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Penny Arcade at City Winery on June 25
After a five-decade-long career in performance, New York legend Penny Arcade will make her Chicago debut at City Winery, 1200 W. Randolph St., on Tuesday, June 25, at 8 p.m. ( Doors open at 6 p.m. ...
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Pride weekend celebration aims to capture the essence of Stonewall
Chicago DJ Marc Moder has been since last year collaborating a Pride weekend event that is both an "informative and reverential" celebration of the 1969 Stonewall uprising. "We want to speak to a generation that was ...
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Dignity/Chicago prepares to host national conference
For over 50 years, DignityUSA—which has a prominent Chicago-based chapter, Dignity/Chicago—has been the "go-to voice for gay Catholics," said Chicago-based national President Chris Pett. The national organization organization will hold its 24th organizational conference, titled True ...
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Writers weigh in on 'Disco Demolition Night'
Billboard published an article on the damaging aspects of "Disco Demolition Night"—which took place 40 years ago in what was then Chicago's Comiskey Park on June 12, 1979. As one of the masterminds behind the infamous ...
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Esteem Awards to take place July 7
PrideIndex.com's 12th annual Esteem Awards will take place Sunday, July 7, 1-3 p.m., at Lighthouse Church of Chicago, 2335 N. Orchard St. Three organizations and eight individuals will be honored. The honorees—selected by a committee of ...
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Chicago Pride Fest Day One in photos
Halsted shines on Day One of Chicago Pride Fest, Northalsted Business Association's annual kickoff of Pride in Boystown. The beautiful weather amped up the colorful crowd as they enjoyed entertainment from such acts as Catfight, Inaya ...
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Walgreens, Greater Than AIDS offering free tests June 27
Walgreens and Greater Than AIDS are partnering community organizations across Chicago to provide free, confidential HIV testing and counseling in 22 Chicago Walgreens locations, including one in Boystown ( at 3646 N. Broadway ), on Thursday, ...
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People with disabilities wanted to talk about justice system
Access Living, a local disability rights and advocacy organization, is seeking people with disabilities who have had contact with the Cook County criminal justice system for interviews on their experiences and what they would change about ...
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Artist fuses video, poetry to inspire psychedelic experience
Poet, new media and sound artist Sara Naomi Goodman will perform "Deep Dream: An Evening of Poetry and Video Synthesis" followed by a Q&A at Slate Arts and Performance Tuesday, June 25. The piece combines a ...
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Another investigation ordered in Smollett case
In the ongoing saga that is the Jussie Smollett case, things have taken yet another turn as Cook County Judge Michael Toomin ordered a special prosecutor appointed to re-investigate the circumstances of the embattled actor's alleged ...
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Wintrust hosts second annual Pride Month event
Wintrust Financial Corporation held its second annual Pride month reception and panel discussion June 19 at the Wintrust Grand Banking Hall in Chicago's Loop. Ahead of the discussion, Wintrust Community Impact Manager Elizabeth Okey spoke about ...
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Indiana school refuses to fire gay teacher, loses Catholic status
The Archbishop of Indianapolis asked a Jesuit school to fire a teacher who is in a same-sex marriage—but it refused to do so, CNN.com reported. And because of the Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School's defiance, Archbishop Charles ...
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Boystown threats send man to prison
A man who invoked the Pulse nightclub shooting while making threats against Boystown nightclubs and various individuals has been sentenced to seven concurrent 42-month prison terms. The June 21 sentencing of the man making the threats, ...
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The Second City Salutes Pride
The Second City's Salute to Pride is waving a welcoming flag this June with an all LGBTQ identifying cast. Head upstairs to UP Comedy Club on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and there you will find drag queen ...
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Steppenwolf Theatre Company Extends Ms. Blakk for President
CHICAGO ( June 21, 2019 ) — Due to popular demand, Steppenwolf Theatre Company has added seven more performances to the run of Ms. Blakk for President . Now playing through July 21, this new work ...
