Wednesday, January 7
Gudmund Vigtel Curator Talk @ Lamar Dodd Exhibition
6:30 pm Reception | 7:00 pm Talk | FREE

Thursday, January 8
MOCA and the TULA Galleries and Studio Artists invite you to their First Thursday reception at TULA Art Center @ MOCA
5:30pm - 7:30pm | FREE | Wine and Light Hors D’oeuvres

Yelle Teaches Paper Mag How To Dance…It Got Weird (from Fashion Indie)

Beep Beep Artists Featured on Juxtapoz.com (from Beep Beep Gallery Blog)

MARTA Considers Drastic Measures To Balance Budget (from Decatur Metro)

Atlas Sound New Year’s Eve Show Bootleg (from Southern Shelter)

Guess who’s consulting at the Bureau (from Omnivore Atlanta)

R.I.P. Ron Asheton (from Stereogum)

Thanks to the stellar Done Waiting for these lists! Texas music blog, Done Waiting is one of your ultimate resources for schedule changes, party information and unofficial shows during SXSW Music. Links to each of the artists listed can be found on Done Waiting, for your listening pleasure. I linked to the Atlanta artists in the roundup.

CONFIRMED BY SXSW
8Ball & MJG
Anni Rossi
Arc Angels
Beach House
Ben Harper
B.o.B
Buraka Som Sistema
The Coathangers
Cotton Jones
Courteeners
Dent May and His Magnificent Ukulele
Friendly Fires
Gabriella Cilmi
Human Highway
Passion Pit
Past Lives
Pete & the Pirates
Primal Scream
Ra Ra Riot
Raul Malo
Relentless7
Reflection Eternal
Sage Francis
St Vincent
These Arms Are Snakes
Wale
White Lies
Ximena Sariñara

UNCONFIRMED BY SXSW
19 Dirty Queens
A Day to Remember
A Skylit Drive
Adam McInnis
Afghan Raiders
Akream of Arctic Flow Rec. & Ice Box Ent.
Alexander Spit
Alina Simone
American Tourist
An Horse
Andrew Bird
Andy Bull
Ann Vriend
Anthony Snape
Arms and Sleepers
Autons
Avitia
AZA
B WILLING
Balthrop, Alabama
The Beat Poets
The Beauvilles
Ben Mallott
Benny Gallagher
Bex Marshall
Bionic Pixie
Birds of Tokyo
Black Cherry
Black Lips
Black Skies
Blue King Brown
BOAC
The Brunettes
The Boat People
The Brothers Movement
BUL!M!ATRON!
Candy Coated Killahz
Captain Bliss
Casiokids
Cassim
Chase Frank
Choo Choo
Chris Lawson Jones
CLP
Closure in Moscow
The Cocknbullkid
Colin Gilmore
Come On Gang!
Connan Mockasin
Cory Branan
Crossed Keys
Crystal Sunshine
Damon Gowler
DANANANANAYKROYD
Dance Gavin Dance
Dapplied Cities
Dark Captain Light Captain
Dave Wrangler
Death is Not a Joyride
Deathly Fighter
The Deep Dark Woods
Dekadens
The Devil Wears Prada
Dirty Honey
DLake
DNAE BEATS
Donnis is in Cancun
Donte J
Drew Danburry
Eagle Winged Palace
Ebony Bones
The Egg
Elizabeth Wills
The Enright House
The Ettes
The Everyday Visuals
Even Elroy
Fanfarlo
Ferraby Lionheart
The Fever Dreams
Five Times August
Florence and the Machine
Folk and Stress
Future of the Left
Fuckshovel
The Fumes
Funk Bank
Gabriel Minnikin
Gabriella Cilmi
Gallus!
The Gay Blades
GEN.ERIK
Glambilly
Goldielocks
Gordie Tentrees
Grande
The Grand Marquee
The Grates
Graveyard BBQ
Gunslingers WFMU Showcase
The Hall Monitors
Hank IV Siltbreeze Showcase
Harmsway
Have Gun, Will Travel
Heartless Bastards
The Heart Attacks
Heels Catch Fire
Hey Negrita
Hot Panda
Ian Moore
Innercity Pirates
The Intelligence
Ironweed
Jackie Bristow
Jasic
Jason Isbell
Jeremy Jay
Jim Patton and Sherry Brokus
Jimmy Baldwin
John Fairhurst
Joseph Israel
Jump Back Jake
Kamikaze Queens
Karima Francis
Katie Costello
Keaton Simons
Kelli Rudick
Kid Confuscius
The Kin
Kittens Ablaze
KONQISTADOR
Kurt Vile
Le Castle Vania
Les Fauves
Loch Lomond
Lords of Fuzz
Lost Immigrants
The Low Anthem
Louie Fresco
Lower Class Revolt
Lucky Fonz III
Madi Diaz
Magnet School
Manda Mosher
Methadone Kitty & The Daily Dose
Micachu
Michael / Danceism
Midnight Peacocks
Midnight Youth
Modern Day Drifters
Monica Giraldo
Monique Ortiz
The Monthlies SPIN MAGAZINE PARTY
The Moog
Mos Generator
Mother/Father
Muck and the Mires
Myjonahproject
My Disco
Naked on the Vague
Necropolis
NLF3
Nick Bearden
Nicole Eitner
Nightsweats
NOVA
The O’s
Ocky Goodsounds
OH SNAP!!
Opus Dai
Our Lunar Activities
The Pacific
The Pack A.D.
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Paris Wells
The Proclivities
Paula Maya
Pedro Menendez
Polly Mackey and The Pleasure Principle
Port O’Brien
Pop Unknown
Porterdavis
Rachael Sage
Rademacher
Randy Weeks
Reason to Rebel
Red Riders
Red Summer
Rediscover
The Resignators
The River Raid
Roadside Graves
Rob Roy
Rocko Dorsey
Rodney Fisher
Roll the Tanks
Sabbath Crow
Sandi Thom
Sara Haze
Sarah Siskind
Scorpion Child
Scram C Baby
Seabird
Selena Garcia
Senor Furley
The Service Industry
The Slants
The Sleepover Disaster
Seth Glier
Shame Club
Shirock
Sickboy
Sindaddy
Skibunny
SKy Eats Airplane
Smokekiller
Sofia Talvik
Sonpub
Sorry OK Yes
Southeast Engine
Sqweek
Stars Go Dim
Steed Lord
Suckers
Sunset
Tacocat
Tarantist
Temoshark
The Temper Trap
The Thermals
The Tiny
Thee Headliners
This Frontier Needs Heroes
Toy Horses
The Tutts
Twilight Hotel
Two Dollar Bash
Two Sheds
Tyvjk
The Union Trade
The Valentine Failures
The Vaquetones
Virgin Passages
Waves
WAZ
The Weird Weeds
We Have Band
White Circle Crime Club
Whitechapel
Whitey Morgan and the 78s
Willy Joy
Youth Group
Zoroaster

