The City Lights Collective

Lois Reitzes speaks with comedian Jim Norton. Plus, a conversation about The Elevate Festival with artist and curator Charmaine Minniefield and dancer/choreographer Indya Childs.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lois Reitzes speaks with Seattle glass artist Jason Gamrath and the CEO for the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Mary Pat Matheson.   Gamrath’s garden installation “Super Natural: Glass Art in Bloom” represents a lifetime of work from the artist.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lois Reitzes speaks with director and producer Zach Ingrasci about the new documentary, “Five Years North.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lois Reitzes speaks with young adult authors Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal about their new book, “Why We Fly”.  And we'll listen back to a conversation about the documentary “Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President” . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lois Reitzes speaks with Kerry Lee and AJ Paug, Creative Directors for a new show presented by the Atlanta Chinese Dance Company, "Together: Yingge and Hip-Hop Unite."  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lois Reitzes speaks with BANDALOOP dance ensemble director Melecio Estrella and Anne Dennington, executive director of Flux Project. Plus, Oglethorpe University Theatre and Actors Express collaborate for “Heathers: The Musical”, and   we’ll hear from Oglethorpe professor Matt Huff and two actors from the show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lois Reitzes speaks with Dr. Melissa Arasi, Artistic Director for the Atlanta Women’s Chorus. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lois Reitzes speaks with comedian, actress, and author Phoebe Robinson about her new book, “Please Don’t Sit On My Bed In Your Outside Clothes”.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lois Reitzes speaks with Will Ransom, director of the Emory Chamber Music Society, and fiddler Mark O’ Connor about “Beethoven and Bluegrass.”  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lois Reitzes speaks with Keaton Leier, co-founder of Artists Climate Collective, and Atlanta based-choreographer Darian Kane, both members of Atlanta Ballet.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lois Reitzes speaks with "Out on Film" festival director Jim Farmer and T.J. Parsell, director of “Invisible: Gay Women in Southern Music,”  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lois Reitzes speaks with multi-talented artist Maria White, Lynn Pollard, one of the organizers of the American Craft Council Atlanta/Southeast Craft Week, and woodwork artist Sabiha Mujtaba.  Plus, City Lights engineer and contributor Shelley Kenneavy takes us inside The Computer Museum of America.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lois Reitzes speaks with actor Jared Dixon, who portrays Aaron Burr in the touring company of the musical Hamilton, and ensemble member and Atlanta native Quiantae Thomas.  Plus, we'll listen back to a conversation with American jazz singer and trombonist, Aubrey Logan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Summer Evans takes us inside The Friends Experience.  Plus, the world premiere of a violin concerto by Conrad Tao will be performed by violinist Stefan Jackiw with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra this weekend. Lois Reitzes speaks with both artists. And, senior producer Kim Drobes speaks with Ben Armstrong, co-creator of Netherworld Haunted House. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa...

Lois Reitzes speaks with Atlanta artist about the aquisition of her artwork by the MET in New York. Plus, a conversation with drummer Kevin Leahy, the executive director of the Atlanta Pops Orchestra, and tenor Timothy Miller, also known as the Atlanta Braves opera singer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lois Reitzes speaks with Paula Poundstone ahead of her show at the Buckhead Theater. Plus, we listen back to an interview with the human rights organizer-turned standup comic Hari Kondobolu.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lois Reitzes speaks with Matt Torney, the artistic director of Theatrical Outfit and director of “An Illiad,” and actor Lee Osorio.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lois Reitzes speaks with Andrew Aydin. He co-authored the new graphic book “Run” with the late U.S. Congressman John Lewis.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lois Reitzes speaks with Beverly Bass, the American Airlines pilot who landed one of the 38 diverted planes to Newfoundland on 9/11, and Becky Gulsvig who portrays Beverly in the musical "Come From Away". Plus, to honor the first responders who lost their lives on September 11th, the Atlanta History Center has a new temporary exhibition on view, “Responding Heroes: Remembering September 11, 2001.”...

Lois Reitzes speaks with the ASO's Conductor and Music Director Laureate, Robert Spano, about the return to live performances. Plus, a conversation with Georgia State University Professor of Practice in Acting/Directing Susan G. Reid and her student, Nhadyne Baton Brown about the film “Artscape 2021”. The project was created by students from Georgia State University using Atlanta street art as a s...

Senior Producer Kim Drobes speaks with Stanley "Mickey" Steinberg, John Portman’s lifelong collaborator, and Russell Adams, the President and Chief Design Officer at MTI Baths. Together they share the story behind John Portman’s last and final sculpture, The KOAN, on the Georgia Tech Campus.  Plus, Lois and contributor Shelley Kenneavy talk about where to watch Broadway and local theater...

Lois Reitzes speaks with director and producer Michelle Ferrari about the documentary “Sandra Day O’ Connor: The First”. Plus, sculptor Ellex Swavoni talks about her work commissioned as part of the Beacon Hill Black Alliance "Art for the People" project. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lois Reitzes speaks with artist and social worker Franco Bejarano. His portrait project, “Street to Home,” is on view at Marta’s Five Points Station on the south side concourse level.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

City Lights senior producer Kim Drobes talked to Sterling “The Trap King” Davis and learned how his path went from rapping to trapping. Plus, Lois Reitzes speaks with playwright and novelist Phillip DePoy and Sugarland’s Grammy Award-winning front man and co-lyricist Kristian Bush about the world-premiere of the musical "Darlin' Cory".   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lois Reitzes speaks with local artist Dawn Williams Boyd about her quilting technique and large-scale textiles. Her works illustrate what it means to be Black in America. The MET acquired her piece “Sankofa,” which is semi-autobiographical. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.