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By Gretchen rachel Hammond in preparation for between 40,000 and 50,000 people. It was part of a coordinated, global statement on equality and jus- History was made Jan. 21 at the Women’s March on Chicago. tice that began as a Facebook post shortly after the results of the Nov. SHOW AND TELL It was 8 a.m. in the morning at the intersection of Columbus Drive 8 general election and grew into events taking place in Washington, legend Charles Busch loves to entertain. and Jackson Boulevard in downtown Chicago. Through an early, cool D.C. and 600 sister cities worldwide. Photo by Frederic Aranda mist, the small army of organizers and volunteers for the Women’s Early in Chicago, a line of participants had formed across the bar- 13 March on Chicago were completing work on and around the rally stage Turn to page 6

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Perspective from the stage at the Women’s march on Chicago. Photo by Fred Brennan By GreTCheN raChel hammoND in preparation for between 40,000 and 50,000 people. C It was part of a coordinated, global statement on equality and jus- History was made Jan. 21 at the Women’s March on Chicago. tice that began as a Facebook post shortly after the results of the Nov. SHOW AND TELL It was 8 a.m. in the morning at the intersection of Columbus Drive 8 general election and grew into events taking place in Washington, Drag legend Charles Busch loves to entertain. and Jackson Boulevard in downtown Chicago. Through an early, cool D.C. and 600 sister cities worldwide. C Photo by Frederic Aranda mist, the small army of organizers and volunteers for the Women’s Early in Chicago, a line of participants had formed across the bar- 0 13 March on Chicago were completing work on and around the rally stage 3 Turn to page 6 28 26 27 SATURDAY MONDAY Above photo: From the Women’s March on Chicago. THURSDAY FRIDAY

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Cecil Brockman on “I will continue to speak out against H.B. 2 and the General Assembly website: http://www. push for statewide non-discrimination protection ncleg.net/gascripts/members/viewMember. for the LGBT community. We have North Carolin- pl?sChamber=H&nUserID=691. refuses to stay silent ians who are marginalized and vulnerable; it is By Sarah Toce Marcus Brandon. He added that he was speaking publicly “I’ve heard what people say about LGBT people about the incident so people could use caution As a former closeted member of the LGBT com- when they think they’re talking to a room full day to day. “There’s so much going on right munity, North Carolina state Rep. Cecil Brockman of straight people,” Brockman said. “I saw the now,” he said. (D-Guilford) is tired of hiding. things Marcus went through, and that made me The 32-year-old Black bisexual politician from even more fearful of what the reaction might be High Point says he suffered in silence as House for me.” Former employee of Bill 2 and Senate Bill 2 were introduced. Both Regardless of the reaction from his peers and bills allowed magistrates in his state to refuse the press, Brockman said he wasn’t a one-trick abuse survivors to perform marriage ceremonies for same-sex pony. couples, citing religious freedom. “I hope my work will speak for itself,” Brock- group files man said. “I don’t want to be judged on my sexu- retaliation lawsuit ality, but for the work I’ve done for my commu- By Matt Simonette nity.” Scott Peterson, after being attacked. Photo courtesy of Peterson Brockman has always taken comfort in his re- A Chicago woman has filed a lawsuit against an ligion. abuse-survivors’ advocacy organization, alleg- “I grew up in a single parent household, raised man attacked ing that the group fired her in retaliation for by my mother who taught me how to sacrifice for investigating the organization’s finances. others,” Brockman said. “I attended Greater First in Edgewater Gretchen Rachel Hammond, who is a senior United Baptist Church where my Pastor, Tacuma By Matt Simonette newswriter for Windy City Times, filed the law- Johnson, became an influential spiritual guide suit against Survivor’s Network of those Abused and male role model for me.” A man walking to the Bryn Mawr L stop, 1119 by Priests (SNAP) in Cook County Circuit Court Brockman shared his reasoning for W. Bryn Mawr Ave., in Edgewater was assaulted on Jan. 17. SNAP’s ostensible mission is to publicly and becoming a role model—and a tar- the evening of Jan. 13, and he said the perpe- support and advocate for survivors of abuse at get—for North Carolina citizens. trator used anti-gay slurs while doing so. The the hands of Catholic Church personnel. The or- “I want people to recognize that members victim’s shoulder was broken in the attack. ganization is based in Chicago. of the LGBT community are your sons and your Scott Peterson, who lives nearby, first en- Hammond’s suit alleges that SNAP, with daughters, your aunts and uncles,” Brockman countered the perpetrator at about 5:15 p.m. whom she was employed as a development ex- said. “You can’t turn away from those members of while inside the Dunkin’ Donuts at 1127 W. ecutive from 2011-2013, exploits survivors by the community. It’s important for me as a Black Bryn Mawr Ave., but exchanged no words with directing them to attorneys who, in turn, both person to stand up for the Black community, as him. But the man followed him out of the res- paid kickbacks to SNAP and regularly breached well as stand up for the LGBT community. I’m a taurant to the L stop and pushed him to the client-confidentiality protocols in subsequent part of both communities, and I want to push my ground. Peterson said the man said the man communications with the organization. Dona- community to be more tolerant and accepting.” called him a “faggot” and added, “I’m no girl.” tions from those attorneys allegedly made up a With a Donald J. Trump presidency looming on Peterson said the incident was over very sizable fraction of SNAP’s budget. the horizon, Brockman reminded his constituents North Carolina state Rep. Cecil Brockman. quickly. “While SNAP claims that it is motivated by that there was still work to be done to move the “He literally came running out of Dunkin’ Photo by Gretchen Rachel Hammond the interests of survivors, in fact, SNAP is mo- ball forward. Donuts,” Peterson recalled. “I had no time to tivated largely by the personal animus of its “Our state’s reputation has been severely dam- do anything. … I laid there for about five sec- operators and directors against the Catholic “It was incredibly frustrating to hear people aged by laws like H.B. 2. It is time we reject the onds, in shock.” Church,” Hammond’s complaint stated. who have very ignorant opinions,” Brockman harmful ideology that is dividing us and being to Peterson was treated at Advocate Illinois Ma- SNAP has denied the allegations. said, “because very few of those people know a work together for a better North Carolina.” sonic Hospital for his injuries. He sustained a member of the LGBT community.” Now, he is not so quietly keeping his col- fractured humerus bone and will be out of work Brockman stood on the North Carolina House leagues on note. for several months. He filed a police report, Drag-king workshop floor and apologized to gay and couples “It’s important to tell the folks down in Ra- and is trying to obtain security footage from after the House voted to override Gov. Pat Mc- leigh, you are serving with members of the LGBT Dunkin’ Donuts and Chicago Transit Authority Jan. 26 at Center Crory’s veto of Senate Bill 2. House Speaker Tim community and elected members you serve with for clues to the man’s identity. “Living Dangerously: A Workshop Moore abruptly silenced his outcry with the gavel. can potentially be harmed by your legislation,” The man had been loitering in the restaurant and Bonus Fancy Tie Tutorial” will take place “I always felt that I tried to stick up for the Brockman said. “I hope it opens people’s eyes to for a while, and had told the owner he was Thursday, Jan. 26, 6-8 p.m., at the Center on LGBT community, even when I wasn’t ‘out,’ ” realize that the work we do affects real people’s trying to decide what he wanted. He was hold- Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted St. Brockman said. “I want to do more of my part, lives.” ing a bag and a box, Peterson recalled, adding, This event, which Gavin Danger is hosting, to be stronger and admit to the world that I’m [Note: Brockman sent Windy City Times a “He wasn’t unkempt,” but added that the man is family-friendly and kids are invited to at- actually a member of this community as well.” separate statement about the lack of a repeal looked “not right.” tend with their parents. Attendees are asked to Brockman is replacing state Rep. Chris Sgro in for House Bill 2. He said, “I am extremely dis- Peterson said the man was about 25-years- bring make-up, crepe hair, mirrors, spirit gum, the 2017-2018 General Assembly following his appointed by the failure of General Assembly old, slim and had a beard. He also appeared binders and performance music (on their cell- exit from the House, where he completed the Republicans to follow through on their end of to be wearing pajama bottoms. Peterson has phones), among other items. term of the late Ralph Johnson. Sgro currently the deal to fully repeal H.B. 2. This harmful and been in touch with CPD detectives about the There is a suggested donation of $20; see leads the LGBT advocacy group Equality N.C. discriminatory law has been a disaster for North matter. CenterOnHalsted.org/newevents-details. Prior to becoming a legislator, Brockman Carolina, damaging both our economy and repu- cfm?ID=13295 for more information. served as an aide to openly gay lawmaker Rep. tation on the national stage. Instead of showing

