Nightspots Page 21 Thinkin’ Continental Labor Day in Chicago Means Miss Continental

#1025 • September 1, 2010 It’s Mr. Continental weekend, too. nightspots page 21 Thinkin’ Continental Labor Day in Chicago means Miss Continental. page 21

A mouthful of fun Pubert interviews on the Windy City Ed Simons of Rodeo’s Fahootched The Chemical bar crawl. Brothers. page 11 page 14 Tolerance swings both ways (or every which way)

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That Guy by Kirk Williamson In lieu of my column this week, here’s a kicky little photo collage put together by Mr. Anthony Meade. We did the Windy City Rodeo’s Fahootched Bar Crawl together and... well, this should make you want a hot dog reaaaaaaal bad. [email protected]

HOW TO MAKE THE the PUUURRRFFFEEECCT HOT DOG by Kirk Williamson

STEP 1. Choose the perfect size wiener for your bun. STEP 2. Load your hot dog up really good. STEP 3. LUBE your hot dog so it goes in the hole easy. STEP 4. Your HOT DOG should be ready to go by now. STEP 5: Slide your hot dog in.

PUBLISHER Tracy Baim ASSISTANT PUBLISHER Terri Klinsky nightspots Managing Editor #1025 • September 1, 2010 Kirk Williamson ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES Terri Klinsky, Kirk Williamson, Amy Matheny MAIN COVER IMAGE NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE Miss Continental 2010 Armani Rivendell Media 212-242-6863 Photo courtesy of The Baton DIRECTOR OF NEW MEDIA Jean Albright TOP RIGHT Mr. Continental 2009 Office Christopher Iman Meghan Streit Photo courtesy of The Baton Photography Mel Ferrand, Kat Fitzgerald, DJ Greg Haus, Kirk, Kizzy, BOTTOM RIGHT Ryan Kolodziej, Anthony Meade, Steve Starr, DJ Res-5 Photo by Hamish Brown CAST OF CHARACTERS Andrew Davis, DJ Res-5, Adam Guerino, Homer Marrs, Marc “Moose”Moder, Jennifer Parello, Peter Copyright 2010 Windy City Media Group/Lambda Publications Inc. All rights reserved. Pointers, Randy Pubert Reprint by permission only. Back issues available for $3 per issue (postage included). Return postage must accompany all manuscripts, drawings, and photographs submitted if they are to be returned, and no responsibility may be assumed for unsolicited materials. All rights to letters, art and photos sent to Nightspots/Windy City Times will be treated as unconditionally assigned for publication purposes and as such, subject to editing and nightspots comment. The opinions expressed by the columnists, cartoonists, letter writers, and com- mentators are their own and do not necessarily reflect the position of Nightspots/Windy 5315 N. Clark St. #192, Chicago, IL 60640 City Times. Publication of the name, photograph, or likeness of a person or organization in articles or advertising in Nightspots/Windy City Times is not to be construed as any 773.871.7610, fax 773.871.7609 indication of the sexual orientation of such person or organization. While we encourage readers to support the advertisers who make this newspaper possible, Nightspots/Windy www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com City Times cannot accept responsibility for advertising claims. [email protected] ALCC 10 Tango NightSpots BW 1.pdf 1 8/24/10 4:55 PM

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K Welcome to the gayborhood, Parlour boys and girls! PARLOUR Photos by Kirk

The things gay boys will eat out for the 2011 Gay Softball series! JACKHAMMER Photos by Kirk

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DANCING ABOUT ARCHITECTURE by Marc “Moose” Moder