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Aldermen Mobilize to Protect Chicagoans from Promised ICE Raids
President Donald Trump directed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to move forward with targeted immigration raids this weekend in a handful of U.S. cities, including Chicago. Latino Caucus members ...
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Metropolitan Water Reclamation District raises rainbow LGBT flag
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District ( MWRD ) raised the rainbow LGBT flag Thursday for first time in 130 years. The MWRD Board of Commissioners and staff raised the rainbow LGBT Flag for the first time ...
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Lightfoot hosts Pride reception
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Hundreds gathered in Preston Bradley Hall in the Chicago Cultural Center as Mayor Lori Lightfoot hosted an LGBT reception in honor of Pride month. Center on Halsted Vanessa Sheridan introduced the proceedings with a reminder of ...
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Congressman Chuy Garcia on Reports of ICE Raids Starting This Weekend
Chicago, IL- Congressman Jesús "Chuy" GarcÃa ( IL-04 ) issued the following statement in response to news reports that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) Agency will begin conducting raids in major U.S. ...
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Hell in a Handbag to present The Drag Seed world premiere July 5
CHICAGO ( June 19, 2019 ) — Hell in a Handbag Productions continues its 2019 season with the world premiere of THE DRAG SEED, an unauthorized parody of the 1956 psychological horror-thriller film The Bad Seed, ...
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MOVIES
Jon Favreau honored as Robert Downey Jr. attends event
The Gene Siskel Film Center of the Art Institute of Chicago held a gala at the Four Seasons Chicago on June 15 called "Marvel, Movies, and More: Honoring Jon Favreau in Conversation with Robert Downey Jr." ...
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MOVIES '5B' revisits first AIDS ward in Calif. hospital
The powerful new documentary 5B is about a group of caregivers opening the first AIDS ward at San Francisco General Hospital in the '80s. Through first-person testimony, stories are told to depict how caregivers handled the ...
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SAVOR Cebu; Rooh
The restaurants profiled this week are considered two of the hottest new spots in the city—but do they live up to the hype? Cebu ( 2211 W. North Ave.; https://cebuchicago.com/ ) is one of the very ...
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A stroll through LGBTQ button history
These buttons from the private collections of LGBTQ advocates Robert Castillo, Nancy Katz, and the late Marie J. Kuda date from the 1960s to the 2000s. Buttons have traditionally been a way for members of the ...
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Stonewall: A personal memoir
That night, standing in Stonewall, I could not have imagined what the next few hours would do to change the gay and lesbian community around the world. I doubt anyone else could have known. How could ...
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Aurora, Woodstock stage Pride Parades
Aurora and Woodstock are among the Chicago suburbs that staged Pride Parades this year. The Aurora Pride Parade took place June 9—and the second annual event was able to happen because of a massive fundraising push ...
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Reproductive Health Act is law, making Illinois a 'beacon'
BY CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
CHICAGO—Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker made Illinois the most liberal state in the United States for access to reproductive health care with the strokes of 20 pens June 12 at the Chicago Cultural Center. It was a ...
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Xavier MaatRa continues giving back to the community
Giving back to the community has been the focus of Xavier MaatRa's professional life, culminating in the creation of their latest endeavors, Chi City Foods and DAB of Consulting. Xavier ( they prefer to use their ...
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Lighthouse Church to host anti-racism forum July 13
Lighthouse Church of Chicago, 2335 N. Orchard St., will host a meeting July 13 to address the pervasiveness of racism within the LGBT community. The gathering, Racial Justice Summit: Boystown & Beyond," is aimed at forming ...
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Lightfoot, CPD launch community policing initiative
Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot joined Chicago Police Department ( CPD ) Superintendent Eddie T. Johnson and Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection ( BACP ) Commissioner Rosa Escareno to launch a new community-policing initiative designed ...
