The Lesbian Experience will meet on Thursday evenings, 7-8:30 p.m., Feb. 3-Mar. 10, at the Jewish Family and Community Experience, 5150 Golf Road, Skokie. The group will explore topics ranging from sexuality to stereotypes. Call Randi Schulman at ( 847 ) 568-5200 or ( 847 ) 773-4300 x670.
The Chicago Historical Society, The Center on Halsted, and the University of Chicago Lesbian and Gay Studies Project are sponsoring 'OUT at CHS,' a series of lectures and performances dealing with local and national LGBT history. They will announce the upcoming schedule on Jan. 20, 5:30-7:30 p.m., at the CHS. RSVP to Joshua Eisenberg at ( 312 ) 799-2156 or eisenberg@chicagohistory.org .
The GSA Club at Sullivan High School in Rogers Park is sponsoring an open mic poetry evening at No Exit Cafe, 6970 N. Glenwood, Jan. 28, 6:00-8:30 p.m. Suggested donation is $3. Hear LGBTQ youth and even sign up yourself to read. For more info., contact club sponsor, Lin Boyle at LinBoylesing@aol.com .
Project Vida and Chicago Gay Youth ( CGY ) will host an LGBT Education/Scholarship on Jan. 29, 1-5 p.m. at CGY, 1218 W. Addison. Local colleges will have representatives from their admissions departments as well as their Office of LGBT Concerns in attendance. Contact Project Vida at ( 773 ) 522-4573 or CGY at cgycenter@hotmail.com .
Center on Halsted's Legal Services Program has expanded to include volunteer lawyers who provide free legal information and referrals to members of the LGBT community. The programs will take place on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month beginning Jan. 26, 6-9 p.m. Call Ricardo Torres, ( 773 ) 472-6469, ext. 239.
GLSEN Chicago is hosting 'An Introduction to the Safe Zone Program,' Feb. 8, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Jones High School, 606 S. State. Safe Zone is a national program dedicated to training students, faculty, and staff to become safe people for GLBTQ students. Contact Hilary Marsh at hilarym@glsenchicago.com .
Equal Marriage NOW! will celebrate the one-year anniversary of San Francisco's Winter of Love with a special presentation on Feb. 12, 4-6 p.m., at Gerber/Hart Library, 1127 W. Granville. There will be a screening of Academy Award-winning filmmaker Debra Chasnoff's documentary One Wedding and a Revolution, which chronicles San Francisco's first same-sex wedding between longtime lesbian activists Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, together for more than 51 years. Following the screening, local couple Lee Neubecker and David Greer will speak about the experience of being one of nearly 4,000 same-sex couples married in San Francisco between Feb. 12 and March 11, 2004. For more info, contact the Equal Marriage NOW! hotline at ( 773 ) 243-2576 or visit: www.equalmarriagenow.org .
Test Positive Aware Network ( TPAN ) and Positively Aware have announced the arrival of the Ninth Annual HIV Drug Guide. This year's guide offers the most up-to-date information on available HIV medications as well as a detailed look at those in development. Call Keith Green, ( 773 ) 989-9400, ext. 236. Providers can also pick up Drug Guides from TPAN, 5537 N. Broadway.
Oak Park Library is hosting a film series entitled 'Seize the Day: Recent World Cinema.' The films are shown on Sunday afternoons at 2 p.m. at 834 Lake Street. The movie being shown on Jan. 23 is Yossi & Jagger ( 2002 ) . In this work, directed by Eytan Fox, two male officers in the Israeli army fall in love while stationed at an outpost. Other works being shown include China's The Road Home ( 2000 ) and the Brazilian feature Me, You, Them ( 2002 ) . Call Deborah Preiser at ( 708 ) 697-6915.
Chicago-area gay-straight alliances are invited to 'These Colors Don't Run,' March 18, 7-10 p.m., at Maine East HS, 2601 W. Dempster, Park Ridge. Admission is $5; food, a DJ, and prizes. Contact Toni Armstrong, Jr., at tarmstrong@maine207east.k12.il.us; ( 847 ) 692-8490.
Chances By Choice, a new organization based in Oak Park, will present an introduction about its mission—helping HIV-exposed children from around the world locate caring families—with a two-part presentation. The first introduction, called For Eight, will take place Jan. 26, 7:30 p.m., at Oak Park Library, 834 Lake Street. Contact Deborah Preiser at ( 708 ) 697-6915; www.chancesbychoice.org .