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Reaction has been swift and predictable to what happened in Minneapolis last month with more conservative church members feeling disgrun- Steinem tled, if not betrayed, and progressives bursting at Luncheon page 6 with joy, albeit measured and tempered. But for at least one Chicago same-sex couple and two local pastors, the take-away message from the church-wide assembly is clear enough. “The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) has committed itself to being a church of inclusion,” said Benjeman Nichols, referring to the ELCA’s vote to lift a 20-year-old ban against ministers in same-gender relationships and to open doors for blessing committed same-gender relationships. Better yet, “The church has moved beyond the tired old paradigm that God loves [gay people] despite our sins,” Nichols explained. “Now we’re seen as equal” insofar as “God created people the same way, gay or straight,” and “the ELCA has committed itself to living out [that prin- Lily Tomlin ciple] in parish communities.” There were, in fact, two key votes during the Talks page 13 Aug. 17-23 gathering. And one important reso- lution passed by a single vote when convention delegates approved a social statement, calling on ELCA congregations to “welcome, care for, and support same-gender couples.” The state- ment required a two-thirds majority. Titled, “Hu- man Sexuality: Gift and Trust,” the social state- Brian von Rueden (left) and Benjeman Nichols are a couple who belong to Chicago’s Holy ment passed by a vote of 676-338, precisely the Trinity Lutheran Church, and who recently had a commitment ceremony. Photo courtesy of 66.67 percent needed for approval. the couple Turn to page 8

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September 16, 2009 #1001 nightspotsn pick it up The Art of Cooking Randy Pubert chews the fat with star chef . Kelli Strickland is Young Hannah in the new lesbian feature film, Hannah Free, playing in Chicago Sept. 25-Oct. 1 at the Gene Siskel Film Center. page 14 take it home inSIDE An arresting development Meet your new Mr. and at Hideaway. Miss Continental. page 18 Sharon Gless (interviewed in last week’s ) stars as Hannah in the film, shot in Chicago last fall and based on a Claudia Allen play. page 18 Sharon Gless and most of the cast and crew will attend a gala film benefit Sept. 26. See inside this issue for interviews with cast members and crew on Hannah Free. More articles and photos are at www.windycitymediagroup.com and www.hannahfree.com. Photo by Hal Baim

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Where does healthcare really begin? With plants. Aspirin came from willow bark. Taxol came from the yew tree. Fifty percent of medicines are derived from plant sources. What other cures are out there? e Chicago Botanic Garden is saving 30 million seeds from 1,500 species of plants from the tallgrass prairie, one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world and found here in the Midwest. Garden scientists are storing and preserving seeds of valuable plants that one day may cure disease, provide food, or become viable parts of a healthy ecosystem.

e opening of the new Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center confirms the Garden’s role as a world leader in plant conservation science. A 38,000-square-foot laboratory building designed to earn a gold LEED rating from the U.S. Green Building Council, the center offers expanded research facilities, dynamic exhibitions, a 16,000-square-foot green roof garden, and public accessibility.

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ENTERTAINMENT Windy City Times talked with Dr. Tonda Hughes about her lesbian-health study. Theater preview 11 Read page 6. Theater reviews 12 Lily Tomlin talks 13 Tasting Photo courtesy of Tonda Hughes Pop Making Sense 14 Movies; Emmy wrap-up 15 Autos; Jason Rosenberg 16 Hannah Free special 18 Billy Masters 24 Series ‘Icons’ event 18

OUTLINES wine. food. friends. repeat. Calendar 22 Real estate; classifieds 23 Sports: Maryann’s race 26 Fitness: Shah Washington 26

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And it’s not telling states what to do.” ROUNDUP BY ANDREW DAVIS Frank conceded that it’s “a desirable goal,” but said, “we’re not remotely close to achieving Keyontyli Goffney, one half of a pair of gay it and it’s unwise, politically.” For that reason, porn stars who happened to also be twins, has said Frank, he’s not one of the bill’s current 90 pled guilty to burglary and criminal conspira- co-sponsors. cy—but will not spend time in prison, according But doesn’t Frank’s refusal to co-sponsor the to the Philadelphia Gay News. Goffney was sen- bill, even as a starting point for discussion, tenced to two days, but has already served that essentially kill the bill before it’s out of the time; he also received four years’ probation. His chute? brother, Taleon, pled guilty in July but received “It does send a message that it’s a bad idea,” three to eight years in prison. said Frank. “But I want to send a message.” It’s been revealed that Mass. State Senator Scott Brown—who is running for the late Ted Top priority for community Kennedy’s U.S. Senate seat on an anti-gay While the Nadler bill doesn’t have Frank’s sup- platform—posed nude for Cosmopolitan mag- port, it does have the co-sponsorship of two of U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., at the Sept. 15 press conference introducing the Respect for azine back in 1982, according to an Advocate. Marriage Act. Photo by Patsy Lynch Congress’ other openly gay members, Reps. Tam- com item. Brown, whose daughter is American my Baldwin, D-Wis., and Jared Polis, D-Colo. Frank’s problem with the bill isn’t just its tim- Idol contestant Ayla Brown, posed when he was Joining Nadler and others at the Sept. 15 ing on a crowded and unusually urgent Congres- a law student at Boston College; he was subse- DOMA appeal: press conference were some of the movement’s sional calendar monopolized by health care re- quently voted the magazine’s “America’s Sexiest biggest leaders—Wolfson; Joe Solmonese, presi- A learning curve form, financial regulation reform, appropriations Man.” dent of the Human Rights Campaign; Rea Carey, bills and the other LGBT legislation. Frank criticizes “controversial” executive director of the National Gay and Les- “It’s a very controversial form” of the bill, he clause and ill timing bian Task Force; Kevin Cathcart, executive di- said. BY LISA KEEN rector of Defense and Education Nadler’s bill, the “Respect for Marriage Act,” KEEN NEWS SERVICE Fund; and Shannon Minter, legal director for the (ROMA) is a simple two-page measure, seeking National Center for Lesbian Rights. to do two things: A bill seeking to repeal the federal Defense of HRC’s Web site said its communications with —Repeal both sections of DOMA: Section 2, Marriage Act (DOMA) was introduced Sept. 15 the LGBT community around the country indi- which said no state can be “required” to recog- but this “top priority” for the community is al- cates repealing DOMA is “a top priority.” Some nize the marriage of a same-sex couple licensed ready relegated to a legislative obscurity and 50,000 people responded to the organization’s in another state, and Section 3, which limits the inaction for this session and, perhaps, beyond. request for examples of how DOMA affects them interpretation of “marriage” for any federal pur- The bill, introduced by U.S. Rep. Jerrold Na- negatively. pose to only heterosexual couples; and, dler, D-N.Y., a longtime supporter of equal rights “We’re in this for the long haul,” said Solmo- —Add language that said “for the purposes for gays, has essentially no chance for a hearing nese, in a phone interview following the press of any Federal law in which marital status is a or vote during this session of Congress, accord- conference. “This is a long-term strategy.” He factor, an individual shall be considered mar- ing to U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass. It is the did not seem troubled by Frank’s withholding of Mass. State Sen. Scott Brown. ried if that individual’s marriage is valid in the last of eight bills of specific interest to the LGBT support. State where the marriage was entered into or, in community to be introduced to this session of “We have a difference of opinion about tac- the case of a marriage entered into outside any The NYC Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgen- Congress, which is nearing the end of the first tics,” said Solmonese. State, if the marriage is valid in the place where der Community Center of New York’s Board of of its two years. And Frank, the de facto leader Perhaps, but Frank likened Nadler’s bill to San entered into and the marriage could have been Directors has unanimously selected Glennda on LGBT-related measures in Congress, said four Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom’s decision in Feb- entered into in a State.” Testone to be the center’s new executive di- other bills come first. ruary 2004 to direct city officials to start issu- Frank said the latter clause abandons the strat- rector, according to 365Gay.com. Testone is the “We have pending four major pieces of [LGBT] ing marriage licenses to same-sex couples even egy of “dealing with marriage state by state.” If first woman to helm the facility, which is the legislation which have a serious chance to pass,” though a state law prohibited it. a same-sex couple obtains a marriage license in second-largest LGBT community center in the said Frank Sept. 14 in a phone interview. Those, “It’s an effort to make people in the commu- Massachusetts and moves to California, the fed- world. Previously, Testone worked for the Wom- he noted, are the Matthew Shepard hate-crimes nity happy,” said Frank. “That’s not our job. We eral government would recognize their marriage en’s Media Center, where she served as the vice bill, attached to a bill authorizing defense owe people our judgment.” in California. president for three years. spending; the Employment Non-Discrimination Some political observers have blamed News- Evan Wolfson, executive director of the na- The New York-based AIDS organization Gay Act (ENDA); a bill to give equal benefits to the om’s tactic as off-putting and responsible for at tional Freedom to Marry organization, helped Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC) has released a state- partners of gay federal employees as provided to least some of the vote to approve Proposition 8, write that latter provision, which has been ment commending Gov. David Paterson for sign- straight spouses; and a bill to repeal the mili- which bans same-sex marriage, in California last dubbed the “certainty clause.” ing a bill that allows the state’s health de- tary’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. November. “It’s called the ‘certainty clause,’” said Wolfson partment to oversee HIV-related programs The Nadler bill, said Frank, “has zero chance of Frank said he thinks “the way we’ll win” repeal in a phone interview after the press conference, and policies in prisons and jails. GMHC’s Sean passage, even out of committee. It’s a mistake.” of DOMA is through the lawsuit filed by the Gay “because it establishes certainty that your fed- Cahill said that “[w]ith high rates of HIV and & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) against Hepatitis C among New York State prisoners, it

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s i r h C - n e n n a r B . S h a r a S - r a s e g e i Z n o v y l i c e C - y k s o b h C n e h p e t Chris Crutcher - Justin Richardson - Peter Parnell - Lauren Myracle S is essential that the Department of Health over- GLAD, the Massachusetts-based legal orga- seas HIV prevention and care in our prisons. The nization that has been leading the charge for Prison Health Bill increases our ability to stop same-sex marriage rights and against DOMA, the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted was noticeably absent. But Carisa Cunningham, diseases in New York.” a spokesperson for GLAD, said the organization Lesbian Chai R. Feldblum is among the supports the bill. most recent group of people President Barack “We just didn’t have anyone who could make it Obama has nominated to key administration to Washington today,” said Cunningham. posts, according to a White House press release. And Nadler defends ROMA: “Mr. Frank knows Feldblum, a professor at the Georgetown Uni- better than anyone that our opponents will versity Law Center, has been nominated as com- falsely claim that any DOMA repeal bill ‘exports missioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity marriage’ in an effort to generate fear and mis- Commission. She has also worked on advancing understanding. But the dishonest tactics of our LGBT rights and is a leading expert on the Em- opponents should not stop us from aggressively ployment Nondiscrimination Act. pushing to end this horrific discrimination now, PM The Tennessee Court of Appeals has unani- Saturday, September 26th, 12-3 as is the consensus of the nation’s top LGBT mously ordered a lower court to reconsider groups who all support this approach.” a ban that stops Angel Chandler, a divorced Bughouse Square (160 w. Walton) Nadler said his bill “does not tell any state mom, from having her partner of 10 years and FREE ADMISSION - BOOK SIGNING who it must marry or what marriage it must rec- her own children stay overnight at her home at ognize under state law.” www.ala.org/bbooks the same time, according to a press release from “Our bill,” said Nadler, “allows states to con- the ACLU. The lower court invoked the “par- Featuring five of the ten most tinue deciding those questions, while ensuring amour clause,” which is “a legal restriction in challenged authors in the U.S uniform access to critically important federal re- child-custody agreements that bars a divorcee’s reading from their work and sponsibilities and rights that hinge on marriage lover from staying in the house overnight while and upon which all married couples should be discussing their experience of [s/he] has custody of children from a previous

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being censored. ©2009 Keen News Service n e h p e t S - e l c a r y M n e r u a L - l l e n r a P r e t e P - n o s d r a h c i R n i t s u J - r e h c t u r C erosexual couples can bypass this clause by get- Chbosky - Cecily von Ziegesar - Sarah S. Brannen - Chris Crutcher ting married. Sept. 23, 2009 5 also spoke about fighting corruption, increasing transparency and needing to keep a Democrat in the seat. NOW wows... President Clinton at Chicago House event Chicago House & Social Service Agency, the first organization in the Midwest to provide housing and support for people living with HIV and AIDS, will host its first-ever Speaker Series Luncheon Wed., Nov. 11, at the Palmer House Hilton, 17 E. Monroe, welcoming President Bill Clinton as the keynote speaker. The luncheon will feature a speech from Clin- ton followed by a Q&A session inclusive of ques- tions pre-submitted by members of the public, David Hoffman. Photo by Blair Mishleau Chicago House supporters and event attendees. The Annual Speaker Series Luncheon is a new U.S. Senate endeavor for Chicago House and originated from a desire to raise awareness and education around candidate talks the key issues of HIV/AIDS and homelessness, The Chicago chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) held its 12th annual according to The Rev. Stan Sloan, Chicago House Women Who Dared gala Sept. 16 at Flourish Studios, 3020 N. Lincoln. The organization LGBT rights CEO. honored Lorie Chaiten, director of reproductive rights project of the ACLU of Illinois, and BY BLAIR MISHLEAU Further information on the Chicago House Jennifer Koehler, deputy general counsel to Gov. , as its 2009 Women Who Dared. Speaker Series Luncheon featuring President Bill The event featured a cocktail reception and a silent auction in addition to the awards pre- Members of the gay community met Sept. 20 Clinton can be found at www.chicagohouse.org. sentation. Photos by Kat Fitzgerald (MysticImagesPhotography.com); many more are at www. to discuss David Hoffman’s candidacy for the For tickets, call Rachell Gautz at 773-248-5200, WindyCityMediaGroup.com United States Senate and his position regard- ext. 303. ing LGBT-related issues. The event was held at the residence of Soo Choi, a former employee of Hoffman. The evening began with Hoffman mingling around the crowd speaking personally with at- tendees before he formally spoke on his politi- Casa Vista Los Arcos cal ideals and stand on gay issues, among other Puerto Vallarta’s gay-owned, elegant Spanish hillside villa things. “I’m in favor of gay marriage,” said Hoffman. “I think that the other alternatives that have been offered are poor, second-class alternatives. It is about equality, nothing else. I think that Iowa sent a very important signal to people, and regardless of whether it’s going to change quickly or not, that’s the position I’m going to take, because I know it’s the right answer and I’m ready to fight for it.” Hoffman continued to speak about the unfair- ness in tax filing for gay versus straight couples and how marriage equality should not only be tackled state-by-state but also at the federal level. “I’m married to a woman, we have at two- year-old. I get very tangible benefits when I file my taxes. To me it is fundamentally unfair that folks whose sexual orientation is different than mine but are in absolutely the same kind of re- lationships can’t get those same financial ben- efits. The federal tax code needs to be changed to reflect that,” said Hoffman. Those in attendance varied from the politically involved to novices. “I definitely was inspired by [Hoffman],” said Ask about our Jeremy Miñano, 27, a real estate developer. “He, I feel, will have a really profound impact on Il- boys’ and linois and I definitely am going to support and Nestled on a hillside with amazing ocean views, the beautiful, girls’ weeks! spread the word about him. His speech was very impressive, and very touching. I think that he open-aired villa accommodates up to 10 with 4 ensuite bedrooms, will definitely do what is right for Illinois.” 3 kitchens, large outdoor area with heated pool (perfect for parties Previous to his announcement of candidacy, & weddings). English speaking staff, wireless internet and free Hoffman worked as inspector general for the City of Chicago. He set up a 1-800 number for people calls to and from The U.S., Canada and parts of Europe. to anonymously report corruption within the government. Proud supporter of: “I always admired what he did in the inspector general’s office. That part of his personality, and what he’s looking to do, I’m a fan,” said Lorin Adolph, 45, a chef. Before his position as inspector general, Hoff- man worked as an assistant U.S. attorney in Chicago. He graduated from Yale University in history and the Law School in law. “Having worked with David as long as I have, I know that he does his research and gets to know whatever issue he’s dealing with fully. He not only gets to know it really well but he gets to know the others side and he forms an opin- ion based on all the information,” said Choi, 35. WWW.CASAVISTALOSARCOS.COM “When he takes a position, it’s sincere.” Aside from his stance on LGBT issues, Hoffman 773-960-5721 6 Sept. 23, 2009 “It was practically the only place you could Study looks into find them, so they were doing the best they could at that time,” said Hughes. “There is very Steinem speaks lesbian health little research, but a lot of speculation, on high by JESSICA PUPOVAC rates of alcoholism in the lesbian community, and it just doesn’t fit what I know from per- Dr. Tonda Hughes, faculty member of the Univer- sonal experience and professional experience. ... sity of Illinois Chicago’s College of Nursing, said Our research is designed to provide a much more most doctors don’t really understand lesbian realistic picture of the patterns and variability health. She has spent a lot of her time “edu- of ’ drinking, and to provide information cating” her primary care physicians and now, for developing alcohol abuse prevention and she’s hoping that a groundbreaking study she is early intervention strategies.” spearheading will reach a wider audience. The participants in the UIC study represent “We would all like our healthcare providers to the most ethnically, racially and economically be better informed so that they can provide ef- diverse sample of lesbians ever to participate fective care,” said Hughes, whose study will be such a study. the first to follow lesbians over time. “I hope The research team will check in with original it can really help inform healthcare providers participant and interview an additional group of in terms of encouraging them to ask questions 250 younger lesbians, aged 18 to 25, to see if about sexual orientation and to better deter- their physical and mental health have changed mine risk factors.” over time. They will then compare both groups Hughes and researchers at the recently re- with the results of the National Study of Health ceived $3 million in federal funding to track and Life Experiences of Women, a 20-year study down and interview nearly 450 Chicago-area les- that drew from a general sample of U.S. wom- bians they interviewed 2000, and again in 2004. en. They will see if their rates of alcohol abuse and Hughes said that they have managed to keep other stress-related health risks have changed in touch with nearly 90 percent of the original over time. participants, in no small because of the efforts The team’s experience, and limited other re- of the women involved. Since the study kicked search, has suggested that lesbians experience off, some have moved as far as Spain and Aus- higher rates of heavy drinking, smoking, obesity tralia, but always informed researchers of their and depression than heterosexual women, in whereabouts. part attributed to coping with additional dis- “I think they recognize the value of the infor- Over 2,000 people gathered at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 E. Wacker, on Sept. 17 to crimination. mation collected and how it can help improve celebrate and support the Chicago Foundation for Women at its annual luncheon. The event, Lesbian health studies tend not be prioritized healthcare for lesbians everywhere,” said Dr. now in its 24th year, highlighted the many achievements the organization and its grantees for health research dollars, due in no small part Hughes. have garnered as well as reiterating the need for funding for future endeavors. to a limited amount of funding for sexual minor- Preliminary results of the study could be pub- The scheduled speaker, Dr. Maya Angelou, was unable to attend the event due to medical ity research in general, and the greater urgency lished as early as 2013. reasons, leaving a bittersweet feeling as attendees arrived to hear the news that feminist for HIV- and AIDS-related research, Hughes icon Gloria Steinem had agreed to take the stage instead. Steinem, who turned 75 earlier said. this year, addressed the eager crowd for more than 30 minutes discussing her birthday wish The most often cited study on lesbian drink- list, which includes an end to domestic violence; greater inclusion of positive news report- ing and other health risks thus far found one- ing in the numerous media outlets; a desire to see newsstands filled with erotica instead third of lesbians to be “excessive or problem of pornography; the participation of more men in child care; and allocating the the military drinkers”—but was conducted at a gay bar in budget to child care and schools. Regarding the LGBT community, she said, “I want all the early ‘70s. grown-ups to be able to get married.” Text by Charlsie Dewey and photos by Kat Fitzgerald (MysticImagesPhotography.com) with a video of the event (and many more photos) online at www.windycitymediagroup.com