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AMA adopts new pro-LGBTQ policies at annual meeting
The American Medical Association ( AMA ), voted to adopt new policies on emerging health care topics during the first day of voting at its annual meeting, held June 8-12 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. Among ...
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Commissioner looking to amend rights ordinance
Newly elected Cook County Commissioner Kevin Morrison is aiming to amend a section of the human-rights ordinance. The change would eliminate language on the books under the public-accommodation section that would allow for someone to ask ...
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HRC Chicago holds Equality Act panel discussion
Human Rights Campaign ( HRC ) Chicago hosted a panel discussion, "The Equality Act & Me," May 29 at Morningstar Inc. to highlight the ways the Equality Act would improve the lives of every LGBTQ person ...
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'Queer As German Folk' through June
The project "Queer as German Folk" takes the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots as an occasion to examine the current status of the gender diversity discourse on the basis of the history of the queer ...
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ONO, Glad Rags to play June 29 concert
Genre-pushing local artists ONO and Glad Rags will join forces at Constellation, 3111 N. Western Ave., on Saturday, June 29, at 8 p.m. for an eclectic evening of music and performance. ONO is known for its ...
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Zoe Spears is 10th Black trans woman slain in 2019, NBJC responds
WASHINGTON — On Thursday, June 13, Zoe Spears ( 23 ) was killed in Fairmount Heights, Maryland, a Washington D.C. suburb. Spears is the tenth Black transgender woman murdered in 2019. She was killed just a ...
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Why Do Robots Kill? reading and discussion by author Judith Markowitz Jun 30
Author Judith Markowitz will discuss the question, Why Do Robots Kill?, and read from her book Robots that Kill Sunday, June 30, 2019 from 2 to 4 p.m. She will give examples from folklore, science fiction, ...
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THEATER 'Hedwig' director talks compassion, gender and music
Since its off-Broadway premiere, Hedwig and the Angry Inch has garnered a film adaptation, four Tony Awards and a substantial following. Initially, Toma Tavares Langston was not a fan. "I didn't get it," the director of ...
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THEATER REVIEW Saving the World
Author: Marc Kelly Smith ( libretto ), Diana Lawrence ( music ) At: Chicago Tap Theatre at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave. Tickets: 773-327-5252; stage773.com; $30-$40. Runs through: June 30 The literary aspects of dance ...
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MUSIC LeAnn Rimes goes from 'Blue' to a rainbow
Singer LeAnn Rimes career took off at the tender age of 13 years old with a Bill Mack song called "Blue." After reaching number one on the country album chart, she eventually moved toward pop music ...
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Critics' Picks
La Havana Madrid, Teatro Vista @ The Den, extended through 30 June—Last two weeks to see this thrice-remounted musical about Chicago's Latinx history, presented in the hottest performing arts multiplex in town. Arriba! MSB Four Places, ...
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THEATER SPOTLIGHT Free Street Theater to do 50 plays in all 50 wards
On Sunday June 23, Free Street Theater will mark its 50th anniversary—very few Chicago theaters are older—by performing a play in every Chicago ward in just one day! 50 IN 50 will spread the Free Street ...
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THEATER REVIEW Emma
Author: novel by Jane Austen, stage adaptation by Phil Timberlake At: Lifeline Theatre Company, 6912 N. Glenwood Ave. Tickets: lifelinetheatre.com or 773-761-4477; $20-$40. Runs through: July 14 Lifeline Theatre's Emma is charming and ridiculous in the ...
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THEATER REVIEW Prophet$
Playwright: Anthony Tournis At: Factory Theater, 1623 W. Howard St. Tickets: TheFactoryTheater.com or 866-811-4111; $25. Runs through: July 22 Protestant Christianity's individualistic approach to its source material acknowledges a variety of interpretations, enabling virtually anybody to ...
