Milly's Orchid Show is Friday, March 21, Brigid Murphy's spring spectacular features David Cale accompanied by Johnathan Kreisberg, Abra Moore, Peter Dennis, belly dancers Read My Hips, 10-year-old tap sensation Maxanova and more, $25 ($15 students), 8 p.m., Park West, (773) 929-5959.
Test Positive Aware Network hosts an update on the tenth conference on retroviruses and opportunistic infections Wed., March 19 with Tom Barrett, MD, Triad/Howard Brown Health Center, Charles Clifton, TPAN, Matt Sharp, Treatment Advocate and Enid Vazquez, TPAN, 7:30-9 p.m., 5537 N. Broadway, (773) 989-9400.
Chix Mix Vegas Strip is Friday, March 21, at Circuit, with gaming tables, sinful pasties and Stella Productions' show girls, $10 ($8 VIP), 3641 N. Halsted, (773) 325-2233, www.chixmixproductions.com .
Women in the Director's Chair's 22nd Annual International Film & Video Festival runs thru March 23 at various venues. Visit www.widc.org for details.
Windy City Performing Arts hosts Sticks and Stones, songs for the child in you, March 21, tickets at Unabridged and Women and Children First, 8 p.m., Harold Washington Library, 400 S. State, (773) 404-9242.
Uptown Theatre and Center for the Arts hosts Bring Back the Brilliance, a gala benefit with a vintage fashion show and live swing music, March 21, $75 ($125 per couple), 7 p.m., Northwestern School of Law, Thorne Auditorium, 375 E. Chicago, (773) 561-5700.
Mountain Moving Coffee House for Womyn and Children features drummer Ubaka Hill March 22, 7:30 p.m., Summerdale Community Church, 1700 W. Farragut, (312) 409-0276.
There are several Oscar parties around town Sunday, including a benefit for the NAMES Project at Circuit, and a benefit for Chicago Gay Men's Chorus at Sidetrack. This will probably be the gayest year yet for the Oscars.
Queers Against War is a panel Sunday, March 23, with Leslie Feinberg as featured speaker; organized by Ifti Nasim, Neena Hemmedy and Andy Thayer, 2-5 p.m., Chicago Temple, 77 W. Washington. A couple hundred GLBT folks and non-gays gathered at Halsted and Roscoe Sunday night for an anti-war rally.
Windy City Media Group is bringing your favorite Big Goddesses to Circuit, March 27-29; (773) 871-7610, www.WindyCityTimes.com . Marcia Wilkie, Paula Killen, Lisa Buscani, C.C. Carter, cin salach, and so many more!
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