In New Memoir 'Black Dove,' Ana Castillo Explains Herself

MAMA, MI’JO, AND ME vol 31, no. 31 April 27, 2016 www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com In new memoir ‘Black Dove,’ Ana Castillo explains herself

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by Liz Baudler important to chronicle. Essays began to assemble themselves. There are joy and sorrow in Black Dove, but far more of the Celebrated Latina author and feminist Ana Castillo is a woman latter. Castillo writes of growing up in Chicago a lonely child. of many identities—some acknowledged and lauded, some She’d never before written about being raped or attempting unspoken. suicide in her teenage years. “But I’ve been teaching memoir “I’m not really sure what it was about the public that in- writing for about five or six years now to the general public, sisted in, first of all, boxing me into Chicana; then I was a and it was time for me to walk my talk, which was, you gotta woman—and they still see me that way,” Castillo said. “They go where you have to go,” she explained. don’t see me as an American writer. I was born and raised The hardest essay for her to read is about her vibrant son, in Chicago. We have to categorize people to try to under- called Mi’jo throughout, being arrested and jailed for a rob- stand them, I think and I was categorized as a Chicana and a bery—a stark departure from the creative, successful young woman. Maybe the rest was too much.” man Castillo thought she was raising. “It’s definitely the hard- Black Dove: Mamá, Mi’jo, and Me, her recent memoir in es- est essay because I gave everything, most of my adult life to says, confronts many of these identities. “The memoir genre being a mother, and I have the greatest expectations for my requires a lot of introspection, a search for something—may- son, but seeing him suffer the way he’s suffered and spiraled be a mystery in one’s life, a conundrum, and it requires go- was really just heartbreaking,” she said. “It’s even difficult ing back, it requires investigation, comparing your memory now to talk about it without feeling that sadness. And then PURPLE REIGN with other people’s memories, and most of all, a desire to be the disintegration of our little family during that time. It was honest. At all times I was trying to be as honest for my own the biggest heartbreak of my life, I think, and just to see your Looking back at the life of Prince. sake in telling the story,” Castillo said. The centerpiece of the child suffer in any form is difficult, but that was very pain- Photo of Prince from 1980 at Chicago’s Uptown Theatre by Vern book began as a piece about her mother’s time in Mexico as a ful.” Her son is doing better, but the hurt still remains. Hester 14 young child. As time went on, Castillo realized that her shift- An aspect of Castillo’s work that she feels is often ignored ing identity, from daughter to mother to grandmother, was Turn to page 20

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by Liz baudLer important to chronicle. Essays began to assemble themselves. There are joy and sorrow in Black Dove, but far more of the Celebrated Latina author and feminist Ana Castillo is a woman latter. Castillo writes of growing up in Chicago a lonely child. of many identities—some acknowledged and lauded, some She’d never before written about being raped or attempting unspoken. suicide in her teenage years. “But I’ve been teaching memoir “I’m not really sure what it was about the public that in- writing for about five or six years now to the general public, sisted in, first of all, boxing me into Chicana; then I was a and it was time for me to walk my talk, which was, you gotta woman—and they still see me that way,” Castillo said. “They go where you have to go,” she explained. don’t see me as an American writer. I was born and raised The hardest essay for her to read is about her vibrant son, in Chicago. We have to categorize people to try to under- called Mi’jo throughout, being arrested and jailed for a rob- OUTLINES stand them, I think and I was categorized as a Chicana and a bery—a stark departure from the creative, successful young woman. Maybe the rest was too much.” man Castillo thought she was raising. “It’s definitely the hard- Black Dove: Mamá, Mi’jo, and Me, her recent memoir in es- est essay because I gave everything, most of my adult life to says, confronts many of these identities. “The memoir genre being a mother, and I have the greatest expectations for my Calendar Q 28 requires a lot of introspection, a search for something—may- son, but seeing him suffer the way he’s suffered and spiraled be a mystery in one’s life, a conundrum, and it requires go- was really just heartbreaking,” she said. “It’s even difficult ing back, it requires investigation, comparing your memory now to talk about it without feeling that sadness. And then PURPLE REIGN with other people’s memories, and most of all, a desire to be the disintegration of our little family during that time. It was honest. At all times I was trying to be as honest for my own the biggest heartbreak of my life, I think, and just to see your Classifieds 30 Looking back at the life of Prince. sake in telling the story,” Castillo said. The centerpiece of the child suffer in any form is difficult, but that was very pain- Photo of Prince from 1980 at Chicago’s Uptown Theatre by Vern book began as a piece about her mother’s time in Mexico as a ful.” Her son is doing better, but the hurt still remains. Hester 14 young child. As time went on, Castillo realized that her shift- An aspect of Castillo’s work that she feels is often ignored ing identity, from daughter to mother to grandmother, was Turn to page 20

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Gay artist Geoffrey Hendricks (right, above) and out art historian David Getsy plus held a talk at Northwestern University. DAILY BREAKING NEWS Photo by Vern Hester 4 April 27, 2016 WINDY CITY TIMES Court sides with Va. transgender teen GUEST VIEW In Richmond, Virginia, the U.S. Court of Ap- who use public restrooms less likely. The ruling by William Kingston peals for the 4th Circuit ruled that a trans- could invalidate core aspects of the anti-trans gender high school student can sue his school bathroom measures contained in North Caro- board on discrimination grounds because it lina’s HB2 and similar practices and measures banned him from the boys’ bathroom. in other states.” Do you know your fair housing rights? In supporting the case of high school ju- Jennifer Levi, transgender rights project di- nior Gavin Grimm, the court deferred to the rector for GLAD, said in a separate statement, I am a student working at the John Human Rights Act as the actual U.S. Department of Education’s position that “The decision marks the first time a federal ap- Marshall Law School Fair Housing Clinic or perceived state of bisexuality, transgender students should have access to the peals court has affirmed that Title IX protects hoping to spread awareness about LGBTQ homosexuality, or heterosexuality and bathrooms that match their gender identities students on the basis of gender identity. It’s a fair housing rights. includes in the definition discrimination With the recent slew of anti- based on “gender-related identity.” When instead of their biological sex. The court also tremendous victory, likely to help turn the tide transgender laws being passed, this it comes to state protections in instances said that denying trans students bathroom ac- against anti-transgender initiatives like North seems to be a relevant discussion of of fair housing discrimination, Illinois is cess is a violation of Title IX, which bans sex Carolina’s HB2, and I want to offer congratula- what the federal, state, and local laws helping lead the way in providing rules discrimination at schools that receive federal tions both to Gavin and to our colleagues at do to protect the LGBTQ community in which can be used to further protect the funding. the ACLU who represent him.” housing. The main question being, what LGBTQ community. Additionally, the act The National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund GLSEN Director of Public Policy Nathan Smith are my rights, if any? provides a civil penalty for up to $10,000 issued a statement applauding the decision. said, “Today’s monumental decision reinforces for a first offense. However, only a small Policy counsel and Trans/Gender Non-Conform- the Obama Administration’s position that Title Federal Protections percentage of discrimination cases ing Justice Project Director Victoria M. Rodrí- IX protects transgender and gender noncon- Fair housing laws seek to ensure that reported to the state are due to sexual guez-Roldan, J.D., said, “This historic ruling is forming public school students from discrimi- everyone has the right to buy, sell, and orientation, likely because people do not an enormous victory for the advancement of nation. It is the first time that a federal ap- rent housing without discrimination. know the laws or have decided not to equality for transgender people—especially as peals court has ruled on this specific issue But, one must be discriminated against report the discrimination—or they may it further validates the fact that discrimination and marks a major turning point that will ul- on the basis of being part of a protected not think they can prove bias. against transgender people is sex discrimi- timately solidify nondiscrimination protections class to enforce said laws. nation. In turn, it also makes the advent of for transgender and gender nonconforming stu- While race, color, religion and national Local Protections ‘bathroom police’ checking the IDs of everyone dents nationwide.” origin have long been protected classes Finally, both Cook County and the City of Chicago have recognized both sexual orientation and gender Darby honored at “Know that you are not alone and identity as separate that these rights were created protected classes. AVER convention Sexual orientation is Jim Darby was made an honorary lifetime specifically for the LGBTQ community. described in roughly member of AVER (American Veterans for Equal Exercise your rights and stand up.” the same way as Rights) at the organization’s national conven- provided in the Illinois tion in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on April 21. Human Rights Act, Darby is the founder of AVER’s Chicago chap- while gender identity ter. He served four years in the U.S. Navy dur- “means the actual ing the 1950s at the time of the Korean War that have experienced discrimination or perceived appearance, expression, during the outright ban on gays serving—and and have needed protection, more than identity or behavior, of a person as well before “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” ever, we are now seeing cases of housing being male or female, whether or not The convention ran April 21-24. Among the discrimination against LGBTQ persons. that appearance, expression, identity events were training of benefit status for trans- Generally, LGBTQ persons are categorized or behavior is different from that gender service members; a social mixer and into the protected classes of sexual traditionally associated with the person’s military banquet; and even sightseeing oppor- orientation or gender identity making designated sex at birth.” tunities. Among those appearing was Staff Sgt. the discrimination illegal. However, the Chicago’s statute goes further than Tennessee Gov. Bil Haslam. (Retired) Eric Alva and Lt. Julie Roth (Retired). Federal Fair Housing and Amendments all of the others allowing for damages Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer—the high- Act does not specifically recognize of up to $1,000 for each violation. est ranking active officer to challenge the U.S. sexual orientation or gender identity as This is a highly tenant-friendly statute Tenn. gov. urged to military’s ban on LGBT service members—was protected classes. and provides serious protection for the presented with the 2016 Leonard Matlovich Federal protections that do exist LGBTQ community in Chicago. veto anti-LGBT bill are, for example, if a person is denied Despite the fact that people have Medal for Distinguished Service. Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam is being asked to housing because they are transgender, these statutes and acts to help them, See AVER.us. veto a bill the Tennessee Legislature recently then it may be discrimination toward they are highly under-utilized. The passed. a protected class, sex not sexual U.S. Department of Housing and Urban House Bill 1840/Senate Bill 1556 states that orientation. However, these federal Development has stated that only about no person providing counseling or therapy ser- protections are highly situational and 1% of housing discrimination cases vices shall be required to counsel or serve a do not provide adequate protection. are ever reported. This means that not client regarding goals or behaviors that con- The federal laws should be changed to enough people know about nor are flict with a sincerely held religious belief of the include sexual orientation and gender standing up for their rights. counselor or therapist. identity as protected classes. Our rights as human beings and Pro-LGBT groups have condemned the mea- The Federal Fair Housing and tenants in Chicago and Illinois are only sure—if for no other reason than economics. Amendments Act started with only four available if we choose to assert them. Tennessee Equality Project Executive Director protected classes and now contains Right now, people are being turned Chris Sanders said, “If this bill is enacted, the seven. Change, albeit slowly, is possible. aside without repercussion and people eyes of the country will turn to Tennessee, Even now members of Congress are must work together to ensure this does and I fear we will reap the whirlwind. After working to pass a comprehensive LGBTQ not continue unopposed. Know that enacting similar legislation, Georgia and North anti-discrimination piece of legislation you are not alone and that these rights Carolina saw a huge loss of investment in their entitled the Equality Act which is were created specifically for the LGBTQ states.” sponsored by more than 60 large community. Exercise your rights and companies. stand up. After Haslam discussed the bill with NPR on If you feel you have experienced April 21, American Counseling Association Di- State Protections housing discrimination based on rector of Government Affairs Art Terrazas said, In January of 2005, the Illinois sexual orientation or gender identity, “Counselors’ work is absolutely based on val- legislature worked to include “sexual contact the John Marshall Law School ues. We value the principle that anyone, re- orientation” as a protected class in or your local housing authority with gardless of their religion or sexuality, should the Illinois Human Rights Act. Sexual any questions you have regarding your have access to the help they need. Our values orientation is described in the Illinois rights. are codified in our Code of Ethics, something to which nearly 60,000 counselors abide. “Hate Bill 1840 is an unprecedented attack Kingston is a 29-year-old law student attending John Marshall Law School in Jim Darby (left) and husband Patrick Bova. on that Code of Ethics, and on our values as Chicago. He is working at the John Marshall Fair Housing Clinic and also work- Photo by Melissa Wasserman counselors. It mischaracterizes our profession ing at a class-action law firm, McGuire Law, focusing on Plaintiff consumer and puts the people of Tennessee in harm’s protection. He graduated from undergrad at Dalhousie University in Halifax, way.” Nova Scotia in Canada in 2008. Last week, Tennessee lawmakers failed to override Haslam’s veto of a bill seeking to make the Bible the state’s official book. WINDY CITY TIMES April 27, 2016 5 Kitty Genovese’s murderer dies in prison By Carrie Maxwell tions revealed that only a handful of them saw what was going on. Although not known to the wider world, Cath- “The case led to a widespread study of the erine Susan “Kitty” Genovese was a lesbian and bystander effect, sometimes called the Geno- in a relationship with Mary Ann Zielonko at the vese syndrome, which affected but didn’t apply time of her rape and murder in 1964. to her case because there were actually very Genovese’s murderer, Winston Moseley—who few bystanders,” said Cook. “It also led to the confessed to the killings of Genovese and two institution of New York City’s 911 emergency other young women in a handwritten state- phone system, neighborhood watch groups and ment—died at 81 on March 28, 2016, in up- the victim’s rights movement in the courts.” state New York’s Clinton Correctional Facility. In 2004, NPR revisited the story and, for the Moseley’s death has renewed interest in Geno- first time, Zielonko spoke to reporters about vese’s case as well as her relationship with the case and her relationship with Genovese. Zielonko. Zielonko said they met in a lower Manhattan Genovese and Zielonko lived together in the gay bar named The Seven Steps and were to- quiet, leafy Queens, New York, neighborhood gether exactly one year. She also noted how Kew Gardens. Both women were bartenders hard it was to be a gay woman during that and, on the night of March 13, 1964, 28-year- time and the fact that both women were in the Kitty Genovese. old Genovese (who was also the bar’s manager) closet. Photo courtesy of FilmRise closed the bar down and drove home. After Zielonko explained that on the night of the parking and exiting her car, Genovese noticed murder she came home from bowling with police considered her a prime suspect in the treated by the authorities.” Moseley watching her so she tried to walk to a friend and went to bed. The next thing murder because they always look at the people In addition to Cook’s book and recent news the police call box on an adjoining street. Zielonko said she heard was the police knock- closest to the murder victim. The fact that they reports, a documentary by James Solomon— However, Moseley grabbed her before she made ing on their door at 4 a.m., asking her to iden- were lesbians and living together only made The Witness, which features Genovese’s young- it off her street. In the ensuing 35 minutes, tify Genovese’s body at the emergency room. the police more suspicious of her, Zielonko ex- er brother Bill (who is also the project’s execu- Moseley raped, beat and stabbed Genovese to After Genovese’s murder, she began to drink. plained. tive producer)—will debut this summer. The death. Six months after Genovese’s murder, she moved “Kitty was the most wonderful, likable and vi- documentary focuses on Bill’s quest to find out At the time of the murder, a New York Times away and went back to college; however, her brant person I ever knew,” said Zielonko. “Her the truth about that night, including the fact article said 38 witnesses heard Genovese’s cries anger at the people who didn’t say or do any- death helped a lot of people live because of the that some of the witnesses did call the police. for help but none of them tried to scare Mose- thing that night hasn’t gone away. 911 system that went into effect shortly after Bill also wrote a letter to the editor of The ley away or call the police until it was too late. Zielonko, who currently resides in Vermont, she was murdered. After her murder, a lot of New York Times following Moseley’s death. The According to Kevin Cook—author of Kitty recently spoke to The New York Times about people wouldn’t call me because they thought letter, in part, said, “May the Spirit, in whom Genovese: The Murder, the Bystanders, the Genovese for its Retro Report series. In the my phone was tapped. To make matters worse, I believe that Kitty, and now Winston, reside, Crime that Changed America (2014)—the video, Zielonko explained that after identify- one police officer asked me what two women help resolve the eternal question: What do we bystander effect can’t accurately be applied ing Genovese’s body, she went home. She said do in bed when I was being questioned at the owe to all our fellow beings? This is a question to this case. He explained that even though the next day police officers came back to her police station and I told him. I was really vul- that each human being must strive to answer, initial reports said many neighbors witnessed house, took her to the police station and ques- nerable and, thinking back, I resent him for one moment at a time. Let us join with the Genovese’s rape and murder, later investiga- tioned her for six hours. Zielonko noted the asking that question. That was the way I was hope of shared egalitarian equanimity.”

