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Wellstone—which was then signed into law by But even before next week’s confirmation Bill Clinton. …If you’re going to judge politi- hearing, strong testimony of sorts is emerging cians by how they felt about LGBT issues 15 for Hagel. years ago, be prepared to scorn almost every to equality Pulitzer Prize-winning, openly gay commenta- national Democratic Party hero you have as a tor Jonathan Capehart, of the Washington Post, bigot.” wrote Jan. 8: “Times change. People change. A 2007 interview with Hagel by Gentlemen’s By Lisa Keen And on issues of civil rights, when both change, Quarterly magazine might be of interest. In the Keen News Service folks should be given the space to make amends interview, uncovered by a reader posting a com- for being on the wrong side of history. Besides, ment on democraticunderground.com, Hagel was The Senate Committee on Armed Services has I can’t imagine Obama selecting someone for his asked, “How conservative are you really? Tell scheduled the first day of Defense Secretary cabinet who would stall or reverse the consider- me the truth: You don’t care whether or not gay nominee Chuck Hagel’s confirmation hearing for able actions he has made on equality for lesbian, people get married, do you?” Jan. 31. Many expect his positions on benefits gay, bisexual and transgender Americans.” “No. Personally, I think marriage is between for the families of gay service members may get Steve Clemons, the gay Washington editor for a man and a woman, but that’s because I see it some scrutiny from both sides of the partisan The Atlantic political news magazine, published as a religious union. As a legal contract,” said aisle. an article last month calling Hagel “pro-gay, Hagel, “marriage should be up to the states. If Hagel’s response to a letter from Sen. Barbara pro-LGBT, pro-ending “don’t ask, don’t tell.” a state wants to change the rules, that’s up to Boxer this month—saying that he “fully” sup- “I’m not sure where Hagel stands on same-sex them.” ports the law that repealed “Don’t Ask, Don’t marriage,” wrote Clemons in the Dec. 21 article, Later in the interview, he expounded on how Tell”—helped earn her vote and was apparently “but I know that he supports solid legal protec- he, as a conservative Republican politician, influential in helping to win over Sen. Chuck tions for gay families and is personally support- could hold views that seem contrary to most Re- Schumer, D-N.Y. ive of gays and lesbians. publican conservatives. One additional statement in Hagel’s letter— “How do I know this? Because I’m a national- “We are living through one of the most trans- saying he would do “everything possible to the security wonk who happens to be gay and who formative periods in history. If we are going to extent permissible under current law to provide happens to have interacted with and followed make it, we need a far greater appreciation and equal benefits to the families of all our service Chuck Hagel for years. I have spoken directly respect for others, or we’re going to blow up members”— did win support from some in the about these issues with him over the years….” mankind,” said Hagel. “Look at what zealotry LGBT community, but the community still seems Glenn Greenwald, an openly gay political com- can do. Religious zealotry has been responsible torn. Defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel. mentator for salon.com and others, responded for killing more people than any other thing. Allyson Robinson, executive director of Out- Official headshot from his term as senator to criticism that Hagel, in 1998, expressed neg- Look at the Middle East today. It’s all about reli- Serve-SLDN, called the equal benefits statement ative views on the Hormel nomination. gion. We need to move past those divisions and a “turning point” for gays in the military and “When it comes to LGBT equality, 1998 is a learn to be tolerant and respectful. If we go out their families. Cabin’s political director, told the dailycaller. different universe. Virtually no prominent Demo- there full of intolerance and hatred, we’ll never Hagel’s qualifying words “to the extent per- com, that the Senate office of Hagel as a Repub- crats (let alone Republicans) supported marriage make it.” missible under current law” were an appar- lican senator from Nebraska “always had an open equality back then, or even equal rights for LGBT ©Copyright 2013 by Keen News Service. All ent reference to the Defense of Marriage Act door to Log Cabin.” citizens,” wrote Greenwald on salon.com Jan. 5. rights reserved. (DOMA). While the Obama administration is ar- Rea Carey, executive director of the National guing in court that DOMA is unconstitutional, Gay and Lesbian Task Force, said Hagel’s letter it still must enforce the law until it is repealed to Boxer was a “positive sign, but we will be or struck down. The U.S. Supreme Court could watching very closely to see what steps he takes Honduran LGBT Supreme Court’s strike down the law as soon as June, but the to demonstrate his support … should he be con- leader in Chicago Sotomayor in Republican-led House is unlikely to do so during firmed.” the next two years. “We still expect him to provide more detail Jan. 30, Feb. 1 town Jan. 30 LGBT leader Jose “Pepe” Palacios will dis- United States Supreme Court Associate Jus- OutServe-SLDN’s Robinson said Hagel’s prom- on his views during the confirmation process, cuss LGBT activists’ role in the movement to tice Sonia Sotomayor will discuss her memoir ise to provide equal benefits to gay service as well as what specific steps he intends to take end violence and restore democracy in Hondu- My Beloved World at 6 p.m. in the ninth-floor members’ families “demonstrates his deepen- as defense secretary to support all military fami- ras Wed., Jan. 30, at 6 p.m. at DePaul Univer- winter garden at the Harold Washington Li- ing grasp of the injustice currently being done lies,” said Carey. “We recognize that people do sity’s Lincoln Park Campus, Room 412 of the brary Center, 400 S. State St., on Wed., Jan. to them.” The group had already expressed its evolve on these issues, and believe that Hagel, Arts & Letters Hall, 2315 N. Kenmore Ave. 30. opinion that Hagel is “exceptionally qualified” if confirmed, must ensure full fairness for all Palacios is a founding member of the President Obama appointed Sotomayor to for Secretary of Defense and expressed its com- military families.” Honduran LGBT group Diversity Movement the U.S. Supreme Court in May 2009; the U.S. mitment to “working with him should he be con- OutServe-SLDN’s Robinson said Hagel does firmed.” need to deal with the “foot-dragging” of the De- in Resistance and a member of the steering Senate confirmed her later that year with a Most LGBT groups were initially opposed to partment of Defense on its gay discrimination committee of the National Front of Popular super majority vote. Hagel’s nomination, many citing his 1998 re- policies. She said DOD needs to amend various Resistance. Seating will be held on a first-come, first- marks against the nomination of openly gay military non-discrimination policies to explicitly In addition, La Voz de los de Abajo will host serve basis. Visit www.chicagopubliclibrary. James Hormel to serve as ambassador to Lux- prohibit sexual orientation discrimination. These a Spanish-language event with Palacios Fri- org or call 312-747-4050. emburg in the Clinton administration. Hagel ex- policies, she said, “help establish the command day, Feb. 1, at 7 p.m. at the MESTLI Galleria, pressed concern about the appointment of an climate for the entire force, and for Senator 2005 S. Blue Island Ave. For more info, email “openly, aggressively” gay man “representing Hagel to expand them in this way would send [email protected]. America” as ambassador. a very clear message that the days of treating “They are representing our lifestyle, our val- LGBT service members as second class citizens ues, our standards. And I think it is an inhibit- will be coming to an end under his leadership.” ing factor to be gay—openly, aggressively gay HRC President Chad Griffin said Dec. 21 that Change.org, which gathered more than 1.2 like Mr. Hormel—to do an effective job,” Ha- he “appreciated” Hagel’s apology for the remarks SCOUTS from cover million signatures against the ban. gel told the Omaha World-Herald. He had also against Hormel. He called Hagel an ally. But in “The Boy Scouts of America have heard from racked up a zero voting record—the worst pos- a press statement January 16 illustrating an ex- Boy Scouts Chicago Area Council CEO Charles scouts, corporations and millions of Ameri- sible—from the Human Rights Campaign during ample of such “foot-dragging,” HRC noted that a Dobbins said he was first hearing of the pos- cans that discriminating against gay scouts his years in the U.S. Senate. U.S. Army club for military spouses at Fort Bragg sible lifting of the gay ban through media re- and scout leaders is wrong,” said GLAAD Even before he was nominated, Hagel issued in California recently refused a membership card ports. He noted that while BSA was weighing President Herndon Graddick, in a statement. an apology for his remarks against the gay nom- to the same-sex spouse of a gay Army officer. the issue, no official decision had been made. “Scouting is a valuable institution and this inee, and some organizations and LGBT leaders While repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell enabled He said the Chicago council would not be change will only strengthen its core princi- backed off their opposition. Some expressed a gay service members to serve openly, said HRC, taking a stance on the ban. ples of fairness and respect.” desire to examine the nominee’s LGBT positions DOMA blocks the ability of their spouses to ac- “We will live with whatever boundaries we Also active in opposing the ban was LGBT- more carefully. Some continue their opposition. cess many of the benefits granted routinely to get from national,” Dobbins said. rights advocate and founder of Scouts for Log Cabin Republicans has held onto its oppo- the heterosexual spouses of heterosexual service Dobbins added that the Chicago council had Equality, Zach Wahls. sition, saying Hagel’s apology and evolution on members. forwarded local feedback, both in support and Wahls called the news “an incredible step in gay issues is suspect, given its timing. GOProud, “However, other benefits, including access against the ban, to Boy Scouts of the Ameri- the right direction.” another gay conservative group, hasn’t taken a to military ID cards, could be granted to these ca. “We look forward to working with BSA position yet but leader Jimmy LaSalvia says he spouses and partners through regulatory revi- LGBT-rights groups applauded BSA’s an- Councils and chartering organizations across does not see Hagel as anti-gay. sions,” said HRC. “Changes to the appropriate nouncement. the country to end the exclusion of our gay “He is not,” said LaSalvia, noting that Ha- regulations have been pending since December National LGBT media group GLAAD noted brothers in Scouting, as well as the gay and gel voted against a constitutional amendment 2010.” that the change comes after more than a year lesbian leaders who serve the organizations to ban same-sex marriage. And GOProud’s co- U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., initial- of pushing by GLAAD, Scouts for Equality and so well,” Wahls said in the GLAAD statement. founder Chris Barron, who once served as Log ly expressed some reservations about Hagel’s WINDY CITY TIMES Jan. 30, 2013 5 an perspectives, originating through resistance ope was open about being a kept butch (which and a profound sense of difference, challenge was a brief period of her life), “a butch who is Author Julia Penelope dies conventional interpretations of the world and supported by another woman, often, but not al- ways of knowing and seeing. Key to this pro- ways, a prostitute, a call girl, or the mistress of By Tracy Baim cess, she maintains, is language and the power a wealthy man.” of words not only to reflect but also to shape The encyclopedia also notes that she “was a Julia Penelope, 71, an author, philosopher and values, experience, and possibilities.” separatist whose lesbian publications were often linguist, died Jan. 19 in Texas. She was part of A biography of Penelope ran in the Encyclo- controversial, criticizing sadomasochism and a movement of critical thinkers on lesbian and pedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures, other practices within lesbian communities.” In feminist issues. Volume 1, edited by Bonnie Zimmerman and her later years, she worked editing copy for com- Penelope, who had come out to her family as George Haggerty (1999). In it, they say Penel- mercial presses. a young child, was kicked out of two colleges. Her dismissal in 1959 from Florida State Uni- versity was part of the high-profile lesbian and gay witch hunts in that state, conducted by the Planned Parenthood marks notorious Charlie Johns Investigating Commit- tee on Communism and Homosexuality. Her dis- Roe v. Wade, honors Netsch missal in 1960 from the University of Miami was actually because she had men in her room. She received her B.A. in English and linguis- By Erica Demarest tics from New York’s City College and in 1971 Julia Penelope. completed her Ph.D. in English from the Uni- Nearly 1,000 people joined Planned Parent- versity of Texas. She taught for two decades at hood at Carnivale Jan. 23 to celebrate the universities (including the University of Nebras- ago. I missed her deeply. I am very sorry that 40th anniversary of “Roe v. Wade,” the U.S. ka-Lincoln), but was reportedly passed over for she has died, but I am glad that her suffering is Supreme Court decision that legalized abor- promotions because of her focus on lesbian is- over.” tion. sues. Kathy Munzer, another Chicago lesbian activ- “This most fundamental of choices should In 1988, she co-edited For Lesbians Only: A ist, called Penelope “a brilliant and brave, funny be between a woman and her doctor, and not Separatist Anthology with Chicagoan Sarah Lu- lesbian. She was often angry at the injustices the government,” said keynote speaker David cia Hoagland. done to lesbians, including herself. During Axelrod, former senior advisor to President Among her other books: The Original Com- her life, there were many instances of misun- Obama. “We work hard to keep that principal ing Out Stories (1980-89); Finding the Lesbians derstandings, miscommunication, adversarial enshrined in our law.” (1990); International Feminist Fiction (1992); encounters and hurt at the lack of appreciation Although a handful of protestors gathered Sexual Practice/Textual Theory: Lesbian Cultural of her work. She wrote and raged and was an outside with graphic photos and anti-choice Criticism (1993); Lesbian Culture: An Anthol- inspiring author, linguist, activist and writer of messages (“Abortion is nothing to cele- ogy (1993); Out of the Class Closet: Lesbian haiku. She could be a goofy and hilarious com- brate”), spirits were high inside the packed Speak (1994); and Crossword Puzzles for Women panion and she had an impish grin and a great fundraiser at the restaurant, located at 702 (1995). laugh that was deep and booming and could W. Fulton Market. Penelope wrote the following in Call Me Les- on and on and on. She has been quoted and Planned Parenthood honored Dawn Clark Dawn Clark Netsch at the event. Photo bian: Lesbian Lives, Lesbian Theory (Crossing misquoted and found pleasure in being a true Netsch, an outspoken ally of the LGBT com- by Timmy Samuel; more photos online at Press, 1992): “But some survive. Many of us rabble rouser. Her soft butch presence could be munity, with a lifetime achievement award. www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com have lived to tell our stories, to create Lesbian sweet and kind. She was passionate and compas- “She paved the way for others,” Obama texts, to read Lesbian texts, even to write com- sionate. Julia could be either your best friend or wrote in a letter read by Axelrod. “The unwav- mentaries and criticisms of Lesbian texts. All of your worst enemy, with no in-between.” ering grace and integrity [Netsch] has shown Other speakers included Illinois Senate these activities must be pluralized, multiplied, Women’s Studies: A Recommended Bibliogra- throughout decades of public service are an President John Cullerton, Planned Parenthood complicated, and pluralized again, because phy (2004, by Linda Krikos and Cindy Ingold) inspiration to us all. Dawn’s legacy will live of Illinois President/CEO Carole Brite and Chi- there is no single, narrow, one-sentence defini- summarizes the Call Me Lesbian book: “Penelope forever in our hearts and the history books.” cago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who cracked jokes tion of ‘The Lesbian.’ The sexologists may have offers a sampling of nine of her essays exploring Netsch graduated first in her class from and spoke earnestly about his daughters. been the ones to name us, but we can, and do, lesbian lives and perspectives. She tackles ques- Northwestern University’s law school, and lat- “I want to thank Planned Parenthood … create ourselves. Our of a mishmash of disinfor- tions of lesbian history, identities, sexuality, and er joined its faculty as one of the first female for being on the forefront of allowing this mation, misinformation and outright lies, each politics in provocative ways that acknowledge law professors in the U.S. She was elected in country to live by its ideals and its values,” Lesbian constructs some story about who she is inherent ambiguities, complexities, and contra- 1972 to the Illinois Senate, where she would Emanuel said, “and also for never losing your and who she might someday be … .” dictions. Along the way, she provides insights serve for 18 years. In 1990, Netsch became nerve when there were times you could have.” Chicago lesbian activist and retired philoso- into such issues as role playing in lesbian re- the state comptroller; she was the highest- Laura Tucker, William Marovitz, Deborah phy professor Jackie Anderson noted Penelope’s lationships, lesbian separatism, sadomasochism, ranking woman in Illinois state government Witzburg and Jay Beidler co-chaired the impact: “Julie Penelope mattered. She mattered incest, lesbian femininity and the necessity, in and the first female elected to state constitu- event. because she was another who ‘spoke truth to her view, of a radical feminist framework. tional executive office. Notable guests included Illinois Attorney power’ and paid the price. However, she mat- “She challenges notions of a unitary lesbian “Her life is a series of firsts,” Axelrod said. General Lisa Madigan, Ald. James Cappleman tered to me because she made things clear identity, rejecting even reductionist sexual defi- Netsch, who has been diagnosed with the (D-46), state Rep. Kelly Cassidy (D-14), state without compromise. She was critical because nition. Rather, lesbian identities are multiple, degenerative nerve disorder Lou Gehrig’s dis- Rep. Sara Feigenholtz (D-12), state Rep. Deb there was stuff, often our stuff, that needed to deriving from the varied backgrounds and lives ease, spoke briefly. Mell (D-40), Ald. Joe Moreno (D-1), U.S. Rep. be criticized. She mattered because she left us of individuals. It is this lived experience, she “I can’t make a long speech [because of Jan Schakowsky (D-9), Cook County Commis- so much important work from which I learned argues, that must be shared and communicated, my health], but what I can say to everyone sioner Deb Shore, state Sen. Heather Steans much. Julia mattered to me because she was breaking silence and isolation, to build commu- in this room—young, old or in between—is (D-7) and state Rep. Ann Williams (D-11). fun. I always had a good time when we were to- nity. Reflecting back on the sources of her own keep on doing what you’ve been doing so For more on Planned Parenthood, visit gether. Her frustration and anger were not with- life, she attempts to understand and theorize well,” Netsch said. “We need it.” www.plannedparenthood.org/illinois. out warrant and she left us because of it a while broader lesbian existence and asserts that lesbi-

