FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 12
Mix and mingle with LGBTQ+ business professionals, allies, non-profit leaders, and more at OUT Georgia’s February 2020 Fourth Friday, hosted by Creative Approach.
5:30 – 7:30pm
Bi+ Georgia and Out Front Theatre Company, Atlanta Pride Committee, Southern Fried Queer Pride, and The Counter Narrative Project invite you to
“In Vibrant Color: Celebrating Queer Black Cinema” which will include a screening of the 2015 HBO film “Bessie” about Bessie Smith, the openly bisexual Empress of The Blues. A post-film discussion panel will feature Ashleigh Atwell, Craig Hardesty, Khafre Abi and Leo Hollen moderated by Taylor Alxndr. 6:30pm
Out Front Theatre Company
A poetic and raw re-imagining of the relationship between Achilles and Patroclus, “warplay” requires us to reexamine our assumptions about heroism and love. The journey of the two is a meditation on male intimacy, destiny, and how the constant shadow of war may warp us all. 8pm, through March 28. Out Front Theatre Company (Photo via Facebook/Diane Haymes Photography)
The Auburn Avenue Research Library will host Dr. Maisha S. Akbar, who will discuss her latest publication, “Preaching the Blues: Black Feminist Performance in Lynching Plays.” “Preaching the Blues” examines several lynching plays to foreground black women’s performances as non-normative subjects who challenge white supremacist ideology. Maisha S. Akbar’s scholarship re-maps the study of lynching drama by examining plays that are contingent upon race-based settings in black households versus white households. She also discusses performances of lynching plays at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the South and reviews lynching plays closely tied to black school campuses.
3pm
Voices of Note presents the Gay Men’s Chorus in Queens & Queen. The chorus pays tribute to the iconic “queens” of music: Cher, Elton John, Madonna, Whitney H ouston and a special tribute to the wellloved group Queen, featuring special guests Yacht Rock Schooner.
8 – 10pm
Lassiter Concert Hall