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World Roller Derby Week thru Aug. 20
- The first annual World Roller Derby Week—celebrating the history, future and community impact of a sport invented in Chicago, and one of the few major ...
Fahrenheit Chicago, Pride South on the Lake Announces Entertainment Lineup
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From an Equality Illinois press release
- CHICAGO—Non-stop entertainment from top rap artists, R&B and house singers, drag performers, and DJs will be featured at Fahrenheit Chicago—Pride South on the Lake, an ...
Trans advocates discuss military ban
- Officials from the Trans United Fund, an advocacy working on behalf of transgender and gender-expansive individuals and their allies, and SPART*A, an organization for LGBT ...
TEEN SPEAK Sad truth about suicide rates
- Depression and suicide awareness are both important topics that have their fair amount of advocates, but what these advocates rarely disclose is that a high ...
EI solicits pro-trans support at state fair
- Equality Illinois has been in Springfield at the Illinois State Fair, which runs Aug. 10-20, seeking support from fairgoers against President Trump's proposed ban on ...
ELECTIONS 2018: GOVERNOR J.B. Pritzker talks campaign, trans cousin and state budget
- J.B. Pritzker seems to be everywhere these days. The seemingly ubiquitous commercials touting his campaign as governor might be the sign of someone who has ...
Hate-crimes summit Oct. 25
- In Chicago, a coalition of community advocates, government agencies and law-enforcement officials will take part Wed., Oct. 25, in the Chicago Commission on Human Relations' ...
For lesbian couple, creating Jewish home is part of the job
- For Megan GoldMarche, creating a home alongside her wife Paige is literally part of her job. Megan has, since 2016, been rabbi at the Silverstein ...
Sedaris, Ginsburg, Ailey dancers part of Auditorium's season
- The Auditorium Theatre announced its 2017-18 season under new Chief Executive Officer Tania Castroverde Moskalenko—along with its new tagline, "The Theatre for the People." Diverse ...
TPAN 30th-anniversary event Sept. 28
- Test Positive Aware Network ( TPAN ) will commemorate its 30th anniversary with a celebration event on Thursday, Sept. 28. "TPAN 30 Years of Hope" ...
DIFFA's White Party on Aug. 23
- The Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS/Chicago ( DIFFA/Chicago ) Auxiliary Board is hosting its third annual White Party—"Under the Midsummer's Sky"—on Wed., Aug. 23, at ...
LETTERS Sanctuary, gun violence
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Sanctuary situation
In response to the lawsuit filed by the City of Chicago against the Department of Justice ( DoJ ) over the threat issued ...
DANCIN' FEATS Dance for Life Chicago set to dazzle once again
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By Joanna Furnans
- Chicago Dancers United will host the 26th annual Dance for Life Chicago gala and performance event on Saturday, Aug. 19. at the Auditorium Theatre. Dance ...
THEATER REVIEW Engage!
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Playwright: Brendan T. Stallings. At: Stellar Productions at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. Tickets: 773-975-8150; TheaterWit.org; $20. Runs through: Aug. 25
It sounds like ...
THEATER REVIEW Monticello
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Playwright: Thomas Geoghegan. At: Aurora Theater Works at the St. Bonaventure Oratory, 1625 N. Ashland Ave. Tickets: $20. Runs through: Sept. 3
The date is ...
THEATER REVIEW The Food Show
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Playwright: Dan Kerr-Hobert, Caitlin Stainken and the ensemble. At: The Neo-Futurists at the Metropolitan Brewery, 3031 N. Rockwell St. Tickets: $10-$25. Runs through: Sept. 2
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THEATER Critics' Picks
- Hir, Steppenwolf Theatre, through Aug. 20. It's hard to like the characters in Taylor Mac's darkly distorted family sitcom, but only a joker couldn't admire ...
THEATER REVIEW HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical
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Music: Galt MacDermot. Book & Lyrics: Gerome Ragni & James Rado.Directed by: Brenda Didier. At: Mercury Theater Chicago, 3745 N. Southport Ave. Tickets: MercuryTheaterChicago.com: $30-$65. ...
THEATER SPOTLIGHT Gypsy
- Reacquaint yourself with the musical theater world's ultimate "stage mother from hell" when Music Theater Works presents the 1959 Broadway classic Gypsy. The ambitious musical ...
Benefit concert for Russian violinist Aug. 26
- Chicago LGBTQ community leaders are hosting a benefit concert for Artem Kolesov, a 23-year-old gay man who caught the world's attention when he came out ...
George Takei in Chicago on Sept. 7
- In conjunction with its first original exhibition "Then They Came for Me: Incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII and the Demise of Civil Liberties," Alphawood ...
'Cards Against Humanity' Aug. 25
- Cards Against Humanity Live will return one night only on Friday, Aug. 25, at 8 p.m. at The Greenhouse Theater Center ( downstairs mainstage ), ...
'Big Orange Ball' Oct. 21 at Carnivale
- The Halloween costume party known as the "Big Orange Ball" will take place Saturday, Oct. 21, 8 p.m.-1 a.m., at Carnivale, 702 W. Fulton Market. ...
BLACK ALPHABET FILM FESTIVAL Jewel Thais-Williams and nightclub subject of documentary
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By Emagin Tanaschuk
- Jewel Thais-Williams is more than the owner of the popular "Jewel's Catch One" night club, in Los Angeles; rather, she is trailblazer, as her nightclub ...
Ken Burns to discuss 'Vietnam War' Sept. 7
- Ken Burns and Lynn Novick will preview their new 10-part documentary, The Vietnam War, with an exclusive screening and discussion at the Auditorium Theatre, 50 ...
Reeling film festival returns Sept. 21-28
- The 35th edition of Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival will run Sept. 21-28. The first Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival took ...
MOVIES Actress raps about performing hip-hop in 'Patti Cake$'
- Watch out, world: There's a new rapper in town, and her name is Patti Cake$. A plus-sized white girl from New Jersey named Patricia Dumbrowski ...
NUNN ON ONE: MUSIC Declan McKenna: Breakout star on trans teens, identity
- British singer Declan McKenna is heading for the big leagues and people like Adele are singing his praises. He won Glastonbury Festival's Emerging Talent Competition ...
Driehaus exhibiting French posters
- The Richard H. Driehaus Museum, 40 E. Erie St., has announced the special exhibition "L'Affichomania: The Passion for French Posters," running through Jan. 7, 2018. ...
'Bewildered' cast announced
- Hell in a Handbag Productions, celebrating its 15th-anniversary season, has announced casting for the world premiere of Bewildered—a musical parody of the classic TV sitcom ...
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