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28Mar. 5, 2014WINDY CITY TIMESCALENDARBrought to you by thecombined efforts ofWed., March 5Affinity Forty Plus Meeting Includes but isnot limited to individuals who identify aslesbian, bisexual, or transgender womenwho are at least 40 years of age. Led byGlynis Morris. Activities defined by participants.Meets on the 4th Wednesday of themonth. 7:00pm Affinity Community Services1424 E. 53rd St. Suite 306 http://www.affinity95.orgGenderQueer Chicago GenderQueer Chicagois a grassroots, peer-led group that worksto create safe spaces for all of us to talkabout, think about, explore, and expressgender. They are open to those who wishto talk and think about gender. Gender-Queer Chicago meets every Wednesdayevening from 7:00 to 9:00PM. 7:00pm- 9:00pm Center on Halsted 3656 N HalstedSt., http://www.centeronhalsted.orgBQAC/Bisexual Queer Alliance of ChicagoMarch monthly meeting A newBQAC board has been elected and thereis so much to do for those of us of fluidsexuality! Like provide safe space; end bierasureand biphobia through education,outreach and activism; and plan a socialevent or two. 7:00pm Center on Halsted3656 N Halsted http://www.meetup.com/chicago-bisexual-queer-meetup/events/168409922/?a=ea1_grp&rv=ea1Avital Norman Nathman, Deborah Seigeland Gina Crosely-Corcoran Contributorsto The Good Mother Myth: RedefiningMotherhood to Fit Reality 7:30pmWomen & Children First Bookstore, 5233N. Clark St.Thursday, March 6Chris Hughes The openly gay co-founderof Facebook will appear as part of theschool’s Roland Quest Lecture Series.7:00pm Frick Center, Elmhurst College,Elmhurst http://public.elmhurst.edu/cultural_eventsImerman Angels Second Annual Blue andWhite Party One-on-one cancer supportorganization annual Spring event continuesto grow the world’s largest databaseof “Mentor Angels” -- volunteer cancersurvivors and caregivers trained to providepersonalized 1-on-1 support to anyonetouched by cancer. 7:00pm - 10:00pmJohn Barleycorn River North, 149 W KinzieSt., http://mermanAngels.orgSeven Homeless Mammoths Wander NewEngland previews Dean’s ex has returnedto live with her, complicating her relationshipwith her new (and much younger)girlfriend. Rated M for mature content andlanguage.Features simulated sex betweenprehistoric college students and contemporarylesbians. Preview tickets $12-$188:00pm Theater Wit 1229 W BelmontAve. 773-97-8150 http://www.Theater-Wit.orgFriday, March 7Affinity Meet Up at eta Creative ArtsFoundation Let’s Talk Out Loud. MarriageEquality and Beyond. 1:00pm etaCreative Arts Foundation 7558 S. SouthChicago Chicago , IL 60619 http://www.affinity95.orgFirst Friday Fun, cocktails, musicals, anddoor prize drawings. For a $10 donation atthe door to the Equality Illinois PAC, youreceive two drink tickets and a ticket fora door prize drawings. 6:00pm - 8:00pmSidetrack 3349 N Halsted St http://www.equalityillinois.us/events/first-friday-5Gay Bowling Tournament 2014 Second CityOpen Chicago (SCOTCH) Bowling Tournament.Doubles and team events. Entryfee $99, plus nominal processing fee.Also, senior handicap division, entry fee$10. Backed Chicago Metropolitan SportsAssociation (CMSA). Also see: Openingnightparty March 7 and banquet/awardspresentation March 9. email bod3@chicagomsa.org.9:00pm - 11:00pm WavelandBowl 3700 N Western http://scotch.chicagomsa.orgSaturday, March 8Frontrunners/ Frontwalkers Chicago FunRun/Walk A club for lesbians, gay men,bisexuals, transexuals and friends whoare interested in running and walkingtogether along Chicago’s great open lakefront,meeting twice weekly, on Saturdaysat 9am and Tuesdays at 6:30pm 9:00amTotem Pole in Lincoln Park https://www.facebook.com/groups/52950773133/Let’s Do It! winter cabaret and fundraiserfor Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus Let’s DoIt! winter cabaret and fundraiser for ChicagoGay Men’s Chorus Support the greatwork of CGMC and celebrate the works ofCole Porter, Stephen Schwartz, and EltonJohn. $35 - $50. Order online or byphone. 12:00pm Mayslake PeabodyEstate, 1717 West 31st St., Oak Brook800-838-3006 http://lets-do-it.brownpapertickets.com/?utm_source=2014.02.20.LetsDoItFinalPush&utm_campaign=2014.02.20+LDI&utm_medium=emailImmigrant Youth Justice Leagues annual“Coming Out of the Shadows Show thepresence of a large LGBTQ communitythat is also a member of the immigrantcommunity, or be there in solidarity withundocumented folks organizing againstdeportations. 12:00pm Federal Plaza 50W. Adams St. https://www.facebook.com/events/652545481470103/A Champagne Toast to Jazz Royalty Annualbenefit shhh…OUT! Lakeside Pride JazzEnsemble. Special feature on the musicof the great Billy Strayhorn, one of thefirst and few openly gay composers of histime. 6:30 p.m. reception. $25 advance.