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|  | Music
Each Wednesday @ 7:30pm HOMOLATTE: QUEER WORDS & MUSIC. Big Chicks/Tweet 5024 N Sheridan 773-728-5511. Free admission. Hosted by Scott Free . www.homolatte.com. Performers/dates in listing below. Dec 12: Out Danced w/ Valentine, Gina Bling and ... |
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|  | Dance
Auditorium Thtr- Robert Joffrey's The Nutcracker. Dec 8-27. 50 E Congress Pkwy www.ticketmaster.com and all Ticketmaster outlets Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago- Noism07. Feb 1-3. 1306 S Michigan Ave ... |
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|  | Arts
**** Aldo Castillo Gallery- Matin Soto: New Works. Thru Jan 31, 2007. Aldo Castillo is an openly gay Nicaraguan gallery director, curator, art dealer, artist and human rights activist. In his struggle for recognition in the ... |
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|  | Gay Games Chicago Official DVD Out
Just in time for the holiday gift season, the organizers of the 2006 Gay Games in Chicago have released a feature-length DVD with more than two hours of coverage from the huge July sports & cultural festival. Edited from 200 ... |
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|  | Identity Calendar
Friday, Dec. 1 Latinos Progresando Appreciation/Holiday Party. Celebrating another exciting year in the fight for immigrant rights. Open bar, food, entertainment. 6:30 p.m., $25 in advance, $35 at door, Providence of God Church, 717 W. 18th ... |
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|  | Condom Couture
Brazilian artist Adriana Bertini has a slightly different take on the rubber suit. Bertini, an international sensation dedicated to HIV prevention, takes fashion design to a whole new level. Her colorful latex creations—from cute cocktail dresses ... |
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|  | MLK Memorial Groundbreaking Takes Place in D.C.
Icons from every field convened Nov. 13 at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., where construction got under way for a monument honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., CNN reported. President George W. Bush ... |
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|  | Panel Discusses Homophobia and Black Churches
Everything from the military to trauma was discussed at 'Black Homophobia, Black Churches, Black Lives: Our Griots Tell Their Stories,' a forum held Nov. 13 at Bella Bacino's, 75 E. Wacker. Approximately 50 people packed the ... |
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|  | WCAA Men's Basketball Season to Start
The Windy City Men's Basketball League, one of the oldest and largest gay basketball leagues in the world, is gearing up for its 2006-'07 season. There will be open gym sessions, Dec. 2, 9, 16 ... |
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|  | Women's Dodgeball Sign-Ups Set
Make room for Chicagoland's newest women's dodgeball league. The season will run from the first Friday of January to the last Friday in March. Play times will be 7-9:15 p.m at Pottawattomie Park, 7340 N. ... |
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|  | Chicago House Offers 'Wrapture'
On Dec. 13, Chicago House will host Champagne Wrapture at the Preston Bradley Hall of the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington, 6-9 p.m. Co-chairs Christopher Hubbard, David Kaufman and Tom Segal invite guests to ... |
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|  | Trans Vigil Calls for End to Violence
Standing in the cold, under the towering sign of a 7-11 on the corner of Roscoe and Halsted on Nov. 20, a small group gathered for the Illinois Gender Advocates Transgender Day of Remembrance to honor ... |
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|  | AFC Offers Opportunity to See The Color Purple
AIDS Foundation of Chicago ( AFC ) is offering the public a chance to see the very first Sunday matinee of The Color Purple at the Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W. Randolph. AFC has partnered ... |
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|  | Rice Steps Down as City's Treasurer
Judith Rice is stepped down on Dec. 1 from her role as the Chicago's treasurer. She stated that she left the position to spend more time with her family, 'which is growing older and needs more of my time,' according ... |
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|  | Amigas Latinas Holds Party
Amigas Latinas held its 11th Anniversary & Scholarship Dinner, '¡Siempre Latina!,' Nov. 4, at the Garden Manor, 4722 W. Armitage. Amigas Latinas began in 1995 and is proud to be celebrating 11 years of providing safe ... |
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|  | GLOBAL RHYTHMS: TAPEPLAS
Telling Stories Through Dance
TAPEPLAS, a contemporary percussive dance company from Barcelona, Spain, recently performed a program called 'BoomBach' at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 E. Chicago, as part of a showcase hosted by The Chicago Human Rhythm Project. ... |
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|  | BEHIV Selling Holiday Ornaments
Proving that it's never too early to start shilling for the holidays (especially when it's for a worthy cause) , Better Existence with HIV (BEHIV) —a Chicago and Evanston-based ... |
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|  | PASSAGES: Ed Bradley
Veteran 60 Minutes correspondent Ed Bradley, known for his coolness and a uniquely empathetic style, passed away Nov. 9 of complications from chronic lymphocytic leukemia, according to The New York Times. He was 65. Bradley ... |
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|  | Free Legal Seminars to be Held at Howard Brown
A series of free legal seminars—co-sponsored by Howard Brown Health Center; The Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago; The Chicago Public Library; and The Chicago Bar Association Committee on Legal Rights of Lesbians and ... |