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FRIDAY, JUNE 6 – SUNDAY, JUNE 8

Atlanta Poly Weekend is a three-day international conference for the polyamorous and non-monog- amous community, their friends and allies, hosted by Relationship Equality Foundation and Atlanta Polyamory. In its fourth year, the event features over 20 educators from all across the globe, includ- ing experts in the field of non-monogamy research such as Dr. Elizabeth Scheff and Dr. Susan Mayer, to advocates and community leaders such as Franklin Veaux and Samantha Frazier, $60 at the door or via pre-registration, Holiday Inn Perimeter-Dunwoody. www.atlantapolyweekend.com

FRIDAY, JUNE 6
 AND SATURDAY, JUNE 7

The Atlanta Women’s Chorus presents their “Mother, Daughter, Sister” concert tonight,
8 p.m., Druid Hills Presbyterian Church, 1026 Ponce De Leon Ave. NE, Atlanta, GA 30306

FRIDAY, JUNE 6

The gays in the military film “Burning Blue” opens in Atlanta area theaters, www.burningbluefilm.com

Softball begins tonight as part of the Decatur Women’s Sports League, www.decaturwomensports.com

Pick up flowers for the season and enjoy some nibbles at the Atlanta Pride Flower Hour benefit, part of Stonewall Month activities. The event is free but donations for the organization are accepted, 5 -7 p.m., Gardenhood Atlanta, www.gardenhoodatlanta.com

Creedence Clearwater Revival kicks off
this season’s Concerts in the Garden series at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, 8 p.m., www.atlantabotanicalgarden.org

Edie Cheezburger and her usual assortment of special guests present “The Other Show” drag event weekly at Jungle, 9:30 p.m., www.jungleatl.com

 

princess charles via facebookPrincess Charles hosts the Pop! Star 2 talent show, with a $100 prize, 11 p.m., 10th and Piedmont, www.communitashospitality.com/10th-and-piedmont

Free Texas Hold ‘Em poker is available from 4 – 8 p.m. followed by various DJs at 10 p.mat Mixx Atlanta, www.mixxatlanta.com

Bring a potluck dinner and meet some new friends at SAGE Atlanta’s Lesbian 50+ Potluck and Social, 6 – 8 p.m., Phillip Rush Center Annex, www.rushcenteratl.com

Actor’s Express’s musical “End of the Rainbow” finds Judy Garland trying to make a comeback with a series of high-profile London concerts. Gay radio personality John Lemley is in the cast, 8 p.m. tonight with performances through June 15, www.actorsexpress.com

DJ Hifi Sean from London gets the bears going with Bearracuda, 9 p.m. – 3 a.m., Heretic Atlanta, www.hereticatlanta.com

It’s Jock Strap Sister Twister Night with DJ Pat Scott, 9 p.m., Atlanta Eagle, www.atlantaeagle.com

Join your favorite village queens for ’90s Pride Prom and Gurlfrandz, a prom evening to support Atlanta Pride, 10 – 11:45 p.m., Mary’s, www.marysatlanta.com

It’s Jen Chase Daniels’ Birthday Bash at My Sister’s Room, www.mysistersroom.com

SATURDAY, JUNE 7

The Atlanta Gender Variations: Parents of gender variant/trans children support group meets in Atlanta today from 2 – 4 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta, www.uuca.org

Free Texas Hold ‘Em poker is available from 4 – 8 p.m. followed by various DJs at 10 p.m

CHRIS Kids hosts its annual Premiere Party tonight. The event includes a silent auction and DJ Vicki Powell. Patrons are encouraged to wear white, 6 – 10 p.m., Mason Murer Fine Art Center, www.masonmurer.com

Bring a potluck dinner and meet some new friends at SAGE Atlanta’s Lesbian 50+ Potluck and Social, 6 – 8 p.m., Phillip Rush Center Annex, www.rushcenteratl.com