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HANNAH HART DAVID LEVITHAN VLOGGER & AUTHOR EVERY DAY THE BOOKCON.COM /THEBOOKCON @THEBOOKCON | #THEBOOKCON 6 April 27, 2016 WINDY CITY TIMES of this study is that we are asking LGBTQ peo- resources settings. ple of color to give guidance to say how can “This isn’t just the researchers going to go your providers do this better,” Gilmore said. off and publish papers and present at confer- Healthcare organizations, community groups, ences,” said Cook. “We actually want to end up health care delivery systems and clinicians will creating things that can actually change how also take part in the study. healthcare is delivered, so your voice can actu- “The research absolutely supports that peo- ally play a role in making other people’s lives ple of color have a significantly less-than ex- better; making other people’s healthcare expe- perience when it comes to healthcare and then rience better. When we talk about disparities, people of color who also identify as LGBTQ have it’s really life changing things. Disparities in an even more significantly less positive experimental health, depression for example, result ence with healthcare providers,” said Dr. Joel in communities of color and LGBTQ populations Filmore, a licensed clinical professional coun- having suicide attempts more often and dy- selor at The Family Institute at Northwestern ing more often. We’re going to ask for people’s University and interviewer for YVYH. “It’s defi- voices and do something with it that will actu- nitely going to make a change for how things ally be concrete and useful.” are done in the future pertaining to healthcare, For more information, visit http://j. LGBTQ and people of color.” mp/1TIuMLh, http://www.mortengroup. The third and final phase will be analyzing com/your_voice_your_health.php or http:// and making sense of all the collected infor- chicagodiabetesresearch.org/research/lg- mation. Cook said these findings will go into btq-sdm/. developing tools and trainings for healthcare To contact YVYH, call 773-442-2591 or Lisa Gilmore (left) and Mary Morten. providers and communities to improve shared email [email protected]. Photo by Oomphotography decision making for LGBTQ racial and ethnic minority populations, specifically in under-

‘Your Voice! Your Health!’ siveness. In my courtroom, that’s my goal. You are welcome here and there is respect for language, and you are going to have y0ur researches, recruits for day in court.” Reflecting on her good news, Marubio men- tioned her gratitude to LGBT judges who are better healthcare experience already on the bench, many of whom “helped By Melissa Wasserman expert investigators. Morten Group was brought me navigate this process and showed unwav- on to execute the outreach and recruitment ering support for this candidacy. … I am the University of Chicago and Morten Group, LLC needed for the study. sum of 20 years of their work.” work together to encourage LGBTQ people of Cook explained that, in the first phase of the color to speak up about their healthcare with study, the University of Chicago team looked at the research study “Your Voice! Your Health!” existing scientific literature on the topic and Quigley requests (YVYH) wanted to move forward from what others had blood survey In 2014, University of Chicago Medicine and already figured out. He said there turned out Biological Sciences received a grant from the to be very little existing literature on shared changes Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality decision making in racial and ethnic minority U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Illinois), Vice- (AHRQ). LGBTQ populations. Chair of the Congressional LGBT Equality Scott Cook, Ph.D.—the deputy director of Currently, the study is in phase two. Morten Caucus, instructed the Food and Drug Ad- YVYH and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Group is working with LGBTQ communities of ministration (FDA) to remove the question national program “Finding Answers: Disparities color, to conduct one-on-one interviews and on sexual orientation from its blood-donor Research for Change”—explained AHRQ wanted focus groups across the Chicagoland area. This questionnaire in his amendment to the Fis- to fund a project addressing racial and ethnic interviewing began in January 2016 and will cal Year 2017 Agriculture Appropriations bill. disparities in healthcare and health outcomes, continue through July 2016. Mary Catherine Marubio. Currently, the FDA’s blood-donor history specifically through process called, “shared de- “I think it makes perfect sense [Morten Photo courtesy of Marubio questionnaire explicitly asks potential do- cision making.” Shared decision making, Cook Group’s involvement] in terms of the earlier nors to disclose their sexual orientation as said, is a way of saying “having very good, high work we did around the needs assessment Lesbian named part of its donor risk assessment. A press re- quality communication between providers and [Chicago LGBT Community Needs Assessment] lease assessed the question as “scientifically patients as they’re making healthcare decisions and certainly, since the number one issue was associate judge outdated and discriminatory, given advances and addressing healthcare needs.” healthcare, in our minds, this would give us By Matt Simonette in blood-screening technology and results “Shared decision making is a way to really another opportunity to look at healthcare as in perfectly health would-be donors being try to improve that communication process a need and how it actually turns out in terms Mary Catherine Marubio, who is an adminis- turned away based solely on sexual orienta- where patients can be vocal about what their of service delivery for many of our community trative law judge for the Illinois Department tion and not their level of risk.” primary [health] needs and concerns are,” said members—what kind of interactions do they of Financial and Professional Regulation (ID- The previous lifetime ban on MSM donating Cook, a clinical psychologist and health-servic- have with their healthcare providers, how does FPR), was announced as one of 13 new asso- blood was put in place during the rise of the es researcher with experience serving diverse that impact the health outcome,” said Morten ciate judges in the Cook County Circuit Court AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. populations with medical, social and economic Group President Mary Morten. “It’s certainly on April 19. challenges. “They can be vocal about under- something we understand at a fundamental Marubio, who is a lesbian, was selected standing ‘What are the different options in my level because of the earlier research project from a pool of 283 candidates for the po- Assault, violence care and my treatment and which ones are go- and we like doing a lot of research.“ sition. She also currently serves as IDFPR’s groups release ing to work best for me?’ The doctor and the The project includes 10 qualitative sub-stud- ethics officer. patient work together to come up with what’s ies. These include Shared Decision Making in “It truly is a life-changing event,” Marubio statement the most ideal solution. We know from research Transgender Population, Shared Decision Mak- said. “I’ll never be a ‘lawyer’ again, and it’s Amid the national uproar over a North Caro- that that process typically hasn’t gone as well ing in Older LGBTQ Adults, Shared Decision such a part of my identity. I’ve been practic- lina law that codified discrimination against with patients of color as it does with white making in Hepatitis C, Shared Decision Making ing just under 20 years and it’s such a big transgender people, more than 250 sexual- patients. So, shared decision-making is a con- and Healthcare Providers, among others sur- part of my daily life. You lose your first name. assault and domestic-violence organizations crete way to improve that process.” rounding various criteria. You’re ‘Judge’ to everybody now.” released a landmark statement calling for an While encouraging and empowering LGBTQ “We are working with human subjects and it She said she spent about five or six years end to legislation that harms transgender people of color, YVYH sets out to determine is important that you take care when you are contemplating a judicial post, adding, “I ex- people and excludes them from restrooms how to improve communication and decision doing so and certainly we have many examples plored running in my subcircuit and running and other facilities. making between racial/ethnic minority LGBTQ in history where that has not been the case, county-wide. I threw my application in on “Safety and privacy are important for all of people their healthcare providers. when human subjects have not been fully in- the associate track because I felt ready to us,” said Terri Poore, policy director at the “Sometimes LGBTQ people of color, even formed of the information regarding a research run. Everything came together.” National Alliance to End Sexual Violence. more so, facing many many layers of oppres- study,” said Morten, adding she is happy good Marubio has long been active in LGBT “Passing laws like the one in North Carolina sion and discrimination, might hesitate to conditions are being addressed in a rigorous causes and has served on the board of ACLU to harm transgender people, or denying them bring up conversations about their sexuality manner. of Illinois. She is also chair of the Trans Legal protection from discrimination, does nothing or their gender identities, relationships, sexual People interested in participating can sign Advisory Board for Chicago House and Social to help survivors of violence or reduce as- behaviors, different things like that and so it’s up and get screened to see if they qualify. Service Agency’s Trans Life Center. sault. In fact, they do the opposite by put- also very very incumbent on health profession- Qualifying includes, but is certainly not lim- “It’s good for the people in front of me [as ting transgender people at even greater risk als to make the setting so that people feel like ited to, having had personal experience with a a judge] to know that the circuit court is, bit of violence than they already are.” The full they can bring their full selves in,” said Lisa particular health condition, simply ever having by bit, more reflective of the community as statement is available online at http://end- Gilmore, LCPC, MEd, the project manager for heard of a particular issue, or ever having had a a whole,” Marubio said. “Asian judges, blind sexualviolence.org/files/NTFNationalConsen- YVYH with Morten Group. conversation with a provider about a particular judges, queer judges—it’s a place where [dif- susStmtTransAccessWithSignatories.pdf. Marshall Chin, MD, MPH, is the principal in- healthcare issue. ference] is understood. … I aim for inclu- vestigator leading this project with a team of “Something that’s so cool about the design WINDY CITY TIMES April 27, 2016 7

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Faculty, outside Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office, on April administration and students have been scram- 20 for a rally to demand both the firing of Chi- bling in anticipation of a shutdown once the cago police officer Dante Servin without ben- school, whose student body is predominantly efits as well as the allocation of funds for Chi- made up of persons of color, runs out of money. cago State University (CSU). Charles Preston, a senior at CSU, said, “Peo- The protest was organized by a coalition that ple go to CSU to get other opportunities in life. included members of Black Youth Project 100, … Why the hell would you take away an insti- Assata’s Daughters, Black Lives Matter: Chicago tution that saves lives?” and Fearless Leading by the Youth. Many in- Rachel Williams, of Black Youth Project 100, volved were instrumental in organizing against noted that CSU budget is just a minuscule frac- Among the protesters was Page May, second from right. Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez fol- tion of how much the city spends on policing Photo by Matt Simonette lowing the release of the video of the Laquan each month. Kofi, an activist with Black Lives McDonald shooting. Matter Chicago, said that the CSU closing was Protesters held a banner, “Remember Rekia,” part of a systemic effort to destabilize Black marked with the hashtags “#DontPayDante” institutions and businesses. Chicago House’s and “#SaveCSU.” Page May, an organizer with “We can care less about reforms,” Kofi said. annual spring Assata’s Daughters, said the activists were “We can care less about holding individuals ac- moving into a moment of “rapid response” in countable, as if it isn’t a whole system that’s brunch May 1 order to see Servin’s job and pension rescinded oppressing us. Repression is defunding institu- Chicago House’s 2016 spring brunch and and CSU’s funding restored. tions like Chicago State University.” fashion show will take place Sunday, May 1, Servin was acquitted on a technicality in May was blunt about the coalition’s plans in at Morgan Manufacturing, 401 N. Morgan St. April 2015 for the March 21, 2012, killing of the weeks ahead, as Servin’s trial and the CSU Doors will open at 10:30 a.m., with the Rekia Boyd, an unarmed Black woman. He was deadline loom. brunch/fashion show commencing at 11:45 charged with involuntary manslaughter, but, in “We have a month and a half to make sure a.m. a directed verdict, the judge said that no reck- that Dante doesn’t get paid his pension and This year’s event takes on a special mean- lessness was proven in the state’s attorney’s that CSU stays open,” she said. “We will be ing, as it will also serve as a farewell to Ex- case against Servin, and hinted that charges of pulling out all of our tactics, all of our creativ- ecutive Director the Rev. Stan Sloan. first-degree murder would have been appropri- ity, all of our people, to make sure that that is Tickets are $200-$300 each, with admis- ate instead. the case.” sion covering pre-brunch cocktails, art and Former Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy The coalition launched a website that will flower markets, and complimentary valet The Rev. Stan Sloan. parking. See ChicagoHouse.org. and Emanuel called for Servin’s firing last fall; update the community on its progress and Pridefest_2016_WindyCItyƒ.pdf 1 4/8/16Photo 2:50by Jamie PM Kelter-Davis his case is now with the Independent Police plans, she noted, adding a message for individ- Review Board and a hearing on the matter is uals and organizations their protest is target- expected in May. Emanuel eventually fired Mc- ing. “…This is to the CPD, to Rahm, to Rauner, Carthy, who he recently replaced with Eddie to Madigan, to [Fraternal Order of Police], to Johnson. Alvarez lost her re-election bid in the Laurie Lightfoot: I want you all to know that March 2016 primary. this is not a time for you to ‘do the right thing,’ Martinez Sutton, Boyd’s brother, has been or a time for you to ‘do your job.’ We are well- fighting to bring attention to the case since past that. This is a time for you to be ashamed shortly after his sister’s death. He called the of yourself, and we’re going to make sure you 2015 ruling “a slap in the face,” adding, “My feel that way over the next month and a half. sister didn’t do anything wrong.” Expect resistance. Expect disruption. Expect to Sutton noted that Servin was on paid leave— feel a small sample of the weight of our pain “a four-year paid vacation”—while his case is and the power of our love for Black people and decided. “Next month, Dante is supposed to be for each other. For my people, remember that sitting before a police board. We’re going to be justice is on our side. Love does win. … Re- there in numbers,” he said. member that, and remember Rekia, and we will CSU’s fate has been in the balance since win.” the school has not received its funding from

Personal PAC ‘Garden of Eve’ Y panel April 28 April 29 at Ignite CM The organization Personal PAC will hold the Howard Brown Health will hold its annual MY

free panel discussion “Reproductive Rights: “Garden of Eve” party on Friday, April 29, CY The Politics of Race, Class, and Gender” on 6-10 p.m., at Ignite Glass Studios, 401 N. Thursday, April 28, 5:30-7 p.m., at Weinberg/ Armour St. CMY

Newton Gallery, 300 W. Superior St., Room Partygoers will enjoy cocktails and heavy K 203. appetizers, a silent auction and avant-garden The panelists will include Camilla B. Tay- themed decor by Kehoe Designs. In addition lor, counsel for Lambda Legal and National to the Early 2 Bed pop-up shop, attendees Marriage Project director from 2010 through will also be treated to a night of dance music 2015; state Sen. Toi Hutchinson; and Ramon courtesy of Slo ‘Mo. Gardenhire, the vice president of policy for Tickets are $75-$200 each; see Howard- the AIDS Foundation of Chicago. Personal Brown.org. PAC President/CEO Terry Cosgrove will mod- erate. The panel is part of “Your body is a battleground,” an art exhibition. All of the art is available for auction to benefit Personal PAC at paddle8.com/auction/personalpac until 9 p.m. on Thursday, June 9. 10 April 27, 2016 WINDY CITY TIMES

