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Note: These are just the pretty much "always there" things. You should also check the "Events" schedule for things happening this week or for a specific month.



    


    

AFRICAN AMERICAN
    


  • The APEX Museum -- It stands for the African-American Panoramic Experience and it is located in the John Wesley Dobbs Building. The museum is the home in Atlanta for travelling exhibits from around the world, especially Africa. 135 Auburn Av NE. 404-523-2739

    


  • Ebenezer Baptist Church -- Started in 1886, it was Martin Luther King Jr.'s church, and his father's before him. It seats about 750, and was usually packed for the two services on Sunday until the congregation's move to a new structure nearby. U.S. Park Rangers give tours on the hour -- at other times, tours are self-guided. 407 Auburn Av. 404-688-7263
    


  • Herndon Home -- Kwanzaa and Christmas both are celebrated there with music and storytelling at the annual open house of the 1910 home of Alonzo Herndon, Atlanta's first black millionaire and founder of Atlanta Life Insurance Company. Guided tours available by appointment. 587 University Place. 404-581-9813

    


  • Martin Luther King Jr Historic Site -- He was born, raised, lived and worked all in the same neighborhood. His birth home is a ten-room house at 501 Auburn Avenue, built in 1894 and bought in 1909 by King's grandfather. The King Center for Nonviolent Social Change, at 449 Auburn, is an early learning center, archives and library, and is the location of King's tomb (404-524-1956). National Park Service, 522 Auburn Av NE. 404-331-3920
    


  • Sweet Auburn District -- A self-tour of the street, in the fifties called "the richest Negro street in the world," includes Atlanta Life Insurance Company, the Big Bethel AME Church (founded in 1847), the Martin Luther King Center for Nonviolent Social Change, and the Top Hat/Royal Peacock. Walking tour maps available from the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, 233 Peachtree Street in Peachtree Center Mall (404-222-6688). Tours of the neighborhood are offered also by Atlanta Preservation Center (Offices are 404-688-3353 M-F, 9-5; tour hotline 404-688-3350; website http://www.preserveatlanta.com/).

    



AMUSEMENTS
    


  • American Adventures (Marietta) -- A little amusement park (owned by Six Flags) with a carousel, small roller coaster, ferris wheel, a train, a game room, and even bumper cars. Indoors, there's the "Foam Factory" -- a three-level rig, connected by stairs and tube-slides, in which kids of all ages shoot harmless foam balls at each other -- and an arcade. Birthday parties welcome. 250 N Cobb Pkwy, Marietta. 770-424-9283
    


  • Six Flags Over Georgia -- Built in 1967, the park offers rides (including the Georgia Cyclone and the three-looped Mind Bender), Hollywood shows (The Batman Stunt Show), and evening fireworks and laser shows. One ticket covers all. 7561 Six Flags Rd SW, Austell. 770-948-9290.

    



ANIMALS
    

Elephants at Zoo Atlanta


  • Georgia Aquarium -- Atlanta now hosts the largest aquarium in the world. It contains more than 100,000 animals from 500 species, living in more than eight million gallons of fresh and salt water. 225 Baker St, near Olympic Centennial Park. 404-581-5000

    


  • Yellow River Wildlife Game Ranch (Lilburn) -- A trail leads you through the woods where deer eat peanuts and carrots out of your hand. Exhibits include hawks, bears, bison, foxes, General Beauregard Lee (the famous Southern groundhog who shows up every Groundhog day, shadow-hunting on national TV) and others. Animal food is available in the gift shop on the way in. 4525 Highway 78, Lilburn. 770-972-6643

    


  • Zoo Atlanta -- Once a real dump, it's now considered a model for other zoos. It has lions and tigers, rhinos and elephants, lemurs and snakes, peacocks that stroll the paths along with visitors, and a few giant pandas. There are twice-daily elephant demonstrations, at least two sittings of Gorillas-doing-lunch at 2pm and 3pm, with the Orangutan's squeezed in at 2:30pm and 2:45pm. There's also a petting-zoo, a mini-train that circles the complex, gift shops & food, and an Environmental Resource Center where the public and teachers can do animal research. In Grant Park, 800 Cherokee Av SE. 404-624-5600.

    



ART
    


  • Abstein Gallery -- 558 14th St. 404-872-8020.
    


