THE VOICE OF CHICAGO’S GAY, LESBIAN, BI AND TRANS COMMUNITY SINCE 1985 September 26, 2007 • vol 23 no 03 HIV Vaccine Trials Stopped By Bob Roehr

International clinical trials of what many be- lieved to be the most promising vaccine against PLAYWRIGHT HIV were stopped on Sept. 21. The STEP study enrolled 3,000 participants in a joint effort by NICK PATRICCA the pharmaceutical company Merck and the NIH page 12 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Dis- eases (NIAID). It was begun in December 2004. The vaccine neither reduced the number of persons who became infected, nor eased the course of disease of those who became infected, according to a scheduled interim analysis. It was conducted by a Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB), an independent panel of experts that had access to all of the data that even the lead- ers of the trial could not see under the rules of the trial. In fact, those who received at least one dose of the vaccine were slightly more likely to be- come infected with HIV than were those who CHORUS GOES received a placebo. But the numbers were small, GOOD GOLLY, 24 of 744 and 21 of 762 respectively. Among OUT TO THE volunteers who received two doses of the vac- cine, 19 of 672 became infected, while only 11 BALL GAME page 5 of 691 in the placebo arm became infected. MISS MARLEE The findings did not reach what is called sta- tistical significance; the differences might pos- sibly be explained by randomness, rather than page 19 Turn to page 4

ones—for each of them to find a mate whom they love deeply and who loves them back; San Diego someone with whom they can grow old together and share life’s experiences. “In the end,” the mayor said, “I couldn’t look Mayor any of them in the face and tell them that their relationship—their very lives—were any less NO HOLDS Embraces meaningful than the marriage I share with my wife Rana.” BARR-ED page 24 Very few San Diegans, gay or straight, knew Same-Sex that Sanders’ daughter Lisa, 24, is gay, and she has declined all requests for interviews since the big announcement. This reporter did, however, Marriage snag a moment with her Sept. 20 at the kickoff event for Mayor Sanders’ re-election campaign. Councilmember Atkins: Lisa Sanders at her father’s Sept. 20 mayoral “I’m just very proud of my father,” Lisa Sand- pick it up ‘I was stunned speechless’ take it home re-election campaign-kickoff event. ers said. “And to be a part of this. It’s about Photo by Rex Wockner equality, and he’s doing the right thing, and I’m News analysis by Rex Wockner “Two years ago, I believed that civil unions very confident in him.” #911, SEPTEMBER 26, 2007 were a fair alternative,” Sanders said. “Those be- Openly lesbian City Councilmember Toni Atkins, Republican San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders liefs, in my case, have changed. The concept of a who steered the resolution through the council, abruptly changed his position on gay marriage ‘separate but equal’ institution is not something was ecstatic at Sanders’ startling about-face, es- Sept. 19, announced that his daughter is a les- I can support. pecially given that he had announced just a day bian, and signed a City Council resolution add- “I have close family members and friends who earlier that he would veto the measure. ing San Diego to a friend-of-the-court brief that are a member of the gay and lesbian commu- “I thought we were going to have to go urges the California Supreme Court to legalize nity,” Sanders continued, fighting back tears. through a veto override, and that would have same-sex marriage. “Those folks include my daughter Lisa, as well as been tough,” Atkins said in an interview. “We’d www.WindyCityQueercast.com The court is expected to rule on a same-sex members of my personal staff. I want for them Turn to page 4 marriage case early next year. the same thing that we all want for our loved www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com 2 September 26, 2007

Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders SAGE OCTOBER 2007 VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY: FRIENDLY VISITOR PROGRAM COFFEE & CONVERSATION Friendly Visitors are volunteers who provide social visits and companionship to LGBT Tuesday OCT 2 | OCT 9 | OCT 16 | OCT 23 | OCT 30 — 12:00p – 3:00p FREE elders who are homebound or living in a long-term care environment. Friendly Visitors Join us in the John Baran Senior Center. This is a safe, confidential place for participants are not chore workers, home health aids or social workers and may not perform any of to gather, socialize, and discuss concerns and ideas. Lunch is provided! the duties commonly associated with these roles. In some cases, Friendly Visitors are among the only non-professionals with whom a SAGE client has regular contact. NATIONAL COMING OUT MONTH: COMING OUT, COMING HOME SUPPORT GROUP Please be able to commit to a year of service, once a week for 30 minutes to an hour. Tuesday OCT 2 | OCT 9 | OCT 16 | OCT 23 | OCT 30 — 2:00p – 3:00p FREE Friendly Visitors will complete Center on Halsted’s volunteer orientation, in-person This group provides a supportive environment for adults 45 years and older who are interview, background screening and, if accepted to the program, Friendly Visitor beginning their coming out process. Because older adults often have well-established training. Friendly Visitors are required to attend a monthly informational support group careers and families, the struggles of coming out of the closet later in life are often and submit a simple monthly log via phone, regular mail or email. mixed with creating a new family that blends old relationships with a new community and identity. No registration required. FRIENDLY VISITOR OPEN HOUSE Thursday, OCT 25 — 3:30p – 6:30p NEEDLEWORK NIGHT Drop by to learn more about the program and complete an in-person interview. For Tuesday OCT 4 | OCT 11 | OCT 18 | OCT 25 — 6:30p – 8:30p FREE volunteers accepted into the program, Friendly Visitor Training will be held Thursday, Crochet! Knit! Needlepoint! Bring whatever needlework you have and enjoy an evening November 8 from 6:00p – 8:00p. of crafting and conversation. Second Floor Living Room Seating Area

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH HOT TOPICS FOR LESBIANS Tuesday, OCT 2 — 2:00p – 2:30p FREE Friday, OCT 5 — 6:30p – 9:00p FREE Laura Velazquez, Anti-Violence Project Manager with COH’s Anti-Violence Project will A social event for older women. Come have some fun and make new friends. This is a discuss partner abuse and hate violence in the LGBT community. casual evening and all women are welcome. John Baran Senior Center CULTURAL OUTING—MACY’S DAY OF MUSIC CITIBANK SEMINAR Saturday, OCT 13 — 1:30p – 4:00p FREE Tuesday, OCT 9 — 2:00p – 3:00p FREE Meet at 1:30p in front of Symphony Center for an afternoon of free music. Registration Jeff Rieck, Financial Education Specialist with Citibank will present a financial seminar. required by OCT 10. Call 773.472.6469, ext. 160 to register. Topic to be announced. John Baran Senior Center PLANNING MEETING Tuesday, OCT 16 — 3:00p – 4:45p BEGINNING COMPUTERS Everyone is welcome at this monthly planning session. Tuesday, OCT 16 — 3:00p – 4:00p FREE Beginning computers for seniors, new 7-week class starts today. EDUCATION FORUM: UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL SECURITY Dr. David J. Lochman Cyber Center Wednesday, OCT 17 — 6:30p – 8:30p FREE Join us for this free seminar by Citibank at Work. Learn the inner workings of Social HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH Security, including eligibility, benefits and taxation of benefits. Get a better handle on Tuesday, OCT 23 — 12:00pm FREE what role Social Security will play in your retirement. A special Latin-inspired lunch with be served at the weekly Coffee and Conversation social gathering. FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES John Baran Senior Center Friday, OCT 19 — 6:30p – 9:30p FREE Monthly movie night. Look for LGBT and general cinema and documentaries. SAGE HALLOWEEN participants select the movies, so if there is a film you want to see, let us know. Tuesday, OCT 30 — 12:00p – 3:00p Join us for an early Halloween celebration. Prizes for the best costumes! Costume CHICAGO PRIME TIMERS/CENTER ON HALSTED BOOK GROUP contest at 1:30p. Tuesday, OCT 23 — 7:30p – 9:30p FREE All are welcome to this Prime Timers led, Center on Halsted hosted book group. The October book is The Front Runner by Patricia Nell Warren. WEEKLY EVENTS All events are in the John Baran Senior Center at Center on Halsted unless otherwise noted. NIGHT AT THE OPERA: OPERA APPRECIATION Friday, OCT 26 — 6:30p – 8:30p FREE BEGINNING COMPUTERS Hosted by Jason McVicker, COH’s Director of Mental Health Services, and a writer and Tuesday OCT 16 | OCT 23 | OCT 30 — 3:00p – 4:00p FREE lecturer on all aspects of opera. A lifelong fan, he first began attending opera in his A new 7-week series begins October 16. Dr. David J. Lochman Cyber Center native New Orleans at the age of 10. Jason has been published in Opera News and is a regular contributor to Parterre Box, the “queer opera zine.” BRIDGE & EUCHRE Tuesday OCT 2 | OCT 9 | OCT 16 | OCT 23 | OCT 30 — 6:00p – 9:30p FREE WOMEN’S BOOK CLUB Experienced and novice players are welcome to this evening of cards. Instruction begins Monday, OCT 29 — 2:00p – 4:00p FREE at 6:00p, play at 6:30p; Miles Roothaan, instructor. In a recent survey SAGE women voted overwhelmingly for a book club. Here it is! The inaugural book is Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul. Freelance journalist Karen Abbott's vibrant first book probes the www.centeronhalsted.org titillating milieu of the posh, world-famous Everleigh Club brothel that operated from Center on Halsted 773.472.6469 1900 to 1911 on Chicago's Near South Side. SAGE Program Information 773.472.6469, ext. 444 3656 N. Halsted Chicago, IL 60613 September 26, 2007 3

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News Group protests Akinola 4 SD mayor backs gay marriage 4 Analysis: Md. court’s ban 5 Local events 5 Equality Illinois reception 6 Private club’s gay turn 6 AIDS Run/Walk results 6 Chorus; local news 7 World news 8 Nat’l news 9 Crain, letter 10 Business: gay PR firm 11 Quotelines 11 Read about an upcoming tribute to the late composer Gian Carlo Menotti ENTERTAINMENT (above) in this week’s theater section. A talk with Nick Patricca 12 See page 16. Theater 16 photo courtesy of Chamber Opera Chicago Marlee Matlin interview 19 Pets 20 Knight at the Movies 21

OUTLINES Real estate ads 22 Classifieds 23 Roseanne Barr chats 24 Calendar, Dykes 25 Big gay sports week 26

Equality Illinois held a reception to welcome new executive director Amy Bloom. Among the guests were (from left) Barbara Roberts and Ill. Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke. See page 6. photo by Katie Sikora www. This week’s online-only Windy features include: —Media Watch Meet your City —An interview with lesbian singer Sean Wig- Media gins (right), who will play Group at T’s Sept. 28. Also, see calendar, pg. 25. neighbor. .com —Theater reviews, including Suddenly Last Summer photo courtesy of Wiggins’ Web site SR`aVcR

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#911, SEPTEMBER 26, 2007 4 September 26, 2007 Canterbury Northwestern University Episcopal dozen Nigerian men recently arrested in a hotel cross-dressing. This type of persecution in the Group ministry; The Rainbow Alliance; Gini Lester of raid on a gay party face a possible death pen- predominantly Muslim section of the country did The Green Party; and Soulforce, a group that alty execution by stoning under Sharia law in not begin until after Akinola started his anti- has challenged anti-gay conservative Christians a northern Nigerian state for the “offense” of gay campaign. Protests in nationwide tours. Rev. Deborah Lake of the Akinola nondenominational Sankofa Way organization TRIALS from cover medicine.” in Chicago said, “Akinola has called for the im- NIAID Director Anthony Fauci has often ex- prisonment of gays,” and that the proposed law be a product of the vaccine used. plained, “With other viruses, 90+ percent [of Appearance he supports would even “bar the distribution of However, what is clear is that the vaccine those who become infected] can clear the vi- By MAX SMITH food,” to gays in need, including those living provided no protection, and so the STEP trial rus, even smallpox and polio.” The trouble with with HIV. and another more recently initiated trial were HIV is that “the natural immune response is A diverse group of 50 people, organized by The There was general agreement in the group of stopped. No more of the vaccine will be admin- inadequate.” He said, with an HIV vaccine, we Gay Liberation Network, gathered on Sun., Sept. protestors that Archbishop Peter Akinola’s views istered while a full and complete analysis of are trying to create what nature has not been 23, at Wheaton College to protest the appear- were shaped by British colonial control of Ni- the data takes place. Meanwhile, study partici- able to create. ance of Nigerian Episcopal Archbishop Peter geria. His approach is to oppose speaking with pants are asked to continue with their follow- “These data are certainly not the ones that Akinola at the Emanuel Memorial Chapel. those who disagree with him: Akinola has allied up visits so that they can be monitored and we had hoped for,” said Mitchell Warren, ex- Since Akinola was enthroned, he has led a himself with Episcopals in Virginia, who treat additional data gathered. ecutive director of the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy crusade to oppose lesbian and gay clergy and his as a monarch and want him to replace the Peter S. Kim, Ph.D., president of Merck Re- Coalition. “However, it must be seen for what to support laws proposed in Nigeria to ban free- Archbishop of Canterbury as the leader of the search Laboratories, expressed disappointment it is; the failure of a product to show efficacy in dom of assembly, freedom of press and speech Anglican Church. with news of the interim analysis. “Sadly, de- a specific trial…It is in no way the end of the from all same-gender-loving people in Nigeria. Protest signs included those saying, “End veloping an effective AIDS vaccine remains one search for an AIDS vaccine.” Among those protesting Akinola’s presence Religious Oppression Worldwide” and “Nigerian of the most challenging tasks facing modern were The Rev. Elizabeth Stedman, chaplain of Human Rights Abuses Ignored by Akinola.” A

more positive than negative at this point.” a political affiliation, and 27,000 voters regis- SAN DIEGO from cover Indeed, at the Sept. 20 campaign-kickoff tered with minor parties. have had to hurry, as we would have been on a event, Sanders received applause and cheers Still, Republican Sanders captured 53.6 per- very tight timeline. The fact that he did this—it when he said: “I wanted my family up here [on- cent of the vote when he was elected, beating stopped me in my tracks in the most pleasant stage with me] because over the last couple of maverick, left-wing Democrat Donna Frye, who way. years their family life has changed fairly dra- got 46.1 percent of the vote. Frye is currently a “We’re not used to that in politics,” Atkins matically. Some more than others. Some in the city councilmember. said. “We’re used to being stopped in our tracks last day or so.” Sanders’ gay-marriage position also might and it’s not pleasant. My focus was go go go, make no difference at all. San Diego is no longer and let’s get this done, and let’s not give an RISKY POLITICS? the conservative city it once was. The nation’s inch—and so, to get that statement from the It remains to be seen whether Sanders’ cham- eighth-largest city has a lesbian city coun- mayor, I was stunned. pioning of same-sex marriage will affect his cilmember and a lesbian state senator. The fire “All I could do was look at him [when he told fortunes in next June’s nonpartisan primary chief is a lesbian. The Republican district attor- me]. It seemed like for infinity. You’d expect a election. Analysts say he may lose some votes ney is a lesbian. Two superior court judges are profound word to come out of my mouth, but from right-wing Republicans, while, at the same gay. Mayor Sanders’ press secretary is a gay man. San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders at his Sept. 20 when I finally did speak, all I said was, ‘Wow!’ time, picking up support from liberals and the So is his deputy press secretary. re-election campaign-kickoff event. Photo by “I was bowled over and I hugged him.” city’s sizable gay community, where he already As the alternative weekly CityBeat newspaper Rex Wockner Atkins said the mayor’s office has received a was well-liked. The city’s weekly gay newspaper put it in a July 18 article, “Forget ‘Don’t ask, lot of positive e-mail and flowers of thanks. named him and Police Chief William Lansdowne cis—who finished 3.5 percentage points behind don’t tell.’ In millennial San Diego, the motto “I know he’s getting some pushback from the “Persons of the Year” in 2006. Sanders in the June 2005 primary—would run to these days is, ‘Who knows, who cares?’” other side as well,” she said. “But I believe it’s One likely Republican candidate, Steve Fran- the right of Sanders, but even he supports same- Sanders’ tearful speech in which he embraced sex civil unions. Possible Democratic candidate gay marriage and outed his daughter (video at Denise Ducheney, who is now a state senator, tinyurl.com/2wa5a3) made national news, and supports same-sex marriage and is politically to made the head of the National Gay and Lesbian IMPROVE the left of Sanders. Task Force cry. In one scenario, Sanders’ support for gay “Sanders’ emotional statement brought me— YOUR DATING OPTIONS marriage could push some percentage of con- and I know millions of other gay and lesbian servatives toward Francis while Ducheney could people—to tears,” said Executive Director Matt draw much of the liberal vote, leaving Sanders Foreman. “Mayor Sanders will go into the history squeezed in the middle. In San Diego’s nonpar- books as a profile in courage and conviction.” tisan primary, if no candidate gets 50 percent of If that’s how San Diego voters see it as well, the vote, the top two vote-getters advance to a Sanders’ decision “to lead with my heart ... to runoff election. do what I think is right and to take a stand on A LOT. San Diego has 224,397 registered Democratic behalf of equality and social justice” may turn voters, 190,647 registered Republican voters, out to have been a good political move as well. 141,090 registered voters who “decline to state”