Tracey Guyot- Lambda Legal’s Bon Wallace, Lambda legal board co-chair, Foster moves from from Dallas. Photo by Kat celebration to resolve Fitzgerald By Gretchen Rachel Hammond us back.” Those bills have instead set Lambda Legal’s There were a few changes to Lambda Legal’s staff to engage in round-the-clock trench war- April 21 Bon Foster fundraiser. fare. Named in memory of Robert Bonvoulior “We have lawyers working harder than you “Bon” Foster—an attorney, civil-rights activist can ever imagine.” Lambda Legal’s Midwest and founder of the organization’s Midwest re- Regional Director Jim Bennett said. “The un- gional office—it is one of the signature events precedented avalanche of hate bills, including in the Chicago LGBTQ social calendar, held by one right here in Illinois, are designed with the one of the most effective national nonprofits in sole purpose of putting us in our place. Our op- the community. position has brought this fight to us and they Event chair John This year, Bon Foster had moved from the have grossly miscalculated our resolve. There is Litchfield. visual elegance of the Art Institute of Chicago no way we are going to let them set us back. Photo by Kat There is no way we are going to be separated to the industrial splendor found within the his- Fitzgerald toric walls of the West Loop’s Morgan Manu- from our trans brother and sisters. The attacks facturing. are not ones on a distant horizon. We are in the The event space was fashioned out of a middle of a storm.” building occupied in 1855 by Salisbury Electric For more information about Lambda Legal, surviving the Chicago Fire 16 years later. visit LambdaLegal.org. Find more photos from Given the mountain of work Lambda Legal the event at WindyCityMediaGroup.com. faces in combating a tidal wave of anti-transgender legislation and religion-based discrimination around the country, the ambiance of this year’s fundraiser was very much in keeping with the perseverance and relentless endeavor which still haunts its surroundings. Instead of taking part in a long series of speeches at an inaccessible distance from the that advocates policies; and the Equality Il- audience, Lambda Legal’s Board, leadership linois Political Action Committee, which en- team, staff and volunteers joined their guests dorses and supports political candidates on for one-on-one conversations, teaching them the state and local levels. about their work, the lives they have changed and their heightened resolve to end the kind stories of injustice which would often bring Lynch, Warren Foster to tears. There was a sense that the organization, its among school’s donors and supporters were all in this together. By midway through the evening, Lambda Le- recipients gal was only a few thousand dollars shy of its Columbia College Chicago has announced a $500,000 goal. roster of Emmy-, Grammy- and Pulitzer Prize- “There is simply no other organization in the winning artists and creative industry leaders country that is as aggressively and proactively as its 2016 commencement ceremony key- fighting and advocating for the rights of LGBT note speakers and honorary degree recipients Americans,” event chair John Litchfield said. on May 14-15. “We didn’t anticipate the backlash we are see- They are: —Tracy K. Smith: The author of the criti- ing in places like North Carolina, Mississippi Lambda Legal Midwest Regional Director cally acclaimed memoir Ordinary Light, a fi- and even right next door in Indiana. There’s Jim Bennett. nalist for the 2015 National Book Award in a lot of bills out there that are trying to set Photo by Kat Fitzgerald Brian C. Johnson. Photo courtesy of Equality Illinois Nonfiction, will be honored at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 14. sleep on the train due to not getting picked —Jane Lynch: The Chicago-raised actress Center on Halsted from the lottery for a spot at the shelter.” Equality Illinois (and out lesbian) will be honored at 1:30 The initial site includes 24-hour security, p.m. on Saturday, May 14. She is the two- starts housing community areas, laundry facilities, and nearby names new CEO time Emmy winning host of Hollywood Game case management offices. The program offers Equality Illinois has named Brian C. John- Night, and is an Emmy and Golden Globe win- initiative wrap-around case-management services, and son as its new CEO, succeeding Bernard Cher- ner for her portrayal of Sue Sylvester on Glee. optional, needs-based clinical support provid- kasov, who previously announced his resigna- —Diane Warren: An eight-time Oscar nomi- tion effective March 31. nee and Grammy Award winner, Warren will By Matt Simonette ed by Center on Halsted Youth program Staff. Residents will transition out of the units based Johnson currently serves as a vice presi- be honored at 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 14. dent at Leadership for Educational Equity, Her most recent Oscar nomination is for the Center on Halsted announced, on April 21, that on their individual needs and plans, but within a national organization that works to get original song “Til It Happens To You,” which it is accepting applications for its Youth Hous- an estimated two to five years. teachers and former teachers more politically Lady Gaga performed at this year’s Academy ing Initiative. Eligible residents are LGBT youth, ages 18- and civically active. Johnson, a former public Awards. The program is part of the Center’s two- to-24, experiencing another youth-specific in- school teacher, has spent more than a decade —Paul Garnes: Garnes will be honored at pronged Youth Housing Strategy, which it de- dicator of vulnerability, such as trauma history leading advocacy campaigns, including those 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 15. He has served as veloped last year, according to a press release. or disability, who are currently enrolled in the centered on social justice and youth issues. producer, line producer and/or production The first goal was for the Center to operate a Center on Halsted Youth Program and are ex- Johnson received his undergraduate degree manager on films and television series for cluster site housing program for youth from periencing homelessness. Youth can enter into from Princeton University in 1999, and a law Disney, Dreamworks, HBO, ABC, NBC, BET, the existing program, developing a model to the program through their 25th birthday. Eli- degree and master’s degree in business from Sony/Screen Gems, Magnolia Films and Para- be replicated across multiple neighborhoods in gible individuals are invited to apply and upon Stanford University in 2005. mount Pictures. In 2014, Garnes was execu- Chicago. The second goal was to have a new meeting criteria, selection is determined ran- As Johnson takes over, Equality Illinois is tive producer of the film Selma. Youth Intentional Permanent Housing building domly and a waiting list established thereafter. —Carlos Tortolero: Tortolero will be hon- in operation, housing LGBTQ youth experienc- The Center is undertaking the program in co- celebrating its 25th-anniversary year with a ored at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 15 He is ing homelessness with wrap-around services, operation with the Teen Living Center, which mission to continue its work “Until We’re All the founder and president of the National in a supportive community. The Center has will help expand the core of the Youth Pro- Equal.” Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago; the mu- already begun to arrange for housing for indi- gram’s Patrons and the reach and presence of Johnson, of Chicago, will assume his new seum opened in 1987. viduals in its Youth Program. the program on Chicago’s South Side, according post June 1. As CEO of Equality Illinois, he For more information on the 2016 Columbia “Safe and reliable housing is consistently to the release. will oversee the three entities that make up College Chicago commencement ceremonies, identified by our youth as a need that is at “Center on Halsted has once again listened the organization, each with its own board of and for a copy of the commencement guide, the top of the list,” said Avi Bowie, Director to community and is stepping up to meet its directors: Equality Illinois Institute, the 501 visit Colum.edu/commencement. of Youth Programs at Center on Halsted. “Of- needs in an innovate model,” said Modesto (c)(3) arm that focuses on education of the ten our youth lose jobs, or are pushed out of “Tico” Valle, the Center’s CEO. “We are a com- public, media and policy makers on LGBT is- school because they struggle to stay awake, to munity that strives to not let one another fall sues; Equality Illinois, the 501 (c)(4) entity feel confident, and to show up after having to behind.” WINDY CITY TIMES April 27, 2016 11 Engendering Change workshops challenge through shared info

By Gretchen Rachel Hammond “Thinking about transgender individuals who do not conform to the binary, in every inter- The 2016 Engendering Change Conference held action every day, they’re going to be held ac- at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)’s countable to gender norms that don’t corre- campus April 23 established that an integral spond to their gender,” Frizzell noted. “So this part of the future of social-justice activism is really speaks to importance of understanding being sown in the classroom. their experiences as potentially very different Graduate students representing an array of from trans men and trans women.” disciplines demonstrated that confronting so- Northern Kentucky University student Ron cial inequalities and ensuring racial and gender Gladden took the discussion into even further justice can begin through an examination of multifaceted territory in a five-chapter disser- these issues. The daylong conference covered tation framed by what he has termed Transgra- topics ranging from the sex industry to police cial Leadership and Identity. violence to inequalities and identities and po- “Even though phenotypically I am coded as a litical mobilization. Black male, I have identified primarily as white From left: Presenters Laura Frizzel, Kelly Underman and Ron Gladden. It began with workshop discussions spurred and female,” Gladden said. “‘Transgracial’ takes Photo by Gretchen Rachel Hammond by, among other attainments, dissertations and elements of what it means to be transgender lectures on an array of studies including explo- as well as transracial and combines both. The about the African-American community saying national nonprofit The Human Rights Campaign rations of the “Life Experiences of Older Trans- definition is a prevailing, internalized baseline that, at one time, there was a group singing (HRC). gender Women of Color,” “Spatial Inequality in of gender and race incongruity. For me, that’s from the same sheet of music and you were “They have a very corporate model,” she the LGBTQ Social Service Sector,” “The Dynam- born out of having to cope with the inconsis- able to advance an agenda that was anchored said. “They will bring in people of color and ics of Black Woman Hood” and “The Construc- tencies of what’s on the outside and what’s on in clear goals. In essence, there needs to be people who identify outside the gender binary, tion of Legal Consciousness in Online Networks the inside and not having a way to mitigate the clarity, consistency and a central message that but do those people actually get a voice in the for Buyers of Sex in Illinois.” discrepancy.” just isn’t there. Silos are a way to keep a mar- way that organization is run to the extent that In an afternoon session focusing on risk In a visceral illustration of that feeling, Glad- ginalized group as a target.” the white men that traditionally run it do? I management that UIC Department of Medical den shared an excerpt from his book-in-prog- Mississippi State University student Izzy Pel- argue no. At the core of that is the idea of a Education postdoctoral research associate Kelly ress White Girl—an attempt, as he put it, to legrine agreed. neoliberal additive model of dealing with mul- Underman moderated, Ohio State University capture “an internalized white female voice.” “I think that when we try to look at privilege tiple dimensions of difference.” Student Laura Frizzel explored “Trans People “I get it. You’ll be out front and center, living as X number of categories of marginalization Other afternoon workshops included “The and Risk Behaviors: The Need to Move Beyond and doing things in full incarnate form and I and X number categories of privilege is where Price Tag of Gender Justice: Organizing Racial MTF and FTM.” will be someplace else, always in the distance we get to into this place where we can’t speak Politics and Funding,” “#BlackWomenMatter: “My questions here are how are researchers via time [and] emotionally,” Gladden read. “I between the differences within the move- The Invisible Victims of the Movement in the conceiving of and studying trans involvement have learned to make do with my role and I ment,” she said. Wake of State Violence” and “No Justice for in risk behaviors and who is excluded in these assume you have, too.” By way of example, Pellegrine referred to the Me:” An analysis of the Sandra Bland case & studies?” Frizell began. “My main argument is Both Gladden’s and Frizzel’s presentations leadership structure and hiring practices of the the Say Her Name Movement.’ system. that researchers are largely focusing on trans spurred a dialogue on the massive divisions men and trans women oftentimes with the lan- within the transgender community and how guage of MTF and FTM to the exclusion of in- the word ‘privilege’ has created confrontational dividuals who do not have binary genders. This silos having devolved from an educational tool is a really important correction that needs to into a weapon of attack. be made.” “It made me think of Eugene Robinson’s Her theory was supported by numerous peer Disintegration [The Splintering of Black Amer- articles with a weighted focus on trans women. ica].” Gladden said. “In that book, he talks

LGBT activist killed in Bangladesh On April 25, two men were hacked to death, including U.S. Embassy worker Xulhaz Man- nan. Mannan was the editor of Roopbaan, Bangladesh’s first LGBT magazine, and a leading gay-rights activist. The banned group Ansar-al Islam, the Ban- gladeshi branch of al-Qaida, has claimed responsibility for the killings that took place in the capital of Dhaka. The group said the two were killed because they were “pioneers of practicing and promoting homosexuality in Bangladesh” and were “working day and night to promote homosexuality.” The other victim, Tanay Mojumdar, also worked at Roopbaan. National Security Council spokesperson Ned Price said in a release, “The U.S. Government Xulhaz Mannan (right) with Grace Mozena. deplores the brutal murders this evening in Facebook photo Dhaka, Bangladesh that took the life of Xul- haz Mannan. An employee of the U.S. Agency less crime are brought to justice.” for International Development, Mr. Mannan GMHC CEO Kelsey Louie said, in a state- served the U.S. Embassy in Dhaka with dis- ment, “GMHC is saddened and horrified by tinction, and he worked on behalf of his the killing of a leading gay rights activist fellow Bangladeshis as a voice for justice, and editor at Bangladesh’s only LGBT maga- equality, and human rights for all. zine, and we extend our deepest sympathies “Mr. Mannan set an example of dignity, to the families and friends. These senseless courage and selflessness, and his legacy will acts of violence reminds us how critical it is live on in the causes he championed. We ex- for our political leaders to be dedicated to tend our deepest sympathies to Mr. Mannan’s advancing social justice and equal rights for loved ones as they mourn his loss, and we all people, and we will continue our fight to strongly urge the Government of Bangladesh end stigma surrounding the LGBT community to ensure that the perpetrators of this sense- in the wake of this tragedy.” 12 April 27, 2016 WINDY CITY TIMES