PASSAGES the opportunity to work under quite a few man- aging brokers. None affected my life and career David C. Hall as much as David [has]. He was a mentor and By Ross Forman friend. He was always available to his agents to discuss anything from trends in the market David Custer Hall, a longtime Chicago resident, to the newest sushi restaurants. His knowledge businessman and supporter of the arts and the and expertise was invaluable. He was a truly LGBT community, died suddenly Sept. 10 at his iconic figure in the real estate community. His home in Lakeview. He was 67. passion for the industry was contagious.” Hall grew up in North Vernon, Ind., where he Hall was passionate about the opera, and his formed an early love of music, and for years he progress from a balcony seat at the Chicago played the oboe. He earned his Bachelor’s de- Lyric Opera in 1970 to five front-row seats for gree from Indiana University and his Master’s the past 15 years traced his rising success as a Degree from Northwestern. Hall taught and businessman. directed the high school band in Three Oaks, In 1991, Hall fulfilled a longtime ambition of Mich. riding his bicycle across the country. He was a For several years, Hall taught humanities at world traveler, visiting more than 35 countries, Wright Junior College. In the mid-1970s, with always in the company of friends who shared a partner, he began a small real estate develop- his enthusiasm for seeing the places of the ment business on the North Side. Hall’s interest world and experiencing their cultures. He often in, and commitment to, real estate develop- said that he was living the life he envisioned ment in Chicago grew to become his very suc- for himself as a boy growing up in a small town cessful professional career, first as a sales as- in Indiana. sociate and ultimately as senior vice president “When I considered transferring to a Cold- and managing broker in the Lincoln Park Plaza well Banker office in Chicago, I contacted Da- office of Coldwell Banker, one of the top sales vid and we met for coffee,” Broude said. “We producing offices in the country. Hall served a had a wonderful conversation about the real term as President of the Chicago Board of Real- estate business and the differences in subur- tors, and in 2002 was named Chicago Realtor ban [and] city real estate. He was so smart of the Year. about the business and I wanted to be in his “I don’t know where to begin to express what office to learn as much as I could from him. David meant to me personally, to this company Many times, I’d knocked on his office door to and to all of [us],” said Coldwell Banker col- seek his advice and he’d receive me with a big league Fran Broude. “He was the epitome of smile....always willing to take time out of his professionalism in his career, an inspiration to busy schedule, to answer a question or two.” all of us and a friend unlike any other. We will The family requests that gifts in memory all miss him terribly. of David Hall be made to the Hollister-Hall “I’ve been with David Hall’s Coldwell Banker Scholarship Fund, Jennings County Community office for 13 years. Having sold residential real Foundation, 265 East Main, North Vernon, Ind., Boston • Chicago • Dallas • Las Vegas • Los Angeles • Miami • New York estate in Chicago for almost 20 years, I’ve had Orlando • Philadelphia • San Francisco • Washington DC 47265. Sept. 23, 2009 7 against it—presented the board with a number school administrators on creating safe schools Living with of documents that included “21 places,” they for LGBT youth; said, where Mosier referred to Living with Pride —Patrick Sinozich, 50, for enriching Chicago’s Pride’s future as a “halfway house.” LGBT communities through the gifts of song, Susan Malone, who also testified against Liv- dance, and entertainment by his involvement in the balance ing with Pride, said that nobody in the neigh- with and direction of the former Windy City Gay BY SAMUEL WORLEY borhood objected to the fact of the house it- Chorus and the current Chicago Gay Men’s Cho- self, and said that Mosier should have applied rus; A decision on the fate of LGBT-oriented sober for a special-use permit rather than pursue an —Jorge Valdivia, 34, for creating safe spaces living space Living with Pride is expected within appeal—despite neighbors’ earlier indication and building visibility for the Latino LGBT com- the next month, after representatives presented that they would oppose such a permit. munity through media, arts and public service, their case at a contentious hearing before Chi- “This is a properly determined transitional res- and particularly for founding Homofrecuencia, cago’s Zoning Board of Appeals Sept. 18. The idence. No one in my community is opposed to the nation’s first Spanish-language radio pro- decision will be the culmination of a long pro- the house being anywhere,” Malone said, stress- U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley. gram focusing on LGBT issues; and cess for the embattled house, which opened this ing that it was just a matter of “doing it in the —AIDS Foundation of Chicago, for 24 years of in development, marketing, and public relations spring and was shortly thereafter determined by proper manner, proper time, proper location.” helping to lead the fight against HIV/AIDS by for organizations in both the non-profit and pri- zoning administrator Patricia Scudiero to be im- promoting cooperation among service providers vate sectors; properly zoned. Proceedings also focused on the question of at work across Chicago’s various communities, —Joey McDonald, 54, for his strong commit- Living with Pride was brought to the attention whether Living with Pride provided counseling to making more than $18 million in grants to agen- ment to improving the quality of life for mem- of Scudiero following complaints by neighbors its members and held 12-step meetings, which cies coping with AIDS in those communities, bers of Chicago’s LGBT communities, particularly that were publicized in an April 26 “What’s Your opponents said would “bring a lot of unwanted aiding the housing needs of persons with HIV/ his work with people living with HIV/AIDS, his Problem?” column in the Chicago Tribune. traffic to the neighborhood.” AIDS, and advocating for sound government leadership in the recovery community, his men- Scudiero’s decision that Living with Pride Contrary to Mosier’s claims, Salk said, “There is HIV/AIDS policy. torship in the leather community, and his advo- needed to apply for a special-use permit was ap- counseling going on—whether it’s AA or some- Friends of the community include: cacy for LGBT equality; pealed at last week’s hearing. At issue is whether thing.” Mosier said that does not provide coun- —U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Chicago, for sup- —Frank M. Robinson, 83, journalist, novelist, Living with Pride is a “community family home,” seling in the house. She also said that while LWP porting sexual-minority rights as a City Council and award-winning science fiction writer, for as its supporters claim—and therefore zoned once hosted 12-step meetings, it stopped doing legislative aide and Cook County Board com- creating the gay and lesbian community tabloid correctly—or a “transitional home,” or halfway so after neighbors objected. missioner, and now as a member of Congress, newspapers that catalyzed the emergence of the house, which neighbors allege it to be. where he has joined the LGBT caucus and backs gay press in Chicago, and also for his service Scudiero, in a May decision, found that the the movement to repeal the Defense of Marriage Hall of Fame to 13 as speech writer for gay activist and politician house was indeed “transitional,” and would Act and the Pentagon’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Harvey Milk; need to be re-zoned as such in order for it to people, 1 group policy, as well as supporting efforts to end em- —Jane M. Hussein Saks, 47, social and po- stay in the neighborhood—a move that some The Chicago Commission on Human Relations’ ployment discrimination and achieve other LGBT litical activist, cultural advocate, and leader, for community members, and 47th Ward Alderman Advisory Council on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and justice goals; and challenging and championing issues of gender, Gene Schulter, have already said that they would Transgender Issues has released the names of 13 —Marilyn Urso, R.N., for her service from sexuality, race, and power within the worlds of oppose. individuals and one organization to be inducted 1990 to 2007 as research registered nurse for arts and culture, politics and civil rights, aca- Since such opposition makes it unlikely that a in November 2009 into the Chicago Gay and Les- the Center’s Multi-Site demia and philanthropy; permit to re-zone would be successful, the zon- bian Hall of Fame, the only known government- AIDS Cohort Study (MACS), the world’s largest —Zaida Sanabia, 24, filmmaker and activist, ing board’s decision may be the final word on sponsored hall of fame that honors members epidemiological study on sexual practices and for founding “Amiguitas,” the first queer Latina whether Living with Pride will stay in its North of the LGBT community, announced Chairman/ how they relate to the transmission of HIV, youth group in Chicago and for documenting the Center neighborhood. Commissioner Dana V. Starks in a press release. where she furnished warm, welcoming support struggles of starting a gay-straight alliance in Residents living in a “community family The chosen nominees will be inducted at the to the participants and other important services her high school in her film home” are expected to do so indefinitely or per- Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame’s 19th on- and off-site, becoming what some clients “A Fish Almost Eaten by a Shark,” which has manently, said Dr. Claudia Mosier, the founder annual ceremony, which will take place 5:30-7 called their “second mother.” been screened nationwide to educate and train and director of Living with Pride, in testimony p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, in Sidney R. before the board. Indeed, she argued, the ability Yates Gallery at the Chicago Cultural Center, 77 to depend on a stable living situation is critical E. Randolph. The reception begins at 5:30 p.m., to the recovery of many of LWP’s clients. She and the program is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. The argued that all residents of LWP should be con- event is free and open to the public. sidered “disabled” with conditions ranging from The Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame was chemical dependency to mood and personality established in 1991 under the auspices of the disorders. Advisory Council, with continuing support from Mosier’s claims were supported by testimony the Chicago Commission on Human Relations from Dr. Kelly DuCheny, a clinical psychologist and Mayor Daley. Its purpose is to recognize the from Howard Brown Health Services. DuCheny achievements of LGBT Chicagoans, their contri- told the board that there are few sober spaces butions to the development of the city, and the tailored specifically to the needs of LGBT people. help they have received from others. “Abrupt changes,” she said, “do not cement re- Those inducted fall into one of three catego- covery. Finding [the] kind of support [provided ries: individual, organization, or friend of the by Living with Pride] is going to be pivotal in community. Nominees represent Chicago’s entire maintaining recovery and sobriety and cement- sexual-minority community, including lesbian, ing life-long changes.” gay, bisexual, and transgender Chicagoans, past, Tim Barton, who represented the Department present, living, and dead, as well as those who of Zoning and Land Use Planning in the hear- have supported or assisted the community. ing, took issue with Mosier and DuCheny’s con- The individuals and organization being hon- cepts of disability. Barton said that while his ored in 2009 are: department considers a community family home —Paula Basta, 53, for her long-term work in to be “a location where people with permanent improving the lives of senior citizens, especially disabilities are housed permanently,” the sorts LGBT senior citizens, and promoting women’s of disabilities evinced by Mosier’s clientele are and LGBT rights; more often “treated in the context of a transi- —Lou Conte, 67, for the legacy he has cre- tional residence.” ated through the Lou Conte Dance Studio and Opponents of Living with Pride pointed to old Dance Chicago, both of which publications that refer repeatedly to the house continue to contribute to the arts and culture as “transitional” or a “halfway house”—termi- community in Chicago and beyond; nology that Mosier said was used before she —Lori A. Cooper, 42, a Chicago police ser- fulled appreciated the legal ramifications of the geant, for her focus on LGBT issues, which has terms. “I’ve had to apologize for this more than led to significant policy changes within the Po- I’ve had to apologize for worse things I’ve done lice Department, especially the creation of the in my life,” she said. LGBT liaison position, which continues to serve Mosier compared her previous use of the dis- a vital function for the LGBT community; puted terminology to the way that concepts —Marcia J. Lipetz, Ph.D., 62, for her long of sanity and insanity vary across professions: history of leadership, energy, passion, and vi- though insanity is a legally recognized defini- sion for Chicago’s LGBT community and the in- tion, she said, it has no corollary in the field of stitutions affiliated with it, especially for her psychology. work with the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, the “If she’s so well-qualified,” asked neighbor WPWR-TV Channel 50 Foundation, and Center on Dara Salk, “how did she not know … that that Halsted; was not legal?” Salk and other opponents of the —Amy Maggio, 60, for her leadership in LGBT house—including Ald. Schulter, who testified and HIV/AIDS issues, including her experience 8 Sept. 23, 2009 Media leaders unite LUTHERANS from cover “The social statement now forms the basis for to create Chicago policy and advocacy on issues related to families LGBT calendar and sexuality both for ministry and advocacy in the church and society,” said Emily Eastwood, CHICAGO—In a significant move that unites two executive director for Lutherans Concerned/ of the largest content providers for Chicago’s North America, speaking for Goodsoil, an Evan- LGBT community, Windy City Media Group and gelical Lutheran LGBT advocacy group.” ChicagoPride.com today announced an agree- Indeed, passage of the social statement paved ment to create a unified community calendar the way for Evangelical Lutherans to adopt an- designed to connect the LGBT population to the other resolution, this one allowing people in numerous diverse possibilities the community “publicly accountable, lifelong, monogamous has to offer. same-gender relationships” to serve as official “We are thrilled to further enhance our part- church ministers. The ministry resolution passed nership with ChicagoPride.com to deliver this 559-451. Unlike the social statement, it only re- useful and informative community resource,” quired a simple-vote majority for passage. said Tracy Baim, publisher, Windy City Media By its action at the Minneapolis convention, Group., which produced Windy City Times, Night- the 4.7 million-member Lutheran Church, with spots, and Windy City Queercast. “We especially a primarily Midwest base, becomes the largest encourage groups to post benefits far ahead of mainline Protestant denomination to throw time so that event planners can check for con- down an official welcome mat to gay and lesbian flicting dates for their own events.” clergy and laity. Beginning Oct. 5, the event listings of the Bishop Wayne. N. Miller of the Metropolitan Windy City Times, Nightspots Magazine and Chicago Synod supported the gay-positive reso- ChicagoPride.com will be combined to generate lutions, voicing support for LGBT equality the CalendarQ, the most-comprehensive event and convention floor. community calendar, to be published exclusively To a large extent, Chicagoland Lutherans have in Windy City Times. been ahead of their denomination in welcoming With a feature-rich design and interactivity gay men and lesbians into the fold. And yet for that maximizes the capabilities of the online Nichols and his life partner Brian Von Rueden, version, Calendar Q will also be available at both members of Wrigleyville’s Holy Trinity Lu- From left: Dean Nichols, Gerry Nichols, Luke Smetters, Benjeman Nichols, Brian von Rueden, www.windycitymediagroup.com and www.chica- theran Church, their denomination’s shift toward Craig Mueller, Bonnie von Rueden and Jim von Rueden at Benjeman and Brian’s commitment gopride.com. gay equality hits close to home—spiritually—in ceremony, or Einsegnungsfeier. Photo courtesy of the couple “Windy City Media Group has been a proven more ways than one. Their pastor, the Rev. Craig Mueller is a gay leader in Chicago’s LGBT community,” said Bill friends’ presence, their coming together,” as we faithful. Located about half a mile from Chi- man with a significant other. Associate pastor, Pritchard, senior vice president, ChicagoPride. commit to “share our lives, helps us to [live out cago’s most visible gay enclave, Boystown, the Rev. Michelle L. Miller is a partnered lesbian com. “With this new community initiative and that commitment.]” Holy Trinity is now about 25 percent gay, said with children. And even before the ELCA made it partnership, both companies are positioned to Both men are cradle Lutherans, although Nich- Mueller, with the congregation’s membership officially kosher to bless same-sex unions, Nich- better serve the members of our community, ul- ols was raised in the more conservative tradi- at about 350 people. More recently, Holy Trin- ols and Von Rueden celebrated an Einsegnungs- timately putting them in control of their busy tions of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. ity has been welcoming non-gays. “Our claim feier, a German term, roughly translated into the schedules.” The couple met while students at Valparaiso Uni- to fame,” he explained, “is we’ve become more English as “commitment ceremony.” Community organizers, event planners, arts versity, which has historic ties to the Lutheran diverse by welcoming straight people.” Mueller A few days after Obama’s big win last No- groups and bar owners can submit events online faith. Both fluent in German, the couple lived has served as Holy Trinity pastor for 10 years. vember—and celebration in Grant Park—with or by email: calendar@windycitymediagroup. for several years in Germany. Neither Mueller, Von Rueden nor Nichols at- family and friends present from U. S. and Ger- com or [email protected]. Although Nichols converted to Roman Catholi- tended church-wide assembly. But all three men many, pastor Mueller officiated at the Nichols- Most importantly, groups are strongly encour- cism while in college, the couple finds common watched proceedings live from the ELCA’s Web Von Rueden,“consecration ceremony,” the literal aged to post their events directly online at www. ground at Holy Trinity, which Von Rueden said, site. “It was a very personal and emotional dis- translation of Einsegnungsfeier. ChicagoPride.com. Under the Events button go “blends the intellectual and liturgical tradition cussion” to view, said Von Rueden, who e-mailed The couple’s choice of venue in a Lutheran to “Post an Event”; once entered, this informa- of the church with Catholic theology and other Nichols back and forth from work throughout de- church and a German name for ceremony was tion will flow to the Web sites of both compa- faith principles of the Lutheran Church.” He add- liberations on the resolutions. “I started crying intentional, Von Rueden said, explaining, “Ben- nies, plus the print editions of Windy City Times ed, “There’s a real outreach of trying to reach at my desk,” he said, “when the final vote on jeman’s parents being a little more conservative; and Nightspots. people where they are along their faith journey.” the clergy policy passed,” adding, “It was just a they wouldn’t have tolerated the word wed- The agreement between Windy City Media Besides, Von Rueden said, “It’s okay to ask ques- relief for us and for them” because “somewhere ding.” Group and ChicagoPride.com is the latest in col- tions. 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QUOTELINES by rex wockner Jamaica is considered by human-rights de- BY REX WOCKNER fenders to be one of the world’s most virulently British prime homophobic countries. Gay sex is illegal. Q minister apologizes “This is our moment. This is the time feel.” — Singer Melissa Manchester to San Di- Uruguay OKs to demand equality. If you lead with confi- ego’s Gay & Lesbian Times, Aug. 27. to Alan Turing dence, you can win it in 2010. Do not be afraid British Prime Minister Gordon Brown apolo- gay adoption of it. And do not put our rights on hold any “In DC. Worried about whether the set gized to Alan Turing on Sept. 11 after 31,564 Uruguay reportedly became the first country more.” — Openly gay Steve Hildebrand, who for Meet the Press hides sneakers as well as people signed a petition on Brown’s Web site in Latin America to allow gay adoption Sept. 9 was Barack Obama’s deputy national campaign the one at MSNBC.” — Openly lesbian MSNBC asking him to do so. when the Chamber of Senators passed a bill that manager and now is pushing for a 2010 bal- host Rachel Maddow in an Aug. 15 tweet. Turing—the openly gay founder of modern previously had passed the Chamber of Deputies. lot campaign to repeal Proposition 8, speaking computing who cracked key Nazi military codes President Tabaré Vázquez indicated he will Aug. 22 at the San Diego Democratic Club’s an- “Even when I’m busy, I run to the com- during World War II—was prosecuted in 1952 sign the bill into law. nual Freedom Awards, according to the Gay & puter during the day and try to remind for the crime of engaging in gay sex and was Questions have been raised, however, about a Lesbian Times in its Aug. 27 issue. California people (through Twitter) of little things and chemically castrated and stripped of his security confusing provision in the bill that requires chil- gay leaders are split on whether to try to repeal ideas. It’s a nice creative outlet.” — Lesbian clearance. He committed suicide in 1954. dren’s full names to include both their mother’s Prop 8 in 2010 or 2012. comedian and actress Sandra Bernhard to San “On behalf of the British government, and all and father’s last names. Diego’s Gay & Lesbian Times, Aug 27. those who live freely thanks to Alan’s work I am Uruguay also has a national civil-union law for “I went and I got very proud to say: we’re sorry, you deserved so same-sex couples and lets open gays serve in diagnosed and ev- much better,” Brown wrote. the military. erything and I got “Turing was a quite brilliant mathematician, The civil-union law requires that couples have the special swine flu I had never most famous for his work on breaking the Ger- lived together for five years before they can take drugs. I’m better. ... I man Enigma codes,” Brown explained. “It is no advantage of it, and grants spousal rights in had it. It’s over. It’s done. discussed it exaggeration to say that, without his outstand- areas that include inheritance, property owner- ... It is the predominant with my ing contribution, the history of World War Two ship, pensions, parenting and health care. strain of flu now. First my could well have been very different. He truly The couple must “maintain an emotional rela- girlfriend got it and then parents at was one of those individuals we can point to tionship of a sexual nature (and) an exclusive, I got it. It was just like a that age. whose unique contribution helped to turn the singular, stable and permanent character.” really stanky flu, and I had —Pet Shop Boys’ tide of war. The debt of gratitude he is owed Other Latin American localities with civil- to take a week off and Ali- Neil Tennant union laws include the city of Buenos Aires, the makes it all the more horrifying, therefore, that son Stewart did my show.” on coming out at 40 he was treated so inhumanely. In 1952, he was Argentine province of Río Negro, the Brazilian — MSNBC host Rachel Mad- convicted of ‘gross indecency’—in effect, tried state of Rio Grande do Sul, Mexico City, and the dow on TV’s Late Night with for being gay. His sentence—and he was faced Mexican state of Coahuila, which borders Texas. Jimmy Fallon, Aug. 31. with the miserable choice of this or prison—was “I decided to come out publicly (15 chemical castration by a series of injections of Clinton says U.S. “My first date with my girlfriend Su- years ago) because I was talking to a female hormones. He took his own life just two san was at a shooting range. That was new (British) gay magazine, Attitude, years later.” will fight anti-gay awesome. It was ladies’ day on the range. Her which had just started publishing. It seemed “Thousands of people have come together to sister is a lifetime NRA member and she was a bit ridiculous to talk to them and not say I demand justice for Alan Turing and recognition violence worldwide organizing ladies’ day on the range at her gun was gay. It wasn’t a really big deal for me. But of the appalling way he was treated,” the apol- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said club. And so we shot AiR-15s and we threw I had never discussed it with my parents at ogy continued. “While Turing was dealt with Sept. 11 that the United States will fight anti- tomahawks and we did archery and pistols and that age. I was 40 years old at this point. So under the law of the time and we can’t put the gay violence anywhere in the world that it hap- skeet. Susan was really good with skeet. She it made my parents confront this issue. They clock back, his treatment was of course utterly pens. was wearing a dress. I mean, first date, right? were very nice about it all.” — Neil Tennant of unfair and I am pleased to have the chance to Speaking in New York at the Roosevelt Insti- So we’re trying to impress each other. She’s all the Pet Shop Boys to the D.C. magazine Metro say how deeply sorry I and we all are for what tute’s Four Freedoms Medals Gala Dinner, where dressed up to the nines, with this giant shot- Weekly, Sept. 3. happened to him. Alan and the many thousands she received the institute’s Four Freedoms Award, gun.” — MSNBC host Rachel Maddow on TV’s of other gay men who were convicted as he was Clinton explained: “(We) must condemn violence Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Aug. 31. “It was scary (becoming a gay spokes- convicted under homophobic laws were treated based on sexual orientation and gender identity. person after I came out) because I really terribly. Over the years millions more lived in In country after country after country, young “I really do think that gays are the wasn’t up on my politics. I was kind of there, fear of conviction. I am proud that those days men and women are persecuted, are singled out, best urban pioneers, and they’re the best but not like some of these amazing people are gone and that in the last 12 years this gov- even murdered in cold blood, because of who neighbors you can have. People don’t seem to like David Mixner, Urvashi Vaid, Kate Clinton ernment has done so much to make life fairer they love or just based on claims that they are understand how good it is that if a gay couple and some of the people I was meeting. So it and more equal for our LGBT community. This gay. moves into your neighborhood and starts re- was scary. I take it very seriously that I am recognition of Alan’s status as one of Britain’s “We are starting to track violence against storing a house? Hey—your property values sometimes more or less a representative of the most famous victims of homophobia is another the LGBT community, because where it hap- are going up.” — Singer Linda Ronstadt to community. It is a great responsibility and a step towards equality and long overdue.” pens anywhere in the world, the United States PlanetOut.com, Aug. 26. great honor too.” — Melissa Etheridge to Los Leading gay activist Peter Tatchell called must speak out against it and work for its end. Angeles’ Lesbian News, August issue. Brown’s apology “most welcome and commend- Through our annual human rights report, we are “Some of the strongest community able.” documenting human rights abuses against LGBT that we know in this country is in “We (gays) are a sweet group of people “But,” Tatchell said, “a similar apology is also communities worldwide. And we are seeking out the gay community, because they’ve had who just really want to love and dance. We due to the estimated 100,000 British men who partners at the United Nations such as Brazil, to band together to survive emotionally. I’m want to work and decorate our homes and fix were convicted of consenting, victimless same- France, Sweden and the Netherlands to help us not so sure this country understands or values up our houses. For us to have to fight for our sex relationships during the 20th century. Sin- address these human rights abuses.” that.” — Singer Linda Ronstadt to PlanetOut. equal rights for that is really strange.” — Me- gling out Turing just because he is famous is —Assistance: Bill Kelley com, Aug. 26. lissa Etheridge to Los Angeles’ Lesbian News, wrong. Unlike Turing, many thousands of ordi- August issue. nary gay and bisexual men were never given the “I had moved back to Tucson with my option of hormone treatment. They were sent to Malawi official kids because I just thought it was qui- “My mom was always for gay marriage, prison.” eter, and my family was there. But Tucson has but I think me being so vocal about it has speaks out Another famous victim of the gross-indecency turned out to be a very conservative place, and made her want to be more vocal about it. She law was Oscar Wilde, who was prosecuted and In Malawi, Secretary for Nutrition, HIV and I didn’t want my kids coming home from school texted me: ‘Gay marriage passed in Maine!!’” jailed in 1895. AIDS Mary Shawa has said that recognizing saying things like ‘That’s so gay.’ So we moved — Meghan McCain, John’s daughter, to Out. gay rights is key to being successful in the back to San Francisco, and I sent my kids to a com, July 20. fight against AIDS. “There is a need to incor- school that actively taught that homophobic British consul porate a human rights approach in the de- remarks are just not OK, and my kids’ attitudes “(Gay equality is) my generation’s civil murdered in livery of HIV and AIDS services to such risk have changed as a result of it.” — Singer Linda rights movement.” — Meghan McCain, John’s groups like men who have sexual intercourse Ronstadt to PlanetOut.com, Aug. 26. daughter, to Out.com, July 20. Jamaica with men if we have to fight AIDS,” Shawa The honorary British consul in Montego Bay, said at a conference about the disease— “My lesbian friends’ children are “I have, apparently, hit the Facebook Jamaica, was strangled in his home Sept. 9 in a marking the first time a government official becoming teenagers. It was a big deal for friend limit. They allow no more.” — Frequent- possibly homophobic attack. has discussed gay issues in public. about 10 minutes and now everybody goes ly gay-themed San Francisco Chronicle colum- John Terry’s nude and beaten body was found —Andrew Davis through the same crap that everyone goes nist Mark Morford on his Facebook page July 15. with a handwritten note calling him a “batty through in life. It’s lovely to see families show Morford has 4,999 “friends.” man,” which means “faggot.” up in all different ways and that the pervasive —Assistance: Bill Kelley Police believe Terry knew his killer. issue is how wanted and loved the children 10 Sept. 23, 2009

