It’s Ash Wednesday. If you’re one to give up vices for Lent, now’s the time, and we have an LGBT-welcoming place. If not, here’s a list of gay indulgences that don’t involve crosses on your forehead. • Art and love go on and on. “Popstars and Cokeheads” @ Kai Lin Art, all day. “Diana: A Celebration” Princess of Wales exhibit @ Atlanta Civic Center, all day. “Abstracts of Love” (top photo, “Lovers Moon”) @ Jack Art Gallery, all day. • Where do you work? Northlake: Business Builder Luncheon with Atlanta Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce @ Doubletree Hotel, 11:30 a.m. ...

Workday. Ugh. Lent. Sigh. Soothe the pain and fatten up for sacrifice with events including RuPaul at Outwrite, Fat Tuesday gatherings and games to take your mind off of it. • Midtown workplace? Business Builder Luncheon with the Atlanta Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce @ Cowtippers, 11:55 a.m. • Read my beads (top photo). Pre-Lent Pancake Dinner with Gentle Spirit Christian Church , 6:30 p.m. Fat Tuesday celebration @ Blake’s, 7 p.m. Mardi RA Masquerade Ball with Baton Bob @ RA Sushi, 8 p.m. Opulence presents “Fat Tuesday” with DJ Jay McCracken @ Opera, 10 p.m. • You’ve got issues. Discuss. Boy ...

President’s Day is an awesome way to recover from weekend madness. Put your head on straight—so to speak—then check Atlanta’s LGBT to-do list for activities to make it last. • Work in Marietta? Let the traffic die down. Margarita Mondays @ Le Buzz, 5 p.m. • Group mentality. Square Dancing with Hotlanta Squares (top photo) @ First MCC, 6:45 p.m. Southern Line Competition Dance Team rehearsal @ the Eagle, 7 p.m. • You’ve got the power. Empowered Forum and Trans and Friends @ YouthPride, 6:30 p.m. • I see straight people. But gays like Jay McCracken (bottom photo) are also on this year’s list. ...

President’s Day is an awesome way to recover from weekend madness. Put your head on straight—so to speak—then check Atlanta’s LGBT to-do list for activities to make it last. • Work in Marietta? Let the traffic die down. Margarita Mondays @ Le Buzz, 5 p.m. • Group mentality. Square Dancing with Hotlanta Squares (top photo) @ First MCC, 6:45 p.m. Southern Line Competition Dance Team rehearsal @ the Eagle, 7 p.m. • You’ve got the power. Empowered Forum and Trans and Friends @ YouthPride, 6:30 p.m. • I see straight people. But gays like Jay McCracken (bottom photo) are also on this year’s list. ...

Happy Valentine’s Day! Here are just a few local LGBT options to show your love, your sex—or to give Cupid the boot. Click the link at the bottom of the list for even more. • Porn and art collide. CinErotic Film Fest, Night 3: “Kink-O-Matic” concludes the festival @ Eyedrum, 6 p.m., is followed by a sexy play party for everyone @ the Spring 4th Center, 10 p.m. • Valentine Tea Dance. Heartbreakers Ball with DJs Shane V and Justin Ryan (top photo) @ Tongue & Groove, 7 p.m. • Attention, LGBT singles: Give Cupid the Boot @ Artmore Hotel’s Studio Bar & ...

Sex, love and rock and roll. It’s Valentine’s Weekend in the ATL, and these LGBT events ask if you’re feeling sexy, romantic, commitment-oriented or commitment phobic. Sex, love and rock and roll. It’s Valentine’s Weekend in the ATL, and these LGBT events ask if you’re feeling sexy, romantic, commitment-oriented or commitment phobic. • Champagne. Oysters. Arthouse porn. What’s not to love about CinErotic Film Fest, Night 2: “Passions & Pleasures” (top photo)? @ Eyedrum, 8 p.m. Read our preview of the three-day event. • Your very own commitment ceremonies continue @ First MCC, 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. Reserve your timeslot. • International flair. ...

