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off the cuffs
by TRACY BAIM
2004-06-16
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Gay Pride Special! Win DVD set! Go to our Web site at www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com and sign up for our weekly e-mail newsletter. We will be giving away a FREE set of Arthur Dong's 3 part DVD series, Stories from the War on Homosexuality. This set is amazing, and features his three award-winning documentaries: Coming Out Under Fire (GLBTs in the military); Family Fundamentals (religious issues and family); and Licensed to Kill (about killers of gays). Enter to win before the end of June. BONUS: We have Queer as Folk full-color, huge posters for your bedroom. Winners also drawn from entries on our Web site. So join our e-mail list now!
The Windy City Gay Idol finals are at Circuit Sat., 7 p.m. sharp to get ballots, 3641 N. Halsted.
BETTY RULES! is at Lakeshore Theatre, 3175 N. Broadway, (773) 472-3492. The closing night show June 20 is a benefit for Gay Games VII. There's also a Gay Games benefit at Bailiwick June 19, for The Last Sunday in June. See www.GayGamesChicago.org .
OK, there is just TOO much going on for Pride to list it all. See the calendar for highlights, but you really have to go online for the full spectrum. See our Web site at www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com .
Does this column seem like a big promo for our Web site? Well, we're proud of just how much info and pics we can get in there each week. And it saves the trees!
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