VIEWPOINT VOL. 24, No. 51, Sept. 23, 2009 The combined forces of Windy City Times, founded Sept. 1985, and Outlines newspaper, stage plays would make great films. And from steam up the screen with their screen chemistry, founded May 1987. there, less than 12 months later, we were shoot- and it validates the lives of so many long-term TRACY ing Hannah Free in my home on the South Side. couples of all kinds. PUBLISHER & Executive EDITOR Directed by Wendy Jo Carlton, adapted by Allen As the film has played the festival and the- Tracy Baim BAIM for film, and involving more than 400 people at atrical circuit this summer, I have been lucky Assistant Publisher Terri Klinsky some level, this was a labor of love on the scale to attend some of the screenings. The emotions MANAGING Editor Andrew Davis of Gay Games for me, just in a more condensed have been very high, with lesbians, gay men and Business manager Cynthia Holmes timeline. straight couples all responding strongly to the Director of New Media Jean Albright I served as executive producer, which is a fan- message of love and who chooses a family. The ART DIRECTOR Kirk Williamson account managerS: Amy Matheny, Kirk Culture cy title for basically doing anything from run- topics are timely given the current healthcare Williamson, Cynthia Holmes, Carlos Paret, Lee ning to the store for water to writing checks and end-of-life debate, and also with the same-sex Reinhart as activism raising money. I learned so much in such a short marriage battles in Maine, California and beyond. Promotions director Cynthia Holmes window of time, and was so lucky to have an Who gets to make decisions about our loved NIGHTSPOTS MANAGING Editor Kirk Williamson National Sales Rivendell Media, 212-242-6863 I have always been a fan of “the movies.” When amazing support team for everything we needed ones? Even the best legal documents have been SENIOR WRITERS Bob Roehr, Rex Wockner, Marie I was 14 I snuck a TV into my room and watched for the film. Whether it was Martie Marro doing challenged, and anything short of full equality J. Kuda, David Byrne, Tony Peregrin, Lisa Keen, In the Glitter Palace (1977) with Barbara Her- the Web site, sound design and music; Sharon will mean continued terrible circumstances for Yasmin Nair, Emmanuel Garcia Zurek as editor and post-supervisor; or star Sha- some couples. TheatER Editor Scott C. Morgan shey playing a lesbian. Personal Best and Desert Cinema WRITER Richard Knight, Jr. Hearts came out when I was a young adult, fol- ron Gless staying in the coach house during film- So Hannah Free is just one offering in a long BOOKS WRITER Yasmin Nair lowed by other lesbian films: some good, many ing, everyone pitched in at an amazing level. It line of LGBT cinema trying to reflect a portion ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WRITERS terribly bad. But even the bad ones provided at took a huge village to make this film, and now I of our lives. I can’t thank Chicagoans enough for Mary Shen Barnidge, Jim Edminster, Steve Warren, know why there are not a lot of lesbian films— the amazing support we received. We did all of Lawrence Ferber, Mel Ferrand, Catey Sullivan, least some relief from the constant hetero beat Zachary Whittenburg, Jonathan Abarbanel of Hollywood. it is a very difficult and expensive process, one our work here, including post-production. And Columnists/Writers: Yvonne Zipter, Susie As someone who has covered the LGBT commu- that also involves miracles and luck. And every we also received support from outside our city, Day, Jorjet Harper, Lee Lynch, Steve Starr, Joe nity for 25 years, mostly from a news perspec- favor you could ever call in with family and from house parties and donors across the coun- Rice, Dan Woog, Marie-Jo Proulx, Lisa Keen, Chris friends. try. We have seen the tears, heard the laughter, Crain, Charlsie Dewey, Michael Knipp, Mark Corece, tive, I have also seen how sometimes our issues Sabine Neidhardt, Sam Worley, Billy Masters, John can be further advanced by “culture” than by What is it about movies that change our lives? and been proud to represent Chicago as part of Fenoglio activism. We need it all, of course: People in the The stories can help society see us differently, a new lesbian film. Please show your support by PHOTOGRAPHERS Kat Fitzgerald, Mel Ferrand, streets, people in the board rooms, and people but for me it is more important for our own com- seeing the film Sept. 25-Oct. 1 at Gene Siskel Steve Becker, Steve Starr, Emmanuel Garcia ARTISTS/CARTOONISTS Alison Bechdel, Mikeoart getting a better understanding of us through TV munity to see a wide range of stories reflecting Film Center, 164 N. State. (See www.hannahfree. our lives. Hannah Free is a “period” movie, told com for other cities and countries.) There are CIRCULATION and movies. Circulation director Jean Albright A few years ago I started working on a mili- across 60 years in the lives of two women, end- lots of great films to choose from this fall, and Distribution: Ashina, Allan, Dan, John, Renee, tary love story movie, but that got sidetracked ing in a 1990s Michigan nursing home. We see your support of this one will send a message to Sue and Victor to a stage play, Half Life. In 2007, when I had young lovers, and we see older women loving future LGBT filmmakers that our community can just about given up hope that would become one another. How many Hollywood films show support not just the next Hollywood drama, but a film, I interviewed Claudia Allen for www. older people being intimate, much less two also independent cinema from us, by us, and for ChicagoGayHistory.org and suggested that her women? Sharon Gless and Maureen Gallagher everyone.