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windy_city.indd 1 9/20/07 10:48:38 AM September 26, 2007 5 chusetts Supreme Judicial Court, in November the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that the state 2003—has declared that a state’s constitutional could deny a marriage license to a same-sex cou- ANALYSIS: promise of equal protection of the law requires ple. That lawsuit, Baker v. Nelson, was dismissed the state to issue marriage licenses to same- by the U.S. Supreme Court with no explanation Md. Court Upholds sex couples the same as it does to heterosexual beyond “want of a substantial federal question.” couples. The Hawaii Supreme Court ruled that In what might also be considered a piece of the Same-Sex Marriage Ban denying same-sex couples marriage licenses was silver lining in the ruling, the majority rejected sex discrimination but the legislature passed a the notion that the Baker dismissal required it same-sex couples to marry, assuring the fight by LISA KEEN constitutional amendment to redefine marriage, to reject plaintiffs’ case out of hand. would now move to the state legislature, which thus taking the matter away from the court. A decision on a similar case is now pending has approved a state law barring discrimination The supreme court of Maryland, on Sept. 18, re- The first ever state supreme court ruling con- in the Connecticut Supreme Court and will be based on sexual orientation. versed a lower court decision which had found cerning same-sex marriage came in 1971 when argued soon in the California Supreme Court. a constitutional right for gay couples to marry. Ken Choe, the ACLU attorney who argued on The decision made Maryland the fifth state high behalf of the gay couples, expressed hope that, Art attack: The annual Anderson Arts Week- court in less than two years to uphold as legal unlike the majority of the bench, the legisla- end, featuring artwork and performance, will the withholding of marriage licenses from same- ture would be able to see “that lesbian and gay Local take place Oct. 5-7. The event is centered at sex couples. couples form committed relationships and lov- Clark and Berwyn. The art walk and some per- Gay legal activist Evan Wolfson, head of the ing families just like heterosexual couples.” Events formances are free. Call 773-728-2995 or see national Freedom to Marry group, called the de- The Maryland Court of Appeals majority de- www.andersonville.org/artsweekend. cision “deeply flawed” and said the 4 to 3 major- cision essentially parroted the harsher of two To Affinity and beyond: Affinity, a group for Gone, but not forgotten: A memorial will ity never even tried to answer the key question models for state supreme court decisions that Black lesbian and bisexual women, is hosting take place for the one-year anniversary of the of how excluding gay couples affects the ability have rejected equal rights for gay couples since a young women’s drop-in on the first Friday death of Rudy Johnson on Saturday, Oct. 6, at of heterosexual couples to procreate. 1999. That harsher model—carved out by the of each month at 5650 S. Woodlawn, garden St. Hilary Church (California and Bryn Mawr) at The Maryland lawsuit Conaway v. 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Getting down to business: “La Prensa La- “suspect class”—a legal designation for an op- In New York’s case, the court accepted as ra- Is it sew?: Gerber/Hart Library will hold its tino Business Expo: Make the Connection” will pressed minority—the government did not need tional the state’s claim that the marriage law annual benefit, Piecing History Together, fea- take place Sat., Oct. 13 at The Canopy, 708 S. to show any compelling reason for denying them was intended to provide a special “inducement” turing The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt Goodwin, Urbana. Among the people attend- equal treatment under the law. Instead, said the for heterosexuals to marry. That model was es- founder Cleve Jones. The bash will take place ing will be CEOs, IT managers and purchasing majority, all the government need show was a sentially adopted by the Washington Supreme Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Swedish American agents. Call 217-351-1037 or see www.lapren- simple rational reason—the lowest level of re- Court later in 2006 when it said “the legislature Museum Center, 5211 N. Clark. Tickets are $85 sadechampaign.com. view for the statute. was entitled to believe that limiting marriage and $135. Call 773-381-8030 or see www.ger- Remembering Eggan: A memorial will take And the government’s simple rational reason— to opposite-sex couples furthers procreation … berhart.org. place Sun., Oct. 21, for activist, teacher and that licenses to heterosexual couples foster pro- and furthers the well-being of children by en- Let’s get personal: As part of the University writer Ferd Eggan. His life will be celebrated creation and encourage the traditional family couraging families where children are reared in of Illinois at Chicago’s LGBT Heritage Month, 2-5 p.m. at Cafe Teatro Batey Urbano, 2647 W. structure—is plausible, said the majority. homes headed by the children’s biological par- author Christian de la Huerta will speak about Division. Call the Crossroads Fund at 773-227- Gay civil rights supporters were dismayed. ents.” Maryland argued that the purpose of the her personal and professional experiences with 7676 for more information. Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmo- state’s marriage law was “fostering procreation religious diversity on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 4-5:30 Sex ‘n church: For University of Illinois at nese called the decision a “setback.” National and encouraging the traditional family struc- p.m, in the Behavioral Sciences Building, 1007 Chicago’s LGBT Heritage Month series, Dr. Kelly Gay and Lesbian Task Force Executive Director ture.” W. Harrison. See www.glbc.uic.edu or call 312- Brown Douglas will talk about her book, “Sexu- Matt Foreman called it “demeaning.” The second model—initiated by the Vermont 413-8619. ality and the Black Church: A Womanist Per- “Today is a sad day for all Maryland families,” Supreme Court in 1999— finds that the state’s Drink in style: Project Runway 2’s fashion spective,” on Thurs., Oct. 25, 3-4:30 p.m., at said Jennifer Chrisler, executive director of Fam- constitution requires gay couples be treated designer Nick Verreos will make an appearance the African American Cultural Center in Addams ily Pride, a national organization that advocates equally but passes the buck to the legislature at Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted, Thurs- Hall, 830 S. Halsted. See www.glbc.uic.edu or on behalf of LGBT families. But she and others to determine how that will happen. New Jersey day, Oct. 4, from 7-10 p.m., for a night of Basil call 312-413-8619. vowed not to give up. adopted that approach in October of last year Hayden cocktails. RSVP required. See www.cen- Lunch date: Personal PAC will hold its An- “The struggle for marriage equality is far from with its ruling in Lewis v. Harris. Both Vermont teronhalsted.org. nual Awards Luncheon at noon on Mon., Nov. over,” said Chrisler. and New Jersey legislatures chose “civil unions” OUT and about: OUT Magazine columnist 5, at the Hyatt Recency Chicago, 151 E. Wacker. Equality Maryland’s Dan Furmansky vowed to as the means of providing “equal” benefits. Jesse Archer will read from his memoir, You The event features actress and pro-choice ac- continue the fight and called on the state legis- Last year, other state supreme courts—in Ten- Can Run: Gay, Glam and Gritty Travels in South tivist Kathleen Turner. Tickets start at $150. lature to rewrite the law. That same day, Demo- nessee and Georgia—allowed ballot measures America, on Friday, Oct. 5 at Mary’s Attic, 5400 Call 312-422-0005 or see www.personalpac. cratic State Senator Gwen Britt announced she seeking to ban gay marriage to proceed. N. Clark St., 8 p.m. See www.Chicagopride. org. would introduce legislation next year to allow Only one state supreme court—the Massa- com.

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AMC River East 21 | 322 E. Illinois St. 312-332-FILM Landmark Century Centre Theatre | 2828 N. Clark St. www.chi ca g o fi lm f e stival .c o m 6 September 26, 2007 Asylum seekers can request asylum when they 7,000 arrive at U.S. airports without travel documents and tell immigration officers they are afraid of Participate persecution in their home country. Moab’s asy- in Run/Walk lum claim was originally rejected by an immigra- By Andrew Davis tion judge because he had not discussed his fear of persecution based on his sexual orientation; The AIDS Run/Walk that took place Sept. 15 in however, he raised the matter in his asylum ap- Grant Park was quite a success. plication and court proceedings. Over 7,000 individuals took part in the event, “We think it reasonable that Mr. Moab would a marked increased over the approximately not have wanted to mention his sexual orien- 5,500 people who participated last year, said tation for fear that revealing this information Mark Ishaug, executive director of AIDS Foun- could cause further persecution as it had in his dation of Chicago, which sponsors the event. home country of Liberia,” Judge Kenneth F. Rip- When asked why so many more people were in- ple wrote in the Seventh Circuit opinion. volved this year, Ishaug cited “good planning; Moab was represented on a pro bono basis by great outreach to community agencies, churches Richard Johnson of the law firm Hughes, Socol, and corporate teams; and the most important Piers, Resnick & Dym, Ltd. Equality in Action thing—which I had no control over—the weath- On Thurs., Sept. 20, over 150 people gathered for a cocktail party to support Equality Illinois’ gay er. It was a gorgeous day. rights work and to welcome the organization’s new (and first female) executive director, Amy Bloom. “Hundreds of runners and walkers came out (Bloom has been involved with nonprofit organizations for almost a decade, including a successful to help us commemorate those we’ve lost and tenure over the past three years at Howard Brown Health Center.) Among the guests were Illinois speak out for those living and still in need of First Lady Patti Blagojevich, Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke, Mayor Daley’s chief of staff services. The stars were aligned.” Lori Healey, Cook County Judge Mary Roberts, former city treasurer Judy Rice and Vernita Gray of the However, despite the fact that this year’s Cook County State’s Attorney’s office. Also present was state rep candidate Deborah Mell, daughter of event was successful (bringing in over $400,000 Alderman Dick Mell and Blagojevich’s sister. If she is elected, Mell would be the first openly lesbian so far to those organizations that participated), member of the Illinois General Assembly. Photo of (from left) Bloom, Mike Bishop and Paula Basta by Ishaug told Windy City Times that there still is Katie Sikora; more images at www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com some distance to go, even with such corporate The board of the Union League Club of Chica- backers as McDonald’s, Pepsi and CNA. “We’re Private Club go, 65 W. Jackson, recently passed a resolution trying to continue to get the word out that AIDS giving domestic partners—including same-sex is not over, and we’re doing a good job—but Tunney’s Father Allows individuals—the same privileges that spouses we’re so far from doing a great job,” he said. “We Same-Sex have, according to Dick Barry, the club’s com- have to turn this into a huge event. We have to Passes Away munications manager. go from ‘great’ to ‘greater,’ and I know we can do William J. Tunney, father of 44th Ward Al- Partners Jonathan McCabe, the club’s manager, told it.” derman Tom Tunney, passed away Sept. 20. He By Andrew Davis Windy City Times that Union League is “pretty was 90. much a reflection of the community.” Regarding Court Admits William Tunney was the beloved husband One of Chicago’s exclusive clubs has become a how the development occurred, “earlier this year, of the late Ann, nee Higgins. In addition to bit more inclusive. somebody wanted to look at [allowing] domestic Asylum the alderman, William leaves behind children partners, so the board agreed,” Mc- William, Ann Marie, Edward (Dianna), Kevin Cabe said, who added that the only Seekers’ (Kathy) and John (Pam) Tunney, Jean (Kris) debate revolved around “the appro- Obstacles McGrath and Deborah (John) Hunt. Tunney priate definition of a domestic part- The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ac- was also the fond brother of the late John, JOSEPH RICE ner.” knowledged that individuals seeking asylum James, Pat, Michael, Margaret, Tom and Mar- INTERIORS, INC. McCabe—who felt that the devel- based on their sexual orientation face unique tin Tunney; and dear grandfather of Courtney, opment involving domestic partners obstacles when attempting to accomplish their Colin, Charles, Emily, Redmond, Daimhin, is “an appropriate change”—said goals, according to a release from Heartland Al- Erin, Ryan, Kaitlin, Deirdre, Meredith, Mi- CHICAGO that he expects that “there are liance. chael, Kevin, Margaret, Kari, Jay, Brigid and members of our community who will Dominic Moab, a Liberian man living in Chi- the late Meaghan and Grant Tunney. (773) 271-2361 add a domestic partner onto their cago, sought asylum in the United States in Au- A memorial mass took take place Tues., Sept. accounts, and there are people who gust 2005 after reportedly being brutally beaten 25, at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, 690 W. www.josephriceinteriors.com may or may not have chosen Union on several occasions because he is gay. In Moab Belmont. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be League Club who will look favorably v. Gonzales, the Seventh Circuit found that Moab directed to the Misericordia Foundation, 6300 upon [the resolution] at this time.” should not have been expected to discuss his N. Ridge, Chicago, IL 60660. Condolences may Specializing In Drapery Treatments The Union League Club of Chicago homosexuality with immigration officers within be sent to: Alderman Tom Tunney, 1057 W. was established in 1879 as a civic hours of his arrival at O’Hare International Air- Belmont, Chicago, IL 60657. organization, McCabe said. port. A YOUNG GIGOLO…