@windycitytimes1 /windycitymediagroup @windycitytimes www.windycitymediagroup.com WINDY CITY TIMES Jan. 25, 2017 5 PASSAGES floor auditorium, on Saturday, Jan. 28. A short Task Force considers ceremony will be held at 1:30 p.m. Richard W. Burke In lieu of flowers, donations naming Richard Richard W. Burke died peacefully in his home W. Burke (in the subject line of the Center’s Creating Change on Jan. 17, 2017 from complications due to online donation form, or in the lower left-hand multiple system atrophy. He was 66. corner of the check) may be made to The Center Richard was born March 20, 1950, in Los An- on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted St., Chicago, IL recommendations geles County, California. 60613. People may also bring donations to the He is survived by his husband, Christopher visitation. By Matt Simonette Executive Director Rea Carey in a Dec. 12 column Merrill; and his sister, Jeannie Halversen, her in The Advocate. “The review described several husband Scott and their three children, Chris- As the National LGBT Task Force’s 2017 Creating core strengths of the conference: the breadth of tian, Cody and Rachel. He is also survived by Change conference opened in Philadelphia Jan. issues that affect the lives of LGBTQ people; its adopted mother Harriet Bostwick. 18, hosts considered suggestions from a Chicago- forward-thinking approach; its emphasis on in- He was preceded in death by his beloved based consultancy. tersectionality; and the experiential way attend- grandmother, Edith Coons Barrett. His grand- The Task Force, in April 2016, hired Chicago- ees build their knowledge, skills, and strategies mother instilled in him a love of classical mu- based Morten Group to review the logistics of the through their interactions with advocates and sic, musical theater, good books and cats. conference, which had encountered substantial activists from across the country.” He was a lover of architecture and an avid strategic difficulties when the event took place The report said that some of those core collector of model cars, taking great pleasure in Chicago in January 2016, among them a cha- strengths of Creating Change could paradoxically in assembling them and putting them on dis- otic protest at a reception for the pro-Israel or- become weaknesses, noting that scope and size play. He loved listening to the standards, espe- ganization A Wider Bridge and the invitation of were mentioned as necessary considerations by cially the recordings of Tony Bennett. officials from Immigration Customs Enforcement many respondents. Richard was a kind, gentle and loving man, to speak; those officials were subsequently asked “There is concern that the conference in its very even-tempered and easy to get along not to attend. current form has become too large to be man- with. Friends would remark on his “kind eyes.” Among the suggestions for the Task Force in- aged in the same way it was in the past, and too Visitation will be held at the Center on Halst- Richard W. Burke. cluded in the report are “reimagining” the con- long and expensive to serve anyone adequately or ed, 3656 N. Halsted St., 1-3 p.m., in the third- Photo courtesy of Christopher Merrill ference, including using a gap year in calendar safely,” said the report. “Respondents also sug- year 2018, when, the report suggests, the Task gested the size of the conference is negatively Force should undergo extensive strategizing for affecting the quality of the content, recommend- the conference; succession plans for organiza- ing that programming be more issue focused, @windycitytimes1 /windycitymediagroup tion leadership; strategies for safety measures streamlined and reflective of the Task Force’s pri- for conference attendees; a more comprehensive orities rather than trying to cover every issue at review—and reduction—of conference program- Creating Change.” @windycitytimes www.windycitymediagroup.com ming; and a new financial model for the confer- The conference’s finances have been a continu- ences. The report also proposes increased media ing concern as well. The Task Force dedicates and marketing for both the conference and the general operating funds to sustaining Creating Task Force, among other suggestions. Change, which has incurred substantial losses Task Force officials said they incorporated some in past years. Survey respondents were also con- BRAD LIPPITZ GROUP of the goals, including programming review and cerned that some potential participants cannot Boutique Real Estate, Worldwide reduction, expanded safety strategies and in- afford to participate, but financial assistance to creased marketing and media use, into the plan- them is costly and can potentially put the confer- CLASSIC, MODERN, AND ONE-OF-A-KIND PROPERTIES ning of the 2017 Philadelphia event. Other goals ence even further in the red. OVER $60 MILLION SOLD ANNUALLY will be implemented for a longer-term strategy. “Ultimately, Creating Change must choose to be Morten Group collected data from more than either an expensive or affordable conference—it 400 stakeholders by way of an online survey, can no longer feasibly be both,” said the report. interviews and focus groups. Contributions to “The stakes are very high for our ability to work the report were made by Keisha Farmer-Smith, together as activists, as we prepare the 29th Vincent Pagán, Leela Singh, Mary F. Morten and Creating Change Conference,” said Carey in her Nichelle L. Jenkins. column. “Our community has faced horrible odds “The insights we’ve gained from this review are and has been under siege before, and we know needed now more than ever, because of the po- that we rise to the challenges by being at our litical situation we are up against—which is like creative and strategic best.” nothing we’ve dealt with before,” said Task Force

Breakfast, who were found to be discriminating Anti-LGBT lawyer against a gay couple who wished to hold their ceremony at their establishment. suspended U.S. District Chief Judge Ruben Castillo ordered By Matt Simonette Craddock suspended after Craddock twice insulted attorney Courtney Lindbert, of the Chicago law A Chicago attorney who has litigated against firm Andrea & Casson Ltd., in emails pertaining LGBT causes was, on Jan. 18, suspended from to litigation. In the emails, he used anti- A proud member and supporter of the LGBTQ community for practicing in federal courts for a year, according slurs when referring to Lindbert’s name. Craddock over 20 years, no real estate broker in the city sells or gives back to to the Chicago Tribune. maintains that he had been locked in an antago- our community as much as Brad. Jason R. Craddock Sr., has argued cases on nistic relationship with Lindbert. behalf of the conservative Thomas More Society Craddock was also ordered to seek anger man- BRAD LIPPITZ advocacy group, which, among other anti-LGBT agement help over the matter. 3323 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60657 | 980 N Michigan Ave #900, Chicago, IL 60611 and conservative Christian causes, disputed mar- The Chicago Tribune’s article is at http://trib. 773.404.1144 | [email protected] | BradLippitz.com riage equality in court. Craddock also represented in/2iJIO40. owners of the downstate Timber Creek Bed and 6 Jan. 25, 2017 WINDY CITY TIMES MARCH from cover ricades at the South end of Columbus. They were decked out in pink hats and carrying an array of homemade and printed signs decrying 2016 electoral college winner Donald Trump and the , xenophobia, misogyny, hatred and division that were the hallmarks of his campaign. The rally was barely underway when the size of its audience blanketed Columbus Drive, moving south from Jackson. An unabated wave of people was pouring in to join them. Less than an hour into the line-up of speakers and musicians, Women’s March Co-Chairs Jessica Scheller, Ann Scholhamer and Liz Radford spoke on stage, their faces a mixture of shock and ela- tion to announce that the planned march to Fed- eral Plaza had been cancelled because the route and most of the major streets in the Chicago loop were filled with what turned out to be a crowd estimated at 250,000 people. Chicago had never seen anything like it for a woman-centered protest. The mist had cleared to a clear, blue sky— just one of the stark contrasts to the dreary, sinis- ter grey-and -white scene and the equally omi- nous message which played out 24 hours earlier Top row, left to right: Members of the Chicago cast of in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Hamilton; Ald. Deb Mell kissing her girlfriend, Georg when Trump was inaugurated,. Coleman; Lucy Smith. Bottom row, left to right: Dr. Jeanette In Chicago, the rally site and along the length Wilson; Opal Staples; Fawzia Mirza. of Michigan Avenue, State Street, Wacker Drive, Photos by Kat Fitzgerald Wabash and Chicago avenues were packed with (www.MysticImagesPhotography.com) a sea of vibrant color. Women, men, and gender nonconforming individuals of every age, racial and economic background cast a mas- Right: walking North on Michigan Avenue away from the sive shadow over Trump’s perceived popular as- Youth Magnificent Mile to, ironically, past Trump Tower, cendancy with a cry of defiant hope encapsulated for the marchers circled around and descended on in the words of speaker and National Rainbow/ Black Water Tower Place from the length of Chicago Push Coalition Rev. Dr. Janette C. Wilson, Esq. Lives. Avenue. “We are gathered in cities, states all across this Photo They stayed long into the afternoon and each nation and even around the world,” she said. “We by Tracy of their voices robbed Trump and the GOP of the are gathered here not because we have nothing Baim unity which they had been insisting America else to do but because we are the first educators should show for their agenda and instead put of our children. We have the power. We have the them on notice: if they continue down a path influence. We are the majority. We are the ones of divisive nationalism, chauvinism and injustice, who can make a difference. We are going to chal- their days are numbered. lenge the system. We stand here as women from L’Tonya Green and Alice Ocrey attended the ral- all over the world.” ly, according to Green, “for my mother, my grand- “We’re not just rallying today,” Wilson con- mother, all the women who didn’t get a chance cluded in a fiery tone that resulted in a loud to march.” cheer which grew in volume as she directly ad- “I’m here for the rights of all citizens,” Ocrey dressed Trump. “We are assembling and organiz- added. “Los Latinos, Black Lives Matter, Women’s ing ourselves because, when women fight back, Lives Matter. I marched in ‘68 and here I am there’s no going back. We’re going forward. We’re all these years later still marching for the same not going to let you put 20 million people out rights. Things have to change. This illegitimate of healthcare, we’re going to make sure that we administration will find out that we are not just a have the rights that we fought for; the rights that handful of people you can separate.” our ancestors have died for. We’re going to vote The long line-up of speakers and musicians you out just like you came in. We are the power. Ocrey and Green came to see was introduced by We are the people. We are every woman.” filmmaker, writer and performer Fawzia Mirza who Subsequent Chicago Police Department (CPD) served as a passionate emcee. announcements that the morning would begin They included Hamilton cast members Ari Af- and end with a rally due to the sheer numbers sar, Karen Olivo, Samantha Marie Ware who, along of people who had stopped any possible flow of with members of their ensemble sang a haunting traffic in the loop turned out to be a vain hope as rendition of the Beatles “Let It Be.” the march continued anyway. There was no way Black Lives Matter Chicago Lead Organizer Ais- to tell where it began or ended. Not everyone linn Pulley also headlined alongside Planned Par- pulled off to march, but the vast majority tried. enthood of Illinois Vice President of Development Clearly overwhelmed CPD officers were present Katie Thiede. only at intersections. Reyna Wences from Organized Communities When they tried to divert the surge of people Above four photos by Gretchen Rachel Hammond Against Deportations was joined on stage with WINDY CITY TIMES Jan. 25, 2017 7 Temple Sholom of Chicago Rabbi Shoshanah Conover who, in one particularly telling moment embraced Muslim community activist Eman Has- saballa Aly. Faith Arnold of SEIU Healthcare Illinois and Fight for $15 and Tamar Manasseh of Mothers Against Senseless Killings followed. National Immigrant Justice Center Executive Director Mary Meg McCarthy appeared with asylee from an Mongolia named Mary to present a com- pelling argument for immigrant rights. Joining the line-up were Chicago Teach- ers Union member and community activist Tara Stamps, Little Village Environmental Justice Organization Executive Director Kimberly Was- serman and Mujeres Latinas en Accion President Maria Socorro. Both U.S. Airforce Master Sergeant (retired) Jean Albright and transgender activist and Trans- Photos on this page by Vern Hester (except where otherwise indicated). Life Project Manager Channyn Lynne Parker deliv- ered beautifully moving celebrations of inclusion. Rahnee Patrick of Independent Living at Access Living and Khadine Bennett of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Illinois delivered hope and a pledge to fight Trump whether through making a public stand or in the courts. Women & Children First bookstore co-founder Ann Christophersen joined with new co-owner Lynn Mooney to introduce the array of elected officials who joined the rally including Illinois At- torney General Lisa Madigan, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, 33rd Ward Ald. Deb Mell, 43rd Ward Ald. Michele Smith, 10th Ward Ald. Susan Garza and 3rd Ward Ald. Pat Dowell. The last three Photo courtesy of Andrew Favreau had introduced the event at the start, and then at the end of the political parade, six high-level elected officials briefly spoke: U.S. Reps Cheri Bustos, Bill Foster and Raja Krishnamoorthi, plus Illinois Attorney Gen. Lisa Madigan, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, and Cook Coun- ty State’s Attorney Kim Foxx Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton of the Hadiya Pendleton Foundation, Illinois Caucus for Ado- lescent Health Executive Director Tiffany Pryor, author Sara Paretsky, Chicago Women Take Ac- tion co-founder Marilyn Katz, 2nd Wave feminist pioneer Sylvia Fisher, SEIU Healthcare of Illinois Director of External Relations Jaquie Algee, RISE Movement’s Eloise Diaz Bahrmasel, Youth For Black Lives (Eva Lewis, Maxine Aguilar, Maxine Wint, and Yahair Tarr) were also featured on the program Near the end of the program, there was a spe- cial Muslim call to prayer. Musical performances were provided by Opal Staples, Lucy Smith, So Chi Voices, The Full Court Press Jam Band and Lights of Zion. Both the Illinois delegation to the Women’s March on Washington and and the Women’s March on Chicago plan to work together on followup events and amplifying of local activism, includ- ing through pushing attendance at the annual Volunteer Expo at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum Feb. 26. See womens121marchonchicago.org/ . Note: Windy City Times Publisher Tracy Baim was among the lead organizers of the Women’s March on Chicago. 8 Jan. 25, 2017 WINDY CITY TIMES Women’s marches take place across the globe By Gretchen Rachel Hammond to be more than 100,000 who marched from the American Embassy in Grosvenor Square to Trafal- No incoming president in history gar Square. has seen anything like it: not just a record num- One marcher told , “When I ber of people, one half million, protesting a pres- heard the march was [happening] I couldn’t not idential inauguration in D.C., but more than 600 come out today and join it. I don’t want to look similar marches around the world, totaling in the back on Trump’s presidency in years to come and millions, from Boston, Chicago, Denver, New York think I’d not done what I could do resist it.” City and Los Angeles, and many cities worldwide. The mass of people in Paris who wanted their In London, Manchester, Paris, Berlin, Cape voices heard against hatred—even as France has Town, Sydney, across Africa, Asia and even in seen the rise of far-right National Front leader Antarctica; in more than 50 countries, millions Marine Le Pen—stretched into the distance from From the Washington, D.C. march. took part in the kind of unified repudiation of the Eiffel Tower. Photo by Andy Thayer a single leader and his agenda that is unprec- “The rights of women are in danger and also in edented. France,” one protestor tweeted. According to NPR, in Washington, D.C., “The Chicago’s march numbered more than 250,000. National Mall has flooded with pink.” In total, those who turned up to denounce Speakers included celebrated feminist Gloria 2016 Donald Trump far overshadowed those who Steinem who told a wildly cheering audience, appeared in support of his Jan. 20 instillation. “This is an outpouring of energy and true democ- Instead of acknowledging the astonishing in- racy I have not seen in a very long time. We’ve ternational display of voices raised in defiance elected an impossible president. We are never go- on just his first day in office, Trump used the ing home. We are staying together and we are occasion to talk about his Jan. 20 attendance taking over.” numbers in a tirade that began at the CIA and Steinem also provided a taste of the kind of continued with a brief press briefing at which civil resistance that waits for Trump if he tries to Trump spokesman Sean Spicer threatened to hold institute his litany of despotic campaign prom- the media “accountable.” ises. Yet, in Boston, it was Sen. Elizabeth Warren “If you force Muslims to register, we will all (D-Massachusetts) who encapsulated each of the register as Muslims,” she said. messages in each of the events in more than 600 At the march, actress and talk cities spanning the globe. show host Whoopi Goldberg noted that “this is “I’m here to fight back,” she said. not even the beginning.” See next page for photos from marches from In London, British press estimated the numbers other cities. All photos by Ann Hageman and Jessica Gallegos, except where indicated. WINDY CITY TIMES Jan. 25, 2017 9 More photos from the Women’s March on Chicago Photos on this page by Tim Carroll Photography. See many more photos from the event online.