  • Alcove Gallery -- 2110 Peachtree Road, Suite C (next to Mick's at the top of Bennett Street). 404-663-0159.

    


  • Aliya Linstrum Gallery -- 2833 Peachtree St NE. 404-869-2338.

    


  • Anne Irwin Fine Art -- 25-D Bennett St NW. 404-352-1855.
    


  • Ann Jackson Gallery -- 932 Canton Street, Roswell. 770-993-4783.


    


  • Ann Jacob Gallery -- 3261 Roswell Rd. 404-262-3399.
    


  • Archer Locke Gallery -- 3147 Peachtree Rd. 404-812-9600.
    


  • Ariel Gallery -- At TULA Arts Center, 75 Bennett St, off Peachtree. 404-352-5753.
    


  • Artists' Atelier of Atlanta -- 800 Miami Circle, Suite #200. 404-231-5999.
    


  • Artists Center Gallery -- 2979 Grandview Ave. 404-237-2324.
    


  • ARTS Hotline -- Not itself a place to visit or thing to do, but a number to call to learn about places to visit and things to do. Operated by the City's Bureau of Cultural Affairs, it's open for business seven-days a week, 24 hours a day, giving information about visual and fine art events in about 50 categories. The number is 404-853-3278, then hit 1 (theatre), 2 (music), 3 (dance), 4 (film & literary events), 5 (visual arts, galleries & museums), 6 (festivals, kids events, classes & workshops, special populations info), 7 (an artists' billboard for working artists), or 8 (a section to hear both excerpts of performances and messages left by callers.)
    




  • Atlanta Contemporary Art Center -- 535 Means St. 404-688-1970.

    


  • Barbara Archer Gallery --  280 Elizabeth St, Suite A012. 404-523-1845.

    


  • Bender Fine Art -- 309 E. Paces Ferry Rd. 404-842-1913.
    


  • Bennett Street Gallery -- 22-F Bennett St. 404-352-8775.
    


  • Michael C. Carlos Museum -- At Emory University, 571 S. Kilgo Street. 404-727-4292.

    


  • City Gallery at Chastain -- 135 W Wieuca Rd. 404-252-2927.

    


  • Connell Gallery -- 333 Buckhead Avenue in Buckhead. 404-261-1712.
    


  • Eclectic Electric Gallery -- All-electric artworks. 27 Oak Street, Roswell. 770-642-8900.

    


  • Evening Gallery -- 275 E. Paces Ferry Rd. 404-995-0530.
    


  • Fay Gold Gallery -- 764 Miami Circle. 404-233-3843.

    


  • Gallerie Dorita -- 3224 Peachtree Rd. 404-869-0041.
    


  • Gallery Sklo -- 75 Bennett St., #E-2. 404-350-9763.
    


  • Gallery V (Roswell) -- 10 Elizabeth Way, Roswell. 770-992-4144.
    


  • Georgia Museum of Art (Athens) -- On the University of Georgia east campus, 90 Carlton Street, in Athens: 706-542-4662.

    


  • Gwinnett Fine Arts Center -- Jacqueline Casey Hudgens Center for the Arts, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Building #300 in Duluth. 770-623-6002.

    


  • High Museum of Art -- The High is named for Mrs. Joseph High, who had donated her Peachtree home for the original museum. After a 1962 tragedy in which 122 Atlanta art patrons were lost in a plane crash in Paris, donations helped build the present building, designed by renowned architect Richard Meier. 1280 Peachtree St NE. 404-733-4400.

    


  • High's Folk Art and Photography Galleries -- Located at 30 John Wesley Dobbs Av. 404-577-6940.

    


  • Jackson Fine Art -- 3115 East Shadowlawn Ave. 404-233-3739.

    


  • Kennesaw State University Fine Arts Gallery -- 1000 Chastain Rd, Kennesaw. 770-499-3223.
  
    


  • Kiang Gallery Contemporary Art -- One Peachtree Pointe, 1545 Peachtree St NE #225. 404-892-5477.

    


  • Kubatana Gallery -- Kubatana Gallery -- 1011 Lindridge Dr. 404-355-5764.
    


  • Lagerquist Gallery -- 3235 Paces Ferry Place. 404-261-8273.