Moose’s Near Misses 2010

As you get further and further into music writing, collecting new music randomly as one goes, you get to certain point around this time of year—before the onslaught of September’s new releases—that you realize somehow you’ve accumulated days and days of music that you’ve yet to really give a good ear to. Well since you’ve been at the beach jamming to Katy Perry, I’ll help you out. • If you’re a fan of Florence + The Machine and early, early Sarah McLachlan or wish The xx would drink coffee, then Young Galaxy is for you. Their CD Invisible Republic is a breath of fresh alt air. • We Are Fallen is what happens when you realize Amy of Evanescence is such a horrible person, your whole band leaves, hires Idol’s Carly Smithson, and crafts a better album than Amy could ever do. Skip her watered-down solo Evanescence, and get with the real. Ben Moody and Co. rock it hard. • A Silent Film at first may sound like a better version of Coldplay and Keane, but the keen ear will hear the true root: latter-day a-ha. Lush arrangements, lyrical narratives, and stunning vocals are an obvious homage to Norway’s finest. • Robyn released her second mini-album this month, Body Talk Part 2, featuring the fleshed-out version of last CD’s acoustic Hang With Me. Part 1 was hot, but the girl proves she can write a hook like no one’s business. She delivers perfect summer beach tracks that rival Kylie’s Aphrodite. • And finally, for the old homos, art-pop darling Laurie Anderson puts out her newest CD in her 28-year recording career with one of her best-- the multilayered audio novel Homeland. Fans of her early work will be pleased to hear Laurie still mastering not only the spoken word, but dreamy vocals and soft synths. At 63, she’s still pushing boundaries.

Check out more recommendations at www. danceaboutarc.wordpress.com

10 nightspots September 1, 2010 WINDY CITY RODEO 2010 Photos by CowboyFrank.net

Gettin’ FAHOOTCHED at Charlie’s, Touché, Big Chicks and on the Rodeo Bus. Photos by Kirk

nightspots 11 September 1, 2010

Nightspots Magazine: Hi, Ed. You were into NM: Your music videos have been incredible over musicals as a kid, correct? the years. Ed Simons: Tom and I became friends because we ES: Yes, we have worked with some amazing people both liked Guys and Dolls. We started talking at the like Michel Gondry and Spike Jonze. We are keen University about this big musical. on playing with people that we are fans of. That has been our lucky experience. NM: That is so funny. How did the group develop from there? NM: Is there anyone that you still want to work ES: Well, we were both at Manchester University and with vocally? studying together. We wanted to go to Hacienda ES: It is always a joy to work in the studio with and that was the place to be in England for house Jonathan Donahue from Mercury Rev. Noel and dance music. We were club buddies. Tom used Gallagher has been great over the years. There is a to play me a lot of music that I had never heard bridge that remains to be crossed on who we work before. We became close and we would go record with in the future. shopping between lectures. He was in a band and the band fell apart, we started DJ-ing, made our first NM: What kind of visuals are you going to have record and here we are now! for the show in Chicago? ES: Our visuals have been made just for this album. NM: What kind of music inspires you? We feel it is important to play new music and ES: There are not any particular boundaries. I transcend our environment. We have visuals that like music that makes you feel things such as are quite iconic that people will respond to. We have psychedelic music that makes you experience old visuals that we made a long time ago for the old emotion that you are not aware of. Music that videos but working with state-of-the-art electronics touches a shadow and that can be anything. Music for a contrast of old and new. can transcend where you are at a given time. NM: Looking forward to see you and the show in NM: What inspired your album Further? Chicago. ES: I think we had an idea from the start not to work ES: Nice one, see you there! with loads of guest vocalists like before. That had become a habit. It left a lot of space and loosened The Chemical Brothers bring their “Block Rockin’ up how we were making music. Before we made Beats” to Chicago for the North Coast Music classic song structures but with this record we did Festival, 1501 W. Randolph St., September 3-5 more repetition and kept it looser. There was a along with acts such as Moby and De La Soul. whole visual idea to play the album from beginning Visit www.northcoastfestival.com for tickets and to end, which we did in London before the album schedule. came out. A Chemical Romance

The Chemical Brothers are electronic music legends Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons. Nightspots Magazine talked shop with Ed before their upcoming Chicago show.