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Denver, Colo. Photo by Matt Bell Toronto, Ontario. Photo by Megan Blacklock 10 Jan. 25, 2017 WINDY CITY TIMES missioner and former mayoral candidate Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, who spoke enthusiastically about a resolution condemning hatred that he said unanimously was passed by the Cook County Board of Commissioners the day before. “Racism, homophobia, , Islamopho- bia, anti-Semitism—these forms of discrimina- tion, and all other forms of hate, have no place Chicagoans protest in Cook County,” Garcia said. “We understand that much of what has been brought up across the country comes out of the national election Trump’s inauguration and the hateful that was empowered by a cer- Chuy Garcia. tain candidate who today was inaugurated into office. We understand today that the one of the reasons that Chicago and Cook County is one of the greatest places in the world is because of the diversity, because of the willingness of all of us to accept and embrace each other, to recognize our differences and to say that we can only be through when all of us can accept everyone and By Matt Simonette say that no one will be left behind. An injury to one is an injury to all.” Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Chicagoans, on Vladimir, a teenager who received a DACA Jan. 20, gathered in Daley Plaza in downtown (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), spoke Chicago to stand in protest of newly-inaugurated about his fears for the DREAM Act as well as his Jaquie Algie. President Donald J. Trump. The gathering then community commitments in the face of a Trump marched to Trump International Tower and to presidency. The act would have offered a path various locations in downtown, reportedly block- to residency for many undocumented individuals, ing Lake Shore Drive for a brief time. but many DREAMers are unsure of what will hap- Trump speech While a large overhead monitor affixed to the pen now. side of Block 37 silently broadcast footage from “I’m tired of living in the shadows,” Vladimir draws new inaugural festivities in Washington, D.C.—its said. “Since I’ve got my DACA, I’m going to be fighting with you guys.” controversies signal continually malfunctioning while doing By Matt Simonette Jaquie Algie of Service Employees International so—speakers and audience members first voiced Union Healthcare added, “We’re not going away. their defiance of Trump’s intended policies, espe- President Donald J. Trump’s inaugural ad- We are here to stay.” cially as they pertain to immigrant and workers’ dress, on Jan. 20, offered little deviation rights though numerous concerns were addressed. from the fiery, isolationist rhetoric that Before the rally began, the crowd enthusiasti- proved to be one of the hallmarks of the New cally chanted their support for a diverse Ameri- York real-estate developer and reality-TV can society: “No hate, no fear, everyone is wel- star’s presidential campaign. come here.” That chant was soon changed by the In a speech signaling that government crowd to show support for the LGBT community, however: “No hate, no fear, LGBTQ is welcome would heretofore put “America First,” Trump hear.” described myriad difficulties facing the na- tion, among them rampant crime, a moribund Among the speakers was Cook County Com- Photos by Matt Simonette economy and global trade and military pacts that have failed to work in the United States’ favor. Many commentators objected to the Activism meet-ups, America First moniker, which, they noted, was the same name of the 1930s organiza- personal book recommendations, tion—made famous by Charles Lindburgh, its principal spokesman—that advocated for weekly events, Kids Storytime, and more! United States isolationism. The size of Trump’s audience stirred con- There are so many reasons to support troversy between the Trump administration and the mainstream media Jan. 21. After Chicago’s only feminist bookstore. a photo-comparison went viral illustrating that Trump’s audience in the National Mall was only a fraction of the audience at for- mer President Barack Obama’s inaugural cer- emony in 2009, White House officials called a press conference to refute the reports and said that the media had been dishonest in its reporting. Trump made no mention of LGBT rights in his speech. Shortly after he was sworn in, however, the White House website was up- dated, and LGBT rights were among many public issues that were removed as topics on the site. WINDY CITY TIMES Jan. 25, 2017 11 in the daily work of Sorek and Jonas. Wider Bridge event “In beginning it was hard for me to say I was religious and a lesbian,” Sorek recalled. “I felt focuses on Israeli really alone but I realized there are a lot of wom- LGBT issues en who feel like me and have the same fear and By Gretchen Rachel Hammond struggles. I want to change the law in Israel.” For more information about A Wider Bridge, The Israel/LGBTQ advocacy organization A Wider visit AWiderBridge.org. Bridge took another step forward in its mission of increasing understanding and unity between United States LGBTQ communities and the Israeli Pro-LGBT mayors’ people when, on Jan 19, the organization hosted group launches an evening reception and candid conversation In advance of President Donald Trump’s in- with Zehorit Sorek and Daniel Jonas at the Lake auguration, 175 mayors from 42 states and the View home of Yoni Pizer and Brad Lippitz. District of Columbia announced “Mayors Against As part of the organizations Bat Kol and LGBT ,” a broad-based, nonpar- , Sorek and Jonas have made tremendous tisan coalition composed of local officials who strides in bridging LGBTQ and religious communi- support equal protections and fair treatment for ties in Israel through social and political aware- all LGBT people. ness campaigns. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel was not listed The event was moderated by Wider Bridge in the original press release. However, Emanuel’s Founder and Executive Director Arthur Slepian communications staff confirmed with Windy City alongside Midwest Manager Laurie Grauer. Times that he has joined the nascent coalition. Celebrated Chicago LGBTQ community leader Other Illinois mayors listed in the coalition U.S. Reps. Robin Kelly, Jan Schakowsky and Bill Foster. Kenny Martin-Ocasio was also featured in the include Deborah Frank Feinen (Champaign), Bill Photo by Hal Baim program which took place, ironically, on the one McLeod (Hoffman Estates), John Rey (DeKalb), year anniversary of the Creating Change confer- Riley H. Rogers (Dolton), Nancy Rotering (High- ence in Chicago, at which occurred a protest dur- land Park) and Elizabeth Tisdahl (Evanston). ing A Wider Bridge event. The co-chairs of the group include Lee, Seattle LGBTs attend Martin-Ocasio said that, following the protest, Mayor Ed Murray, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and he was inspired to travel to Israel in 2016 and Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney. The full list of discover the country and its people for himself. current Mayors Against LGBT Discrimination can legislative event “I wanted to understand where these protests be found at MayorsAgainstLGBTDiscrimination. were coming from,” Martin-Ocasio said. “It was a org. wonderful, remarkable trip.” —Andrew Davis on next Congress That journey of understanding was one echoed by Tracy Baim nois are often left off the hook, saying while they claim to be more moderate, they often vote with U.S. Reps. Jan Schakowsky, Robin Kelly and Bill the right-wing and tea party portion of the GOP. Foster, all Democrats from Illinois, attended Foster spoke of being the only scientist in the a legislative breakfast Jan. 17 hosted by AIDS U.S. Congress, adding, “We have to take on the Foundation of Chicago (AFC), Pride Action Tank Trump administration and the Republican major- (PAT) and Equality Illinois (EI), at the offices of ity issue by issue.” Clark Hill law firm downtown. Schakowsky was particularly forceful in saying Also attending were representatives for U.S. how important it is for allies to stick together Sen. Dick Durbin, U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, and to fight for all the ground already gained. U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley and U.S. Rep. Raja Krish- “Welcome to the resistance!” she shouted. “I’m namoorthi. on fire and I want you to be on fire! We have About 75 advocates and leaders from LGBTQ, to decide today that we are not going back. The HIV/AIDS and related non-profit and governmen- American public is with us.” tal entities attended. Note: Tracy Baim is board co-chair and founder The program started with a panel featuring Ra- of the Pride Action Tank. mon Gardenhire of AFC, Brigid Leahy of Planned Parenthood and Christopher Clark of Lambda Le- gal. Controversial pastor They each spoke of the critical issues facing the community, including repeal of the Afford- Eddie Long dies Bishop Eddie Long, the controversial leader of able Care Act (provisions such as those cover- one of the nation’s largest megachurches, has ing pre-existing conditions would devastate HIV died at age 63. care), limiting of access to reproductive and Long died after battling an aggressive form of other healthcare with the defunding attempts cancer, according to a statement by the New Birth against Planned Parenthood (which also serves Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia. trans individuals and people needing HIV preven- He was a preacher who led an infamous march tion drugs, among many other areas), and justice against same-sex marriage and denounced ho- issues (Supreme Court picks, trans legal coverage mosexuality. However, in 2010, he also settled and more). a lawsuit filed by four young men who said he PAT Executive Director Kim Hunt and EI CEO pressured them into sexual relationships; terms Brian Johnson moderated the program. of the settlement were never disclosed. Following the panel, the elected officials spoke passionately about the need to fight back. Kelly said she feels that the Republicans of Illi- 12 Jan. 25, 2017 WINDY CITY TIMES viewpoints