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money to spend during the past election, ac- ma’s win in the House. There has been much said and written about cording to FEC records. And according to the latest data, released right-wing political operative Karl Rove’s spec- U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., with assets ex- by the FEC Jan. 15, the HRC PAC contributed tacular failure to buy a Republican conservative ceeding $65 million, is the sixth richest member $775,378 to all federal candidates—gay and victory in the 2012 elections. The two Cross- of Congress and recorded no contributions from straight—and campaign committees in 2012 roads political action committees run by Rove the Victory Fund or HRC for his successful re- and $267,855 in 2011, for a total of $1,043,233 spent more than $200 million on television election bid. in the 2011-12 election cycle. advertising attacking Democratic candidates in Still, despite the fact that LGBT political fund- ©Copyright 2013 by Keen News Service. All an effort to hoist Republicans into office. That ing groups have less money to throw into cam- rights reserved. included $6 million against lesbian Senate can- paigns than most groups, they make their mark. didate Tammy Baldwin in Wisconsin and another $1 million for her Republican opponent, Tommy Thompson. It also included $263,000 against openly gay Congressional candidate Sean Malo- Steans: Marriage push ney in New York. But both Baldwin and Maloney won, despite the millions of right-wing dollars that poured expected soon after into campaigns seeking a Republican win. That’s because they, like five other openly gay and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin. bisexual Congressional candidates, benefitted February return from a strong outpouring of funding from many various Democratic PACs and super PACs. BY KATE SOSIN dom and that no church will have to solem- gave $242,500 to the LPAC, and $200,000 to For instance, Baldwin’s successful campaign nize or consecrate a marriage against its be- the Women Vote PAC. The lesbian-organized for the U.S. Senate spent $15 million, and out- The Senate sponsor behind a bill that would liefs. LPAC did not give directly to the Baldwin effort, side groups spent another $20 million to get her legalize same-sex marriage in Illinois says she Per the bill, churches that receive govern- but the Women Vote PAC pitched more than $3 elected. Of that $35 million total, according to hopes to move the bill shortly after the sen- ment funds or charge money for weddings million into Baldwin’s campaign. Federal Elections Commission (FEC) reports, the ate returns in early February. could be required to perform same-sex cer- Chicago gay political activist Fred Eychaner Human Rights Campaign (HRC) PAC and super State Sen. Heather Steans said that she is emonies. Steans said that mandate takes into gave $2,500 to Baldwin’s campaign but also PAC spent only $2,826, and the Gay and Lesbian currently working on revisions to the bill. account pre-existing anti-discrimination law. gave $4.3 million to the Majority PAC (which Victory Fund chipped in $10,000. “We are working to address concerns ex- But also unsure of the bill was also Repub- spend $4.9 million on Baldwin) and $750,000 to The biggest contributors to Baldwin’s success- pressed with particular language in the bill, lican Sen. Christine Radogno, who has oc- Women Vote (which spent $3.1 million on Bald- ful bid were the Democratic Senatorial Commit- and I expect we will take up the marriage bill casionally been seen as supportive on LGBT win). tee, which spent $5.8 million on Baldwin’s win, sometime soon after our return,” Steans said issues. She voted “no” on the measure in San Francisco gay philanthropist James Hor- the pro-Democratic “Majority PAC” that spent in a statement. committee, but expressed openness to sup- mel did not give any money directly to the $4.9 million and the EMILY’s List super PAC Lawmakers had reservations about the bill porting it with revisions. Baldwin campaign, but gave the Victory Fund “Women Vote” that spent $3.1 million. when sponsors tried to move it to a vote in Sponsors reintroduced the “Religious Free- $125,000 and the Victory Fund gave $10,000 But the $12,826 spent by HRC and the Victory dom and Marriage Fairness Act” into the new to Baldwin. Hormel also gave $100,000 to the Fund did not represent all the “gay money” in General Assembly this January with the lan- House Majority PAC, which helped Democratic Baldwin’s success. guage unchanged. candidates, including $1.4 million against Sean Many individual LGBT people all over the coun- But Steans said that she and sponsors are Maloney’s Republican opponent in New York and try gave to the effort. For instance, Miami gay currently working with religious leaders to ad- $672,500 against bisexual Kyrsten Sinema’s Re- philanthropist and Victory Fund board member dress concerns raised in the bill. publican opponent in Arizona. Joe Falk gave Baldwin $2,500. Dallas attorney Steans did not say what the specific revi- Michigan gay philanthropist Jon Stryker Vanessa Benavides gave $4,000, and Texas phi- sions would include. chipped in $2,500 directly to Sinema’s success- lanthropist Paul Boskin gave $7,000. The Senate heads back into session Feb. 5. ful campaign but he, too, contributed $250,000 And many gave both to Baldwin and to pro- LGBT advocates have been building support to the House Majority PAC, which directed Democratic PACs that supported Baldwin. Ac- for the bill in recent weeks, while opponents $672,500 in television advertising against Sine- cording to FEC records, gay Colorado philanthro- have also stepped up pressure, especially on ma’s opponent. pist Tim Gill gave $5,000 to Baldwin’s campaign Republican supporters. Sinema, who became the first openly bisex- directly, and another $250,000 to Fair Share Ac- Former Congressman Joe Walsh renewed ual person to win a seat in Congress, took in tion. Fair Share Action spent $125,000 on Bald- calls for Illinois Republican Chair Pat Brady $55,528 through the Victory Fund for her cam- win’s victory. to step down, after Brady came out in favor paign and $9,984 from HRC PACs. 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“Absolut Wrapture.” Photos by Erica Demarest; The Illinois contingent of the LGBT band that marched at Obama’s 2013 inauguration. Photo more online at courtesy of Brandon Strawn www.WindyCity MediaGroup.com Chicago LGBT musicians reflect on playing Chicago House hosts ‘Absolut Wrapture’ at inauguration By Erica Demarest The Chicago House & Social Service Agency hosted its annual “Absolut Wrapture” fundraiser Jan. By Stephen Sonneveld Terrell, trumpet and assistant brass captain; 24 at the Willis Tower SkyDeck. Kent Watkins, flute; and Mark Wienand, eupho- About 350 people attended the cocktail party, which featured Absolut vodka cocktails, hors Barack Obama made history Jan. 21 when he nium and brass captain. d’oeuvres from J&L Catering and a silent art auction. Guests placed bids on their smartphones, became the first president to acknowledge The four-song selection was an eclectic blend and all proceeds benefited the 27-year-old HIV/AIDS nonprofit. the LGBT community during an inauguration of the classic and contemporary, including the “We provide housing and support services for about 1,400 people each year,” CEO Stan Sloane speech—and nine Chicago LGBT musicians were Broadway belter “Tonight” from gay composer told Windy City Times. “A lot of those people fit nicely into government grants, but every so there to sound the trumpets of celebration. Leonard Bernstein; pop hits “Give Me Everything often you get somebody who, if we didn’t have [fundraisers] like this, would just fall through the Members of the Lakeside Pride Music En- (Tonight)” and “The Edge of Glory;” and a com- cracks. … This will allow us to serve them.” sembles joined their colleagues from 25 other position intertwining “Battle Hymn of the Re- To learn more about Chicago House, visit www.chicagohouse.org. states, the District of Columbia and five other public” with the Shaker song “Simple Gifts.” countries to march as the Lesbian and Gay Band “Tonight” was timed to be the song LGBA Association (LGBA) during Obama’s inauguration played as it marched past the president and Vice parade. The only LGBT group ever invited to per- President Biden, but by the time the group’s di- form at the ceremony, LGBA was chosen from vision of the parade had reached the viewing Ella Jenkins honored by Metro AEYC among 2,800 bands, and had a massive presence stand, “Tonight” had concluded, and the next Chicago music legend and first lady of children’s music Ella Jenkins received the Lifetime of 215 people, second in number only to the song in the set was Lady Gaga’s “The Edge of Achievement Opening Minds Award at a private reception in Chicago Jan. 23 for her contribu- Navy band. Glory.” tions to and advocacy in music education for children. The nine area musicians attending the event Brandon Strawn laughed as he recounted, “[T] The award was presented by the Chicago Metropolitan Association for the Education of Young were: Erin Campbell, mellophone; Andrew Fa- hat actually ended up being so much better be- Children (Chicago Metro AEYC), a leader in early care and education services for young children vreau, clarinet; Denise Montiel, percussion; cause we were playing this super gay song and ages birth through age eight and coincided with the opening of its annual Opening Minds Con- Jessie Reuteler, mellophone; Dale Spaulding, there was Barack, fist pumping in the air, and ference attended by 5,000 educators and early care professionals. euphonium; Brandon Strawn, trombone; Melissa Biden had this smile from ear to ear. Both were Through her music, Jenkins has dedicated her life to making the world a better place for chil- clapping along, and it was this surreal moment I dren and has achieved international stature as a pioneer and leader in the children’s educational will never ever forget.” music industry. She has a collection of award-winning audio and video releases and her children’s By that point, the D.C. sun had set, and the songs are part of educational curriculum’s spanning the globe. band was marching into a flood of television At age 88, Jenkins continues to bring millions of children the joy of music; her new CD, Mov- production lights. Strawn described the scene as ing with Ella Jenkins, was released Jan. 29 by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings (her 33rd title “ethereal. Moments like that just get ingrained recorded by the organization). in your memory forever, and I can’t wait to tell Pictured from left are Gail Conway, CEO of Chicago Metro AEYC; Michael Schulte, board presi- my kids that; that one of their daddies was in dent; and Ella Jenkins. Photo by Hal Baim that inaugural parade for the first president who really stood up for us when he was in office.” “It’s still so surreal, honestly,” said Melissa Terrell, who was on the side of the band that was closest to Obama. “As we’re marching past, I stopped playing for, like, 10 seconds and just looked over and realized that I am literally pass- ing within 20 feet of our president, and that’s probably the closest I’ll ever get. We could see him clearly and he was clapping along to the music, which was amazing. And just knowing that I had the privilege to play for him, one of our most amazing presidents in my lifetime so far, it blows me away.” Earlier in the day, Obama included two LGBT references in his inaugural address. “We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths—that all of us are created equal—is the star that guides us still; just as it guided our Brandon Strawn. Photo from Strawn forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and WINDY CITY TIMES Jan. 30, 2013 9 10 Jan. 30, 2013 WINDY CITY TIMES ate her own identity. When her drag mother, just said “OK” and her name plate on her of- Monica Munro, referred to her as “angelic” and fice door was changed immediately to reflect her “unique,” Munro changed her name to Angelique new identity. Her boss was replaced by a new while her last name Munro was given to her by person and the new boss fired Munro from her Monica. Munro says she still feels her name is job with the official reasoning being the down- connected to Marilyn Monroe. turn in the economy, Munro remarked. While still a teenager, Munro saw an episode Of her life today, Munro noted that the mis- of The Phil Donahue Show on transgender in- conception people have about her is that she dividuals; because of that episode, she found has her life together. When O’Keeffe asked Munro the word that identified her. When people ask what she would say if she could go back in time her how she self-identifies Munro said, “I am and speak to Teddy, her answer was, “I’m sorry.” a [straight] woman who happened to be born A Q&A with the audience followed the chat. transgender.” Munro told the audience that she may retire When asked how her employer (she worked in from performing sometime in the near future. accounting at the time) reacted when she began See www.facebook.com/angelique.munro for her transition process Munro noted that her boss more information. RAICES raises awareness with poster campaign By Carrie Maxwell poster at their store. Most of the businesses have said yes and they immediately placed A number of RAICES (Resources, Acceptance, the poster where their patrons could easily Inclusion, Community, Education, and Ser- see it, according to Garcia. Garcia said that vices) members participated in a call to ac- the few businesses that have declined did so tion to end homophobia, transphobia and the because the manager wasn’t present or their stigma of HIV/AIDS in the Latino community corporate policy states that all requests such along Cermak Road in Cicero on Jan. 26. as the one RAICES’ was making have to go One of Project VIDA’s heath-education cam- through their corporate offices. Angelique Munro and Douglas O’Keeffe. Photo by Carrie Maxwell paigns, RAICES (Resources, Acceptance, In- RAICES representatives speak Spanish when clusion, Community, Education, and Services) appropriate as they query each business own- is, according to its website, “a youth-led so- er/manager about the poster campaign. One cial marketing campaign around HIV/AIDS in of the requests that they make is that the Trans activist Angelique Munro Cicero and Berwyn.” poster is displayed for a minimum of three The members of RAICES who participated months. According to Garcia, the poster is in the day’s call to action were Emmanuel featured in more than 75 businesses along featured at Center event Garcia, project coordinator at RAICES; Cesar Cermak Road. By Carrie Maxwell host of an upcoming talk show, Week by Week Robles, Morton College gay-straight alliance’s RAICES is looking to expand the poster with Eric & Angelique, for the Gay TV On The Go president; and Christopher Avalos and Reyna campaign beyond Cicero and Berwyn to other Trans activist and entertainment professional website. Her other endeavors include lecturing Ortiz, core members of RAICES. majority Latino communities/neighborhoods Angelique Munro was the featured guest at a at colleges and universities about transgender The Illinois Department of Public Health’s in the Chicagoland area. A Cicero based LG- “fireside chat” held Jan. 23 at Center on Hal- issues and HIV/AIDS awareness, and hosting a Red Ribbon Quality of Life Endowment Fund BTQ town hall is also in the planning stages. sted. Leatherman Douglas O’Keeffe co-produced drag show called “DIVA” at the nightspot @mo- financed the campaign to educate people be- At the town hall, RAICES representatives will and hosted the event. sphere. Munro has also appeared on a number of cause of the increasing numbers of HIV/AIDS be presenting the results of their poster cam- The chats are, according to the Center on Hal- television shows and on the radio. paign. sted website, “a series designed to capture for O’Keeffe is a longtime community volunteer, See www.projectvida.org/raices and Face- posterity the historical record of community lu- writer and educator, and was named the 2004 book for more information. minaries from the LGBT and allied communities.” Cellblock Shel-don Chicago Leatherman and was Each chat is recorded and stored at the Leather a top International Mr. Leather finalist in 2004. Howard Brown calls for Archives and Museum. Following O’Keeffe’s introduction, Munro an- Featured in Chicago House’s recently released swered a series of questions about her life, work, community members Howard Brown Health Center (HBHC) is TransLife Center video, Munro—who also works community involvement and transgender issues. seeking community members to become mem- at Chicago House—is also a cast member of Munro said she lived in the Lincoln Park neigh- bers of the recently reconfigured Community the upcoming miniseries “Shelter City” and the borhood until she was 9 years old, and then Advisory Board (CAB). re-located to the Humboldt Park neighborhood HBHC will rely on the CAB to provide input for the remainder of her childhood/teen years. and recommendations on the effectiveness Humboldt Park, Munro said, was a difficult place Sunday, February 3 of service delivery, program and service of- to grow up since the people in her neighborhood ferings, and overall community engagement 4:30 p.m. did not see and accept her as the person she felt activities. In addition to providing program- Polly Campbell she was. matic and service feedback to the organiza- “When I was born, my brain told me I was Imperfect Spirituality tion, two members of the CAB will serve as a girl,” said Munro, who began verbalizing this representatives on HBHC’s board of directors. information as early as two-years old. Munro en- Applications to join HBHC’s CAB are avail- dured taunts and physical abuse from her par- able at www.howardbrown.org/CAB. Applica- Friday, February 8 ents while growing up as an only child in the tions are due Friday, Feb. 22. 7:30 p.m. 1970s. The only time Munro felt free as a child was when she played dress-up by herself and Amy Andrews with her girl cousins. ‘Queer Black Love and Salt Munro later learned from her mother that there was a cycle of abuse in her family—her A business displays one of the RAICES History’ Feb. 9 “Queer Black History: Leaving the Shadows mother was raped by her father, and she was posters. Photo by Carrie Maxwell Behind” will take place Saturday, Feb. 9, 4-6 raped by two of her uncles. Although Munro said 5233 N. Clark p.m., at the Reva and David Logan Center for she was able to forgive her mother, she never the Arts, 915 E. 60th St. (773) 769-9299 forgot what happened to her as a child. Reflect- cases in the Latino community. RAICES chose The program will start with a screening of ing on her mother’s death Munro said, “The day a poster campaign titled “Everyone should be “Leaving the Shadows Behind,” a short video my mother died was the day Teddy [her former accepted” as their way to raise awareness in that features interviews with Black LGBT ac- name] died.” Cicero and neighboring Berwyn. The poster tivists from the mid-’90s. A panel discussion Angelique (her new name) was born on Hal- was created by a group of LGBTQ youth from with activists such as Mary Morten (president loween in 1995 shortly after Munro started do- Cicero who are a part of a youth group that of the Morton Group), Lisa Marie Pickens (co- ing guest spots at the Baton Club, according to RAICES formed whose members come from all founder of Affinity) and Michael O’Connor (co- [email protected] Munro. Munro said she originally chose the name over the Chicagoland area, Garcia remarked. founder of The Rocks Pride event) will follow. womenandchildrenfirst.com Norma Jean as a tribute to Marilyn Monroe; how- Every Saturday since Dec. 28, RAICES mem- This is a free event. RSVP at http://queer- Parking Available ever, there was already a performer from Atlanta bers have been visiting businesses along Cer- mak Road to inquire if they would display the blackhistory.eventbrite.com. Wheelchair Accessible named Norma Jean. Since there was already a Norma Jean, Munro chose another name to cre- WINDY CITY TIMES Jan. 30, 2013 11 As a child, Mary King lived on a farm and her my mother sold eggs to people who came from the nearby town. King then used the remaining pages in her mom’s receipt books to draw. GAYin the “I first just made curvy lines,” she said. That expanded into paper dolls which she made from pages out of the LIFE old Sears Roebuck catalogs. Then when her brother got a job in a paper mill, he’d bring home the Mary King end rolls of paper, and she’d draw life-size paper dolls. Text by Ross Forman “I’ve done art as long as I can remember,” King said. “Art is just a photos courtesy of king part of me. My art comes from my heart.” In the 1980s, King start making figure drawings wearing a blind- fold—“and that’s when I found my true voice, when I started drawing pictures about relationships and making the figures very emotional,” she said. In the 1990s, she moved to Chicago and started teaching near the Indiana border, near an abundance of factories, steel mills and refiner- ies. That led to her series of artwork under the Beautiful Industry frame- work. Her art also includes such categories as People You Know and War Stories. “I want my art to open up the world for people,” King said. “Initially, my art clearly was about lesbian life. I have now expanded into [more] themes. I’m making art now that is important to me at this time.” Three times per year, each for a six-week stretch, King sets up her Age art studio in the home of her girlfriend in Hamburg, Germany. While 70 abroad, she often is talking to Germans for inspiration for her War Neighborhood Stories art. Kenwood “I think I have something to say [with my art,] especially with these Hometown war pictures,” she said. A farm near Sturgis, Mich. King will have a one-person showing next March at the South Bend (Ind.) Museum of Art. Job title Artist Relationship Girlfriend, Karin Herrmann Favorite artist “No favorite; I study many to broaden my work. I was inspired years ago by Ida Applebroog.” Little-known fact “I’m a very open person; you won’t find secrets about me.”

