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Latinx Short Film Showcase on Feb. 1
Seven films have been selected out of more than 40 entries to create the Gene Siskel Film Center's second edition of the Panorama Latinx Short Film Showcase, which will take place at 8 p.m. on Saturday, ...
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Chicago Musical Theatre Festival Feb. 3-20
Underscore Theatre Company is presenting its sixth annual Chicago Musical Theatre Festival—created to showcase and support the growing field of musical theatre creators from Chicago and beyond—on Feb. 3-20. The festival will be performed simultaneously on ...
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Woman Made Gallery names Alcaraz as new executive director
Chicago's Woman Made Gallery (WMG)—a feminist contemporary art gallery now in its 28th year—announced the appointment of a new executive director. Gaylon B. Alcaraz is succeeding Deb Flagel, who served WMG from February 2017 to June ...
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CAKE announces venue change, cites Center controversy
After being at Center on Halsted for several years, the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo ( CAKE ) 2020 organizing committee announced the weekend-long alt-comics event will take place June 13-14, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., at Broadway Armory, ...
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Former WCT 30 Under 30 honoree among Golden Apple finalists
On Jan. 23, Golden Apple—an Illinois nonprofit committed to preparing, honoring and supporting great educators who advance educational opportunities for students—announced the 2020 finalists for the prestigious Golden Apple Awards for Excellence in Teaching. Thirty educators ...
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Chicago Gay Hockey Association participating in Blackhawks Pride Night
The CGHA ( Chicago Gay Hockey Association ) is participating in the first official Chicago Blackhawks Pride Night at the United Center, 1901 W. Madison St. CGHA athletes and select individuals will be playing in a ...
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NUNN ON ONE MUSIC King Princess, ruling the musical realm
Born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in the studio thanks to a recording engineer father, Mikaela Mullaney Straus eventually evolved into pop singer King Princess. In 2018, she released the single "1950—a tribute to the ...
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Nancy Pelosi play debuting Jan. 26
The Adult in the Room, a new play by Bill McMahon about the life of U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, will receive its world premiere Sunday, Jan. 26, at 2 p.m. at Chicago's Victory ...
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Equality Illinois to honor Baim, Rainbow Cafe LGBT Youth Center at gala
Equality Illinois will present its annual gala on Saturday, Feb. 1, at the Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan Ave., starting at 6 p.m. The organization will honor Tracy Baim—former publisher of Windy City Times and current ...
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Chicago LGBTQ icon/dance group co-founder Troy Winston dies
By Carrie Maxwell Imported Taste dance group co-founder and LGBTQ icon Troy Winston died Dec. 26, 2019 due to congestive heart failure. He was 56. Winston was born June 15, 1963, on the South Side of ...
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ELECTIONS 2020 Cassidy, Lightfoot among those at Pizer kickoff
Out officials Illinois state Rep. Kelly Cassidy and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot were among those joining community members, as well as other elected officials, present as openly gay Lake View resident and activist Yoni Pizer officially ...
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'Positive reactions' follow local hockey player coming out
Anthony Arnoni is the senior skating king for the co-op Leyden Eagles, a four-year varsity hockey player in jersey No. 22 who shoots left-handed and plays defense. The 17-year-old Franklin Park resident attends East Leyden High ...
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Show examines life of Barbara Jordan
The life of the late lawyer, educator and politician Barbara Jordan will be examined in City Lit Theatre's Voice of Good Hope. Voice of Good Hope is being described as "a dramatic portrait" of Jordan's life. ...
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Area author Jacobi addresses love, loss in acclaimed book
Glenview-based author Yehuda Jacobi often received some pivotal advice from his late partner, Arthur. Jacobi recently recalled that Arthur would say, "Everybody is going through something. You may not see it in their face. Give them ...
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Theater Spotlight on The Merry Widow
Glamorous young widow Hannah Glawari has all the money to save the bankrupt country of Pontevedro, but all she wants is a reunion with her childhood sweetheart, Count Danilo. After many complications, Franz Lehar's evergreen, ravishing ...
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LETTER Impeachment
Dear Editor: President Donald J. Trump has been impeached. These words, for me, mean an intentional check on Trump's efforts to corrupt the 2020 election. Dec. 18 was a reckoning for my ancestors who lived ...
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THE AMAZON TRAIL The tabloid edition
Bath Door Balks at Booting Hostage Hostage Trapped for NINETY-MINUTES Suspect Subdued with Electrical Weapon A woman in a remote town in Oregon suffered a harrowing 90 minutes before her rescue by three brave public servants. ...
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Me Too movement founder at NU Jan. 27
Me Too movement founder Tarana Burke will keynote Martin Luther King Jr. Dream Week on Monday, Jan. 27. Burke will speak on the Chicago campus at noon in Northwestern Pritzker School of Law's Thorne Auditorium, 375 ...
