Make time for something fun during the second weekend of spring quarter and let District Detours point you in the right direction!
Friday, April 5
Serious People Serious Show
Desotorow Gallery, 2427 Desoto Ave.
6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Taylor Stone, Janelle Fortes, and Shannon Wiskman bring their illustration talent to Desotorow. Come for coffee, food, and some seriously serious artwork.
ConeArtists
Anahata Healing Arts, 2424 Drayton St. #B
6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Explore multi-media artist Melissa Hagerty’s trip through the Mojave Desert with music, poetry, performance art, visual media, and more.
A Lost Collection : Works from a Notorious Art Buyer
Sicky Nar Nar Gallery, 125 W. Duffy St.
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
A silent auction with bids starting as low as $30 will offer the artwork of The Wilbert Collection which includes artwork accumulated by an avid art buyer in New York over a span of 20 years.
Can We Talk? An exhibition inspired by Joan Rivers
Le Snoot, 6 E. State St.
7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Fifteen artists use multimedia works to respond to the life, work, and image of celebrity personality Joan Rivers.
Will Azada, Alex Faulk, and Recons
The Sparetime, 36 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
9:00 p.m.
21 and up, $5 cover
The Sparetime presents a night of underground techno and house with artists from the basements of Knoxville, Tenn. along with support from local artists Recon, Cc, and Len Bias.
Saturday, April 6
Noon30: Lake Street Drive
Ships of the Sea North Garden, 41 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
12:30 p.m.
Enjoy music from Brooklyn-based quartet Lake Street Drive, a group that embodies the spirit of classic soul and R&B, jazz, and British invasion music.
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with Marcus Roberts Trio
Johnny Mercer Theatre, 301 W. Oglethorpe Ave.
2 p.m.
Conductor Robert Spano guides the ASO through a program of modern American music including the world premiere of a new piano concerto for jazz trio by Marcus Roberts.
Sunday, April 7
Debra Zumstein & Asa Chibas
Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St.
2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
A gallery reception will feature the photography of Debra Zumstein and Asa Chibas.