5 things to do: Lizzo - June 22 2017

Project Rollway

Shepherd Center - 2020 Peachtree Road N.W. Atlanta, 30309 $20+. 6 p.m.

“Project Runway” has nothing on Shepherd Center’s Project Rollway 2017. The fifth consecutive annual fashion show of its kind, Project Rollway 2017 will feature modeling by current and former teenage patients and staff members at Shepherd Center. Founded in 1975, Shepherd Center is a private, not-for-profit hospital that specializes in medical treatment, research and rehabilitation for people with spinal cord injury, brain injury, multiple sclerosis, spine and chronic pain and other neuromuscular conditions. Proceeds from Project Rollway will benefit Shepherd Center’s adolescent rehabilitation programs. The night will begin with a happy hour followed by the fashion show of the season.

SweetBabyCheeses: A Comedy and Grilled Cheese Extravaganza

Relapse Theatre - 380 14th St. Atlanta, GA 30318 $5. 6:30 p.m.

Introducing a new comedy showcase, Sweetbabycheeses: carefully curated comedy and craftily created grilled cheese sandwich buffet during the show! Sweetbabycheeses will feature great comedy and a while supplies last limitless grilled cheese buffett. Rara Imler, Olive Lynch, Edward Dinzole, Cody Daniel Hughes, Powell Mansfield, Mark A. Taylor, Dan Weeks, Jack Peeples and Jen Lenny perform.

Beth Stelling

Laughing Skull Lounge - 878 Peachtree St. N.E. Atlanta, GA 30309 $18-$31. 8 and 10:30 p.m.

They call her “Sweet Beth,” and it’s easy to see why. There aren’t many comedians who exude likability more than Beth Stelling. She keeps audiences on their toes with her laid-back, dry wit and smooth delivery that’s made her a stand-out. Getting her feet wet in Chicago, Stelling sailed onto “Conan” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live” after being named a “New Face of Comedy” at Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival. She’s released two albums including 2015’s Simply the Beth, and a Comedy Central half-hour special, and joins the prominent crop of comedians on Netflix’s lineup with her newest special due later this year. Lucky us, Stelling returns to Atlanta for five shows over three nights at the Laughing Skull.

Lizzo, Brooke Candy

Variety Playhouse - 1099 Euclid Ave. N.E. Atlanta, GA 30307 $18-$20. 7 p.m.

Growing up in the Pentecostal church, Lizzo (n̩e Melissa Jefferson) was once forbidden from listening to anything but gospel. But when the high school marching band piccolo player discovered her Houston hometown’s thriving hip-hop scene, she started freestyling on local radio and eventually moved to Minneapolis to find her place amid the city’s budding indie scene. Since then, Lizzo has built a name for herself as a powerhouse singer and rapper. Last year, she released her breakout major-label debut, Coconut Oil a hooky, bombastic celebration of self-love (and the cure-all properties of coconut oil). Then, she performed on Samantha Bee’s “Full Frontal” the night after the election. What was intended to be a celebration of our first female president became the nevertheless-she-persisted musical catharsis we all needed. “Baby how you feelin’?/Feelin’ good as hell!?۝

Heads Up 2017

Schwartz Center for Performing Arts - 1700 N. Decatur Road N.E. Atlanta, GA 30322 $10-$15. 8 p.m.

The Lucky Penny, an Atlanta-based production outlet for choreographers and dancers, presents Heads Up 2017. This two-performance dance series showcases a year’s worth of work by the resident artists of the Lucky Penny’s Work Room. The space, intended to be accessible to the Atlanta community, provides subsidized weekly training time and cultivates a constant flow of creative activity, divorced from the rushed environment typical to the contemporary dance world. Performers Melissa Word and Blake Beckham explore the body as an expressive tool and site for social action. There is no advanced sale, so tickets will be available in the hour prior to the show in the theater’s box office.