Pride Month

October is designated at Pride Month in Atlanta, a time to celebrate the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community. Here’s what is coming up this month:

Out on Film

The annual LGBT film festival runs Sept. 27 through Oct. 7 with events at Midtown Art Cinema, Out Front Theatre Company and the Plaza Theatre. 128 films, documentaries, short films and web series are on tap, as well as a staged reading of a classic play. Films include the Atlanta-made “When the Beat Drops,” “Mapplethorpe,” “The Happy Prince” and “Wild Nights with Emily.” For a complete line-up and tickets, visit outonfilm.com.

Mags,

Bars

&

(Drag) Stars

Georgia State University Library will mark the beginning of Atlanta’s Pride Month with a community event, “Mags, Bars & (Drag) Stars: A History of Atlanta’s Gay Bars and Community Magazines.” Speakers Gregg Daugherty and Ashley Coleman Taylor will talk about the impact of gay publications and bars in building Atlanta’s LGBTQ communities. The event, which was made possible by the Society of Georgia Archivists’ Spotlight on Archives Grant, will take place in the Library’s Special Collections Department on Tuesday, Oct. 2, from 4 to 6 p.m. It is free and open to the public. For information, visit library.gsu.edu.

Atlanta Pride Festival

The 48th annual festival and parade will be held Oct. 12-14 at Piedmont Park. The music line up includes Bebe Rexha, Mike Posner, Michelle Malone, Ada Vox and dance diva CeCe Peniston. The annual parade from Downtown to the park along Peachtree Street will be held Oct. 14 starting at noon. See the full schedule at alantapride.org.

AIDS Walk

AID Atlanta will host the 28th Annual AIDS Walk Atlanta & 5K Run on Oct. 21 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Piedmont Park. Over the years, the event has grown to be the largest AIDS-related fundraising event in the Southeast and brings together a diverse group of people to support those living with HIV/AIDS, educate others to reduce new infections and remember those who have lost their lives to the disease. To register, visit aidswalkatlanta.com.

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Visual Arts

Barbecue Nation: This exhibition at the Atlanta History Center explores how barbecue has come to claim an enduring place at the American table and how it connects us to cultures around the world, in addition to traditions, history, and the future. Daily. Free to $21.50. atlantahistorycenter.com

Brookhaven Arts Festival: For this event over 140 participating artists fill Apple Valley Road in Brookhaven with works of fiber, glass, jewelry, mixed media, painting, photography, sculpture and more. Oct. 20 and 21. Free. brookhavenartsfestival.com

Chimera: Andy Warhol through the 1980s: This exhibit at the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University draws on Polaroids, silver gelatin prints, and screenprints to explore Warhol’s working process and his nuanced takes on identity, self-perception, beauty, composition, and the American icon. Tuesday through Sunday. Free to $8. carlos.emory.edu

Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood: A Grr-ific Exhibit: Visit Children’s Museum of Atlanta to play, sing, explore, and pretend in some favorite and familiar places from Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood. Thursday through Tuesday. $12.95 to $18.95. childrensmuseumatlanta.org

David J. Sencer CDC Museum: Learn how CDC scientists merge old-fashioned detective work with high-tech science to crack the cases of mystery diseases at Atlanta’s CDC Museum. Monday through Friday. Free! cdc.gov/museum

Design for Good: Architecture for Everyone: Visit Museum of Design Atlanta to see people-driven, real-world stories about buildings that are designed and created with and for the people who use them. Tuesday through Sunday. Free to $10. museumofdesign. org

Imaginary Worlds: “Imaginary Worlds” returns with a menagerie of all-new giant living plant sculptures sure to bring a smile as they take visitors on a fantasy journey throughout the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Closes Oct. 28. Free to $21.95. atlantabg. org

John Folsom: The Vanishing: Visit HATHAWAY | Contemporary Gallery to see an exhibit by John Folsom, whose practice demonstrates the narrative potential of images through the intersection of painting and photography. Monday through Saturday. Free. hathawaygallery.com

