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Benefit: Chomp & Stomp
Sat., Nov. 7
Round up a group of friends and hit up the CHOMP & STOMP CHILI COOK-OFF AND FESTIVAL. Known for its annual chili contest and 5K, Chomp & Stomp also delivers free-flowing SweetWater on tap, an eclectic art market and a large helping of bluegrass music on the side. While the festival is all in the name of fun – and food! – Cabbagetown takes its chili seriously and has called in the big guns to help judge the contest, including Shaun Doty, Kevin Gillespie, Kevin Rathbun and Linton Hopkins, to name a few. So skip breakfast, take a deep breath and start digging in early because the food goes quickly. After you reach a state of chili bliss, take in performances by the Pea Ridge Ramblers, Slim Chance and the Convicts and more. $5, all-you-can-eat chili; $25, Romp & Stomp 5K. Race start, 8 a.m.; festival, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Cabbagetown Park, Tye Street and Kirkwood Avenue. www.chompandstomp.com.
Benefit: Decatur Wine Fest
Sat., Nov. 7
Get in touch with your inner classiness at the 2009 DECATUR WINE FESTIVAL. Featuring samples of Decatur's finest eateries, the festival promises a taste of more than 350 wines from around the world, live jazz and blues. Artists include the Heaven Davis Band, Ernie Quarles and Shaun Anderson. Not enough class? Then hold your pinky high knowing that your ticket purchase benefits the Decatur Arts Alliance, which offers the Decatur Arts Festival for free each year. Must be 21 and up. $30. 1-4 p.m. Old Courthouse Square, 101 E. Court Square, Decatur. 404-371-9583. www.decaturartsalliance.org.
Theater: Fair Use
Sun., Nov. 8
Actor's Express' world-premiere production of FAIR USE depicts a gender-bending romantic triangle against the backdrop of a high-profile case at a law firm. If the plot sounds a little like "Ally McBeal," know that Sarah Gubbins' comedy was a 2009 finalist in the Alliance Theatre's prestigious Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition. Actor's Express artistic director Freddie Ashley directs John Benzinger, Rachel Garner, Park Krausen, Laura Krueger and Tony Larkin. Coincidentally, Megan Gogerty, whose Kendeda runner-up Love Jerry was produced by Actor's Express in 2006, opens her one-woman show Hillary Clinton Got Me Pregnant at Synchronicity Theatre the same day. Fair Use: Through Dec. 5. $15-$35. Wed.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 5 p.m. 887 W. Marietta St. 404-607-7469. www.actors-express.com. Hillary Clinton Got Me Pregnant: Through Nov. 22. $15-$23. Thurs.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m. 1105 Euclid Ave. 404-484-8636. www.synchrotheatre.com.
Music: Peaches
Mon., Nov. 9
As an innovator in the seemingly now defunct electroclash scene, PEACHES' bawdy lyrics, absurd stage show and perfunctory electro show(wo)manship continue to appeal to those who dance to a different beat. Men, featuring members of Le Tigre, open with their own set of performance art dance rock. $20. 8:30 p.m. Center Stage, 1374 W. Peachtree St. 404-885-1365. www.centerstage-atlanta.com.
Visual art: Explosure
Tues., Nov. 10
It's so irritating when the beautiful people also happen to possess actual talent. While globe-trotting from photo shoot to photo shoot as a fashion model, born-and-bred Atlantan Tierney Gearon compiled a Polaroid scrapbook of her travels. Her little art project turned into much more when it was sniffed out by a Parisian agent. She's since collected tidy paychecks from Harper's Bazaar, French Vogue and Details, as well as fashion houses Perry Ellis and Kate Spade. Gearon continues her investigation of the home and family with her latest exhibition, EXPLOSURE, which superimposes two unrelated images and combines them into one via double exposure. Also on display is fellow native Todd Murphy's Sovereign Tree, a series of large-scale photographs that threads together segments of a tree in a vein similar to 17th-century Dutch landscape paintings. Through Jan. 16. Free. Tues.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Jackson Fine Art, 3115 E. Shadowlawn Ave. 404-233-3739. www.jacksonfineart.com.
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