Subjects needed: Lesbian and bisexual women are needed for a cancer study at Howard Brown Health Center, 4025 N. Sheridan. Women should be at least 21 and should not have had a mammogram or pap test in the past two years. Participants will be paid $55. Call 773-388-8880.
Elementary, my dear Watson: National-Louis University presents a free town-hall discussion titled 'Is It Elementary? Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues in Early Childhood & Elementary Education.' The event, which will take place Wed., April 11, will include a film screening, discussion and reception. 5-7 p.m.; 122 S. Michigan, Room 5008.
Attractive comedy: Performer-writers Chick Magnets will present 'Still Checking Out' at Rogue Theater, 5123 N. Clark, on April 11 and on subsequent Wednesdays nights through May 23, at 7:30 p.m. E-mail chickmagnetschicago@hotmail.com or call 773-561-5893.
The dark pages: The Chicago Public Library welcomes Alexandra Zapruder, author of Salvaged Pages: Young Writers' Diaries of the Holocaust, a compilation of journal entries written by young people who lived under the terror of the Nazi regime. Zapruder will read excerpts on Thurs., April 12, at 5:30 p.m. at the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State. See www.chicagopubliclibrary.org .
Vine and dandy: Northwestern University Gay & Lesbian Alumni and the LGBT Alumni Associations of the University of Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago, Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Notre Dame, Cornell and Duke will have a Spring Fling at Joie de Vine, 1744 W. Balmoral, on Thurs., April 12, 6:45-9 p.m.; www.alumni.northwestern.edu/nugala.
May the Force be with you: The Chicago Force women's football team will hold its first public full-contact scrimmage on Sat. April 14, at Winnemac Stadium, 5105 N. Leavitt, at 2 p.m. Admission is free. See www.chicagoforcefootball.com or call 312-405-4130 for ticket information.
Let's get physical: TPAN and BEHIV have also announced that training rides for the June 2-3 Ride for AIDS Chicago will begin Sat., April 14, at 8 a.m., leaving from the Foster Beach House ( on the lakefront at Foster ) , and will continue every Saturday and Sunday thereafter until the RFAC in June. E-mail r.lindsay@tpan.com, or see www.tpan.com or www.behiv.org .
'Time' will reveal: Author Carlos Mock will be at Barbara's Bookstore, 1218 S. Halsted, on Sat., April 14, at 5:30 p.m. Mock will be reading from his works Borrowing Time, A Latino Sexual Odyssey and Mosaic Virus. See www.carlostmock.com or call the store at 312-413-2665.
'Cutting' to the chase: The next installment of Gerber/Hart Library's graduate student lecture series, 'The Cutting Edge: Young Scholars Share Their Work' will take place at 1127 W. Granville on Tues., April 17, at 7 p.m. Lara Kelland, a doctoral candidate at UIC, will speak on 'Remembering the Queer Old Days: Cultivators of LGBT Collective Memory in the Production of a Useable Past.' Call 773-381-8030.
The trend is near: The Association for Corporate Growth-Chicago will hold its Annual Market Trends Breakfast Meeting on Fri., April 13, at The Standard Club, 320 S. Plymouth, 7:30-9:15 a.m. The cost is $30 for members and $40 for non-members. Call 630-455-1740 or see www.acg.org/chicago.