    


  • The Lowe Gallery -- 75 Bennett Street, in the TULA complex. 404-352-8114.

    


  • Mable House Gallery -- Gallery hours: 10am-5pm. At the Historic Mable House, 5239 Floyd Road, Mableton (13 miles west of Atlanta). The South Cobb Arts Alliance, 770-819-3285.

    


  • Macon & Co. Fine Art -- 257 Trinity Ave, Atlanta. 404-582-0044.

    


  • Marcia Wood Gallery -- 263 Walker St. 404-827-0030.

    


  • Marietta Cobb Museum of Art -- 30 Atlanta Street, Marietta. 770-528-1414.

    


  • Modern Primitive Gallery -- 1393 N. Highland Av. 404-892-0556.
    


  • Momus Gallery -- Tula Art Center, 75 Bennett St #O-2. 404-355-4180.

    


  • Museum of Design -- Associated with the Smithsonian Institution, it's located within the Lobby and Garden Levels of the Marquis II Office Tower near the Marriott Marquis Hotel and Peachtree Center Mall. 404-979-6455.

    


  • Nexus Contemporary Art Center -- 535 Means Street. Call 404-688-1970.
    


  • Opus One Gallery -- Opus One Gallery, 75 Bennett St: 404-352-9727.
    


  • Out of the Woods Gallery -- 22-B Bennett St. 404-261-8273.
    


  • The People's Gallery -- Run by Atlanta's Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs. 675 Ponce de Leon Ave. 404-817-6815.
    


  • Raymond Lawrence Gallery -- In the Tula Art Center, 75 Bennett St #M-1. 404-352-5058.
    


  • Regency Fine Art Gallery -- 6458 Dawson Blvd, Norcross. 770-955-1763.
    


  • Reinike Gallery -- 789 Miami Circle. 404-364-0490.
    


  • Right Brain Art Gallery -- 664 N. Highland Ave. 404-872-2696.
    


  • Sandler Hudson Gallery -- 1831-A Peachtree Rd. 404-350-8480.

    




  • Tew Galleries -- 425 Peachtree Hills Av, #24. 404-869-0511.

    


  • The Signature Shop & Gallery -- 3267 Roswell Rd. 404-237-4426.
    


  • Solomon Projects -- 1037 Monroe Dr. 404-875-7100.
    


  • Spruill Gallery -- Free admission and parking. Gallery hours: Wed-Sat 11am-5pm. Spruill Center Gallery & Historic Home, 4681 Ashford Dunwoody Rd. 770-394-4019.
    


  • Trinity Gallery Buckhead -- 315 E. Paces Ferry Rd. 404-237-0370.

    


  • Trinity Gallery Evolution -- 49 Forsyth St., 404-659-0084.
    


  • Upstairs Gallery -- 800 Miami Circle, #210. 404-237-2447.
    


  • Vaknin Schwartz -- 1831 Peachtree Rd. 404-351-0035.
    


  • Vermilion Gallery -- 1244 W Paces Ferry Rd. 404-869-9845.
    


  • Vespermann Gallery -- 2140 Peachtree Rd. 404-350-9698.
    


  • Wentworth Gallery -- Phipps Plaza. 404-233-0903.
    


  • Westbrook Gallery -- At Georgia Tech's Robert Ferst Center for the Arts, 349 Ferst Dr. 404-894-2787.
    


  • Young Blood Gallery -- 629 Glenwood Ave. 404-627-0393.629 Glenwood Ave, near Grant Park. 404-627-0393.

    


  • Youth Art Connection -- A program of the Atlanta Boys and Girls Clubs. 63 Auburn Ave. 404-614-6233.
    




GARDENING & PLANTS
    


  • Atlanta Botanical Garden -- Thirty-acres of plants, including the 16,000 square-foot glassed-in Dorothy Chapman Fuqua Conservatory housing exotic plants from the world over, and walking trails through a 15-acre hardwood forest. 1345 Piedmont Av. 404-876-5859

    



GOVERNMENT
    

Georgia Capitol


  • Georgia State Capitol -- Topped with a dome of gold (leaf) from Dahlonega, Georgia, the building houses the office of the governor, the Georgia Senate and House, and The Museum of Science and Industry. Washington Street at MLK. 404-656-2844

    