Men in the Nude | Directed by Károly Esztergályos | Hungary

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AMC River East 21 | 322 E. Illinois St. 312-332-FILM Landmark Century Centre Theatre | 2828 N. Clark St. www.chicagofilmfestival.com September 26, 2007 7 students in May, according to the organization, and the school’s legal attorney had supposedly Local warned the committee that their decision went against the federal Equal Access Act. News In the press release, John Knight, director of the LGBT Project at the ACLU of Illinois said Student receives he was pleased with the board’s decision. “And LGBT leadership award we’re so proud of the students from the GSA for standing up for their rights and demanding the Western Illinois University (WIU) political equal treatment that the law requires,” he stat- science major James Peterson was awarded the ed. college’s Martin Dupuis/Mukti Fund Award for Leadership. The award recognizes one LGBT student leader New Howard Brown CDO each year. According to a WIU press release, Pe- Howard Brown Health Center recently an- terson has been very involved at the university, nounced its new chief development officer. taking part in events such as World AIDS Day, According to a press release, Paul R. Fairch- Take Back the Night and others. He has worked ild, who recently worked for Heartland Alliance, as a mentor, and serves as the president of two will fill the position effective immedietely. He Hitting the Right Notes clubs while also taking part in several campus previously served as director of development On Sat., Sept. 22, the Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus dazzled the thousands of fans at Wrigley Field with activities. at Horizons Community Services and is a cur- its stirring rendition of the national anthem. It was the fourth time the group has performed the song rent Lesbian Community Cancer Project board at the home of the Chicago Cubs. Republicans honored member. Howard Brown president Michael Cook Members of the Rev. Fred Phelps’ Westboro Baptist Church planned to picket the chorus’ appearance; for LGBT support described Fairchild as a “tireless fundraiser and however, according to security officers, only two protesters showed up—and they quickly disappeared. strong advocate” in a statement released by the Photo by Kat Fitzgerald; more images at www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com Two local Republican politicians were rec- organization. ognized for their LGBT-friendly actions at the Log Cabin Illinois’ Spirit of Lincoln Celebration Awards will be presented on Thurs., Oct. 18, Call 773-574-4157 or see www.almachicago. Awards on Saturday, Sept. 15. Second local teen at the Hyatt Regency, 151 E. Wacker. Tickets are org. According to Log Cabin Illinois, the organiza- gets probation $175 each. Contact Ed Swanstrom at 312-762- tion presented Sen. Christine Radogno (41st) and for anti-gay flier 2757 or [email protected]. BEHIV to Host Benefit Rep. Elizabeth Coulson (17th) with “Uncommon The second of two Crystal Lake teenagers ac- Better Existence with HIV (BEHIV), a Chicago- Courage” awards. Radogno was feted for voting cused of distributing anti-gay fliers at their high Runway ALMA and Evanston-based AIDS service organization, in support of adding “sexual orientation” to the school received one year of probation and com- Gears Up will host a number of events in the afternoon 2005 Illinois Employment Non-Discrimination munity service on Wednesday, Sept. 19. The fashion show “Runway ALMA: All Decked & on Sun., Oct. 7, to benefit its massage therapy Act and Coulson was honored for being the only The felony hate crime charges against her and OUT!”—sponsored by the Association of Latino program (including one that BEHIV Executive Republican in the Human Services Committee to the other teen have been dropped. The judge Men for Action (ALMA)—will take place Fri., Director Eric Nelson is hosting at @mosphere, vote in support of this year’s civil union bill. ruled that the girl will not have to serve any Oct. 12, at Germania Place, 108 W. Germania 5355 N. Clark, at 3 p.m.). The event, a “tag day” more time if she doesn’t violate the terms of her (near North and Clark), 7 p.m.-12 a.m. at bars in Andersonville and Edgewater, will in- Hearty Boys probation, according to the Daily Herald. She There are three levels of ticket pricing: Level clude activities such as guest bartending, raffle had spent 18 days in jail for the May incident. to release cookbook 1 ($100) attendees can attend a VIP reception, drawings and drink specials. The teen will also serve 40 hours of communi- The Hearty Boys, Food Network stars and lo- get two drink tickets, receive a gift bag and For more info, contact Nelson at 847-475- ty service for misdemeanor charges of disorderly cal caterers Dan Smith and Steve McDonagh, will have VIP seating at the fashion show; Level 2 2115, ext. 104 or [email protected]. conduct and resisting arrest. Her friend had re- release their debut cookbook on Oct. 1. ($75) guests get special seating, a drink ticket ceived a similar sentence. Kevis Rivendell Ads 0907 R 9/6/07 10:54 AM Page 1 “Talk With Your Mouth Full: The Hearty Boys and a gift bag; and Level 3 ($50) attendees get Cookbook,” according to publisher Stewart, general seating. Tabori & Chang, features 125 food and drink re- Project Plans cipies. In addition to recipes for main courses, HIV/AIDS appetizers, desserts and more, the book includes Writing Contest NEW SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGH personal stories about the catering business. for Youth The Hearty Boys have their own Chicago cater- PROMOTES HEALTHY HAIR GROWTH ing business, HB: A Hearty Boys Spot. The Hear Me Project is hosting a national HIV/ AIDS story-writing contest. Thinning hair makes you look older. Restore your youthful Russian to Speak at The contest is open to those between the ages appearance and self confidence with a clinically proven, of 14 and 22 as of Dec. 1, which is the dead- effective and natural solution for men and women. Shepherd Rally line (and is also World AIDS Day). The original Gay Russian leader Nikolai Alexeyev will be submissions can be fictional or non-fictional and DON’T MISS OUT ON RESULTS LIKE THESE the keynote speaker at the 9th Annual Matthew must be about personal vulnerability to HIV/ “The big test came a week ago when I planned to get Shepard March on Sat., Oct. 6. The rally/march, AIDS. The characters in the story must be im- my hair done. That was always a nightmare because of organized by the Gay Liberation Network (GLN), pacted by HIV/AIDS. Also, the maximum length the amount of hair that would come out (handfuls). will begin at 8 p.m. in the parking lot located for stories is five pages. But this time I had no loss. What a difference. I have lots on the corner of Halsted and Roscoe streets in Judges include celebrities such as entertainer of new growth and am happy with Kevis.” Lakeview. Hilary Duff, actress Jasmine Guy and film direc- —D.S. in Florida For the past two years, Alexeyev has led the tor Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. efforts of Russian lesbians and gays to win the For entry forms and more info, see www. “Even friends have noticed the change in the areas I had right to publicly organize, braving police arrests HearMeProject.org. experienced hair loss and now there is significant growth.” and physical attacks by neo-fascists and reli- —M.K. in California gious zealots, according to a GLN press release. YWCA Names “The Gay Liberation Network is proud to host “I have been using Kevis for a few years now, Alexeyev because his example of tenacious or- Award Recipients but I started using the new Kevis program ganizing demonstrates how rights have always YWCA Metropolitan Chicago has announced since January, and I have experienced an been won, regardless of country,” said GLN co- its 2007 recipients of the Leader Luncheon exponential growth of my hair. 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The club was proposed by Urban League. 8 September 26, 2007 Nations and the U.S. State Department have issued reports documenting some of the more WORLD recent killings.” The group said each safe house costs about $1,800 a month to operate—$800 for rent, $400 ROUNDUP to pay two armed guards and $600 “for gas, fuel by Rex Wockner for electricity generators, food, clean drinking water, hygienic supplies and the like.” Each house has between 10 and 12 residents, President Chávez: the group said. Iraqi LGBT said it has been funded in the past I’m not gay by its own members, friends, Heartland Alliance, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez says he the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights isn’t gay. Commission, and Rev. Patricia Ackerman, an An- “I’ve been accused of everything,” Chávez said glican priest. Sept. 15 at a rally in Barquisimeto. “The only Checks or money orders can be sent to K. Sahi, thing they haven’t accused me of is being ho- 13 Campden Hill Mansions, Edge Street, London mosexual. Well, now they’ve started to accuse W8 7PL, England. More information is available me of being homosexual. I don’t have anything The Nicaraguan sodomy-law protest in Mexico City. Photo courtesy of Amnesty International at http://iraqilgbtuk.blogspot.com. against homosexuals because I respect which- ever human condition, but the thing is: I con- sider myself sufficiently macho to pulverize any Portugal expands accusation along those lines. Protests target Nicaragua is one of only two nations in North, “It doesn’t matter to me,” Chávez continued. Central or South America than ban gay sex (the gay equality “Let them say about me whatever they have the Nicaraguan other is Guyana). Nicaraguan Penal Code Article Portugal’s new penal code, which took effect urge to. ... I couldn’t care less that they say 204 states, “Anyone who induces, promotes, Sept. 15, includes several new laws concerning gay sex ban propagandizes or practices in scandalous form sexual orientation, PortugalGay.PT reported. what they say about me, and that they threaten Amnesty International activists staged various me with what they threaten me with.” sexual intercourse between persons of the same Same-sex couples are now treated the same as protests and embassy and consulate visits tar- sex commits the crime of sodomy and shall incur opposite-sex couples in areas such as domestic geting Nicaragua’s ban on gay sex Sept. 13—in one to three years’ imprisonment.” violence, murder (the penalty is higher if the Berlin, Stockholm, Montreal, Mexico City, San- “This article potentially criminalizes not only victim is one’s partner) and obstruction of jus- tiago, Asunción and Taipei. gay men, lesbians and bisexual people in same- tice (the penalty is lower when one is protecting sex relationships, but is vague enough to per- a partner). mit the prosecution of individuals for activities The code also enhances the penalty for murders such as campaigning for LGBT rights or anyone committed because of a victim’s sexual orienta- Thursday, Sept. 27 iLœÀ> Ê
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imprisoned under this law would be considered crimination” based on sexual orientation, under Nicole Hollander by Amnesty International to be a prisoner of penalty of one to eight years in prison. Tales of Graceful Aging conscience.” It also makes it illegal to “promote ... violence Pitman urged activists around the world to against a person or group of persons based on From the Planet Denial ÇÇ·{ä{‡n{ä£ “flood the Nicaraguan authorities”—in Nicara- sexual orientation” in the media or on the Inter- gua and at diplomatic outposts—with protest net, under penalty of six months to five years in letters calling for repeal of Article 204. prison. Wednesday, Oct. 3 Elsewhere in the region, several Caribbean The code also equalizes the age at which it is 7:30 p.m. Ó£xxÊ7°Ê,œÃVœi islands still ban gay sex, including Barbados, legal to have sex—14, if there is no “abuse of £Ê-œÕÌ Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint inexperience”; 16, otherwise—and the laws on Missy Lavender Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago. sexual abuse. You Go Girl: But Only The maximum penalty for any crime in Portu- gal is 25 years in prison. When You Want To
VVœÕ˜Ìˆ˜} Iraqi gay group needs money for —Assistance: Bill Kelley 5233 N. Clark />ÝÊ-iÀۈVià safe houses (773) 769-9299 The London-based group Iraqi LGBT says it has run out of money to fund its five “safe houses” in Iraq. ˆ˜>˜Vˆ>Ê Targeted gays flee to the houses to hide out Ê œ˜ÃՏ̈˜} from the Mahdi Army, the police and other “mili- tant death squads” that have executed “hun- dreds” of gay people solely for being gay, the [email protected] ÕȘiÃÃÊ group said. www.womenandchildrenfirst.com “Since the U.S. invasion of Iraq, gay people in Parking Available Ê*>˜˜ˆ˜} Iraq have suffered particularly intense persecu- Wheelchair Accessible tion,” Iraqi LGBT said in its plea. “The United

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AMC Riv er East 2 1 | 322 E. Illinois St. O ctober 4–17 Landmark Century Centre Theatre | 2828 N. Clark St. September 26, 2007 9 legislature, reported the Associated Press. The of Colorado Stonewall Democrats, will replace governor vetoed a similar bill in 2005. Rep. Mike Cerbo. Cerbo endorsed Ferrandino. Iran prez: NATIONAL At the recent start of a Brooklyn Supreme In New York, an Albany court has dismissed Court trial involving one of four men accused a challenge to the state comptroller’s deci- No gays in ROUNDUP of killing a gay man last year during a robbery, sion to treat out-of-state same-sex marriages my country BY ANDREW DAVIS AND AMY WOOTEN the defedant’s lawyer claimed that his client, the same as out-of-state heterosexual ones, While visiting New York’s Columbia University, who is accused of committing a hate crime, is 365Gay.com reported. In 2004, the comptroller Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that The Advocate asked Democratic presidential gay, according to the New York Times. According at the time assured a gay man that his Cana- gays do not exist in his country. candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to re- to the article, Anthony Fortunato’s lawyer claims dian same-sex wedding would be treated the During a question-and-answer session that spond to lesbian rumors. New York Daily News his client planned to come out to his friends the same as any other regarding retirement benefits. followed a speech he gave, Ahmadinejad was broke the story one week before the magazine’s night of the incident, and that the prosecution’s The Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund filed asked about the supposed executions of gay article was to be published, causing the gay main witness is gay, as well. a challenge, using the July 2006 ruling by the men in Iran, according to 365Gay.com. He did publication to post the interview online. Accord- In California, the West Hollywood gay dance state’s Court of Appeals, the state’s top court, not say that executions of said individuals hap- ing to the article, Clinton said, “People say a lot spot Mickey’s recently burned to the ground, that upheld New York’s ban on same-sex mar- pened, but he then asked, “Why should they get of things about me, so I really don’t pay any at- according to GaySocialites.com. Reports said riage. sympathy? Don’t you have capital punishment in tention to it. ... It’s not true, but it is something that the fire started in a malfunctioning air- the United States?” that I have no control over. People will say what conditioning unit in the basement, and that the He then said, “In Iran we don’t have homo- they want to say.” flames were fueled by liquor meant for thou- Mónica Taher sexuals like you do in your country. We do not have this phenomenon. I don’t know who’s told A federal appeals court upheld a lower court’s sands of green appletinis. Leaves GLAAD you that we have it.” Attendees laughed at the decision to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a trans The Pentagon plans to discontinue software Mónica Taher officially announced her resigna- statement. woman who was fired by the Utah Transit Au- that spied on anti-war and gay-rights groups, tion as the People of Color Media Director for When introducing Ahmadinejad, Columbia thority two years back, and upheld the ruling according to EDGEBoston.com. The database the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation University President Lee Bollinger said that that transsexuals aren’t covered under fed- was put together under a program called TALON (GLAAD) on Sept. 21. Iran’s leader displayed “all the signs of a petty eral non-discrimination laws, according to (Threat and Local Observation Notices) that At GLAAD, Taher played in important role in and cruel dictator,” according to Newsweek. Ah- www.365gay.com. At the time Krystal Etsitty was started four years ago to monitor terrorist creating change in Spanish-language media madinejad dismissed Bollinger’s statements as was fired, she was wearing women’s clothing and threats to U.S security forces. working along side television, radio, and print “false claims and allegations.” taking hormones. In a press release, Paula Ettelbrick, executive In Alabama, 21-year-old Robert Holly Lofton media executives n order to change the way they The American Civil Liberties Union, according director of The International Gay and Lesbian Hu- Porter received two consecutive life terms for discuss LGBT issues. to a press release, is urging the Georgia Court of man Rights Commission (IGLHRC), expressed her killing a gay man, Scotty Joe Weaver, according Taher leaves GLAAD to become the Press Re- Appeals to dismiss a judge’s contempt order to 365Gay.com. Porter was the second to be sen- feelings about Ahmadinejad’s denial of gays. “It lations Director for Azteca America. Azteca is extremely unfortunate that the President of against a lesbian mother.The county judge had tenced for Weaver’s murder; Christopher Gaines, America, is one of the nation’s largest Spanish- Iran, who used a prestigious academic forum to ordered that the child that Elizabeth Hadaway 22, received life without parole after pleading language media networks. speak the ‘truth’ about his country, nevertheless wants to adopt be taken away because of her guilty. Weaver was murdered in 2004; after the In a letter to friends and colleagues Taher spoke so disingenuously about the human rights sexual orientation. The child has since been re- murder, the killers took the body to a dirt road writes, “I am exhilarated to have the opportu- situation in Iran,” Ettelbrick said. “The Iranian turned to Hadaway, but she wants the judge’s and set it on fire. nity to become a part of another front to keep President’s stark denial of our reality reflects his order that she spend jail time dropped. A memorial for Latina lesbian activist Yo- pushing for more visibility of LGBT Latina/os.” government’s ongoing refusal to recognize the According to the Southern Voice, a Newark, landa Retter Vargas will take place at the Taher’s last day at GLAAD is Oct. 3. basic human rights of LGBT people.” N.J., gay rights group is calling on the city’s West Hollywood, Calif., Metropolitan Community major to investigate the August triple mur- Church on Sept. 29. Vargas contributed to a —Emmanuel Garcia —Andrew Davis der of three college students as a hate crime. number of significant books on lesbian/gay cul- The article states that local gay activist James ture and history, including the Lambda Literary Credle and others say that at least one of the Award-winning Queers in Space: Communities, ROSEMARY MULRYAN KNOWS WHAT IT TAKES victims was gay, according to what they have Public Places, Sites of Resistance (1997). Var- learned. gas recently died of cancer at age 59, Gay.com FOR YOU TO FORM A FAMILY. The Maryland Court of Appeals recently reported. upheld the state’s 34-year old statute that In a one-hour talk with gay journalists, New bans same-sex marriage, 4-3, reporterd The Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine said that he expected Rosemary Mulryan helps all kinds of families adopt. She’s there Baltimore Sun. The majority opinion, written by same-sex marriages to be approved in his state, at every stage, from selecting an agency to celebrating her Judge Glenn T. Harrell, Jr., said that any change but that he would not work on that achieve- should be done by the state legislature. ment until after the 2008 presidential elec- clients’ new son or daughter. Her practice also encompasses California Gov. Arnold Schwartzenegger re- tion, according to Gay City News. “I don’t think estate planning and probate. 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Love Songs | Directed by Christophe Honoré | France • Before I Forget | Directed by Jacques Nolot | France • The Witnesses | Directed by André Téchiné | France • Surveillance | Directed by Paul Oremland | UK

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This year’s Festival is dedicated to Roger Ebert. 10 September 26, 2007

