Atlanta, GA
Atlanta Fringe Festival returns with multiple performances, festival and more
Interview: Diana Brown with Fringe Festival
Diana Brown, executive director for the Atlanta Fringe Festival, spoke with FOX 5 Atlanta about the festival that kicks off on June 3 at various venues in Atlanta.
ATLANTA – The 12th Annual Fringe Festival is returning for affordable live performances and free activities all across Atlanta from June 3 to June 9.
Performances will take place in venues around Little Five Points, East Atlanta Village and Old Fourth Ward. This year’s traditional and converted performing spaces include 7 Stages, The Marianna at Wrecking Bar Brewpub, Limelight Theater, Metropolitan Studios and Dynamic El Dorado.
FOX 5 Atlanta’s Jada White interviewed the festival’s executive director, Diana Brown, where she explained the history of Fringe, why artists are so eager to participate, and what interested attendees can look forward to. The jam-packed week will feature “performances to suit every taste,” including theater, dance, storytelling, comedy, burlesque-based master cabarets, and so much more.
Along with these fun live performances from over 28 different groups, the festival also features its podcasting network, Fringe Audio, and the free outdoor event called Street Fringe, where spectators can enjoy an immersive experience all over Little Five Points. Entire families can also feel free to tag along with the inclusion of Kids Fringe, which is available for youth of all ages (0-18) to have fun with the arts.
The Fringe Festival will kick off Monday night, June 3, with a benefit show. “Five/5ths of Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure” will be presented at 7 p.m. June 3 at 7 Stages. The classic film will be split into 5 parts and 5 different performance groups will re-tell those parts.
Brown is confident the festival will be “a beautiful week of discovery.”
Atlanta Fringe Festival 2024 Lineup:
TOURING ARTISTS
Imaginary Podcast Network, Let Me Say This About That – Minneapolis, MN (comedy, improv, cabaret/variety)
Mother Flockers, Flock the Vote – Portland, OR & Los Angeles, CA & Austin, Texas & New York, NY (comedy, performance art)
Botticelli Babes, Botticelli Babes – Johnson City, TN (storytelling)
Rya, The Evolution of Consciousness – Clearwater, FL (dance, musical, performance art)
Bobby Wesley, Liquid Courage – Orlando, FL (comedy, storytelling)
Spotlight Exchange, Dance With Dementia – Taiwan & Hong Kong (drama, performance art, storytelling)
Speakeasy Sirens, IT’S ALIVE! A Monster Burlesque Comedy – Orlando, FL (burlesque, comedy)
Linnea Bond, Heart Ripped Out Twice And So Can You! – Philadelphia, PA (comedy, theater)
Sloan Brettholz, Officer Scott: Too Much Isn’t Enough – New York City, NY (comedy)
Time Machine Blueprints, Time Machine Blueprints: The Show – New York City, NY (comedy, performance art, storytelling)
Hunter Dance Project, Agnes & Agatha – Tallahassee, FL (dance, performance art, theater)
The Winding Sheet Outfit, All We Are Left With Is Hope – Minneapolis, MN (storytelling, theater)
GEORGIA ARTISTS
Forever Standing Productions, Rhythm of Love The Musical – Decatur, GA (drama, musical theater)
Michael Williams, Get Home Safe! – Atlanta, GA (cabaret/variety, drama, comedy, theater)
MerryCat Productions, The Wallpaper – Decatur, GA (drama, theater)
Augustus Graves, Augustus Graves: MINDREADER – Douglasville, GA (magic/mentalism)
Lily Kerrigan, The Lily Show – Atlanta, GA (comedy, standup)
Kate Morales, Água Loves A Monster – Decatur, GA (puppetry, performance art, dance)
Michael Butler, Look At Me! Look At Me! Look At Me!!! – Atlanta, GA (circus, cabaret/variety, burlesque)
The Atlanta Contemporary Dance Company, This Silly Little Game – Atlanta, GA (dance)
Flay’s Anatomy, Flay’s Anatomy – Atlanta, GA (theater, cabaret/variety)
The AU Guys, Get Psyched – Atlanta, GA (improv, comedy)
Sarah Michelson, Dybbrooke – Decatur, GA (drama, theater)
The Assembly of Phantasms, The Masque of the Red Death – Savannah, GA (burlesque, cabaret/variety, theater)
BFG Images, The Game of Chess – Atlanta, GA (comedy, theater)
SobSax, The Elements of Euclid – Atlanta, GA (theater)
Renee Marchol, Well, I Ate – Atlanta, GA (storytelling)
Oldest and Dearest, Mr. Cardboard – Atlanta, GA (comedy, theater, clown)
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For more information and a complete schedule, click here.