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FILM ANALYSIS Rewatching Stonewall at the movies
Early in gay director Nigel Finch's 1995 sort-of docudrama Stonewall, the drag queen La Miranda ( Guillermo Diaz ), who's one of the central characters, looks at the audience and says: "There's as many Stonewall stories ...
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CAKE Chicago shows diversity in comics
CAKE ( the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo ) took place at Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted Ave., on June 1-2. According to its website, CAKE "is a weekend-long celebration of independent comics, inspired by Chicago's ...
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Terence Alan Smith: The real 'MS. BLAKK'
Terence Alan Smith, the Detroit native behind the drag persona Joan Jett Blakk, is still taken aback that a portion of his life has been transformed into a world-premiere play at Steppenwolf Theatre. MS. BLAKK FOR ...
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Five Worth Finding: Pride, Carol's Cookies, Kimpton Gray and more
—The Queeriodic Table: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Culture: Harriet Dyer's book ( a take on the periodic table, of course ) contains a glossary on current lingo and definitions; a condensed timeline of queer events from ...
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DINING Pride events, Beatnik on the River, crawfish boil
—For Pride Month, Big Gay Ice Cream is teaming with pastry chef Leigh Omilinsky—this time from her new home, Cold Storage, 1000 W. Fulton Market, on June 24-30. There will be Pride Pops ( rainbow sherbet ...
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Family Equality Council holds LGBTQ reproductive options panel discussion
Family Equality Council held an "LGBTQ+ Paths to Pregnancy: Using Donor Sperm to Build Your Family" panel discussion June 12 at Women & Children First. Family building with donor sperm was the focus of the event. ...
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About Face Youth Theatre Ensemble to debut '20/20'
The About Face Youth Theatre Ensemble is celebrating its 20th anniversary with the world premiere of 20/20—a dive into recent queer history devised and performed by members of the About Face Youth Theatre Ensemble ( AFYT ...
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THEATER Elizabeth Rex
Playwright: Timothy Findley At: Oak Park Festival Theatre at Austin Gardens, 167 Forest Ave., Oak Park. Phone: 847-; $15-$35. Runs through July 21 Who knew that Queen Elizabeth I liked to slum it with lowly actors? ...
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Pridefest Milwaukee
All the colors of the rainbow at Pridefest Milwaukee. Ken Brown Photography ...
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Windy City Times and Reader Theater Series 2019
Click on the link for full schedule and registration form: https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/reader-windy-city-times-theater-series/Content?oid=71068613 . ...
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2019 PRIDE PARADE INFORMATION
Courtesy of PRIDEChicago www.ChicagoPrideCalendar.org
HONORARY Grand Marshal MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT Mayor Lightfoot's bio is well known to the public who, in record numbers, voted for her in the mayoral election. Her background and vast experience in both federal positions ...
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LETTER Respecting elders
Dear Editor: No one likes to talk about it, but it happens every day. However, this crisis remains vastly underidentified and underreported. The Illinois Department on Aging is on pace to respond to more than 20,000 ...
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We remember, we celebrate, we believe
There is a lot of remembering, celebrating and believing going on right now. The "uprising" at the Stonewall Inn 50 years ago represents a significant turning point in an emerging yet powerful movement; the merging of ...
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Man charged in dating-app attack
Uptown resident Cedric Johnson was charged with eight counts of aggravated battery to a peace officer and individual counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon after a Lake View attack involving another man he met ...
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30 Under 30 Awards to be held June 26
Windy City Times will again mark Pride Month with its annual 30 Under 30 Awards. The ceremony will take pace Wed, June 26. As in the past few years, the event will take place at Polo ...
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CONCERT REVIEWS X and The Damned, Gogol Bordello, Bettye Lavette and more
If the concert scene in Chicago this past May was characterized by gloom, dampness and a scarcity of choices, the shows in June can be appreciated for a sudden turnaround in eclecticism, quality and expansiveness. So ...