Get through the work day, then ring in Valentine’s weekend with a little help from Project Q’s community calendar: a little sex, a little pageantry, a little music, and a whole lotta love. • Exchange vows. Today’s the first of two days for your Valentine commitment ceremonies (top photo) @ First MCC, beginning 2 p.m. Reserve your timeslot. • Porn and art collide. CinErotic Film Fest, Night 1: “Queer As F*ck @ Eyedrum gallery, 8:30 p.m. Read our preview of the three-day festival. • Erev Shabbat with gay-led, gay-welcoming Congregation Bet Haverim, 7:30 p.m. • Cliterally Speaking: Valentine Bliss with author, sex educator and ...

Thursday kicks ATL’s big gay Valentine calendar into full swing. Other events won’t make single people bitter so early in the week, including Cabbagetown stories, a DJ birthday and leisurely pursuits. • Do you get enough L, G and B? Then, baby, it’s T-Time @ YouthPride, 5:30 p.m. • Expert witnesses. History writer Evelyn Coleman (top photo) and singer-songwriter Joyce Brookshire join forces for Telling Cabbagetown Stories @ Charis, 7:30 p.m. • Work it out. Volleyball with Decatur Women’s Sports League @ Decatur Recreation Center, 7 p.m. Swimming with Atlanta Rainbow Trout @ Georgia Tech, 7:30 p.m. • Play time. Texas Hold’em Poker @ ...

We’ll see your Tuesday and raise you more than two dozen fun events—from poker and bingo nights to poetry nights and beyond—to put on your ever-growing to-do list. • You’re a pro. Business Builder Luncheon with Atlanta Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce @ Vinocity, 11:55am • Tonight’s special guest is Helen Lindsay, a local lesbian whose hands were amputated to save her life, on the weekly LGBT radio show “Alternative Perspectives” with host Betty Couvertier (top photo). On WFRG, 7 p.m. A Valentine’s Day concert by the Lilli Lewis band is planned at The 5 Spot to help raise funds ...

You got Monday, whether you want it or not. Make the most of it by looking forward to one of these local LGBT events that help you shake off the beginning of the workweek. • You look like you could use a cocktail. Margarita Mondays @ Le Buzz, 5 p.m. • Get in on the action. Square Dancing with Hotlanta Squares (top photo) @ First MCC, 6:45 p.m. Southern Line Competition Dance Team rehearsal @ the Eagle, 7 p.m. • Kids incorporated. Empowered Forum and Trans and Friends @ YouthPride, 6:30 p.m. • If you write it, they will come—and help. Writing With Intent ...

It’s Super Sunday with plenty of events surrounding Super Bowl XLIV. If the phrases “Saints-Colts” or “big game” mean nothing to you, there are also other LGBT places to be and people to see. • Ya gotta eat, and it doesn’ ever have to be at Checkers. Papi’s Winter Brunch @ Las Margaritas, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Charlie Brown’s Sunday Brunch @ Joia, noon – 3 p.m. • Family jewels. “Diana: A Celebration” Princess of Wales exhibit (top photo) @ Atlanta Civic Center, all day. • Matinees. “Good Boys & True” @ Actor’s Express, 5 p.m. “The History of The Devil” ...

It’s You-o’clock. Do you know what you’re doing today? Whether you’re L, G, B or T, a party hound or more laid back, a little bit country or a little bit rock and roll, we have some suggestions. • The story of ovarian cancer victim and trans man Robert Eads’ final days. This screening of the award-winning documentary “Southern Comfort” (top photo) benefits Feminist Women’s Health Center, 7 p.m. • Word. The Brown Sugar Vibe with the spoken-word goodness of Lakara (second photo), followed by DJ E on the turntables @ Kat’s Cafe, 8 p.m. • Hey, princess. “Diana: A Celebration” continues ...

All dressed up and no place to go? Wrong. LGBT Atlanta lays out a little something for every taste, from live music to art, beer busts to theater and worship, and from throbbing beats to West Coast Swing. • Tour de force music duo God-des & She (top photo) performs live behind their new album @ Bellissima, 9 p.m. Read our preview. • The High’s symposium “The Art History of Games” gets its big gay reception with the game-based featured art on display @ Kai Lin Art, 8 p.m. • Hey, sister. The guys known as the Atlanta Sisters raise hell while they ...

