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Quality of Life

Quality of Life

Captivating Culture, Arts & Entertainment

• On Stage Atlanta, in Decatur. This professional
theater ensemble has been producing
compelling, relevant and entertaining theatrical
productions in Atlanta since 1971.
• Porter Sanford III Performing Arts &
Community Center, located in the historic
Candler Road district of Decatur. This 500-
seat theater brings diverse programming to
southern DeKalb County.
• Rail Arts District (RAD), at the rail line where
Avondale Estates meets Decatur. This collection
of art studios and shops is a great place to
find pottery making, glass blowing, paper arts,
leather crafts, sewing and more.
• Eddie’s Attic, in Decatur. Eddie’s Attic draws
both fans and artists from all over the world,
and continues to be one of the premier music
Spruill Gallery, Dunwoody venues in the nation.

DeKalb County is one of the most ethnically diverse in
the Southeast. More than 64 languages are spoken in DeKalb
County by residents who hail from across the globe. This diversity
has given DeKalb County a rich and varied cultural environment,
including art centers, museums, theaters, and other attractions.

A sampling of the cultural assets in DeKalb • Fernbank Museum of Natural History in
County include: Decatur. Explore ancient fossils, science
• ART Station in historic Stone Mountain interactives, and the largest dinosaurs ever
Village. This multi-disciplinary arts center is discovered, all at this family-friendly museum
home to its own professional equity theatre where science, culture, and nature come alive.
company, five art galleries, a cabaret theatre • Fernbank Science Center in Decatur. Explore
presenting Atlanta’s music legends, two gift our world and the universe itself at Fernbank
shops, and space for arts classes. Forest and the Fernbank Observatory, which
• Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, housed in a houses the largest telescope in the Southeast.
Gothic-Tudor style mansion built in 1920 by • Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta
Coca-Cola heir Charles Howard Candler near (MJCCA) in Dunwoody. Theatre and art that
Decatur. Callanwolde offers concerts, gallery reflect history and Jewish life are mainstays at
exhibitions, and outreach programs in addition MJCCA, as well as fitness, wellness, and sports
to classes in visual, literary, and performing arts. programs for members.
• Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory • Oglethorpe University Museum of Art in
University in Decatur. This museum has the Brookhaven. This museum houses a collection
Southeast’s largest collection of ancient art, of Japanese porcelain from the 17th-20th
with objects from ancient Egypt, Africa, Greece, century, and nearly 700 drawings, prints, and
Rome, the Near East, Asia, and Americas. paintings from 19th-20th century France.

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