Larry Walker Retrospective: The Later Years: Following a retrospective of his early works, this exhibit at MOCA GA explores highly acclaimed visual artist, art professor, and mentor Larry M. Walker’s later works. Closes Oct. 27. Free. mocaga.org

Look Again: 45 Years of Collecting Photography: This exhibition, drawn from the High Museum’s collection and local private collections, explores the medium’s layered history and its ever-evolving present by delving into the myriad ways a photograph can be a conduit for ideas, information and emotion. Tuesday through Sunday. Free to $14.50. high.org

Unapologetic Lines: SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film presents the first solo museum exhibition of fashion Illustrator Marc-Antoine Coulon, one of the world’s leading fashion artists. Tuesday through Sunday. Free to $10. scadfash.org

Performing Arts

A3C Festival: The A3C Festival is a two-day outdoor festival in the heart of downtown Atlanta at the Georgia Freight Depot featuring some of the most talented and renowned artists in hip-hop. Oct. 3 through 7. $95 to $115. a3cfestival.com

The Ghastly Dreadfuls: Your favorite band of spectres, the Ghastly Dreadfuls, returns to Center for Puppetry Arts to celebrate the spooky season with music, puppetry, thrills and chills. Oct. 10 through 27. $20 to $35. puppet.org

School of Rock: Based on the hit film, this hilarious musical at the Fox Theatre follows Dewey Finn, a wannabe rock star posing as a substitute teacher who turns a class of straight-A students into a guitar-shredding, bass-slapping, mindblowing rock band. Oct. 16 through 21. $31 to $116. atlanta. broadway.com fall•en: In honor of Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre’s second season, co-founder and choreographer Heath Gill presents a double bill at Deer Hollow at Serenbe. Oct. 5 through 14. $15 to $50. terminus-serenbe.com

National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene: The NYC troupe brings its special brand of Jewish humor, music, drama to Woodruff Arts Center for two matinees. Oct. 7. $20 to $54. eternallifehemshech.org

Dance Theatre of Harlem: See DTH, a multi-cultural dance institution with an extraordinary legacy of providing opportunities for creative expression and artistic excellence, at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. Oct. 13 and 14. $25 to $91. cobbenergycentre.com

Oakhurst Porchfest: For one day in the Oakhurst neighborhood, porches all over the neighborhood become stages and everyone can meander from yard to yard, listening to music, hanging out, and connecting/reconnecting with neighbors. Oct. 13. Free! oakhurstporchfest.org

Josh Groban: The Bridges Tour: See one of the leading classical crossover artists of his generation, Josh Groban, with Idina Menzel at the Infinite Energy Center. Oct. 18. $55.50 to $205.50. infiniteenergycenter.com

#IMOMSOHARD – Mom’s Night Out Round 2: Visit the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre to see Kristin Hensley and Jen Smedley, the creators of the viral web-series #IMOMSOHARD, where they discuss the good, the bad and the funny about motherhoodwith the help of a bottle of red wine! Oct. 18. $36.75 to $46.75. cobbenergycentre.com

Ailey II: Visit the Rialto Center for the Arts to see Ailey II, which merges the spirit and energy of the country’s best young dance talent with the passion and creative vision of today’s outstanding choreographers. Oct. 20. $39.10 to $74. rialtocenter.org

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: In a setting that even Shakespeare himself couldn’t have imagined, the Alliance Theatre will produce a whimsical, outdoor production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Closes Oct. 21. $19.18 to $54.18. alliancetheatre.org

Nomad Motel: Horizon Theatre presents this play about motel kids and parachute kids raising themselves and living without a safety net in a land of plenty. Closes Oct. 21. $25 to $35. horizontheatre.com

Nicki Minaj: See Nicki Minaj in concert along with Future at State Farm Arena. Oct. 25. $56 to $184. statefarmarena.com

The Tenors: Visit the Woodruff Arts Center’s Symphony Hall to see the vocal ensemble The Tenors. Oct. 26. $29.50 to $65. atlantasymphony.org

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