Creative Loafing’s throwing a party to celebrate their Fiction Contest this Thursday at Eyedrum.

The winners of the annual fiction contest will read their stories and distinguished judges and authors Carmen Deedy, Phillip DePoy and Russ Marshalek will be on hand signing books.

There will also be refreshments, courtesy of Highland Bakery and “smooth party jams” from Night Moves Gold.

Cirque du Soleil’s KOOZA is opening tonight in Atlanta at Atlantic Station. KOOZA tells the story of The Innocent, a melancholy loner in search of his place in the world.

KOOZA is a return to the origins of Cirque du Soleil: It combines two circus traditions – acrobatic performance and the art of clowning. The show highlights the physical demands of human performance in all its splendor and fragility, presented in a colorful mélange that emphasizes bold slapstick humor.

The Innocent’s journey brings him into contact with a panoply of comic characters such as the King, the Trickster, the Pickpocket, and the Obnoxious Tourist and his Bad Dog.

Between strength and fragility, laughter and smiles, turmoil and harmony, KOOZA explores themes of fear, identity, recognition and power. The show is set in an electrifying and exotic visual world full of surprises, thrills, chills, audacity and total involvement.

Learn more about KOOZA, the creative process, music and more all at the Official Cirque du Soleil site. KOOZA is in Atlanta through March 1st and tickets are still available!

I’m taking my mother to the opening tonight as a Christmas present and will be twittering a bit throughout the evening if you’d like some brief sneak commentary on the show.

Neighborhood: Downtown
Nearby Marta Station: Peachtree Center Station (North Line)
Cost: $119
Includes: 5 1/2 hours of premium open bar, hor d’oeuvres, late night breakfast buffet, bands (Cracker, Young MC, Modern Skirts, Metalsome Inc), four comedians (Expect to pay quite a bit for downtown parking tonight or take Marta.)

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Neighborhood: Downtown
Nearby Marta Station: Five Points Station (All Lines)
Cost: FREE
Includes: A smorgasbord of no-name bands and other entertainment, Headache

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Neighborhood: Poncey Highlands
Nearby Marta Station: Inman Park/Reynoldstown Station (East Line) or North Avenue Station (North Line)
Cost: $8
Includes: Champagne Toast, Bands (Noot d’Noot, Judi Chicago), DJs (Vikki V, Suzy Q)

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[mp3] Noot d’Noot - Living The Life (featuring Sleepy Brown)
[mp3] Judi Chicago - Burger Joy

Neighborhood: Downtown
Nearby Marta Station: North Avenue Station (North Line)
Cost: Ladies Free
Includes: Confetti & Party Favors, Complimentary Bottle of Bubbly w/Table Reservation

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While Cole Alexander and Jared Swilley of Black Lips are on temporary hiatus from touring and recording their new album entitled “200 Million Thousand”, they will be DJing at East Atlanta’s latest venue, 529, every Tuesday during December. The music gets started at 10pm.

529 is located in East Atlanta across the street from Flat Iron at 529 Flat Shoals Road.