City Lights with Lois Reitzes

by WABE

"City Lights" explores the creative fabric of Atlanta - our expressive, diverse, influential city. WABE host Lois Reitzes covers pop culture, music, theater, dance, visual arts, food and more.

More
Recent Episodes
  • The 2025 Atlanta Jazz Festival / “Speaking of Music” with Arkose
    May 15, 2025 – 50:29
  • “Improv for Couples: Fun Games for You and Your Partner” / SCAD Fashion’s 2025 runway show / “Kosmo’s Vinyl of the Week”
    May 14, 2025 – 51:51
  • “Spirit Guides: Fantastical Creatures from the Workshop of Jacobo and María Ángeles” / “Gulch Magazine”
    May 13, 2025 – 51:06
  • “Alice’s Wonderland” and “Enchanted Trees” / “Speaking of Music” with Clejan
    May 12, 2025 – 52:19
  • Artist Noah James Saunders / No Words ATL
    May 8, 2025 – 51:59
  • “Millions” / “Music in Media”
    May 7, 2025 – 51:57
  • The Children’s Museum of Atlanta’s Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month programming / “ATL Up and Away with Rick Steves”
    May 6, 2025 – 51:57
  • Honey Pierre’s “I’m Just Living Some Life, Okay?” / “Anonymous Fragments” and “Call and Response”
    May 5, 2025 – 50:40
  • Jay Pharoah / Celebrate the Joy: 100 Years of Music Making
    May 1, 2025 – 49:50
  • John McCutcheon / “Kosmo’s Vinyl of the Week” / Eugene Mirman
    Apr 30, 2025 – 53:16
  • “Italian Holiday with the ASO” / Comedian Madeline Evans / “The Nature of Man: Landscapes from the Childhood of Jimmy Carter”
    Apr 29, 2025 – 51:47
  • The 15th Annual Lantern Parade / The City Lights Collective
    Apr 28, 2025 – 52:10
  • “Meta Take One” / H Johnson / Amplify Decatur Music Festival
    Apr 24, 2025 – 51:49
  • Richard Wagner’s “Siegfried” / “Music in Media” / “Braiding Time, Memory and Water”
    Apr 23, 2025 – 52:02
  • “The Games in Black & White” / John Driskell Hopkins
    Apr 22, 2025 – 51:46
  • 49th Annual Atlanta Film Festival / “The Beverage Beat” / Sharon Van Etten
    Apr 21, 2025 – 52:18
  • “Singing for Justice” / Youth Lagoon
    Apr 17, 2025 – 50:41
  • “Civil Sights: Sweet Auburn, a Journey through Atlanta’s National Treasure” / Kosmo Vinyl
    Apr 16, 2025 – 51:37
  • Timpanist Mark Yancich / Lauren Amos
    Apr 15, 2025 – 51:50
  • “The Next Picture Show: Revisiting Western Frontiers” / “Illumine”
    Apr 14, 2025 – 51:37
  • “Kim Chong Hak, Painter of Seoraksan” / Record Store Day 2025
    Apr 10, 2025 – 52:13
  • “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” / Denzel Curry / Alan Rudolph’s films “Remember My Name” and “Choose Me”
    Apr 9, 2025 – 52:22
  • “Songs of Protest: Canticles, Spirituals and Soundtracks of the Movements” / Artist Jessica Locklar
    Apr 8, 2025 – 52:13
  • “Threads of Change: Design and Data” / “Love Letters”
    Apr 3, 2025 – 51:45
  • “Beethoven Project: Triple Concerto” / DIY Fest / Kosmo’s Vinyl of the Week
    Apr 2, 2025 – 50:53
  • Rick Steves / Nick Turbo Benson / “Notes & Narratives”
    Apr 1, 2025 – 50:30
  • John Waters / Comedian Roadrunner Raph / “The Awe of Ordinary Labors: 20th Century Paintings from Ukraine”
    Mar 31, 2025 – 51:50