The only boy who could ever teach us was the “’60s Son of a Preacher Man” edition of Melloween… except maybe that Black Eyed Peas Afterparty. Those plus a full list of bar nights, shows, games and dance events. • Drop your book bag. It’s T-Time, 5:30 p.m., then Movie Night, 6:30 p.m. @ YouthPride. • Tonight brings the “‘60s Son of a Preacher Man” edition of Melloween, and the lesbian lilts of Dusty Springfield (top photo) are just the jumping-off point @ Mary’s, 9 p.m. • Volleyball with Decatur Women’s Sports @ Decatur Recreation Center, 7 p.m. Swimming with Atlanta Rainbow Trout, ...

Yes, conservatives, there is a Gay Agenda. It’s a calendar for every day and night of arts, issues, nightlife, meetings, support groups and more events of LGBT interest in Atlanta. Deal with it. • Art and culture go on. Plus the once-in-a-lifetiime “Diana: A Celebration” Princess of Wales exhibit (top photo) @ Atlanta Civic Center (Read our walk-through) and “Popstars and Cokeheads” @ Kai Lin Art (View our opening night photos). • Bullying. Discuss. Supporting Safer Schools: Understanding anti-bullying legislation with Faith Alliance of Atlanta, 12 p.m. • Special shoes. Bowling with Decatur Women’s Sports League @ Suburban Lanes, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Run ...

The sun breaks through the clouds like a divine directive: Get off your butt, get out of the house and get with your gays, whether it’s at a house of worship or one of several Churches of the Poison Mind. • Come on in, precious. Sister Louisa’s “Sunday Services” art show and sale features Alli Royce Soble Photography (top photo), 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. • Whether you go or went to church today or not, it’s time for brunch. Fellowship included. Papi’s Winter Brunch @ Las Margaritas, 11 a.m. Charlie Brown’s Sunday Brunch @ Joia, 12 p.m. • As the preacher ...

Don’t let the drizzly sky get in the way of all that’s in store for you. A casting call for an upcoming LGBT TV dating show, Miss Gutterball, two Stone Mountain getaways and non-stop nocturnal pleasures. • Looking for a host and contestants. Casting call for gay & lesbian TV dating show @ Ansley Park, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. • Scarlett O’Whora (top photo) passes the crown to Miss Gutterball 2010 after a hilarious show with Dixie Bowlers @ Jungle, 7 p.m. • Two chances to do Stone Mountain with your gays. Stone Mountain “snow” outing with MEGA Family Project, 2 p.m. ...

We have you covered for weekend kickstarters, whether it’s—literally—pop art, shaking up Shakespeare, couples dance lessons, “the Sabbath of Song,” or moving your milkshake to a DJ. • It’s a play on words, but one that really works. GregMike’s “Popstars and Cokeheads” art exhibit (top photo) opens @ Kai Lin Art , 7 p.m. • If they don’t get an extension, tonight could be your last chance to experience the local cult phenom “Shakespeare Follies” @ Danneman’s upstairs lounge. Read the preview. • Boots and Ballroom: Same-sex Ballroom and Country couples-dance lessons (bottom photo) are perfect for those who want to learn in ...

Dine with Ludacris, view art with Matre, sing along with Morrisey, play with Papi, hobnob with HRC, know your mandala,  see “Good Boys,” spike or stroke in sports, or hang at a plethora of bar nights. • Good works for a good cause. Positively Art benefits AID Atlanta @ Matre Gallery, 6:30 p.m. Good food for a good cause. Dine Out for ARCA with Chris “Ludacris” Bridges (top photo) @ Straits restaurant, 5 p.m. • No cups and saucers required for T-Time @ YouthPride, 5:30 p.m. Read the latest threat to YouthPride programming. • Dig and spike. Volleyball with Decatur Women’s Sports League ...

Remember when Wednesday meant Dress Code at Heretic? Well, it’s back, alongside events for other moods: Queer fiction, bowling, gay dads, theater, and more bar themes than we could list here. • East Point workplace? Business Builder Luncheon with Atlanta Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce @ East Point Corner Tavern, 11:30 a.m. • It’s all about youth (top photo). Teen Forum and Young Adult Forum. Both @ YouthPride, 6:30 p.m. Read about the latest staff layoff and why they need your support more than ever to continue their programming. • Use your legs. Bowling with Decatur Women’s Sports League @ Suburban Lanes, ...