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MUSIC & NIGHTLIFE

• 9/5 Diamond Rio

• 9/6 Bullet for My Valentine

• 9/6 Chuck Leavell

• 9/12 Yard Dogs Road Show

• 9/13 Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

• 9/13 Rita Coolidge

• 9/13-14, 9/20-21 Country Concerts at Six Flags

• 9/14 Laurie Anderson

• 9/17 Kenny Loggins

• 9/19 Donna the Buffalo

• 9/19-20 Blairsville Bluegrass Festival

• 9/20 Marc Cohn

• 9/20 David Byrne

• 9/24 The Mars Volta

• 9/24 Gogol Bordello

• 9/26 3 Doors Down, Hinder

• 9/26 Arrested Development

• 9/29 The Kooks, The Whigs

• 9/30 Tegan and Sara

• 10/1 The Raconteurs (sold out)

• 10/4 Nanci Griffith

• 10/5 Joan Osborne

• 10/6 The Roots

• 10/6 Hanson

• 10/10-11 The Allman Brothers Band

• 10/11 Danzig and Dimmu Borgir -- The Blackest of the Black Tour 2008

• 10/15 Jaguares

• 10/16 Los Lonely Boys

• 10/18 Josh Turner and Lady Antebellum

• 10/27 Jackson Browne

• 11/8 Of Montreal

RECREATION

• 9/6 Use It or Lose It -- Fitness Fair for Women

• 9/6 Kids Fishing Days

• 9/7 A Walk in the Park at Six Flags

• 9/20 Kids Fishing Days

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ARTS

• 9/4-7 Rome International Film Festival

• 9/7 Golden Dragon Acrobats

• 9/12-14 Atlanta Arts Festival

• 9/12-11/16 "Altar Boyz"

• 9/19 Kiss' Paul Stanley promotes paintings at Phipps

• 9/20 Kiss' Paul Stanley promotes paintings at Perimeter

• 9/23 Stuart Woods

• 9/19-28 "Les Miserables"

• 10/4-12 "Madama Butterfly"

• 10/11 Oakhurst Arts and Music Festival

• 11/15 Celtic Thunder

• 11/7-23 "The Homecoming"

• 11/7-16 "Disney's High School Musical 2"

• 1/16-25 Disney's "Tarzan"

... AND MORE

• 9/7 Braves Bark at the Park

• 9/11-11/12 Oktoberfest

• 9/11-14 "When Elmo Grows Up"

• 9/23-28 AAUW Bookfair

ONGOING PICKS

• "Radio Golf": August Wilson Full Circle

• 'Dialog in the Dark'

• "Titanic: Aquatic"

• Don Cooper paintings

• 'Road to Freedom'

• 'Houdon at the Louvre' • "The Louvre and the Ancient World"

• Blue Sky Concerts in Decatur (Wednesdays)

• Concerts on the Square in Decatur (Saturdays)

• Wednesday WindDown

• Music @ Noon in Centennial Park (Tue. & Thur.)

• Ranger-led mountain hikes

MUSEUMS

• High Museum
• History Center
• Fernbank
• Margaret Mitchell House
• Michael C. Carlos
• Carter Library
• Imagine It
• Center for Puppetry Arts
• Museum of Contemporary Art
• Swan House Coach Gallery
• William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum
• Atlanta Contemporary Art Center

Newcomer's guide to Atlanta museums • Map mash-up