Arts and culture — such as the local museum, music, arts and food scenes — help give a distinctive feeling to Atlanta and other cities.
Hoodline reviewed the city's past week on Twitter, paying the greatest attention to users that are dedicated to arts and culture issues. Our goal was to discover and share the tweets that inspired your social media conversations on those topics.
Music
If you want to keep up with Atlanta's music community, Hoodline has you covered.
The city had a rise in Twitter conversations regarding music last week — 436, compared with 383 the past week.
One of them with good local interest was this tweet by @HoodStarzMusic:
YNW Melly Mom Is Going Thru It Imagine Hearing Your 19 Year Old Son Is Facing The Death Penalty.. Lets Pray For Her https://t.co/JW88h0NhTp
— Hood Starz ⭐️ (@HoodStarzMusic)
The tweet got some attention, with 752 local retweets, 1,526 local quotes and 13,137 total retweets, quotes and favorites.
Then there was this tweet from @sirHASHington on Friday:
THE FIRST VIDEO FROM PURP SEASON IS HERE Watch It here: https://t.co/rF9wQ8LyKb @sirHASHington x @Dubz_of_HaSh #PurpSeason #TheHASHClub #THC #HASH #NYC #ATL #MUSIC #HIPHOP #RAP #WEED https://t.co/DJHZdFYY7X
— IM A SEX SYMBOL (@sirHASHington)
Twitter users rewarded that with 14 local retweets, four local quotes and 40 total retweets, quotes and favorites.
Another that got attention locally was this, from @POWERATL on Wednesday:
Win passes to our Q&A with @NCTsmtown_127 in our Power 96.1 lounge on 4/26 from 12-1pm! https://t.co/bAcgYqNd79 https://t.co/SZ23EUUyAt
— POWER 96.1 (@POWERATL)
As of this publication, the tweet had garnered 12 local retweets and 159 total retweets, quotes and favorites.
Food and dining
Running the gamut from restaurants and sustainability to producers and security, tweets about food were a fixture of the city's Twitter timelines last week.
Atlanta had a slide in Twitter conversations around food last week — 41, compared to 70 the past week.
Despite that, some local tweets did get amplified locally. One was this tweet by @AtlantaEatsTV on Tuesday:
What happens when you take two Happy Brothers and give them each $10 and drop them off at a @racetrac? Watch and let us know who you think walked away with the best haul. https://t.co/nUIhJXa3Dv
— Atlanta Eats (@AtlantaEatsTV)
Twitter users gave it six local retweets and 10 total retweets, quotes and favorites.
Museums
Here are the most popular recent tweets from the city's local museums.
Atlanta experienced about the same volume of Twitter conversations around museums last week compared with the previous week.
Yet some tweets got traction locally. For example, this tweet from @HighMuseumofArt:
“Degas tells the truth about toe-dancing and the illusion and the disillusion of it.” —Duncan Phillips https://t.co/6JpEtjnnGn
— High Museum of Art (@HighMuseumofArt)
In all, the tweet received eight local retweets and 46 total retweets, quotes and favorites.
On Sunday, @KarinJurick tweeted:
Just finished for show - my painting "Ageless" featuring Johannes Vermeer's portrait "Girl with a Pearl Earring" which resides in the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague. https://t.co/Klj40JwuIL
— Karin J (@KarinJurick)
The total impact from that was two local retweets and six total retweets, quotes and favorites.
Libraries
Catch up with news from the city's libraries that you might have missed on Twitter recently.
Atlanta had essentially the same volume of Twitter conversations about libraries last week compared to the past week.
Yet some tweets proved popular. One was this tweet by @EmoryLibraries:
Join us on May 8 for a free talk moderated by WABE’s award-winning journalist @wabeRoseScott. #Emory Professor Kimberly Wallace-Sanders and @SpelmanCollege's President Mary Schmidt Campbell will discuss African American photography. Register: https://t.co/ORG5GDWMVb https://t.co/WWHpEOpzvN
— Emory Libraries (@EmoryLibraries)
In all, the tweet received four local retweets and 13 total retweets, quotes and favorites.
The arts
Hoodline collected the top tweets of the past week from and about the city's arts community.
Atlanta witnessed approximately the same volume of Twitter conversations about arts last week compared to the previous.
Despite that, some local tweets did get attention locally. One was this tweet by @emiliabrock:
I’ve seen all of the bands mentioned in this piece multiple times and and they’re all fun and raucous live shows. And they all call Atlanta home. @TheCoathangers gave us their recommendations for @OSTtalk’s #GeorgiaPlaylist: @TheBlackLips and Subsonics. https://t.co/q4yTStvQUX
— Emilia Brock (@emiliabrock)
In all, the tweet got four local retweets and 12 total retweets, quotes and favorites.
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