Actor’s Express’s musical “End of the Rainbow” finds Judy Garland trying to make a comeback with a series of high-profile London concerts. Gay radio personality John Lemley is in the cast, 8 p.m. tonight with performances through June 15, www.actorsexpress.com

DJ Hifi Sean from London gets the bears going with Bearracuda, 9 p.m. – 3 a.m., Heretic Atlanta, www.hereticatlanta.com

It’s Jock Strap Sister Twister Night with DJ Pat Scott, 9 p.m., Atlanta Eagle, www.atlantaeagle.com

Join your favorite village queens for 90s Pride Prom and Gurlfrandz, a prom evening to support Atlanta Pride, 10 – 11:45 p.m., Mary’s, www.marysatlanta.com

It’s Jen Chase Daniels’ Birthday Bash at My Sister’s Room, www.mysistersroom.com

SUNDAY, JUNE 8

If you’re not in the mood to go home quite yet, check out DJ Karlitos at Xion, 3 a.m., www.xionatlanta.com

The final performances of the “Evita” national tour are today at 1 and 6:30 p.m., Fox Theatre, www.foxtheatre.org

The Atlanta Radical Faeries host their June potluck, 3 p.m., Airship 2.0., 43 Woodward Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30312

Jazz @ 781, a series sponsored by St. Mark United Methodist Church, runs through today, 6:30 p.m., www.stmarkumc.org

MONDAY, JUNE 9

Making Space: A Community Writing Group for Activists, Healers and Every Day Healers is a writing group for those who work, move or spend time serving others through human service and community professions (psychologists, educators, social workers, etc). This is Charis Circle From Margin to Center Literary Program. The suggested donation is $10. 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., Charis Books, www.charisbooksandmore.com

Monday Night Trivia, emceed by Wild Cherry Sucret, offers chances to win up to $250 in cash and prizes, 11 p.m. at Blake’s, www.blakesontheparkatlanta.com

TUESDAY, JUNE 10

Immigration Law 101 for LGBTQ couples and families with Kerry McGrath, co-sponsored by Atlanta Pride. Local immigration attorney
Kerry McGrath takes part in an informative session with up-to-the minute developments in the law. This is a Charis Circle Founding the Future of Feminism Program and the suggested donation is $5. 7:30 – 9 p.m., Charis Books, www.charisbooksandmore.com

Lesbian hosted and produced “Stories on the Square Decatur” is back in business tonight with another gathering set for July 8 and plans to continue on the second Tuesday of the month in the future. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. and is an open mic storytelling event for true personal stories that must be told, not read, with a max time limit of seven minutes. The theme for June’s show is “Lost and Found” and your story can be loosely, tightly or not at all related to this theme as you choose. Full bar and restaurant with good food. It is in the room in the far back. Free. Donations accepted. Famous Pub in the Toco Hills Plaza, 2947 N. Druid Hills Road, Decatur, GA 30329, www.stories-on-the-square.com

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11

Del Shores visits Atlanta for an encore screening of his “Southern Baptist Sissies” at 7:30 p.m. at the Plaza Theatre as a benefit for AID Atlanta. www.aidatlanta.org

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11

Loosen up and settle in for some exercise with yoga at the MISTER Center, 5:30 p.m., www.mistercenter.org

The Atlanta Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (AGLCC) hosts AGLCC University: Keys to Levering Capital and Finding Financial Balance, 6 – 8 p.m., hosted by the Coca-Cola Company, www.atlantagaychamber.org

The Country Fair edition of PALS’ Bingo, hosted by Bubba Dee, Brent Star and Kimora Layou, begins at 7:30 p.m., Jungle Atlanta, www.jungleatl.com

Primetime Wednesdays dance party revs up from 10 p.m. – 3 a.m. at Sutra Lounge, 1136 Crescent Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30309

THURSDAY, JUNE 12

SAGE Atlanta opens its doors for social hour from 10 – 11 a.m., Phillip Rush Center Annex, www.rushcenteratl.com