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In society, place for us to Black, SGL men. If it has not been THEATER EDITOR Scott C. Morgan there is a perceived and experienced sense of created, then we must create it. But why have CINEMA WRITER Richard Knight, Jr. essay contest. This was the winning entry—and BOOKS WRITER Yasmin Nair the official state of the union for National Youth negative social attitudes, beliefs, and actions we, as a community, expected someone else to SPORTS WRITER Ross Forman Pride Services. based on race and sexual orientation that affect create our community for us? All of these identi- ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WRITERS our personal behaviors, attitudes, and beliefs. ties make up who we are as a people, so they Mary Shen Barnidge, Steve Warren, Lawrence Fer- As a community, these interrelated concepts of must be embraced and woven into the fabric of ber, Mel Ferrand, Jerry Nunn, Jonathan Abarbanel Black SGL young men across the nation are in COLUMNISTS/WRITERS: Yvonne Zipter, Jorjet a serious state of crisis at the back of the line. self-worth and value matter. They define how we our society. Harper, Meghan Streit, Charlsie Dewey, Carrie There is an urgent need for a call to action and see ourselves as individuals: Determining what Our perils and possibilities on this journey as a Maxwell, Billy Masters, Tyler Gillespie, Sarah Toce, strategy specifically for this group of youth. we believe in, what we think is okay and not modern young SGL Black man is a path of pride Dana Rudolph, Sally Parsons, Melissa Wasserman, okay for us to do. 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Fundamental to the beliefs of the Roman land management practices and policies. Cli- mate change makes the District’s land holdings “Windy City Media Group generated Catholic Church are that we are all children of enormous interest among their readers more valuable than ever as places to sequester God, and are promoting the voice of an informed Making history in this year’s LGBT Consumer Index stormwater, capture carbon, and as repositories conscience. Catholics are taught to respect the Survey. Out of approximately 100 fundamental, inherent dignity of every person— I want to congratulate Kathleen Meany on her for biological diversity. As unlikely as that may print and online media partners who each made in the image of God—and to work to selection as the new president of the board of seem in the midst of our great metropolis, it is participated in the survey, Windy establish a just society. The Church also teaches commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Recla- as possible as the herons that live on the Calu- City was the best performing regional that it is our obligation to manifest love of mation District of Greater Chicago. While I was met River. media in the U.S. Only survey partners neighbor, to provide charitable service to oth- interested in the opportunity to lead the agency With the election of three women as officers with a nationwide footprint were ers, and to promote truth and genuine freedom. and worked hard to secure the necessary votes, of this board—40 years after women were first able to generate a greater number of We can no more distance ourselves from these it was not to be. Such is the nature of politics, elected as trustees of the Sanitary District—we responses.” ­­—David Marshall, Research beliefs than we can deny our LGBT identity. but I am continually impressed by the profes- make history. Director, Community Marketing, Inc. Under the leadership of George, the Archdio- sionalism of the members of this board, and I I salute President Meany, Vice President Bar- cese of Chicago is increasingly sealing itself off, intend to do my part to strengthen the relation- bara McGowan and Finance Chair Mariyana often acting like it is a state within state, a uni- ships among us. Spyropoulos, and look forward to working with verse subject to its own rules that is overseen by We will have differences of opinion, to be them and the rest of my colleagues to ensure the the pope and his bishops. And a world in which sure, but we are all united in common purpose proud legacy and fulfill the promise of the Met- federal, state and local governments have little to serve the people of Cook County and to fulfill ropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater say about how the law applies to their opera- the District’s vital mission: protecting the drink- Chicago. tion. ing water supply, treating wastewater to protect We do not agree with the strategic morality public health, and managing stormwater to re- Commissioner Debra Shore that George promotes by separating the public duce flooding and enhance our quality of life. WINDY CITY TIMES Jan. 30, 2013 13 GOINGS-ON WINDY CITY TIMES’ ENTERTAINMENT SECTION

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‘DOUBT’ STANDING Christine Brewer (left) and Denyce Graves star in the Minnesota Opera’s production of Doubt. See below. DISH THEATER SPORTS Hot cuisine. Left to one’s Living in Sin (City). Page 22 own ‘Devices.’ Page 26