Vogue’s guide to the best vintage stores in Atlanta is part of our directory of the very best vintage around the world, curated by editors from all over. Whether you’re traveling and searching for some superb stores to visit on your trip or are curious about your local vintage treasure chests, Vogue’s directory has you covered.
Come to Atlanta for its southern charm and lush greenery, stay for its vintage. The Hollywood of the South has a lot more than on-set locations and an upcoming roster of FIFA World Cup games, and whether exploring shops along the Beltline, losing your voice at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, or itching for the eccentric pleasures of a roadside antique mall, these vintage gems make the journey to the A more than worth it.
Photo: Courtesy of The Clothing Warehouse
Dutch field pants, netted shirts, prairie dresses, and a floor-to-ceiling selection of cowboy boots are a few of the many goods awaiting your search at this Atlanta mainstay. Opened by Jim Buckley in 1992, the Clothing Warehouse now calls the hipster Little 5 Points home. Its redbrick exterior is hard to miss—head upstairs for womenswear and union-made dresses, then downstairs to a room of seriously color-coded tees—it’s likely you will find plenty of Atlanta history in the form of 1996 Summer Olympics shirts. Plus, its wholesale location is a 15-minute drive away in West Midtown, if you’re up for an afternoon dig.
Address: 420 Moreland Ave NE, Atlanta
At the vintage and makers market Mother Lode, there’s something for every lover of old things. Founder Lindsay Short’s estate sale background is well-reflected in the shop’s range of garments, decor, and wares. Find 1930s beach pajamas beside bowling shirts and Edwardian tunics at Fellows Vintage’s booth, or ’60s wedding dresses that seem more Factory Girl than bride-to-be from Iron Pony. The hunt continues at Mother Lode’s sister location in college town Athens, which opened in 2023.
Address: 3429 Covington Hwy Ste B, Decatur
Monet Brewerton-Palmer first got her love for bridal from her grandmother, who was a shop seamstress. Then, after shopping for her own wedding dress in 2014 and ending up with four, her interest (and personal collection) only grew. Now, Brewerton-Palmer offers brides an array of dresses by Vera Wang, Oscar de la Renta, Catherine Rayner, and more. Standout pieces include a 1959 one-of-one from Jacques Heim, a silk rose-covered Christian Dior for the romantic, and a fur-accented Muriel Martin for the nontraditionalist.
Retirement did not last long for one Atlanta school principal.
After 10 years leading Burgess Peterson Academy, David White is back, and this time he’s making sure everything inside the school’s building runs smoothly.
White retired last September from being the school’s principal, but home didn’t suit him for long.
“I found myself really kind of lonely and disconnected,” White said. “I had lost my sense of community, for sure, so when this position became available, I kind of laughed because I used to say that it would be the perfect retirement job.”
White applied for the open site manager position and got the job. Now he enjoys being back in the same halls that bring him joy.
He is six weeks into the new job.
“I find myself now always looking to see if there are lights that are burned out, if there are issues that need to be addressed,” said White. “There’s always the need for touch-up painting, right? Because kids have dirty little hands, and they love to pick paint.”
During CBS News Atlanta’s visit, White was repairing a broken lightbulb in the boy’s bathroom.
“The light started flickering, like, just blinking off and on, and so of course the kids were saying it was haunted,” he said.
Around the school, his impact hasn’t faded.
Students and staff light up when they see him.
“It’s been really great to see their excitement to be here every day and to see Mr. White,” said principal Dr. Holly Brookins. “I really feel that having him back has added so much value to our community, and it’s really been a joyful thing for all of us.”
With a tool belt and new titles, White proves that no matter the role, some people never stop showing up for the places they love.
A shooting in southwest Atlanta on Wednesday afternoon left a young man injured and sent glass flying inside an Atlanta Public Schools bus carrying children.
Atlanta Police say officers responded around 3:10 p.m. to a report of a person shot in the 2600 block of Campbellton Road SW.
When officers arrived, they found a 20-year-old man with an apparent gunshot wound. He was alert, conscious, and breathing when he was transported to the hospital.
As investigators began piecing together what happened, they discovered the violence had extended beyond the initial shooting scene.
Police say an Atlanta Public Schools bus was struck by a stray bullet during the incident, shattering one of its windows.
At the time, only the driver and two students were on board.
The children suffered minor scratches from the broken glass, according to police. The bus driver was not injured.
No further details have been released about the condition of the shooting victim or what led to the gunfire.
Atlanta Police say investigators with the Aggravated Assault Unit are working to determine the circumstances surrounding the shooting.
The investigation remains ongoing.
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