@ Art Attack SF, 2358 Market Street. Party with a purpose as Academy of Friends will launch its 39th Season and will announce the organization’s 2019 beneficiary partners. 6-9pm. http://academyoffriends.org

@ Rainbow Community Center, 2118 Willow Pass Road, Suite 500, Concord. A social networking event for gay, bi, trans and ally men that includes discussion of topical issues. 7-9pm. http://www.rainbowcc.org

@ The Pacific Center, 2812 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley. A monthly peer support group on the final Friday each month for queer women of color. 7-9pm. http://www.pacificcenter.org

@ Taube Atrium Theater, 4th Floor, SF War Memorial Building, 401 Van Ness Avenue. The world premiere of the production, highlighting female resilience in times of darkness, features an intergenerational cast of fifteen dancers ranging in age from 23 to over 70. 8pm. Continues on October 27 and 28. http://www.sarahbushdance.org

@ Saint Ignatius Church, 650 Parker Avenue. San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus presents a special concert, featuring acclaimed soprano Ellie Dehn, and including a performance of “When We No Longer Touch,” the first requiem dedicated to those lost to AIDS. 8-10pm. http://www.sfgmc.org