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SCOTTISH PLAY SCOTT Both theaters were presenting debuts dur- ing my recent visit: the Guthrie was performing its first production of Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Long Day’s Journey Into Heightening ‘Doubt’ Night on its famed thrust stage, while Children’s Theatre Company served up a simple, but wildly BY SCOTT C. MORGAN Shanley uses the grand resources of an opera imaginative world premiere adaptation of Carlo company to give voice to many other congrega- Collodi’s classic book Pinocchio by veteran play- MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL—When I told friends tion members shown living in the Bronx circa wright/director Greg Banks. and family members that I going to visit Min- 1964. This expansion gives a bigger picture of a Of the two, Pinocchio impressed the most. The nesota for a weekend vacation in January, their whole community than Shanley’s four-character unleashed imagination was simple, yet magical inevitable response was something along the play, though it’s unlikely that the opera of Doubt as a company of four actors (Dean Holt, Maggie lines of “Why on earth are going somewhere will entirely supersede his compact original. Chestovich, Elize Langer and Adam Qualls) and even colder than Chicago?” But in terms of creating an work that speaks musician Victor Zupanc depicted a crew of scenic But I had my reasons, as a die-hard opera and to grander ideas of certitude and belief (not painters who unexpectedly find themselves in Matthew Worth in Doubt. Photo by Michal theater buff. Top of the list was to see Minne- to mention feeling timely due to the Catholic front of an audience. Using everyday work items Daniel sota Opera’s world-premiere opera Doubt. It in- Church’s many sex-abuse scandals), Doubt gives from paint brushes to drop cloths, this quintet triguingly features a score by multi-disciplined opera audiences an dramatically engrossing work proceed to tell their on-the-spot version of Pin- composer Douglas J. Cuomo (Sex and the City, that gives them plenty to contemplate. A winning theater scene occhio with enough energetic verve and panache Kyrie) and a libretto by John Patrick Shanley Director Kevin Newbury deserves kudos for Six years ago, Chicago and Minneapolis were to keep the attention of any squirmy kid. based upon his own 2005 Pulitzer Prize-winning helming a superlative production that fleetly running neck and neck when it came to the num- As for the Guthrie’s Long Day’s Journey Into play and his five-time Academy Award-nominat- moves through multiple locations via Robert ber of homegrown companies honored with the Night, the production sadly didn’t fully sat- ed 2008 film of the same name. Brill’s chilly sets, while conductor Christopher Regional Theatre Tony Award. Both cities had isfy. The company of actors under director Joe I also wanted to finally visit Minneapolis’ two Franklin led a polished performance of the new three apiece: Chicago was represented by Step- Dowling didn’t fully get under the skin of their Tony Award-winning regional theaters: the Guth- score. penwolf, Goodman and Victory Gardens while contradictory and substance-addled characters. rie Theater and Children’s Theatre Company. The singers cast were also extremely strong, Minneapolis had the Guthrie, Children’s Theatre Without a top-notch cast, Long Day’s Journey led by the formidable soprano Christine Brewer Company and Theatre de la Jeune Lune. Into Night can become a resigned slog of famil- Voicing ‘Doubt’ as the crusading nun Sister Aloysius and the But Chicago pulled ahead when Chicago ial disillusionment and recrimination. The latest iteration of Doubt sees the original handsomely affable Matthew Worth as Father Shakespeare Theater and Lookingglass Theatre At least the Guthrie production values for drama’s emotions elevated to a higher plane now Brendan Flynn (who privately acknowledges an Company respectively notched up regional Tony this O’Neill classic were all top-notch, and the that practically everything is sung and under- unspecified transgression early on in this ver- honors in 2008 and 2011. Minneapolis fell fur- theater’s building itself warrants repeated visits scored. Cuomo’s music adds extra layers of un- sion). ther behind when Theatre de la Jeune Lune dis- just to take in the full scope of its sleek modern ease and unexpected beauty to this multi-fac- Offering extra dramatic support are two mez- banded three years after its Tony win. beauty near the banks of the Mississippi River. eted parable about a stern Catholic School nun zo-sopranos: Adriana Zabala the kindly teacher Yet Minneapolis still has plenty to boast about Minnesota may be numbingly frigid in winter, who relentlessly pursues her suspicion that the Sister James who gets draw into the web of sus- theatrically. The Guthrie Theater is the envy of but its current cultural scene is certainly hot. popular and reforming new Parrish priest is sexu- picion, and Denyce Graves as the mother who the theater world with its amazing 2006 three- Pinocchio continues through Feb. 24 at ally abusing the school’s first African American gives a surprising revelation to Sister Aloysius theater complex designed by Pritzker Prize- Children’s Theatre Company, 2400 Third Ave., student. about her son. winning architect Jean Nouvel. And Children’s Minneapolis. Tickets are $10-$56. Call 612- While opera fanatics stuck in the 19th century Minnesota Opera’s Doubt continues through Theatre Company is generally regarded as the 874-0400 or visit www.childrenstheatre.org. will likely bemoan the score’s lack of hummable Sunday, Feb. 3, at the Ordway Center for the nation’s respected American theater for young Long Day’s Journey Into Night continues extractable arias, the orchestral colors Cuomo Performing Arts, 345 Washington St., St. Paul. audiences with a proven track record of creating through Feb. 23 at the Guthrie Theater, 818 creates are certainly melodically tonal and all Remaining performances are at 7:30 p.m. durable works like A Year With Frog and Toad and S. 2nd St., Minneapolis. Tickets are $29-$71. expertly support Shanley’s gripping dialogue and Jan. 31, Feb. 2 and 2 p.m. Feb. 3. Tickets are Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Call 612-377-2224 or visit www.guthriethe- many droll observations. $20-$200. Call 612-333-6669 or visit www. Musical. ater.org. Like his opened-up film version of Doubt, mnopera.org. 14 Jan. 30, 2013 WINDY CITY TIMES THEATER REVIEW the familiar, although an eccentric rendering of “Shall We Dance?” is the show’s only miscue. A Grand Night Skillfully directed and choreographed (“Honey for Singing Bun” as a Charleston) by Kevin Bellie, A Grand SPOTLIGHT Night for Singing is a lilting revue (partly be- Playwright: Rodgers (music) and cause of Rodgers’s fondness for 3/4 time) that Hammerstein (lyrics) focuses chiefly on R&H love songs, rather than At: The Mercury Theater, novelty or character numbers or message songs 3745 N. Southport Ave. (such as “Carefully Taught” from South Pacific). Tickets: 1-773-325-1700, Fortunately, R&H recognized the nuances of love www.mercurytheaterchicago.com; $25-$59 and they covered the waterfront. They especially Runs through: March 10 excelled at songs of love lost or unrequited, and this revue features a good half-dozen, among It’s been eight years since star John Malkovich last ap- BY JONATHAN ABARBANEL them “Love Look Away,” “We Kiss in the Shad- peared at Steppenwolf Theatre in the play Lost Land. Now

ows,” “If I Loved You,” “This Nearly Was Mine” Malkovich is back in a disturbing opera-theater hybrid drama “I can piss a melody,” Richard Rodgers once and “The Gentleman is a Dope.” called The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer. remarked. Arrogant, perhaps, but more a state- The last-named is one of the lesser-known Malkovich stars as the Austrian writer/mass murderer Jack ment of fact than a boast as Rodgers (1902- bonbons, as the revue includes one or two num- Unterweger, who was notorious for killing prostitutes in the 1979) proved in his illustrious Broadway and bers from each of the few R&H shows which were 1970s and again after he was released from incarceration. Hollywood composing career. He likely would not giant hits: Me and Juliet, Pipe Dream and Al- Interlaced with Malkovich’s monologues are opera arias by have been successful even if paired with lesser legro. One wishes there were more, although my Gluck, Vivaldi, Beethoven and others sung by sopranos Laura lyricists than his first collaborator Lorenz Hart, personal wonderful tune discovery was “A Lovely Aikin and Kirsten Blaise, who represent Unterweger’s victims. then Oscar Hammerstein II. Radically different Night” from Cinderella (originally a TV special). The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer starring in temperament and style, Hart and Hammer- The well-blended voices and nice smiles be- John Malkovich plays two performances at 8 p.m. Friday and stein were equally adept at stimulating Rodg- long to Marya Grandy, Leah Morrow, Heather Saturday, Feb. 1 and 2, at Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan ers to work at his best. Also, the slightly-older Townsend, Stephen Schellhardt and Michael Ave. Tickets are $35-$125; call 312-294-3000 or visit www. Hammerstein (1895-1960) was recognized in his Reckling (confidently subbing for an ailing Rob- cso.org. Photo by Olga Martschitsch. lifetime as a master theoretician of musical the- ert Hunt). Eugene Dizon is the reliably tasteful ater, whose innovations greatly advanced and musical director and Elizabeth Doran is the per- expanded the form. sonable conductor. Jason Epperson rendered the But to hell with all that. Rodgers and Hammer- elegant night-clubish setting and lighting, and stein wrote great songs together and A Grand Mike Ross has provided subtle sound design. Among the productions whose music is fea- Night for Singing is a showcase for more than ‘Now & Forever’ tured are Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor three dozen of them, mostly familiar to anyone Dreamcoat, Sunset Boulevard, Evita, Cats and acquainted with the Great American Songbook, spotlights music Jesus Christ Superstar. with several lesser-known bonbons included. ‘God of Carnage’ of Webber The performance schedule is Wednesdays at The songs are sung mostly with straight-forward Yasmina Reza’s critically acclaimed and The Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Dr., Lin- 1 p.m. and 8 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays at 8 elegance and crisp, clear diction by an engag- commercially successful comedic produc- colnshire, will present an all-star cast in the p.m., Saturdays at 4:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., ing cast of three women and two men, backed tion God of Carnage will run at Lake For- World Premiere of Now & Forever: The Music of and Sundays at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Ticket pric- by a wonderful six-piece orchestra (and it is an est’s Citadel Theatre, 300 S. Waukegan Rd., Feb. 8-March 10. Andrew Lloyd Webber, featuring the compos- es are $40-$48, excluding tax and handling orchestra, not a band). A handful of tunes are er’s greatest musical treasures. The produc- given comic readings and a few others are jazzed Tickets are $37.50; see www.citadelthe- fees; call the box office at 847-634-0200 or atre.org or call 847-735-8554. tion, which launches the 2013 season, runs visit www.MarriottTheatre.com. up with close-harmony treatments or are given through March 17. to a singer of the opposite sex from the song’s original context. These changes generally refresh

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02013_6311_21.5x6.625_4c_WCT_Swimmer.indd 1 1/25/13 9:57 AM WINDY CITY TIMES Jan. 30, 2013 15 hoping for a nice Christmas holiday with their surviving grown children, the left-leaning nov- elist Brooke (a very emotionally adept Tracy Michelle Arnold) and reality TV producer Trip CRITICS’ PICKS (a very funny and honest John Hooganakker). Also in the mix is Polly’s sister, Silda Grauman (a comically zinging Linda Kimbrough), her former screenwriting collaborator who is in recovery Beautiful Thing, Pride Films and Plays at from alcohol addiction. Athenaeum Theatre, through Feb. 17. It’s But any semblance of harmony is shattered been two decades since Jonathan Harvey’s when Brooke announces that she’s written a public-housing teenage waifs—and a few memoir that all but damns her parents’ actions grown-ups, too—redefined the concept of and political beliefs for driving her hippie broth- “family” for a generation, but their heart- er to be a part of a Weather Underground-style warming lesson has only grown more timely attack in the 1970s and to commit suicide. Yet in this sensitively directed production. MSB Brooke is also seeking her parents’ blessing for Flare Path, Griffin Theatre Company at the soon-to-be published book and for her ver- Theater Wit, through Feb. 24. Terence Rat- sion of the truth. Understandably, they’re having tigan’s 1942 drama about British “bomber none of it. boys” and the women who love them during Baitz lays out his characters’ arguments with World War II may be old-fashioned at times, clarity and insight, plus he also has fun draw- but the emotions are true in this wonder- ing connections to prominent Republicans like fully acted production. SCM Ronald and Nancy Reagan. While some audi- The Motherf**ker with the Hat, Step- ences may find Baitz’s turnaround revelation at penwolf Theatre, through March 3. Not the end a bit of a letdown, it does humanize his since American Buffalo have foul-mouthed moneyed characters who could have been easily street passions inspired as much hilarity Other Desert Cities. Photo by Liz Lauren reduced to partisan stereotypes. and pathos as in Stephen Adly Guirgis’ wry The Goodman cast, under the polished lead- look at recovering addicts in love and re- sarcastic comedy and heated conflict as a politi- THEATER REVIEW ership of director Henry Wishcamper, all latch hab. MSB cally polarized family is threatened with being onto the complexity of their characters and When the Rain Stops Falling, Circle The- Other Desert irreparably pulled apart. the family dynamics to match Baitz’s involving atre at The Greenhouse, through Feb. 24. Now playing at the Goodman Theatre in a su- situations. They’re all wonderfully framed by the Are sins of the father visited upon the son? Cities perlative production, Other Desert Cities cer- Playwright: Jon Robin Baitz luxuriously modern grand home set designed by This elegiac, poetic Australian play by An- tainly draws in audiences and prods them to At: Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn St. Thomas Lynch, which has a lovely touch of the dre Bovell examines three generations of take sides. There are battles of parents versus Tickets: 773-975-8150 or desert mountains nearly concealed by oversize two families across the Outback. A remount children and sibling versus sibling, plus that www.goodmantheatre.org; $25-$86 shrubbery (clearly a symbol of how the Wyeths of Circle’s spring 2012 hit. JA complex blend of familial love, regret and disap- Runs through: Feb. 17 have something to hide from the outside world). pointment that often rears its ugly head during In Other Desert Cities, the personal Wyeth —By Abarbanel, Barnidge the holidays. BY SCOTT C. MORGAN family struggle can also be seen to symbolize and Morgan Other Desert Cities is largely set in 2004 in America’s own conflicting political views of our Palm Springs, Calif., focusing on the staunch It’s easy to see why Other Desert Cities was one own history and political polarization. This is Republicans Lyman (a very distinguished Chelcie of the most popular and critically acclaimed what makes an already entertaining play into a Ross) and Polly Wyeth (an appropriately acidic plays of 2011. A Pulitzer finalist penned by out powerful meditation calling for reconciliation Deanna Dunagan). These Hollywood journey- writer Jon Robin Baitz (Brothers and Sisters, and coming together. men-turned-Republican political operatives are Three Hotels), Other Desert Cities crackles with

