City Lights with Lois Reitzes WABE

Atlanta author Aisha Saeed discusses her new children’s book “Zuni and the Memory Jar.” We hear about this weekend’s events with the hosts of How You Do Atlanta. WABE jazz and blues host H. Johnson talks about saxophonist Louis Jordan. Plus, the Canterbury Choristers’ musical director, John King Carter, discusses their production of the one-act opera “Trial by Jury.”

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Flying Carpet Theatre Company artistic director Adam Koplan and music director Greg Sudmeier discuss their upcoming concert, “There’s No Business Like Show Business: A Tribute to Irving Berlin”, which will be held at the Breman Museum on June 2. Plus, Chattahoochee Nature Center’s events supervisor, Fabiola Clermont, shares this year’s line-up at the 25th annual Flying Colors Butterfly Festival. We hear from Atlanta poet Aurielle Marie. 

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Director Amanda Washington and playwright Pearl Cleage discuss the new production of “Blues for an Alabama Sky,” which opens tomorrow at Actor’s Express and runs through June 23. Plus, we hear about the Atlanta high school student who placed second in this year’s “Next Narrative Monologue” Competition.

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From WABE in Atlanta, this is City Lights. I’m Lois Reitzes – thank you for listening. Among the contributions to the world of music from Athens, Georgia, the band REM is one of the town’s biggest – not only in terms of the fame they would go on to achieve, but in the strength of their Athens roots. A new, comprehensive biography of the band is out now by author John Hunter. Later this hour, he joins us to discuss “Maps and Legends: The Story of REM.”

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Theatrical Outfit director Matt Torney and actor Tess Malis Kincaid discuss “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf,” which is on stage at the Balzer Theater at Herren’s through June 16. Plus, Dr. Scott Stewart discusses popular scores of currently streaming hits, singer-songwriter Parker Smith takes the spotlight for our series, “Speaking of Music,” and we hear the story of Jacob Ruppert’s “All Day High Five.”

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Camille Russell Love, executive director of the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, details the 2024 Atlanta Jazz Festival, happening this weekend at Piedmont Park. Plus, Artist Gregor Turk and Druid Hills Presbyterian Church session member Eric Dusenbury discuss the new public art installation “Assembly,” which is on display on the church’s front lawn through April 2025.

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