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1) Spike and Mike’s Animation Fest continues at the Plaza Theatre.

2) Women and a Claw Foot Tub continues at Apache Café in conjunction with Art Mondays.

3) Michael O’Neal Singers perform at Ahavath Achim Synagogue.

4) Author and music industry insider Ellis Nassour discusses his book, Honky Tonk Angel: The Intimate Story of Patsy Cline, at Outwrite Bookstore & Coffeehouse.

5) Rancid performs at the Masquerade with the Legendary Shack Shakers.

(Image courtesy Spike and Mike)

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1) Your last chance to check out Athfest: The festival wraps up its final day with a performance by Dubconscious.

2) Lakewood 400 Antiques Market celebrates its fifth anniversary this month with a third-weekend-of-the-month extravaganza.

3) Angels & Insects: Things Seen, Known & Felt by Terrence E. Jackson continues at U*Space Gallery.

4) Blake’s on the Park hosts a cookout with raffle and T-shirt sales benefiting CHRIS Kids Rainbow Program.

5) Rooney performs at Variety Playhouse with the Bridges and Locksley.

(Photo courtesy Dubconscious)

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1) Comedian Bill Burr finishes his three-day run at the Punchline.

2) Sha’ni and the Tiger’s Eye Collection host A Midsummer Night’s Dream with world-renowned dancer Ava Fleming at Sketchworks Theater.

3) Lakewood Amphitheatre strikes a fun trifecta: R.E.M., Modest Mouse and the National perform.

4) Leslie Jordan reads and signs My Trip Down the Pink Carpet at Outwrite Bookstore & Coffeehouse.

5) Blues Traveler and more perform in Candler Park for the Midsummer Music Fest.

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1) Less Than Jake performs at the Masquerade with openers Mustard Plug.

2) Urban wear brand Sol Munki celebrates street culture with its shoe release party at MJQ.

3) Decatur ships in 60 tons of sand for the annual Decatur Beach Party.

4) Beep Beep Gallery hosts a closing reception for Double Feature: New Works by Blink and Rene Arriagada with DJs, a cookout and music performance by All the Saints.

5) Melissa Etheridge performs at Chastain Park Amphitheatre.

(Photo courtesy Less Than Jake)

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1) Meghan Coffee performs at Smith’s Olde Bar.

2) Healthcare NOW rallies against for-profit health insurance companies outside the Buckhead office of Blue Cross Blue Shield.

3) Dr. Lemoine D. Pierce discusses and signs copies of her book, George Washington Carver: Scientist, Artist and Musician, at Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History.

4) Documentary photographer Erin Ashford showcases her new mixed-media work in Manipulations at P’Cheen.

5) Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta’s Jewtopia opens at 14th Street Playhouse.

(Photo by Zack Arias)

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1) The Band of Heathens plays Eddie’s Attic.

2) Author Michael Rose discusses and signs Historic Photos of Atlanta at Manuel’s Tavern.

3) Diary of a Madman opens at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church.

4) International Rescue Committee and nine Atlanta restaurants partner for World Refugee Day: Make Dining Out Count, a fundraiser for the IRC.

5) For the Waters of Lethe by Richard Sudden continues at Whitespace Gallery.

(Photo courtesy the Band of Heathens)

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1) Lighting the Sun by Donna Mintz continues at Sandler Hudson Gallery.

2) Craig Seymour discusses and signs It Was All I Could Bare: My Life in the Strip Clubs of Gay Washington, D.C. at Outwrite Bookstore & Coffeehouse.

3) Harvey Milk performs at the Earl with Pride Parade.

4) Young Blood Gallery presents Samuel Parker’s The Road to Excess.

5) The Spill Canvas visits Masquerade.

(Image by Donna Mintz)

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1) Made in GA continues at Museum of Design Atlanta.

2) Composition Gallery hosts Bloomsday: A James Joyce Celebration.

3) Cyndi Lauper, the B-52’s, Tegan and Sara, Rosie O’Donnell and more perform at Chastain Park Amphitheatre for the True Colors Tour.

4) Matthew White’s 121 Doorways continues at DeFoor Centre.

5) Georgia Hill Neighborhood Center screens Seabrook 1977, which chronicles the events that sparked an anti-nuclear power movement across the United States.

(Image: Coca-Cola Recycling Bin/Made in GA)

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1) Cat Power performs her rescheduled show at the Tabernacle with Dirty Delta Blues.

2) Real Men Cook for Charity celebrates Father’s Day with a feast at Georgia Railroad Depot while raising money for various nonprofits.

3) Stone Mountain holds its annual Arts and Crafts Festival.

4) The first annual Atlanta Gospel Festival is held at the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center.

5) Grace Braun performs at the Earl.

(Photo by Stefano Giovannini)

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Creative Loafing hosts its third annual Beer Fest Sat., JUNE 14, with a theme harkening back to that most prestigious and ancient of athletic competitions: BEER’LYMPICS. Don’t worry, though – everyone’s a winner in this Olympic-sized competition, with spectator-sport energy required for games such as cornhole, flip cup and beer pong. A sampling smorgasbord of more than 120 types of beer, including Petaluma, Calif.’s Lagunitas Brewing Company and local festival omnipresence Sweetwater Brewing Company, will entice festival-goers, along with music and food from local restaurants such as Mellow Mushroom. $15-$30. 21 and over. 2-7 p.m. Woodruff Park, 84 Peachtree St. atlanta.creativeloafing.com/beerfest.

(Photo by Paul Clark)

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