| November 1 Amy Ray Ensemble at Old Town School (class runs until December 18) |
Do you love the Indigo Girls and especially A-Ray? Come join the Amy Ray Ensemble at the Old Town School, 4544 N. Lincoln on Thurs. nights Oct. 30-Dec. 18, 8 week session. For intermediate guitar players.
We'll cover tunes from Amy Ray's brand new album, plus a few gems from the Indigo vault. To register, call 773-728-6000 or online at www.oldtownschool.org. Electric or acoustic instruments welcome. |
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| November 1 RTG Dance's FOURS |
RTG Dance is celebrating our fourth season with Fours, an evening of new dance works exploring the possibilities of the number Four, including two new quartets and two new solos. These works represent a choreographic process of exploring structures such as accumulations to find form and flirt with themes of cabaret, evolution, numerology, and animal behavior.
Dancers/Performers: Sabrina Cavins, Rachel Thorne Germond, Erin Kilmurray, Annie Rudnik, Jeannine Salemi, Renata Sheppard, Gina T'ai, Jennifer Thompson, and Grace Whitworth.
Friday and Saturday @ 8:00pm Sunday @ 7:00pm
Tickets are $15 general admission/ $12 low income
and my be reserved in advance and purchased at the door by calling Links Hall at 773-281-0824 or purchased online at www.brownpapertickets.com |
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| November 1 Fall Hike: Starved Rock State Park |
Date & Time: Nov. 1, 10:30am
Location: Visitor Center, SR-71 & Illinois Route 178, Oglesby, IL 61348
Details: Join Chicago Lesbian Brunch Group for a day of leisure hiking and spectacular fall foliage. Car pooling coordinated.
Reservation: Not necessary but preferred so we know you will be there.
Contact Kelly (pphd1226@yahoo.com) or visit http://gaypros.meetup.com/283
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| November 1 Frontrunners/ Frontwalkers |
| FrontRunners/ FrontWalkers Chicago is a club for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transexuals and friends who are interested in running and walking together along Chicago's great open lakefront. We meet twice weekly, on Saturdays at 9:00 a.m. and Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. We always start from the Totem Pole in Lincoln Park. After each run/walk we eat together at a nearby, modestly priced restaurant. On the second Saturday of each month there is a women's brunch following the run/walk. |
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| November 4 Election Party w Athens Boys Choir, Anaturale, 8 Inch Betsy and lemmy caution |
Barack my World at the Abbey Pub!! 8 Inch Betsy, Athens Boys Choir (Athens, GA) and Anaturale (Ashville NC) and Lemmy Caution play a show at the Abbey Pub (3420 W. Grace, Chicago) on November 4th...supporting Barack Obama.
Doors at 7/Show at 8
18+
$6 in advance/$8 at the door |
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| November 4 Frontrunners/ Frontwalkers |
| FrontRunners/ FrontWalkers Chicago is a club for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transexuals and friends who are interested in running and walking together along Chicago's great open lakefront. We meet twice weekly, on Saturdays at 9:00 a.m. and Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. We always start from the Totem Pole in Lincoln Park. After each run/walk we eat together at a nearby, modestly priced restaurant. Run with us tonight, then we'll go to an election party! |
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| November 6 Reeling 2008:
The 27th Chicago Lesbian & Gay
International Film Festival (until Nov. 16th) |
| It's time again for the queer film fest! Festival runs from November 6-16th 2008. Check out dykediva.com for film reviews. Check out Reeling's website for full schedule and descriptions: http://www.reelingfilmfestival.org/reeling2008/index.html |
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| November 8 Bowling in the burbs & dining |
This is a dining and bowling event now if u cant bowl u can watch us, or just do the dining. We are going to meet at Georges in Lockport. For details, please visit their website at http://www.georges-lockport.com.
Prices are pretty reasonable and the food is good. Great atmosphere, too!
Please do rsvp and let me know u are coming. RSVP to meetup4burbs@Yahoo.com.We will meet at 3:30 |
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| November 8 Frontrunners/ Frontwalkers |
| FrontRunners/ FrontWalkers Chicago is a club for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transexuals and friends who are interested in running and walking together along Chicago's great open lakefront. We meet twice weekly, on Saturdays at 9:00 a.m. and Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. We always start from the Totem Pole in Lincoln Park. After each run/walk we eat together at a nearby, modestly priced restaurant. On the second Saturday of each month there is a women's brunch following the run/walk. |
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| November 8 Sandhill Crane Viewing & Hiking |
Join Chicago Lesbian Brunch Group for an exciting nature adventure to see the migrating sandhill cranes & other migratory birds as they wind their way through northwestern Indiana. We will start our Saturday with hikes in the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore area along the Cowles Bog Trail. For directions and map, please visit http://www.nps.gov/indiana
Later in the afternoon, we will drive 45 minutes south to the Jasper-Pulaski State Fish & Wildlife Area to watch as thousands of sandhill cranes return at dusk to bed down for the night.
