WEDNESDAY, JAN. 18
Come out and help Berlinda Wall celebrate the release of her new Book, “The Crown Is Mine”. It’s the story of a small town Georgia boy who comes to Atlanta to compete in the Miss Club Cabaret Pageant all the while managing his love life and friends. A party at Mixx Atlanta starts at 6 p.m. and will be followed by a drag show fundraiser for Lost-n-Found Youth starting at 7:15 p.m. The event features these fabulous entertainers: Tara Kotta, LaTonya O’Hara, Trixie Van Lear, Stella D’Oro, Sue Nami and DJ Chris Gregory. Copies of Wall’s book will be available, www.mixxatlanta.com City Winery, Mark your calendar to join the Atlanta Bucks for what promises to be a truly beautiful mess of an evening at their annual Miss Ruck N Maul drag competition. General Admission and (a limited number of) VIP tickets are on sale now so start making plans to attend and throw some dollars at your favorite performer. A silent auction will also be on tap. Tickets available at www.eventbrite.com/e/miss-ruck-n-maul-abeautiful-mess-tickets-30056349350. 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., Jungle Atlanta, www.jungleatl.com
TUESDAY, JAN. 24
John Chandler The biggest film festival in Atlanta, the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, tonight with the drama “Alone in Berlin” at 7:30 p.m. at Cobb Energy Centre and runs through Feb. 15, various Atlanta venues, www.ajff.org The Race Conscious Parenting Collective is designed to support the ongoing development of white parents of white and multiracial children who are seeking to unlearn and dismantle white supremacy within their families, schools and neighborhoods and faith communities. It is facilitated by Shannon Gaggero, author of the blog “A Striving Parent,” Elizabeth Anderson, executive director of Charis Circle, and Beth-Ann Buitekant, a local family and school therapist. 7;30 – 9 p.m., Charis Books, www.charisbooksandmore.com
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 25
Atlanta Pride and Out On Film co-host a screening of the award-winning documentary “Political Animals,” following the first four openly gay California state legislators, all women, whose personal sacrifices and professional accomplishments, including the first domestic partnership registration in the nation, laid the groundwork for perhaps the most important civil rights struggle of our time: marriage equality. 7 p.m., Rush Center Annex, www.rushcenteratl.org