JAN-FEB 2016 THEAtlanta OFFICIAL VISITORS GUIDE OF AtLANTA CoNVENTI ON &Now VISITORS BUREAU ATLANTA.NET RAISE THE CURTAIN THE NEW YEAR USHERS IN EXCITING NEW ADDITIONS TO SOME OF AtLANTA’S FAVORITE ATTRACTIONS INCLUDING THE WORLDS OF PUPPETRY MUSEUM AT CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTS. B ARGAIN BITES SEE PAGE 24 V ALENTINE’S DAY GIFT GUIDE SEE PAGE 32 SOP RTS CENTRAL SEE PAGE 36 ATLANTA’S MUST-SEA ATTRACTION. In 2015, Georgia Aquarium won the TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice award as the #1 aquarium in the U.S. Don’t miss this amazing attraction while you’re here in Atlanta. For one low price, you’ll see all the exhibits and shows, and you’ll get a special discount when you book online. Plan your visit today at GeorgiaAquarium.org | 404.581.4000 | Georgia Aquarium is a not-for-profit organization, inspiring awareness and conservation of aquatic animals. F ATLANTA JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2016 O CONTENTS en’s museum DR D CHIL ENE OP E Y R NEWL THE 6 CALENDAR 36 SPORTS OF EVENTS SPORTS CENTRAL 14 Our hottest picks for Start the year with NASCAR, January and February’s basketball and more. what’S new events 38 ARC AROUND 11 INSIDER INFO THE PARK AT our Tips, conventions, discounts Centennial Olympic Park on tickets and visitor anchors a walkable ring of ATTRACTIONS information booth locations. some of the city’s best- It’s all here. known attractions. Think you’ve already seen most of the city’s top visitor 12 NEIGHBORHOODS 39 RESOURCE Explore our neighborhoods GUIDE venues? Update your bucket and find the perfect fit for Attractions, restaurants, list with these new and improved your interests, plus special venues, services and events in each ’hood. more from members Atlanta attractions. of Atlanta Convention BY KAREN LOPEZ 22 MUSIC & Visitors Bureau WHERE TO HEAR LIVE MUSIC 51 ATLANTA MAPS From chamber music Find your way wherever 20 hot events to electronica, we’ve got you’d like to go. you covered. THIS winter 54 y’all COME BACK From a full slate of circuses to 24 DINING BARGAIN BITES Enjoy your visit? steamy ballet, you’ll find plenty of Easy-on-the-wallet eateries Plan a return trip for spring excitement for everyone. festival season. 32 SHOPPING BY WENDY BOWMAN VALENTINE’S GIFT GUIDE ON THE COVER: We’re sweet on our city’s The new Worlds of shopping destinations. Puppetry museum at The Center for Puppetry Arts showcases the work of Jim Henson. 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Features 118 Orchestral Orbs and Radiant www.museumofdesign.org events tailored to your stay in masterworks representing tribes and Rainforest. First Nations across the North THROUGH JAN. 17 Atlanta, please visit Atlanta Botanical Garden American continent. The People’s China: Village Atlanta.net/whatshot atlantabg.org Life by Master Photographer Michael C. Carlos Museum Zeng Yi. Take a personal look at the www.carlos.emory.edu THROUGH JAN. 10 Chinese village people and the way Holiday In Lights. Enjoy the winter THROUGH JAN. 3 they live with world-renowned THROUGH JAN. 3 wonderland of lights for 10 more days Holiday in the Park. Thrill rides, photographer Zeng Yi. Macy’s Pink Pig. Atlanta tradition into the new year, as well as the ice holiday festivities, more than one for more than 50 years: ride through skating rink. Jimmy Carter Presidential storybook land on the Pink Pig. million lights and more will surround Library & Museum the park. Centennial Olympic Park www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov Lenox Square www.centennialpark.com Six Flags Over Georgia www.lenoxsquare.com THROUGH JAN. 17 www.sixflags.com/overgeorgia THROUGH JAN. 10 Habsburg Splendor: THROUGH JAN. 3 THROUGH JAN. 3 Seriously Silly! The Art and Whimsy Masterpieces from Vienna’s Searching for the Queen of Sheba. The Waters and the Wild: Alen of Mo Willems. Celebrates the author Imperial Collections. See more Explore the mysterious