Arts in Sandy Springs into November: Johns Creek Symphony Oct. 9, sitar star Niladri Kumaar Oct. 30, a jazz brunch, Whose Live Anyway? and a Bob Ross class.

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The Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center at City Springs carries most of the arts calendar into mid-November: an orchestra, a sitar concert, a jazz brunch and two comedy stage shows. The city adds a beginners’ painting class at Lost Corner Preserve. We found no gallery exhibition listed in Sandy Springs for these weeks; galleries can send us theirs.

Box office and parking

  • Performing Arts Center tickets: 770-206-2022, noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and two hours before showtimes, or SandySpringsPAC.com
  • Parking: $10 in the underground deck (GPS: 5 Galambos Way); valet $15 for most performances
  • Bags: 12 by 6 by 12 inches at most; all bags are searched

Theater and dance

  • Golden Girls: The Laughs Continue, 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center, 1 Galambos Way. $40.35 to $113.50. A touring stage parody of the TV sitcom. Performing Arts Center page.
  • Symphony of the Earth, 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, Byers Theatre. Young singers, dancers and instrumentalists from more than 20 countries in one show, presented by the International Festival of Language & Culture. Performing Arts Center page.
  • Whose Live Anyway?, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16. $60 to $69. Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops, Jeff B. Davis and Joel Murray from the TV show improvise 90 minutes of scenes and songs from audience suggestions; the center warns of some PG-13 language. Performing Arts Center page.

Concerts and classical

  • Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra: Taking Flight, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9. $0 to $72. Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with Premio Paganini winner Simon Zhu, Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite, and Christopher Tin’s music from Civilization IV with the Michael O’Neal Singers. Performing Arts Center page.
  • Joe Alterman’s Toast & Jam Jazz Brunch, 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 25. $30 to $80; the $30 seat is the concert without brunch. Pianist Joe Alterman’s monthly brunch show, with jazz singer Jonathan Karrant as guest. Performing Arts Center page.
  • Niladri Kumaar: The Space Between the Notes, 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30. $51 to $121. The Indian sitarist, a frequent collaborator of the late Zakir Hussain, in a concert devoted to him. Performing Arts Center page.

Classes and workshops

  • Paint Like Bob Ross, 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, Lost Corner Preserve, 7300 Brandon Mill Road. $75, registration required. A certified Bob Ross instructor takes beginners through one landscape on a 12-by-16-inch canvas; bring paper towels, wipes and a box to carry it home. City page.

Looking ahead

The holiday season at the Performing Arts Center opens with A Magical Cirque Christmas on Saturday, Nov. 21, and Roswell Dance Theatre’s Nutcracker runs Nov. 27 to Dec. 6, the center’s calendar shows. Holiday events are in our holiday lights and Christmas events guide.

Send us your event

Running a gallery show, concert or class in Sandy Springs? Email hello@sandyspringstoday.com with the date, time, venue, price and a photo. Listings are free and go on this page and in our events diary.

Frequently asked questions

What arts events are on in Sandy Springs this fall? The Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra plays the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center on Oct. 9, sitarist Niladri Kumaar on Oct. 30 and the Whose Line Is It Anyway? cast on Nov. 16. A jazz brunch and a youth world-music show share Sunday, Oct. 25.

Where do I park for the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center? The center says event parking in its underground deck is $10; use 5 Galambos Way as the GPS address. Valet is $15 for most shows.

Is there an art class in Sandy Springs in November? Yes. Paint Like Bob Ross runs 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at Lost Corner Preserve. It costs $75, registration is required, and no painting experience is needed, the city says.

When is The Nutcracker in Sandy Springs? Roswell Dance Theatre’s Nutcracker runs Nov. 27 to Dec. 6 at the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center, with tickets from $30 to $55, the city’s calendar says.