VOL. 23, No. 3, September 26, 2007 The combined forces of Windy City Times, ...VIEWPOINTS... founded Sept. 1985, and Outlines newspaper, founded May 1987. But now that zone of privacy is under Their unbridled zeal inevitably leads threat from an entirely new version of to excesses that repulse all but the PUBLISHER & Executive EDITOR The rise of the “sex police,” mostly gay men with an most faithful. From anti-gay politi- Tracy Baim unrelenting penchant to tongue-wag. cians their scrutiny moved on to in- Assistant Publisher Terri Klinsky In their minds, the scarlet letter “A” fluential staffers, and when too many MANAGING Editor Andrew Davis gay ‘sex police’ has been replaced by the scarlet letter trails turned cold and the masses Business manager Cynthia Holmes Director of New Media Jean Albright “H,” since hypocrisy rather than adul- yelled for more, they slummed for em- ART DIRECTOR Kirk Williamson tery is the ultimate sexual sin in their barrassing party pics of even the most account managerS: Amy Matheny, Suzanne crosshairs. junior congressional or White House Kraus, Kirk Williamson, Jerry Nunn, Terry Wiegel, These new moralists aren’t Puritans staffers, just out of college. Thomas Koontz, Matthew Robitaille by any means, but they are true be- And like their mirror-image ideo- Promotions director Kathleen Ulm chris crain lievers nonetheless—so convinced of logical foes, they claim credit where it OFFICE Robb Olson their own moral authority that they isn’t due. “Outing activist” Mike Rog- NIGHTSPOTS MANAGING Editor Kirk Williamson ers has garnered a whirlwind of press SENIOR NEWS REPORTER Amy Wooten would (ab)use the power of technol- National Sales Rivendell Media, 212-242-6863 ogy to invade the sexual privacy of coverage for the Larry Craig sex scan- TheatER Editor Jonathan Abarbanel others in ways their Bible-thumping dal, but why, exactly? Cinema WRITER Richard Knight, Jr. The regulations were aimed, conve- Don’t let their political stripes forebears could only dream of. The Craig scandal broke not because BOOKS WRITER Yasmin Nair niently enough, at the sexual conduct SENIOR WRITERS Bob Roehr, Rex Wockner, David fool you. These moralists are As a gay newspaper editor, I heard of Rogers but because some other sex of “others”—those who failed to heed Byrne, Cathy Seabaugh, Tony Peregrin every bit the true believers as from them with growing frequency. cop leaked the Minneapolis airport ar- ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WRITERS the Good Book’s supposed command- their Bible-thumping forebears One week they’d be shopping a re- rest report to the Roll Call newspaper. Mary Shen Barnidge, Jim Edminster, Steve Warren, ment to enter into heterosexual mar- cording on a gay phone sex hotline by Rogers tried to “out” Craig months Lawrence Ferber, Mel Ferrand, Tim Nasson, Romeo riage and copulate only for the pur- St. Vincente, Scott Morgan, Catey Sullivan, Eric Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna an anti-gay Virginia congressman. An- earlier and succeeded only in con- pose of procreation. Eatherly, J. S. Hall do, whatcha gonna do when they other week it would be compromising vincing the Idaho Statesman to join Columnists/Writers: Yvonne Zipter, Mubarak No doubt, some decent proportion of come for you… photos on the anonymous personal him in trolling public toilets, passing Dahir, Michelangelo Signorile, Susie Day, Jorjet these sex police were true believers in Harper, Lee Lynch, Steve Starr, Joe Rice, Dan Don’t just look to your right, my profile of a conservative journal- around Craig’s photo. In the end, the the moral law they used police power Woog, Marie-Jo Proulx, Lisa Keen, Chris Crain, friend. The “sex police” are closing in ist, who’s openly gay and among the Statesman—annoying journalist gate- Charlsie Dewey, Aqua Terra Travel, Michael Knipp to enforce. Fortunate to be born het- from the left as well, and they’re every country’s most effective gay rights keepers again—didn’t even publish PHOTOGRAPHERS Mel Ferrand, Kat Fitzgerald, erosexual and inclined toward monog- bit as dangerous. advocates, but who’s committed the the results of their months-long sex- Steve Becker amy, these laws worked well enough ARTISTS/CARTOONISTS Alison Bechdel, Mikeoart It is the height of irony that just as sin-crime of writing something about ual witch hunt until after the scandal for them, and they no doubt believed CIRCULATION the U.S. finally shakes loose from de- sex they deemed inconsistent with his had already broke. those filthy “others” would benefit as cades of repression by the moralists personal sex life. These leftist sex police can’t even well, if only they’d pay heed. on the right, the emerging power of The rise of the blogs freed these sex claim the end justifies their mean- Then came the sexual revolution of the Net has given rise to a new breed cops of having to deal with annoying spirited means, since their track re- the ’60s and ’70s that freed the great Circulation director Jean Albright of sex police, this time from the ideo- journalist-gatekeepers, so now they cord for “change” is minimal: The Distribution: Ashina, Allan, Carol, Crystal, Dan, majority of Americans from the notion logical left. can go directly for the jugular, or for Virginia congressman was replaced by Ed, Jack, John, Maria and Sue that sex must be confined to marriage Ever since the Puritan Pilgrims the groin more often than not. someone every bit as conservative and and procreation. Not far behind was WCMG Board of directors landed at Plymouth Rock, a certain To read their blog posts, and the cho- Craig will be too, most likely. But they the Gay Liberation Movement, which President: Tracy Baim portion of the American populace has rus of comments calling for more “red do succeed in reinforcing the image of extended that argument to the minor- Vice President: Nan Schaffer always been fearful that someone, meat” closet cases, is to see them for gay sexuality as nasty, anonymous and Secretary: Pete Thelen ity of us born homosexually-inclined. somewhere might actually be having what they are: sexual moralists filled devoid of any connection to love and At-large: Jonathan Abarbanel, Michael Bauer, With some strategic help from the Marv Pollack some sexual fun. To put a stop to such with venom that their version of “the family. Congratulations on that one. 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September 26, 2007 11 WCT: How do you go about luring a client BUSINESS: from another firm? SLV: Our clients were not being represented. Hearing It We sent out business letters; some people will Through respond and others won’t. However, you also QUOTELINES connect through your clients, by recommenda- BY REX WOCKNER tions. It’s almost like a relationship. the grapeVine WCT: Is there any client you’re dying to By Andrew Davis get? Q “Tapping of the foot SLV: Ooh—good question. Stephen and I is pretty standard agree that, while we target the LGBT media and Yet another public-relations firm has opened for men who cruise in clients, we also want to take on straight clients its doors, but grapeVine—which has offices in toilets. They will usually who are gay-friendly. New Jersey and California—is unlike most oth- go to the stall at the far ers because it specializes in gathering gay and I don’t know if she’d go for it, but I’d love end of the strip of toilets. Tapping of the gay-friendly celebrities. (Some of the agency’s to get [singer] Tori Amos. I know people who They will see each other are connected with her and I’ve tried to [do] foot is pretty clients include trans personality Amanda Lepore, and usually decide to go Wockner Rex by Photo gay writer Gil Burgess and actor Michael Carbon- PR; however, she’s mostly based in England so I someplace else. The vast aro of Another Gay Movie.) Windy City Times re- think [working with her] would be kind of hard. majority have no interest standard for men cently talked with Steven Le Vine (who co-owns WCT: Are you ever concerned about client in being seen. They may the firm with Stephen J. Lucin) about his plans discrimination? For example, are you worried be meeting in public lo- who cruise in for the firm. about a movie producer considering one of cations, but they will be toilets. your clients for a role and saying, “Oh, he’s as discreet as possible.” with the gay firm?” Windy City Times: How did this company — Keith Griffith, owner of —CruisingForSex.com owner start? SLV: It’s always going to be an issue. One of CruisingForSex.com, dis- Keith Griffith Steven Le Vine: Stephen and I had each the things we want to do is make it easier for cussing the Sen. Larry Craig started our own companies within the past two our clients and [eventually] actors who are in toilet-sex scandal with ABC the closet would not have to be afraid of being years. His was called SJL Public Relations, and News, Aug. 28. not gay and never have been.’ And in between only given gay roles—or no roles at all. he was doing civic service and focusing more on his 1982 denial and last year’s, he called Presi- WCT: You hinted at this a minute ago, but the gay community; mine was grapeVine Promo- “My gut wrenched when I read of Sen. dent Bill Clinton a ‘naughty boy’ and talked of where do you see your firm in five years? tions, and I was focused on entertainment. Larry Craig’s bathroom arrest. I remem- giving the president a little spanking for his SLV: I’d like to eventually open an office in We ultimately put our companies on hiatus, bered my own late-night encounter with the Oval Office tryst and denial of it.” — Mary Manhattan, but we’re in New Jersey because and we decided to join forces and take the en- law at a Garden State Parkway rest stop follow- Ann Akers writing on the Washington Post’s blog that’s where I was raised. Also, it’s not too far tertainment and LGBT aspects and put them to- ing a political dinner in north Jersey. I pulled about the Sen. Larry Craig toilet-sex scandal, gether. There are a couple of similar companies, from New York City and Philadelphia. into the rest stop, parked my car, flashed my Aug. 28. but they’re strictly PR while we focus on PR and I’d also like to open a bigger office in L.A.— headlights, which was ‘the signal,’ and waited. also want to put on events and raise awareness. and have 20-30 people in each office. Glancing in my rearview mirror, I saw a state “People in California have to be pre- (We’re having our clients perform at a Sept. 28 WCT: So you don’t want to be Oprah. trooper approaching. I desperately tried to pared to march in celebration or in protest. If event, “One Night Only: Code Red,” in Manhat- SLV: [Laughs] Do I want it to be an empire? convince the trooper of my innocence, showing he signs it, then there should be a massive cel- tan.) So, I see us branching out into an LGBT I don’t know. In PR, you don’t need that many him my former prosecutor’s badge, a gift from ebration, and if he doesn’t sign it, there should entertainment firm. employees; I like a more personal touch with my the office when I left. The trooper radioed his be a humongous demonstration of anger, which Right now, it’s just Stephen and [me]. We clients. office and returned. ‘I never want to see you there wasn’t last time. It’s shocking that the would like to grow, but we’d like to keep it as a See www.theprgrapevine.com for more here again,’ he said. I survived for another day. gay population in California has been invis- boutique firm. info. I was in my late 20s. It would be another 25 ible on all this. You also need to have a mas- years before my parallel lives collided and I sive protest before Schwarzenegger acts. Tell was coerced out of the ‘closet.’” — Former him, ‘Sign that bill or else.’ You need to have a New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey writing in the lot of angry gay people. You tell him, ‘We are Washington Post, Sept. 3. angry you sold us down the river so far, and we won’t let you do it again.’” — Author and “Sen. Larry Craig ... has been publicly activist Larry Kramer to this column Sept. 1 on denying assertions that he’s gay since at Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s expected veto of a least 1982, when a whisper campaign impli- bill legalizing same-sex marriage. Schwarzeneg- cated him in a House page scandal. Back then ger vetoed an identical bill in 2005—the only he called allegations of homosexual conduct time any U.S. legislature has voted to open the ‘despicable.’ Last year he called new charges institution to same-sex couples. brought by notorious gay-rights activist Mike Rogers ‘completely ridiculous.’ On Monday, Craig denied ‘any inappropriate conduct’ in a men’s —Assistance: Bill Kelley room at the Minneapolis airport (even after he pleaded guilty). And today, he declared ‘I am

