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Because country music legend and gay icon Patsy Cline died 45 years ago, fans may not be able to go “Walking After Midnight” with her. They can, however, attend REMEMBERING PATSY CLINE, a book signing and discussion Mon., JUNE 23, led by Ellis Nassour, the first author to ever write about the life of the starlet. Honky Tonk Angel: The Intimate Story of Patsy Cline, reissued by Chicago Review Press, includes new material such as Cline’s complete discography, never-before-published photographs and controversial details about her life. Free. 8 p.m. Outwrite Bookstore & Coffeehouse, 991 Piedmont Ave. 404-607-0082. www.outwritebooks.com.

— Matthew Claiborne

(Photo courtesy Chicago Review Press)

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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.

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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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In the world according to Jay Louis, there’s no such thing as too many douchebags. No, not the countless politicos that Jon Stewart likes to skewer on “The Daily Show,” but the tatted-up, hair-spiked, shiny-foreheaded, six-pack-packed, hand-symbol-thrusting, shades-sporting, wife-beater-wearing, tongue-thrusting, hand-gesturing and pec-bearing American men who somehow wind up with really attractive women in living color.

Louis, aka douchebag1, hosts the phenomenally popular website Hot Chicks with Douchebags, in which he and alert readers hip the rest of us “normal” folk to the cheesily over-packaged American men hanging out with women who would seem way out of their league. As popular as the site is, the next logical step would seem to be a book, Hot Chicks with Douchebags (Simon Spotlight Entertainment), which fell into our reluctant hands this week and will hit bookstores July 8. The book’s thesis seems simple enough:

In this book, we will identify every type of ’bag within the douche spectrum, from the youthful stage-1 Fratbags to the polluted, noxious stage-4 DJ Club Douche. We will tap directly into the core of not only how douchebaggery manifests, but also how it corrupts the hottie within its wily, greased-up charms. These unnatural cohabitations must be exposed to the disinfecting light of detailed scrutiny if we have any hope of societal redress.

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Eyedrum is best known for its outside-the-box music events and independently spirited art exhibitions. This Fri., JUNE 20, however, the premier alternative art space goes swap meet on us with its second BOOK SALE. Those with over-endowed libraries may bring tables and as many books that fit on, under or around them to sell to the general public. Eyedrum asks only that sellers cut them in on the profits. This event is being held during the launch of Marcus Williams’ and Jamie England’s design anthology FORM: ARTISTIC INDEPENDENCE 2008, a compendium of local art-and-design talent. Free. Book sale, 7:30-9:30 p.m.; book launch, 8 p.m. 290 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Suite 8. 404-522-0655. www.eyedrum.org.

(Photo by Clay Asbury)

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This Friday marks the book release party for FORM: Artistic Independence 2008 at Eyedrum. The book features the work of 46 local artists and was put together by the nonprofit company Williams-England (WE) Design. I spoke with Jamie England of WE about the book, the party and the future of WE Design.

Tell me a little about FORM: Artistic Independence 2008.
FORM: Artistic Independence 2008 was an idea for a graphic-publishing project my partner, Marcus Williams, and I came up with after deciding that we wanted to take our company, Williams-England, or WE Design, nonprofit last year. (more…)

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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.

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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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Composition Gallery presents BLOOMSDAY: A JAMES JOYCE CELEBRATION, featuring readings and performances from members of Theatre Gael, Atlanta’s renowned Irish theater company, as well as local poet Rupert Fike. In conjunction with Irish pubs around the world, Bloomsday will include literary discussions of the life and works of Ulysses author James Joyce for the annual commemoration that started in Dublin, Ireland. Music will be provided by local trio Hubcap City (From Belgium), with a special reading by frontman Bill Taft Mon., JUNE 16. Free. 8 p.m. 1388 McLendon Ave. 678-982-9764. www.compositiongallery.com.

(Photo courtesy Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University)

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