  • Governor's Mansion -- Built in 1967, the first governor to live there was Lester Maddox. See a collection of Federal period furniture, as well as paintings and porcelins from the 18th & 19th centures. 391 West Paces Ferry Rd NW. 404-261-1776

    



HISTORY
    


  • Atlanta Cyclorama in Grant Park -- Completed over a hundred years ago, it's a 50-foot-high circular painting depicting the Battle of Atlanta from one specific spot on Dekalb Avenue. Visitors sit in a bleacher section that rotates around inside. (Look for Clark Gable in the tableau.) The building also houses "The Texas," the locomotive that chased and caught "The General" in the Civil War's Great Locomotive Chase  (see Kennesaw Civil War Museum, below.) 800 Cherokee Av SE. 404-658-7625.

    


  • Atlanta History Center -- Houses exhibits from Atlanta's past, especially the Civil War era. Also on the 32-acre complex is the 1920s Swan House as well as the 1840s Tullie Smith House, which was originally located near what is now Executive Park off of North Druid Hills Road. The lifestyle of old Georgia is demonstrated, and the Center serves as site of various festivals throughout the year. 130 West Paces Ferry Rd NW. 404-814-4000.

    


  • Bulloch Hall (Roswell) -- If Roswell were south of Atlanta, this 1840 home might well have been burned down during Sherman's March to the Sea. It was the home of Martha Bulloch, mother of Teddy Roosevelt and Grandmother of Eleanor. A Roswell city-owned cultural center is housed there now. 180 Bulloch Av, Roswell. 770-992-1731

    


  • Carter Library & Museum -- The Center is a cluster of non-profit groups trying to reduce worldwide suffering and conflict, the Library is where scholars can research the Jimmy Carter presidential era, and the Museum exhibits memorabilia of his presidency, and includes a mock-up of the Oval Office. 441 Freedom Parkway. 404-865-7100.

    


  • Ebenezer Baptist Church -- Founded in 1886, it was Martin Luther King Jr.'s church, and his father's before him. It seats about 750, and was usually packed for the two services on Sunday until the congregation moved to a new structure nearby. U.S. Park Rangers give tours on the hour; at other times, tours are self-guided. 407 Auburn Avenue. 404-688-7263
    


  • Federal Reserve Bank Monetary Museum -- A museum of the history of money and banking, housed on the third floor of the Federal Reserve Bank. 1000 Peachtree St NE. .404-498-8777

    


  • Herndon Home -- Alonzo Herndon was a former slave who owned a string of barber shops, then founded an insurance company (Atlanta Life) to become Atlanta's first black millionaire. The 1910 house is near the Morris Brown College campus, 587 University Pl NW. 404-581-9813.

    


  • Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park (Marietta) -- A bloody battle that lasted for days and ended in stalemate, on Sherman's historic approach to Atlanta. Old Hwy 41 & Stilesboro Rd, Marietta. 770-427-4686

    


  • Kennesaw Civil War Museum -- (Formerly the Big Shanty Museum.) If you're familiar with Buster Keaton's The General  (or Fess Parker's Great Locomotive Chase),  you may be interested in seeing "The General," the actual locomotive involved in that real-life Civil War episode, at home near where the chase began. It's located in a restored cotton gin that now serves as a museum. ("The Texas," the OTHER locomotive that eventually caught up with Andrews Raiders, is housed at the Atlanta Cyclorama in Grant Park.) 2829 Cherokee St, Kennesaw. 770-427-2117
    


  • Martin Luther King Jr Historic Site -- He was born, raised, lived and worked all in the same neighborhood. His birth home is a ten-room house at 501 Auburn Avenue, built in 1894 and bought in 1909 by King's grandfather. The King Center for Nonviolent Social Change, at 449 Auburn, is an early learning center, archives and library, and is the location of King's tomb (404-524-1956). National Park Service, 522 Auburn Av NE. 404-331-5190

    


  • Historic Mable House -- "An example of a plantation plain home, built circa 1843. Listed in the National Historic Register. Appointments are needed for groups of eight or more." 5239 Floyd Road, Mableton (13 miles west of Atlanta). Operated by the South Cobb Arts Alliance and Cobb County Parks, Recreation & Cultural Affairs. 770-819-3285

    


  • Oakland Cemetary -- Dating from the 1850s, this city-owned cemetary is the resting place of Atlanta's first mayor, golfer Bobby Jones, Gone With The Wind author Margaret Mitchell, and scores of Civil War soldiers. A nice place to visit on a nice day. Check the website for information about tours. 248 Oakland Av SE. 404-688-2107

    


  • Peachtree Creek -- Not much to do but look at it. There was a Civil War battle here, in Tanyard Park on Collier Road, a little west of Peachtree Road.
    