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Sara Feigenholtz sworn in as state senator at ceremony
Call her state senator instead of state rep. A packed house of dignitaries and other supporters gathered Jan. 21 at the Ann Sather on Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lake View neighborhood for the swearing-in ceremony of ...
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VIEWS College for LGBTQ students
Finding yourself and becoming comfortable with your identity is something that people within the LGBTQ community struggle with every day. There is coming to terms with your sexual orientation and/or gender identity, and how you choose ...
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ELECTIONS 2020 Four Illinois candidates get latest Victory Fund endorsements
LGBTQ Victory Fund—the only national organization dedicated to electing LGBTQ leaders to public office—endorsed 32 new openly LGBTQ candidates for 2020 races. Among those receiving the latest round of endorsements are activist/attorney Jacob Meister, who is ...
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Center announces new security provider
Center on Halsted has finally selected a new security provider, according to a statement released by Center officials the afternoon of Jan. 22. The security firm—Quantum Security, LLC, whose other clients include Howard Brown Health Center, ...
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SAVOR Galit; Chicago Restaurant Week
DISH Dining Guide
Friends of mine, who happen to be a couple, told me they had to wait two months to get into the Lincoln Park restaurant Galit ( 2429 N. Lincoln Ave.; GalitRestaurant.com ). I discovered two reasons ...
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Rush kicks off ambitious LGBT-health initiative
Officials from Rush University Medical Center marked the launch of their new LGBT-focused health program, Affirm: The Rush Center for Gender, Sexuality and Reproductive Health, at an event in the facility's lobby the morning of Jan. ...
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THEATER REVIEW Stop Kiss
Playwright: Diana Son At: Arc Theatre/Pride Films and Plays at the Pride Arts Buena, 4147 N. Broadway. Tickets: $30-$40. Runs through: Feb. 9 What could be more romantic than love at first sight, unless it's love ...
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THEATER REVIEW Whisper House
Playwright: Duncan Sheik ( music and lyrics ) and Kyle Jarrow ( book and lyrics ) At: Black Button Eyes Productions, the Athenaeum, 2936 N. Southport Ave. Tickets: 773-935-6875; A thenaeumTheatre.org; $30. Runs to: Feb. 15 ...
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THEATER REVIEW The Gulf
Playwright: Audrey Cephaly At: Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. Tickets: AboutFacetheatre.org. Price: $32. Runs through: Feb. 15 You walk into the theater and the first thing you see is veteran actress Kelli Simpkins standing on ...
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Sean Hayes at Feb. 5 Goodman event
Goodman Theatre, now in its 95th season, will host the "Legacy & Promise" Education and Engagement Luncheon Wed., Feb. 5, featuring Emmy-winning and Tony-nominated actor Sean Hayes. The event will take place at The Palmer House ...
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Young Playwrights Festival running through Jan. 25
Pegasus Theatre Chicago is presenting the 33rd Young Playwrights Festival through Saturday, Jan. 25, at The Courtyard Theatre in The Getz Theater Center at Columbia College Chicago, 72 E. 11th St. The Young Playwrights Festival ( ...
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Patin at Hyde Park through Feb. 28
Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell Ave., is welcoming Nikki Patin as its new flex space resident through Feb. 28, 2020; she will be developing ongoing performative work combining text, music and movement. Patin is ...
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GoFundMe page launched for DJ Bristol
A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to help Teri Bristol, who has been a longtime DJ at various LGBTQ venues as well as spots such as Smartbar. After DJing a New Year's show with longtime mixing ...
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'Freedom Ride' talk, performance Jan. 29
Newberry Library is hosting a discussion and performance with Chicago Opera Theater ( COT ) involving the production Freedom Ride on Wed., Jan. 29, 6-7:30 p.m., at the library's Ruggles Hall, 60 W. Walton St. The ...
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Planned Parenthood, We Testify release "Ours to Tell" short film
New York, NY — Planned Parenthood Federation of America ( PPFA ) and We Testify, an organization dedicated to the leadership and representation of people who have had abortions, are thrilled to debut "Ours to Tell" ...
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Drag Performer of the Week: Laila McQueen
BEHIND THE NAME "I used to work a small store inside a strip club and Laila sounded like a pretty stripper name that none of the other girls had. And as far as McQueen, I was ...
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Jerry Nunn's 50th at Mary's Attic
Seeing red at Jerry Nunn's 50th birthday/fundraiser for Heartland Alliance. Photos by Jerry Nunn ...
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Women's March Chicago honors the disabled, highlights key issues
Women's March Chicago ( WMC ) kicked off its fourth large-scale march on a wintry Jan. 18 morning in Grant Park. The march—with more than 50,000 participants—honored people with disabilities and celebrated the historic number of ...