Interior of tiny home. Photo by Tracy Baim

services wrapped around independent living. incomes or those who have a disability without The summit was able to provide a few of the first examining a credit background or whether faces behind the numbers in a session entitled an individual has been incarcerated. Tiny Homes Summit Youth Voices and Tiny Homes moderated by “We need to be especially creative to pre- Mike Newman and Rashmi Ramaswamy—co- serve, build and improve affordable housing founders of the Chicago-based SHED Studio on the North Side,” Tarullo said. “If we’re not looks at housing design architectural practice. Youth speakers intentional about doing that, then the city is were Nick, Kasey, Lala, Maria and Will. going to become more racially and economi- Through a myriad of innovative projects, cally segregated than it already is.” SHED Studio attacks homeless and affordable Marissa Novara, director of housing and com- solutions for Chicago housing ideas head-on. munity development at the Metropolitan Plan- In thinking about tiny homes, Newman and ning Council, noted that tiny homes on the By Gretchen Rachel Hammond is possible in Chicago and to take deliberate Ramaswamy said that SHED Studio had con- North Side would stem declining populations steps toward making a tiny homes community ducted a number of sessions with youth gaug- in neighborhoods such as Lincoln Park which Set between an Austin, Texas, neighborhood in the city a reality. ing their opinions concerning the kind of home has been tearing down apartments in favor of housing estate and the halcyon panorama of To that end, the menu of speakers introduced and community they would like to live in and single-family detached houses. the Walter E. Long Metropolitan Park, there is a by summit chairperson, co-chair of the Pride be a part of. She also stressed the difference in cost both 27-acre village of mobile and tiny homes each Action Tank and Windy City Times publisher By expressing needs both practical and aes- in financing and developing a publically subsi- with its own unique facade. Tracy Baim and Pride Action Tank Executive Di- thetic and daring to dream about home, youth dized unit of affordable housing at $350,000 There, the residents of the village called Com- rector Kim Hunt included government officials, munity First! can enjoy a continually expand- social workers, service providers, funders, ur- ing garden, try their hands at bee keeping or ban planners, builders and architects. organic farming, learn a trade or nurture their The summit had its roots in the Windy City artistic expression. The village also includes an Times LGBTQ Youth Summit two years ago. Exterior of tiny home. on-site medical facility, an outdoor theater and At that summit, about 100 youth were asked Photo by Hal Baim walking trails. to help provide solutions to their situation. Visitors to Community First! have often re- Among the recommendations were tiny home marked, “I want to live here.” communities. LGBTQ youth make up an esti- The people who do are Austin’s chronically mated 20-40 percent of the youth experienc- homeless and disabled—people who have been ing homelessness in Chicago and across the transported from solitary hopelessness to a country. mutually supportive neighborhood of their own Beth Malik, of the Chicago Coalition for the far from the shadows of eviction, hunger, ha- Homeless (CCH), laid the foundation of the is- rassment, arrest and violence. sue in terms of the sheer numbers of homeless Community First! is a project of the Austin- individuals statewide which are growing at an based nonprofit Mobile Loaves and Fishes. alarming rate. For the more than 250 attendees of the two- She also addressed the challenges faced in day Tiny Homes Summit at the University of garnering an accurate picture of the problem. Illinois at Chicago April 18-19, it was just one “An analysis by the CCH estimates that example of what is possible when addressing 125,848 Chicagoans were homeless during the the need for additional housing solutions for course of the 2014/2015 school year,” Malik the city’s homeless youth. stated. “The figure includes individuals and Mobile Loaves and Fishes President and CEO families and people both living in shelters and Alan Graham was not the only featured guest outside.” to present a virtual tour. She added further estimates from that year participants had helped design a floorplan and verses between $50,000 and $80,000 for a tiny He was joined by the speakers from five other based on figures provided by Chicago Public footprint for what a Chicago tiny homes com- home. cities that provide, or are planning to provide, Schools (CPS) who “identified 20,205 homeless munity might look like. A government housing panel moderated by tiny homes or microhomes for the homeless. students. This number includes 2,622 unac- “‘We believe you belong here’ was [some- Hunt and featuring Department of Housing and While the summit’s focus was on youth home- companied students. The State of Illinois iden- thing] we all agreed on,” youth participant Will Urban Development (HUD) Office of Community lessness, representatives from communities in- tified 54,638 homeless students. That number said. “We want a home to be somewhere where Planning & Development Director Ray Willis, Il- cluding Nashville (Rev. jeff carr), Greensboro is double what it was six-years ago.” you belong and has a little piece of yourself linois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) (Teri Hammer), Memphis (Stephanie Reyes), “We know for a fact that there is a huge in it.” Office of Housing and Coordination Services Dallas (Brent Brown and John Greenan), and lack of resources within the city for homeless “We need to be in a safe community,” Ma- Director William (Bill) Pluta, Housing Author- Seattle (Melinda Nichols) demonstrated that young people,” Malik said. “There are approxi- ria added. “So we don’t have to always be on ity of Cook County Executive Director Richard the application of lower-cost, quicker-to-build mately 375 shelter beds specifically for home- alert.” Monocchio, and Chicago Housing Authority tiny homes are already in use for all levels of less youth in Chicago and about 580 statewide. One example of a tiny homes community al- Chief of Resident Services Mary Howard helped need including youth, adults and the country’s This represents close to a 97 percent service ready in existence in Chicago was described merge the discussion about tiny homes into veterans. Kelly Saulsberry from the Chicago gap. With the lack of a state budget in Illinois, by Mary Tarullo, senior organizer of the social, the services each agency provides while laying Commission on Human Relations moderated a these resources are very much at risk.” economic and racial justice community organi- out some of the challenges they face whether discussion with the out-of-town presenters. Casey Holtschneider, Ph.D., LCSW—the exec- zation ONE Northside. Those “tiny homes” are through budget allocations, the prolific num- The goal of the Tiny Homes Summit hosted by utive director of the homeless youth advocacy in vertical buildings, rather than the proposed bers of youth on a waiting-list for housing and The Pride Action Tank—a project of the AIDS and social-justice organization The Lyte Col- free-standing structures at the summit. the sheer dearth of resources. Foundation of Chicago—the Windy City Times, lective—spoke about the need for additional ONE Northside has worked successfully to Nevertheless, Monocchio asserted that he and lead sponsor Polk Bros. Foundation along- forms of housing to support youth who leave preserve Single Occupancy Units (SROs) which was “very excited” about the summit. side UIC’s Gender and Sexuality Center and The transitional living programs. She said tiny are designed to accommodate people on low “This is very inspiring and it’s got me think- Alphawood Foundation was to determine what home communities might fill that gap, with WINDY CITY TIMES April 27, 2016 13 ing about what we can do,” he added. the summit’s discussions. Along those lines, a panel centered upon the Panels moderated by Chicago Youth Storage PASSAGES practicalities of how tiny homes could work in Initiative Director Lara Brooks and Polk Bros. Chicago featured representatives from organi- Foundation Senior Program Officer Debbie Rev. John Wesley zations including affordable housing advocates Reznick highlighted new and existing youth Jenkins Enterprise Community Partners (Andy Geer), homeless-advocacy programs that could be Rev. John Wesley Jenkins, 73, a resident of homeless solution providers All Chicago (Lydia worked into a Tiny Homes model of care, exam- Bethany Retirement Community in Chicago, Stazen Michael), poverty elimination leaders ined its long-term impact on youth homeless- died on Thursday morning, April 21, at Meth- Heartland Alliance (Carlos DeJesus), and the ness and how to meet the funding challenges odist Home. He had been challenged with housing solutions advancement organization of building and sustaining a tiny homes com- Parkinson’s disease for 37 years. the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH, munity. The son of the Reverend Farrell and Bonita represented by both Katrina Van Valkenburgh Day one of the summit ended with a tour of Jenkins, John Wesley was born in Salem, Il- and Christine Haley). the tiny home built 100 yards south, next to linois, and graduated from Waukegan High Moderated by Lambda Legal Tyron Garner Me- the Jane Addams Hull House. Price Construc- School, Taylor University in Upland, Indiana, morial Fellow Aisha Davis, the panelists looked tion built the 330-square-foot home in two and and Garrett Theological Seminary in Evan- ahead to ending youth homelessness in Chi- a half days on site, for under $30,000, after ston, Illinois. cago by 2020 and how Tiny Homes could play building out the roof and walls offsite. The For 11 years, John served in local United an integral part of that goal while overcoming structure impressed visitors, many who pro- Methodist Church appointments at Alder- not only the challenges laid out by representa- claimed “I would live here!” sgate, Chicago (now merged with Albany tives from the government agencies, but fund- The model home was based on the drawings Park) and Wellington Park, and as associ- ing, rallying political support and confronting from the winner of the recent Tiny Home De- ate pastor at Barrington, where he was in zoning issues. sign Competition organized by AIA Chicago, charge of youth, education, worship and arts “Zoning is a huge challenge,” CSH Central the AIA Chicago Foundation, Landon Bone ministries. He was then appointed to serve Region Managing Director Katrina Van Valken- Baker Architects, Windy City Times and Pride as director of day treatment at Garfield Park burgh said. “Tiny houses don’t fit within exist- Action Tank, with funding provided by the Al- and Lawndale Mental Health Centers of Chi- ing zoning. To even be able to do it, we have phawood Foundation. cago’s West Side. Following that, he became to make some really big changes.” Architects Marty Sandberg, Lon Stousland director of the psycho-social rehabilitation Addressing the zoning and planning prob- and Terry Howell designed the winning entry services at Community Counseling Centers of lems were architect and urban designer with selected from among almost international 300 Chicago. the Chicago Department of Planning and De- submissions. Throughout his 23-year extended ministry velopment Gerardo Garcia and zoning attorney Newly elected Cook County State’s Attorney of the United Methodist Church, John’s guid- Rev. John Wesley Jenkins. from the Vedder Price law firm Danielle Meltzer Kim Foxx and 3rd Ward Ald. Pat Dowell toured ing principle was Jesus’ compassion and car- Cassel. the tiny home and expressed support of the ing for the forgotten, the misunderstood and In accordance with John’s wishes, his body Carmen Noriega, the construction manager design and concept. Dowell had allowed the the outcasts of society. (He believed that the was cremated and there will be no funeral. A for the Pilsen-based neighborhood advocacy design competition to be set in her ward. undergirding source of creativity and direc- memorial service for family to celebrate his organization The Resurrection Project, served Catherine Baker of Landon Bone Baker coor- tion was the agape love of God expressed in life will be held at a later date. as moderator. dinated the competition and the second day and through Jesus Christ.) Donations may be made in his name to “Anytime something new is proposed or city of the summit featured a panel, moderated by Surviving are brothers Donnell (Marilou) www.apdamidwest.org or 630-933-4392. government has to consider a proposal that is writer Lee Bey, on the winning design. of Galena, Illinois, and Gary (Dorothy Ann) Arrangements by Cremation Society of Il- not typical, there is a lot of hard work that has Also on day two, Eithne McMenamin of St. of Vandalia, Illinois, and many loving nieces linois, 773-281-5058 or www.cremation-so- to happen,” Garcia said. Paul’s United Church of Christ and Jeff Bone and nephews. ciety.com Meltzer Cassel had already begun that work of Landon Bone Baker discussed their joint ef- by examining the compliance of tiny homes fort to bring a tiny home rental community to with Chicago’s existing zoning codes. The list the city’s South Side. They have been meeting of technicalities to overcome—including the with city zoning people and neighbors to dis- average size of a dwelling unit relative to the cuss the obstacles to create what they hope to land area it occupies, parking availability and be Chicago’s first sanctioned tiny home com- more—was daunting. munity. Garcia said that his department was “open to Another presentation was from Kavita Sharma working with stakeholders to try to find solu- and Adrianna McKinley of Bootstrap Villages, tions.” who also want to bring tiny homes to Chicago. Rob Rose, executive director of the Cook The summit ended with break-out sessions County Land Bank, discussed the many possi- where people could brainstorm the next steps bilities of using vacant land in both the city to creating tiny home communities in Chicago. and suburbs to build tiny home communities. Tiny homes can be one new piece in the tool Despite complex issues and the fact that the kit of housing needed in Chicago, summit chair Illinois budget impasse has already stretched Baim said. “This is not to replace other forms their existing resources to the limit, there was of housing, but we need more affordable and a palpable sense of enthusiasm on the part supportive housing in this city. Tiny homes can Your financial needs are unique. of the nonprofit service providers and philan- be part of that—they are lower cost, quicker Whether you want to provide for your loved ones, support the organizations that are thropic organizations including Unity Parent- to build, and our model on display shows they important to you, or plan for your own comfortable retirement, I can help you plan ing, The Night Ministry, Teen Living Programs, can also be beautiful and dignified,” she said. for your goals. 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@windycitytimes1 /windycitymediagroup @windycitytimes www.windycitymediagroup.com 14 April 27, 2016 WINDY CITY TIMES bing sounds of passion while celebrating the simply by his display of freedom from and ir- fabulous freak, the defiant outsider, and the reverence for obviously archaic ideas like gen- Prince dead at 57 dark dandy.” der conformity, etc.” But Prince and those around him denied that Sheila E. wrote on Twitter: “My heart is bro- By Matt Simonette that sparked rumors about his sexuality, but he was gay. In a 2009 interview with Out maga- ken. There are no words. I love you!” Prince was linked romantically with numerous zine, Prince’s former Revolution bandmate, Lisa “I’m completely shocked and devastated Rock superstar Prince, whose music and work women, among them Kim Basinger, Vanity and Coleman, who is a lesbian, said that the singer by the sudden loss of our brother, artist and inspired many in the LGBT community—even Sheila E. He was married twice. “was little and kinda prissy and everything. But friend, Prince,” wrote Coleman on the Facebook as he courted controversy with them—died Columnist Michael Musto wrote about the he’s so not gay.” page she shares with Wendy Melvoin, her musi- April 21. He was 57. sexual liberation inscribed in Prince’s lyrics and Prince became a Jehovah’s Witness in the ear- cal partner, who is also a lesbian and a former His body was found in an elevator his Paisley performances for Vice. ly 2000’s and irked some fans when seemingly Revolution member. “Thank you to all the fans Park compound in Minnesota. An autopsy was “His pint-sized purple majesty was a froofy, homophobic remarks appeared in the media. In and supporters for your endless love, and for performed on the singer, according to reports, frilly, unapologetic weirdo who pushed bound- 2008, he seemed to denounce gay marriage in making such big dreams come true. We offer but coroners said an official cause of death was aries to the point where his relentlessness re- a New Yorker interview, but later maintained our love, support, and condolences to our ex- likely not to be known for several weeks. sulted in a panic stricken Tipper Gore launch- that he was misquoted. Many thought he also tended family, friends and all fans of our sweet There had been reports that Prince—whose ing parental warnings on his music,” Musto displayed mild gay panic on a 2014 episode of Prince.” full name was Prince Rogers Nelson—was in ill wrote. “But that, of course, only made it even The Arsenio Hall Show. Prince was inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll health after his jet made an emergency landing more desirable to the kids, who found ways to But in the wake of his death, numerous in- Hall of Fame in 2004. in Moline, Ilinois, on April 15. But he appeared stand under the cherry moon and soak in the dividuals acknowledged their debts to Prince. Michael Musto’s column is at http://thump. in concert the following day. forbidden rays. Openly gay singer and songwriter Frank ocean vice.com/en_us/article/prince-rip-gay-icon- The singer had numerous Grammys and best- “I wasn’t sure if he was straight, gay, bi, or said, “He was a straight Black man who played clubbing. Frank Ocean’s remarks are at http:// selling albums to his credit. He won an Oscar even male or female—such was the fluid elec- his first televised set in bikini bottoms and frankocean.tumblr.com/post/143175497681/ for the title song to the 1984 film Purple Rain. tricity of his persona, one that galvanized our knee-high heeled boots, epic. He made me feel im-not-even-gonna-say-rest-in-peace-be- He cultivated a gender-bending look and per- puritanical country long before gender became more comfortable with how I identify sexually, cause-its. formance style, especially early in his career, everyday discourse, filling it with the throb-

BENT NIGHTS rious ways. His first big hit, “I Want to be Your Lover,” came within a year after the “Disco De- molition” event in Comiskey Park (which was hailed as the end of disco). If that anti-event Prince smacked of homophobia, the arrival of Prince signaled an era that would break dance music out of its gay/Black demographic and take (June 7,1958 - April 21, 2016) it back. “I Want to be Your Lover” was poppy funk with a hint of salaciousness that radio By vern hester April 21, would do so within three months of programmers missed entirely. They didn’t quite pioneering artist David Bowie is impossible to get what Prince was really saying in that cho- “My name is Prince and I am funky... escape, since both literally saved pop culture rus when he chirped innocently, “I want to be My name is Prince, the one and only...” by shaking it up and remaking it in their own the one who makes you come ... running!!!!!” images. If Dirty Mind (1980) blew the lid off the vul- By the time Prince sang those lyrics in 1992, Like Bowie, Prince broke out by challenging garity cap (Tipper Gore did wonders for sales by it was a fact and he was not just boasting. As the status quo and freaking out half his audi- publicly condemning it), it showed that Prince vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, producer, qua- ence on first glance. Where Bowie used theater was onto headier notions. The dance-floor si-movie star and shameless Svengali, Prince and glam rock in his arsenal of performance, smash “Head” gave him a faithful queer audi- Rogers Nelson ascended from relative obscurity Prince displayed an arresting musical talent, an ence, while the single “Uptown” revealed his in such a short period (1980-1986) with such un-cynical embrace of God, and an in-your-face utopian musings. Controversy (1981) pushed intensity that he managed the feat of seducing vulgarity that was disturbing for many who felt the envelope further with a title song that fea- a massive worldwide audience seemingly with- those subjects should not be on the radio. tured him asking “Am I Black or white? Am I The upcoming May 2, 2016, cover of The New out effort. The irony that Prince, who died on Timing would prove to benefit him in myste- straight or gay?”—and then dovetailing into a Yorker, honoring Prince with a purple rain segment of The Lord’s Prayer. theme. The public and pundits largely missed the point, but since Prince liked performing in go- go boots, eyeliner and panties, they could not and unforgettable music ever heard (including be blamed. At the time nobody knew whether “Diamonds and Pearls,” “When You Were Mine,” he was gay or straight (my gay friends at the “Erotic City,” “Free,” “Sign o’ the Times,” “Kiss,” time loved him for that) and, by bringing it up “Gett Off,” “Take Me With U” and “Pope”). in such a blunt manner and adding that prayer, For the LGBTQ community, Prince always cel- he delivered the one message that would ebrated letting one’s inner freak flag fly. More- thread through all of his music: It does not over, his utopian vision—which he seemed to matter whether I am straight or gay; we are have adapted from Sly and the Family Stone— all God’s children and should love each other made us a big part of that (his visual style ob- unconditionally. viously, while band members Wendy and Lisa, By the time his blueprint for world domi- in the film Purple Rain, look like lovers) in un- nation had been revealed with 1982’s 1999, popular times (during the AIDS crises in the Prince had all of his concepts honed and ready. ‘80s and ‘90s). But for all the dance-floor jams, Timing smiled on him again when Michael there was a strong sense of sincerity, vulner- Jackson and CBS Records strong-armed MTV ability and an all-embracing warmth for the into including Black artists on its playlists for entire world. the simultaneously released Thriller. “Little Red On any level, Prince made such a differ- Corvette” reignited the sluggish sales of 1999 ence because with his music and in live per- while displaying how daring Prince really was. formance, he always gave more than could The song—which sounds like nothing before or be expected. The lyrics were often not about since—got attacked for the racy imagery while what they appeared (i.e., “I Could Never Take many could not see that it was really a cau- the Place of Your Man” or “If I Was Your Girl- tious warning against promiscuity and unsafe friend”); his tendency was to favor experimen- sex at a time when the AIDS crisis was heating tation over safety (with clunkers like Around up. “Corvette” hit number three on the Bill- the World In A Day, Graffiti Bridge and Parade, board Hot 100 and stayed there for weeks. the soundtrack to Under the Cherry Moon), and It would be pointless to go from one album he was fearless in saying what he really felt. to another to talk of his development as an art- The fact that he crossed over into the main- ist, since by the time Purple Rain (1984) made stream by aggressively fusing white hard rock him one of the biggest stars on the planet, his with Black/queer disco funk actually prevented agenda was set. The music flowed ceaselessly disco from being reduced to a fad. The amusing from him and his offshoots and, at one point, part is that he made staunch anti-discophiles he seemed to be everywhere as producer (The love him and dance music, unwittingly, in the Time, Vanity 6, Sheila E.), writer (Chaka Khan, process. The irony that he pulled white audi- Sheena Easton, The Bangles, Stephanie Mills, ences as well as Black, straight as well as gay, and old as well as young together with his Prince in 1980, during the Dirty Mind Stevie Nicks) or influence (Terry Lewis and single-minded ambition, talent and personality tour at Uptown Theatre. Jimmy Jam, who would create Janet Jackson’s is hard to miss. Photo by Vern Hester sound). If all of that was not enough, he still made some of the most spectacular, original WINDY CITY TIMES April 27, 2016 15 Daniel Lewellin started working in the hotel industry at age 15 at a small, limited-service property in Hinckley, Minnesota, where he was raised— and his first job was a houseman, thus he went into all of the dirty rooms and pulled the linens off the beds before the housekeepers got in to clean the rooms. He quickly worked up the industry totem pole, ultimately in the sales department, “and fell in love with it,” he said. “My goal when moving to Chicago was to work downtown in a director roll and it took me a little while to accomplish, but hard work paid off in the end. I was offered the Director of Sales position to open the very first Hyatt Centric Hotel and naturally, I accepted. “I get to oversee the entire sales and marketing efforts at the hotel when it comes to all types of travel whether it be group, transient or meetings/events. I am also involved in all of the marketing efforts that take place both on a property level and from a brand level as it relates to Hyatt and Hyatt Centric. It is a fun job and every day is another opportunity to be different and stand out.” He also is a big part in the reopening of the hotel’s rooftop bar, AIRE, space to groups coming into Chicago and we have to make sure that we which opens May 11. are being strategic in our selling process to make sure we are taking the in the LIFE Lewellin said the best part of his job is getting to create “unique best opportunities available to destroy our competition. At the end of the experience for those who are traveling and I get to be a part of their day, it is all about creating relationships with our clients and making sure Daniel Lewellin story when they go back home,” he said. that we create the best experience possible.” TEXT BY ROSS FORMAN The job, though, comes with stress, mostly from Lewellin “wanting Lewellin said the key to his career success has been by always learning. PHOTOS courtesy of Lewellin

• Age • Hobbies 33 Live music and music festivals, • Orientation craft beer, Gay traveling, animals, • Relationship status movies, theater and “Single and shopping looking” • Volunteering • Neighborhood Has done such work Andersonville for The Humane Society and PAWS • Job title Chicago Director of sales, Hyatt Centric The • Favorite app Loop Chicago Instagram • Favorite TV show • Little-known fact everything to be perfect for everyone that comes to the hotel, whether it “I am a sponge for knowledge and it isn’t often that I have to be taught Game of Thrones “I had a skunk, is a guest staying overnight or a meeting taking place. I am a perfectionist how to do something twice,” he said. “I stay focused and keep myself raccoons and deer to a fault at times,” he said. grounded. I am also slightly obsessive compulsive, so keeping a schedule • Favorite movie as pets growing “We have an amazing location in the heart of the loop and it is and making sure that each day is planned out in advance is essential. I The Hunger Games up.” extremely popular, so managing all of the travel coming into the city is try not to let stress run me over and I take look at every challenge as an big part of what I do. I have a team that sells guest rooms and meeting opportunity.”

