5 things to do: Perfect Strangers - June 12 2017

What’a happening in Atlanta today

Maintenance and the Menstruating Body

Murmur - 100 Broad St. S.W. Atlanta, GA 30303. 5:30 p.m.

The Peach Coven and Sarah Fox host a design-focused discussion about the limitations to public distribution of menstrual hygiene products. The workshop covers best practices for distributing resources, identifying common concerns, brainstorming remedies for distribution issues and more. Free wine will be provided.


Mary Dearborn: Earnest Hemingway: A Biography

Margaret Mitchell House - 979 Crescent Ave. N.E. Atlanta, GA 30309 Free-$10. 7 p.m.

The American History Center hosts Mary Dearborn, author of Earnest Hemingway: A Biography, as part of their summer author series. Dearborn’s portrait of the great American writer documents his incredibly complex character and investigates the demons within him that led to his eventual unraveling.


Third annual Queer Ride

Holy Taco - 1314 Glenwood Ave. Atlanta, GA 30316 Free. 7 p.m.

The Atlanta Cycling Festival invites LGBTQ bike riders of all levels to roll through Atlanta, stopping at queer-owned and queer-centric establishments along the way. The six-eight-mile ride will be at an easy pace for riders to chat with one another.


Mamma Mia!

Fox Theatre - 660 Peachtree St. N.E. Atlanta, GA 30308 $61-$654. 7:30 p.m.

One of the longest-running shows in Broadway history, Mamma Mia!, is leaving Atlanta on June 18. Experience a show that more than 60 million people worldwide laugh, cry and sing along to. The music of ABBA allows this show to leave a mark in the minds of millions with hit singles like “Dancing Queen,” “S.O.S” and “Take A Chance On Me.”


Perfect Strangers

The Highland Inn Ballroom Lounge - 644 N. Highland Ave. N.E. Atlanta, GA 30306 $5. 7:30 p.m.

Andre Castenell, Laura Scott, Ben Bowlin, Robert Shelton and others take the stage for a night of improv based on audience members’ questions and their own lives. Viewers drop random questions into a bucket, and the performers pick a question and turn it into a story for the rest of the players to act out.