual Storytelling Festival
Location: Venues in downtown Decatur
Website: www.SouthernOrderofStorytellers.org.
Phone Number: 404-569-1434
he 30th annual Storytelling Festival is coming to downtown Decatur on February 17-18, 2012. The Storytelling Festival is presented by Southern Order of Storytellers, an Atlanta-based organization of professional storytellers from around the South. The two-day Storytelling Festival features a cast of 30 colorful, national, local and regional storytellers who will present a line-up of 13 events and activities that will appeal to storytelling fans of all ages. Headlining the two-day, family-friendly festival is Bill Harley, a two-time Grammy award-winning musician and a regular commentator on National Public Radio’s (NPR) “All Things Considered.” Harley opens the festival on Friday at 3:30pm with a storytelling workshop titled “Storytelling as an Art” and continues on Saturday at 10am with a second workshop titled “From Page to Voice and Back Again.”
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February 21
DeKalb Symphony Concert with pianist Margery McDuffie Whatley
Location: Georgia Perimeter College Clarkston Campus Gymnasium
Address: 555 North Indian Creek Drive, Clarkston, GA
Website: www.dekalbsymphony.com
Phone Number: 1-866-633-5252 ext. 3351
Margery McDuffie Whatley performs the Saint-Saens Piano Concerto with the DeKalb Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Fyodor Cherniavsky at the Marvin Cole Auditorium
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February Concerts at Eddie’s Attic
Location: Eddie’s Attic
Address: 515-B N. McDonough Rd., Decatur, Georgia 30030
Website: www.eddiesattic.com
Phone Number: 866-633-5252 ext. 3502
February 13 – Songwriter’s Open Mic
February 14 – Drew & Ellie Holcomb – EARLY SHOW (folk rock)
February 14 – Drew & Ellie Holcomb – LATE SHOW (folk rock)
February 17 – Record Release Celebration: JoyScout (folk, pop)
February 17 – Stories on the Edge of Night: In Partnership with 30th Annual Storytelling Festival of the Southern Order of Storytellers
February 18 – An Evening with David Wilcox (Two sets) (folk-pop)
February 19 – An Evening with David Wilcox (Two sets) (folk pop)
February 20 – Songwriter’s Open Mic
February 21 – Rose Cousins (pop, folk)
February 22 – Malcomb Holcombe (folk, Americana)
February 24 – Sugar & the Hi Lows (pop, eclectic soul)
February 25 – In-The-Round w/ Michelle Malone, Dede Vogt, Caroline Aiken & special guest, Mary Ellen Jones (folk)
February 26 – Annual Black History Celebration with Francine Reed – EARLY SHOW (blues, jazz)
February 26 – Annual Black History Celebration with Francine Reed – LATE SHOW (blues, jazz)
February 27 – Songwriter’s Open Mic
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