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Windy City Times 2019-02-27
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Headed toward history, as Lightfoot, Preckwinkle will battle in mayoral runoff

Headed toward history, as Lightfoot, Preckwinkle will battle in mayoral runoff

Chicagoan Lori Lightfoot, the first Black lesbian mayoral candidate in the city's history, won the Feb. 26 general election. She had won about 17.69 percent of the vote as of 10:30 p.m. in an incredibly crowded ...
Lori Lightfoot Moves Forward in Election for Chicago Mayor

Lori Lightfoot Moves Forward in Election for Chicago Mayor

Would Become Highest-Ranking LGBTQ Mayor in U.S. History

Washington, DC — Chicago mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot bested at least 12 opponents Tuesday night in a historic race that could make her the highest-ranking openly LGBTQ mayor in United States history. With 85 percent of ...
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Methodists retain ban on pro-LGBT measures

During a special session of its General Conference on Feb. 26, leaders of the United Methodist Church rejected the One Church Plan—a measure that would have eased restrictions on gay and lesbian clergy as well as ...
Windy City Times Election Guide, candidate interviews and printable chart

Windy City Times Election Guide, candidate interviews and printable chart

PRINTABLE CHART ONLY For the printable chart only, please follow the link: www.windycitytimes.com/pdf/2019chartsforweb.pdf . INTERVIEWS AND ELECTION NEWS For all candidate interviews, follow www.windycitytimes.com/pdf/WCT_20190213_ELECTION2019.pdf . ...
Green Book and actors Malek and King among those taking home Oscars

Green Book and actors Malek and King among those taking home Oscars

The 91st Academy Awards, despite one of the most tumultuous lead-ups in the Motion Picture Academy's recent history, was nevertheless a streamlined, relatively-quick affair that delivered several surprises on feb. ...
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New evidence may support Smollett

There is evidence that reportedly supports embattled actor Jussie Smollett—and that disputes allegations he paid two brothers $3,500 to help stage his Jan. 29 hate attack, Page Six noted, citing TMZ. A check showing that amount ...
PASSAGES Pioneering trans Jackie Shane dies at 78

PASSAGES Pioneering trans Jackie Shane dies at 78

Jackie Shane—a Black Canadian transgender soul singer who found fame in nightclubs in 1960s Toronto and who had a Grammy-nominated record in her 70s—has died in Nashville at age 78, The New York Times reported. Shane ...

  News

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THE AMAZON TRAIL Wasted years

Donna Festa is a 54-year-old white woman. The corporation that owned her plant shut it down. Bam, just like that. She'd worked there for 22 years. Before that, she'd been with the same company since graduating ...
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LETTER The Rainbow Sash Movement and the trans community

Dear editor: The Rainbow Sash Movement believes we are community, and that includes transgender individuals. I recognize that our community at times is messy; however, its soul is good. Many in our community live in privilege ...
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Mario Treto Jr. named state real-estate director

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administration announced the next set of state directors—including Mario Treto Jr., who will serve as the director of real estate for the Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation, according to a ...
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Chicago Polar Plunge at March 3

Registration for the 19th annual Chicago Polar Plunge is now open to all. The Chicago Polar Plunge will take place at North Avenue Beach on Sunday, March 3, and helps to support the activities and events ...
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'LGBTQ Motherhood Tales' in March-April

"Stories in the Spotlight: LGBTQ Motherhood Tales"—a free workshop/performance series at Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted St., room 204—will take place on Mondays at 7-8:30 p.m. on March 4-April ...
WORLD Deportation, Kenya delay, lesbian prime minister

WORLD Deportation, Kenya delay, lesbian prime minister

A gay man is facing deportation from the United Kingdom back to Malaysia, where consensual same-sex activity is punishable by up to 14 years in prison, NewNowNext.com noted. The government does not believe Yew Fook Sam, ...
NATIONAL Bayard Rustin, new airline policy, Colorado bills, Fort Lauderdale

NATIONAL Bayard Rustin, new airline policy, Colorado bills, Fort Lauderdale

Out civil-rights leader Bayard Rustin died in 1987, but his silenced voice was recently resurrected in previously unaired audio from an interview with the Washington Blade in the mid-1980s—and the audio aired on an episode of ...
Bishop Phyllis V. Pennese on leadership, 15-year anniversary

Bishop Phyllis V. Pennese on leadership, 15-year anniversary

Bishop Phyllis V. Pennese, 61, recently celebrated her 15th anniversary as a minister at the church she founded in 2003, Pillar of Love Fellowship United Church of Christ (UCC). "This has been a difficult but marvelous ...
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Baidas' campaign office robbed

