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Move Over, Arts and Crafts: Girls' Rock Camp Teaches Empowerment

By Ani Vrabel on 1:25 PM on July 29, 2009

It's a Saturday night, and the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta's Little Five Points neighborhood is filling up. A few people settle into the theater's plush seats, but... read more

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Sonic Youth - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse - 7/13/09

By Austin L. Ray on 3:45 PM on July 20, 2009

Photos taken by Mike White at Variety Playhouse... read more

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Antony and the Johnsons - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse - 2/8/09

By Kate Kiefer on 11:19 AM on February 9, 2009

Photos taken by Andrew Lee at Variety Playhouse... read more

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Fiction Family - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse - 1/29/09

By Kate Kiefer on 2:21 PM on January 30, 2009

Photos taken by Andrew Lee at Variety Playhouse... read more

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Live Photos: Mike Geier's Kingsized Holiday Jubilee @ Variety Playhouse 12/13/08

By Julia Reidy, photos by Chad McFarlin on 10:59 AM on December 31, 2008

Driving home Dec. 13, the streets of Little Five Points were filled with people looking exceptionally festive-- even for this holiday season. So many Santa costumes traipsed up the sidewalks, it felt like the North Pole had been uprooted, cloned and deposited in the center of Atlanta. Really, though, what had arrived was Mike Geier, his Kingsized Orchestra and the Dames Aflame burlesque troupe for another spectacular show at the Variety Playhouse. Paste:Local photographer Chad McFarlin was there to capture it all.... read more

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Broken Social Scene - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse - 11/19/08

By Austin L. Ray on 1:00 PM on December 12, 2008

Photos taken by Stephen Lindley at Variety Playhouse... read more

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Win tickets to see The Whigs with Band of Horses Dec. 30 or 31

By Julia Reidy, photo courtesy of The Whigs on 5:30 AM on December 3, 2008

The party starts early at the Variety Playhouse this New Year's, as Athens, Ga.'s The Whigs open two consecutive nights for Band of Horses on Dec. 30 and 31. Both nights are sold out, but don't fret: To enter to win a pair of tickets to one of the two sold-out shows, visit RedMusic.com.WhigsRedeem and enter your phone number. You'll be texted a code to enter the contest, and every entrant into the drawing will get a free download of The Whigs' "Like a Vibration." What are you waiting for? Good luck!... read more

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Live Review: Deerhunter, Pylon, Jay Reatard and Times New Viking @ Variety Playhouse; The Spooks, Cola Freaks and Mourdella @ Star Bar, 10/31/08

By Eliot Johnson, photo courtesy of The Spooks on 2:10 PM on November 5, 2008

[Above: Jared Swilley of the Black Lips plays in Halloween-appropriate band The Spooks.]More good bands than Bonnaroo. The release of a long-awaited record. A 3-D extravaganza. A horde of crazed Danes. A theremin. A cassette so limited it doesn’t really exist. The Black Lips wearing bed sheets. And Jay Reatard playing (gasp) an acoustic guitar. It’s just another Halloween in Atlanta, as Deerhunter headed a line-up of hipster-approved indie rockers at the Variety Playhouse, while Black Lips side-project The Spooks descended upon the after-party at Star Bar, supported by a cadre of local bands and the aforementioned Danes.... read more

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Top 5 best things about Halloween in Atlanta

By Julia Reidy on 3:00 PM on October 29, 2008

[Above: Jay Reatard, shown here on the cover of his record Blood Visions, plays this Friday night at the Variety Playhouse.] As an Atlanta native, I've celebrated a lot of Oct. 31sts here. Accordingly, I find that there are certain things I look forward to every year that say as much about the city as they do the holiday itself. Here, in order, are the top five reasons I can't wait for Halloween to hit Atlanta this year. What are yours?... read more

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Deerhunter kick off tour, Microcastle gets physical

By Julia Reidy, photo courtesy of Deerhunter on 1:30 PM on October 24, 2008

After its accidental leak and legal iTunes debut in August, Deerhunter's Microcastle, perhaps the most anticipated album by an Atlanta artist this year, finally hit stores in physical form on Tuesday (Oct. 28) via Kranky stateside and 4AD overseas. To appropriately celebrate this momentous occasion, Bradford Cox and company will embark up on a national tour, kicking it off on Halloween at their hometown's own Variety Playhouse, where they'll be joined by Jay Reatard, Times New Viking and Pylon. ... read more

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