Best Bets: Our Guide to the Best LGBTQ Events in Atlanta for March 15-28

Friday, March 15

Join Young Democrats from across the country at a Welcome Reception featuring Rep. Lucy McBath, for the

YDA National Committee Meeting and YDG Convention.

7 – 9pm

Switchyards Downtown Club

 

The acclaimed gay-themed film

“Giant Little Ones,” about two teenage boys who have been best friends since they were small kids, and how one night changes everything. Opens today with various showtimes.

UA Tara Cinemas

 

The G8YTIES ’80s dance party returns with special guest DJ Eric who will play

his extensive collection of your favorite

’80s songs with music videos to accompany them.

10pm – 3am

Heretic Atlanta

 

Also opening today is Ondi Timoner’s “Mapplethorpe,” starring Matt Smith as the ground-breaking gay photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, Various Showtimes.

Landmark Midtown Art Cinema

 

Saturday, March 16

Join Out On Film, AID Atlanta, Atlanta Pride and Out Front Theatre Company for AIDS Now, AIDS Then. Two to three films will be screened including “Buddies,” the first feature film to deal with HIV/AIDS, and 2017’s “Paris 05:59: Theo and Hugo,” tracing how HIV/AIDS has been portrayed in film since the ‘80s — and how its portrayal has evolved. The event is free and will feature a panel discussion after the films.

Noon – 6pm

Out Front Theatre Company

 

Now in its ninth year, pb&j gallery presents Body&Soul. With all you’ve come to expect from this sensual and erotic event, this exhibition celebrates the nude male form at its most compelling. This year, in addition to photography, are drawings by Alexander Clark. Photographers Bob Burkhardt, Trevor Green and Derrick Lejermon exhibit their latest work. Come early as this show promises to deliver a near-capacity crowd. Beverages and hors d’oeuvres will be served, with free admission and parking.

7 – 10pm

PB&J Gallery

 

Out artist Michelle Malone’s new record, “Slings and Arrows” is upbeat, defiant, and jubilant, flush with the raw energy, emotion, and slide guitar that’s always been a part of her signature sound all while nudging her deeper into some personal new territory. These songs speak to desire and disappointment, optimism and awareness, all with a driving and fiery conviction. It was recorded live in the studio to capture Malone at her best. Michelle describes “Slings And Arrows” as a “Georgia record,” due to the fact that the musicians, studios, and even those responsible for the visual art are all Georgians. She performs it and more tonight.

7 and 9:15pm

Eddie’s Attic

 

In her all-new show “Gender Fluids,” Miss Richfield 1981 will attempt to find non-binary answers to our increasingly complex world. With all new music, new videos, new costumes, and a healthy heap of help from the audience, this show promises to celebrate all the genders – both old & new.

7 – 8:15pm

Plaza Atlanta Theater

 

The longest running camp drag show in the ATL, and it’s all for charity! Join your friends for the Armorettes Drag Show! Proceeds benefit Armorettes PWHA Fund. No cover!

8pm – 10pm

Heretic Atlanta

 

Come find your pot of gold and celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day at the Green Party! Superstar producer and DJ, Joe Gauthreaux, will take you on a journey to the golden world of circuit music!

10pm – 3am

Heretic Atlanta

 

Get ready for another great Saint Patty’s day celebration with the Stoplight Party featuring Atlanta’s very own DJ Neon the Glowgobear. On the dance floor, there’s no stop, only go! No cover!

10pm – 3am

Atlanta Eagle

 

Sunday, March 17

The PFLAG support group for parents and families of LGBTQ children meets tonight at the Atlanta International School.

2:30 – 4pm

 

Grab your friends and check out the Atlanta United vs. Philadelphia Union game!

7pm – 10pm

Woofs on Piedmont

 

Monday, March 18

T-Time Atlanta Trans Youth holds their weekly meeting tonight.

7pm

St. Annes Episcopal Church

 

Tuesday, March 19

In recognition of Black History Month and its 2019 theme Black Migrations, the Auburn Avenue Research Library will host the photographic exhibition Homecoming: The Windows and Mirrors of Black Portraiture, featuring selected images from AARL’s archival collection. Homecoming: The Windows and Mirrors of Black Portraiture is a visualized metaphorical extension of the term migration that emphasizes the use of portrait photography of and by Black people to construct and inhabit new social realities.

Running through May 19

 

Wednesday, March 20

Catch the world premiere musical “Men With Money,” about three bachelors in New York — two of them gay and looking for love — running through April 7.

8pm

Aurora Theatre

 

Thursday, March 21

Make your voice heard and stand up for LGBTQ equality in Georgia at Lobby Day at the State Capitol today. This event will provide free training on how to educate state legislators on issues and policies that affect LGBTQ Georgians. Following the training, attendees will stand united under the Gold Dome to put training into action. Attendees will have an opportunity to talk one-on-one with their representative in the House and Senate Training and a light breakfast are provided to all attendees. To RSVP: https://secure.everyaction.com/MUsJ3GbXQkWyOzhjgYTwJg2

 

Friday, March 22

Mix and mingle with LGBTQ+ business professionals, allies, non-profit leaders, and more at the March Atlanta Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (AGLCC) Fourth Friday Networking Event tonight.

5:30 – 7:30pm

Azul Arc

 

Vicki Powell and Deep South proudly present The Black Madonna! DJ’s Ash Lauryn and Vicki Powell will bring you the beats all night long. Tickets available online.

10pm – 3am

Heretic Atlanta

 

Saturday, March 23

Following up on Gays For Plays sold-out theatre night at Out Front Theatre Company’s “Porcelain,” tonight the group gathers for Out Front’s “I am My Own Wife.” The Pulitzer and Tony Award show is based on a true story, inspired by interviews conducted by the playwright over several years, and tells the fascinating tale of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, a real-life German trans woman who managed to survive both the Nazi onslaught and the repressive East German Communist regime. In addition to the show, Out Front will be announcing the lineup for its 2019-2020 season tonight.