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THEATER REVIEW these comrades-in-torpor are past pretending that their vigil has any purpose. Evan’s shy The Aliens overtures—bringing snacks and sparklers to Playwright: Annie Baker their spartan Independence Day observanc- At: A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 N. Wells St. es—disturb their self-imposed enervation Tickets: 312-943-8722; only momentarily. Will the impressionable www.aredorchidtheatre.org; $25-$30 youth likewise succumb to inertia, alleviated Runs through: March 3 by occasional bursts of hostile rage, or will he inspire his elders to escape from their ex- BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE istential void? A production pandering to audiences’ ex- Our play opens on two nondescript men en- pectations might sentimentalize the male- grossed in contemplative silence that contin- bonding aspects of Jasper and KJ ‘s relation- ues unbroken for nearly three minutes—in ship to invoke a slacker version of George performance time, an eternity—but this is and Lennie, or perhaps emphasize the threat not Waiting For Godot. Jasper and KJ are in posed by a society indifferent to bright young their late 20s, dressed in shabby mall-outlet misfits. At the very least, it would reconfigure garb, and their domain is the back lot of a the dialogue into that unique brand of the- coffee shop located off a highway where un- atrical repartee swapped by allegedly bored seen cars occasionally pass, but never stop. characters, but carefully phrased to keep Jasper is a high school dropout, while KJ spectators entertained (known in the trade lives with his New Age mother, following as “enhanced ennui”). his breakdown and subsequent departure This is not such a production. Director from college. Jasper has long abandoned the Shade Murray is not afraid to dispense with Concerning Strange Devices... Photo by Lara Goetsch garage-band (called “The Aliens”), for which actorly artifice to confront the tragedy of cre- KJ once wrote songs, to pen his great semi- ative potential lacking the tools to express autobiographical novel. Ah, but today their itself, and has instructed Steve Haggard, ons for fraud and extortion, none of them are THEATER REVIEW solitude is interrupted, by a teenage baristo Brad Akin and Michael Finley to play these bargaining in good faith, but when, asks Iizuka, named Evan who thinks they’re really “cool.” social waifs every bit as repressed and inar- was it ever otherwise? Concerning Okay, maybe this is Waiting For Godot. (Did ticulate as Baker has conceived them. Their Therein lies the ray of hope offered to cynics I mention that Jasper admires the neo-beat leisurely delivery, designed to while away the Strange who would lament the corruption bred of tech- aesthetic of the late Charles Bukowski, and endless days, may present a challenge to our nological sophistication. An impairment arising Devices from that KJ’s major was theoretical mathematics patience, but theatergoers willing to stay the from a “blind spot” in the optic nerve, we are and philosophy before psychotropic medica- course will be rewarded with a vivid portrait the Distant West told, renders even what we see with our own tions rendered his universe even more nebu- Playwright: Naomi Iizuka of post-adolescent anomie in America today. eyes untrustworthy (so much for “seeing is be- lous?) Unlike Vladimir and Estragon, however, At: TimeLine Theatre Company, lieving”)—but we acclimate to this flawed vi- 615 W. Wellington Ave. sion, our imaginations supplying the missing Tickets: 773-281-8463; information to deliver us a coherent picture. www.timelinetheatre.com; $32-$42 The false images of long-lost realms viewed by Runs through: April 14 Isabel and Edmund do not preclude their ulti- mately finding fulfillment, faith in the camera’s BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE infallibility conjuring reality from fantasy. Their hubristic modern counterparts, by contrast, dis- “The camera doesn’t lie” may have been a plau- cover themselves to be betrayed by the very in- sible assertion when first uttered in 1859, al- struments whose evidence they would manipu- though our own age of DIY Photoshopping late. might make “Cameras don’t lie—people lie” a These are a lot of metaphysical dimensions more accurate assessment. Naomi Iizuka ex- to travel in only 90 minutes, but Timeline pro- plores the distortions in our perceptions, some duction spares no effort in guiding us on our imposed from outside and some inherent in our tour. Lisa Fortes’ direction, assisted by an all- own humanity, as applied to international, in- star technical team—including such specialized tergenerational—oh, and let’s not forget inter- consultants as Eva Breneman overseeing the gender—relations. dialects, Nan Zabriskie assuring the accuracy of Our story begins in 1884, with a U.S. husband the full-body tattoos and Julia Eberhardt’s geo- and wife living in Yokohama, Japan. A picture graphically precise decor—keep our attention glimpsed in the studio of expatriate photogra- riveted on the dynamics of the five actors play- pher Adolfo Farsari spurs the repressed Isabel ing eleven widely-diverse roles in the intimate to embark in search of adventure in this foreign basement space. land, while another predisposes the stodgy Ed- Lazy playgoers distracted by the sexual sub- mund to embrace adventure when it confronts texts and Michael Tutaj’s dazzling projections him. We then leap ahead in time to present-day may leave with brains unexercised, but they will Tokyo, where an art historian negotiates—with never look at Instagram in quite the same way the help of an interpreter—the purchase of again. some antique Farsaris from a descendant of their original owner. Advances in film editing/finish- ing techniques being equal-opportunity weap- The Aliens.

Gay-themed sketch comedy in Beautiful Feb., March “Same Sex, Different Gays: Musical Tales of Relationships” will run Saturdays at 9:30 p.m. Feb. 16-March 30 at pH Comedy Theater, 1515 W. Berwyn Ave. Written by a team of three gay men, one Thing lesbian and two straight individuals, “Same By Sex” is promoted as “a satirical but honest Jonathan Harvey look at the multifaceted world of same-sex Directed By relationships.” There will also be a special Valentine’s Day John Nasca performance Thursday, Feb. 14, at 8 p.m. January 17 - February 17 Tickets are $10-$15; visit www.whatisph. com/samesex.php. Part of the Same Sex, Different Gays cast. At The Athenaeum Theatre, Chicago AthenaeumTheatre.org WINDY CITY TIMES Jan. 30, 2013 17 NUNN ON ONE: THEATER laughs from beginning to end. It is also a real love letter to musical theater. There are great dance numbers, spectacle, and all the things you Ben Platt: love about great theater. It is some of the most hilarious writing I’ve ever seen. WCT: Does it poke fun at religion? Stormin’ ‘Mormon’ BP: That is the platform it uses, but is not so concerned with the religion itself. It is more arrived for the huge Chicago opening. being fascinated by the Mormon religion. The Windy City Times: Hello, Ben. What is your rules, regulations and traditions of Mormons are acting history? the platform of the comedy. You get a taste of Ben Platt: I’m from L.A. My whole family grew religion but that is not the main point. up there. My dad was in business. Everyone sang WCT: Are LGBT topics covered in the show? and performed growing up. I was singing as BP: Yes, there are some great innuendos to young as 3 and 4 years old, doing showtunes look forward to in that arena. I won’t give it in school. I then grew into working at the few away but there is a particular number that pokes venues that they have there for theater in L.A. fun at that. That is my personal favorite. As I got older, I started venturing into New York BP: For the rehearsal process, yes. more often doing readings and workshops. I did WCT: I heard you did a reading of Alice By a tour of Caroline, or Change. I took time off to Heart from Duncan Sheik. What is that show do the movie Pitch Perfect and [am] now doing about? Book of Mormon. BP: It is sort of like a Spring Awakening type By Jerry Nunn WCT: Everyone wanted a role in Mormon. of show as a take on Alice in Wonderland. It is How was the experience of auditioning? Alice as a teenager going back into the book and The Book of Mormon may refer to the sacred BP: It was crazy. It is kind of an unusual cast she is too old for everything. Through friends text of the Latter-Day Saints movement in some because of how it came about. I had tried in that knew Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik, we circles, but in Broadway’s case it’s a hit Tony- the first round of castings but I was told “too did some workshops with it. Now it is at the winning musical. From the twisted minds of the young” right away. Fast forward to this past Au- National Theatre in London being used in their creators of South Park and Avenue Q, this pro- gust. I got a call from the creative team that youth program. duction not only took home Best Musical from they had saw me in Pitch Perfect and thought Ben Platt. WCT: Are you going to have any fun on your the Tonys but also won a Grammy that year. that would translate very well into Book of Mor- off time in Chicago? The story revolves around two Mormon mis- mon and [the role of Elder] Cunningham. I went BP: I have a lot of personal friends in Chicago sionaries sent to a village in Uganda to convert in and ended up going back three times, the last He just wants to fit in and be loved. He wants a but have never been here for an extended pe- locals. Things go awry when the village people one being onstage in New York with Nic Rouleau. best friend. He’s the kind of guy that everyone riod. I think we are all excited to get to know are more concerned about war, famine and AIDS We clicked and they offered me Chicago. Here I has in their group of friends. He’s just slightly the city and get a feel for it. We will try out all than being converted. am! off but his intentions are great. It’s been really the touristy things in the first two weeks hope- Ben Platt plays Elder Cunningham, a mission- WCT: Tell our readers about Elder Cunning- fun because before I didn’t usually play the out- fully. We couldn’t be happier as to where we ary sent to Uganda who happens to have a love ham. cast character. have been stationed! for Star Wars and Lord of the Rings that he mixes BP: It is a unique experience. I was not clearly WCT: Being the show’s first time in Chicago, Book of Mormon preaches the word at Bank with religion. Platt recently made his cinematic going to be able to replicate the role but that can you describe it for people that didn’t go of America Theatre, 18 W. Monroe St., cur- debut in Pitch Perfect and has nationally toured is my favorite part of having my own take on to New York and know nothing about it? rently running now until at least Sept. 8. Visit with the musical Caroline, or Change. things. From my point of view he is socially awk- BP: There is something for everyone in it. www.broadwayinchicago.com for tickets and Windy City Times talked to him right before he ward, eager and doesn’t understand social cues. They get that great South Park humor. It is belly show times.

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BY CHRISTOPHER SHINN DIRECTED BY EVAN CABNET GaBE’s PiCtuRE PERFECt WORLd is aBOut tO FaLL tO PiECEs it’s gabe’s senior year of college and his future looks bright: he runs the Queer Students group, he finally has a single room and he recently started dating a great guy. but when a campus tragedy occurs that makes national february 2 - march 3 headlines it ignites a firestorm and throws gabe’s world into disorder.