  • Stately Oaks Plantation Community (Jonesboro) -- Looking for an antebellum house? (Isn't everybody who passes through GWTW country?) This Greek Revival mansion was built in 1839 and sports a wide central hall, double gallery porches, and a country store/museum shop. 100 Carriage Lane, Jonesboro. 770-473-0197

    


  • Robert C. Williams American Museum of Papermaking -- It's run by Georgia Tech. 500 10th St. 404-894-6663.

    


  • Williams-Payne House (Sandy Springs) -- You've heard of antebellum? This is an example of POST-bellum (built in 1869, after the war) living. The house was originally somewhere else, and moved next to the sandy spring for which the community was named. 6075 Sandy Springs Circle, Sandy Springs. 404-851-9111

    


  • Wren's Nest -- Once the home of Joel Chandler Harris (of Uncle Remus fame), now the restored building houses his memorabilia and hosts storytelling activities and a museum shop. 1050 Ralph D. Abernathy Blvd SW. 404-753-8535

    



MEDIA
    


  • CNN Studio Tours -- Watch news being made at the news network that Ted Turner founded in 1980 and now seen around the world. One CNN Center. 404-827-2300

    



MUSIC
    


  • Atlanta Ballet -- Does four or five shows a year at The Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. Info: 404-892-3303. Tickets usually available from TicketMaster: 404-817-8700 (www.ticketmaster.com)

    


  • The Atlanta Civic Center -- Technically, it's "The Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center." Music and other live events. 395 Piedmont Av NE. Ticket Office: 404-523-1879. TicketMaster: 404-249-6400 (www.ticketmaster.com)
    


  • Atlanta Lyric Theatre -- Formerly, "Savoyards Musical Theatre Company", it does musicals, sometimes at the Robert Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech, and sometimes at The Byers Studio Theatre at The Lyric. For directions to either, visit the website below. 404-377-9948.

    


  • Atlanta Opera -- Performs at the Atlanta Civic Center. Tickets available from TicketMaster (404-249-6400, or online at www.ticketmaster.com) or their website [below]. 404-881-8885.

    


  • Atlanta Symphony -- The regular Master Season performances of this award-winning ensemble take place in Symphony Hall in the Woodruff Arts Center complex. Still, there are plenty of other places to see the Symphony throughout the year, including the Summer Pops series backing up big-name entertainers at the Chastain Park Amphitheatre, and free Summerfest concerts in local parks during summer. Box office: 1293 Peachtree St. 404-733-5000.

    


  • Ballethnic -- Or "Ethnic Ballet," performed mostly at the Dean Dull Theatre, Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech. 404-762-1416.

    


  • Callanwolde Fine Arts Center -- Several performances a year. Info & reservations: 404-872-5338. Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, 980 Briarcliff Road NE.


    


  • Capitol City Opera -- A busy opera company that performs around the state, at the Conant Center
on the campus of Oglethorpe University, and sometimes even in local restaurants. Offices: 1266 West Paces Ferry Rd #451. 404-454-6213.


    


  • Celebrity Rock Cafe -- 152 Luckie St. 404-262-7625
    


  • Chastain Park Amphitheatre -- Summer rock/country concert series under the stars ("Atlanta Concerts"), as well as a series of concerts presented by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra ("Classic Chastain"). See the respective websites below. 4469 Stella Dr. Tickets available from TicketMaster: 404-249-6400 (www.ticketmaster.com).

