'Reclaiming Valentine's Day: Mourning Our Partners & Celebrating Our Love' will take place Feb. 14 at Gerber/Hart Library, 1127 W. Granville, 7-9 p.m. Contact Suzanne Kraus at ( 773 ) 871-7610 for more info.
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 .
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.
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 .
AIDSCare will hold its Fat Saturday Ball on Feb. 25 at Union Station, 225 S. Canal, from 6:30-11:30 p.m. The black-tie event will feature cocktails, dinner, auctions and entertainment from The 'Original' Supremes starring Mary Wilson. Tickets are $225 each. Contact Kirstan Natoli at ( 773 ) 935-4663, ext. 120 or see www.aidscarechicago.org for more info.
The Women's Treatment Center, a residential substance program, is holding its Annual 'Meet the Stars' Gala on May 4 at the Chicago Hilton & Towers, 720 S. Michigan, 6:30-10 p.m. The event will include a general reception, dinner, auctions and an awards program. Individual tickets are $125 each. For more info, contact Lauren Verdich at ( 773 ) 988-5809 or Laurenv55@aol.com .
Test Positive Aware Network will host 'The Real Deal in Black & White,' a panel discussion, on Feb. 24 at 5537 N. Broadway at 5:30 p.m. Lora Branch of the Chicago Department of Public Health will serve as host. For more info, call ( 773 ) 989-9400, ext. 239.
The Chicago chapter of the Human Rights Campaign will present its 6th Annual Laughing Out Loud event on March 3-4 at 8:30 p.m. at the Park West Theatre, 322 W. Armitage. Special guests will be Judy Tenuta and Alec Mapa. Tickets are $50 each; see www.boxofficetickets.com .
There will be a cocktail fund-raiser for Illinois Appellate Court Justice David A. Erickson on Feb. 23 at Cocktail, 3359 N. Halsted, 6-8 p.m. Tickets range from $50-$1,000. To RSVP or for more information, contact pcoffey@justiceerickson.com or ( 312 ) 645-9400, ext. 25.
'Women's Issues and Globalization: Education's Responsibility in Ensuring Women's Rights and Progress' will take place Feb. 17, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., at Truman College, 1145 W. Wilson. The keynote speaker will be Carol Welch, U.S. coordinator of the United Nations Millennium Campaign. See www.trumancollege.cc/aawcc/index.php.
Center on Halsted, About Face Theatre and the Museum of Contemporary Art are hosting a special performance and reception for 'Loving Repeating: A Musical of Gertrude Stein,' Feb. 23. The performance is at 6:30 p.m.; the reception is at 8 p.m. Tickets are $50 each. Call ( 773 ) 472-6469 or visit www.centeronhalsted.org by Feb. 17.
Dick O'Day returns as the host for the annual Valentine's Newlywed Game at Kitschn at River North, 600 W. Chicago, on Feb. 14. Couples of all persuasions are invited to sign up for the show. See www.dickoday.com or call ( 312 ) 644-1500 for more info.
Anita Charlot and the group Affinity are hosting a free dating workshop for women based on Charlot's book, The 5 Phases of Dating ... Without Losing Sight of Your Purrfectly Authentic Self. The event will take place at 5650 S. Woodlawn, Garden Level, on Feb. 10, 7-9 p.m. E-mail anita@purrfectharmonyinc.com for more info.