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Laughable, the way is a matter of power, not justice.” The fines LYNCH we button up traditions so they don’t go away. and prison sentences that have been written I don’t get angry easily, but I’ve always had a into bathroom use laws are a way of controlling TIMES THE AMAZON TRAIL hair-trigger fury when confronted with gender those who the powerful fear: scary us. VOL. 31, No. 31, April 27, 2016 assumptions. I had to hold in my anger—I was Wake up, legislators in North Carolina and The combined forces of Windy City Times, Gender buttons different and therefore wrong, wrong, wrong. Tennessee, we are not the people most likely founded Sept. 1985, and Outlines newspaper, Inside I was screaming, “How dare you—?” to harm you or your kids. It’s okay to be who founded May 1987. Where do little kids get their urgent need to I didn’t know what to ask; I didn’t have the you are and it’s okay to be who we are. Let go know my gender? Is it intrinsic, some part of words. Why, why, why, did they have to know of that vestigial panic. PUBLISHER & EXECUTIVE EDITOR survival of the species? Parents should at least anyway? But what kind of bad joke is this aging busi- Tracy Baim teach them that their question is rude. But no, Today, I still ask. What is this need we have ness? We grow heavy or dangerously thin, our the parents are as unsettled by what they per- to categorize one another? Why separate, why bodies lose or grow (unwanted) hair. We’re ASSISTANT PUBLISHER Terri Klinsky MANAGING EDITOR Andrew Davis ceive to be gender non-conformance as their pit category against category? Probably it goes prescribed medications that can numb our ASSOCIATE EDITOR Matt Simonette children. That leads to bullying, even at home. back to defending ourselves when we set up favorite drives and increase disfavored urges. BUSINESS MANAGER Ripley Caine “Darling, you’re a pretty little girl! Wouldn’t housekeeping in caves. Female and male become less distinct until, DIRECTOR OF NEW MEDIA Jean Albright you rather play with your dollies?” Well, no. I Gender labels are convenient, whether they at the 50th anniversary celebration, longtime ART DIRECTOR/NIGHTSPOTS EDITOR Kirk Williamson SENIOR REPORTER Gretchen Rachel Hammond had not the slightest interest in dolls. Dressing once were prehistoric mating signals or are a mixed gender couples look like each other. By Senior Account Executives Terri Klinsky, Kirk them up? Pretending they were living infants? way to protect today’s females from today’s end of life perhaps some begin to realize all Williamson, Amy Matheny, Chris Cheuvront, Gretchen Bor-ing. males. Even as a kid, I wanted nothing to do the fuss over who was who and who did what Rachel Hammond, Scott Duff, Freddie Bain I’ve been messing with gender all my life, with that mating stuff. The planet is overpopu- never mattered. 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The opinions expressed by the columnists, In the pontiff’s 2015 tome, Pope Francis: Her suicide note opened, “If you are read- cartoonists, letter writers, and commentators are their own This Economy Kills, Francis compares transgen- ing this, it means that I have committed sui- and do not necessarily reflect the position ofWindy City message to der people to nuclear weapons. His reason is cide and obviously failed to delete this post Times. Publication of the name, photograph, or likeness of a person or organization in articles or advertising in Windy trans teens that this unlikely pair destroy and desecrate from my queue. …To put it simply, I feel like a City Times is not to be construed as any indication of the God’s holy and ordained order of creation. girl trapped in a boy’s body, and I’ve felt that sexual orientation of such person or organization. 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SCOTTISH PLAY SCOTT “Having it at the Music Box Theatre, it’s a “We made a vow early in our marriage that huge house and we would love to sell all those we weren’t going to live apart. Lots of modern tickets,” Kibens said. “Most of our cast and couples do that from time to time,” Green said. crew are mostly Chicagoans and they’ll all be “We want to spend most of our life together.” Neo-Futurists on film getting tickets as we bring the film home to It was initially challenging when the two BY SCOTT C. MORGAN mer husband who tries to mold the personality honor the people who made it with us.” were finally together in Los Angeles follow- of his theatrically creative wife into his new Green and Kibens said one the major themes ing Green’s 2008 Neo-Futurist production of Sharon Green made a scoffing laugh when question-intake customer service software. of Operator is the desire for control in our lives Fake Lake. Green would enter the University asked about a detail in her alumni bio on the “It just premiered at South by Southwest, and in long-term relationships. The husband’s of Southern California’s writing for screen and The Neo-Futurists’ website. It was the parting- and a third of the movie is set in the Neo-Fu- experience is contrasted by to his wife who be- television master’s program and then go on to shot sentence of: “She currently resides in Los turarium and stars Neo-Futurists,” Green said. comes a new ensemble member of The Neo-Fu- work an industry job during the day. Meanwhile, Angeles with her wife, Logan, where the two of “So we are still deeply connected to the Chica- turists’ signature show, Too Much Light Makes Kibens got a HBO Director’s Guild Association them are preparing to embark on a career as a go experimental late night theater movement.” the Baby Go Blind. year-long director fellowship after graduating feature film-making power couple.” Both Green and Kibens boast that rising les- “We thought there would be this amazing with a MFA in film directing from the Califor- “I don’t know who wrote that profile,” said bian comedian and Chicago-area native Cam- juxtaposition between the wife’s journey— nia Institute of the Arts. This allowed her to Green, a former artistic director of The Neo- eron Esposito has a featured role as a theatri- which is not unlike my journey joining The shadow acclaimed directors on drama series Futurists in Chicago during 2005-07 and an cal mentor in Operator. They’re also proud that Neo-Futurists—something that is going to like True Blood, Hung and Entourage. ensemble member during 2003-07. Operator has been picked up by the San Fran- introduce chaos into their lives,” Green said. Unfortunately, Green and Kibens said their It was the bio’s label of “feature film-making cisco International Film Festival, Geena Davis’ “Just as the husband is going to spiral into a marriage started to suffer since their schedules power couple” that caused Green to pause— second Bentonville Film Festival (which is cycle where he desires control.” didn’t coincide. perhaps out of modesty or from its blatant dedicated to championing women and diverse There was a certain desire for more control “It was really hard, because we were both audacity. Yet it could be argued that Green voices in media) and locally as part of The Chi- in Green and Kibens’ creative and married lives really committed to starting out our careers, and her film director wife, Logan Kibens, are cago Critics Film Festival in May. that prompted them to collaborate together on we loved the work that we were doing, but we truly pursuing that ambitious life-career goal their own projects like Operator. were never seeing each other,” Green said. “I together. think that was when we first patched the idea There are two Kibens-Green film collabora- that might be better to work together.” tions tied to The Neo-Futurists set to make Though they aren’t adverse to creative con- Sharon Green and Logan Kibens. flicts, both Green and Kibens feel that their their Chicago debuts in the coming weeks. Photo courtesy of the couple These projects provide plenty of evidence work stronger together because there is an showing what these former Chicagoans have enormous trust shared amid the ups and downs been up to since their flight to the West Coast of Hollywood. And as a couple who have been in 2007 and 2008 for schooling to pursue work together 15 years, Kibens and Green also feel in the film and TV industry. their relationship is more resilient since it was First up is the world-premiere Neo-Futurist something they had to vigorously fight for in performance piece Mike Mom. Written and per- the years before marriage equality became the formed by Neo-Futurist alumna Jessica Anne, law of the land. Mike Mom is described on theater’s website “Fighting for our relationship and valuing as drawing from her history with an eccentric that highly, deciding to always do what’s best mother as a way to “examine theater’s reliabil- for the relationship while also serving our- ity as a vessel for truth.” selves as individual artists, gave us a lot of Mike Mom is also billed as “equal parts psy- great practice in fighting four our film,” Green chological thriller, live-action film and genre- said. bending performance.” It’s the short film where Jessica Anne’s Mike Mother, featuring a Kibens and Green come in respectively as direc- short film by Logan Kibens, plays in pre- tor and a behind-the-scenes producer and crew views through Saturday, April 30, with an member. official press opening at 7:30 p.m. May 2, at “We all took a big road trip together to make The Neo-Futurarium, 5153 N. Ashland Ave. the film,” said Green, not wanting to give away Regular run performances continue through too much about the potentially disturbing and Saturday, June 4, at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays trippy imagery tied to the peculiar California through Saturdays. Tickets are $20 and $10 location picked out by Kibens for her Mike Mom for students and seniors; pay-what-you-can screen contribution. performances are Thursday. Call 773-275- “The film comes toward the end and reveals 5255 or visit www.neofuturists.org. a big piece of information,” Kibens said. “We The film Operator is screened as part of wanted to do it in a very visual and emotional The Chicago Critics Film Festival, which way.” runs from Friday, May 20, through Thursday, The other more substantial Kibens and Green May 26, at the Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. collaboration is their first major feature film Southport Ave. A full festival pass is $150, called Operator. Kibens directed Operator, though tickets to individual screenings are with Green and Kibens both credited on the also available. For an exact date and time screenplay. The plot explores the creative and of Operator, visit www.chicagocriticsfilmfes- marital difficulties between a hetero program- tival.com. @windycitytimes1 /windycitymediagroup @windycitytimes www.windycitymediagroup.com 18 April 27, 2016 WINDY CITY TIMES

THEATER REVIEW Even Longer and Farther Away. Even Longer and Photo by Evan Hanover Farther Away Playwright: Chelsea Marcantel At: The New Colony at Den Theatre, 1333 N. Milwaukee Ave. Tickets: www.thenewcolony.org; $20-$25 Runs through: May 15

BY SCOTT C. MORGAN

There are a lot of well-worn character stereo- types and storytelling tropes in Even Longer and Farther Away, Chelsea Marcantel’s world- premiere drama for The New Colony. Yet director Thrisa Hodits’ displays a clever way of rethinking a Den Theatre space to initially throw off audiences in a slightly off-kilter en- vironmental staging. It all helps to makes Mar- cantel’s patchy and symbol-filled material feel more substantial. While some audience members are allowed to sit back in traditional theater seats lining ther by hiking the entire Appalachian Trail with doesn’t hide the fact that Marcantel’s writing revealed to be more than she appears to be. the perimeter, Hodits allows others to be in part of his cremated remains, but Elliot has far also trades in stereotypical characters like Once this revelation happens, McNaught’s the middle of the action by sitting at tables more personal baggage. the “magical negro” or the “sassy gay friend.” even-keel performance doesn’t seem to plumb in a quirky and magical Appalachian Mountain Also working through her lost longing and re- Luckily, the performances under Hodits’ direc- the depths necessary for her troubled charac- resort. This creates an interesting dynamic as sentment is the youngish resort employee Nay- tion make these types more full-bodied and ter. audience members get up close and personal to da (Morgan McNaught), who has what becomes well-rounded people, especially in dedicated Even though Marcantel’s writing in Even Lon- the main characters. an odd familial relationship to the place’s turns by Reed-Foster and Salem. ger and Farther Away is ultimately uneven, the Yet as the play progresses, the onstage audi- owner, Trudy (a commanding and comforting There’s also a good sibling rivalry dynamic creative staging by Hodits and her largely pol- ence is apparently meant to disappear when Deanna Reed-Foster). Elliot wants to press on, that plays out between Coakley (unafraid to be ished cast serve to be intriguing concealers. the main conflict arises as Alexis (Amanda but Trudy insists that they listen to her meta- unlikable as the pushy and resentful Elliot) and Here it’s the approach that is sometimes more Raquel Martinez) and her boyfriend, Jack (Joe phoric and literal stories and stay for the next Martinez (ever the mender, as Alexis). Lino also intriguing than the content. Lino), amazingly catch up with her embittered day’s festival. milks the most humor he can in the smaller role half-brother Elliot (Patriac Coakley) and his Finding out the interlinking connections be- of Jack. gay best friend, Roy (Omer Abbas Salem). Both tween the characters keeps interest through- I only wish that McNaught brought more ap- half-siblings are trying to honor their late fa- out Even Longer and Farther Away, but it parent world-weariness to Nayda, who is later

THEATER REVIEW Sanchez) and Maria Teresa (Ayssette Munoz) and were known as “Las Mariposas”—the but- states the mindset of patriarchal society. Since Mirabal died before Trujillo’s downfall, but he terflies. we barely see or hear the husbands or Papa Mi- In the Time of was assassinated just six months after hav- The play is surprisingly free of political dia- rabal, our entire perspective is from the women ing the sisters murdered. A fourth sister, Dede lectics, but this becomes a problem as we don’t and they split our attention four ways. The Mi- the Butterflies (Rinska Carrasco and Charin Alvarez), escaped know why Trujillo targets the rural Mirabals. rabal story is powerful and begs for more effec- Playwright: Caridad Svich, from death and promoted their memory. (She died in We learn things that happen to them, but not tive presentation. (Note: I had three cousins Julia Alvarez’s novel 2014.) always why. Minerva is politicized first via her who were Cuban-born sisters—exactly the age At: Teatro Vista at Victory This play is based on a novel inspired by real Marxist boyfriend—which may be what earns of the Mirabals, who went through many simi- Gardens, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave. events (the Museum Hermanas Mirabal keeps government scrutiny—and she enlists her sis- lar experiences.) Tickets: 773-871-3000; their deeds alive), so casual observers cannot ters with relative ease. History admires the Mi- The staging by Ricardo Gutierrez is lively and www.teatrovista.org; $25-$30 know what’s true and what’s fictional. Was their rabals as early feminists—the United Nations passionate and surprisingly bright given the Runs through: May 22 father really within the Trujillo social circle? selected their murder date, Nov. 25, as Inter- subject matter, thanks to costume designer Did Trujillo attempt to seduce Minerva? Was national Day for the Elimination of Violence Uriel Gomez’s myriad formal gowns and floral- BY JONATHAN ABARBANEL she denied a license to practice law? What’s against Women—and the play focuses more on pattern dresses, a warm Caribbean-influenced clear is that the four sisters (born between that than on political revolution. Trujillo was a set (Andrei Onegin and Seagull Works) and Caridad Svich has written remarkable plays— 1924 and 1936) were from a prosperous fam- notorious womanizer, two sisters were tortured Liviu Pasare’s lovely projections. but I don’t think this is one of them. ily and well-educated, and gradually commit- in prison and traditional Latino society strictly It does, however, tell a story about remark- ted themselves to armed insurrection against limits a woman’s choices, so Svich shows us able people: the Mirabal sisters, martyred in Trujillo. Their husbands also were partisans in the gradual road which moved the sisters from 1960 in the bloody struggle against Rafael the Marxist-leaning movement (and the Cuban standard dreams of marriage and motherhood Trujillo, the vicious dictator of the Dominican revolution was at precisely the same time). The to a more pointed world view. c Republic. Minerva (Flavia Palozzi), Patria (Sari sisters helped organize underground activities Much of the 90-minute play, therefore, re- CRITICS’ THEATER REVIEW nant. Cass doesn’t want easily-susceptible he’s charming and seductive, and offers poly- Jordan to fall under Lynx’s slacker spell again amorous pleasures to easily draw Tess and PICKS Sender or, it’s hinted later, his sexual spell. She offers Jordan back into his orbit. However, his mo- Dreamgirls, Porchlight Music Theatre at Playwright: Ike Holter Lynx $10,000 to disappear permanently the tives are obscure because Holter provides no Stage 773, extended through May 22. Director/ At: A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 N. Wells St. next day. information from before he disappeared. Who choreographer Brenda Didier skillfully crams Tickets: 312-943-8722; This world premiere by very hot playwright was he? What did he do? What goals or ambi- this African-American showbiz epic into a very www.aredorchidtheatre.org; $30-$35 Ike Holter is drop-dead laugh-out-loud funny tions did he and Tess have? An audience can- intimate space that repeatedly dazzles. SCM Runs through: May 29 for most of its 90 minutes. Holter fills it with not measure the effect of a journey unless we Jerusalem, Profiles Theatre at the Main comedic riffs and set pieces for everyone but know its starting point, not just its finishing Stage, through May 22. British anti-establish- BY JONATHAN ABARBANEL Cass—she’s the grounded, sober one—and point. ment playwright Jez Butterworth is at it again the production’s beautifully performed by the Perhaps Holter is being symbolic: As his and nobody does amoral unshaven dropout Jeez—what is it about these self-absorbed four-person cast, under director Shade Mur- name suggests, Lynx is the lure of the wild, better than Darrell W. Cox making with the act- millennials? Don’t they know it’s about me? ray. However, the serious point underlying the untamed and instinctive while Cassandra is ing chops at full throttle. MSB So, exactly one year ago Lynx (Steve Hag- comedy appears to be the moment in our lives the naysayer her mythological name suggests, Kill Floor, American Theater Company, gard) disappeared. His girlfriend Tess (Mary when we decide to grow up and assume adult the confirmed Apollonian reality check always through May 1. An ex-con mother takes a job Williamson), her best bud Cassandra (McKen- responsibilities. Cass already is there but the opposing the Dionysian spirit. in a slaughterhouse while trying to reconnect zie Chinn), Lynx’s bestie Jordan (Steven Wil- others aren’t, although they may cross the Sender unquestionably is an audience- with her estranged biracial son in Abe Koogler’s son) and the police presumed him drunk and border in the 24 hours Sender encompasses. pleasing show—especially if you know what often-uncomfortable family drama. SCM drowned in Lake Michigan, and mourned him Millennials seem to take much longer to em- a “Disney horse” is, which I don’t—and Mosque Alert, Silk Road Rising, through as such. Now Lynx returns without explana- brace adulthood—these four are in their late should be another widely produced feather May 15. This world premiere set in Naperville tion, reporting only that he lived off the grid 20s—perhaps because they have too many in Holter’s rapidly expanding cap. He could touches on Islamophobia, Islamic homopho- in Wisconsin’s Northwoods. toys. improve it by providing some exposition for bia, assimilationist Islam and, indirectly, atti- Tess doesn’t want him back, yet kinda-sorta Appealing performances and smart dialogue Lynx and some evidence that Cass can smile. tudes expressed by Presidential candidates. It’s does because she hasn’t really moved on; notwithstanding, some bits puzzle me—be- Mike Durst’s graffiti-trimmed Chicago rooftop timely, important and well-done. Author Jamil she drinks, instead. But Cassandra definitely ginning with the title. Cass clearly has some- set is a joy, and Alexia Rutherford’s costumes Khoury may put too much on the plate, but wants him gone because she and Jordan mar- thing (and someone) to lose, so the tension suit the characters’ personalities. who can blame him? JA ried while Lynx was away and now she’s preg- between her and Lynx is obvious. Lynx knows —By Abarbanel, Barnidge and Morgan WINDY CITY TIMES April 27, 2016 19