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were the three great events. Kennedy’s election TB: The time that you were with the Black there in 1970. As I said, I rented a house, [and The Defiant was very transforming, the second Vatican coun- Panthers in Chicago was their peak years. rented it out to a] woman’s collective, although cil, we were very involved in that so there was a What were some of the issues, being a gay men lived in it, and Kathleen Thompson ran the tremendous change, and in a sense the best and man within that environment? bookstore on the first floor, which was called Playwright: the brightest, unfortunately, left the seminary NP: I started to grow my hair long, and I was Pride and Prejudice. and I think that the church is suffering today also starting to wear jewelry. I didn’t have an TB: How would you define what that build- Nick Patricca from that. I think the mediocre bishops have earring, oddly enough, but I had necklaces and ing was like in terms what worked and what By Tracy Baim inherited the church. I had rings. And [this one doctor] came up to didn’t work, and was it kind of this defacto TB: So let’s move you to the PhD program in me one day and he said to me, “You know you first community center? Nick Patricca has served a critical role in Chicago ’66. can’t have long hair, and you can’t wear jewelry NP: Well, it worked and it didn’t work, as ev- theater since the 1970s, when he wrote ground- NP: The University of Chicago Divinity School and you can’t wear rings because that makes you erything did. Some of the problems were the breaking plays inclusive of gay characters. As was [seen in a media report as] the finest and look unmanly.” He said also, “You have to wear mixing of cultures. I had never in my life met a gay playwright, his work has been respected best divinity school for the study of religion in the right jacket, because authority is important, “Americans.” I grew up Black Italian; I had met both in our community and in the Chicago—and the world. … I loved Chicago as soon as I saw and the Black Panthers want us to wear, you will some Jewish people. I had never really met Mid- Europe—mainstream theater scene. His most re- it. … [When] I came in to Chicago, I hadn’t wear white.” And I said I’m not a doctor, and west people, especially from Oklahoma. … The cent world premiere is The Defiant Muse, running realized how segregated the city was. I used he said it doesn’t matter, it’s about authority; cultural differences were very significant. through Oct. 28 at Victory Gardens Theater. to walk to the South Side … through Jackson he said I had to wear a white jacket, and [that] TB: In the early part of the 1970s you were In the play, “Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, the Park. It dawned on me that I was the only white I had to put a stethoscope around my neck. So splitting your time between New York and most celebrated writer in Mexican history, du- person in the entire neighborhood. … But I was I knew he was wrong, and I knew they were Chicago. els with the imaginary Don Juan, her literary quite naïve because I grew up side by side with wrong, because the Black people liked the fact NP: I got my PhD in 1972 and, although I was alter ego, to reveal the spiritual process through Black people. Italians and Blacks used to fight that I wore jewelry. very happy as a teacher, and successful as a which she discovers her true power and iden- each other but it was sort of ritualized on Satur- TB: What were you aware of in 1969 in teacher, it was clear to me that that still wasn’t tity,” states the theater’s Web site. “Her cham- day night. And it’s calm during the week. terms of what was happening with the gay enough. I started writing poetry, and I published bers become the salon of the New World where From ’66 to ’70 I was living on the South Side movement? a lot, [in] early gay journals. I was going to New artists, scientists, scholars and philosophers and then, because race was so obvious of an NP: I got into the gay movement because York and spending half the year in New York, converse without fear of the Inquisition. And issue, I got involved with the civil-rights move- of women. I was involved with the South Side and working there in St. Marks on the Bowery after a devastating betrayal, Sor Juana writes ment right there in Hyde Park. Then I met Dr. Dance Collective, which was women working to- Health Clinic, because I was still interested in the brilliant essay affirming the rights of women Eric Cast, who lived in Hyde Park, and he asked gether; “Women identified women” was the term healthcare. I also began working with the devel- to participate as artistic and political leaders in if I want to do community health work with him. and they were developing. Marge Whitney [and] opment of gay theater in the bars The Stud and the creation of culture and community.” He just put a white coat on me and we went Lucina Cathman were developing artistic work The Eagle. At first I was just a participant, then Patricca, an ensemble playwright at Victory out and he said; “Now you’re going to be a Phy- to express the idea of women’s liberation. To me I actually started performing my own poems and Gardens, sat down for an interview for the Chi- sician’s Assistant.” … The Black Panthers were it was very natural that what we were talking writing monologues, and that led me naturally cago Gay and Lesbian History Project that I am very controversial because it was the whole idea about was gender and sexual liberation, so I got into starting to write for theater, which I didn’t working on; featured below are excerpts. of Black power. I had left SNCC in ’65 because I involved with the first gay consciousness-raising really do until 1977. Tracy Baim: What was your understand- was there when SNCC changed from the Student group at the University of Chicago, which was TB: This is the pre-AIDS era. What was it ing about the larger world, when you were Nonviolence Coordinating Committee to the Stu- Murray Edelman, and Kevin Burke and myself and like being a gay man in the 1970s in Chi- in seminary in the 1960s, and how that was dent Violent Coordinating Committee because of … and others. cago? starting to define you, and your identity? the Black power issue. And so I was not into … So what we did is we started critiquing our NP: It was deceptive; it was both exciting and Nick Patricca: Well, the civil-rights issue the Black power thing as violence, but only as own experiences and ourselves, and eventually it was deceptive. The exciting part was that it was the dominant one, and the changes in the empowerment, and because I understood that I we all decided that we should move north. I was really felt like one could explore one’s sexuality. church. The election of [John] Kennedy was had to take a position against violence. I was the first to move north, we thought that we had The rhetoric of sexual freedom was that through the first big change, and then the beginning of always ambivalent about [the Black Panthers’] enough talk, we should go live. I would take el the exploration of one’s sexuality, one would get Vatican Two, and the civil-rights movement. So approach to reality, because I supported their trips up north and I decided—I feel very proud to know one’s self and, ideally, come to knowl- I became actually involved in civil rights in ’65; idea that you develop grassroots community in- of this—that I was like the first to discover Bel- edge. I mean this might sound pretentious, but it was my next to last year in seminary. So those volvement and you work with people … mont and Halsted [3322 N. Halsted], and moved really get to knowledge. I mean knowledge of September 26, 2007 13 the other, or God or whatever. But what hap- I am too European and that I don’t write for pened, in fact, was that the exploration of sexu- American audiences, so I’m going to give them ality degenerated very quickly into promiscuity an American play about our civil war, and this is in a bad sense. Which led eventually to the going to be about Sarah Emma Tomlinson, who catastrophe of AIDS, among other things. You was a woman who passed as a man, and she was could see it way before that, my work in the actually part of the first secret service treasury health clinics was like a natural transition … . department spies. They didn’t know she was a I was seeing gonorrhea and syphilis all the time woman but she was, and they had picked her off in all elements of the community. But then all of the battlefield because she was so heroic, and of the sudden you’re hit with gay men, primarily made her a secret service agent. She was the spy … it was just an amazing tidal wave of syphilis who infiltrated Confederate lines for the Union. and gonorrhea. Then it was chlamydia, and all … [She’s] amazing, and I was lucky enough to sorts of strange diseases that no one knew what find her autobiography, which was published in they were. I actually believe I saw AIDS before 1865; [I got] an autographed copy on the Inter- Nick Patricca holding images anyone knew what AIDS was. … net for $60. of himself in the 1970s. I was convinced that we were dealing with TB: I want to end with a couple of the works Photo by Hal Baim something that was really odd in 1980. And I that you have done that you felt maybe had did not like anything I heard the first couple impact in the mainstream about gay people times I heard about it. I thought things got too generally. politicized and we weren’t doing science, it’s like NP: My work, in terms of its impact on the gay the current Bush administration; we’re never do- did not have a sexual relationship with anyone. archbishop of El Salvador. I had students that community, is probably more through my poetry, ing science, we’re always doing someone’s ideol- More importantly, he has a vision of how the were doing work in Central America, one of them and less through my theater. Although some of ogy. church should change. And he died one month had been killed, and I went down. I was in Hon- the Lionheart productions, The Lemon Tree, but TB: Let’s talk about the late ’70s for the after being in office, and this was, like, uncanny, duras and I was in Nicaragua, and I became very that was basically poetry, Dream Machine was Victory Gardens work. because in 1979 that actually happened, and I interested … in liberation theology in practice a lot of fun, and that had a philosophical mes- NP: In 1977, I almost died myself from several had written that in 1977. In 1979 it actually around education, how you build community, sage, and a theological message. My Oh, Holy cases of hepatitis. When you face death young, happened to John Paul the First. and it was around literacy, and I’ve continued Allen Ginsberg play, sad to say, really did not you have to say no, or what am I doing? So TB: And it was groundbreaking because, in that through until today, this idea that you can do well in Chicago, but again, it did great in I decided I was going to write for real. And I a mainstream environment, had there been a use literacy as a means to build community, and Dublin and it won the Oscar Wilde Award, and had never admitted to being a writer until much gay production in Chicago? instead of giving people the “solution,” you let I think it’s partly—and I mean this with affec- later, but I decided to write. I started writing NP: It wasn’t billed as gay; it was primarily them achieve their own solution and implement tion for Chicago critics and audiences—that the monologues for the theater, and I put it togeth- billed as Catholic and political, but certainly it into their own lives. … That play has been Irish understood it, and they understood all of er into my first play. Bill Norris, who actually got Rick Paul got the gay message, and because of translated into many languages and been done the literary allusions, and they weren’t afraid of a copy of it, he called and said ‘I want to do your the play he became my friend and I started work- all over the world, and I continue to get emails literature, and they weren’t afraid of people who play’. … So that was 1977, I spent three years ing with Rick. And Bill Norris got the message and photos of people who have done it. spoke literately. And so I think that my gay im- under his mentorship putting it together … the because he’s gay and he saw that possibility; in TB: Can you speak about The Defiant Muse, pact in theater is more in Europe. I did gay stuff first production [of The Examen was] in 1980 at fact, he played the pope. Rick Paul wanted me at Victory Gardens Theater? in Rome, in Israel, in Bulgaria; I had a lot of the Victory Gardens … I’ve been with Victory to join Lionheart [gay theater], and I did. So NP: [It’s about] Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, a impact in Europe, but very little I think in the Gardens [ever since]. we started a collaboration; in fact, he did [the Mexican nun of the 17th century who was a fan- United States, except through my poetry. TB: What was it about, and why was it a set for] my next play, The Fifth Sun [at Victory tastic woman, a genius. I’ve waited 17 years for groundbreaking play in Chicago? Gardens], which was probably my most success- this, and the play has gone through many forms, Read the entire interview with Nick Patricca NP: The Examen was kind of prophetic in that ful play to date. but I am very proud of this play. It won the at www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com. it described the life of a man who became pope The Fifth Sun had its world premiere in 1984; Onassis Award. … Then the next play is a Civil almost by accident; who was homoerotic, but it’s about Monsignor Oscar Romero, the martyred War play. A lot of the critics actually say that ONLINE THIS WEEK... THEATER REVIEWS OF: 72)4%23 4(%!42% Jitney ).',%.#/% The Busy World is Hushed / Ê7", Ê*,  , Ê"Ê Suddenly Last Summer Elmina’s Kitchen www.windycitymediagroup.com / Ê-
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YOUTH EVENTS MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS OCTOBER Tue Tuesday, OCT 2 — 5:30p FREE WEEKLY GROUPS 02 Yoga MONDAYS: OCT 8 | OCT 15 | OCT 22 | OCT 29 > Women’s Support Group — 7:00p – 8:30p $15/week Thu Thursday, OCT 11 — 5:30p FREE TUESDAYS: OCT 9 | OCT 15 | OCT 23 | OCT 30 Celebrate National Coming Out Day with other youth Fri Friday, OCT 5 — 7:00p Self pay 11 > Coming Out, Coming Home Support Group — 2007 2:00p – 3:00p FREE 05 Windy City Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf (WCRAD) Coffee Social. Thursday, OCT 11 > Bisexual Women’s Support Group — Caribou Coffee, 3500 N. Halsted St., Chicago GLOCY (Gay Lesbian Outreach Center for Youth). 6:30p – 8:00p Fee based Explore and talk about spiritual matters. > When You Care: Support for Those Whose LBTQA Sat Saturday, OCT 6 — 11:00a – 1:00p FREE Loved Ones Are Struggling with Substance Abuse — BUILDING TOURS 06 Saving for College: What every parent should know Wed Wednesday, OCT 31 — 5:30p 7:00p – 8:30p Fee based about preparing for a child’s education. 31 Hallowqueen. Wear your costumes! WEDNESDAYS: OCT 10 | OCT 17 | OCT 24 | OCT 31 SATURDAYS: OCT 6 | OCT 13 | OCT 20 | OCT 27 > Mental Health Rainbow Group — 3:00p – 4:00p FREE Meet in the Amy N. Maggio Lobby — 1:00p FREE Fri Friday, OCT 12 — 7:00p – 12:00a $50 - $100 WEEKLY ACTIVITIES THURSDAYS: OCT 11 | OCT 18 | OCT 25 12 Association of Latino Men for Action (ALMA) Gala Mon. – Thurs. Group time: 5:30p > HIV Support Group for LGBT Individuals — Fashion show, silent auction, hors d’oeuvres, cash Sat. Programming: Noon – 5:00p 7:00p – 8:30p FREE COMMUNITY, CULTURAL & bar. Ticket info at 773.574.4157 or almachicago.org. MONDAYS SATURDAYS: OCT 13 | OCT 20 | OCT 27 LEGAL PROGRAMS Germania Place, 108 W. Germania Place, Chicago. > Meditation/Feelin’ Good — Learn relaxation > Men’s Support Group — 1:00p – 2:30p $15/week techniques, practice the art of meditation & learn how WEEKLY EVENTS Friday, OCT 12 — 9:30a – 11:00a FREE to care for yourself. MONDAYS: OCT 1 | OCT 8 | OCT 15 | OCT 22 | OCT 29 Matthew Shepard Anniversary. Become part of the > Young Men’s Group — Discussion group for men MONTHLY EVENTS > Co-ed Open Gym: Volleyball — 8:00p – 10:00p FREE launch of MatthewsPlace.com and a national who identify as gay, bisexual, and transgender. Tue Tuesday OCT 9 — 7:00p – 8:30p $5 donation TUESDAYS: OCT 2 | OCT 9 | OCT 16 | OCT 23 | OCT 30 conversation about disenfranchised LGBTQ youth. > Zee’s Discussion Group — Youth-guided discussion. 09 The Gifts of Grief: Forum on LGBT Grief and Loss > Bridge & Euchre — 6:00p – 9:30p FREE RSVP to [email protected]. TUESDAYS Issues– Film screening and discussion on challenges of Experienced and novice players are welcome to this > Up and OUT — Coming out group. Sign up required grief and loss. Register at [email protected] with Joe Brown at [email protected]. evening of cards. John Baran Senior Center Sat Saturday, OCT 13 — 10:00a – 12:00p > Introduction to Computers — 5:30p – 6:30p FREE 13 $40/couple; $25/individual > Teen Talk Group — Discussion facilitated by a youth Thu Thursday OCT 11 — 8:30a – 7:30p Dr. David J. Lochman Cyber Center Baby Maybe—Adoption Is an Option. Considering intern, focusing on topics that impact teen’s lives. 11 $25; $10 students with ID WEDNESDAYS: OCT 3 | OCT 10 | OCT 17 | OCT 24 | OCT 31 artifi cial insemination, surrogacy, adoption? Hear > Above the Belt — Art and discussion designed to Fuertes Palabras: The First Latino/a LGBTQ-A Conference > Women on Wednesdays — 5:00p – 9:30p from organizations and legal experts on your options. address issues related to dating, relationships & violence. More info and register at www.centeronhalsted.org. A weekly social & networking event for women only. > FREE and Confi dential HIV Testing by CHRRPY — Ask to speak with Luis 21 & older. Sun Sunday, OCT 14 — 11:00a FREE Sat Saturday OCT 20 — 10:00a – 1:00p $15 > Women’s Open Gym–Basketball — 5:00p – 7:00p 14 achurch4me Worship Service: “Building Bridges That WEDNESDAYS 20 > Women’s Coming Out Workshop > Women’s Game Night — 6:00p – 8:00p Liberate and Unite” by Rev. Deborah Elandus Lake, > Youth Gym — 4:00p – 5:00p, 7:00p – 8:00p > Men’s Coming Out Workshop > Dyke Mic 2.0 — 8:00p – 9:30p Executive Director of Sankofa Way Spiritual Services. > Job Club (Computer Lab) — 4:00p – 5:00p > Many Loves: Workshop for Individuals Practicing (Under 18 @ 7:30p) $10 donation Professional career services for ages 13–24. or Curious about Non-monogamy. Explore issues of > ALMA Volleyball — 8:00p – 10:00p Thu Thursday, OCT 18 — 5:00p – 7:00p FREE GROUPS non-monogamy. THURSDAYS: OCT 4 | OCT 11 | OCT 18 | OCT 25 18 Fourth Annual Candlelight Vigil: Bringing Violence > Dance Class — Prepare for a performance. > Men’s Open Gym–Basketball — 6:00p – 9:00p Out of the Closet. Center on Halsted’s Anti-Violence > Women’s Group — Led by & for lesbian & bi women. FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS: 5 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 20 — 8:00p $15 Project and community cosponsors gather to > BELONG/Peer Education — Learn the ABCs of HIV 12-STEP PROGRAMS > iHole: An All New Sketch Comedy Review. GayCo remember LGBT victims and survivors of violent and inform your peers. Productions. For more info and tickets: 800.838.3006 or crimes. > What’s in Your Future? — Hear from those who’ve FRIDAYS: OCT 6 | OCT 13 | OCT 20 | OCT 27 visit. www.gayco.com. “made it” in their lives and careers. > Gay & Straight Together NA — 11:30a – 12:45p SATURDAYS: OCT 13 | OCT 20 Wed Wednesday, OCT 24 — 6:00p – 8:00p $10 WEDNESDAYS & SATURDAYS > CMA Beginners Group — 7:00p – 9:00p FREE > NAMES Project Chicago AIDS Memorial Quilt 24 What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up? > Film Making through After School Matters — > SCA Group — 7:15p – 8:45p FREE Workshops. Come for assistance with creation of a Learn to evaluate your skills and set goals for strategic Contact Val Newman at [email protected] For information, call 773.243.2301 or visit www. quilt panel. Open to public. — 10:00a – 1:00p FREE career moves. Part of the Women and Money Matters to participate in this fi lm-making project. Participants scachicago.org SUNDAYS: OCT 7 | OCT 14 | OCT 21 | OCT 28 series. RSVP at www.centeronhalsted.org. will earn a stipend. SUNDAYS: OCT 7 | OCT 14 | OCT 21 | OCT 28 > Worship Services by Achurch4me MCC THURSDAYS > SCA Group — 7:00p – 8:30p FREE > Youth Gym — 4:00p – 5:00p, 5:30p – 6:30p For information, call 773.243.2301 or visit www. Hoover-Leppen Theatre — 11:00a FREE Fri Friday, OCT 26 — 6:00p – 10:00p $10 > Pillar of Love Fellowship Church Services 26 Creative Convergence: When Artists Come Together. > Your Future — Goal-oriented? Want to go back to scachicago.org John Baran Senior Center — 1:00p FREE Join us for multimedia performances by LGBT artists school or fi nd a job? If yes, this group is for you! > Sober Horizons — 9:00a – 11:00a FREE who will interpret selections by artists. > Let’s Talk About Sex — Education about HIV & safer sex. > Art Group — Express yourself! SPECIAL PUBLIC EVENTS Saturday, OCT 27 — 6:00p – 10:00p FRIDAYS NEED INTERNET ACCESS? Sat The Dr. David J. Lochman Cyber Center at Center on Halsted Tuesday, OCT 2 — 6:00p – 8:00p FREE $12/WCRAD members; $15 nonmembers > Youth Volleyball Games — 4:00p – 6:00p Ages 13–24. Tue 27 is your technology resource. Classes begin soon. For a Cornerstones of Investing: Part of the Money WCRAD Annual Halloween Party. Hors d’oeuvres, Challenge other youth programs in a volleyball game. 02 schedule and class offerings, visit www.centeronhalsted.org. Matters seminar series. best costume contest, raffl es, entertainment. Hydrate SATURDAYS Bar, 3458 N. Halsted St., Chicago > Art Expression, Movie Making and Movie Watching Community Technology Center sponsored in part by: Tuesday, OCT 2 — 6:30p – 8:30p $10 > Drag/Diva Workshops — Check Web site for times. Conversation with Author Carlos Mock. Join us for a Sun Sunday, OCT 28 — 2:00p – 6:00p $20/family reading, discussion and book-signing of Mock’s latest 28 A Family Halloween. Celebrate Halloween with our Youth programming supported in part by: book, Papi Chulo. RSVP at www.centeronhalsted.org. ghosts and goblins.