14 nightspots Photo by Hamish Brown September 1, 2010 Flip-Floppin’ for About Face Theatre. SIDETRACK Photos by Pubert

It’s a Jackson family reunion! WILD PUG Photos by Marc “Moose” Moder

nightspots 15 September 1, 2010 Staff Turnabout is fair play for Bar AIDS. SPIN Photos by Kirk

It’s “prime” time for Drag “Factor.” Sorry, math joke. THE CALL Photos by Devin Lee

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® Beginning Sept. 16 Kicking off Sidetrack Comedy Video Night Hosted by Adam Guerino & Bradley Thomas nightSPOTSMAFIA We’ll tell ya what ta think Special Guest: Windy City Times writer Kate Sosin

“Wake Me Up Before You Drunk people + baby people = Newsies. I’d be a singing, Go Go” by Wham. - Kate apocalypse, please. - Kate dancing Jack Kelly. “Borderline” by Madonna. No, thanks! - Andrew - Kate - Andrew First off, it’s against the law in Anything with Ryan Phil- “One Thing Leads to Illinois to have them within lippe (except Cruel Inten- Another” by The Fixx. so many feet of the bar. I tions). - Andrew - Creaoke don’t think babies should be wo uld i t be? Close Encounters of the “Walk Like An Egyptian” by allowed in restaurants, movie Third Kind. - Creaoke The Bangles--I practiced theaters or bars! - Pubert Run Lola Run. - David F a v o ri t e ‘80 s so ng every day. - Kat Same way I feel about baby- Any ‘70s gay porno. “Need You Tonight” by friendly crack houses. - Moose INXS. - Pubert - Creaoke Moonstruck. - Pubert “That’s the Way” by Culture Ridiculousness. - Kirk Babe. What? It’s about a Club. - David I’m against them. Hire a pig? Um, let me re-think “When Doves Cry” by babysitter. Little ones have this... - Kat Prince. - Moose sensitive ears. - David The Naked Civil Servant. “Walking On Sunshine” by As long as they’re gay babies. I’m - Kirk Katrina and the Waves. so sick of baby bachelorette - Kirk parties. - Moose OMG, I LOVE babe-friendly bars. If y o u co uld live in a mo vie, w hi c h ne I am lesbian, after all! - Kat How d o y u f eel a b t by- riendly r s ? Are you special enough? If you want to be included as a special guest in Nightspots MAFIA, send an email to [email protected] and plead your case.

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MAIN: No particular detail, just a hot dude eating corn. Sometimes, it’s nice not to have to think too hard.

18 nightspots September 1, 2010 ANNEE, CHRIST! Imagine “Annie” as facetious adult graphic novel brought to life. This is pure, unadulterated collaborative camp! Annee Pocalypse! was written by Jason Dabrowski, Jacob Christopher Green, and Calidonia Olivares as a way to reach beyond Hubris Productions’ mainstage works and form an edgier and sicker version of themselves. With music reinterpreted by John Kamys (Jinx Titanic) and direction by reformed Goth kid Christopher Kauffmann, we see what kind of trouble Lil’ Whor’n Annee can get herself into searching for the perfect threesome in a zombie-filled, electrifying, Sarah- Palin-run post-apocalyptic future. Whew!

You can see Annee in all her whor’n glory at the Chicago Fringe Festival, September 1-5 on the Edinburgh Stage at 2003 S. Halsted St. For tickets and showtimes check out www.chicagofringe. org or www.hubrisproductions.com REDUX Saturday got pretty sexy... and sexy pretty... whatever that means. COCKTAIL Photos by Anthony Meade

