Picnic and pride: Chicago’s first Latino/a LGBTQ Pride Picnic will take place June 10, 12-5 p.m., at Gill Park, 825 W. Sheridan. Events will include dancing, face painting and performances. E-mail orgulloenaccion@gmail.com or visit www.orgulloenaccion.org.
The truth about drugs: TPAN will present ‘Substance Use: Truth, Theory and Fact’ on June 7, 7-9 p.m., 5537 N. Broadway. The guest speaker will be Bill Streepy of Heartland Alliance. See www.tpan.com; 773-989-9400.
It’s a kick: Chicago Gay Games men’s soccer teams will be hosting a fundraiser at T’s Restaurant, 5025 N. Clark, on June 8, 7-11 p.m. (There will also be raffle drawings.)
Teen dreams: On June 10 at Ann Sather, 922 W. Belmont, at 7 p.m., the Center on Halsted, Broadway Youth Center, Youth Pride Center and Project VIDA will host an LGBTQ prom. Tickets are $5.00 in advance or $7.00 at the door. Contact Aaron Bowen at bowensmart@yahoo.dk or Janie Denomme at 773-472-6469, ext. 226.
All that jazz: South Side Help Center will host its 3rd Annual Dinner ‘n Jazz Gala on June 8 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 E. Wacker, 7-11 p.m. Call 773-445-5445, ext. 19.
Same time, DIFFA year: The Chicago chapter of the Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA) will hold its 18th gala, ‘Departure,’ in the Grand Ballroom, McCormick Place South, 2301 S. Martin Luther King, on June 10, 6:30 p.m.-1:00 a.m. Call 312-644-6412 or see www.diffachicago.org.
Roaring to go: AIDS Legal Council of Chicago will host ‘AIN’T WE GOT FUN: The ALCC Gatsby Garden Party’—a party with a roaring ’20s theme—on June 7, 6-8:30 p.m., at Sidetrack, 3349 N. Halsted. Tickets start at $50 each. Call 312-427-8990 for more info.
Trans-cendent: Be-All 2006, Chicago’s transgender convention, will take place June 6-11 at the Sheraton Chicago Northwest in Arlington Heights. Call 708-863-7714, e-mail olivia@be-all.org or see www.be-all.org.
Mad about Madigan: There will be an LGBT fundraiser for Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan on June 12 at 312 Chicago, 136 N. LaSalle, 5:30-7 p.m. Tickets are $250 each. Contact Maria Onesto at 312-670-0606 x230 or at monesto@lisamadigan.org.
Stormy weather: Thunder & Lightning Ensemble will be staging the Chicago premiere of Anthony Clarvoe’s Ambition Facing West from June 8-24 at the City Lit Theater in the Edgewater Presbyterian Church, 1020 W. Bryn Mawr. See www.thunderandlightning.org, e-mail tickets@thunderandlightning.org or call 773-332-9939.