FRIDAY, JUNE 3
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 NAESM launches NSPIRE, a new mentorship program to aid newly diagnosed, HIV-positive young men who have sex with men, with a free lunch and learn from 12:30-2:30 p.m., Paschal’s Restaurant, 180 Northside Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30313, RSVP is required, www.eventbrite.com/e/nspire-lunch-learnthe-untold-narrative-tickets The Personal is Political Feminist Vent is tonight at Charis Books. Building on the activist tradition of consciousness raising groups, each month Charis invites community members to join this lightly facilitated group to talk about issues in their personal lives or in society as a whole that they are trying to process or deconstruct. The group will then use intersectional feminist strategies as tools to help talk through those issues. 7:30 – 9 p.m. www.charisbooksandmore.com The Pretty Girl Hideout Thursdays is tonight, hosted by Mook Dahost, Soul HOGTIED returns to Heretic, this year joined by Kim Chi, the hungriest avant-garde queen to ever grace the “RuPaul’s Drag Race” mainstage. Dust off those dog masks and come in your best fetish/leather/bondage gear for the chance to win a cash prize! Scheduled performers include: Abhor Ra, Arrianna Paris, Brigitte Bidet, Chelsea Daggers, Dax Exclamation Point, Dynisty St. James, Ellisorous Rex, Evah Destruction, and Lavonia Elberton. 10 p.m. – 3 a.m., Heretic, www.hereticatlanta.com (Screenshot image) Bar at Pal’s Lounge, 254 Auburn Ave., Atlanta, GA 30303, www.traxxgirls.com
FRIDAY, JUNE 3 – SATURDAY, JUNE 4
The Atlanta Women’s Chorus closes its season this weekend with “Unfolding Peace.” The selections, ranging from favorite popular tunes to a creative new commissioned work, will honor the struggle through adversity as the chorus imagines peace for all. Druid Hills Presbyterian Church, Friday at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., 1026 Ponce de Leon Ave. NE, Decatur, GA 30306, www.voicesofnote.org/awc
FRIDAY, JUNE 3 – SUNDAY, JUNE 5
The dings we log along life’s journey can rob a person of their humanity, vitality, and freedom(s) when they are caught being human in the spectrum of homosexuality. “The Dingalogues” is a gay themed, original theatrical stage production, running tonight through Sunday, 7 Stages, www.7stages.org
FRIDAY, JUNE 3
Jeremy presents the Skin event tonight at Tripps, 4:30 p.m. – 2:30 a.m., 1931 Piedmont Circle NE Atlanta, 30309 Pick up your flowers for the season at Garden*Hood and feast on snacks and wine provided by Stone Soup Kitchen. Donations benefit Atlanta Pride Committee. 5 – 8 p.m., 353 Boulevard SE, Atlanta, GA 30312
SATURDAY, JUNE 4
The Sylvia Rivera Day of Service honors Rivera, an American bisexual transgender activist and trans woman. She was a founding member of both the Gay Liberation Front and the Gay Activists Alliance and helped found Street Transgender Action Revolutionaries, a group dedicated to helping homeless young street drag queens and trans women. 1 – 5 p.m., Lost-N-Found Thrift Store, 2585 Chantilly Drive, Atlanta, GA 30324. To participate, sign up at swg.wufoo.com/ forms/wn6mc4h0x0uhl0/ Held at Paris on Ponce on Atlanta’s Beltline, “Broadway on Ponce” benefits Actor’s Express and features music, magic and desserts. Broadway’s Claybourne Elder (“Bonnie & Clyde,” “Road Show”) headlines. 716 Ponce de Leon Pl NE, Atlanta, GA 30306 If it’s 9 p.m. at BJ Roosters, hot boys will