Atlanta Culture August 2008

Check out this local guide to the Southern city's hottest cultural events.

Atlanta is a city bursting with culture, from thought-provoking exhibits and theatrical productions to classical concerts and dance performances.

"Street Life: American Photographs from the 1960s and '70s" and "Young Americans" at the High Museum of Art

Through Aug. 10 This month is your last chance to check out two photography exhibits. "Street Life" presents four photographers' views of the cultural landscape during the time of the Vietnam War and Women's Liberation Movement, while "Young Americans" features local Sheila Pree Bright's portraits of 18- to 25-year-olds, for which she had them choose their own clothing, poses and interactions with the American www.flag.www.high.org

Turner Classic Movie Night with the ASO

Aug. 16 For the final event of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's debut summer series at the new Verizon Wireless Amphitheater at Encore Park, they are teaming up with Turner Classic Movies. Hosted by TCM's Robert Osborne, the concert will feature back stories and anecdotes about movies such as Gone With the Wind, Dr. Zhivago and 2001: A Space Odyssey interspersed with film clips accompanied by the sounds of the orchestra. www.vzwamp.com

Festival Peachtree Latino

Aug. 24 One of the Southeast's largest multicultural events, this free annual family festival typically attracts more than 70,000 people to Underground Atlanta. Now in its ninth year, the event promises a day full of live music, dancing and cuisine from nations spanning Central and South America and the Caribbean. The objective, according to organizer Ray Ortega, is to integrate myriad Latino cultures and traditions to help visitors appreciate the breadth of their diversity. www.festivalpeachtreelatino.com

August Wilson Full Circle: Gem of the Ocean and Radio Golf

Aug. 29 through Sept. 28 Since 1989, Alliance Theatre has been producing plays in the legendary August Wilson's "Century Cycle," and Gem of the Ocean and Radio Golf-each featuring the same company of actors-finally complete the 10-play series. Gem of the Ocean follows migrant African-American farm workers in Pittsburgh circa 1904, while Radio Golf charts the surge of gentrification in the same neighborhood 90-plus years later. www.alliancetheatre.org