Library exhibit explores marriage
As recognition of same-sex marriage grows, the Chicago Public Library presents "Love Me Forever! Oh! Oh! Oh!," by cartoonist Jeremy Sorese.
In this illustrated exhibit, Sorese, a gay man explores the idea of getting married. Selected from The Best American Comics 2013, "Love Me Forever! Oh! Oh! Oh!" is on display through March 8 in the Congress Corridor, ground level, at the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State St.
Feb. 18 party with 'Rihanna vs. Riot Grrrl'
The monthly Logan Square party Burly returns Wed., Feb. 18, at The Burlington Bar, 3425 W. Fullerton Ave., at 9 p.m.
Burly is back with "Rihanna vs. Riot Grrrl." The party is in honor of Rihanna's 27th birthday and seminal riot-grrrl band Sleater-Kinney's return to music (and Chicago) this year. Note: Neither Rihanna nor members of Sleater-Kinney are expected to attend.
Burly is a free monthly night of music and drink in Logan Square for "queer, gay, lesbian, and otherwise funky and/or bearded individuals."
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'Dudes' releases first season
The first season of the "post-gay" Web series Dudes is currently available at dudestheshow.com .
Created and written by Andrew Pemberton-Fowler and directed by Brett Emanuel, Dudes centers around David Aronson (Ben Burke); his ex-boyfriend, Tyler Linn (Shaun Baer); and David's roommate, Miles Sullivan (Brian Greer), as they navigate sex, life, and love as on the other side of being 30.
Many exterior scenes in episodes 102, 103, 104 and 105 were shot on location in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood during June 2014. Other shooting locations for season one include Lake Shore Park, A. Montgomery Ward Park, Printer's Row and Lake Shore East Park.
Shemekia Copeland shows in Chicago, Evanston
Blues singer and two-time Grammy Award nominee Shemekia Copeland will perform at Evanston's SPACE, 1245 Chicago Ave., on Friday, March 6; and Chicago's Promontory, 5311 S. Lake Park Ave. West, on Saturday, March 7.
Both shows are at 8 p.m.
Copeland, newly re-signed to Alligator Records (the label she called home from 1998 through 2005), is currently recording new material for a fall 2015 release, with musician Oliver Wood (of The Wood Brothers) producing.
Tickets are $25-$45 (SPACE) and $20-$40 (Promontory); visit www.EvanstonSpace.com and www.PromontoryChicago.com, respectively.
New hotel to be built in Chicago's Loop
Oxford Capital Group, LLC announced plans to open "LondonHouse" at the corner of North Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive in the spring of 2016.
This latest lifestyle hotel development from Oxford Capital Group, LLC will feature a 452-room hotel within the historic Alfred S. Alschuler-designed London Guarantee & Accident Building, blended with a new 22-story architecturally synchronized modernist glass tower designed by Chicago's Goettsch Partners.
LondonHouse's main entrance will be along East Wacker Drive within the new modernist glass tower, which will feature a gateway arrival lobby leading to the grand second floor check-in lobby and bar. The hotel's namesake pays nod to both the name of the building, the London Guarantee Building, and the renowned jazz club, London House, long located within it.
Gallery hosting 'Women, Work, and Gender Roles'
Woman Made Gallery (WMG), 685 N. Milwaukee Ave., is hosting the exhibition "Women, Work, and Gender Roles," a historically rooted project that highlights the link between the economy and the shape of ideal gender roles and explores how these roles have influenced the experiences of women at work.
The project combines the expertise of photographer and painter Diana Vallera (Columbia College, photography instructor) and sociologist and lawyer, Jacqueline Battalora (Saint Xavier University, Professor of Sociology).
This exhibition (which runs through Feb. 26) is free and open to the public.
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