The Producers. Photo by Brett A. Beiner

Everyone’s talking about the many faces of

THEATER REVIEW rical glory. Larkin is equally matched by Matt Crowle’s meek accountant Leo Bloom, who hits The Producers on the odd theory that more money can be Book: Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan; made from a flop rather than a hit. Music and Lyrics: Mel Brooks Watching Crowle’s limbs flop around like wet At: Mercury Theater Chicago, noodles is just one of the many delights of 3745 N. Southport Ave. the show as his newly emboldened character Tickets: 773-325-1700 or encounters all sorts of extreme showbiz types. “Intensely www.mercurytheaterchicago.com; $30-$65 There’s Allison Sill’s alluringly sexy and funny Runs through: June 26 take on the Swedish bombshell Ulla, while Har- thoughtful… ter Clingman’s Franz Liebkind (the Bavarian the work has BY SCOTT C. MORGAN scribe behind the outrageous show-within-a- show called Springtime for Hitler) is a madcap depth and Once again, director L. Walter Stearns shows menace. what a master he is at refitting big and brassy Now, The Producers has come in for some an elegant musicals into smaller intimate spaces. Banish criticism in the past for its exaggeratedly ste- now any doubts you may have had about Stea- reotypical gay and lesbian characters like the potency” –Variety rns amazing ability to downsize Mel Brooks’ director/choreographer Roger DeBris and his mammoth 2001 Broadway hit The Producers devoted assistant, Carmen Ghia. But as respec- (inspired by his 1967 film of the same name) tively and masterfully played by Jason Richards into the cozy Mercury Theater. and Sawyer Smith, the laughable stereotyping While it’s well known that a strong story can actually comes off as a form of upfront confi- survive a lot of scenic shrinkage, sometimes dence and devil-may-care empowerment. something is lost with scaled-back spectacle. Kudos are also due to Stearns’ production That’s not the case here, since the Mercury’s team, which expertly engineers the musical’s The Producers constantly lavishes audiences many locations. Scenic designer Jeffrey D. with gleefully infectious fun. Kmiec’s set configurations are finely framed by “Deeply moving… Stearns’ production of The Producers appears jutting-out theater marquees, while costume to be Exhibit A of when a show looks to be designer Frances Maggio has a field-day with intoxicatingly just as much fun for the actors to perform as many an over-the-top outfit that draws guffaws thrilling. ” it is for the lucky audiences watching them. at first sight. (out of four) There’s nary a weak link in the Mercury cast, The show also moves well with choreographer which abounds scene stealers eager to shine Brigitte Ditmars providing invaluable dancing –Chicago Tribune and share as they double up in ensemble roles and musical staging. Eugene Dizon’s off-stage for the overall good of the show. musical direction is also a finely tuned wonder. First of all, there’s Bill Larkin’s sarcastically Clearly bigger isn’t always better, and The big and aggressive energy as the crooked 1950s Producers at the Mercury Theatre is a prime ex- By ensemble member Tracy Letts Broadway producer Max Bialystock, who longs ample of this. Go now and laugh your head off. for a cash windfall to restore his former theat- Directed by artistic director Anna D. Shapiro steppenwolf. org | 312-335-1650 Through May 29 SPOTLIGHT “A captivating portrait of an e “Artfully crafted… ordinary life” Contemplate the cur- luminous rent U.S. state of race –TimeOut Chicago relations and policing by performances” looking back to the 1960s –Daily Herald with Shattered Globe The- atre’s production of In the Heat of the Night. This stage adaptation by Matt Lead Production Support Corporate Production Sponsors Pelfrey is drawn from the novel by the late author John Ball, and it explores

what happens when an African-American police officer is asked to investi- gate a murder in a racially Major Support for Steppenwolf’s New Play Development Initiative hostile Alabama town. Shattered Globe Theatre’s The Davee Foundation | Zell Family Foundation In the Heat of the Night continues through Sunday, June 5, at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Major Foundation Support Ave. Tickets are $30 and $25 for seniors; call 773-975-8150 or visit TheaterWit.org or Shat- National Endowment for the Arts | Edgerton Foundation teredGlobe.org. The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Photo by Michael Brosilow 20 April 27, 2016 WINDY CITY TIMES CASTILLO from cover

appears in the essay “Mothers, Lovers and Ri- CULTURECULTURE CLUBCLUB vals.” Castillo is bisexual, but it’s something she says people overlook in her work, starting WRI from her early days of writing and activism. “As I began to look at the female body and female desire and the taboos about that, in my 20s I published a little chapbook called The In- vitation,” Castillo said. “I was still in Chicago, it was my second chapbook, and it was erotic WRITERS THEATRE WITH THE SECOND CITY PRESENTS poetry, and it spoke about desire to another, for another woman, desiring myself, all of that, and sort of a kind of silence fell on me with regards to the Chicana latina literary/artist/ political movement at that time. “In any case, I became more and more feminist and more and more entrenched in all the complexities of my identity. By the time I got to The Mixquiahuala Letters, I was ready to say everything I could say. But again, there was this denial. It was right there! It was talking BEGINS APRIL 27TH about desire for another woman and not just WRITERSTHEATRE.ORG | 847-242-6000 desire, having desire as a woman.” not talk and understand the world, especially PICTURED: MICHAEL PEREZ, KAREN JANES WODITSCH, JENNIFER ENGSTROM, JOHN HOOGENAKKER AND She recalled finally feeling validated when MARC GRAPEY. PHOTO BY SAVERIO TRUGLIA. when you’re marginalized and you’re outside her novel Give It To Me won a Lambda Liter- on the fringes so to speak, and they’re seeing ary Award for best bisexual fiction. “I knew the things every minute, every step of the way the book was nominated, but I really did not think same way you are. That’s a great gift.” it would get it after 40 years of writing about Castillo is a prolific writer, and it may be be- bisexual characters, gay characters, transgen- cause of her penchant for solitude, a recurring der characters, and nobody saying anything,” theme in Black Dove. “Even very, very recently Castillo remembered. “When I heard my name I was still reflecting on that, on how much time I went up there and I was truly stunned, and I I spend alone no matter where I am,” she said. thought about that chapbook, the invitation. “My home base is out in the desert, there’s no- I stood up there and I had a flashback of 40 body around. But when I’m in Chicago, there years. [are] people everywhere—fire engines and po- “In my novel, the very first novel that I ever lice sirens and people in the street—and you’re wrote, there’s always sexual desire for same hearing the next-door neighbor. So there [are] sex, or they’ll be secondary gay characters or people around, but they’re not in my space. I bisexual characters. It was really important for

Mi’jo and Ana reunited.

me, in terms of human rights, to have their still feel like isolating myself from others. But presence there, not as an exception but as in- when it becomes a lifestyle, you ask yourself, tegrated into the story. [In], Give It to Me, the ‘what is it about it about me?’” character that’s bisexual, what I love about her “Writing [Black Dove], I was trying to under- the most is that she doesn’t really give a damn stand where some of that came from, some of what people think. She doesn’t politicize it. I that loneliness beyond the solitude for writing think sometimes I write about people that I and creating which is so wonderful to have, wish I could be more like, or that I wish maybe and to enjoy it as well,” Castillo said. “I’ve more people would be like that in the future, been able to do that, and I immerse myself in and she’s one of those characters.” it, I appreciate it. I understand this is not how “Mothers, Lovers and Rivals” covers the pe- life always is. And I shaped my life to have riod of time Castillo spent raising her son with that life. I’m very proud of because we know another woman, who Castillo declines to name. that most writers and artists don’t get to do “I have never publicly addressed that relation- that. There are tradeoffs—you don’t have the ship with this particular person, who is also financial means, but you have the time.” a public person,” Castillo said. “It was a very Ana Castillo will appear in conversation significant relationship for me on many levels, with Cyn Vargas on Saturday, April 30, at and it’s time that I tell my side of it. It was Women and Children First Bookstore, 5233 a very exceptional coupling, intellectually as N. Clark St., 4-5:30 p.m., in a celebration of well as socially and romantically. It’s rare when Independent Bookstore Day. you meet somebody that you can just talk, and WINDY CITY TIMES April 27, 2016 21 BOOK REVIEW Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephart $16.99; Random House Books; 352 pages by CARRIE MAXWELL

In her first foray into LGBT children’s literature, award-winning author Donna Gephart’s book Lily and Dunkin tells the story of protagonists Lily Jo McGrother and Dunkin Dorfman as they navigate the eighth year at Gator Lake Middle School in South Florida. The book alternates between Lily and Dunkin’s points of view instead of the traditional chapter-book format. The story begins with a chance meeting between two 13-year-olds—Lily (a transgender girl in the beginning stages of her transition) and Dunkin (a cisgender boy with bipolar disorder who recently moved to Lily’s neighborhood from his childhood home in New Jersey) in the waning days of summer. From Lily and Dunkin’s first meeting, readers are led to believe they would become fast friends; For readers who are looking for a meaningful, however, the pressures of middle school conspire moving story about two dynamic young teens in and succeed at keeping them apart until circum- the throes of massive changes in their lives, I stances throw them together again. It’s through would highly recommend this book. It’s an emo- Lily and Dunkin’s points of view that readers are tional roller-coaster of a story that will resonate able to see who they really are while they navi- with audiences across the generations. gate the treacherous waters of middle-school life. This book is great for readers who want to un- The book deals with a variety of issues, includ- derstand what it means to be transgender and/ ing parental acceptance as well as resistance, or those who want to know how bipolar disorder bullying, shame, displacement and economic is- affects young people. sues. Gephart dedicated the book to the memory of One of the through lines in the book con- transgender teen Leelah Alcorn, who committed cerns Lily’s desire to get hormone blockers while suicide in 2014, and her son Andrew, who has Dunkin, who’s been taking two medications for bipolar disorder. At the end of the book, Geph- his bipolar disorder, is actively skipping his daily art notes she was inspired to write Lily’s story medication dosages. after seeing the documentary I Am A Girl!, about Food is also an important part of the story— a transgender girl named Joppe at Lunafest in Lily with her Pop Tarts and Dunkin with his do- 2012. Following many years of research about nuts and iced coffee from Dunkin Donuts. transgender people and some prodding by one of Gephart’s inclusion of Lily and Dunkin’s fam- her former students (she’d been teaching creative ily trees in the beginning of the book is a great writing at a high school at the time) and her son, resource for readers. Gephart decided she had to write this book.

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s hit Broadway musical OPENS APRIL 29 is coming to the iconic Civic Opera House!

Two performances A cast featuring Broadway’s on Mother’s Day! brightest will delight with (1:30pm & 6:30pm) one familiar song after another: Shall We Dance? Getting to Know You Something Wonderful Rodgers & Hammerstein’s THE KING AND I Music by RICHARD RODGERS Book and Lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II ...and more! Based on “Anna and the King of Siam” by Margaret Landon Original Orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett Original Dance Arrangements by Trude Rittmann Original Choreography by Jerome Robbins

The King and I production created by the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, on June 13, 2014. General Director: Jeanluc Choplin. Photo: Todd Rosenberg The King and i pRoduction SponSoRS 312.827.5600 the negaunee two anonyMouS RobeRt S. and SuSan e. Foundation donoRS MoRRiSon LYRICOPERA.ORG 22 April 27, 2016 WINDY CITY TIMES KNIGHT at the movies

By Richard Knight, Jr.