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drama on the efforts of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Stevenson’s classic pirate drama promises lots of Getting it (of Sherlock Holmes fame)-debunk the dubious adventure on the high seas. evolutionary claims behind the infamous “Pilt- —Year Zero, Victory Gardens Theater (now- ‘straight’ down Man” remains. Oct. 25): Michael Golmaco’s new drama about BY SCOTT C. MORGAN —Fear, Neo-Futurists (Sept. 24-Oct. 31): No- a Cambodian-American teen who feels out of elle Krimm has conceived and curated this dark place in Long Beach, Calif., inaugurates Victory This week, Windy City Times is running a list examination of Edgar Allen Poe’s terrifying liter- Gardens’ brand new Studio Theater space within of “straight plays” that will be in Chicagoland ary world. the Biograph Theater. this fall. And by “straight,” we mean shows that —Fedra, Queen of Haiti, Lookingglass Theatre aren’t exclusively musical theater, or with char- (Sept. 30-Nov. 15): J. Nicole Brooks puts a Ca- New ‘round these parts acteristics that tip too highly on the lavender ribbean spin on the classic Greek tragedy of a Chicago can’t always boast about being the LGTBQ scale. queen who has a burning incestuous passion for birthplace of new American drama. So check out her handsome stepson. these works that are now making their Windy Bard variations —High Holidays, Goodman Theatre (Oct. City debut Shakespeare is always in fashion, no matter 31-Nov. 29): Alan Gross’ new comedy about a —End Days, Next Theatre (Oct. 29-Nov. 29): the season. Check out these shows that promise kid growing up in early 1960s Chicago and his Deborah Zoe Laufer’s dark comedy about a girl a new approach or a different take on the Bard’s anxiety about his approaching Bar Mitzvah. On living in with a suburban family that is obsessed beloved folio of works. top of that, his older rebellious brother returns with fear and the end of the world. —12 Ophelias, Trap Door Theatre (Sept. 24- home and causes a ruckus in the family. —Heroes, Remy Bumppo Theatre (Oct. 14-Nov. Oct. 31): Latina playwright Caridad Svich de- —The Hundred Dresses, Chicago Children’s 29): Tom Stoppard’s adaptation of Gerald Sibly- scribes her work as a “Play with broken songs.” Theatre at the Royal George Theatre (Sept. eras’ comedy about three World War I veterans in 25-Nov. 1): Eleanor Estes’ acclaimed children’s 1959 who goad each other into new adventures. Find out what kind of trippy and weird world the Fake. Photo by Michael Brosilow character of Ophelia from Hamlet encounters as book gets adapted for the stage by G. Riley Mills This features David Darlow, Mike Nussbaum and she emerges from the water after drowning. and Ralph Covert (of Ralph’s World fame). Sean Roderick Peeples in the cast. premiere in this City of the Big Shoulders. There —Richard III, Chicago Shakespeare Theater Graney directs. —The House on Mango Street, Steppenwolf are plenty of debuting works-choose from this (now-Nov. 22): Shakespeare’s classic history —The Last Unicorn, Promethean Theatre En- Theatre (Oct. 13-Nov. 1): Steppenwolf for Young fall season. play about a manipulative and murderous king semble at City Lit Theater (Oct. 16-Nov. 14): Adults presents Tanya Saracho’s adaptation of —All the Fame of Lofty Deeds, The House should be good, especially with CST artistic di- Ed Rutherford adapts Peter S. Beagle’s fantasy Sandra Cisneros’ acclaimed children’s book about Theatre of Chicago at Chopin Theatre (Nov. 12- rector Barbara Gaines at the helm. novel about a lone unicorn that searches for her a girl growing up in a diverse Chicago neighbor- Dec. 20): Mark Guarino’s phantasmic journey —Rosencantz and Guilderstern are Dead, lost brothers and sisters. hood. into the mind of a fictional country music leg- Writers’ Theatre in Glencoe (Sept. 29-Dec. 6): —Lucinda’s Bed, Chicago Dramatists (Oct. —The Mercy Seat, Profiles Theatre (Sept. 25- end. It’s based upon music of Jon Langford of Tom Stoppard’s classic 1960s existentialist com- 1-Nov. 8): Mia McCullough’s dark comedy about Nov. 15): Neil LaBute’s disturbing drama about The Mekons. edy is about two minor characters in Shake- a grown woman who is still confronted with the an adulterous couple who contemplate using —Bastards of Young, Timpanic Theatre at speare’s Hamlet who ponder their place in the monster who once lived underneath her bed. the terrorist attacks of 9/11-their selfish advan- The Side Project (Oct. 15-Nov. 8): A new short scheme of the play, and in life in general. —Mouse in a Jar, Red Tape Theatre Compa- tage. play collection stuffed with killers, vultures and —St. Crispin’s Day, Strawdog Theatre (Sept. ny (Oct. 1-Oct. 31): Martyna Majok’s dark new —Stoop Stories, Goodman Theatre (now-Oct. other fun lowlifes. 24-Oct. 31): Matt Pepper’s dark comedy concerns drama about two sisters and their mother who 11): Pulitzer Prize-finalist Dael Orlandersmith’s —The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, Vic- the rabble in Shakespeare’s history play Henry all live in terror of an abusive male force who one-woman show about the diverse array of tory Gardens Theater (Sept. 25-Nov. 1): Kristof- V. Will characters like Pistol and Bardolph get arrives nightly in their basement apartment. people in a New York neighborhood. fer Diaz’s dark hip hop-influenced comedy looks mutinous against the monarch on the eve of the —Ten Square, Pegasus Players and MPAACT Didn’t see your fall show profiled in the past at geo-politics through the world of professional Battle of Agincourt? (Sept. 25-Nov. 22): This collaborative theater two weeks? Then send theater news and other wrestling. See what happens when two guys company play by Shepsu Aaku imagines a fu- [email protected] or An- take on the wrestling alter egos of a tag team of Brand spanking new turistic America long after the effects of slavery [email protected]. foreign terrorists. Chicagoans should be proud at the number of reparation pay outs. Read this entire article online at www. —Fake, Steppenwolf Theatre (through Nov. plays and new adaptations that make their world —Treasure Island, Lifeline Theatre (now-Nov. WindyCityMediaGroup.com. 8): Ensemble member Eric Simonson bases this 1): John Hildreth’s adaptation of Robert Louis 12 Sept. 23, 2009 tresses portraying the sniveling damsels they se- degree, this Porchlight Music Theatre produc- duce and abandon, the ensemble embraces their tion maintains the correct balance, thanks in no CRITICS’ PICKS play’s cruel universe with a full-throttle commit- small part to a cast who attack their commedia- ment devoid of self-conscious posturing. trad roles with warmth, gusto and a knowing Cabaret, Drury Lane Oakbrook, through It’s not enough to wholly redeem a genius wink or two. Oct. 11. Think you know Cabaret from its playwright’s faltering first scribblings, note- Dan Ferretti and Ryan Lanning, though a 1972 film version? It was a different crea- worthy only to illustrate his improvement later charming duo of squabbling dads, are not yet ture on , and director Jim Corti in his career. And vision fatigue generated by old enough to project a believable patriarchal masterfully returns this celebrated Kander the EP space’s chronically unreliable lighting- gravitas, while Jeff Parker’s El Gallo is so inter- and Ebb musical back to its Broadway roots circuitry may lead spectators to lose a few mo- nalized as to be downright arthritic. But Emma (no interpolated film songs) for a smashing ments of the first act. But you’re unlikely to ever Rosenthal and Sean Effinger-Dean’s virtuoso production. SCM see Baal performed on a stage anywhere, and for vocals as the giddy lovebirds, along with Tanya Mistakes Were Made, A Red Orchid The- certain, you’ll never see it done with as much McBride’s impish antics in the role of the koken- atre, through Oct 31. That guy (Michael fury, intensity and imagination as in this South like Mute, more than compensate for the occa- Shannon) who was up for an Oscar earlier Side hobbit-hole of a playhouse. sional collegiate moment. And look for UIC pro- Baal. Photo by Kyle LaMere this year has returned to his off-Loop roots fessor William F. Raffeld and storefront-circuit in a pitch-perfect tale of frenzied intensity THEATER REVIEW THEATER REVIEW favorite Rus Rainear to steal the show at every and show biz insanity. Catch Shannon now, onstage opportunity. before he heads back to movie land. CS Baal The Fantasticks The Wild Party, Silent Theatre Company Playwright: Bertolt Brecht Playwright: book and lyrics by THEATER REVIEW at Prop Thtr, through Oct. 2. Isaiah Rob- At: EP Theater, 1820 S. Halsted Tom Jones, music by Harvey Schmidt inson and Silent Theatre transform Joseph Phone: 312-850-4299; $12 At: Porchlight Music Theatre at Boom Moncure March’s steamy ballad of a summer Playwright: Peter Sinn Nachtrieb Runs through: Oct. 10 Theatre Building Chicago, 1225 W. Belmont revel gone wrong into a seamless blend of At: Next Theatre Company, Phone: 773-327-5252; $37 music, dance, pantomime and spoken-word 927 Noyes, Evanston BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE Runs through: Nov. 15 sensuality. MSB Tickets: 847-475-1875; Yeast Nation, American Theater Company, “You can tell it’s a 20-year-old writing” someone BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE www.nexttheatre.org; $25-$40 through Oct. 18. A musical, set 3.5 billion remarked in the lobby before the start of the Runs through: Oct. 11 years ago, about a colony of yeast cells show. Indeed you can, and when the 20-year-old When 50 percent of the orchestra consists of a struggling for survival as earth cools, writ- is Bertolt Brecht in 1918, writing his rebuttal to full-sized harp, it’s a good guess that this is not BY JONATHAN ABARBANEL ten by the unorthodox authors of Urinetown a then-popular drama extolling versifiers as he- Spring Awakening. Our story, in fact, is based on the Musical. Do they rise to the occasion? roic, virtuous (and anti-Semitic) paragons, what a satirical harlequinade written during the age Jason Southerland became artistic director of JA you can expect is a braggadocio celebration of of Victorian sentimentality. Its score mandates a Next Theatre Company last spring but waited —By Abarbanel, Barnidge, the vices attributed to harum-scarum artists heroine combining the airheaded effervescence until now to make his directing debut with this Morgan and Sullivan throughout time. His parable of two aesthetes— of an adolescent with the lungs of a Wagnerian 2009-2010 season opener. The question Boom one a poet named for a Biblical baddie, and the diva, and a villain whose suave urbanity encom- raises isn’t whether or not he can stage a show, The play has some amusing moments, for John other a would-be music composer—who drink, passes a momentary misinterpretation when but whether he can select a script. Boom is a Stokvis (Jules) and Kelly O’Sullivan (Jo) are at- brawl, screw girls (and, it is hinted, each other) confronted with two men claiming a “romantic bad play. tractive and deft enough (narrator Shannon while wallowing in brandy and existential mel- problem,” but also a stubborn affinity for the It’s an 80-minute sitcom that’s also a shag- Hoag has far less to do), and Nachtrieb sum- ancholia would be insufferable to watch if EP classical definition of the word, “rape” (mean- gy dog story with a not-sufficiently-potent mons the occasional smartly quirky line, such Theater had not taken every measure to make it ing “forcible abduction”). And let’s not forget punchline (about fish and humanity in an apoc- as “Fish may not be intelligent, but they are interesting, short of re-writing it completely. 19th-century panto characterizations of “exotic” alyptic future). In a confined setting (an un- rational.” Southerland, as director, has staged Their first remedy is to excise at least 10 of foreigners. derground laboratory), a twenty-something boy Boom competently and his design team’s work the original text’s 21 scenes, reducing the num- For all its quaint conventions, the plot is and girl progress through a series of combative is solid (especially Nathan Leigh’s sound and ber of auxiliary characters and locale changes, simple enough: a pair of young sweethearts are episodes over a period of nine months, or so we Andre LaSalle’s steel-bolted laboratory). But the so that David Beaupre’s asymmetrical shadow- thwarted by the feud between their respective are told by a narrator who frequently interrupts sketch-like play offers little story or character box set—its lines echoing the EP Theater’s like- houses—ah, but this tribal enmity is a charade, them to jump the action to the next episode. development. Indeed, nothing evolves but the wise Escheresque interior—fluidly transports us perpetrated by their respective sires to unite the Now, TV sitcom nearly always is episodic (think fish in this, the second play I’ve reviewed in a through squalid attics, pastoral riverfronts and rebellious children in mutual accord. Once their a typical Seinfeld segment), but it works be- week (Mistakes Were Made is the other, reviewed several kinds of taverns. The second is to bring affections have been ascertained, a happy rec- cause viewers see familiar characters behaving last week) featuring an aquarium and finny folk. in a duo calling itself The Loneliest Monk as a onciliation is devised, with the aid of some hired consistently from week to week and event to Is it a trend? Fishy or not, this Boom is a bust. stageside orchestra providing near-constant mu- players. But soon the ruse is exposed, the disil- event. Audiences don’t have that advantage in sical accompaniment on cello, guitar and per- lusioned lovers grow bored and restless, and it stage comedy, so the playwright’s Number One cussion that not only heightens the emotional is up to the elders to forge a resolution founded Job is to establish his characters as real, believ- underpinning of each individual milieu, but also in a more mature covenant. able and grounded people. Only then can they be Zak leaves prevents the stretches of straight-from-the-jour- Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt’s fanciful fable placed in exaggerated situations. But author Pe- Bailiwick nal bardic effusion from halting the action right ran off-Broadway at the Sullivan Street Theatre ter Sinn Nachtrieb creates extreme circumstanc- David Zak, the driving force behind Baili- in its poetry-slam tracks. for a legendary 42 years and has been produced es from the get-go. He would have us believe wick Repertory Theatre, is stepping down as Co-directors Hunter Kennedy and AJ Ware are in 700 countries. The challenge nowadays, how- that shy biologist Jules and sexually aggressive artistic director. It’s a position he held for the not about to let audience members listen to the ever, is to retain its requisite delicacy without Jo are a Craig’s List hook-up; that the world will majority of the company’s 27 years. concert while ignoring its spoken-word counter- floating off into cloying sugariness. A Fanta- be obliterated by a comet; that Jules wants to Taking over for Zak with the new title of part, however—not when angst-ridden rebellion sticks erring on the side of neo-Brechtian ironi- restart humankind with Jo; that Jules, however, Bailiwick’s executive director is Yale graduate expresses itself in precisely the kind of extrava- hip, on the other hand, would deflate under its is gay and a virgin; that Jo has frequent death- and Jeff-nominated actor Kevin Mayes. Zak is gant passion that youthful actors relish. And so, own leaden feet. But by keeping the ambience like blackouts; that they survive underground will remain as artistic director emeritus. from Craig Cunningham and Shawn Pfautsch as simple and uncluttered to an almost spartan for nine months by beating each other up; and During Zak’s tenure, the Bailiwick became the nihilistic butt-buddies to the quartet of ac- that—finally—Jo really is a virgin, too. known for producing LGTBQ-friendly works What part of this is supposed to be the truth? and rolling out plenty of regional and world We never know. All we know is that Jules and premieres. Some memorable hits include Pa- Jo have zero chemistry, zero understanding of rade, bare, Naked Boys Singing and the Amer- each other and almost never actually listen to ican premiere of Jerry Springer: The Opera. each other, so intent are they on their individual The Bailiwick recently vacated its longtime SPOTLIGHT agendas. Why does any of it matter? It doesn’t, warehouse home at 1229 W. Belmont at the especially when the narrator delivers a shaggy- start of 2009. (Theater Wit is renovating the dog punchline which entirely negates Jules’ and former Bailiwick Arts Center.) Jo’s non-relationship. As promised by Zak, the Bailiwick did re- emerge this past summer as an itinerant Online This Week: company. Bailiwick produced the musical The Cousins Grimm and the play Two Spoons in repertory in the Hoover-Leppen Theatre at the Center on Halsted (which was eventually Northlight Theatre’s regional premiere of The Marvelous Wonderettes comes with extra ca- ——Cotton replaced by the musical Bombs Away, which chet. That’s because Northlight has hired Roger Bean, the author and director of this still- Bailiwick originally produced at Mary’s At- running hit off-Broadway jukebox revue, to direct its production in Skokie. See what happens Patch Gospel tic). when four singing high school ladies provide the entertainment for their 1958 prom, and then a Currently, no works have been announced decade later at their 10-year reunion. The Marvelous Wonderettes plays 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays and for Bailiwick’s 2009-10 season, while the Thursdays; 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays; 8 p.m. Fridays; 2:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturdays; company’s new Web site, www.bailiwickchi- and 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 25 (some dates vary) at Northlight Theatre, cago.com, is currently under construction. www.windycitymediagroup.com 9501 Skokie, Skokie. Tickets are $25-$50 in previews, and $25-$55 during the regular run; call —Compiled by Scott C. Morgan 847-673-6300 or see www.northlight.org. Photo by Michael Brosilow Sept. 23, 2009 13 Lily Tomlin: An icon talks SHARON GLESS IN BY JERRY NUNN