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NUNN ON ONE: TELEVISION By Richard Knight, Jr. John Stamos on Warm Bodies; ‘The New Normal’ film notes fighting stereotypes It was inevitable, I suppose, that America’s cul- By Jerry Nunn tural fascination with all things zombie-related would eventually lead to a romantic comedy, al- Actor John Stamos first came to fame in the ‘80s playing Blackie Parrish on General Hos- beit one with an admittedly dark core. Warm Nicholas Hoult in Warm Bodies. Photo by pital, earning an Emmy nomination. It was Bodies, from a debut novel by Isaac Marion, Jonathan Wenk has been adapted by writer-director Jonathan ABC’s Full House that made Stamos a huge Levine (50/50, The Wackness) and stars Nicho- star as Uncle Jesse, raising Mary-Kate and las Hoult (the hot young twink from 2009’s A in Levine’s movie wanes—ironically, as the zom- Ashley Olsen with the help of Bob Saget and Single Man) as R, a teenagerish zombie who bies start to become more human, the thinness Dave Coulier—eventually having twins him- shambles about the airport terminal in his red of the premise intensifies and the heartbeat of self on the show. hoodie, hoping to pick up the scent of human the film slows to a crawl. But the movie, which Afterwards, he went on to guest-star in flesh—which he eats. could easily have been titled I Was a Teenage Friends and played a gay wedding planner R has a certain amount of regret about his Zombie, is bound to have its passionate fol- on the A&E movie Wedding Wars. He became eating habits (“I’ll eat anything with a heart but lowers. Even in his decrepit state, R is awfully a series regular on ER in 2006. On Glee, he at least I’m conflicted” he comments mournfully cute (and spunky Julie isn’t so bad to look at romanced Emma Pillsbury, and then guest- in voice over). After years of wandering around either). Not surprisingly, this being one of those starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit with his fellow zombies following an apocalypse, paranormal teenage romances (a la the Twilight and Two and a Half Men. and sorta grunting every once in a while in an saga), to truly appreciate this zombie Romeo & Stamos continues his strong television ca- attempt to bond with M (Rob Corddry), his “best Juliet you either go all the way with it or not at reer, now appearing on The New Normal on friend,” R is filled to the brim with the old en- all. Prepare to squeal with delight—or groan in NBC. This Ryan Murphy-helmed hit follows nui. Over the years he’s collected the detritus of complete dismay. the story of a gay couple attempting to adopt American culture, stowing it in an abandoned a baby from a surrogate single mother. Ellen John Stamos. Photo from NBC jet plane, his secret lair. His yearning to be any- Film notes: Barkin is the conservative grandmother on thing but a zombie—as he plays John Waite’s —The Little Queer Film Festival (LQFF) is the show and meets Stamos’ character Brice Tuck and I didn’t do it. ‘80s power ballad “Missing You” on the record a new series spearheaded by Sapphic Adven- during a real-estate showing. Determining if When Ellen and I started working together phonograph he’s retrieved—is palpable and fun- tures, a social networking group for lesbians co- he’s gay or not is part of the plot of the re- it was just this great chemistry, and I think ny. founded by Kelly Zeng. Zeng, along with fellow cent episode. it was sort of set up where I would do an This malaise over R’s endless day-to-day exis- organizers such as Baby Girls and Co., Jeanette Stamos talked about gaydar and how gays episode. tence, which he narrates in a dry manner, takes Diaz Photography, the Human Rights Campaign, have influenced his life—making his career a WCT: What is the plot of the episode? a sharp turn toward romance, however, when R and the Center on Halsted, will present a slate “new normal.” JS: I come on and they don’t know if I’m encounters pretty blonde Julie (Teresa Palmer). of six films Saturday, Feb. 2, and Sunday, Feb. Windy City Times: Hi, John. You are now gay or straight. The truth is, nowadays, who Julie, accompanied by boyfriend Perry (Dave 3. The screenings, which will include a social officially on the gayest show on television! the hell knows? Maybe it was more defined Franco) and a group of other volunteers, has component, are scheduled to take place at the John Stamos: Wait a minute. I did Full 10, 15 or 20 years ago if you were a florist or left the safe confines of the walled city presided Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted St., in the House. I mean how much gayer ... oh, you’re hairstylist—stereotypical crap. over by her father, General Grigio (John Malkov- Hoover-Leppen Theater. The line-up for the LQFF talking about The New Normal. is as follows: WCT: Did you have instant chemistry with ich), in order to forage in the zombie-infested WCT: [Laughs] Yes, The New Normal. the cast of The New Normal? urban wilderness for food and medicine. What was it like working with Ellen Barkin Saturday, Feb. 2 JS: Yes. They’re really good. I have to be Careless and filled with the importance of do- and Ryan Murphy? Call Me Kuchu. This documentary focuses on honest. I didn’t watch the show a lot before. ing his patriotic duty, Perry ignores the warnings JS: Oh so good. I think it was our first veteran activist David Kato working to repeal But I knew the acting was good but I didn’t of the others that a pack of zombies is nearby show where we had to kiss. We did the read- and R grabs him and kills him, chomping on his Uganda’s homophobic laws and liberate his fel- realize how good it was until I got down through of the first episode and I felt like we brains—ingesting Dave’s memories as he does low LGBT men and women, or “kuchus.” It’s co- there. It’s a very well run show. were kind of cat-and-mousing each other. I so. The sight of Julie, however, stops R in his presented with the HRC. A discussion will pre- It’s sort of exciting because it’s not like [asked] Ryan, “What if I just grab the back of shambling tracks. Smitten, he saves her from cede the 11 a.m. screening. Glee that was getting ready to blast over the her hair and just make out?” being discovered and killed by his fellow flesh- Kiss Me is a Swedish lesbian love story with a whole world and stuff. But there’s still feel a The whole room was silent and then every- eaters. (It’s perhaps one of the most bizarre twist. 3 p.m. screening little bit of what I felt when I jumped onto body looked at Ryan. He said, “Oh my God. examples of a “meet cute” in all cinematic his- Facing Mirrors is an Iranian film with a trans- Glee, which was they have something here. That’s a great idea.” Ryan likes surprises, es- tory.) He takes Julie back to his lair and insists gender protagonist. 7 p.m. screening They have something important to say. Ryan pecially when he’s directing. He’s very spon- in his Frankenstein-like grunt (he can speak a once again put the right people together to taneous and he loves to kind of throw out word here, and a phrase there) that she remain Sunday, Feb. 3 get the right message out. jokes and ideas. I’ve known him for so many with him until he can safely release her. Lesbian Factory is a documentary about the WCT: What cracked you up on set? years and I have a great relationship with Various plot complications, naturally, ensue unfair treatment of foreign migrant workers in JS: [Co-star] NeNe [Leakes] is very funny. him. as Julie—over the course of a hopelessly twee Taiwan which follows the lives of seven lesbian I’ve seen naturally funny people like Bob He’s always been so good to me. He’s also montage—finds herself charmed by R’s innate couples. 11 a.m. screening Saget, but this girl is funny. protected me in the stuff that I’ve done. Like gentleness, cool record collection and hottie Zenne Dancer is a Turkish drama about the WCT: What did you add to the character he’ll say, “I’m going to write you this.” He looks (in spite of his deathly pallor and, one friendship between three men—including one Brice? always comes through for me. supposes, his dreadful bad breath). Will the who is murdered by his father for being gay. It’s JS: There was the kiss that we put in. So I’m proud of him. I knew him before all rebellious Julie be able to convince her stern, based on a true story. 1:30 p.m. screening I already played through the character and those big shows happened. He came to me zombie-hating father that some of the walking In I Do, a British gay man marries his lesbian sort of his result and where he ends up be- originally right after Full House with a show dead—especially R—are really not so bad and friend in order to get a green card. It’s co-pre- ing. I’m not gay, but this is a modern world about three [people who] would fix marriages just need a little TLC? Will these two mismatched sented with the American Civil Liberties Union. and just because a guy wears a bracelet or like Charlie’s Angels—but they were hookers. lovebirds find bliss in a post-apocalyptic world? An ACLU representative will speak about the sta- is into hair processing and culture and fash- It was a little too much for me at the time. Will they successfully elude the “boneys”—the tus of legalizing same-sex marriage in Illinois ion doesn’t make him gay. Just as I say that But looking back, I’m like wow, I should have skeletal remains of the zombies who have no preceding the 4 p.m. screening. my gay hairstylist walks by and goes, “Here, conscience thought other than to cannibalize Advance tickets and more about the LQFF are done that. I know I’m probably one of five the remaining humans? at www.littlequeerfilmfest.org. guys that say this, but he offered me Nip/ Turn to page 25 As these plot devices arise, the charm factor —Openly gay filmmaker Matthew Smith docu- WINDY CITY TIMES Jan. 30, 2013 19 NUNN ON ONE: PERFORMANCE Cathy Rigby returns as Peter Pan By Jerry Nunn and to let go. That was a big fat lesson for me. You can do all the technique you want but act- Peter Pan is flying into the Cadillac Palace The- ing is really about reacting and being alive. atre for a short run and we have an interview WCT: You stopped doing Peter Pan for a with star himself—umm, herself. while, correct? Cathy Rigby began her career as a gymnast in CR: We did other shows like Steel Magnolias the 1968 Summer Olympics. She was the first and Sylvia. I even got to play Mammy Yokum in U.S. woman to win a medal at the World Gym- Li’l Abner. I haven’t come back to Peter Pan until nastics Championships, for the silver balance the tour this year. The great thing about return- beam. ing to a role is bringing a different perspective She then performed as Peter Pan before ap- to it. In my experience something different and pearing in the Wizard of Oz and Annie Get Your magical happens with Peter Pan. Gun. She returned to Neverland on Broadway You let go of any preconceived ideas about where she was nominated for a Tony Award. how children act. They are direct, honest and Rigby took the show on tour before retiring it in politically incorrect. They don’t care about feel- 2006. ings they just react. That has been such a joy to She proves she will never grow up one last play. There are no apologies. You just are. Kids time, with her own production company called are funny. They have a belief that anything is McCoy Rigby Entertainment taking the show out possible that we don’t have as adults. They bring on the road again. Chicago is lucky enough to characteristics to Peter that makes it great fun be one of her stops because Cathy Rigby is Peter to do every night. Pan! WCT: And you get to travel all over the Windy City Times: Hey, Cathy. place… Cathy Rigby: How are you, Jerry? Is it cold out CR: You get to travel and fly. People ask me there in Chicago? why I keep doing it but what a great job I have! WCT: You might want to pack an extra pair I get to fly every night and be a kid. of green tights! It’s not like the summertime, WCT: Are there some days where you just when you were here last. don’t want to fly? CR: I know. I heard you have had a balmy win- CR: Flying is the easy part. I think the seven ter and it’s going to be cold just when we come shows a week can be rough. It’s like Richard in. Simmons at the end of the workout! WCT: Lucky you. I did see you in Millennium When I am crouched down in the window be- Park for the preview and you were wonderful. fore I make my entrance into the nursery then CR: Aww, thank you. I did my little handstand I come flying through wakes you up real fast. Cathy Rigby (top) in Peter Pan. Photo by Isaac James CTO2013_WCT.pdf 1 1/24/2013 9:08:38 PM there. If you are not in the mood then that will tickle WCT: I heard you were a fan of musicals, your stomach a little bit. It is a really good way even as a child with West Side Story. to warm up. CR: It’s funny because I never thought musi- WCT: I read you are into nutrition and tak- cal theater or the acting world would be part ing care of yourself. of my life. When I look back at my life we used CR: You have to. I am better as an adult when to make shows in our garage, like Chorus Line. I am more focused and doing Peter Pan. There We would dance around the living room. Even is no playing around. You have to do exercises. though I was in the gym six to eight hours a day, I know the role so well, the steps, the flying. we always listened to musicals. We listened to The great thing about being older is that I don’t everything from Hello, Dolly to West Side Story white knuckle it. I’m more relaxed, which makes to Mary Poppins. As we trained, unless we were it easier to do. doing floor exercises, we would have music on. WCT: You have a great cast to work with. It must have been a premonition as to what CR: Yes! I have my buddy Brent Barrett who would come. worked with me in Annie Get Your Gun and is WCT: After you were in the Olympics, did now playing Hook. He’s so wonderful. Everybody they come to you to play Peter Pan? gets along including the crew. The fact is after CR: I was doing an arena version of Peter Pan. touring for 15 months we have had very little It was more like a Disney Ice Capades, where turnover, except when the kids grow up and get C it was an extravaganza. We used big sets and too old to play their roles. costumes. It emphasized the athletic sides of WCT: How does the fairy work in the show?M things. Someone in the group that year told me CR: We started off trying to make it a littleY to take some voice lessons and acting classes so more literal. We wanted her to flap her wings. I did. That tour ended but I studied for about We found out that if she was a little ball of lightCM seven years. My voice teacher wanted me to go that bounced around the stage it was better. TheMY audition for Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. This more literal we tried to make her the less magiCY - was in 1981 and I got the role, which was ter- cal she became. She reflects off my face and you rifying enough and had to perform in front of will see her pulsing. CMY 2,000 people. Once I got that show I was hooked WCT: Neat. Touring gives audiences a chanceK and went on to perform with Gordon MacRae in to see this show that normally wouldn’t get to Paint Your Wagon. New York. I read several gay papers that wrote I never thought I would have the courage to about it on the West Coast. stand up in front of anybody onstage let alone CR: I have done several interviews with gay sing. It has been an amazing second career. papers specifically and they have been great. WCT: It changed your life. You met you hus- I’m cross-dressing, so what the heck? I think I band in The Wizard of Oz. should be an honorary member, right? CR: It changed it for many reasons. I was really WCT: “All you need is trust and a little bit shy. I used to cry giving book reports in school. of pixie dust!” When you are working with an inanimate object Look for Rigby and the gang at the Cadillac like a balance beam then you are only focused Theatre, 151 W. Randolph St., flying high Jan. on perfection and what you do. To suddenly be 30-Feb. 10. Visit www.BroadwayInChicago. asked to relate to other people and take emo- com for details and ticket information. tional risks you have to not be in your own head 20 Jan. 30, 2013 WINDY CITY TIMES TRAVEL From Bangkok, historic Ayutthaya is an hour north, and a great short trip for visiting some of southeast Asia’s oldest temples and royal ruins. Thailand, ‘The Land Be sure to visit the elephants at the lesbian- owned Elephant Stay, which offers overnight volunteer packages at its sanctuary, or hour- of Smiles,’ earns its rep long rides in town. Few people who cross an ocean to visit Thai- by Kelsy Chauvin Organized and affordable tours can ease your land do so for only one city, and many of them Thai experience, complete with an air-condi- come mainly for the legendary beaches that There are clear universal truths about the Thai tioned ride and English-speaking guide. This is make the heat not only bearable, but welcome. experience. Thailand is hot—very hot. In Thai- a great option for the must-see Damnoensad- Koh Samui is the big island in the Gulf of land, it’s easy to get used to paying just $1 to uak Floating Market, located about an hour’s Thailand, and an unrivaled, picturesque tropi- a street vendor for the best pad Thai ever. The drive south of Bangkok. There, you can hop on cal setting. Many big-time hotels have opened massages are intense, incredibly inexpensive and a long-tail boat for a canal tour to the market, on Samui, but one of the best is Napasai, by never get old. And above all, the country is one where stalls line the banks and you can order gay-friendly Orient-Express. The resort has its of the world’s friendliest places—proudly dem- fresh noodle dishes and buy souvenirs without own quiet inlet on Maenam Beach, on the calm onstrating its nickname “The Land of Smiles” ever leaving the boat. northern coast, and offers villas on the beach or everywhere you go. If you’re in town over a weekend, practice your up the lush slope at competitive package rates. A food vendor and customer at a night mar- A first-timer to Thailand will find a surpris- bargaining skills at the enormous Chatuchak Another luxurious option is Karma Samui. Lo- ket. Photo by Kelsy Chauvin ingly Westernized experience, albeit with some Weekend Market in northwest Bangkok. While cated near Samui Airport and the Chaweng strip, authentically non-Western flair. It is a proud 95 nighttime markets crop up all over town, it offers private plunge pools, gorgeous gulf ing, more traditional Thai city nestled in the percent–Buddhist nation, making it gloriously Chatuchak is a true convergence point of Bang- views, and multi-bedroom villas that encourage northern hills. Here you can stop by the local laid-back and extraordinarily liberal about the kok, loosely organized into 27 shopping sections group stays (and minimize rates). zoo, home to Thailand’s only pandas, or head LGBT crowd—as well as vibrant, colorful and that span everything from textiles and electron- Tour companies like Grand Sea Discovery of- up the mountain to the spectacular Doi Sutthep welcoming. ics, to ceramics and live animals, to handicrafts fer packages at all prices, like a day-long cruise temple. Chiang Mai is a terrific shopping town, Roughly the same size as California, Thailand and Buddhist amulets. to two nearby islands, snorkeling and lunch so don’t miss the sprawling night and weekend is famous for its largest cities—Bangkok on the Because Bangkok, like Thailand in general, is for around $70—the going rate for such tours, markets. southern edge and Chiang Mai in the north—and so unfazed by all things gay and lesbian, there and a sign that the island paradise of Samui is The city also is home to one of the world’s for its sandy beaches and plush resorts. is a surprising lack of designated queer clubs. In catching on to Western pricing. (But don’t be most luxurious resorts, the Mandarin Oriental As the bustling capital, Bangkok is home to fact, the red-light districts of Patpong and Soi shy about trying to bargain your way to a better Dhara Dhevi, which functions like its own king- more than 8 million people, all of whom seem to Cowboy, both near the Sukhumvit metro (find deal.) dom and actually offers tours of its elaborate traversing the streets all hours of the day. The Soi 2 or 4), are famous for ubiquitous prosti- For something even more remote, head west grounds and palatial, traditional architecture. If to the far side of the Thai peninsula, through you can find an overnight deal that’s in your the small town of Krabi to Koh Lanta. Here’s budget, don’t miss it. where things get more remote, and you can soak Undoubtedly, Thailand is on a major economic it up in style at the posh Pimilai Resort, where upswing, thanks partly to its booming tourism, your hillside villa overlooking the Indian Ocean and to its kind and industrious people. There’s will leave you mesmerized with serene natural never been a better time to see this thriving beauty. country, just hurry up and catch it before the Alas, a traveler must move on eventually. And whole rest of the world shows up. the best final stop isChiang Mai, a less daunt- Show spotlights Afro-surrealism

