WABE Arts

Episodes

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  Nick Benson Paints ‘Next Stop’ Mural in English Avenue 30.07.2026 4m

  Atlanta muralist Nick “Turbo” Benson is leading a team of four painting “Next Stop,” a new Atlanta Beltline Art mural going up under an overpass on Cameron M. Alexander Boulevard in English Avenue. On this episode of WABE Arts, Sherri Daye Scott talks with Benson about honoring the Reverend Cameron M. Alexander — and a surprise nod to Gladys Knight hiding in the paint. 🎧 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  Alif Institute Brings Arabic Music and Dance to the Park 28.07.2026 4m

  Atlanta’s Alif Institute, a nonprofit focused on preserving and sharing Arab cultures, had the idea to take some of its most popular arts workshops out of its Chamblee-Tucker building for a pop-up event at Johns Creek's Newtown Park. On this episode of WABE Arts, Sherri Daye Scott talks with Alif executive director Mouna Abdelhamid about why she's betting a public park can do what a classroom can't. 🎧 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  VIVO Summer Strings Institute Culminates in Free Concert at Symphony Hall 23.07.2026 4m

  VIVO, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's Summer String Institute, wraps up today with a free concert at Atlanta Symphony Hall. WABE Arts and Culture Editor Sherri Daye Scott stopped by the ASO this week to see what five days of rehearsal taught a  group of young musicians from different backgrounds about playing as one. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  Atlanta Storytellers turns one with ‘The Songs That Shape Us’ 21.07.2026 4m

  Atlanta Storytellers marks one year with its fifth show, “The Songs That Shape Us,” pairing live personal stories with live music at Eddie’s Attic. On this episode of WABE Arts, Sherri Daye Scott talks with founder and director Josh Cuthbertson about how a standing Moth date with his daughter turned into a storytelling series — and why he’s in no hurry to outgrow it. 🎧 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  John Simmons photography exhibit wraps at Mason Fine Art 16.07.2026 4m

  Emmy-winning cinematographer and photographer John Simmons has spent six decades documenting Black life in America — starting at 15, shooting for the Chicago Defender. Now, a selection of that work is on view at Mason Fine Art in Atlanta, in a solo exhibition called “It Started in the 60s,” running through July 25.  WABE's Sherri Daye Scott sat down with Simmons at the gallery to talk about the work on the walls and the stories behind them.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  Operator, connect me to Atlanta World Cup culture 14.07.2026 4m

  More than 100 visitors and locals stopped by WABE's phone booth at the Atlanta Cultural Exchange this summer, sharing what their impressions of the city during FIFA World Cup 2026. On this episode, hear from radio personality Jade Jones, a visitor from South Africa, a shoutout to local creative Dante Kyle, and a very confident young voice with strong opinions on who's taking home the trophy. Sherri Daye Scott has more See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  What's feeding Harry Connick Jr. ahead of Chastain Park 08.07.2026 4m

  Harry Connick Jr. made his Carnegie Hall debut this year with an original orchestral piece written as a tribute to his late mother. On this episode of WABE Arts' What's Feeding You?, Sherri Daye Scott talks with Connick about writing that piece, the idea behind his forthcoming book, “Babe: Elaboratio,” and why he never plans a set list before a show. Connick brings his band to Chastain Park July 11. 🎧 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  How Hip-Hop Made Atlanta': Regina Bradley on OutKast and trap 07.07.2026 4m

  Atlanta is a hip-hop capital now, but it wasn’t always. On this episode of WABE Arts, Sherri Daye Scott talks with Dr. Regina N. Bradley, associate professor of English and African Diaspora Studies at Kennesaw State University and author of “Chronicling Stankonia,” about how the city and the music shaped each other, from OutKast and the Dungeon Family to trap and the neighborhoods that gave the sub-genre its sound. Bradley previews “How Hip-Hop Made Atlanta,” her free three-part lecture series presented by the Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA) and supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities for the nation’s 250th anniversary. 🎙See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  Atlanta poet Ashlee Haze wins South Arts literary grant 02.07.2026 4m

  Atlanta poet and spoken word artist Ashlee Haze is one of sixteen writers to receive a 2026 South Arts Literary Arts Grant. Her award is going toward “KIERA,” a nonfiction book and audiobook exploring abundance, wealth and liberation for Black women and the historically marginalized. For Haze, the project is as much about how the story gets told as what it says. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  Shakespeare Out of a Hat brings improv chaos to Atlanta’s Shakespeare Tavern 30.06.2026 4m

  The Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse on Peachtree Street is home to some of Atlanta's most polished classical theater. But a few nights a year, the stage belongs to something wilder.  Actors don't know their roles. In some cases, they don't even know what play they're performing. They find out the same way the audience does — when someone reaches into a hat.  That's the premise of Shakespeare Out of a Hat, a recurring event at the Atlanta Shakespeare Company that blends improv with the company's deep repertorySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  chefATL is back — and it’s already won an Emmy 25.06.2026 4m

  SCAD student director Astrid Sims on making two Emmy-winning episodes of chefATL, a docuseries that explores Atlanta through its chefs. 🎙️
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  Fútbol, faith, and fans: ADAMA opens 'The African Game' 23.06.2026 4m