The campaign office of Austin Baidas—an openly gay man who is running against out gay incumbent 44th Ward Ald. Tom Tunney—was robbed Feb. 24, according to ABC7Chicago.com. "Increasingly brazen attacks like this ...
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Gardenhire part of Pritzker staff

Ramon Gardenhire—most previously the vice president of policy for the AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC)—is now the deputy chief of staff for policy in the office of the Gov. J.B. Pritzker. In his last position, Gardenhire ...
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Senior cleric convicted of child sex abuse

In Australia, Cardinal George Pell—the most senior Catholic cleric ever charged with child sex abuse—has been convicted of molesting two 13-year-old choirboys, USA Today reported. Pell, Pope Francis' top financial ...
Richardson set to take on new Lambda Legal post

Richardson set to take on new Lambda Legal post

Chicagoan Brian Richardson, who for several years had been a deputy commissioner with Chicago Department of Public Health, recently said that his entire career has been about "making our community's lives better." Richardson in March will ...
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Night Ministry proposes Crib move to Bucktown

The Night Ministry, the Chicago-based advocacy for person experiencing homelessness, announced Feb. 22 that its Lake View facility for young adults, the Crib, will likely be leaving for a new location in the Bucktown neighborhood. Plans ...
ELECTIONS 2019, 46th WARD. Cappleman tries for another term on city council

ELECTIONS 2019, 46th WARD. Cappleman tries for another term on city council

Openly gay Ald. James Cappleman (46th Ward) is running for a third term representing his area, which is largely comprised of Uptown and parts of Lake View, on the Chicago City Council. Cappleman is up against ...
D'Emilio looks back at '80s AIDS Crisis

D'Emilio looks back at '80s AIDS Crisis

Scholar and author John D'Emilio spoke Feb. 21 at Gerber/Hart Library and Archive about AIDS activism in the '80s and '90s. The talk, AIDS and Its Impact: 1981-1992, was third in a four-part history lecture series ...
ELECTIONS 2019, 11th WARD. David Mihalyfy competes for council seat

ELECTIONS 2019, 11th WARD. David Mihalyfy competes for council seat

David Mihalyfy, an openly gay home healthcare worker who also works as a writer and labor activist, is challenging incumbent 11th Ward Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson for his seat on the Chicago City Council. Mihalyfy spoke ...
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LGBTQ Victory Fund criticizes aldermanic candidate Cardona (UPDATE)

LGBTQ Victory Fund—the only national organization dedicated to electing LGBTQ leaders to public office—condemned Chicago aldermanic candidate Felix Cardona Jr. for a pattern of anti-LGBTQ attacks in Chicago's 31st Ward. ...
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Smollett dropped from rest of 'Empire' season

The producers of the Fox TV show Empire are dropping Jussie Smollett's character from the final two episodes of this season "to avoid further disruption on set," WGN-TV reported. "While these allegations are very disturbing, we ...
ELECTIONS, 40TH WARD. O'Keefe looks ahead to election

ELECTIONS, 40TH WARD. O'Keefe looks ahead to election

Maggie O'Keefe is challenging incumbent 40th Ward Ald. Patrick O'Connor for his spot on the Chicago City Council. A digital marketer who identifies as queer, O'Keefe has worked to register voters locally. She spoke with windy ...
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Cook County Commissioner Condemns Administration's Treatment of Trans, GNC, Intersex

Cook County Commissioner Kevin B. Morrison today passed a resolution to condemn the Trump Administration's Treatment of Transgender, Gender Non-Conforming, and Intersex Individuals. A public hearing was held on Tuesday, February 19 ...
Police: Smollett behind 'shameful' stunt, actor out on $100K bail (UPDATE)

Police: Smollett behind 'shameful' stunt, actor out on $100K bail (UPDATE)

At a Feb. 21 press conference that attracted a crowd of media, Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said that openly gay actor Jussie Smollett faked a threatening letter and then, a week later, staged a racist, ...
Navratilova dropped for anti-trans op-ed

Navratilova dropped for anti-trans op-ed

Pro-LGBTQ organization Athlete Ally has dropped lesbian tennis icon Martina Navratilova from its advisory board after the 18-time Grand Slam champion wrote an anti-trans op-ed in London's Sunday Times, Sports ...
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Gerber/Hart Library honoring AIDS stamps

In commemoration of the release of the U.S. stamp that honored the Red Ribbon for AIDS Awareness, Gerber/Hart Library and Archives, 6500 N. Clark St., is hosting an exhibit that will honor awareness stamps from around ...