figure who has MacWeeney Photographs of and illustrator known for his humorous than 90 rare objects from the permeated our culture. Ireland. Explores the kinds of people, and artful children’s books. imperial collections of the Fernbank Museum places, and settings that inhabited High Museum of Art Habsburgs, one of Europe’s of Natural History Yeats’s poetry. ww.high.org celebrated royal families. www.fernbankmuseum.org High Museum of Art Michael C. Carlos Museum THROUGH JAN. 10 www.carlos.emory.edu www.high.org THROUGH JAN. 3 “Pinocchio.” The classic story of how Women of Vision. Spotlights 11 THROUGH JAN. 3 a puppet becomes a real boy is told. THROUGH FEB. 28 women photojournalists who captured A Stone Mountain Christmas. See Snow Mountain. Frolic across five Center For Puppetry Arts stories while working for National Mammoth Christmas in 4-D, wander snowy football fields, build snowmen, www.puppet.org Geographic. through the Wonderland Walkway and and careen down the 400-foot hill in a Fernbank Museum enjoy dazzling lights. THROUGH JAN. 10 snow tube. of Natural History Stone Mountain Park Designers, Makers, Users: 3D Stone Mountain Park www.fernbankmuseum.org www.stonemountainpark.com Printing the Future. Explores how www.stonemountainpark.com WHAT’S HOT EDITOR’S PICK Callanwolde Arts Festival Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater This two-day indoor festival A six-performance engagement of these extraordinary dances will grace the stage of the Fox Theatre will feature almost 86 painters, this February. See this troupe of African-American modern dancers perform new work, world premieres, photographers, sculptors, and classic Alvin Ailey dances. Since 1958, this dance theater has changed the perception of American metalwork, glass artists, dance through performances on stage, television and film, as well as online platforms. The company has jewelers and more, plus food performed in 71 countries to almost 25 million people, and returns to Atlanta each May with their own trucks, acoustic music and cultural experience. dance performances. FEB. 10-14 JAN. 24-25 The Fox Theatre Callanwolde www.foxtheatre.org Fine Arts Center callanwolde.org 6 WWW.ATLANTA.NET et in the game today at the College Football Hall of Fame and Chick-fil-A Fan Experience. Exceeding expectations at every turn, get ready for engaging and interactive fun from the moment you set foot in the building – whether you are a football fan or not! Located in the heart of downtown Atlanta near Centennial Olympic Park with easy access to parking, area restaurants and other amazing attractions, the College Football Hall of Fame and Chick-fil-A Fan Experience is a must-see attraction with wonders to discover for the entire family! 250 Marietta Street N.W. Atlanta, GA 30313 404.880.4800 cfbhall.com CALENDAR HERPEN van IRIS . © STUDIOS . 6 NO , OOMES bart BY WHAT’S HOT EDITOR’S PICK PHOTO Atlanta Winter Beer Make Believe America . B Festival - The U.S. government comissioned leading designers to create international cultural exhibitions such as A Join us for the Atlanta Winter the World’s Fairs, to demonstrate the American way of life as a force against communism. The height of , DRESS, COLLAR, JANUARY 2008. RIBS OF CHILDREN’S UMBRELLAS, COW , DRESS, COLLAR, JANUARY Beer Fest at the Masquerade these cultural exhibitions (1955-1975) will be explored, and will show the ways in which design was used for for live music, delicious food persuasion. You’ll see examples created by brilliant exhibition teams that included designers such as Herbert and more than 150 beers, ciders Bayer, Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson and R. Buckminster Fuller. and wines. Pick from two sessions that day, or attend FEB. 28-JUNE 12 both for maximum enjoyment. Museum of Design Atlanta CHEMICAL CROWS www.museumofdesign.org JAN. 30 The Masquerade www.atlantawinterbeerfest.com IRIS VAN HERPEN, IRIS VAN GRONINGER MUSEUM 2012.0192.