BEST BETS
FRIDAY-SATURDAY
Nov. 1 – Nov. 2
LeBuzz hosts a three day Zombie Fest/Halloween weekend. On Thursday is the Zombie Kings/Lady Zombies Production show with a huge Kings cast and a flash mob corpse dance. On Friday is the Apocalypse Show with Destiny Brooks, Jasmine Antoinette, and Envy Van Michaels, as well as an undead pole dancer and a freak dance with DJ Birdman USA. On Saturday is the Divas of the Dead Show, costume contest, and bloody moon blackout party, www.thenewlebuzz.com
FRIDAY
Nov. 1
Mood Rings will be playing at The Loft alongside Cults, at 9 p.m. www.centerstage-atlanta.com
The one year anniversary of “The Other Show” is also a Halloween event with Celeste Holmes, Edie Cheezburger and more performers, 9:30 p.m., Jungle Atlanta, www.jungleatl.com
The Atlanta Eagle hosts a Halloween Party/Costume Contest and Monster’s Ball with DJ Stan Jackson, 10 – 11 p.m. with DJ Brett Long taking over at 1 a.m., Atlanta Eagle, www.atlantaeagle.com
Adult entertainer Charlie Harding hosts the new “Charlies’s Angels” at Blakes beginning at 11 p.m., www.blakesontheparkatlanta.com
FRIDAY-SATURDAY
Nov. 1-2
The 14th Annual RPC / CEF Creating Opportunity Conference, focusing on realistic solutions for moving the Southeastern region, and the nation, past its economic, educational, and social justice challenges, will be held this weekend at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta, with events all weekend, www.rainbowpushatlanta.org.
SATURDAY
NOV. 2
Charis Books’ 39th Birthday Party includes a sale and astrological readings. Author Daniel Rivers will discuss his book “Radical Relations: Lesbian Mothers, Gay Fathers, and their Children in the United States Since World War II.” 7 p.m. www.charisbooksandmore.com.
The Atlanta Gender Variations: Parents of gender variant/trans children support group meets in Atlanta from 2 – 4 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta. For more information, visit: www.pflagatl.org/atlantagendervariations/#sthash.3ohsOGR7.dpuf
An LGBT Youth Homelessness in 2013 update is planned today by Lost-n-Found Youth, on its second anniversary, with a time and location TBD
SUNDAY
Nov. 3
Movies with Bears – the Southern Bears gather their wooly friends to watch “Enders Game” at Movie Tavern at Northlake Festival, time TBD
TUESDAY
Nov. 5
Raging Burrito hosts a Dine Out to benefit Charis Circle from 5 – 10 p.m. tonight, www.ragingburrito.com
UPCOMING
Nov. 8
The Fourth Tuesday lesbian social group hosts its Happy Hour at Mixx Atlanta, from 6 – 9 p.m., www.mixxatlanta.com
Nov. 9
PALS Atlanta’s Bingo presents the Manly Miss America Pageant, 6 p.m., Jungle, www.jungleatl.com
Nov. 12
AGLCC hosts its monthly Business Builder Luncheon from 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m., at the Southern Art Restaurant inside the InterContinental Hotel Buckhead, www.intercontinentalatlanta.com/buckhead-atlanta-restaurant.aspx
Chill, dance and mingle, with a ‘70s vibe, at the Girlz Retro Tuesdays night, 5:30 – 8:00 p.m., McGowan’s Oakhurst Pub, 321 W. Hill St., Decatur.
Nov. 13
PALS Atlanta hosts its monthly bingo, with this month’s theme Super Hero, at 7:30 p.m. at Jungle, with hosts Bubba D. Licious, Kimora Layou and Brent Star, www.jungleatl.com
Nov. 15
The acclaimed “Kill Your Darlings,” the new Beat Generation murder mystery starring Daniel Radcliffe as Allen Ginsberg and co-starring Ben Foster and Michael C. Hall, opens at the Landmark Midtown Art Cinema, www.landmarktheatres.com
Sponsored by Someone Cares Atlanta, the 1st Annual National Trans Health Symposium -“The Time Is Now!” – takes place today at The Loudermilk Center, with speakers and panel discussions, www.someonecaresatl.org
Nov. 16
The Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus presents Encore 2013, featuring Lorna Luft and Broadway performer Tituss Burgess, in an evening featuring dinner, a VIP reception, a silent and live auction and performances, hosted by Melissa Carter and Ian Aber, 6 – 11 p.m., Georgia Tech Hotel & Convention Center, www.voicesofnote.org
The quarterly themed party Manshaft brings out hundreds of men, tonight benefitting Lost-n-Found Youth, beginning at 9 p.m. Cockpit, www.thecockpit-atlanta.blogspot.com/
Bedlam Presents WackedOutBlackOut 8, with DJ Shane V, 10:30 p.m. – 3 a.m., Jungle Atlanta, www.jungleatl.com
Ink and Drink Fest 2013 is a celebration of tattoo artistry and talent competition, Burkharts, www.burkharts.com
Nov. 20
“Family Feud,” “Match Game” and more are part of the Big Gay Game Show, benefiting Lost-n-Found Youth, 7 – 10 p.m., Jungle, www.jungleatl.com
Nov. 21
Atlanta Executive Network (AEN) hosts its monthly Third Thursday Mix and Mingle, 6:30 p.m. at Decatur’s Parkers on Ponce, www.parksonponce.com
Nov. 23
“Sordid Lives” collaborators – director and writer Del Shores and actor Leslie Jordan, aka “Brother Boy” – reunite at the 14th Street Playhouse for “A Sordid Soiree,” with proceeds benefiting AID Atlanta, 7 p.m. at 14th Street Playhouse, www.14thstplayhouse.org
Dec. 8
Hundreds of folks will be attending the 11th annual Toy Party, a fundraiser to collect 5,000 toys for Georgia’s children in need and one of the most celebrated holiday gatherings of the season, tonight from 5 – 9 p.m. at Americas Mart 3, www.forthekid.org