BY Ross Forman Vigilance of Desire, the Surrealist exhibition that took place in Chicago in 1976. It’s the work, not the space where the work “It deals with youth who are affected by is displaced, that matters most to avery r. the violence in Chicago,” young said. “I am young, one of 11 artists who will be featured excited [to hear] what people will say once in “Marvelous Freedom: Vigilance of Desire, they see the exhibit. I also am excited to hear Revisited,” a group exhibition that explores the dialogue that the artwork will initiate.” Chicago’s contemporary and emerging artists San Francisco-based writer and performer of color who approach art-making through an D. Scot Miller’s “AfroSurreal Manifesto: Black Afro-Surrealist lens. is the New Black” helped launch the arena, But young, an out artist, certainly isn’t op- which young said, “is about what’s going on posed to the high-profile real estate where now, not about what happened in the past, or Thailand’s Pimilai Resort. Photo by Kelsy Chauvin

avery r. young. infamous traffic earns its reputation the hard tution and strip clubs, but also are the closest Photo from way, slowly grinding to a crawl as zillions of mo- Bangkok really gets to a gay village—and even young peds glide in and out of gridlocked taxis, buses then the gays are limited to a few mainly late- and jazzed-up tuk-tuks. Fortunately, you can night bars, like the Balcony or Telephone, where stay above or below the fray thanks to Bangkok’s you can find gorgeous “ladyboys” and their more speedy, spotless and remarkably cheap metro masculine counterparts. system, which happily also serves Suvarnabhumi Lesbians are bit more visible throughout International Airport. Bangkok, where “Toms” are free to dress as boy- Bangkok is teeming with things to do and ish (and way stylish) as they like, especially see, which has made it one of the world’s top when escorting their femme “Dees.” But when tourist destinations with more than 12 million it’s time to hang out with just the girls, there’s his art will be displayed—at Columbia College in the future. It’s about what’s in the current visitors annually. And you will feel them, in Zeta, a women’s-only bar on the north side of Chicago, 618 S. Michigan Ave.. state.” droves, flocking to the major attractions dotting town. (Just make sure you get a cab driver who “I don’t identify myself as much by the young said the project “is very important to the city and along the Chao Phraya River. Top knows where he’s going.) building [my art is showcased in] as much as me.” among them is the Grand Palace, home to two Accommodations run the gamut of choices the art … but I’m thankful for the building,” “Normally, I’m known as a spoken-word art- centuries of Thai monarchs; today, you can mar- in this capital city. On the high end, splurging young said, laughing. He has one piece in ist. This is one of the first times I have been vel at regal architecture, intricate mosaics and on a river-view room at the Shangri-La Hotel the exhibit, which will be on display through featured [through] my visual artwork. This is embellishments as well as the solid-jade Emerald Bangkok will make for a tranquil, well-located mid-March. young spent two years working a personal matter for me,” he said. Buddha statue inside stunning Wat Phra Kaew. retreat, with indulgence around every corner. on the piece. young’s piece will be showcased within a Nearby at Wat Pho, don’t miss the great, For less baht (currency is about 30 baht to the Alexandria Eregbu is the curator for the newsbox, “which diversifies this idea of what, golden 151-foot-long Reclining Buddha, where dollar), OmYim Lodge is a clean, central option project, which according to organizers, how children are affected by violence,” he newly re-elected President Obama and outgoing for the budget traveler, and gets even cheaper showcases the richness of Chicago’s Surreal- said. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited during if you go without windows. The Bangkok Rama ist history in order to extend, expand, and “The piece is letterpress on top of a front- their historic November 2012 Thai junket. Across Hotel is nearer to the airport, offers low rates re-impose new visions of 21st century Afro- page news story. The newsbox is an important statement to me.” the river, the lovely Wat Arun temple lets you for more space and is just 20 minutes from the Surrealist aesthetics and cultural concerns, climb 250 feet up for a spectacular city view. center of town. reexamining the first Marvelous Freedom/ WINDY CITY TIMES Jan. 30, 2013 21 fields friends and family pricing*

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From top to bottom, Franklin St.; mkchicago.com) is practically Me- Images from this is one place that consistently impresses. thuselah, marking its 15th anniversary this year. mk. mk will offer 50 percent off all bottles of To this diner, the accomplishment is even Photos by Ed wine Sunday through Thursday until Jan. 31. more remarkable because this restaurant is not Negron (The promotion includes any selection from in the most conspicuous space, even though it’s mk’s portfolio, which features more than in the trendy River North area. 1,000 choices.) However, word of mouth accounts for a lot— Additionally, every Wednesday at 6-9 p.m., and this restaurant deserves all the accolades it mk invites guests to relax and unwind in has received. the restaurant’s lounge space with “Wine The interior is sleek, with plenty of dark on Wednesday,” the popular wine-and-menu woods. The place is also elegant—a fact en- tasting series. For reservations, call 312-482- hanced by the impeccable service (which Tino 9179. provided) and even the patrons, who tend to wear very nice threads. Executive Chef Erick Williams (who has been with mk practically from the beginning, includ- sirloin. My friend chose the Skuna Bay salmon marshmallow fluff, chocolate butterscotch ice ing four years at his current post) has prepared while I went with the duck. The salmon was per- cream pop and chocolate cake crumbs), I de- a tasting menu. The culinary line-up here has fectly seasoned (in fact, Williams told us that cided to try the cake & shake (chocolate layer items such as Nantucket Bay scallops, bobwhite there’s “no hospital cooking” at mk), and the cake with mousse and hot fudge, along with a quail, venison short loin, flagship reserve ched- duck was extremely tasty as well. Delectable mini-malted vanilla shake). dar and a chestnut financier (a small French truffle fries topped off this particular course. While my companion appreciated his selec- cake). Lastly, we (naturally) had dessert—and Pas- tion, we both fell in love with mine. It was, However, my dining companion and I decid- try Chef Stephanie Mazzone’s creations take the hands down, the best dessert I’ve had in the ed to try a variety of items from the a la carte cake, literally. Sure, one can try the artisanal past several months. By the way, as an editor, I menu—and, boy, were we impressed. cheeses (which I’m sure are tasty), but our pal- can appreciate the punny names of some of the Among the appetizers are seasonal oysters; ates were set to “sweet” at this point. While my items, including “papi churro” and “pear down kale salad with lettuce, mustard greens, quinoa friend went with the banana popstar (a melange (Chicago pears).” and pears; and Hudson Valley foie gras. However, consisting of banana-chocolate mini-pop tarts, Also, potential patrons will be happy to know we decided to go with what Williams told us are two staples—yellowfin tuna tartare and endive J&L Catering marks 25 years Hitchcock, event planner; Scott Reichelsdorf, salad—as well as butternut squash ravioli. Befit- Dining news Chicago-based J&L Catering held a celebration event planner; Kevin Kelly, executive chef/ ting a restaurant of this stature, the presenta- COMPILED BY ANDREW DAVIS marking 25 years in business Jan. 23. Co-owner co-owner; Ted Grady, sales manager/co-owner; tion of the dishes was top-notch. As for taste, Ted Grady is in the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall Rachel Razowsky, event planner; Vanessa Flink the endive salad was practically perfection, with Fiorenza to carry ‘Égalité’ wine of Fame, in part because of how much support Larson, director of corporate sales; and Laura the endive balancing very well with apple, blue P. Ramirez, director of operations. Photo by Hal Forest Park eatery Fiorenza Ristorante will be the his company has given to LGBT and AIDS orga- cheese and spiced pecans. (I’m not the biggest Baim first restaurant in the world to carry Égalité, a nizations over the years. fan of nuts, except for almonds—but this dish Send items to Andrew@WindyCityMedia- sparkling wine dedicated to the spirit of LGBT Pictured, from left, are Cam Harshman, staff- converted me.) My friend also enjoyed his tuna. Group.com. equality. ing director; Jim Bailey, event planner; Evelyn Also, Williams sent out a dish of baby octopus The sparkling wine was created by New York grilled over hardwood charcoal, complete with winery Biagio Cru, which has been a supporter fennel, pearl onions, dried apricots, piparras of LBGTQ equality issues and previously donated peppers, preserved lemon and smoked paprika $1,000 each to The Trevor Project, The Ali For- aioli. This was, up until dessert, my favorite dish ney Center, Equality Maine, GLSEN and Chicago’s of the night. While sometimes smoke can over- Center on Halsted. power a dish, it only enhanced this one—and, For every bottle of Égalité sold, a portion of thankfully, the octopus was not rubbery. the proceeds will be donated to LGBTQ youth The list of entrees at mk is equally tantalizing, groups. with featured items such as braised beef short ribs, veal porterhouse, Snake River sturgeon (complete with truffle-scented sunchokes), striped bass, roasted chicken and New York