  • “Affectionate Anarchy: Muppet Prank Culture” / H Johnson's Jazz Moment / Speaking of Music: The Aint Sisters / Backlight Student Film Festival
    Mar 27, 2025 – 52:10
  • “How to Make a Home” / Music in Media / “Bob Trevino Likes It”
    Mar 26, 2025 – 52:14
  • “Topdog/Underdog” / Speaking of Comedy: Gayle Lewis
    Mar 25, 2025 – 51:16
  • ASO Concertmaster David Coucheron / Yakou Daniel N'Guessan / Rick Diamond / DakhaBrakha
    Mar 24, 2025 – 51:54
  • “Immediate Family” / Speaking of Dance: Versaille Jones
    Mar 20, 2025 – 52:01
  • “We Say What Black This Is” / Kosmo’s Vinyl of the Week / “Changing Tides Ocean Film Festival”
    Mar 19, 2025 – 51:00
  • “Ms. Gussie’s Place” / Speaking of Music: csndra / Comedian Gilbert Lawand
    Mar 18, 2025 – 50:05
  • “Keepin’ the Song” concert at Pasaquan / Speaking of Dance: Proma Ray / “Bookmarked” with Alison Law
    Mar 17, 2025 – 51:59
  • Out on Film Spring Festival / Atlanta Bonsai Society: Spring Bonsai Show / H Johnson / “I Carry Your Heart with Me”
    Mar 13, 2025 – 51:54
  • Maestro Robert Spano / Clarinetist Laura Ardan
    Mar 12, 2025 – 52:26
  • “Hot Jambalaya” / Émelie: The Marquise du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight”
    Mar 11, 2025 – 50:39
  • Ben Schwartz / “Displaced but Not Erased”
    Mar 10, 2025 – 51:27
  • Harpist Elisabeth Remy Johnson / Echo Contemporary Art presents three solo exhibitions / “Cailini: A Musical Sain Patrick’s Day Celebration”
    Mar 6, 2025 – 52:00
  • Arts and the Atlanta Science Festival / Kosmo Vinyl / “XOXO: An Exhibit about Love and Forgiveness”
    Mar 5, 2025 – 51:21
  • “Rick Steves - ATL Up and Away” / Poet Lauren K Watel / “New Orleans Songbook: A Jazz at Lincoln Center Production”
    Mar 4, 2025 – 50:31
  • “The Swans of Harlem: Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History” / The Guthman Musical Instrument Competition / “Say Yes to Destiny”
    Mar 3, 2025 – 51:56
  • “Arts Capital Atlanta” / Atlanta Listening Rooms
    Feb 27, 2025 – 51:45
  • “Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire” / Atlanta Smart Academy Concert / Music in Media / “Science Jazz Hands” / “Fury: The Power of Nature” / TEDx Atlanta
    Feb 26, 2025 – 52:18
  • Lapidus & Myles / "A Soldier's View” / “The Beverage Beat: Manhattans”
    Feb 25, 2025 – 49:30
  • “Thinking Eye, Seeing Mind: The Medford and Loraine Johnston Collection” / “The Voices of Donny Hathaway”
    Feb 24, 2025 – 52:17
  • Bill Medley / Comedian Connor Lyons / “Elephants: Giants of the Desert”
    Feb 20, 2025 – 52:06
  • “Midas Man” / Kosmo Vinyl / DreTL / “The Specific Stroll: A Celebration of Edward Gorey”
    Feb 19, 2025 – 52:03
  • Avery Sunshine / Soul Food Cypher
    Feb 18, 2025 – 51:58
Recent Reviews
  • ArtsandHearts
    New favorite!
    Such a calming breath of fresh air! Lois truly is one of Atlanta’s finest gems! So glad she has a new podcast!
  • RexielovesAtlanta
    Best Arts Show Ever
    Lois is a legend and a goddess!
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork on this page are property of the podcast owner, and not endorsed by UP.audio.