CHICAGO— Burlesque meets Priscilla Queen of the Desert in the new biography of Jim Flint, founder and owner of the world-famous Baton Show Lounge in Chicago—where the finest of female impersonators have been strutting their stuff onstage for more than 40 years. Jim Flint: The Boy From Peoria, by Tracy Baim and Owen Keehnen (Prairie Avenue Productions, 528 pages), chronicles the unfettered life of this pioneer of the modern LGBT community. The book is available starting Nov. 20 from Amazon.com. The black-and-white version is $29.95 and the deluxe color edition is $89. The black-and-white version will also be available after Nov. 25 in Chicago at Women & Children First and Unabridged bookstores, and the Baton Show Lounge.
The Chicago book launch party for Jim Flint: The Boy From Peoria will be Wednesday, Dec. 7, from 6:30 to 10 p.m. at 3160, one of Flint’s clubs, at 3160 N. Clark St. Flint will be joined by authors Baim and Keehnen.