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Indiana same-sex parents can list both names on children's birth certificates
On Jan. 17—after more than two and a half years—the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that married same-sex couples in Indiana can list both parents on their children's birth certificates, CNN.com reported. In so ...
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Don Harmon chosen to lead state Senate
During a special session on Jan. 19, Oak Park Democrat Don Harmon was chosen as the next Illinois Senate president, The Chicago Tribune reported. After more than a decade, John Cullerton retired from the position, making ...
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Mister Chicago Leather 2020 contest Jan. 23-26
Mister Chicago Leather 2020, the contest to choose a representative for the Windy City at this year's International Mr. Leather, kicks off Thursday, January 23, and continues through the weekend. The highlight of this action-packed ...
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Red Stars acquire Hill, draft five others
The 2020 National Women's Soccer League ( NWSL ) Draft has concluded, with Chicago acquiring forward Rachel Hill and making five selections. Among other things, the Red Stars began the draft by acquiring the second and ...
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Access Living names new CEO
Access Living's board of directors announced that Karen Tamley has been named the next president/CEO of Access Living. Tamley takes the role March 2, bringing experience with advocacy, public funding and policy, having served as commissioner ...
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Honorees named for Impact Awards
The honorees have been named for the Chicago Foundation for Women's 2020 Impact Awards, which celebrate the people that are working to make a better future for women and girls in our region a reality. —Founders ...
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Lightfoot criticizes aldermen over LGBT study
On Jan. 15, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot criticized aldermen for objecting to a plan to determine if the LGBT community faces obstacles in obtaining city contracts, CBS Chicago reported. "I feel compelled to speak to this ...
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Women's March Chicago returns to Grant Park Saturday
Women's March Chicago and partner organizations will host its fourth large-scale march on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020. The event will honor our marchers with disabilities along with *Illinois' top elected women officials. The March will also ...
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Sinfonietta's MLK Jr. tribute shows Jan. 19-20
Chicago Sinfonietta will be presenting its annual MLK Tribute Concert—celebrating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through family, equity and the encouragement to execute positive change. The orchestra's concerts will take place Sunday, Jan. ...
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IDPH welcomes new HIV section chief
The Illinois Department of Public Health ( IDPH ) announced its new HIV section chief, Andrea Perez. Perez will play a crucial role in overseeing the administration of HIV surveillance, prevention and diagnosis, and care under ...
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Quigley part of call for end of trans migrant detention
U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley ( D-Illinois )—vice chair of the LGBT Equality Caucus and a founding member of the Transgender Equality Task Force—led more than 40 members of Congress in calling for Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...
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Mayor appoints new members to city's cultural advisory council
The Chicago City Council approved the appointments made by Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot to the Cultural Advisory Council of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events ( DCASE ), including Council Chair Amina J. Dickerson ...
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The Queer Landscape, Chicago Danztheatre presents performance on LGBTQ+ identity
CHICAGO ( January 6th, 2020 ) - Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble is pleased to announce the third installment of its 2019-20 Art & Activism Performance Series, THE QUEER LANDSCAPE, an evening of live performance, art, and poetry ...
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COMEDY 'The Haggard Unicorn:' Queer trans comic talks representation, hurdles
KJ Whitehead wants to see unrepresented voices take over the comedy world and her latest project, The Haggard Unicorn, is a reflection of that ambition. "Something strange. Something different. Something radical," she said when asked to ...
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LGBTQ+ nonfiction writing class starts Feb. 23
StoryStudio Chicago, 4043 N. Ravenswood Ave., is offering a new course on writing stories from a queer perspective. Conceived by author Jeremy Owens, this class focuses on LGBTQ+ nonfiction writing, and it starts Sunday, Feb. 23, ...
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Lightfoot endorses Pizer in 12th District race
In the crowded race to succeed Illinois state Rep. Sara Feigenholtz in the 12th District ( which includes the Gold Coast, Near North, Old Town, Lincoln Park and Lake View ), first-time candidate Jonathan A. "Yoni" ...
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Affinity bids outgoing leader goodbye at Burning Bowl
Affinity Community Services' ( Affinity's ) annual kick-off event, Burning Bowl, got off to a rousing start with the return of the Drum Divas performance group Jan. 11 at the Charles A. Hayes Family Investment Center ...
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Chicagoans march in counter-protest at anti-choice rally
Dozens of Chicagoans, among them members of the LGBT community, turned out in icy rain the afternoon of Jan. 11 to stand in counter-protest against the anti-abortion March for Life rally held in downtown Chicago. The ...
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'She Shot Him Dead' among newest Newberry offerings
The seminar series "She Shot Him Dead: Husband-Slaying in Turn-of-the-Century Chicago" will take place Tuesdays Feb. 11-March 10, 6-7:30 p.m. at Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton St. Rachel Boyle, a public historian and co-founder of Omnia ...