With Lily Tomlin—who has an over 40-year career—many words come to mind: actress, co- median, writer and producer, but also a legend. She has won many honors, including a Tony, an Emmy and a Grammy, as well as an Academy Award nomination. Windy City Times: Hello, Lily. You are a dream interview for me! Edith Ann was my favorite on Sesame Street. So I guess I have been a fan since diapers. Lily Tomlin: Well, thanks. I am glad of that. WCT: You just had a birthday by the way, Happy birthday! LT: Thanks a million. WCT: I want to talk about your career. You were one of the first female comedians to do Black male drag with Pervis Hawkins. What inspired that character? Meet Sharon Gless LT: That character came about during the “Lily for President” special. The feat was that not only Sept. 26 was Lily such a grass roots candidate but a great Black soul artist. I was so widely beloved, that “Hannah Free is achingly beautiful, both in the rich, textured all these people came to do a show for her. [Both Lily Tomlin. material and fine performances.” — Notes From Hollywood laugh] panion with Robert Altman, which was his WCT: I recently interviewed Paula Pound- last film. Any thoughts on him? “Sharon Gless brings grit, authenticity and dimension to the title stone and she named you an influence. What LT: For me that was a long and deep relation- — San Francisco Chronicle comedians inspired you growing up? ship, just being part of that Altman family. I character. She commands the screen.” LT: Paula is a great friend of mine. She’s a dar- was really sad and unhappy when Bob died. He “Hannah Free reminded me of Fried Green Tomatoes - only the women ling girl. A lot of stuff influenced me early on as was in the middle of his next picture. In Prai- a child from radio and television. We didn’t even rie, he was getting chemo very frequently dur- were allowed to be lovers in this! Sharon Gless dominates the film and have a TV until I was ten. But I still watched ing the shooting. He was like a warhorse, and is funny and touching and real.” — Greg in Hollywood shows on neighbor’s televisions such as Bea Lily unflappable. Even undergoing that he was still on The Ed Sullivan Show, Imogene Coca, the sit- the boss, totally in charge, never overbearing. coms with Lucy and Joan Davis. Any female that I used to say he was like a benign patriarch. Hannah Free in Chicago Sept. 25-Oct. 1 was doing funny stuff on television I am sure You felt completely confident that Pops was go- was an influence. ing to take care of you and yet he was totally Gene Siskel Film Center of the As far as stand-up, Jean Carroll, who used to flawed himself, open and human. That’s why ac- School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 164 N. State be on Ed Sullivan too, did husband jokes and I tors loved him I think. would just take her stuff. I would be eight or WCT: How’s Jane Wagner [Tomlin’s partner Sharon Gless (Queer as Folk, Burn Notice, Cagney & Lacey) nine years old telling husband jokes on my back and collaborator] doing? Friday Sept. 25 porch! I would put on a show and throw pearls stars in the drama Hannah Free, a film about a lifelong love LT: She is doing great. She just had a root affair between an independent spirit and the woman she around my neck like Bea Lily. canal so she is not incredibly happy. But she will calls home. The film is the story of six decades in the life of a WCT: So the different characters came out be happy soon. of that? WCT: Tell our readers about your current lesbian partnership. LT: I lived in an old apartment house so there tour. Are you playing the different characters were a lot of people living there. My parents such as Ernestine, or is it all stand-up? Tix thru the Film Center Box office or Ticketmaster, were southern and I grew up in a Black neigh- LT: Well, I do a little of both. I do a little 800-982-2787, www.ticketmaster.com, and all Ticketmaster borhood. I would go to Kentucky every summer of the characters and I also talk to the audi- outlets. The Film Center and its Box Office 312-846-2800 and grew up in inner city Detroit. I saw a lot of ence and do first person. I will talk about Aurora (24-hour movie hotline) or 312-846-2600, or visit www. stuff and different kinds of people. and the surrounding environs. Every year I play siskelfilmcenter.org. WCT: What did you think of 9 to 5 the Musi- forty or fifty dates. I fit it in between everything cal? else. RIPE FRUIT FILMS PRESENTS SHARON GLESS IN “HANNAH FREE” Sunday Sept. 27 LT: First of all, it was very eerie watching WCT: So it’s a way of life for you. TAYLOR MILLER MAUREEN GALLAGHER ANN HAGEMANN KELLI STRICKLAND it because it seemed like I was up there. The LT: Yeah, as soon as I got famous I always JACQUI JACKSON Executive Producers SHARON ZUREK CLAUDIA ALLEN TRACY BAIM clothes were very similar. Allison looks enough Monday Sept. 28 had an act, from starting on my back porch. My Music by MARTIE MARRO Makeup Designer JILLIAN ERICKSON like me from the stage, you know tall and lanky. first real gig was at Mr. Kelly’s in Chicago. It’s Costume Designer IRIS BAINUM-HOULE Editor SHARON ZUREK Production Designer RICK PAUL Meg Hilty looks just like Dolly. They wore the Tuesday Sept. 29 not there anymore but that was the first time Director of Photography GRETCHEN WARTHEN Written CLAUDIA ALLEN very same clothes; that light blue leather coat that I played a club where my name was on the Produced by WENDY JO CARLTON MARTIE MARRO SHARON ZUREK TRACY BAIM with the white collar that she has when we go Wednesday Sept. 30 marquee. I still have a photo of the line around Directed by WENDY JO CARLTON shopping. Oh and the smock that I wore in the the block. I was popular because of Laugh-In office and the red trench coat. and played Mr. Kelly’s every year. www.HannahFree.com Thursday Oct. 1 When we first saw it in L.A., Dolly, Jane and WCT: You were hilarious on The Kathy Grif- me, we cried, wept and were spooked by the fin Show! surrealness of it. But overall we really enjoyed LT: She’s funny and really quick. Special Event featuring it. Allison is also a good friend because I did WCT: I heard that you are in talks to do 90% Sold! West Wing with her. I was disappointed that it a spin off from Desperate Housewives with closed. Kathryn Joosten. 6+$521*/(66 WCT: Well, maybe there will be a tour of LT: Kathy and I are working on that. I am go- and the cast and crew of Hannah Free 9 to 5 the Musical to Chicago. I heard they ing to do several episodes of Damages this year. want Dolly Parton to play on tour with Hello, This is the third season and the only show that $100 Ticket to benefit the film. Limited number of seats! Dolly! I run home to see. It’s so scary and spooky and LT: Wow, you might be right. That would be ruthless. You never know who is a bad person or 6CVWTFC[6GRV something! a good person. It’s off the chart. I was a big fan WCT: I loved you in the movie Flirting With of it so I was really glad to get a part in it this — 7 p.m. Show at Gene Siskel Film Center Disaster. Was there a lot of improvisation? year. — Q&A following the film LT: Yeah, a fair amount. David is pretty free- I am also going to play Vegas this year at the — Chance to win autographed items wheeling in some ways, in many ways. We im- MGM. — Gala event at the Renaissance Chicago Hotel, One West Wacker, one block proved a lot of that. There’s a script but we did WCT: Sounds like your name is going to be north of the Film Center. Includes: Hors d’oeuvres, wine, beer and soft drinks. a lot of ad-libbing. I love that movie too. I just up in lights for a long time to come! screamed when I saw it. Lily Tomlin will be appearing at The Para- Tickets only available by emailing [email protected] with WCT: You did the movie Nashville, where I mount Theater, 23 E. Galena, Aurora, on Fri- your contact info or call 773-387-2394. Space limited. am from, Short Cuts and A Prairie Home Com- day, Oct. 2. Visit www.paramountarts.com. 14 Sept. 23, 2009 We all know can de- liver a solid dance hit and CULTURE CLUB even can cross over with a soulful mid-tempo number. Many of his con- gSOab\ObW]\ clude with beautifully com- posed orchestral-electronic bVSb`Wc[^V]TZWTS masterpieces. 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Lifeline Theatre presents Including trapeze stunts, P!nk’s Funhouse Tour Check out the great Patti LaBelle singing on a comes to Chicagoland on Tuesday, Sept. 26, at new version of “One of These Mornings” on the The Allstate Arena, 6920 N. Mannheim, Rose- Miami Vice soundtrack. Moby will be returning to TREASURE mont. It would be a spectacle to have one-time the Windy City with a concert at The Vic Theatre, collaborator Lisa Marie Presley under the big top 3145 N. Sheffield, on Wed., Sept. 30. ISLAND with P!nk, but the buzzworthy Ting Tings will be They are seasoned musicians. They are brassy. opening for the “So What” singer. They are bidding farewell. Saffire: The Uppity Outside his recent incident upstaging of Taylor Blues Women will be taking to the stage for the Swift, Kanye West has made me smack my fore- last time in Chicago at The Old Town of Folk Mu- head previously. First, outspoken animal activist sic, 4544 N. Lincoln, on Sunday, Sept. 27. Ear- P!nk went on a tirade against West in the pub- lier this year, the live favorites released Havin’ lication The Sun. Per the piece, both attended the Last Word. Here, blues and folk are happily Stella McCartney’s fashion show in Paris and married as heard on the clever numbers “Bald West kept insisting how the fashion line needed Headed Blues,” “Bald Eagle” and “I’m Growing more fur. Clearly, West failed to realize that the Older.” The documentary Hot Flash! gives insight designer and her father are vegetarians. Then, to the trio’s 25-year history through interviews Through November1, 2009 West posted that he didn’t understand the as- and live concert footage. The Stairwell Sisters sociation of rainbows with the LGBT community. will be sharing the bill with Saffire. Call 773-761-4477 or visit Laura Meyer’s latest, Miles from Nowhere, www.lifelinetheatre.com Sounds like somebody should spend more time on Wikipedia and less time twittering. serves as a travelogue. This, Meyer’s third , Maybe having his foot in his mouth causes reflects her findings while touring the country the hip hop star to be able to carry only two and observations of nature’s beauty. “Between notes, ergo the need for AutoTuned vocals. West the Earth & the Sky” is a lush, tender ode, while recently appeared on Beyonce’s “Diva” and on “Flying V” serves up some delicious gritty gui- “Gifted” with NASA alongside Santigold and tars. The New York City-based folk singer has Lykke Li. appeared on the Food Network’s $12 Challenge. A tour with Lady Gaga is in the works. In- Meyer has two dates lined up in Chicago. First, stead of having one open for the other, the pair she will be at Elbo Room, 2871 N. Lincoln, on will share stage time together with a scheduled Saturday, Sept. 26. Then she will be joining Sa- date on Saturday, Jan. 16, at The United Center, mantha Cathcart and Sherri Anne at Uncommon 1901 W. Madison. Per her interview with Out, Ground, 1401 W. Devon, on Monday, Sept. 28. the pop-culture phenomenon broke it down for Her Web site, www.laurameyer.net, has recipes, West: “I’m gay. My music is gay. My show is gay. free downloads and even prizes. And I love that it’s gay. And I love my gay fans Not ready to give up summer? Rhythms del and they’re all coming to our show. And it’s go- Mundo: Classics provides sunshine with care- ing to remain gay.” free covers set to a breezy Latin sound. It seems Just weeks prior to his famous “Bush doesn’t only natural that surfer turned singer- care about Black people” revelation at A Concert Jack Johnson remakes John Lennon’s mantra for Hurricane Relief in 2005, West made a call “Imagine.” Cat Power’s voice is perfectly suited out to all who would listen that anti-gay lyrics for this rendition of “Satisfaction.” “Under the in music must cease while promoting his opus, Boardwalk” redone by The Rolling Stones is the Late Registration. most fitting on the set. Aquila Rose and Dana Although West has brought light to topics, I Valdes’s take on “Big Yellow Taxi” is nothing 1;P? say fly in Barbra Streisand to tell him to “shut short of charming. Proceeds from Rhythm del Mundo benefit Artists Project Earth, which uses  the fuck up” whenever he runs his mouth. Sure- music to better areas affected by climate change boom OM?=I>? ly, West would throw a fit if somebody rained on By Peter Sinn Nachtrieb _5!2` his parade. and natural disasters. Rhythm del Mundo is out at now—mojitos not included.

