Art: First Thursdays Downtown Art Walk, 5-8 p.m., various locations, downtown Atlanta. FREE.

Books: Panel discussion of “Habits of Being:  Flannery O’Connor and Sally Fitzgerald,” 4 p.m., Emory’s Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta. FREE.

For families: Treasure Hunt lecture with Lance McAfee, 7 p.m., Tellus Northwest Georgia Science Museum, Cartersville.

Music: Metalocalypse’s Dethklok, Mastodon, Converge, and High on Fire perform, 6:30 p.m., The Tabernacle, Atlanta.

Sports: Atlanta Thrashers vs. Columbus Blue Jackets, 7 p.m., Philips Arena, Atlanta.

Stage: “Hillary Clinton Got Me Pregnant” opens, 8 p.m., 7 Stages, Atlanta.

Stage: Karen Finley gives a lecture as Jackie Kennedy in “The Jackie Look,” 4:30 p.m., Rialto Center for the Arts, Atlanta. FREE.

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