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Upcoming fest features trans, gay plays

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Luck of the draw determines the participants in the Atlanta Fringe Festival. As fate would have it, two of the shows in the upcoming event have LGBT themes. The mission of the Fringe Festival is to provide a platform for indie, underground playwrights doing edgy work. In all, the second annual Atlanta Fringe festival, opening June 5, spotlights 24 shows, but the offerings are not chosen in traditional manners. Applicants are placed into a hat and drawn, says Diana Brown, the company’s artistic director, although the company does reserve the option of saving a few spots at the end to make sure… >>

Atlanta’s Lucas Mire celebrates CD release Saturday

“Following the Landslide,” the new CD from Atlanta singer-songwriter Lucas Mire, accomplishes what can often be a difficult task: Many of the tunes deal with loss, but the album leaves listeners feeling more introspective than inconsolable. “The album deals with loss and grief — mainly around the death of my mother when I was in my early 20s, but also about the end of my last serious relationship,” says Mire, who marks the release of his third full-length album with a 7 p.m. show Saturday at Eddie’s Attic in Decatur. >>

‘Studzmen’ screens at Midtown Art Cinema this Thursday

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A screening of the new films “Studzmen” from M.Power Productions about the story of black lesbians, especially dominant and male-identified lesbians sometimes known as “studs,” comes to Midtown Art Cinema on Thursday at 7:15 p.m. In an interview, co-director Onyx Keesha of Atlanta, said the film is “about brotherhood, connections, growing up and feeling captive to your past or the old you. It is about temptation and growing into your manhood.” >>

A&E in brief: Show tunes, soap operas, songwriters and circuit parties

‘Glee’ star sings show tunes Fresh from collecting the Ally for Equality Award at Atlanta’s HRC Dinner on May 4, “Glee” star Matthew Morrison is set to release an album of show tunes June 4. Titled “Where it All Began,” the album features classics such as “Singin’ In the Rain,” “Luck Be a Lady” and “Send in the Clowns.” You can also hear the album on television as Morrison’s PBS special, “Matthew Morrison: Where It All Began – Live From the Bushnell,” debuts June 1. For gay folks who miss their soaps Fans missing the campy drama of daytime television… >>

‘The Book Club Play’ includes gay man struggling with identity

A gay character is part of the ensemble of the new “The Book Club Play,” opening next week at Horizon Theatre. Save for a young woman who is in her ‘20s, the characters here are all pushing 40 and dealing with that challenge. At the heart of the comedy is Ana (Wendy Melkonian), a control freak of sorts who is a features writer for a newspaper and a passionate founder of her book club. The other two founders are her husband, Rob (Bryan Brendle), who is more into the social aspects of the club than the reading, and… >>

John Q Collective uses Cyclorama as metaphor for LGBT migration

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Located in the northeastern corner of Georgia, Resaca is a small town with a current population less than 1,000. In that rural town in May 1864, the Battle of Resaca was fought — the first of many in the Civil War campaign that led to the Battle of Atlanta. Union troops defeated Confederates in a bloody clash that led to the surrender of Atlanta to Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, who later ordered the city burned. The Battle of Atlanta, fought on July 22, 1864, is still alive today at one of Atlanta’s famous tourist spots, the Atlanta Cyclorama & Civil War Museum located… >>

From festivals to tourist attractions, plenty to do here at home this season

The official summer travel season kicks off Memorial Day Weekend, and while the calendar is packed with LGBT options for those ready to hit the road, there are plenty of local events, festivals and attractions that just might suit your fancy – and your wallet – here in Georgia. To start the “staycation” season, check out the holiday weekend’s biggest local LGBT event, the Big Peach Softball Tournament, set for May 24-26 at the West Metro Atlanta Softball Complex. Three divisions, featuring teams from across the country, will battle it out on the diamond for the chance to be crowned Big… >>

Queer sci-fi convention returns to Atlanta this weekend

Outlantacon, Atlanta’s queer sci-fi and fantasy convention, returns to Atlanta’s this weekend with three days of gay geeky events. The con, held at the Atlanta Marriott Century Center, officially kicks off Friday afternoon. Edward DeGruy, an organizer with Outlantacon, said today that attendees have been waiting all week for the con to kick off. “It kind of kicks off socially tonight,” DeGruy said. “The official kickoff will be tomorrow at 3 p.m. but we’ve had people here since Tuesday.” >>

Eight great spring events

From fundraisers to festivals, spring is filled with LGBT options. HRC Atlanta Dinner May 4 | www.atlantahrcdinner.org Atlanta’s largest LGBT fundraiser benefits the national work of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBT political group. This year’s speakers include “Glee” star Matthew Morrison. The HRC Black Party follows at Jungle with DJ David Knapp. For more, see Page 6. Gay Days at Tybee Island May 3-5 | www.gaysavannah.com Head to the beach near Savannah, Ga., for a full weekend of events including the White Party on Saturday night with recording artist Randy Jones, the original cowboy from The… >>

Atlanta Cotillion’s ‘Cirque de Nuit’ brings big changes to drag fundraising tradition

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Now in its 12th year, Atlanta Cotillion is turning its old fundraising format on its crown. The group has ditched the drag debutantes, tiaras and season-ending black-tie ball in favor of year-round team fundraising and a more inclusive annual bash to raise money for its longtime beneficiary, AID Atlanta. In January 2013, event chair Darrell Burke, former chair John McGuirk and several past debs decided on an all-new format that kicks off with the group’s “Cirque de Nuit,” an avant-garde ball June 8 in the Historic Hangar of the Delta Heritage Museum. >>

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