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YOUTH EVENTS MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS OCTOBER Tue Tuesday, OCT 2 — 5:30p FREE WEEKLY GROUPS 02 Yoga MONDAYS: OCT 8 | OCT 15 | OCT 22 | OCT 29 > Women’s Support Group — 7:00p – 8:30p $15/week Thu Thursday, OCT 11 — 5:30p FREE TUESDAYS: OCT 9 | OCT 15 | OCT 23 | OCT 30 Celebrate National Coming Out Day with other youth Fri Friday, OCT 5 — 7:00p Self pay 11 > Coming Out, Coming Home Support Group — 2007 2:00p – 3:00p FREE 05 Windy City Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf (WCRAD) Coffee Social. Thursday, OCT 11 > Bisexual Women’s Support Group — Caribou Coffee, 3500 N. Halsted St., Chicago GLOCY (Gay Lesbian Outreach Center for Youth). 6:30p – 8:00p Fee based Explore and talk about spiritual matters. > When You Care: Support for Those Whose LBTQA Sat Saturday, OCT 6 — 11:00a – 1:00p FREE Loved Ones Are Struggling with Substance Abuse — BUILDING TOURS 06 Saving for College: What every parent should know Wed Wednesday, OCT 31 — 5:30p 7:00p – 8:30p Fee based about preparing for a child’s education. 31 Hallowqueen. Wear your costumes! WEDNESDAYS: OCT 10 | OCT 17 | OCT 24 | OCT 31 SATURDAYS: OCT 6 | OCT 13 | OCT 20 | OCT 27 > Mental Health Rainbow Group — 3:00p – 4:00p FREE Meet in the Amy N. Maggio Lobby — 1:00p FREE Fri Friday, OCT 12 — 7:00p – 12:00a $50 - $100 WEEKLY ACTIVITIES THURSDAYS: OCT 11 | OCT 18 | OCT 25 12 Association of Latino Men for Action (ALMA) Gala Mon. – Thurs. Group time: 5:30p > HIV Support Group for LGBT Individuals — Fashion show, silent auction, hors d’oeuvres, cash Sat. Programming: Noon – 5:00p 7:00p – 8:30p FREE COMMUNITY, CULTURAL & bar. Ticket info at 773.574.4157 or almachicago.org. MONDAYS SATURDAYS: OCT 13 | OCT 20 | OCT 27 LEGAL PROGRAMS Germania Place, 108 W. Germania Place, Chicago. > Meditation/Feelin’ Good — Learn relaxation > Men’s Support Group — 1:00p – 2:30p $15/week techniques, practice the art of meditation & learn how WEEKLY EVENTS Friday, OCT 12 — 9:30a – 11:00a FREE to care for yourself. MONDAYS: OCT 1 | OCT 8 | OCT 15 | OCT 22 | OCT 29 Matthew Shepard Anniversary. Become part of the > Young Men’s Group — Discussion group for men MONTHLY EVENTS > Co-ed Open Gym: Volleyball — 8:00p – 10:00p FREE launch of MatthewsPlace.com and a national who identify as gay, bisexual, and transgender. Tue Tuesday OCT 9 — 7:00p – 8:30p $5 donation TUESDAYS: OCT 2 | OCT 9 | OCT 16 | OCT 23 | OCT 30 conversation about disenfranchised LGBTQ youth. > Zee’s Discussion Group — Youth-guided discussion. 09 The Gifts of Grief: Forum on LGBT Grief and Loss > Bridge & Euchre — 6:00p – 9:30p FREE RSVP to [email protected]. TUESDAYS Issues– Film screening and discussion on challenges of Experienced and novice players are welcome to this > Up and OUT — Coming out group. Sign up required grief and loss. Register at [email protected] with Joe Brown at [email protected]. evening of cards. John Baran Senior Center Sat Saturday, OCT 13 — 10:00a – 12:00p > Introduction to Computers — 5:30p – 6:30p FREE 13 $40/couple; $25/individual > Teen Talk Group — Discussion facilitated by a youth Thu Thursday OCT 11 — 8:30a – 7:30p Dr. David J. Lochman Cyber Center Baby Maybe—Adoption Is an Option. Considering intern, focusing on topics that impact teen’s lives. 11 $25; $10 students with ID WEDNESDAYS: OCT 3 | OCT 10 | OCT 17 | OCT 24 | OCT 31 artifi cial insemination, surrogacy, adoption? Hear > Above the Belt — Art and discussion designed to Fuertes Palabras: The First Latino/a LGBTQ-A Conference > Women on Wednesdays — 5:00p – 9:30p from organizations and legal experts on your options. address issues related to dating, relationships & violence. More info and register at www.centeronhalsted.org. A weekly social & networking event for women only. > FREE and Confi dential HIV Testing by CHRRPY — Ask to speak with Luis 21 & older. Sun Sunday, OCT 14 — 11:00a FREE Sat Saturday OCT 20 — 10:00a – 1:00p $15 > Women’s Open Gym–Basketball — 5:00p – 7:00p 14 achurch4me Worship Service: “Building Bridges That WEDNESDAYS 20 > Women’s Coming Out Workshop > Women’s Game Night — 6:00p – 8:00p Liberate and Unite” by Rev. Deborah Elandus Lake, > Youth Gym — 4:00p – 5:00p, 7:00p – 8:00p > Men’s Coming Out Workshop > Dyke Mic 2.0 — 8:00p – 9:30p Executive Director of Sankofa Way Spiritual Services. > Job Club (Computer Lab) — 4:00p – 5:00p > Many Loves: Workshop for Individuals Practicing (Under 18 @ 7:30p) $10 donation Professional career services for ages 13–24. or Curious about Non-monogamy. Explore issues of > ALMA Volleyball — 8:00p – 10:00p Thu Thursday, OCT 18 — 5:00p – 7:00p FREE GROUPS non-monogamy. THURSDAYS: OCT 4 | OCT 11 | OCT 18 | OCT 25 18 Fourth Annual Candlelight Vigil: Bringing Violence > Dance Class — Prepare for a performance. > Men’s Open Gym–Basketball — 6:00p – 9:00p Out of the Closet. Center on Halsted’s Anti-Violence > Women’s Group — Led by & for lesbian & bi women. FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS: 5 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 20 — 8:00p $15 Project and community cosponsors gather to > BELONG/Peer Education — Learn the ABCs of HIV 12-STEP PROGRAMS > iHole: An All New Sketch Comedy Review. GayCo remember LGBT victims and survivors of violent and inform your peers. Productions. For more info and tickets: 800.838.3006 or crimes. > What’s in Your Future? — Hear from those who’ve FRIDAYS: OCT 6 | OCT 13 | OCT 20 | OCT 27 visit. www.gayco.com. “made it” in their lives and careers. > Gay & Straight Together NA — 11:30a – 12:45p SATURDAYS: OCT 13 | OCT 20 Wed Wednesday, OCT 24 — 6:00p – 8:00p $10 WEDNESDAYS & SATURDAYS > CMA Beginners Group — 7:00p – 9:00p FREE > NAMES Project Chicago AIDS Memorial Quilt 24 What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up? > Film Making through After School Matters — > SCA Group — 7:15p – 8:45p FREE Workshops. Come for assistance with creation of a Learn to evaluate your skills and set goals for strategic Contact Val Newman at [email protected] For information, call 773.243.2301 or visit www. quilt panel. Open to public. — 10:00a – 1:00p FREE career moves. Part of the Women and Money Matters to participate in this fi lm-making project. Participants scachicago.org SUNDAYS: OCT 7 | OCT 14 | OCT 21 | OCT 28 series. RSVP at www.centeronhalsted.org. will earn a stipend. SUNDAYS: OCT 7 | OCT 14 | OCT 21 | OCT 28 > Worship Services by Achurch4me MCC THURSDAYS > SCA Group — 7:00p – 8:30p FREE > Youth Gym — 4:00p – 5:00p, 5:30p – 6:30p For information, call 773.243.2301 or visit www. Hoover-Leppen Theatre — 11:00a FREE Fri Friday, OCT 26 — 6:00p – 10:00p $10 > Pillar of Love Fellowship Church Services 26 Creative Convergence: When Artists Come Together. > Your Future — Goal-oriented? Want to go back to scachicago.org John Baran Senior Center — 1:00p FREE Join us for multimedia performances by LGBT artists school or fi nd a job? If yes, this group is for you! > Sober Horizons — 9:00a – 11:00a FREE who will interpret selections by artists. > Let’s Talk About Sex — Education about HIV & safer sex. > Art Group — Express yourself! SPECIAL PUBLIC EVENTS Saturday, OCT 27 — 6:00p – 10:00p FRIDAYS NEED INTERNET ACCESS? Sat The Dr. David J. Lochman Cyber Center at Center on Halsted Tuesday, OCT 2 — 6:00p – 8:00p FREE $12/WCRAD members; $15 nonmembers > Youth Volleyball Games — 4:00p – 6:00p Ages 13–24. Tue 27 is your technology resource. Classes begin soon. For a Cornerstones of Investing: Part of the Money WCRAD Annual Halloween Party. Hors d’oeuvres, Challenge other youth programs in a volleyball game. 02 schedule and class offerings, visit www.centeronhalsted.org. Matters seminar series. best costume contest, raffl es, entertainment. Hydrate SATURDAYS Bar, 3458 N. Halsted St., Chicago > Art Expression, Movie Making and Movie Watching Community Technology Center sponsored in part by: Tuesday, OCT 2 — 6:30p – 8:30p $10 > Drag/Diva Workshops — Check Web site for times. Conversation with Author Carlos Mock. Join us for a Sun Sunday, OCT 28 — 2:00p – 6:00p $20/family reading, discussion and book-signing of Mock’s latest 28 A Family Halloween. Celebrate Halloween with our Youth programming supported in part by: book, Papi Chulo. RSVP at www.centeronhalsted.org. ghosts and goblins.

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND UPDATES, VISIT US AT: Call the LGBT InfoLine for general information CENTER ON HALSTED on Chicagoland LGBT 3656 NORTH HALSTED ST. 773.472.6469 resources & events: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60613 tty: 773.472.1277 773.929.HELP (4357)

16 September 26, 2007 Another chamber vocal ensemble, VOX 3, of- Measure for fers an 8 p.m. program on Oct. 3 at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (1218 W. Addison; they’d better hope there isn’t a Cubs playoff game that night) Measure at 8 p.m.. Under the title East versus West, a By Jonathan Abarbanel quartet of singers with piano accompaniment will offer a program of songs by Schoenberg, The big musical guns of autumn are firing—the Weill, Carl Orff, Peter Ruzicka, Hanns Eisler and seasons of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Paul Dessau. The concert is free, although dona- Lyric Opera of Chicago are well underway. But tions are welcome. there are numerous other choices for lovers of In West Suburban Glen Ellen, the McAninch serious instrumental music and opera, many of Arts Center (the MAC) at the College of Du- them produced on an intimate scale and at mod- Page offers a nearly non-stop roster of fine and est ticket prices. popular performing arts including music, dance One of the major opera events of October will and theater. A few of the upcoming MAC events be A Brilliant Life, A Brilliant Night!, a three- are: the New Philharmonic Orchestra playing night Chamber Opera Chicago tribute to com- Gian Carlo Menotti. works by Mahler and Tchaikovsky, Sept. 28-29, poser Gian Carlo Menotti, presented Oct. 5-6 $33; star sitarist Anoushka Shankar (daughter at the Music Institute of Chicago (in Evanston) others. The will be performed by a company of Anoushka Shankar. Photo courtesy of the of Ravi Shankar) in recital, Oct. 6, $34; and mul- and Oct. 13 at the Oak Park Arts Center. The more than 30 singers plus a chamber orchestra, McAninch Arts Center tiple Grammy winner Pat Metheny (guitar) with Italian-born Menotti (a U.S. citizen most of his under the baton of Victoria Bond. The entire pro- Christian McBride (bass) and Antonio Sanchez long life) died last February at the age of 95. His duction will be staged by Menotti’s adoptive son Evening, at the Oak Park Arts Center. There isn’t (drums), Oct. 12, $75. Tickets: 630-942-4000 or longtime companion, composer Samuel Barber, and artistic heir, Francis Menotti (a grad of the a lot you need to know—there will be lots of mu- www.AtTheMAC.org. died in 1981, the two having first met in 1928 old Goodman School of Drama, by the way). sic, hors d’oeuvres, cash bar, the usual—but you FYI: We don’t claim to understand it, but on while still adolescents. Tickets for A Brilliant Life, A Brilliant Night! must know this: Those attending are requested Sept. 25 “Weird Al” Yankovic completely sold out The tribute program will feature highlights are a bargain at $25; 312-951-7944. But wait, to come costumed as their favorite operatic or the MAC, with some tickets as high as $100. from 11 Menotti operas, among them his be- there’s more! Chamber Opera Chicago is giving Broadway musical character, and a prize will be The American Opera Group launches its 11th loved Christmas classic Amahl and the Night away a free preview at 7 p.m., Oct. 1, at the awarded for the best costume. Come, now, all season in Oak Park with an Oct. 14 gala, the first Visitors, plus The Medium, The Consul, The Last Chicago Cultural Center, preceded by a 6:30 p.m. you opera queens—here’s a chance to try out annual Emerging International Artists Gala Savage and The Saint of Bleecker Street, among conversation with Menotti and Bond. your Halloween outfit and see if it plays in Peo- ria, or at least Oak Park. Why, some smart cookie might come dressed as Gian Carlo Menotti or at least a Night Visitor! The musical entertainment will feature 16 artists under musical director J. David Stech. Tickets: www.americanoperagroup. org or 708-434-0485; $12-$60. Up the lakeshore in Beer Town (a.k.a. Milwau- kee), Early Music Now begins its 21st season with a delightful concert of Spanish secular NOTHING IS EVER AS IT APPEARS. music featuring The King’s Noyse, an ensemble of five viols, lute, percussion and four singers who will toss off a program entitled The Musical Salads of Mateo Flecha (1481-1553), who was court composer to the Spanish royal family. We don’t know what his music has to do with greens. The concert is Oct. 19 at the Helene Zelazo Cen- ter for the Performing Arts on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Tickets: earlymusicnow.org or 414-225-3113; $20-$38. Symphony Center will host its 11th annual free, marathon Day of Music on Oct. 13, spon- sored by Macy’s, the store you love to hate. Marathon, of course, is open to definition: The first couple of years Symphony Center held a Day of Music, they were 24-hour events. This year, NOW PLAYING! the “marathon” is only eight hours, 2-10p.m. Be that as it may, all events are free and will include performances by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Branford Marsalis as soloist, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, folk singer Ella Jen- kins, the Lincoln Quarter, a punk marching band called Mucca Pazza and much more—truly some- “SARAH RUHL IS AMONG THE MOST thing for everyone. For the complete rundown of performance times, call 312-294-3000 or www. ACCLAIMED AND ACCOMPLISHED cso.org/dayofmusic. YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTSPLAYWRIGHTS ON THE CONTEMPORARY SCENE.”SCENE.” —The New York Times CRITICS’ PICS The Crucible, Steppenwolf, through Nov. 11. Arthur Miller used the Salem Witch Trials as a stand-in for America’s anti-communist 1950s “witch hunt.” His work is as powerful and necessary today as then, regrettably, as Bushites smear opponents as unpatriotic. JA Cymbeline, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, through Nov. 11. For the third time, direc- tor Barbara Gaines has made Shakespeare’s A humorous yet unsettling trilogy about three small towns in three politically charged epochs who stage wildly improbable and rarely performed the historic Passion play. Experience award-winning playwright Sarah Ruhl’s epic that exposes the thorny problem play into a thoroughly entertaining (and campy) melodrama. SCM relationship between politics and religion, lust and dogma—and perception and reality. War, Seanachai Theatre at the Storefront, through Oct. 7. Don’t be fooled by the title—Roddy Doyle’s affectionate take on PERFORMANCES THROUGH OCTOBER 21 working-class Dubliners at Pub Quiz (a.k.a. Trivial Pursuit) echoes proletariat comedies AMERICAN AIRLINES, Exclusive Airline of Goodman Theatre. KRAFT from The Honeymooners to The King of Special group savings for 10 or more! FOODS, Principal Sponsor of the free Student Subscription Series. PETTERINO’S, Promotional Partner for Passion Play: a cycle in three Queens. 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Featuring Complimentary Drinks by PATRON 18 September 26, 2007 THEATER REVIEW presence turns the world into a place of luxu- THEATER REVIEW rious, galloping elation. And he’s the guy who Some Girl(s) moves on without warning, leaving indelible The Magnificents Playwright: Neil LaBute yearning, confusion and humiliation in his boy- Playwright: Dennis Watkins At: Profiles Theatre Company, ish wake. At: House Theatre of Chicago at the Viaduct, 4147 N. Broadway He meant well, Guy (Darrell Cox) earnestly ex- 3111 N. Western Phone: 773-549-1815; $25-$30 plains to an ex—the emotionally crippled—with Phone: 773-251-2195; $17-$22 Runs through: Oct. 28 the casual ease of somebody tossing out an old Runs through: Nov. 3 pair of socks. To which the ex responds in an icy BY CATEY SULLIVAN stab of exquisite clarity: “Oppenheimer meant BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE well. Pol Pot meant well. “ Even if you’ve never seen him before in your life, Playwright LaBute, director Joe Jahraus and So how does a magician, heir to three genera- you’ll recognize Guy, the infuriatingly irresist- off-Loop leading man Cox fit together like per- tions of prestidigital art, tell us about his grand- ible and eminently recognizable antihero of Neil fectly cut puzzle pieces. And while Some Girl(s) father? In a magic show, of course, with card LaBute’s Some Girl(s). He’s The One—The One isn’t LaBute’s best work, the intoxicating conver- tricks, and circus clowns and spooky-tunes re- you fall in love with, who makes you believe in gence of precisely the right actor, director and calling Max Fleischer’s funny-shivery cartoons. the possibility of enduring joy and whose mere playwright make Profiles’ production a twisted And who better to direct this fanciful memoir than Molly Brennan of the guignolesque 500 Clown? Darrell W. Cox and Jessie Fisher in Some But The Magnificents is not just another slam- Girl(s). Photo courtesy of Profiles Theatre bang artsy-cutesy everything-and-the-kitchen- sink carnival from House Theatre of Chicago. At the heart of the slapstick and slippery-shuffle treat of emotional heft and devious humor. is playwright Dennis Watkins’ elegy for his The set up is formulaic, but effective: On the grandfather, who—like his counterpart in the verge of getting married, Guy is looking up old play—schooled his descendants not only in the girlfriends and trying—or so he tells himself— mechanics of their craft, but in the humility to right a parade of wrongs that range from necessary for its proper practice. abandoning his high school sweetheart on prom Our milieu reflects the fin de siècle trappings night to molesting his best friend’s 11-year-old associated with the golden age of legerdemain, a sister. decor extended to the collage-animation dream- True to form, LaBute doesn’t make Guy an eas- sequences, together creating an ambience remi- ily vilified cad. Rather, Guy falls somewhere in niscent of E.T.A. Hoffmann. This motif is also the squeamishly gray territory between patho- reflected in The Old Man, who speaks with a logical monster and deeply flawed humanity— surly German accent, while his wife communi- he’s a selfish Peter Pan who can’t be completely cates in a vaguely Eastern European double-talk condemned because he truly has nary a clue as (much of their dialogue drawn from Watkins to how solipsistic he is. Guy is also charismatic, grandpère’s actual words, if the playbill notes charming and heart-breakingly loveable even of Watkins petit fils—his persona, the silent or- when he’s talking utter horseshit. Confronted phan Boy apprenticed by the old couple—are to with his unthinking cruelties, he says things like be believed). “I can’t help it, I’m complex,” and actually be- And then there’s the magic—not mere stunts, lieves it. LaBute’s bitter humor gleams in Cox’s hurled into the action like bricks down a chim- depiction of a self-absorbed manchild whose ney (except for a plodding second-act ballad very memory reshapes things in his favor. conspicuously lacking in the delicate fancy pre- As the women of Guy’s past, Kristin Collins, ceding it)—but integrated into the narrative, Jessie Fisher, Sara Kaufman, Susan Price and each one carrying its full share of the story, as Julie Zarlenga provide a vivid, human timeline when open-heart surgery is depicted as a saw- of Guy’s deplorable romantic life. Fisher, as a ing-in-half turn, and death comes in an Asrah wild-child artist whose free love veneer masks a levitation. Along with the enraptured Boy, we deep-seated vulnerability, is tersely heartbreak- delve the mysteries of scarf-and-wand manipu- ing when giggling, she shrugs, “I was not always lation, and marvel at the ancient cup-and-ball your number one priority. Not by a long shot.” switcheroo. And then comes the knife: “It’s never cool to be But we also gasp in alarm when The Old Man number two in a relationship. You prick.” coughs red foam balloons; sigh in sentimental As an academic who manages to exact a degree bliss when the clock is, literally, turned back for of revenge on Guy, Price is whipcord of well- a courtship waltz by the aged lovers; and are directed anger while Collins, as the high school inconsolable when a vanishing canary refuses to sweetheart who never made it to the prom, em- reappear, until its safe return. The Sparrow may bodies the phrase “contents under pressure” as be HTC’s fall dazzler, but this small twinkling she tries to deal with the resurgence of barely gem generates sufficient Ta-DA! to earn our at- concealed wounds. tention.