DAILY SPECIALS AND SUCH

WEDNESDAYS Baton Shows 8:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m., 12:30 a.m. Bobby Love’s Karaoke w/ Creagh 9:30 p.m. - @mosphere Special priced drinks and free trivia Berlin STARDUST Thursdays, with live perfor- 1:30 a.m. with prizes at 8 p.m., $2.50 drink specials mances and special DJs, $2 PBR, $3 Berlin Bucks $10 Miller pitchers, $2 Schnapps Berlin “Get, Get Down,” DJs Zebo and special bombs, brought to you by Outdanced The Call $4 Bacardi drinks, $1 Dekuyper shots, guests, $1 select shots, $2 PBRs Big Chicks $10 Pitchers of Blue Moon, $2.75 dance video mix 6-9 p.m., Twin Spin video Big Chicks Euchre Club 7:30 p.m., $4 Stoli Mar- Rolling Rock, $4 Cosmos, Chicken specials party 9 p.m.-2 a.m. tini, $6 Leinie Pitchers, $5 Quesadilla night night—$5 wing basket, $6 Chicken breast Charlie’s Line dance lessons at 7 p.m., country (Chicken or Veggie) sandwich $5 chickenburger with DJ Michael B ‘til 1:30 a.m., Afterhours Bobby Love’s $1 off domestic, $1 Pucker, $3 Bobby Love’s $1 off domestic & draft, $1 Pucker dance with DJ LuLu Jäger shots Bucks $3.50 Domestics drafts & bottles, $3.50 Circuit 1st week-Versage Productions’ female Bucks $3.50 Domestics drafts & bottles, $3.50 well drag show, 2nd week-Lipstick and Lace well The Call $4 Absolut cocktails, $8 Absolut women’s hip-hop night, 3rd week-Chix Mix The Call Curtains Up Wednesdays with show- Martinis/Cosmos women’s dance parties, Last week-Urbano tune videos at 9 p.m., $3 off call martinis, $5 Charlie’s $3 top shelf drinks and beer, ‘80s hip hop party Jameson shots flashback night Club Krave Male dancers w/ bartenders Eric and Cell Block Open 4 p.m. w/ Giani, All import Circuit La Noche Loca w/ DJ Fast Freddy & DJ Romie, $5 32 oz. flavored Long Islands, $10 beers (bottles & drafts) $3.50 Rock-O-Mix, Miss Ketty’s show at 10 p.m. dom. buckets; $16 import buckets, VJ Touche Charlie’s $3 Miller Lites, $2 Skyy cocktails, gay The Closet Karaoke with Creagh at 9:30 p.m. Cocktail Go-go boys, DJ Freddie Bain, $12 Long movie night Club Krave iPhone Grindr party, GLEE with Island pitchers, $5 Jägerbombs The Closet $3 well, $1 Schnapps shots bartender Jerry, $5 you-call-it top shelf Crew P.B.R. Cans $2, Goose Island seasonal pints Club Krave $5 Three Olive cocktails; $7 Three Cocktail Go-go boys at 10 p.m., DJ Michael $3.50, Fish Tacos w/choice of side $7.79, 4th Olive martinis, Starfinder karaoke, 1st and Serafini, hostess Lisa Lexus, $9 vodka cran/ Friday-Frat Boy Friday, w/ Hot Jock Contest 3rd Wednesday—Island Girls meetings with vodka lemonade pitchers, $3 Miller Lite pints, at 11:30 p.m. bartender Miss Brandi Wyne $4 Jameson shots Encompass Karaoke, $4 24 oz. Big Boy Lites Cocktail Teri Yaki’s & dusTy’s Twisted Trivia! 10 Crew All draft beer $3, All-U-Can-Eat pasta Halsted’s $5 Stoli mixed & bombs, $12 Bud p.m., $6 Effen cocktails, $9 Miller Lite pitchers $9.99, Light/Miller Lite pitchers Crew Open for lunch 11:30a.m., Rolling Rock Encompass Drink & Drown Thursdays, $1 house Hamburger Mary’s $5 “Mary’s Punch” pints and bottles $2.75, Blue Moon pints $3.75, 1/2 wells, $1 dom. drafts, $1 wine, sponsored by $4 Shock Top pints price desserts after 4 p.m. Miller Lite and Coors Light Hunters Video Dance Party, $2 