Mitchell Anderson at HRC Jan. 10 event
Hollywood star Mitchell Anderson (Party of Five) will attend a Human Rights Campaign, will be the featured speaker at Chicago’s Out At the Top event, part of a national series of events.
The Chicago event is at Spiaggia, Wed., Jan. 10, 7 p.m., 980 N. Michigan, 3rd floor.
ENTERTAINMENT LINE-UP FOR LCCP
Grammy Award-winning DJ Frankie Knuckles, Gay & Lesbian Music Award Winners SONiA Rutstein and Cindy Frank (making up disappear fear), and BMG recording artist Kristen Hall lead the entertainment lineup at this year’s Lesbian Community Cancer Project “Coming Out Against Cancer Benefit” (COAC).
Scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 20, at the South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 S. South Shore Drive, the event features two rooms with entertainment running from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Presented by American Airlines and sponsored by dozens of local and national companies, this benefit marks the 10th Anniversary Year of LCCP.
This year’s COAC Co-Chairs, Renae Ogletree, Lin Bartucca, and Priscilla Warren, are proud to announce the lineup.
Tickets are $50 for regular admission and $100 for premium admission. The $100 ticket includes reserved parking and a gift bag of giveaways. Tickets are available online at www.lccp.org, or directly from LCCP by phoning (773) 561-4662. Credit cards are welcome for payment. Tickets may also be purchased at the following retail outlets in the Chicago area:
Women & Children First Books
5233 N. Clark Street, Chicago
(773) 769-9299
57th Street Books
1301 E. 57th Street, Chicago
(773) 684-1300
The Stars Our Destination
705 Main Street, Evanston
(847) 570-5925
Val’s Halla
723 1/2 South Blvd, Oak Park
(708) 524-1004
Unabridged Bookstore
3251 N. Broadway, Chicago
(773) 883-9119
Thousand Waves Spa
1212 W. Belmont, Chicago
(773) 549-0700
Tickets are also available at the door for $55. Admission includes buffet catered by Be My Guest Events, with desserts donated by Ann Sather on Belmont and A Taste of Heaven. Admission also includes entertainment and dancing and a silent auction. Beverages will be available at a cash bar.
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Chicago Black Lesbians & Gays’ 6th Martin Luther King Memorial Breakfast, “46 Years—Is The Dream Still Real?,” is Monday, Jan. 15, 10 a.m., breakfast follows. At Church of the Open Door, 5954 S. Albany, (312) 409-4917.
Bailiwick Repertory seeks lesbian artists of all kinds—actors, singers, performance artists, or other—to perform in The All Girl Review 2, a benefit for Bailiwick’s Lesbian Theater Initiative Sat., April 21. Send resumes or letter of interest to: David Zak, Artistic Director, Bailiwick Rep, 1229 W Belmont, Chicago, 60657-3205.
The 43rd Grammy Awards are Feb. 21 and some openly lesbian and gay artists and allies are among the nominees. Melissa Etheridge is a finalist for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for “Enough of Me” on her Breakdown album. George Michael is nominated for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for Songs from the Last Century, and Ned Rorem is up for Best Classical Contemporary Composition. The Best Musical Show Album category has three gay composers (surprise) : Elton John (Aida), Michael John LaChiusa (The Wild Party), Cole Porter (Kiss Me, Kate’s revival). Barbra Streisand’s Timeless—Live in Concert is up for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. Sweet Honey in the Rock’s Still the Same Me is nominated for Best Musical Album for Children. Unfortunately, Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP is up for Album of the Year, Best Rap Album, and Best Rap Solo Performance for The Real Slim Shady track.
Compensation, a new film directed by Zeinabu Irene Davis, tells two parallel love stories about the relationship between a deaf woman and a hearing man and their confrontations with AIDS and tuberculosis, set in early 20th century and present-day Chicago. It screens Jan. 10, 7 p.m. The director will be present at the screening. Facets, 1517 W. Fullerton, (773) 281-9075 or www.facets.org
Lani Guinier, professor at Harvard Law School and author of Lift Every Voice: Turning a Civil Rights Setback into a New Vision of Social Justice, speaks at the University of Chicago’s ecumenical observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Jan. 15. The program also includes dance, drama and music performances by students and community members. All free, starts at noon, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn, (773) 702-8359.
Horizons’ Mature Adult Seminar Series begins Sat., Jan. 13, with Chicago Gay & Lesbian History: From the Fire to the Flood, a program by Windy City Times’ own columnist Marie Kuda. 1-3 p.m. 961 W. Montana, (773) 472-6469, ext. 245 or go to the website www.horizonsonline.org
The annual Capricorn Women’s Party is set for Sat., Jan. 13, hosted by Toni Armstrong Jr., myself and dozens of other Capricorn dykes. RSVP to (773) 871-7610 or outlines@suba.com, all women welcome to the Andersonville party location, from 8 p.m. on, and please BYOB.