The Buckhead Theatre, the Landmark Theatres Midtown Art Cinema, (home to OutonFilm) the Out Front Theatre Company, and the Plaza Theatre are some local venues with programming of interest to the LGBT communities. A number of Atlanta neighborhoods, including the Midtown West and Castleberry Hill, as well as the more established Bennett Street and Peachtree Hills areas, are notable for their arts scene. The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, one of America’s leading orchestras, is known for the excellence of its live performances and presentations, and serves as the region’s cornerstone for artistic development and music education. The High Museum of Art, having recently collaborated with the Louvre, MoMA and the Republic of China, has cemented its reputation as one of the premier museums in the US. These days, though, the city may stand out the most for the number and quality of performing and visual arts on offer. Lest we forget, this is also where Coca-Cola and CNN originated. This city's been at the center of some of the most important events in US history: the Civil War, and the civil rights movement -see the Martin Luther King Jr birthplace. Black Gay Pride takes place over the Labor Day weekend. Atlanta Pride, one of the largest of all such American celebrations, brings over 300,000 revelers to the park each October, from around the southeast region and beyond. Piedmont Park and the Atlantic Botanical Gardens provide great urban green space. There's no denying the city heat ups during the muggy summers, but the long autumns, mild winters, and vivid, flower-filled springs make up for it. It's a cosmopolitan city, sure, but this Southern belle somehow still manages to move at a slightly slower, more graceful pace. See our Atlanta events listings page.Ītlanta has drawn people from around the world, and from all walks of life - and that definitely includes gay people. See the Atlanta Travel, City of Atlanta, and Georgia Public Health websites for local updates. See the CDC website for details and updates. There are restrictions on the entry of some travelers into the United States in an effort to help slow the spread of COVID-19. "I hope the world becomes a better place and I hope the gay community can really wrap their hands around the people who are standing up for themselves," Young said.Emergency measures in the wake of Covid-19: Some of the performers don't plan to work at the popular nightspot until new owners take over.
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"Taking someone past statements and judging them by those past statements and blowing it up and forgetting what they did for this community.
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Marsh and his wife Mary are the original owners and have had the bar for decades. "From what they've told me years of bad treatment."įOX 5 has been told that the bar is now up for sale and may have new owners soon. "I'm very proud of the people that I know that work there standing up to ongoing treatment that's not just recent from a Facebook post," Keith Young, a patron of the bar, said. Some say they're glad 30 drag queens walked out this week. The posts have since been deleted from Marsh's Facebook page. In the screenshot of one of the posts circulating on social media Marsh appears to use a racial slur regarding former president Barack Obama.