Tracy WINDY BAIM CITY The next wave TIMES Ever since the early morning hours of Nov. 9, VOL. 32, No. 19, Jan. 25, 2017 The combined forces of Windy City Times, 2016—when it was clear that our country elected founded Sept. 1985, and Outlines newspaper, an incompetent, inexperienced, sexist, racist, homo- founded May 1987. phobic, transphobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic and admitted sex offender to be the 45th president of PUBLISHER & EXECUTIVE EDITOR the United States of America—I have been barely Tracy Baim able to write anything more than social-media posts. ASSISTANT PUBLISHER Terri Klinsky I have spent the time since that date doing more MANAGING EDITOR Andrew Davis “acting” than writing. But I think I have my voice ASSOCIATE EDITOR Matt Simonette back. BUSINESS MANAGER Ripley Caine DIRECTOR OF NEW MEDIA Jean Albright For 33 years, I have covered the LGBTQ community, ART DIRECTOR Kirk Williamson and the mainstream Chicago world. Sometimes my SENIOR REPORTER Gretchen Rachel Hammond journalism work, and my work as a publisher, paral- Senior Account Executives Terri Klinsky, lels a need to also act, whether that was doing the Kirk Williamson, Amy Matheny, Gretchen Rachel Hammond, Scott Duff, Monika Pickett, David March on Springfield for Marriage Equality, the sum- Strzepek mit on youth homelessness, tiny homes or the Gay NATIONAL SALES Rivendell Media, 212-242- Games in 2006. 6863 SENIOR WRITERS Bob Roehr, Tony Peregrin, This time, it was being part of the leadership of Lisa Keen, Yasmin Nair the Women’s March on Chicago. March on Chicago co-chairs Liz Radford, Ann Scholhamer and Jessica Scheller with march co-organizer/ THEATER EDITOR Scott C. Morgan The three co-chairs of the march—Ann Scholham- champion Tracy Baim (second from right). CINEMA WRITER Richard Knight Jr. SPORTS WRITER Ross Forman er, Liz Radford and Jessica Scheller—were extremely ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WRITERS open to including myself and others as part of their Forward movement Get out of your comfort zone and give money to Mary Shen Barnidge, Lawrence Ferber, Mel leadership team. The three of them were new to So how do we move forward? the Fight for $15, to Black Lives Matter, BYP100, Ferrand, Jerry Nunn, Jonathan Abarbanel this type of organizing, and they quickly built up a There are dozens if not hundreds of new nation- the Immigrant Youth Justice League, Pride Action COLUMNISTS/WRITERS: Yvonne Zipter, Jorjet Harper, Charlsie Dewey, Carrie Maxwell, Billy collaborative team around them to create a stellar al and local groups created to respond to the new Tank, SEIU Healthcare, Planned Parenthood, Chicago Masters, Sarah Toce, Dana Rudolph, Melissa march that brought together 250,000 women and American order. But we also can’t forget that there Survivors, domestic violence and homeless groups, Wasserman, Joe Franco, Nick Patricca, Liz their allies to downtown Chicago Jan. 21, part of are existing institutions with great resources that among many others. There will also be new groups, Baudler, Rex Wockner, Angelique Smith such as Rise Movement—explore, explore, explore, SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHERS Kat Fitzgerald, Hal more than 600 marches around the world that at- can also be marshaled. Baim, Tim Carroll, Ed Negron tracted millions of people. There will be no one right way to dismantle this for the new and innovative, and the tried and true. WEBSITE LISTINGS VOLUNTEER Gene Naden The same openness was true of the Illinois del- horror. Likely most of the 250,000 people at Chi- —Politics is both national and local. 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14 20 20 Go West Honey West (right) stars in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. The Barn. Love is Love at Sidetrack. Photo by Paul Goyette

SCOTTISH PLAY SCOTT Charles Busch: Drag reel Charles Busch. BY SCOTT C. MORGAN “The show is really me as myself, even though Photo by Michael Childers I’m dressed up in drag. I’m Charles Busch and I’m Gay playwright/actor/drag icon Charles Busch telling true stories about my career and my life would love to appear on Logo’s hit cable reality and singing a collection of very beautiful songs TV series RuPaul’s Drag Race. But only as a guest by the likes of Stephen Sondheim and from the judge—not as a contestant. Great American Songbook,” Busch said. “At this “Could you start the whisper campaign now?” point, I’m so comfortable with my own asked Busch with a laugh during a recent tele- that being in drag is not such a transformation phone interview. Busch spoke with the Windy for me. It’s really just a state of mind.” City Times in advance of his multi-city cabaret To construct the cabaret act, Busch sought out concert tour, which includes two shows of That the help of longtime friend Tom Judson to be his Girl, That Boy! at the recently renamed Pride Arts music director. An accomplished composer (Met- Center in Chicago. ropolitan), actor (Broadway tours of Cabaret and cast too often in college production made him me by my films or plays from local productions,” Busch is famed in the theater world for writing 42nd Street) and accompanist, Judson also had realize that he would have to carve out his own said Busch, offering many thanks to Chicago’s and starting as eccentric leading ladies in campy a brief career as a gay-porn star under the name performance career by writing his own material. longtime camp comedy theater Hell in a Handbag drag comedies that simultaneously spoof and of Gus Mattox. Chicago also figures into one of Busch’s “major Productions for staging many of his plays. honor golden age Hollywood films. Vampire Lesbi- “There are some places we go where (Judson) disasters” with his touring solo show Hollywood Busch is also happy to see the art form of drag ans of Sodom (1985), Red Scare on Sunset (1991) is the one they’re interested in,” laughed Busch. Confidential. Busch was invited to perform it at becoming so mainstream, especially with the and The Divine Sister (2010) are just a few of “We were playing in Madison, Wisconsin, and Victory Gardens Theater in the late 1970s by then worldwide success of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Though Busch’s acclaimed off-Broadway plays, though he there was one fellow who had the complete set of artistic director Dennis Zacek. he never misses an episode, Busch acknowledges also found some mainstream success in 2000 with DVDs for Tom to autograph and recalled in great “The critics just hated it,” Busch said. “The re- that he and fellow drag star Lipsynka (aka John his Tony Award-nominated Broadway hit comedy detail all his famous scenes. I just wanted to say, views were scathing and the gay papers and su- Epperson) have chatted about the show, agreeing The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife. ‘Hey, wait a minute—I was in the show, too!’” permarket weeklies were even worse… It was ter- that they would be terrified to actually compete On film, Busch got even more exposure from his Busch is keen to be back again in Chicago, rible, but at the same time there was something on the show due to its extremely difficult chal- own stage-to-screen adaptations of Psycho Beach where he got valuable theater training as an un- perversely thrilling that, ‘Wow, I guess they think lenges. Party (2000) and Die, Mommie, Die! (2003). dergrad at Northwestern University. Busch also that I’m important enough to destroy.’ When I “We’re worried that we wouldn’t last one epi- Busch’s theater career is also lovingly captured said he loved living a “Sally Bowles in Cabaret- got back to New York, I was pretty devastated, sode,” Busch said. in the 2005 documentary The Lady in Question Is type of existence” for two years in Chicago after but I’m pretty resilient. After about three weeks Charles Busch: That Girl, That Boy is at 7:30 Charles Busch. graduation before he eventually returned home of wanting to kill myself, I pulled myself up and p.m. Sunday and Monday, Jan. 29-30, in The But performing a cabaret act is something to New York. had another booking.” Broadway space of the Pride Arts Center, 4139 relatively new for Busch. It’s an opportunity that Busch recently touched on the importance With his cabaret act, Busch is enjoying the N. Broadway. Tickets are $75 for reserved seats only arose a few years ago when he was invited of Chicago to his theater career in a piece he travel and connecting with fans in more intimate and $40 for general admission. Call 800-737- to perform on a gay cruise. wrote for , detailing the first theater settings. 0984 or visit PrideFilmsAndPlays.com. The offer both intrigued and terrified Busch. time he performed in drag for a 1976 conjoined “I’m finding it very moving meeting people Read an interview with Tom Judson online at Would he perform out of drag, or in it? Would he twin comedy called Sister Act in his final year at who’ve been following my career for all of these WindyCityMediaGroup.com. be himself or play a character? Northwestern. The fact that Busch wasn’t getting years and have never seen me in person, but know 14 Jan. 25, 2017 WINDY CITY TIMES THEATER REVIEW The lovers, in this case, are Harry Hay, a May- dubbed the Mattachine Society, would stand trial flower-pedigreed WASP and card-carrying Marxist, and be acquitted—but only after confessing his The Temperamentals and Rudi Gernreich, a refugee Austrian fashion sexual orientation. Is it any wonder that Hay and Playwright: Jon Marans designer whose unisex apparel would revolution- his cohorts initially adopt a policy of strict se- At: About Face Theatre at ize our nation’s sartorial profile. In an early ex- crecy to minimize the long-term risk to jobs and Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. ample of the personal leading to the political, families? Tickets: $40 Hay draws up a manifesto declaring like Marans makes no attempt to disguise the tac- Lane Anthony Runs through: Feb. 18 themselves an oppressed minority and exhorting tical similarities of this pioneering gay-rights Flores and Kyle his fellow “temperamentals” (in the coy insider- movement to those of its leftist predecessors— BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE Hatley in code of mid-20th-century Los Angeles) to form a indeed, at one point, the five conspirators in- The coalition, with its purpose to lobby government voke Tom Joad’s famous speech from The Grapes The play is, first, a history lesson, its purpose Temperamentals. representatives for changes in the legislation of Wrath—while in no way diminishing its sig- to correct the popular myth of gay people in the Photo by Michael conferring pariah status based in social preju- nificance, nor does About Face director Andrew United States owing their freedom to a handful Brosilow dice. Volkoff trivialize the emotional journey of Hay of New York City clubbers who, inflamed by a vi- If this doesn’t sound as exciting as the out- and Gernreich or the difficult decisions that ul- sion of Judy Garland’s funeral procession, rose of-the-closets-and-into-the streets approach to timately drive them apart. The five actors—Kyle up in spontaneous rebellion against their estab- protest that we know it today, consider that in Hatley, Lane Anthony Flores, Alex Weisman, Rob lishment persecutors. Since the conventions of 1950, same-sex encounters were criminally clas- Lindley and Paul Fagen—likewise endow each of docudrama—stationary first-person testimonials sified as “lewd acts”—with the additional charge their multiple characters with dignity and com- presented in talking-heads formation—while of “vagrancy” if perpetrated in a public place, passion, even during moments of wry humor. The enlightening, can just as quickly become ener- e.g., a park or latrine—subject to, not merely accuracy of their portrayals is confirmed by re- vating, playwright Jon Marans wisely frames his harassment, but full-out arrest, making for a sub- ports of former Mattachine adherents (and, now, chronicle in a Casablanca-like romance of sacri- sequent record as a “social deviant.” In 1952, a residents of the Town Hall Apartments) in atten- fice in service of a greater good. member of the organization, which the founder dance.