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847-475-1875 www.NextTheatre.org Sept. 23, 2009 15 scenes with the childhood Hannah and Rachel In addition, the HBO Grey Gardens—the kissin’ in the barn and a’skippin’ through the miniseries starring Drew Barrymore and Jessica dappled fields). This is Greta (Jacqui Jackson) a Lange that was helmed by openly gay Michael young woman ostensibly doing research on the KNIGHT Suscy—snagged awards. Oscar winner Lange Great Depression who befriends Hannah. (The won her first Emmy, for Best Actress in a mini- AT different time periods covered in the film are series or movie, and Ken Howard took his first hazy with the nursing home sequences set in the THE award as well, for Best Supporting Actor. Also, ‘90s). Grey Gardens (which received six Emmys in MOVIES Allen’s writing is beautifully simple—her total, according to Variety.com) won for best characters talk like real people who often have miniseries or movie. moments of lyrical insight (“I’m refining myself Dearbhla Walsh, winner of best director of a down to the essentials,” Hannah comments at TV miniseries or movie for helming Little Dor- one point) and Allen relieves even the most rit, thanked her lover, Anna Nolan. After win- emotionally gripping moments with a knack ning the award, Walsh joked to Nolan, “Looks for black humor. Allen gifts Gless—who gives a like there will be three of us in bed tonight.” tremendous, full bodied performance in her first Many of the attendees wore white ribbons, starring film role—and the rest of the predomi- which symbolize marriage equality, to the nantly female cast with a host of forceful and awards ceremony. quirky characters. Gless, who has become an Hannah Free; indelible part of our television history thanks to “Cagney & Lacey,” “Queer as Folk” and many Reeling 2009 film note other TV parts brings her vast experience with Cherry Jones. Photo by Craig Schwartz By RICHARD KNIGHT, jR. emotionally difficult characters to bear on the Nov. 5-15 role and the movie crackles whenever she’s on Reeling 2009, the second-oldest LGBT film I’m used to grousing about the lack of gay Neil Patrick Harris screen. festival in the world, will run Nov. 5-15 in themed movies in theatres but how about not Gless doesn’t take over the movie—this is hosts Emmys Chicago, according to a press release. Reeling just the lack but the disappearance of lesbian definitely an ensemble piece—but she brings The 61st Annual Primetime Emmys took place will take place at Landmark’s Century Centre ones altogether? Where did all the lesbian mov- to the role a certain set of expectations and a Sept. 19—and the awards show definitely had Cinema, 2828 N. Clark; Film Row Cinema, 1104 ies go? Straight to DVD seems to be the answer. familiarity on the part of the audience that the its LGBT(-friendly) elements. S. Wabash; Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. South- And it’s not just the lesbian pictures, either. other actresses can’t hope to achieve (nor do The host of the event was openly gay actor port; and the festival’s home base at Chicago Queer films of every stripe have become a rare they really need to). We’re primed to like Gless Neil Patrick Harris of TV’s How I Met Your Moth- Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark. Additional venues commodity in movie theatres. This isn’t just a and her feistiness, no matter the character; to er. Harris kept the show running smoothly and, will be confirmed at a later date. case of audiences not supporting Our Own Kind root for her and director Wendy Jo Carlton has more improbably, prevented it from running This year’s opening-night film will be The Big (though the dismal box office numbers on the the good sense to acknowledge this and keeps past its three-hour limit. He was nominated Gay Musical, which features a cast of Broadway critically acclaimed Milk might suggest oth- the camera on her star, utilizing long takes that for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series talent; the closing-night movie will be Evgeny erwise), it also highlights a not very pleasant allow room for the lengthy, emotionally laden but lost to Jon Cryer of Two and a Half Men. Afineevsky’s Oy Vey! My Son is Gay!!, which truth: just because a movie has queer themes scenes to unfold. Out Tony winner Cherry Jones (Doubt; The features Lainie Kazan, Bruce Vilanch, Carmen and characters doesn’t make it a good movie. Though clearly made on a small budget the Heiress) won her first Emmy (Best Supporting Electra, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy’s Jai Far, far from it. Like their overwhelming straight material and performances are strong enough Actress in a Drama) for her portrayal of the Rodriguez and Vincent Pastore from The Sopra- counterparts a lot (and I mean a lot) of the to outweigh most of the quibbles I might have president in the drama 24. Kristin Chenowith, nos, among others. queer movies are mostly junk, too—or at least, had on that score. “It’s a depressingly mascu- a favorite of the gay community, took home an The festival’s complete line-up will be an- not very good. line world,” Judy Parfitt tells Kathy Bates at one award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy nounced the week of Sept. 28. Tickets will be All of which makes the arrival of the genuinely point in the film Dolores Claiborne but a labor regarding her work in the now-canceled series available for purchase beginning in October; arresting Hannah Free, the locally shot lesbian of love movie like Hannah Free with its feminist Pushing Daisies. see www.reelingfilmfestival.org. centric movie starring Sharon Gless, opening point of view—shot in Chicago by a coterie of this Friday at the Siskel Film Center, something lesbian artists which include Allen, Carlton, edi- to take note of. The movie, with a screenplay tor Sharon Zurek, score composer Martie Marro— by out writer Claudia Allen (based on her ac- who all produced along with Tracy Baim (Full claimed stage play) is a character drama that Disclosure: Publisher of Windy City Times)— Symphony in spans the lives of its title character (played at WORLD CLASS DANCE beautifully defies that edict for audiences of intervals by Gless and Kelli Strickland) and the Three Movements every persuasion. love of her life, Rachel (played by Maureen Gal- ON A WORLD CLASS STAGE (Balanchine) Hannah Free plays Sept. 25-Oct. 1 at the Gene lagher and Ann Hagemann). From childhood on Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State. Sharon Gless Hannah has been the free spirit, Rachel the con- Valse Fantasie will attend a benefit screening, along with cast ventional one. The one constant between them (Balanchine) and crew, on Saturday, Sept. 26, at 7 p.m. fol- is a fierce love and though Hannah is bitten by lowed by a gala reception with food and drinks the travel bug she always returns to Rachel who Black Swan Pas de Deux at the Renaissance Hotel. See www.hannahfree. has married, given birth to a daughter and son, from Swan Lake com. and been widowed. (Petipa) Circumstances find Hannah and Rachel both Film note: confined to a nursing home—Rachel in a pro- In the Upper Room —Queer Cinema 102, the film series co- longed coma and Hannah feisty and mad as hell sponsored by the Queer Film Society and the (Tharp) because Rachel’s grown daughter Marge (Tay- Center on Halsted focusing on offbeat camp lor Miller) won’t let her see mom “because you “classics”—the horrible, the perverse, the hilari- might upset her.” Hannah just wants to say a OCTOBER ous, and the fabulously bad—chosen and hosted proper goodbye but the indifferent, unfeeling by gay film critics—ends on Monday, September 2-4 2009 staff and the immovable Marge stand in her 28 with the rarely seen The Lonely Lady. This way—a particularly bitter blow because the ob- 1983 travesty stars Pia Zadora as a “literate” ject of her affections is just down the hall. Like screenwriter forced to exchange her Lilliputian many other one-last-wish-before-I-die movies body and perform other tawdry sins for a chance (A Trip to Bountiful, Garbo Talks, et al.), the at success in depraved Tinsel Town. The film won quest for dignity in the face of death provides six Golden Raspberry Awards including Worst Pic- an emotionally fraught, compelling journey. ture and Actress. The screening, hosted by Gay D`Xd`:`kp9Xcc\k In Hannah’s case, as she reflects back on her Chicago Magazine film critic Charlie Shoquist, +<8JPN8PJKF on-again/off-again life with Rachel she finds will take place in the Hoover-Leppen Theatre at she is haunted—sometimes literally—by the GLI:?8J<K@:B

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Hannah Free, the new Chicago-produced film, how many people have gathered around Claudia, is a lesbian love story spanning two women’s how she is a collector of people,” said Taylor lives. “Like so many good stories, Hannah Free Miller, who plays Rachel’s daughter Marge, the is about people who forge a relationship without character who prevents Hannah from seeing her the benefit or burden of a roadmap,” said Elaine life partner in their old age. “I am a relatively Carlson, who plays the day nurse. “At a point new addition. Maybe five years have passed in history where there isn’t hope of anything since I first met Claudia. I had done one of her resembling a traditional marriage, Rachel and plays, Unspoken Prayers—another lovely piece Hannah form a bond that weathers the storms fraught with the human condition—at Victory that come with age, conflicting interpretations Gardens Theater.” of responsibility and difficult family members.” Some of the camaraderie on the set occurred Jacqui Jackson, who stars as Greta, described because so many cast members had worked on the main characters as “a pair of soulmates who Allen’s plays before. Maureen Gallagher, who love each other their whole lives. Hannah won’t plays the older Rachel in the film, had played stay in one place, much as Rachel would like her Marge in 1996 at Victory Gardens—where Allen to, and Rachel won’t give herself over to publi- is a longtime playwright-in-residence—and had cizing her feelings, much as Hannah would like also taken Allen’s playwriting classes. Elaine her to. We follow them as they grow from chil- Carlson, playing the nurse in the film, was Ra- dren to adults, and grow together as a couple, chel in Bailiwick’s stage production in 1992. “I’d finding their medium and compromise. Until late met Claudia Allen earlier, when I went in as a in life, the two only need each other, but when replacement in the Chicago production of her Rachel falls into a coma, family jealousy keeps Gays of Our Lives. That little romp proved to be them apart.” just the beginning of an ongoing working rela- Patricia Kane and Sharon Gless in Hannah Free. Photos by Hal Baim As Carlson explained, “Hannah has spent a tionship and a continuing friendship,” recalled lifetime railing against restrictions, routines and Carlson. Pat Kane, who plays the minister in the schedules. How awful that age forces her into film, was also in the Victory Gardens production, for her long tenure on ABC’s All My Children, re- to be among so many people who could be who this small rectangle of a hospital bed! She has playing multiple roles. flects that she had never played a character who they are.” to endure the loss of her privacy, her indepen- The film’s younger Hannah is played by Kelli is not likeable before, yet “there is stuff in me Hagemann had not seen the play before au- dence, even control of her own bodily functions. Strickland, who had never acted in one of Allen’s that is just like Marge.” Being able to under- ditioning but was familiar with Allen’s work: “I The forced pleasantries of the nursing home staff plays but had directed Allen’s Dutch Love as stand the character sympathetically was useful knew the nature of the script. I went into this infuriate her almost as much as the physical in- part of the annual Pride Series at the Bailiwick: to her to “not try to control those around me as looking for a job, and came out if it knowing I’d dignities. And as sympathetic as her caregivers “[Producer] Tracy Baim called me the day before a reason for how I act. It was not just this role had a life-altering experience.” are, when push comes to shove, schedules and auditions and asked me to come in the next day that has sparked this, but a series of things that Strickland was very aware, during the filming, regulations always seem to be the priority. The and read. Initially, I thought she was asking me have been happening—kind of great that it is of her character’s place in time: ”Hannah is a staff and volunteers at The Home—including to come in and be a reader for the actors who all changing me!” very specific character, but for me, as a lesbian, my character, the Nurse—represent some of the were auditioning. I hadn’t acted in a few years Anne Hagemann, a straight actress who plays she also represents a generation of women to last irritating obstacles that Hannah faces in her and was just happy to do what I thought was a Rachel as a young woman, felt that she grew whom I am personally indebted for my freedom life-long struggle to have things her own way. favor for Claudia and Tracy. Little did I know that closer to her sister, who is a lesbian, during the and the ease that I can walk through the world But while she may lose a battle or two, Hannah the favor was being bestowed upon me.” filming. as an out lesbian. I felt an obligation to my does win the war.” Strickland recalled her feeling at the first read- “I was able to draw on my experience with my community and to an audience to share my re- Kelli Strickland plays Hannah as a young through with the cast: “looking around the table sister,” Hagemann said. “I’d leave the set and spect for her.” woman. (Sharon Gless plays older Hannah.) She at all of the women who had been connected to call my sister every night and share my excite- agrees that the film is “a love story certainly, Claudia’s work over the years in so many ways. ment about the film with her. She lives in a very Social relevance but that special kind of love story that spans Laurie [Attea, the second assistant director, who conservative, smaller community that doesn’t Pat Kane, who is also a lesbian, plays the self- decades and manages to survive the greatest of had directed the original stage production of always embrace her lifestyle.” righteous minister whom Hannah encounters. obstacles, including great distances, societal in- Hannah Free], Maureen, Pat, Elaine, Meg [Thal- Being surrounded by a cast and crew that was Kane emphasized the importance of the politi- tolerance, and in many ways two very different ken], Bev [Spangler], Sharon [Gless], Taylor and largely lesbian and gay gave Hagemann a sense cal connotations of the story: “These days, it’s world views—the kinds of obstacles that would myself have either acted in or directed her plays of the LGBT community she hadn’t had before. It about having all our full rights. Access to your have kept two people who were anything but over the last 20 years. It made me feel like a part was, she said, “very enlightening to me. You can loved ones in hospice or medical care is a very soul mates apart.” of a legacy, and it made me supremely proud of stand on the outside and say, ‘oh, everybody’s prevalent issue for me and my partner, seeing Chicago theater.” the same’ but when you’re actually in the inner the kind of hoops you have to go through.” That Ongoing connections circle and live and breathe and work daily with aspect of the story has clarified the issue and Hannah Free is based on a stage play by Common ground everyone, I felt like this light was around me all thrown it into strong relief for Kane: “How love award-winning playwright Claudia Allen. Allen Another shared experience for many of the cast the time. And the beauty of this story is that can be maintained despite obstacles that are has been prominent in the Chicago theater com- members was a feeling that working on this film we get to see the humanity of everybody. My put on us by our family, our society, and our- munity for many years and so was able to tap a has changed them in some significant, positive character, Rachel, for much of her life, carried selves.” lot of Chicago talent for the film. “I loved seeing way. Taylor Miller, who is probably best known on this facade, and it wasn’t till later in life that Kane also noted that there is a dearth of sto- she embraced who she was. So it was cool for me ries about lesbians in movies, especially about

