Updated 9/4/04
General Tourism Sites for Greater Atlanta
Atlanta.net, the Official Travel Portal (Click on Visitors.)
Georgia on My Mind: Atlanta Metro information
Access Atlanta (Entertainment listings from the Atlanta Journal Consitution)
Places
to Visit
Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site
Jimmy Carter Library and Museum
Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University
Selected Venues and Programs
Sylvia
McNair, soprano. October 9, 8:15 p.m.,
$60.
"Season Opening Cabaret."
Takács String Quartet, October
10, 3 p.m., $30.
Spivey Hall is located in Clayton, Georgia—about
a 40 minute drive from downtown Decatur.
Stillwell Theater at Kennesaw State University
Musici de Montreal
Chamber Orchestra. October 9, 8 p.m.
Kennesaw State University is located approximately 20
miles north of Atlanta at I-75 and Chastain Road, Exit 271.
Rialto Theater at Georgia State University
Symphonic Wind Ensemble.
October 8, 7:30 PM
University Symphony Orchestra. October 10, 3:00 PM
Georgia State University is located in downtown Atlanta
and is accessible via MARTA rail.
Alliance Theatre (at the Woodruff Center for the Arts)
The Color Purple:
a New Musical, October 9-17.
(Music and Lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray)
The Alliance Theatre, Atlanta's leading professional theatre,
is located in Midtown (central Atlanta) and is accessible by MARTA rail.
Chicago,
October 5-10.
The Fox Theatre, originally a movie palace, is an Atlanta
landmark which hosts professional touring companies. It is located in
Midtown and is accessible via MARTA rail.
Atlanta Botanical Gardens,
Chihuly
in the Garden, through October 31.
The Botanical Gardens, well worth a visit for outdoor
gardens and the orchid collections, are displaying a site-specific installation
of Chihuly glass. Note that the Gardens honor membership cards from many
other botanical gardens throughout the U.S.
Local Arrangements Committee
Joyce Clinkscales,
Chair (Emory University)
Christine de Catanzaro (Georgia State University)
Guy Leach (Georgia State University)
Richard Golden (Emory University)