  Entertainment

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Feminist film fest kicks off at Columbia College

A number of LGBT-themed films are featured within the Chicago Feminist Film Festival, running Wed., Feb. 27-Friday, March 1. The films will screen at Columbia College's Film Row Cinema, 1104 S. Wabash Ave., and are free
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'FACES: Out and Proud' debuting March 1

The Center on Halsted is presenting "FACES: Out & Proud," an exhibition of the fine art photographs by Chicagoan Chuck Kramer. The show will open Friday, March 1, and run through Wed., April 10, in the ...
Billy Masters

Billy Masters

"I'm not crying because I'm on my period or anything. I can't believe a film about menstruation won an Oscar!"—Rayka Zehtabchi during the acceptance speech for Best Documentary Short Subject for Period. End Of Sentence. Another ...
DRAG PROFILE OF THE WEEK kat sass

DRAG PROFILE OF THE WEEK kat sass

NAME "My name is Kat Sass and I'm a beautiful pony. Before drag, I did drag musicals and one of our reviewers described me as "evincing weapons-grade sass." I liked it a lot—I think it conveys ...
New film sparks talk on broken justice system for local trans women

New film sparks talk on broken justice system for local trans women

Eisha Love is a 29-year-old trans woman with profound stories to tell about her life in Chicago and its justice system. Her life is under current reconstruction after being incarcerated. And now, there's a documentary that ...
The Baton celebrates 50 years

The Baton celebrates 50 years

Half a century of show! The Baton celebrates 50 years at one of their final shows in its West Loop location. Follow Jim Flint and the ladies of The Baton into the next half-centruy at the grand opening of their new ...
TV. Nafessa Williams breaks barriers as Black lesbian superhero

TV. Nafessa Williams breaks barriers as Black lesbian superhero

When Nafessa Williams' agent set her up to audition for the new CW network show Black Lightning, she had no idea who Black Lightning was, or even that it was going to be s superhero show—much ...
MUSIC Artemis Singers chorus celebrates inspiring women

MUSIC Artemis Singers chorus celebrates inspiring women

In honor of herstory, Artemis Signers begins Women's History Month with a concert Sunday, March 3, at the Irish American Heritage Center titled "Sheroes: Women Who Inspire Us." Founded in 1980, Artemis Singers is a Chicago-based ...
MOVIES 'Mapplethorpe' brings controversial photographer to the big screen

MOVIES 'Mapplethorpe' brings controversial photographer to the big screen

Mapplethorpe is a movie starring Matt Smith (Doctor Who) as the controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe that will start running in Chicago on Friday, March 1. The film covers the rise of the maverick shutterbug whose black-and-white ...
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Critics' Picks

Mojo Mickeybo, Irish Theatre of Chicago at the Davis Cinema, playing February 27-28 only. Owen McCafferty's account of his boyhood in the slums of Belfast incensed its real-life counterparts, but Seanachai Theatre's 2009 hit production give ...
THEATER REVIEW An Inspector Calls

THEATER REVIEW An Inspector Calls

By: JB Priestley At: The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, 800 E. Grand Ave. Tickets: 312-595-5600 or ChicagoShakes.com; $46-$88. Runs through: March 10 U.S. audiences find comfort in watching the British upper class, especially in decadent ...
THEATER REVIEW Twilight Bowl

THEATER REVIEW Twilight Bowl

Playwright: Rebecca Gilman At: Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn St. Tickets: $10-45; Goodmantheatre.org/twilightbowl; 312-443-3800. Runs through: March 10 Small towns in the Midwest are their own animal. In some ways, like the ...
THEATER REVIEW Munsterspiel

THEATER REVIEW Munsterspiel

Playwright: Gregory Peters At: Berger Park Coach House, 6205 N. Sheridan Rd. Tickets: BrownPaperTickets.com/event/3907064 or 800-838-3006. Runs through: March 16 In an era of "fake news" and the day-by-day perpetual ...
SHOWBIZ 'Pose,' actor comes out, Miley Cyrus, Janet Mock

SHOWBIZ 'Pose,' actor comes out, Miley Cyrus, Janet Mock

GLSEN will honor the cast and creative team of Pose with the Champion Award during the 2019 GLSEN Respect Awards: New York, on Monday, May 20, at Cipriani 42nd Street, a press release noted. Golden Globe-nominated ...
Queeriosity open mic kicks off 'Louder Than a Bomb'