creating ground-breaking formulae applicable to flowers, nautilus shells, butterflies) perfect sym- from England to India, a parallel story is told THEATER REVIEW modern physics string theory, approaching the metry and balance. Think of the Golden Ratio, about a female 20th-century Cambridge math Great Conundrum even Einstein couldn’t crack of which is found in nature but can be expressed professor who marries an American businessman A Disappearing a general field theory. Almost 100 years after his mathematically and applied to, say, architecture. of South Asian heritage. It’s not so clear as to Number death at 32, Ramanujan’s theorems still inspire A Disappearing Number is much more about Ra- who mentors whom in this modern relationship, Playwright: Complicite (original new work and proofs. manujan’s influence and legacy than it is about or even why it’s essential to Ramanujan’s saga. conception by Simon McBurney) The play made me appreciate all this without him. Yes, we get the basics of his story. Born Ultimately, neither story is fully satisfying. Is At: TimeLine Theatre, 615 W. Wellington Ave. understanding a whit of the theoretical maths high-caste in India but of very modest means, the play’s primary appeal intellectual or emo- Tickets: 773-281-8463; quickly delineated, other than a few basics such he’s a precocious and natural mathematics ge- tional? Should my focus be on Ramanujan and TimelineTheatre.com; $22-$51 as the concept of infinity. The play posits not just nius mentored by individuals who recognize his Hardy, or on Ruth and Al? Moving ever-so-rapidly, Runs through: April 9 one infinity but “an infinity of infinities.” The extraordinary abilities. Eventually, he travels to A Disappearing Number teases me with math con- infinity resulting from, say, 1+2+3+4+5+6, etc. is England, works for five extraordinary years at cepts I cannot fully absorb and with primary hu- BY JONATHAN ABARBANEL not the same as the infinity resulting from 2, 4, Cambridge University with Professor G. H. Hardy man relationships which leave me wanting more. 6, 8, 10, 12, etc. and receives major honors. Hardy not only men- I particularly wanted to see more of Ramanujan I’d never heard of Indian mathematician Srini- The play—and its more-than-capable ensem- tors Ramanujan but protects him from the era’s and Hardy. Still, it’s energetic and very well done, vasa Ramanujan (1887-1920) before seeing A ble—presents this intellectual material in ar- overt racism. and the production feels important. resting fashion and also portrays the beauty of But that isn’t the play. Bouncing back-and- Disappearing Number, but now I understand his c profound importance to pure mathematics and in theoretical math, which shares with nature (sun- forth from the present to pre-World War I, and CRITICS’PICKS The Christians, Steppenwolf Theatre, through THEATER REVIEW Adam (stage name “Felicia”) is simply craves old-school and hi-tech stagecraft. John Nasca’s Jan. 29. Religious beliefs and business basics adventure. array of shimmering gowns supply the requisite uncomfortably collide in Lucas Hnath’s thought- Priscilla, Queen Presented with the prospect of a journey level of glitter-and-glam fabulosity, while Jon provoking drama about faith and followers. See through Australia’s outback in a ramshackle Martinez’ choreography for the high-kicking what happens when a modern mega church pas- of the Desert excursion bus (dubbed “Priscilla, Queen of the chorus renders the action so intimate that the tor tries to steer his congregation in a new direc- Playwright: book by Stephen Desert” by its occupants), accompanied by a impact of spike heels striking floor can be felt tion that proves to be extremely divisive. SCM Elliott and Allan Scott squad of rainbow-haired guardian muses trilling by front-row spectators. La Gringa, UrbanTheatre Company, through At: Pride Films and Plays at the hit disco-era anthems, who wouldn’t cheer on None of this would matter an old mascara Jan. 29. Audiences didn’t get enough of this fam- Pride Arts Broadway, 4139 N. Broadway these sequined-and-feathered pilgrims as they wand without a cast oozing charm and con- ily comedy set in sunny Puerto Rico before the Tickets: $30-$40 brave obstacles natural (rain and sand), indus- viviality. The fluid ensemble led by Chicago icon holidays, but you have only one more weekend to Runs through: Feb. 12 trial (engine failure) and social (homophobic Honey West, flanked by Luke Meierdiercks as the see it before the sun sets. MSB hicks) in a quest for their hearts’ desires? swaggering Adam and Jordan Phelps as the sen- Blizzard ‘67, 16th Street Theater (Berwyn), BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE Pride Films and Plays faces an additional ob- sitive Tick, command the room with the pres- through Feb. 18. An exceptionally well-done re- stacle in this inaugural production. The newly ence of parade floats, as do Aaron C. Reynolds, vival of Jon Steinhagen’s play marks the 50th an- The lure of road trips is etched into our cultural christened storefront at 4139 N. Broadway Jill Sesso, Tuesdai B. Perry and Rebecca Cole- niversary of the Big Blow that paralyzed Chicago. heritage, our approval of the need for restless boasts an authentic deco-vintage auditorium, man’s Miss Understanding and the Divas. Book This extremely smart play isn’t about the blizzard, city-bred feet to roam remaining undiminished but its stage is a decidedly tight fit for an aes- writers Stephen Elliott and Allan Scott might be but about how it changes the lives of four rat- even when they belong to three drag-queen thetic characterized by floods of dazzling ex- advised to lose the offensively outdated “Pop race guys who carpool. JA showgirls, whose reasons for striking out for the travagance. Director Derek Van Barham utilizes Music” number, but their uplifting message of The Sundial, City Lit Theater at Edgewater wide-open spaces are likewise universal—Tick every available inch of its interior, however. As- empowerment continues to be a rallying cry to Presbyterian Church, through Feb. 12. Shirley (professional name “Mitzi”) wants to reunite sisted by designers Jeremy Hollis, J. Max Maxin gender rebels everywhere. Jackson’s wry humor redeems this fable of a with his estranged wife and son, transgender and Mealah Heidenreich, peripheral scenes play snobbish clan driven to reckless and immoral ex- woman Bernadette (formerly “Ralph”) seeks out on the perimeter gallery and the sturdy title tremes when faced with an unnamed threat. MSB solace following the death of her husband and vehicle is realized through a combination of —By Abarbanel, Barnidge and Morgan WINDY CITY TIMES Jan. 25, 2017 15 DOUBLE REVIEW Winter Mahoney, Lavey join Playwright: Julie Jensen ‘10 Out of 12’ At: Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, Chicago theater figures Martha Lavey, John 5779 N. Ridge Ave. Mahoney,Barbara Robertson and Peter Sagal Tickets: 773-334-7728 or will play key roles in Theater Wit’s Midwest RivendellTheatre.org; $38 debut of 10 Out of 12, the newest work by Runs through: Feb. 11 Anne Washburn, author of Wit’s 2014 produc- tion Mr. Burns, a post-electric play. Performances are March 3-April 23 (Thurs- What of the Night? day through Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Playwright: Meg Miroshnik Sunday at 2 p.m.). There is no performance At: Shattered Globe Theatre at Theater Wit, March 16. 1229 W. Belmont Ave. Theater Wit is at 1229 W. Belmont Ave. Tickets: 773-975-8150 or Tickets are $12-$70; visit TheaterWit.org or ShatteredGlobe.org; $35 call 773-975-8150. Runs through: Feb. 25 BY SCOTT C. MORGAN Lyric Opera to run Women desperately trying to get out of increas- ‘Carmen’ in ingly trapped situations feature in two new-to- Barbara E. Robertson and Dan Flannery in Winter Chicago plays. Utah-based lesbian playwright February-March Photo by Michael Brosilow Julie Jensen focuses on a retired English profes- Lyric Opera of Chicago will run the story of a deadly love triangle in Bizet’s Carmen, sor horrified at her increasing signs of dementia band Robeck, Martasia Jones as hipster grand- tey’s production team also skillfully conjure up directed by Tony and Emmy Award-winning in the 2016 drama Winter, while Meg Miroshnik’s daughter LD and Steve Haggard as wayward son the dustbowl era via Amanda Rozmiarek’s ghostly director/choreographer Rob Ashford, who re- 2014 play The Tall Girls features young women Evan. unit set design and Sarah Jo White’s period cos- turns to Lyric after Carousel. who see basketball as a potential escape from Miroshnik’s The Tall Girls is a great and gripping tumes. Carmen opens on Saturday, Feb. 11, with their Depression-era town. team ensemble piece delineating the many di- Despite its richly drawn characters and sharp 11 performances through Saturday, March 25, Jensen previously explored dementia in her lemmas facing its teenage heroines. Vitally, they historical context, The Tall Girls does not deliver at Lyric’s Civic Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Dr. semi-autobiographical 1997 drama Last Lists of all find comradery and potential escapes to bet- much of a happy ending. But least some audi- Tickets start at $34 and are available at My Mad Mother, which was told from a caretaker ter lives by playing basketball. But there’s also ences should be pleased at all the progress that LyricOpera.org/Carmen or at 312-827-5600. perspective. Winter is centered on the mentally simmering attractions underneath between two has been made through the decades for women’s fraying matriarch Annis (Barbara E. Robertson), players, and with the town’s new coach, Haunt sports. who is taking decisive and divisive steps toward Johnny (Joseph Weins). suicide. The scrappy Almeda (Tracy Green) has the big- Winter is clearly an issue-driven drama on dy- gest dream to play for women’s basketball pio- ing with dignity. Yet Jensen weighs her views neer Babe Didrikson Zaharias. But Almeda must heavily against opposing arguments via the well- contend with her recently arrived caretaker cous- off son Roddy (Sean Cooper). Jensen also ratch- in, Jean (Angie Shriner), who had a far better ets up the time limitations to increase tension, head for team play. but this tactic doesn’t feel entirely earned. Christina Gorman and Abbey Smith are hilari- Despite these script issues, Winter provides a ous, respectively, as the lanky wannabe glamour fine framework for gushingly emotional perfor- girl Lurlene and the nervously prim “Puppy.” Also mances that ring true in co-directors Megan Car- great is Tina Munoz Pandya as the well-grounded ney and Mark Ulrich’s sturdy Rivendell Theatre En- Inez. semble production. Robertson gives a very showy Director Louis Contey has rounded up a won- and honest performance full of desperation. She’s derful ensemble to do great dramatic justice to supported well by Dan Flannery as reluctant hus- The Tall Girls for Shattered Globe Theatre. Con-