$35 door. 7:30pm Center on Halsted3656 N Halsted http://lakesidepride.cloudaccess.net/index.php/champagne.html Tickets: https://www.vendini.com/ticket-software.html?t=tix&e=d9d478622a8cc6c432dabee2334bb95eMatthew Morrison Broadway and televisionstar to take the stage at DominicanUniversity’s 34th Annual Trustee BenefitConcert and Gala. DConcert tickets startat $27. Tickets to the gala, including theconcert, cocktail reception and dinner, are$350. 8:00pm Lund Auditorium DominicanUniversity 7900 W Division St., RiverForest, 708-488-5000, http://www.dom.edu/advancement/giving/benefit/index.htmlAlvin Ailey American Dance Theater:Chroma / Four Corners / RevelationsIn their Chicago home at the AuditoriumTheatre. Contemporary favoritesto beloved classics. $32 - $92 8:00pmAuditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University50 E Congress Pkwy., 800.982.ARTS(2787), http://www.auditoriumtheatre.org/pages/home/performances-events/performances.php?event_id=455Sunday, March 9Ethical Humanist Society of Chicago Meetingevery Sunday from 10:30 to noon,featuring a speaker on a variety of topics--personal ethics, education, psychology,politics, philosophy, medical care, equalrights, the environment, etc., followedby a coffee hour. Free and open to thepublic. Also Sunday School, weddings,service projects, book group, film group.10:30am - 12:00pm Ethical HumanistSociety of Chicago 7574 N. Lincoln Ave.Skokie , IL 60077 http://www.ethicalhuman.orgScott Duff hosts LGBT radio talk showLGBT-specific talk show “Out Chicago” onpolitics, entertainment, celebrity gossip11:00am - 1:00pm WCPT 820 AMFinally Forever: A Wedding Expo Only membersof the Chicago Area Gay & LesbianChamber of Commerce will participate asvendor exhibitors. $100 for a vender spotat the expo. 11:00am - 4:00pm ChicagoGay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce3179 N Clark http://www.glchamber.orgRock of Ages Brunch Rockin’ music, martinis,big hair, leather pants and eyeliner.Diva Madam X will perform as Joan Jett,Pat Benatar and other ‘80s rock stars,POZ AND EFFECTWed., March 12POZ magazine founderSean Strub will be atCenter on Halsted andTest Positive AwareNetwork.Photo from 2012 event by KatFitzgeraldwhile Rock of Ages the movie plays on KitKat’s seven jumbo projection screens. Fivelucky brunch guests will receive a pair oftickets to see the Broadway in Chicagoperformance of Rock of Ages. Table reservationsby phone 11:00am - 4:00pmKit Kat Lounge & Supper Club 3700 NHalsted 773-525-1111 http://www.Kit-KatChicago.coThis Is Not a Cure for Cancer As part ofthe “incite change” mission, Collaboractionhas Community Partners who are supportingthe company’s upcoming worldpremiere live theater event attackingcancer, its treatment and the way we live.Representatives from Gilda’s Club Chicagowill be on hand every Sunday 3:00pmCollaboraction - Flat Iron Arts Building1579 N. Milwaukee Ave. 3rd Floor 312-226-9633 http://collaboraction.orgMonday, March 10Joliet Marriage Forum Co-hosted by EqualityIllinois and the Safe Zone Allies, aimedat educating about SB10, dispellingmyths, and empowering same-sex couplesand their families to understand and useall their state and federal marriage rights.Registration is recommended, online.6:00pm - 7:00pm Joliet Junior College,Center Bridge H1012 1215 Houbolt Rd.,Joliet Tickets: http://equalityfederation.salsalabs.com/o/35010/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=2859CCP and Team Fred 2014 Ride for AIDScabaret fundraiser Our mission is to raisefunds for our upcoming shows and projectswhile also helping to raise money forTeam Fred for the 2014 Chicago Ride forAIDS. 7:00pm - 10:00pm, www.facebook.com/events/820037854678950/That’s Weird Grandma: Behind the (monkey)music All musical revue. Written andperformed by Chicago public school students8:00pm The Neo-Futurarium 5153N Ashland http://neofuturists.org/Tuesday, March 11Applied Words: “It Gets Better” Guild LiteraryComplex in collaboration with AboutFace Theatre and in conjunction with theirproduction of Brahman/i, a night of comedicstories about history, mythology,gender roles and high school. Hosted bycomedienne Tamale and featuring LilyBe, Greg Ledger and others, part one of atwo-part series on comedy. More information,exact start time to come. 21+ event12:00pm Schubas Tavern, 3159 N SouthportAve., http://www.guildcomplex.orgHow to Survive a Plague The story of twocoalitions-ACT UP and TAG (Treatment ActionGroup)-whose activism and innovationturned AIDS from a death sentenceinto a manageable condition. Never-before-seenarchival footage from the 1980sand ‘90s. No cost for admission. Food andbeverages available for purchase. 