The Bon Foster Civil Rights Celebration will take place April 28 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 E. Chicago. It will feature guest speakers including Lambda Legal Director Jon Davidson as well as clients Rosemary Fontaine and Tammy Johnson. Call ( 312 ) 663-4413; bpries@lambdalegal.org .
Officer Jose R. Rios, the GLBT Liaison for the 23rd Police District, is receiving the 2005 City of Chicago Human Relations Award April 28 at noon in the Grand and State Ballrooms of the Palmer House Hilton Hotel, 17 E. Monroe. Call ( 312 ) 747-8320.
The AIDS Foundation of Chicago's Not Just Song & Dance gala will take place at the Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan May 7. Legendary musicians The Pointer Sisters will be the headliners. Call ( 312 ) 922-2322. AIDS Pastoral Care Network will be honored.
A memorial and benefit for Dave Edwards, who owned the Gentry nightspots, will be held at Gentry on State, 440 N. State, May 1 at 2 p.m.
The Gender Studies Program at Northwestern University ( Evanston ) presents the Leslie Hoffman Colloquium April 28 at 7 p.m. in Room 2-435 of the Kresge Building. The feature topics will be The Hot Bods of Queer Porn and Porn Empowerment: Negotiating Sex Work and Third Wave Feminism. gender@northwestern.edu or ( 847 ) 491-5871.
Center on Halsted will host the First Bloom Champagne Brunch and French Market May 8 at Sidetrack, 3349 N. Halsted, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; www.centeronhalsted.org .
The Chicago NOW Violence Against Team will meet May 5 at Café Boost, 5400 N. Clark, at 7 p.m. E-mail kathleenjacob@gmail.com .
'Sex, Religion and Orality: Profits & Perils of Oral History' will be the focus of the LGBT Religious Archives Network's third anniversary dinner and program May 6 at 7 p.m. at the McGiffert House, 5751 S. Woodlawn. Cost for the dinner is $25; $10 for students. RSVP by May 2 to ( 773 ) 322-0290.
The Asian Health Coalition of Illinois will hold a reception May 19. Contact Karl Kimpo, ( 773 ) 878-0761, karl@asianhealth.org .