Caption: Chicago Children’s Theatre SPOTLIGHT collaborates with Manual Cinema on the e world-premiere family-friendly show Mag- ic City. Photo courtesy of Manual Cinema Chicago Children’s Theatre inaugurates is 149- seat Pritzker Family Studio Theatre with Magic City, a world-premiere collaboration with the acclaimed multimedia puppetry troupe Manual Cinema. This family-friendly hour-long show is an adaptation of Edith Nesbit’s 1910 novel The Magic City, in which a little girl builds a min- iature city that comes to life. Magic City runs from Friday, Jan. 27, through Sunday, Feb. 19, at Chicago Children’s Theatre, The Station, 100 S. Racine Ave. Tickets are $25. For more infor- mation and a full schedule, call 872-222-9555 or visit ChicagoChildrensTheatre.org. 16 Jan. 25, 2017 WINDY CITY TIMES It is a really thrilling, sexy, suspenseful show. DC: I love singing. When I get the opportunity Deborah Cox. When you see the live production it is really chill- to sing the songs I love I think the audience can PR photo ing to see it. really feel that. They connect with that. It was WCT: I heard the focus is more on Rachel sheer pure joy that happened in the rain that day. than in the original movie. WCT: Are you doing any performances in your DC: There is definitely a lot more songs and hometown in Canada? singing. The central character is Rachel Marron, DC: No. Unfortunately, the producers up there so she is spotlighted. had already planned on it being the UK produc- WCT: Her sister, Nicki Marron, is featured, tion so I will not being doing it in Toronto. They isn’t she? will just have to come to Chicago! DC: You get more of the story with the Rachel’s WCT: Is the plan for it to be on Broadway? sister and the things she is going through. What DC: I hope so. I don’t know what the producers I thought was clever was many of the songs help plans are but, for right now, it is about bring- to tell the story and shape the characters. Jasmin ing it to all of these audiences throughout the Richardson who plays Nicki sings “Saving All My country. Love” and “All at Once.” Lyrically, those songs WCT: What are your plans after the tour? help to tell her story. DC: While the tour is happening, I plan on re- WCT: Jay Manuel did the makeup for the leasing an eight-song EP of some of the songs show? from the show. Then after that, more music and DC: Jay Manuel Beauty provided the makeup more acting but I can’t talk about it; it is too for the tour. He designed and revamped Rachel’s early. look. That is really great because you want to WCT: How about some more club mixes? bring something forward and fresh to the char- DC: Oh, yes. I have some things brewing. I acter. don’t want to let them out of the bag just yet. WCT: What is the balance of making the WCT: Any fun plans while in Chicago? character your own or channeling Whitney? DC: I always throw stuff in my schedule, but DC: For me, there is no balance. Everyone sometimes it gets cancelled. I am hoping to do knows there is only one . I am a lot more. We will be there for two weeks, so I not trying to go in and do a caricature. am going let Chicago be my playground and re- It is more complicated in my case because she ally hang out. was my friend and a mentor. We were label mates. WCT: If you get a chance there is Musical We sang a duet together. I knew the person that Monday at Sidetrack, where the cast can have played the role. It is something I have to work on fun and promote the show. every single performance, to bring my own voice DC: Wow, sounds like a plan. See you in Chicago to Rachel Marron to this version of the show. soon! NUNN ON ONE: THEATER While I am hugely honored to playing Rachel, Sing along with The Bodyguard at the Orien- I know the shoes I have to fill because everyone tal Theatre 24 W. Randolph St., Jan. 31-Feb. knows the movie so well. There are high expecta- 12. For tickets and information, visit www. Deborah Cox and tions from people. That is pretty much what I go BroadwayInChicago.com. in with every night. I go in to tell the story, not Connect with Cox by visiting DeborahCox. just with songs, but through the acting, through com. her ‘Body’ of work my relationship with Judson Mills, who plays Frank Farmer. I think it is important for people to see the connection through the scenes. WCT: Do you have a favorite Whitney song? DC: One of my favorites even prior to the show by Jerry Nunn Foundation’s Diversity Honoree in 2015, and be- Bill T. Jones to was a song called “All the Man That I Need.” It ing part of the Liberty Bell and Proclamation in opens act two. When I read the script and saw it speak at DuSable Canadian songstress Deborah Cox is touring the Philadelphia LGBTQ Pride Day in 2016. I knew it would be great because it tells where Art AIDS America and the DuSable Muse- world with the ghost of Whitney Houston by her Windy City Times: Where in the world are Rachel is at that moment. She’s just a girl in love. um of African American History are hosting side. you calling from? I get a chance to show and project that emotion. dancer/activist/Tony-winning choreographer The Bodyguard tells the story of Frank Farmer, Deborah Cox: I am in Appleton, Wisconsin. We I also do it in the studio portion of the show. Bill T. Jones at the museum, 740 E. 56th Pl., who is hired to protect singer Rachel Marron from go to Memphis from here, then to Chicago. When you see it you will understand what I am on Friday, Jan. 27, at 7 p.m. a stalker. Danger mixes with a love story between WCT: Last time you were here, we talked talking about. It is a moment where I can pour Jones, who is a passionate HIV-positive the two while classic movie soundtrack tunes are backstage at Market Days. my heart into the song. artist, will offer a one-night-only presen- performed. DC: Oh, yes. WCT: How do you protect your voice with the tation (entitled “Return”) touching on his The film version made more than $400 million WCT: You put on such a great show and al- demands of this show? decades-long relation to HIV/AIDS. worldwide and the musical version is now a hit. ways support the gay community. DC: Complete voice rest. I have to be fierce- This program is free and open to the pub- No stranger to Broadway, Cox has performed DC: Thank you. I love Chicago. ly disciplined while on the road. It is a tough lic; a $10 suggested donation will benefit in a variety of musicals such as Aida and Jekyll WCT: We are excited to have you back. Is schedule—traveling all the time, doing the shows the DuSable Museum. Advance registration & Hyde. She portrayed Josephine Baker in Jose- the musical version of The Bodyguard updated every night. is required, and can be made by visiting phine last year at Asolo Repertory Theatre. from the time of the original movie? WCT: In Millennium Park in Chicago, you did https://1466.blackbaudhosting.com/1466/ Also, Cox belted out 12 number-one songs on DC: Yes. It is based off of the movie. The writer a preview of The Bodyguard. You knocked it Bill-T-Jones-Art-AIDS-America-Chicago?mc_ Billboard’s Hot Dance Play chart. Cox collaborat- Alexander Dinelaris expanded a bit on a few of out of the park. cid=c512a8d3c9&mc_eid=302e9a21a4 or ed with the legendary Houston on the duet “Same the characters. The stage production is slightly DC: Thank you. calling 773-947-0600. Script, Different Cast.” different in the sense that there is more music. WCT: People got out of their chairs and were Her work in the LGBT community has garnered There are songs from the film but there is ad- dancing to the Whitney songs. her many awards, including being the Harvey Milk ditional music from Whitney Houston’s catalog.

@windycitytimes1 /windycitymediagroup @windycitytimes www.windycitymediagroup.com WINDY CITY TIMES Jan. 25, 2017 17 Jim Theologos: Art weaves with timeless love

