Night of Ideas

Night of Ideas 2025 will feature late-night discussions on major global issues, complemented by live music, screenings, and performances—all centered around this year’s theme: “Common Ground.” Exploring both its literal and metaphorical meanings, the event invites participants to consider how we can commit to and protect what we have in common.

Atlanta’s edition will question how we live in cities and embrace the diversity of worlds, addressing three key questions:

• To what extent is Atlanta a common ground for the different communities that call it home?
• What common ground can artists, institutions, and cultural communities create today?
• How can we promote AI and a digital world in service of shared creativity and human diversity?

Night of Ideas Atlanta will tackle these questions through performances, art installations, and conversations. The mainstage performance is designed as a radio show, featuring speakers, musicians, and sound artists, as well as a live taping of WABE’s signature midday news show, Closer Look with Rose Scott.

Programming for Atlanta’s Night of Ideas 2025 includes artist Gyun Hur’s exhibition Our mothers, our water, our peace, presented by Flux Projects; the installation medusai by Gil Weinberg, Director of Georgia Tech’s Center for Music Technology; a radio show developed with WABE and journalist Rose Scott highlighting renowned speakers such as Morehouse philosophy professor Illya Davis, Latino Community Fund Executive Director Gigi Pedraza, Michael C. Carlos Museum curators TK Smith and Miranda Kyle, and French author Mame-Fatou Niang; performances from musicians like DJ Stefan Ringer; and much more!

Presented by Villa Albertine and Goat Farm, in partnership with WABE, with the support of the Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. In collaboration with ASHA Advisory.

This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required.

Paid parking on site. Rideshare encouraged.

About Villa Albertine

Villa Albertine is a pioneering cultural institution established by the French government in 2021 to strengthen artistic and intellectual exchanges between France and the United States. Unlike traditional residency programs confined to a single location, Villa Albertine operates across ten major U.S. cities: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.

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