Authors Estelle Ford-Williamson and Majok Marier visit Charis Books. Their collaborative “Seed of South Sudan” tells the tale of Majok Marier, an Agar Dinka who was seven when war came to his village in southern Sudan. During a 21-year civil war, two million lives were lost and 80 percent of the South Sudanese people were displaced. This event is sponsored by the GA Center for the Book and is free and open to the community. 7 p.m., Charis Books, www.charisbooksandmore.com

FRIDAY, JUNE 13 – SUNDAY, JUNE 15

The Sci Fi Summer Con brings together sci-fi fans all weekend for various activities at the Wyndham Atlanta Galleria, www.sfscon.net

FRIDAY, JUNE 13

The gay-themed “Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia” opens at the Midtown Art Cinema, www.landmarktheatres.com

The M4M Hardbody Revue, hosted by Envy Van Michaels, is a competition for men with a $100 cash prize weekly, LeBUZZ, www.thenewlebuzz.com

Traxx Girls night at My Sister’s Room offers drink specials, great music and lots of beautiful women, 10 p.m., www.mysistersroom.com

Hotlanta Rubber Gear Club Bar Night/ Otter Chaos with DJ Atom1c, 10 p.m., Atlanta Eagle, www.atlantaeagle.com

Boys Room is a Friday night dance party with DJ Headmaster and all sorts of retro music videos, Mary’s Atlanta, www.marysatlanta.com

Destiny Brooks hosts Femme Fatale at 11 p.m. at Burkhart’s, www.burkharts.com

SATURDAY, JUNE 14

Georgia Benefits Counsel is partnering with Atlanta Pride to provide a series of low-cost legal clinics that will help LGBTQ couples protect their relationships with important and necessary legal documents. Gay marriage is still banned in the Georgia Constitution and LGBTQ couples in Georgia still need wills, financial powers of attorney and advance directives for health care — at a minimum. At these clinics, you and your partner can get these documents for however much it would cost you to get a marriage license in your county of residence. RSVP to David Rutland at gbcdavid@gmail.com. 12 – 6 p.m., and 12 – 6 p.m. on Sunday, June 15, Phillip Rush Center Annex, www.rushcenteratl.com

“Let’s Make a Deal,” hosted by Ken, is on tap tonight at Friends on Ponce, 6 – 10 p.m., www.friendsonponce-atl.com

It’s back!! Atlanta Pride’s biggest fundraiser is the East Point Possum Show, with all sorts of special and unexpected performances, benefitting Lost-n-Found Youth, 7 p.m., www.atlantapride.org

SUNDAY, JUNE 15

$2 well drinks are on tap all day and night at Sunday Funday at Bulldogs, 893 Peachtree St., Atlanta, GA 30309

TUESDAY, JUNE 17

Siblings Derek and Julianne Hough, from TV’s “Dancing With the Stars,” bring their new dance show “Move Live on Tour” to the Cobb Energy Centre, 8 p.m., www.cobbenergycentre.com

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18
Bring an empty stomach to Taco, Tequila and Beer Night at Amsterdam Atlanta, with $5 tacos, 6 – 11 p.m., www.amsterdamatlanta.com
Atlanta Pride and Out On Film present the documentary “To Be Takei,“ looking at the life of iconic out actor George Takei, as part of Stonewall Month activities, 7:30 p.m., $10, Phillip Rush Center Annex, www.rushcenteratl.org
Charis Books presents “The Art of Alluring Unicorns.” Unicorns (an individual who seeks the sexual and sometimes romantic companionship of an existing couple) are becoming increasingly popular – not only because of their rarity, but because of their ability to feed off the love of a loving couple. This workshop talks about how to allure unicorns by using cautious flirting and sexual negotiations that aim to please both parties. This event is co-sponsored by Velvet Lips and Charis Circle’s Urban Sustainability and Wellness Program. The suggested donation is $10. 7:30 – 9 p.m., Charis Books and More, www.charisbooksandmore.com
The Big Gay Game Show is the monthly fund- raiser for Lost-n-Found Youth, 7:30 p.m., Jungle, www.jungleatl.com