By Dee Corley. One of the most valued traits that Atlanta has is the vast selection of things to do and places to go. Anywhere you look entertainment is never far away, and it can be found in any price range from free to the sky’s the limit. Places to go as individuals, as a group or as a family, it can all be found here in Atlanta. Shen Yun Divine Performing Arts Chinese Dance was one of those options that arrived in Atlanta just for the weekend of the 15th through the 17th of January at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.

By Summer Stanley. Call me Ebeneezer Scrooge, but this particular holiday not even Mariah Carey’s Christmas album on loop was contagious enough for this grinch to catch the merry bug buzzing around the block. Vagina Jenkins, Atlanta’s premiere prima donna and Creative Loafing’s “Best Burlesque Dancer” finally launched me into the spirit of the season. The Big Freeze: A Holiday Spectacular, starring the Lady Miss Jenkins herself and local playwright Johnny Drago, is a blitz (bling+glitz) of local talent at the Eyedrum, the non-profit performance art space located just south of downtown.