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Chicago PrideFest set for June 22-23
The weekend before the 2019 Chicago Pride Parade makes its way through Boystown, the Chicago PrideFest will start the celebration. Chicago PrideFest will take place June 22-23, 11 a.m.-10 p.m., at Halsted Street and Waveland Avenue. ...
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Gay Holocaust film being shown June 20
The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, 9603 Woods Dr., Skokie, will show the documentary Dear Fredy on Thursday, June 20, 6:30-8 p.m. The movie shares the true story of Fredy Hirsch—an openly gay Jewish athlete ...
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Interrobang marks 10th season
Interrobang Theatre Project announced its 10th anniversary season—"No Man's Land," exploring the fear and anxiety that accompany journeys into the unknown, and the courage it takes to make it through to the other side. The 2019-20 ...
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Teens competing at Jimmy Awards
Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards' Marguerite Reed and Jacob Simon will be among 86 students being celebrated at the 11th Annual Jimmy Awards, honoring the best performances in U.S. high school production this past year, ...
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'Drag Seed' cast announced
Hell in a Handbag Productionshas announced casting for its world premiere of The Drag Seed—an unauthorized parody of the 1956 psychological horror-thriller film The Bad Seed, inspired by our changing times, written by Artistic Director David ...
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Details for 'Dance for Life' set
Dance for Life—which mobilizes Chicago's dance community by raising funds through dance—announced updated program information for its annual benefit performance, taking place Saturday, Aug. 17, at 6 p.m. at the Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Ida B. ...
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Aging with HIV focus of Reunion Project event
The Reunion Project 2.0—Chicago hosted a two day event focused on people aging with HIV June 14-15 at Loyola University's Water Tower Campus. The day-long employment resource event organized by National Working Positive Coalition took place ...
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WTTW hosts screening of 'The Lavender Scare'
During the Cold War era, fear and hatred of communism was extended to those who might be seen as susceptible to blackmail, including gays who worked for the federal government. The belief that "sex perverts" were ...
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THEATER REVIEW The Ballad of Lefty and Crabbe
Authors: Ben Auxier, Brian Huther and Seth Macchi ( book ); Auxier & Huther ( music & lyrics ) At: The Understudy, 4906 N. Clark St. Tickets: UnderscoreTheatre.org; $20-$25. Runs through: July 14 The Ballad of ...
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City of Berwyn to host third annual Pride Walk
Berwyn, IL ( June 2019 ) For the third year in a row, the City of Berwyn is preparing for their annual Pride Walk along Berwyn's historic Depot District on Saturday, June 29, 2019. The family ...
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ARCHITECTURE
New UChicago building gets assistance from Theaster Gates
An open forum with ample natural light, historic exposed quartz beams and polished woodworked benches greet the eye when entering the new Harris Building. The University of Chicago's ( UChicago's ) School of Public Policy has ...
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HRC Chicago gets 'Social' about 50 years of LGBTQ history
Human Rights Campaign ( HRC ) Chicago's event "Social!" celebrated 50 years of LGBTQ history at the Edelman offices in the Aon Center on June 13. "Social!" is a monthly event of socializing and networking, held ...
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'Out at CHM' event explores current, past activism
Chicago History Museum closed the 16th season of its Out at CHM LGBT-focused programming June 13 with "Quiet as a Riot," a discussion of the past and current states of LGBT activism in the city. Participants ...
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LGBT Chamber, Loop Alliance host business panel on inclusion
LGBT Chamber of Commerce of Illinois and the Chicago Loop Alliance ( CLA ) teamed to celebrate the 50th snniversary of Stonewall with a panel event on June 12 at the Palmer House Hilton. The event, ...
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Sweets & Snacks Expo: Celebrities, innovation
Recently, the Sweets & Snacks Expo took place at McCormick Place. This year's event was more about innovation than ever, but also exhibited a healthy dose of nostalgia. Winners in the Most Innovative Product Awards included ...
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