‘The Meddler’ and other mothers

Mom is just a phone call away If there’s one thing I love it’s a good mother- daughter movie. And with Mother’s Day ap- proaching, there are lots to choose from to celebrate. Mommie Dearest, Postcards from the Edge, the animated Brave, The Kids Are All Right, Freaky Friday, Stella Dallas and even The Exorcist are just a few favorite suggestions. This week—surprise, surprise—there are actually two mother-daughter movies in theaters. Mother’s Day, from director Garry Marshall, wasn’t screened for critics (see synopsis in this week’s calendar) but The Meddler was—and it’s a surprising, gentle delight. Gayby Baby. At first, The Meddler seems to suggest it’s going to be as typical as its plot suggests. Mom, and an interactive screening guide are included in this version by hunky Turner and the rest of ebrate their families.” a New Jersey widow who has recently moved to in the fun. http://www.musicboxtheatre.com/ its terrific cast, eerie location and a relentless To that end, the two screenings (at 12 and California to be closer to her only offspring, a events/mother8217s-day-with-mamma-mia- foreboding that never lets up. 4:45 p.m.) on Saturday, April 30 at 5645 N. Ra- TV writer, is a serial phone-caller, leaving mes- 2016-may-8-sun-0200pm venswood Ave. will be sandwiched around a 3 sage after message for her daughter and stop- You might also like: In Michelle Boyaner’s Upcoming movie calendar p.m. panel discussion featuring an assortment ping by unannounced. Financially independent, Packed in a Trunk, now available on DVD from Highlights from films opening in Chicago, of LGBTQ+ experts. Newell and family advocate Marnie Minervini (Susan Sarandon) fills her life Wolfe Releasing, out writer-director Jane An- April 29 and May 6 (some descriptions come Zach Wahls will also be sharing a special mes- doing for everyone else when Lori (Rose Byrne) derson (Olive Kitteridge) retraces the tragic from studio press materials): sage with the audience. The event is appropri- sets up boundaries and then takes off for New journey of her beloved great-aunt Edith Lake —Keanu (April 15)—After a heartless thief ate for all ages and is being co-sponsored by York to shoot a TV pilot. It’s clear that mom Wilkinson, a financially independent painter steals his cat, Rell (Jordan Peele) recruits his a host of queer non-profits. The screenings are is doing everything she can to fill the hole in who tragically ended up in a mental asylum for cousin Clarence (Keegan-Michael Key) to help free, but reservations are mandatory. https:// her empty life (including paying for the lesbian being a lesbian. https://www.wolfevideo.com/ him retrieve it. gaybybabychicago.splashthat.com/ wedding of a couple she barely knows and giv- products/packed-in-a-trunk-the-lost-art-of- —The Meddler (April 29)—See details —Captain America: Civil War (May 6)— ing rides to night school for the young man edith-lake-wilkinson/ above. The superheroes are back in this third (or is at the Apple store who set her up with a new —Mother’s Day (4-29)—Garry Marshall (The it 10th?) film in the ever-expanding Marvel iPhone). Death becomes them Princess Diaries, Valentine’s Day, New Year’s universe that kicks off the summer blockbuster Then, subtly, the movie and the character A trio of ghoulish recent home releases—a Eve, Pretty Woman) is back with another all- season. move beyond the overbearing stereotype. In- black comedy, a sexy murder mystery and a re- star romantic comedy—this one a tale of white —Sworn Virgin (May 6)—An Albanian wom- stead of caricature, writer-director Lorene Sca- make of a classic Agatha Christie—makes up sisterhood solidarity, intertwining the lives of an (Alba Rohrwacher) who, according to her faria bestows Marnie (and the audience) with my latest recommendations as additions to a TV host (Julia Roberts), a divorcee looking region’s custom, has lived as a man for most your home collection. for love (Jennifer Anniston), and a woman of her life now wants to reclaim her sexual First up is 1992’s black comedy Death Be- (Kate Hudson) trying to improve her relation- identity. Rohrwacher, luminous as the lesbian comes Her—an outlandish, special effects- ship with her mother. Jason Sudeikis, Timothy daughter of Tilda Swinton in I Am Love, turns driven comedy with over-the-top performances Olyphant, Jon Lovitz and Margo Martindale co- in a tender, complex performance in the title from Meryl Streep as an aging, vain movie star star. April 29 role. It’s playing exclusively at Facets Cinema- who will do anything to regain her youthful —Gayby Baby (April 30 only)—A 2013 Aus- theque, 1517 W. Fullerton Ave. http://www. looks (and body), Goldie Hawn as her longtime tralian feature documentary from director Maya facets.org/cinematheque/films/may2016/ nemesis and Bruce Willis as a nebbish plastic Newall has four kids taking viewers into their sworn-virgin.php surgeon who comes between them. After drink- homes and share what it’s like growing up with —Viva (May 6)—A young gay hairdresser ing an elixir that will keep them alive forever, same-sex parents. The film takes an intimate, (Hector Medina) in Cuba clashes with his Streep and Hawn discover that not even eter- character-driven approach to issues at the estranged father (Jorge Perugorría) when nal life protects one from the scourge of vanity. heart of modern social politics. According to his dream of performing in drag comes true. Not terrifically loved by critics but adored by promotional materials from event organizers, Helmed by Irish director Paddy Breathnach, the gay men everywhere for its admittedly camp “the film is a springboard for the conversation film was Ireland’s official submission for 2015’s Susan Sarandon in The Meddler. settings and acting, the film has been given a and a means to empower children of LGBTQ+ Best Foreign Film Oscar. Photo by Jamie Trueblood good-looking Blu-ray release from Shout! Fac- parents to embrace their diversity and cel- tory along with some new special features. Next up, from Artsploitation, is Death in a sweetness and complexity rarely seen at the and organizing kits are at http://www.hrc. Buenos Aires, a staple on the queer-film festi- Cineplex anymore. Sarandon’s fully rounded ‘I Am Jazz’ org/resources/i-am-jazz-an-organizing-kit- val route last year. (It played closing night at performance certainly doesn’t hurt. In her ca- for-parents-educators-and-community-ad- Reeling.) Oscar-nominated actor Damian Bichir readings in Chicago pable hands, Marnie comes to life as she strug- vocates. For more information, email volun- stars as a police detective investigating the gles to regain her footing. (In many ways, the in April, May [email protected]. murder of a handsome escort in Argentine’s gay movie is actually a latter-day coming-of-age The Human Rights Campaign, through its underworld. He is aided by his gorgeous male story, complete with a budding romance.) Like Welcoming Schools program, is planning cop partner who goes undercover playing gay Driehaus fashion Lily Tomlin in last year’s Grandma, it’s about more than 100 readings of the book I Am to try and solve the crime. As the plot thickens, time Hollywood found a role this fulfilling for Jazz—by transgender teen activist Jazz Jen- so does the attraction between the two sup- awards April 29 an actor of Sarandon’s immense gifts. Oscar nings—across the nation on the same day. posedly straight men. It’s a sexy, Almodovar- Driehaus Design Initiative will celebrate winner J.K. Simmons, Michael McKean, Byrne In Chicago, at least three readings will take like film delivered by director Natalia Meta. the future of fashion by showcasing the and several other character actors offer excel- place. (Note: The dates differ.) They will be Finally, the Agatha Christie 1939 classic And talents of emerging Chicago fashion design lent supporting work. at: Then There Were None has been adapted by students at The Driehaus Awards for Fashion More mom: Meryl Streep, looking tanned and —Women & Children First, 5233 N. Clark the BBC into a three-part miniseries shown Excellence. fit, sings up a storm inMamma Mia!, the frothy St., on Thursday, April 28, at 7 p.m. The stateside on Lifetime and released by Acorn The 15th-anniversary show and competi- 2008 big-screen adaptation of the Broadway reader will be Searah Deysach, the mother Media. A raft of British stars (Charles Dance, tion also will spotlight six student alumni musical-comedy sensation that utilizes the of a transgender child and owner of Early to Miranda Richardson, Sam Neill and sexy Hobbit who have since launched successful ven- ‘70s hit songs of Abba as its score. Dick O’Day Bed, FtM Essentials and TransKids. star Aidan Turner) are among the 10 strangers tures. Themed “Reflections,” the event will (the alter ego of yours truly) hosts a third an- —John Merlo branch of the Chicago Public assembled in a lonely mansion on an inacces- be held Friday, April 29, at 6:30 p.m. at at nual Mother’s Day sing-a-long screening at the Libary, 644 W. Belmont Ave., on Monday, May sible island by a mysterious host and are then 700 S. Des Plaines St. Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Ave., on 2, 6-7:30 p.m. one by one, picked off. So whodunit? That’s Tickets are $175-$300 each; visit Driehaus- Sunday, May 8 at 2 p.m. A ‘70s costume contest People can also host their own readings, half the fun in Christie’s familiar tale, aided Design.org. (mother-daughter combos encouraged), prizes WINDY CITY TIMES April 27, 2016 23 THEATER The end of adolescence: Ike Holter looks at aging hipsters in ‘Sender’ by mary shen barnidge one of Chicago’s hottest young writers—the Stonewall riots in Hit The Wall, the current Late in Ike Holter’s play Sender, 20-going- public-education crisis in Exit Strategy—the on-30 Jordan, in a burst of pantheistic zeal, world view explored in Sender is almost pain- hurls his cigarettes off the third-floor back fully intimate. Future scholars may attempt to porch to the street below. Almost immediately, impose microcosmic dimensions on the trio of he regrets his action, lamenting, “I just threw uncommitted drifters teetering on the farthest my addiction off the roof!”—to which his com- boundaries of youthful indecision, assigning panions reply, “The only addiction you need each of the personalities a demographic label, Steve Haggard and Steven Wilson in Sender. now is us.” or perhaps declaring Lynx to be a Peter Pan fig- Photo by Michael Brosilow The awakening of aging adolescents caught ure, seducing his peers with fantasies of idyllic up in co-dependent stasis is not a phenomenon adventure—but this is not Holter’s purpose. you, and who can save your life or push you off show since the reading at the Victory Gardens restricted to rural high school sports heroes or “These are the men and women you see walk- a bridge. They’ve been there with this kind of Ignition Festival. So has our director, Shade suburban prom queens-turned-housewives and ing around Chicago every day. They buy grocer- person, and they know what he’s up to. I think Murray, and the insanely talented dramaturg mothers. Our play’s setting is an urban conclave ies at Jewel and eat at Big Star and bike to par- maybe everybody has met a Lynx.” Josh Altman. All of the Red Orchid artists put identified by the author only as “Hipsterville, ties and pass out next to you on the train. They Although Holter’s enigma is relatively be- their soul into everything they do. There’s a Chicago” and its action begins on the morning aren’t trying to save a school or start a queer nign, his text’s long silences, punctuated by palpable energy you can feel when you walk after a memorial celebration for Leonard “Lynx” revolution or figure out how to fight crime or bursts of echolalic fury, require the actors and into the lobby. It even sticks to the seats!” Harris—missing, believed dead, this year past. whether aliens exist. The characters [in this director to conjure subtext to fill the huge ex- No playwright can be expected to write the In his absence, his comrades have moved on play] are dealing with issues that may seem panses of scripted ellipses. Again, Holter in- same kind of play every time (e.g., the eclectic to varying degrees: hard-drinking Tess went small, but are really profoundly life-altering. sists that these erratic starts and stops are not output of Pulitzer-winning Tracy Letts), and into rehab and meek Jordan found a job with I’m writing about my generation as people just merely Pinteresque affectation. “Real conver- Holter remains unconcerned by the prospect of Groupon, while pragmatic Cassandra embraced being people—and yes, that’s pretty new for sations often proceed super fast, but always supporters painting him into a corner. “I try to the whole career-marriage-children-401(k) me.” you get moments of intense full-stop silence. maintain a diverse range,” he said. “My next package and is determined to transform her What about Lynx? Is he Peer Gynt or Huckle- In a play, after the audience grows accustomed two plays, for example, are miles apart—one associates into likewise responsible adults. A berry Finn? Holter sighs, “His very mystery is to a certain tempo and rhythm, not talking can is about Chicago vigilantes today, the other is major obstacle to her plan, however, is the the heart of the play. I’m sure there’s room for be more informative than pages and pages of about a runaway slave hundreds of years ago. unexpected return of the long-lost Lynx from literary interpretations when you have a char- inner monologue. Leaving the neighborhood The danger when you always write the same what turns out to have been a retreat in the acter who comes back from the dead. Many of where these people live unspecific is also thing is that you start to get comfortable—and Wisconsin woodlands. Will his resurrection the audience members at previews have told meant to spark the audience’s imagination.” nobody gets excited by ‘comfortable.’” restore his status among his peers, or will a me, however, that they recognize what Lynx is Holter has nothing but praise for the cast Sender runs at A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 single goodbye have provided those he left be- all about the minute he opens his mouth. He’s of actors assembled by Shade Murray for the N. Wells St., through Sunday, May 29. For hind all the closure they needed? that somebody who wanders in and out of your world-premiere production at A Red Orchid tickets and reservations, phone 312-943- Unlike the sweeping social issues at the roots life in times of crisis—or potential change, at Theater. “This cast is FIRE!,” he said. “Mary 8722 or visit ARedOrchidTheatre.org. of the dramas earning Holter his reputation as least—who knows the best and worst side of Williamson, who plays Tess, has been in the

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312.595.5600 • chicagoshakes.com Doris Conant SHAKESPEARE 400 PRODUCTION CHICAGO SPONSOR in memory of LEAD SPONSORS Howard Conant 24 April 27, 2016 WINDY CITY TIMES possibilities in art, culture, profanity, pornog- raphy, love and God. And with later purchases DANCING of the back catalog, I saw a straight man (like Bowie), standing up and being sort of gender ABOUT queer and gay-friendly and inclusive. ARCHITECTURE Now later, Prince, U found your spiritual path nightspots and, along the way, lost those who were different in the first place from you, both musically, weekly nightlife section in By marc ‘moose’ moder sexually and ethically, stilting you with a smoth- ering cocoon and not the wings of a dove on which you flew into our hearts and minds. But /nightspots @nightspotschicago @nightspotschicago there hope was always that you’d come back to us all in time. U never did, and now we’ll never Sometimes know what could have been from a man still pro- It Snows In April

My Darling Prince, They say U’re never supposed 2 outlive your children, but your recent death has felt like we all lost not only a father of funk, but a very youthful man-child, who, like Cher or Madonna, we always expected 2 outlive all of us. At just 57, you were gone 2 soon like Bowie, Whitney, Amy, Donna and Michael before. While those were shocking and tragic, each had clues B4hand, preparing us for eventual loss. Not since Elvis’ death have I watched a nation of many generations work so hard to process celebrity grief. Why? Every Lipstick City premiere Prince influence is like a snowflake (in April), so the only way to take this is personally. I was a lost little boy hitting puberty and con- fused about everything, getting over his crush Chicago drag performer Shea Couleé is set to premiere her short fashion film,Lipstick City, on Olivia Newton John and obsessing over Mi- May 1 at 7 pm at Soho House Chicago, 113-125 N. Green St. The film features the majority of chael Jackson’s Thriller. I’d had “I Wanna Be Your Chicago’s finest drag performers, includingKim Chi, current season-8 contestant on LogoTV’s Lover” back when I was 9, and liked it. I was Rupaul’s Drag Race. The event will feature performances by Couleé, Valentine Addams, DiDa Ritz, lukewarm on “1999” but was keen on “Little Red and Lucy Stoole, all queens who acted in the film. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Corvette” and crazy about “Delirious,” but not Couleé and her team, Kelly Schmader and Dan Polyak. obsessed. Then, while I was waiting and wait- The story of Lipstick City follows high-end fashion model Miss Couleé, who discovers evidence ing for new MJ material to fill my obsessive ten- that her powerful husband, Mr., isn’t the faithful man she thought she married. Miss Couleé teams dencies, “When Doves Cry” hit in the summer of up with dancer and ally, Shea, to go underground into a glamorous and gritty world run by power- 1984, just as I was going on a road trip with my ful entrepreneur, Chic, to exact her revenge. family. I taped it off the 45 and listened 2 it and Couleé plays the two starring roles, with each character representing a side of her drag persona. its b-side, “17 Days,” on a loop that week and “This project is an important chance to showcase the capabilities of Chicago drag and a par- the minute Purple Rain hit Walmart, I was there. ticular moment in time for a vibrant artistic community,” Couleé said. “One of our goals was to My dilemma: It was on shelves at the same time display the incredible range of diverse talents in our scene.” as Victory by The Jacksons. I saw my choices as Couleé conceived of the film in July 2015, and worked with her team Dan Polyak and Kelly “safe” vs. “dangerous.” At 14, I loved safe, but Schmader to write, fundraise, direct, and produce the film over the course of the end of 2015. something wooed me 2 the dark side 4 the first Lipstick City is a Dark Barrel Media production, filmed by Brian Morgan. The film will be distributed time. It was Prince. I did eventually buy both, by Open TV (beta). Open TV is a Chicago-based platform for television by indie arts and artists run but Purple Rain stole my heart and mind that as a research project by Northwestern University professor Aymar Jean Christian. day over those crazy Jacksons. What I got with A special afterparty will be held at Queen! at Smart Bar, 3730 N. Clark St. Purple Rain (besides the 2’ x 3’ poster over my Photo of Shea Couleé from Lipstick City, courtesy of Aymar Jean Christian bed and the best album I’ve ever heard and just about since) was a window into real life. Not the imaginary Hollywood life Michael, Olivia, The Carpenters and Air Supply gave me up until then, and not the white-washed life MTV presented, ducing new songs constantly. but something outside my comfort zone that Your loss has taken away from us a friend, lover, turned me from boy 2 man in 9 songs. father, mother, brother, sister, a god and a devil, “Take Me With U,” “Baby I’m a Star” and “Let’s but you’ve left us with one of the biggest lega- Go Crazy” gave me the pop bridge I needed, cies (and vaults of unreleased material) of any leading into the mournful melodrama of the title pop star in our lifetimes. A legacy of recorded track and “The Beautiful Ones,” both of which music, but also of acceptance, magic, diversity, sparked my fire for future love of Depeche Mode, beauty and the belief that we can do anything. The Cure and The Smiths with their sadness; but While U never did convince me your god was my most importantly, “When Doves Cry,” “Darling god, give her a message from all of us anyway. Nikki,” “Computer Blue” and “I Would Die 4U” Prince, we love U and miss U, and thank U 4 challenged me. That day, I stepped out of the your time on Earth. U were a cultural gift we can box my parents, family, friends and church had never repay. We hoped U’d live 2 see the Dawn, laid before me, and into a world with limitless and Wish U Heaven, as U wished us. WINDY CITY TIMES April 27, 2016 25 Billy Masters

