The 2005 Human Rights Campaign ( HRC ) Dinner Gala Committee has announced a distinguished roster of honorees for the annual fundraising gala scheduled at the Hyatt Regency Chicago on Saturday, July 9, 2005. The evening's program will also include remarks from HRC's new president, Joe Solmonese and Scott Lowell, who plays Ted on Showtime's Queer As Folk. See www.boxofficetickets.com/hrc, or e-mail hrcgala05@yahoo.com .
Mary King ( daughter of blues legend B.B. King ) and the Thompson Community Singers are just a couple of performers scheduled for a gospel concert on July 16 at the Omega Missionary Baptist Church, 4627 S. State, at 4 p.m. For more info, contact Cora Johnson at ( 773 ) 261-8462.
Center on Halsted is partnering with the Art Institute of Chicago to privately preview Toulouse-Lautrec and Montmartre on July 13 at the Institute, 111 S. Michigan. Tickets, which cost $40, can be purchased through the Center on Halsted web site ( www.centeronhalsted.org ) or by calling the Center. For more info, contact Janine Denomme at ( 773 ) 472-6469, ext. 226 or at jdenomme@centeronhalsted.org .
There will be an all-ages concert celebrating LGBT families and their friends at Schuba's Tavern, 3159 N. Southport, on July 17 at 4 p.m. Among the scheduled performers are drummer Diamana Diya and poet C.C. Carter. Tickets are $5. Call ( 773 ) 525-2508 or visit www.schubas.com for tickets.
Gerber/Hart Library will present the exhibition 3A Chicagoan in Exile: San Francisco through the Lens of Jerry Pritikin, Photographs from the 1960s and 1970s. An opening reception was held June 18 while a closing reception will be held July 10, 4-7 p.m. Call Gerber/Hart at ( 773 ) 381-8030 or Jerry Pritikin at ( 312 ) 664-3231.
The Chicago showing of 'That's So Gay,' art exhibit by COLAGE ( Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere ) opened June 24, 5:30-8:30 p.m, at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, 325 N. Wells. Contact Orson at ( 312 ) 307-6554 or orson.morrison@sbcglobal.net .
'GROOVE is in the heART,' an exhibition of new paintings by Erik R. Sosa, will be unveiled July 21 at Big City Swing Studio, 1012 W. Randolph, 7-10 p.m. A $5 donation at the door will benefit the AIDS Foundation of Chicago. The exhibition will run July 21 through Aug. 20. Call Big City Swing Studio at ( 312 ) 243-0700 for available hours.
The Lesbian Community Cancer Project ( LCCP ) , Howard Brown Health Center ( HBHC ) , Equality Illinois and Illinois Gender Advocates will sponsor a talk on the relationship between the media and the transgender community at HBHC, 4025 N. Sheridan, on July 27, 6:30-8 p.m. The guest speaker will be Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Center of Transgender Equality. For more info, contact Logan Grims at ( 773 ) 572-5118 or logan@lccp.org .
The LCCP is also sponsoring 'When You Get What You Didn't Bargain For: Relationships and Chronic Illness,' on July 23, 10 a.m.-noon, at 4025 N. Sheridan. For more info, call ( 773 ) 615-3527 as well as paula-jean@ameritech.net or ( 773 ) 293-3688.
The Chicago NOW Violence Against Women ( VAW ) Team will meet July 12 at Filter Café, 1585 N. Milwaukee, at 7:00 p.m. Contact VAW team leader Kathleen Jacob at VAWteam@gmail.com . Also, the Chicago NOW Lesbian Rights Team will meet July 13 at Kopi Cafe, 5317 N. Clark, at 7 p.m. Contact the CNOW Lesbian Rights team leader at lesbian.rights@gmail.com .