Meeting Location: Indiana Dunes, 1100 N. Mineral Springs Rd, Chesterton, 46304
Time: 10:30am
Contact: Kelly (pphd1226@yahoo.com)
Web: http://gaypros.meetup.com |
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| November 8 Fish Tank at Spin! |
DummyCorps Brings to the Stage:
An Evening to Benefit the Windy City Blenders
Your Emcee for the Night:
The Fabulous Jenna D.
Performances By:Red Hot Annie, Candyland, Special K,
Huge Jardon,
Miss Truly F*cking Fabulous,
Todd Hot Bod,
Crispin Lover-Her,
Queen C,
Amby Dextrous,
Claire de Lune,
DJ Chris Eterno on the Dance floor.
VJ Riley York in the Video bar.
10pm-3am, $5 cover / 21+ event
Windy City Blenders is a collection of neo-burlesque and drag king performers who travel and work with performance communities abroad.
Determined to build bridges internationally, we donate our time, energy, and resources to bring Chicago-style queer performance across borders and into different and new scenes. |
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| November 13 Alison Bechdel at Women & Children First! |
Thursday, Nov. 13, 7:30 p.m.
Alison Bechdel - The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For
Women and Children First Bookstore
5233 N. Clark
Andersonville
773/769-9299
www.womenandchildrenfirst.com
www.MySpace.com/Womenandkids
Feminists Rock!
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| November 14 Okvemberfest |
Oktoberfest goes gay - meaning fashionably late and well catered...
Friday, November 14, 2008 + 7:00pm - 10:00pm
In Fine Spirits + 5420 N. Clark St.
We're calling it Okvemberbest. Come for the beef tartar, the duck confit, the hickory smoked lobster salad (and veggie options!), or the wide selection of artisanal beers selected for this event from microbreweries in the upper Midwest. Stay for an evening filled with great company as we set the tone for you to meet and mingle with a great set of single LGBT folk in a fun, low-pressure environment. The cost for this event is $45 for the evening, which includes food, drinks and all the fun you've come to expect from an evening with SCENE.
RSVP to scenechicago@gmail.com by Monday, Nov. 10 so we can be sure to have enough food and drink on hand.
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| November 15 Viva Beyondmedia! |
Join media-arts organization Beyondmedia Education for
Viva Beyondmedia! the ANNUAL FUNDRAISING GALA on November 15th.
DETAILS:
Viva Beyondmedia! - an elegant cocktail party with petite sweets,
silent auction, video presentation, and music by DJ Mwana Comete.
Funds raised support Beyondmedia Education.
Date: November 15, 2008
Location: Society for the Preservation of Arts and Culture
(S.P.A.C.E.) (1245 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL)
Advance tickets - VIP $100, $60, $30. At door add $5.
VIP reception - 7:30pm/Doors 8pm
For info and tickets: http://www.beyondmedia.org/viva/index.html or
call 773-857-7300.
If you're out of town, or otherwise can't make it - please consider
buying an absentee ticket.
We're also selling raffle tix which you can buy online - 1/$5, 5/$20. Prize - two FIRST CLASS tickets to anywhere in the continental US.
Your
contribution helps support Beyondmedia's programs for under-served and
under-represented women, youth and communities to tell their stories,
connect their stories to the world around us, and organize for social
justice through the creation and distribution of media arts.
For info and tickets: http://www.beyondmedia.org/viva/index.html or
call 773-857-7300.
Come to the event, have a great time, and party in the spirit of change! |
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| November 15 Protest Against Prop 8 |
As many of you are already aware, the voters of California last Tuesday approved Proposition 8, an amendment to the state constitution that eliminates the right of same-sex couples to marry. Similar same-sex marriage bans were approved by voters in Florida and Arizona. And in Arkansas, a particularly horrible ballot initiative was passed that prevents gay couples from adopting or becoming foster parents.
Prop 8 may have made headlines over the last week, but this is an issue that goes far beyond California. The struggle for equal rights transcends all state borders. When injustice is committed against some of us, it impacts us all. And it is up to us to stand together and speak out. We have allowed ourselves to be bullied and targeted for far too long.
On Saturday, Nov. 15, simultaneous protests against Prop 8 and other pieces of homophobic legislation will take place in dozens of American cities.
For more information about the protests or to organize a rally in your area, visit www.jointheimpact.com.
The Chicago rally will be held downtown at Federal Plaza (Dearborn and Adams) at 12:30 p.m. For more information on the Chicago protest, visit www.gayliberation.net
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| November 15 Geocaching: Piltcher Park at Joliet Park District |
Experience treasure hunting for today's tech-savvy explorers. Geocaching is an adventure game for Global Positioning System (GPS) users to cache and find locations with actual hidden items. Using a GPS device, you'll explore the outdoor environment while learning about geographic coordinates and satellite technology. Geocaching experts will be on hand to help guide you as well as provide a history of geocaching and the many everyday uses of GPS technology. All Ages. This is an outdoor walking tour (2 hours).