Jacqui Jackson as Greta (left) and Kelli Strickland and Ann Hagemann (right). Photos by Hal Baim Sept. 23, 2009 19 older lesbians: “I’m absolutely thrilled that Gallagher had similar praise for the posi- it’s there, and Hannah Free reveals the true hu- master.com, and all Ticketmaster outlets. The Tracy, Sharon, and Claudia were able to put this tive tone on the set in general: “As an actor, I manity in all of us.” Film Center and its Box Office are open 5-9 together. This is an important and ongoing sto- thought it was a delightful experience, a great “Wendy Jo, Tracy and the entire production p.m., Monday-Friday; 2-9 p.m., Saturday; and ry.” shoot, because being in that house [the South crew were warm and professional,” added Carl- 2-6 p.m., Sunday. For more information about Jacqui Jackson—whose character, Greta, Side Chicago home where the interior scenes son. “I’ll hold fond memories of the Hannah Free the Film Center, call 312-846-2800 (24-hour helps Hannah in her quest to be reunited with were filmed] was so cool. Just to go there every shoot for a long, long time.” movie hotline) or 312-846-2600 (general Rachel—saw Greta as “an advocate, and I re- day was so unique, and to have us all in there Hannah Free has a one-week limited en- information, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday), ally latched on to that idea. I am, like Greta, a together, the cast and crew, was a very support- gagement in Chicago Sept. 25-Oct. 1 at the or visit www.siskelfilmcenter.org. A special 7 queer woman who believes in human rights, and ive, happy atmosphere all around.” Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the p.m. Sat., Sept. 26 show will feature Sharon that helped fuel a lot of the scenes. Hannah’s Miller said she feels fortunate “to be part of Art Institute of Chicago, 164 N. State. Tick- Gless and the cast and crew, followed by a story is a perfect case of human rights denial: a project as important as this one—one that ets to each screening are $10/general admis- gala; tickets are $100 and can only be pur- why should the life partner of a dying woman be shows so clearly the love these women had for sion. Other ticket prices are $7/student and chased by emailing [email protected] or denied access to see her in her final moments? each other, putting a human face on the gay- $5/Film Center members. All tickets may be call 773-387-2394. I feel as strongly about the issue as Greta does rights issue.” purchased at the Film Center Box Office, 164 Jorjet Harper was an extra in Hannah Free, in the script. The hardest part was the scene “The main message is the power of love,” re- N. State St. Both general admission and Film and some of her paintings can be seen in the between Greta and Marge. It takes a lot of guts flected Hagemann. “Love is not judgmental; it’s Center member tickets are available through film. to stand up to a family member and tell them not always kind, but you cannot deny it when Ticketmaster, 800-982-2787, www.ticket- they’re wrong. I hope that many people see it and are inspired to take steps toward putting some more understanding in the hearts of their ture, music, news and history. “We wanted to get music involved as soon as friends and family.” Perfect pitch: Marro is also a member of band Stewed Toma- possible,” said Sharon Zurek, Hannah Free’s toes, the “all-female indie pop punk sex funk editor and one of the executive producers of Star shines rock phenomenon” that has appeared in many the film. “The sooner the composer can think The story of Hannah Free revolves around the ‘Hannah’ Chicago venues and in other cities throughout about scenes or how different instruments title character, and Chicago cast members had the Midwest. And she has a decade of FM radio might speak to different characters, the bet- many words of praise for the film’s lead, televi- composer production experience, doing commercials, in- ter.” Once the editing phase began in Janu- sion star Sharon Gless. Considering the reputa- terviews, and musical backbeds. ary, Marro spent an enormous, concentrated tion that many Hollywood stars have for being As a woman who has successfully combined amount of time working on the film with Zurek difficult, it was a pleasure for cast and crew to Martie Marro business and artistic pursuits, Marro has re- and director Wendy Jo Carlton. “We were joined by Jorjet Harper find Glass so genuine, warm, and easy to work ceived many awards for her work, including an at the hips for several months,” quips Zurek. with. As music and sound director for the indepen- IBM excellence award, a Gay and Lesbian Music This dedication paid off, as the film was able “Sharon was a lovely, generous scene part- dent film Hannah Free, Martie Marro had a Award nomination for Best Video, and an OUT to debut in June at a gala event in San Fran- ner—one of the best,” said Carlson. “I assumed great deal of responsibility for the emotional Music nomination for Musician of the Year. Mar- cisco. we would approach our scenes as routine ex- depth of the film’s story. In addition to pro- ro can be heard on many soundtracks, includ- After immersing herself in every aspect of position. Goodness knows, Sharon had meatier viding the emotional glue holding the film to- ing Francis Ford Coppola’s First Wave Television the sound of Hannah Free, Marro finds that scenes later in the story! Instead, I got to enjoy gether, she had to deal with the difficulties of Series. She topped the charts at No. 1 on the odd bits still stick in her mind. “In the ensu- her full attention and creativity during those lit- a clean soundtrack in a shooting venue often world charting system for MP3.com. And she ing months since production on Hannah Free, I tle opening scenes. I’m very grateful for that.” marred by the extraneous sounds of the urban has been dubbed “Download Babe of the Day” have often caught myself repeating lines of the “It was great to work with Sharon, she was environment. by Tech TV’s Internet Tonight. movie in regular conversation,” said Marro. “On very open, very easy.” agreed Gallagher, who, as Luckily, Marro is a technological wizard Marro has created sound and music for Dance this most recent Mother’s Day, for instance, my the older Rachel, had some poignant scenes with and something of a Renaissance woman. She Floor Battle Scars, The Gendercator, Buttery mom was complaining of minor aches and pains Gless. “She had an understanding of the nuances of the scenes that I really appreciated.” For Kane, the entire shoot “was an absolute delight. Everyone was a delight, and working with Sharon was a blast. She’s so easygoing, ev- erything went so smoothly.” Strickland, as the younger version of Gless’s character, had no scenes with Gless, “but my first meeting with her was one of the most memora- ble of the entire process,” she said. “At our first rehearsal, the adult Hannahs and adult Rachels met. Sharon had laryngitis and had absolutely no voice. She came into the room that would eventually be transformed into Hannah and Ra- chel’s living room, took my face in her hands, looked into my eyes and whispered ‘I see me in you.’ The generosity and intensity with which she met me gave me goose bumps. But while all of that was going on, there was this small voice in the back of my head thinking ‘Cagney is smooshing my face!!!’”

Keeping it real Strickland also had much praise for the film’s director, Wendy Jo Carlton: “To be honest, I was incredibly nervous at first. Wendy Jo was great about keeping things specific. Before we began filming, Wendy Jo called me just to say hello and ask me if I had any questions. I think I unleashed on her this torrent of anxiety. Just expressing all of that nervousness seemed to be Executive Producer Tracy Baim and Music Composer Martie Marro on the first day of the Hannah Free shoot. Photo by Hal Baim enough to calm those fears and Wendy Jo, in her very unflappable, calm way, was able to remind me that we are just storytellers, telling this one is founder and owner of Materville Studios, Top, Maybe, Coup d’etat, Canadian short Tun- all over her body, and out my mouth popped: specific story. Once I got back to that, it was a a state-of-the-art multi-media recording lab nel Vision and Gayco Expose, a comedy. Begin- “You are just refining yourself down to the es- joy!” that was designed to handle projects for film, ning her long career in post-production, Martie sentials, right?” This is one of Hannah’s more Strickland had some lingering concerns about video, digital animation, paints, fashion, pho- worked on sound repair of many more films, philosophical reflections in the film. her character’s sex scenes: “Does it need to be tography, printed media, radio, and music, and enjoying the challenge of removing the sound Marro also enjoyed working with star Sha- said that all of the sex scenes were nerve-wrack- combinations of these media. of locusts, trains, rumbling trucks and acciden- ron Gless: “My favorite line of the whole movie ing?? The scenes with Rachel and Hannah earlier She also runs Love Your Website, a Web-host- tal crew noises. is when Hannah [played by Gless] said, ‘Get in their lives are the manifestation of that mag- ing service providing web design, maintenance, In short, Marro was a perfect choice to super- a grip on yourself.’ She has the cutest smile netic pull, the intense physical attraction, the and many other Web services for its custom- vise sound and compose the score for Hannah on her face, with the sparkle of a five-year-old emotional intimacy that Hannah shares with no ers. Through Love Your Website, Marro is able Free, the premiere film from Ripe Fruit Films, darling.” Hannah Free has already garnered an one but Rachel. But once again, Wendy Jo cre- to incorporate all of Materville’s projects into founded just last year “to produce Chicago- Audience Award for Best Feature Film at this ated an environment that was so supportive and highly technical multimedia Web sites. These based films about lesbian lives.” year’s Philadelphia Q-Fest, and Marro’s score of calm. She and the crew were remarkably kind have included rich databases of Chicago litera- Both the film shoot and post production on the film has certainly greatly contributed to its and respectful.” Hannah Free were on a super tight schedule. success. 20 Sept. 23, 2009 pretty risky thing to do, but we had a great story Sharon Zurek, and great performances,” said Zurek. The festival staff must have agreed, because not only did they approve the film based on the rough cut, ‘Hannah Free’ but also programmed the film for Closing Night, a coveted spot in the lineup. The final cut was editor ready in time for the June 28 premiere, on the evening of Pride Sunday in San Francisco. Sharon Gless made a personal appearance, and the film extraordinaire was introduced by Gless’s friend Rosie O’Donnell, by Jorjet Harper whom Gless had met when O’Donnell appeared in Hannah Free, the story of a lifelong lesbian re- several episodes of Queer As Folk. lationship, was filmed in Chicago late last year. Editing Hannah Free had a close personal Based on Claudia Allen’s frequently produced meaning for Zurek as well: “Being a lesbian, play of the same name, it stars Sharon Gless and having been in a relationship with a woman for was finished just in time for a gala San Francisco 20 years, and having lost her to cancer, it was premiere in June, thanks to the efforts of editor pretty close. It gives us the validity that our Sharon Zurek. lives matter, that we actually exist, and that there are many of us who go through this. So my Zurek, owner of Black Cat Productions in Chi- Hannah Free editor Sharon Zurek with Jacqui Jackson, who plays Greta. Photo by Hal Baim cago, has worked on many independent features, biggest regret, of course, was that my partner short films and social issues documentaries. wasn’t here to see this movie. She would have words just feel very familiar and natural. I really that Moment. I love that. When you edit, you Her LGBT projects prior to Hannah Free include been so thrilled to see it and be around during do think Claudia Allen’s story and dialogue are are working with what you have to work with, directing Kevin’s Room and working on Catherine the creation of it. I know she would have en- terrific.” And, she adds, “What lesbian wouldn’t finding the best moments and pieces to make Crouch’s lesbian-themed Stray Dogs, starring ac- joyed it as much as we did.” want to be editing Sharon Gless? It was a pure your movie.” tress Guinevere Turner of Go Fish. Zurek has also The grueling schedule was, nevertheless, a pleasure to be working with her performance. I Independent films don’t usually have the lux- worked on mainstream projects, including pro- challenge for Zurek, music and sound director would have to say that the performances in Han- ury of doing an editor’s cut, a director’s cut and ducing, directing and editing commercials. She Martie Marro and director Wendy Jo Carlton. “We nah Free were very enjoyable to work with. Of- a producer’s cut, however, and this was certainly edited the detective drama Dirty Work, which laughed, we cried, we didn’t sleep much,” said ten it wasn’t looking for the Moment of a scene true of Hannah Free. “We pretty much started was shot in Chicago; the 2005 film The Trouble Zurek. “I think our biorhythms could keep each but choosing between two or more equally good with a first assembly, and then [Hannah Free Di- with Dee Dee, directed by Mike Meiners; and other out of despair. The friendships go deep, scenes that drove the story in the direction it rector] Wendy Jo [Carlton] came in,” Zurek said. recently she was post-production supervisor on because it’s very emotionally intense spending had to go.” “As an editor, you try to get into the head of Michael Keaton’s The Merry Gentleman (2008). 60 to 80 hours a week with somebody over a Generally in any movie, Zurek explained, the the director as quickly as possible, so I always Zurek was in the midst of editing two docu- period of months. When we’re old and grey and story is told at least three times: “when you consider it a success when I can anticipate what mentary films when she was contacted about bump into each other in the future, we’ll just write it, when you shoot it, and when you edit the director wants to have happen next, before Hannah Free: “It sounded exciting, but I wasn’t have to look at each other and there will be an it. Because what you have on paper is not al- they even speak. I think of myself as a facilita- sure I could do it because I had other projects, immediate shorthand.” ways what you get when you shoot it, and what tor. It’s not my movie. I want to help them tell so the timing almost didn’t work.” Fortunately, Zurek also credited producer Tracy Baim for you end up with in the edit room is pretty much their story and hopefully bring some great ideas Zurek’s other clients “were kind enough to let her role in realizing Hannah Free: “This was her your story, your final result. Filmmakers are in.” me put them on hold a little bit to work on Han- first time producing a movie, and she chose to sometimes afraid of that process, though some There was a short window of time to edit the nah Free. That’s one of the nice things about allow us to do what we were experienced doing, with more experience end up embracing it, once film, after a short three-week shoot in Novem- independent filmmakers, everybody tries to work and tried to stay out of the way, and as she they understand the power you have in the edit ber, 2008; during the shoot Zurek’s assistant, things out.” learned what she needed to be doing, she was room to make things work. I’ve done production Justine Gendron, worked assembling scenes. Zurek, a lesbian, was impressed by the proj- there, a quick study, asking questions. She’s a and it’s exhausting. In the edit room, you see At the same time, Sarah Plano worked as data ect. “When you see the script,” said Zurek, “the great reporter, so she gets the facts and then wrangler, a necessary assistant on the set when she runs with them.” Despite the pressure of shooting digitally rather than on film. “We such a short time frame to finish Hannah Free, worked on the trailer in December and started Zurek was pleased to have been the film’s editor: mid-January to produce an assembly edit,” said “Every person involved was vital in some way to Zurek. A rough cut was sent to Frameline, the the making of this film, and that doesn’t always San Francisco LGBT film festival, in March in or- happen. It was a blessing, so you go with it.” der to qualify for this year’s festival. “That’s a

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ences between the staging of the play and the From stage to shooting of the film. “One of the differences be- tween the script and screenplay are the amount film: Laurie Attea of roles. In the stage play, the actresses playing Hannah and Rachel played them at all ages,” on the set of while in the film, different actresses of different ages were needed to show the two main charac- Hannah Free ters at different stages in their lives. Also, “the by Jorjet Harper stage play didn’t have as many sex scenes (or any at all, I think). It was a more innocent play; In some way, Laurie Attea set everything in mo- we saw the characters’ deep love for each other, tion. She discovered Claudia Allen’s play Hannah but not so much the sexual passion.” Free in a slush pile at the Bailiwick Repertory Among the group of actors who worked on the theater and decided to direct it. This original film, Attea pointed out that many had been in Alison Bechdel Dorothy Allison stage production of Hannah Free was produced in previous stage productions of Hannah Free: “I 1992. When the play was about to be filmed, in don’t think any of them, except Pat Kane, played Author of Fun Home, Winner of the 2008, Attea was asked to help with the casting. the same roles, but it is a testament to Claudia one of e New York Times’ National Book Award “I then got swept up in the idea of the produc- Allen and this play that so many of them want- Bastard Out of Carolina tion,” she said, and she became not only casting ed to be a part of the film. A woman who had 10 Best Books of 2006 for director for the film but also second assistant played the role of Hannah in a Madison produc- director, a job she had never done before. tion even drove to Chicago from Madison, just to She was a fast learner. During filming, Attea be an extra in the film!” October 3, 2009 was a ubiquitous presence, clipboard in hand. Since the interior scenes were shot in an his- Cocktails & Appetizers: 5:30  to 7  “As it turns out, the job of the 2nd AD is very toric 19th-century South Side mansion, creaking similar to that of a stage manager on stage,” she floors and other noises needed to be silenced Buffet Dinner & Dance: 7  to 10  said. “You’re the first one on set and the last to during the shooting so as not to spoil the scenes, leave. There’s lots of paperwork. But one of my and this too was part of Attea’s job. “We had primary roles was acting as liaison between the PAs [production assistants] stationed through- e Breakers at Edgewater Beach actors and the set, which I very much enjoyed. out the house, at the back door, upstairs and 5333 N. 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We didn’t have a lot of media floors were a problem because, Attea explained, (Limited-income tickets available) role models back then, the movies and televi- “any movement could be picked up by the audio sion shows didn’t have gay and lesbian charac- techs, so we needed to keep people quiet near Cocktails, Buffet Dinner & Dance $100 ters as a matter of course. I think it is much the set, outside the set and above the set. We easier now for people to hear and respond to were all in very close quarters on these sets, so some of the issues because they are more in the any unwanted sound could ruin a take. At times, Cocktails includes special wine-tasting with forefront of our thinking and more possible now. a lot of people had to fit into small spaces to Master Sommelier Alpana Singh and a conversation I think it was also harder to be in a gay or les- shoot the scenes.” bian relationship 25 years ago than it is now. There was also the problem of noises from the with Nicole Hollander and Alison Bechdel. We now have many examples of lesbian couples urban environment. “Many times there would be in long-term relationships. I can offer mine as outside noise that we had to go out and try and Silent auction and live auction with being one: my partner Lauren and I have been stop,” Attea said. “Trucks or kids playing, lawns together 19 years.” being mowed, etc. Not everyone wanted to stop auctioneer Dorothy Allison. Not only was it more difficult to be accepted what they were doing because we were shooting as a same-sex couple years ago, but “the nega- a movie, but I think most people tried to accom- Proceeds from this event will go to the tive connotations made it difficult for some gays modate us.” When the crew was short-handed, Women’s Voices Fund. or lesbians to accept themselves,” Attea said. entry doors would be locked so no one would “Of course, the small-town aspect is still alive— burst in, making noise, in the middle of a take. it is still not easy being gay or lesbian in a small Even with the closed doors, heat was difficult To order tickets, visit womenandchildrenfirst.com, call town.” With the advent of gay marriage and to maintain in the huge, rambling house. “I re- 773.769.9299 domestic-partner rights (in some states), she member it was always very cold in the house and added, “we’ve come a long way in some aspects people were usually in their coats, hats, scarves, or stop by the store at and in some areas. Being able to care for the etc,” Attea added. “I always had multiple layers person you love should be a right for any person on to keep myself warm.” 5233 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60640 regardless of sexual orientation. I think Hannah Attea said it was “a great learning experience, Free reminds us of that as we continue with that and a pleasure for me. I appreciate and respect struggle now.” actors a great deal, and I had a wonderful group Attea explained some of the practical differ- of actors and extras that I worked with on this film.”