“There have been very few complaints the way it is. People go, they use the bathroom that they feel is appropriate. There has been so little trouble.”—Donald Trump voices his opposition to North Carolina’s so-called bathroom law. Who would have thought the voice of reason in the Republican Party would be Donald Trump? Picture it—a world where being in a same-sex couple is the norm and being in an opposite-sex couple is unusual. That kinda happened last week on Dancing with the Stars. Nyle DiMarco (from America’s Next Top Model) was asked by his part- Nyle DiMarco set things straight on Dancing ner for the week, Sharna Burgess, if he’d ever with the Stars, Billy says. been hurt in a relationship. Nyle said (through Instagram photo his interpreter), “Yeah; I was in a 10-year relationship.” Sharna followed up by asking, “And was he deaf as well?” Nyle responded, “SHE was saying they preyed on her wealth and emotional deaf.” Sharna, somewhat mortified, said, “She. fragility. While she got some money back, her Sorry. Why did I say ‘he?’ I’m sorry. I didn’t mean relationship with Chris was irreparably damaged. it that way.” It was an honest mistake—Nyle What exactly happened is a mystery. is handsome, talented and artistic. You’d think Last week, producer Peter Marc Jacobson (for- he’s gay, but he actually calls himself “sexually merly married to Fran Drescher) found himself fluid”—which sounds terrible unsanitary to moi! the center of attention for all the wrong reasons. Everyone is still talking about the “bathroom Austrian police were trying to track down a “sus- law” in North Carolina, but there’s another bill pected fraudster” who allegedly bilked a woman being proposed by members of the Kansas leg- of roughly $52K. The alleged fraudster went by islature. The Student Physical Privacy Act would the name Peter R. and gave the victim a photo require all students in colleges to use the public of Jacobson when he convinced her to invest her restroom that corresponds to the gender on their life savings in gemstones. When she came to her birth certificates. Sounds like the N.C. law, but senses, she went to the police with the photo this one has a twist. If a student sees someone and they issued a warrant—for Peter Marc Ja- using the “wrong” bathroom, that student can cobson, who was nowhere near Vienna. A police sue the school for $2,500 for “psychological, spokesman said that the real suspect “must look emotional and physical harm suffered.” As if go- deceptively similar” to Jacobson. They’re now ing to school in Kansas didn’t do that already! looking for him. And if he looks anything like If you ask me, HBO’s Gloria Vanderbilt/An- Jacobson, I’m looking for him, too! derson Cooper documentary Nothing Left Unsaid I was the first to tell you whoR icky Martin’s left quite a bit unsaid. Huge chunks of both of new beau is. Since then, they’ve gone public. their lives were completely glossed over or ig- Ricky and Jwan Yosef even held hands on the nored. Like what? Well, Anderson’s personal life red carpet of the amfAR Inspiration Gala in Sao was verboten. OK, so maybe it was more about Paulo, Brazil. Ricky posted a photo of two and Gloria. wrote the caption, “Yup”—which I translate as It was nice to see some attention paid to the “Yes, Billy Masters was right.” But that wasn’t two sons she had with Leopold Stokowski. We the most momentous thing that happened at the heard from eldest son, Stan, but when it came to benefit. Ana Paola Diniz is a big Ricky Martin the second son, Gloria said, “Chris has disassoci- fan—and, apparently has big bucks. She bid the ated himself from us all. He never wants to see equivalent of $90K for a passionate kiss on the any of us again.” Even the death of Anderson’s lips by the Latin heartthrob. Ricky is nothing if father and the suicide of his brother didn’t bring not accommodating, and I would say Diniz got Chris back. Gloria seems sanguine on the separa- her $90K worth—as you will see in the video on tion: “It’s been very hard for me to come to this BillyMasters.com. conclusion and point in my life, but I think that This leads perfectly into a quick follow-up “Ask is really what he wants.” I find it fascinating Billy” question. Nick in Miami writes, “Thanks that Vanderbilt is resigned to having no contact for telling us about Ricky and Jwan. I know you with a living son for four decades, but has such said Jwan was an artist. Has he ever modeled? angst and regret about a son who killed himself Because he’s gorgeous.” in front of her 28 years ago. I don’t know if he’s officially worked as a mod- So, what happened with Chris? According to el, but I just received a fully nude, full-frontal sources, everything started to unravel when Glo- photo purported to be Jwan. It appears to have ria became involved with psychiatrist Dr. Christ been taken during a photo session. Maybe it was Zois. Their relationship went far beyond the a modeling shoot. Maybe it was part of an art typical therapist/client type. Gloria paid for Dr. project. Wherever it came from, you’ll certainly Havana in Chicago Zois, his family and his lawyer to have first-class enjoy it at BillyMasters.com. vacations, gave them access to her homes, and When Jwan is showing how he can hold his lavished them with gifts. She also turned a blind palette without using his hands, it’s definitely eye when he meddled in the affairs of her kids— time to end yet another column. It may cost First Hand Aid will host Havana In Chicago, particularly with Christopher. $90K to get a kiss from Ricky Martin, but you can Saturday, April 30, from 4 to 8 pm at Sidetrack, Her blind eye also extended to her finances. read this column for free each and every week on 3349 N. Halsted St. Proceeds will be used to She trusted Zois enough to give him (and his www.BillyMasters.com, the site that’s the best help First Hand Aid fulfill their mission of de- lawyer) power of attorney and control of her fi- bargain online. If you’ve got a question, send it livering medical and day-to-day supplies, ser- nances. She claimed they emptied out her bank along to [email protected], and I promise vicing families, and feeding seniors in Cuba. accounts, sold off the license to use her name for to get back to you before Nyle leaves something All money raised during this event—from tick- home furnishings, and didn’t pay her taxes. She unsaid. Until next time, remember: One man’s et sales, silent auction and drink sales—will sued them and won $1.5 million, with the court filth is another man’s bible. go directly to First Hand Aid. The party will feature a Cuban buffet from Siboney Cuban Restaurant and Cuban music by Angel D’Cuba and guests. There will also be a Cuban-inspired silent auction with artwork, artifacts and gift certificates. Entrance to this event includes a Cuban buffet, music and dancing, a Cuban inspired cocktail, and the silent auction. Tickets available on-line and at the door. Visit www.firsthandaid.org/purchase-tickets to purchase tickets online. Valet parking will be available. Cost is $50 per person. Photos from last year’s Havana in Chicago event by Jed Dulanas 26 April 27, 2016 WINDY CITY TIMES nightspots the big TO-DO OUR WEEKLY PICKS TO PLAN YOUR NIGHTLIFE CALENDAR

Fabitat: A Whole Lewd World

BOBBY LOVE’S Wed., April 27, 10 pm Getting purple at a special Prince-themed karaoke night, Sat., April 23. Double Door’s Door No. 3, Photos by Kirk Williamson and David Brown 1551 N. Damen Ave. A dirty Disney disaster with Lucy Stoole, Joan Waters, Curlene Ribbon, Soju, Deb- pating restaurants in nearly 60 cities and that res- bie Fox, Tom2, DJ Adam El and Ldy Pr- taurant will donate a portion of the day’s proceeds blms. to fund HIV/AIDS care, prevention, education, testing, counseling and other essential services in the DISH their city. Weekly Dining Guide in Volunteer spokespeople include Ted Allen, host Dining Out For Life WINDY CITY TIMES of Food Network’s Chopped, actor Pam Grier (Foxy Brown, Jackie Brown), designer Mondo Guerra, at Cantina 1910 winner of Lifetime’s Project Runway All-Stars, and SAVOR chef Daisy Martinez from Food Network’s Viva Dai- sy. Fig & Olive offers Chicago is among the cities participating this year. Some of the others include Atlanta, In- spring menu; dianapolis, Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley, Houston, Vancouver Island, Seattle, Key West and Primavera risotto at Fig & Olive. San Francisco. Thu., April 28, 8 pm Dining Out for Life Photo by Andrew Davis See DiningOutForLife.com. Cantina 1910, BY ANDREW DAVIS 5025 N. Clark St. goand mascarpone cheese—was a dish to remem- Raise much-needed funds for Edge Al- ber. Lastly, the dessert, a clementine vacherin, was liance and its work helping people liv- Fig & Olive (104 E. Oak St.; http://www.figando- almost cleansing; it was served with blood-orange ing with HIV/AIDS. Just one of many live.com/menu/chicago/) recently hosted a me- coulis, clementine sorbet, white-chocolate mousse participating locations around the city. dia dinner that showcased Chef Wilfrid Hocquet’s Reservations at www.cantina-1910.com. and meringue. spring menu. As expected, the dishes had a lighter Of course, the spring menu is not limited to feel—but still managed to be quite delicious these options. Just a few of the other choices in- Items sampled included a refreshing burrata and clude salmon crudo, fennel salad, various carpac- asparagus, complete with burrata, asparagus, snow Hamburger Mary’s Oak Park cios (such as beef and yellowfin tuna), a fig-Gor- peas, hazelnut, arugula, microbasil and blood-or- Grand Opening gonzola tartlet, Chilean sea bass, Provence roasted ange dressing; a solid crab salad that incorporated chicken, chocolate pot de creme and tableside-for- such ingredients as celeriac, horseradish mayo and two items like whole branzino and chateaubriand. pink pepper; and primavera risotto, complete with arborio rice, asparagus, green pea, garlic and shal- Dining Out for Life lot. The annual event Dining Out for Life will take The filet mignon (marinated with rosemary and place Thursday, April 28, in various cities across thyme)—and which was accompanied by garlic North America. Dine at one of the 3,000 partici- barley risotto with hedgehog mushroom, manche- Fri., April 29, 7 pm Hamburger Mary’s Oak Park, 155 S. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park, IL The Andersonville favorite branches out into the burbs. Two “Dining With the Divas” drag shows at 8 and 9:30 (seating for first show at 7). Then, sing the night away with MaryOke after the show.

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Fri., April 29, 9 pm Berlin, 954 W. Belmont Ave. Play Pokemon-themed games from 9-10 pm. Then, trainers and Pokemon alike will be brought to life in drag with Lucy Stoole, Alexis Bevels, JoMcQueen, Fox E BERLIN Kim, Misty and more. Girls and Boys dancing to Voxbox’s special Prince set, Sat., April 23. Photos by Kirk Williamson WINDY CITY TIMES April 27, 2016 27

Leather Eye for the Preppy Guy

Touche, 6412 N. Clark St., will team up with Leather64TEN, 6410 N. Clark St. to present the 11th annual Leather Eye for the Preppy Guy makeover contest, to benefitVital Bridge’s Gro- ceryland Pantry. This year’s contest will be held Friday, April 29 at Touche. The contest begins at 11 pm, with the winner announced at midnight. Along with over $500 in leather gear from Caliber Leathers, the winner will also receive a pair of tickets to the International Mr. Leather 2016 Contest, to be held Sunday, May 29. The Groceryland Pantry serves PWAs across the northside, providing food and personal care items to their many clients. During the holiday season, the pantry receives huge donations of non-perishable food and other supplies. By springtime, the Pantry’s shelves begin to hold less, making this benefit crucial to keep them stocked and serving their clients. Donations of non-perishable foods and personal care products will be collected during the Leather Eye contest. There will also be raffles during the night, with prizes including Touche gift bags, gift certificates from Leather64TEN and much more. Admission is free, but cash donations will also be accepted. Contestant applications are available at Touche and Leather64TEN. A $10 contestant entry fee will be donated to the Groceryland Pantry and each contestant will receive a gift bag. Entry forms must be submitted by 10 pm, Friday, April 28. Photo from last year’s Leather Eye for the Preppy Guy contest by Kirk Williamson

Quarterback Rasan Gore (right). Photo by Preston Tewell

Game on: Force looks to regain championship form

By Ross Forman ing champion DC Divas.” The Force home opener is Saturday, April There are a lot of new faces this season on the 30, against the Columbus Comets. Kickoff at Chicago Force roster, including recruits from Lane Stadium on the campus of Lane Tech High local flag football leagues and several interna- School, 2501 W. Addison St., is at 5 p.m. tional players. “We’ve lost a handful of veteran players for But the team carries the same drive to land various reasons,” Bache said. “Roz Bennett back in the championship game of the Women’s (OL) retired. Jeanette Gray is our all-world re- Football Alliance (WFA). ceiver and it’s not yet clear if she will be able This is the team’s 14th season and the Force to play this season. Due to work conflicts run- has been nothing short of a perennial power- ning backs Cassey Brick and Brandy Hatcher are house. Chicago entered the season with a 108- unlikely to play this season. And linebacker 25 overall record, and has already won its first Melissa Nelson is in the police academy and two road games of the season. Just consider thus unable to play. the power of this Force: “We’ve done a very good job bringing in more —The team has never had a losing season. talent, but it’s hard to replace that level of tal- —The team has won eight division titles, ent and experience.” three conference championships and one na- Some key newcomers who have joined the tional championship. Force from flag football are Tamika Robinson —In the history of women’s football, Chica- (RB), Emma Vanderheyden (RB), Ashlea Lane go holds the record for most points scored in a (WR) and Alli Alberts (WR/S). The team also season (771), largest margin of victory overall has a contingent of seven international players, (3,728) and in a season (643) and largest mar- including second-year players Sonja Drangsholt gin of victory in a playoff game (84); it is also (Norway), Anke Kutzscher (Germany) and Ayn- tied for most shutouts (55 games). slee Rodger (New Zealand). “On paper, we look pretty good [this season], Drangsholt was the defensive rookie of the although you never have as much depth as year last season. you’d like,” said Force owner Linda Bache. “If Chicago also features Mariola Weiser (Czech we can avoid injuries, I like our chances. 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Love You to Death in advance of its June 3 Blackhawks player release will instantly receive “Boyfriend” and Harris appoints 1st “U-turn.” suspended for Love You to Death—the follow-up to Tegan choreographer anti-gay slur and Sara’s 2013 album Heartthrob—was re- in residence By Matt Simonette corded in Los Angeles with producer Greg The Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 Kurstin (Adele, Sia, Beck) and features 10 new E. Randolph St., has appointed choreographer Chicago Blackhawks forward Andrew Shaw was tracks. Among the songs are “BWU,” “That Brian Brooks its first-ever choreographer in suspended for one game after using a homo- Girl,” “Stop Desire” and “White Knuckles.” residence. phobic slur during the team’s 4-3 loss against This residency provides $600,000 over three the St. Louis Blues on April 19. years that will fund choreographer compensa- During the game, cameras trained on Shaw, Children’s museum tion, commissioning and production support. who was in the penalty box, captured him ex- celebrating diversity The new residency will provide encouragement claiming to the referees, “Fuck you, fucking Navy Pier’s Chicago Children’s Museum cel- and allow choreographers to focus on creating faggot,” according to NBC 5. There was no au- ebrates International Family Equality Day on one to three new works each season. Andrew Shaw. dio for the incident. Sunday, May 1, and will kick off two months The first three companies chosen for commis- Twitter photo The National Hockey League released a state- of programming honoring the diversity of what ment about the suspension on April 20 on its constitutes family. hawks stepped up an initiative with the You website. Shaw will also have to undergo sensi- On that day, activities will include events at Can Play Project, which addresses homophobia Brian Brooks. tivity training, and must pay $5,000 for mak- the International Family Equality Day Hospital- in sports. Photo by ing an obscene gesture towards an official. He ity and Resource Room (10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.), Blackhawks management added, “We are ex- Erin Baiano missed the fifth game of the Blackhawks’ first- as well as “Family Flags” (12:30-2 p.m.) and tremely disappointed in Andrew Shaw’s actions round Stanley Cup playoff series on April 21. “Rainbow Parachute” (2:15 p.m.). last night. His comments do not reflect what On April 20, Shaw issued a statement of Throughout May and June, events will in- we stand for as an organization. We are proud apology via the Blackhawks’ website. clude: to have an inclusive and respectful environ- “I am sincerely sorry for the insensitive re- —LGBTQ Resources, Thursday, June 23, ment, and to support various initiatives such marks that I made last night while in the pen- 5-7:30 p.m.: Resource tables for information as the You Can Play Project and the Chicago alty box,” said Shaw. “When I got home and relevant to gender expansive children and the Gay Hockey Association. We will use this op- saw the video, it was evident that what I did LGBTQ parenting community, including family- portunity to further educate our players and was wrong, no matter the circumstances. I friendly book suggestions and teacher resourc- organization moving forward, so that we all apologize to many people, including the gay es; may learn from it.” and lesbian community, the Chicago Black- —Rainbow Staircase, May 1-June 30, during NBC 5’s original story is at bit.ly/26fdfix. hawks organization, Blackhawks fans and any- museum hours: Transform the three-story stair- one else I may have offended. I know my words case into a giant rainbow by adding colorful sions are Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (2016- were hurtful and I will learn from my mistake.” New Tegan and Sara ribbons on each visit; 17 season), Miami City Ballet (2017-18 season) “While Mr. Shaw was apologetic and remorse- —What Makes a Family? Chalk Wall, May and Brian Brooks Moving Company (2017-18 ful for both the offensive comments and the songs out, album soon 1-June 30, during museum hours: Share ideas season), with more to be announced. Each inappropriate gesture directed at the on-ice In anticipation of their forthcoming al- about what makes a family on the 20-foot-long piece will either premiere at the Harris Theater, officials, he must be held accountable for his bum Love You to Death, Tegan and Sara have community chalkboard; and or will be presented by the Harris Theater after actions,” said NHL Senior Executive Vice Presi- launched their album pre-order and released —Collect a Color, Thursday, June 23, 6:30- its premiere in another city. dent of Hockey Operations Colin Campbell. “The debut single “Boyfriend.” 7:30 p.m.: Answer questions about color and, The choreographer in residence at the Harris emotion of the moment cannot and will not “Boyfriend” and brand-new track “U-turn” are in the process, collect colored beads to make a Theater for Music and Dance is made possible be a mitigating factor for the conduct that is available for sale and streaming now, and Love rainbow bracelet or keychain. by the Jay Franke and David Herro Choreogra- expected of an NHL player.” You to Death is available for pre-order via all See http://www.chicagochildrensmuseum. pher in Residence Fund, through the Imagine The incident came shortly after the Black- digital service providers. 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