Organizer: Chicago Lesbian Brunch Group (http://www.meetup.com/queergirls)
Ticket cost: $7 (Please purchase the ticket from Science Chicago http://www.sciencechicago.com/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=1641)
The park is accessible by Metra. If you need to car pool, please contact Kelly (pphd1226@yahoo.com).
9:45am |
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| November 15 FrontRunners/FrontWalkers |
FrontRunners/ FrontWalkers Chicago is a club for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transexuals and friends who are interested in running and walking together along Chicago's great open lakefront. We meet twice weekly, on Saturdays at 9:00 a.m. and Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. We always start from the Totem Pole in Lincoln Park. After each run/walk we eat together at a nearby, modestly priced restaurant. On the second Saturday of each month there is a women's brunch following the run/walk.
11pm - DJ Set by DJ SKY
RED LINE TAP
7006 N. Glenwood
Chicago, IL
Cover: Five Bucks
For More Info:
www.myspace.com/cakechicago
Off the Morse El Stop(Red Line)
THANKS!
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| November 15 Sappho's Salon: Provocative Lesbian Diversions |
Saturday, November 15, 7:30 p.m.
Sappho's Salon featuring La Dulce Palabra Queer Spoken Word Collective, DJ SpinNikki.
$7-10 sliding fee donation includes refreshments
Women and Children First Bookstore
5233 N. Clark
Andersonville
773/769-9299
www.womenandchildrenfirst.com
www.MySpace.com/Womenandkids
Feminists Rock!
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| November 17 Women's Expressive Art Group |
Women's Expressive Art Group - SAGE at Center on Halsted Art Program
This program is designed to bring women together in a comfortable atmosphere to explore art making and expression. No registration required. FREE.
The SAGE program (formerly our Just4Adults program) is designed to meet the unique needs of Chicago's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community members who are 55 years of age and older. The program provides social opportunities, education, outreach, support groups, and workshops on such issues as preparing for retirement, caring for aging parents, insurance realities, celebrating LGBT lives in film, and writing our histories.
6:30pm-9:00pm every 3rd Monday of the month.
Upcoming Meeting: November 17th 2008
email: gporte@saic.edu
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| November 20 Jules Rosskam's queer/trans film fundraiser and screening |
Please join us to raise distribution funds for Jules Rosskam's newest film, "against a trans narrative".
This is event sponsored by The Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media.
We will screen the film in its entirety, have a Q & A with the filmmaker, and enjoy a reception with delicious food and wine. Tickets are $20-$50* (sliding scale) and can be purchased at the door.
With your ticket you get to see, and be part of, an important and politically challenging project, and you get to eat and drink your hearts content. Sleep well knowing that every penny of your donation goes towards the distribution of this film. Beyondmedia Education, the films fiscal sponsor, will also be at the event to take your tax-deductible donations.
Location: Columbia College's Film Row Cinema, 1104 S. Wabash, 8th Floor Chicago, Illinois 60605.
Time: 6-9PM
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| November 21 Cake Chicago Presents: "Polyester November." |
Cake Chicago Presents: "Polyester November."
We've been blending queer artistry into the general public through live music and more...For 2 Years!!!
November 21st - 9pm
The Red Line Tap
7006 N. Glenwood - Chicago ,IL (Morse Ave. + Glenwood)
Show Theme - Come dressed in anything Polyester...
Featuring:
Ripley Caine @ 9pm
Congress of Starlings @ 10pm
Moses Valdez @ 11pm
Make Art, Eat Cake...
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| November 22 Frontrunners/ Frontwalkers |
| FrontRunners/ FrontWalkers Chicago is a club for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transexuals and friends who are interested in running and walking together along Chicago's great open lakefront. We meet twice weekly, on Saturdays at 9:00 a.m. and Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. We always start from the Totem Pole in Lincoln Park. After each run/walk we eat together at a nearby, modestly priced restaurant. On the second Saturday of each month there is a women's brunch following the run/walk. |
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| November 29 FrontRunners/FrontWalkers |
| FrontRunners/ FrontWalkers Chicago is a club for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transexuals and friends who are interested in running and walking together along Chicago's great open lakefront. We meet twice weekly, on Saturdays at 9:00 a.m. and Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. We always start from the Totem Pole in Lincoln Park. After each run/walk we eat together at a nearby, modestly priced restaurant. On the second Saturday of each month there is a women's brunch following the run/walk. |
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| November 30 Queer Bowling |
Bowling at Timber Lanes: Get your mind (and your ball) out of the gutter...
7:00pm – 10:00pm, Timber Lanes + 1851 W. Irving Park Rd.
We're taking it back to simpler days, when bowling was an All-American pastime. Consider it retro-chic, or come prepared to wow us with your hidden skills. We've reserved all eight lanes at Timber Lanes on Sunday, November 30 from 7-10pm.
$30 gets you all the bowling you can cram into three hours, as well as hors d'oeuvres (munchies) to keep your stamina up while you knock the pins down and meet other fun single-ish LGBTQ folks from around the city. Timber Lanes has a cash bar. RSVP now to scenechicago@gmail.com so we can begin assembling a tournament tree! |
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