    


  • Coca-Cola Roxy -- Mostly alternative, located in the very heart of Buckhead. 3110 Roswell Rd NW. 404-233-ROXY (-7699).  TicketMaster: 404-249-6400 (www.ticketmaster.com)
    


  • Cotton Club -- Music mostly for 18-years or older only. 1021 Peachtree St NE: 404-874-1993. TicketMaster: 404-249-6400 (www.ticketmaster.com)
    


  • Cowboys Atlanta -- Country and Western. 1750 N Roberts Rd, Kennesaw. 770-426-5006. TicketMaster: 404-249-6400 (www.ticketmaster.com)

    


  • DeKalb Symphony Orchestra --  Occasional performances in Clarkston Gymnasium, Georgia Perimeter College, 555 N Indian Creek Dr in Clarkston. Tickets: 678-891-3565.

    


  • Eddie's Attic (Decatur). 515-B North McDonough St, Decatur. 404-377-4976.

    


  • Ferst Center for the Arts. On the campus of Georgia Tech, 349 Ferst Dr. 404-894-9600.

    


  • The Fox Theatre -- (Sometimes known as "The Fabulous Fox".) Live music and plays and the like, for many of which you can get tickets from ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com or at 404-817-8700). The Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree Street. 404-881-2100

    


  • HiFi Buys Amphitheater -- (Formerly Lakewood Amphitheater.) I-75/85 south, go east on Lakewood Freeway to the end, then follow signs. HiFi Buys Lakewood Hotline: 404-627-5700. Tickets from Ticketmaster (404-249-6400, or www.ticketmaster.com). 

    


  • International Ballroom -- Live shows. 6616 New Peachtree Rd, Doraville. 770-936-0447. TicketMaster: 404-249-6400 (www.ticketmaster.com)
    


  • Lanierland Music Park -- Country, largely. 6115 Jot-Em Down Road in Cumming. 770-887-7464.

    


  • Masquerade -- Alternative, gothic, beyond punk. 695 North Av NE: 404-577-8178. TicketMaster: 404-249-6400 (www.ticketmaster.com)

    


  • Orchestra Atlanta -- Yes, it says "Atlanta" in its name, but it performs at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St, Roswell. 770-992-2559.

    


  • Philips Arena -- The big-name tours show up here. One Philips Drive, in downtown Atlanta, next to CNN Center. 404-878-3000. Ticketmaster: 404-249-6400.

    




  • Red Light Cafe -- In Virginia-Highlands area. 553 Amsterdam Ave. NE. 404-874-7828.

    


  • The Rialto -- Big names, mostly classicalish. Rialto Center for the Performing Arts at Georgia State, 80 Forsyth St., corner of Luckie and Forsyth Streets. Info: 404-651-4727.

    


  • Smith's Olde Bar -- 1578 Piedmont Avenue, at Monroe. 404-875-1522. TicketMaster: 404-249-6400 (www.ticketmaster.com)

    


  • Spivey Hall -- Top-flight classical and jazz. NPR's "Performance Today" broadcasts out of here all the time. Clayton State University in Morrow. Reservations via phone at 770-960-4200.

    


  • The Tabernacle -- TicketMaster: 404-817-8700 (www.ticketmaster.com). 152 Luckie St. 404-659-9022.
    


  • Theater of the Stars -- Brings plays and music to the Fox. Tickets available from Ticketmaster: 404-817-8700. Theater of the Stars: 404-252-8960. The Fox Theatre is at 660 Peachtree St.

    


  • Variety Playhouse --  They call themselves "an intimate theatre and nightclub located in Atlanta's colorful Little Five Points district." 1099 Euclid Av NE in Little Five Points: 404-521-1786. TicketMaster: 404-249-6400.

    



NATURE
    


  • Chattahoochee Nature Center -- A privately-funded center with live wildlife exhibits, aviaries, two nature trails, canoes, and activities for kids. 9135 Willeo Rd, Roswell. 770-992-2055.

    


  • Chattahoochee River National Recreational Area -- The river itself starts up north of Helen, Georgia, runs south through Lake Lanier and Buford Dam, passes to the west of Atlanta and becomes the Georgia/Alabama border, flows through West Point Lake, enters Florida and becomes the Apalachicola just before entering the Gulf of Mexico. In the 48-mile park, stretching from Lake Lanier to Peachtree Creek, you'll find rafting and canoeing, hiking, picnicing, fishing and horseback riding. National Park Service: 678-538-1200.

