SATURDAY, APRIL 30
Make your lunch break a networking opportunity and connect with business professionals, small business owners, job seekers and community supporters to expand your circle of influence and grow your business at Connecting Atlanta, a networking lunch by MAAP (Metro Atlanta Association of Professionals). The lunch is held at Egg Harbor Café the first Tuesday of every month from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. There is no set price, just pay on your way out for your meal. The event is limited to 20 participants. Please preregister by emailing Todd Cosper at tcosper@maapatl.org. Art It Out Therapy Center is now offering an Expressive Art Therapy Group for LGBTQ Teens on Tuesdays. Through art, the group will explore self-identity, coping with stress, intimate and parental relationships, and coming out. 7 p.m., 255 Village Parkway (in Paper Mill Village), Suite 580, Marietta, GA 30067 Enjoy Tuesday Trivia with Jason Walker, and drink specials, tonight at 8:30 p.m. at The Hideaway Atlanta, www.atlantahideaway.com
WEDNESDAY, MAY 4
Play bingo and be entertained by some of the ATL’s best drag performers at Bitchy Bingo at Lips Atlanta, www.atldragshow.com Come enjoy hump day specials and karaoke at the newly re-opened Cockpit, 465 Blvd. SE, Atlanta, GA 30312
THURSDAY, MAY 5
SAGE Atlanta hosts a social hour at 10 a.m., followed by a program/meeting at 11 a.m., Phillip Rush Center Annex, www.rushcenteratl.org Legendary Children “ROSEBUD” with Bob the Drag Queen from “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” celebrating the one-year anWussy magazine. The event is hosted by Brigitte Bidet with appearances by other local queens. DJ Male and a best butt Heretic Atlanta, 10 p.m. – 3 a.m., www.hereticatlanta.com (Screencap image) The new Cirque du Soleil show “Kurios” has opened at Atlantic Station, with several openly gay performers, with an 8 p.m. curtain tonight, running through May 8, www.cirquedusoleil.com Viva la Fiesta! Celebrate Cinco de Mayo at Friends on Ponce, www.friendsonponce-atl.com The Pretty Girl Hideout Thursdays is tonight, hosted by Mook Dahost, Soul Bar at Pal’s Lounge, 254 Auburn Ave., Atlanta, GA 30303, www.traxxgirls.com
FRIDAY, MAY 6
Join Charis in celebrating Atlanta author Brandon Wick’s debut novel, “American Fallout.” In the book, Avery Cullins, a library archivist, former teenage runaway, and a gay man from a small Southern town with a live-in boyfriend and a surly turtle, has to deal with the aftermath of his father’s suicide. That means dealing with the decades-long estrangement he has had with his mother. Wick will read from the book and sign copies. The suggested donation is $5. 7:30 – 9 p.m., www.charisbooksandmore.com Atlanta’s best queer comedians come together on one stage to make you laugh and raise money for “Queer Moxie,” the documentary celebrating queer artists. Come out, toast the creator of the film, Heather Provoncha, for her birthday, support local art and laugh your ass off! Featuring Ian Aber, Brent Star, Bob Killough, Caroline Schmitt and hosted by Julie Osborne. 8 p.m., My Sister’s Room, www.mysistersroom.com Googie Uterhardt plays Hollywood queen Bette Davis in “Me and Jezebel,” tonight at 8 p.m. and running through May 15 at ART Station, www.artstation.org Atlanta Eagle presents the ONYX Southeast “Come Baring All” night at 10 p.m., www.atlantaeagle.com
SATURDAY, MAY 7
Topher Payne, DeWayne Morgan and Cathe Hall Payne star in Charles Busch’s comedic “The Tribute Artist,” presented by The Process Theatre and staged at OnStage Atlanta, at 8 p.m. tonight with performances through May 15, www.onstageatlanta.com Come with The Atlanta Opera as they venture to Verona, and meet Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers “Romeo and Juliet,” whose deaths ultimately reconcile feuding families. Not seen on the Atlanta Opera stage since 2007, Charles Gounod’s opera in five