Yes, the rumors are true. Windy City Times/Lambda Publications is starting a GLBT radio program, taking up where LesBiGay Radio left off when it closed down a few weeks ago. Windy City Radio will debut Sunday, Aug. 19, and air 10:30 p.m. weekly for a 90-minute live talk news and entertainment show. ( From 10-10:30, AWARE Talk Radio will airs its weekly health and HIV programming ) . Amy Matheny, Mary Morten, Honey West, Gregg Shapiro and many others will be involved in the show, which airs on the very strong FM signal of WCKG, 105.9. We hope Howard Stern welcomes us to his neighborhood with an open mouth...it will be good publicity!
Affinity's Jazz N' July annual benefit fundraiser with hors d'oeuvres, cash bar, and silent auction is Sat., July 21, 8-11 p.m., $40, ( 773 ) 324-0377.
The 3rd Annual Edgewater Days summer festival with food, crafts, a used book sale and entertainment is this Saturday and Sunday. Cathy Richardson, Mabel Mabel, Scott Free, Patty Elvis, Stewed Tomatoes, SONiA, Jan James, Crash Test Dummies, Pulsation, Venus Envy, 1/2 Mad Poet, Lakeside Pride Jazz Ensemble, Ellen Rosner, Ripley Caine, Hedwig and the Angry Inch and many others perform. On Granville between Broadway & Sheridan; co-sponsored by the Edgewater Chamber of Commerce and Gerber/Hart Library. ( 773 ) 561-6000, edgewaterdays@gerberhart.org .
Suzanne Westenhoefer and Marga Gomez are returning to Chicago for "It's A She Thang!" with Chicago's Jessica Halem, presented by MadMan Productions to benefit LCCP. The show is Sat., Sept. 15, 7 p.m., Harold Washington Library Auditorium, $30, tix on sale Aug. 3 at Unabridged, or call ( 773 ) 233-1207.
Celebrate Literary Exchange's 16th birthday with a Summer Sister Share picnic July 22, with special guest Karen Williams. On the grass by the parking lot of the South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 S. South Shore Dr., ( 773 ) 768-2688.
FUEL hosts another Unleaded queer youth open mic featuring a special appearance by the Chicago Kings, Friday, July 20, 8 p.m.-midnight, High Risk Gallery, 1115 W. Belmont, ( 773 ) 583-5049, www.fuelevents.com .
Saturday, July 21 at High Risk, is Framed: A Retrospective of Super-8 films by Erik Larson, also Saturday, July 28. On July 21: Uncle Alice in Lost plus unseen scenes from Sugar, Gingerbread and more. Starts 8 p.m., $8.
... Tracy Baim