6:30pm- 9:30pm Theory, 9 W Hubbard St., Chicagohttp://surviveaplague.comWed., March 12Sean Strub: HIV Today: A Discussion,Reading/Signing Veteran AIDS activistSean Strub, the nationally recognizedfounder of POZ magazine, member of ACTUP/New York, theatre producer, pioneeringLGBT community marketer and authorof the new memoir, Body Counts, chroniclinghis 35 years on the frontlines of theLGBT and AIDS movements, just publishedby Scribner. Sean Strub will hold two readingsand signings for Body Counts in Chicago.Admission is free. 2:00pm - 3:30pmCenter on Halsted 3656 N Halsted http://www.centeronhalsted.orgBody Counts: An Evening with Sean Strub,Reading/Q&A Veteran AIDS activist SeanStrub, the nationally recognized founderof POZ magazine, member of ACT UP/NewYork, theatre producer, pioneering LGBTcommunity marketer and author of thenew memoir, Body Counts, chroniclinghis 35 years on the frontlines of the LGBTand AIDS movements, just published hismemoir Body Counts: a Memoir of Politics,Sex, AIDS, and Survival. 6:30pm - 8:30pmTest Positive Aware Network (TPAN) 5050N Broadway, Suite #300, http://www.tpan.comMerrily We Go To Hell 11th Annual DykeDelicious presents one of the earliest filmsto question traditional hetero-normativemarital structures. To escape an arrangedmarriage, heiress Joan Prentice (SylviaSidney) elopes with reporter Jerry Corbett(Fredric March). 6:30pm - 8:30pm ColumbiaCollege Chicago Ferguson Theatre,600 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago http://chicagofilmmakers.org/cf/genre/17GRAND from page 25soccer, built treehouses, were good studentsand became Eagle Scouts. When I realized Iwas gay, I felt that I no longer fit what it meanto be all-American—which is another reason Ichose that to be my first song. Gay values areAmerican values, and they’re family values.WCT: There will be 12 songs on the album?SG: As of right now, yes. I’m going to bebreaking my butt to get 12 songs on there.WCT: Is it whittling what you have down to12 that’s the trouble?SG: Eleven of the songs are definite at thispoint. This is my first time working with aproducer who’s had some success, and I knowwhat I want—or if I don’t know what I want, Iknow when I’m not happy so I keep searching.Everything has to feel right with me.I have a big catalog of songs; some werewritten when I was 18, and some were writtenjust a couple months ago. There are at least 20other songs.WCT: It sounds like you could have a doublealbum.SG: I could, and I’m so eager to put musicout there. In the future, I will release morebodies of work more often, but they’ll be smaller.I was going to release an EP but I’ve been intouch with my fans; social media is a beautifulthing but I don’t get a day off. [Laughs] I lovetalking with them and connecting with them.I’m already thinking about my next release; theday after this album drops, I’ll be planning thenext few songs and videos. I need to make themost of these years and pent-up energy whileI have them.“All-American Boy” came out almost 10 yearsto the day when I realized I was attracted toanother guy. It’s been a tumultuous journey, sothere’s a lot I have to say.WCT: It seems like the best part of this, foryou, is making music that satisfies you andthe fans. Is there any down side to all of it?SG: I’m my own harshest critic so nothingsomeone could say I haven’t already said aboutmyself. Everything I’ve done so far is so overwhelminglypositive. I put a lot of pressure onmyself and I don’t want to let my fans down.People can say what they want about me.Especially as a gay person, we are coming toterms with the idea that we’re all individualsand that we all don’t subscribe to the samevalue systems. We all think and feel differently.I’m excited for my generation because we won’tDustin Lance Blackat Elmhurston May 8Openly gay and Oscar-winning screenwriterDustin Lance Black (Milk) will be at ElmhurstCollege’s Frick Center Thursday, May 8, at 7p.m.In addition to Milk, Black’s credits alsoinclude the movie J. Edgar and the play 8,which portrays the closing arguments in thefederal trial that led to the overturning ofCalifornia’s Proposition 8 and the establishmentof marriage equality in the nation’slargest state..Visit http://public.elmhurst.edu/cultural_events.feel that something a gay person does is representativeof the whole community. That’s asign of progress because it shows we’re justlike everyone else. Being gay is an importantpiece of you, but it doesn’t stop you from doingwhat you want to do or believing what youFacebookco-founderat Elmhurst onMarch 6Chris Hughes, the openly gay co-founder ofFacebook, will be at Elmhurst College’s FrickCenter Thursday, March 6, at 7 p.m.According to the college’s website, “bythe age of 25, Hughes had helped to createtwo of history’s most successful startups:Facebook and the social media machine thatmade Barack Obama president.” Hughes marriedSean Eldridge in 2012.The appearance is part of the school’s RolandQuest Lecture Series. Visit http://public.elmhurst.edu/cultural_events.want to believe.See www.SteveGrand.com and https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stevegrand/all-american-boy-the-album?ref=live formore information.