    


  • Lake Lanier/Lake Lanier Islands (Buford) -- Lake Lanier is a 38,000 acre human-made lake located about 45 miles northeast of Atlanta. (On the islands, you'll find a water park and resort or two, boats and cabins to rent, and a campground to park your RV. One neat thing to do in the summer is to rent a houseboat there, then doodle around and tie up to a different island every night.) They have fireworks on the lake July 4th, and miles of Christmas lights to drive through during the holidays. 6950 Holiday Rd, Buford. 770-932-7200

    



NEIGHBORHOODS & TOWNS
    

A home in the Inman Park neighborhood


  • Inman Park -- Reportedly the first planned suburb in America, Inman is the place in Atlanta to drive around and see restored victorian homes. Tours of the neighborhood are offered by Atlanta Preservation Center. 404-876-2040

    


  • Stone Mountain Village (Stone Mountain) -- The small Relics & Civil War Museum is a privately-owned collection of Civil War memorabilia (968 Main St; 770-469-1425). The Village Museum exhibits the history of the antebellum town (941 Main Street; 770-469-8045). The Village's Visitor Center is at 891 Main Street. 770-879-4971

    


  • Sweet Auburn District -- In the fifties, it was called "the richest Negro street in the world." A self-tour of the street includes Atlanta Life insurance company, the Big Bethel AME Church (founded in 1847), the Martin Luther King Center for Nonviolent Social Change, and the Top Hat/Royal Peacock. Walking tour maps available from the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, 233 Peachtree Street in Peachtree Center Mall. 404-222-6688.) Tours of the neighborhood offered also by Atlanta Preservation Center. 404-876-2040

    



SCIENCE
    


  • Fernbank Museum of Natural History -- It's the largest museum in town, with its atrium home to the skeleton of the largest dinosaur ever classified (123 feet long and 100 tons), being stalked by the largest meat-eater ever classified (47 feet long, between 8 and 10 tons.) The museum also houses a huge-screen IMAX theater that shows nature-related films. The "A Walk Through Time In Georgia" permanent exhibit escorts you through the development of the state. 767 Clifton Rd NE. 404-370-0960; IMAX info: 404-370-0019.

    


  • Fernbank Science Center (Forest & Planetarium) -- The planetarium, the largest in the southeast, is open to the public on Thursday and Friday non-cloudy evenings, and on Saturday mornings, (no one under 5 years admitted), there's a regular program that explains what the sky will look like that night. There's also a forest preserve. 156 Heaton Park Dr NE. 678-874-7102.

    





SPORTSTHEATRE
    


  • Actor's Express -- At the King Plow Arts Center, 887 W. Marietta St. (From I-75/85 Connector: take 10th Street west, turn left on Brady Ave. At light, take right on West Marietta Street. King Plow is on your right after the bridge.) General info: 404-875-1606. Box office: 404-607-SHOW.

    


  • Agatha's A Taste of Mystery Dinner Theater -- The question is, of course, who dunnit? The ticket price includes a five-course dinner with "very cheap wine" and an original comic murder mystery. 693 Peachtree Street, across from the Fox Theatre. Reservations: 404-875-1610.

    


  • Alliance -- Housed in the Woodruff Arts Center complex, this is Atlanta's premier art house when it comes to lavishly-produced plays. Downstairs is the Alliance Studio theatre where more modest and minimalist productions play to smaller crowds. 1280 Peachtree St. 404-733-5000

    


  • Atlanta Lyric Theatre -- Formerly, "Savoyards Musical Theatre Company", it does musicals, sometimes at the Robert Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech, and sometimes at The Byers Studio Theatre at The Lyric. For directions to either, visit the website below. 404-377-9948.

    


  • Aurora Theatre (Duluth) 3087 Main Street
Duluth. 770-476-7926.

    


  • Barking Dog Theatre -- Occasional shows at the 14th Street Playhouse, 173 14th St. 404-885-1621.
    


  • Center for Puppetry Arts & Museum -- This is a theater that puts on puppet shows, for both children and adults. The building also houses a museum with a collection of about 400 figures, including a large body Muppet created by the late Jim Hensen, and a Turkish exhibit that dates back to the 1300s. 1404 Spring St NW. 404-873-3391

    


  • Dad's Garage -- Lots of improv, including weekend performances for kids. 280 Elizabeth St. 404-523-3141.

