Stage:
The fanciful and awe-inspiring Cirque du Soleil returns with “OVO.” It continues through Dec. 19 under the blue and yellow Grand Chapiteau at Atlantic Station.
Stage: “The Second City: Miracle on 1280 Peachtree Street” pokes a little fun at Atlanta and opens on Nov. 5. The show continues through Dec. 12 at the Alliance Theatre.
Stage: Get a head start on the holiday spirit with Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas: The Musical.” Through Nov. 7 at the Fox Theatre.
Stage: Love gets dangerous when a young English teacher gets involved in the personal lives of two of her students in Synchronicity Performance Group’s “The Storytelling Ability of a Boy.” Through Nov. 21 at 7 Stages BackStage Theatre in Little Five Points.
Festival: It’s the first year for the Chastain Park Arts Festival, but organizers are expecting more than 160 artists will show their work. 10 a.m. Nov. 6; 11 a.m. Nov. 7. Check out Carson Matthew’s blog about the events taking place at Chastain this weekend! http://chastainparkblog.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/2nd-annual-chastain-park-arts-festival-this-weekend/
Stage: Some of the most popular performers from television’s “America’s Got Talent,” including Prince Poppycock, make their way to the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 6.
Music: Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus will offer their fall concert at 3, 5:30 and 7 p.m. Nov. 7. At the Bailey Performance Center on the campus of Kennesaw State University.
The Mustache Party :8 p.m.-midnight Friday, Nov. 5, outside the High Museum of Art on Sifly Piazza. Includes mustache contest, live music, gallery viewing, beer and, at 10 p.m., a showing of the French film “The Mustache.” (Rain location: Rich Theater.) $10. 1280 Peachtree St., Atlanta. 404-733-4444, www.high.org .
What a great post, I love the Weekend Best Bets! My kids saw the Cirque du Soleil tents at Atlantic Station the other day and were so mad that I wouldn’t take them to the circus. I had a really hard time explaining that this circus is a little different… Have a great weekend.