Miller, $4 cover, Encompass All domestic bottled brews $1 Halsted’s $5.95 Buffalo chicken wraps, all DJ Dan The Glenwood Grindr party: come meet local drafts $3.50 Hydrate TPAN’s Positively Aware party 8-11 p.m. guys using the Grindr app, grinder sand- Hamburger Mary’s $3.50 home brew pints on 2nd Friday of the month, Weekly DJs til 4 wiches served, 7-10 p.m. Hunters Hunters Hunks 10 p.m., $2 import a.m., no cover til midnight Halsted’s $5.95 chicken fajitas, $3.50 Coronas bottles, DJ Laura B InnExile Here’s the Beef male dancers 11 p.m. Hamburger Mary’s $2 off all Mary’s “Special- Hydrate Effen Thursdays: DJ Phil DaBeatz, $5 Jackhammer DJ Man Scott, 1st Fri.-The Flesh Tease” cocktail pints Effen cocktails, $5 Effen bombs, Stage Door Hungry Dog Show, Last Fri.-ManHunt.com Hunters $3.50 Smirnoff Martinis, $2 well, $1 Johnnies perform party drafts, $4.50 beeer pitchers, DJ Ron G Jackhammer $2 MGD/Miller Lite/Bud/Bud Jeffrey Pub Guys All Night Out dance party, Hydrate 1/2 price Martinis, Hy-Drag Review 9:30 Light, $3 premium domestics and imports, $3 cover p.m., also DJ Laura B DJ Man Scott Mary’s Attic Feel Good Fridays with Rogue DJ Jackhammer $1 well drinks, $5 buy-in, play Wii Jeffrey Pub No cover, free entry pass to first 35 at 9 p.m., $3 Bama-Slamma shots, $5 Mary’s Jeffrey Pub Game night—Bid Whist, spades, guests to be used Friday or Saturday Punch pints dominoes, darts, drink tickets for every Mary’s Attic Big Red’s Cabaret with Meghan Roscoe’s $15 Absolut Pink Lemonade pitchers, winning hand Murphy (2nd & 4th Thurs.), Bent: Brit Pop, $3 off Martinis, $3.50 Peroni bottles, $5 Mary’s Attic MaryOke with DJ Matador at 9pm. Indie and Disco (3rd Thurs.) Bacardi bombs $3 well cocktails and domestic bottles Pie Hole Karaoke with Creagh Scarlet The First Ward Ball, $4 Well Drinks, $4 Pie Hole All-You-Can-Shove night, $9.99 for Roscoe’s Alternative Sounds in front bar, $12 wine glasses, $4 domestics, DJ Dolo all-you-can-eat slices and a soda, Poetic Hole Three-O Pomegranate Cosmo pitchers; $3 off Sidetrack Showtunes 5-9 p.m., Best of Sidetrack open mic poetry reading 10 p.m. Martinis, $2.50 Miller Lite drafts, $10 Miller 9 p.m. - 2 a.m. Roscoe’s You’re the Star Karaoke with Lite Pitchers, $5 Three-O Bombs. Last Thu.: Spin The Shower Party, 1st week: Boy night; 2nd Honey West at 10 p.m., Free Pool all day, $12 Wet Boxer Contest at midnight week: Girl night; 3rd week: Bear night, $150 Smirnoff Raspberry Twist Tidal Wave pitchers, Scarlet Frat Night, hosted by Kevin, $5 40s of first prize, sign up by 11:30 p.m., contest at 1/2 price wine bottles, $3 off Martinis, $2.50 Miller Lite, Corona and King Cobra; $5 Long midnight, $5 Absolut cocktails, $4 Magic Hat Miller Lite drafts, $10 Miller Lite pitchers, $5 Island mini-pitchers, DJ Katy R #9 drafts, DJ Luis M, go-go boys, $5 Absolut Smirnoff Bombs. Last Thu.: Wet Boxer Contest Scot’s $4 all drafts cocktails, $7 Martinis, $4 draft beer w/ Friday Lay at midnight Sidetrack Cocktail Hour videos 3 - 8 3160 POP Goes the Gio! Scarlet Workgroup Wednesdays, with up p.m.,Comedy Night videos 8 p.m. - 2 a.m. Touché 1st week - MAFIA; 2nd week - Full Moon and coming DJs, $5 Martinis, $4 Amstel or Spin All-requet videos, $1 burgers & hot dogs, party and contest; 3rd week - ONYX Club Heineken, $5 Stoli bombs, $95 Stoli bottle $5 Absolut cocktails, $6 Peroni pitchers night, Club Room open at 10 p.m. service Touché Handballer Night, red/white hanky Velvet Rope Karaoke with Creagh, $6 Grey Scot’s $2 off all Cosmos specials, club room open Goose Sidetrack Cocktail Hour videos 3-8 p.m., Classic Velvet Rope Half off Martinis & Margaritas, Wild Pug DJ Voxbox spins ‘80s, $6 Martinis Sidetrack, 8 p.m.