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Jim Farmer

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  • Freelance Editor-at-Large, ArtsATL
  • Festival Director and Head of Programming, Out On Film
Atlanta
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Festival Director of Out On Film, freelance arts writer

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Performance art meets activism in Lavender Fest’s third season

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By Jim Farmer Verified
| The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Verified
Several years ago, performer and playwright Ty Autry had the idea of bringing together an Atlanta performing arts festival for the LGBTQ community. Now, his Lavender Fest is about to open its third season, and every aspect of the rainbow spectrum — “bisexual, poly, queer, trans, nonbinary, gay and everything in between you can think of” — is on tap. The 2026 event will hold a kickoff celebration at the Atlanta Eagle on Aug. 5, and will follow with four days of performances Aug.
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Atlanta theater community wants to give patron Susan Stiefel a curtain call

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By Jim Farmer Verified
| Go Atlanta
A couple that took Atlanta theater to heart and connected with scores of performing artists, Alan and Susan Stiefel were as much a part of an opening night as the jitters and last-minute tweaks. On June 29, Susan Stiefel, 81, died, five years after the death of her husband, leaving the city’s performing arts community at a deep loss. Susan was born in New York and attended the city’s High School of Performing Arts.
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With 150 voices singing his hits, guess Elton John needn’t call it the blues

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By Jim Farmer Verified
| Go Atlanta
Things to do For Pride Month, Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus prepares celebratory ‘Beyond the Yellow Brick Road’ concert on Saturday at Mableton amphitheater. The Atlanta Gay Men's Chorus performs the concert “Beyond the Yellow Brick Road: A Tribute to the Music of Elton John” on Saturday at Mableton's Mable House Barnes Amphitheatre. The chorus will be joined by the band Yacht Rock Schooner.
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