The Bayard Rustin Community Breakfast, a celebration of the openly gay Black activist who taught non-violent direct action to Martin Luther King, Jr., will be held Feb. 18, 9:30 a.m.-12 noon, at The Social Service Administration, 969 E. 60th. The featured speaker at the free event will be John D'Emilio, author of Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin. RSVP by Feb. 8 by contacting Angela Carruthers at ( 773 ) 702-9700 or angie@uchicago.edu .
Will Fellows, author of the book Farm Boys: Lives of Gay Men from the Rural Midwest, will speak at the Chicago Prime Timers social on Feb. 12 at Ann Sather, 929 W. Belmont, at 6 p.m. The program will start with a cash bar and social, followed by dinner ( $15 ) at 7 p.m. Call ( 312 ) 409-1590 for more info.
The Gay Liberation Network will hold a march and rally on Freedom to Marry Day, Feb. 11, at 11 a.m., at the Cook County Marriage License Bureau, 118 N. Clark. E-mail LGBTliberation@aol.com, call ( 773 ) 209-1187, visit www.GayLiberation.org .
Tim Stewart-Winter, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Chicago, presents 'Putting San Francisco's Castro District in its Place: Notes on Gay Gentrification,' at the Gerber/Hart Library, 1127 W. Granville, at 7 p.m. on Feb. 21. For more info, call ( 773 ) 381-8030 or see www.gerberhart.org .
The Chicago NOW Reproductive Rights Team will meet at 6:00 p.m., Feb. 2, at the café in Borders, 755 W. North Ave. Contact team leader Margot Klein at cnowreprorights@comcast.net .
On Feb. 18, 30 actors and 30 writers will participate in a monologue-related challenge called Monodogs of War: Literature 301 at the Portage Park Center for the Arts, 5801 W. Dakin, at 6 p.m. Ticket prices are $3 per person or 2 tickets for $5. To participate as a writer or actor, contact Paul Barile at ( 773 ) 282-0344 or at paulbarile@juno.com .
Invisible2Invincible, Chicago's new LGBTQ Asian/Pacific Islander organization, is holding a potluck party Feb. 11, 7:30-9:30 p.m. ( If the first letter of your last name begins with A-M, bring an appetizer or side dish; if it begins with N-Z, bring a dessert. ) RSVP at ChicagoI2I@gmail.com no later than Feb. 9.
'Girls Girls Girls: A Coming Out Cabaret' will take place Wednesdays throughout February, starring Lisa Rock, at Davenport's, 1383 N. Milwaukee; $15; ( 773 ) 278-1830.
Community Alliance and Action Network ( CAAN ) will have an open house for its LGBTQ community center on Feb. 4 from 12-9 p.m. at 68 N. Chicago, Suite 401, in Joliet. Call ( 815 ) 726-7906 or www.caanmidwest.org .
Art Against AIDS, which will feature auctions of 100 pieces, will take place Feb. 16 at The Kinetic Playground, 1113 W. Lawrence, 6-9 p.m. Contact Tina Gonzales at ( 312 ) 660-1313 or at tgonzales@heartlandalliance.org .
The Leigh Gallery, 3306 N. Halsted, is presenting 'Landscapes,' featuring four artists, through Feb. 12. Call ( 773 ) 472-1865 or e-mail theleighgallery@comcast.net for more information about the show and the gallery.
Luna Negra performs excerpts of new works by Maray Gutierrez and Pedro Ruiz as part of the Chicago Cultural Center's About Dance Series on Feb. 9 at 6:00 p.m. at Chicago Cultural Center's Dance Studio, 78 E. Washington. Call ( 312 ) 744-6630.