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For more shows and listings, check out www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com September 26, 2007 19 Marlee Matlin’s Great Lesbian Adventure by Karmen Ratkovic of him in our family or how much we loved him. However, you could say our relationship has Karmen Ratkovic is a political activist in Croatia, been defined by the fact that I’m Deaf and he’s working with non-governmental organizations gay because we both come from communities (NGOs) on a wide range of issues. She is also a that are in the minority. I think that has drawn Deaf lesbian activist, and has been working to us closer to each other. And as Ilene Chaiken, expand the visibility of lesbians in her country. the executive producer of The L Word, said to One way she has done this is through sports, in me as she was developing my character, the is- organizations such as qSPORT and Bura, a lesbian sues facing Deaf people parallel the issues fac- soccer team, that played in the Gay Games last ing the LGBT community because both operate summer in Chicago. The following e-mail inter- as minorities who are misunderstood by the view was conducted with actor Marlee Matlin in general population. I found this fascinating but early September. not surprising. In any case, as Matlins we are a Academy Award winner Matlin will be in Chicago very close and loving family, and whether we are for a gala benefit featuring her co-stars from The Deaf, gay, Jewish, etc., we lived by the idea that L Word (Jennifer Beals, Daniela Sea and BETTY), every person deserves love and respect despite along with comic Marga Gomez, Sat., Oct. 6, at what people label as “differences.” The Chopping Block, 222 Merchandise Mart. Chefs kR: Here in Croatia, we’ve got no opportu- Art Smith and Shelley Young will also be featured nity to see your acting in The L Word, but at this Celebrity Cook-Off benefit for Gender PAC, I’m fascinated by your roles in Children of a a national gender-rights group. See www.gpac. Lesser God and recently in What the Bleep. org. Anyway, I want to know what moved you to Karmen Ratkovic: How do you live in the choose to join The L Word. How do you feel in surrounding of hearing people? Do you have this role? anybody who is Deaf, that is, do you have any MM: I was challenged by the very nature of contact with Deaf people? the role in The L Word. It was so different than Marlee Matlin: My family [husband and chil- anything I had every played before. I’ve always dren] are not deaf and most of my friends at asked to play roles that were new and challeng- work and at home are hearing. I grew up in ing and playing a lesbian artist is certainly new Chicago, where my entire family was also hear- for me! I was fortunate to have been cast along- ing [mom, dad and two brothers as well as vari- side my friend, Jennifer Beals, who made the ous aunts, uncles and cousins]. But most of my transition into playing a lesbian quite easy. She Marlee Matlin at the Human Rights Campaign Chicago gala in June. Photo by Kat Fitzgerald friends growing up in Chicago were deaf and my was assuring, as well as funny and she put my classmates were deaf as well. Today, I have some mind at ease when it came to playing something and looked very different! She is so much fun. kR: In your role on The L Word, are you close friends who are deaf, but again, most of I had never played before. I love the cast and As for this coming season, I can’t say what’s happy with the way the writers have handled my daily friends and acquaintances are hearing. crew of The L Word and the role of Jodi Lerner is going to happen, but I can tell you it’s going to your Deafness, making it a critical part of I do well going back and forth between Deaf and one of the most fascinating characters I’ve ever be very intense—more so than last year—and if your character and her politics? hearing worlds. It’s the way I’ve always been. played! you have a chance to watch, tune in! Turn to page 27 KR: What was it that moved you to be an KR: Since taking on The L Word role, you actress? Is your choosing the career of the have attended many gay and lesbian events actress in any relation with your Deafness? and benefits [in various places], including

How has Hollywood stereotyped you and what Chicago, your hometown, where your brother roles are available? introduced you. Can you tell us how being MM: I’ve wanted to act since I was seven years seen as more of an “activist” on the issue of old; that’s when I did my first play, The Wiz- gays and lesbians feels? ard of Oz. My mother said she took me to the MM: I’ve always been a supporter of minority International Center on Deafness and the Arts communities and issues, so when I was asked because she saw a desire in me to perform in to come out and support the LGBT community, I front of people, and ICODA provided opportuni- was glad to lend my name and presence. I don’t ties for deaf children to participate in the arts necessarily consider myself an activist as much and drama. But I don’t know if I chose acting as I consider myself as a woman with an opin- because I was deaf. I chose acting because I was ion. I wish I had time to be a full-time activist good at it! but I’m not so good at politics. But I am good As for Hollywood stereotyping me, Hollywood at speaking my mind and my mind has always stereotypes everyone—men, women, young ac- told me that no one, whether straight or gay, tors, old actors and actors with disabilities. Hol- has the right to be discriminated against simply lywood is all about fantasy and drama, and that because of their sexual preferences. So, if there’s means we all play characters that are larger than discrimination out there or people are not real- life. Often, this includes stereotypical behavior, izing their rights, I’m happy to speak out on behaviors that audiences can easily identity their behalf and use my public position to focus with. As for me, I shun stereotypes and I refuse attention on the issue. That’s what I can do best to take roles which make me look silly or stupid as an actor! as a Deaf person. It’s also the reason why a lot kR: Can you tell us any favorite parts about of the roles I take are ones that I have created playing opposite Jennifer Beals on The L together with the writers and producers. Whether Word, and where this role is going this com- it’s been the Dancing Bandit character I played ing season? on Picket Fences or the pollster I played on The MM: We loved laughing and giggling when we West Wing or Jodi Lerner from The L Word, the first worked together. Jennifer had already been characters I’ve played have avoided the stereo- playing a lesbian for three years on the show types of Deafness and have broken new ground and this past season was my first time. She made in the portrayals of Deaf characters. I’m proud fun of the way I kissed and held her, and she of having opened the doors for other actors in challenged me to do it better—to do it right. Hollywood who are Deaf. But I told her that I was doing it right! kR: Your brother is gay. How do feel about All through my process of learning, she put that? What can you tell us about the relation- my mind at ease and made it so easy for me to ship with your brother in regard to your Deaf- slip into the role of the lesbian artist, Jodi. We ness and his homosexuality—is there any also playfully argued about who had the bet- influence in any direction? How about your ter clothes (Jennifer chic, Marlee funky) and our view of gay people; how do you understand/ past roles. I often kidded her about Flashdance see them, their challenges, problems, etc.? (she pretended she didn’t like to talk about that MM: My brother is my brother, gay or not. His movie) and she often kidded me about Children being gay never factored into how we thought Of A Lesser God, which I made when I was 19 20 September 26, 2007 THEATER REVIEW with an enormous Apple iPod. resentments of being a non-biological lesbian That enormous slick iPod introduces and counts mother and Kelly Beeman’s sure-fire way to pick Joffrey Names iHole down the sketches in iHole, and is augmented up dates at T’s bar in Andersonville. It’s just that Playwright: GayCo Ensemble Artistic Director by two side screens that spoof those ubiquitous the two women pale in comparison to Price. Ashley Wheater, a longtime ballet master of At: GayCo at Center on Halsted’s iPod dancing silhouettes. It’s all a handsome The guys—Jim Bennett, Andy Eninger and Rob- the San Francisco Ballet and an alumnus of Hoover-Leppen Theatre, 3656 N. Halsted framing device, but what GayCo offers up isn’t in Trevino—each offers more comic consistency, Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet, has been named as Phone: 800-838-3006; $15 quite as polished as it could be. particularly Eninger’s very telling song about Joffrey’s new artistic director, according to Runs through: Oct. 20 GayCo certainly isn’t bereft of great ideas. small-town gay guys who emigrate to Chicago to the Associated Press. iHole is right on target, with its skewering of lead “cosmopolitan” yet ultimately conventional Wheater, 48, will take over for co-founder BY SCOTT C. MORGAN quirks about the gay community and its pop- lives. Still, some sketches—like the time-travel- Gerald Arpino. Arpino, 84, became artistic culture obsessions. It’s just that there is some- ing powers of the new iPhone and a “suspicious- director emeritus in July; he co-founded the What a wonderful feeling it must be for Chicago’s thing lacking in the execution, energy or just looking package on the CTA”— needed an extra troupe in 1956 with its namesake, the late gay and lesbian sketch comedy troupe GayCo to that final finishing comic button that made oomph to set the audience in stitches. Robert Joffrey. have a secured home at the new Hoover-Leppen many sketches feel limp on opening night. I’m not sure how iHole director Mary Beth Theatre in the Center on Halsted. Now if only Part of the problem is that some ensemble Burns could have pushed the performers to spin GayCo had attracted (or papered) a sold-out members are not up to the comic levels of their more zip into the show, especially since I found Tovah is Hepburn Four-time Tony Award Nominee Tovah Feld- crowd to the opening night of its latest revue co-stars in iHole. Whether playing an aged Jane bits about Prairie Home Longtime Companion shuh will portray Katharine Hepburn Dec. 19- iHole. Addams trying to rehabilitate ex-Titan male porn and the life-cycle of the 17-year “ci-gay-da” to 23 in the Chicago premiere of Tea at Five, a Sorry to say that the opening-night audience stars or a woman on the phone disputing the bi- be hilarious. Unfortunately, the spotty audience one-woman play. The production will be per- didn’t get GayCo’s ingenious spoofing of the film zarre sex-related charges on her credit card bill, attendance on opening night didn’t exactly help formed at the North Shore Center for the Per- 2001: A Space Odyssey at the top of iHole. In- Mandy Price consistently knocked her sketches the laughs to flow. forming Arts in Skokie, 9501 Skokie. stead of a towering black monolith worshipped out of the park. Tickets are $35-$45; call 847-673-6300 or by prehistoric simians, GayCo comments on our Price’s co-stars offer up funny stuff, like Judy visit www.northshorecenter.org. own techno-obsessions of today by replacing it Fabjance’s comic song about under-the-surface

cago Dachshund Group decided that we should pour and heading out of the park. We made the not only go, but also rent rooms at the lovely decision to do the same and head over to the Comfort Inn and make a party out of the trip. hotel. After taking apart the canopies and pack- Anyone who knows me knows that I don’t like to ing, we traveled to the hotel. There is nothing WE leave my neighborhood, let alone the city limits, quite like sitting in a car sopping wet with two but since all the cool kids were going and Danica drenched dogs. To make it even more fun, we is the peer-pressure poster child, we decided to were all foolishly following Lisa, who claimed go. Being a neurotic weather watcher, I started she knew the way to the hotel. After a lengthly looking each day to see if it was going to rain. tour of Danville and a long wait for a train to Our hotel reservations could be cancelled up un- pass, we made it to the hotel. til the morning of the event and it being an out- There was nothing to do but clean up and side event, I figured if it were going to rain, we gather in Kim’s suite (yes, they really call it a suite) and start drinking. Fifteen people and 11 would cancel. Kim, the leader of our group said all over; short, wet, miserable dogs on picnic dogs really do fit into a suite at a Comfort Inn! “No, don’t worry about that. We have canopies tables; and everyone huddled under the three We then ordered from the only restaurant around, and everything; rain will not be a problem for canopies that Kim had bragged about. There the Big Boy. In fact, it is the last Big Boy left in us!” A classic case of famous last words. was moving water all around our feet and we Illinois. Fifteen people can get stuffed for only We took off on a beautiful Saturday morning, have very short dogs. Fun? Not so much. We kept $110, too. PETS not a cloud in the sky. When we got about a thinking it would let up. It did not. I have to So, while the fest was not exactly what we half hour outside of our destination, the skies tell you that while canopies are nice and provide thought it would be, we did manage to have a exploded with a wild thunderstorm and pound- some shelter, we all got soaked anyhow. People great time with our group. We were on the road ing rain that came sideways. I could hardly see all around us started packing up in the down- BY TERRI KLINSKY the road. We called Kim and asked what it was back to civilization Sunday morning by 7 a.m. doing over there. She Peer pressure is a powerful thing. Each Sep- replied that they were tember, The Midwest Doxie Fest takes place in under the canopies Hooterville, uh, Danville, Ill. We attended a near the creek. The couple years ago and swore we would never go 7  creek? Oh good! We again. It was a three-hour trip each way and had got to the park where

