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WINDY CITY TIMES
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'Love' Tours Area Gay Clubs
2007-02-07
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Love is all around—or, at least, something like it is.
'Love or Something Like It'—a program hosted by Miss Sassy Trade that will feature musical segments from Dreamgirls, Chicago and Rent as well as a tribute to Madonna—will be held at a number of clubs throughout the Chicagoland area.
The show will be at Hunters on Feb. 10; Hydrate on Feb. 17; @mosphere on March 3; Cell Block on March 10; Kenosha's Club Icon on March 31; and Rockford's The Office on April 7.
Proceeds will benefit the ArtReach Educational Theatre Program. For more info, e-mail ArtReachSpotlite@aol.com . |
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