Queeriosity open mic kicks off 'Louder Than a Bomb'

More than 20 of Chicago's LGBTQ and questioning high schoolers gathered Feb. 23 for the annual Louder Than a Bomb (LTAB) edition of Queeriosity, a monthly open-mic series presented by Young Chicago Authors (YCA) for these ...
CONCERT Mike Maimone; Thoom; 'Bowie Celebration'

CONCERT Mike Maimone; Thoom; 'Bowie Celebration'

Out rocker Mike Maimone dropped into Lincoln Hall on Feb. 8 and turned the place into a rowdy honky-tonk juke joint. Advertised as a single release show, the gig effectively strengthened his reputation as one of ...
MUSIC An evening with Elton John

MUSIC An evening with Elton John

It was Friday and I was anxious for the final school bell to ring. We were going to visit Aunt Patti for the weekend who had just bought Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album, so nothing else mattered. When we ...
Green Book and actors Malek and King among those taking home Oscars

Green Book and actors Malek and King among those taking home Oscars

The 91st Academy Awards, despite one of the most tumultuous lead-ups in the Motion Picture Academy's recent history, was nevertheless a streamlined, relatively-quick affair that delivered several surprises on feb. ...
NUNN ON ONE, TV. Silky is latest Chicago contestant to rev up 'Drag Race'

NUNN ON ONE, TV. Silky is latest Chicago contestant to rev up 'Drag Race'

Silky Nutmeg Ganache is the stage name of Reginald Steele, the latest Chicago queen to join the ranks of RuPaul's Drag Race contestants. The popular Worlds of Wonder produced VH1 competition series is now in its ...
PASSAGES Pioneering trans Jackie Shane dies at 78

PASSAGES Pioneering trans Jackie Shane dies at 78

Jackie Shane—a Black Canadian transgender soul singer who found fame in nightclubs in 1960s Toronto and who had a Grammy-nominated record in her 70s—has died in Nashville at age 78, The New York Times reported. Shane ...
MNEK, in his 'Language'

MNEK, in his 'Language'

Singer MNEK is performing in his first ever headline tour and he's heading to Chicago for the first time. Born Uzoechi Osisioma Emenike—later known as MNEK—signed his first publishing deal at 14. His duet with Zara ...

  Outlines

Wedding photos

Wedding photos

David Parker and Dale Roberson were married on August 11, 2018. The ceremony took place on the terrace overlooking the Chicago River cityscape of the Wyndham Grand Chicago Riverfront Hotel. The weather was perfect and the ...
Hiring a Wedding Consultant/Coordinator/Planner:
How it all works

Hiring a Wedding Consultant/Coordinator/Planner: How it all works

By Frank J. Andonoplas, MWP, Frank Event Design

Many couples know that hiring a wedding consultant is the right thing for them from the very start. Other couples think this is an unnecessary expense and that they can do it all on their own. ...
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Cochon555 returns March 3

With an all-star cast of chefs who specialize in whole animal cooking paired with farmers responsibly raising delicious heritage breed pigs, Cochon555 returns to Chicago on Sunday, March 3, at Morgan Manufacturing, 401 N. Morgan St. ...
SPORTS Written policy bans transgender athletes from USA powerlifting

SPORTS Written policy bans transgender athletes from USA powerlifting

USA Powerlifting (USAPL), the national affiliate of the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF), recently barred transgender Minnesotan powerlifter JayCee Cooper from competing at a state championship due to her gender identity. ...
SAVOR Boleo, The Whistler

SAVOR Boleo, The Whistler

DISH Dining Guide

It's interesting to see the Loop during the week. As soon as five o'clock hits, droves of people leave the office-laden area as quickly as possible to head for relaxation, family or one of a thousand ...
DINING Walton Street's fried chicken, Blue Door, Mardi Gras

DINING Walton Street's fried chicken, Blue Door, Mardi Gras

—Walton Street Kitchen + Bar, 912 N. State St., is now serving a fried-chicken Sunday evening special. The dinner consists of a three pieces of buttermilk fried chicken, served with homemade jalapeno cornbread, cole slaw and ...
DINING Barton G., the place to be

DINING Barton G., the place to be

Barton G. The Restaurant recently opened its Chicago location, with all of the pomp and circumstance that one expects from Miami-based visionary Barton G. Weiss. The new 12,000-square-foot space at 415 N. Dearborn St. is on ...




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