SATURDAY, JUNE 25
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new production of “The Wizard of Oz” is an enchanting adaptation of the all-time classic, totally reconceived for the stage by the award-winning creative team that recently delighted London and Toronto audiences with the revival of “The Sound of Music.” The musical, playing at the Fox Theatre at 7:30 p.m. tonight, runs through June 26, www.foxtheatre.org (Publicity photo) Southern Fried Queer Pride (SFQP) a queer and trans Pride festival in Atlanta celebrating the robust and vivid Southern queer community that exists amidst the Bible Belt and the Deep South. SFQP aims to provide a weekend of full-flavored community and intersectionality, without all the corporate and capitalist additives that taint modern-day Pride festivals across the nation, southernfriedqueerpride.com is DJ Tommy spins fun tunes and the go-go boys are out as well at 9 p.m. at BJ Roosters, 2043 Cheshire Bridge Road, Atlanta, GA 30324
SATURDAY, JUNE 25
The Women’s Outdoor Network’s annual Summer Festival is today, with performers Diane Durrett with Junebug Massey, Maria Gabriella Band, Lives of the Monster Dogs, Steff Mahan and Les Prestines, all led by MC Renee Washington, 12 – 6 p.m., Lake Claire Landtrust, 280 Arizona Ave., NE, Atlanta, GA 30307 Hammonds House Museum, in col- laboration with the Auburn Avenue Research Library and Jack Jones Literary Arts, will host author Cole Lavalais, in conversation with renowned author and publisher Tina McElroy Ansa. Ansa will discuss her debut novel, ”Summer of the Cicadas,” a captivating coming of age novel, a journey into the haunting world of fragile college freshman Viola “Vi” Ikewe Moon, whose sanity is threatened by deep rooted ancestral angst and a father that she can neither clearly remember nor completely forget. 1 p.m., Hammonds House Museum, 503 Peeples St., SW, Atlanta, GA 30310. Singer-songwriters Dianne Davidson, Deidre McCalla, and Jamie Anderson return to Atlanta with an 8 p.m. round robin evening of music and mirth. Atlanta Friends Meeting House, 701 W. Howard, Decatur. Tickets ($25 in advance and $30 at the door) are available