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However, dangerous proposition feels palpable and has Many of the Sao Paulo’s wealthiest opt to according to NationalLedger.com, the book’s Manda Bala scary consequences for the team. At that point, have tracking devices implanted under their skin publisher has denied that a lesbian affair is By Richard Knight, Jr. the movie escalates into a nail-biting cat-and- so families can trace them should they be kid- mentioned. mouse last half hour that’s terrifically entertain- napped. But enterprising kidnappers stick gre- Desperate Housewive star Eva Langoria is Two movies opening this week—the political ing. nades on the victims (or in their mouths) to keep excited to work with the show’s new gay thriller The Kingdom and the riveting docu- Actor-director Peter Berg (who makes a cam- potential rescuers at bay, and footage of one of couple, according to The Times of India,. Tuc mentary Manda Bala (Send a Bullet)—have more eo) follows his inspirational Friday Night Lights these victims opens the movie. Cutting off the Watkins and Kevin Rahm will play the show’s than a dangerous foreign location in common. with a solid political thriller that also serves as ear(s) of the kidnap victims is so common that first gay couple (Bob and Lee) on Wiste- Both focus on current events in places that are a cautionary tale. But the ironic message of The a plastic surgeon who’s an expert at replacing ria Lane. “I am really excited about the gay teeming with extreme violence, fanaticism, cor- Kingdom—that both sides are committed to them has grown rich because of the surplus of neighbors; it is about time,” she said. ruption, mistrust of outsiders and the height- winning at any cost, whether through peaceful patients; the surgeon and one of his patients Jodie Foster’s character in the Spike Lee ened dangers that come as the chasm between means or violence—is not subtle, but also isn’t are extensively interviewed. Later, there is an film Inside Man has inspired a new ABC rich and poor widens. Both deeply unsettling slammed over moviegoers’ heads. (However, for interview with a masked professional bank rob- drama, according to Digital Spy. The new movies are terrific examples of their particular once could one of these action heroes not have ber and kidnapper—an unapologetic man with show, called The Fixer, will revolve around a genre, and leave one feeling uneasy long after one of those angelic-looking little kids waiting nine children to support who still lives in the high-powered female executive in New York they’re over. with wide-eyed innocence for their daddy’s safe slums surrounding the city and fancies himself a who secretly solves problems for the city’s Over the credit sequence for The Kingdom we return?) Perhaps the highest rave I can give the modern-day Robin Hood. upper-crust individuals. get a quick, informative overview of the history filmmakers is that, while driving home from the Kohn also focuses a great deal of footage on David Hans Schmidt has pled guilty to at- of oil production in Saudi Arabia, which sets the screening in heavy city traffic, I saw the pos- a corrupt politician who investigators suspect tempting to extort $1 million from actor stage for the violent opening sequence. In re- sibility of a terrorist attack on every street cor- siphoned off government billions meant for Tom Cruise, IMDB.com reported. Schmidt had turn for U.S. protection we read, the Saudis have ner. the into his personal coffers—yet who remains asked for the money in exchange for photos set up protected areas for U.S. oil workers known popular with his poverty-level constituents. One he had gotten of Cruise’s wedding to Katie as “The Kingdom” that, in all but geographical Residents of Sao Paulo, Brazil—a city of 20 of the politician’s money-laundering schemes Holmes. Schmidt now faces up to two years in location, emulates the United States. A lively million people—would understand my trepida- involved the country’s largest frog farm and, prison and a large monetary fine. softball game is in progress within the closely tion. As Manda Bala (Send a Bullet) which throughout Manda Bala, Kohn repeatedly returns guarded compound, but the complex is attacked opens exclusively this Friday at Piper’s Alley, by a small band of terrorists—and there are hor- tells it, this is one of the most dangerous places rifying results. The Saudis do not allow a special on earth. This powerful and disturbing docu- “ ” FBI unit headed by Jaime Foxx and including mentary, one of the best of the year, was pro- EXTRAORDINARY Jennifer Garner, Chris Cooper and Jason Bate- duced and directed by first-timer Jason Kohn. THE NEW YORK TIMES, Stephen Holden man to enter the country to investigate. It vividly shows the effect the long-term, huge As expected, Foxx doesn’t take “no” for an divide between rich and poor has had on Brazil. answer and, after some fancy footwork, he and Kohn’s fascinating and horrifying movie is aug- “ his crew are allowed limited access to the crime mented by the hottest soundtrack of the year; scene in The Kingdom. Once there, however, the the sultriness of the Brazilian music underscores ���� frustrating limits and social protocols the team the film’s alluring, dangerous subject matter and IT’S THE KIND of investigators are forced to endure seem de- adds tension and bite. Sun-drenched Sao Paulo, OF MOVIE signed to hamstring their every effort to find the the movie’s primary location, is packed with culprits and speaks loudly to the cultural differ- dense glass and chrome skyscrapers, ringed by YOU WATCH AGAIN, ences between the United States and the Middle massive slums and is beset with violent crime, LIKE LISTENING East. especially kidnapping. The rich ride around in TO A Foxx and his team, determined to investigate bulletproof cars or fly high above the reach of FAVORITE ALBUM.“ what transpired, slowly win over their suspicious the kidnappers in private helicopters. The mas- CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, Saudi compatriots, especially the head of their sive city has 80 officers in its anti-kidnapping Roger Ebert security force. By the time permission is finally unit (who proudly display their arsenal of weap- granted for the team to proceed outside the onry), a drop of water in an ocean of crime and confines of the protected area, this incredibly corruption. 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24 September 26, 2007 stolen from people, and just be about a bunch of rich, corporate guys, while all the people’s Everything’s wages get lower and they lose their houses. Seri- Deep ously, that’s kind of why I want to stay out there Coming Up and talk. WCT: Do you think the media is doing a re- Inside Roseanne ally poor job of informing people? By AMY WOOTEN RB: There is no real media. They are just a Hollywood bunch of fan sites for the Republican Party. On Self-described “domestic goddess” and for- the Internet, there is journalism. There are peo- By Romeo San Vicente mer brash, blue-collar TV mom Roseanne Barr ple who are saying things. is swooping in to the Chicago suburbs to stir The change is coming. Everyone who support- Sean Penn and Matt Damon things up with a brand new stand-up show. ed these Republicans better watch out, because on Castro Street It seems fitting that the Sept. 29 stop of Barr’s they will be gone. [Laughs.] … I think people The long will-it-or-won’t-it-be-made story tour will be in the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, will throw all the bums out sooner or later. They of the film adaptation of Randy Shilts’ book The Mayor of Castro Street has taken another where there is a current ongoing battle in that have to! turn. With news of Gus Van Sant’s attempt to city over the opening of a Planned Parenthood Roseanne Barr. WCT: Speaking of the Internet, you blog a shepherd the project to fruition comes fresh clinic. After all, Barr is becoming more vocal lot! Bush or Cheney. casting news: Sean Penn is attached to play about politics and current issues than ever be- RB: Yeah, I blog every day. I was like the first RB: I’m not a fan of [Hillary] Clinton or any of San Francisco’s pioneering gay activist/public fore. Her 13-year blog at www.roseanneworld. person to blog. I’ve been blogging for 13 years, them, either. I don’t like any of them. They are official, the late Harvey Milk, and longtime com is updated every day about topics from the back when I could only get six people to pick it all a bunch of bums, and not one of them, on ei- Van Sant collaborator Matt Damon is in talks recent birth of another grandchild to the goings- up. ther side, is saying anything that makes me want to star as Milk’s assassin, Dan White. Over the on in Jena, La. Her main focus right now, no …I like to keep thoughts out there. I think to vote for one of them. They are all crooks. course of this project’s lengthy coulda-been/ matter which platform she uses, is to convince what I have to say is representative of people WCT: In that case, if you could handpick who are being hurt. I kind of do it as service to shoulda-been life, a number of actors have people to think. anybody to run this country, who do you think simply aged out of the title role, Robin Wil- Her show will be no different. “Expect to them. would do a really great job? WCT: On Roseanne—years ago—you chose liams included. Hopefully, Van Sant will have laugh and think and have a good time,” Barr RB: I think [Al] Gore. I think we should elect the wherewithal to make cameras roll sooner told Windy City Times. to place issues important to the gay and les- him again. He’s the only president in how many bian community in the forefront. I was won- rather than later, or else Zac Efron will even- tually be old enough to take the lead. If all years that’s actually been elected by popular dering, given today’s political climate, what Windy City Times: What brought you back goes as planned, look for Mayor sometime in vote of the people. He should serve. I think he do you think the reaction would be? to your stand-up roots? 2009. should come back and run again. People need RB: Well, I think the whole thing of gays on TV Roseanne Barr: I just had something to say, him. is all over the place now. There’s nothing politi- and the desire to get out there and do it. Jennifer Hudson Assists Parker in City WCT: Would you ever consider running for a cal in television anymore, though. It’s kind of WCT: Did it have a bit to do with the politi- Her instant gay audience cred solidified political office? a wash. It really doesn’t say anything. I think cal climate? with one performance—the drama-queen-to- RB: See, everybody is talking to me about people who have nothing to say, whether they RB: It did. 9/11 was when I went, “Aw hell, end-all-drama-queens Effie White in Dream- that. You know what? I should do it. Maybe I are gay or straight, shouldn’t be allowed to get I’m back. I’m back.” I really wanted to get out girls- Jennifer Hudson has decided to preach will some day. on television now. and say something. it to the choir once again by getting herself WCT: What could you see yourself doing? WCT: And now is a good time because peo- WCT: In April, you made some comments on cast in 2008’s Sex and the City: The Movie. Are we talking president here? your radio show that, eventually, many peo- ple really need to laugh. RB: Yeah! I should run for president. Or just It would appear that Hudson’s appearance RB: I think that’s true. They need to think. I ple in the gay and lesbian community agreed on the cover of Vogue endeared her to the to be able to influence what is talked about. It’s with, but caused a lot of controversy. think you need to think before you laugh. That’s really important in this next election. The things fashionable powers that be (that Oscar win why stand-up is so powerful. RB: Once this was settled, some people were probably helped a little, too), and the for- they talk about and the platform they run on it like, “Wait a minute.” When it came out, it was WCT: I know you’re definitely not a fan of [are] so important. It’s so important that it isn’t mer American Idol star will co-star as Carrie all out of context and everything. They are com- Bradshaw’s (Sarah Jessica Parker) assistant. ing around to agree with me. My point was, This, of course, begs the question of how “Where are the gay and lesbian voices?” They are much assistance a character who sits in cafes, a huge and powerful demographic. I want them shops for shoes, and lightly taps on a laptop to say, “Stop the war.” In addition to all the gay actually needs, but the inclusion of Hudson GAY PHONE SEX issues they talk about all the time, I want them still feels like a welcome and adorable layer to also say, “Stop the war in the name of the gay of pink frosting on an already crowd-pleasing and lesbian people who are fighting it.” They cupcake. Hopefully, she’ll be allowed to sing, You want it. We’ve got it. are a large part of the army. I want them to say too. Live, One-On-One • Bulletin Board that. It’s needed. That is what I was trying to get out there, but it came out wrong. Well, like I Paul Reubens Helps Push Daisies like to say, I’ve cut down the drinking. [Laughs.] For a TV program that hasn’t even aired yet, But I just went nuts because I wasn’t hearing Pushing Daisies—the oddball police procedur- anything about the war from the gay and lesbian al/unrequited love saga of a man (Lee Pace) community. …For one thing, a large part of our who brings the dead back to life to solve the army is gay and lesbian. And they aren’t saying mystery of how they died—is already racking it! up coolness points. Created by gay screen- WCT: They are getting kicked out all the writer Bryan Fuller (creator of cult fave shows time, too. Wonderfalls and Dead Like Me) and due this RB: And they are getting killed. C’mon. We month, the show’s already the most criti- have to pull together—gay, straight, women, cally acclaimed and hotly anticipated thing men, working people—the only hope we have on ABC’s fall schedule. Now comes the inclu- is to get out of these little demographic boxes sion of Paul Reubens, whose resurgent career they’ve put us into and reach across our separa- received a jolt of adrenalin last year with his tion to join together and fight the power. That’s hilarious turn as deformed royalty on 30 Rock. what I was trying to say, that’s what I’ve always The erstwhile Pee-Wee Herman will star as the said and that’s what I’m trying to say now. unusually named traveling anti-depressant WCT: Do you think part of the problem is salesman Alfredo Aldorisio, who becomes in- that people aren’t concerned with what is volved in the whimsical, resurrection-themed happening right now? goings on. Whether his character will end up RB: It’s advertising. It keeps people silent and among the living or dead, however, is a mys- passive and separated from other people. They tery. keep you in the house so you can keep watching Romeo San Vicente’s tone-deaf personal Call now. Guys are waiting… their shit, so you can buy more shit. They keep you inside, so you don’t go outside and join the assistant never even made it in to sing for real world. Simon, Randy and Paula. Romeo can be I love to talk to people about these things. reached care of this publication or at 1-800-PROMALE [email protected]. 1-800-776-6253 WCT: That’s what people need to do. $1.99/min. 18+ Discreetly billed to your Visa/MC RB: We definitely need to start talking to each other again. The show takes place Sept. 29, 8 p.m., at 1-900-825-4500 Aurora’s Paramount Theatre. See www.para- $1.49/min. 18+ Discreetly billed to your phone. $2 connect fee. mountarts.com for more information.

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Still, the Flames are “It’s a huge week,” for the gay sports com- a top contender for the Gay Super Bowl crown, munity, Minor said. “Anytime you can get as The Ultimate seeded No. 2 among the 16 participants. many athletes together for both [softball and “Having lost to New York last year in the finals, football], it’s great for the community, gives us Sports Week we’re very excited to be going to New York this great exposure.” By Ross Forman year to play in the Gay Super Bowl,” said Chica- The Flames’ top competition comes from the goan Brian Walker. “We’re very excited about our defending champion New York Warriors, the James Platt is doing the cross-country, overnight team and our chances. We think we have a good Washington Monuments, Atlanta Storm and Los trip next week for his sporting passion. chance to get to the title round.” Angeles Motion. He’ll start in Phoenix, where he’ll compete in The Flames lost to New York last year in the The 15 members of the Flames are all from Chi- the annual Gay Softball World Series, which runs finals by a touchdown. Chicago was the 2005 cago except one who lives in Lafayette, Ind. Oct. 2-5, with the championship game at Rose Gay Super Bowl champion, and Will Ward was “The Gay Super Bowl continues to grow and Mofford Softball Park. Then he’s off to New York that year’s MVP as quarterback. grow, and annually gets more and more profes- City, where he’ll compete in Gay Super Bowl 7, Gil Minor is now the Flames’ quarterback; Ward sional,” Walker said. “The event has really taken which runs Oct. 5-7 at East River Park. now sees action as a receiver and on defense. some great strides forward.” The gay sporting world truly is in full swing “I think we have a good team, very well bal- The Toronto Gay Hockey Association is hosting with both the softball and flag football cham- anced … as balanced, or more, than last year,” the 13th annual Friendship Tournament over the pionships overlapping, and the longest-running said Minor, 37, playing in his second Gay Super Canadian Thanksgiving weekend (Columbus Day gay hockey tournament, the 13th annual Friend- Bowl. “Our strength is our speed, and in flag weekend in the United States). All games will ship Tournament, held Oct. 6-8 in Toronto. football, speed is king. Plus, our defense is real be held at Varsity Arena, located on the Univer- “It’s a very big [period], that’s for sure,” said good.” sity of Toronto campus. This is the largest gay Joe Cappelletti, the local softball commissioner The Flames feature several speed demons, hockey tournament in the world, with players of all skill levels. who has participated in six past Gay World Se- A player at last year’s Gay Softball World se- including Ward, Ahkeem Waterford, Ty Law and The Chicago Gay Hockey Association (CGHA) ries’ though he’s not playing this time. ries. Photo by Ross Forman team newcomer Brian Kane. The Chicago Metropolitan Sports Association Plus, the Flames have tall offensive targets for will not be sending its Blackwolves’ team to (CMSA) is sending five male teams to Phoenix: the best, a huge event.” Minor. Walker and team newcomer Dan Shaver Toronto, though the team has participated in Touche and Spin Cougar in the B-Division, Hunt- Jack Neilsen, 32, of Chicago, was a Gay World are each 6’6”. “Offensively, we’re very balanced,” the event in the past. Several members of the er’s and Brighton Development Drillers in C, and Series champion in 2006 and on a third-place Minor said. Blackwolves will be in Toronto this year, playing Marty’s Straight-Up in D. team in 2005. He’s playing for Marty’s Straight- Defensively, Chris Cleary leads the Flames. on various teams. Plus, four women’s teams will be participating: Up this year. Mood Swings, Nubians and Star Gaze Fusion in “The Gay World Series is the highest honor the B-Division, and Calo Bous in the C-Division. for gay softball in the country,” Neilsen said. “I think all of the men’s teams have a good “Playing in the Gay World Series has been one of shot [at winning], especially Spin which took the best times I’ve had playing softball over the second-place last year [in the Series] and Tou- years.” che which won its [CMSA] division. The Gay World Series is being held about six “I think we’ve got five good teams going.” weeks later than normal, thus it conflicts with There will be 118 teams competing in the Gay the Gay Super Bowl. Marcia Hill, president of World Series, with about 1,400 players from CMSA, said there likely are “lots of upset” ath- across the United States and Canada. Comedian letes because the events are running simultane- Scott Thompson will appear at the opening cer- ously. “Most players had to choose one or the emony for the Series. other,” she said. “For so many players, just qualifying for the One such person is Glen Rexing, captain of the Gay World Series is one of their goals for the Touche team. He also has played for the Chicago season,” Cappelletti said. “It truly is the best of Flames flag football team, but is opting to play

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