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Kenmore Photo by Susan Mattes Parlour on Clark, 6341 N Clark St., www. chicagopubliclibrary.org Ave. parlouronclark.com Honduran LGBT Leader speaks in Chicago 9 to 12 No Tap Bowling League LGBT lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, ques- LGBT leader Jose “Pepe” Palacios will dis- Photo from the Gay Liberation bowling on the first Saturday of the tioning, and queer APIs. Adoptees, hapas, cuss LGBT activists’ role in the movement Network month from 9 to 12 pm. Bowling takes and multiracial folks welcome too. First to end violence and restore democracy in place at River-Rand Bowl (on River Road Monday of every month. Free. Snacks. Honduras. 6pm-7:30pm, 773-209-1187, just north of Rand Road). Leagues be- More info: [email protected]; 6pm- Arts & Letters Hall, Room 412, 2315 N. gin at 9pm and substitute bowlers are 7:30pm, Asian Human Services,7th flr Kenmore Ave, DePaul University, Lincoln welcome and encouraged to come out conference room, 4753 N. 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Rana and Adineh, two Lakeside Pride Symphony Orchestra brings Alliance Queers, community, no shame 50 Shades of Blues 5:30 complimentary through stand-up, sketch, improv, videos, women of opposite background and social members and friends of the LGBT commu- jams and a zine; 9pm-11pm, The Burling- cocktail party; $15 program at 7pm. performance art, live readings of personal class are accidentally brought together nity together through a diverse repertoire ton, 3425 W. Fullerton, http://www.face- Blue vocalists brought gender fluidity narrative work, and other creative meth- to share a journey. $9 online; $14 at the that spans from music solely for strings book.com/groups/subjecttochangechi/ to their music through suggestive lyrics ods. $10. 10pm, Playground Theatre, 3341 door; 7pm-9pm, Center on Halsted, 3656 to standard works in the grand tradition Women’s Health Drop-In Night & group and tongue-in-cheek performances. Sha- N Lincoln Ave., www.brasschucklescom- N Halsted St., www.littlequeerfilmfest.org; of orchestral music. 7:30pm-9:30pm, Cen- acupuncture For women under the age of ron Bridgeforth and Dr. Omi Osun Joni L. edy.com Tickets: http://facingmirrors.brownpaper- ter on Halsted, 3656 N Halsted St., www. 35 with no insurance, free pap test and Jones will use conversation and live per- tickets.com/ lakesidepride.org breast/chest exam, counseling intake ses- formance to explore how the complex mu- Friday, Feb. 1 sion, health and wellness information. sical movement expressed social and sex- By Women for Women Center on Halsted’s ual taboos and called for greater freedoms Women’s Action Committee present an Sunday, Feb. 3 Wed., Feb. 6 Group acupuncture for $15. Info: bet- TV Reruns: Love The Ones You’re With TV in the 1920s and 1930s. Katherine Davis evening with cocktails, appetizers and Urban Village: Wicker Park Service LGBT- [email protected]. Registration 5pm. 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“My favorite place to perform is London, because Evans (the gay brother of the even hunkier Chris I have never seen more gay people in my whole Evans) was arrested for attempting to buy a con- life.”—Miley Cyrus tells “Bang Showbiz” how far trolled substance from an undercover cop? Turns out-of-step America is when it comes to sexual- out that he was trying to buy cocaine and was ity. Of course, she also likes to wear barely-there arrested. Although he originally pled not guilty, shirts that show lots of side-boob. If she wants a deal was in place by the time he was in front to combine the two, she should do a show at of a judge. In return for pleading no contest, GayDays Anaheim! he was sentenced to attend 60 Narcotics Anony- Every once in a while, I like to shake things mous meetings. And if he completes all of the up and try something new. So, I recently went meetings within six months, the entire case will to one of those autograph shows where you can be thrown out. buy memorabilia and meet celebrities from days At least he’s also working. You might have gone by—like the second Lurch or the original seen Evans last week when he turned up again Chris Partridge. Since this particular show was in on White Collar to tangle with Matthew Bomer— Hollywood, it featured more “names” than usual. someone who has more jobs than he knows what For those of you who don’t know, you can meet to do with. Bomer just filmed a sci-fi dramedy the stars for free after paying to get in. But if called Space Station 76, which was directed and you want an autograph, it’s extra. If you want a written by our bon ami Jack Plotnick, and co- photo with them, it’s extra. If you want ... well, stars Jerry O’Connell and Liv Tyler. And, while you get the idea. But nobody told me that you Matt didn’t get to play Superman on the big can’t take a candid photo of someone while you screen, he is the voice of the Man of Steel in walk by—well, nobody until Lesley Ann Warren! the animated feature Superman: Unbound. In addition to all that, this summer he’ll be film- ing the HBO film version of The Normal Heart. Coincidentally, he just played Andrew Rannells’ ex-boyfriend on Ryan Murphy’s sitcom The New Normal. So I guess coming out really didn’t hurt his career. Although it could be argued he’s mostly playing gay ... and for Ryan Murphy! Another gay actor who’s mighty busy is Sean Hayes. In addition to being an executive pro- ducer of Hot in Cleveland, he’ll also turn up on Smash, where he’ll star alongside Megan Hilty in Liaisons—a musical version of Les Liaisons Dan- gereuses. (We have the photos of them in cos- tume on BillyMasters.com.) And it looks like we may see him in a new sitcom next season. NBC just picked up his untitled pilot about a single gay dad trying to raise the 14-year-old daughter he just met. And if that’s not enough, he’s also STAMOS from page 18 He said, “You see that girl over there.” I starring in a film version of the play “Six Dance said, “Yes.” “You see that feeling you get Lessons in Six Weeks” opposite Gena Rowlands. here!” I’ve never played that guy that you when you think about kissing her and you get This week’s “Ask Billy” question comes from couldn’t tell where he was at because, again excited about talking to her or asking her on Jeremy in Baltimore: “You seem to always know nowadays—I mean it’s so unfair and I think a date?” I said, “Yeah.” He goes, “That’s what about English hunks. Who is the rugby player who that’s the point of the episode, which is that I feel when I see a guy.” I said, “Oh. Okay. I is also an underwear model? I just saw pics of gaydar doesn’t work anymore. get it.” And that was that. him—he’s amazing!” The rules don’t apply any more. And I think WCT: Have you ever been mistaken for I suspect you’re talking about the almost un- that’s what we were trying to get at. It was a gay maybe before your were famous? bearably hot Thom Evans, who has had quite a very difficult line to walk because as it turns JS: I’m sure Ryan could have called up an- diverse career, indeed. In addition to playing out he’s not gay. other guy and got him in a few seconds but I rugby (which ended three years ago on my birth- I had to sort of give the impression that hope I was the first call for this because I am day), he also was part of a short-lived British I was but I didn’t want to play into any of the perfect example. boyband, Twen2y4Se7en (yes, that’s how they the stereotypical things there are that people I grew up with musical theater and [I spelled it—amazing they didn’t make it). This think of gay men and women. played] with puppets. I liked magic but I underwear campaign has certainly raised the I wanted to get it right and, thankfully, liked all the arts and I loved doing makeup. profile of the 27-year-old hunk. It’s also raised they gave me the right amount of time. I re- Halloween was my favorite time of the year. I some eyebrows—well, I think they were eye- ally gave it a lot of thought because I care was quite good. I was a good makeup artist. brows—when it was revealed that the D. Hedral I tried out for a lot of musicals. I’m such a Matt Bomer is one busy little bee. about it and I don’t want to be flip. I don’t line includes the special “Leon” briefs. These want to be simple about it because it’s not. shitty singer. I mean later in life I guess I got undies are designed to “boost” men’s bottoms WCT: This could really open up some a little better, but not much. with special Anglefit technology—or, as some doors for you. This shows your support for I wanted to be in musicals so bad; I studied Aside from that, it was a pleasant afternoon that call it, “bum-enhancing technology”. Of course, the gay community that some people may singing and it’s not my favorite thing to do. included a celebration of the 30th anniversary of Thom’s bum doesn’t need much help, as we saw not know about, and it’s important. But I can sort of get through a song if it’s in my beloved Grease 2. Before you ask, no Pfeiffer. when he posed au naturel with his equally hunky JS: I agree. When I was 18 my first pub- a musical theater setting I can play the char- But Adrian Zmed, Maxwell Caulfield and Connie rugby-playing brother, Max Evans, for the “Dieux licist was gay. His name was Greg Olipolis, acter. I even think my father at some point Stevens showed up. du Stade” calendar. Happily, we have nude pho- rest in peace. I loved that man so much and thought, “Well, okay, he’s gay, who cares?” So Sure, we all laugh when Barbara Walters mis- tos of them both—along with video from the he taught me so much. I came from a very yes, I guess, I have been mistaken. pronounces a name or treats Whoopi like she’s shoot—on our very own BillyMasters.com. conservative Orange County where I didn’t WCT: How do you stay looking so young? really Miss Celie. But we’re gonna miss that cra- When Barbara Walters could sue ABC for elder understand it growing up. JS: I’m very flattered when people say that. zy 83-year-old lady when she’s gone—and that abuse, it’s definitely time to end yet another It’s funny because I was at Disney World a I think good genes and, truthfully, I do take could be any day now. Last week, she landed in column. Is Barbara losing it? Is it time to retire? couple weeks ago and I saw a kid that I grew care of myself in a sense. If there’s any secret, the hospital after tripping inside the residence Who knows—but every time she pats Whoopi on up with; I guess he turned out to be gay but I sleep a lot. I try to go to bed early. of the British ambassador in Washington, D.C. the head and calls her “My Whoopi,” I wonder he had sort of a feminine thing about him, WCT: Now that you have been on Ryan I dunno what was worse: falling at a party full if she dozed off during the civil-rights move- and kids would beat him up and make fun of Murphy’s shows Glee and The New Normal, of people, or knowing that you’d miss the inau- ment. You certainly won’t miss any big news like him. are you going to talk to him about being on guration (the first she’s missed since Lincoln). that on www.BillyMasters.com—the site that’s He told me this at Disney World the other American Horror Story? Although she didn’t break a hip, she did require not only au naturel but also au courant. If you day. He said, “Boy, you protected me and you JS: I haven’t, but I am going to call him stitches in her forehead, a stay in a hospital and want us to look into something, send a note said I’m just like everybody else.” I don’t know right after this. a week away from The View. Strike that—two to [email protected] and I promise to get where I got that but I know it was solidified The New Normal airs every Tuesday on weeks. Aside from a video chat from home, she’ll back to you before Whoopi bakes Babs a choco- later when my publicist said something very NBC. be off this week, too. late pie! Until next time, remember, one man’s simple to me that I’ll never forget. Remember when I told you that hunky Scott filth is another man’s bible. 26 Jan. 30, 2013 WINDY CITY TIMES Chicago performs well at Sin City Shootout By Ross Forman at the Sin City Shootout. While there were thou- sands of softball players, we only had about 50 LAS VEGAS—Tony Tiet was on the champion- hockey players, which was nice. As always, we ship-winning ice-hockey team in the 6th annual love seeing our hockey friends from around the Sin City Shootout Sports Festival, held here Jan. U.S. and Canada. The organizers did a great job 19-21. Hockey was one of the 12 sports/events coordinating and splitting the teams up to make in the annual event that attracted about 5,271 sure everyone had fun and the games were bal- worldwide LGBT athletes, including more than anced.” 100 from Chicago. There were 56 hockey players here, including Tiet skated for the Red Cosmos, which defeat- a goalie from France, and this was the first time ed the Black Russians 6-3 in the championship hockey was offered at the Sin City Shootout. game, played at the SOBE Ice Arena inside the Hockey coordinator Brynne Van Putten, who Fiesta Rancho Hotel. Tiet celebrated his cham- skated for the Blue Adios in the tournament, pionship with linemate Pavel Nadin of St. Louis, said hockey likely will be expanded in 2014, per- who has skated for the Chicago Gay Hockey As- haps to as many as eight teams, likely with two sociation (CGHA) in the past. skill-based divisions. Tiet, one of the top forwards for the CGHA, “The hockey was great; I think everyone who skated in the championship game against Don played really loved it,” Van Putten said of the Chicago’s championship hockey team at the Sin City Shootout Sports Festival. Photo by Ross Marzolf and Nathan Allen, who also have worn co-ed sport, which was mostly gay men from Forman the CGHA uniform for games/tournaments. such cities as New York, Boston, Chicago and Meanwhile, CGHA members Andrew Sobotka, Los Angeles. of LGBT athletes at this event.” The last two plays before the game was called Scott Mix and Brian Hull watched the champi- The hockey players were placed on teams, thus Event organizers were pleased with the 2013 [due to] time limit were home runs. We were onship game as a trio of cheerleaders, sans the all Chicagoans were not teammates. edition and already looking ahead to 2014, going crazy, [despite the score,]” Bradley said. pom-poms—the trio had their championship “It was great that this tournament was drop-in when multiple sports will, likely, be added to The Chicago Blaze captured third place in soc- game aspirations stopped in the semi-finals. style,” Hull said. “It’s always fun the play hockey the offering—including flag football, ballroom cer, with its team of 10. “The level of play [in the tournament] was with different guys and gals than you normally dancing, and others. “We have some experienced players (on the really competitive,” Tiet said. “Going into the play with. It’s a great way to make friends and Chicago was also represented well on the team), but we don’t play together back home,” playoffs, it could have been any of the four build connections with other gay hockey orga- softball fields, with multiple teams in multiple said Marco Castillo of the Blaze. “The overall Sin teams that stole the championship. nizations.” divisions. The Chicago Menace went 3-2 in the City Shootout was a lot of fun, regardless of how “[My team] had a few [moments] throughout The hockey competition was well balanced, tournament, finishing in fourth-place in the we finished. the weekend where we worried that we might with each of the four teams having a legitimate top-tiered A-Division. “It’s great getting to meet people from all not win, but we pulled out all the stops and shot at claiming the championship. “We were 2-0 in pool play, which landed us the over the country, and getting to meet other were able to win. “I really thought it was a phenomenal event, No. 1 seed and a first-round bye in elimination (LGBT people) from other sports can really “It was great to see so many gay athletes and on and off the ice, and I really think everyone play,” said Menace player-coach Cameron Turner. broaden you.” allies from around the world all coming together had a great time,” said Van Putten, of Laguna “We played the Long Beach Rounders in our first Castillo, 39, who lives in Old Irving Park, said for one big sports festival.” Beach, Calif. She skates for the gay Los Angeles game of elimination play, and we had previously he will be back in Las Vegas for the 2014 event. Sobotka, the president of the CGHA, added: Blades. “The Sin City Shootout is quickly becom- beaten them 14-8 in pool play. Unfortunately, “It was fun,” he said. “Hockey was [one of] the most intimate sports ing a mini Gay Games—there really were a ton they got on a hot streak and jumped out to a James Simmons was one of about 12 Chicago- 13-1 lead in the game. We battled back nicely, ans playing basketball in Las Vegas. ADVERTISEMENT but lost a nail biter, 17-16. That sent us into the “Everyone seemed to have a really good time When experience counts... loser’s bracket. We won our next game against and the overall event is really well run,” Sim- Los Angeles DTS, 20-7, but then were eliminated mons said. “There really was no overly dominant In service to the community for over 30 years. by the Phoenix Toros, who went on to take sec- team, which is good because then everyone tru- ond-place in the tournament. ly believes they have a chance to win.” The Law Offices of “I was very impressed overall with how we Simmons, who played for the Hollywood Blind- Roger V. McCaffrey-Boss & Associates played in this tournament. We were missing sev- side, said the Sin City Shootout was a perfect eral key players who just weren’t able to make scouting trip for potential challengers he’ll face it for various reasons. We actually only had 10 at the annual Coady Classic this spring in Chi- WHO PAYS THE BILLS WHEN SOMEONE DIES? players for this tournament, which of course cago. limited our lineup options and flexibility. None So what was the Sin City highlight? Q. When my partner died I discovered that he owed $75,000 in charge card bills and $110,000 in of us had played softball since the Gay Softball “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas,” Sim- unpaid hospital bills. Everything that he owned (the house and the bank accounts) was held in joint World Series [last] August, so we just weren’t mons said, laughing. “It was a great tournament tenancy with myself. He also had several life insurance policies and IRA accounts which named his children as beneficiaries of these accounts. Do I have to sell the house to pay my lover’s bills? Do his sure what to expect. But, we scored nearly 80 and everyone really seemed to have great spirit children have to use the money from the life insurance and IRA accounts to pay their father’s bills? runs [combined] in the five games we played, and energy. which is pretty good.” “Truthfully, I’m surprised more Chicagoans A. First, the law says that a person can’t transfer their property to defraud their creditors or get out of Turner said Joe Bland, Charles Piper and Kev- don’t come out for the Sin City Shootout, wheth- paying their bills. If, however, you and your partner owned the house and bank accounts in joint tenancy in Ball each had great offensive tournaments. er it’s [to play] basketball or any other sport. before the debts arose then that property will pass to you as the surviving joint tenant owner without Bland had four home runs, including two grand Hey, it’s Las Vegas in January.” deduction for payment of your lover’s bills. slams. CMSA President Brian Kupersmit played C-Di- Creditors of a deceased person may only go after property in the deceased person’s probate estate, “Thieu Brown, our newest player, played very vision softball in Vegas, and had nothing but which means property your partner owned in his name alone, and does not include joint tenancy well and showed he is going to be a nice addi- praise for the multi-day event. property. Also benefits paid under a life insurance policy or IRA account with a named beneficiary is not tion to the team,” Turner said. “The Sin City Shootout is an amazing tour- considered part of someone’s probate estate and is not subject to the claims of creditors. Accordingly, the The Chicago Knockouts, playing softball in the nament experience and a celebration of how life insurance and IRA money would go to your partner’s children and would not have to be used to pay D1 Division, claimed third-place, finishing with far gay sports have come over the last several creditors. a 4-3 record. years,” Kupersmit said. “Having gone to the If you and your lover have entered into a Civil Union, my answer would change depending upon the nature of the debt. Illinois Civil Union Couples would be subject to “Family Statutes” 750 ILCS 65/5 “It was an absolute blast, a great event,” said tournament each of the last four years, Shoot- and 750 ILCS 65/15 (also known as the Family Expense Act). They provide that spouses (after a Civil Josh Bradley, player-coach for the Knockouts, a out director Eric Ryan and his team have created Union your partner is now considered your spouse) are not generally liable for one another’s debt. The mix of players from two teams that played in a destination event. Their breakthrough concept statute states also that your wages, earnings and separate property are not liable for the separate debts of 2012 in the Chicago Metropolitan Sports Asso- of a mega tournament with the backdrop of Las your spouse. However, 65/15 does hold both spouses jointly and separately liable for the “expenses of ciation (CMSA) Open Sunday Softball division, Vegas serves as [an] inspiration to me as to the family.” along with four pick-up players. what’s possible for the future of gay athletics. The law defines such “expenses” to include medical and funeral expenses, as well as many other “Everyone was a bit rusty, [not having played I’m excited to bring back the energy and passion services and goods that benefit the family. Therefore any medical bills, including those from a hospital, since August], but we all came together and of this tournament to CMSA.” doctor, clinic, laboratory, etc. would be chargeable upon your property if the creditors look to you for made it happen.” Kupersmit and the Chicago Chargers were not payment. Bradley, 24, who lives in Chicago’s Uptown able to improve on their top five finish in each neighborhood, smacked three home runs and of the last three years. Still, he said, “It was an • Bankruptcy • Wills, Trusts & Probate played first base. He was joined on the field by awesome time as I got the opportunity to play his dad, Tom, who lives in Las Vegas. Bradley’s with great friends and partake in this amazing • Real Estate Closings • Civil Unions mom, Audra, was one of several cheering the tournament experience.” 19 S. LaSalle, Suite 1500, Chicago, IL 60603 team throughout. The 2014 Sin City Shootout Sports Festival will “We lost our last game of the tournament 25- be bigger and better than 2013—and no doubt 312-263-8800 [email protected] 2; we got crushed. But, as was our philosophy with even more Chicagoans participating. We are a debt relief agency. We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the bankruptcy code. throughout, we wanted to have fun—and did. WINDY CITY TIMES Jan. 30, 2013 27 Cabaret on Alvin Ailey returns to Blu-ray Feb. 5 Chicago March 8-17 Cabaret—Bob Fosse’s Oscar-winning musical The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will drama starring Liza Minnelli (Arthur, The Sterile return to Chicago with a March 8-17 stand at Cuckoo), Michael York (the Austin Powers films) the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, and Joel Grey (TV’s Oz)—celebrates its 40th an- 50 E. Congress Pkwy. niversary with a Blu-ray debut on Feb. 5. The program will include such pieces as the Winner of eight Academy Awards, the film will world premiere of Kyle Abraham’s “Another be offered in a premium Blu-ray Book format Night” and the classic “Revelations.” ($27.98 SRP) that contains 40 pages of photos Tickets ($32-$92) are on sale now and avail- and text. Special features include items such as able online at www.ticketmaster.com/audito- “Cabaret: A Legend in the Meaning” as well as rium; at 800-982-ARTS (2787); or at the Audito- Grey and Minnelli recalling aspects of filming. rium Theatre box office. Cabaret was adapted from the Tony-winning In addition, two student matinee performanc- stage production, and that was, in turn, inspired es will take place March 14-15, open to any el- by Christopher Isherwood’s Berlin Stories and ementary through high school for $12 each; call the play and movie I Am a Camera. 312-341-2357.

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