Wow! Thanks to the more than 500 people who turned out for the Windy City Gay Idol finals at Circuit. All 16 contestants were so professional, well-prepared and deserving of being in the finals. Whether it was talent or marketing power, they all took is seriously. Since I hate to upset anyone, I would have chosen most of the finalists to represent our first Gay Idol. Certainly top-two finishers Luis and Amazon both deserved to win! We expect to present these singers around town soon. Photos in this Nightspots and in Windy City Times, online WindyCityTimes.com. Thanks to Bud Light, W Hotel, American Airlines, Materville Studios and Creaoke Creagh. And to all the staff, volunteers, host bars, judges, MCs and so many more!
New Town Writers presents Working Stiffs 2: Stories About Queers on the Job, Wed., June 18, Bailiwick Studio Theater, with works by Ms. Cookie Crumbles, Robert Klein Engler, Mike Rogers, Timothy Rey, Gloria Klein and Diane Williams; 7:30 p.m., $5, 1229 W. Belmont, (773) 883-1090, www.newtownwriters.org.
Chix Mix Productions’ Coyote Ugly Style with DJ Kid XSite, bar dancing girls, live performance by Kelley Addis and a best bare midriff contest is Friday, June 20, 9 p.m.-4 a.m., $10, Circuit, 3641 N. Halsted.
DJ Wanda, Andres De Los Santos & His Flavored Entourage plus a special guest are at Legacy 21 Friday, June 20, 8 p.m. doors, 11 p.m. showtime, $5, 3042 W. Irving Park.
Comedian Vicki Shaw kicks off Temptations’ Pride week celebration Friday, June 20, 10235 W. Grand, Franklin Park, (847) 455-0008.
Windy City Performing Arts hosts We Are Family!—A Birthday Celebration with Windy City Gay Chorus, Unison, and Windy City Slickers, Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m., Washington Library, 400 S. State, (773) 404-9242.
Illinois Gender Advocates 2003 Transgender Pride, an informal gathering with hors d’oeuvres and cash bar, is Sat., June 21, 6-10 p.m., Gentry on State, 440 N. State, (312) 409-5489.
Maneuvers’ Miss Gay Joliet drag show and pageant is Sat., June 21, 11 p.m., $3, 118 E. Jefferson, Joliet, (815) 727-7069.
N’DIGO Foundation features Jennifer Holliday June 21 in a celebration of African-American Broadway musicals, Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan, (312) 822-0202.
Buddies’ Twelfth Annual Pride & Joy reception, to benefit the Gay & Lesbian Hall of Fame, is Monday, June 23, 6-10 p.m., $10, 3301 N. Clark, (773) 281-5095.
See calendar for MANY more pride events!
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