7:30 – 10pm

 

The Sprung! event features Aquaria of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” Other guests include Edie Bellini, Hydrangea Heath, Iv Fischer, Molly Rimswell, Taylor Alxndr, Thin Mint, and Video Tronic, with music by DJ Esmé (La Choloteca) and a photo booth by Jamie Hopper. The lewk is Slutty-Spring-Nymph, Fragonard’s Floral Fuckb0i, PopPrincess, Clad in Pastels, and Bacchanalian Bottom.

10pm – 3am

Deep End

The Guards of the Atlanta Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence would like to invite you to their monthly jockstrap twister. This month, proceeds will go to Outlantacon, Atlanta’s LGBTQ convention for sci-fi, pop-culture, multimedia, and gaming! Suggested donation of $5 to play all night with a live auction for a weekend getaway to Fort Lauderdale.

8pm – 10pm

Atlanta Eagle

 

Sunday, March 24

With a Tony-winning score by William Finn, “Falsettos” is a landmark musical about how we love, live and grow. When Marvin leaves his wife Trina for a guy named Whizzer, they all determine to salvage something from the resulting fallout to form a new kind of family. Throw in a lovesick psychiatrist, a precocious 13-year-old and two lesbians from next door and you get the story of a modern family learning to navigate the stress of family dinners, the pressure of planning the perfect bar mitzvah and the heartbreak of saying goodbye.

2pm, through April 28

Actor’s Express

 

The Auburn Avenue Research Library will host Dr. E. Patrick Johnson, the Carolos Montezuma Professor of Performance Studies and African American studies at Northwestern University, who will discuss his latest publication, “Black. Queer. Southern. Women, An Oral History.” Drawn from the life narratives of more than 70 African American queer women who were born, raised and continue to reside in the American South, this book powerfully reveals the way these women experience and express racial, sexual, gender and class identities – all linked by a place where such identities have generally placed them on the margins of society. Using methods of oral history and performance ethnography, Dr. Johnson’s work vividly enriches the historical record of racialized sexual minorities in the South and brings to light the realities of the region’s thriving black lesbian communities. Charis will sell books. This event is free and open to the public.

3 – 4:30pm

 

Monday, March 25

It’s Bingo with a twist! At Indictment Bingo!, instead of calling out numbers, organizers be shouting things like “Hamberders with extra cheese!” and “Giuliani turns out to be double agent

for Dems!

6:30 – 8:30pm

Manuel’s Tavern

 

Tuesday, March 26

Snow in July, comets falling from the sky, the world is thrown into chaos as Cupid rips off her wings and gives up on Love. But her old flame Saint Valentine has a plan to bring her spirits back up; and it involves the relationship between two men, Alejandro and Benny. Moving from outer space to Hackensack NJ, “I Wanna Fuck like Romeo and Juliet” – written by Andrew Rincon – is a queer love story of epic proportions that investigates God and mortals, realism and fantasy and the shame and joy within queer love of color.

The event is free.

8 – 10pm

Out Front Theatre Company

 

Wednesday, March 27

Join the karaoke party tonight.

9pm

My Sister’s Room

 

Thursday, March 28

Charis Books and More and The Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History welcomes Damon Young, the co-founder of VerySmartbrothas.com, and one of the most read writers on race and culture at work today, to celebrate his first collection of essays, “What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker,” a provocative and humorous memoir-in-essays that explores the ever-shifting definitions of what it means to be Black (and male) in America. Damon will be in conversation with Atlanta writer and Morehouse College journalism professor David Dennis Jr., The reading begins at 7pm and is free and open to the public but if you want to attend the pre-party receptions at 6 pm with Damon Young, you must reserve space and buy a copy of the book. Go to our website for the link to reserve your space.

 

The divine Kelly Clarkson rocks the Infinite Energy Centre tonight with her “Meaning of Life” tour.

8pm

 

Updated for the Trump era, Topher Payne’s comedy/drama “Angry Fags” is an uncompromising Oscar Wilde-meets-Fight Club fantasia about how good ideas go bad, the destructiveness of toxic masculinity, and how no one is really afraid of gay guys. The success of the 2013 original prompted a renewed interest in a sociopolitical world that seemed wildly absurd at the time but may now be closer to reality than we could have ever imagined.

8pm, through April 14

7 Stages

 

UPCOMING

Friday, March 29

Emmy and Tony Award winning actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth performs tonight!

8pm

Cobb Energy Centre

 

Sunday, March 31

The Human Rights Campaign invites you to a Sunday Funday for LGBTQ Equality to celebrate recent victories and look toward the year ahead. Guests will enjoy music, unlimited drinks, hors d’oeuvres and more. 100% of the proceeds will benefit HRC’s mission toward full equality. Be sure to bring a credit card!

2 – 5pm

Out Front Theatre Company

 

Thursday, April 4

Out On Film and Atlanta Pride began their “50 Years of Stonewall” film series tonight at 7pm tonight with “La Cage Aux Folles.”

Rush Center Annex

 

The Atlanta Film Festival kicks off tonight with its usual share of LGBTQ films, running through April 14.

Plaza Theater

 

Friday, April 5

Join the Metro Atlanta Association of Professionals (MAAP) for the “It’s Friday – Mix, Mingle & Network” event this month at the brand new My Sister’s Room. This is your chance to leave the work-week behind & connect with other like-minded professionals over drinks, laughter, and good professional conversation. Help speed up your check-in process; RSVP now at https://maap040519.eventbrite.com/.

6 – 8pm