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Young Playwrights Festival running through Jan. 25
Pegasus Theatre Chicago is presenting the 33rd Young Playwrights Festival through Saturday, Jan. 25, at The Courtyard Theatre in The Getz Theater Center at Columbia College Chicago, 72 E. 11th St. The Young Playwrights Festival ( ...
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Alvin Ailey company in Chicago in March
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will perform at the Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Ida B. Wells Dr., on March 4-8, featuring Midwest premieres and Ailey classics. Among other items, the company will perform the Midwest ...
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City names 2020 'Year of Chicago Music'
Recently, Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events ( DCASE ) Commissioner Mark Kelly, Grammy- and Oscar-winning artist Che "Rhymefest" Smith and other civic, arts and music leaders recently announced plans to designate 2020 as ...
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Lightfoot announces cannabis fair
Chicago Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot announced that the city will host a first-of-its-kind cannabis resource fair to connect residents with employment and business opportunities, expungement and legal aid assistance, and more information on cannabis regulations and ...
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'Lost Lesbians' series launches Jan. 12
Citing the change that's happened in Andersonville—from it being considered a lesbian neighborhood to an area with a few lesbian-specific spots—Lost Larson, 5318 N. Clark St., has launched "Lost Lesbians," an event series that aims to ...
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Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame kicks off 30th year, seeks nominees, sets ceremony
The Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame, now entering its 30th year, announced today announced earlier this year that it will resume inducting new members. The deadline for nominations has been extended until February 15, 2020. Nominations ...
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Joffrey Presents 'The Times Are Racing,' A Mixed Rep Program
January 9, 2020 ( Chicago ) — For its winter engagement, The Joffrey Ballet presents The Times Are Racing, a mixed repertory program featuring choreography from four of the most influential artists working today, including the ...
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ELECTIONS 2020
Levander Smith Jr.: Out judicial candidate on status, campaign
Levander Smith Jr. is in a unique position. It's his first campaign for Cook County Circuit Court judge—but he already sits on the bench. In February 2019, the Illinois Supreme Court appointed Smith as a judge ...
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Local passages in 2019
A number of LGBT Chicagoans ( as well as persons who otherwise left their marks on the city's LGBT community ) passed away in 2019. Among the passages Windy City Times noted: —A. J. Petras died ...
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SIDETRACK New Years'
This ... is 2020! Photos by Jed Dulanas ...
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Performer of the Week Alex Jenny
BEHIND THE NAME "Alex is my given name and Jenny is my mom's name. When choosing my stage name, I knew I wanted it to feel less like a character or a persona and more ...
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Lips Chicago New Years' photos
Dropping the ball with ABC-7! Photos courtesy of Lips Chicago ...
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Jackhammer New Years' photos
Have a fetishy 2020! Joseph Stevens Photography ...
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Kathy Acker tribute Jan. 10
"Re: Acker"—a tribute to experimental writer/artist Kathy Acker ( 1947-1997 )—will take place Friday, Jan. 10, 7-9 p.m., at M. LeBlanc Gallery, 3514 W. Fullerton Ave. This dialogue between international and local respondents, curated by Noa/h ...
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Affinity's annual 'Burning Bowl' Jan. 11
Affinity Community Services will hold its annual "Burning Bowl" ceremony Saturday, Jan. 11, 1-4 p.m., at the Charles A. Hayes Family Investment Center, 4859 S. Wabash Ave. Outgoing Executive Director Imani Rupert-Gordon will be the keynote ...
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Trans, undocumented students can now access college aid
Undocumented and some transgender students can now access state college aid, now that a loophole preventing them from doing so has closed, The Chicago Sun-Times reported. The new statute—called the Retention of Illinois Students and Equity ...
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Women's March Chicago announces changes to Jan. 18 event
Women's March Chicago ( WMC ) recently announced several new changes and additions to its upcoming January 2020 anniversary march in Grant Park. ( There was a hiatus in 2019. ) The event—kicking off at 11 ...
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NUNN ON ONE THEATER Eric Huffman goes from 'Mormon' to 'Mean Girls'
The original Mean Girls movie was partially based on a self-help book and was released in 2004. Now that the popular tale has turned 15 years old, it's the perfect time to wear pink and celebrate ...
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Bowie Ball celebrates with drag and dance Jan. 10
Heaven Malone and A Queer Pride will present "Bowie Ball: David Bowie's Birthday" Friday, Jan. 10, 9 p.m.-2 a.m., at Le Nocturne, 4810 N. Broadway. Lucy Stoole will be mistress of ceremonies. Mick Douch, Ari Gato, ...
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theWit celebrating Warhol with package
theWit Hotel, 201 N. State St., is celebrating the arrival of "Andy Warhol—From A to B and Back Again," the acclaimed traveling Andy Warhol exhibit that has just made its debut in Chicago—with a hotel package ...
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