By Liz Baudler zar in Spanish. During their very extended interlude, Theologos In the 1970s Costa Rica-based artist Jim Theolo- and Salazar had decades long-partnerships with gos lived in New York, where he’d been born and other people—Theologos with a woman, Salazar raised. with a man. Within the last year, mutual friends He toiled away as a professional photographer, reconnected the two on the internet. Both were increasingly burnt out by living out of a suit- now widowers. Yet they still felt connected to case. The opportunity to start over in Costa Rica each other, and deepened their connection once (a place he’d visited in the course of his work) again. appealed to him, even though it meant leav- “We still have the same things we used to have ing behind a budding relationship with a young 50 years ago,” Salazar added. “We decided to go playwright and actor named Milo Salazar. The two ahead and try to make everything work for us.” had met through friends in New York, and had At 76 and 79, respectively, both Theologos and initially found themselves curious about each Salazar know how powerful love can be. other’s medium. “Love is the most important thing in my life,” “I personally believe that communication is the said Salazar. “It’s the motive to make me do key point of the arts. You can’t take a picture things.” without somebody looking at it. You do not write “Love doesn’t influence the art, exactly, it in- poetry for yourself. You write for somebody else fluences everything,” said Theologos. “It makes to hear it. So consequently an artist is generally the person happy, it makes them want to be in- focused on one form of communication but he volved, to live fuller, to do something to com- is also attuned to all the rest of them. [Milo] municate with people. It makes you just want Jim Theologos and Milo Salazar. had his art form, I had mine, and they overlap,” to wake up in the morning. It takes you off the Photo courtesy of Queta Rodriguez Bauer Theologos said. bridge instead of jumping. In Costa Rica, Theologos worked hard to make Currently, the two are trying to decide where his art and photography career take off. Though the second act should take place. Theologos still always felt indifferent about my sexuality and he had clear talent, he found the social and art feels at home in Costa Rica, but Salazar lives in SCOTCH tourney being attracted to one sex and today I would world of Latin America had to crack. Strategi- Chicago now and has family here. like to openly come out to my fans. I do rec- cally, Theologos focused on photographing and “We’ve got decisions to make,” Theologos said. on March 4-5 ognize myself as a bisexual male and I do and sketching well-connected figures in Costa Rica, “We’re at a point in life where we realize there The 2017 SCOTCH Tournament will take place have always openly supported the gay commu- and soon it paid off. He bought a house, paid are a lot of things we cannot do. We’re not only on March 4-5, 2017, at Waveland Bowl, 3700 nity and will keep doing so in 2017.” off his debts, and even explored other passions, limited in our physical abilities, but in our time. N. Western Ave. Bennett is also the son of Choose Chicago eventually making a commercial for the Costa Ri- And so, we’re figuring out how we can best ac- Interested persons can register at http:// senior adviser Ken Bennett, who used to work can lottery where he played Saint Peter. commodate ourselves to the situation we’re in.” tournament-registration.com. (A PDF regis- for President Obama. “It was on TV every half hour on every TV Each potential new home has its own consid- tration form is also available at http://www. Fans reacted positively to Bennett’s disclo- channel. I couldn’t walk down the street without erations. “Costa Rica is completely different. We scotchbowling.com/register.) Early-bird regis- sure. people catching and saying, ‘What’s the num- might not be able to talk over there like we are tration and payment of $99 is due by Feb. 4; ber?’” Theologos said with a laugh. here,” Salazar explained. after Feb. 4, registration increases to $109. Internationally known as a photographer and “In the society I’ve lived in most of my life, Organizers are also raffling prizes to support Laura Jane Grace fine artist, Theologos eventually got tired of I couldn’t possibly exist,” said Theologos. Cos- the tournament—including a GoPro Camera, keeping up with photography’s rapid technologi- ta Rica is not a liberal area. I didn’t approve, two tickets to a Cubs game, $250 cash, a Fitbit in Chicago on Feb. 5 cal progress. Therefore, his current show at the but there wasn’t a whole lot I could do, besides and two Waveland Bowl party packages for 10 On Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, trans singer Laura Center on Halsted, which includes many pastel which, I wasn’t shopping. I either had to fight it people. Tickets are $10 each or three for $25, Jane Grace will perform at City Winery, 1200 W. depictions of the Costa Rican flora, is in a me- or accept it or do nothing, and guess what I did.” and the drawing is Jan. 27. More information Randolph St., at 8 p.m. dium he considers an old friend. Neither man feels like the 43-year gap was a is at https://www.facebook.com/SCOTCHtour- Grace is a musician best known as the found- “When I was very young, I was overweight, I mistake; rather, a necessary detour. ney/. er, lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of the had a heavy lisp, I was super-shy and it turned “When I was young, I was young,” Theologos punk rock band Against Me! Her solo debut EP, out that sketching was my biggest friend,” The- laughed. “I was too involved to think about Heart Burns, was released in 2008. ologos said. “I could do it alone. I could go out what’s going to happen in 10 years. I was just Chicago rapper In 2012, she publicly came out as trans- to museums and look at dioramas and draw the very intense with being alive at the time. We gender, admitting to years of struggling with animals and little old ladies would come by and were both on our individual roads, our paths comes out as bi gender dysphoria and announcing her plan to ruffle my hair and say, ‘That’s very nice.’” crossed and it wasn’t right at that time. But that On Jan. 18, local hip-hop artist Taylor Ben- medically transition to female. In 2014, Grace While Theologos established himself in Costa didn’t mean it was wrong.” nett came out as bisexual. was included in The Advocate’s annual “40 un- Rica and abroad, Salazar, now in Puerto Rico, “He makes me admire him more than 43 years “My birthday is tomorrow and moving into der 40” list. In November 2016, Grace released worked in television and theatre as both producer ago,” said Salazar. “We are so proud of our lives.” next year I’d like to be more open about my- her autobiography, Tranny: Confessions of Punk and actor. Years later—43 years to be exact--he Theologos’ work can be seen on the second- self to help others that struggle with the same Rock’s Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout. and Theologos would compare notes and realize floor gallery of the Center on Halsted until issues,” Bennett—the brother of Chance the Tickets are $28-$40 each; visit CityWinery. that they often took on the same theatrical roles Feb. 14. Rapper—wrote on Twitter. “Growing up I’ve com/chicago/laura-jane-grace-2-5-17.html. at the same time, Theologos in English, and Sala- 18 Jan. 25, 2017 WINDY CITY TIMES VIEWPOINT from page 12 are people!). Corporations, and their employee I have met incredible people through all of these way you can. Even $5 a week to a small group resources groups, also can move on social justice projects, including recently with these two march means a lot, or one hour a month can help an- groups and services, not candidates and political issues, raising funds, and providing free talent groups. You have to enjoy it, and have some fun, other. action committees. and resources, to numerous issues under attack. to sustain. This work can nourish you and make Right now, everyone needs to dig deep. Deep So, here is how it could work. Each week, for —Some religious organizations have always you feel connected and vital. If you don’t love it, can be $1 or $1 million. Deep can be one hour a 52 weeks a year, every partner group agrees to been social justice-oriented. But many others do leave it. month or 10 hours a week. It can be anything you promote an online fundraising campaign for the little to nothing to provide money, space or other Finally, assess what you really have to give, are able to do—just do something. selected social justice groups that week. The em- resources to issues outside of their geographic both in time and money, and divide it the best phasis being on smaller groups (maybe one large zones. Even within their zones, many do not pro- and two small social justice groups each week). vide help to those most in need. All need to step In addition, everyone would agree to post a list it up, and that could mean with food, space for of actions happening among these groups, to all meetings, shelter, fundraising or political action. of their social media channels. This could be an I could go on and on with ideas, but I will leave anti-violence or immigration-rights protest, or more for another day. a march in front of a religious institution that has been vandalized, or a push for a responsible Staying active in the resistance budget in Illinois. Partners could “opt out” if the I have been fighting for social justice since action violates their nonprofit status. high school and college, but especially since Why should larger and smaller groups do this, 1984, when I started work in LGBTQ media. I when it might cut into their own efforts? First, I have seen many activists and groups come and believe firmly that when you help others you help go, some quickly, some that last many years. I yourself. That is true for individuals, businesses have been asked about my ability to stay con- and nonprofits. When I see Planned Parenthood nected without a break in 33 years. (I guess this or Lambda Legal helping others, or working in is my Jesus year of official activism/journalism.) coalition, I am much more likely to support them. First, it is not for everyone. Some people have Second, we are in a time now where we must lift a huge spark and give their all for one to three all boats. All means all. If funds are being cut years, and then they have to check out for valid to all domestic violence services in Illinois, we reasons. need a statewide call to action and fundraising. Second, some of the absolute worst that I have Same for youth homeless services. And for act- experienced has come from people within the ing up when there is a police shooting against community, not outside of it. The outside forces an unarmed young African-American on Chicago’s are usually a nebulous entity without specific South Side. form. But those inside a community have the This is what being a good ally is all about. ability to really de-motivate and do damage to —Corporations that value their employees their peers, like crabs in a tank who don’t work and customers must also figure out a way to be together to get out, but pull each other down. part of the solution. During the battle for LGBTQ You can’t let that get to you—move on to a dif- rights, corporate allies have played an increasing ferent organization if some peer-to-peer work is role of support, and clout. They have helped fight damaging. against anti-LGBTQ legislation, some going so far Third, do not think you can do it all. I work as to boycott cities and states doing bad deeds. deeply on some issues, and then support others They must now look to expand this social justice in more surface ways. I care about so many issues mission to other areas where they can have in- (LGBTQ and otherwise), but I know I can’t help Chicago Cubs visit the White House fluence—which is almost everywhere. Now that them all. But I can do small things for every is- The Chicago Cubs became the 50th (and last) championship team to visit the White House during corporations are “people,” they have a much sue, even if it’s a tweet, or going to an event or President Obama’s time there. Laura Ricketts (to the left of Obama) also became part of history, as louder voice in politics, and we as consumers can protest. she became the first out lesbian to co-own a championship team. pressure them to use that voice for good (while Fourth, and I can’t emphasize this one enough, Photo by Brooke Skinner Ricketts at the same time fighting the notion that they I love what I do, and I have a lot of fun doing it.

