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Podcast: The City Lights Collective
Episode: ✦ Sneaker Culture ✦ Poet Lauren Doriahna ✦ ArtsATL Weekly Cultural Calendar ✦ Five Eight ✦ Kosmo Vinyl ✦ Documentarian Will Feagins Jr.
Description: ✦ From street corners to collectors' closets, sneakers have become more than just footwear. They're currency, they're conversation starters, and they're Culture. In Atlanta, sneakers have found their way into exhibitions, college degrees, and even job opportunities. WABE arts reporter Summer Evans recently laced up to learn more about the billion-dollar industry behind the kicks that turn heads and spark hype. ✦ It's time to check in with our artistic community and hear from an artist in their own words. Today, we're catching up with poet Lauren Doriahna. She's an Atlanta lyricist, and she's here to share the rhyme and...