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Photo by Molly Adams<br />
Facebook photo of Lamia Beard<br />
BY SCOTT C. MORGAN<br />
It was a honeymoon journey through Wisconsin that inspired<br />
Evanston-based husband-and-wife team Rick Kinnebrew and<br />
Martha Meyer to write Ten Dollar House. Pride Films and Plays<br />
presents the Chicago-area debut of the new play this month,<br />
which is very appropriate because an earlier version of the<br />
work was previously submitted for one of the company’s many<br />
LGBTQ writing competitions.<br />
The Wisconsin town of Mineral Point (located about 50 miles<br />
southwest of Madison) sparked the imaginations of Kinnebrew<br />
and Meyer when they first learned of the late gay couple Robert<br />
Neal and Edgar Hellum. The two men had a passion for<br />
antiques and historical preservation, and ultimately helped<br />
to save the fortunes of the dying mining town during the difficult<br />
years of the Great Depression.<br />
Photo of the White House bathed in rainbow light after<br />
Robert Neal and Edgar Hellum.<br />
Photo courtesy of Mineral Point Archives<br />
“We toured this house that was a 1830s mining cottage that<br />
was restored by Bob and Edgar in the 1930s,” said Kinnebrew<br />
about the historic Cornish-modeled buildings now known as<br />
the Pendarvis historic site. “We were more interested in their<br />
story and how they had to be very discreet about their sexual<br />
orientation in the community.”<br />
Kinnebrew said Neal and Hellum initially planned to run a<br />
business selling antiques. Yet it was another of Neal and Hellum’s<br />
creations and other circumstances which helped turn<br />
Mineral Point into an artsy tourist destination.<br />
“We were drawn to it as a love story,” said Kinnebrew, adding<br />
that he and Meyer also have friends and family members who<br />
are gay. “But it has a particular barrier. [Neal and Hellum]<br />
couldn’t fully be out.”<br />
WINDY CITY TIMES<br />
Jan. 6, 2016 7<br />
WINDY CITY TIMES<br />
INDEX<br />
NEWS<br />
Gay publisher dies 8<br />
LV Jordan still seeks kidney donor 9<br />
Looking back at nat’l news of 2015 10<br />
Local passages of 2015 12<br />
Trans murders of 2015 13<br />
World news of 2015 14<br />
Androgynous model Mack Dihle 16<br />
Viewpoints: Gage 18<br />
ENTERTAINMENT/EVENTS<br />
Scottish Play Scott: El Switch 19<br />
Theater reviews 20<br />
Entertainment news of 2015 22<br />
KATM: Joy; The Revenant 24<br />
NIGHTSPOTS 27<br />
OUTLINES<br />
Calendar Q 29<br />
Classifieds 30<br />
vol 31, no. 15 Jan. 6, 2016<br />
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RETURN OF THE MACK<br />
Androgynous model Mack Dihle makes waves.<br />
16<br />
online exclusives at<br />
www.WindyCityTimes.com<br />
TRANS MURDERS<br />
Reached epidemic proportions in 2015.<br />
13<br />
download<br />
this issue<br />
and browse the archives at<br />
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<strong>HISTORIC</strong><br />
<strong>PRESERVATION</strong><br />
A tale of two men and a house<br />
LOOKING BACK<br />
National LGBT news of 2015.<br />
the marriage-equality ruling by Karen Dixon 10<br />
Turn to page 23<br />
LE SWITCH<br />
A look at a new About Face Theatre<br />
production.<br />
Photo of cast by Timmy Samuel/Starbelly Studios 19<br />
in remembrance<br />
Dirk Shafer (left) is among those LGBT<br />
individuals who passed away in 2015.<br />
Facebook photo<br />
F<br />
ARE WE STILL<br />
‘BEHIND’ THE SCENES<br />
FRIDAY JANUARY 22<br />
5:30 P.M. RECEPTION • 6:30 P.M. PROGRAM<br />
BUNDT SERIOUSLY...<br />
Dining news includes the opening of<br />
Nothing Bundt Cakes.<br />
SCREEN TIME<br />
Old 37 and the gay films Nasty Baby<br />
and Velociraptor are among those in<br />
the newest Disc and That column.<br />
Windy City Times reviews Robin Talley’s<br />
book What We Left Behind.<br />
Photo by Sue Hardesty<br />
BIAS REPORT<br />
Now that marriage equality is the law<br />
of the land and childrearing is more<br />
common in the LGBTQ community,<br />
are we becoming too integrated into<br />
mainstream society? How did we<br />
define ourselves as LGBTQ peoples<br />
in the past, and have those identities<br />
changed today? Jennifer Brier<br />
moderates a diverse panel, including<br />
Ricardo Gamboa, Yasmin Nair,<br />
Francesca Royster, and Joseph<br />
Varisco as they ask – and answer –<br />
these essential questions in a series<br />
of witty and fast-paced presentations<br />
followed by a debate.<br />
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DAILY BREAKING NEWS<br />
Jason Cianciotto, in an op-ed, talks about<br />
how anti-LGBTQ discrimination can be<br />
economically destructive.<br />
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