Sept. 5, 2025, ATLANTA—Thanks to generous support from the Lettie Pate Evans Foundation, the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and High Museum of Art will host their fifth-annual Grandparents Day celebration from noon to 5 p.m. Sept. 14, 2025, on the Woodruff Arts Center’s campus. Each year, Grandparents Day gives families a special opportunity to connect, play, and immerse themselves in world-class visual arts, music, and theater. This year’s schedule of events features all three Art Partners, including:
- Drop-In Art Making and smARTbox distribution*: Join us for an art-making activity inspired by the illustrations on view in the special exhibition “Faith Ringgold: Seeing Children.” Create mini books about your home and family in this art-making activity for all ages! Noon to 4:30 p.m. *While supplies last
- Meet a Musician: Join Atlanta Symphony Orchestra musicians for a family-friendly 30-minute performance. Musicians will play a delightful mix of classical pieces and beloved children’s songs while introducing young listeners to their fascinating instruments. Noon, 2:30 p.m., and 4:30 p.m.
- Music for the Very Young Concert: Music meets storytelling in The Tortoise and the Hare, brought to life by actors and musicians from the Atlanta Symphony. This fun and interactive show invites kids ages 3-8 and their families to enjoy the classic tale of patience and perseverance. 12:30 to 1:15 p.m.
- Instrument Exploration Station: Step into the world of music at the Instrument Exploration Station! This unique experience invites music lovers of all ages to get hands-on with instruments that bring symphonies to life. A curated collection of string instruments is perfect for all experience levels, from beginners to seasoned players. 12:30 to 4:30 p.m.
- Write a Family Lullaby: Drop in to create and sing family lullabies with the help of musical theatre artists. Creating, singing, and sharing lullabies promotes overall family well-being by supporting caregiver and maternal health, early child development, and parent-child bonding. 1 to 3 p.m.
- Tambor Party: Get ready to move! Following its electric debut at this year’s Juneteenth celebration, Tambor Party is back at the High Museum of Art for UPS Second Sunday. This special activation features DJ Stan Zeff on the decks, master percussionist Frank Malloy on dundun drums, and Olori Speaks on the shekere, with JackieTan as the experience host guiding the energy and engagement. 1 to 4 p.m.
- Musical Storytime: Join Ms. Curry for a delightful 30-minute session where stories come to life through the magic of live music! Children will sing, move, and use their imaginations as they explore tales brought to life by symphonic sounds and engaging narration. 1:30 to 2 p.m.
- Rhythm & Thread: An Alliance Theatre Bernhardt Theatre for the Very Young Production: It’s moving day, and Cassie is helping her grandparents, Gigi and Pop Pop, sort through the attic. Among the dusty boxes, Cassie discovers a collection of Gigi’s quilts, each one a patchwork of stories and adventures waiting to be told. Rhythm & Thread celebrates family, imagination, and the beauty of storytelling through the art of quilting. 2:30 and 3:30 p.m.
- “The Dancing Granny” African Dance Workshop: Shake it to the East and shake it to the West with local artist Mama YeYe. Featuring live drumming and percussion, this dance workshop will get every body moving. 4:30 p.m.
A decades-long supporter of arts, education, and culture in Atlanta, the Lettie Pate Evans Foundation began supporting Grandparents Day at the Woodruff Arts Center in 2021. Since then, Grandparents Day audiences have grown from 100 visitors to more than 5,000, providing meaningful opportunities for generations of families to experience the arts.
Grandparents Day admission is free, running in tandem with the High Museum of Art’s UPS Second Sunday. Tickets can be reserved high.org/event/ups-second-sunday-september-2025/.
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ABOUT THE WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER
Home to the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and High Museum of Art, the Woodruff Arts Center is one of Atlanta’s most beloved cultural institutions and a source of pride for our city and state. Since 1968, we’ve been a place for every person to experience the power of the arts.
ABOUT THE ALLIANCE THEATRE
Founded in 1968, Alliance Theatre is the leading producing theater in the Southeast, reaching more than 165,000 patrons annually. The Alliance is led by Jennings Hertz Artistic Directors Tinashe Kajese-Bolden and Christopher Moses and Managing Director Brandon Kahn. The Alliance is a recipient of the Regional Theatre Tony Award® for sustained excellence in programming, education, and community engagement. In January 2019, the Alliance opened its new, state-of-the-art performance space, The Coca-Cola Stage at Alliance Theatre. In January 2026, the Alliance will open the new Goizueta Stage for Youth & Families on the campus of the Woodruff Arts Center to expand its programming and commitment to excellent productions for family and student audiences of all backgrounds. Known for its high artistic standards and national role in creating significant theatrical works, the Alliance has premiered more than 140 productions including eleven that have transferred to Broadway. The Alliance education department reaches more than 90,000 students annually through performances, classes, camps, and in-school initiatives designed to support teachers and enhance student learning. The Alliance Theatre values community, curiosity, collaboration, and excellence, and is dedicated to representing Atlanta’s diverse community with the stories we tell, the artists, staff, and leadership we employ, and audiences we serve. www.alliancetheatre.org
ABOUT THE ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Under the leadership of Music Director Nathalie Stutzmann, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) offers live performances, media initiatives, and learning programs that unite, educate and enrich our community through the engaging and transformative power of orchestral music experiences. The ASO engages the diverse international community of our city, bringing people together in harmony—including our youngest citizens, with extensive opportunities for youth and families to experience the power of live orchestra music. The Orchestra’s range and depth are featured in more than 150 concerts each year, including the flagship Delta Classical Series, Movies in Concert, Family Concerts, Coca-Cola Holiday series, and many community and education concerts. In addition, the ASO presents many vibrant, wide-ranging events and artists through its Delta Atlanta Symphony Hall Live presentations. The ASO also performs regularly with the ASO Chorus, originally founded by Robert Shaw, and currently under the direction of Norman Mackenzie. The Chorus is featured on nine of the ASO’s 27 GRAMMY® Award-winning recordings.
ABOUT THE HIGH MUSEUM OF ART
Located in the heart of Atlanta, the High Museum of Art connects with audiences from across the Southeast and around the world through its distinguished collection, dynamic schedule of special exhibitions and engaging community-focused programs. Housed within facilities designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architects Richard Meier and Renzo Piano, the High features a collection of more than 20,000 works of art, including an extensive anthology of 19th- and 20th-century American fine and decorative arts; major holdings of photography and folk and self-taught work, especially that of artists from the American South; burgeoning collections of modern and contemporary art, including paintings, sculpture, new media and design; a growing collection of African art, with work dating from prehistory through the present; and significant holdings of European paintings and works on paper. The High is dedicated to reflecting the diversity of its communities and offering a variety of exhibitions and educational programs that engage visitors with the world of art, the lives of artists and the creative process. For more information about the High, visit www.high.org.