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Free and open to the pub- of Commerce Networking Event, 4th with Ana Laguna, through September Chicago Record and Chicago Tribune lic. Info at www.gsc.uic.edu or 312- Annual Cruise aboard Chicago’s First 27. Harris Theater for Music and Dance. 889 and 1946. Chicago Cultural Center, 413-8619. Opening: M.V. Lee Badgett, Lady. Open bar, buffet from Phil Ste- www.HarrisTheaterChicago.org 78 E. Washington St/77 E. Randolph Ph.D., author of “When Gay People Get fani’s, chocolate by Illinois Nut Candy. Rails 11th Year Anniversary (new www.chicagoculturalcenter.org or 312- Married: What Happens When Societ- Register at www.glchamber.org date), customer appreciation, free all 744-6630 ies Legalize Same-Sex Marriage”, U of Terry Angel Mason, author of Love Won’t night. 11 p.m. - 4 a.m. 1675 N. Elston PFLAG Oak Park meeting. Speaker Orson Mass. Amherst professor, and Research Let Me Be Silent, stories/poems about Ave. rails@drush or 708-543-9114 or Morrison, Psy. D. www.orsonmorrison. 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Maybe not staged pho- hosted by Angela Lansbury, Bea’s “Mame” co- tos, but that didn’t stop our friends the paparaz- star. Angie opened the tribute by singing “The zi from snapping him emerging from the water 8 Man in the Moon,” Arthur’s big number from the after last week’s Nautica Malibu Triathlon. Mario 18 10 show. The tribute ran the gamut from touching looked pretty damn hot with his wetsuit rolled 2 stories to outrageous tales. Needless to say, we dangerously down to his pubes. Pics will inevi-

4 gravitated more towards the outrageous. For tably turn up on BillyMasters.com. instance, her onscreen daughter from “Maude,” But why stop there? In the upcoming season 16 11 9 1 Adrienne Barbeau, ran into Bea at a play in a of Nip/Tuck, Mario returns as a competing doctor tiny theatre in Santa Monica. During intermis- with an almost flawless physique. In one scene, 17 12 3 sion, Arthur bellowed, “Adrienne, this is the Mario is clad in high heels, fishnet stockings, 6 19 55 14 5 worst piece of shit I’ve ever seen! I’d leave, but garter belt, leather corset, and fingerless long- 15 13 everyone in it is a friend of mine.” Thank you sleeved gloves! Ironically enough, on those rare

7 for being a friend. One of her “Golden Girl” co- nights when I dream about Mario Lopez, that’s stars added a bon mot to the legendary clash be- exactly what he’s wearing. You can see the whole

58 tween Arthur and Betty White. Rue McClanahan package on BillyMasters.com. 46 48 47 brought her husband to Bea’s one-woman show Judging by the “Ask Billy” questions this week, 60 44 45 on Broadway. After the show, Rue introduced my fans are a bunch of “Gleeks”—in other words,

54 them. Arthur exclaimed, “Rue, I love. Betty’s a they love Glee. In particular, they’re hot for two 59 cunt!” God love her! guys on the show. Everyone wants to know if 50 Elsewhere on Broadway, Hugh Jackman stopped either Matthew Morrison or Mark Salling are gay, 52 25 49 the show—literally. Gay porn legend Will Clark and want shirtless pics pronto. 37 22 51 24 26 and his boyfriend director, Roland Tec, went to As many of you know, Matty Morrison has been 32 last Sunday’s matinee performance of “A Steady a friend of mine since he originated the role Rain” starring Jackman and Daniel Craig. Shortly of “Link” in “Hairspray” on Broadway. He’s not

33 after the play began, a tardy audience member gay, but he’s very gay-friendly. Not only does he 31 30 56 23 was loudly arguing with an usher. As is policy on regularly do “Broadway Bares,” the annual BC/ 53 39 28 38 41 57 Broadway, latecomers are not seated until the EFA nudie fundraiser (and he looks really good 36 40 29 27 intermission. And since this play is one act long, stripped down—as we’ll show you on BillyMas- 21 43 the late lady was out of luck—and she wasn’t ters.com), he also actively courts the gay com- 42 34 happy about it. She went on and on, despite the munity. When asked by a Web site what he’d do 20 entire audience shushing her. Eventually, Jack- to rank higher in popularity with gay fans, he man looked out into the theatre and said, “Ex- said, “I’m an actor/singer/dancer, nominated for cuse me, but you know I can hear you up here. a Tony award, love, love, love the gay commu- 35 Are you finished? If you have a story you think is more interesting, by all means, we can wait.” The result was twofold—the audience applauded ANDERSONVILLE 18 Touché 35 Manhandler 52 Jeffrey Pub 1 @mosphere 6412 N. Clark St. 1948 N. Halsted St. 7041 S. Jeffery Blvd. and, because the show temporarily stopped, the 5355 N. Clark St. ToucheChicago.com 36 minibar/winebar usher sat the lady. And you know how much fun atmospherebar.com 19 Wild Pug 3341 N. Halsted St. THE BURBS 2 The Anvil 4810 N. Broadway Ave. minibarchicago.com 53 Club Krave it is to sit in a theatre where everyone hates you 1137 W. Granville Ave. WorldsGreatestBar.com 37 North End 13126 S. Western Ave. ... a win-win. 3 Big Chicks 3733 N. Halsted St. Blue Island, IL Last week, The View did some fancy footwork 5024 N. Sheridan Rd. BOYSTOWN NorthEndChicago.com ClubKrave.com BigChicks.com 20 3160 38 Pie Hole 54 Hideaway rescheduling guest co-hosts. Kate Gosselin was 4 Cattle Call 3160 N. Clark St. 737 W. Roscoe St. 7301 W. 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Halsted St. 46 Club 2506 INDIANA com. shirtless pics of him. And, wait ... is that a nip- MansCountryChicago.com FireflyOnHalsted.com 2506 N. Clybourn Ave. 61 Dick’s R U Crazee? Since her brother’s death, LaToya has been ple ring I see? And a cock ring? Well, one of the 13 Scot’s 30 Halsted’s Bar & 47 Crobar 1221 E.150th St. promoting herself like crazy. But let’s give some two... 1829 W. Montrose Ave. Grill 1543 N. Kingsbury St. Hammond, IN ChicagoScotsBar.com 3441 N. Halsted St. 48 The Prop House DicksRUCrazee.com credit where credit’s due. Unlike Jermaine, who When we’re breaking news like gay boys pos- 14 SoFo HalstedsChicago.com 1675 N. Elston Ave. 62 Encompass is simply trying to jumpstart a non-existent ca- sibly being in the glee club, it’s definitely time 4923 N. Clark St. 31 Hydrate 2415 Rush St. SofoBar.com 3458 N. Halsted St. Lake Station, IN reer, LaToya is channeling her self-promotion to end yet another column. 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The Video Bar 3349 North Halsted In honor of the Stonewall Riots’ 40th Anniversary, Out Magazine and Stolichnaya Vodka www.SidetrackChicago.com presented a night of new and old gay literary discussion at the Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted, on Sept. 18. Titled “Icons & Ingénues,” the event was headlined by a question-and-answer session fea- turing noted gay authors Andrew Holleran and Nick Burd. The discussion was also moderated by Out Magazine’s editor-in-chief, Aaron Hicklin. “The idea for this event emerged out of a conversation we had in the beginning of the year at Out Magazine about the 40th anniversary of Stonewall, which was how do we define ourselves 40 years after our so-called Rosa Parks moment,” stated Hicklin. “We wanted to see how different generations defined what it means to be gay in 2009, which is why we have a writer over 40 [Holleran] and a writer under 40 [Burd] for this discussion.” During the event both writers outlined how they believe that the overall mindset of gay Americans has vastly changed over the last few years, due primarily to a strong push by the LGBT community in the political sphere. The panelists explained that the current generation seems to be much more comfortable with expressing their sexuality than the older genera- tions have been, which, they theorized, could be a result of the evolution of gay rights since Stonewall. Patrons to the event also enjoyed an open bar, music by Circuit Mom and a live perfor- mance by Moskova Affair that began immediately following the discussion. Photos and text by Chasse Rehwinkel

Fire & Ink III in Texas Oct. 8-11 Fire & Ink III: Cotillion—which will bring together hundreds of individuals interested in Black LGBTQ writing—will take place Thursday- Sunday, Oct. 8-11, at the Hilton Austin in Aus- tin, Texas. The many workshops will include “Tongues Afire/A Model,” “Hiphop & Haiku” and “Radical Voice and Movement.” Presenters will include re- nowned writers/spoken-word artists Staceyann Chin and Chicagoan C.C. Carter. The registration cost is $175, and the deadline to register is Thursday, Oct. 1. (There is no on- site registration.) See 2009.fireandink.org.

MUSIC a single CD as well as a double-CD set—have Madonna greatest- been remastered and selected by Madonna and her fans, according to a press release. The songs hits CD out Sept. 29 cover the expanse of the Material Girl’s career Warner Bros. Records has officially confirmed of hits, from “Everybody” to “Vogue” to “4 Min- the Sept. 29 release of Celebration—the ulti- utes.” mate compilation of Madonna songs. The first single, also titled “Celebration,” is The songs on Celebration—coming out as co-produced by Madonna and Paul Oakenfold. 26 Sept. 23, 2009 ber heat that Sunday morning. She ran the Las The group meets at 9 a.m. at the totem pole Vegas Marathon in December 2007, recording Red Stars to hold at Addison and Lake Shore Drive in Lakeview, her personal best time. She then finished the fall, winter clinics and then rides to Grant Park, stopping briefly 2008 Chicago Marathon. The local women’s pro team Chicago Red Stars at “Queens Landing” (across Lake Shore Drive “I’ll continue running marathons until I can- is holding multiple soccer clinics throughout from Buckingham Fountain) at about 9:40 a.m. not anymore, until it’s physically too much for Chicagoland this fall and winter. to meet additional riders. They then ride north me or until there’s a cure for AIDS,” said Car- Several sessions include the opportunity to and have brunch at Tweet, 5020 N. Sheridan, at rero, who details her brother’s story in her fund- learn alongside Red Stars defender and 1999 10:30 a.m. Helmets are required. raising letter, seeking contributions to the AIDS World Cup champion Kate Markgraf as well as Dykes Pedaling Bikes is sponsored by the Foundation of Chicago on his behalf and she Red Stars forward and former University of Illi- Windy City Cycling Club, the Lesbian Community wears red ribbons on her hat and shirt on race nois All-American Ella Masar. Space is limited for Care Project and dykediva.com. For more info, day in tribute to him. the Red Stars’ winter clinics, so register early. e-mail [email protected] or visit www.windy- “Late in the marathon, when I’m often strug- Contact Red Stars Camp Director Kate Westfall citycyclingclub.com. gling, I remind myself why I’m doing it. It’s at 708-496-9511, or register online at Chicag- those times when I really remember him and oRedStars.com. Fall clinics run Oct. 3 and 24; AIDS Walk/Run what he had to go through. I saw all that he had winter sessions run Dec. 21-Feb. 27. to go through, and others who also were or are Oct. 3 battling AIDS. I know that what I’m doing run- The AIDS Walk/Run will take place Oct. 3 in ning a marathon is nothing compared to what he Dykes Pedaling Grant Park. To participate alongside thousands was doing, what he went through.” Bikes get-togethers of supporters, visit www.aidsrunwalk.org and Carrero, who is single, attended Eisenhower Dykes Pedaling Bikes is getting together once click “Register Now.” E-mail runwalk@aidschi- Maryann Carrero. Photo by Ross Forman High School in south suburban Blue Island, and a month on Saturdays for lakefront rides. The cago.org if there are any questions. then went to the University of Illinois-Chicago. last one is slated for Oct. 3. AIDS Run & Walk Chicago 2008 raised more She received her graduate degree at the Univer- than $500,000. Maryann’s sity of Illinois. Carrero years ago worked for Helene Curtis and have to go as far as the legendary Jack La- started the AIDS Walk, as it was then known. Lanne, who hasn’t eaten dessert since 1929, marathons according to ObesityCures.org: “You don’t have By Ross Forman She also then endured and battled prejudices against AIDS patients, mostly from the percep- to look like the personal trainer with 28-inch This one’s for Jerry. Same for the four other mar- tion that it only affected gay men. And some of biceps, either. Just challenge yourself; don’t athons Maryann Carrero has run since taking up her family wasn’t even fully supportive of Jerry look at Joe Bob and Mary Sue.” the sport in 2006. as he battled. —Mix it up: “When I get bored riding a sta- Carrero, 56, of Chicago’s Uptown neighbor- “When he was sick, it bothered me how people tionary bike, I love to put on my iPod and just hood, is set for the Bank of America Chicago reacted to him being sick,” said Carrero, who powerwalk,” Washington said. “It’s a very easy Marathon Sunday, Oct. 11, and again, it’s all for participated in the AIDS Ride in 1996 from Min- thing to do, and it’s not harsh on your joints. Jerry, her brother who was gay and died of AIDS neapolis to Chicago, also a tribute to Jerry. “I I also like to use the StairClimber and spin; I May 18, 1994. wanted to get more involved raising funds and have even taken a step class.” “I’ve been surprised that I can do it, but the raising awareness; that’s what led me to the Na- —Keep a journal: “Keeping a journal is National AIDS Marathon Training Program shows tional AIDS Marathon Training Program. very important, especially with something like and trains you how to run a marathon and suc- “My brother always was the life of the party bodybuilding,” Washington said. “We tend to cessfully complete it,” she said. and, still to this day, he always is part of the memorize what we’ve done; keeping a journal Carrero ran her first 26.2-mile marathon in entertainment. I’m so happy and honored to run tracks the progression you’ve done. Sometimes Washington D.C., in 2006. She reached the 17th the marathon for him.” I get lazy and don’t write down things, but you mile in the 2007 Chicago Marathon before the really have to. You can write your food intake, event was cancelled due to the surprising Octo- your progression and even how you feel.” —Have a network: Friends and workout Shah Washington. partners can do wonders to keep someone mo- tivated. “Recently, I ran into an old friend of FITNESS mine [at the gym], and working out [together] can make a lot of difference,” according to Staying motivated Washington. “Your mind will tend to let you lift less because of fear—’I don’t want this this fall bar to drop on me.’ But it’s a scientific fact BY ANDREW DAVIS that you can lift 30 percent more if you have a training partner with you.” With swimsuit season coming to an end (al- —Think of your social life: On the super- though some may argue it didn’t exist in Chica- ficial side, a fit body can lead to more dates. go at all this year), some people find little rea- “Your confidence level can [be boosted] by son to acquire or maintain fit physiques. Windy working out,” Washington said. “People who City Times talked with local licensed personal are not comfortable with their bodies can put trainer and natural bodybuilder Shah Washing- themselves in a [corner]; people who feel good ton, and got some tips about how people can about themselves often speak to people they stay motivated: normally wouldn’t. And, not to sound egotis- —Set a goal: “It gives me a reason to con- tical, but people are drawn to fit, muscular tinue working out, but make the goal attain- people.” able,” Washington said. “Don’t be a couch po- —Look in the mirror: Sometimes it just tato and think you’re going to be a bodybuilder takes a full-length mirror to do the trick. “As in six months; that’s not going to work. Make a bodybuilder, I sometimes feel so vain look- your goals small [initially], and then increase ing in the mirror constantly,” Washington said. them.” Washington said he purchased a sta- “You have to learn to flex and control your tionary bike that he put in front of the TV; muscles.” But seeing your reflection can have he said he rides it if there’s a good movie or benefits even if someone doesn’t look like LL football game, adding that he’s “doing what I Cool J or Madonna, according to Washington: like to do, but I’m still exercising.” “You can see what imperfections you have but —Eat right: People know this, but it bears looking in the mirror can even help you with repeating, especially with Thanksgiving on the your posture, which can help everywhere, in- way. “If you don’t overindulge in some of the cluding the business world.” [fattening] foods, you should be OK,” Wash- —Don’t get carried away: Washington ington said. “What’s also important is how you related a story about a guy who was so ob- cook things—there are so many healthy ways sessed with working out that he lost his fam- of cooking chicken, and it tastes good. But ily. “He even slept in the gym,” Washington don’t deprive yourself; if you totally deprive said. “There’s no need to work out three or yourself, you’ll go crazy once you do taste four hours a day. Like with everything else, you something sweet or fried.” have to have balance. I have to make sure I —Have role models: Washington told WCT, spend time with my family, and I work; I can’t “I look up to some of the older people I see make it without balance.” at bodybuilding shows. I’m really inspired by For fitness tips, Shah Washington can be some of these people in their 50s and 60s.” reached at [email protected]. However, Washington added that one doesn’t Sept. 23, 2009 27

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