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WINDY CITY TIMES
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Local Roundup
2005-07-13
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Equal Marriage NOW! is hosting a community forum on fighting the Illinois Family Institute's effort to place an anti-gay marriage referendum on the state ballot. The meeting will take place July 21 at John Merlo Public Library, 644 W. Belmont, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Speakers will include Rick Garcia of Equality Illinois, the Rev. Dan Rodriguez Schlorff of the Religious Coalition for the Freedom to Marry, Andy Thayer of the Gay Liberation Network and Blake Wilkinson of Equal Marriage NOW! Call ( 773 ) 243-2576 or visit www.equalmarriagenow.org .
Center on Halsted is partnering with the Art Institute of Chicago to privately preview Toulouse-Lautrec and Montmartre on July 13 at the Institute, 111 S. Michigan. Tickets, which cost $40, can be purchased through the Center on Halsted Web site ( www.centeronhalsted.org ) or by calling the Center. For more info, contact Janine Denomme at ( 773 ) 472-6469, ext. 226 or at jdenomme@centeronhalsted.org .
There will be an all-ages concert celebrating LGBT families and their friends at Schuba's Tavern, 3159 N. Southport, on July 17 at 4 p.m. Among the scheduled performers are drummer Diamana Diya and poet C.C. Carter. Tickets are $5. Call ( 773 ) 525-2508 or visit www.schubas.com for tickets.
'GROOVE is in the heART,' an exhibition of new paintings by Erik R. Sosa, will be unveiled July 21 at Big City Swing Studio, 1012 W. Randolph, 7-10 p.m. A $5 donation at the door will benefit the AIDS Foundation of Chicago. The exhibition will run July 21 through Aug. 20. Call Big City Swing Studio at ( 312 ) 243-0700 for available hours.
The LCCP is also sponsoring 'When You Get What You Didn't Bargain For: Relationships and Chronic Illness,' on July 23, 10 a.m.-noon, at 4025 N. Sheridan. For more info, contact laura_grimes@sbcglobal.net or ( 773 ) 615-3527 as well as paula-jean@ameritech.net or ( 773 ) 293-3688.
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