    


  • 14th Street Playhouse -- Owned by the Alliance Theatre, this playhouse hosts various theatre companies, such as Theatre Gael. 173 14th St. 404-733-4738.

    


  • Fox Theatre -- Well, you KNOW the clouds and stars on the ceiling aren't real. but are they actually moving? The 1929 building, rescued from demolition by popular demand a few decades ago, is in the arabesque style, a true old-time movie palace that now also hosts Broadway musicals and other shows. (No, the Fox is NOT where "Gone With The Wind" premiered. That theatre was older and has since burned down.) Tours are available. 660 Peachtree St NE. 404-881-2100

    


  • Horizon Theatre -- Euclid & Austin Avenues in Little Five Points. Box Office: 404-584-7450.

    


  • Jomandi Founders -- An African-American theatre group that performs occasionally at the Rialto Center for the Performing Arts at Georgia State, corner of Luckie and Forsyth Streets. Info: 404-651-4727.
    


  • Neighborhood Playhouse -- 430 West Trinity Place in Decatur: 404-373-5311. 

    


  • The New American Shakespeare Tavern -- Shakespeare and more, in an old-style tudor setting, with pub food and drink. 499 Peachtree Street: 404-874-5299.

    


  • PushPush Theater -- 121 New Street, Decatur. 404-377-6332

    


  • 7 Stages -- In addition to putting in their own productions, serves as a venues for other theatre companies, such as Synchronicity. 1105 Euclid Ave in Little Five Points. 404-523-7647.

    




  • Synchronicity Performance Group -- Usually performs at 7 Stages Back Stage Theatre, 1105 Euclid Ave in Little Five Points. 404-325-5168

    


  • Theatre Gael -- Celebrates Celtic drama and music, most often at the 14th Street Playhouse, 173 14th St. 404-876-1138. 

    


  • Theatre in the Square -- Involved in a Cobb County funding controversy a few years ago that made the national news. On Marietta Square, 11 Whitlock Avenue in Marietta: 770-422-8369.

    


  • Theatrical Outfit -- Performs at The Balzer Theater at Herren's, 84 Luckie Street, next door to the Rialto Center for the Performing Arts. 404-577-5255.
  
    



TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
    


  • Georgia Aquarium -- Atlanta's newest tourist attraction, it's the largest aquarium in the world, containing more than 100,000 animals from 500 species, living in more than eight million gallons of fresh and salt water. It's in the heart of downtown, 225 Baker St, near CNN and in the Olympic Centennial Park. 404-581-5000

    


  • Stone Mountain Park (Stone Mountain) -- It's the world's largest natural chunk of granite sticking out of the ground, and it has on one side a huge carving of Civil War heroes (all Southerners, probably not by coincidence). You can ride to the top by skyway, or you can climb. Or you can ride around it on a train or on the nearby human-made lake on a "steamboat." You can camp there or park your RV. There's an antebellum plantation to visit, and a game ranch with petting farm, and a 19th century faux village. Their laser show is famous, and they have occasional festivals of one sort or another. 770-498-5600

    


  • Underground Atlanta -- It's really sort of a mall, with over 100 retailers of one sort or another, restaurants and music joints and night clubs, all down there where Atlanta began before they decided at the turn of the century to build over the railroad tracks so traffic wouldn't stay constantly backed up. (If you visit, don't forget there's the World of Coke right across the way.) Peachtree & Alabama Streets. 404-523-2311.

    


  • The World of Coca-Cola -- Located next to Underground Atlanta, the museum traces the history of the Atlanta beverage through memorabilia and film. 55 Martin Luther King Jr Dr. 404-676-5151 or 800-676-COKE.

    



WINERIES
    


  • Chateau Elan (Braselton) -- Yes, a winery, but much more. There are two restaurants, an art gallery, an equestrian show center, a banquet facilty, and daily tours (with tastings, of course.) Founded in 1983 by an Irishman, this is the place that reputedly put Georgia wine on the map. 100 Tour de France, Braselton. 770-307-3786, 800-233-9463.

    


  • Fox Vineyard & Winery -- Founded in 1984 by former Eastern Airlines pilot John Fuchs (and named after him, since "fuchs" is the German word for "fox"). Tasting room open daily. Go east on I-20, exit 47, Highway 11 South, not far from Social Circle, GA. 770-787-5402.
    






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