  Fahamu Pecou on photographer Andrew Dosunmu's immersive exhibition of African football fan culture, on view at ADAMA through July 25. 🎭
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  SanSe Atlanta: A celebration that doubles as a lifeline 18.06.2026 4m

  Now in its eleventh year, SanSe Atlanta is Georgia’s largest Puerto Rican festival — and one with a philanthropic mission. On this episode of WABE Arts, Sherri Daye Scott talks with Belisa Urbina, co-founder and CEO of Ser Familia, about what it takes to bring Puerto Rico’s post-Christmas spirit to Alpharetta in June and proceeds go directly to mental health and family counseling services for Latino communities across Georgia. With Elvis Crespo headlining and DJ EU on the decks, Urbina says the party is the point — and so is everything it funds.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  PJ Morton on the making of ‘Saturday Night, Sunday Morning’ 16.06.2026 4m

  GRAMMY-winning singer-songwriter and longtime Maroon 5 keyboardist PJ Morton is back with a new double album: ‘Saturday Night, Sunday Morning,’ half R&B, half gospel, out June 19. On this episode of WABE Arts, Sherri Daye Scott talks with Morton about the project’s origins and the Bogalusa, Louisiana studio where he recorded it. Morton also shares the kismet behind the album’s structure, his lifelong pull toward nine-song records, and what’s ahead as he takes the new music on the road this summer. 🎧 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  Ministry of Art: Artful ATL returns with 30+ Atlanta artists 11.06.2026 4m

  Artful ATL started with a simple idea: Atlanta artists deserve a professional space, real collectors, and a direct path to income — without giving up a percentage of what their work brings in. Now in its second year, the annual exhibition and sale returns Saturday, June 13 to Atlanta Contemporary with more than 30 artists selected from more than 200 submissions. On this episode of WABE Arts, Sherri Daye Scott talks with co-founders Esohe and George Galbreath about what it takes to get into the show, how they arrange artists to create the best experience for collectors and attendees, and what they hope the Atlanta art community takes from what they’ve built. Esohe Galbreath comes from finance and engineering. George Galbreath is a visual artist and educator. Together they describe Artful ATL not as a business, but as a calling. 🎨 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  Art as a Language: Joyce Kim’s Gold Medal Portfolio 09.06.2026 4m

  When Joyce Kim immigrated to Georgia from Korea in the third grade, she couldn’t yet speak English, but she could paint and draw. Art, she says, was a familiar language in an unfamiliar place. On this episode of WABE Arts, Sherri Daye Scott talks with Kim about the body of work that earned her a Gold Medal Portfolio Award from the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards,  the organization’s highest honor, awarded to just 16 students nationwide. Kim discusses her mixed-media portfolio, ‘Fear of the Unknown and the Uncontrollable Forces,’ the psychological theory behind one of its signature pieces, and what she hopes other young artists take from her work. Kim graduates from Johns Creek High School in Alpharetta this month and will study psychology and visual arts at Yale University in the fall. 🎨 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  Amplify Decatur celebrates 'A Decade on the Square' with Gillian Welch & David Rawlings 04.06.2026 4m

  The Amplify Decatur Music Festival has been turning live music into community support since 2010 — and a decade ago, it claimed the Decatur Square as its home. This week, the festival marks ten years outdoors with a lineup headlined by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, on a brand-new downtown stage about to host its very first concert. On this episode of WABE Arts, Sherri Daye Scott talks with co-board chair Mike Killeen about what it took to build a festival around a cause, why music and anti-poverty work belong together, and what it means to finally land an artist that's been on the wish list for years. The Amplify Decatur Music Festival runs June fourth through seventh on and around the Decatur Square. 🎵 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  Inside 'American Sublime': Amy Sherald’s homecoming at the High Museum 02.06.2026 4m

  For more than a year, ‘Amy Sherald: American Sublime’ packed museums in San Francisco, New York, and Baltimore. Now the exhibition — the largest of the Georgia native’s work to date — has arrived at its final stop: Atlanta’s High Museum, the city where Sherald honed her craft. On this episode of WABE Arts, Sherri Daye Scott talks with Angelica Arbelaez, assistant curator of modern and contemporary art at the High, about what visitors will find inside: the visual language Sherald developed over nearly 20 years, the new triptych created specifically for this show, and how the museum has organized an exhibition that asks you to slow down and meet the gaze of every subject in the room. 🎨 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  ‘Basura’: Gloria and Emily Estefan on writing music that serves the story 28.05.2026 4m

  In 2019, producer Michael Shulman invited Gloria Estefan to score a musical he was developing based on ‘Landfill Harmonic,’  a documentary about a children’s orchestra in Paraguay that builds its instruments from recycled trash. Estefan invited her daughter Emily to write alongside her. On this episode of WABE Arts, Sherri Daye Scott talks with Gloria and Emily Estefan — during rehearsals at the Alliance Theatre ahead of the musical’s May 30 premiere — about what it takes to write original music for the stage: the panic, the process, the songs that didn’t survive, and why Atlanta audiences will help shape what ‘Basura’ becomes. 🎭See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  WABE Arts: Atlanta Fringe Festival 2026 26.05.2026 4m

  The Atlanta Fringe Festival opens Wednesday, May 27th. Fifty-one shows. Nearly 250 performances. The lineup is selected by lottery — open to artists of all backgrounds, disciplines, and experience levels.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.