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Randolph St., will present Michigan Ave., will hold A Love Supreme—described as “an inclusive, joyous cel- Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding is giving engaged couples the opportunity to submit a fun a star-studded celebration for ebration of marriage and unity”—in Stagg Court on Sunday, April 9. photo of themselves together with a brief caption about why they are the most de- legendary American author, A nuptial affair put on in collaboration with local Chicago partners Slo ‘Mo, Rose serving of the prize to [email protected]. Submissions will be accepted activist and thinker Langston Photo, Marquette Avenue Events, Artistic Blooms and LEAP Weddings, “A Love Su- through Wed. Feb. 4. Hughes’ 115th birthday on preme” invites LGBTQ couples to exchange their vows in a nontraditional, shared All images will then be posted to an album on the production’s Facebook page Wed., Feb. 1, at 8 p.m. ceremony with the love of 15 partner couples for all-inclusive wedding rate of Feb. 6, where couples can encourage their friends to vote. The winning couple will The event will feature Jussie $4,680 per couple. be the one which receives the most amount of “likes.” They will receive complimen- Smollett, of the Fox show The package include pre-ceremony-, ceremony- and reception-related options. tary tickets to the Valentine’s Day show on Saturday, Feb. 11, where they will meet Empire and who will portray To become a part of this first-of-its kind ceremony at the Chicago Athletic Asso- and greet with the cast and receive details on their reception. Langston Hughes in the forth- ciation hotel, couples are asked to contact the hotel at alovesupreme@chicagoath- For more information or to purchase tickets, visit http://tonylovestina.com/. coming Thurgood Marshall film, letichotel.com; each inquiring couple will receive a brief application to submit. All Marshall. Previously announced interested participants are asked to contact the team by Wed., Feb. 1. participants include Golden Globe-winning actress/play- wright Regina Taylor; spoken- word artist J. Ivy; the “Empress of Soul” Terisa Griffin; Chicago chanteuse and City Winery Chi- cago favorite Lynne Jordan; and local poet, activist, educator CULTURECULTURE CLUBCLUB and musician Malcolm London. Tickets are $28-$42; visit CityWinery.com/chicago. A por- tion of the proceeds will be donated to Donda’s House, a not-for-profit founded by Che “Rhymefest” Smith and Donnie before ACT UP Smith to support young, aspir- before Stonewall... ing artists in Chicago. MCA presenting either you’re in, ‘Riot Grrrls’ or you’re out. The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago is present- ing “Riot Grrrls,” described as “an exhibition that celebrates the profusion of brash and ad- venturous paintings by female artists and also responds to the charges of sexism that pervade the art world, from male artists garnering the highest prices for their work, to their dispropor- tionate representation in exhi- bitions.” “Riot Grrrls” is organized by Michael Darling, chief curator at the MCA, and is on view through June 4, 2017. This show includes painter Mary Heilmann as well as Char- line von Heyl, Judy Ledgerwood and Joyce Pensato, and a newer crop of rebels like Molly Zucker- man-Hartung and Amy Feldman. See MCAChicago.org. 20 Jan. 25, 2017 WINDY CITY TIMES Lamb shank at The Barn. the bone-in ribeye and lamb shank, respectively. Photos by Andrew Davis They were both cooked by expert hands; the lamb practically fell off the bone. In addition, the closer (cheesecake) was perfect—not too large a the DISH tart that was serviceable— slice, and not too sweet. Weekly Dining Guide in but which practically paled (Despite all the meats listed, there are vegetar- next to what was served ian entrees, such as roasted vegetable provencal. WINDY CITY TIMES after it. However, you will find everything from crab to The soupe de venison here.) SAVOR poisson is a shellfish soup Also, please check out the cocktail menu. The with poached halibut and daquiri flip was absolutely divine. The Barn herbed cream—and it was As for the decor, it’s pretty cool, not entirely done very well. However, losing the venue’s rustic origin (as there are still- BY ANDREW DAVIS what really got me going visible signs on the walls). However, there’s al- was the following dish: most a supper-club/speakeasy feel to the place, Evanston’s The Barn (Rear 1016 Church St.; The- sweetbreads (which most especially on the second floor. BarnEvanston.com) has a lot going for it—if for know are neither sweet nor By the way, that address is correct, as the en- none other than proprietor Amy Morton, daugh- a bread). However, they trance is located in a (well-lit and valet-occu- ter of Arnie Morton (founder of Morton’s Steak- calls itself “a modern meaterie.” However, things were certainly the best- pied) alley, which also contributes to the afore- houses). started off on the vegetarian tip, courtesy of tasting sweetbreads I’ve ever had, hands down mentioned speakeasy-type atmosphere. Also, as one might surmise from the Morton salad prepared tableside by the very attentive (and the brown butter doesn’t hurt). Note: Restaurant profiles are based on invita- connection, this place knows its meats (even server (Luke). I also ordered a tomato-and-onion My friend continued our culinary journey with tions arranged from restaurants and/or firms. down to the marrow butter)—in fact, the spot

The midwest converges on Chicago this weekend to witness the choosing of Mr. Chicago Leather 2017, who will go on to repre- sent the Windy City in this year’s International Mr. Leather contest, also held in Chicago over Memorial Day weekend. The packed MCL weekend kicks off Friday, January 27, with a party to welcome the contestants and judges, and a roast of Mr. Chicago Leather 2016 Todd Harris at Touche, 6412 N. Clark St. The party starts at 10 and Todd gets raked over the coals at midnight, SIDETRACK lead by Roastmaster Thib Guicherd-Callin. The contest to choose MCL ‘17 goes down the following night, Sidetrack reminded us that Love Is Love, Friday, January 20. In case folks needed a break from other events of the day ... Saturday, January 28, at Leather Archives & Museum, 6418 N. Photos by Jed Dulanas Greenview Ave. Judges include MCL ‘16 Todd Harris, International Mr. Leather 38 David “Tigger” Bailey, International Ms. Bootblack Leather/kink shop Full Kit Gear, 1999 Leslie Anderson, Mr. 501 Eagle 2016 Eric Masters and Mr. 5021 N. Clark St., celebrates its sec- Midwest Rubber 2016 Pup Icarus. International Mr. Leather 2003 ond anniversary, Thursday, January John Pendal will emcee the event for the 14th consecutive year. 26, 6-9 pm. It’s an appropriate kick- Once the winner is chosen, the crowd moves back to Touche for off to the full slate of leather events the Pure Victory Dance. for the big Mr. Chicago Leather week- The community then gets some hair of the dog the next morning, end. Sunday, January 29, at the Leather Brunch, held at Andersonville The party will feature champagne, Brewing Co., 5402 N. Clark St., 11 am - 2 pm. For those with some hors d’ouevres, door prizes, give- steam left in them, The Call at 1547 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. hosts a aways, and, in case you were worried, Leather Showtunes event from 4-9 pm. don’t: Hot men will also be there! Photo of Full Kit Gear’s grand opening party in 2015 by Kirk Williamson WINDY CITY TIMES Jan. 25, 2017 21 Billy MastersMasters

“How did she become top intern? Or, in her case, bottom intern?”—Wendy Williams asks one of many questions she hopes will be answered in the new season of American Crime Story, which will center on Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton. Of course, knows a thing or two about bottoms. It came. It went. And we’re all still here. I found the choice of the first dance curious. “And now, the end is near...” Seems like even our president is counting down the moments—1,458 days left. While I can’t say I was glued to my TV, I enjoyed seeing the fashions. Most people looked good— except poor Kellyanne Conway, who seemed to be channeling a deranged nutcracker. Take heed, America. This is what happens when you have no gay friends. So clearly our new first lady must have a gaggle of gays around her—I thought Tyler Posey’s skin is definitely in, according she looked great. But I do have one nagging to Billy. question—why is Ivanka suddenly whispering? Facebook photo For some reason, every time she’s interviewed, it seems as if she’s worried her phone is being tapped. Perhaps she’s right. Day at a Time. Rita Moreno dips into her Googie The most ludicrous story going around was character and creates an indelible impression as that Trump might dance with Caitlyn Jenner at the crazy Cuban grandmother. Since I grew up on one of the inauguration balls. This rumor had no Norman Lear shows, I was curious as to how he credence, if for no reason than Jenner was not would fare working in today’s TV landscape. While invited by Trump. She attended as a guest of the it took a few episodes for everything to gel, I’m American United Fund, which describes itself as pleased to say it works beautifully. It’s that clas- “dedicated to advancing the cause of freedom sic sitcom melding of laughs and social relevance, for LGBT Americans by making the conservative and yet it doesn’t seem dated. I love it. case that freedom truly means freedom for ev- Diver recently confessed that he eryone.” Well that clears up ... actually nothing. would consider plastic surgery in the future: “Ask Prior to the inauguration, Caitlyn’s publicist said, me in 10 years.” So let’s take a page from Hid- “The real question is if they danced, who would den Figures and do some math. The Olympian is lead?” If that’s really the question, Cait better currently 22. So in 10 years he’ll be 32—and I get herself a new publicist (although I like the figured that out without a calculator! So he’ll one she has). consider plastic surgery at 32. But even that For the pre-inauguration dinner, Caitlyn wore a might be too late for Tom. “I’d like to stop myself Finally he and Lance have something in common! black dress with what is being called a plunging growing older at 27. By 27, you’re old enough to You can see a tease of Tom on BillyMasters.com. neckline. But that’s really not accurate. It was be taken seriously because you have some life I’m not doing a formal “Ask Billy” question more like plungeous interruptus. In mid-plunge, experience and not too old to no longer have because too many of you have been writing in a button closed the gap. Then the plunge con- fun.” Kinda makes you wonder what he thinks about this next story. First we got a video of Teen tinued below the button. I guess the button was of his fiance,Dustin Lance Black, who is 42. Wolf star Tyler Posey pleasuring himself. While I there to give you a chance to think, “Do I really Chronological age is actually the least of Daley’s was researching that story, I was sent a video of want to take this plunge?” My answer was decid- problems. Due to numerous diving-related inju- Posey’s co-star Ryan Kelly doing the same thing. edly no. The bottom of the dress was covered in ries, one of his discs “is literally degenerating.” A As I sat down to write this item, Cody Christian’s fringe—please, God, let that have been fringe. doctor told him that if he keeps up this punish- penis appeared in my inbox. This begs the ques- Without question, she was the best-looking ing sport, he could end up in a wheelchair. But at tion, is making a jerk-off video a prerequisite for transgender former Olympian at the dinner. least he’d look good! appearing on Teen Wolf? I’m not complaining. At The inauguration was eclipsed by the nation- Turns out that Tom and Lance’s relationship least they’re all hot, as you can see on BillyMas- wide women’s march. My Play Mama, Jenifer hasn’t always been idyllic. Tom confessed that at ters.com. Lewis, told me the night before that I couldn’t some point they were on a seven-month break When we’re presenting a pack of penii, it’s defi- go with her because the car was full. I wished due to work commitments. During that time, nitely time to end yet another column. Believe her well, and prayed to Black Jesus that Bran- Daley says he had an “online tryst” with another it or not, you can see even more than videos of dy wasn’t driving. I still almost went, but what guy. “It’s not like I actually met up with any- teen wolf penises on www.BillyMasters.com—the genius decides these things should start at the one. I’m 22 years old, and if you talk to someone site that is apparently my purpose. If nothing crack of dawn (which, to me, is anything before through social media it is what it is. It was noth- else, this should prove how seriously I take your noon)? Can’t I be with her in the afternoon? The ing more than that. We never physically met.” questions. So keep sending them along to Billy@ DC event brought out a slew of celebrities, in- Perhaps, but sources say he regularly begged the BillyMasters.com and I promise to get back to cluding Madonna, who felt compelled to sing. My 23-year-old Liverpool lad to fly to London during you before Tom Daley plunges into Caitlyn’s neck- God, hasn’t this country suffered enough? their 11-month online relationship. Wait—was it line! Until next time, remember: One man’s filth Picture it—Googie Gomez from The Ritz at 75. seven months or 11 months? What we do know is is another man’s bible. That was why I initially watched Netflix’s One that Tom sent the guy explicit photos and videos. 22 Jan. 25, 2017 WINDY CITY TIMES

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