-2 am monthly local LGBT band performances Spin What the Fuck Wednesdays hosted by Saya Wild Pug $3 Sapporo pints, $6 Cosmos, DJ Steve SATURDAYS Naomi and Precious Jewel, $1 well drinks, $5 Henderson at 10 p.m. @mosphere Hot male dancers at 10:30 p.m., DJ cover, DJ Chris Eterno Timmy Loop Touché Bear-Chested night FRIDAYS Baton Shows 8:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m., 12:30 a.m. Uncommon Ground 4 Women Only series- four @mosphere Hot male dancers at 10 p.m., DJ Berlin Twisted w/ DJ Chester or DJ Larissa, $5 female performers showcase their talents Eric Hall after 11:00 p.m. / $7 after 1 a.m., 3rd Sat: Drag Velvet Rope $6 pizza specials, $3 drafts Baton Shows 8:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m., 12:30 a.m. Matinee with House of Santana 9-11:30 p.m. Wild Pug Live Game Show night, 7 p.m., $5 Berlin Cosmix: DJ Greg Haus, electro, progres- Big Chicks Euchre Club 6 p.m., DJ and dancing cover goes to actors, $3 Fuller’s London Pride sive, and alternative, $5 after 11:00 p.m. 4th 10 p.m., no cover pints, VJ Bobby Marley at 7 p.m. week: Nightcaps: variety show with Adam Bobby Love’s Featured artist nite, trivia shots & Guerino and Puterbaugh Sisters giveaways w/ DJ Tim THURSDAYS Big Chicks DJ and dancing 10 p.m., no cover, Bucks $10 Miller pitchers, $2 Schnapps @mosphere “Hot Mess” Thursdays w/ male 1/3 lb cheeseburger $5, $3 basket of ap- The Call $5 Absolut cocktails, $5 Jameson shots, dancers, $3 well, $8 Bud Lite pitchers, $5 petizers (zucchini, mushroom, onion rings, video dance party cosmos poppers) Charlie’s Country with DJ Michael B 9 p.m.-2 22 nightspots September 1, 2010 a.m., Afterhours dance with DJ LuLu The Closet $5 Bloody Marys, buckets of beer Absolut Martinis Circuit Urbano hip-hop/house night, DJs Kenae, Club Krave Drag Bingo @ 7 p.m. with Tina Hydrate $1 drinks all night, no cover before Anton and Corona, $10 Roberts, karaoke with Star Finder Karaoke at 10 p.m. Club Krave Club Krave Divas drag show, 9:30 p.m., $2 drafts, $5 draft pitchers Jackhammer $3 U-Call-It (excluding Long bartenders Romie and Markie, $3 well, $10 Cocktail $1 well drinks, bartenders dusTy, geNo Islands and Martinis), free pool mixed drink pitchers, DJ KY & Johnathin Florida 2-8 p.m., go-go boys Maneuvers Karaoke Mondays w/ Miss Bobbi Cocktail DIVA DJs—rotating DJs include at 6 p.m., DJ Uncle Milty at 8 p.m., DJ Pete Mary’s Attic Live soap opera “The Ville” at 8 Dhanna, Miss Michaela, Tracy Tobey, Heather Augusta at 11 p.m p.m., $10 Doble & Carla Starla, Go-go boys at 10:30 p.m. Crew Miller Lite pitchers $9, Beergarita/ Mimosa Roscoe’s You’re the Star karaoke with Honey Crew Bud Light pitchers $9, Bud Select bottles pitchers $12, Double Bloody Marys $6, VJ Ven West, 10 p.m., $12 Bacardi Razz-Berry Lem- $2.75, Double Bloody Marys $6, Mimosa from 3 - 9:30p.m., VJ Bobby Marley 9:30 p.m. onade pitchers, $3 off all Martinis, $2.50 pitchers $12, VJ Ven spinning from 6 - 10 p.m., Halsted’s $6 champagne cocktails, $4 22 oz. Miller Lite Drafts, $10 Miller Lite Pitchers; $5 VJ Bobby Marley 10 p.m. Bud Lights, 12 Stoli Bloodies during brunch Smirnoff Bombs Encompass Resident DJ Tiff 11 p.m. Hamburger Mary’s Mimosa Brunch served ‘til 3 Scarlet Live Music Mondays, $5 select Martinis, Halsted’s $6 champagne cocktails, $4 22 oz. p.m., first mimosa free, then $2 $5 wine glasses, $3 PBR tallboys Bud Lights, 12 Stoli Bloodies during brunch Hunters Karaoke 7-11 p.m., Boys Night 11 p.m., Scot’s $3 all domestic bottles Hamburger Mary’s Mimosa Brunch served ‘til $1 drafts, $4 Martinis, DJ Lawrence K Sidetrack Cocktail Hour videos 3-8 p.m., Show- 3 p.m., first mimosa free, then $2, $4 Leinie Hydrate DJ Jeannette tunes, 8 p.m.-2 a.m. bottles InnExile Karaoke by Mariah Productions Spin RuPaul’s Drag U 8-9 p.m., Karaoke with Hunters Ascent Saturdays with DJ Laura B., Jackhammer $7 Long Islands, Amy Armstrong Phoenix O’Hara 10 p.m.-2 a.m., $4 Skyy $3.50 Bacardi mixers, $4 cover and Lloyd Young Open Mic Night cocktails, $10 Finlandia lemonade pitchers, Hydrate DJ Ralphi Rosario 11 p.m. - 5 a.m. Jeffrey Pub Ol’ Skool dance party, no cover free pool and games Jackhammer DJ Man Scott, 1st Sat.-Great Lakes Mary’s Attic Cabaret Show at 7:30 (cover varies). Touché Barstool Jocks - WWF wrestling & sports Bears with DJ Chris Eterno, 2nd Sat.-Bear Gong Show MaryOke with Velicity Metropolis at 8 p.m., free pizza Dance Party with buffet, 3rd Sat.-Underwear 9 p.m., $3 well cocktails and domestic bottles Velvet Rope Chicagoland Gay & Lesbian Singles Party with DJ Phil DaBeatz Roscoe’s Male Call hosted by Miss Foozie at 5 Meet-up sponsored by OPLAGA, $4 Martini Jeffrey Pub Girls All Night Out dance party, $3 p.m., $12 Absolut Long Island pitchers, $2.50 flights cover, show with host Indigo Blue Bud Light bottles, $5 Bacardibombs, $3 off Wild Pug Chill-Ax with the Motown sounds Maneuvers DJ Sit-n-Spin, dancing, Jello shots Double Bloody Mary’s, $3 off Martinis of Justin & Joey, $2 Bud Light & Lite drafts, Mary’s Attic Dance Party with DJ Oskar & John Sidetrack Cocktail Hour videos 3-8 p.m., free pool Murges at 9 p.m. $2 Jello shots, $5 Frozen Showtunes 4-9 p.m., best of the 60s-80s, 9 Slushies p.m.-2 a.m. TUESDAYS Roscoe’s No cover before 10 p.m., $5 cover Scarlet Liquid Brunch: DJs Nick Phoenix and DJ @mosphere $1 well and Bud Light drafts after, $15 Absolut Pink Lemonade pitchers, Dolo, $12 bottles of champagne, $4 Mimosas, Berlin Sinful Circus with DJ Chester and Jay Jay, $3 off Martinis, $3.50 Peroni Bottles, $5 $4 Bloody Marys, $3 domestic beer $1 well and PBR, $5 cover Bacardibombs Spin Meat and Buns--free BBQ in the beer gar- Big Chicks $5.50 Golden Margaritas, $4 Marga- Scarlet Crossfader Kings DJ Group, $5 well, $5 den, Team trivia, 10 p.m - midnight, hosted ritas, $5 Chicken burger night, $3 Meatball imports by Debbie Fox, $4 Skyy cocktails, $5 Skyy Sandwiches (dine-in only) Sidetrack Sidetrack Classics 3 - 9 p.m., Best of bombs, $10 Miller Lite & High Life pitchers, Bobby Love’s $2 domestic, draft and well drinks. 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